Prologue
Sakura woke abruptly to the morning sun shining through her window. She had just had the strangest dream but just as quickly as she had awoken from it, it was gone from her memories. After a few minutes trying to remember it, she gave up. It was just a dream, not worth the effort to recall. After a long yawn she looked groggily at her alarm clock.
Sakura: "Phweee?! I'm going to be late!"
She had slept through her alarm and had only half an hour until she was supposed to meet up with her friends Chiharu, Naoko, and Akiho. She quickly ran to the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth and hair. When that was done, she quickly ran back to her room to change. In a panic, she couldn't take the time to pick an outfit. Since it was her turn to do the laundry last night, her middle school uniform was hanging on the wall. She decided it would do and proceeded to change out of her pajamas. Checking herself quickly in the mirror, she proceeded swiftly downstairs.
She passed the kitchen where her brother has making breakfast. He had noticed her running by and called out to. She ignored him calling her a monster for umpteenth time followed by his questioning of where she was going in such a hurry. She didn't have time. Making her way to her father's library, she quickly looked for a book she had promised to show Akiho today. She'd only known Akiho the short time since they'd both started middle school. Meanwhile, Chiharu and Naoko had been her closest childhood friends since kindergarten. Despite that, the the three of them really hit it off with Akiho from day one and became close friends. Akiho had shown a great love of books, so Sakura thought she might like an old storybook her father had found once during his research. In her haste to find it, Sakura accidently knocked over a stack of books on a nearby table.
Sakura: "Oh no! Dad's going to kill me if I leave this mess here… I'd better pick them up."
Sakura quickly stacked the books back on the table, hoping that her father wouldn't notice they were probably in the wrong order. She stopped when she found a strange, worn-out old book in the pile. Looking closely at it, it had an intricate design on the leather-bound cover. There was a border around it that looked like shimmering stars. In the center was a picture of what looked like a magician like you see in a fantasy anime that boys sometimes watch. Looking at the back of the book, she noted that there was a similarly designed border. However, this time the center showed a crescent moon. Looking at the spine she could make out some very worn english letters. Having a very basic understanding of english, she couldn't quite make out what was written on it. The only conclusion she came to was that it seemed to be someone's name. Finally, she opened the book only to find she had it upside-down and stack of cards fell out.
Sakura: "Phweee?! Now I have to clean that up too. Chiharu's going to scold me for being late."
Sobbing, she looked at her phone again. She had already gotten a message from Chiharu. Looking at the clock on her phone, she was saddened to see that it was already 10 minutes passed their meeting time. After setting her phone on the table, she hastily tried to stack the cards back in the book. Apparently, there was a slot in the book where pages would usually be. She was in too much of a hurry now to question it, rapidly finished putting the cards back. As she was putting the cards away, she did notice that the cards had odd images on them. They reminded her of the tarot cards some of the other girls in class would do fortune telling with. Picking up the final card and placing it in the book, the card began to shine with a bright light. Sakura had shield her eyes as it grew brighter and brighter. Eventually making her vision go completely white.
So this is my first attempt at one of these. Hope you enjoy it. This part was short but I decided to keep the prologue separate from part 1. That will be posted alongside this so that should up by the time you read this.