Troubles of Their Own
By: SnowPuppy
One cold and rainy day, Kay-Si was in the living room feeding newborn 
Dylan. 
Soon, he was sound asleep. Kay-Si put her newborn son back in his crib, 
which 
used to be Moonwatcher's crib, and went back into the living room. She 
was 
glad, very glad, that she and Steppenwolf had another child. She sat 
down on 
her chair and patiently waited for her husband and son to return. 
When they got back, Kay-Si was more than happy to see them again. But 
she was 
still a little worried, they were both pretty wet. Rain water dripped 
from 
their dreads, and fell onto the floor. 
"Okay, you two. Your both dripping wet! Please go and dry off. I dont 
know 
how many times this has happened. It's like a re-run, over and over!" 
Said 
Kay-Si worriedly.
"About a hundred times." Said Moonwatcher.
And thats when the storm got even worse. Kay-Si heard loud thunder, and 
when 
she looked out the window she seen a bolt of lightening strike accross 
the 
sky.
Good thing they're both back and safe. Thought Kay-Si.
When Steppenwolf and Moonwatcher were finished drying off, they all 
decided 
to go to bed. It was a very tiresome day. Kay-Si went to sleep quickly, 
and 
hoped that in the morning the rain would have stopped.
When she awoke, she looked around the room. It was empty. She knew her 
husband had gone out for guard duty, and she also knew that her son 
had, 
also. She looked out the window, and was frightened to see that it was 
still 
raining. She jumped out of bed and ran into the living room. But they 
weren't 
there;they had to be outside still.
Then she heard a cry.. it was Dylan. He was awake. Kay-Si went and 
picked 
Dylan up from his crib, and walked into the kitchen to give Dylan his 
breakfast. When Kay-Si was finished feeding him, she rocked him back to 
sleep, and put him back in his crib. Then she heard the door. She was 
glad 
that they were finally back in. But when she ran into the living room, 
she 
only seen her son, Moonwatcher.
"Moonwatcher, where's your father?" Kay-Si asked.
"That's what I'd like to know. We were walking up here, and that's when 
I 
found out he wasn't following me anymore. I dont know what happened to 
him!" 
Said Moonwatcher.
"Oh, dear! Moonwatcher, I've got to find your father. I'll be back." 
Said 
Kay-Si, grabbing an umbrella.
"Your not going out there, too, are you?" Asked Moonwatcher.
"Of course I'm going out there!" Said Kay-Si.
"Well, I'm coming with you!" Said Moonwatcher.
"No, sweetheart. You must stay here with your brother Dylan." Said 
Kay-Si.
"But.. but---!" Moonwatcher began, but his mother had already walked 
out the 
door.
It was terrible out there, more than Kay-Si had imagined. There was 
rough 
winds and rain pouring down hardly at Kay-Si. But she couldn't give up. 
She 
walked, and walked, and walked, hoping to find her husband somewhere 
out here 
in the terrible storm. She called him over and over, hoping he would 
answer 
her. But so far, she had seen no sign of her husband. She wished that 
the 
wind and rain weren't crashing down forcefully onto her;it felt like it 
was 
trying to keep her from going on.
She looked all over, but seen no sign of him. Tears streamed down her 
face. 
Where was he? Where was her husband? She did not know. But then, she 
thought 
of something. What if Steppenwolf had fallen off of the island? The 
winds 
were blowing really hard, they could easily knock him off of the 
island. 
Kay-Si didn't know what to do if she lost him. She sobbed at the 
thought, but 
decided to check if Steppenwolf was any where near the edge of the 
island. It 
was the only place that she hadn't looked yet.
And when she peered over the edge of the island, she was right! There 
was 
Steppenwolf, holding on to the island as tight as he could. He soon 
noticed 
Kay-Si standing above him.
"Kay-Si... please, you must get out of here before the wind blows you 
down, 
too!" Said Steppenwolf.
"No! I will not leave you!" Said Kay-Si, leaning down to try and pull 
Steppenwolf up onto his feet.
Finally, he made it. Kay-Si pulled him up and they fought the wind's 
forceful 
grasp against them, and made it home.
Moonwatcher was glad that both of his parents were okay. He ran up to 
them 
and asked about what happened. He got told the whole story. He was 
amazed at 
what he was told. But soon, later on, they went about their day as 
usual, as 
if it never happened.
One day, when Kay-Si was on the bed reading, she heard a noise against 
the 
window. She looked, and saw someone trying to open the window! But she 
didn't 
know who it was, for whoever it was was wearing a raincoat and the 
window was 
blurry so it was hard to make out the face.
But Kay-Si soon knew who it was when they climbed into the room. It was 
Vycky-Na! Kay-Si couldn't believe that after everything, Vycky-Na 
decided to 
show her face again.
"What are you doing here?!" Asked Kay-Si, backing up.
"The same thing I'm always doing here. Trying to get what I want." Said 
Vycky-Na.
"Well your sure not going to get it." Said Kay-Si.
"Yes I am, all I got to do is kill you and then your husband will leave 
you 
for me, when I tell him I'm not like I used to be. But I really am, but 
he 
doesn't need to know that." Said Vycky-Na.
"Kill me? How are you going to do that?" Kay-Si asked.
"What is better than using your bare hands? I'll just choke you to 
death!" 
Said Vycky-Na, putting her hands around Kay-Si's neck, and beginning to 
choke 
her.
Kay-Si tryed to catch some air, but Vycky-Na was pressing too hardly 
onto her 
neck. Kay-Si coughed and tryed and tryed again to get the air that she 
wasn't 
recieving.
Kay-Si heard the door. She was glad that her husband and son were back 
in. 
But Vycky-Na didn't like this one bit. 
"Oh, what is he doing in here?! Now he will rescue you, like he always 
does! 
Cant you, yourself, show any guts, rather than getting Steppenwolf to 
fight 
for you all the time?" Said Vycky-Na.
"Yes, I can!" Said Kay-Si, pushing Vycky-Na down onto the floor.
Vycky-Na was surprised that Kay-Si even tryed to fight her. But Kay-Si 
did. 
She didn't like what Vycky-Na was doing one bit... after all, who 
would?
"Oh, I'll kill you! Say goodbye to your life, and your family!" Said 
Vycky-Na.
"I wont be saying goodbye to anybody!" Said Kay-Si, then she slapped 
Vycky-Na 
right accross the face, which startled her.
Vycky-Na tryed to get her hands around Kay-Si's neck again, but Kay-Si 
kept 
Vycky-Na from reaching her neck. When Steppenwolf walked in, he 
realized what 
was happening.
Steppenwolf quickly helped his wife and soon Vycky-Na gave up and 
headed 
home. But before she went, she said "I will be back, and I will then 
have 
what I want.".
"Are you alright?" Steppenwolf asked his wife.
"I... think so." Kay-Si replied.
Steppenwolf pulled Kay-Si up to her feet and then they went out of the 
room. 
Moonwatcher asked what happened, and as usual, his parents told him the 
whole 
story.
But soon, Kay-Si noticed that Steppenwolf seemed to be pretty upset 
about 
something. Finally, one day, she thought she'd ask him about it.
"Steppenwolf, I've noticed that you seem... well.. pretty upset about 
something. What is it?" Kay-Si asked.
"Well, alot of things are on my mind right now, that's all." 
Steppenwolf 
replied.
"Yes, but what's wrong?" Kay-Si asked once more.
"It's just that.. there's two things I'm worried about right now, 
okay?" Said 
Steppenwolf.
"What?" Kay-Si wanted to know.
"I'm worried about you, Moonwatcher, and Dylan, AND the island. I cant 
do two 
things at once! It's hard for me to." Said Steppenwolf.
"But you let Moonwatcher help you guard the island, so you got help." 
Said 
Kay-Si.
"Yes but then you and Dylan are in here all alone, and I'm afraid 
something 
will happen to you, like it almost did there." Said Steppenwolf.
Kay-Si decided not to say anything more. She decided not to make 
Steppenwolf 
more upset than he already was. Kay-Si then went back to what she was 
doing.
But she started to get pretty worried about Steppenwolf. 
He's being too hard on himself. Thought Kay-Si.
She didn't know what to do! Steppenwolf hardly slept, or ate, for that 
matter. He was too worried about two things at once, that it was hard 
for him 
to concentrate on other things. Kay-Si began to worry more and more 
about him.
Moonwatcher even noticed the change in his father. And, he came to ask 
his 
mother about it.
"Mother, why is father all upset?" Moonwatcher asked.
"He's worrying about so many things, that it gets him upset, honey." 
Said 
Kay-Si.
"Oh, but why is he worried? He never was before." Said Moonwatcher.
"Well, he's worried because of what happened. And now he is worried 
about me, 
you, Dylan, and the island. And it puts too much pressure on him." Said 
Kay-Si.
"Oh. Well, why didn't he say anything about it before? We could like, 
take 
turns watching over the island and our family." Said Moonwatcher.
"Hey, there's an idea. Why dont you suggest it to him?" Said Kay-Si.
"Why dont you? Your his wife." Said Moonwatcher.
"It was your idea." Said Kay-Si.
"Okay, okay! I'll ask him about it later on today." Said Moonwatcher.
And before Steppenwolf and Moonwatcher went out for guard duty that 
evening, 
Moonwatcher decided to ask his father about what Kay-Si said.
"Dad, I've noticed you have been pretty upset lately. Mother told me 
all 
about it. And I have an idea, and I would like to suggest it to you. I 
was 
thinking we could like, take turns watching over the island and our 
family." 
Suggested Moonwatcher.
"Hey, I never thought of that before, but... what about you? Do you 
think 
you'll be alright?" Asked Steppenwolf.
"I'll be fine." Said Moonwatcher.
So they started to do this, but Kay-Si could still tell that 
Steppenwolf was 
still upset. It seems that it was still putting a lot of pressure on 
him. 
Maybe Moonwatcher's suggestion helped out a little, but not enough.
Kay-Si began to worry more and more about her husband. He hardly slept 
or ate 
anymore. Moonwatcher, too, began to worry about him. Things just 
weren't 
getting any better. And someone had to do something about it. That's 
when 
Kay-Si decided it was just better off to let Steppenwolf handle this on 
his 
own. 
He's the only one that can solve his own problems. Kay-Si decided.
But soon, Kay-Si began to think otherwise. Even if he could deal with 
his own 
problems by himself, it didn't hurt to have a little help once in 
awhile. But 
Kay-Si wondered, how could she help him?
Moonwatcher wanted to help Steppenwolf, also. But like his mother, he 
couldn't decide how in the world he could help him, either. He decided 
to add 
a new entry to his Family Memories book, maybe that would give him a 
thought 
or two.
An entry:
Well, pretty much the same here. My father is still upset about this 
all. I 
tryed to help him, but it just didn't work out. I'm trying to think of 
another way I can help him out... I just dont know how. Well, I guess I 
will 
keep you updated on how this all turns out.
'Til next time,
Moonwatcher
He then re-read it with his pencil, and suddenly he had an idea. He was 
just 
going to have to tell his father that everything would be alright, and 
that 
this had to work out somehow. He couldn't think of anything else.
He talked with his mother first about this, and she agreed that he was 
right. 
Both of them, would talk to Steppenwolf about this... for how else 
could 
everything work out? They needed to discuss this, is what they have 
decided.
When he came back in, Kay-Si and Moonwatcher looked at each other. 
Moonwatcher decided he would be the first one to speak.
"Uh.. father, we need to talk to you about something." Moonwatcher said 
calmly.
"What?" Steppenwolf wanted to know.
"Well... we need to talk to you about what's going on.. about why your 
upset." Said Moonwatcher, trying to figure out what they were going to 
say.
"Moonwatcher suggested to me that we talk to you about this. We had to 
do 
something... you dont eat anymore, and hardly even sleep." Said Kay-Si.
"Yeah... we were figuring that this was the only way that we could get 
things 
to go right again." Explained Moonwatcher.
"Well, can you blame me? It's not too easy when you are worrying about 
two 
things at once." Said Steppenwolf.
"Yeah, but.. when you worry about us, it makes me worry about you. I 
dont 
like to see you like this." Said Kay-Si.
"Well, when I'm worrying about all this, it makes me forget about other 
things, I admit, it does." Said Steppenwolf.
"So why dont you stop worrying?" Kay-Si asked.
"Because, I just can't help it!" Admitted Steppenwolf.
"If you would let us, we can all work this out together." Said Kay-Si.
"Please, dad? I dont want to see you upset like this anymore." Said 
Moonwatcher.
And so, they did. They all worked it out together, and decided they 
would 
protect each other the best way they knew how. Soon, everything was 
back to 
normal, and both Kay-Si and Moonwatcher were glad. 
THE END
(Authors note: Hmmmmm.... is it just me or are my fanfics getting 
shorter? I 
would love to hear your opinion on that. Just e-mail me. SnowPuppy10482@aol.com :P)