Going Through Life
By: SnowPuppy
One evening, Kay-Si was sitting on the couch writing something. Her 
son, 
Moonwatcher, was curious as to what it was she was writing.
"Mom, what are you writing about?" Asked Moonwatcher.
"Well, ever since I was about five years old, I always wanted to write 
stories and become a writer. Though I really dont think I have a good 
chance 
of becoming one, I still like to write stories." Replied Kay-Si.
"Oh. Well, you sure have been writing stories a long time if you 
started when 
you were five!" Said Moonwatcher astonishingly.
"Yes, and I bet I have over one hundred stories written, too!" Said 
Kay-Si.
"Oh. Well, mom, I'm fifteen now, so can't I go out on a date with 
Molly-Ca 
now?" Asked Moonwatcher, changing the subject.
"Yes, you may." Said Kay-Si.
"Yippee! And, maybe when I'm about seventeen or eighteen, I'll get 
married to 
her!" Said Moonwatcher excitingly.
"Well, remember what I told you." Said Kay-Si.
"Yeah, I know, dont rush into things." Said Moonwatcher.
Kay-Si then heard a knock on the door, and went to go answer it. She 
opened 
the door and who she saw before her eyes shocked her. It was Felix! 
(For more 
information on "Felix", check out the fanfic "Life Isn't Always Easy".) 
She imidietly shut the door on him.
But Felix opened it back up.
"Hey, what'd you do that for?!" He shouted at her.
"Because, I dont want you near here! Remember last time? Go away!" Said 
Kay-Si upsettingly.
"Oh come on, darling!" Said Felix.
"Dont call me darling!" Said Kay-Si.
"I'll call you whatever I want!" Shouted Felix.
"And whats that your holding in your hand?" Asked Kay-Si, soon noticing 
a 
vacuum-cleaner type object in Felix's hand.
"Oh, this? This is the ChaosSucker2000. What it does is none of your 
business." Replied Felix.
"Come on, Felix! What does it do?" Asked Kay-Si curiously.
"Nothing good, ma'am. Atleast, nothing good for you." Said Felix.
"That makes me want to know even more!" Said Kay-Si.
"No, if I told you then you would try and save your husband. And, 
besides, 
have you ever heard of the saying, "curiousity killed the cat"?" Said 
Felix.
"Yes, but I'm no cat! My husband?! What are you going to do to him?!" 
Asked 
Kay-Si.
"None of your business." Said Felix.
"It IS my business! He's my husband!" Shouted Kay-Si.
"Well, if you want to know that bad! The ChaosSucker2000 will suck all 
of 
your husband's chaos-powers out of him. I thought you'd figure it out 
by the 
name." Replied Felix.
"You cant do that to him!" Shouted Kay-Si.
"Oh, I can, and I will! Goodbye, darling!" Said Felix, running off.
Kay-Si shut the door and put her back against it. She sighed and 
thought 
about what she was going to do.
Just then, the door opened and Kay-Si fell onto the floor.
"Sorry, Kay-Si." Said Steppenwolf, coming into the room.
"That's okay." Said Kay-Si, getting up.
"Why were you leaning on the door anyway?" Steppenwolf wanted to know.
"Felix was here." Kay-Si replied.
"Felix?! What was he doing here?!" Steppenwolf asked.
"He came here with a vacuum-type thing. I asked him about it, and he 
said it 
was called the ChaosSucker2000. He also said he was going to use it on 
you so 
he could suck all your chaos-powers out of you." Replied Kay-Si.
"I'm gonna go find him!" Said Steppenwolf.
"But---!" Started Kay-Si.
"No, dont try to stop me, Kay-Si. If I dont find him, then who knows 
what 
he'll do next!" Said Steppenwolf.
Kay-Si had to let him go. She went back in the living room and 
Moonwatcher 
soon noticed his mom's teary eyes.
"What's wrong, mom?" He asked her.
Kay-Si stared in space a bit before answering her son's question. Then 
finally she spoke up.
"It was Felix." She replied.
"Felix? What was he doing here?" Moonwatcher wanted to know.
"He came with a vacuum-thing called the ChaosSucker2000. He's going to 
use it 
to take all of your father's chaos-powers out of him. Just now he went 
to go 
look for Felix." Answered Kay-Si.
"Oh. Well, dont worry, mom. I'm sure dad will take out that Felix 
before he 
can use the ChaosSucker-thing on him." Said Moonwatcher.
"Well, I sure hope your right." Said Kay-Si.
Moonwatcher knew that once his mom was worried it was hard for him or 
anybody 
else to take her mind off of what she was worrying about. He again told 
her 
that everything would be fine then he went in his room to read for a 
bit 
until his break was over.
After awhile, he sat down his book and got out his now "Family 
Memories" 
book. He wrote a bit about what his mom had said. This is what 
Moonwatcher 
wrote:
New entry:
Today that mean guy Felix came over and he has something called a 
"ChaosSucker2000". And he wants to use it on my dad! But I think my dad 
will 
take him out before Felix can use that thing on him! Stay tuned for the 
rest 
of this story!
'Til next time,
Moonwatcher
Moonwatcher then put his pencil and Family Memories book back on his 
desk. He 
went in the living room to see if there was any news.
"Did dad come back yet?" He asked his mom.
"No, honey. Not yet." Replied Kay-Si.
Just then the door opened. There stood Steppenwolf. Both Kay-Si and 
Moonwatcher ran up to him.
"Are you okay?" Asked Kay-Si.
"Is Felix finally gone for good?" Asked Moonwatcher.
"Well, Felix is gone, thats the good news." Said Steppenwolf.
"Yippee! I was just about getting tired of that guy!" Said Moonwatcher 
happily.
"Good news? You mean, there's bad news, too?" Asked Kay-Si.
"Yes, sad to say." Said Steppenwolf.
"Bad news? What bad news?" Asked Moonwatcher.
"The bad news is... I've lost my powers." Said Steppenwolf.
"You have?" Said Moonwatcher sadly.
"I have." Replied Steppenwolf.
Moonwatcher ran in his room and got out his Family Memories book. He 
wrote in 
it the good news, and the bad news, as well. What he wrote:
New entry:
I have very bad news! But there's good news as well. The good news is 
we dont 
have to worry about that Felix guy anymore! The bad news is... my 
father has 
lost his powers! It's true, sadly true. But maybe he'll get them back? 
I'll 
let you know if he does!
'Til next time,
Moonwatcher
He stopped writing and looked down at what he wrote. He then closed the 
book 
and sat it back on his desk. He really did wonder if his father would 
ever 
get them back.
About a week later, Kay-Si was in the kitchen, doing dishes, when she 
heard 
the door. When she opened the door she saw her cousin Susan-Na(read the 
story 
"In the Life of an Echidna" for more information on Kay-Si's cousin!), 
and 
she welcomed her in.
"Hey, Susan!" Said Kay-Si.
"Hey, I decided to come over again!" Said Susan happily.
"Yeah, I'm sure Moonwatcher will be glad to see his "great cousin" 
again." 
Said Kay-Si.
"Yep. By the way, where is he?" Asked Susan.
"Oh he's out for guard duty, with his father, as usual." Said Kay-Si.
"Oh, of course! I forgot that you were married to the guardian!" Said 
Susan.
"Yes but Steppenwolf has been having problems of his own lately." Said 
Kay-Si.
"What do you mean?" Wondered Susan.
"Well, he lost his powers." Said Kay-Si.
"Oh thats awful! Hey, I think I can solve your husband's problem!" Said 
Susan, smirking.
"How?" Asked Kay-Si.
"Well I've just happened to read a thing or two about the Chaos 
Emerald, and 
I think I have the perfect solution!" Said Susan happily.
"Which is?" Asked Kay-Si.
"Well, I need to ask you a question before I tell you the solution. How 
did 
he lose his powers?" Asked Susan.
"He got them sucked out of him by the ChaosSucker2000." Replied Kay-Si.
"Ah, yes, I've read about that machine! All you've gotta do is put the 
ChaosSucker2000 in revearse! There is a revearse button on it, ya 
know." Said 
Susan.
"Yeah, we've already thought of that. But we dont know where the 
machine is. 
Steppenwolf said he was going to look for it." Said Kay-Si.
"Well I hope that he finds it, it's the only way he can get his powers 
back." 
Said Susan.
Just then Moonwatcher walked in.
"Hi mom! Hi... Great Cousin Susan?!" Said Moonwatcher.
"Hi Moonwatcher!" Susan said to him.
"What are you doing here?" He asked his great cousin.
"I come here once every two months, remember?" Said Susan.
"Yeah.. I sort-of forgot about that." Said Moonwatcher.
"Moonwatcher, where's your father?" Asked Kay-Si confusingly.
"Oh, he'll be here in a sec.! The ChaosSucker-thing is slowing him 
down." 
Replied Moonwatcher.
"The... ChaosSucker2000? He found it?!" Asked Kay-Si.
"Well, not the same one, but we happened to get another one!" Said 
Moonwatcher.
"Will a different one work?" Kay-Si asked Susan.
"Well... it's possible... but I dont know for sure." Replied Susan.
"Well, lets just hope that it does work." Said Kay-Si.
"Hey Susan!" Said Steppenwolf, coming into the room.
"Hi, Steppenwolf." Said Susan.
"How do you work this thing anyway?" Steppenwolf wanted to know.
"Well, luckily, I happen to have some instructions on it." Said Susan.
"That's funny! We get a new ChaosSucker-thing, that doesn't come with 
instructions, and Susan gets instructions on it, but it doesn't come 
with the 
machine!" Said Moonwatcher with a giggle.
"The revearse button should be here somewhere." Said Susan, looking at 
all 
the sides of the machine.
"Gosh, they sure do hide that revearse button good!" Teased 
Moonwatcher.
Finally, after much time, Susan finally found the revearse button. 
"Okay, here it is. Now, the next step is just to point the sucker-thing 
at 
the target and then the machine should give back the powers..." Said 
Susan, 
her nose in the instruction booklet.
"Okay, then lets just do that, then!" Said Moonwatcher.
"Waitaminute! It says here that the machine will only give back the 
powers to 
people it has sucked them out of! That means that its got to be the 
correct 
machine, or it wont work!" Said Susan, telling everybody the disturbing 
news.
"Why dont we try it, anyway?" Said Moonwatcher.
"What good is it if it's not going to work?" Asked Susan confusingly.
"Well it wouldn't hurt to just try." Said Moonwatcher.
"Okay, but I dont see the point of it." Said Susan.
Susan pointed the sucker-thing at Steppenwolf and pushed the revearse 
button. 
Steppenwolf's whole body turned a greenish color. Finally, it stopped.
"Did it work?" Moonwatcher asked.
"Let me see.. it says here that if the target's body turns a greenish 
color, 
it was a success, and if it didn't turn a greenish color, then it 
wasn't a 
success." Said Susan, then she looked up from her instruction booklet 
in 
amazement.
"It was a success! It was a success!" Said Moonwatcher happily.
"It's amazing! I dont see how a different machine can give back powers 
that 
another machine took." Said Susan confusingly.
"Well, the important thing is that Steppenwolf got them back." Said 
Kay-Si 
happily.
"Why dont we celebrate? By having a party!" Said Moonwatcher happily.
And so they did. But it was two separate parties, though. One of the 
parties 
was inside, and one was outside.
Inside was the party Susan and Moonwatcher were celebrating. But 
outside was 
the party Kay-Si and Steppenwolf were celebrating.
Steppenwolf and Kay-Si were dancing outside in the moonlight.
"Steppenwolf, I'm glad you got your powers back, but I'll love you no 
matter 
if you got them or not." Said Kay-Si happily.
"Kay-Si, that means so much to me." Said Steppenwolf.
And right then and there, they both kissed. They all had a great night 
from 
then on.
And Kay-Si had no idea that she was soon in bed. She had fallen asleep 
from 
all the excitement. When she woke, she got up from bed and went into 
the 
living room.
"Good morning, Kay-Si." Said Susan.
"Good morning, mom!" Said Moonwatcher running in the room.
"Good morning, Kay-Si!" Said Steppenwolf, coming into the room also.
"Gosh, that sure runs in the family! I've had three good mornings 
today!" 
Said Kay-Si with a giggle.
"That's because its a good morning!" Said Moonwatcher happily.
"Yes, it most certainly is." Said Susan with a smile.
"What a wonderful family I have." Said Kay-Si happily, collapsing onto 
the 
couch.
"I know! I'm going to go put a new entry in my Family Memories book!" 
Said 
Moonwatcher, running to go get it.
And this, is what he wrote:
New entry:
Hey! Great news! My dad got his powers back AND my great cousin 
Susan-Na is 
visiting! Today is a great day! We're all in a wonderful mood. I hope 
nothing 
bad ruins this day, because it's been a long time since we've had a 
perfectly 
wonderful day! Thanks!
'Til next time,
Moonwatcher
He showed his family his new entry, who all had a turn to look at it.
"Moonwatcher, aren't you suppose to keep your diary to yourself?" Susan 
said.
"Diary? This isn't a diary! It's a Family Memories book!" Said 
Moonwatcher.
"Oh, well I've heard of journals and diaries, but never a Family 
Memories 
book. Thats a new one on me." Said Susan.
"Well, it used to be called a Memory Book." Said Moonwatcher.
"I see." Said Susan.
Just then, the phone rang. Kay-Si got up to get it.
"Hello?" She said.
"Hey, who's this?" Said Molly-Ca.
"Kay-Si here, and I assume your Molly-Ca and you want to talk to 
Moonwatcher." Said Kay-Si.
"Yep. May I speak to him, please, Mrs.Echidna?" Said Molly-Ca.
"Yes, and you can call me Kay-Si." Said Kay-Si.
"Okay, Mrs.Echidna. Now may I speak to him?" Said Molly-Ca.
"Molly, you can call me Kay-Si if you want." Said Kay-Si.
"I'd rather call you Mrs.Echidna." Said Molly-Ca.
"Okay, well I'll get Moonwatcher." Said Kay-Si.
"Moonwatcher, Molly's on the phone and wants to speak with you." Kay-Si 
told 
her son.
"Moonwatcher?" Molly-Ca said.
"Hey, Molly. What ya want? Is Zoey-Ca lost again?" Teased Moonwatcher.
"No, Zoey is here and she's fine." Replied Molly-Ca.
"Then.. whats up?" Said Moonwatcher.
"I've been thinking. We're both already fifteen. Actually, your almost 
sixteen. But anyway, what I mean to tell you is..." Began Molly-Ca.
"You was wondering if we could go on a date." Said Moonwatcher.
"Yeah." Said Molly-Ca.
"Yeah, I've been thinking about that, too. Infact, I was about to call 
you 
about it!" Said Moonwatcher.
"You were?" Asked Molly-Ca.
"Yep. Where do you think we should go?" Asked Moonwatcher.
"I dunno!" Said Molly-Ca.
"How 'bout... the tallest hill on the island? Thats where my parents 
went on 
their anniversary. I was figuring we could go there for a date." Said 
Moonwatcher.
"Cool! I'll ask my mom! What time?" Molly-Ca wanted to know.
"Ummm... seven." Said Moonwatcher.
"Okay! And my mom says it's alright! What about your parents?" Asked 
Molly-Ca.
"Well, I'll ask them. Mom, dad, can I go on a date with Molly-Ca 
tonight at 
seven? I'm old enough now." Said Moonwatcher.
"Okay, you can go." His parents agreed.
At seven, before he left, he packed some oranges(as usual), and some 
lemonade 
that his mother just got through making. He went over to the tallest 
hill, 
and there sat Molly-Ca, smiling at him.
"Hey, Molly. Ya know, this isn't a very big date, but its a good date 
though, 
I guess." Said Moonwatcher, sitting down next to Molly-Ca.
"What'd ya bring?" Asked Molly-Ca.
"Some oranges and lemonade." Replied Moonwatcher.
They ate the oranges and drank the lemonade then looked up at the moon.
"Now you REALLY ARE a moon watcher!" Molly-Ca joked.
"Yeah sometimes I wonder why my parents named me that, but, whatever." 
Said 
Moonwatcher.
"Yeah, it doesn't matter. My name isn't all that great either." Said 
Molly-Ca.
"Atleast your name makes sence!" Said Moonwatcher.
"What do you mean? Your name makes sence! It probably means your 
watching the 
moon or something! Your father's name is what I can't figure out!" Said 
Molly-Ca with a giggle.
"Some strange, strange names." Said Moonwatcher.
Then, without saying another word, they both kissed.
After awhile, Molly-Ca began to shiver.
"It's getting late. I better go home, I dont want to get in trouble! 
Seeya!" 
Said Molly-Ca, running off in the direction of her house.
"Okay, seeya." Said Moonwatcher.
Moonwatcher then headed home himself and climbed in bed. And, without 
thinking another thought, fell asleep.
THE END