Boulderstar grabbed a mouse with her teeth and walked away from the fresh-kill pile to not stand in the way for others. The beautiful cat lay down and began to eat as her deputy told her about the borders.

She then looked up at the concerned cat. "I agree that we have more to fear from rogues at the moment than the other clan. There are cats out there who believe living in a clan is bad and some of those would definitely try to hurt the clans and try to make them go away. We cannot crumble now, that would make many cats second guess the idea. Our clan has to be a solid wall to outsiders. As for hunting, I'll see if any of the mentors will head out with their apprentices. First and foremost I want our younger cats to learn. I will go with you to the western edge of our territory to check the borders and maybe we can even hunt a little on our way back. If we see other cats we should definitely try to get them into our clan, but always be on the paws for intrigues. We don't know what will happen with the whole clan idea, but I am faithful."

The female cat took a moment to let her words sink in. Then she continued. 
"The Oakclan will most likely have the same problems as us at the moment. Trying to get everything in a order and build up patrols. make a hunting schedule, get together apprentices with their mentors, and so on. So we should be safe for now. But as I always say: Never close both eyes, it will give you a claw in the back." Boulderstar smiled slightly. "We should get some patrols scheduled for safety though. You can help me get that done. Also we should slowly get a schedule for the hunting or we will end up having too much food the one day and none at all the other. It has to be clear that every cat has to work for all in the clan, that includes some duties."

The female looked at the male and asked: "If that's all, I would like to build up a hunting team for today. That's if my wise deputy agrees, of course." She smiled jokingly, but yet serious. The opinion of Amberleaf meant a lot to her. She was new to being a leader, new to being the head of a whole group of cats. And she was glad she had someone that pure hearted and wise by her side to always remind her of things she might have forgotten and who would always support her during decisions. She was not a weak cat though. If she would disagree with her deputy, she would meow so. After all these cats - all the kittens, the warriors, the old and the learning ones - they leaned on her to lead them. And she would.