The six of them crouched in the Windclan elder's den, peering out to watch the Windclan meeting.
"Sparrowpaw will now be Sparrowclaw. Windclan honors her strength and loyalty. She is now a warrior of Windclan." Vinestar announced.
"Sparrowclaw! Sparrowclaw!" The cats assembled called out. As she had in her dream, Graceheart saw the look in Sparrowclaw's eyes.
A look to kill.
The final chapter in Clear Lake... plus a teaser to the Second! What should I call the second? REVIEW AND TELL ME OF COURSE!
Thank you to all of the reviews I got! 4/7 were OC's, 1/7 was 'fix the prolouge and allegiances' or 'your breaking the rules', but there was a 2/7 that was all 'UPDATE' and 'I LOVE THIS!'
This isn't origanol- I mean, so many others have made fanfics where there are all OC's. But Clear Lake is the ONLY fanfic to be called Clear Lake.
I wonder why.
It was the first title to pop into my mind, honestly.
I guess that's why.
Thanks again for my awesome loyal reviewers, and those awesome loyal reviewers should start reading my other fanfics! Skystar and Petalstar have already.
Why haven't you?
Do not send anymore OC's in, sorry! I REPEAT, do not send anymore OC's in.
The Book Two allegiances will actually be a little different than the one I'm posting at the beginning of the chapter, and soon you'll see why.
Anyway, all hail the four- I mean three- no, I'll only support two- clans! Go Thunderclan and Riverclan!
Um, thanks to String of Pearly. When I first got on this website on May 1, I typed in 'Warrior Cat stories' and found hers, freshly updated. So I read all of it... and then the rest when I got home because the iPhone ran out of battery. But still. She gave me ideas(by me reading her fanfics) but I'm doing my best to make it not 'The Sound of Snow' by Cinderstar377. Because it isn't. Hopefully. So thanks to her!
Thanks to my first reviewer that wasn't a flame, a sister, a guest, or myself trying to attract reviews(XD). And that person is...(Drumroll please)...
Pantherstar101! Thanks!
And also thanks to Nukeman, Lolof561, and tr1xx777 for the other reviews. Even if lolo is my sister and Nukeman is a guest and tr1xx777 only sent in a cat.
Thanks.
Anyway, here is the Allegiances for the last chapter... tell me if I messed up in any of them.
Thank You So Much! And Sorry For The Really Big Author's Note! Again!
Allegiances for Chapter 25:
Thunderclan
Leader, Yellowstar- gray tom with yellow eyes and black paws
Deputy, Heatherfang- tan she-cat
Medicine Cat, Grasslace- light gray she-cat with vivid green eyes
Apprentice, Amberpaw
Warriors:
Jaggedfur- spiky black tom
Slowwing- black she-cat
Mudwing- dark brown tabby with long bushy tail and scars on flanks
Laurelclaw-light gray she-cat with white paws and brown stripes
Raventooth- skinny black tom with gray stripes on his pelt, Brighttail's mate
Brighttail- tortoiseshell she-cat with bright blue eyes
Patchfur- white tom with black patches and green eyes
Muskrat- dark gray she-cat with dark green eyes, Patchfur's mate
Whitepelt- pure white she-cat with no tail
Fuzzyfoot- brown tom with one eye missing
Thornfoot- brown tom with red paws
Robinfoot- Red she-cat with green eyes
Beetlenose- black tom with dark gray stripes on his back
Sageclaw- gray tom with green eyes
Gingerheart- dark ginger she-cat with emerald eyes
Lightningfire- golden tabby tom
Dawnmist- gray tabby she-cat, Lightningfire's mate
Sharktooth- almost black she-cat
Thrushtalon- light ginger tom
Iceflower- dark golden she-cat
Firesoul- ginger tom
Hophare- dark brown tom
Jumppaw- brown-ginger tom
Graceheart- calico she-cat with dull yellow-amber eyes
Lilypond- light brown she-cat
Queens:
Heatherfang- tan she-cat
Kits, Blizzardkit, Sandkit, and Skykit
Thistleclan
Leader, Vinestar- large gray she-cat with green eyes
Deputy, Sunmist- golden she-cat
Apprentice, Snowpaw
Medicine cat, Sunear- yellow she-cat
Warriors:
Whitefoot- fast white she-cat
Pheasentclaw- lithe brown tom with cream underbelly and red tail, Whitefoot's mate
Runningclaw- creamy brown tom
Crosstail- black tom with a brown tail
Apprentice, Sparrowpaw(lithe brown she-cat with a red tail)
Icebreeze- White she-cat with cream underbelly
Blackclaw- huge mean black tom with gray paws, formerly of Riverclan
Darkfur- gray tom with black ears, paws, and tail, former leader of Shadowclan
Amberrain- pretty light orange she-cat with blue eyes, Darkfur's mate, former deputy of Shadowclan
Deadheart- small black she-cat with white underbelly and one ear missing
Heatherclaw- dark brown she-cat
Ashflower- gray she-cat
Apprentice, Shadepaw
Goldenfoot- golden she-cat
Apprentice, Maplepaw
(Unnamed Warriors and Apprentices are not listed here)
Elders:
Hareclaw- creamy tom
Wildgarlic- old dark gray tom with white stripes, former medicine cat of Shadowclan
Riverclan
Bluestar- gray she-cat with vivid blue eyes
Deputy, Sharpeye- brown tom
Medicine cat, None
Warriors:
Skyleap- pretty blue-gray she-cat with brown and creamy stripes on her pelt
Askwhisker- light gray she-cat with black whiskers, Skyleap's sister
Reedfur- light brown tabby, Hawkfur's brother
Onefoot- brown she-cat with one black paw
Hawkpelt- brown she-cat
Talonpelt- brown tom
Appleclaw- light gray she-cat with brown streaks
Rockclaw- brown tom
And now... for the moment you've all been waiting for...
Chapter Twenty Five
Death
Firesoul's POV
At the Windclan border, Firesoul was the first to cross. Then Lilypond. Amberpaw. Graceheart. Hophare. Then, finally, Jumphare.
"Lets go," Firesoul whispered as he led the way to the Windclan camp. He still knew it from all of those moons ago, when they were captured by Windclan as apprentices.
Lilypond pusehed ahead. "Let me," she instruced.
Firesoul blinked. "Okay." He'd never thought about it, but even when he was 'leader' and Hophare was 'deputy' Lilypond, Lilykit then, would still be the one to 'lead the attack'. 'Sort out the patrols'. She was almost a natural leader, even though she was shy and nervous sometimes.
Firesoul let her lead instead, and saw that Lilypond didn't hesitate like he would, even when there were three main trails to choose from. She chose the middle.
Finally, Firesoul scented both Shadowclan and Windclan. They must have made their whole camp here... I wonder if they still hunt in the other territory...
Then Lilypond stopped them at the edge of the Windclan camp.
"We are here," she mewed.
Graceheart's POV
I was the first to sneak inside- I was the quietest, from all of my meetings with Rockclaw.
After ensuring that the elder's den was empty- and apparently the camp somehow- we all sneaked inside the elder's den.
Then I made a mistake by brushing against the walls.
Ew! The cave has all of this dirt and dust on the walls! I thought. Now really dirty, I accidentally brushed against Firesoul and Hophare. Oops.
"Ew!" Hophare hissed. "Now I'm all dirty!"
"Sorry," I mumbled as we all squeezed in, just as Vinestar, Whitepelt, Icebreeze, Crosstail, Darkfur, and Amberrain all came walking into camp. Everyone but Darkfur was carrying prey- mostly rabbits, though Amberrain had a mouse.
"Good hunting patrol," Vinestar mewed. "And if Sunmist and Deadheart are done with Sparrowpaw's assessment, we can get started on the warrior ceremony."
Just then, five more cats came in, followed by Sunmist, Deadheart, and Sparrowpaw. Vinestar narrowed her eyes at the catch Sparrowpaw had brought in.
"Good- two rabbits and a squirrel. You were trained well, Sparrowpaw." Vinestar told the apprentice.
"Thanks!"Sparrowpaw replied as she set done her prey on the fresh-kill pile.
"It's time for your warrior ceremony." Vinestar quickly clambered onto some rocks and the assembled cats sat down. Wildgarlic and Hareclaw came through the camp, followed by Shadepaw and Maplepaw and Snowpaw.
"Yes!" Shadepaw cheered. "A warrior ceremony!"
The six of them crouched in the Thistleclan elder's den, peering out to watch the Thistleclan meeting.
"Sparrowpaw will now be Sparrowclaw. Thistleclan honors her strength and loyalty. She is now a warrior of Thistleclan." Vinestar announced.
"Sparrowclaw! Sparrowclaw!" The cats assembled called out. As she had in her dream, Graceheart saw the look in Sparrowclaw's eyes.
A look to kill.
"Vinestar, can we talk in your den real quick?" She heard Sparrowclaw say.
"Of course...Sunmist, you too."
Graceheart's eyes widened. Oh no...
Suddenly there was a shriek in the leader's den.
Someone has died...but who?!
Hophare's POV
Who just died?! Who just died?!
Hophare almost tore out of the elder's den to see who, but there was no need. Seconds later Sparrowclaw ran out, eyes huge. "Something's wrong with Vinestar!" she gasped. Sunear, the Thistleclan medicine cat, raced to the leader's den.
Hophare heard the clan start talking to eachother, confused. "What's wrong with Vinestar?" "I don't know!" "Is she dead?" "Did she lose a life?"
Then Sunear dragged herself out of the leader's den. "Vinestar had something in her that made her pass out... she is losing a life currently."
Most ex-Windclan cats gasped while a few Shadowclan cats just frowned and turned away. They're only here because they can't rebel, Hophare realized. This situation is worse than Yellowstar thought!
Sunear walked back into Vinestar's den. "Everything's okay!..I think!" she called out to her clanmates. No one went into the elders den, or had yet.
What's wrong with Vinestar...?
Jumphare's POV
Jumphare watched Sunear tell Thistleclan, "Everything's okay!... I think!"
This made the clan even more restless.
Something happened to Vinestar... he thought. Something really really bad.
Then Sunear walked back into the leader's den.
Then five minutes later...
...Sunear comes back out...
...with more news.
"Vinestar woke up, but she is losing another life..." Sunear trailed off. "She has three lives left after this."
Amberpaw's POV
This is bad for Thistleclan, and I have a feeling that they will take their pain out on us or Riverclan. That will be bad,Amberpaw thought.
Amberpaw watched Sunear make her report, and though Thistleclan may not know it, but she did, there was something Sunear wasn't telling the clan. Something only medicine cats and few others knew.
With Vinestar's condition, she wasn't going to survive.
Lilypond's POV
She knew what she had to do.
Ignoring her littermate's soft gasps of surprise, she padded right out of the elder's den.
Right out.
The clan was so focused on the leader's den, and there were so many confusing scents, that they didn't notice her pad out and leave the camp, but veer over to a small gap in the wall she had seen when leading her littermates to the Windclan camp. Crawling through it, she saw that it led right next a back entrance to the leader's den.
Good. I need to find out what happened to Vinestar, she thought. Quickly crawling through that, she saw Vinestar heave for breath, eyes fluttering. Beside her was Sunear. Sparrowclaw was off to the side while Sunmist was pacing back and forth in the small den, having to turn every few steps.
"No... Vinestar... what am I going to tell the clan?" Sunear murmured to the leader.
"No...tell them..that... someone attacked me...right before... the clan meeting...and that's what...killed me..." Vinestar rasped.
"Who? Who killed you?" Sunear pressed.
"It...was-" Vinestar's eyes started to close, and Sunear let out loud wail.
"Vinestar is dead!"
Lilypond watched through narrow eyes as Sunear raced out of the leader's den and out into the Windclan camp. Then watched as Sunmist let out a purr.
"Vinestar is dead, the fool. Sparrowclaw... you did well. It is time for Sunstar to rule the lake."
And Lilypond knew now, that all along, Vinestar wasn't the real threat.
Sunmist was.
And now all of the secrets were unraveling, all of the thoughts that Lilypond had were being proved false. All of the secrets being dumped into one big lake anyone could see and watch.
Leaves of amber will not go to waste
if the Three go to a certain place
The graceful heart is facing trouble
and if the jumping hare comes there'll be double
A orange soul must glow bright
in order for the pond lilies to see the light
The Three are coming, they will destroy,
what matters most to the flying raven loves
And beware, for the hopping hare
will hold more pain than it can bare
Then Lilypond stiffened as new lines were added, whispered in her ear by Vinestar's spirit:
Trouble is coming, it will appear as a fake
All the secrets will come in a huge Clear Lake
End
Okay so that may not be the moment you aren't all looking for... but look for book two! It will be called the Sun's Reign.
This is the last time I say it for Clear Lake, but please Read and Review!
Thank you to the person who gave me Sumist- sorry, Sunstar: Skystar and Petalstar. Thank you so much for her! I had no drama to add until you gave me her to use. I hope you like it!
Cinderstar: Um, Snowstar, I want to say sorry.
Snowstar: ...Why?
Cinderstar: Because... I... I...I called you a piece of fox-dung.
Snowstar: And?
Cinderstar: ?
Snowstar: Cinderstar, what are you sorry for. I called you a piece of fox-dung three times yesterday.
Cinderstar: :O
Tigerstar: I wanted to tell everyone sorry I told Sunmist to take over Thistleclan...
Cinderstar: NO YOU DIDN'T! SKYSTAR AND PETAL STAR DID!
Tigerstar: Okay... I lied...sorry...
Heather: *Show's teeth * Tigerstar, can you take one step to the right.
Tigerstar: Sure why? *Takes step to right and is tackled by Heather.
Heather: No lies aloud! *Rips out Tigerstar's throat
Snowstar: Heather! No! Now we have to change the rating to M!
Author- Thanks again everyone...now here is the beginning of the Sun's Riegn:
Cats slunk through the forest, baring their teeth. They stopped at a river.
The leader, a ginger she-cat, was first to hop over it. She did with powerful hind legs. Then she turned and beckoned with her tail to her patrol.
They ran through the marsh, swifter than most cats could. They leaped over small trees and moved through reeds, jumping rivers and small streams. Then they saw a small island in the distance, sorrounded by a thick river widened with stones and reed beds. The patrol could see many cats moving about the small island.
"Attack!" the ginger she-cat yowled, and leaped at the first cat she saw, who stiffened. It was a brown tom, most likely a new warrior. She batted him off and turned at a shriek.
"No! Please! Spare us!" A she-cat pleaded as the ginger she-cat sunk her teeth into the she-cat's throat. It was deep, but only a minor wound as far as the ginger she-cat was concerned. The she-cat would live.
"Sunmist! Why would you lead an attack?" Another, a blue-gray cat.
"It's Sunstar now, and you should know why. Thistleclan will kill off all of the other clans!"
The cat hissed. "If you want a fight... a fight you shall have!" The blue-gray cat turned to the brown warrior. "Rockclaw! Get help from Thunderclan!"
The brown tom nodded and raced off, but Sunstar hissed to two of her warriors, "After him!" The two warriors obeyed, as they should.
"Ugh- Appleclaw! You too get help!" The blue-gray cat ordered. A brown and gray she-cat, most likely Rockclaw's sister, nodded and ducked through the fighting cats, fleeing the island.
Sunstar curled her lip. No matter what Bluestar did, the clans would fall.
And Thistleclan would rule.
Thanks, Vinestar. You really helped us out a lot.
But now... you are of no use.
And so will most cats when the time comes. Starting with Thunderclan, after we conquer Riverclan.
The clans are mine.
Is that good? You can see that Sunmist, now Sunstar, is following Vinestar's dream.
Anyway, thanks again to the reviewers!
Read on,
Cinderstar377