"Ahh!" III woke up with a fright. It was the storm outside that caused the boy's fear. The thunder was so loud that it scared the child. It seemed like that was all for now though. With a cautious look around the room, III lied back down in his bed.

CRASH!

III jumped up again. He was afraid of the thunder. The poor child was frightened out of his mind and looked for comfort. Cautiously, III slipped out of his bed and made his way from his room to his older brother's room.

Once in his brother IV's room he tried to shake the older boy awake.

"No, I don't like that clock…" he mumbled.

"IV," III spoke and attempted to wake his brother again.

The older boy lazily opened his eyes up and looked at his kid sibling. "Why are you in my room?" IV asked, still half-asleep.

"I don't like the thunder," III spoke innocently. "Can I sleep with you tonight?"

"Whatever," IV answered and rolled back under the cover. III crawled under the covers and curled up next to his brother. He fell asleep instantly.

IV, on the other hand, couldn't fall back asleep. Now that III woke him up there was no chance of him falling asleep for, possibly, a few hours. The older boy decided to crawl out of bed and find something to do.

What am I gonna do? IV wondered. A midnight snack was out of the question. IV had learned for experience that eating late at night only made you hungry. He also discovered that eating the rest of the cake would get you in trouble with your brothers to the point that you'd be forced to go into hiding. His laptop was taken away due to the cake incident, so there was another dead possibility. Dueling was also a no go since there was no one to duel. As a final resort, IV decided to get an idea of how bad the storm was.

He quickly regretted doing that.

Outside there was a sky filled with lightning. Through his blackout curtains IV didn't even know what was going on outside. The flashes of light frightened the boy. In general, IV didn't like lightning. It always popped out of nowhere in grey stormy clouds like a surprise in a horror movie. This was nothing like that. Every time one bolt struck another bolt followed instantly. The sky was never dark.

IV was terrified and scurried back to his bed under the covers. He dared to peak out, but that was a mistake. Even though the boy drew back the curtains, he could see the lightning illuminate the border of the curtain.

CRASH!

"Ahh!" III yelped. The young boy looked over at his cowering brother. "IV, I don't like the storm. It's loud and scary."

"It's… it'll be fine, III," IV reassured. The older boy took a steal of his to his curtains to see that they were darkened again. "Let's just go back to sleep."

III agreed with his brother and they both lied back down. IV kept an eye on the curtain to see that it was dark at the moment. A moment later the light show resumed and a boom rippled throughout the house. The brother woke up with a fright.

III hugged his brother for comfort. "IV, can we go sleep with V. I'm really, really scared."

IV rested a hand on his brother. "Yeah, let's go to V's room."

The two boys ran out of IV's room and down the hall to V's room. The boys found that their older brother was awake reading a book.

"V, why are you still awake?" IV asked.

V marked his spot and put the book down on his side table. "The storm has been keeping me up. I've been reading for a while to try and fall asleep."

"Were you scared too?" III questioned.

V smiled. "Not really. Were you two afraid?"

"I wasn't, but IV wanted all of us to sleep together 'cause the thunder was loud," IV explain to save his pride.

"No, you liar! I saw that the lightning was scaring you!" III accused.

"Well you can both stay here tonight," V said. "I was just going to go to sleep anyway."

III and IV scurried to opposite sides of their brother and snuggled close.

"V, how come you're not scared of the thunder?" III asked.

"And the lightning too," IV added.

V smiled at his brother. "I'm not afraid because I don't let the thunder and lightning win."

"Win?" III questioned.

"You see, by letting the thunder's loud crashes"-he looked at III-"or the lightning fierce flashes"- he looked at IV-"scare you you're letting it win," V explained. "If you ignore it and brave the night, no matter how loud or bright it gets, you will win against the storm."

"Next time there's a big storm with lightning I'm not gonna be scared!" IV declared. "I will beat it!"

"Yeah!" III agreed.

"You two remember that next time," V told his younger siblings. "Now it's time to sleep."

The younger boys nodded with agreement with V and they all drifted back into sleep.

A/N: I got this idea from a storm that happened around me the other day. When I described the lightning that literally happened to me. It was never not flashing in the sky and it was the only light once my power went out.

This all happens before they changed their names, but since we only know V's real name it would be odd using only one of their real names.

In other news, I may be continuing these in a short story collection based on storms. What do you guys think?

Till next time!