He was thinking 2 things and the wrong one came out.

Star slid to a stop, eyes wide. Her expression made Silver laugh. Her beautiful silver fur swayed as she laughed. She loved her best friend, everyone loved Silver. Star looked at Rush, surprised.

She blushed, turned around, and ran as fast as she could and as far away as possible.

Rush turned around to go after her but Silver stepped in front of Rush to stop him. "She needs time." Silver said, "No one ever loved her in our pack, they always loved me."

"But," Rush began and trailed off, "I…really…love…her…"

"Give her time." Silver repeated. Starseeker ran at break-neck speed. “Rush loved her! Or did he really?” Silver thought, “Nobody loved her but her parents, Silver, and maybe her brother.”

Rush walked off to the patrol rock, miserable, embarrassed, frustrated, and angry at himself. "Might as well watch the sunset." He muttered, depressed; "I blew it."

Star decided to go to the beach. It was sunset and the water looked beautiful as it glistened while the golden sun went down. She grunted and sat down. She let out along howl of confusion.

When Rush got to the Patrol Rock he saw Serenity on the rock. "Hi." He mumbled a little depressed.

"Rush, what's wrong?" Serenity asked.

Rush sighed, "I love Star. But, she doesn't love me back."

Serenity looked at him and explained calmly, "She does love you. She's just confused.”

Rush looked at Serenity, shocked. He then heard Star howl. Rush howled back, hoping she would come back.

Star didn’t answer. She needed to visit someone. Star didn't care that it would take a week to get there. She leapt into the water and started swimming, powerfully, then jumped on a glacier. Star knew where to go so she shifted her weight in that direction and the huge glacier moved that way. She lay down on the glacier and fell asleep, still confused.

When Star didn't reply Rush, rushed off sprinting faster than ever before after Star. When he got to the beach he followed her scent and jumped on a glacier and moved after her. He stayed wide awake hoping to find Star and talk with her.

Star had spent three days in the ocean on top of her glacier. She was feeling starvation set inside her stomach. She managed to catch a few fish to satisfy the hunger but, she didn't have fresh water. She would have to get on land soon if she was to survive.

It was days since Rush had slept and ate, but he was used to starving. Somehow he managed to stay awake and survive off chewing the loose ice on the glacier for water but, he couldn't catch fish at all. He followed Star's scent while the wind carried it.

"I have to find her." Rush admitted on his third night without sleep. He was exhausted but his love for Star kept him alive and awake. He admired her too much to let her go.

The next day Star spotted land. But her glacier was going right past it. She launched off of it, and dove into the icy water. She swam her way to safety and reached land. There she managed to catch a few hares and found a cool spring of fresh water. She spent the night there and recharged her strength.

It was night when Rush saw the faint outline of land in the moonlight. He jumped off his iceberg and leapt into the freezing water. When he reached the beach he collapsed on the sand and slept for the whole day. When he woke up he smelled Star.

"She's here." He muttered to himself when he scented Starseeker.

Star woke up the next morning, strong and refreshed. She trotted out to the beach and looked out. Her glacier was gone, but another was drifting a ways away. She leapt into the water and paddled, strongly. It took her a bit of time to get to the glacier, but she managed and pulled herself onto it.

Rush was eating a hare but then, in the distance Rush saw Star leap onto a glacier as it floated away. "Great I have to chase a glacier." He muttered. Rush sprinted across the beach to the closest point to the glacier. He leapt into the icy water and swam to the huge glacier and climbed onto the glacier, but he stayed away from Star, and hid from her. "I think I'll find out where she's going first." He concluded to himself while he dug some snow out and made a bed, hidden away from Star.

Suddenly her glacier broke in half, leaving her barely enough room to stand. She growled. Then it crumbled away and she fell with a splash. She let out an annoyed growl and climbed onto another. It was small but it had hole-pockets that seals popped out of. Maybe Star could catch something. She kept low and looked at the hole. A seal popped out and she grabbed it and killed it. “Yummy.” Star thought. The seal was delicious as she dined in peace. She only had three days left and she would be at her Liberty's niece's home. She would visit Aleu. Then she would go home and talk to Rush.

Rush heard Star fall off the glacier and woke up. He saw Star scramble onto of another glacier full of seals. Rush instantly moved his glacier after Star. It took time but, it eventually moved after her. Rush remembered when he last took a glacier before this trip.

“I was running away.” Rush thought as he was stuck in his horrible memories/

Two days passed. Star stayed full on seals but became parched. Tomorrow she would reach her destination and drink her fill, and talk to someone she needed advice from.

Rush's glacier slowly followed Star's for a couple of days. Rush chewed loose pieces of ice he could find to keep himself hydrated but he needed food. He eventually caught a fish, for the first time. He had many naps to keep his energy from draining, but every time he fell asleep, he had nightmares of his past, Rush woke up every half hour sweating and panting with fear. Eventually he had to find land, find Star and find answers.

The next day Star saw her destination. She jumped off the glacier and swam into the water. She touched on land and saw a pool of fresh and clean water. She drank deeply, then Star ran to Aleu's pack. “Aleu!" she called.

The sun was setting and Rush scented Star and saw familiar land. “No! It couldn't be!” He thought. He jumped of his glacier and swam to the familiar land. He landed on the beach and walked over to a pool of water.  When he finished drinking he went to the forest and caught a hare in almost two seconds. “Easy to catch food in a place you know.” Rush thought.

Rush went to an old oak tree where there was a den. “Back home,” He thought, “I hope no one else took my old den.” He walked inside the den and lied down to sleep off his troubles.

That night his nightmares came to him again. He woke up wide eyed and gasping for breath. "That's it!" Rush said to himself, "I have to find that pack!"

"Starseeker! What a pleasure to see you! What brings you here today?" Aleu said.

"Well. I have this male that says he loves me. Nobody has ever loved me. I'm so confused. I traveled here by myself." Star answered.

Rush got up and ran straight towards Aleu's pack. Rush didn't know Nava was no longer alpha so, he expected to talk to Nava as the alpha. He trampled right into Aleu's pack's meeting with Starseeker. He didn't notice Starseeker but he demanded, "Where's Nava?!"

“Rush!!!!" Star cried. Aleu looked at Rush.

"He is sick. He is in his den." Aleu explained.

Rush was way to concentrated on Nava and Aleu that he didn't even hear Star. He dashed off to Nava's den; he didn't even look back until he got to the entrance of Nava's den. Rush then walked inside.

"Hey, pops?" Rush asked, "Remember me? I'm the lost pup you adopted."

Nava raised his head. "Rush?" he croaked.

"Yah, Pop." Rush said, "Boy, you're beaten up. What happened, since I left?"

"Sickness. I'm not a young puppy any more either." he said and smiled.

Star then popped her head in after she had spoken to Aleu. "Rush?" Star asked.

Rush lay down next to his ‘dad’ and turned his head to Star. "Yes?" Rush asked Star. Rush's eyes were tearing, but he held them back. Rush knew Nava was dying, but he was the closest thing to family Rush had.

"Did you follow me?" Star asked softly.

Nava looked at both of them, his eyes were dimming he then coughed. "Go get Aleu." he ordered weakly.

Rush didn't answer Star, he just turned his head to Nava and said, "I'm sorry I ran away." Rush couldn't hold back his tears anymore,, "I really am. I was afraid and  I'm so sorry, Nava.  I was afraid to become the next alpha." Rush cried and dug his face into Nava's old and dull fur and cried.

Star's face contorted, she felt horrible. She ran out of the den to get Aleu.

Nava looked at Rush. "It is ok, son. You are like a real son to me. I love you." he said. Aleu then walked in. "Aleu, you know what to do." he said. Tears welled in Aleu's eyes and she backed away. Nava looked at Rush. "I love you, son." he said. Then the light in his eyes faded away and the great legend died.

"No!" Rush screamed, "Don't leave me! Please!" Rush stayed where he was and just pouted the rest of the day. That night, under the full moon, Rush emerged from Nava's den and climbed the highest cliff in the territory where Rush first met Nava. Rush let out a long and lonesome howl. "I will never forget