Finally Getting Along

Sprucebark had still not fully ever come to full terms with the fact that Minksplash was now gone. He would sometimes wake up middle of night thinking of it. It had not been easy recently but he was doing the best he could with it.


The one positive thing perhaps to come out of all this however was that he and Rowansong were actually on better terms than ever before. In the past, the two of them were often at ends with one another and often got into silly kittish like arguments that were usually pointless but had driven them far apart. Now however, both of them had matured a great deal and although they would always be very different in how they approached situations and life in general, they at least had an understanding now more than ever before. And dare I say they even somewhat got along now?? Which would have been unheard of a couple moons ago. But with Sprucebark learning alot from both Poppyshine and Perchstar about the warrior code offering a new perspective on things combined with the recent growth of Rowansong. The two experienced warriors were now a formidable force that few would dare to cross.


Sprucebark had the day free from patrols which was not common at all. But he had checked and double checked his schedule and sure enough he had no where he had to be currently. Which felt a bit weird for the very formal and organized tom who always liked to have things planned out of what he would do next and such.

Glancing over he saw his brother nearby and he gave a greeting wave of his tail as he went over to him. "Good morning Rowansong!"
"Would you want to partake in an activity perhaps?" he purred still being formal as ever but that was just how sprucebark was.


He met Rowansongs gaze "I know in the past we have not always seen eye to eye perhaps. And I fully recognize I wasn't always the easiest to get along with in the past maybe" the memories of snapping at Rowansong earlier when Perchstar was missing came to mind.

"but I think we can move past those if you are wanting to? I know I want to now. I have grown up alot and I think watching you also have. More than anything else, we are siblings and I don't want to lose yo- his voice trailed off glancing away. What was left unsaid was that life was too short to keep these silly kit type yelling competitions at each other. Left unsaid but fully known was that Sprucebark often wished he had gotten to spend more time with Minksplash before the end. He did not want to make the same mistake here and now.

"If you want we could work on sparring maybe? Little brother competition? But...in a healthy way this time"

(yea sums it up they get along now and 2 seconds later are gonna go spar and smack each other I mean it makes sense to me at least I guess)

Sprucebark smiled back at his brother.  He was so pleasantly surprised that Rowansong forgave him and even offered an admittance that they had both been difficult to get along with in the past.

Sprucebark gave a little nod but kept the positive smile.

“A spar sounds lovely, dear brother. Come, come.”  Sprucebark blinked looking at his brother.

It had been such a long long time since Sprucebark had felt like everything was ok in the world.

Between his new big fear of the river or any water ever since soot and mink died and the sleepless nights of missing his sister he had been feeling like he was not a riverclan warrior if he could not even stand the sight of water or the river.


He had tried to talk to poppyshine about the loss of mink and Soot and while it had helped, a big sore pit of awful feelings still lurked over him. The fear of water in his own territory made him upset... how could he be a riverclanner if he could not even stand the sound of the river or patrol near it without being almost sick with loss and pain?


However, those two little words 'dear brother' warmed him from the inside out in an amazing feeling of belonging again.  He felt like recently he had been dragged along through the mud and didnt know what he was supposed to do next at times.  But hearing Rowansong forgive him for his past mistakes of sometimes being difficult and hearing Rowansong admit that it was not all solely sprucebark's fault in taking ownership that they had both been difficult.  It was some much needed bonding in a time when everything else felt to be in the dump.

Rowansong shifted the mood to be brighter and Sprucebark felt lifted by Rowansong's spirits.

In the PAST, all Sprucebark could think about when thinking of his brother was about how his brother could be so unorganized or at times rebellious to an extent that USED to annoy him.

However, NOW Rowansongs voice was sing-songy and his spirits so high.  Sprucebark now was able to see his brother as he should have all along.  See him as family and as someone who had his back in all this when things felt so low. He could see more clearly, the bright energy and sing-songy nature of his brother now.  He could see beyond what he could before of the unorganized brother.  The lesson with perchstar had helped him understand things at a deeper level about the code that was so important to him and in doing so, he had grown up alot. And he would vow to have Rowansongs back too.  Losing one sibling had woken them both up and gave them a metaphorical smack over the heads.  And luckily, it appeared to be that the message was recived in how things were now off on the right track this time.

Their past of butting heads felt trivial now, the newfound energy and belonging that Sprucebark felt just from the simple yet powerful gesture his brother gave him just now was very wholesome.


“I hope you do not begrudge me for attacking so flagrantly.” Rowansong had said with a smile even.


Sprucebark returned the smile getting into his defensive stance "From now on.
I dont want to begrudge you for anything anymore.  You are my brother and I promise to start treating you like that, as we should have all along. a bit of a pause was taken "I care about you alot"


Sprucebark was thinking of anything else he wanted to say but the fight started catching him slightly off gaurd as he was bowled into by his brother.

Before he knew it he was in a hold.  Squirming a bit he worked on getting out of it.

Duck and Twist is forced here

Spruce failed to break free of the pin

Rowansong
46/50 HP (-4)
105/120

Sprucebark
62/70 HP
155/160 SP (-5)

The member 'speedy' has done the following action : Dice roll

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'Effect Dice' : 3