Wish
This is the best ficcy I've thought of yet! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura or Cardcaptors or any of their characters.
Chapter 1: A Wish comes true.
She was in Children's Choir, even though she was 13, with clear boredom shown clearly across her face. 'Okay. So why am I here again, OTOU- SAN?' She thought. She knew why, but didn't belive it. Though everyone tells her so, she still doesn't believe she has a beautiful voice. See, she was often teased, she barely ever got compliments. Though, the teasing never brought her down, she had a love for life. She always looked on the bright side, and that's what drew people to her. She had loyal friends that were with her through thick and thin; she loved her friends dearly.
She never saw any reason to cry, be angry, or talk back; she often turned anger and sadness into happiness. Anger had been the cause of lost trust, and talking back to people, she believed, would make you as bad as the person that's making fun of you.
There was something about her; something that made you wonder if she's all that she's made to be, like one of those Russian dolls, where you keep on opening up the dolls as they get smaller and smaller until you reach the smallest one. In her case, the smallest doll in her was her true self.
All her hopes, dreams, and future layed in this 'doll.' Her magic layed in it, also. All she had to do was awaken it by realzing it was there, like a seeping bear in its den until it awakens and realizes it's springtime.
She always hoped there was a such a thing as magic. She had already made spells; enchantments, although she always doubted there was such a thing. All the spells were the result of hope, hope that was dimming out like a candle running out of oxygen for so many years, hope that hesitated to let go; hope that turned into a single wish...
This girl was Kinomoto Sakura.
***
Sakura was walking home from school, it was the last day of 7th grade, and she was particularly sad because all of ther friends were going away for the summer. Tomoyo was going to America with her mother, Chiharu was going to India because she was an exchange student, Naoko was going to France on a summer vacation, and Rika as going to Tokyo to live with her aunt, so Sakura was left all alone.
Though, she felt something was going to happen. All of her friends going somewhere out of town for the whole summer vacation was not just a coinsidence. Something was definatley going to happen, and all of her friends were in the way.
Sakura finally got home, The first thing she did was go up to her room and flop herself down on her bed as tears trickled down her face.
'All alone,' she thought, 'Why? Why am I not going anywhere? It's just too... weird. Well, since I'm alone, why not try a few spells, maybe...' She jumped off her bed, wiped off her tears and ducked under the bed, feeling for a box. When her had felt the desired object, she pulled it and herself out from under the bed and swept off the blanket of dust that lightly covered the shoe box. After she gently rolled off the rubber bands holding it together, she lifted off the cover to find a diary sealed off with a closed lock. She grabbed the purple diary, walked over to her dresser and pulled out the last drawer to reveal several hidden trinkets that were carefully kept secret laid out neatly on the floor. She picked out a pair of gleaming silver keys and set the dresser back in its place. She lifted up the lock and inserted one of the silver keys and tugged the lock open. Sakura opened the book eagerly and thumbed through the pages of spells she had written and symbols for words that she had made up for 2 years; ever since she was 11. She created the language and symbols for the spells very carefully so that no one could steal them. Someday, if the magic worked, she would memorize the symbols and languages and burn the diary.
Sakura finally stopped when she found the spell she wanted; the fire spell. She brought over a nearby candle and set it in front of her. Sakura looked back at her book and then to the awaiting candle and said five words,
"Hi na shi ke a." The pink candle just stood there, mocking her. Sakura tried five more times until she retired.
Before she set the book back in its designated box, she abruptly stopped as she felt something warm in her heart. She sat up rigidly as she felt the tingling warmth travel up her throat and on to the tip of her tongue where it stopped at her closed lips, waiting to be realised.
It took her about 30 seconds to realize what it was; a tune. Suddenly, Sakura had an idea; sing the spell.
'Why not?' she thought to herself, 'You've got nothing to lose.' So, she let the tune out and sang in a pure song, with strength and sureness, as if she had done it before,
"*Hi na shi ke a.*" Sakura felt the spell wrap around her, blow through her hair, and she tasted a cold metal ting of magic against her tongue; but nothing compared to what happened next.
A flash of light eruputed in the air above the candle and revealed a bright and strong fire that melted the candle in to a pink blob in the saucer it was on before Sakura fainted.
***
Sakura's eyes fluttered open. As her eyes focused she saw the hardened wax of her melted candle on the saucer, and the diary opened to the page of the fire spell near her. As Sakura took another glance at the diary, she could've sworn she closed it before singing. She must've fainted.... but why?
'It was only a damn fire spell, it couldn't of have knocked me out, on the other hand it was my first spell...' While Sakura was debating with herself, she didn't notice the door creep open revealing a pair of eyes peering through the door looking right at her.
"Sakura, are you awake?" asked the man.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
"Yep."
"Oh, Otou-san, you scared me!" said Sakura, desperatley catching her breath.
"Why are you on the floor?"
"W-well... I-I was... uh... ur... doing a m-math project and I-I fell asleep."
"Oh, okay. So, did you pack yet?"
"Pack for what?"
"Camp! You've been talking about it all of May."
"Huh? But, I never talked about the summer at all..." It was true; she never spoke about what she was going to do for the summer with her father at all.
"Don't tell me that you want to quit now." Sakura thought for a moment. 'Should I leave? I could make new friends; but what about my magic? It would be hard to keep from people, but it's safer in the country than in the city.
"Yes, Otou-san, I'm still coming. "
"That's my girl! Get your things ready and I'll have breakfast done for you."
"Okay." As her father left the room, Sakura pulled out a big suitcase and threw the purple diary in, packed a few outfits with a few accessories, a brush, toothbrush, and toothpaste. She quickly changed out of her pajamas, put on some flared blue jeans and a grey tank top with a rainbow on it, and went downstairs to catch some breakfast.
After she ate a breakfast of fluffy pancakes, (fast, too; some old habits never die,) she asked her father,
"When are we leaving?" and his reply was,
"When your things are in the trunk, in otherwords, now." Sakura just gave him a nod.
***
Sakura had been riding in the car for three hours when they got to the camp; Camp Unilyah. It was a remote place in the mountains, away from the big cities. There was a big lake, wide open spaces, as well as forests. When Sakura stepped out of the car, she could already taste the sweet air; a nice change from the city. There were already a lot of people here; it was a popular camp.
'An opportunity to make new friends,' thought Sakura, gladly.
After she kissed goodbye to her father, she made her way to the podium, where there was a few councilors waiting for more cars to come. She paitiently waited about twenty mintutes before one of the councilors finally stood atop the podium and spoke,
"Welcome to Camp Uniliyah!" said the peppy councilor as she paused for the cheer that arose from the crowd,"Okay, okay. As many of you know, this is Camp Unilyah's twentith anniversary! So, we're going to do a few things differently this year. All people have travel to the bathroom with someone after dark," the blonde councilor paused yet again for moans of distaste, "But there will be a dance every other week for 6th graders and up!" Another cheer rose from the crowd before they let the councilor talk again. "Now, I want all 5 through 7 year olds to go with her," said the councilor as she pointed to a tall, young, brunette girl to her right, "I want all 8 through 10 year olds to go with him," she pointed to a tall male blonde councilor, again to her right, "and I want all 11 through 13 year olds to go with her," and she pointed to another blonde councilor to her left, "I also want all the 14 through 17 year olds to come with me! Now go have fun!"
Sakura made her way through the bustling crowd to the blonde councilor. She waited by the councilor, watching all the people make their way toward their designated councilors, until she finally spoke,
"Do I have all the 11 through 13 year olds here?" she paused as she looked around and then started again, "Good. I'm going to be your councilor for the next three months. My name is Karri. Since everybody is here, let's go!" She led them up a path leading up the mountain to their camping area.
"Okay! Now that we're all here, let's get started. I know for most of you this is a routine, but I have to say this for the newbies," with these words, Sakura felt even more out of place, "I have to give out all your tent partners and tents; don't worry, you'll share a tent with a person of the same gender. When you get your tent, decide where you want to put it, but it's going to stay there for three months, so choose carefully. The bathrooms and cafeteria are a little more up the trail, and the lake is down that hill, so feel free to go for a swim when you need to, got it?" The whole group nodded silently. "Good. Now for the tent partners! Oh yea, no trading tent partners! Okay, Greenwood, Marta, and Abhorsen, Pilar..."
Karri continued to announce tent partners until there were about 14 people left. Sakura's stomach was filled with a mass of butterflies.
"...Takuchi, Rei, and Apapa, Makoto, Kinomoto, Sakura, and Li, Syaoran..." Finally! Sakura's butterflies instantly disappeared as she made her way to get the tent.
'Hmm... Syaoran, what a strange name for a girl... little wolf..." Sakura stopped as she saw Syaoran as she grabbed for the bundled up tent. Sakura's eyes got wide in realization.
'She,' was a guy.
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Hey! Hope ya liked it, because I have a LOT better chappies in store! Oh, yea, to avoid any confusion, Syaoran was the one who grabbed for the tent, not Sakura, I didn't feel like interrupting on a very important part of the story! :) See ya!
This is the best ficcy I've thought of yet! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura or Cardcaptors or any of their characters.
Chapter 1: A Wish comes true.
She was in Children's Choir, even though she was 13, with clear boredom shown clearly across her face. 'Okay. So why am I here again, OTOU- SAN?' She thought. She knew why, but didn't belive it. Though everyone tells her so, she still doesn't believe she has a beautiful voice. See, she was often teased, she barely ever got compliments. Though, the teasing never brought her down, she had a love for life. She always looked on the bright side, and that's what drew people to her. She had loyal friends that were with her through thick and thin; she loved her friends dearly.
She never saw any reason to cry, be angry, or talk back; she often turned anger and sadness into happiness. Anger had been the cause of lost trust, and talking back to people, she believed, would make you as bad as the person that's making fun of you.
There was something about her; something that made you wonder if she's all that she's made to be, like one of those Russian dolls, where you keep on opening up the dolls as they get smaller and smaller until you reach the smallest one. In her case, the smallest doll in her was her true self.
All her hopes, dreams, and future layed in this 'doll.' Her magic layed in it, also. All she had to do was awaken it by realzing it was there, like a seeping bear in its den until it awakens and realizes it's springtime.
She always hoped there was a such a thing as magic. She had already made spells; enchantments, although she always doubted there was such a thing. All the spells were the result of hope, hope that was dimming out like a candle running out of oxygen for so many years, hope that hesitated to let go; hope that turned into a single wish...
This girl was Kinomoto Sakura.
***
Sakura was walking home from school, it was the last day of 7th grade, and she was particularly sad because all of ther friends were going away for the summer. Tomoyo was going to America with her mother, Chiharu was going to India because she was an exchange student, Naoko was going to France on a summer vacation, and Rika as going to Tokyo to live with her aunt, so Sakura was left all alone.
Though, she felt something was going to happen. All of her friends going somewhere out of town for the whole summer vacation was not just a coinsidence. Something was definatley going to happen, and all of her friends were in the way.
Sakura finally got home, The first thing she did was go up to her room and flop herself down on her bed as tears trickled down her face.
'All alone,' she thought, 'Why? Why am I not going anywhere? It's just too... weird. Well, since I'm alone, why not try a few spells, maybe...' She jumped off her bed, wiped off her tears and ducked under the bed, feeling for a box. When her had felt the desired object, she pulled it and herself out from under the bed and swept off the blanket of dust that lightly covered the shoe box. After she gently rolled off the rubber bands holding it together, she lifted off the cover to find a diary sealed off with a closed lock. She grabbed the purple diary, walked over to her dresser and pulled out the last drawer to reveal several hidden trinkets that were carefully kept secret laid out neatly on the floor. She picked out a pair of gleaming silver keys and set the dresser back in its place. She lifted up the lock and inserted one of the silver keys and tugged the lock open. Sakura opened the book eagerly and thumbed through the pages of spells she had written and symbols for words that she had made up for 2 years; ever since she was 11. She created the language and symbols for the spells very carefully so that no one could steal them. Someday, if the magic worked, she would memorize the symbols and languages and burn the diary.
Sakura finally stopped when she found the spell she wanted; the fire spell. She brought over a nearby candle and set it in front of her. Sakura looked back at her book and then to the awaiting candle and said five words,
"Hi na shi ke a." The pink candle just stood there, mocking her. Sakura tried five more times until she retired.
Before she set the book back in its designated box, she abruptly stopped as she felt something warm in her heart. She sat up rigidly as she felt the tingling warmth travel up her throat and on to the tip of her tongue where it stopped at her closed lips, waiting to be realised.
It took her about 30 seconds to realize what it was; a tune. Suddenly, Sakura had an idea; sing the spell.
'Why not?' she thought to herself, 'You've got nothing to lose.' So, she let the tune out and sang in a pure song, with strength and sureness, as if she had done it before,
"*Hi na shi ke a.*" Sakura felt the spell wrap around her, blow through her hair, and she tasted a cold metal ting of magic against her tongue; but nothing compared to what happened next.
A flash of light eruputed in the air above the candle and revealed a bright and strong fire that melted the candle in to a pink blob in the saucer it was on before Sakura fainted.
***
Sakura's eyes fluttered open. As her eyes focused she saw the hardened wax of her melted candle on the saucer, and the diary opened to the page of the fire spell near her. As Sakura took another glance at the diary, she could've sworn she closed it before singing. She must've fainted.... but why?
'It was only a damn fire spell, it couldn't of have knocked me out, on the other hand it was my first spell...' While Sakura was debating with herself, she didn't notice the door creep open revealing a pair of eyes peering through the door looking right at her.
"Sakura, are you awake?" asked the man.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
"Yep."
"Oh, Otou-san, you scared me!" said Sakura, desperatley catching her breath.
"Why are you on the floor?"
"W-well... I-I was... uh... ur... doing a m-math project and I-I fell asleep."
"Oh, okay. So, did you pack yet?"
"Pack for what?"
"Camp! You've been talking about it all of May."
"Huh? But, I never talked about the summer at all..." It was true; she never spoke about what she was going to do for the summer with her father at all.
"Don't tell me that you want to quit now." Sakura thought for a moment. 'Should I leave? I could make new friends; but what about my magic? It would be hard to keep from people, but it's safer in the country than in the city.
"Yes, Otou-san, I'm still coming. "
"That's my girl! Get your things ready and I'll have breakfast done for you."
"Okay." As her father left the room, Sakura pulled out a big suitcase and threw the purple diary in, packed a few outfits with a few accessories, a brush, toothbrush, and toothpaste. She quickly changed out of her pajamas, put on some flared blue jeans and a grey tank top with a rainbow on it, and went downstairs to catch some breakfast.
After she ate a breakfast of fluffy pancakes, (fast, too; some old habits never die,) she asked her father,
"When are we leaving?" and his reply was,
"When your things are in the trunk, in otherwords, now." Sakura just gave him a nod.
***
Sakura had been riding in the car for three hours when they got to the camp; Camp Unilyah. It was a remote place in the mountains, away from the big cities. There was a big lake, wide open spaces, as well as forests. When Sakura stepped out of the car, she could already taste the sweet air; a nice change from the city. There were already a lot of people here; it was a popular camp.
'An opportunity to make new friends,' thought Sakura, gladly.
After she kissed goodbye to her father, she made her way to the podium, where there was a few councilors waiting for more cars to come. She paitiently waited about twenty mintutes before one of the councilors finally stood atop the podium and spoke,
"Welcome to Camp Uniliyah!" said the peppy councilor as she paused for the cheer that arose from the crowd,"Okay, okay. As many of you know, this is Camp Unilyah's twentith anniversary! So, we're going to do a few things differently this year. All people have travel to the bathroom with someone after dark," the blonde councilor paused yet again for moans of distaste, "But there will be a dance every other week for 6th graders and up!" Another cheer rose from the crowd before they let the councilor talk again. "Now, I want all 5 through 7 year olds to go with her," said the councilor as she pointed to a tall, young, brunette girl to her right, "I want all 8 through 10 year olds to go with him," she pointed to a tall male blonde councilor, again to her right, "and I want all 11 through 13 year olds to go with her," and she pointed to another blonde councilor to her left, "I also want all the 14 through 17 year olds to come with me! Now go have fun!"
Sakura made her way through the bustling crowd to the blonde councilor. She waited by the councilor, watching all the people make their way toward their designated councilors, until she finally spoke,
"Do I have all the 11 through 13 year olds here?" she paused as she looked around and then started again, "Good. I'm going to be your councilor for the next three months. My name is Karri. Since everybody is here, let's go!" She led them up a path leading up the mountain to their camping area.
"Okay! Now that we're all here, let's get started. I know for most of you this is a routine, but I have to say this for the newbies," with these words, Sakura felt even more out of place, "I have to give out all your tent partners and tents; don't worry, you'll share a tent with a person of the same gender. When you get your tent, decide where you want to put it, but it's going to stay there for three months, so choose carefully. The bathrooms and cafeteria are a little more up the trail, and the lake is down that hill, so feel free to go for a swim when you need to, got it?" The whole group nodded silently. "Good. Now for the tent partners! Oh yea, no trading tent partners! Okay, Greenwood, Marta, and Abhorsen, Pilar..."
Karri continued to announce tent partners until there were about 14 people left. Sakura's stomach was filled with a mass of butterflies.
"...Takuchi, Rei, and Apapa, Makoto, Kinomoto, Sakura, and Li, Syaoran..." Finally! Sakura's butterflies instantly disappeared as she made her way to get the tent.
'Hmm... Syaoran, what a strange name for a girl... little wolf..." Sakura stopped as she saw Syaoran as she grabbed for the bundled up tent. Sakura's eyes got wide in realization.
'She,' was a guy.
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Hey! Hope ya liked it, because I have a LOT better chappies in store! Oh, yea, to avoid any confusion, Syaoran was the one who grabbed for the tent, not Sakura, I didn't feel like interrupting on a very important part of the story! :) See ya!