Live On

Where was he? Everything was white, but he heard familiar noises. He took a step forward, and another, and his vision was slowly coming to a clear view. Again he took another step forward. Where was his cane? Didn't he... no. He felt so strong, so young again. He couldn't wait any longer, and Buck ran into view. He gasped as he found himself on a cliff overlooking the dinosaur world.

I hear the wind across the plain,
A sound so strong, that calls my name,
It's wild like the river, it's warm like the sun,
Ya it's here, this is where I belong.

It was so beautiful, so new, just like the last time he and the herd had left it when they went to the surface. He recognized a few dinosaurs, and even saw that butterfly he had known since it was a caterpillar.

Under the starry skies, where eagles have flown,
This place is paradise, it's the place I call home,

Buck grabbed a hanging vine nearby, and started swinging from one forest vine to the next. Beautiful colours zipped past him as he travelled from one portion of the forest to the next. He chuckled as a venus flytrap tried to take him, but he had quickly dodged it.

The moon on the mountains,
The whisper through the trees,
The waves on the water,
Let nothing come between this and me.

He passed by familiar faces, such as Rascal, partying with his fellow dinosaurs and celebrating. They all cheered up to him, those who had coconut cups toasting him as he swung by.

There was also Pett, and Doktor who had given him his knife and waved goodbye when he made his leave.

The hypsilophodon smiled, watching the weasel disappear into the forest, "It's good to have you back, Buckminster." Pett chirped happily.

Cuz' everything I want, is everything that's here,
And when we're all together, there's nothing to fear,

Buck emerged from the forest, and landed crouching at the tip of a cliff. He smiled side to side as his family marched up to the cliff beside him. Manny and Ellie stood to his right along with Crash and Eddie. Sid and Diego had emerged after, to his left, and they all smiled together. They were in a place, where you can never grow old, can never die, but what mattered is that they were together.

Buck stood up to look at the distance. Was that the sun? Yes, that was the sun, and flying from out of the Abyss to cover a portion of the burning star was Lois. She spread her wings as she slowed to a stop, and dove forward, landing beside her father.

"Welcome home, dad." she smiled, and he smiled too.

And wherever I wander, the one thing I've learned...
It's to here, I will always...

In the distance, came a mighty roar only recognized by the dinosaurs in the massive land, and the group of mammals that stood aligned on top of a cliff. Buck smirked, and knife in hand, he said...

always return.

"It's time to get, Buckwild."

'What we learned as children that one plus one equals two, we know to be false.

One plus one equals one.

We even have a word when you plus another equals one...

Of course in Manny, Sid, Diego, Ellie, Crash and Eddie, and Peaches' relationship; a family.

In Buck and Lois' case; a father and daughter.

So what is that word when you plus another equals one, or a family altogether?

That word is,

LOVE.'

The End

Disclaimer: I do not own anything 'Ice Age' related other than my OCs, and this story. I do not own any of the songs I have also used in this fanfiction, and the quote is from the TV show 'Life' on at channel NBC; I just added to it.

Note: I'm sorry this chapter is short, but that's how I planned it to be, a short ending. But I want to point out that the reason for this chapter is that it doesn't matter where you are, or what you are, as long as you're with your family, and that's what matters.

The songs used in this fanfiction are,

"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by *NSync (Diego and Lois' performing)

"Nothing I've Ever Known" by Bryan Adams (Buck and Lois' meeting)

"This Is Where I Belong" by Bryan Adams (Live On/The End)

Bryan Adams? I loved his songs, and not only did they fit my fanfiction but there was a meaning to them, and emotion to them whenever he sang his songs. Because of that, it lets the people listening to his song feel what he wants them to feet, such as I wanted people to feel the sadness, and happiness of this story when I was writing it.

Thank you,

Varanus Prasinus, being my first reviewer. I hope you enjoyed this story.

DXmaryoOD, even though you only reviewed once it still helped me continue this story, thank you.

Safe runner, thank you for pointing out my spelling mistakes although I'm still working on it.

P.A.W.07, thank you for reviewing, it helped me continue.

Jessangel249, I'm glad you liked Lois, being one of the OCs you said you can't hate. Diego's moods are fun to play with; you have to think like him to write a proper a fanfiction I guess.

pachysam! Although I couldn't incorporate most of your ideas to my fanfiction, I'm very thankful that you gave a moment to help me. I have to say, your review about the list of dinosaurs I should incorporate into the story made me giggle.

NewEclipse, I know I said that Buck wouldn't die, I'm sorry, but thank you for reviewing. I hope this ending will make you feel better now that I've err... killed Buck.

heynello, don't worry, I didn't forget about you! Without you, and the other people that have reviewed, I would've never finished this insane fanfiction. So thank you!

nakota2mustang, ugh! How stupid of me to not see that Buck had an Australian accent. I'm so sorry! Although, I'm glad you enjoyed some of the scenes I have written, being the party scene with Diego and Lois and I'm also glad that we could relate to the 'crying' part.

Amethyst DragonRider, I'm sorry to have made you suffer from endless cliffhangers! I don't mean to do it, but I just do... it's a tendency.

haleygirl28, don't think I forgot about you! One, being one of the many faithful reviewers I had since the story had started and the fact that your concerns about Diego always made me chuckle, he's a cool cat, isn't he?

Joe, you were funny. Thank you for the review ;)

IceAgeLover thank you for reviewing! I like your icon by the way!

goldenpuon, even though you apologize for reviewing so late I don't mind at all. You're one of the many people that helped me continue this story and I thank you for that.

FABCHICKXO, hello! Thank for being such a patient victim, it was fun teasing you and the others with cliffhangers--no not really, it was mean. Lol.

metacognitive, although you said one time that you were too lazy to log in, you were never lazy to give me such a great review, thank you! You're also one of my victims to the cliffhangers, ugh, sorry, I can't help myself... it just comes!

Fiat Noctum, no, no, no, I would never forget you. You were right all along about Diego getting worse, and here we are, at the end. I hope you enjoyed reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it; although I've been doubtful at times since I think I have bad grammar.

Last but not least, thank you Locrian-Mode! You've given me such wonderful reviews and they mean so much to me. I would always stiffen when you'd give me long reviews, as I thought they were flames, but they never were. Your reviews helped me finish this story, and I wish that I could give long and awesome reviews to your fanfiction, but my grammar is stopping me from doing so. But again, thank you! I'll be keeping an eye out for your next update of 'Rising' ;)

And Paige, you better be reading this... BECAUSE I GOT A LOT OF 'GONCOOKIES TO GIVE YOU!!!! You know who you are, and thanks for your rewiews... on MSN of course. LMAO!