A/N: I know it's been awhile...hope you like the chappie =)

Chapter Three: Fury

Rose was lying in a clearing, surrounded by as many of the elements she could find. She lay on the soft grass with her eyes closed and listened to the sounds of nature. The trees rustled in the light breeze and the sound of the water flowing in the creek by the edge of the clearing helped to lull Rose into and light meditative state.

As she lay there her thoughts turned to her Mother, oh how she missed her but she would not cry; no 'cause her Mama would not want her to be sad but to rejoice in the memories of all the good times they had had together and to remember that she was never alone.

"I miss you Mama" she whispered to the sky above, her Mama was gone from this earthly plane but she was not gone from the world, not truly and fully as long as Rose still remembered and loved her a little each day.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a louder rustling in the bushes, a loud mewing sound and the feeling of power and magick trickling over her entire body and mind, but it was not a power she understood or had felt before, it was something new.

Rose was a brave wee thing and rather curious of life, so she got to her feet and edged over to the bushes, where the noise was coming from but just as she reached to move the shrubbery aside and tiny black fluff-ball jumped out at her, swiping at the air with a tiny little clawed paw.

The little girl's face lit up with happiness and she laughed as she watched the tiny animal, that she could now see was a kitten, stalk a winged bug. The kitten jumped and took swipe after swipe at the bug, trying with all its might to catch the prey.

When the bug flew away, the black kitten let out an angry sounding meow and pounced on a nearby flower, tearing it to shreds with tiny but sharp claws. The kitten gave the destroyed flower a look of what seemed to be satisfaction before turning its attention to the redheaded girl.

The kitten walked up to her and began to rub against her side, meowing and purring loudly, clearly wanting attention. Rose picked the fluff-ball up, noted that he was a boy and cuddled him close "hi little guy, are ya all by ya lonesome?" she asked him.

He just continued to purr now rubbing his own face against her's, Rose giggled and put the kitten down on the soft grass in front of her. she found a small apple lying under a nearby tree and rolled it for the kitten.

She watched and laughed as he chased after the fruit with such energy "ya gonna need a name" she said to the cat "hmm, I know I'ma call ya Fury" she said finally "yeah I think it suits ya" the kitten, now named Fury gave a loud meow that Rose took as his agreeing to the name.

Rose was having so much fun playing with her new kitten that she did not notice the sun begin to set our realise that the seven men who now took care of her might be worried about where she was and whether or not she was safe and unharmed.

Meanwhile back in town Ezra stood on the front steps of his saloon and called out to the girl "Rose, our evening meal has been prepared, come and join us while we dine" but when he did not see the red haired child come running towards him and did not receive any form of reply he became concerned and went to inform his comrades that their young charge appeared to be missing.

A/N: I know it's kinda short and I'm sorry but the rest of this story, which will also be put on today will be short, there are three more chapters after this one and then that is it for this story...sorry guys but my Muse isn't in the mood to help me write more for this fic. Please review =)