EPILOGUE

THE HERD JUST KEEPS GETTING BIGGER AND BETTER

A few months passed by ever since the herd's adventure in the Dinosaur World. A lot has happen since then. The cubs have started walking and also started talking. Crash and Eddie have taught the boys how to do crazy stunts and pranks while little Snow Belle was learning how to fish with her mother and learned to swim with her father. Brooke is still Brooke. I don't think she'll ever change much except that she's no longer her clumsy self. Well, maybe a little. Manny and Ellie have been living a different life ever since they found out they were pregnant. Manny was becoming the overprotective husband while Ellie was comforting him, telling him that she was fine and the time will come when the baby was ready to pop out. After a few months, it was time. Ellie had woke up one morning feeling a bit of pain and had no idea that she was having contractions. Manny rushed off to find everyone else. Brooke and Shira, along with Manny, went inside to help their female mammoth friend and companion while Diego stayed outside with the cubs and Cheril, along with Crash and Eddie.

Diego was resting on a flat rock while Junior and Stripes were learning a new prank from Crash and Eddie. Cheril was sharpening her spear while Snow Belle was doing her favorite activity in the whole world. Exploring.

The little saber girl was wondering what Cheril was doing, so she walked over. "What are you making, Cheril?"

"Well, it's already made, but I'm sharpening my spear,' Cheril said.

"Why do you have to sharpen it?"

"Well, it won't work unless you have a nice, sharp pointy tip." Cheril placed her fingertip on the point, making sure not to go deep enough to poke her finger. She did, though, but it didn't go through the skin too much. "Well, not the first time I've ever done that."

"What do you use it for?"

"I use it to hunt. Try comparing it to how a saber as big as you dad hunts for food. He uses his sharp fangs. This is like a human fang, only you have to be skilled in order to use it."

"Do you think I might be able to use it when I get bigger?"

"Well, considering that your fangs will grow in around the next couple of years, I don't think you'll ever need to use it."

"Can I see you use it?"

"Maybe one day."

Over to where the four pranksters were, Crash and Eddie had just finished giving the little saber cubs a lesson on how to sneak a fish in a mammoths top fuzz known as their hair.

"So do you think you have what it takes to make a prank like that?" Crash asked the saber boys.

"Sir, yes, sir!" Stripes and Junior exclaimed.

"What exactly are you gonna do when all is well with Manny?" Eddie asked.

"Sneak a fish in his fur, sir!" the boy cubs said.

"And where exactly are you gonna place the fish?" Crash asked.

"We're gonna place it...um..." Stripes didn't know where they were going to put it. He wasn't good with pranks, much less tell a joke. He got his material from Junior.

"We're gonna place it in his top fuzz, sir!" Junior said.

"That's exactly what you're gonna do when Manny returns," Eddie said, "You got that?"

"Sir, yes, sir!" the young cubs exclaimed.

They all heard a scream coming from the cave. They knew Ellie's contractions were getting stronger the louder she became. They heard Shira tell her to breath. Snow Belle was frightened by the noise and ran over to her father, who comforted her. "Don't worry, little flower. Nothing to be scared about."

"Why is aunt Ellie screaming?" Snow Belle asked.

"That's a subject I'll tell you about when you're older."

A few minutes later, Shira and Brooke walked out of the cave with smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. Brooke was the first to speak. "It all turned out wonderfully. Ellie has brought a new life into the Ice Age."

"What?" Snow Belle asked.

Shira chuckled. "Your aunt Ellie's new baby is here."

"It is?" Cheril said, standing up.

"Come inside and see for yourselves," Brooke said, going back inside.

Everyone else followed Shira and Brooke inside to see Ellie and Manny cuddling a new bundle of joy in the female mammoth's trunk. The little one opened it's eyes and smiled up at the two mammoths. They both looked to see that it was a girl.

She cooed up at her mother, who smiled down on her. "Hi there, sweetie. I'm your mommy." The baby cooed over at her father, smiling at him. "That's right. That's your daddy."

Manny smiled as he wrapped his daughter around his trunk. "Hey there, little one. I'm your daddy. We're glad you're finally here." The baby smiled, cuddling up against her father.

Snow Belle walked up to the new mammoth family. "She's adorable. What are you gonna name her?"

"I don't know. Did we think of a name, Ellie?"

"No, but I think I have the perfect name for her."

"Oh, are we gonna name her after you? I think that would be a wonderful name. Little Ellie."

"I thinking of something better. Peaches."

"Peaches?"

"Well, why not? She's sweet and round and covered with fuzz."

"Peaches. I love it."

"I think it's a cute name," Snow Belle said.

"We all do," Shira said. She sniffed the air and have a look of disgust. "Does anybody else smell rotten fish?"

Diego sniffed around until he sniffed where Manny was. "Uh, Manny, when was the last time you took a bath?"

"Yesterday," Manny said. He felt something in his hair. "I feel something...funny in my hair." He digged around and pulled out a fish. A smelly, dead one, to be exact. "Oh, come on, Crash and Eddie."

"That wasn't us," Crash said.

"It was them," Eddie said, pointing to Junior and Stripes.

"Oh, sure," Manny said, "Blame it on the kids."

"No, actually, it really was us," Junior said.

"Uncle Crash and Uncle Eddie taught us how to do it," Stripes said.

"Please don't become the next pranksters in the herd," Manny said.

"No promises," the little saber boys said.

Meanwhile, Peaches walked over the Snow Belle, hugging the little saber girl with her trunk. Snow Belle giggled. "I have a feeling you and I ate gonna be best friends forever, even if we are cousins." Peaches let go of Snow Belle and looked outside. It started snowing and the little baby mammoth was curious to know what it was. She walked out of the cave and sniffed a snowflake into her nose. She sneezed when it tickled and sat on the ground. Snow Belle walked up to her new friend. "This is what we call snow. Its why we call this world the Ice Age."

"That's right, baby," Ellie said, "Welcome to the Ice Age."

Everyone gathered around Peaches, welcoming a new joy into the herd. A wind chime showed the entire herd together once again, including Cheril, who started the herd in the first place. At the bottom under Cheril was the one eyed weasel none of them would ever forget. Buck.

Now we see the weasel riding on top of Rudy. They started running off. Inside a tree, Scrat and Scratte were moving inside, ready to start a new life together. They placed the acorn they decided to share together as a centerpiece to their small stone table. Scrat was trying to move The stone couch in the place Scratte wanted it to go. When he moved it to close to the table, it knocked the nut off, sending it rolling away. They both screamed and ran after it. They ran too far up the tree and hit through the ice, sending them back into the Ice Age world. They were happy to be home and hugged each other. They looked to see that their acorn was still underground. They screamed in frustration. Now a new adventure for a nut they could share together would begin.

We Are Family

(All the girls)

We are family

I got all my sisters with me

We are family

Get up ev'rybody and sing

We are family

I got all my sisters with me

We are family

Get up ev'rybody and sing

(Ellie)

Ev'ryone can see we're together

As we walk on by

(Hey) and we fly just like birds of a feather

I won't tell no lie

(Shira)

(ALL!) all of the people around us they say

Can they be that close

Just let me state for the record

We're giving love in a family dose

(All the girls)

We are family

I got all my sisters with me

We are family

Get up ev'rybody and sing

We are family

I got all my sisters with me

We are family

Get up ev'rybody and sing

(Brooke)

Living life is fun and we've just begun

To get our share of the world's delights

(HIGH!) high hopes we have for the future

And our goal's in sight

(Ellie)

(WE!) no we don't get depressed

(Shira)

'Cause here's what we call our golden rule

(Brooke)

Have faith in you and the things you do

(All the girls)

You won't go wrong

This is our family Jewel

We are family

I got all my sisters with me

We are family

Get up ev'rybody and sing

We are family

I got all my sisters with me

We are family

Get up ev'rybody and sing

SONG ABOVE DOES NOT BELONG TO ME. IT BELONGS TO SISTER SLEDGE. ALSO, I WANT TO THANK A.G. WICKED FOR REQUESTING IT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK HIM FOR GIVING ME EXCERPTS WRITTEN BY HIM TO USE IN THIS STORY. HE IS AN AWESOME WRITER.

WELL, THIS IS THE END OF THIS STORY. DON'T WORRY. THE FOURTH ONE WILL BE OUT SOON. I'M ON SPRING BREAK RIGHT NOW, SO I SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF TIME. THANK YOU FOR ENJOYING THIS ONE.

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