Bird's Sing, I wail (open)

[lakeripple]

Forestfur stared out over the flowers without passion. Birds were singing, the sun was high in the sky, an overall relatively perfect day. And he hated it. Life could no longer be perfect. His life was gone, ripped away by one event: his mate and daughter vanishing. Vanishing! Disappearing off the face of the Earth! And no one knew why. True, he still had his son, and his father, and his sister, and his brother... though he and Thawpelt didn't get as long as well as they should. But he couldn't shake off the feeling that it was his fault, that somehow, he could have prevented the loss of Leaffur and Songpaw. And he hated himself for it, hated himself for something he had no control over.

The birds sang uplifting tunes and Forestfur only wanted to silence them. Leaffur had loved the birds, they had used to come out here and just sit and listen, listen to the songs, listen to the beauty of nature. But now, his world was dead. His mate was probably dead. He hated this, hated it! HATED IT! Forestfur was stared out at the flowers without passion, hating his world, and hating his life.

OOC: *sticks tongue out at the little downer*

[~*Snowstep]

OOC: awwwwwwww POOR FORESTFUR! *hugs* also gave u a rep for the post. =3 it was touching.


IC: Dewpelt padded lightly through the forest, his eyes bright. Spots of light filtered through the dense leaves, casting bits of sunshine on his light brown pelt. He loved the beautiful weather, and the songs sung by lighthearted birds. Even though the clan, and the whole forest really, has been feeling the tension and fear of the constant battles, he just wanted to forget about it. Forget for at least a little while. And today was the perfect day.

A strong scent of another Earthclan cat, followed by wave after wave of sadness, reached Dewpelt. He stopped in midstep and spotted Forestfur. Although he didn't know Forestfur well, he could sense that something was terribly wrong.

Instinctively, he padded over to the other tom. "Forestfur? What's wrong?"



OOC: sorry, bad post. I suck at RPing now cause i haven't been RPing for so long. @_@ oh, and Dewpelt is like... the opposite of Forestfur right now. xP He loves happiness while Forest is hating it. gasp. 0.o

[lakeripple]

OOC: *hugs* thanks for meh rep point!

Forestfur froze as he scented Dewpelt. The tom wasn't one he knew too well... but they were on speaking terms. Turning, Forestfur stared off into the distance, his clear blue eyes misty. "Everything," he murmured, glancing over the flowers. "Everything is wrong."

Finally, he looked Dewpelt in the eyes. He tried to hide the pain from his face, but he knew it would carry on his scent. Pain, well, hurts. It was something he had learned to live with. "I've lost so many that I was close to, namely my mate and my daughter. I have to think they are dead, but no one really knows, do they? And with this war coming... Flashpaw was kidnapped once by FireClan, or rather, by Foxcloud, whose to say he won't be again? Or worse? I have a lot to loose, but I've already lost so much." Forestfur sighed. "My past is... complicated. And it looks like my future will be as well. And I don't like it."

[~*Snowstep]

Dewpelt thought for a moment. His past, and most likely his future, wasn't complicated at all, and he had never gone through anything Forestfur had experienced. This didn't help, advice-wise, but the least he could do was listen and be there.

"I know that I can't say much, and I can't even imagine the pain you're going through, but... take control of you future. Your past has been hard, and you're going through so much right now... Even though you won't like what's about to happen, you can make it into something better. No cat knows about your mate and daughter, but that also means there's a chance of life. Hold onto that hope, Forestfur."

Dewpelt didn't think he helped much, but his bright green eyes still watched the tom for any sign of difference.

[lakeripple]

Forestfur just nodded. Yes, there was a chance of life, there always was a chance. But that wasn't what he wanted, he wanted them well and alive and home. Forestfur knew that weather he took control of his future or not, he wouldn't manage to keep it from complications. It was just who he was and it seemed to run in the family. If you could call it a family... His mother was dead, and hadn't even been from EarthClan. His father was leader, but had had a forbidden love. His brother was in SkyClan, a Clan he had no ties to. His sister was a rogue! And now his son, yes Flashpaw, was following in the footsteps of his grandfather and having a forbidden love... Hows that for complicated?

[~*Snowstep]

OOC: arg i feel bad: my siggie stretches the page. >.> i break my own rules. greeeaaat LOL


IC: Dewpelt let out a sigh. He could tell that Forestfur didn't feel any better. Not only that, but he had no idea how complicated things were, or how to help.

"Hey, how about we relax for a bit and go hunting? That might take your mind off of things for at least a little while," he suggested. "I know a great spot for prey near the swamp, though of course not in it!"

He knew that his joke probably wouldn't help, but he wasn't about to give up. "Come on!"


OOC: hey, i have this crazy idea of Dewy and Forest accidently going across the borders and running into a waterclan patrol. since not many battles are going on, why not? what do u think? the swamp is near the borders.

[lakeripple]

OOC: hehe, I like that...

Anything to get out of this sea of happiness and lies. Forestfur nodded slightly and completely ignored the "joke." The swamp could be dangerous and wasn't funny. But Dewpelt meant well, he was sure.

He snapped his ears down across his head as the birds let out another trilling and happy melody. How disgusting! Why was the whole world in absolute joy? They shouldn't be, there was a WAR going on. For crying out loud! "Let's go," he mewed, hoping that the birds would shut up until he was out of earshot.

[~*Snowstep]

OOC: ouch, Forestfur is really REALLY moody today isn't he? xP kk let's post in the swamp board. ^^