Summary: Sakura Kinomoto lived with her stepmother and two stepsisters. They make her work from day to night everyday. Sakura never thought she would be happy again until she met Syaoran that would change her life.

Author's Note: This is like a little overview of the beginning of this story.

Disclaimer: I do not own CCS or any of the CCS characters.

Chapter One

Sakura Kinomoto was the happiest girl alive. She had a wonderful family and a great life.

Her okaa-san, Nadeshiko, and otou-san, Fujitaka, were loving parents to her and her onii-chan, Touya, who was seven years older than her. Touya would always tease her and stuff, but deep down he was a protective onii-chan and loves her deeply.

When Sakura was growing up, her family discovered that she had magic. She was destined to capture all the Clow cards. After she had captured all, she changed each and everyone to Sakura cards. Sakura became the Card Mistress of the Sakura cards and used them whenever she could to help her family.

When Sakura was fifteen, her okaa-san caught a cold and fell terribly ill. Soon the cold turned into something worse and Nadeshiko died. Sakura and her otou-san and onii-chan were sad for weeks. In the end they knew that Nadeshiko wouldn't want them to be sad.

So life went on and two years later, Fujitaka married again, surprising Sakura and Touya. Their new stepmother's name was Makino Hikari. She also had two daughters of her own, Makino Michiko and Makino Tanaka. They were the same age as Sakura.

One night, shortly after getting married, Fujitaka and Touya left without a word, leaving just a letter to Sakura.

Dear Sakura,

Please do not worry for us. We have to leave and cannot tell you why. But when the time comes we will come back home and explain this sudden leaving of us. Do not worry for us, we will be all right. Be strong no matter what. Take care of yourself and remember we love you.

Your Otou-san and Onii-chan

Sakura was devastated when she saw the note. Now she was really left all alone. At least she knew that they were safe.

The next day after the sudden leave of the father and son, Sakura was forced by her stepmother to work as a servant. Hikari bossed her around and also allowed her two daughters to direct orders to Sakura.

So from that day on Sakura found out that Hikari had married her otou-san for his money. Now that Fujitaka was gone, Hikari had it all, the money, the house, and everything in it. Sakura on the other hand was forced to do all the work of a servant.

Even though she wanted so much to run away, Sakura knew that she couldn't because her otou-san and onii-chan could just come back any day. So Sakura goes through each day getting torture by her stepmother and stepsisters, never losing hope that one day she will find her father and brother again.

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