#BerryLion

[quiverpaw]

always been a big fan of these two. not og yaoi but OLD yaoi, yk? but not old people. um

[cheerclaw]

sorry if you've done hypos of this pairing already but berrynose x lionblaze maybe? i just think they're really funny

Sunhowl and Silkbounce the trouble siblings

Born to Lionblaze and Berrynose, they were encouraged to be extremely competitive because of their parents' tendencies, and they had difficulty separating competition from family relationships.

Sunhowl - "very dull and stupid" in the words of his sister Silkbounce. He is extremely strict with everything he does, in addition to often being scornful towards others, after all, he's the son of the powerful Lionblaze! He doesn't take no for an answer and is very petulant.

Silkbounce - "Very noisy and imbecile!!" in the words of her brother Sunhowl. Being the total opposite of her brother, she doesn't need much to have fun and isn't very demanding, however she causes a headache wherever she goes, she is usually very dirty from her fights.

[hibiscuit-rose]

Day 26: Lionblaze and Berrynose in VOLATILE TIMES

[phantomiaou]

lynette feels the berry at her lips, and it takes her a beat to process—cool steel clawtips that can feed just as well as they tear, abstain and devour. her mouth opens, only to bite and burst the buds into a sour wave across her tongue. lynette's face nearly scrunches for it. she will always prefer the sweet, or even the bitter to the pungently tart.

but she nods, and with the both of them in agreement, into the cauldron those ingredients go. it isn't any different from mixing potions with heloir, if not far less dangerous. some minutes later the cauldron's contents bleed from lemon yellow to an electric blue, brilliant like an amalgam of cryo and anemo.

"if they're some kind of scientist, do you think the owner of that diary would test it for us?" she muses, grabbing a cat-shaped bottle to pour the potion in. not that there is any lethal risk to their concoction—at most it might cause a stomachache on the off chance of a fluke, of this lynette is certain—but if someone else is right there, then why not?

god forbid women in stem do anything.

melt ★ potion girlscience definitely not poison

[buddicat]

i accidentally broke my promise on the iceholly doodle of either dustgray or hazelminnow by drawing berrylion so here's hazelminnow. they are in my top 10 list of "rarepairs i randomly thought of one day and have loved since"

[troutfur]

what are your favorite rarepairs, and least favorite?

First of all: SORRY I TOOK SO LONG! My job's been kicking my ass as of late and I wanted to dedicate this ask proper attention. Only now that I am on my way to a little vacation I have time, energy, and attention span to answer.

ANYWAY, Top 3 fav and least fav rarepairs go!

FAV

Berrynose/Honeyfern/Lionblaze — HONEYFERN HAS TWO FRONT PAWS! Any time I see a love angle I just SMASH that polyamory button. Plus I like the idea of a very homoerotic BerryLion rivalry that evolves into romance. And I'm a big fan of Fernsong, Hollytuft, and Sorrelstripe so playing around with their parents situation is fun.

Crowfeather/Harestar — Before anyone comes for my throat for the age gap, this is squarely about them after Hare becomes leader and starts spending more time with Crow. I just find the idea of Hare as this young gay guy falling for this gruff older guy who in his younger days was quite popular with the girls (just see his two gfs he got in quick succession) to be really compelling. Bonus points if it's unreciprocated on Crow's part, all because Hare can't bring himself to confess.

Briarlight/Ivypool — This one was from a fic I read and, well, I dunno. I think it's a really cute alternative to Blossomfall/Ivypool which is one I get like intellectually but emotionally doesn't do it for me. What else do you want me to say? Also I like Ivy better as a lesbian GF for Briarlight over Dovewing which is someone I truly, genuinely don't get why it's caught on.

LEAST FAV

Squirrelflight/Sol — Fandom stop picking a new random ass man for Squirrelflight every few months challenge! I find it honestly grating how this cycle operates with her and Sol feels the most egregious because I see no reason ever she'd want to ever interact with him. Even if fucking like Shrewpaw or whoever is also annoying to see at least there is a shred of a justification there. (Also little perfect angel Shrewpaw is honestly a fun icon to irreverently smash to smithereens so he has that going for him.

Ivypool/Jayfeather — I've seen it once or twice before and I'm sure it was just the one author and it was just peak "He would not fucking say that" from both sides of the ship. Utterly infuriating how any shred of personality or personal history was just straight up ignored.

Jessie (or Moonlight)/Squirrelflight — By the same token as the first one I am also not a fan of the Squirrelflight's random woman of the month trend. BUT! It gets somewhat of a pass from me because at least it's not het. I will also freely admit I have read neither Bramblestar's Storm nor Squirrelflight's Hope so I may turn around on them if I do. (Also this got me scrapping the bottom of the barrel for a third because tbh? I don't have strong negative feelings about all that many ships let alone rarepairs.)

[bramblewhisker]

Okay, BerryLion's cool and all, but what about JayBerry?

JayBerry has plenty of cute potential! Grumpy doctor x petulant bratty patient is a good framework :3 They each have a certain intensity about them that could mix to be either volatile or passionate and both are fun.

If we assume it starts when Jayfeather still has his empathic superpowers there's some easy inroads to him figuring things out. Like, "oh, whenever I touch Berrynose to apply a poultice or something he always feels... o-oh...!? 😳" (As usual, I figure Berrynose has the initial crush on the sharp-tongued medicine cat; anyone who speaks firmly and decisively to him gets his crush imo).

Could also explain why Berrynose keeps ending up with excuses to go to the medicine den, if he isn't just going there for strictly medical reasons. 😼 Weird how Jayfeather only seems to think one cat needs routine physicals, huh...

Worth noting: there is plenty of Berrynose for Jayfeather and Lionblaze to share.

[the-owl-tree]

im liking the idea of Sunflare being a Lionblaze and Heathertail kiddo with the two meeting up later on in their lives and briefly catching nostalgia fueled feels for one night (before it crashes and burns) but I’m not sure how to work out the rest of it. Tempted to make her just a first little BerryLion kit for the sake of simplicity but I also hate passing up drama potential lol

[smokeclan-oc]

ScatterPatter's Incorrect Quotes Generator

Featuring some toxic couples.

MudxHawkxAsh

OneFire

BerryLion

The last one SENDS me

[quiverpaw]

LionBerry hypokits?

named by me lovely friend

[clanslist]

Lionblaze and Berynose for the kit thing!

Runningfield: Golden tabby tom with a cream chest and paws. He has amber eyes.

Grassflight: Large cream tabby tom with green eyes and a shredded ear.

[aerial-jace]

This started as me trying to think of something to write for a KestrelJay fic, but thanks to @mallowstep enabling me it became a full-on Po3 + OotS AU. I present to you: Po3 + OotS but the powers don’t come with a prophecy attached AU. Alternatively: Po3 + OotS but Jayfeather willingly became a medicine cat out of delusions of grandeur.

The only reason I’m deleting the dark forest part of the conflict is so I can use the powers but still have this AU be about an entirely new interpersonal conflict that doesn’t cross over with that whole thing

Jaykit figures out very early on about his dream powers, using it to hop across the dreams of his littermates and others in the nursery. Growing up he hears lots of stories about dreams and prophecies and medicine cats and the rest, so naturally he gets really excited about this special power and gets it into his head that he’s destined to be the next medicine cat.

(He can’t see in dreams on this one. He knows he’s actually dream hopping and not just dreaming of the others in the nursery because he’s very insistent about asking others what they dreamed about. The other kits are impressed but no adult gives him the time of day with it.)

Hollykit, ambitious little furball that she is, also gets it into her head that she’s going to be the next medicine cat. When playing in the nursery, the arguments about it are endless.

Lionkit’s concerned because if both his siblings become medicine cat apprentices, does that mean he’s gonna have to put up with that meanie Berrypaw all on his own? 3:

As they approach apprenticing age, Leafpool notices the two siblings are very much serious about wanting to be her apprentice. It’s at this time that Jaykit starts to brag about his dream hopping ability as if that’s going to guarantee him the position. Hollykit, meanwhile, is trying to help however she can.

Leafpool very much thinks Hollykit would make a better apprentice, she sounds much more helpful to have around and she thinks someone should really check Jaykit’s growing ego.

The day of their apprentice ceremony comes and Jaypaw is fucking pissed, like in canon Lionpaw goes to Ashfur, Hollypaw to Leafpool, and him to Brightheart.

Brightheart and Longtail are really trying to be helpful and encouraging here. Longtail even sort of came out of retirement just so he could assist them outside camp. But Jaypaw’s just being a brat and it makes all three miserable. He won’t listen to instructions, he rushes everything just so he can go pester Leafpool, when out on patrol he will try to sneak away, he is very rude to them, etc.

Lionpaw tries to be a supportive brother, trying to give Jaypaw encouragement and tips, reassuring him that he can grow up to be a great warrior, convincing Ashfur to let them train together, and so much more but he’s just met with the same scorn and aggression that Jaypaw has for Brightheart and Longtail. Doesn’t help matters that Lionpaw is just good at this, reinforcing Jaypaw’s belief that this is not his special destiny.

Hollypaw is trying her best, but like in canon she just struggles a lot with memorizing and identifying herbs and of course being grossed out by actually treating injuries. She also tries to extend an olive branch to Jaypaw, only to be met with scorn and particularly harsh insults. He also tries to butt in whenever he has the chance. Leafpool’s getting really fed up with all this.

This whole thing lasts for like a moon to a moon and a half and the whole of ThunderClan camp just doesn’t have the energy to deal with Jaypaw anymore. The general stress and just in general being so worn out give Jaypaw the perfect in to enter Leafpool’s usually more tightly guarded mind. She originally thinks the little brat has just been so annoying she ended up dreaming of him but when he turns up the next day and recites her whole dream to her, she sighs in defeat.

She’s perfectly aware that she shouldn’t reward him for wearing her down, but this has gone on long enough. She’s seen Hollypaw and she knows it would be better for her to swap mentors now. And if StarClan has given Jaypaw this power, she’s not about to go trying to prevent his destiny. She knows better than to piss them off.

Jaypaw is an immature, smug little shit about this whole thing, and Leafpool knows she has her work cut out for her in regards to nipping that in the bud. At the very least he’s obedient now and very eager to make up for lost time.

Their first night on the apprentice’s den, Hollypaw and Lionpaw begin to bond over complaining about their dickhead brother. It’s extremely cathartic and even though they’re keeping everyone else up they don’t mind either. They needed that release as well.

Hollypaw quickly learns that Lionpaw is very good at this warrior thing, way better than she’d expect with how behind she is. They figure out Lionpaw’s got a power as well, and while Hollypaw’s initially concerned he will turn out a dickhead as well, the experience of Jaypaw keeps Lionpaw humble. At least when not around Berrypaw.

It’s Jaypaw’s first half moon gathering and he can’t help but bounce with excitement. He’s excited to meet everyone and share tongues with StarClan and to be announced officially as Leafpool’s apprentice and all the rest. As they meet the others he finds that the other two apprentices are not being as friendly as he’d expected. Willowpaw is downright angry at him for costing her a friend, while Kestrelpaw is polite but distant. They’ve both been warned of him and seeing them both act so coldly really hurts Jaypaw.

(While all of this is happening, LionBerry is going through a rivals to lovers arc in the background. And of course we all know Hollypaw is massively gay for Willowpaw.)

Jaypaw is really lost on what to do. He wants to make friends with the other medicine cat apprentices, but he’s just not got the social skills for this. He thinks invading their privacy in dreams is a good idea, kind of forgetting everyone and their mother know of his power and that most people find that creepy.

It takes a while, but seeing his desperation to make friends, Kestrelpaw starts to open up and Jaypaw is massively emotional about it. They bond as friends and over time they get Willowpaw to also open up. The three become really close friends and they encourage Jaypaw to fix his relationship with his siblings.

When Hollyleaf and Lionblaze get their full names, Jaypaw starts to reach out to them. They’ve seen Jaypaw becoming more humble and minding his own business over time, so they’re willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. But it still takes time for their relationship to be repaired.

Willowshine and Kestrelflight earn their full names and Jaypaw couldn’t be more proud of his friends. Him and Kestrelflight begin to date (using those handy-dandy dream powers they don’t even have to meet physically!) and he starts to relay messages between Willowshine and Hollyleaf.

It’s around this time that Flamepaw, the token straight of the medicine cat gang, shows up. He’s basically the reverse of that whole “Everyone has a gay cousin and if you don’t it’s you” thing, which becomes really apparent with how his gay cousins dominate the conversation at all the half moon gatherings.

(For the sake of the joke, his siblings are bi. He only learns this after telling them about how gay the half moon meetings are.)

When Jaypaw earns his full name, Leafpool names him Jaystorm because of how much of a handful he was as an apprentice and as a reminder to not fall back on those old behavior patterns.

Jaystorm announcing his full name to his siblings and showing healthy pride in his accomplishment is basically the end of his arc regarding repairing his relationships. They’re now all equals in the eyes of the clan and they get along pretty well. They’re his preferred escorts whenever he has to go out of camp and they’re glad to spend more time with him.

Fast forward to the time of OotS, Jaystorm notices fairly early on the signs that Dovekit also seems to have special powers and begins making plans to ensure she and Ivykit aren’t driven apart by ego and jealousy like he and his littermates were

Dovekit, thankfully, starts showing interest in becoming a medicine cat while Ivykit doesn’t. Come their apprentice ceremony, Jaystorm maneuvers to have himself be named the official mentor of Dovepaw and Hollyleaf the mentor of Ivypaw.

(Leafpool’s still around or something. I deliberately also omitted the fire scene and the parentage reveal drama. But she’s just not a character I’m interested in and sidelining her is for the good of the story.)

Having someone with partial medicine cat training mentoring Ivypaw means Jaystorm can very easily make an excuse to have her as part of his escort when herb gathering. Ivypaw, of course, complains endlessly about it, but she finds it nice to have time to spend with Dovepaw.

Under the guidance of the three, Dovewing and Ivypool grow up to be well adjusted adults who deal with the whole powers thing very maturely. All five of them are very close to each other, to the point the three almost consider those two as honorary little sisters.

(It’s fine, Cinderheart ends up having Fernsong with a completely unrelated tom. Lionblaze is too focused on his husband Berrynose to have eyes for anyone else. It fixes the incest, even.)

[sharpilu]

there is not a single brain cell in this entire drawing

[wolvesandvisions]

!! what r some warriors ships (canon based or not) that u find fun and why?

Any of the three X Berrynose - its just FUNNNYYY all three of them have some sort of rivalry with him its just hilarious to imagine them having a dumb angry crush or being annoying dates... Hollyberry Jayberry and Lionberry we Stand.

Dustpelt/Sandstorm - again... theyre just funny... i miss their friendship they would’ve been a funny gossipy couple and I want it so bad... my ideal 1st series endgame is Firegray, DustSand, and Ravenbarley... and DustSand are just the annoying hets in the friendgroup but they love them anyways... please

Brambleclaw/Snowkit(warrior AU) - this one is just cute... waa.... ive seen so many aus where Bramblekit really understand Snowkit and becomes a good friend of his... then they train together,,, they have each other with Tawnypelt leaves.... it can also mirror Tigerstar and Whitestorm except more positively.. I love it... ;;__;;

[walters-tampon-string]

Not so Bad

Fandom: Warriors 

Rating: K

Warnings: None

Characters: Lionblaze, Berrynose

Relationships: Berrynose/Lionblaze, Honeyfern/Berrynose

Description: Lionpaw was starting to think there was more to Berrypaw than he originally thought. 

Lionpaw flinched as a wet and stinging sensation hit his cheek, letting out an involuntary hiss of pain out through his teeth. Out of pure reflex, he wanted to swipe at the cat causing him pain with claws unsheathed, but he held back and instead sunk his claws into the dirt of the den, reminding himself that the cat who was doing this to him was his brother, who was only trying to help.

Besides, if he laid one claw on Jaypaw, he highly doubted he would live to tell the tale… at least with most of his pelt intact, anyway.

He almost wished Leafpool was here. She would probably be gentle about the whole process with him. Jaypaw however, seemed entirely unsympathetic to his plight. Rolling his blind, blue eyes, the grey tom commented, “It’s a good thing StarClan gave you the gift to not get hurt that badly in battle, because you can’t seem to handle even the slightest bit of pain. I’ve tended to kits who have handled marigold better than you.”

Lionpaw rolled his eyes, but held the comment dancing at the edge of his tongue. After all, he had already made enough cats annoyed and angry with him today. He was currently sitting in the medicine cat den, with Jaypaw and Hollypaw sitting beside him. This was not too unusual of a scenario. Whenever Leafpool left the den for whatever reason, it wasn’t too uncommon for the three of them to gather here and quickly discuss things with one another. Unless there had been a battle recently, the cats of ThunderClan usually didn’t flock over to the medicine cat’s den, so it usually gave them at least a bit of privacy.

However, today the three weren’t there to discuss the prophecy with one another. No, instead, they were in there because Lionpaw had a small wound on his cheek. He couldn’t help but feel a bit embarrassed, heat rising from his fur. He wasn’t used to being wounded. The only cats who’d ever been able to lay blows on him ever at this point in his life were Tigerstar and Hawkfrost…

And those were very special circumstances. They weren’t ordinary cats.

Ever since StarClan had blessed him with the gift of being able to battle cats, seemingly without being harmed, he’d gotten used to the idea that no ordinary cat could ever hurt him.

Until today, that is.

But to be fair, how was he supposed to anticipate Berrypaw attacking him like that? After all, Berrypaw was supposed to be his Clanmate.

Unfortunately, no cat in the Clan seemed to be providing him any sympathy. In fact, a lot of them were disgusted with him, Hollypaw included.

And trust him, she let him know that she was not happy with him.

“You should be ashamed of yourself,” Hollypaw scolded, her tail swishing, “That was a horrible thing to say to Berrypaw.”

A spike of annoyance shot through him. Baring his teeth, he growled, “I don’t know why everyone is getting so mad about this! Did you all conveniently ignore the fact that Berrypaw was insulting me the entire time? But when I defend myself, you all get mad?”

While Lionpaw’s pride wouldn’t allow him to say it, he knew there was actually a flaw to his statement. Hollypaw though, had no qualms about pointing it out.

Narrowing her green eyes, she said, “His insults were generic and we’re used to him being a jerk. You, however, took it to personal territory.”

Lionpaw felt a bit of shame wash through him, knowing she was right. He had done exactly that, and he knew it, despite how much he tried to rationalize it in his mind.

It had all began when Brambleclaw and Ashfur had set the two of them up to practice battle moves with one another. The two of them were supposed to spar, claws sheathed. Things had been going normal with one another for a while. Berrypaw and Lionpaw took turns knocking each other down, Lionpaw acting a bit weaker than he truly was, knowing it’d be suspicious if he whipped out a battle move Ashfur had never taught him out of nowhere… and the two of them were growling out insults at each other.

And by that, it was mainly Berrypaw.

Lionpaw was beginning to wonder if StarClan had placed a curse on Berrypaw where if he stopped talking at any moment, he would die… and that’s why the cream colored tom always felt the need to have his mouth open. And unfortunately, since Berrypaw had a nasty attitude as well, everything he felt the need to say was mean or arrogant.

“You got more hair than brains, Lionpaw. Come on, surely you can do better than that?”

“I did better moves as a kit!”

“I expected a bit better from a descendent of Firestar…”

Of course, Lionpaw didn’t take all this verbal abuse lying down. He also quipped back some insults. At one point, he even made a jab about Berrypaw losing more than just his tail, which was a jab he was particularly proud of.

But at one point, Berrypaw said a comment that really made him mad. He forgot what it had been about at that point. There were so many insults being thrown around that time. He vaguely remembered it had something to do with Heatherpaw. He doubted Berrypaw knew about his and Heatherpaw’s nightly outings. Nothing in his tone and gaze seemed to suggest that he did. He had probably been simply referring to how much time Heatherpaw and him spent at the Gatherings, was looking for any cheap shot he could use. However, the comment still bothered Lionpaw more than he liked to admit.

So, bristling, he quickly denounced the idea of him having any feelings for Heatherpaw, saying. “I respect the code, as any Clan-born cat should.” Then, deciding to go for a cheap shot, he added, “If we should be worried about anyone, it’s you, Berrypaw. After all, you have the blood of loners inside you.”

He knew the comment was bad the moment it left his lips. However, it had been said, and Lionpaw decided to stick to his guns on it, hoping it wasn’t as bad as he thought it was.

He remembered seeing a flare of anger light up in Berrypaw’s eyes, more intense than he expected. Then, before he could even react, one of Berrypaw’s paws shot out and slashed him across the face, the claws digging into his skin.

It caught Lionpaw so off-guard that he didn’t even react, just simply blinked in surprise after the initial flinch, watching in shock as Berrypaw stormed off, Brambleclaw following close at his heels, yelling at him.

Even Ashfur looked a bit uncomfortable, as he dismissed training, meowing, “Why don’t you go and get your face checked out… the lesson is over for today.”

And now, he could practically feel everyone looking at him angrily as he walked along to the medicine cat den. It was amazing how fast word got spread around in this Clan. Guilt seeped into Lionpaw’s stomach, causing him to shuffle his paws uncomfortably.

Hollypaw kept going without mercy though. She said, “You not only insulted Berrypaw, but you also insulted Daisy, Millie, Hazelpaw, Mousepaw, and many other cats. How could you?”

“I’m sorry, alright!” Lionpaw yowled, in an attempt to get her to quiet a bit. He was sick of hearing her nag him about it.

Hollypaw narrowed her eyes even more and coldly said, “I am not the one you should be saying that to.” Then with that, she padded out of the den, making it clear the conversation was over.

Lionpaw sighed and looked to the ground, glad Jaypaw couldn’t see how defeated he looked. Voice tired, he said, “I messed up, didn’t I, Jaypaw.”

“That’s an understatement,” Jaypaw said plainly. Lionpaw couldn’t help but feel just a tad bit hurt. Couldn’t Jaypaw at least be a little bit on his side? Jaypaw looked at him with his blind eyes and meowed, “I think Hollypaw is right. Just apologize and get it over with.”

Lionpaw snorted, “I know I should, but that is easier said than done, seeing as this is Berrypaw we are talking about.”

If it had been any other cat, Lionpaw might have been more willing. But just the idea of apologizing to Berrypaw and lowering himself like that made him feel sick.

Jaypaw gave a snort, as if he could see where Lionpaw was coming from but he said, “Either way, I’d say just do it. It will alleviate your guilt. Or you could just not do it and get dirty looks from the whole Clan for a while.”

Lionpaw sighed audibly and flattened his ears, groaning, “Fine…”

This was not going to be easy.

---------------------------------------------------

Lionpaw decided to wait a tad, when emotions weren’t so high, but he quickly found that was probably not the best idea cause now cats were giving him extra dirty looks. Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight both had come to lecture him that day, Hollypaw wasn’t even acknowledging him, and Hazelpaw gave him a look so nasty, he actually was worried he would feel pain from staring at it.

So, taking a deep breath and pushing his pride to the side, he walked over to Berrypaw, who, like always, had Honeypaw sitting loyally by his side. He’d never seen the sweet she-cat look so angry. She looked like she was only one word away from clawing his ears off.

Berrypaw, seeming to see that Honeypaw was no longer listening to whatever he was saying, turned around to see who she was glaring at, and immediately flattened his ears, his face becoming hardened. Scowling, he simply asked, “What do you want?”

Lionpaw found himself looking away as he said, “May I talk to you?” Then looking quickly at Honeypaw he added, “Alone.”

Honeypaw opened her mouth and looked like she was about to protest, but Berrypaw coolly said, “Fine.” She immediately shut her jaws, looking somewhat disappointed. Surprisingly, Berrypaw actually seemed to notice. Berrypaw looked at her, rolled his eyes, and said, “This ought to be good.”

Honeypaw immediately grinned, much to Lionpaw’s chagrin.

After Berrypaw promised her he would come back immediately after they were done, Lionpaw and Berrypaw headed into the woods, Berrypaw’s face turning sour as soon as he turned away from Honeypaw. The two of them walked a bit in an uncomfortably tight silence… at least, that was how it felt for Lionpaw.

Eventually, once he was sure that they had some privacy, Lionpaw looked Berrypaw in the face and said, “Look Berrypaw, I am sorry about what I said back there. I didn’t mean it. It was the heat of the moment and I regret what I said. I think-”

“It’s alright, I guess.” Berrypaw said, cutting Lionpaw off. The way he said the answer sounded really noncommittal though, like he didn’t really mean it. Lionpaw opened his mouth to say something. What exactly he wanted to say was beyond him. Maybe he wanted to protest Berrypaw cutting him off, maybe he wanted to ask if Berrypaw actually did forgive him, when the cream-colored tom said something that caught him off-guard. “I should be used to it by now, anyways.”

Lionpaw immediately cocked his head and said, “What do you mean?”

Berrypaw looked at him incredulously, like Lionpaw was the biggest mouse-brain he had ever seen. With how much derision was in the tom’s voice, that was probably not to off the mark. Smiling humorlessly, he asked, “Do you really think you are the first cat ever to give me a hard time about being the kit of loners? Almost every single Gathering, my siblings and I got to deal with one comment or another.”

Lionpaw was about to say something, but Berrypaw continued. Flicking an ear, he meowed, “It’s actually ironic so many of the cats in the Clan got defensive when you said that, cause trust me, a lot of them didn’t want my siblings and I to join, your father included.”

He said the last part kind of bitterly. Lionpaw almost didn’t want to believe it. His father always seemed so kind and understanding, it was hard for him to think of him wanting to reject Daisy, who’d practically helped raise Lionpaw when he was a kit. But he could tell by the look on Berrypaw’s face that he was telling the truth.

“I didn’t know-” Lionpaw began, but once again, Berrypaw once again interrupted.

“I just thought you of all cats would understand, seeing as your related to Firestar, who was a kittypet, is all.” Berrypaw said, with a shrug, causing Lionpaw to wince. “But it’s alright in the end. It’s not like we like each other all that much to begin with. I am sorry for slashing you across the face.”

Lionpaw nodded and said, “It’s alright. You didn’t hurt me that bad.” Berrypaw nodded.

Then for a moment, it was just awkwardly silent, Lionpaw feeling somehow more emotionally conflicted than he had been before. Berrypaw, probably taking the silence as a sign to leave, he said, “Thank you for your apology, now if you excuse me-”

Right as Berrypaw was turning to leave and no doubt head back to Honeypaw, Lionpaw suddenly felt a strange need to not let it end like this. This whole apology still felt incomplete in a way. He had to word this better, or he’d never forgive himself.

“You’re tougher than most warriors, you know,” Lionpaw meowed, causing Berrypaw to freeze.

Berrypaw turned his head and looked at Lionpaw in confusion, saying, “What?”

“I am saying that you are a really good fighter,” Lionpaw said, awkwardly, feeling kind of embarrassed. He never thought he’d toss compliments at Berrypaw of all cats, but it was too late, he already said it.

Berrypaw’s amber eyes narrowed in confusion, as if he was expecting that this was the set up to a prank of some kind. Growling and flattening , he said, “Look, you already apologized. You don’t need to pander to me because you feel guilty-”

“I am not trying to pander! I am being honest,” Lionpaw hissed, his shoulders bristling. He saw Berrypaw blink in surprise. Taking advantage of the cream and white tom’s rare silence, he continued with a lash of his tail, he meowed, “Look, I’ve sparred with you countless of times now, and you know why? Cause you are one of the few who can keep up with me. You make me work harder than most when it comes to fighting. I’ve downed warriors faster than I’ve downed you.”

“Have you ever downed me?” Berrypaw commented, with a smirk.

“Don’t make me regret this.”

“Sorry,” Berrypaw said, though he didn’t sound all that apologetic. Well, Lionpaw supposed that was his fault for thinking Berrypaw wouldn’t at least take one opportunity to stroke his own ego.

“So, don’t let them get to you. You’ll be a great warrior to ThunderClan, no matter your origins. You, Hazelpaw, and Mousepaw will most definitely be. And if any cat dares to insult you about it at the Gathering,” Lionpaw sank his claws into the ground, “Make sure to make them rethink that statement next time they’re in battle.”

Berrypaw blinked once more in surprise, as if he was mulling over what Lionpaw just said. Lionpaw sat in uncomfortable silence, embarrassment growing in the pit of his stomach. He wasn’t use to giving compliments so openly like that.

He braced himself for the mocking that he was sure was going to come, but instead, Berrypaw smirked and said, “I am actually surprised, Lionpaw. That was actually kind of an uplifting speech.”

Lionpaw couldn’t help but find himself smirking as well. “Thanks. Don’t get used to it though.”

Berrypaw said, “Trust me, I don’t want to. I think it’d be weird if we acted all chummy with one another.”

“Agreed,” Lionpaw meowed.

“Alright, alright. I forgive you, mouse-brain. Now let’s head back before Honeypaw tracks me down. We left at sunset after all, and it’s getting dark.” Berrypaw said, already making his way back to the camp. Lionpaw saw the darkening sky and he realized Berrypaw was right. He hadn’t even noticed. He trotted after Berrypaw.

All of a sudden, the cream colored tom bumped his shoulder and said, “Also don’t worry about your Clanmates. Trust me, they will forgive and forget by the next day probably… Hollypaw being the exception, maybe.”

Lionpaw nodded. Then, with that, Berrypaw and him continued towards the Clan, until they finally reached the entrance and Berrypaw sped up to go join Honeypaw, who was loyally waiting at the end of the apprentice den.

Lionpaw watched him go, surprised as he realized that maybe Berrypaw wasn’t as bad as he thought.

And he made a mental reminder to give any cat who said any snide comment about Berrynose or his siblings a good cuff on the ear.

[sayflexxyblog]

Berrylion - Love Song

Berrylion – Love Song

Nigerian artiste, Berrylion released his anticipated Hit Track single titled “LOVE SONG” Berrylion release his official hit single  “Love Song” this Vibe is A melodic Dubstep which I believe You all will like and also Vibe and Dance to,The Song “Love Song” Was Produced by Charleskeys DOWNLOAD MP3