I'm sorry I didn't put one of these in the first chapter but this is my first fanfic. The chapters are going to start getting longer and I know it's currently just a bunch of dialogue but I promise it will eventually get to action scenes.

Winston wanted nothing more than to curl up and fall asleep, but he had so many thoughts in his head that he couldn't help but consider. Who else would join? What kind of plants would be best for this mission? Would any plant actually want to join, and if they did how long would they stay before reconsidering?

"Stop worrying so much Winston." A voice called from the doorway. Without even looking he knew it was Grace.

Winston groggily sat up and replied "You Know I can't help it, think of all the things that could go wrong. This is our only shot at making this work, and what if no one joins."

"Winston you know that there are plants out there that share the same ideas as you and I. Just because they'll be hard to find doesn't mean we should just give up. Besides, you know I wouldn't have joined you if I thought this was going to be a giant failure." Grace said as she sat next to her childhood best friend to help comfort him.

Winston smiled up at her "Why are you always right about these things."

"Because i'm the greatest catus on this planet, and don't you ever forget that."

"How could I? You never let me forget it." The two of them just sat there for a bit before Winston finally jumped off the bed and walked down the hallway. "I'm going to make the pamphlets, you start working on the signs. Tomorrow we'll head for the military district and find some plants who wants to end this war."

"Aye aye captain." Grace said as she began looking for poster board and sharpies.

"Tomorrow will be different." Winston muttered to himself as he began making copies of the pamphlets. "Tomorrow we're gonna find some amazing plants."

"Winston stop talking to yourself. Plants are gonna think you're crazy." Grace called from the other room. She hadn't actually heard him but she knew him well enough.

"Well maybe that's a good thing, I always liked the plants who seemed crazy for years and then it turned out they were right all along." Winston shot back, more excited than he'd been in years.

"Make sure you pack an extra gas mask, in case yours breaks while we're away." A hint of worry was in her voice.

Winston looked in the mirror to see himself. He looked like any other peashooter aside from the glowing eyes, the gas mask, and the toxic radiation oozing off of him. It had been caused by an accident when he was younger, and to this day sunflowers are still amazed he survived. He doesn't actually know what would happen if he took off the mask, but he really didn't want to find out.

"How do you feel about a chomper on the team?" Grace brought him from his thoughts and he looked at her puzzled.

"I don't know Grace, I love chompers but you know a lot of plants find them to be savage. It'd be harder to get other plants if we had a chomper."

"Anyone who won't join because of a chomper I don't want on our team. It's awful how they're treated, they do so much to help protect this land and they are looked down upon just because of the way they take care of zombies." Grace took a second to pour herself some coffee before continuing "It's like plants calling cacti cowards, or peashooters weak, or"

"Or sunflowers rich, privileged plants?" Winston chimed in.

"NO." Grace looked sternly at Winston even though she knew he was messing with her. She hated sunflowers almost as much as she hated zombies, and a large portion of that came from them continuously telling her Winston was going to die. "They act like they know everything but you and I both know they're just a bunch of whiny, prissy plants who think they are the greatest thing on the planet"

"Relax Grace, I'm just messin with you." Winston and Grace sat there for a minute before Winston spoke again "You know who's cute, that sunflower from the clinic."

The next thing Winston knew he was covered in hot coffee, courtesy of a very smug ice cactus.

"Just finish your pamphlets Winston." She walked over to her signs and began to finish them up before looking over and saying "And don't forget the last time you asked a plant out."

Winston shuddered at the memory. How was he supposed to know she was allergic to Florida soil. He would never hear the end of that incident as long as Grace was around.

The next day

The two of them had awoken bright and early to find a good spot at the military district. They were hoping they could convince plants who had not yet committed to defense to join them.

"Alright Grace, be on the lookout for privates."

Grace looked at him strangely before replying "Alright, so are we looking for male privates or female privates." She was trying her hardest to keep her laughter contained.

Winston didn't seem to understand the joke yet. "It doesn't really matter, either kind of private would be excellent."

" Would you personally like young privates or older privates"

Now Winston was starting to get confused "Younger ones of course, but older ones wouldn't be too bad. After all, they've got a lot of experience."

At that point Grace started laughing her cactus ass off, and Winston understood what she found so funny.

"Oh for God's sake Grace, what are you five?" Winston now felt like an idiot for not realizing what she was saying earlier.

"I'm sorry Winston but it was just too good of an opportunity to pass up." She had calmed down a bit as she now began to wipe away her frozen tears of joy.

They sat there for what felt like years before a curious pea came over to them. "What are you two doing?"

Grace was the first to reply "We're the recruiters for an elite squad of plants, who are currently looking for volunteers to help us explore the outside world."

The peashooter seemed shocked by the idea "Are you crazy! And leave the protection of this place, no thank you." And with that he turned around and sped off.

The rest of the day went in a similar fashion. Plants either told them they were crazy or that they would think about it, but no one actually signed the volunteer form. No one had even read the thing, and Winston had spent hours proofing it.

"Maybe tomorrow will be different." Grace said as they walked back to the house.

Winston was surprisingly chipper though "Of course tomorrow will be, I was stupid for even thinking of going to the military center. What we need to do is find the plants who have combat experience outside of the military, like you and I."

Grace looked at him skeptically "Winston you're not saying…"

"That's right Grace, we're going to the plant academy tomorrow." Winston finished for her.

The plant academy is a place for plants to get all of their experience for combat, healing, and academic studies. Plants are put into pairs before they graduate to help them always have someone to talk to and help them in their future endeavors. Grace and Winston both joined the academy together, and they both left as partners to the surprise of no one.

Winston continued on with his plan "The partner process happens tomorrow, followed immediately by graduation. All we need to do is find a pair of plants who'd be willing to join us and vwallah! We have our team of four."

Grace smiled at this new burst of energy she saw from Winston, and it was actually a pretty good plan. "You're right Winston, there has to be at least one pair that agrees with us, but we need to try and find a diverse pair. Like a fire plant or an electric one, and no sunflowers. "

Winston couldn't help but laugh at her last comment. "Ok you go and get some rest, I'll call professor Colo and see if he can get us seats to watch the partner process and graduation."

"Sounds good." Grace yawned as she walked off. "Night"

"Night".