Living on the Floating Island
By: SnowPuppy
After all that happened(read the last story, "Going Through Life", for 
more 
information!), the Echidna family was soon back to normal. But who 
knows when 
another adventure would meet up with them. Kay-Si was doing the dishes, 
as 
usual, and minding her own business. Steppenwolf and Moonwatcher were 
out for 
their guard duty, as usual. So everything was normal;for now. 
Then it started to rain out. Kay-Si started to get worried(as usual) 
about 
her husband and child. She was relieved when she heard the door and the 
two 
came in, all dripping and wet.
"Hey, you two better dry off before you get a cold." Said Kay-Si, soon 
noticing the dripping wet Steppenwolf and Moonwatcher.
"I think I'm already getting a cold." Said Moonwatcher with a cough.
"Well, just dry off before it gets worse, then." Said Kay-Si with a 
sigh.
"Okay, but I dont see what the big deal is, it's just a cold." Said 
Moonwatcher.
Kay-Si looked at him upsettingly.
"Okay, okay! I'll get a towel." Said Moonwatcher, running off towards 
the 
bathroom.
Steppenwolf followed him and Kay-Si went back to doing the dishes. When 
she 
was finished, she went to go to sleep, she was really tired, because 
this has 
been one exhausting day for her.
But a sound  woke her up. Steppenwolf was coming into the room.
"So, you went to bed early?" Steppenwolf asked her.
"Yes, I did." Said Kay-Si exhaustingly.
"Sorry, did I wake you up?" Steppenwolf asked her.
"Yes, but that's okay." Kay-Si replied.
"Well, I'll be back in awhile." Steppenwolf told her.
He gave her a kiss and then walked out of the room. After that, Kay-Si 
soon 
fell fast asleep, but only to be woken up again, but this time by her 
son.
"Mom, can I stay up until midnight?" Moonwatcher asked her.
"You came in here to ask me that?" Kay-Si asked upsettingly.
"Well, yeah. I need to find out if I'm one of the finalists in this 
contest 
and they announce them at midnight." Moonwatcher told her.
"Sweetheart, hardly anybody has a chance in those contests." Said 
Kay-Si.
"Yeah, but if I am a finalist I gotta know!" Said Moonwatcher.
"Okay, whatever." Said Kay-Si.
"Did I wake you up?" Moonwatcher asked his mom.
"Yes, you did." Replied Kay-Si.
"Sorry. Well, thanks." Said Moonwatcher, walking out of the room.
Kay-Si sighed and went back to sleep.
But the bounciness of the bed at 9:00PM woke her up again. Steppenwolf 
had 
just got in bed and thats what made the bed bounce. Kay-Si turned over 
and 
tryed to get back to sleep.
She was woken up soon again, at 4:00AM, by her son Moonwatcher. 
Steppenwolf 
and Moonwatcher had just got up to go out for guard duty, and they both 
were 
suppose to go out silently so they wouldn't wake Kay-Si. But 
Moonwatcher had 
forgotten about this, and he had woke his mother up.
"I'm a finalist! I'm a finalist!" Moonwatcher shouted happily.
"Moonwatcher! Shhhh, you'll wake up your mother!" Steppenwolf told his 
noisy 
son.
"Ooops. I'll try to be quieter." Whispered Moonwatcher.
"Well, you better. You know your mother doesn't like to be woken up 
this 
early." Said Steppenwolf.
"Okay. I know. I hope I didn't wake her up." Said Moonwatcher.
But Moonwatcher DID wake her up. She was trying to get back to sleep, 
but she 
just couldn't. She was having a very difficult night.
Finally, her body agreed to go back to sleep. When she woke up, it was 
8:00AM, and she got up, and sighed as it was time to start another 
long, 
exhausting day.
But then, she heard a knock at the door. Who could that be... and at 
this 
time? Who would come over this early in the day? She wondered.
When she opened the door, she gasped at who she saw.
It was Vycky-Na! The yellow, female echidna who was always trying to 
take 
Kay-Si's husband away from her(Read the story "With the Good Comes the 
Bad" 
for more information on Vycky-Na!).
She quickly shut the door on Vycky-Na.
But Vycky-Na opened it back up.
"Why'd you do that for, soon-to-be former Mrs.Steppenwolf Echidna?" 
Asked 
Vycky-Na.
"Former? Me and Steppenwolf are still married!" Kay-Si shouted at her.
"Yes, your still married.. FOR NOW. Soon you will be the former 
Mrs.Echidna! 
Once I'm done with you, you will. Face it, Steppenwolf is going to be 
all 
mine." Said Vycky-Na.
"What do you mean?!" Kay-Si wanted to know.
"Well, since you wont be here for long, I guess I can share my plan 
with you. 
My plan, is as good as gold. I will tell Steppenwolf that I've 
changed... I 
will tell him that I'm not the "bad little echidna" I once was. Then we 
will 
be married and you will be history." Said Vycky-Na evilly.
"Wait a second... how can you marry him if he's still married to me?!" 
Kay-Si 
snapped at him.
"That's easy. I'll just do away with you." Said Vycky-Na.
"Do away with me? What do you mean?!" Kay-Si asked Vycky-Na angrily.
"As in... no longer here... as in... you wont be on this planet 
anymore... as 
in, DEAD." Said Vycky-Na evilly.
"Your... your going to kill me?!" Kay-Si asked, shocked.
"You've got that right! And, I'm going to kill you, right this second, 
so it 
will be over with, and so you wont tell Steppenwolf what I have in 
store for 
you. If you do, then he will protect you and I wont be able to kill 
you! So I 
will just have to do it now, and get it over with." Said Vycky-Na with 
a grin 
accross her face.
"No, your not going to do that! I have to stay here.. with my family. 
They 
need me!" Said Kay-Si helplessly.
"Face it, no one needs you! I will be your husband's new wife, and I 
will be 
Moonwatcher's new mom, and you wont be able to watch your son grow up, 
will 
you? No, I will! Do you have any last words before I "do away with 
you"?" 
Vycky-Na said.
Vycky-Na then pulled a knife out of her purse. Kay-Si backed away.
"No, I wont let you kill me. Please dont." Said Kay-Si, looking at the 
sharp, 
silver object in Vycky-Na's hand.
"Oh, put a lid on it!" Said Vycky-Na, trying to stab Kay-Si. But 
luckily, 
Kay-Si moved out of the way just in time.
Kay-Si was out of breath. She didn't know how much more of this she 
could 
take. One wrong move and her life would be taken away.
But Vycky-Na had trapped Kay-Si in a corner. She was holding up the 
knife. 
Kay-Si shook her head and put her hands in front of her, trying to keep 
the 
knife from stabbing her chest.
"You think that little defense will work? Oh, come on!" Said Vycky-Na, 
then 
she swung the knife forward. Luckily, it didn't hit Kay-Si's chest, but 
instead it hit one of Kay-Si's hands. Blood was now pouring from the 
palm of 
her hand.
"See, now you know I mean business. Next time it will hit your chest, 
instead 
of your hand." Said Vycky-Na.
"Well, I'd rather have a cut in my hand than die!" Shouted Kay-Si.
"Kay-Si!!" Shouted Steppenwolf, coming into the room.
"Oh drat, the guardian's in!" Vycky-Na whispered to herself.
"What are you doing to her?!" Steppenwolf asked.
"Oh, I better gets this over with before the guardian interferes!" Said 
Vycky-Na, holding up the knife, and starting to swing it forward.
"No!" Said Steppenwolf, running forward in front of Kay-Si.
Instead of hitting Kay-Si, the knife hit Steppenwolf. He fell to the 
floor, 
bleeding terribly.
"Steppenwolf!" Kay-Si shouted, leaning over him.
"How could you, Vycky-Na?! How could you!" Said Kay-Si upsettingly.
"No, I stabbed the wrong person! I murdered Steppenwolf! I murdered the 
guardian!" Said Vycky-Na, crying now, then she ran out of the house.
Then Moonwatcher came in. He ran over to his dad.
"What happened?!" He shouted.
"Vycky-Na was in here.. she was trying to kill me, but instead..." 
Kay-Si 
said through her sobs.
"I get the picture. Mom, we gotta get him to the hospital, and fast! 
He's 
losing blood quickly! I dont want dad to die!" Said Moonwatcher sadly.
"Neither do I. Moonwatcher, call the hospital." Said Kay-Si, starting 
to sob 
more harder.
Moonwatcher nodded his head and ran to the phone. When they got there 
they 
gasped at what they saw before them.
"Oh my--! The guardian! And I assume you must be Mrs.Echidna. I'm.. 
Mimi-Li." 
Said nurse Mimi-Li.
"He has no pulse." Said one of them.
Kay-Si looked down at her husband in fear. She could still remember 
that 
horrible picture in her mind;Vycky-Na swinging the knife forward, then  
the 
knife hitting Steppenwolf's chest, causing him to fall to the floor, 
unconscious. It's all my fault this happened! I should've pushed 
Steppenwolf 
out of the way, I should have! It's all my fault! Kay-Si thought.
Kay-Si watched him being put upon a stretcher. She couldn't believe 
this was 
happening. That should be me laying there. She thought.
Then she noticed the dropped knife on the ground, Vycky-Na must of 
dropped 
it. She picked it up. Moonwatcher noticed this.
"No, mom! Dont do it!" Said Moonwatcher, taking the knife out of his 
mother's 
hand.
"Why not? I feel so awful already." Said Kay-Si upsettingly.
"Yes but what if dad's alright? If he lives through this, I want you to 
be 
here, too! I want both of my parents!" Said Moonwatcher.
Kay-Si then gave her son a hug. She cryed more, and hoped with all her 
heart 
and soul that Steppenwolf would be okay.
When Steppenwolf was at the hospital, he had a faint heartbeat. The 
medics 
figured that the knife had cut into his heart, but if it had wouldn't 
his 
heart have stopped completly? It was still beating, and everyone knew 
that 
something was keeping Steppenwolf's heart from stopping.
Kay-Si went over by her husband's side, and looked at him. She hoped 
that he 
would be alright. She put her hands on his chest, and started to cry 
more.
Kay-Si then felt Steppenwolf's chest go up. He was breathing again! She 
smiled, and hoped that this meant he was going to be okay after all.
When he opened his eyes, Kay-Si's heart was filled with joy. He was 
alright!
"Kay-Si?" He said weakly.
Kay-Si put her hands on his, then looked up at him. 
"Your alright!" She said happily.
"Yes, I'm.. fine." Said Steppenwolf.
"Dad? Dad!" Said Moonwatcher running over to his father.
"Your my family.. and your what kept me alive." Steppenwolf told his 
wife and 
son.
"Well, I'm just glad your okay." Said Kay-Si.
Steppenwolf got to go home sooner than expected, and Kay-Si was happy 
that 
her husband was still with her. That certainly was a close call.
And soon, Steppenwolf and Kay-Si had their anniversary in February. 
Steppenwolf took Kay-Si to the usual places, but she didn't mind. She 
loved 
it. Moonwatcher even got his parents a present.
He got them what he called a "Chain String". There was two of them, and 
when 
you put them together it shows a picture of a heart and the words 
"Happy 
Anniversary". His parents both thanked him for this gift.
"Well, hey, I wanted to get you two a present, since I hardly ever do." 
Said 
Moonwatcher.
"That was very sweet of you, Moonwatcher." Said Kay-Si.
"I know of something that's even sweeter." Said Steppenwolf.
"Which is?" Asked Kay-Si.
"This." Said Steppenwolf, starting to kiss Kay-Si.
Moonwatcher smiled at his parents and went in his room. He got out his 
"Family Memories" book and wrote about the day.
And, what he wrote was this:
New entry:
Hey! Well, today is my parents' anniversary! And so far, they are 
having a 
terrific time. Right now they are currently kissing in the living room, 
and I 
know that they love each other very much! Well, that's all for now!
Until next time,
Moonwatcher
Then he closed it and decided to go to bed early. Since it was his 
parents' 
anniversary, both him and Steppenwolf took the day off from guard duty. 
He 
got in bed and closed his eyes, and was soon sound asleep.
When he got up in the morning, he sighed, as he knew today he wouldn't 
be 
getting the day off.
He went in the kitchen and noticed his mother sitting down at the 
table.
"Mom, what are you doing up? You dont usually get up at 4:00AM." Said 
Moonwatcher.
"I couldn't sleep for some reason." Replied Kay-Si.
"Oh. Anything wrong?" Asked Moonwatcher.
"No, everythings fine." Kay-Si replied.
"Well, okay." Said Moonwatcher.
"Kay-Si, I know something's bothering you." Said Steppenwolf, coming 
into the 
kitchen.
"No really, I'm fine." Said Kay-Si.
But Steppenwolf certainly knew better. He knew something was bothering 
his 
wife. But he decided not to question her about it anymore;she definatly 
wasn't in the mood to talk about it right now.
Steppenwolf and Moonwatcher then went out for guard duty. Kay-Si pretty 
much 
moped around the rest of the day. Steppenwolf and Moonwatcher could 
sense 
that something was bothering her.
She hardly even smiled the whole day. Moonwatcher decided to question 
her 
about it again.
"Mom, what's wrong? It's not too hard to figure out that something's 
bothering you." Said Moonwatcher.
"I'm alright, I just dont feel like myself today." Kay-Si replied.
"Come on, mom! You were all happy yesterday, and now suddenly your 
upset! 
What is it?" Moonwatcher asked her again.
"Moonwatcher, I dont think your mother is in the mood to talk right 
now." 
Said Steppenwolf.
"She hasn't been in the mood for a long time now!" Said Moonwatcher.
"Yeah.. well, just give her some time." Said Steppenwolf.
Moonwatcher wanted to question his mother about it again, but he knew 
his 
father was right. He just really wanted to know what was bothering his 
mother.
Then both Steppenwolf and Moonwatcher went in the living room to talk 
about 
it.
"But father, mother has been moping around all day! I know something is 
bothering her." Said Moonwatcher.
"Yes, something is definatly bothering her, but now is not the time to 
be 
discussing it with her!" Said Steppenwolf.
"But father, we cant help her if she wont tell us." Said Moonwatcher.
"She'll tell us when she's ready, son. Dont make this harder for her." 
Said 
Steppenwolf.
"But..." Moonwatcher started.
"No buts. You have to give her time, or she'll never tell us." Said 
Steppenwolf.
"Yeah... I guess your right." Said Moonwatcher.
Steppenwolf and Moonwatcher then went back into the kitchen and ate 
dinner 
before going back out for guard duty. Nothing much changed, though. 
Kay-Si 
was still moping around, for some reason. And her husband and son were 
trying 
to figure out what was bothering her.
But so far, no luck. Then, Steppenwolf decided that if she didn't tell 
them 
by 9:00PM, he would question her about it, one more time.
And it turned out that she didn't tell them. She was silent most of the 
day, 
and Steppenwolf decided that he would have to question her about it.
Before they went to bed, Steppenwolf asked her.
"Kay-Si, I know something is bothering you. I can sense it. Your not 
yourself. What is it, what's bothering you?" Steppenwolf asked her.
"Well, if you really want to know..." Kay-Si said.
"I do." Said Steppenwolf.
So, what IS bothering Kay-Si, you ask? Stay tuned for the answers! 
THE END
To be continued in my next fanfic!