T H E E L E M E N T A L
TheRagnarok
james.norris@syskin.demon.co.uk
Chapter 1- I am Alpha
Fanfic
Sakura woke with a start.
"Hoe?"
She sat soaked in sweat, her face flushed, her body shaking.
"What woke me?" She thought aloud.
She looked around the room. Everything was as it should be.
Her school clothes sat folded on her desk chair. Her stuffed animals tidily arranged on her shelf. Kero amounst them
snoring loudly.
"Everythings normal." She thought aloud again and Kero grunted.
"And yet..."
"Huh? Wha- Sakura? What are you doin' up?"
Kero was awake. His eyes (That where strangely level with his nose) still full of sleep.
"I don't know." Replied Sakura still shaking slightly, why was she shaking?
"Something woke me."
"What?"
"I don't know."
"What was it a noise? A feeling? A dream?"
"A dream!" exclaimed Sakura so suddenly that Kero jumped.
She remembered it now, the dream that woke her.
"What sort of dream was it?" asked Kero now alert at the sense that something supernatural was going down.
"I... I'm trying to remember..." She closed her eyes and tried to remember.
"Bad..." She said slowly "Scary..."
"Uh-huh" prompted Kero. "Now think, was there anyone you know in it?"
"I'm trying!" Snapped Sakura, "You ever tried to remember a half forgotten dream before?"
Her voice sounded so angry that Kero stopped, surprised.
"Sakura?"
She looked abashed.
"I'm sorry Kero, its not your fault." She picked up Keros small yellow body and sat him down on her lap.
"Hey, no worries Sakura." Said Kero "I mean, you have scary dreams all the time, its natural for someone attuned to
magic to experience dark dreams and premonitions all the time, maybe it wasn't that important."
"yeah." said Sakura quietly, what was it that made her wake? Why the cold sweat and shaking?
Maybe Kero was right, she did seem to have a lot of bad nightmares and that was only natural. Maybe this was just a
regular nightmare. Its not as if every bad dream foretold disaster now was it? Was it?
She settled herself under the covers again, a feeling of uncertainty still gnawing at her.
"Don't worry about it Sakura" Kero yawned.
"Yeah..." said Sakura though her voice lacked any real optimism as she slowly got to sleep.
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"Yoo- hoo! Wakey! Wakey!"
Sakura didn't move.
"Come ON, Sakura!"
Who the heck is that? Her groogy mind thought.
"Its 7 o clock Sakura, WAKE UP!" the voice practically screamed.
"Alright! Alright!"
Sakura sat up in bed and was mildly surprised to be face to with a stuffed animal wearing an ear to ear grin.
"Ah, your up!"
"Wh-what the-" She stammered.
Kero looked extremely annoyed. This always happened. Sakura would always invariably forget that Kero existed when she'd
just woken up up.
"Oh!" exclaimed Sakura waking up properly. "Sorry Kero."
"That really annoys me y'know!" snapped Kero impatiently tapping a miniscule foot and staring daggers at Sakura.
"Sorry." said Sakura and clambered out of bed. "Now do you mind I'm changing."
Kero turned away as Sakura pulled on her school uniform.
"Hey, Sakura. Any breakthroughs on remembering that dream?" he asked.
To his surprise Sakura smiled as she pulled on her hat.
"Nope." she remarked brightly "but as you said; if it was important I'd remember it wouldn't I?"
"I didn't say that." Kero muttered under his breath as Sakura left the room.
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"Morning Tory!" said Sakura brightly as Tory cooked breakfast.
Tory grunted noncommitaly, concentrating on his cooking.
"Morning Mom." Said Sakura to the small shrine.
She walked over to the table and started to set the table.
"You know you sleep talk." Said Tory busying himself with a fried egg.
"Hoi?"
"You where there last night gabbling about a dream in a dream... or something."
Sakura froze. Thank god Tori did'nt realise she'd been awake.
"A dream in a dream?" queried Sakura "How strange."
"Thats you in a nutshell." teased Tory as he fought a losing battle with a frying pan.
After brekfast Sakura and Tory where ready for school. Kero was playing some stupid new game (Mystic knights of the realm
part XVII: this time its personal?). Sakura strapped on her trademark shin and elbow pads, pulled on her skates, said
goodbye to her dad and followed Tori who was already a good hundred metres away.
"Tori!" Snapped Sakura angrily. "Why didn't you wait for me?"
"Oh, don't be such a wimp." said Tory "Your old enough to catch up."
His tone was so disarming that Sakura forgave him.
Presently Julian joined them, he was stuffing his face with donuts.
"Donuts?" remarked Tori dryly "and they say weight conservation is dead."
Sakura laughed but then froze.
"I'm here, now you will know my name, I am Alpha."
The voice was icy and cold. It seemed to come from all directions at once.
Sakura looked at Tori and Julian, neither seemed to have heard it.
"Sakura? Whats wrong?"
Snapping back to reality Sakura said "Nothin'"
Tori and Julian axchanged looks.
The dream, that voice. What is going on? What was that dream trying to show her?
She suddenly felt vunerable and kept close to Tory and Julian until they arrived at school.
Something big is going down, but what?
Coming soon: Chapter 2: The appirition
Notes: I've used the english/american names since I'm still a little unsure about the Japanese names, please bear with me.
This story is going to introduce the ominous 'fifth one'. Who is he? What does he do? Find out... NEXT!
TheRagnarok
james.norris@syskin.demon.co.uk
Chapter 1- I am Alpha
Fanfic
Sakura woke with a start.
"Hoe?"
She sat soaked in sweat, her face flushed, her body shaking.
"What woke me?" She thought aloud.
She looked around the room. Everything was as it should be.
Her school clothes sat folded on her desk chair. Her stuffed animals tidily arranged on her shelf. Kero amounst them
snoring loudly.
"Everythings normal." She thought aloud again and Kero grunted.
"And yet..."
"Huh? Wha- Sakura? What are you doin' up?"
Kero was awake. His eyes (That where strangely level with his nose) still full of sleep.
"I don't know." Replied Sakura still shaking slightly, why was she shaking?
"Something woke me."
"What?"
"I don't know."
"What was it a noise? A feeling? A dream?"
"A dream!" exclaimed Sakura so suddenly that Kero jumped.
She remembered it now, the dream that woke her.
"What sort of dream was it?" asked Kero now alert at the sense that something supernatural was going down.
"I... I'm trying to remember..." She closed her eyes and tried to remember.
"Bad..." She said slowly "Scary..."
"Uh-huh" prompted Kero. "Now think, was there anyone you know in it?"
"I'm trying!" Snapped Sakura, "You ever tried to remember a half forgotten dream before?"
Her voice sounded so angry that Kero stopped, surprised.
"Sakura?"
She looked abashed.
"I'm sorry Kero, its not your fault." She picked up Keros small yellow body and sat him down on her lap.
"Hey, no worries Sakura." Said Kero "I mean, you have scary dreams all the time, its natural for someone attuned to
magic to experience dark dreams and premonitions all the time, maybe it wasn't that important."
"yeah." said Sakura quietly, what was it that made her wake? Why the cold sweat and shaking?
Maybe Kero was right, she did seem to have a lot of bad nightmares and that was only natural. Maybe this was just a
regular nightmare. Its not as if every bad dream foretold disaster now was it? Was it?
She settled herself under the covers again, a feeling of uncertainty still gnawing at her.
"Don't worry about it Sakura" Kero yawned.
"Yeah..." said Sakura though her voice lacked any real optimism as she slowly got to sleep.
********************
"Yoo- hoo! Wakey! Wakey!"
Sakura didn't move.
"Come ON, Sakura!"
Who the heck is that? Her groogy mind thought.
"Its 7 o clock Sakura, WAKE UP!" the voice practically screamed.
"Alright! Alright!"
Sakura sat up in bed and was mildly surprised to be face to with a stuffed animal wearing an ear to ear grin.
"Ah, your up!"
"Wh-what the-" She stammered.
Kero looked extremely annoyed. This always happened. Sakura would always invariably forget that Kero existed when she'd
just woken up up.
"Oh!" exclaimed Sakura waking up properly. "Sorry Kero."
"That really annoys me y'know!" snapped Kero impatiently tapping a miniscule foot and staring daggers at Sakura.
"Sorry." said Sakura and clambered out of bed. "Now do you mind I'm changing."
Kero turned away as Sakura pulled on her school uniform.
"Hey, Sakura. Any breakthroughs on remembering that dream?" he asked.
To his surprise Sakura smiled as she pulled on her hat.
"Nope." she remarked brightly "but as you said; if it was important I'd remember it wouldn't I?"
"I didn't say that." Kero muttered under his breath as Sakura left the room.
********************
"Morning Tory!" said Sakura brightly as Tory cooked breakfast.
Tory grunted noncommitaly, concentrating on his cooking.
"Morning Mom." Said Sakura to the small shrine.
She walked over to the table and started to set the table.
"You know you sleep talk." Said Tory busying himself with a fried egg.
"Hoi?"
"You where there last night gabbling about a dream in a dream... or something."
Sakura froze. Thank god Tori did'nt realise she'd been awake.
"A dream in a dream?" queried Sakura "How strange."
"Thats you in a nutshell." teased Tory as he fought a losing battle with a frying pan.
After brekfast Sakura and Tory where ready for school. Kero was playing some stupid new game (Mystic knights of the realm
part XVII: this time its personal?). Sakura strapped on her trademark shin and elbow pads, pulled on her skates, said
goodbye to her dad and followed Tori who was already a good hundred metres away.
"Tori!" Snapped Sakura angrily. "Why didn't you wait for me?"
"Oh, don't be such a wimp." said Tory "Your old enough to catch up."
His tone was so disarming that Sakura forgave him.
Presently Julian joined them, he was stuffing his face with donuts.
"Donuts?" remarked Tori dryly "and they say weight conservation is dead."
Sakura laughed but then froze.
"I'm here, now you will know my name, I am Alpha."
The voice was icy and cold. It seemed to come from all directions at once.
Sakura looked at Tori and Julian, neither seemed to have heard it.
"Sakura? Whats wrong?"
Snapping back to reality Sakura said "Nothin'"
Tori and Julian axchanged looks.
The dream, that voice. What is going on? What was that dream trying to show her?
She suddenly felt vunerable and kept close to Tory and Julian until they arrived at school.
Something big is going down, but what?
Coming soon: Chapter 2: The appirition
Notes: I've used the english/american names since I'm still a little unsure about the Japanese names, please bear with me.
This story is going to introduce the ominous 'fifth one'. Who is he? What does he do? Find out... NEXT!