All right, after a few bad days of writer's block, I have finally been able to come up with something for this story. Sorry for the long wait but I think I've got it now. Thanks to Kratos Wilder who actually sparked my idea. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, you're all awesome. Okay, on with the chappie!

Chapter 11: Family

Storm was making her way through Derris Kharlan with many memories beginning to return to her, none of them were good ones though. She could only remember the bad times. She remembered all the pain, all the depression, and all the emptiness. She remembered feeling hopelessly lost inside, having no one to turn to. It was almost like the feelings she had now except then there were people that she knew, just no one she felt she could trust. She was still searching for someone who she could call, "family."

Storm looked down and stared at the necklace that she was wearing for what seemed like the thousandth time. She knew that there was something about the star and moon charms around the gold chain that sparked a distant memory. She knew that they were important and kept coming back to it to try and remember something from her past.

Storm went to bed that night in her old bedroom, trying to decipher the mystery behind her necklace. She stared at it, and when she couldn't think of anything she averted her gaze to the night sky. She stared up at the vast darkness above her and searched for any answers that the heavens held for her. Suddenly, and image returned to her memory. She strained to remember exactly what had happened.

It was Storm's seventeenth birthday, the first that her and her father had truly spent together for many years. They had just recently settled back into Derris Kharlan.

"Here you go Storm, I hope you like it," Kratos said as he held out a small box to his daughter.

Storm took the box carefully and opened it to reveal the gold necklace, at the bottom of the necklace was a moon and star charm. Storm loved to look at the night sky and she immediately fell in love with the necklace.

Kratos took the necklace and placed it around her neck. "When you wear this necklace you can take comfort in knowing that no matter how far away you are from someone you love, as long as you look up at the night sky, you can be sure that they will always be looking up at the same sky and thinking of you," Kratos said. "Your mother always used to tell you and your brother that when you were little."

"Thank you Dad," Storm said as she wrapped her arms around him.

"Remember, you can always trust in me, I'll always be there for you," Kratos said.

Storm couldn't believe it, she had finally remembered the relationship that she had with Kratos. He was not just her rescuer and teacher, he was also her father. Why hadn't he told her earlier? Perhaps he was afraid that she would not believe him. He was probably right in his assumption, but she was still a little disappointed that she didn't know sooner. She wanted to run to him right away to tell him what she knew, but she knew that it was far too late at night to disturb him. She would have to wait until morning.

Storm was so anxious in her bed that she had difficulty falling asleep as she let her mind wander. She was so excited to finally have someone that she knew exactly who they were. She began to try and recall any memories that she had with him. She finally decided to get up and walk around Derris Kharlan again to try and find something that could hold a memory.

As she walked through the angels' city she came upon a large field. A memory came rushing back to her.

"Look Dad," Storm said happily to her father. "They all look so happy now, they can all feel and now they can think for themselves. They are no longer lifeless beings. We finally did it, we were able to help them!"

Storm and Kratos looked at the multitude of angels and Storm smiled at the thought of the freed angels no longer held under Mithos' control. Kratos looked over at her and smiled at her happiness. He was so glad to finally see her smiling about something. He knew that since Mithos was gone she would finally be able to lead a happy, carefree life...

"So we did help out these people here," Storm thought aloud.

She began to think more about her history with her father. She thought back to another memory.

Storm was running through the forest. She hoped that she wouldn't be too late. If she wasn't able to save her father she didn't know what she would do. She ran swiftly through the large maze of trees as she attempted to find where Kratos and Lloyd were fighting. She had to stop them.

She came through the clearing and saw Lloyd and Kratos engaged in a battle, Lloyd seemed to have the upper hand. Suddenly, a final blow sent Kratos to the ground. Lloyd walked over to him, hovering above him, sword in hand. Storm realized what was going to happen next and ran out to protect her father.

"Lloyd...," Storm said to herself. The name sounded familiar but she couldn't place why. From what she remembered it seemed as if he was someone who was her enemy. She didn't want her father to be killed by this kid and she was determined to take care of him. She had obviously been unable to take care of him before so she felt like she needed to get rid of him. She recognized his face as the boy she had defeated so easily back at Flanoir so she figured that she could beat him once again. She decided that she would leave Derris Kharlan in order to find him once again.

Storm went back to her room and wrote a short letter to Kratos telling him that she had figured out who he was and that she was going to protect him from Lloyd so she wouldn't risk losing him. She would kill anyone who tried to tear her apart from her family. Lloyd had to be stopped.

She left the note in her room and headed back to Symphonia with the warp pad.

Sheena and Lloyd had been traveling for a while when they finally ran into Raine and the others.

"Hey, have you guys had any luck in finding Storm?" Lloyd asked.

"Yeah, she came here and tried to kill us all for Colette's Cruxis Crystal," Genis replied.

"What? Why would she want that?" Sheena questioned.

"She said that it was for Forcystus. I can't believe that she would be working for him," Raine explained.

"I don't think she would," Colette protested.

"She's right, I think that she hates the guy," Lloyd agreed.

"But, she may not remember who he is," Raine argued.

"That's true," Sheena said.

"Well, either way we need to find her and talk some sense into her," Raine finally said.

"Yeah," Lloyd agreed.

They all began to move through the countryside when they saw a young girl making her way across the fields, heading right for them.

"Lloyd you will die," Storm said to herself as she drew closer to the group, drawing her sword.

Well, that's where I'm stopping. Uh oh, Lloyd and the others think she's working for Forcystus, Kratos will be confused, and Storm is always confused. She could really damage some people. Well, that's it for me here. Please tell me that it didn't suck big time. Review and tell me what you thought please, fight scene next chappie.