A/N: One thing I should have made clear in last chapter. Windy is my cousin's OC. ;)

Disclaimer: I don't own Warriors. I only own my OCs and my plot. :D

On with the chapter!

Storm crept around a box, creeping closer to where Windy and Dawn were talking.

"I think we should." Windy was saying. "They are old enough to."

Dawn tapped her tail nervously. "I don't know." She meowed. "They seem so young still... I just want them to stay kits for a while longer before exposed to..." Dawn's voice lowered as she hung her head.

Storm frowned and stalked closer, angling her ears to catch the smallest sound.

"They can't stay kits forever, Dawn, and you know that! They might as well-" Windy interrupted herself as she stared at Storm's hiding place. "I see you Storm!" She meowed, grinning at Dawn.

Dawn sighed, turning and looking at her daughter. "Storm... What have I told you about eavesdropping?"

Storm flattened her ears and looked at the ground. "It's rude and I shouldn't do it?" Dawn nodded. "I suppose now's a good a time as any."

Thoughts flew around Storm's mind. Is mom FINALLY gonna tell us about our dad? About... Scourge?

Dawn gathered her kits around her, Windy standing behind her. "Kits, I have an announcement to make."

All the kits leaned forward eagerly.

"We... are moving!"

The three kits gasped. "Away? From here?! The perfect home?"

Dawn nodded, glancing back at Windy worriedly.

"Awesome!" Dawn sat back, rather startled and confused by their reaction. "I've always wanted to tough it out like the clan cats that you told me about!" Ice meowed to Dawn eagerly, bouncing up and down.

"And I've always wanted to sleep under the stars! And maybe see Starclan!" Bird purred, rubbing against Dawn.

Storm sat still, lost in thought. "Storm?" Dawn said quietly, padding over to her. "What's wrong?"

Storm looked to the side. "Well, it's just that, I thought you were going to tell us about our... dad. Scourge?"

Dawn's eyes widened, and she backed up a step, fur rising on her back. "Where did you hear that name?!" She hissed, staring at Storm.

Storm's own eyes widened. "M-Mom?! What did I say?"

Dawn shook her head. "Sorry... It's just-well, I guess I should tell you all."

"Scourge was your father." Dawn was saying to her three kits, "And he was leader of the BloodClan." "Cool! Awesome!" The kits chorused."No! NOT cool! Bloodclan was evil, killing kits and innocent cats, willing to kill all for new territory. And I fell in love with the leader. How foolish I was then! Anyways, Bloodclan battled with the forest clans, and lost. Scourge almost died, but I saved his life. We wandered off, BloodClan dispersed, and we stopped for a while at a twoleg house. I was heavy with you kits by then, so Scourge wanted to winter there. He would often go to the scrap-bin and bring back scraps for me to eat. He always took a while, and I soon found out why. He was meeting with a old BloodClan Third in command, Claw. He was making plans to take revenge on the forest clans, by stealing the kits of the leaders. Then he'd kill them, leaving their bodies for the clans to find. He also wanted to use YOU kits in revenge against the forest clans, but I didn't want him to. We fought, and I won, simply because I had a mother's desperation to defend her kits. Scourge died, and I took you three into the forest, where I met Windy. Now you know." Dawn sighed and hung her head after her story.

The three kits sat in astonished silence. Then Ice stepped forward. "I will never, EVER follow a leader like Scourge!"

Bird nodded in agreement.

The two kits looked at Storm. She swallowed. "Um, yeah, sure, I agree."

The two kits snuggled up to their mother and began to purr.

Storm closed her eyes and thought. Did Scourge really die?

Windy stepped into her nest. "Let's move out tomorrow!" Dawn pushed her kits into their nest. "Hey, mom? Can I go out and look at the stars real quick?" Storm asked, staring at her mom with big green eyes.

Dawn nodded. "But stay right on the wood outside."

Storm flicked her tail in agreement and pushed the black door open. Crickets chirped their melodies, and fireflies blinked on and off. Storm sighed and wrapped her tail around her paws.

The clear air helped clear her head. A snap in the bushes made her ears prick, and she stood nevously. "H-Hello?! Who's there?"

A black paw slid out from the bushes. "Me."

Dawn looked at the door. Storm hadn't come back in yet, and she didn't stay outside long when she was alone.

Shaking herself free of her sleeping kits, Dawn stepped from the box, opening the door with her head. Storm was walking toward the door, and she jumped when the door opened. "Mom! Oh, I thought you were someone else."

Dawn moved to the side to let Storm slip in. "Are you okay?" Dawn asked her oldest daughter. Storm nodded. "Yeah. But can we stay a day or two longer?"

Dawn blinked her blue eyes in suprise. "Why?"

Storm shrugged. "I don't know. I just... kinda want to get used to the idea of us moving. That's all."

Dawn nodded, licking down her daughter's ruffled, dirty fur. "Alright. But next sundown, we're leaving the next day. By the way, have you seen any badgers?"

"What?" Storm was confused. "Well, you're so dirty, I thought you might have wrestled with one!"

The two shared a quiet laugh before snuggling up together in the nest.

A/N: A few things I want to make a bit more clear before we move on. Storm's eyes are green, while Ice and Bird's are blue. Windy's eyes are also green, and Dawn's are blue.

There.

lover round: I will TOTALLY continue this story! Don't worry, it will not be stopped any time soon. ;)

Presentpaw's Moon Of Fun: I haven't read many stories with Scourge, so I thought I'd give it a whirl. And, I thought that maybe there would be a gentler side to Scourge, before he went a bit bonkers. *Whistles and circles finger next to head*

Sorry for not replying to you cats sooner. :0

I'll try to do that more often. ;)