Chapter two, you know what to do! :D

And I finally decided on the other two voice cast.

Bobby: Matt Bennett

Sandy: Carrie Underwood

Where have the years gone? Diego thought to himself. It seems like only yesterday when he and Shira first laid eyes on their precious babies. On their small, beautiful, faces. On their big blue and green eyes. Within a blink of an eye, they grew from the curious and innocent cubs who were learning about the world around them to bright, intelligent and independent teenagers who had developed their own point of view of the world. They were growing up now and although it was at first difficult for Diego and Shira to accept it, they faced the truth that their cubs are now young adults, and that is how they treated them. With a decent amount of restrictions required for teenagers of course.

Cash outgrew his arrogant and bossy personality he had as a cub and became more kind and considerate and started getting along with his siblings better. Especially Flora who he would mostly fight within their childhood. He even made a new friend while growing up. An blueish, silver amber-eyed female saber named Sandy, who he saw as much more than a friend because of her beauty inside and out. If only he was able to tell her how he really feels about her.

Bobby was still the kind, soft-spoken saber he was as a cub, but had some changes to him. He started taking more risks and was no longer the timid little kitten he used to be. He didn't really like the idea of hanging around with the other teenaged male sabers because of their giving his sister unwanted attention. He felt much comfortable spending time with his brother, sister and Sandy, who he considered his true friends.

And last but not least, there was Flora. She grew up from an adorable, hyper little cub to a beautiful, fine female saber. She looked exactly like her mother by every small detail. As for her personality, she was just like her father who she developed a particularly close bond with. The only thing that she fretted about herself was her birth defect (If you guys read "The Wrath of Vengeance" and "An Ice Age Halloween", you'll know what I'm talking about). Her fangs just started growing in. There wasn't really much to see in her opinion. They were half the size of the rest of her family's. Her blood-related one that is. Therefore, she was usually taunted by the fellow teenaged sabers. Even the males would hit on her as a cruel joke. Sandy, the only saber out of the whole bunch was the only one that tried befriending Flora, but she was just so ashamed of her defect that it discouraged her. Flora did however appreciate Sandy's kindness to her and would occasionally say hi to her when bumping into her. At least she found friends inside her parents and brothers, not to mention her cousin Peaches.

"Okay guys, have fun." Diego said to his kids as they walked off to hang out.

"Be back by sunset!" Shira reminded them.

"We will Mom!" Cash replied.

"Aren't we always?" asked Bobby.

"Hey guys!" a female voice greeted.

"Hi Sandy." Cash greeted softly staring into her amber eyes. So gorgeous. He though dreamily to himself. The most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

"What's up?" asked Bobby casually. He didn't have any special feelings for Sandy, he just saw her as a friend.

"Just the same old things." replied Sandy. "So are you guys ready to go?"

"Yep. Let's go." Cash lead the way only to be stopped by Shira who sometimes couldn't help but get into her maternal instincts out of habit.

"Hold up young man." said the saber mother walking up to her son.

"What now Mom?" Cash sighed annoyed. Shira would baby him every once in a while, at REALLY bad timing.

"You're not leaving with your fur so messed up are you?"

"I'll just fix it before we go."

"I'll handle it."

Cash backed away from his mother's tongue, but ended up getting pinned to the ground gently by her.

"Mom, stop, no!" protested Cash as Shira groomed and licked her son's fur until it was well-groomed, with Sandy and Bobby holding back giggles and chuckles.

"That's better." grinned Shira while Cash stared at her with a look that said, "Why Mom? Why?".

"That was really not necessary mother." he said with a stiff face.

"I'm your mother, and it's my job to take care of you." said Shira licking her paw.

"I can take care of myself thank you very much."

"I know, but I just can't help but remember how you, Bobby and Flora were still little cubs. Those flashbacks of me washing you just get to me and make me reenact it."

This time, Bobby's face stiffened with embarrassment while Sandy started to snicker.

"I remember at one point when the three of you came back from playing in the mud when you were little and you tried making each other go first to be washed by me.

Cash and Bobby groaned in humiliation.

"And with your little tushes-"

"MOM!" Cash and Bobby had enough of their mother's embarrassing stories of them as cubs.

"Sorry." sighed Shira.

A female laugh was heard.

"Sandy, stop laughing!" hissed Cash.

"It's not funny, it's embarrassing!" agreed Bobby.

"That's not me." Sandy said innocently.

The boys turned to see that it was Flora laughing hysterically.

"There's something called 'looking back at it and laughing', not whining about it like crybabies." she joked. Over the years, their sister developed a very big sense of humor. They would always laugh at the jokes she made.

"You're so mean Flora!" teased Bobby joining in on her humor.

"It's what I do."

"Hey Flora." greeted Sandy.

"Hi Sandy."

"You want to come with us?" asked Cash.

"No thanks. I just came by to tell you guys to have fun, so have fun."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure. Have fun." the trio hesitantly walked away. They always asked Flora to come with them, but she would always refuse.

"Are you sure you don't want to go with them honey?" Shira asked her daughter curiously. The fact that Flora wasn't social worried her sometimes.

"I'm sure Mom." said Flora. "Plus Cash, Bobby and Sandy probably wouldn't be caught dead with an outcast like me."

"Don't ever say that about yourself!" gasped Shira. No parent ever wanted to hear their child say such negative things about themselves.

"But my fangs-"

"You're not an outcast Flora. There is nothing wrong with your fangs. You're just a late bloomer. There's nothing abnormal about that. Many animals go through things similar to that. Your fangs will grow in eventually.

Yeah, maybe when I'm on my death bed. Flora thought to herself, but she didn't let it out of her lips. Instead she just showed her mother how much she appreciated her reassuring words.

"Thanks Mom." Flora nuzzled her face near Shira's neck. "I don't know what I would do without you or Dad."

"Same here kiddo." Flora and Shira turned to see Diego walking up to them.

"Hi Dad!" greeted Flora happily rubbing her head against her father's.

"Hi sweetie." greeted Diego licking his daughter's head. "Ready to go?"

"You bet! Let's go!" father and daughter then ran off to go hunting and maybe some fishing. Shira remembered the conversation she had with Diego not too long ago.

Flashback

"Diego, I'm a little bit worried about Flora." Shira told her mate feeling concerned.

"Why?" asked Diego.

"It's just, well, she doesn't really seem to spend time with the other teens. Usually kids at this age are very social."

"Not every kid. Some of them just like to do things on their own. Flora is a lone wolf. She is independent and likes doing things on her own. I was like that as a teen. Still, I am a teeny bit concerned about how she feels about herself because of her birth defect."

"She thinks that she's an outsider to anyone outside the herd because of it. We can't have her being ashamed of that for the rest of her life."

"I'll talk to Flora about it. You're right. We can't have her worrying about how others feel about her."

Shira sighed. She was worried about her daughter's opinion on herself, but maybe she was independent at the same time too. If she was she accepted it. Shira was also pleased that Flora was able to form a close bond with Diego. As a teenager, Shira was very distant from her father because of how very protective he was of her, much like Manny was with Peaches when she was a teen, and she encouraged Flora to spend time with Diego, which she did so often while equally spending time with her mother and her brothers when it was just the three of them.

You're a good mother Shira. The mother saber praised herself.

So what did you guys think? Okay, good, great, epic? Please review.

And I'm having a bit of a dilemma with Peaches and Louis. I'm still trying to decide whether to give them a main role, or just have them make a few appearances. If you guys want to voice your opinions, please do it in the reviews or PM it to me (because I've got a poll that is unrelated to the story open already that I plan to keep open for a few more weeks. Thanks for reading!