Prologue: The Unusual Gift
"Happy Birthday!" cried her family as she entered the house. The girl gave a small smile, clearly happy about her 15th birthday. As she went upstairs to put away her school supplies, her aunt from China followed her upstairs with a small box in her hand.
"Yes Auntie Yelan?" the girl asked, turning around.
"Here. I wanted to give you the present early, since I need to catch the plane back to Hong Kong." Yelan handed the girl the box. When the girl opened it, she gasped as she saw the beautiful, blue teardrop-shaped necklace on the velvet lining in the box.
"Thank you, Auntie Yelan. It's very beautiful." The girl said in a quiet voice.
"You're welcome, my niece. Now, be a good girl and have a happy birthday!" Yelan said, before turning and walking downstairs. The girl stayed in her room, staring at the teardrop amulet, and feeling the strange pulses of magic coming from it.
'This is the most unusual gift I have ever received in my life, and from Auntie Yelan, no less.' The girl thought as she went downstairs.
Yelan Li was in a hurry. It was very important that she got back soon, but not to Hong Kong. Rather, Japan, where her only son, Syaoran, lived. She had only come to the country Canada to give her niece the mysterious pendant. Otherwise, there was no other reason to travel so far. But for a gift like that, one could think it was best to be sent by mail.
This gift was very delicate, both physically and magically. It was given to another Li just to fulfill a prophecy. But no one, not even Yelan-san, knew what it was actually for. Only the late magician Clow Reed knew. It was one of his visions of the future.
Yelan arrived much later in Japan than she would have wanted. She could prepare her son for this new, contained magic, a magic unknown to all, and yet not completely tell him about it. Being the commanding mother she was, Syaoran had to obey her order of moving from his old apartment to a bigger, newer one. He had no idea why, but had to go with his mother's consent. Annoyed and now piled with more homework because he had to pack and unpack, Syaoran tried ignoring his mother for the rest of her visit, but she left early, preventing his plan. Now, neither the girl or Syaoran knew why Yelan-san did any of these actions in the last few days, but Yelan had to do what she was told to do. Told by the future.