AU. Magic is different and everything. Characters are the
same though and Sakura and Syaoran still will have a
romance going on later. This is my first story, please
review, flames are ok winces
"House, fire, doom."
My Book was sending all sorts of messages through my head now, and I immediately
understood.
No. Not now!
You're probably wondering a lot of things right now. The biggest question on your mind is
"What the heck is going on?! Why did I even pick up this piece of writing?!" If you'd like to
know what's going on, read my story. If you rather wouldn't, drop this piece of writing and go
sing or dance or do homework or whatever you feel like doing.
I am a Mage. Mages, like most people, are sometimes good or bad, and look like normal people.
You're probably thinking to yourself, so what? Here's a thirteen-year-old girl talking about
Mages. Hmm…yeah maybe I should drop this right now I'm b.o.r.e.d. If you aren't bored, keep
reading, my friend.
I'm warning you; only five humans on this planet believe my story you know. Some of the five
have even been a part of it. My story has to do with Mages, dragons, betrayal, and mystery…ok
maybe there's some romance too... Anyway my name is Sakura Kinomoto, I am thirteen and,
like I said before, I am a Mage. Anyway back to the story!
Something's about to happen!" I said. "The same thing that happened to you yesterday!"
Tomoyo nodded. "Maybe you'll make it in time. Go quickly!" I nodded and started running. Not
stopping for a minute.
I knew it would happen but I didn't think it would for another few months or so!
It had been a normal day at the park since I found out about being a mage. We were practicing
our spells, we really needed to seeing as how new we were.
Thoughts flashed through my head. I knew I wouldn't make it in time. It was her doing. Her
power against my speed. Who would win? Not me. The day today fit the situation perfectly.
Gloomy, foggy, dark, and foreboding. I should've known it would happen, right from the start.
I was on my street now. My house was only 3 blocks away from the house. I saw smoke coming
from one, unfortunately, it was mine. The house, as I suspected, was on fire. This was no normal
fire. This was a sorceresses doing, and no ordinary sorceress. Her name was Angel. I know, the
name is really ironic for an evil sorceress. The fire, her signature spell. It's one that wont be put
out with any amount of water. Not even a spell could stop it. Her fire, magical fire, never failed.
Angel probably is the most evil, corrupted, and just plain old crazy sorceress in all of the worlds.
Yes there is more than one world, there is life off planet Earth, but we'll get to that later. She had
no last name.
Mages, dragons, elves, and all magical beings call her The Betrayer. There's a reason why she is
called that, but I'll get to that later too. I need to tell this story in order, and keep you in suspense.
The Betrayer was a beautiful sorceress. She had long blonde hair that went to her waist, peach
colored skin, and was very charming. After a few life changing "incidents" she was transformed
into a vile creature with gray hair and eyes, pale skin, and had power almost matching the Great
Powers that made our world. The Betrayer has been trying to conquer the universe for a long
time now, and would have succeeded if it weren't for us "pesky magical beings."
Once again we'll get back to the story. I ran up to my house door and opened it. To my great
relief no one was home when the fire happened. A car pulled up behind me. A silver Mercedes.
It was my dad's car. My dad knew about me being a Mage. His father was a Mage and her father
was a Wizard. He knew about The Betrayer too, although this might take a lot of explaining to
do.
When he opened the door of the car, I knew he was going to be shocked. Maybe so badly that he
might faint! When he opened the door of the car his face looked showed so many emotions, too
many to count.
I ran up to him.
"Honey!" he cried! "Dad! It's The Betrayer! She…well…it's a long story," I said hesitantly.
"It better be a long one for my house to be burned down!" My dad cried. He looked as distressed
as ever.
"Dad I warned you this might happen." I said rather calmly. "Let me explain. Should we go and
talk in the apartment?"
We had a house and a big apartment, for my dad was a rich doctor and my grandparents, being a
witch and wizard, have made all kinds of businesses all over the galaxy. My dad, still pale faced
and well, sick looking, went back in the car and sat for a minute, frozen in a state of shock. You
can't blame him; he just had her house burned down with no explanation. The drive to the
apartment was long and quiet. I was secretly planning and thinking in my head about how to
explain the news to my mom and what was going to happen to us.
We walked into the apartment. It was a pretty big apartment, as I said earlier, with chandeliers in
the living room and some through the hallway. We had about 8 rooms in it. I went and heated up
some tea and we sat on the couch in the living room. Finally I told my dad,
"My Book warned me about this."
I took my Book out of my bag.
"It can communicate to you by lighting up and once you notice it, it will tell you vague messages
in your head like doom, run, surprise, be cautious, and things like that." I said.
"Go on." My dad said helplessly, and still dazed.
"Well The Betrayer always likes to destroy young mages when they first start out so they won't
be threats later on. We were warned by the Magical Community Council that something like this
might happen and to be prepared."
"But we aren't!" My dad shrieked. "I mean we have this apartment here to live in but what about
our belongings?!"
"I had a lot of precious jewelry and artwork in there, not to mention information about my
patients! (he's a doctor) I can't do all that and take care of two people!"
"Exactly." I said. "I've also been wanting to go and well do my duties as a mage like protecting
the world, environment, stopping wars, basically causing what people call "miracles". Mages are
also considered adults when they are 13 because that's when they are also old enough to find out
about their magical abilities. 13 is also old enough to travel the world, or other worlds on
assignments."
"13!" My dad shouted. "Yeah" I said. "I need to go and start my life as a Mage! It's my duty!"
"Well what about school?" My dad asked, sounding helpless again. "Well the point of school is
to get a proper education, to learn things about adulthood, and to help get a job! I already have a
job, being a mage. As for education, I'll learn from the Elders, (old and supposedly very wise
mages) updates from the Book, and I already know much more than an average adult! Basically
no one knows about how the world was created, that there's life outside of earth, and just so
much more! Humans are just blissfully unaware of everything! Except, of course, family
members of magical beings."
"Honey…You're too young to live by yourself," he said still desperately. "Dad." I said strongly.
"I've already told you! 13 is considered an adult to Mages, and not doing my job as a Mage is
considered like never showing up for work! Unless, I want to give up magic and all knowledge
of magical things forever, and I'm not going to do that! Besides the same thing happened to
Tomoyo's house just yesterday, remember?"
Tomoyo is my best friend and she is a Mage too.
"Right now Tomoyo was packing to leave her mom, dad, brother, and sister, so we'll be
together!" My dad gave up. "Ok fine, but I have to know where you are all the time, you always
have to be with Tomoyo and don't talk to strangers!" At this point I rolled my eyes but said yes
anyway.
I think I'll interrupt the story now. You are pretty much clueless about spells and how they work.
Well here's how, I had just found out about my powers a month ago on my birthday. Mages
always find out about their powers on their thirteenth birthday. Now magic isn't what everyone
thinks it is. Wave a magic wand, and poof something happens! That's what everyone thinks all
the time. No.
Every spell you do takes some energy out of you and once you are chanting a spell, you are at
your most vulnerable point. You can't move and you get enraptured into the spell. So whenever
you are in the middle of a spelling most mages put a defense shield around them to protect
themselves.
We find out about our powers the exact moment we are thirteen even if you were born at 1:21
a.m. A little voice in your head tells you what you have become and your Spell Book and wand
appears before you. You will then keep your Book and wand with you until you die. Your wand
is vital for all your spells. It is impossible to destroy, lose, or forget your Book and wand. After
that moment your Book and wand become two of the three parts of your soul. You also
understand and know The Mage Language. It becomes like your first language.
When you just get your Book you see a bunch of basic spells in it. The retrieving spell, the
levitating spell, the light spell, and for self defense, the basic killing spell. (Yes killing spells can
be basic) Later on you have to make up spells yourself.
There are magical words for everything and you have to use them in a sentence (even a one word
sentence) for something to happen. Then, you sign your magic circle in the air with your wand.
Your magic circle is one of the most important parts of your spell. It joins all the magic together
to the spell from the words you just spoke and it ensures that you spoke it. Everyone has a unique
magic circle, which is impossible to copy, like DNA. The reason humans can't just memorize the
magical being alphabet and just use a wand of your own is because for one, you need to have
magic in your veins and two, mages and other magical being have a distinctly different DNA that
allows magic to read your circle. Even The Betrayer could not forge a mage's circle. It's like a
signature. Then after you write your circle you move your wand in an upward gesture and shout,
"activay", which means activate, go, or start. Some words in the Mage Language are alike, or
even the same as in English luckily for our parents so they get a vague idea of what we're doing.
Every magical being has their own personal color. It's usually their favorite color. Mine is pink.
My best friend Caitlyn's color is purple. The colors also are supposed to reflect your personality.
Pink is peppy and caring, purple is honest and cautious, blue is strong and fierce, yellow is happy
and carefree, ect. They don't really have a purpose, at least not that I know of.
A spell always does something. The trick is to get it to do what you want. Some of the most
complicated spells are pages long. Others are just a short phrase or even one word.
Once you have a spell though, you can call it something you named it instead of the actual spell;
as long as you wrote your spell and the name of the spell in your Book. You don't have to shout
activay! If you have the spell written down and named it already.
For example the light spell the book comes with is lighteir shiena upon meyana. Which means,
(can you guess?) Light shine upon me. Then you draw your circle and shout, activay! then the
book and wand will start to glow and your spell will happen.
After that, the Book will record the spell and then it will ask "name?" It doesn't matter what you
name it as long as you don't make another spell the same name. I named that spell, light,
obviously.
The retrieving spell is, helpay meyana gods frima above. Myena (then you say the name of the
thing you are missing) is goone! Pleaut findra it foray meyana! It means "help me gods from
above my is gone! Please find it for me! I named that Find, and then you state the objects name,
sign your signature, and shout, activay! The bad part of that particular spell is that if you don't
know the name of the object you're looking for you can't do it and you have to be very specific,
which is why it is a starter spell. The more vague a spell is the "simpler" it is.
The killing spell is, lifeay as youn knowie it haset coma to an einda! Be goone! Which means
"life as you know it has come to an end! Be gone!" Then once again you sign your signature and
shout, activay! I named that Kill. So far I have never had to use that spell and I hope I never have
to. It also apparently is not very strong and will only work on spiders and other animals; it will
not work on another mage.
Finally the levitating spell is, lifta upa (then you say the objects name) floatet for meyana nowet
pleaut. Which means lift upa float for me now please. You then point your wand to where you
want it to come. And of course you once again sign your signature. I named that spell levitate.
Anyway back to the story. We drove to the New York City (We live in New York City now
since our home in the suburban area of New York got burned down) and started shopping for
new clothes since our old ones got burned. I messaged Tomoyo using the Book. All you do is
say the other mage's name and then you say your message. Next you say send and the other
Mage's Book will shake and the message will appear. You can delete the message anytime.
"New message" I said.
The Book flashed and said in a robotic sounding female voice "Ok."
"Tomoyo, The Betrayer got my house too." I said. The Book flashed and said, "Send to whom?"
"Tomoyo Daidouji." I said. "Sent."
My book started shaking a few seconds later. "New message said the Book." "Ok." The Book
opened and Tomoyo's response appeared. "Oh no! Well at least we can journey together to work
on our Magic. Someday we might actually meet The Betrayer and help all the magical beings on
their and our mission to prevent The Betrayer from causing anymore pain." I thought about what
she wrote and then replied.
I said to the book "reply." The Book flashed once. "Thanks Tomoyo you're always there for me.
I think we might have to do smaller things before taking on The Betrayer though." I laughed and
the book copied that down as "lol" it knows chatspeak!
I thought, amused. "Sent." Said the book. The Book started shaking a few seconds later. "You're
welcome we're BFF's for life," was the response. "Reply," "You're my best friend! Ok see you
tomorrow at 1:00. Pack your stuff in your infinite pocket." "Send." I said to the book. "Sent."
The infinite pocket actually isn't actually infinite but it's a small handbag that each Mage gets
with their Book and wand. It is a small handbag about 6 inches tall, but it can hold about up to 1
million pounds. Also with your retrieving spell you can say an item you want from the bag and it
will shoot out.
In my infinite pocket I had all my clothes, my Book, toiletries, my wallet, binders, notebooks,
pencil cases, a lot of food in a portable freezer, a sleeping bag, a tent, and finally a picture of my
mom and I together. I didn't put my wand in there because then I wouldn't be able to say a spell
to get it out.
I thought about tomorrow while I waited for a response from Tomoyo. Tomorrow my life as a
mage would really begin. The Book flashed. "Ok." Said Tomoyo's response. I plopped down on
my bed and shut off my light. Yes tomorrow my new life would really begin.
Good, ok, bad?