Ice Age Manny's Family Novels & Stories

They sat in silence for a couple of minutes, watching the moon that seemed to be admiring its reflection on the lake's calm surface. “So, tell me something about yourself”, Nueva uttered to break the silence. “I don’t know anything about you.” “What would you like to know?” Ryan’s voice was warm and comforting. “Well, let’s start with where do you live?” Ryan straightened his back before answering. “My family and I live outside of town. We have lived on a property owned by my family for hundreds of years.” “Oh, wow. What do your family do?’ “Well, it’s sort of a family business that my older brother Gray is running.”

--- **MYLES** I listened to the tick of the clock, staring at the picture on the bedside table, of the six-year-old kid with his arms wrapped around his father's shoulders. The missing toothy smile, flushed cheeks in the snow, our home in the background, and in front of us, demanding we smiled for the camera, was Mum. That kid... I didn’t remember him anymore. But I knew he grew up, and right now, he lay on the bed, unwilling to breathe too deeply so the pain wouldn’t shoot up like fireworks. Every part of me hurt, especially the split lip and my midsection, but nothing more than the ache in my chest.

When Stella returned to the Fire Ice Island, she focused all of her energy on cultivating. She delegated management of the island's affairs to her four brothers. The four brothers were a little dense and simple-minded, but the Ice Fire Island was far enough away from land that nothing disastrous occurred. The Ice Fire Island was located in an area with unusual climate features and was home to a special breed of fish known as the Ice Marrow Fish. The fish resembled a sea snake, snow-white in color and ice-cold to the touch. Its spiritual energy was unique, and it was considered an excellent health supplement for cultivators.

A heavy, metallic thunk. The screen steadied in front of a large, industrial freezer. Mother frowned. “What are you—” The lid jerked open. The camera adjusted. Focused. Filling the screen, crystalized with frost, wide with frozen terror, was my eye. Mira’s tiny, trembling whisper broke through. “Mama… is right here.”

Goodness! I try to stand in front of it as I nervously turn to face my family. Some had their hands over my younger relatives' eyes. Some of them look like they wish they could run away. Some look petrified. Some look speechless. Some look like they wish they were me! Jeez, I just want today to be over with already. I take a deep breath and release it. "Y'all this is Dagonae and," I turn to him, then back to them with a shy smile. "He is Manny's Giant. Dag, this is my family."

"The coach at school said I'm really talented on the ice. One day, I'm going to be the most famous hockey star in the whole world!" That innocent sentence was like a blast of icy wind that froze my blood. Hockey. My memory was instantly thrown back to the past, to the figure of the Ice King of Chicago who brutally dominated the arena. That talent... that blood truly flowed fiercely within Leon. I swallowed hard, forcing a smile as I stroked my son's dark hair. "Of course. Mom is sure you will be the best." Right at that moment, the roar of a car engine echoed from the front yard. Julian had just returned from the office.

Clutching the urn, Ivano's mind wandered back to the hardships his family endured, and he started to spill the beans. "The Quigg family. We hit the Southern Ice Fields early on, dodging our enemies. Sure, life was dull as dishwater there, but we had each other, and we made do. "Then this Master Moony shows up, wanting to turn us into his lackeys. Dad stood up to him and got a fist through the heart for it. The rest who fought back got slaughtered, and the survivors? Either chained up or carted off for his sick experiments! "The guy's an animal!"

“Both of us are already so old. Who knows how much time we have left to keep our children by our side with us? He doesn’t have to personally control the company in Austria. Just let him stay here and spend more time with the family so that he doesn’t keep spending time on work and neglect his family.” Anna nodded, and her gaze fell on Ian, who was in Mia’s arms. Ian turned to play with Mia’s hair. Anna noticed that Ian did not have cleft chins. She turned to glance at George and then at Jacklyn, before looking at the two elders. The Wolf family members seemed to all have cleft chins, but Jacklyn did not. Anna thought that perhaps Ian took after Jacklyn or his mother, Mai.

Ace came home because Ice called him, saying that he needed him for something. I struggled to get the suitcases down the stairs but I managed somehow. "Why didn't you help me? You're stronger than me?" I grumbled, hitting Ice playfully knowing it wouldn't hurt him. "Ow, my arm" he glared at me. "That's what you get for not helping me" I hissed as I sat down at the table in the kitchen. "I didn't help because I wanted to watch you struggle" he smiled evilly before looking through the fridge for some food.

And when that person spoke she was confident that it was indeed the one she was worried about. “Huh? Why are the lights out?” Mane walked into the dark room whiles pulling off his blindfold. He had spent longer in the home of Ancestor Ice than he anticipated; mainly because of the last part of their conversation. And when he returned, he and the twins retreated to Lily’s room where they spoke about a few other things before Mane eventually left. And with that he left after lulling Lily to sleep.