"LET ALL CATS OLD ENOUGH TO CATCH THEIR OWN PREY GATHER HERE TO LISTEN TO ME TALK! JUST KIDDING REALLY, JOIN FOR A CLAN MEETING! BUT IT'S SORTA THE SAME CONCEPT!" Honeystar had a dry sense of humor. Everyone knew that.

Tawnywish came out of the medicine cat den, and sat down next to Thistlenose. Cricketpaw came out behind her, and went to join the other apprentices, sitting next to Sandpaw. Rockheart and Wolfdust came out of the warrior's den, talking. While Heartlove was trying coax Thornpelt out of the elder's den, eventually giving up and going to sit with Leafsound and Heavenear.

Honeystar looked down at the mob of cats, a feeling of duty welling up inside her. This was her family, and they deserved to know what was going on.

"Fellow clanmates, I'm sure you have heard about the dawn patrol's encounter with the rouges. Do not worry, for Tawnywish tells me that Vineflame will be fine, though his wounds are serious." Honeystar looked down and noticed many cats were glancing over at the medicine cat den, where Vineflame was resting.

"Those rouges have pushed us around long enough! It's time to fight!" Thunderclaw stood up, yelling loud enough for every cat to hear. "If we don't they will kill us all!" Leave it to Thunderclaw to worry the clan.

"Thank you Thunderclaw, but if you don't mind, I would like to speak." Honeystar watched him sit back down, though his ears flicked in frustration. "It's true that we must do something. We shall form plans and wait for Vineflame to recover. Until then, I want extra patrols along the rouge border, along with regular patrols along Grassclan's border. Now I wish to meet with my senior warriors. Larchsun will organize the patrol." And with that, she leaped off the ledge.

Most of the senior warriors were already in a huddle, talking quietly. When they saw Honeystar, they stopped, and nodded in respect. "Everyone's here Honeystar," Darkshade reported, "except for Owlbird." Honeystar groaned. Owlbird was always late.

"No matter, let's get on. We need to come up with a plan for attacking the rouges' camp. Seeing as we don't know where it is, it has to be a pretty awesome plan," Honeystar stated, smiling wryly. "Does anyone have any ideas?"

Sunstep piped up. "I know where the camp is." Honeystar felt really stupid. Sunstep was a rouge not too long ago, but despised their murderous ways and went to join Treeclan. "Alright Sunstep, you have to tell us where it is." Honeystar made a pawprint in the dirt. "This is our camp. Tell us where to go."

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"Okay rouges, listen to me. We are growing in numbers. Seed just had kits. My kits. They need more land. Well, we all could do with more land. Jut Place is our only territory. I will praise you for the fight with the warriors this morning, especially Ocean for that tabby warrior. But it's not enough. We must attack their camp."

Flash knew he had to wait awhile before telling them the plan. It was full moon. New moon meant darkness; instant sneakiness. They needed to wait a long time. Deep in thought, he was aimlessly walking when he ran into Branch. (Not the same Branch in my story, Dawn Will Rise!)

"Oh! I'm so sorry sir; I should have side stepped so you could pass!" Flash sighed. Branch was a little too polite for a rouge, but he made the rouges stronger.

"Anyway, I'm glad that you're here. I wanted to talk to you about your plans for attacking the clan cats. I feel we should let them know we are attacking them, just to make the fight fair."

Flash's anger flared up, but he forced himself to swallow it. "Branch, that's the point! If they know about the attack, we have less of a chance of winning."

"But that doesn't seem very nice!"

"In case you've forgotten, we're rouges! End of discussion." Flash walked away, muttering to himself under his breath.

Well, then I guess it's up to me to warn them! I'm sure Flash won't mind. Branch thought to himself. He grinned, and headed out to find TreeClan. How hard could it be?