Well, what can I say....well, first of all, this story is based on real characters, my friends and classmates, but not all the evil guys are ppl I hate. I mean, my two best friends wanted to be evil people. I saved them a spot later in the series. Well, this will come up first, and I've already typed out the second episode.
I just haven't gone through and finished anything. I'm sorry if I spell anything wrong, because I type too fast. And the ... part didn't come out too well on Notepad, so if you see a big square or something or the sort it just may be a ...
This one and the two following it are called "Ariel's Distiny" and the whole thing is called Jewel Quest.
I hope you'll enjoy it (bah, I've said enough).
Oh, and I almost forgot: Cardcaptor Sakura does not belong to me but this story does.
And why this is in Originals? Well, it's based on CCS a little all right, but mostly the plot is based on my imagination, and the powers and oracles on CCS, so I'll make it a joint between the two, somewhere in between from time to time.
The Encounter
I'm not sure how we all got into this mess. We were just four innocent kids, wandering around after school, and we somehow got caught up in this, this realm of prophecy and make-believe. (Although now, I'm glad of what really happened.) I'm not sure if what I remember if true, but this is what I know really happened.
After school, Snowy, Doughboy, Liz, and I went to wander to neighborhood. It had been Liz's idea, I think.
"Let's hang out." She had said on the phone. It had sounded like a really good idea. Snowy led us to a shop, which looked like a museum.
"What a cool place!" I said. "What do they sell here?"
"Pretty stuff." Snowy said. "I've been wanting to check out this place forever."
So we went in. At a table, there was a large collection of weird artifacts. Liz picked out a cross, or so it looked like. It was a very long cross, at least the vertical line was and the horizontal line was very short. It seemed somehow unbalanced. The cross was strung on a red ribbon, forming a necklace. Anyways, Liz fell in love with it, and it wasn't very cheap, either. But later on I knew we had paid a little price for it.
Snowy suggested we all get something, so she picked out a brooch that was shaped like a broomstick. It came with two golden hoop earrings.
I picked out a necklace like thing too, only this one was like a frame of a heart sitting on top of a long metal stick, but inside the heart frame was a stone. I knew it wasn't real, but it was quite pretty.
And last, there was Doughboy, who couldn't decide what to get after all. We waited fifteen minutes for him, then got really impatient and decided to get him a pendant. If course he complained outrageously about it, but we wouldn't reconsider.
Since Doughboy was in a bad mood, we decided to go where he wanted to go in the first place-the haunted mansion. I was scared of the mansion, but I didn't let my fears show. Nor did I let my guard down once I entered the mansion. If Liz or Snowy did any of those things, I certainly didn't know it.
Doughboy was so happy going to the "haunted house", as we called it, that he didn't object when we made him put on his pendant.
"For good luck." Snowy said. We had put ours on earlier.
We entered the house.
The inside looked eerie. It looked as if no one had disturbed it for a century.
"Wow." I said, looking around. Liz sneezed, and then complained about the lack of dust.
"Who does this house belong to?" Snowy asked.
"Martin Elwood." Doughboy answered instantly.
"How do you know?" I asked.
"It's written on the front door." Doughboy answered. "Duh."
"I don't like this." Liz said.
"Yeah, I know." I said. "Eerie."
"No, I mean the dust." Liz sneezed again, only this time I thought it sounded a little forced. "I'll wait for you guys."
"I'll keep you company!" I announced eagerly.
"Fat chance." Doughboy shoved me into the room. "You are coming with us."
So I had to follow them around the house. It was very freaky. The house looked empty, all the furniture removed. Now that I thought of it, Liz, who was waiting outside, had the toughest job. She had to wait outside without knowing what wad going on.
Anyways, we approached the attic, which was about the only room that looked friendly. It was filled with trucks.
"There doesn't seem to be as much dust up here." Snowy said.
"That's because the window is open." Doughboy said.
"I dunno." I said. "Why does this give me the feeling that someone has been here before us?" Doughboy chuckled and shook his head. Snowy opened one of the trunks.
"Look!" She flipped through some material. "Clothes." And she went through more things. "And a book?" Snowy pulled out a red book.
"Hey, Liz is down there waiting for us." Doughboy said. "I think we should join her."
"Good idea!" I said.
"Should I take this book with me?" Snowy said. "I really want to read it."
"Go ahead." Doughboy said. "You can bring it back the next time we come."
"N-Next time?" I asked.
"Sure!" Doughboy opened the attic door and ran down the steps. I quickly followed, and five minutes later, Snowy joined us.
"What happened to you?" I asked.
"Well, I was checking out all of the other trunks." She said. "Listen to this: they are all locked!"
"Hmm." Said Doughboy.
"We were just telling Liz about the book." I told Snowy. "C'mon, let's read it."
"Okay." Snowy bent down and sat on the sidewalk. Liz and Tubby sat down next to her, and I leaned over to see. She slowly opened the book.
The book was fairly odd! For some reason, the first page took up the space of forty. Then the page blew out of the book.
"What's going on?" Snowy asked.
"I have a feeling something is wrong." I said.
"No, a page would just rip and fly out for no reason." Doughboy said.
"There's no wind or anything." Liz said, raising a wet finger.
Then the page started to glow, until it seemed too bright to see. When we could finally see again, we saw three figures.
There they were, life size figures, and for the first time, we were seeing our enemies. But of course, we didn't find out who or what they were until later. All we knew was that there was a girl with red hair and eyes, and a boy with such a dark hair color that it gleamed purple in the sunlight.
"What is going on?" Snowy asked, in a worried tone.
"I'm not sure anymore." Liz said.
The girl was taller than the boy, so we thought she was his sister. And they had a beast looking this with them, the third figure, than looked a little like a dog and a little like a lion. But this "creature" was frowning.
If they had not just appeared out of that first page, we would've thought they were just ordinary people. But I was scared, Snowy was worried, and Liz was confused. I'm not sure what Doughboy was, but I think he was confused. Finally, his mouth popped open and he asked, "Who are you?"
"Funny you should ask." The girl said. "Give me the jewel."
"Jewel?" Snowy asked.
"Does she want money?" Lisy asked.
"I doubt it." I said.
"They sound like they were from another planet." Snowy whispered to me.
"They sound like they suppose we should know what they're talking about." I whispered back.
"Don't stall or play dumb with me!" The girl yelled, and then charged at Doughboy, who turned and ran. The girl's fist located a stop sign, and the sign disconnected from the metal bar. Doughboy gulped.
"Wow." Liz said. "She's very strong." This came out somehow strained.
"What does she want?" I asked, getting frustrated.
Next she charged at me. I screamed, and ducked her blow. It came flying at Snowy, who was behind me.
"Release!" Snowy yelled. I never figured out why she said that, though she told me later that it was instinct and the only word she could think of. Anyways, what happened because of it is important. Her brooch, which was pinned to her collar, turned into a broomstick.
"What?" Snowy asked, looking at the broomstick.
"Witches and broomsticks." I heard Doughboy whisper.
"WHAT?" I asked.
"Witches and broomsticks." He repeated. "I know this may sound crazy, but try to fly on your broomstick." Snowy nodded. If the situation wasn't devastation, I would have laughed, but it was. Snowy climbed on her broomstick and kicked off the ground. Amazingly, she stayed up in the air.
"Yay!" She called. "I can fly!" The redheaded girl cursed under her breath. But we weren't very safe. The boy and the dog-like beast had surrounded us, along with the girl.
"This would be bad." Liz said. "Hey! I know. Let me try something. Release!" And just like Snowy's brooch, Liz's necklace began to expand. It turned into a rapier, a double-edged sword. The ribbon only grew a little bit, and was on the handle.
"How cool!" I said. Liz tried out her new sword. She barely missed the girl. "I didn't know you knew how to use swords."
"But I don't." Liz said. She seemed confused. "Somehow, this sword knows how to move and I'm keeping it up. It's, like, magical.
"Just like Snowy's broomstick." Doughboy said. "Release!" His pendant began to glow and move, and then a circle formed around him. "A shield?" He asked, and raised his hand. He slowly started to float up.
"Wow." I said. "Re- " But I didn't get any farther. The girl came charging at me.
"Ahh!" I screamed. Liz took her sword and jammed it in front of the girl's face.
"Stop!" Liz commanded. The girl stopped and narrowed her eyes at Liz, who was standing next to her and back towards me, who was just a few feet in front of her.
"Snowy…" I said. "Help me onto the broomstick, please." Snowy stooped down and moved over so I could sit down.
"We need to get out of here." Snowy said. "But there isn't room for Liz!"
"Don't worry." Liz said. "I'll keep running after you guys."
"But- "
"Just hurry and go." With those wise words, Doughboy, Snowy, and I were flying off towards the east. I looked back.
"Hey!" I said. "Look! Liz is keeping up. And see how high she can jump!" Snowy turned to broomstick to see, and I almost fell out.
"I can't see very well, because of this big pink bubble I'm in, but what's that on her feet?" Doughboy asked.
"Looks like a pair of miniature wings." Snowy said. "Hey, can anyone else enter your bubble?" Just because of this, they decided to test it out. Snowy flew over to Doughboy, and I slipped off the broomstick (believe me, I was trying to hang on with all my might, but she turned the broomstick vertically) and hit Doughboy's bubble. The good thing was, I was able to enter it. The bad thing was, I went right through it, and next thing I knew, I was falling.
"Help, help!" I screamed. "This is NOT funny! Someone help!"
Doughboy was closest, and tried to help, but again I went through his bubble and this time, Snowy was underneath to catch me. I caught on to the broomstick, but fell off and hit the roof of building nearby. Luckily I only fell about three feet, but it still hurt.
"Ow!" I cried. "That hurts!" I got up and Snowy helped me onto the broomstick again.
"We won't be doing that anytime soon, believe me." She said.
"Hm." Doughboy said. "Let's see. If Yuki holds one of Liz's hands and I hold the other, perhaps we'll be able to lift her off the ground. She's, uh, not really doing quite a good job down there." He peered at Liz.
"That's a good idea." Snowy said. "And the best part is, I don't have to do any work!" So we went and picked up Liz, and everything went well, that is, until we figured out that Liz was too heavy. But it was already a little too late for that, I mean, for one, we were already a few hundred feet above ground. I wonder if anyone spotted us? But we were too desperate to care.
So we escaped to the park, which was full of trees and had lots of privacy. I sighed. "Well, we sure were lucky."
"I think that when we figure out how to get our magical powers to a full extent, we can beat them." Snowy said. "Ooh, this is SO great! I've always wanted magical powers."
"I dunno." I said, looking at my necklace.
"Hey, why don't you try yours, Yuki?" Liz asked.
"All right." I said. "Release!" The formation from necklace to magical wand wasn't exactly smooth. Anyways, the heart frame came off and disappeared. I never knew where it went, but the other three said it went into me. Whether that was true or not, I had on a very funny costume after it disappeared.
It was a little like a dress, only it was very short and ended in a rosebud.
"How interesting." Snowy said. Doughboy rolled over laughing. I scowled. Meanwhile, the rest of the wand was forming. The read stone at the end formed into this shape with an edge and had short wings.
"Oh, does everything have to have wings?" Doughboy asked, looking from Liz's feet to my broomstick.
"How interesting." I said. "So, does anyone have an idea what the sealing wand, uh, does?"
"Well, it has wings, so maybe you can fly." Snowy suggested. I tried flying. And it wasn't a pleasant experience. I jumped on the wand and then fell down. Doughboy started laughing. "Or maybe not." Snowy added. I was extremely annoyed.
"I'm sure the book has directions on this." Liz said. "Remember that there were other pages? Well, those pages probably explain this."
"Or those pages release more zombies, like that girl, whoever she is." Snowy said.
"She said her name was Ariel." Liz answered.
"Oh?" Doughboy sat up to listen.
"Yes." Liz added. "She said, 'You can't escape from Ariel. I know you have the Jewel!'"
"WHAT Jewel?" Doughboy asked with a hint of impatience.
"The Jewel." A voice answered. All four of us whirled around
"Ariel." Liz whispered.
"The Jewel of the planets, the greatest one of all. Many years ago, it collided with your earth and disappeared." Ariel said. "Eriol, Colton, and I were locked into this book. You released us, and only people with magical powers can break the seal on the book. So I assume you also have captured the Jewel."
"But that's just the point." Snowy said. "We haven't!"
"Do not lie to me." Ariel said. "I know your ways. Empress Queen Jewel wants that jewel, and now!"
"Isn't there ANY way to convince you?" Doughboy asked.
"No." Ariel frowned. "All right, I get your point. Colton, Eriol, attack."
"Wait." Doughboy held up his hand. "This battle wouldn't be exactly fair, if it's three against one, is it? Liz is the only one who can do anything."
"Yeah." I agreed. "Why can't Snowy and I fight?" Doughboy cleared his throat slightly. "And Doughboy." I quickly added.
"Your powers, little girl, lie in this book." She held up the book we had picked up in the attic. "Your powers are to control these cards. They will obey you, but not if I release them first!" Ariel started to open the book.
"And what about the rest of us?" Doughboy demanded.
"Well, I don't have a clue about you, but the girl (pointing to Snowy) has her powers with her." Snowy looked at her broomstick.
"But all I can do is fly?" Doughboy was looking very strangely at Snowy. "WHAT?" Snowy asked.
"Your earrings." Doughboy said. "The ones you bought are gone."
"Right." Ariel said. "Power hoops."
"Excuse me?" Snowy asked.
"Here, let me show you." Ariel directed. "Go up into the air, with your broomstick. Now, when you're ready, pretend you're throwing a Frisbee and shout 'Power Hoops!'" Snowy followed her as they went through the routine. To her surprise, two red-hot disks that were shaped like those earrings, only bigger, came flying out at Ariel, who jumped. The disks both hit nearby trees, which left a huge gap.
"When you gain enough power, you can slice trees." Ariel said. "So now we'll fight."
"That's only two to three!" I shouted. "Give me back my cards!"
"No." Ariel laughed wickedly. "You see, little one, you, with all these cards, are most powerful, so I'll keep those. I'd make it fair, but I really don't know what to do about your little friend." She pointed at Doughboy, and began to take out cards from the back of the book, and threw them into the air. They started to fly away. I couldn't believe it: that was my magical power she was playing with.
"Not if I can help it!" Liz called and aimed her sword for Ariel's hand. Ariel gave a shriek and threw the book in the air. Cards were falling out now. Snowy caught it in midair (well, Snowy was in the air) and shut it. Ariel charged at Snowy, who gave me the book.
"Get that book!" I heard a boy call, and saw that it was Eriol. The bog-beast, Colton, came after me, but Liz cut in his path.
"Let's see, Ariel against Snowy, Liz against Colton, that means one of us will have to fight Eriol!" Doughboy squeaked. I had never seen him so scared before.
"You'll have to distract him." I said. "I've got to figure out how I can use my remaining cards." Doughboy shivered and went up to stall Eriol. You see, neither Eriol, nor Ariel had any powers, except they were good experts at martial arts. Very good experts.
I opened the book. The first page was missing, but the second had writing on it. I flipped through the book, until I got to a book. There was a pile of cards, quite large, around twice the size of Poker cards. They all had words on the bottom. I picked up one. It said, "Fight." It had a picture of a blue girl.
"Interesting." I said, and threw the card into the air. I hit it with my wand, which I later learned was called "Sealing Wand." "Fight!" I called. The fight card appeared as a girl in front of me, for a second, and then disappeared. "Huh?" I asked.
"Yuki, watch out!" Doughboy called. Eriol was coming my way. By instinct, I punched him. I hit him in the jaw. When this happened, I understood what had happened better than the other three.
"The card's power came into me!" I called.
"Eriol!" Ariel came forward and grabbed Eriol. "Colton, carry him." And so Ariel and Eriol both climbed onto Colton's back and flew off.
Now I had a close glance at what Eriol and Colton looked like. Colton looked more like a panther, with butterfly wings, that is, rather large butterfly wings. He was dark colored. Eriol had bluish hair, and glasses (which I had knocked off when I punched him). His eyes were blue.
"I think they've gone off." Doughboy said. "We can have a break now."
Well, please review my story. Thank you.
I just haven't gone through and finished anything. I'm sorry if I spell anything wrong, because I type too fast. And the ... part didn't come out too well on Notepad, so if you see a big square or something or the sort it just may be a ...
This one and the two following it are called "Ariel's Distiny" and the whole thing is called Jewel Quest.
I hope you'll enjoy it (bah, I've said enough).
Oh, and I almost forgot: Cardcaptor Sakura does not belong to me but this story does.
And why this is in Originals? Well, it's based on CCS a little all right, but mostly the plot is based on my imagination, and the powers and oracles on CCS, so I'll make it a joint between the two, somewhere in between from time to time.
The Encounter
I'm not sure how we all got into this mess. We were just four innocent kids, wandering around after school, and we somehow got caught up in this, this realm of prophecy and make-believe. (Although now, I'm glad of what really happened.) I'm not sure if what I remember if true, but this is what I know really happened.
After school, Snowy, Doughboy, Liz, and I went to wander to neighborhood. It had been Liz's idea, I think.
"Let's hang out." She had said on the phone. It had sounded like a really good idea. Snowy led us to a shop, which looked like a museum.
"What a cool place!" I said. "What do they sell here?"
"Pretty stuff." Snowy said. "I've been wanting to check out this place forever."
So we went in. At a table, there was a large collection of weird artifacts. Liz picked out a cross, or so it looked like. It was a very long cross, at least the vertical line was and the horizontal line was very short. It seemed somehow unbalanced. The cross was strung on a red ribbon, forming a necklace. Anyways, Liz fell in love with it, and it wasn't very cheap, either. But later on I knew we had paid a little price for it.
Snowy suggested we all get something, so she picked out a brooch that was shaped like a broomstick. It came with two golden hoop earrings.
I picked out a necklace like thing too, only this one was like a frame of a heart sitting on top of a long metal stick, but inside the heart frame was a stone. I knew it wasn't real, but it was quite pretty.
And last, there was Doughboy, who couldn't decide what to get after all. We waited fifteen minutes for him, then got really impatient and decided to get him a pendant. If course he complained outrageously about it, but we wouldn't reconsider.
Since Doughboy was in a bad mood, we decided to go where he wanted to go in the first place-the haunted mansion. I was scared of the mansion, but I didn't let my fears show. Nor did I let my guard down once I entered the mansion. If Liz or Snowy did any of those things, I certainly didn't know it.
Doughboy was so happy going to the "haunted house", as we called it, that he didn't object when we made him put on his pendant.
"For good luck." Snowy said. We had put ours on earlier.
We entered the house.
The inside looked eerie. It looked as if no one had disturbed it for a century.
"Wow." I said, looking around. Liz sneezed, and then complained about the lack of dust.
"Who does this house belong to?" Snowy asked.
"Martin Elwood." Doughboy answered instantly.
"How do you know?" I asked.
"It's written on the front door." Doughboy answered. "Duh."
"I don't like this." Liz said.
"Yeah, I know." I said. "Eerie."
"No, I mean the dust." Liz sneezed again, only this time I thought it sounded a little forced. "I'll wait for you guys."
"I'll keep you company!" I announced eagerly.
"Fat chance." Doughboy shoved me into the room. "You are coming with us."
So I had to follow them around the house. It was very freaky. The house looked empty, all the furniture removed. Now that I thought of it, Liz, who was waiting outside, had the toughest job. She had to wait outside without knowing what wad going on.
Anyways, we approached the attic, which was about the only room that looked friendly. It was filled with trucks.
"There doesn't seem to be as much dust up here." Snowy said.
"That's because the window is open." Doughboy said.
"I dunno." I said. "Why does this give me the feeling that someone has been here before us?" Doughboy chuckled and shook his head. Snowy opened one of the trunks.
"Look!" She flipped through some material. "Clothes." And she went through more things. "And a book?" Snowy pulled out a red book.
"Hey, Liz is down there waiting for us." Doughboy said. "I think we should join her."
"Good idea!" I said.
"Should I take this book with me?" Snowy said. "I really want to read it."
"Go ahead." Doughboy said. "You can bring it back the next time we come."
"N-Next time?" I asked.
"Sure!" Doughboy opened the attic door and ran down the steps. I quickly followed, and five minutes later, Snowy joined us.
"What happened to you?" I asked.
"Well, I was checking out all of the other trunks." She said. "Listen to this: they are all locked!"
"Hmm." Said Doughboy.
"We were just telling Liz about the book." I told Snowy. "C'mon, let's read it."
"Okay." Snowy bent down and sat on the sidewalk. Liz and Tubby sat down next to her, and I leaned over to see. She slowly opened the book.
The book was fairly odd! For some reason, the first page took up the space of forty. Then the page blew out of the book.
"What's going on?" Snowy asked.
"I have a feeling something is wrong." I said.
"No, a page would just rip and fly out for no reason." Doughboy said.
"There's no wind or anything." Liz said, raising a wet finger.
Then the page started to glow, until it seemed too bright to see. When we could finally see again, we saw three figures.
There they were, life size figures, and for the first time, we were seeing our enemies. But of course, we didn't find out who or what they were until later. All we knew was that there was a girl with red hair and eyes, and a boy with such a dark hair color that it gleamed purple in the sunlight.
"What is going on?" Snowy asked, in a worried tone.
"I'm not sure anymore." Liz said.
The girl was taller than the boy, so we thought she was his sister. And they had a beast looking this with them, the third figure, than looked a little like a dog and a little like a lion. But this "creature" was frowning.
If they had not just appeared out of that first page, we would've thought they were just ordinary people. But I was scared, Snowy was worried, and Liz was confused. I'm not sure what Doughboy was, but I think he was confused. Finally, his mouth popped open and he asked, "Who are you?"
"Funny you should ask." The girl said. "Give me the jewel."
"Jewel?" Snowy asked.
"Does she want money?" Lisy asked.
"I doubt it." I said.
"They sound like they were from another planet." Snowy whispered to me.
"They sound like they suppose we should know what they're talking about." I whispered back.
"Don't stall or play dumb with me!" The girl yelled, and then charged at Doughboy, who turned and ran. The girl's fist located a stop sign, and the sign disconnected from the metal bar. Doughboy gulped.
"Wow." Liz said. "She's very strong." This came out somehow strained.
"What does she want?" I asked, getting frustrated.
Next she charged at me. I screamed, and ducked her blow. It came flying at Snowy, who was behind me.
"Release!" Snowy yelled. I never figured out why she said that, though she told me later that it was instinct and the only word she could think of. Anyways, what happened because of it is important. Her brooch, which was pinned to her collar, turned into a broomstick.
"What?" Snowy asked, looking at the broomstick.
"Witches and broomsticks." I heard Doughboy whisper.
"WHAT?" I asked.
"Witches and broomsticks." He repeated. "I know this may sound crazy, but try to fly on your broomstick." Snowy nodded. If the situation wasn't devastation, I would have laughed, but it was. Snowy climbed on her broomstick and kicked off the ground. Amazingly, she stayed up in the air.
"Yay!" She called. "I can fly!" The redheaded girl cursed under her breath. But we weren't very safe. The boy and the dog-like beast had surrounded us, along with the girl.
"This would be bad." Liz said. "Hey! I know. Let me try something. Release!" And just like Snowy's brooch, Liz's necklace began to expand. It turned into a rapier, a double-edged sword. The ribbon only grew a little bit, and was on the handle.
"How cool!" I said. Liz tried out her new sword. She barely missed the girl. "I didn't know you knew how to use swords."
"But I don't." Liz said. She seemed confused. "Somehow, this sword knows how to move and I'm keeping it up. It's, like, magical.
"Just like Snowy's broomstick." Doughboy said. "Release!" His pendant began to glow and move, and then a circle formed around him. "A shield?" He asked, and raised his hand. He slowly started to float up.
"Wow." I said. "Re- " But I didn't get any farther. The girl came charging at me.
"Ahh!" I screamed. Liz took her sword and jammed it in front of the girl's face.
"Stop!" Liz commanded. The girl stopped and narrowed her eyes at Liz, who was standing next to her and back towards me, who was just a few feet in front of her.
"Snowy…" I said. "Help me onto the broomstick, please." Snowy stooped down and moved over so I could sit down.
"We need to get out of here." Snowy said. "But there isn't room for Liz!"
"Don't worry." Liz said. "I'll keep running after you guys."
"But- "
"Just hurry and go." With those wise words, Doughboy, Snowy, and I were flying off towards the east. I looked back.
"Hey!" I said. "Look! Liz is keeping up. And see how high she can jump!" Snowy turned to broomstick to see, and I almost fell out.
"I can't see very well, because of this big pink bubble I'm in, but what's that on her feet?" Doughboy asked.
"Looks like a pair of miniature wings." Snowy said. "Hey, can anyone else enter your bubble?" Just because of this, they decided to test it out. Snowy flew over to Doughboy, and I slipped off the broomstick (believe me, I was trying to hang on with all my might, but she turned the broomstick vertically) and hit Doughboy's bubble. The good thing was, I was able to enter it. The bad thing was, I went right through it, and next thing I knew, I was falling.
"Help, help!" I screamed. "This is NOT funny! Someone help!"
Doughboy was closest, and tried to help, but again I went through his bubble and this time, Snowy was underneath to catch me. I caught on to the broomstick, but fell off and hit the roof of building nearby. Luckily I only fell about three feet, but it still hurt.
"Ow!" I cried. "That hurts!" I got up and Snowy helped me onto the broomstick again.
"We won't be doing that anytime soon, believe me." She said.
"Hm." Doughboy said. "Let's see. If Yuki holds one of Liz's hands and I hold the other, perhaps we'll be able to lift her off the ground. She's, uh, not really doing quite a good job down there." He peered at Liz.
"That's a good idea." Snowy said. "And the best part is, I don't have to do any work!" So we went and picked up Liz, and everything went well, that is, until we figured out that Liz was too heavy. But it was already a little too late for that, I mean, for one, we were already a few hundred feet above ground. I wonder if anyone spotted us? But we were too desperate to care.
So we escaped to the park, which was full of trees and had lots of privacy. I sighed. "Well, we sure were lucky."
"I think that when we figure out how to get our magical powers to a full extent, we can beat them." Snowy said. "Ooh, this is SO great! I've always wanted magical powers."
"I dunno." I said, looking at my necklace.
"Hey, why don't you try yours, Yuki?" Liz asked.
"All right." I said. "Release!" The formation from necklace to magical wand wasn't exactly smooth. Anyways, the heart frame came off and disappeared. I never knew where it went, but the other three said it went into me. Whether that was true or not, I had on a very funny costume after it disappeared.
It was a little like a dress, only it was very short and ended in a rosebud.
"How interesting." Snowy said. Doughboy rolled over laughing. I scowled. Meanwhile, the rest of the wand was forming. The read stone at the end formed into this shape with an edge and had short wings.
"Oh, does everything have to have wings?" Doughboy asked, looking from Liz's feet to my broomstick.
"How interesting." I said. "So, does anyone have an idea what the sealing wand, uh, does?"
"Well, it has wings, so maybe you can fly." Snowy suggested. I tried flying. And it wasn't a pleasant experience. I jumped on the wand and then fell down. Doughboy started laughing. "Or maybe not." Snowy added. I was extremely annoyed.
"I'm sure the book has directions on this." Liz said. "Remember that there were other pages? Well, those pages probably explain this."
"Or those pages release more zombies, like that girl, whoever she is." Snowy said.
"She said her name was Ariel." Liz answered.
"Oh?" Doughboy sat up to listen.
"Yes." Liz added. "She said, 'You can't escape from Ariel. I know you have the Jewel!'"
"WHAT Jewel?" Doughboy asked with a hint of impatience.
"The Jewel." A voice answered. All four of us whirled around
"Ariel." Liz whispered.
"The Jewel of the planets, the greatest one of all. Many years ago, it collided with your earth and disappeared." Ariel said. "Eriol, Colton, and I were locked into this book. You released us, and only people with magical powers can break the seal on the book. So I assume you also have captured the Jewel."
"But that's just the point." Snowy said. "We haven't!"
"Do not lie to me." Ariel said. "I know your ways. Empress Queen Jewel wants that jewel, and now!"
"Isn't there ANY way to convince you?" Doughboy asked.
"No." Ariel frowned. "All right, I get your point. Colton, Eriol, attack."
"Wait." Doughboy held up his hand. "This battle wouldn't be exactly fair, if it's three against one, is it? Liz is the only one who can do anything."
"Yeah." I agreed. "Why can't Snowy and I fight?" Doughboy cleared his throat slightly. "And Doughboy." I quickly added.
"Your powers, little girl, lie in this book." She held up the book we had picked up in the attic. "Your powers are to control these cards. They will obey you, but not if I release them first!" Ariel started to open the book.
"And what about the rest of us?" Doughboy demanded.
"Well, I don't have a clue about you, but the girl (pointing to Snowy) has her powers with her." Snowy looked at her broomstick.
"But all I can do is fly?" Doughboy was looking very strangely at Snowy. "WHAT?" Snowy asked.
"Your earrings." Doughboy said. "The ones you bought are gone."
"Right." Ariel said. "Power hoops."
"Excuse me?" Snowy asked.
"Here, let me show you." Ariel directed. "Go up into the air, with your broomstick. Now, when you're ready, pretend you're throwing a Frisbee and shout 'Power Hoops!'" Snowy followed her as they went through the routine. To her surprise, two red-hot disks that were shaped like those earrings, only bigger, came flying out at Ariel, who jumped. The disks both hit nearby trees, which left a huge gap.
"When you gain enough power, you can slice trees." Ariel said. "So now we'll fight."
"That's only two to three!" I shouted. "Give me back my cards!"
"No." Ariel laughed wickedly. "You see, little one, you, with all these cards, are most powerful, so I'll keep those. I'd make it fair, but I really don't know what to do about your little friend." She pointed at Doughboy, and began to take out cards from the back of the book, and threw them into the air. They started to fly away. I couldn't believe it: that was my magical power she was playing with.
"Not if I can help it!" Liz called and aimed her sword for Ariel's hand. Ariel gave a shriek and threw the book in the air. Cards were falling out now. Snowy caught it in midair (well, Snowy was in the air) and shut it. Ariel charged at Snowy, who gave me the book.
"Get that book!" I heard a boy call, and saw that it was Eriol. The bog-beast, Colton, came after me, but Liz cut in his path.
"Let's see, Ariel against Snowy, Liz against Colton, that means one of us will have to fight Eriol!" Doughboy squeaked. I had never seen him so scared before.
"You'll have to distract him." I said. "I've got to figure out how I can use my remaining cards." Doughboy shivered and went up to stall Eriol. You see, neither Eriol, nor Ariel had any powers, except they were good experts at martial arts. Very good experts.
I opened the book. The first page was missing, but the second had writing on it. I flipped through the book, until I got to a book. There was a pile of cards, quite large, around twice the size of Poker cards. They all had words on the bottom. I picked up one. It said, "Fight." It had a picture of a blue girl.
"Interesting." I said, and threw the card into the air. I hit it with my wand, which I later learned was called "Sealing Wand." "Fight!" I called. The fight card appeared as a girl in front of me, for a second, and then disappeared. "Huh?" I asked.
"Yuki, watch out!" Doughboy called. Eriol was coming my way. By instinct, I punched him. I hit him in the jaw. When this happened, I understood what had happened better than the other three.
"The card's power came into me!" I called.
"Eriol!" Ariel came forward and grabbed Eriol. "Colton, carry him." And so Ariel and Eriol both climbed onto Colton's back and flew off.
Now I had a close glance at what Eriol and Colton looked like. Colton looked more like a panther, with butterfly wings, that is, rather large butterfly wings. He was dark colored. Eriol had bluish hair, and glasses (which I had knocked off when I punched him). His eyes were blue.
"I think they've gone off." Doughboy said. "We can have a break now."
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