Ice Age 2 End Credits Novels & Stories

Aria's POV: I fought against the bitterly cold water for almost an hour before my hand finally brushed against Mom's Moonlight Bangle, hidden in the muck at the bottom of Frost Flow. I used every remaining ounce of energy to crawl out of the water, just as a searing, tearing pain shot through my chest. I immediately coughed up a mouthful of blood and lost all consciousness. I regained consciousness to find myself lying on a down-filled bed, the surrounding air saturated with the acrid smell of medicine. I then saw the very dark witch who had appeared in Umbra Forest ten years ago, calmly observing me.

Either way, I nearly threw up. The gorgeous owner finished baking her new batch of cakes. She noticed the look on my face and joked, "Wow, that's some look you have. I'd have thought you bit into a cockroach in one of my cakes." I replied, "No, but the video's worse than that. I need some compensation." Smiling, the owner grabbed an extra cake from the tray. "Of course. New flavor. Try it out and give me some feedback." I would not say no to a good offer, so I took the cake.

It was like turning on a faucet—I didn’t even realize how much I was holding in until I was finally alone, and the weight of it all came crashing down. Inside the stall, I slid to the floor and tried to disappear. I pressed my back to the cold metal and forced myself to breathe quietly. In. Out. In. Out. Don’t make a sound. Someone came in. Two girls. Their heels clicked on the tile. Voices too loud. “You saw it, right? Harriet freaking Avery as Cyrano? I swear, Chloe is the queen of evil genius.” “She’s gonna cry mid-monologue, I swear to God. What if she breaks the stage?”

And my darling daughter, Alice—her future would be limitless. The End

As ready as we've ever been. THE END

"There. Satisfied?" He glanced at the screen, his expression softening just a bit, though I could still see a trace of doubt. After a beat, he shook his head and finally turned to leave. "Better be telling the truth," he muttered as he walked off. "You know me. I wouldn't ditch that class. I love biology," I joked, a grin tugging at the corner of my mouth. Grayson stopped for a second, glancing back with a smirk. "Yeah, right," he scoffed, rolling his eyes. "You're more likely to miss class just to hang out at the rink."

Not happy endings. **************************************************

"Mr. Wayne, this is the repaired dashcam footage." Wayne took it and pressed play. Arden's broken voice came through the speaker. "Wayne… I've known for a long time that you could walk, but still, congratulations. And thank you for risking your life to save me five years ago. But this marriage you built out of lies, letting me live in fake happiness—it has to end. I don't blame you for deceiving me, but I'll never forgive you either. Goodbye, Wayne…" Her words were cut short by a deafening explosion.

It hovered directly over the crater where the Neo-Thule underground city had been, its anti-gravity engines churning the blizzard into a frenzy. "It’s venting," Dad shouted over the wind, adjusting his crooked glasses as he stared up at the behemoth. "Look at the ventral ports! They’re dumping coolant. That means they’re charging the main spinal cannon." "They're going to glass the site," I gritted my teeth, forcing myself to stand up. My new left arm—the skeletal black crystal—hung heavy at my side, humming with a low, hungry vibration. "The Mad King wants to erase the evidence. If he fires that cannon, the shockwave will crack the ice shelf. We’ll all fall into the Arctic Ocean."

"No. I saw him for who he was when he led the thugs to break down our door. If we'd let him in, the three of us would probably be dead by now." Mom wiped her eyes and took my hand. "You did the right thing, Flint. This world has changed, and we just need to survive." I felt a massive weight lift off my chest seeing Mom and Dad finally harden their hearts. In an apocalypse, kindness was the quickest way to get a death warrant. Again, the system chimed. "'Human Fishing' mission successfully completed! Calculating rewards… "Congratulations! Rewards include a small-scale nuclear fusion generator, a high-pressure water cannon, an indoor soilless hydroponic lab, and three top-tier cold-resistant c