Hope in an Old Friend

By: Starkitty

Disclaimer: Card captor Sakura does not belong to me. It belongs to CLAMP so don't sue me.

Konnichiwa minna-san. This is my first attempt at a fanfic so don't flame me if it is bad! I'm new at this ;; Okay this is an E/T fic that I am currently in the process of re-writing because I realized just how bad it was. I'm so sorry I ever put you through this torture.

Short summary: When tragedy strikes close to home, Tomoyo is distraught. After a long time and a few hard decisions Tomoyo finds solace in an old friend. Through his she begins to hope again. Eriol/Tomoyo.

" Talking " ' Thinking '

on with the story!

Chapter one: The News

Tomoyo stared sadly out the window. Her pale face streaked with tears as she silently cried.

Dead...

Her mother was dead.

She could hardly believe it. The only person in her family who cared for her was dead. Her mother, whom she had lived with her entire life, who had taken care of her since she was in the womb was dead. Her mother…dead. The words didn't seem to go together in the same sentence. They shouldn't go together in the same sentence.

Sonomi had only been on her way home. Home from France, where her last job had taken her. There had been engine trouble. The plane blew up. There were no survivors. No survivors. Her mother, dead. There was nothing, nothing that could have been done.

And here she was, left alone, with no family to care for her. Her father didn't love her. He left her. She didn't want to leave. She had nowhere else she wanted go. She loved Japan. She didn't want to leave it. She didn't want to leave Sakura, her best friend. She didn't want to leave her high school, her boyfriend, her life.

"Miss Daidouji?" The voice of her maid asked. "Can I get you anything?"

"Some dinner." She replied emotionlessly, not turning to even look at the maid. The girl bowed and hurried off. She faintly heard the doorbell ring.

There was a knock on the door and another maid entered. "Mistress, there is a young man here to see you."

She sighed softly to herself. It was probably Ryu, her boyfriend. She should talk to him. No doubt he heard about her mother. But still, she didn't want to. She felt enough pity with her maids around. She didn't need or want anymore.

"Tell him to go away. I do not wish to speak to anyone right now." She replied stonily, turning to the maid.

"Yes ma'am" was the dutiful reply.

Tomoyo turns back to the window. She grabs a brush and starts running it through her long dark gray-blue hair. After a few minutes she hears the muffled voice of her maid telling her dinner's ready. She thanks the maid and begins to walk downstairs to eat her meal, her first meal knowing that her mother will never join her anymore.

Author's Notes

I know its short, but it's just a starting point. I considered combing this chapter with the others, but decided it was best as a standalone. The next ones will be longer I promise.