Harmony [OPEN]

Riverspirit's eyes flickered open unenthusiastically. Since Stargaze's disappearance from the world she hasn't been thinking straight. She felt alone more than ever now, her two bestest friends gone. She had no one to turn to anymore. It felt as if she were going crazy, her emotions on override from major losses, and in total darkness from unexpected loneliness. What will she do now? How can she drag herself out of this mess? No matter how much depression Riverspirit undertakes, though, she is too stubborn to let it drag her down completely. Sulking and crying won't make anything better. Besides, she couldn't show Stargaze how weak and helpless she was without her. She had to move on, and be strong, even if she had to fake it. Shakily getting up from her tear-stained bedding, she stalked out of the warriors den, raising her head proudly. She had to show the Clan she wasn't some crazy, helpless, weak she-cat just because her best friend died. Suddenly, as if StarClan was trying to make her weaker, Rustwhisker immediately tracked her down, his tail coldly resting on her shoulders. Riverspirit was definitely not in the mood for any messing around with this horny tom. "I don't know how she-cats even talk to a jerk like you." Riverspirit growled icily. "The rules are simple. You fail, you don't get to 'check me off your list'. You win, who the hell cares what happens next." Yes, Riverspirit wasn't acting her normal self. She would tease him back, playing hard to get. But obviously she was still suffering from her lost. Just in a bad way. "Now, I suggest you put off that stupid little bet for today and go harass some other she-cat before I rip your pretty little tail off." [bg=ffffff][atrb=border,0,true]

Thornpaw could tell Moon was getting rather suspicious, so he discontinued any further questioning, satisfied his the information he had gathered. "Thank you..." Thornpaw choked out, nodding in acknowledgment before turning around and returning back to feisty she-cat. This was going to be rather a challenge. He had to be something he was not to get this she-cat's attention. Caring and not selfish. It would be a lot easier if he actually loved her. Not only that, but the only other option left to do was to, like Moon suggested, take a walk with her. It sounded plain, but effective. That is, if he did the right thing. He had to at least make the walk interesting. Or Moon's idea might go to waste. It was going to be hard to suppress urges to flirt, if that was even possible, and replace it with caring remarks and pleasing conversation. Thornpaw knew 100% he wouldn't be able to do that. But the least he could do was try something. At least he knew something for sure; they were going on a walk. His first challenge: getting Birdkit to follow. That was his main purpose at the moment. Without this succeeding, he couldn't even begin to try to plan out what his motives and goals will be on this particular stroll. With Birdkit's stubborn nature, he knew it wasn't going to be easy. Unless... "Hey Birdkit..." Thornpaw smirked as he padded up to her. "I have to talk to you about something Moon said," adding with a flick of his tail toward the camp entrance he added, "in private." [bg=b9b9aa][atrb=border,0,true]

Moon watched curiously as Thornpaw left. The tom was acting strange, being polite and all. But as much as she wanted to know more, it was time to meet Stormsong. Birdkit watched Thornpaw was glaring eyes. She watched as he talked to Moon, she watched as he started to make his way back. She watched him in disbelief as he told her something. "What?" she mewed in disbelief as she got to her paws. "What's so important?" as much as she wanted to ignore him and walk away, she couldn't. She was too curious about what he had asked her mother. Though she tried to stop, she could, and she found herself following Thornpaw. When they left the camp, Birdkit turned and glared at Thornpaw long and hard. "So? What is it?" [bg=27396a][atrb=border,0,true]