Disclaimer: I do not own CCS, or any associated characters (unfortunately)
Anyhow...this is my first CCS story, so I hope it's all right. This is just the prologue, the real first chapter will (most likely) come out tomorrow...
If anyone was wondering, yes, Syaoran is in this story, but he doesn't come in until later.
Pandora's Cards
Chapter 1
Prologue:
The Forbidden Jar
A long time ago, before the birth of civilisation, the gods fashioned the first woman.
Pandora was created as a punishment to mankind; for they had been gifted with fire stolen from the Gods.
Hephaestus created her from clay, shaping her perfectly, Aphrodite gave her femininity and Athena taught her crafts. Hermes was ordered by Zeus to teach her to be deceitful, stubborn and curious.
Before she was sent to live with mankind, Pandora was given a jar that the Gods claimed held gifts, yet forbade her to ever open. Eventually, curiosity overcame her resolve, and she decided to open it. Yet once the lid was lifted, all of the evils and hardships the gods had placed in the jar escaped into the world to plague mankind. In fear, Pandora hurriedly shut lid, trapping only hope, which must always follow evil, inside. It is in this way that Zeus' will was carried out.
The story, however, continues.
From within the jar Pandora could hear the most beautiful melody. It dried her tears and brought her out of despair. Pandora knew that no evil could make a sound so pure, and thus realised that she must once again open the jar. Upon opening the lid, a pure white dove flew out and identified itself as Hope. Pandora begged Hope to return all of the evils into the jar, for by now mankind was destroying itself. Hope explained that it was impossible, what is done cannot be undone, but offered instead another solution, confining the evil in another form. Thus all of the evils unleashed on mankind were turned into cards by Hope, and although the evil still lingered in the darkest corners of the hearts of men, their destruction was prevented. Pandora lived on as the guardian of the cards, and when she died her children after her became guardians. The cards exist to this day, and are known as Pandora's Cards.
I know, nothing happened in this chapter; I was just setting the background for the next chapter. The first part of the story is pretty much identical to the myth of Pandora's box, but the second part I added to suit my needs :D
Review if you like the idea (puppy dog eyes)