Cinderkura
Part 1 : Secret Revealed
Produced by: Angela
A sixteen year old Sakura Kinomoto woke up to the warm summer morning outside, the early sun glowing upon her as she yawned and looked at the time. It was already eight. Sakura got up and put on a sleeveless pink summer skirt and turned to her desk noticing the huge pile of homework that needed to be done before summer break was over. Sighing, she walked downstairs to the kitchen where her father was making breakfast.
"Good morning sweetie, what do you want to eat? Bacon and scrambled eggs, or pancakes and sausages?" asked Sakura's father.
"Pancakes please" Sakura answered enthusiastically smiling brightly.
Sakura's mother had died when she was very young and from then on, Sakura had lived with her father and brother Touya, but now her brother had gotten a scholarship to a university far far away in another country and now, it was only Sakura and her father.
Sakura lived in a small town called Tomoedo in the Kingdom of Li where Emperor Sayo, Empress Yelan, and their son, Prince Syaoran ruled.
Sakura was surrounded by happiness, she had friends, and she had her dad. It was all she needed wasn't it?
"I'm going out dad!" Sakura yelled up the stairs.
"Where are you going again?" Mr. Kinomoto's face appeared on the edge of the stairs where he started to walk down towards his daughter.
Sakura scratched her head. "I'm going out to see Tomoyo remember? She's going on vacation for a week before school starts again" She was amazed that her father had forgotten, she had only reminded him yesterday.
"All right, don't be out too late" Sakura grinned and nodded.
It was getting dark when Sakura returned home. She had gone out to hang with her friends after they had said good-bye to Tomoyo, and without knowing, it had started to turn dark. Sakura was bracing herself for her dad when she heard voices in the driveway.
'Hey, that sounds like dad' Sakura thought to herself, but her eyes narrowed when she heard another voice. 'Who's the other person?'
Sakura's curiosity got the better of her as she leaned to her right to peek when she saw her dad embracing a woman lovingly. Sakura's eyebrows furrowed as she strained for a closer look.
"Mm" The mysterious voice moaned when realization hit Sakura. Her father kissing a woman! Sakura gasped lightly and sought for the woman's face, but couldn't due to her position. The two of them seemed really close, and Sakura could only feel confusion for the whole situation.
The woman left heading the opposite direction from where Sakura was standing. Sakura's face was dark when she headed into view. Her father looked up and blushed. Had she seen it all?
"Sakura?! Weren't you inside the house?!" Sakura's father asked slightly embarrassed.
"Even if I WAS inside, you still wouldn't be able to hide this from me" Sakura stated angrily. "What's going on dad? You're dating? When did this happen, and how come you haven't told me?!"
"I wasn't going to tell you till later….and 'later' became six months so…….." Then Sakura's father smiled. "Sakura, me and Fongling are getting married"
"Wh-What?!" Sakura stuttered the meaning of the words not hitting her fully. She hoped she did not hear what she did.
"And you're just telling me this now?! Dad! I don't even know her!" Sakura almost shouted.
"Look Sakura, I'm really sorry I didn't tell this to you sooner, but I really love Fongling-"
Sakura interrupted. "Don't you love mother? Have you already forgotten her? Did you even ask me how I felt? So if I didn't find this out today, you're just going to get married and keep it a secret from me?!" Sakura was screaming already her eyes were prickling and she felt herself give in. Tears streamed down Sakura's face as she angrily yelled.
"Sakura, I didn't mean to keep this from you-" Mr. Kinimoto started, but it was too late.
Sakura ran to her room and slammed the door shut and slid down to the floor where she let the tears run freely.
"I can't believe this is happening, I don't know what to do" Sakura cried softly. Her father had always very open, so when did he start to hide this incredibly big secret from him?
"I don't even have Kero here to talk to" Sakura sniffed.
Kero had been forced to leave when Sakura had transformed all the Clow Card into Star Cards.
Sakura felt so lonely. She always seemed to be the one that was left out all the time. Other people had vacations to go to, and their own love lives to attend to, and she now had no one to talk to about this either.
That evening, Sakura cried herself to sleep.
The next morning, Fongling came to Sakura's house for the first time. (That's what Sakura thought! Oo).
"Sakura, wake up! Fongling's coming over here in just an hour so get dressed and look your best" Mr. Kinomoto knocked lightly on his daughter's door, and only got a moan for an answer.
Sakura groggily forced herself awake. It was only seven and she practically had to drag herself out of her bed. She took out one of her prettiest looking sundresses and put it on feeling numb.
Sakura had made a decision last night. She decided to accept Fongling as her new stepmother. 'Shouldn't I be happy that dad is getting married? We're always going to be a family…no matter what happens' Sakura picked up the picture of her mother.
"Mother" Sakura smiled brightly, and left her room.
Sakura walked into the living room, and lifted her head to shock.
This is the re-edited version of chapter one, and looking back from chapter 36 to chapter 1, I have come along way…ahahah, if you read chapter 2 (before I re-edit it) you might be able to see a difference…hehe. Please Read and Review!