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In a house on the outskirts of Reedington, a man with black hair and round spectacles was seated at the desk in his study, a leather bound book open in front of him. He had the look of a young academic and he was dressed in the jacket and trousers of a university professor. A cup of tea sat on the desk next to him, along with an open notepad on which he would occasionally pause to scribble something down. However, he was not the only occupant of the house, for someone was walking along the plush carpeted hall outside. He was dressed like a businessman, his brown hair cut short and his dark suit neatly pressed. His face was proud and stern, with the first hints of grey creeping in at his temples. He was walking quickly, but quietly towards a pair of doors on the left side of the hall. Stopping in front of the doors, he held out one hand and there was a suggestion of a faint blue glow around it. The glow faded after a moment and he grasped the handle, turning it and pushing open the door. Inside was a library, the shelves covered with dusty, leather-bound books. However, he ignores these, heading for a pedestal at the end where a red book sits, a gold sun and moon emblem on the cover.
Still as arrogant as ever, Clow...
Reaching out, he extended his hand towards the book and there was the same pale blue glow, the clasp of the book opening with a faint click...
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Clow Reed looked up from his book, before closing it and standing up. If he had been asked to describe what was wrong, he would have said that it was like the cessation of a sound that was so familiar that you only noticed it when it stopped. However, he knew exactly what it meant.
The wards on the library have been broken...
Quickly, he left his study and made his way down the hall towards the library, to find that the door was open. Hurriedly, he stepped inside to see a suited, middle-aged man standing by the lectern, opening the book that rested on it. As he watched, he reached inside and took out a card that bore the same sun and moon emblem as the book on it's back.
'No! Stop...'
However, his warning came too late, as a wave of air and pressure swept out from the book, making him stumble. Other books tumbled off the shelves as a faint glow appeared around Clow and he struggled to his feet.
'Please,' he said. 'You must return it to the book. I need to restore the seal...'
However, his words fell on deaf ears as the man vanished in the blink of an eye. Before Clow could move, the maelstrom grew stronger, sweeping the remaining cards from the book. They scattered in all directions, glowing white as they passed through the walls and disappeared. Clow stood still for a moment before approaching the book and closing it, resting his hand of the front cover.
'Keroberos, Yue,' he said, speaking softly. 'Wake up. We have work to do...'
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Sakura sat up in bed, rubbing sleepily at her eyes. Brown-haired and green eyes, she was dressed in pink pyjamas. For a moment, she couldn't work out what had woken her, but then she heard the wind outside. Pushing back the covers, she crossed to the balcony window and looked outside to see the trees whipping in a fierce wind.
The weather didn't say anything about a storm...
Then, she saw something rising from behind the trees. It looked like a giant white bird, with wings wider than her house...
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