Tricky Princess
Chapter 1
The Card
Dinner was started with the argument between Touya and Father. They were bickering back and forth about marrying and rejecting princesses. Sakura was agreeing whole-heartedly about not marrying.
"Father I will not marry! Mother don't you support my feelings?" Touya asked Mother. The Queen answered with a nod.
"I do too, but I'm just anxious about it and I don't know why. I guess it's a father thing," He certainly looked anxious now. Sakura and Tomoyo couldn't help laughing at the faces of the two men. Both were flushed and held their emotions.
"Father you should see the actions of these baka princesses. One tries to snuggle up and lay on my shoulder," Touya yelled. Now Sakura and Tomoyo laughed even harder. They could simply see Touya sweat drop as a princess does that.
"Touya please calm down, this is dinner," the beautiful Queen said peacefully. Touya blushed for doing something that mother criticized.
"Thank you dear, Touya you should see the princesses at the ball at least!" Father said. Mother turned and looked at Father with a disapproving glare. Touya's mouth dropped open. Father than realized he was supposed to announce the ball, "Oops." Sakura than realized the last few words Father had said. She looked up shocked.
"Hooee!!" Sakura cried. She looked at Mother and Father searching for an answer that said it was a joke. The King looked at his wife sheepishly. Tomoyo just noticed the family's action and the word "ball". Her eyes held her feelings, shock and joy.
"Well that was not supposed to be announced till after dinner," Mother said to the shocked children. "You know I don't wish for you to be forced to be loved. I would really like it if you do go to the ball because you never know."
"Yes, yes, true I have the same feelings as your Mother," Father said nodding. Sakura and Touya groaned. Then Touya had a smirk as he faced Sakura across the table.
"Well kaijou, I'm not the only one who has to marry," he said. Not wishing to give her
brother satisfaction, she tried to throw back an insult.
"I'm not a kaijou, Touya! Do you actually want to marry?" Sakura said.
"Of course not kaijou!" At that remark, Sakura stretched her leg, under the table, to stomp with all her might, on her brother's foot. Touya's reaction was a howl.
"May I be excused dear Mother and Father?" she asked as nice as she could. Tomoyo stood up and did the same gesture and said the same thing. The Queen nodded allowing them to leave.
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Sakura rushed up the spiral stairs to her room with Tomoyo close behind. 'How could Father arrange a ball without my consent. It's just not fair', she thought.
"Sakura slow down. You know I can't walk up these stairs as fast as you." Tomoyo whined. Sakura stopped all of suddenly and looked up concentrated on her senses. She felt a…Clow Card! Tomoyo, still panting, bumped into her
"Oh. You stopped. What is it?" She asked. The card is near. Sakura started running up the stairs with the same speed and ran into her room. A sound, like water hitting something was heard throughout her large room. 'Could it be water?'
"Sakura…huff…what …is it?" Tomoyo asked panting. Sakura walked slowly towards the window and looked out. Tomoyo did the same. Everything looked the same. Then Tomoyo gasped, Sakura followed her gaze to the ground, and it was flooded. Outside the floors were flooded with water, at least the height of Sakura
"Sakura is it a card, water card?" Tomoyo asked. Sakura nodded. Then she took the charm on the necklace and said a little verse.
The charm magically transformed to a staff with a star on the tip. Tomoyo ran to the closet and took out an outfit. Sakura turned around and saw a kawaii outfit. It was nothing but a shirt and pants with kawaii little pink boots. The boots weren't made of leather. It was something that seemed waterproof. 'Perfect for this card' Sakura thought. The outfit had a jacket. It had sleeves up to the elbow. The jacket went down to the knees and it ended with a very short train and the front was just open with no buttons. It would show the slim lines of Sakura's body.
"Oh Tomoyo you're a fashion genius!" Sakura said.
"Well come wear it!" Tomoyo said. Just than the door opened and a stuffed animal flew in with his paws full of food. 'Ah there's Kero, just the right timing.'
"Hehe, Let the feast begin!" Kero said as he looked up. He groaned as he saw the staff. "This can't be good, another card. Sorry I was distracted by my food so I didn't feel it," He growled.
"I know you want your dinner but the card could flood the whole kingdom." Sakura said sweetly. Sakura rushed into the outfit.
Sakura called Fly card and her staff magically grew wings at the end. Tomoyo holding a charcoal and paper sat behind Sakura as Kero flew next to them. They flew out the window and up on the roof. Sakura jumped off the staff and looked down. 'Wow! The water just rose even higher.' Tomoyo gasped, then started drawing. Tomoyo would draw the pictures in boxes she had drawn. Kero whistled. Sakura decided to use Ice. Her plan was to freeze all the water and capture the card, in a few easy steps. She took out the ice card was just about to throw it in the air, but was too late.
A wave of water aiming for Sakura came. Sakura, not seeing it, was taken by the wave and thrown off the roof. Tomoyo cried out in concern. Kero instantly flew lower trying to find the lost Sakura. Something jumped on the tower roof and onto the next roof. Tomoyo and Kero were too busy to notice the jumping shadow.
Sakura tried to swim up but the water seemed to pull her back. Sakura managed to pull out a card. It was one of the cards she used a lot, Windy. It was even harder for the girl to pull up her staff and hit the card. She called all her strength and hit the card. Colors flew out of the card, forming into a large white phoenix. Sakura couldn't hold her breath and fainted. The card knew what to do instinctively. Windy formed a sphere around Sakura and fought against the water to pull Sakura up to the air.