Disclaimer: Lmao do you honestly think that if I owned Warriors I would have named him BirchFALL? The poor baby!
A/N: 'Scuse me, miss lady, how you doinn? GET IT SHAWTY GET IT SHAWTY.
Thanks to those who contributed ideas, I'm thinking and mixing them all up. :) I love you all.
Softkit: Yepp she likes them both. Hm that sounds like a good idea. I'm thinking about it right now. I always thought that Cinderpelt liked Firestar though and that she was thinking of her leader on that page.
mysterys: Nah I don't know I wish I did though and I hope it's Rowanclaw actually cuz if it's not, my story will be all screwed up. :/
Flamespirit: Yeah I like to make my fics seem like they actually happened during the series. LOL yes that would be incredibly awkward, I like that actually. XD It's ok, I guessed that so many people are pronouncing it as Kee-wix. I didn't get it from anywhere actually, I made it up.
HawkDancer: Lmao smart? If you say so. Yeah that's right and well, Jaypaw can SENSE it when someone's looking at him and how they're feeling so it kinda explains it. He was blind throughout the entire book and if you read the first chapter over again you'll see how careful Erin was. She didn't mention him seeing anything at all. Nevertheless, the end of that chapter was a shocker for me.
Sword Of The Twili: That song's amazingggg...Your friend Wes is so freaking cuteee. Lmao sorry I had to say that.
Spottedstar106: Aw thank you. :)
Doxeh: It's okay, where did you go again? And yeah I understand what you mean, it's happened to me so many times. I heard it's Rowanclaw and I'm pretty sure it is.
Willowcloud: Thank you so much. :)
Rabbitstorm: Yayyyyy! You had it right all along. :) And yeah, it does look like Kee-wix but it just isn't lmao.
Atrasoul: Yeah true but holy crap do you have any idea how much pain Thornclaw's gonna be in if Rowanclaw caught them screwing or something? Lmfao.
Peachfoot: I don't know she might. Lol thanks, yeah maybe that's why I personally found it boring.
Frostpaw: They were never 'together' in the first place lol they just hooked up again and again and again...
The Crazy Things We Do
Chapter 8—Bad Kitty
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Thornclaw's POVHoneykit. Is. Such. A PAIN.
Every time I return from hunting or patrolling the little tick scurries up to me and yowls, "Did you see the pretty cat!?"
It's been like this for a quarter moon since I last saw you. Great StarClan, why—WHY did she have to be there?
Here I am, lying outside the warriors' den trying to relax while simultaneously trying to tune out Honeykit's blabbering with my paws over my ears. My eyes are tightly, almost painfully, shut.
I don't want to hear a single thing about you anymore. I'm sick of you. I don't want to hear your name, I don't want to breathe your scent, I don't want to see your face.
"Thornclaw, did you see the pretty cat today? Can you take me to see her one day? She seems really nice I like her I wanna meet her again. Thornclaw who exactly is she? I would like to know. I'm not sure why but she kind of looks like Brambleclaw. I think it's the face structure. Hey, Thornclaw, are you two...you know, do you like her?"
"HONEYKIT!" I shriek, unable to contain myself as my paws fly from my paws to the ground with a loud thump. Honeykit jumps and shuts up immediately. A few cats in the clearing turn their heads and stare at me curiously.
Embarrassed, my head sinks and my ears slick backwards. Honeykit gives me a sheepish smile. I narrow my eyes. I'm usually a pretty friendly cat but for some reason, just the smallest thought of you is driving me insane...
Both ways.
"Sorry?" She squeaks. I can tell by the glimmer in her eyes that she still wants those answers. Before I say anything, I quickly examine her slightly muscular form.
Honeykit isn't tiny anymore. She's been growing fast. It won't be long before she becomes an apprentice.
"Okay, look." I mutter through gritted teeth as soon as my Clanmates turn away from us, "I'll answer all your questions but will you please promise to never mention her again unless the reason is fatal?"
"Yes, Thornclaw," Honeykit nods her head enthusiastically, "I promise."
I think back to her explosion of questions, growling to myself when a blurry vision of you enters my mind.
"Well, first off," I begin in a soft voice so that no other cat could hear, "No, I did not see her today. And she is not pretty, she is very ugly." I can't help but joke, "I will not take you to see her because she lives in ShadowClan and it would be wrong. And she's really mean—she teases too much. Besides, Clan loyalty, remember?"
"But you've been seeing her!" Honeykit protests. I flick my tail-tip over her mouth to silence her.
"Yeah, well, I'm a bad kitty. You don't want to turn out like me—remember that promise we kept about not mentioning her to anyone? Please, please don't."
I know I didn't really have to say the last part but I decided to anyway. I actually trust Honeykit and she looks up to me, so I know she would never betray me. I don't even think she realizes what kind of secret she's keeping, which pains me. It's like a thorn jabbing my heart every time I see an aura of innocence shining around her.
"Her name is Tawnypelt, that's exactly who she is. And um, as for the similar face structure..." I hesitate. Should I tell her about your kinship with Brambleclaw, along with your birth origin? ...No, I can't. That would just confuse her and make the burden I accidentally laid upon her worse.
Maybe when she's older.
"Eh, coincidence perhaps." I shrug. "And no, Honeykit, we are NOT mates."
That, I didn't even have to lie about. I mean, seriously. You and I? Mates?
"It's called a hook-up, Honeykit," I continue, "And it's like...well, it's like...you'll learn about it when you become an apprentice. That's the period of a cat's life when all the hormones kick in."
"Um. Ok. But Thornclaw?"
"Hmm." Is all I say, for I buried my muzzle between my outstretched arms. I stare blankly down at the silky, golden-brown hairs that make up my pelt.
"You didn't answer the question I asked you." Honeykit points out, growing stubborn, "I didn't ask if you were mates I asked if you like her."
I want to scream 'GO AWAY!' to her but I know that's just wrong. I've never felt so annoyed and stressed and angry like I am now. Where are all these emotions coming from?
Ugh, right. You. That messed up, teasing, snappy, blotchy hairball that you are. I hate you so much right now—I hate you so much. I want to go up to you and yowl in your face for making me feel so disoriented.
And I feel...
That it hits me—like a wild flash of lightning, and my hearts starts to race. I shake my head to clear the mental blow I just felt. From the corner of my eye I can see Honeykit staring at me, puzzled.
Great StarClan. I do like you. All this pain—all because I know that all those doubts were mixed with fear.
No. Stop it. Stop it, Thornclaw.
I take a deep breath and try to relax. The fur on my shoulders is bristling. This isn't good. This really isn't good.
"Thornclaw!" Honeykit cries, "You look upset."
"No, no, I'm okay. I'm okay." I meow lightly, as if I'm living in a dream. Slowly, I get to my paws, and almost stumble. Honeykit jumps out of the way.
"Um...I'll come back when you feel better." Honeykit looks a bit freaked, "See you later, Thornclaw."
Honeykit quickly trots off, leaving me gawking. That was easier that I thought to get rid of my curious little niece. I push her out of my mind and focus on the current problem.
Wonderful, now that I like a ShadowClan cat and am also sleeping with you, what, oh what shall I do? I have to find a way to get over you now. Hmm.
I think back to our previous conversations. Flashbacks whirl in a blurry of colors in my mind's eye, until the obvious thought reaches me. A vision of you and I at a Gathering, your temper boiling hot as I discuss a certain cat...
My head whirls around to the other side of the clearing, my spirits lifting, as I spot the cat I'm looking for. There she is, padding across the clearing to her den. This was going to be easy...
"Hey, Leafpool!" I yowl. The brown-and-white she-cat turns her attention towards me, her ears pricked forward.
Okay, so this is very wrong seeing as she's a medicine cat and all but a little flirting won't hurt, right? Either cat I choose, it's still forbidden...Ugh. Leafpool might help me get over you—it would be better to develop a crush on my Clan's medicine cat than on a rival Clan's she-cat. I laugh to myself and race towards her.
"So...How's it going?"
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A/N: Yes, I decided to make Thornclaw a total flirt. We can work it out. Do you actually think he's gonna start liking Leafpool? Haha, no didn't think so, but we need some humor in our lives.
Might as well make a funny chapter, because it's gonna get quite dramatic later on.
--;Kewix