Ice Age

by Diana T Rosales

In the past..

There once was a baby girl, born to be a princess and heir of the tribe's leader. She was destine to be the new leader, until her father sent warriors to kill any newborn baby. He didn't care if it was his own daughter, there-fore, her mother ran with the baby and with her children. She asked her other daughter, Lorena, for the basket. Her mother placed the baby in the basket, she closes the basket and pushes the baby in the river. A saber, Rebecca was with her son, Max. Rebecca sees the basket. She walks towards it with Max. the young cub looks at his mother curiously. Rebecca opened the basket to see the baby, she smiles. The baby starts to giggle. Rebecca stays with her son and the baby, until Diego comes along.

"what's with the baby?" Diego asks (he's a teen in this part, so is Rebecca*

"I found her in the basket down on the river" Rebecca replied.

" what are you going to do with it?"

"I don't know.."

"you know, if Soto finds out about this baby, he'll try to kill it."

"lets try to convince him that we can use the baby against the humans"

" we tried to convince Soto that Max was his son"

"it work, didn't it?"

"yeah.. I guess, but that's not the point, Rebecca, how are we going to convince Soto?"

"just try, maybe he'll believe us."

So, they explained to Soto that they can use the baby against the humans.

Later that day…

"so, Rebecca, what did you decide to name her?" asked Soto.

"maybe Diana would be best.." Rebecca said softly.

"Diana…" Soto said, pleased.

The present time…

"Diego! Diego! DIEGO!" Sid yelled

"what is it, Sid?" Diego yelled back.

"this is really important! Hi.."

"you woke me up… FOR THIS?"

"no wait! Also this… I saw a female saber!"

"your kidding, right?"

"no, Diego, I'm afraid Sid's not kidding." Manny said

"do you really have to butt in on every conversation whenever I'm talking to someone?"

"no, just saying, I saw that female too"

"come on, he got you into this?"

"I saw her too" Crash came along.

"me too" Eddie spoke while walking with Crash.

"I saw her walking by the river, if your interested" Ellie insisted

"even Peaches saw her"

"well, Manny, mostly everyone saw her" Buck said.

"Buck! Your back!"

"alright! what's going on? Who is this female?"

"aha! So you are interested!"

"what? No I'm not!"

"yeah, like I believe you!"

"Sid! Shut up!"

Suddenly, Diego's eye catches Rebecca.

Diego got distracted when he was staring at Rebecca.

"is that... Rebecca?" he thought.

"Diego? Diego? Diego? DIEGO!" Sid yelled.

"What do you want Sid?"

"he got totally distracted! by a girl!" Crash laugh

"she's not my type anyways."

"noone's your type!" Eddie laughed

"so what?"

"Diego, you need to find someone fast, it's mating season"

"so what, Sid?"

"so, if you don't find anyone sooner, you'll be extinct.

"Sid! enough with this extinct stuff!"

"Sid's got a point, Diego, you can't stay single forever." Manny said.

"Since when do you guys worry about my love life?"

"Since your about to go extinct"

"ENOUGH WITH THE EXTINCT STUFF!"

"Alright! Alright! leave Diego alone, if he doesn't want anything to do with her then ok!" Ellie spoke suddenly

"It's ok Ellie, i'll go meet this female to please these guys"

Diego left, to go see if it was Rebecca

"ok... here goes nothing..." Diego said.

Diego started to listen to a conversation

"No, Diana, i won't!" Rebecca spoke

"Come on, Rebecca, you've got to talk to that male!" Diana said

"Since when do you care about my love life?"

"Since mating season started! you better look for someone"

"Or you'll go extinct" Oliver teased

"Oliver, stop mentioning that.."

"Oliver, quit it, you'll pressure Rebecca"

"You guys, enough is enough, ok?"

"Yeah, if she doesn't want anybody, then let her be" Belle said.

"well, we're sorry."

"we just wanted you to be happy."

"whoa, not how I thought it would end, is that really Rebecca?" Diego thought

Diego heard Rebecca coming his way, he tried to go run but..

"Sid! get out of the way!" Diego yelled

"No! you've got to meet this female!" Sid yelled back

"what female?" asked Rebecca

"uh... hi?"

"I'll just leave you two alone"

Sid ran for cover.

"I'm so sorry about that.." Diego said suddenly

"Diego?" Rebecca asked.

Diego looked at her

"You remembered?" Diego asked

"yes... i do." Rebecca answered

"where have you been all this time?"

"since Soto died, Oscar became the new leader. he was more abusive to me than Soto, but I was forced to be mates

with him, i refused, then later that day i disappeared."

"wait... let me get this straight, you were forced to be with Oscar just like how Soto forced you to be with him?"

"yes. i didn't want to, so i ran away. I bet they found some other female for Oscar"

something was watching them, Diego saw a shadow that didn't belong to his or Rebecca's, when he looked , he saw

Oscar"

"what are you doing here with Diego?" growled Oscar.

"Oscar? what are you doing here, Oscar?" Rebecca said, shocked.

"looking for you!"

"aren't there any other females you can abuse?"

"what are you talking about?"

"well, figure out yourself."

Rebecca walked away before Oscar can catch up to her. Diego blocked Oscar.

"what are you doing here, Oscar?" Diego asked.

"I'm here to claim my prize." Oscar replied.

"She's no prize, Oscar."

"what are you talking about?"

"Rebecca isn't a prize for any male to get."

"well i earned her, no matter what anyone says, she's mine."

"treat her your way then she isn't."

"you better back off, Diego. she's mine and you know it."

Oscar followed Rebecca.

"stop following me you sick..." Rebecca was off by Oscar

"not another word. your coming with me." Oscar said softly.

"why won't you just find some other female."

"because you are pretty."

"you say that a lot."

"that's because you are. i'll do anything for you. i'll give you anything you want, just choose me."

Oscar walks away. Diego comes along.

"hey, um... Rebecca... was he bothering you?" Diego asks.

"well, yes. he always says i'm pretty, he'll do anything for me.. blah blah blah."

"if i were him i wouldn't say that your pretty, i would say that your beautiful. i wouldn't do anything for you, i

would sacrifice for you, and i can't give anything you wanted, i would give you what you need. and i don't love you

because your beautiful, it would be because of you."

Diego thought about what he said

"but only if i were Oscar!" Diego said nervously.

"That made me feel better.. thanks.." Rebecca said, kinda shocked.

"sniff sniff, that was... beautiful!" Sid said.

"Sid!"

"that was romantic, Diego!"

"shut up Sid!"

"he's got a point, Diego"

"huh?"

"I never heard anyone say that to me.."

"wait a go, Diego!"

"Sid!"

"wait until Manny hears this!"

"SID!"

later that day...

"Diego, you are quite the charmer" Manny teased.

"ah, shut up." Diego growled.

"never expected you to say that!"

"yup, now you'll never be extinct" Sid squeeled.

"that would make me happy, happy, happy!"

meanwhile...

"he said what now?" Diana squeeled.

"i'm not kidding, he said that" Rebecca spoke.

"oh my gosh! squeels he's totally into you!"

"yeah but he said if he was Oscar... he might just like me as a friend.."

anyways..

"i don't know.. it might be true..." Diego said.

"don't deny it Diego! your in love!" Sid squeeled.

"Sid, i'm not a type of saber that would fall in love and say those things"

"Well, i thought i wasn't the type of mammoth that wouldn't fall in love but look at me now"said proudly,Manny. "

" not my fault."

"well, Diego, you are going to admit it one day.."

"ADMIT IT NOW!"

"no Sid!"

Sid started shaking Diego.

"ADMIT IT!"

"NOOOOOO!"

"ADMIT IT!"

"FINE! I LOVE REBECCA WITH ALL MY HEART"

Diego didn't notice, Rebecca was behind him.

"what?" Rebecca said.

"huh? w-what?" Diego said, then saw Rebecca.

"oh, um... hi.. R-Rebecca... didn't know you were here.."

"she heard him.." Sid whispered.

"we're dead.." Manny whispered back.

"oh, look at the time! i gotta..uh... polish the tree!"

Diego ran while he left Manny and Sid laughing so hard.

"WHAT A CHARMER!" Manny yelled, laughing.

"what a go, Diego! nice move!" Sid fell, laughing.

"you guys, knock it off, give Diego a break. you guys tricked him into saying that, didn't you?" Rebecca asked.

"no, we was telling the truth" Sid lied.

"Sid!" Manny yelled.

"what? she's not going to care. not even if she.."

when they looked around, Rebecca was gone, loking for Diego.

"...tried.." Sid said.

"now look at what you've done!" Manny yelled.

"oh no! Diego is going to break her heart!"

Sid ran around in circles.

later..

"how did it go?" Sid asked

"was she crying, weeping, sobbing?" Manny asked.

"did she break your leg?" Eddie asked.

"did she kill you?" Crash asked.

"did she put you in Rudy's mouth, made him throw up, ate you, then threw up then turned you into a carnivore?" Buck

asked.

"no! none of that!" Diego yelled.

"then what?"

"she kind of... you know.."

"what? what is it?"

"kissed?"

"right after you told her you didn't love her!"

"no!"

"what did you say?"

"that it was true! i did love her!"

they all gasped, including Peaches.

"you told her what?" Ellie asked.

"that i loved her."

"did she slap you?"

"no Sid, she kissed me."

"did you force her?"

"no!"

"you guys, stop, we need to sleep now, Peaches needs her good night sleep, so lets sleep!" Manny scolded.

"ok, good night Manny! good night Ellie! good night Peaches! good night Crash! good night Buck! good night Eddie!"

when Sid looked at Diego, he laughed.

"good night, prince charming!"

"ah, shut up." Diego groaned.