A/N: Exciting things are happening! Read on cool cats! ;)

Storm woke early the next morning, eyes blinking slowly as they adjusted to being open. The silence was only broken by the faint snores coming from her brother and Windy, and the birds tweeting outside.

She arched her back, listening to it crack satisfyingly, as she yawned wide. Ahh... There's nothing like a good night's sleep! Storm stepped from the nest, careful not to wake her family. As she pushed open the small black door, it squeaked. She froze.

The four cats behind her kept on sleeping, and Storm slipped through it, bounding happily down the wooden floor to the forest.

"Hello? Falcon?" Storm peered into a patch of tall grass, looking at a empty nest of trampled-down grass. She breathed in the scent that lingered, determined to track Falcon down.

The scent led out through the grasses, into a log, and through a large patch of flowers. Aw! These mousebrained flowers are covering the scent up! Storm's tail lashed back and forth angrily, as she tumbled from the flower patch.

Sniffing, she rubbed her face clear, sneezing at the pollen that got up her nose. I can't sneak up on Falcon while being THIS noisy! I gotta learn to keep quiete! Storm focused on where she was putting her paws, avoiding the loose pebbles and sticks that littered the path.

So focused on her pawsteps, Storm didn't notice the cat ahead of her until she bumped into him.

Gasping, she leaped back, claws jumping out and helping her dig into the dirt. "Falcon! You scared me! I thought you were- never mind. I was looking for you!"

Falcon, a tabby cat, laughed. "I was suprised you could track me through those flowers! That normally throws off even dogs!" Falcon strutted around Storm, wiping some pollen of her face with his tail.

"Well, with my super senses, and your fight moves, we could be unstopabble!" She giggled, pouncing onto her best friend.

Falcon yowled in mock terror, swatting her face and knocking her off his back.

The pair played quiet late into the afternoon, Falcon teaching Storm his fight moves, until Storm stopped it all. "OhmuhStarClan! I'm late! Momma will probably be worried sick!"

She began to run, but Falcon stopped her. "Wait." He gently meowed, standing in her way. "What if we ran off together? I like being alone and all, but I like your company, so we could go together! Besides, you're always saying how your brother is a bully, and your sister is bratty, and your mom worries to much. We could be free!" Storm's fur prickled at the word 'free' but she shook her head.

"Sorry, but no. I still love my family. I gotta go." She walked around Falcon, tail nearly dragging in the dust.

"Fine." Falcon meowed. "But, just in case you change your mind, I'll be waiting at the waterfall."

"Deal!" Storm meowed as she broke into a run. Falcon watched her retreating form until the waving grass hid it.

Sighing, he watched a beautiful blue butterfly flit into the yellow flowers he had gone through earlier. Which gave him a idea...

Storm leaped through the door, smacking straight into Windy and Ice as she did. "Oooof! Get off fatty!" Ice wriggled from the pile, hissing at Storm.

"Storm! Your mother is worried sick about you! Where were you?!" Windy said, standing up and glaring at Storm. "I was out; And you don't need to worry about me! I can take care of myself!"

Windy sighed, eyes softening. "Even with Scourge out there?" Storm felt her anger dissipate at the name, but she turned and marched into their nest, ignoring Bird's pleas as to where she had gone.

Ice soon returned with Dawn, who immediatly tried to smother Storm with licks while scolding her at the same time.

"Mom! I'm fine! Like I said, I can take care of myself!" Storm pushed her mother's tongue away, remembering what Falcon has said last night.

"You're only as capable as you make yourself out to be. Allow your mother to treat you like a kit, and you will end up acting like one."

Storm leaped from the nest, settling down near Windy. "Storm! What is wrong? Why are you acting like this?!" Dawn came over to her daughter, distraught looks on her fine muzzle.

"This is what's wrong! Your treatment of me!" Storm hissed, whirling around to face her mother. "I'm sick and tired of being treated like a kit, when I'm not!"

Dawn's blue eyes held many emotions as she viewed her daughter's tempertantrum. "Now listen here! You haven't lost any of your kit fuzz yet! You still drink sometimes! You are still, just a kit!"

"No! I can take care of myself! I can prove it!"

Anger erupted in Dawn. "NO! You are my kit, and I will treat you as such until you are full-grown!"

Storm yowled angrily, leaping over a terrified Bird as she raced out the door, into the woods.

Her mother's yowls quickly disappeared, then grew louder as Dawn ran after her. Tears of anger and sadness streamed from Dawn's eyes, disappearing into the earth beneath her. Starclan! Help me! I can't do this! Storm veered into a patch of flowers, letting the pollen do it's trick.

Splashing through a stream, she headed to the waterfall and hid under a moss-covered rock that leaned against a log.

"Storm! Storm! STOOOORRRMMMY!" Dawn cries soon reached Storm's ears, and she covered her ears, trying to block them out.

"Storm! I'm sorry! I shouldn't have gotten angry with you! Please, come back!" Dawn approached Storm's hiding spot enough for Storm to hear the anguish in her voice, and to see the tears streaming down her cheeks.

Storm nearly burst from her hiding spot then and there, but a voice seemed to hold her back.

"No! Storm will never go back!" Storm peeked out. She spotted Falcon, perched in a tree. "She is tired of your control! She is now her own boss!"

Dawn wailed one long, heartbroken cry, slumping to the ground. "I've failed as a mother!I only wanted to do what was best for my kit!"

Storm rushed from her spot, nuzzling her mother and licking away her tears. "Mom! I'm sorry; I won't do it again!"

Falcon made a 'hmmppph' noise, but didn't say anything.

Dawn pulled herself up, licking Storm's fur down. "Come. Let's go back, then we can move to the clans."

Storm smiled, pressing close to Dawn's side.

"Not so fast!"

Dawn glared at the shadows. Storm rolled her eyes. "Falcon? Come on! You can come with us too!"

"Oh, I'm not Falcon... Far from him in fact!" One white, pristine paw stepped from the shadows, followed by a icy blue glare.

"Scourge!" Dawn's fur bristled, and she arched her back, hissing at her former mate. "Get behind me, Storm!"

"You left me alive; big mistake, Dawn! I SHALL have your kits, and I'll start with this one!"

He leaped forward, smacking into Dawn as she defended her kit. Storm screamed, she couldn't help it.

Scourge knocked her mother aside, claws ripping deep into her side and legs. Blood pooled around her still body, her blue eyes closed, and still.

"Mommy!" Storm screamed, staring with horrified eyes at her mom.

Scourge grabbed her by the scruff of her neck, running off as quickly as he'd come.

"Moooooommmmmyyyyy!" Storm's cries faded, but Dawn lay still, the growing pool of blood staining her normally pure-white fur pink.

A brown shadow followed Scourge from the treetops, tracking Storm's cries.

Windy and Ice hurried up to Dawn's body. "Oh no!" Windy immediatly sent Ice for cobwebs and lamb's ear.

Dawn felt pressure on her side, barely noticeable through the blinding pain.

She kept spiraling deeper and deeper into the black pit that awaited her below. I can't leave... Storm and... black.

A/N: As I said before, I have great plans for Storm! I have the end all planned out, but I have to slowly work my way to it.

Hehehee... Cliffhanger... I remember how agonizing those were... So now you'll have to endure them! HAHAHAHA! :D

Sorry.

;)

Cya later cats!