I do not own the Movie Cloud 9 or the characters. The only thing I own is the plot, and the name of Will's dad, since they never said anything about him or what had happened to him. I also own my oc character named Emily Parker who will come into play very soon in the story. Everything Cloud 9 related, except for Will's dad and my oc character all belongs to Disney Channel. Please review and commet, but if you have nothing nice to say, then please do not say anything at all.

Author's note: This story takes place one year later after the events of the movie, and I guessed on the character's ages since they never said how old they are I estimated their ages at around sixteen in Cloud 9, but in this story they are turning seventeen.

Chapter 1 - One Year Later...Tragedy strikes twice

{Will's POV}

I tossed and turned as another sleepless night took it's hold on me. It was the same dream I had been having for weeks now. It was of my dad being killed in a snowboarding accident. The accident happened ten years ago, when I was six years old, the very first time I ever fell in love with snowboarding. It was also the very first time I had ever been to a Fire & Ice competition, only not as a competitor, but as part of the audience.

I held my breath in anticipation as I waited to see dad's tricks as he came off the ramp and flew into the sky. It was then that I saw him perform his signature move, the Cloud 9. As I watched him flip through the air, Something was wrong. His rotation was too close from the slope. I gasped and whispered, "No." as I saw his board touch the top of the pipe, and he lost his balance. It seemed as if time had slowed down for an eternity, before he finally fell to the ground, with his back being the first thing to hit the ground. His left knee was twisted under his weight and he couldn't breath anymore. "Dad!" I shouted in horror as I rushed from my seat toward him, with mom not far behind me. "Will, honey get back here!" I heard her cry out, but I didn't stop. "Please be okay dad." I whispered as my heart slowed into my chest. By the time I had reached dad, there was already a large crowd circling around him, and paramedics were already loading him onto a stretcher. "Wait! stop!" I shouted. "Is he going to be okay?! Dad!" The next thing I remembered was mom pulling me close to her, and I cried on her shoulder hugging her tightly as we waited for the ambulance.

As I sat in the waiting room waiting for news on dad with my heart pounding in my chest, I suddenly overheard the doctor explaining to mom of dad's condition. "I'm sorry Mrs. Cloud, his internal injuries are much too severe." He said quietly. "When his back hit the slope, it caused one of his lungs to collapse. We'll do everything we can, but it may not be enough. I'm sorry." I could hear mom quietly sobbing, and felt tears brimming to my own eyes. No. I thought sadly. Not dad.

The scene of the dream changed and the next thing I saw was me standing beside mom glancing at dad's casket with tears running down my cheeks. "It's just you and me now Will." Mom said choking back her sobs and she pulled me close into a hug.

Suddenly I could hear the dogs below barking up a storm, and then felt something heavy jump onto my chest, which woke me up with a jolt. "Donald!" I cried out in alarm, catching a glimpse of his big saucer-shaped brown eyes. "Sheesh, you trying to give me a heart attack boy? what's gotten into you?" Donald barked, and leaped off of me and ran down the hall. "Will honey! let's go!" mom called from downstairs. "Don't you have to go and meet Kayla?" Suddenly my eyes snapped open in alarm. I completely forgot about Kayla! I dashed out of bed and quickly got dressed, then headed down the stairs to find mom feeding the dogs in their kennels. "Bye mom! I'll be back later!" I called as I headed out the door.

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I met Kayla practicing her moves on the slope. She was amazing! I watched as she caught some air coming off the ramp, and fliped through the air in a backflip motion before landing gracefully on the snow like a snowy angel. Her blonde hair shimmered in the afternoon sunlight as she pulled off her goggles, and smiled as she saw me. "Hey! did you see my run?" she asked excitingly. "Yeah, you were amazing!" I said with a smile as she gave me a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Hey are you okay?" she asked obviously noticing the look on my face that I was trying to hide. "Yeah," I replied quickly looking away from her. "I'm fine." "Hey, your obviously not okay." She said as she pulled me close to her, which forced me to look at her. "What's wrong?"

I drew in a shaky breath as I fought back the tears that threatened to fall from my hazel eyes. "I didn't create the Cloud 9 move." I said shakily. "My dad was the one who created it originally before he-" I stopped myself as I felt tears falling down my cheeks, and I quickly brushed them away with the sleeve of my jacket. "Will, it's okay. Please talk to me." Kayla said softly. "Don't shut me out please." "Forget it." I said chocking back a sob as I moved away from her. "Will!" Kayla cried out as she ran to catch up with me. I could hear her footsteps crunching rapidly in the snow as she ran. "Will please! talk to me!" She cried out. "Don't shut me out! Tell me what's wrong! Will!" I stopped and felt my heart racing in my chest as I chocked back sobs, as I turned to look at her. "You want to know the real reason why I lost my focus during the competition? The real reason why I crashed and nearly died? It's because the last Fire & Ice competition was on January 11th. The same day my dad died."

I looked at Kayla and could immediately see the hurt in her green eyes. "Will I- I'm so sorry." She said sadly. "I- I didn't know." I drew in a heavy sigh and walked away from her again, but she grabbed my arm, and turned me around to face her. "Is that why you didn't want to teach me the Cloud 9?" she asked. "Because of your dad?" I nodded and drew in a shaky breath. "I didn't want you to end up like he did." I said softly. "I didn't want to lose you."

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"Why didn't you just say so in the first place?" She asked, as she leaned her face close to mine. The kiss caught me completely by surprise, as I kissed her back not pulling away from her. Having her arms around me, just having her near me made me feel a lot better.

"Well, Well, if it isn't everyone's favorite little daddy's girl." Both Kayla and I both turned our heads in annoyance, and we saw Sebastian Swift walking up to us, with his son Nick not far behind looking slightly annoyed and slightly defeated, almost like he didn't want to do something. "What do you want now Sebastian?" Kayla asked obviously getting slightly defensive. "Me? nothing. I just wanted to propose something to you Mr. Cloud." "Me?" I asked, as my emotions began to change from sad and depressed to slightly annoyed.

"My son Nick wants to challenge you in race down Tyson's Peak." He said, as Nick looked up at me. "The one snowboarder who can do the most successful tricks while riding down the mountain of course will win Kayla." "Excuse me?" Kayla asked defensively. "No offense Sebastian, but last time I checked, Nick and I were over, as with me joining Team Swift, and also, Nick's dating Skye. He doesn't need me anymore."

Just at that moment, Nick walked up to us looking apologetically. "Kayla, I only dumped you because my dad wanted me to. I never truly loved Skye. You have been the one person I have only ever truly cared about." I rolled my eyes in annoyance, just as Kayla said, "Well it's a little late for you to be telling me this now isn't it? How do I know your not going to try and trick me again for your dad?" "I swear Kayla! this is me talking. Not him. I swear I won't ever hurt you like that again." I gasped and felt a surge of anger flare up within me as I watched Nick pull Kayla close to him, and they kissed!

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I growled and shoved Nick away from Kayla making him land in the snow hard. "You want a race?" I asked angrily. "Fine! you've got one!" After that I stormed off as another surge of anger flared up within me. The nerve of that jerk! How dare he do this to Kayla! She doesn't deserve him! She deserves so much better then that little rat! "Will!" I turned and saw Kayla rushing up to me. "Are you crazy?!" She cried out. "You can't slide down Tyson's Peak remember what happened to me last year? I almost got buried alive by an avalanche. It's too dangerous." "That jerk needs to pay once and for all!" I growled. "He's just trying to psyche you out!" Kayla cried. "He's trying to egg you on into racing just so you'll get hurt again. Please Will don't do this!" "Don't worry, I'll be fine." I reassured her. "I know I can beat him."

TYSON'S PEAK

I could feel my heart pounding in my chest as I glanced down the mountain, then back over at Nick, who seemed very calm and collected. I drew in a deep breath, and muttered under my breath, "Come on Will, you can do this. You cannot let this jerk win!" Sebastian Swift gave us the okay, and I shoved off with my board, immediately catching up with Nick as we jumped off the first ledge, and I grabbed the side of my board in the air before I began to descend. I let out a breath that I didn't realize that I was holding, as I landed and continued down the mountain. Piece of cake! I thought triumphedly. As I flew through the air off the second ledge of the mountain, I suddenly heard a crackling sound so loud that it sounded like a gunshot. I looked behind me just in time to see an avalanche spilling out behind me as I landed. "Will!" I heard Kayla scream out over the roaring avalanche.

I made my jump off the third ledge of the mountain but suddenly lost my footing as I landed and now began tumbling down the mountain with the avalanche not far behind me. Waves of pain shot through me and I immediately blacked out. The last thing I remembered before the avalanche buried me, was Kayla screaming my name in horror. "WILL!"

To be continued...What does everyone think of this so far? I hope everyone likes it and wants to know more, becasue I do plan on writing more for this story, but I wanted to get everyone's opion on what they think first. I loved the movie Cloud 9 and loved the chemistry between Will and Kayla. So much better of a couple then Kayla and Nick was seeing as how even though Nick treated Kayla poorly and even though he apologised to her at the end of the movie, he was still following daddy's orders and in my opinon, that kind of guy who does that escpecially for his own father over his girlfriend isn't worth it. Anyway better get to work on chapter 2 before I start to ramble. hope everyone enjoyed the first chapter and as I said before, Please review and commet, but if you have nothing nice to say, then please do not say anything at all.