A Twisted Cinderella-ish Story
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, and I don't want to! CLAMP does a much more better job than me! Well in my opinion.
Authors Note: If I get any flames please flame me in a mannerly way and like not totally kill me. Please R+R! Okay people the title may sound a bit as if there would be sexual content in here but there wont be any. Only some cursing, violence, and a suicidal but that's all folks!
Okay from complaints from my friends who have read the first chapter and said it "killed" them, I separated the paragraphs more so it would be easier on the eyes. ;)
Authors Note: (AN: … )
Thoughts: Italic
Telepathically: )(
Flash back: flashback
Chapter 1: The Introduction
Once, there was a young girl named Sakura Kinomoto, who was born in Japan, and had moved to Hong Kong at the age of 8 with her mother's siblings and her family. She only went back to Japan once at the age of 9 for a week to honor her grandmother's funeral, her mother's mom.
She had short flowing auburn hair, shining emerald eyes, magic, and the maybe the greatest life in the world. Her magic was very powerful and nobody knew of this except for her dad, mom, and brother. She was told never to tell anyone about it except for her soul mate, and she would know whom it was because when they meet a glow will be seen on each other's right hand. Until both souls knew about their mate, then the glowing would stop.
Her soul mate would have magic too. So she didn't tell anyone of her power. She was loved and pampered by her wealthy parents Nadeshiko, her mother, and Fujitaka, her father. Her best friend, Tomoyo, her best friend and cousin, was like her sister, and her brother Toya, would always watch out for her. The only change in her life she wanted was for her brother to stop calling her monster or kaijuu. What ten year old wouldn't? Unfortunately, her life would soon be shattered.
On a cold stormy day, her mother came home from her work as an advisor to the Royal Li Clan, the richest family on the continent, who had a son, a year older than Sakura, would be the next ruler of China. She was brutally attacked by a stranger. She was very weak after that attack and died a few days later. Little did the father know that his best friend, Isu, attacked his true beloved. Nobody knew he was the murderer.
Isu was a friend of Sakura's father. When growing up the father kept on getting everything that he wanted and Isu never got anything he desired and was treated like an outsider by his own family. He was the reason why his mother died. She died so he could live. When in the hospital, the birth of Isu wasn't going so well. He was too big. But the doctors did not detect this.
He was able to come out of his mothers wound alive, but she died from losing too much blood and energy. His whole family blamed him for the death of his mother. They even showed it. He spent most of his life in a basement, only going outside to do a chore or attend school. At first when Fujitaka met Isu, he thought he was somewhat strange, but decided anyway to become his friend anyway.
As they grew up together Isu would always noticed what ever he wanted, Fujitaka got. Of course Fujitaka was the prince of Japan, he could afford anything, but he had run away, not wanting to take the throne.
Nobody knew of his secret, not even his own wife and children. The only one who knew he was a royal of Japan living in China was his personal lawyer, who wrote up his will. He even got his dream girl, Nadeshiko. Somewhere along the way he started to envy Sakura's whole family. They were happy. He wasn't. They had everything. He didn't. He decided if he wasn't able to be with Nadeshiko, then nobody would be with her. So after he killed her, he tried to kill himself but couldn't.
He was too scared of losing his life. Even though he had a chance of being able to be reunited with Nadeshiko in the after life, she wouldn't accept him because he killed her and he still wasn't sure he wanted to be dead with her. He also wanted the rest of the Kinomotos dead. They had the perfect life, he didn't.
After the death of Sakura's mother, Sakura's father became depressed decided to commit suicide. Without realizing what he had done, he had left his 17-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter lonely, abandoned, and lacking the love of their parents that they really needed.
She was soon separated from her brother in the orphanage. Sonomi, Tomoyo's mother, was about to adopt her but her other aunt, Kim, decided to adopt her, knowing how much money her brother -in- law had, not knowing he was royalty but just him being really rich, had and knowing that Sakura would at least gain half of it.
She was a widow of a millionaire, and she spent half of the money on gowns and jewelry. She still had 500,000 dollars to use but it just wasn't enough for her. She was money hungry, and too lazy to work. Of course she would have to wait till Sakura was 18, since that would be that age that Sakura and Toya would be introduced to the will, to get the inheritance, then she would be able to get the money, but she was willing to wait.
Sonomi didn't know of her little sister's intentions, and thought it would be best if she was with Kim, since most of the time Sonomi spent most of her time working for the Li's. She thought it would be best if Sakura got all the attention she needed.
When Sakura arrived, the aunt was immediately envious of her. Her aunt was told that she has a magnificent mind. Now she saw that Sakura also had great beauty. She was envious for her daughters. Frustrated, she sent Sakura down to live in the attic, making her do all the slave work. Her two daughters, Lila and Hesa, also at the ages of 10, hated the fact that they had someone considered to be superior to them in everyway was living under the same roof with them. They were totally outraged.
They stepped on Sakura like she was a rag, destroyed anything of value to her, and treated her the same as their mother did! Even though she was treated that way she didn't do anything about it, being grateful to her aunt for taking her in as her own child.
She was still able to attend school, and play with Tomoyo. Tomoyo would always shower Sakura with gifts, which would be taken from her and given to her stepsisters. She tried to remember the better times she had with her family when she was still with them.
Her memories kept her sane.As years passed, her beauty grew and so did her knowledge, and she changed. She wasn't the happiest little girl anymore and she now knew she wasn't treated correctly and knew that her aunt Kim just wanted the money.
She grew cold to everyone around her except for Tomoyo and Sonomi. Sakura told Tomoyo about the threats and the slaps and how she just wanted to run away but couldn't. Tomoyo informed her mother, but Sonomi wouldn't believe that her little sister would do such a thing and scolded Tomoyo for saying bad things about her aunt.
Sakura heard of this and told Tomoyo to forget about it. Tomoyo didn't, but she never bothered her mother again. But just to remember this is just the beginning… For Sakura
Xiao Lang Li or better known as Syaoran Li, because of his famous trip to Japan where he saved a baby from dying, was the prince of China and belonged to the Li Clan. He was the heir to the throne; his four older sisters were not allowed to be since they were not of correct gender. (An: I'm so pissed! Can't believe they used to think girls couldn't do anything. HA! We proved them wrong now! Anyway I put this in to make it more believing! So I don't look down on girls or anything like that. Hell it, I am a girl!)
If he wasn't born a boy, his sister eldest sister of the quadruplets, Sheifa, would've been the leader to the clan. His mother, Yelan, and father, Xiang (An: I don't know if Syaoran's father has a name or not so I made this one up. If you do know his name, I'd really appreciate it if you tell me. Thanks in advance!) had sent him out to train in his martial arts and magic at the age of 3.
They thought what they were doing was best for the country and child, to have a strong leader for the country, and be a strong leader, for their child. He grew up, his only companion being his cousin Eriol, who he disliked but still cared for because he was family.
His parents were to busy dealing with other countries, his sisters going to middle school, high school and college in the US so they wouldn't be recognized as royalty. He grew cold and distant. He hated being in the eye of the public and just didn't like socializing.
As he got to the age of 14, he stooped all his training. He was strong enough then. He started to help his parents in talking to foreign nations, and was becoming more open, but he never again truly smiled again towards anyone else that wasn't his family. His smile towards everyone else was fake, it was his façade to keep people from looking down on him.
Through out his whole life he was pampered by servants, he and his whole family had at least a dozen advisors, and he was the prince, meaning he had a whole bunch of freebies for being him!
Even though he was pampered, he knew how to do ordinary things, like cook, and clean, and all that other stuff. When he became 16 his parents thought that it was a good age to start courting him.
There was a prophecy that when he met his soul mate a glow would be seen on each other's right hand when they touched. Until both souls knew about their mate, then the glowing would stop. But since soul mates are hard to find, his parents tried introducing him to young maidens around their area. He hated all the balls that were thrown, just to find him a girl. He didn't want the girls that were coming to the ball.
Some girls were okay, some he even made friends with. But a lot of the girls were gold diggers; empty minded, and high pitched giggling girls who just wanted him for his looks, cause he was considered really hot, and his fame and money, which he had a lot of too.
He wanted to find a girl who would be true to him, that didn't care who he was, and just love him. He hoped that one-day, he would find her, his soul mate…
(AN: Hey people that was the introduction! Did you like it? R+R! Please and thank you!)
