"Give him some room!" Amberleaf hissed, shoving Sparkfur with a broad gray shoulder. He had said her name. And she had never even met him. He must have been sent to get me.. But from where..? He smells of DrizzleClan oaks, but also faintly of.. MarshClan.

      The young tabby tom glanced up gratefully, still gasping for breath. After a moment, the broad gray medicine cat nodded.

      "He'll be fine," she murmured, padding toward the herb storage.

"This is Maplepaw, isn't it?" Sparkfur turned to Waspclaw, who was padding up with a confused face.

"Yes! Which means that Mintstar must be back...!" Waspclaw dashed up the giant stone platform steps out the den, Sparkfur rushing after him, Berryfoot on her tail.

The gray feathery tom was in the middle of the camp, his tail high and piercing green eyes sweeping over cold, empty clearing. As soon as his eyes landed on his deputies and Sparkfur, he started across the snow toward them.

"I missed the battle, I'm so sorry... I need to know everything." He dipped his head to Sparkfur. "Nice to see you." He murmured. She gave a slight nod, still remembering when Ryeheart had told her that Mintstar had had feelings for her. Mintstar had misguided thoughts about me; liking me like that. He's probably forgotten all about it by now, anyway.

"Of course. The Bramble Den has many cats recovering in it, though. We'll meet in your den." Waspclaw nodded toward the large tree, snow stuck to every nook.

While the Bramble Den was right at the base of the oak, there was an abandoned hollowed out squirrel nest. She hauled herself up the side of the tree, slick with snow. She had never actually been in the leaders den, and her eyes took in every detail as she waited for the other cats to enter first. The entrance was only big enough for one cat to enter at a time, claw marks showing where it had been made wider for a cat to fit.

With her much scrawnier frame, she fit right through to the inside of the den. It was on the small size, just big enough for the four of them to fit comfortably, Mintstar taking his place in his overly mossy nest. A thin layer of moss lined the every inch of flooring of the den.

"I didn't know there had been a battle until we were half-way into our territory, where Maplepaw and I ran into Sandwhisker. She told about the battle, and that you came back. We ran all the way to camp, and I sent Maplepaw to look for you in the medicine cat den," the feathery gray tom explained.

      "Spruceclaw is leading the rogues." Sparkfur murmured. Berryfoot looked to his paws, embarrassed for some reason. It's not like we're the ones who've done all of this terrible stuff... But since he's our father, we'll probably get some blame for it.

      "I don't see why he would do such a thing... He loved DrizzleClan, he was a Bramble Den warrior...," Mintstar wondered aloud.

      "Why's he doing it?" Waspclaw turned his broad head to look at Sparkfur.

"He wants a United clan. A whole new system." She thought back to three nights ago, when Spruceclaw had shredded her and left her to bleed.

      "Wouldn't we all?" Waspclaw murmured. Mintstar tipped his chin up, giving the large deputy and long look.

      "The rogues took the edge of forest, we couldn't hold them off while also getting all the queens to safety-- many of the queens were forced into the Rebel ranks." Berryfoot changed the subject slightly, back on track to the problem at paw.

      "So we need to regain our territory." Waspclaw thought aloud.

      "We need to take down the rogues. All of their warriors just follow orders from higher-ups. They're just followers, that's all. I bet that in the end, some of them will even be willing to join DrizzleClan--"

      "Let's not get ahead of ourselves, Sparkfur...," Berryfoot cut her off. She glared at him, but kept her mouth shut.

      "We'll need help from the other clans. MarshClan is closest, and we need to end this, before it's too late." Mintstar rose from his nest. "Sparkfur, grab a quick cat to send a message to Rosestar, that there is a way to stop the rogues; we need extra claws though." Sparkfur nodded turning and stepping out into the cold.

      This is it. I'm going to avenge Ryeheart. The time is now-- and I'm ready.

AN

      SparkRye or BerryFrost? Which is your favorite?!

      Also, sorry not much really happened in this chap lol