Dark Paradise

When I Wish I was Dead

Scratte was looking at the precious acorn that Scrat had accidentally dropped back into the land of the dinosaurs, but she felt no victory. Along with her recently ex-boyfriend, a lot of her friends were up in the Ice Valley.

Living with dinosaurs my whole life? I don't want it! I want to have some purpose, but if it isn't with Scrat then what?

Scratte would have to deal with living in her new home, there were many places a small creature like her could reside out of reach of the big dinosaurs she never wanted to see.

...

It had been a week, her life felt like it was nothing more than collecting berries to store in her home inside a bush for when she was too empty inside to move. She would simply eat the berries and let her thoughts bulldoze her well-being.

One day, she had heard multiple loud calls of her name. They sounded like two male ones and two female ones that were all too familiar.

My friends! They came for me!

Scratte leaped out of the bush and followed the sound intently till she saw them, a blue saber-tooth squirrel with orange stripes named Dan, an orange one named Luna, a light purple one named Kitty, and a dark grey and white one named Arin.

"Scratte! You're okay!" Dan gasped with glee as he stumbled over and hugged her. Luna glared at her while Kitty hopped to Scratte and hugged her as well while Arin just waved.

"What happened Scratte? We thought you were dead!" Kitty exclaimed over-dramatically.

"No, I'm not. I...I met a guy." Scratte revealed. "He didn't even have colorful pelts like we do, his was like brown and gray. And we fell in love."

"So this is your sad little tale about heartbreak?" Luna asked her tauntingly.

"Hey, quit it Luna. We've seen you go through more boyfriends then a squirrel does acorns." Dan's ears flattened when he heard Scratte begin to cry behind him. "Was it something I said?"

"That's the thing, he broke up with me over a bloody acorn!" Scratte snapped, scaring Dan and Kitty. "How'd you four get down here?"

"The ice at the surface, you just chew and claw at a certain spot long enough and you just jump down the hole into the Dinosaur World." Arin explained. "Though, we're never going to get out of here. You probably know that by now."

"And now we'll be spending our miserable lives down here all because you went missing." Luna hissed. "Over some dumb boy!"

"You decided to come with us." Arin muttered angrily. "It was your choice, you did not have too."

"Did too...." Luna whispered, looking at Dan comforting Scratte.

"It's okay Scratte. We're going to stay with you alright?" Dan told her gently, rubbing her shoulder.

Scratte would normally shake off the blue squirrel's paw, but she seemed to be wanting the touch of a mate again.

No, fight it. You don't even love Dan, not like you loved Scrat.

...

Oh no, he's haunting my dreams again...

Scratte realized as she was in the murky scenery that this would be another dream where she was swept off her paws by Scrat. But since everything was in black and white, she knew this wasn't real.