The Malevolent Cards
Disclaimers: No matter how much pixy dust I use Card Captors still do not belong to me. I can offer them $8 and a slightly used can of soda pop…
Author's Note: Yeah! My first ever Card Captor Story! Maybe I will get somewhere with this… Maybe not. I will need lots of reviews! Please be easy on me!
Chapter One: Sakura's Dream
Sakura opened her locker to find she had left her lunch at home again. She let out a deep groan that caught the attention of her best friend Madison. Madison turned away from her locker and looked into Sakura's.
"Aw. Sakura, not again?!" Madison sighed with a slight smirk on her beautiful face.
Sakura frowned at her friend, her face full of concern.
"I had too much on my mind. I had a very strange dream," Sakura whispered faintly glancing around to make sure no one was listening in.
Madison face suddenly turned stone cold, "But I thought you have already caught all the Clow Cards, right?
"I did," Sakura hissed. "They are all Sakura Cards now… But…"
"But what?" Madison murmured.
"Okay students! Don't spend all day in the halls. Off the cafeteira!" Mrs. McKenzie called breaking the friend's conversation in two.
Some of the kids in the hallway shuffled into a strait line immediately, while the rest jammed their lockers shut and slowly got into the back. Sakura followed Madison into the end of the line empty handed; her stomach giving off angry growls.
Sakura cast a glimpse in Mrs. McKenzie's direction, surprised to see their eyes met. Sakura looked away.
It was a known fact that Mrs. McKenzie was more then what she seemed. Their school teacher was a powerful sorceress. One of the best. She was an adapt user of the moon bell; and she Kero once assumed that she was Yue sent here to watch over the young card captor.
Sakura turned her bright green eyes to Madison. Her pal had gorgeous silky black hair and cheerful blue eyes. Sakura had often felt jealous about Madison good looks and talent but she soon got over them. Madison was very talented in music and school. She loved working on Sakura's outfits for Card Captures and video taping her in action. Madison lived in a rich family but she didn't talk about it much. Which made Madison a real great friend.
Sakura, on the other hand, was sort of a klutz at times. She has green eyes and short dirty blond hair that Sakura had to tie up each morning into barrettes. And she loved sports. She was terrific at them. But school was something different. She couldn't stand school.
She looked around to realize that she had fallen behind the group. Madison was way ahead turning the corner. Sakura quickened in her pace to the café. She could only hope Madison had some change on her so she could buy some chips and a drink…
Unfortunately Sakura wasn't watching and ran head on into someone…
"Hey watch it." Some familiar voice sounded when Sakura fell to the ground.
"S-s-sorry." Sakura stuttered glancing up at the figure she had run into.
Sakura noticed he was carrying a lunch box… That looked like her own.
"Oh! Squirt! I was looking for you," Tori smiled realizing it was his little sister on the ground.
Madison looked around to find Sakura was gone. A bit worried, she continued onto the cafeteria so not to displease Mrs. McKenzie who was keeping a annoyingly close watch on her. Something was up…
"Thank you, Tori," Sakura smiled taking her lunch box from him. "I hope it wasn't too much trouble."
Tori stared at Sakura suspiciously. "Are you okay? I mean… Do you feel alright?" Tori asked feeling her forehead.
"I'm fine," Sakura snapped plucking his hand off. "I just had a bad dream."
"What kind of dream?" Tori asked, "About the Clow Cards?"
Sakura turned pale.
"You know about the Cards?" She gulped her throat going painfully dry.
"Yeah. Hate to break it to ya, squirt, but you are terrible at keeping secrets," Tori sighed.
Sakura took a deep breath to drown out her surprise, "I'll keep that in mind."
"So is that what is wrong?" Tori asked.
"No," Sakura replied curtly. "That was old news. I'm fine, Tori. It was just a plain nightmare."
Tori didn't looked convinced but he took her answer respectfully, "Okay, Sakura. I'm always here if you need me."
As he turned to leave he called back over his shoulder, "And you can tell your stuffed teddy bear that he can cut the act cause I know he can talk."
"No way!"
Sakura had just told Madison of the event that had taken place in the hallway while she dug into her lunch bag…
"Yes way," Sakura sighed. "I can't believe he knew all this time."
"That's bizarre," Madison gapped before taking a small bite into her sandwich.
She swallowed and continued, "Well, he didn't know that they are Sakura cards now so I guess you're still safe."
"Not really. All he has to do is tell that to my Dad and I'm history," Sakura moaned bringing out a egg and cheese bagel out of its plastic wrap.
"Your dad is Clow Reed's other half. I doubt he doesn't know already," Madison smirked at Sakura's forgetfulness.
"Yeah. Guess your right," Sakura nodded taking a bite.
Sakura suck down into another boring lecture of History. While Mrs. McKenzie blabbed on about No Man's Land, Sakura wandered through her thoughts. She could help but glance at the two empty seats behind her. It was only a summer ago when Li Syaoran moved back to Japan. He had told her that his family had called him back there. Just like a summer before that Meiling's family had called her. Li had left Sakura with nothing but a small rare smile and a few words,
"I'll be back when you need me."
She wondered what Meiling and Li were doing now.
"Sakura, would you kindly tell us what year Columbus reached America?"
Not doing this for sure, Sakura sweat dropped.
"Sakura, you aren't eating your dinner," Sakura's father said his voice full of concern. "Does it taste bad?"
Sakura snapped out of her day dream and looked up at her dad.
"Oh no! It's fine." Sakura smiled shoveling a mouthful of spaghetti into her mouth.
"You seem a little pale. Are you alright?" Her father asked again.
Sakura nodded her mouth full of noodles.
"I hope you aren't going to blame that on your dream too," Tori yawned taking a sip of his water.
"What dream?" Mr. Avalon asked his son.
Sakura swallowed her spaghetti roughly and spat out coldly had her brother, "Had tell the whole world, didn't you?!"
"What dream?"
"Well, you were acting really weird. Only natural to inform the public."
"I shouldn't of even told you!"
"What dream?"
The two siblings rose from the table drowning out their father's voice.
"Maybe you should stop worrying about that stupid dream if your so touchy about it!"
"But I am not worrying about it!"
"Oh yeah. That was the third time you dosed off during dinner!"
"It wasn't the third!"
"Oh! I'm sorry. The fourth!"
"WHAT DREAM?!" Mr. Avalon screamed over his children's quarreling.
"Nothing," Both kids replied curtly in unison.
They all sat back down just as Sakura rose again.
"You know what? I am feeling a bit sick. Can I be excused?" Sakura asked politely.
"No dessert," Mr. Avalon replied.
"Sure," Sakura nodded picking up her plate. "Night."
"You just want to go talk to your stuffed animal about your dream," Tori snapped as Mr. Avalon's eyes widened.
"Good night, Tori," Sakura retorted coldly placing her dish in the sink and heading up the stairs.
Once she was good out of ear shot, Mr. Avalon asked, "Talk to her stuffed animal?"
"It's nothing, Dad."
Sakura paced about the room giving Kero the normal up to dates while he chowed down on the dinner biscuits she had brought him.
"I don't know what to think, Kero," Sakura sighed taking a seat on her bed, beside the guardian of the Clow.
"You lost me between the butter and lunch," Kero muttered hungrily going for his second biscuit.
"Kero," Sakura groaned.
"Okay, okay. So your brother's on to us. Big deal," Kero smiled floating up to Sakura's eye level. "But this dream…"
"It was weird. It was raining Clow Cards but they- were different in a way I can't recall," Sakura mumbled.
"Hmm," Kero muttered, taking another bite out of his biscuit. "I say you just keep an eye out. The dream might just be a dream you know."
"Maybe…"
"And stop worrying about it."
"Okay…"
Sakura sat up from bed. Her room was dark and filled with the sound of Kero's light snoring. There was a sudden flash and a boom of thunder. Sakura shivered. That was what woke her.
She crept to the window and peered down below. She could just make out Julian's kitchen window from here. He was there eating some chocolate pudding…
"Look's like Julian's in chew mode," Kero said beside her.
Sakura let out a squeal of surprise nearly choking Kero to death.
"Oh! Kero! Don't do that!" She hissed in a under tone.
"I'll keep that in mind," Kero coughed.
Sakura turned back to the window just as another boom shook the earth.
"Do you think… that Julian is having the dreams too?"
"Doubt it," Kero grumbled. "He's too happy… I don't think he has the same talent as us."
"You only say that because he is your rival," Sakura groaned.
"Maybe…"
There was another rumble of thunder and a distinct knocking sound. Kero and Sakura looked at each other.
"What is that?"
"A sale person?" Kero guessed lamely.
The knocking continued.
"Cover me," Sakura whispered heading in the direction of the knocking. Kero trailed her down the stairs towards the knocking.
They got the very bottom when Kero spoke up, "You think it's a ghost?"
"G-g-ghost?!" Sakura gulped.
"It could be."
The knocking began to get louder. They trailed it to the door way. Sakura placed a quivering hand on the door knob and glimpsed at Kero who gave her the thumbs up. She turned the door knob…
There in the door frame stood a wet boy with brown hair wearing a green and gold Chinese like outfit. He took of his hat and ringed it out. His amber eyes turned to Sakura and he winced.
Sakura blushed realizing she was in her nightgown.
He looked away as she scrambled to find a jacket. Once she returned he turned back to her.
"Sakura, We need to talk." Li Syaoran muttered.
To Be Continued…
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I can't figure out what to do next. Wait… ::light bulb blinks to life over her head::