None of the characters are mine except for Ghost and Arthur.

Lightning Lynx pov

I woke up. We were lying on a green grassy hill. The bamboo forest was just behind us at the top of the hill. I turned my head. Conquering Storm was lying next to me. I could see her straw hat a little ways down the hill. Her soft hair brushed against my face as the wind blew softly. I smiled; she looked so beautiful sleeping here, next to me.

I sighed. I could feel the warm sun on my face. I closed my eyes. It was all so perfect. If only I could remember how we had gotten on this hill.

I started thinking hard. We had been just outside the clan... then I remembered. The argument...

Previously, the night before...

"What do you think the world would be like if there was no moon?" Ghost the cat had asked me. She and I had decided to go for a late night stroll together. She was warring a purple vest, and a black shirt, a black belt, black boots and black gloves. She was even warring when of those French hats. They were called berets, I think. Fiona had started to give her fashion advice... and let her have some of clothes. All before she had left.

Soon I was pretty sure Ghost's and Storm's dad, Arthur, would start to speak against the new styles Fiona had introduced to Ghost. But, hey, it was her choice. "What makes you ask that Ghost?" I had asked her. She shrugged. "I don't know. It just popped into my head." She was holding my hand with both of hers. And she was walking surprisingly close to me.

I sighed. "Ghost, you're a little close." She smiled deviously, "oh? Does that bother you?" I sighed, "Ghost, I've told you before, I'm too old for you." She giggled a bit, "I notice you're not pulling away, though." I didn't answer right away, and then I said, "Ghost, your only 13, where could you possibly be learning all of this stuff from?"

She smiled, "your friends, the destructix." I sighed, "Your still young, don't go down the same path as we did." She laughed, "and why not, mister?" I gave her a stern look, it just made her laugh again, "Ghost, going down that path is asking for trouble. I don't want you hanging around the destructix that much anymore." She smiled, "aw, you worry about me."

It was my turn to laugh, "of course I do Ghost, I love you." She gasped, and looked at me surprised. "You do?" I gave her a hug, "okay, before you get all excited, I love you as a sister Ghost, nothing more." She smiled. "I know, and the way that you and Storm are heading, pretty soon I am going to be your sister. I'll be your sister in law." I sighed, "Yeah, if your dad ever lets me get near her with a ring." Ghost gave me a serious look.

I laughed; it looked so funny on her. She said, "You have to talk to my dad about this, Lightning. Everyone knows you and Storm are perfect for each other. Well, anyone who knows that you've been seeing each other." I gave her a nod, "don't worry about it Ghost. I'll talk to him, I will. I just have to get him on one of his good days." She smiled, and we continued to walk. She then pointed ahead, "is that the destructix?" she asked. I looked ahead, and sure enough, it was. Well, it was the remaining members. "What a coincidence." Ghost said quietly. I turned to her, "maybe you should leave, Ghost." She shook her head. "No, it'll be nothing I can't handle. And besides, you'll be there to protect me."

I took a breath, and the two of us approached them. "It's been a while Lightning." Scourge said. I gave him a nod, "yes, it has." Ghost gave a wave to Simian, Frog and Predator. They waved back. Scourge gave her a smirk. "You know what's funny." He said, he then turned to the other three, "you guys have all been keeping contact. But none of you had heard anything from Fiona. Well, as far as I know." I glared at the green idiot, "you came all this way, to talk to me about Fiona?"

Scourge angrily turned to me. He kept his cool expression, but I could see fire in his eyes. "She quit right after you did, Lightning." He said. I didn't show any hints of anger at him, I just said, "So you think I know where she is?" He laughed a bit, "I think you all know where she is." Then Ghost spoke up. "She left for a reason Scourge." She said. I grimaced; I had hoped she'd stay quiet. Scourge approached her.

I could see all the others get ready to fight him if he tried to do anything to her. I did too. I could see Ghost start to shrink away a bit. We all knew she had no way of protecting herself. She couldn't fight for herself, and she couldn't cast a spell fast enough to protect herself. The worst she could do in a situation like this was bite. We all knew she had a nasty bite. But it wouldn't be enough.

"You think I was that reason?" Scourge said menacingly. She nodded meekly. "I know you are." She said, "Because Fiona told me before she left." Scourge swung a fist at her, but Simian caught his arm before it could hit her. Ghost screamed, and stumbled backwards. I caught her before she could fall. "We have been in contact with Fiona Scourge." Predator said.

Scourge turned to them, "really now? And you didn't tell me?" Predator nodded. "Ghost was right. She left because of you." Scourge yelled out in furry and charged at him. "Wait just a minute!" it had been Ghost. We all turned to her. "Yes?" she looked at all of us nervously. "Well... as you all know... I'm not very good around blood. So unless you want me throwing up all over you guys, I suggest you take this elsewhere." Scourge just growled. "Fine..." he said, opening a warp ring.

We all watched him disappear through it. Once the warp ring was gone, I say, "You guys aren't seriously thinking of following him, are you?" Simian shook his head, "no. We're not. He's actually not even on the team anymore, he just asked us to meet him here." Ghost looked to Simian, "why did you guys trust him? Why did you come?" Predator sighed, "We didn't think he would start a fight." Simian then turned back to me. "Scourge has lost it Lightning, he's completely out of his mind. I suggest you watch out." I nodded.

Simian opened a warp ring of his own, and then they left. But before Flying Frog left, he turned back to his, gave a big smile, and said loudly "pickles!" It had been the first thing he had said all night. Ghost laughed, "I love pickles! But you should probably go now." After they were all gone, and Ghost was safely in her room, I went to go see Storm. Conquering Storm was in her room as well. She was sitting on the edge of her bed, paper work in hand. When I entered, she looked up at me and smiled. "Lightning!" she ran up to me and hugged me. I laughed, "There's my girl." She pulled away and laughed, "you're going to have to talk to my dad before you try and take claim of me. In his mind, I'm still his girl." I smiled, then said, "hey, why don't we go for a walk?" she gave me a suspicious smile, "didn't you just come back from one with Ghost." I chuckled a bit, "yeah, but I want to go on one with you too."

Present time...

I opened my eyes. We had ended up on this hill on our walk. We must have fallen asleep. I could feel her starting to stir next to me. I turned to face her. She turned to face me. "Good morning." I said, looking into her robotic eyes. "Good morning." she said. She then looked around a bit. "We must have fallen asleep here." she said. I smiled, "yeah, I guess we did." Then I said, "We should probably go. Everyone's probably worried about you." She giggled. "We can let them worry a little longer."

I smiled and gave her a kiss. Now would be a good time to tell her about what had happened on me and Ghost's walk... great...

So how will Conquering Storm react when she hears about Scourge? Keep an eye opened for chapter 2 to find out, see what Scourge may have planned and see what happened to Fiona. Please review.