"Is she okay?"

"I sure hope so."

"Is she hurt?"

Nelida opened her eyes slowly, seeing nothing but blurs and colors.

"Hey, she's awake!"

Gradually she started seeing some shapes in the darkness around her. The first thing she saw was two emerald eyes locked with her own.

"Nelida? Are you okay?" Diego asked uncertainly.

"Diego?" She whispered.

He nodded and slowly everything started to click.

"Diego!"

Nelida jumped up from the ground and nuzzled him lovingly, ignoring the fact that the others were watching.

"I thought you were dead." She said sadly to him.

"I thought you were too, we all did." Diego replied.

Nelida looked around; they were in a small cave near the ocean. It was night time and Sid had already started a fire.

"What happened?" she asked surprisingly.

Crash shrugged, "You fell." He said observably.

Nelida rolled her eyes, "I know that much. But seriously, what happened?"

"Manny saved Diego at the last second." Eddie said excitedly. "Its teeth were right over his head when, bang! Swoosh! Manny pounded him with his trunk and threw him like he did the others."

Nelida sat beside Diego, who had settled down alongside Sid.

"Yeah it was awesome!" Crash added. "We went to see if you were alright. You were still breathing so we found a cave to stay in."

The saber shook her head in surprise.

"Wow," She breathed. "and this whole time I thought…"

Nelida paused, wondering if she should continue.

"Thought what?" Diego asked.

She shrugged, "Nothing, don't worry about it."

Nelida figured that the whole thing was over; he didn't really need to know now. Perhaps later, but not now. She yawned and looked out at the star covered sky.

"When are you leaving?" Ellie asked sadly.

Surprised, she blinked and looked at Ellie in bewilderment.

"What?"

"You said you were gonna leave because it was too dangerous to be around us." The shemmoth replied.

For a moment, Nelida thought it as a good idea. Other sabers didn't take to kindly to her and her "ways". If the pack she had come from found out about her friends, they would take it as an act against nature. They would be in danger, even if the vision was wrong.

Then she remembered the strong, spirited young saber she had seen in her latest vision. She was almost identical to Diego in so many ways. Even if she did leave, one way or another that vision would come true.

She smiled sheepishly, "I can take a risk." She said softly.

"Yes!" Ellie cried happily.

"Aww, I knew she wouldn't leave!" Sid said as he went up to give Nelida a hug.

Diego chuckled as Nelida's nose wrinkled up in disgust.

"Please. Stop. Touching. Me." She gasped.

Sid let go and sat back down beside Diego and sighed, "So… what next you two? Pups perhaps? Hmm?"

Manny rolled his eyes, Ellie, Crash and Eddie laughed up a storm.

"Cubs Sid." Manny said slowly. "Baby tigers are called cubs."

"Whatever, you get the point." Sid said idly. "Well what will it be love kittens?"

Diego shook his head, "No Sid. No cubs. You alone is enough of a headache for me."

Nelida laughed nervously, "You'd be surprised…" She whispered.

Diego was about to answer until the ground started to shake. Everyone looked at each other in surprise and fear. Slowly the sabers got up and crept around the cave opening.

Nelida gasped, "You've got to see this." She spoke softly to the others.

Little by little everyone went around the corner, each person taking their own intake of breath.

"What are they?" Ellie asked quietly.

Eating the top branches of a giant tree was a large animal. It looked like a huge cow with lizard like skin and a very long neck. Its legs were as big as tree trunks; every step it took shook the ground slightly.

"It's a dinosaur!" Manny breathed.

"But they're dead!" Sid exclaimed.

Nelida shook her head, "The things that attacked us were dinosaurs too." She whispered. "They've come back somehow."

She was interrupted by a loud hum the dinosaur made. It echoed around the valley, and soon the same sound repeated from other dinosaurs. It turned and walked slowly away. Nelida smiled as she saw the baby walk beside it, practically stumbling on its feet as it tried to catch up to its towering mother.

"I don't think we need to worry about the ones like that though." Manny said, "It's a leaf eater."

"Yeah," Ellie said softly. "Did you see that cute little baby?"

"Wasn't it adorable?" Nelida cooed.

Ellie laughed and nodded as she turned back into the cave. Diego sat down beside Sid, who was getting comfortable on his bark bed. He looked over at Nelida as she lay beside him.

"What did you mean, 'You'd be surprised?'"

Nelida chuckled as she yawned. "You'll see. Not very soon, but you'll see some day."

"Was it a vision?" He pressed.

"Maybe, maybe not." She said sleepily.

"Can't you just tell me?" Diego asked.

Nelida smiled, "You're lucky you know. Life is full of surprises, and you get to experience that. Me on the other hand, I usually see it before it happens. So my life isn't as fun as yours gets to be."

"Does it have something to do with cubs?"

The saber rolled her eyes, "Just think of it as a favor. Life wouldn't be fun if I told you your future every time I see it."

Sighing in defeat, Diego placed his head on his paws.

"Can you at least give me a hint?" He mumbled.

"It's the future…" She whispered.

As she said it she fell asleep, thinking fondly of what was awaiting them. Through bad or good times, she would no longer run from the gift. She had it; she might as well embrace it.

For once Nelida smiled in her sleep, and for the first time in three years she had a dream…

Then again, what are dreams? Just riddles of what you hope for the future…

The End.

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Don't worry, the story will continue… just not under this title. :)

TTYL!