The mess with time travel: The meltdown

Face your fears

While Manny was trying to do whatever he was doing with Ellie and it started going well, the rest of us were you know who knows what we were doing. Sid made some odd comment about Ellie and Manny and how he faced his fears and dove right in. I rolled my eyes knowing where this was going. He mentioned that everything can feel fear, except rocks that rocks feel no fear and that they sink.

What are you getting at Sid Diego asked him. Does it matter Diego? I asked him, apparently he doesn't want you to sink like a rock. What a good friend. Actually, I think he wanted both of us listening. You've got to be kidding, fear is for prey. It's too bad you guys feel that way because that means you're gonna let yourselves be the water's prey.

He started demonstrating. We were getting annoyed. May I? I asked turning to my brother. Go ahead the pleasure's yours. I slide my claw across the vine as he fell to the ground. Falling Correction you're sinking.... Kind of like a rock I finished laughing. However where things were going fine on our end, Ellie came trampling through in a rush and she wasn't too happy.

When she said we had to keep going now that it was night, Manny told her we couldn't see at night. Which I thought was confusing considering tigers and sloths are both nocturnal, and we see perfectly fine at night. Go calm her down Diego whispered to me, as I followed after her. Hey Ellie mind if I join you? Be my guest sugar plum. Manny tried to apologize tried to talk to her but she didn't want to hear it and then we were on tumbling cliffs. We were all split up. Manny and Ellie were on one part, Sid was on another, me and Diego on another part, and Crash and Eddie on another.

Diego and I were hanging off the side of the cliff. Somehow at some point everyone else was fine, safe and sound. And by we I mean Diego I was hanging off of him. I missed the rock, my claws clawed at his ankles as I tried to grab on to something. Hang on tightly to me, don't let go. More easily said than done big brother. Manny Ellie link trucks now! Diego yelled to them.

When they couldn't stop arguing Ellie admitted that Manny was right that she did overreact. Help! I yelped. Farrah don't let go! I'm trying not to hurt you! I'm slipping. Don't worry about me, just stay where you are! I'm not losing you again! Diego your cut! I don't care, I'll heal, hang on to me! Once everyone apologized, and the rocks were slipping more, and we were still dangling, Manny and Ellie finally were able to get along and help us back up.

Diego grunted in pain. Diego I'm so sorry. I'm ok I'll be fine. No, you're not ok you're hurt, you can barely get back up. It's not your fault. I was so scared, so sad, he caressed his head up against me. Don't worry about me, I've been through so much worse. You know I have. A little scratch isn't gonna phase me. It's more than a scratch YOU.... ARE..... BLEEDING.....! I'm fine!

Come on gang let's find some place to sleep for the night. You don't have to stop on my account we have to keep moving. Regardless on if any of us are hurt sleep is still important. You'd know so much about that wouldn't you Farrah? What are you talking about? When we were younger, after our parents died, and you didn't sleep for like a month, you were suspicious of everything I did. Remember?

Yeah. I do. Both: I'm sorry. Why are you sorry? I was just about to ask you the same thing. I was gonna say that I was sorry that I wasn't there for you, that I pushed you away, or thought that I was acting different, our parents deaths changed us both in very different ways from each other. I think that's the only promise I've ever broken. What? That they made me promise to look after you, to take care of you, however ever since the pack I only saw you at night, and I did everything with the pack. Then our parents died, and we grew apart even more, you became part of the pack, did everything with us, but hated the pack with a burning passion for taking me from you, that you were losing the only family member you had left.

You're never gonna lose me Farrah, I promise. And I will do everything I can not to lose you. I was gonna say that I was sorry for worrying you when I did that, that I didn't give you the time of day or let you explain, or when you tried to take care of me that I pushed you away, that I thought I could go off and take of myself, that I decided that I knew better that I knew what I was doing, that I left. I should've, I should've never had.... I'm sorry.

Hey, hey. No, its my fault, you needed your big brother, we're the only family we have left of each other, I should've been taking care of you, I left you alone to fend for yourself, I gave you a reason not to trust me, and without meaning to I pushed you away. I'm sorry kid. Forgive me? Of course. Nothing was your fault, so please don't ask me to forgive you, you did nothing wrong Farrah. I'm not gonna argue. I yawned. Ellie saw us talking and setting a good example on how to act like a family.

We heard a twig snap, and we went into fight stance. I'm sorry guys, I didn't mean to startle you. I also didn't intentionally mean to eavesdrop, but I watched you guys and you are such a good example on how a family is supposed to act. Diego are you sure you're gonna be ok? I'm so sorry. I'm fine Ellie he chuckles. Ok.... If you say so, well goodnight to you both. She strokes me with her truck, and wraps it around me like a hug. Goodnight sweetie pie. Night Ellie I giggle. Sweet dreams to ya both. You too Ellie, you too.