So did anyone else see the new Ice Age movie? I've been wanting to write an Ice Age fic for a while and I got some inspiration, reviews appreciated muchlyy. Chocolate and rainbows to anyone who spots a Harry Potter ref.

I don't own Ice Age. I do however own anything that you don't recognise.

Prologue

Shira groaned in pain. Ellie gently wrapped her trunk around her paw and talked to her in a hushed voice. "It's okay, you'll be fine, here it comes..." Shira cried out and her mate, Diego looked into her eyes fearfully.

"Are... Are you okay?" Ellie shot him a look. "Er, well I know you're-"

"Shut. Up. Now," snapped Shira between sharp gasps.

Sid sat outside of the gigantic hollow tree, greener than usual and looking dead ahead, barely able to speak. His grandmother was tottering around, announcing baby names to whoever would listen. Manny sat with his daughter, trying to explain for the first time to his almost-a-proper-teenager how babies were born. "Jeez, Dad, you could have told me before this."

"I know, but-"

Peaches raised an eyebrow. "You know I knew this when I was a kid, right? Mum told me." A sigh of relief escaped Manny.

"And you know-"

"How babies are made? Uh-huh." Her father looked at her sharply. "That's only for when you've found your mate, kapeesh?" Peaches rolled her eyes and nodded, unable to hold back a smile.

Suddenly, Diego's head poked around from inside the tree's hollow. He wore a grin showing all his teeth, to which Granny commented "He could do with some dental work."

"I'm a daddy! I've got a son!" The rest of the herd that wasn't in the hollow with Shira rushed towards him to congratulate him on his first cub. "What's his name?" asked Peaches excitedly.

"Jeddson," said Diego, still beaming. Something dawned on him, and he turned round in a flash. "I've got three more coming!"

Ellie smiled as Shira looked at her second and third cub for the first time. They were just like each other, tawny brown with flecks of white speckling their backs. Diego was still grinning madly, licking his cubs' heads. "Any idea what to call these two?" asked Ellie.

"Carlow, and Maximillion," she answered, indicating with her head as to which was which. Suddenly, she felt another contraction and cried out. "Last one!" she said, with a grimace.

Several hours later, Ellie appeared at the entrance to the huge tree. "Shira is going to come out with her cubs for a little while, okay?" she said to Sid.

"Really? Oh, I'm going to be their favourite Uncle, I can tell."

Shira nervously poked her head out, and pushed something forward from inside. "Go on, Jedd." A small, golden cub with intensely dark, brown eyes stepped forward uneasily. He gave a rather grumpy look to his adoring herd, and promptly began to investigate his surroundings.

He bumped into Peaches' foot and looked at it, puzzled. "Hi, Jeddson," she said in hushed tones, taken by the little cub. He frowned, and continued on his travels. Crash and Eddie held in giggles and laughed as he crushed his nose against Sid's belly. "Hey there, little fella!" Jeddson scowled and ran back to his mother, who was lying down with Diego next to the tree hollow's entrance.

As he returned, two identical cubs poked their heads from around their mother. Shira smiled a little and the two looked up at her. It was surreal to see her own exact eyes staring back at her. Carlow and Maximillion bumped into each other and stumbled over the uneven ground, letting out small grunts and giggles as they fell over. "They're so... Small," said Manny, overwhelmed. Their bright, sapphire-blue eyes shone with excitement and happiness as they greeted the herd, snuffling happily around Crash and Eddie. "They're like matching versions of us, Ed!" yelled Crash. They both pressed a small fist to their own chests. "We solemnly swear to lead these two astray in as many ways as possible."

"Oh, no you don't," said Diego quickly, who picked up Carlow in his mouth, and taking him out of reach of the opossums. The cub fought playfully against his fathers strong grip, and his brother followed him back to his mother.

"So where's number four?" asked Manny. "Just coming," said Diego quietly, smiling. A tiny, black cub wandered out of the tree hollow, yawning. It's big eyes blinked in alarm at all the new faces. "It's alright Lyra, come on, here's Mummy." Shira coaxed her cub to come nearer, and the young sabre tooth ran towards her mother. "Aw, her little foot is all white!" said Peaches, pointing out the cub's front left paw to her mother.

Diego licked his only female cub on the head, and she wriggled, shaking her head that was so like Shira's. The only resemblance she bared to her father was the large, hazel eyes that gazed up at him. For the first time, Diego truly felt what he realised Manny must feel for his family; a sense of love, and togetherness only achieved by sharing blood.

I hope you all enjoyed :)