Poppy woke from her sleeping burrow with a start. "Am I late?" she thought to herself. She quickly ran out of her burrow just to find that Frith had barely risen. "Good," she thought to herself. She was supposed to report to Buttercup a little bit later in the morning to go on another training patrol. Poppy had just figured out that her, Thistle, Walnut, and Pimpernel were all part of the garden raiding and patrol team. They were under the control of Buttercup, who Poppy didn't mind at all. Poppy was personally glad that she wasn't part of Dogwood's warren police team. Not that she minded Dogwood or Mallow at all, but Corona, Ivy and Hawkweed were three rabbits that she hated and wanted to keep away from. Poppy thought that she would also hate to be in the place of Winters Wrath, as the Owsla commander and chief, who had to deal with morons like Walnut and renegades like Hawkweed, Corona, and Ivy. "I'd also hate to be in Silverweed's position right now as well," Poppy thought to herself. Silverweed had been chosen to be Cowslip's advisor, not a very great job. Poppy also wondered how Silverweed and Winters Wrath had persuaded Cowslip to keep the Owsla the way it was. "I guess the pair just bulled Cowslip-rah into concession," Poppy said out loud. She gave the idea no more thought and went out to a patch of grass to eat. She had no idea how easy it was for Silverweed and Winters Wrath to persuade Cowslip into keeping the Owsla. ************************************************************************

A day before

Cowslip had been fuming in his burrow ever since he had gotten to it. "How could I be damned with such a horrible Owsla," Cowslip thought to himself. "Stupid Silverweed." He was about to shay something out loud when Winters Wrath and Silverweed appeared in his burrow.

"Where's the rest of our Owsla," Cowslip scoffed at the pair as they walked in. "I sent them out on some jobs," Winters Wrath said quickly, "anyways, we're here to tell you why nothing is wrong with our Owsla." "I'm listening," Cowslip sneered. Silverweed began, "I suppose you're wondering why Poppy and Thistle are in the Owlsa." "Yes, I am," spat Cowslip. Silverweed continued, "well I thought that we needed a couple smart rabbits other than Dogwood, Buttercup, and of course Winters Wrath on our Owsla. They'd also make great garden raiders because they are hard to see and can slip through small spaces. As for Corona and Ivy, I think we do need a little bit of muscle behind our Owsla to enforce the orders. By the way, they are two of the strongest rabbits in the warren. And right now, Dogwood is giving them a nice little chat about what will happen to them if they try to pull anything. As for Walnut, he isn't as stupid as most rabbits say he is. Even though he can't fight very well like most of the rabbits in our warren, he is very good at calming down rabbits in the middle of a crisis. Mallow is actually my second choice for captain, lower than Winters Wrath of course. Mallow is pretty smart, and he actually can fight very well. Thing about Mallow is that he's more or less the quite type that keeps to himself. As for Hawkweed, he isn't too smart, but he's smart enough. He can fight when he's put up to the test, and he very good at repairing burrows. As for Pimpernel, he is the only rabbit in our warren that has any Owsla experience. Though he wasn't in the Owsla at his old warren, he did do a couple garden raids and patrols. I think that Pimpernel would be a very good patroller and garden raider." "Well there you have it," Winters Wrath said, "So what do you think Cowslip-rah?" "I guess you're right," Cowslip quietly said. "You two should better leave before I change my mind," he added. Winters Wrath and Silverweed quickly scurried out of Cowslips burrow.