DISCLAIMER: I do not own Card Captor Sakura or any characters from the series :) These are owned by CLAMP and yes I am jealous :)

Chapter One – Beginning of a New Chapter

A photograph lay on a desk, the gentle breeze from the open window fluttered the edges of it, and the moonlight that streamed from the window fell upon the photograph, allowing the details to be seen. The light that shone upon it showed that the photograph wasn't recent, about three years old. It was guaranteed that the people in the photograph had grown older now.

The two people in the photograph looked so happy. Their eyes were sparkling with the joy of the event that had just taken place.

Sparkling emerald eyes staring straight at the camera, while shining hazel eyes glanced sideways, towards the emerald eyes.

Another breeze came in through the window and the photograph got caught up in it, flipping it up into the air and turned, swirling, then landing just after a few seconds… face down.

Two pairs of blood red eyes stared from a darkened corner and glowed, before vanishing into the darkness once more…

/BEEP!/ /BEEP!/

Groaning from the sound of the alarm, a hand thrust out from under the covers and took hold of the alarm clock, bringing it down to meet with sleepy emerald eyes. It was 8am and luckily the holidays. Not that there was much of the holidays left, only a week left until school…

A slender finger pressed the button on the alarm and placed it back onto the shelf, the covers then being pulled back over, covering the emerald eyes until…

/RING!/ /RING!/

The hand then again shot out from under the covers and scrabbled about, until it clasped around a handphone. Bringing the handphone down under the covers it was then answered "Hello…?" the sleepy voice spoke.

"Sakura-chan!" a happy voice answered.

Emerald green eyes blinked and chestnut brown hair was swept away from the emerald eyes by a slender hand.

"Tomoyo-chan? Why are you ringing this early?"

The emerald eyes belonged to Sakura Kinomoto, an almost 14 year old girl who had conquered the Clow Cards and battled through a Final Judgment, created the Sakura Cards, fallen in love with a boy and then had her heart broken when he left.

"Well Sakura-chan… Wait don't tell me you forgot what today is?"

It then dawned on Sakura what she was meant to be doing today. Large emerald eyes widened. "Hoeeee!" she squeaked "I'm so sorry Tomoyo-chan; I will be ready in half an hour!"

"Ok Sakura-chan I will come get you"

"Ok Tomoyo-chan, see you soon!"

Tomoyo sighed happily as she hung up, imagining Sakura dashing about in a panic with that kawaii look on her face.

At the sudden commotion, Kero popped his head out from the desk drawer that was his bed. "Sakura-chan… what's going on?" Kero asked groggily.

"I'm late Kero-chan!" she squealed flinging open her closet door and looking inside. Picking out a red plaid skirt and a red halter neck top and a black jacket, Sakura speedily got dressed, before plopping down onto her stool at her vanity table. She took up a brush and began to tidy her hair. She had been growing it over the last three years and now it had grown halfway down to her elbows. Brushing it she then gathered it into two simple braids on either side of her head, securing them with red velvet ribbons.

Standing then heading to the full length mirror on the door of her closet, she then stared at herself. She had grown a lot over the last three years, now being taller and had a lithe figure. Everything was in proportion… She was starting to become quite the little stunner. After what seemed like ages of Sakura straightening out her outfit, she heard an all too familiar voice calling up the stairs to her.

"KAIJOU! Tomoyo is here for you!"

Those dulcet tones belonged to Sakura's older brother Touya. He was now in college, but was home for the holidays. "Ok Onii-chan!" she called back with a smile, grabbing her bag and stuffing her handphone and some other stuff, including a Kero-chan.

As she left, Sakura failed to notice the photograph that was laying face down on her desk. The photograph glowed red for a moment, the picture turning over. The image became distorted for a moment the eyes of the two people in it glowed red and the photo seemed to move. The two people in it turned away from each other and as quick as that had happened, the image returned to how it had been before, the two smiling faces showing again. The picture then turned back over before the glow disappeared.

A little while later Sakura and Tomoyo were sat in a café, drinking tea and having some cake. Tomoyo sipped on her tea as Sakura sneakily passed small pieces of cake to a hungry Kero who was hiding in her bag. Today was their weekly visit to a café to have cake and tea and just chill. It was something Tomoyo had started up when they were in their last year of Tomoeda Elementary school, to help relax them through their exams and also so that they could eat good cake… obviously.

Sakura leant back in her chair with a smile "I can't believe that we still do this… I mean it's nice and all but I just didn't see us doing it for this long"

Tomoyo smiled also "I know what you mean Sakura-chan, most girls our age would have done this for like I don't know… a couple of weeks and then gotten bored" Sipping at her tea again she chuckled as she saw Kero poke Sakura in the leg, in an attempt to demand more cake.

Sakura obliged and passed him some more cake, before having some herself. "Tomoyo-chan, do you reckon we will be friends forever?" This was something that she had been thinking about a lot lately and it was something that was dear to her heart.

Tomoyo looked thoughtful for a moment "Sakura-chan that is something I cannot promise will happen, but I can hope and pray that we will be friends until the end" she smiled brightly and this put confidence into Sakura that Tomoyo would be a friend for life.

"Not long until we are back to school" Sakura sighed, absentmindedly passing some more cake to Kero. Sakura loved school, but it was the start of a new school year, which meant new teachers, but on the good side she would still have all her old friends in her classes.

Tomoyo nodded "Yes, second year of Junior High already…" Tomoyo knew why Sakura seemed a little less enthusiastic about school these days, she had done ever since Syaoran had left and all the cards dealt with, there was just no excitement anymore. This had definitely changed the way Sakura behaved these days, she had put a lot of trust in Syaoran staying and he had broken that. As they say, trust is like a mirror, if it breaks you can fix it, but you will always see the cracks in the reflection…

Later that day…

Sakura returned home and headed straight upstairs. Dumping her bag onto her bed, a disgruntled Kero flew out mumbling about being dumped onto the bed and landed in his usual space on the floor to play video games, with cake in both hands. Sakura looked around her room and for the first time that day she noticed something was on her desk.

Blinking a little Sakura walked over to her desk and picked up the rectangular piece of what seemed to be paper and turned it over. Eyes widening for a moment as she stared at the paper. It was a photograph, a photograph of her and - Syaoran. Swallowing hard as a lump formed in her throat she began to remember when that picture had been taken. It was taken after all the card business was dealt with; Tomoyo had taken the picture and given one copy to her and another to him. Sakura swallowed hard again and tried hard to think how it had gotten there.

They looked so happy in the picture and that made Sakura feel a bit tearful, as she could remember that she had been happier than anything ever in her life up until that point, she was staring right at Tomoyo when the picture was taken and Syaoran had been glancing sideways at her. Back then everything had seemed so simple, catching Clow Cards, having adventures on school trips, finding out that Yukito was really Yue, the Final Judgment, transforming the Clow Cards into Sakura Cards… So many different things that back then just seemed so much simpler. Being young she had nothing to worry about, love wasn't something that she had truly understood until now and she knew that she had loved Syaoran once and that he had loved her… or so she thought.

Staring at the photograph some more, all the memories of the past few years came flooding back, her crush on Yukito, telling Yukito and having him reject her, making her realize her love for him was something like a love for a father and telling her that one day she would meet her number one person that would make her feel special and be the one that she truly loved. Then of course when Syaoran found her on the swing set and had made her feel a little better through his comfort. Sakura had finally realized that Li Syaoran was her number one person… the one that she would love and be the one for her – but things change, and Syaoran had gone back to Hong Kong and she hadn't heard from him since.

Sighing softly she held back the urge to rip up the photograph but instead slid to her knees and then onto her stomach and looked under her bed. Spotting the green box she pulled it out and opened it, dropping the photograph into the box. Replacing the lid quickly she shoved the box back under her bed with a choked sighing noise and sat up, still wondering how that photograph got out of the box in the first place.

Sitting there for a moment she spaced out a little, staring at nothing in particular when she suddenly felt this presence, an almighty surge of power that lasted a few seconds and then it was gone. Sakura shot up off the floor and ran to her window. Kero had stopped playing his game and shot to the window also.

"Did you feel that?" Kero asked, frowning as he slipped out of the window and looked around.

"Yeah" Sakura nodded climbing out onto the window ledge "But it's gone now… maybe it was a passing presence"

Kero flew back inside and looked at Sakura skeptically "Hmm I'm not sure… I haven't felt that presence before… but your right it's gone now. If it's anything to worry about I'm sure we will feel it again"

Sakura climbed back inside and shut the window. Sighing softly she plopped down onto her bed "It was strange" she looked towards Kero. "Your right also, if it is anything to worry about, it will make itself known in time" Stretching a little, she leant back onto her bed and stared up at the ceiling.

Apologies for the shortness but it will get better as it goes on with more chapters :)

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