StarClan Won't Wait Forever

It was not only the sounds of her kittens mewling that woke Rose that night shortly before dawn. Through the underbrush her keen ears picked up the sounds of cats moving only tail-lengths ahead of her.
Shadowclan warriors.
Rose crouched down to hide in the ferns. Her rosy gray pelt made her blend in with her surroundings. Would that be enough? I am banished from Shadowclan, she thought silently. They must never find me یا me and my litter will be killed.
"Ginger, I smell strange scent over in the ferns over there," a voice said. It belonged to a calico she-cat.
The ginger what seemed to be...