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Summary: The world has got its worst as everything was destroyed. The next generation of earth is different. A rare gift of many magic appeared. Religions, countries and nations have been changed enormously. Girl: Kinomoto Sakura lives in the Japanese temple during the medieval times in Europe. Boy: Li Syaoran a well trained boy goes through the same. That is until he met her. HER. This is their story.
New Enchantment
Dear Journal,
It's no use. We've tried everything but it won't stop. We're destroying the planet and there's nothing we can do about it. Pollution and war is all over the place. None of the races in the world is surviving. I am also dying. I believe that Ying Fa beside me is facing the worst as well. I shall always be with her, together till death. I hope one day my journal might be read and tell to people what amazing things there are. What tragedies there was. I'm growing weaker and cannot write much having not eaten in days. I look up and always see blackness. This little wolf will forever see darkness, except for the pink cherry blossom glow above..........
The world was recreated like new. This earth was different though. No dinosaurs roamed the earth first. The first creation was humans. As generation passed a legendary cave man had found a book of strange language. They had kept the book as a prised possession. As time passed and human evolved like they were suppose to, languages came out. The book was once again discovered by an explorer during the rein of the Roman Empire. It was the earliest time that people found out about technology and history began changing from the core................
It's the year 1130. It's the Medieval times where Europe seemed to rule. But because technology was discovered way well before it was supposed to be. Europe people discovered Asia. That's when they united. A whole new generation began. People with oblivious powers of short flight and magic and martial arts came into Europe. They shared what was to be known. It was peaceful at first. But because so much was discovered bad things began happening. That's when it all began.
A girl with light chocolate brown hair tied in an elegant bun with bits of hair hanging down, kneeled on a cushion. Her hands clasped together in front of her. Something inside her hand. She was praying to a large golden statue before her. Assorted fruits and food was laid across a table. She opened her eyes, revealing beautiful emerald gems of sadness. She got up carefully, lifting a little bit of her pink kimono with cherry blossoms embroider over it. She walked up to the statue and table, kimono dragging behind her. She stopped at the table and looked at a sealed silver jar in the middle. She reached out holding a branch of cherry blossoms, placing it gently in front of the jar. She looked at the photo sealed on the jar, a beautiful woman.
"I'll always be your cherry blossom mother, always," she whispered tear coming down her pale white cheeks.
She turned around wiping the tear away. She smiled as brightly as she could.
"Chiharu. You can tell them I'm done. They can start the burrier. But I won't be there."
A girl with a not as fancy orange kimono stood at the door and nodded.
"Every single thing? The food, the ash jar and even the cherry blossom?" said Chiharu.
Sakura nodded and headed for the door with Chiharu behind her. Once they were outside a man with a braided black hair with a lot of grey and masculine face opened a horse carriage door for them. The two climbed in and sat on the soft red sits inside. Sakura had her chin on her hand, looking out the window. Chiharu stared at her best friend and mistress.
"Sakura- chan?" she whispered with sad eyes.
"I'm alright Chiharu-chan. Just want to get home. We still have to go to the castle for the lessons. It's our first day to do all the magic and advance things that we always see the older students do remember?" said Sakura not looking away from the window.
They hear the soft canter of the white horses pulling the carriage as they rode further and further away from the temple. They saw green everywhere. Beautiful scenery. They cantered faster as green scenery became cottages and huts. They stopped when they arrived at a large oak door. The door of the carriage opened for them and they climbed out carefully. The oak doors were opened for them and they went through quickly. Inside was amazing. It was a village of houses all owned by Sakura's family. Sakura had the right part of the village of the houses while the rest of her family had the rest. She walked slowly with her kimono still dragging, Chiharu beside her. As they arrived at the place, an archway leaded the way. On the top of the arch way a large sign on the top said : Cherry blossom Shrine.
They entered, and Sakura opened the doors to her room. She hasn't said a word. Chiharu followed hurriedly. Sakura silently began taking her kimonos and other accessories into a delicate bundle of cloth.
"What are you doing Sakura-chan?" said Chiharu looking at her pack.
"Packing for the castle of course. I told you it's our advance years. It's boarding from now on if we want to keep learning," said Sakura not looking up.
"But Sakura-chan. You told me you never wanted to keep going on with the learnings. You said after this you want to stay at home like you always wanted to—"
"That was before mother went away," said Sakura coldly and bitterly.
Chiharu kept quiet at that. She remembered that Sakura always was so happy to be home after from the castle. She always wanted to see her mother since she was 11. She grew even fonder of her mother as she grew older. Now she was 14 and to be 15 soon like her.
"You should pack too Chiharu. Unless you don't want to come with me," said Sakura ready with her own things.
"iie! I'll come! Please wait for me," pleaded Chiharu and ran out of the room to the Sega Shrine where she lived.
Sakura stared at the empty place where her friend was before, paralysed. She had no idea what she was doing. All she knew was that her mother was gone and she needed to do something, ANYTHING to stop the hurt she was feeling. She sat down on a round deep wooden chair. She rested her hands on the table her face full of sadness.
It's the Phoenix Clan's entire fault. If mother didn't go to that meeting she would be alive. She would be with me, she thought bitterly. I'll take revenge mother. That's right. I will. But first I need to learn how to be more powerful.
"Sakura-chan!" shouted Chiharu as she rushed back into her room with her own baggage.
Sakura looked up and smiled broadly at her friend.
"Don't shout Chiharu-chan. I'm here," said Sakura and stood up, picking up her own things.
"Sorry, but I thought you would have left without me. I packed as fast as I could," said Chiharu sheepishly.
"It's OK. Let's go. We're already late. Can't wait till we get started," said Sakura and went out the door fast, not like before slow.
Huh? Sakura-chan liking schooling? Walking so fast after Mistress Kinomoto just died? Something is not right, thought Chiharu and ran after Sakura, not knowing what Sakura wanted to do.
They did the same routine, walking out to the front, back into the carriage then began their way to the castle. They cantered for a while then stopped again at a beautiful place. A large ice looking palace with a fire wall behind it. They got off from there and waited for their guard who was looking for the secret button only assigned people should know about. He found it and pressed it. A screen came up on the wall.
"State your name," said a voice.
"Jade Ginta," said their guard.
"Accompany for two students for advanced level?"
"Hai."
"Please come right in."
A door suddenly flickered into sight. Ginta opened it for the two girls.
"Have fun. She you next year girls," he said as the girls went in.
The doors closed shut then disappeared again.
"Bless you Ying Fa. Bless you," he whispered and got back on to the carriage, flicking the reins, cantering off.
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Everybody in the room was silent as the watched the two newcomers. Chiharu and Sakura just glanced around. They always entered into a corridor usually but then again, it was their advanced year now.
"Isn't that Kinomoto Sakura?? That girl who's mother died 2 days ago?" whispered a girl near Sakura.
Sakura shot a glance at her and the girl's friend nudged her, making her hide her head into her book.
"What is going on in here? Why has everyone stop doing their activities?" came a shrill voice.
A woman with a high bun, black dress that dragged on the floor came in with a scowling face. She looked at the two.
"They are just two newcomers. Get back to work NOW," she said loudly making everybody immediately going back to work. She walked up to the two with hard black eyes.
"You must be Sakura and Chiharu. You are rather late. All the newcomers have arrived and are in there rooms already. If you want to learn advanced magic, you should learn how to be on time," snapped the lady.
"I'm sorry sensei. But I had some business to attend to," said Sakura in a bored tone.
"You shall not talk to me in that tone young lady. Nor call me sensei. You now should know that you must be respectful to whom you speak to. To me it's always Ms Jackal."
Sakura glared but Chiharu held her back. She didn't understand why Sakura was this way. She was gentle and polite usually but it was before her mother's tragic death.
"You shall come with me to your rooms. And mind you. You shall all have different rooms from now on so you can learn and work properly," said Ms Jackal leading them out of the room into a dark corridor with dragons on the sides holding torches of light.
Chiharu shivered but Sakura merely took a glance at them. They came to a black wooden door and Ms Jackal took out a large, rusty metal key, unlocking it. She pushed the door opened to reveal a bright white corridor with girls everywhere, chatting and being silly.
"What is this!" said Ms Jackal shrilly at them another scowl on her face. "I thought I said to stay in your rooms! If you don't do us your told right now, you shall get punishment!"
All the girls began running to the white doors on the side of the white walls of the long white corridor except one. This girl walked boldly and slowly. She had jet-black hair up to her waist. She had fluffy red feathers tucked behind her ears making a great match with her crimson eyes and also a decoration for her hair. She wore a layered silk skirt. It had white layers of silk and also red layers of silk. She wore a silk material acted like a long sleeved shirt but had jumbo hanging from the arms (it's like the costume Melin wears in the show, those kinda sleeves, but a little smaller and no bells at the end) so she swayed them as she walked. On her feet were soft padded red shoes. Her eyebrows were outlined with glitter and on her neck was a series of silver necklaces with a ruby gem in the middle. She kept walking slowly.
She's so elegant and beautiful, just like Sakura-chan, thought Chiharu.
Sakura looked at the girl in interest. The things she wore were even more complicated then they things she wore herself. She wondered where this girl was from.
"Melin Li!" snapped Ms Jackal.
"Yes Ms Jackal?" said Melin, turning around to face her.
"I said get to your rooms immediately. Did you not hear me?"
"I am Ms Jackal. You never said we had to run," said Melin turning around again, walking down the corridor until she got to the last door on the left wall.
She's so feisty. I'm definitely going be her friend. She's my type, thought Sakura happily.
"You young lady instant deten—"
SLAM
The door of Melin's room slammed shut. Sakura and Chiharu thought Ms Jackal was going to burst. But she didn't but kept walking down the bright room to the very end muttering.
"The new comers from China this year are for me to look out for. They're all very rude and ignorant girls," she went on having no idea that Sakura and Chiharu were listening. "You two shall get one of this rooms. You may choose."
Ms Jackal pointed to the last room on the right side and to a door that was right opposite the black oak doors, which were white on this side. It seemed hollow and freaky for it was the room that was all alone, facing the corridor.
"I shall go now and get back to my work. Because of you two late comers I already interrupted my class. Stay out of trouble or you would get worst then that Chinese girl," spat Ms Jackal and began her way to the oak doors.
Sakura and Chiharu knew exactly which Chinese girl she was talking about as they watched Ms Jackal out the door and made sure to hear the click of the key locking the door.
"Geez she's a hag. Hope we don't have her for any classes," mumbled Sakura.
"Hope not. She scares me," said Chiharu rubbing her arm.
"You can choose the room if you want Chiharu. I don't' mind."
"I don't mind either."
"CHOOSE Chiharu. NOW," ordered Sakura, stunning Chiharu.
"Um, can I have the one on the wall on the side. That's if you don't mind. I can always have that one—"
"I don't mind Chiharu now get in and take a look at the room, I'll look at mine," said Sakura and they both turned the knobs of their doors.
Sakura looked inside and saw something that surprised her. In this room were beautiful furniture, a fireplace and a large four poster bed on one side. It even had a bathroom. It had everything a girl would dream of to have in a room in a boarding school.
"Mines just normal, a small four poster bed, desk—"Chiharu walked into Sakura's room and eyes widened.
"DAMN. I knew I should have picked this door," came a voice from behind them.
They turned around and saw the girl called Melin behind them.
"Huh? It's probably a mistake. I can't have this room. I mean—"started Sakura.
"You're SUCH a fuss," snapped the Melin. "I would want this room any day. But the Hag won't let me change once I had picked. In every section of rooms, there's always a nicer bedroom to the rest. Lucky YOU got it. It changes every year."
Heads poked out of the different rooms on the walls.
"Who's got the good room Melin?" said a silky blue haired girl coming out of her room that was the first one on the left side. She wore the exactly same thing as Melin except everything that was red for Melin was blue for her.
"This newcomer from Japan I think," said Melin, patting Sakura on the back. "What's your name?"
"I'm Kinomoto Sakura from Japan," said Sakura bowing.
"You?" said Melin to Chiharu.
"I'm just Chiharu. Sakura's my mistress and I don't have a last name because I was sold to them," said Chiharu used to it.
"Chiharu! Stop saying I'm your mistress. It makes me seem old," said Sakura hand on hips, making everyone fall over anime style.
"I'm Melin Li from China. I would have went to the east palace but my cousin goes here and I want to stay with him," said Melin.
"And I'm Tomoyo Daijouji from China. My dad's Chinese and my mother's Japanese so I'm a mix but I was born in China. I'm Melin's playmate," said the blue haired girl who had finally walked up to them.
"So you're newcomers too?" said Sakura.
Melin and Tomoyo nodded smiling.
"Great. I want to learn some kick butt action," said Sakura with glittering eyes.
"We already know most things. We just want to graduate. We HAVE to or we can't work in the clans. Then we can show our family we're not useless like they think we are," said Melin icily for a second.
By now, all the girls were back out again, chatting and doing what they want to do. Ms Jackal won't stop them.
"Where are the boys? Or isn't their any?" said Sakura who dumped her stuff on the sofa in her room.
"Course there is. But your not allowed to see them unless there's a particular reasonable purpose or something. Besides they're all on the opposite side of the oak doors. If you went the other way from that room you came from, you'll get another black oak door except that's the boy's area like this is girl's area," said Melin. "Cousin told me all about it."
Sakura realised people were always glancing at her room. She walked out of it with the others and closed the door shut.
"Your so lucky. You get that great room! We all have to wait till shower time to take showers. You don't," whined Tomoyo.
Sakura laughed shaking her head. She smiled broadly. Making them all go jealous.
"Hey don't give me those faces guys!!! I'll let you use it too!" she said laughing.
They all nodded happily.
"What's up first that we have to do?" said Chiharu tagging along with Sakura.
"Well. I think we're supposed to wait until someone escorts us. I just don't know. It' my first time too remember?" said Melin sighing.
"So we have to wait?" said Sakura.
Tomoyo and Melin nodded.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH."
They four turned around seeing an awful sight. A girl with flashing blonde hair, wearing a dress like normal Europeans during that time would wear was cackling as she had one arm raised, pointing at a black skinned girl no doubt from India. From her hand a blue whirling light came out. It had engulfed the girl in its airy brightness making her choke and gasp like she was drowning in water.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!" yelled Melin and jumped into the air at an enormous height and landing right in front of the blonde girl who was at the other end of the corridor.
"She can do magic," whispered Sakura.
"Of course she can. She's a Li. Every Li does magic from young like my family," replied Tomoyo looking at the sight nervously. "Hope they don't get into a fight."
"Fat Chance," replied Sakura also looking nervously.
"Get away you. It's none of your business newcomer, we're having fun," said the blonde girl to Melin. Even though nations were joined, Europe was still in lead and some of them still thinks that way too.
"Not a chance! Let go of her or I'll make you," growled Melin.
"Whatcha gonna do? Call for your mommy?" said the girl cackling again with her friends.
Melin grunted, trying her best to keep down the anger. Her crimson eyes had fire in them.
"I'll ask you again. Are you going to let her go?" she said coolly.
"No," said the blonde head yawning with her arm still out choking the poor girl.
"WRONG answer," said Melin and raised her arms and closed her eyes.
Her arms were in front of her in a delicately way, one raised higher then the other, elbows bent. It looked like she froze in the middle of a hand dance. Then the room suddenly went black, some people squealed and the blonde girl paled. The ground just around Melin turned into fire. It kept that way for a while then everything turned back on. Melin was still standing there eyes closed hands the same way.
The blonde girl laughed.
"You think THAT was going to make me stop? Me. Miranda stop?" she said laughing.
Suddenly, Melin opened her eyes. Her pupils had gone and in her eyes you could see blazing fire. She was staring right at the blonde girl though she obviously wasn't seeing anything. She then did the quickest thing. She slammed her hands downwards still in there positions and a roaring sound came. Everybody looked up and saw a red line going downwards in circles leaving a trail behind it. As it got closer people began to scream.
"It's the power of elements Sakura-chan! Melin has the power of fire! She's sent the fire dragon! Look!" said Chiharu expertly. She was always fond of this kind of things.
It was indeed a dragon. A frightening fire dragon. It rushed down towards the choking girl, it opened it's mouth, showing its sharp teeth.
"Karasa!" squealed a auburn hair girl, rushing forward to her friend.
Tomoyo grabbed her, making her stay.
"NO! Don't go to her. You'll get hurt. She'll be fine, my friend knows what's she's doing!" Tomoyo said holding onto the girl who was still struggling.
"HOW CAN SHE BE ALRIGHT! That fire thing is going to eat her!" shouted the girl tears coming out of her eyes.
Melin was still in her fire trance, indicating her dragon to go down. The fire dragon opened its mouth the widest then it engulfed the choking girl in the blue bubble of light into its mouth. Then it gave a last roar and disappeared leaving the girl falling to the ground, not burnt but wet all over. Tomoyo let the girl go and she rushed to her friend who was unconscious.
Melin's pupils were back and she put her arms down and she looked at the blonde girl coldly.
"Fire is supposed to be much weaker then water. I just sizzled that water bubble. Imagine what I can do to you," she spat out.
The blonde girl called Miranda glared.
"I'll kill you," she spat back.
"Go ahead and try," said Melin.
"Miranda I don't think—"
"Be quiet Jenny. I'll show this brat who's boss," snapped Miranda and raised her arms. She wasn't used to having people stronger then her or having another power of element.
She shouted and shot a great force of blue whirling light at Melin who just stood there, arms crossed.
CRACK
The whirling light of water stopped at its tracks. From all the way to Miranda's palm and out and just before hitting Melin's face, the light had turned into crystal looking ice. Tomoyo stood behind Melin, her hand up. She had just given a quick wave and it had turned into ice.
"Who IS boss?" Tomoyo said, her freezing eyes staring at Miranda.
Melin gave a laugh and pressed the tip of the ice, hard. Miranda gasped as it cracked all the way to her palm. She looked at her palm seeing a blister. She stumbled back.
"You'll pay brats. You'll PAY!" she snarled and she and her friends moved to her room, shutting the door hard.
Melin and Tomoyo frowned but everyone sweat dropped when they both, stuck their tongue out at the door before turning to Sakura and Chiharu.
"So. You two have the power of elements. When were you planning to tell me?" said Sakura.
"Um," said Tomoyo.
"Never," said Melin shrugging. "But you know now anyway."
"It's obvious though isn't it? Our eyes and clothing—"
The oak doors smashed opened.
"All girls back in rooms as once. Except newcomers!" snapped Ms Jackal. "What in blazing is that mess?"
She had spotted the black burnt marks the fire dragon had made. She turned to look at Melin who looked back innocently.
"Melin Li you—"
"You have no evidence Ms Jackal," said Sakura.
Ms Jackal looked at Sakura stunned then turned back again to the burnt marks. She clicked her fingers and the mess disappeared. Sakura leaned over to Melin.
"Ms Jackal doesn't have the power of elements does she?" she whispered.
"No. It's just plain magic. Most people should be able to do it with learning and practice. We do that here remember?" whispered back Melin.
Sakura nodded.
"Follow me all newcomers. Time to get uniforms and get started," Ms Jackal snapped.
All newcomers went out the oak doors back into the dark 'dragon' corridor. They walked on, passing the room that Sakura and Chiharu had come through from and further down. Sakura spotted another large oak doors knowing it was the boy's place. But they had turned into a room before she could see more. Ms Jackal stopped them walking once they were in the room.
"This is where you get the uniforms," she said gesturing at the piles of exactly the same clothing. "Get one and I assure you it'll fit perfectly. Then I need you all to meet your martial arts teacher."
Chiharu, Melin and Sakura went forward to grab one of the uniforms to put on but Tomoyo stopped them.
"Wait! I need to video tape this!" she exclaimed.
She reached out her hand and muttered something. Then a puff of smoke came out and a video camera was in her hand and she started to video tape.
"Where did you learn to do that Tomoyo! You never taught me!" whined Melin hands on her hips.
"Hirragizawa taught me," said Tomoyo taping the whining Melin and Chiharu and Sakura who was changing. (The uniforms looks exactly like Melin's battle costume in the show, except no bells and everything that was red is pure white. And the middle is a cross made with a sword and wand)
"Hirragizawa? As in Eriol Hirragizawa?" said Melin changing into hers. "Do you have to tape us changing Tomoyo!?"
"Yes that Hirragizawa. And YES I have to tape," said Tomoyo, pressing pause then changing into her uniform.
"His in the same year as Xiao Lang. I heard all about him. Hey! You're not SEEING him are you Tomoyo?" said Melin with a wolfish smile.
Little Wolf? How cute, thought Sakura.
Tomoyo blushed and picked up her camera again.
"NO. I haven't been seeing Hirragizawa! He's an asshole. He's such a suck up!" said Tomoyo wanting to take a picture of the three of them. "Now pose ladies."
"That's only because he likes you!" whined Melin as she did a pose like she was about to fight.
"Who's Eriol Hirragizawa and Xiao Lang?" asked Sakura, posing sweetly with one hand on cheek and the other held out.
"I dunno who Eriol Hirragizawa is. But is it Li Xiao Lang? Your cousin Melin?" said Chiharu as she posed just with her hands clasped in front of her and smiling broadly.
"YUP!" beamed Melin as Tomoyo took the picture.
"He sounds sheepish," snorted Sakura.
Melin glared and threw a punch at her but Sakura moved her head swiftly.
"You've learned martial arts?" said Melin, crimson eyes glittering.
"Hai. I was taught it but I don't know magic like you guys," said Sakura doing a back flip.
"Sakura Kinomoto! No Japanese and no black flipping in this room!" snapped Ms Jackal. "It's time to move on."
Melin rolled her eyes and they followed her out again, clutching their clothing.
"We are going outside to start on martial arts. I would not be teaching you so behave," said Ms Jackal.
"Thank Lord for THAT. I mean who wants to see that hag doing MARTIAL ARTS!," whispered Melin to the girls making them giggle.
"No giggling!" snapped Ms Jackal disliking the four.
The four stopped and scowled. They can't even giggle. Sakura suddenly stopped. She realised her hair wasn't tied up and searched her clothing.
"What is it Sakura-chan?" said Chiharu worriedly seeing her frantic.
"I can't find it! I can't find it! My hair pin! Mother gave it to me! I can't loose it!' Sakura said nearly to tears. "I must have left it in the other room! I have to go back!"
"Ms Jackal won't let you!" said Chiharu, knowing how important it was to Sakura.
"Oh yes she will!" said Melin. "Just cry Sakura. Pretend to cry."
Sakura looked at her bewildered.
"Just do it Sakura! If you want your hair pin back that is," said Tomoyo still taping.
Sakura nodded and began wailing. Everyone stopped ad turned around to see Sakura pretending to cry. (Of course they think she's really crying.)
"What is it now child!" snapped Ms Jackal.
"Ms Jackal, she's left something important in the uniform room. Can she please go back to retrieve it?" said Melin as sweetly as she could. (which was hard for her!)
Ms Jackal couldn't stand the wailing.
"Go! Go! We'll be here waiting for you. But just you Sakura Kinomoto. No one else!" she snapped again.
"Thank you," said Sakura wiping away imaginary tears then turned around quickly running back to the room fast, trying not to laugh.
Tomoyo taped all the way as Sakura ran down the corridor. She gave a sudden gasp. Two figures were coming down the corridor. No one could see because Tomoyo was using close up on her camera and Sakura was a dot if she didn't look through her camera. Before Sakura could halt.........
WHAM
She bumped right into the first figure making her wheel back, nearly falling but he caught her by the waist, making sure she wasn't going to fall. Sakura was shocked, at first she couldn't make out who was the two figures but soon she could see over the shoulder of the person who caught her. Behind him was a blue headed person who wore glasses that looked smashing on him. He wore the boy's uniform for the castle. (The costume that Li wears except everything that's green is black, no bells and no hat) Sakura adjusted her eyes and looked at who caught her. Brown hair, handsome face.
Amber eyes looking straight at her own emerald ones.
My first chapter up! Please wait for next chapter and..PLEASE REVIEW!!!!
Fantasy Angol
Summary: The world has got its worst as everything was destroyed. The next generation of earth is different. A rare gift of many magic appeared. Religions, countries and nations have been changed enormously. Girl: Kinomoto Sakura lives in the Japanese temple during the medieval times in Europe. Boy: Li Syaoran a well trained boy goes through the same. That is until he met her. HER. This is their story.
New Enchantment
Dear Journal,
It's no use. We've tried everything but it won't stop. We're destroying the planet and there's nothing we can do about it. Pollution and war is all over the place. None of the races in the world is surviving. I am also dying. I believe that Ying Fa beside me is facing the worst as well. I shall always be with her, together till death. I hope one day my journal might be read and tell to people what amazing things there are. What tragedies there was. I'm growing weaker and cannot write much having not eaten in days. I look up and always see blackness. This little wolf will forever see darkness, except for the pink cherry blossom glow above..........
The world was recreated like new. This earth was different though. No dinosaurs roamed the earth first. The first creation was humans. As generation passed a legendary cave man had found a book of strange language. They had kept the book as a prised possession. As time passed and human evolved like they were suppose to, languages came out. The book was once again discovered by an explorer during the rein of the Roman Empire. It was the earliest time that people found out about technology and history began changing from the core................
It's the year 1130. It's the Medieval times where Europe seemed to rule. But because technology was discovered way well before it was supposed to be. Europe people discovered Asia. That's when they united. A whole new generation began. People with oblivious powers of short flight and magic and martial arts came into Europe. They shared what was to be known. It was peaceful at first. But because so much was discovered bad things began happening. That's when it all began.
A girl with light chocolate brown hair tied in an elegant bun with bits of hair hanging down, kneeled on a cushion. Her hands clasped together in front of her. Something inside her hand. She was praying to a large golden statue before her. Assorted fruits and food was laid across a table. She opened her eyes, revealing beautiful emerald gems of sadness. She got up carefully, lifting a little bit of her pink kimono with cherry blossoms embroider over it. She walked up to the statue and table, kimono dragging behind her. She stopped at the table and looked at a sealed silver jar in the middle. She reached out holding a branch of cherry blossoms, placing it gently in front of the jar. She looked at the photo sealed on the jar, a beautiful woman.
"I'll always be your cherry blossom mother, always," she whispered tear coming down her pale white cheeks.
She turned around wiping the tear away. She smiled as brightly as she could.
"Chiharu. You can tell them I'm done. They can start the burrier. But I won't be there."
A girl with a not as fancy orange kimono stood at the door and nodded.
"Every single thing? The food, the ash jar and even the cherry blossom?" said Chiharu.
Sakura nodded and headed for the door with Chiharu behind her. Once they were outside a man with a braided black hair with a lot of grey and masculine face opened a horse carriage door for them. The two climbed in and sat on the soft red sits inside. Sakura had her chin on her hand, looking out the window. Chiharu stared at her best friend and mistress.
"Sakura- chan?" she whispered with sad eyes.
"I'm alright Chiharu-chan. Just want to get home. We still have to go to the castle for the lessons. It's our first day to do all the magic and advance things that we always see the older students do remember?" said Sakura not looking away from the window.
They hear the soft canter of the white horses pulling the carriage as they rode further and further away from the temple. They saw green everywhere. Beautiful scenery. They cantered faster as green scenery became cottages and huts. They stopped when they arrived at a large oak door. The door of the carriage opened for them and they climbed out carefully. The oak doors were opened for them and they went through quickly. Inside was amazing. It was a village of houses all owned by Sakura's family. Sakura had the right part of the village of the houses while the rest of her family had the rest. She walked slowly with her kimono still dragging, Chiharu beside her. As they arrived at the place, an archway leaded the way. On the top of the arch way a large sign on the top said : Cherry blossom Shrine.
They entered, and Sakura opened the doors to her room. She hasn't said a word. Chiharu followed hurriedly. Sakura silently began taking her kimonos and other accessories into a delicate bundle of cloth.
"What are you doing Sakura-chan?" said Chiharu looking at her pack.
"Packing for the castle of course. I told you it's our advance years. It's boarding from now on if we want to keep learning," said Sakura not looking up.
"But Sakura-chan. You told me you never wanted to keep going on with the learnings. You said after this you want to stay at home like you always wanted to—"
"That was before mother went away," said Sakura coldly and bitterly.
Chiharu kept quiet at that. She remembered that Sakura always was so happy to be home after from the castle. She always wanted to see her mother since she was 11. She grew even fonder of her mother as she grew older. Now she was 14 and to be 15 soon like her.
"You should pack too Chiharu. Unless you don't want to come with me," said Sakura ready with her own things.
"iie! I'll come! Please wait for me," pleaded Chiharu and ran out of the room to the Sega Shrine where she lived.
Sakura stared at the empty place where her friend was before, paralysed. She had no idea what she was doing. All she knew was that her mother was gone and she needed to do something, ANYTHING to stop the hurt she was feeling. She sat down on a round deep wooden chair. She rested her hands on the table her face full of sadness.
It's the Phoenix Clan's entire fault. If mother didn't go to that meeting she would be alive. She would be with me, she thought bitterly. I'll take revenge mother. That's right. I will. But first I need to learn how to be more powerful.
"Sakura-chan!" shouted Chiharu as she rushed back into her room with her own baggage.
Sakura looked up and smiled broadly at her friend.
"Don't shout Chiharu-chan. I'm here," said Sakura and stood up, picking up her own things.
"Sorry, but I thought you would have left without me. I packed as fast as I could," said Chiharu sheepishly.
"It's OK. Let's go. We're already late. Can't wait till we get started," said Sakura and went out the door fast, not like before slow.
Huh? Sakura-chan liking schooling? Walking so fast after Mistress Kinomoto just died? Something is not right, thought Chiharu and ran after Sakura, not knowing what Sakura wanted to do.
They did the same routine, walking out to the front, back into the carriage then began their way to the castle. They cantered for a while then stopped again at a beautiful place. A large ice looking palace with a fire wall behind it. They got off from there and waited for their guard who was looking for the secret button only assigned people should know about. He found it and pressed it. A screen came up on the wall.
"State your name," said a voice.
"Jade Ginta," said their guard.
"Accompany for two students for advanced level?"
"Hai."
"Please come right in."
A door suddenly flickered into sight. Ginta opened it for the two girls.
"Have fun. She you next year girls," he said as the girls went in.
The doors closed shut then disappeared again.
"Bless you Ying Fa. Bless you," he whispered and got back on to the carriage, flicking the reins, cantering off.
***********
Everybody in the room was silent as the watched the two newcomers. Chiharu and Sakura just glanced around. They always entered into a corridor usually but then again, it was their advanced year now.
"Isn't that Kinomoto Sakura?? That girl who's mother died 2 days ago?" whispered a girl near Sakura.
Sakura shot a glance at her and the girl's friend nudged her, making her hide her head into her book.
"What is going on in here? Why has everyone stop doing their activities?" came a shrill voice.
A woman with a high bun, black dress that dragged on the floor came in with a scowling face. She looked at the two.
"They are just two newcomers. Get back to work NOW," she said loudly making everybody immediately going back to work. She walked up to the two with hard black eyes.
"You must be Sakura and Chiharu. You are rather late. All the newcomers have arrived and are in there rooms already. If you want to learn advanced magic, you should learn how to be on time," snapped the lady.
"I'm sorry sensei. But I had some business to attend to," said Sakura in a bored tone.
"You shall not talk to me in that tone young lady. Nor call me sensei. You now should know that you must be respectful to whom you speak to. To me it's always Ms Jackal."
Sakura glared but Chiharu held her back. She didn't understand why Sakura was this way. She was gentle and polite usually but it was before her mother's tragic death.
"You shall come with me to your rooms. And mind you. You shall all have different rooms from now on so you can learn and work properly," said Ms Jackal leading them out of the room into a dark corridor with dragons on the sides holding torches of light.
Chiharu shivered but Sakura merely took a glance at them. They came to a black wooden door and Ms Jackal took out a large, rusty metal key, unlocking it. She pushed the door opened to reveal a bright white corridor with girls everywhere, chatting and being silly.
"What is this!" said Ms Jackal shrilly at them another scowl on her face. "I thought I said to stay in your rooms! If you don't do us your told right now, you shall get punishment!"
All the girls began running to the white doors on the side of the white walls of the long white corridor except one. This girl walked boldly and slowly. She had jet-black hair up to her waist. She had fluffy red feathers tucked behind her ears making a great match with her crimson eyes and also a decoration for her hair. She wore a layered silk skirt. It had white layers of silk and also red layers of silk. She wore a silk material acted like a long sleeved shirt but had jumbo hanging from the arms (it's like the costume Melin wears in the show, those kinda sleeves, but a little smaller and no bells at the end) so she swayed them as she walked. On her feet were soft padded red shoes. Her eyebrows were outlined with glitter and on her neck was a series of silver necklaces with a ruby gem in the middle. She kept walking slowly.
She's so elegant and beautiful, just like Sakura-chan, thought Chiharu.
Sakura looked at the girl in interest. The things she wore were even more complicated then they things she wore herself. She wondered where this girl was from.
"Melin Li!" snapped Ms Jackal.
"Yes Ms Jackal?" said Melin, turning around to face her.
"I said get to your rooms immediately. Did you not hear me?"
"I am Ms Jackal. You never said we had to run," said Melin turning around again, walking down the corridor until she got to the last door on the left wall.
She's so feisty. I'm definitely going be her friend. She's my type, thought Sakura happily.
"You young lady instant deten—"
SLAM
The door of Melin's room slammed shut. Sakura and Chiharu thought Ms Jackal was going to burst. But she didn't but kept walking down the bright room to the very end muttering.
"The new comers from China this year are for me to look out for. They're all very rude and ignorant girls," she went on having no idea that Sakura and Chiharu were listening. "You two shall get one of this rooms. You may choose."
Ms Jackal pointed to the last room on the right side and to a door that was right opposite the black oak doors, which were white on this side. It seemed hollow and freaky for it was the room that was all alone, facing the corridor.
"I shall go now and get back to my work. Because of you two late comers I already interrupted my class. Stay out of trouble or you would get worst then that Chinese girl," spat Ms Jackal and began her way to the oak doors.
Sakura and Chiharu knew exactly which Chinese girl she was talking about as they watched Ms Jackal out the door and made sure to hear the click of the key locking the door.
"Geez she's a hag. Hope we don't have her for any classes," mumbled Sakura.
"Hope not. She scares me," said Chiharu rubbing her arm.
"You can choose the room if you want Chiharu. I don't' mind."
"I don't mind either."
"CHOOSE Chiharu. NOW," ordered Sakura, stunning Chiharu.
"Um, can I have the one on the wall on the side. That's if you don't mind. I can always have that one—"
"I don't mind Chiharu now get in and take a look at the room, I'll look at mine," said Sakura and they both turned the knobs of their doors.
Sakura looked inside and saw something that surprised her. In this room were beautiful furniture, a fireplace and a large four poster bed on one side. It even had a bathroom. It had everything a girl would dream of to have in a room in a boarding school.
"Mines just normal, a small four poster bed, desk—"Chiharu walked into Sakura's room and eyes widened.
"DAMN. I knew I should have picked this door," came a voice from behind them.
They turned around and saw the girl called Melin behind them.
"Huh? It's probably a mistake. I can't have this room. I mean—"started Sakura.
"You're SUCH a fuss," snapped the Melin. "I would want this room any day. But the Hag won't let me change once I had picked. In every section of rooms, there's always a nicer bedroom to the rest. Lucky YOU got it. It changes every year."
Heads poked out of the different rooms on the walls.
"Who's got the good room Melin?" said a silky blue haired girl coming out of her room that was the first one on the left side. She wore the exactly same thing as Melin except everything that was red for Melin was blue for her.
"This newcomer from Japan I think," said Melin, patting Sakura on the back. "What's your name?"
"I'm Kinomoto Sakura from Japan," said Sakura bowing.
"You?" said Melin to Chiharu.
"I'm just Chiharu. Sakura's my mistress and I don't have a last name because I was sold to them," said Chiharu used to it.
"Chiharu! Stop saying I'm your mistress. It makes me seem old," said Sakura hand on hips, making everyone fall over anime style.
"I'm Melin Li from China. I would have went to the east palace but my cousin goes here and I want to stay with him," said Melin.
"And I'm Tomoyo Daijouji from China. My dad's Chinese and my mother's Japanese so I'm a mix but I was born in China. I'm Melin's playmate," said the blue haired girl who had finally walked up to them.
"So you're newcomers too?" said Sakura.
Melin and Tomoyo nodded smiling.
"Great. I want to learn some kick butt action," said Sakura with glittering eyes.
"We already know most things. We just want to graduate. We HAVE to or we can't work in the clans. Then we can show our family we're not useless like they think we are," said Melin icily for a second.
By now, all the girls were back out again, chatting and doing what they want to do. Ms Jackal won't stop them.
"Where are the boys? Or isn't their any?" said Sakura who dumped her stuff on the sofa in her room.
"Course there is. But your not allowed to see them unless there's a particular reasonable purpose or something. Besides they're all on the opposite side of the oak doors. If you went the other way from that room you came from, you'll get another black oak door except that's the boy's area like this is girl's area," said Melin. "Cousin told me all about it."
Sakura realised people were always glancing at her room. She walked out of it with the others and closed the door shut.
"Your so lucky. You get that great room! We all have to wait till shower time to take showers. You don't," whined Tomoyo.
Sakura laughed shaking her head. She smiled broadly. Making them all go jealous.
"Hey don't give me those faces guys!!! I'll let you use it too!" she said laughing.
They all nodded happily.
"What's up first that we have to do?" said Chiharu tagging along with Sakura.
"Well. I think we're supposed to wait until someone escorts us. I just don't know. It' my first time too remember?" said Melin sighing.
"So we have to wait?" said Sakura.
Tomoyo and Melin nodded.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH."
They four turned around seeing an awful sight. A girl with flashing blonde hair, wearing a dress like normal Europeans during that time would wear was cackling as she had one arm raised, pointing at a black skinned girl no doubt from India. From her hand a blue whirling light came out. It had engulfed the girl in its airy brightness making her choke and gasp like she was drowning in water.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!" yelled Melin and jumped into the air at an enormous height and landing right in front of the blonde girl who was at the other end of the corridor.
"She can do magic," whispered Sakura.
"Of course she can. She's a Li. Every Li does magic from young like my family," replied Tomoyo looking at the sight nervously. "Hope they don't get into a fight."
"Fat Chance," replied Sakura also looking nervously.
"Get away you. It's none of your business newcomer, we're having fun," said the blonde girl to Melin. Even though nations were joined, Europe was still in lead and some of them still thinks that way too.
"Not a chance! Let go of her or I'll make you," growled Melin.
"Whatcha gonna do? Call for your mommy?" said the girl cackling again with her friends.
Melin grunted, trying her best to keep down the anger. Her crimson eyes had fire in them.
"I'll ask you again. Are you going to let her go?" she said coolly.
"No," said the blonde head yawning with her arm still out choking the poor girl.
"WRONG answer," said Melin and raised her arms and closed her eyes.
Her arms were in front of her in a delicately way, one raised higher then the other, elbows bent. It looked like she froze in the middle of a hand dance. Then the room suddenly went black, some people squealed and the blonde girl paled. The ground just around Melin turned into fire. It kept that way for a while then everything turned back on. Melin was still standing there eyes closed hands the same way.
The blonde girl laughed.
"You think THAT was going to make me stop? Me. Miranda stop?" she said laughing.
Suddenly, Melin opened her eyes. Her pupils had gone and in her eyes you could see blazing fire. She was staring right at the blonde girl though she obviously wasn't seeing anything. She then did the quickest thing. She slammed her hands downwards still in there positions and a roaring sound came. Everybody looked up and saw a red line going downwards in circles leaving a trail behind it. As it got closer people began to scream.
"It's the power of elements Sakura-chan! Melin has the power of fire! She's sent the fire dragon! Look!" said Chiharu expertly. She was always fond of this kind of things.
It was indeed a dragon. A frightening fire dragon. It rushed down towards the choking girl, it opened it's mouth, showing its sharp teeth.
"Karasa!" squealed a auburn hair girl, rushing forward to her friend.
Tomoyo grabbed her, making her stay.
"NO! Don't go to her. You'll get hurt. She'll be fine, my friend knows what's she's doing!" Tomoyo said holding onto the girl who was still struggling.
"HOW CAN SHE BE ALRIGHT! That fire thing is going to eat her!" shouted the girl tears coming out of her eyes.
Melin was still in her fire trance, indicating her dragon to go down. The fire dragon opened its mouth the widest then it engulfed the choking girl in the blue bubble of light into its mouth. Then it gave a last roar and disappeared leaving the girl falling to the ground, not burnt but wet all over. Tomoyo let the girl go and she rushed to her friend who was unconscious.
Melin's pupils were back and she put her arms down and she looked at the blonde girl coldly.
"Fire is supposed to be much weaker then water. I just sizzled that water bubble. Imagine what I can do to you," she spat out.
The blonde girl called Miranda glared.
"I'll kill you," she spat back.
"Go ahead and try," said Melin.
"Miranda I don't think—"
"Be quiet Jenny. I'll show this brat who's boss," snapped Miranda and raised her arms. She wasn't used to having people stronger then her or having another power of element.
She shouted and shot a great force of blue whirling light at Melin who just stood there, arms crossed.
CRACK
The whirling light of water stopped at its tracks. From all the way to Miranda's palm and out and just before hitting Melin's face, the light had turned into crystal looking ice. Tomoyo stood behind Melin, her hand up. She had just given a quick wave and it had turned into ice.
"Who IS boss?" Tomoyo said, her freezing eyes staring at Miranda.
Melin gave a laugh and pressed the tip of the ice, hard. Miranda gasped as it cracked all the way to her palm. She looked at her palm seeing a blister. She stumbled back.
"You'll pay brats. You'll PAY!" she snarled and she and her friends moved to her room, shutting the door hard.
Melin and Tomoyo frowned but everyone sweat dropped when they both, stuck their tongue out at the door before turning to Sakura and Chiharu.
"So. You two have the power of elements. When were you planning to tell me?" said Sakura.
"Um," said Tomoyo.
"Never," said Melin shrugging. "But you know now anyway."
"It's obvious though isn't it? Our eyes and clothing—"
The oak doors smashed opened.
"All girls back in rooms as once. Except newcomers!" snapped Ms Jackal. "What in blazing is that mess?"
She had spotted the black burnt marks the fire dragon had made. She turned to look at Melin who looked back innocently.
"Melin Li you—"
"You have no evidence Ms Jackal," said Sakura.
Ms Jackal looked at Sakura stunned then turned back again to the burnt marks. She clicked her fingers and the mess disappeared. Sakura leaned over to Melin.
"Ms Jackal doesn't have the power of elements does she?" she whispered.
"No. It's just plain magic. Most people should be able to do it with learning and practice. We do that here remember?" whispered back Melin.
Sakura nodded.
"Follow me all newcomers. Time to get uniforms and get started," Ms Jackal snapped.
All newcomers went out the oak doors back into the dark 'dragon' corridor. They walked on, passing the room that Sakura and Chiharu had come through from and further down. Sakura spotted another large oak doors knowing it was the boy's place. But they had turned into a room before she could see more. Ms Jackal stopped them walking once they were in the room.
"This is where you get the uniforms," she said gesturing at the piles of exactly the same clothing. "Get one and I assure you it'll fit perfectly. Then I need you all to meet your martial arts teacher."
Chiharu, Melin and Sakura went forward to grab one of the uniforms to put on but Tomoyo stopped them.
"Wait! I need to video tape this!" she exclaimed.
She reached out her hand and muttered something. Then a puff of smoke came out and a video camera was in her hand and she started to video tape.
"Where did you learn to do that Tomoyo! You never taught me!" whined Melin hands on her hips.
"Hirragizawa taught me," said Tomoyo taping the whining Melin and Chiharu and Sakura who was changing. (The uniforms looks exactly like Melin's battle costume in the show, except no bells and everything that was red is pure white. And the middle is a cross made with a sword and wand)
"Hirragizawa? As in Eriol Hirragizawa?" said Melin changing into hers. "Do you have to tape us changing Tomoyo!?"
"Yes that Hirragizawa. And YES I have to tape," said Tomoyo, pressing pause then changing into her uniform.
"His in the same year as Xiao Lang. I heard all about him. Hey! You're not SEEING him are you Tomoyo?" said Melin with a wolfish smile.
Little Wolf? How cute, thought Sakura.
Tomoyo blushed and picked up her camera again.
"NO. I haven't been seeing Hirragizawa! He's an asshole. He's such a suck up!" said Tomoyo wanting to take a picture of the three of them. "Now pose ladies."
"That's only because he likes you!" whined Melin as she did a pose like she was about to fight.
"Who's Eriol Hirragizawa and Xiao Lang?" asked Sakura, posing sweetly with one hand on cheek and the other held out.
"I dunno who Eriol Hirragizawa is. But is it Li Xiao Lang? Your cousin Melin?" said Chiharu as she posed just with her hands clasped in front of her and smiling broadly.
"YUP!" beamed Melin as Tomoyo took the picture.
"He sounds sheepish," snorted Sakura.
Melin glared and threw a punch at her but Sakura moved her head swiftly.
"You've learned martial arts?" said Melin, crimson eyes glittering.
"Hai. I was taught it but I don't know magic like you guys," said Sakura doing a back flip.
"Sakura Kinomoto! No Japanese and no black flipping in this room!" snapped Ms Jackal. "It's time to move on."
Melin rolled her eyes and they followed her out again, clutching their clothing.
"We are going outside to start on martial arts. I would not be teaching you so behave," said Ms Jackal.
"Thank Lord for THAT. I mean who wants to see that hag doing MARTIAL ARTS!," whispered Melin to the girls making them giggle.
"No giggling!" snapped Ms Jackal disliking the four.
The four stopped and scowled. They can't even giggle. Sakura suddenly stopped. She realised her hair wasn't tied up and searched her clothing.
"What is it Sakura-chan?" said Chiharu worriedly seeing her frantic.
"I can't find it! I can't find it! My hair pin! Mother gave it to me! I can't loose it!' Sakura said nearly to tears. "I must have left it in the other room! I have to go back!"
"Ms Jackal won't let you!" said Chiharu, knowing how important it was to Sakura.
"Oh yes she will!" said Melin. "Just cry Sakura. Pretend to cry."
Sakura looked at her bewildered.
"Just do it Sakura! If you want your hair pin back that is," said Tomoyo still taping.
Sakura nodded and began wailing. Everyone stopped ad turned around to see Sakura pretending to cry. (Of course they think she's really crying.)
"What is it now child!" snapped Ms Jackal.
"Ms Jackal, she's left something important in the uniform room. Can she please go back to retrieve it?" said Melin as sweetly as she could. (which was hard for her!)
Ms Jackal couldn't stand the wailing.
"Go! Go! We'll be here waiting for you. But just you Sakura Kinomoto. No one else!" she snapped again.
"Thank you," said Sakura wiping away imaginary tears then turned around quickly running back to the room fast, trying not to laugh.
Tomoyo taped all the way as Sakura ran down the corridor. She gave a sudden gasp. Two figures were coming down the corridor. No one could see because Tomoyo was using close up on her camera and Sakura was a dot if she didn't look through her camera. Before Sakura could halt.........
WHAM
She bumped right into the first figure making her wheel back, nearly falling but he caught her by the waist, making sure she wasn't going to fall. Sakura was shocked, at first she couldn't make out who was the two figures but soon she could see over the shoulder of the person who caught her. Behind him was a blue headed person who wore glasses that looked smashing on him. He wore the boy's uniform for the castle. (The costume that Li wears except everything that's green is black, no bells and no hat) Sakura adjusted her eyes and looked at who caught her. Brown hair, handsome face.
Amber eyes looking straight at her own emerald ones.
My first chapter up! Please wait for next chapter and..PLEASE REVIEW!!!!
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