As a mysterious girl with long hair awoke on muddy water that filled unknown streets, a clear, calming voice whispered, "Be careful, you are constantly watched by those with no hearts…"

Now the girl's eyes shifted into focus, she constantly looked and peered into the muggy roads and alleyways that lay before her.

"Chi?" was what she said, "Where is Chi?"

She pulled herself up and realized that over her clothes was a long, silky cloak. Silence filled her metal ears as words filled her mouth. She knew what she was going to say, but she didn't know why, or who she was going to tell it to. For not a soul was in the streets or in the buildings around.

Her mouth opened and she said, "I am Chi, I am a persocom."

Confused as she was, she had no control over what she had just said.

"Why did Chi say that…?" Chi asked to herself, "How Did Chi get here…and where is Hideki?"

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"Floating…" whispered a voice through thick darkness. "Floating beyond the light …"

"Sakura …" the voice echoed. "Master of the Clow, please take care of the—"

RING, RING, RING.

Sakura's alarm clock mocked her as she tried to open her eyes.

"Augh, time for school again …" Sakura whimpered as she tossed and turned in her bed. She remembered her dream clearly. "That sounded like Clow's voice …"

She struggled to get out of bed the same time she forced her eyes open. Struggling to stand up, the Clow Book opened and released the Sakura Cards. They floated gracefully around her while she asked herself what was happening.

"Why … what's wrong?" Sakura asked while turning to Kero.

Kero's face became odder and odder with each moment that passed

"Be careful today … I'm not sure what will happen …" Kero sighed with a deep look in his eyes.

Sakura felt insecure, she wanted to know why the Sakura Cards were acting strange and what the dream meant.

"Kero," Sakura whispered moving closer to him. "I had the strangest dream!"

Kero was lost in thought as she listened to Sakura's story about darkness and Clow's voice.

"That's definitely not normal!" Kero yelled as he floated off Sakura's bed.

Sakura was now getting dressed in her usual school uniform as she shushed Kero. "Don't yell! Toya might come in and check on me!"

"Right …" Kero added. "Either way, why is Clow in your dreams again?"

Suddenly, incoherent voices filled the room. Kero looked around the room.

"I sense Clow's presence!" He yelled.

"I'm sorry if I can't help you this time …" Clow's voiced filled the room along with the other voices. His voice had a faint sound of sadness. "I know the star's light is not bright enough to defeat darkness, but … don't give up."

"Kero!" Sakura yelled to her friend as the room began to shake harshly.

Suddenly, streams of darkness came from the floor and grabbed Sakura. It was tight around her whole body.

"Sakura!" Kero yelled back as he flew over to her.

One strand of darkness grasped onto Kero's tail before he could reach her and it slammed him against the wall, knocking him unconscious.

I can't breathe, Sakura thought to herself. She stayed floating in darkness remembering how Kero was hurt as she was pulled through the floor. It wasn't long before she began to forget everything that was once important to her.

"Sakura!" an unknown voice said. It was far different from Clow's voice, but somehow refreshing. "Your heart is the star's power, don't give in!"

She knew the familiar voice but couldn't remember who it was. A faded memory slid in her mind before it was almost erased like the others. She knew exactly who it was. She forced her eyes open as she tugged and struggled to let herself free from the darkness' grip on her.

"Syaoran!" Sakura yelled feelings his presence around her. "I'll find you!"

Still struggling, the Sakura cards—that mysteriously ended up beside her—released immense light. The darkness around her began to fade away slowly as she now found herself lying down on a cold, wet street.

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Around where a boy drifted, water engulfed everything. The boy known as Sora, was swallowing salty water. The water was cold and murky, just like everything else was in the dead city.

As he struggled to move, he realized that instead of breathing, he was holding his breath. Sora swam in the motionless and cold darkness as he looked around for some type sign. There in the distance was a thin ray of light, not the brightest light there could be, but it was still light. It was precious light, the sign of freedom from any darkness.

He struggled to swim up to the distant, murky light that barely passed through the water. Minutes passed before he bursted out of the icy coldness finally realizing that he was floating in the middle of a black ocean.

He coughed for a while, but what he realized was that the more he struggled, the more he came to a shore. Sora finally felt the freedom of being on land. The soft sand covered his legs and hands as he crawled closer to the drier part of the land away from the ocean.

"I thought …" he paused while looking back at the dark roaring sea. "Where's Donald and Goofy?"

Sora stood up, forcing his body not to break down on him. Deep pain filled his legs, arms, head, and chest. He stared at the surroundings around him. It was a foggy, cold day. Muggy water did indeed fill the streets, but then he noticed the buildings around him. They were rather big but were really plain and bare—signs that the city was dead.

He listened to everything around him as he slowly walked away from the beach to the brick path that had been cut off by sand. Sora started to hear little giggles as he listened to his shoes tap against the brick floor.

At the corner of a building, there stood a little girl. A huge grin appeared on Sora's face as he saw that he wasn't alone. He started to jog to her, but before he could reach her, the little girl took off running into a dark alleyway.

Sora started to run full speed after her. "Wait!"

He ran as fast as his legs could manage. The girl was extremely fast and quick as she took turns into different alleyways and roads.

The little girl finally came to an alleyway with a dead end. This seemed to be the brightest alleyway in the whole town as Sora studied his surroundings. The sun shone brightly as the clouds formed around it. Sora stared at the sun that was never covered by the black and grey clouds above. Despite the wind, the clouds stayed in their position, never covering the sun.

The girl sat down on an old and almost broken crate that was against the wall in the dead end alleyway. Sora finally looked back down at the girl. He squatted down in front of her so he could be face to face with her.

"Why is this city so quiet and muggy?" Sora asked the girl trying to keep his balance.

The girl smiled and pointed down the alley they came from. She sat perfectly still, like a statue and made no move. The girl looked as dead as the city was.

Sora stood up from his squatting position and turned his back to the girl for a moment. He looked down the long alleyway that both he and the girl came from. No one was down that path.

When he looked back to ask the girl another question, no one was sitting on the crate anymore. Sora became puzzled; maybe that girl wasn't real after all. Sora walked back down the long alley that the girl pointed too, and at the end, was a girl with pink hair and black cat ears.

Sora smiled at her and the girl known as Ichigo smiled back as well.