Cinderstar: CHAPTER TWENTY! IN YOUR FACE SNOWSTAR!

Snowstar: Okay, okay, I was wrong... you were right... this would get twenty chapters... and so far, 28 reviews!

Cinderstar: U-o-me $20.

Snowstar: Fine...

Author: I'm thinking 25 Chapters for Clear Lake, and then a sequel? What about that? R&R with your thoughts, please! And for Clear Lake #2...I'm not sure what it will be called- I wont be accepting OC's until I make the plot. So until Chapter 3 of #2?

To clear things up, 'Gorgeleap' is 'Gorgebreeze'... I messed up with a character I made up once...XD. Sorry for the confusion! So every time you see the name 'Gorgeleap' replace it in your mind with 'Gorgebreeze'. Lol.

Sorry again.

Cinderstar: A few viewers will see their cats in this chapter! Thanks for the OC's.

Snowstar: So here is the next chapter... still Lilypaw's Point of view.

Lilypaw's POV

As Lilypaw watched all of the new warriors race at her, she knew she was dead.

A skinny gray tom ducked under her and scratched at her flank. A ginger she-cat leaped at her back, making Lilypaw stagger.

Lilypaw wriggled from the gray tom's grasp and instead hit him hard on the head. Then, facing the ginger she-cat, she chomped down as hard as she could on the cat's tail.

"OW!" the she-cat screeched, glaring at Lilypaw. Lilypaw frowned and jumped as high as she could, dodging the Windclan warrior's next move- charging blindly.

Suddenly Lilypaw felt herself on a high branch on a tall, skinny branch. How did I get here? Lilypaw wondered, freaked out. Looking down at the battle she saw the ginger she-cat staring at her with fury in her eyes.

Scary, Lilypaw thought. Then she saw the gray tom that had attacked her fighting Jumppaw. But as Lilypaw watched, the gray tom suddenly whipped around and smacked Icepaw- no, Icebreeze- in the head. Who's side is he on?

That's when Lilypaw realized that Gracepaw was missing.

She must be fetching help! Lilypaw realized. And for the first time, she thought that there might actually be a chance of Thunderclan winning.

Firepaw's POV(Did I get it right? XD)

Gracepaw led Yellowstar, Raventooth, Hoppaw, and Firepaw to where the battle against Windclan was raging. "This way!" the tortorshell panted as they ran on a trail to a clearing.

"Vinestar has a bunch of rouges she led too!" Gracepaw breathed. "And gave them warrior names- I overheard them talking. I heard Goldenfoot, Sage, and Sunmist, Snow, and Ash."

Firepaw narrowed his eyes as Yellowstar whispered quickly, "halt!" He turned to Gracepaw. "Thanks for the information... anyway, we need to attack."

Raising his head, Yellowstar signaled with his tail. "ATTACK!" he yowled, and the fresh patrol of Thunderclan warriors- and apprentices- attacked.

Baring his teeth at a fluffy gray she-cat, Firepaw hurled himself at her, paws stretched out. Clawing her flank, he looked up to see her eyes filled with hatred.

"What did Vinestar teach you?" he whispered in horror. In reply, the gray she-cat pounced on him and pinned him.

But Firepaw wasn't done yet. He moved his back legs swiftly, causing hers to crumble. Standing up, Firepaw grinned and bit her scruff.

"Ouch!" the gray warrior's protest was muffled by his fur as he bit her. Finally wriggling free, the gray she-cat fled.

"Ash!" Firepaw heard a cat say. Whipping around, he saw a smaller white she-cat with gray paws.. She seemed to be the same age as Firepaw.

His new enemy snarled at him. "No one messes with my sister!"

That's just like me and my sisters! He thought.

Bowling him over, the gray she-cat chomped down on his front left leg and pinned him just as her sister had done to him. "Your fresh-kill," she hissed.

"What did Vinestar tell you about us? She's the evil one!" he gasped.

"Our leader told us that you took land from us, so they took it back. You Thunderclan cats are evil and don't deserve to live!"

Suddenly Firepaw was whipped into some kind of memory-

"Rouges standing before me!" Vinestar yowled. "Thunderclan is a group full of vile cats that twisted the warrior code I taught you last moon. They stole the banks of the river from us, and threatened to crush us without mercy!"

Below her, in the Windclan camp, several loners and rouges listened intently. "What happened next?" a golden she-cat yowled.

"Well, if you wouldn't believe it, they stole even more land from us, and corrupted the warrior code so much Riverclan started up an alliance with them- remember Riverclan?"

Most cats nodded. "Yes, Riverclan struck up an alliance. So we then, in return, we took the land back that we owned before- and even more, so that our clan could live happily. But Thunderclan continued to fight us, and Shadowclan, the clan that borders the other side. That is why I called you rouges to help kill off this huge clan of evil monsters that shouldn't be living today! Who is with me?" Vinestar roared.

Several cats yowled in agreement, some waved their tails, though a few cats shook their heads and left. "We will continue being loners," one non-clan cat meowed. "But your plan... it is very smart. I wish you luck."

Vinestar smirked. "I'm sorry you didn't join." she mewed, and instantly Graystreak had killed two of them and was finishing of the third.

The rest of the rouges watched in horror and in silence.

"Anyone else leaving?" Vinestar asked in mock politeness.

No one responded, making the evil Windclan she-cat leader smirk- again.

"Good..."

The scene faded and Firepaw found himself standing before Firestar.

"That is how Vinestar poisened their minds," the old Thunderclan leader murmured sadly.

"Wow. How long did is this taking in the real world?" Firepaw asked.

"One second. The cat you are fighting will see you hesitate and then you should fight back... for that is what you must do. Also, find the tom called Sage- he will join Thunderclan. He was one of the cats that wanted to leave but was forced to join- or suffer death. I'm guessing that the first chance he gets he will join Thunderclan the first chance he gets... so persuade him." Firestar dipped his head as he told Firepaw that. "You have my word."

"Okay. I better get back to my clan." Firepaw closed his eyes, finding himeself on the small battlefield again.

The smalle she-cat blinked at him and Firepaw realized that his body was the same as it was before- pinned down. I have to fight them... but Vinestar forced some of these cats into this.

Heaving upwards, Firepaw regained freedom with his paws and scrambled to them. Slashing at her flank, Firepaw also clawed at her back.

Screeching, the she-cat doubled back and fled the battle, using the same trail her sister Ash had.

Firepaw narrowed his eyes. She's beat. Then he saw a gray tom attack a very surprised Jumppaw. But instead of clawing at Jumppaw, the tom slashed at Icebreeze in the head, knocking her out.

Leaping over to the gray cat, he tackled Icebreeze, helping the former-enemy. Or is he still my enemy?

Confused, Firepaw hesitated for a second. Icebreeze took the advantage and pounced on Firepaw.

Then the gray tom was there- everywhere. He slashed at the white warrior's flanks, clawed at her tail, bit her ears. Icebreeze wailed and fled, screeching, "Traitor! Sage is a traitor!"
Great Starclan- this Windclan cat that helped me is Sage! He's the cat Firestar told me to join Thunderclan!

Sage turned to Firepaw. "You okay?" The tom asked.

"Yeah," Firepaw panted. "Thanks Sage."

Sage's eyes flashed. "How do you know my name?" he growled softly.

"Icebreeze- she shouted your name."

The gray tom relaxed. "Good. Um- since I'm definitely not going to still be in Windclan after that... but I never supported their views." His eyes clouded over. "My mother and her two friends were killed by the Windclan deputy...but of course you don't know what happened."

But I do! Firepaw had the urge to shout out. But he couldn't, or else Sage would get suspicious- even more so than he already was."

"So, I was wondering," Sage continued, "if you could ask Yellowstar- that is his name right?- if I could join the clan?"

Firepaw nodded. "Yeah, anyone who saves an apprentice's life deserves to join a better clan than Windclan." He curled his lip at Vinestar, who was fighting Yellowstar. "Yeah- if we win."

Glancing around, Firepaw saw that the battle was almost over. Yellowstar had pinned Vinestar down. Brighttail fought off Graystreak and a golden she-cat. Gracepaw had chased Sparrowpaw away. Jumppaw clawed at Crosstail's tail- while the Windclan warrior tried to flee.

Leaping away from Yellowstar, Vinestar snarled, "This is not over!"

"Yes it is," Yellowstar grunted. "We reclaim the land by the river- I can't believe you tried to murder all of us! Your conquest for power shall come to an end."

Some of Vinestar's cats gasped- all of them being former rouges- and one shouted, "You told us that Thunderclan tried to kill you!"

The golden she-cat Brighttail had been fighting sniffed. "Why would you believe this mange-pelt over our great Vinestar? I say we listen to the Windclan leader. After all, she's been right about most things."

Firepaw looked deep into the she-cat's eyes to see not respect for Vinestar- but a deep emotion hidden by a forest of thoughts and barriers.

But Firepaw quickly found his way through her mind- it was more of looks than dangerous stuff and obstacles.

This cat wants Vinestar dead! Firepaw realized in a flash.

"Thank you, Sunny." Vinestar smiled down at the golden she-cat. Then it quickly turned into a glare. "Very well. If you support the fox heart who hunts in forests, go to him... but you will be condemned to death."

Sage lifted his head from beside Firepaw. "I will join Thunderclan if they will accept me."

A yellow she-cat and a dark gray tom both nodded too. "I am Goldenfoot. I will join," the she-cat anounced.

"I am Sage's brother, Clouds, and I will fight for Thunderclan."

Two more cats- a dark tom and she-cat- also steped up. "Windclan taught us to kill! I don't want to learn those moves. I'm Beetle and my sister Shark and I will join." Beetle mewed.

"Very well," Vinestar sneered. "You will all die slowly and painfully. Remember," she added with a swish of her tail. "Windclan is very strong."

Yellowstar cleared his throat. "I'm sorry to disappoint you Vinestar... but Windclan isn't as strong as you may think." He stepped aside to reveal the dead body.

It was Graystreak.

Is this enough of a Cliff Hanger for you?

And Sage, Sunny, Ash, and Snow(Ash's little sister)- they all belong to other authors. Thank you for letting me use them! :)

Any more cats you want to send in? You still can until I start Clear Lake #2... if I have one. I'm pretty sure I have a good idea how this story will end if I do have a sequel.

Vinestar: I'm scared... what are you going to do to me?

Sunny: Hey! Your the leader of Windclan- you aren't scared! You have to be strong for the clan! * Evil smirk appears *

Snowstar: Um...yeah...

Cinderstar: To let you know...THIS IS FOR THE CREATORS OF SAGE, SUNNY, ASH, AND SNOW(btw the author did not creat Snow):

Sage- Nukeman, will be Sageclaw

Sunny- Sunmist

Ash- Ashflower

Snow- Snowflower

Thanks for letting me use them!
END OF... THE FYI FOR THE CREATORS OF S/S/A AND S XD.

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Seriously!

Snowstar/Cinderstar: YES PRIVATE MESSAGES RULE! XD lol.

Please Read and Review, and with all due respect, all lemons will be used for lemonade for Snowstar. All flames will be doused by the Cinder Fire department. All insults will be inflicted back on you. All reportings for Clear Lake's allegance and prolouge and blah blah blach will be ignored. Please do not do any of these as Cinderstar377(AKA the author) says she is fixing all problems. That can be reported. And that can be quenched with private messaging.

Thanks.

Snowstar: Did we forget to say-

Cinderstar: WARRIORS DOES NOT BELONG TO US... because if it did Firestar, Hollyleaf, Snowfur, and Moonflower would have lived longer; Cherrypaw(Thunderclan) would become Cherryfrost and Molepaw would become Molenose. As in PoppyFROST and BerryNOSE.

Unless Cherrynose and Molefrost is good?

Snowstar: ….

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Cinderstar:

Did I update fast?

Is this chapter good?
Should I have a sequel? YES

Any ideas?

Will you PM me? YES
Am I a good author?

Is Snowstar stupid? YES

Should Graystreak die or was that a hoax?

Can Shark be incorperated into a warrior name? NO

Should I have 25 chapters?

Is Cinderstar awesome? YES
Snowstar:

Is Snowstar stupid: NO
Is Cinderstar awesome: NO

*smirk