A/N- I know this chapter is quite short, but trust me, I have a plan, and I have everything now planned out! Hooray! It's a first for me, actually! So, anyway, there will be two more chapters after this, and be prepared for a shock in the next one! Yeah, so this will be a 9 chapter story, like the first. And now i'm repeating myself, so i'd better shut up about that. Right, thanks to all my brilliant, fantastic, marvellous reviewers, and if you're reading this and you don't review, I'll set Hawkpaw on you! (I would and all!) So now for my customary end of author's note- enjoy!

Disclaimer- Is that my Warriors ownership and the lost and found? Nope, it's Erin Hunter's.

Chapter 7

Dawnstar leapt up onto the Bonehill and summoned her clan.

"Cats of Skyclan! Get here now!"

As the starving, weak cats began to gather underneath Dawnstar, the leader meowed,

"Rageheart! Bring the prisoners here!"

The rogue nodded and padded into the cave.

"Get out there!" he hissed at the prisoners.

Slowly and nervously, Cloudpaw, Thunderpaw, Stormcloud and Lightning made their way across to the Bonehill. As they reached the bottom, they stood there nervously, not sure if they would survive until sunhigh, or live to see another dawn.

"These traitorous rogues," began Dawnstar, spitting each word out like bones from a mouse, "have been like poison to our clan. Like the venom from a snake, they have worked our way into us, threatening to destroy all we have worked for. It is time for that to end!"

The rogues began to cheer, while the clan cats looked on nervously, not sure who to support.

Purring at the admiration from her loyalist followers, Dawnstar continued.

"So I shall end this right now. It is time to execute the prisoners, and destroy the threat to Skyclan once and for all!"

The rogues cheered again, and this time, some of the clan cats frowned and whispered to one another, knowing themselves that it was Dawnstar who was the disaster, not Stormcloud and her family.

Just as the Skyclan leader opened her mouth to give the execution order, Cloudpaw took a step forward, glaring up at Dawnstar on the Bonehill.

"No! Cloudpaw!" hissed Stormcloud, but to no avail.

If Cloudpaw was trembling, she hid it well, as she seemed strong and confident as she next spoke.

"Dawnstar! Listen to me! You are wrong. Me and my family, we are no threat to Skyclan! We are a threat to you, you who harm our beloved clan; you lust only for power, and don't care about the welfare of any of the cats around you. We are here to stop you, and the only way to do that is to fight you."

Dawnstar laughed, and sneered at Cloudpaw,

"What? You think you can stop us?! Four cats, two of which are apprentices?! You must be insane! That or you have a desperate wish to join Starclan! Tell you what, go on. Stop me, and see what happens."

Cloudpaw glared up at the leader, but her next words were not to her.

"Cats of Skyclan, the true Skyclan, not the rogues who claim to be warriors. I speak to you, no; I beg to you now, help me! Please, rise up and fight with me for the clan you love! Please, help me and my family save it."

The clan cats looked at each other, muttering. They weren't sure what to do. True, they wanted their clan back, but in their weakened state, did they have the strength to do so?

"That is enough!" cried Dawnstar, "It is time to end it!"

The Skyclan leader leapt down off the top of the Bonehill, claws unsheathed, and rocketed into Cloudpaw, throwing the apprentice off her paws. The grey tabby she-cat wrestled with the leader, both hissing and snarling as they fought for their clan.

Throughout the clearing, fights were breaking out, as the family of Cloudpaw began to battle with the rogues, Thunderpaw tackling Hawkpaw, whilst Stormcloud and Lightning both faced two cats each.

And during all this, some of the clan cats leapt at rogues too, screeching and yowling as they saw the moment for revenge, and decided to take action.

Riverheart was aware of the fight in the clearing, but was unable to help, as he was stuck in the medicine cats den with his injuries. But he still knew that if the time came, when all hope seemed lost, and it seemed that darkness was set to win, that he would rise up and help, despite his physical condition.

Because he was a clan cat, and he wanted the salvation of his clan.