Hey guys! So here's another update where ELLIE AND THE POSSUMS COME IN! So, decided that I'm gonna do it through Ice Age 4, but gonna put it as another story. So for ppl who wouldn't like to see Taura in Ice Age 4, then it won't be in this story and will only go up to Ice Age 3, so don't worry.

BTW, IMPORTANT NOTICE!

Since u guys were awesome enough to get me up to 2,500 views and over 50 FRIGGIN REVIEWS! *WHOOWHOO!* I am gonna give ya a little treat. I'm gonna be doing another one-shot chappie, only this time, YOU guys can provide an OC! And as for the why and when...well, it's a surprise! XD

So here's what ya gotta do: Write down the description of ur OC's in ur reviews, but it HAS to be in this form:

Name:

Species:

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Personality:

Description of Looks:

Sibling(s):

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Plz be as descriptive as possible if you can and there will be THREE lucky winners! XD But, I might make a few altercations in the OC's, but don't worry, will PM the author about it.

Anywhooties, thanks for ur awesome reviews peeps! I hope ya keep 'em comin! And here's the replies:

Shiego627: Haha, no don't worry, not a horrible joke and sorry if the last chapter disappointed you, hope this one is better!

Villains' Bad Girl: No, she can also swim in deep water, but I don't know, she might freak out! But I'm worried that it might make her seem a little 'damsel in distress'-ish.

TimberPaw: Aw shucks! Now ur gonna make me blush! X3 He probably didn't have enough time to help her since he was too busy being afraid of the water.

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Warning: OC pairing, Don't like, DON'T READ!

Disclaimer: Don't own the Ice Age franchise or any of the characters in it; that all belongs to Blue Sky

It seemed like the news spread fast, because no sooner did the vulture leave after five minutes did every single creature start hustling and bustling their way towards the paths leading away from the water park. Mother birds were running away with their nests around them with their babies inside, hedgehogs were removing their last family members from their old tunnels and throughout all that; heck, even the DUNG BEETLES were rolling away their...'lunch' with them. And throughout all that, it was a wonder how Taura was still able to keep up with Diego through the crowd!

It took awhile, but the three of them (including Sid...who Taura was giving the silent treatment...ironically...) finally managed to find the large mammoth ushering the animals through the paths. It would have taken a shorter amount of time if a certain SLOTH didn't decide to take a snack break near one of the berry bushes then they would've-

"Hey, watch it!"

Taura was roughly shoved to the floor by some turtle family who bustled their way through and didn't bother looking back to the female saber. Taura glared at the pompous excuse of a reptile and was about to get up to tear the turtles' shells off their backs until a sudden shadow was cast over her.

"You okay?" Diego asked Taura, his face only a few inches from hers. He didn't see the turtles shoving her, but only walked up to find her on the floor glaring at the reptiles, so he assumed that's what happened. Taura was a bit shocked by how close his face was but quickly stood up and shuffled away from him while trying to dust off her fur and ignore the skipping beats of her heart.

"Yeah yeah, just fine," Taura awkwardly coughed and quickly walked up towards where Sid was shuffling to, hoping that Diego couldn't see her blush. Diego looked at her retreating back with a raised eyebrow before shaking his head and following after her.

"Manny, Manny!" Sid called out with a muffled voice, his mouth full of berries and his face covered with the blue juice. "I just heard that you were going extinct!"

Diego walked up next to Sid and scoffed at him "Hey, if you ever master hygiene, try working on sensitivity."

Manny narrowed his eyes at Sid angrily before snapping at him "I'm not going extinct!"

"Kids look: the last mammoth!" A walking anteater called out to his kids while they all stared at the mammoth, the little ones echoing together a big 'wow'. Manny stared at them incredulously while Taura growled at the anteater annoyingly, her glaring eyes clearly giving him a warning sign that said 'keep moving bub!'. The father nervously chuckled before ushering his kids away quickly "Uh-heheheh, yep! You'll probably never see one of those again!"

Sid looked up at Manny innocently before quietly squeaking "See?" only making Manny's eyes narrow even further.

Soon, the four were already a big distance away from the water park, the eviscerator now just a bad memory on the horizon. The landscape around them now changed from the ice and dirt hills into lovely green meadows and pouncing gazelles. Sid would occasionally look back at the crumbling and rumbling structure nervously, before quickly hurrying back towards the other three up front.

Taura was calmly walking up front next to Diego until she heard the familiar shuffling footsteps of their favorite sloth walk up next to her, but she didn't turn her head.

"Hey Taura, ya got any travelling song suggestions?" Sid asked her with a grin, trying to lift the mood from the doomsday atmosphere. Taura simply huffed angrily and turned her head away from the sloth, glaring at the grass beneath her.

Sid's face flashed with hurt for a minute before he started to pout, "C'mon Taura! Can't ya at least give me a paw sign or anything?"

Taura simply growled with an annoyed expression before marching behind Manny and walking on the other side of the mammoth. Now Sid couldn't see her at all no matter how far he leaned his neck back. Diego watched the two with amused eyes and tried to not smile as he walked next to the smelly sloth. Manny looked at the slouching sloth and his sad, clueless eyes before sighing exasperatedly.

"She's still mad at you y'know," Manny sighed to Sid, who suddenly looked up at him with shocked eyes. Mad? Why was she mad at him? Did he accidentally fart on her this morning again?...Nope, couldn't remember that happening.

"Why's she mad at me?" Sid asked the two guys with a clueless expression as he scratched his neck nervously. Diego simply rolled his eyes at him before he replying.

"D'you realize how worried she was when she found you climbing the eviscerator?" Diego clarified to Sid, who's eyes then widened in realization at why Taura was giving him the silent treatment. Taura snorted at what Diego said as she continued to march with angry steps next to Manny. Damn right she was worried! She had been looking for hours for that stupid sloth in that water park and when she did find him, what did he do?! Simply shoved her away was exactly what he did! Taura felt her teeth grit at the sloth, but made sure to keep her lips closed as to not scare off any animals with her bared, sharp teeth. She then heard Sid shuffle next to her again, making her turn her head away from him again, determined to continue her 'cold-shoulder' act.

"Aw Taura, I'm sorry I made you worry!" Sid sheepishly apologized as he looked down to the ground and nervously kicked a rock with his largely-clawed foot. When Manny and Diego found out about his crazy stunt, they would've simply whacked him upside the head and forced him down if they didn't find out about the flood. But Taura actually cared enough to look for him and out of the three, she must've been the most worried. He didn't actually think of it that way before until this moment and to be honest, it made his big berry-full stomach gurgle with guilt. "It was just a part of my plan for you guys to respect me remember? A-and I promise I won't do anything stupid like that again!'

Sid's sad voice was starting to melt Taura's heart, but she quickly shook her head and steeled her eyes with determination to not crumble, continuing to glare at the faraway hills in the distance.

"And...and I'll promise to give ya those nice chili peppers that ya like with your meat every morning! C'mon, please don't be mad at me!" Sid whined, placing his paws in a begging position while trying to pull off a puppy-dog pout-y face which Taura tried not to snicker at when she caught a glance of.

"Hmmm...that IS a tempting offer..." Taura thought as she placed her paw on her chin while faking a pondering expression. But then again, she definitely knew that Sid would be too lazy to bother doing that EVERY morning and the guy was able to sleep all the way 'till the afternoon!

"Ugh, just forgive the guy already or we'll have to listen to his whiny voice all day!" Diego groaned as he rolled his eyes at Sid's pathetic behavior. He honestly didn't know why Taura tolerated that sloth, let alone consider him her best friend! He one day asked her that exact question to which she simply rolled her eyes at and said "He's really not that bad, just has a bad sense of hygiene. Who knows? One day you'll actually consider him your best friend as well!" Yeah, su~ure. (note his obvious sarcasm) That would be about as likely as him and Sid getting stuck on a romantic cruise and kissing! (AN: Two virtual cookies to the dude who gets this joke! XD)

Sid grinned nervously with hopeful eyes at Taura, who hummed with a considering face before grinning brightly at Sid and shook his paw eagerly. Sid let out a 'whoo-hoo!' of happiness before shuffling back to his previous position in the back. He was about to start singing his 'extinction songs' but Diego had one last message for him:

"Oh, and Taura says that if you ever try to do something like that again, she'll rip you apart cell by cell."

After two annoying very obvious 'mammoths-going-extinct' songs, the water park by now was completely out of the horizon and the landscape became more forest-like. Ice sculptures and dirt hills were replaced with pine trees and rocks, the weather now getting warmer and more humid. Manny was walking ahead in silence until he stopped by a giant boulder with icicles hanging down from its edges and he stared nostalgically at the multiple reflections created from the melting ice structures.

"What if you're right?" Manny asked them with a small voice, "What if I am the last mammoth?"

Sid, being the same optimistic person he was, simply smiled widely and gestured towards him and the two sabers with wide arms. "But Manny, look at that bright side: you have use!" Sid pointed out.

"Not your most persuasive argument Sid." Diego drawled at the clueless sloth and continued forward. Taura looked up the miserable face of the mammoth and patted his leg sympathetically, her paw lingering on his fur for a moment longer before she let go. Taura had no idea what it felt like to be the last of your species, but she knew that he must've felt terrible. And right now, the least she could provide was comfort from what he didn't have in a long time: family.

Suddenly, a loud trumpeting sound echoed around the valley. All four of them jerked in surprise and Manny's eyes widened as he perked his ears to make sure he hear correctly. Again the sound came, only much louder. Taura felt her muscles stiffen in shock, "No way...could it be..."

"Mammoths?!" Diego voiced Taura's thoughts with an incredulous look,

"I knew I couldn't be the last one!" Manny yelled with a happy smile, suddenly jerking towards the forest where they all heard the sound, making Sid crash into his tusk and cling onto it. "I felt it in my gut!"

Like a bullet, Manny charged into the forest and even crashing down trees that were in his way. Diego and Taura quickly came out of their stupor and followed after the speeding pachyderm. Sid somehow managed to get thrown onto Manny's shoulders , who didn't slow down his pace and jerked into a different direction when the sound came again. The two following sabers quickly slid to the right and ducked and jumped over floral obstacles until they were now head to head with Manny. Soon after Sid started to give off some sort of ridiculous commentary while the two sabers tried to keep up with Manny, who then went even faster towards the trumpeting noise until they all finally skidded to a stop. Sid screamed out a surprised yell as he fell off of Manny and tumbled around until he slid into a stop in front of a log.

BLRRROOOOORPPPHHH!

"Oh dear lord...he got farted in the face with his mouth open..." Taura thought with a disgusted expression at the scene revealed to them. Turns out, the large trumpeting noises came from some dude doing his business on a log that accentuated the sound.

"Sorry," The weird creature apologized as he clung his stomach and whined "My stomach hates me!"

Sid stood up and walked away with a hissy fit as he pinched his nose with his fingers. Diego and Taura shook their heads at the smell as they exclaimed in disgust, while Manny simply stood there with despairing eyes and a miserable frown and started to walk away.

"Ew, well don't THAT put the 'stink' in extinction " Sid said with a muffled voice as he continued to complain and wipe away the smell until they all noticed Manny walking a good distance away from them. "Manny..?" Sid called out faintly.

"I uh...need to be alone for a while," Manny muttered as he looked towards them with downcast eyes "You go on ahead...I'll catch up..." and on that sad note, he walked away into the distance.

"One truly is the loneliest number..." Sid mumbled with pitying eyes, Taura nodding her head along with him before they all walked towards where the other animals were heading towards the boat...

"Ow!"

"Ow-Hey!"

Taura found the other two guys suddenly hit on the head with small pebbles that were shot at them like bullets. They looked up to find two cackling possums dangling from a tree branch with their tails, each holding wooden rods in their paws. The two marsupials had a brown-ish black and white striped coat with large pink noses; they both looked very similar except one of them had a stripe of brown across his forehead to his nose while the other had a completely bare face.

"Ooh! These work great!" The bare-faced one cackled before the two shot another pair of pebbles at Diego's forehead, who then growled threateningly at the two. Taura felt herself start to smile at their antics, those two had some guts to actually dare play pranks on Diego!

"Cool!" The other commented with a mischievous grin to his brother (or who Taura assumed was his brother) until they heard a large roar from below and let out a panicked yell when Diego climbed up the tree and took a swipe at the two with his claws. The possums managed to duck out of the way and fall from the tree only to start running while giggling mockingly towards a small area covered with tunnel holes.

"Miss me, miss me now ya gotta kiss me!" One of them impishly taunted as he flipped and landed with his brother into the holes.

"I'll get 'em!" Sid yelled out as he dove after the possums, but got his head stuck inside one of the holes. Diego was now seething in fury and his gritting fangs were bared; just as he was about to march forward and give those two a piece of his mind...or rather a piece of THEIR minds (specifically teared up pieces of their brains maybe), he heard loud giggles and chortles behind him. He looked back to find Taura with a paw over her mouth as she tried to stifle her very unladylike snorts and her eyes squinting with mirth. She just couldn't help it! Watching those two toy with Sid and Diego was just too funny! Diego raised an eyebrow annoyingly at her before nodding his head to the currently-being-tortured Sid.

"You're not going to join us?" Diego asked her sarcastically, to which she just shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly.

"Well, they didn't throw or spit anything at me so I think I'm gonna sit this one out." Taura said in between her giggles, but her statement made her wonder: Why didn't they throw a stone at her? She was just an easy victim as the other two! But as she let her thoughts wonder while she walked to the top of the clearing, the sight before her made her collapse with mirthful laughter:

Diego's limbs were stretched out because he needed to place his paws on the widely spread holes while Sid was tangled beneath him in the same position, looking like the two were playing some sort of messed up game of twister. And the possums...dear god, they weren't even trying! They were hopping and flipping around to this hole and that while impishly mocking and taunting the two tangled victims. If Taura knew it would be THIS easy to prank Diego, without getting mauled that is, then she would've done this a lo~ong time ago!

"Over here!" One of them called out in one of the holes, making both Sid and Diego reach out on either side; both were now officially stuck. The two possums popped out of holes that were next to each other.

"Surrender?" One of them smirked evilly, to which the two poor victims stubbornly growled "Never!"

"Cool!" The two possums said to each other, before they narrowed their eyes in focus and popped back into their holes. "Oooh! What's gonna happen next?!" Taura thought with an excited grin as she sat watching the show, the only thing that could've made this even more perfect for her would be some popcorn! From then on, everything moved into slow-motion as the pair suddenly pounced back up into the air and took very large breaths before letting out a barrage of bullets onto Diego and Sid's heads. Finally, the possums popped back into their holes and Diego and Sid finally collapsed into an awkward jumble of fur and limbs.

Taura finally decided that the two probably had enough and happily pranced down to them with an amused grin. "So, did ya have fun with the twins?" Taura snorted as her grin got wider as Diego's glare grew dangerously thinner at her.

Diego growled grumpily "If anyone asks, there were fifty of them and uh...they were rattlesnakes."

As if on cue, the twins popped out of some hole on a hill in front of them while cackling away in victory. One of them was waving tauntingly at the three while the other shook his tail mockingly and jeered "Here kitty kitty!" at Diego.

As Diego stood up he roared at the two threateningly "Big mistake you miscreants!" to which Taura raised an eyebrow at. Really? She wasn't exactly a teenager, but she knew that that was an insult only oldies used.

"Miscreants?" One of them repeated to his brother with a confused look before they both burst out into mocking laughter again.

"Uh Diego, they're possums." Sid deadpanned while Taura slapped her forehead at Sid's behavior. "No shit Sherlock!" She drawled mentally before looking up to find the two said possums preforming the old chicken taunt performance. What with Diego not taking shit from anybody, he gave out an enraged roar at the two before charging after them, Taura following after him.

"Retreat!" One of them squawked as he leaped into his brother's arms and both ran away.