Author's note: Oh...my...god
Guys... In all my years of writing a bunch of failures, I would have NEVER thought that I would get people to write me near 100 FREAKIN REVIEWS!
YA KNOW WHAT?! ALL THOSE HATERS CAN GO SCREW THEMSELVES TRYING TO SOUR MY MOOD! THANK YOU GUYS SOOOO MUCH!
And as a treat, WE GET ANOTHER SPECIAL ONE-SHOT CHAPPIE! And this time, YOU get to pick which type it should be and another extra: Ya know those OCs ya sent me that I never managed to fit in what with giving u guys the canon chappiez? Well, ALL of them will be able to come in! I don't know how, BUT I WILL FIT THEM ALL IN! And for those who didn't send in their OCs at the time becuz they didn't know the story and u're new, SEND THEM IN REVIEWS ANYWAYS!
I would rant some more, but I need to give ya the options and I need to get on with the story and review repliez! (about time eh? ... ahem..)
Option A: A fluffy alternate-reality oneshot where Diego and Taura are already mates and they have 3 kittens.
Option B: Diego stuck in an embarrassing conversation with Manny and Sid who are giving him love advice.
Option C: an embarrassed Taura getting hit on by another male Saber Tooth during their mating season.
So here they are! Send me your choice in the reviews, and speaking of which, HERE DA REPLIEZ COME:
Drew: Thank you so much! I try to add all those aspects into the chapters and I'm glad you thought they were all there!
Shiego627: Wellll... you'll just have to wait and see don't you? ;)
DonTheHero: I KNOW! I KNOW! I'M SORRY! T.T Trust me, I'll try not to make it happen again! You sound like a really kewl dude so I'm really glad you thought this chapter was excellent and well...you may be right or wrong, but you'll have to read and find out!
Villains' Bad Girl: Thank you and dude...I'm sorry, but I didn't get that sentence... -.-'
Optimus Prime's Daughter: Yeh I know, but I'll try to post ASAP when I can. I hope you like this chapter!
TimberPaw: HEY! It's one of my favorite reviewers and I'm sorry I made ya miss Taura, but I'm glad to know you did! She totally thinks he is even though she won't admit it outloud! XD I hope you'll continue reading and like this chapter!
Dream Lighting: Ah, I'm glad you can also sympathize with how it feels! IT'S JUST SO FRUSTRATING WHEN IT HAPPENS! Anywho, hope ya like this chapter!
P.S: Sorry this chapter is shorter than usual, it's cuz I'm saving my energy for the next one which will be PRETTY long.
Italics means telepathic communication
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
After the entire messed up Jenga fiasco, our favorite mammal group decided that maybe walking around at night wasn't such a good idea and decided to hit the hay as soon as they found a decent spot. Throughout the rest of the night, Manny and Ellie were suspiciously comfortable walking close to each other which made Diego, Taura and Sid grin triumphantly at each other. Taura made sure that the two love birds weren't disturbed by offering them temporary napping spots on her back, to which they agreed to before she could even finish the sentence!
Well...Taura said temporary, but from the looks of how hard they were knocked out, it didn't look like they were waking up anytime soon which stimulated some complaints from a particular sloth. ("Oh come on! We agreed that I'M the one who sleeps with you Taura!" "Sid, so help me if you whine one more time, I'll rethink falling on you and killing you for good this time!" "B-But-!" "NO BUTS!")
And so the ending result was another successful campfire made by our favorite 'Lord of the Flame', and thankfully Ellie didn't splash a puddle on it this time, and a nice forest clearing for everyone to sleep on.
When Sid made sure that Ellie didn't stomp on his precious work of flame art, he got his hands on a makeshift bed, that was actually a big piece of bark, and looked back to find Diego...staring at a sleeping Taura (with both Crash and Eddie still sleeping on her shoulders), which made him smirk mischievously. "Well well well...seems like Manny and Ellie aren't the only ones giving off sparks!" Sid giggled in his head, but didn't dare share that thought out loud for the sake of his neck not being snapped into two.
Now, anyone who would look at the same sight that Sid did would probably think the same. But if they looked closer, they would notice how Diego's eyes were slightly narrowed and his brows were furrowed and it showed how Diego wasn't staring at Taura in general...he was glaring in suspicion.
From all the years Diego had known Taura, he knew that she was NEVER the first one to hit the hay, ESPECIALLY when they became a part of the herd. It was always grabbing one last midnight snack or listening to Sid's crazy family stories or just the mere ramblings in her head would keep her (and sometimes him) up for a long time before she went to sleep.
And now...he's started to realize the amount of strange stuff she's been doing...ever since they arrived to the water park. Her weird sleeping habits AND the night he found her sneaking off and it probably wasn't the last. It just made him wonder if there was something she was hiding from him...which gave him a weird feeling of betrayal deep in his gut, but because of recent events he couldn't be bothered to delve into that.
It was at this point that Sid shuffled in with his bark bed, "Ah," He sighed with his familiar lisp "Remember the good old days?"
Diego snapped his eyes away from Taura when Sid shuffled into his view and raised a friendly and sarcastic eyebrow "Which good old days?"
"Oh you know," He sighed again nostalgically while fiddling around with the bark, trying to get it in a good position "Yesterday, last week. Back when the trees went up and down and the ground was under our feet."
Diego let out a disgusted grunt when Sid's tail nearly bumped into his face while he was sweeping his bed, but thinking on Sid's phrase, he let out a good natured chuckle "Yup! Those were the good days. Possums were possums and mammoths were mammoths."
He let out a tired sigh and looked at Taura one last time. Oh well, he could always as her about his worries...wait no, it's not like he 'worries' over Taura like some mate! No, they were more like...concerns. Yeah, he will ask her about his 'concerns' later on.
"We should get some sleep." He sighed one last time before laying his head on his folded paws.
Sid lay down on his bark and remarked nonchalantly "Yeah...tomorrow's the day that vulture said we're all gonna die." and with THAT cheery note, he knocked himself out to sleep and slammed his head back into a sleeping position. Soon after, everybody else followed and fell into a deep sleep.
Little did everyone know, that as soon as they did, a certain female saber snapped her glowing amber eyes open and started to slowly get up.
She slowly sloped her shoulders diagonally so that the two possums on her back slid to the ground softly and continued to nap there. Taura quickly shifted her eyes around and checked that nobody was awake, before softly stalking away to the forest, making her footsteps soft and light so that Diego's sharp ears wouldn't wake him up. Finally, when she was far away from the clearing and in the middle of some forest area, she looked up to the sky and saw a full glowing moon right in the middle.
"Midnight..." Taura deduced before making an exaggerated groan and snapping her fingers "Darn it, I promised him I'll be on time! Grr, the amount of teasing I'll get from this! And it doesn't help when he thinks me and Diego are together!"
And with that, Taura sprinted as fast as she could to meet a certain new mysterious saber in the forest...