Double Identity
By: Callista Miralni
Chapter One: So We Meet the Sorceress and the Prince
Summary: Sakura is the Princess of the Amaterasu Kingdom in Asia. Syaoran is the Prince of the Midori Kingdom. When the two royals meet at a peace conference in the Amaterasu Castle, they HATE each other. Will a surprising secrect, a daring enemy, three scheming cousins, and an angry Toya bring the two identical yet radically different royals together?
Disclaimer: I don't own CardCaptor Sakura, CardCaptors, or Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE. Clamp does. You won't get much suing me.
Kinomoto Sakura did not scare easily when it came to magic. However, the image inside the scrying bowl caused her to tremble in fear. Her emerald eyes narrowing, Sakura flicked her had and the image sank into the bowl's watery depths. Crossing the tower to a balcony, Sakura gazed down into the realm below. She sat on a dark pink couch, fingering her Key. Beside her, on a small table sat the Sakura Cards, formerly known as the Clow Cards. The Clow Cards were famed universally, created by the world's most powerful sorceror, Clow Reed. Becoming impatient, Sakura snatched up the Cards, placed them in a lavender bag, and walked out of the tower, leaving the scrying bowl and the terrible image behind.
Down the spiraling stairs she went, her long flowing silvery black cloak trailing behind her.Rae Ying-Fawore a lavender dress, embroirdered with silver stars, secured by a red satin sash, and hemmed with pink dangling beads. She wore fushia sandels on her small feet, a sorceress red bracelet on her left wrist to show her rank in magic, and a silver watch on her right wrist. The watch face had a butterfly on it and changed colors between blue and green with the shifting of the light. Her cheerful face was determined, emerald eyes sparkling michievously, mouth curved upwards in a smile, and waist long auburn hair was neatly secured in a ponytail cascading down her back. Her presence caused people to look at her; an unwanted attention Sakura detested.
As she was walking down the hall, Princess Daidouji Tomoyo of the Murasaki Kingdom and cousin to the Princess, caught up the young sorceress. A few minutes later, Princess Li Meilin of the Midori Kingdom and handmaiden to the Princess, joined them. They walked in silence to the throne room of the King and Queen of the Amaterasu Kingdom. Today, their daughter, the Princess, would meet with a delegation from the Midori Kingdom with her parents to discuss possible alliances between the two kingdoms. Ying-Fa was nervous. She didn't want to be recognized by the Midori, who had the largest amount of mages in the land. Without hesitation,she pulled the large hood of her cape over her head, concealing her eyes. Noticing her actions, her two companions smiled. The Midori would get the surprise of their lives when this was over. The delegation was seated at a conference table set up in the throne room along with the King and Queen. Looking the delgates over, Meilin's ruby eyes showed surprise but she didn't say anything. Tomoyo bowed before the King and said:
"Your Majesty, your daughter doesn't feel well so she asked her sorceress to take her place."
The King and Queen smiled, quickly catching onto the girls' masquerade.
"Very well. I suppose it can't be helped." The King said, feigning regret.
" Let's get started shall we?" the Queen asked.
The girls quickly took their places on the table's right side, facing the five delegates. a man seated next to the king stood up. He was very wise at 65 years old and very active as well.
"I am Li Feign, one of the seven Elders that are King Li Ryu's advisors. In order of appearance, Queen Li Yelan, Prince Hiiragizawa Eriol, advisor to the Prince, Princess Li Fanren, and Prince Li Syaoran, heir to the throne of Midori."
Each guest nodded his or her head at his or her name. Ying-Fa notied a red necklace on Hiiragizawa's neck. He was a sorceror! Could their plan succed?
Prince Li Syaoran narrowed his amber eyes as the King began introducing his delegates.
"I am King Kinomoto Fujitaka on the Amaterasu Realm. My son, Prince Toya, in on a trip with his close advisor to Murasaki Kingdom and therefore unable to attend. In order of seating, my wife, Queen Kinomoto Nadeshiko, Princess Li Meilin of the Midori Realm, handmaiden to my daughter, Princess Daidouji Tomoyo, heir to the throne of out ally, the Murasaki Realm, and the Sorceress RaeYing-Fa, who is my daughter's advisor and sorceress and will be representing her as my daughter is not feeling well."
At the mention of her name, the cloaked sorceress stood up and began to speak of the Amaterasu's wishes to be our ally. Through two hours of conferencing, he watched the three girls with such high positions at their age.
Eriol leaned over to Syaoran and whispered, "You noticed too, huh?"
"Yeah, something's not right." He answered back. Right on cue, King Fujitaka stood up and adjourned the conference.
Ying-Fa breathed in a sigh of relief. She never thought she'd make it through the meeting. 'Maybe Princess Sakura should attend the meeting tomorrow.' she thought slyly. Her thoughts then remembered the amber eyed Prince Li. She shuddered. The boy had already taken a huge dislikeng to her. 'What the heck did I do?'she wondered.
"Excuse me." A boy's voice called her out of her thoughts.
It was the prince's advisor, Hiiragizawa Eriol! Tomoyo and Meilin, who were walking beside her, also turned at the sound of Eriol's voice.
"My name is Hiiragizawa Eriol. I'm afraid we didn't get properly introduced. I would like to be your friend, if you don't mind." His sapphire blue eyes showed an amount of calmnes and intelligence too great for a fourteen year old.
Tomoyo returned the boy's smile and introduced herself. "I'm Daidouji Tomoyo. I'm fourteen, the same age as you are. Surely you know Meilin already."
Meilin teased, "He'd better or else Eriol knows I'll knock the stuffing out of him!"
"Eriol! Eriol! Where the heck are you?" Another 14 year old boy came running down the hall towards the group. Whene he caught sight of Ying-Fa, he yelled, "You! What are you doing here?"Ying-Fa returned the boy's glare with one as cold as his own.
"In case you've forgotten, this is MY home."Ying-Fa said, her voice dangerously soft.
Eriol and Meilin sweatdropped. "Erm... this is my cousin, Li Syaoran." Meilin said uncomfortably.
"Okay, so I know what rank most of you have, but why is she here?" Li pointed at Ying-Fa.
Tomoyo shifted uncomfortably, waiting for her cousin's reaction. Meilin glared at Li, wanting to sock him, only being held down by Eriol.
Ying-Fa's warm eyes hardened and said in an emotionless tone, "My name is Rae Ying-Fa. I am her highness' sorceress and top advisor. I may be thirteen but do not underestimate me."
Shooting Li one final glare,Ying-Fa turned on heel and began walking down the hall, calling to Tomoyo and Meilin, "Tomoyo, Meilin, I'll be at the Sorceress's Citadel if you need me."
The four teens watched the girl go, her silvery black cloak trailing behind her. Then, they saw a small yellow winged bear with a lion's tail join the young sorceress. She stopped at on of the doors, pulled out a key, whispered something and walked through the door.
WhenYing-Fa disappeared, Meilin rounded on her cousin, "Syaoran! Why do you have to be so unkind? You just met Ying-Fa!"
After giving her cousin one final glare, Meilin turned on heel saying, "I'm at the Sorceress's Citadel." She followed Ying-Fa's path to the door, but as she had no key, she simply whispered something to the door and disappeared.
"I bet she's no sorceress at all." Li grumbled.
Tomoyo gasped, her amethyst eyes wide. "Watch it Li. You don't know who or what you're dealing with." Tomoyo said, fighting to keep the anger ou oh her vice. The raven haired girl walked off towards the courtyards and gardens.
Eriol looked at Li reproachfully and said, "My dear cute decendant, you really need to work on your social life." Then, Eriol ran after Tomoyo, who was halfway to the courtyard.
Li stood there, stunned, thinking about how this trip to Japan had gone all wrong already. Li's face hardened and swore, "Nothing shall get in my way. Not even some stupid soceress." And with that, Li stormed off in the opposite direction of Eriol and Tomoyo.
Confused yet? I hope not. If you picked up some of the clues in the story, (they're quite obvious) then I'm sure you know who Ying-Fa really is! Sorry about the slight OOCness of all the characters but I had to so it would go with my story. Please review! I could care less if you hated it but please give THREE good, solid reasons why. Arigatou gozaimasu!
List of words you might not know:
Murasaki: Purple
Midori: Green; actually it's midori-iro but...
Amaterasu: the sun goddess of Shinto religion
Ryu: Dragon
Ying-Fa: Chinese for cherry blossom; actually it's Ying-Hua but most people will recognize Ying-Fa
I think that's everything. 'Till next time! Ja ne!
Callista Miralni