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Disclaimer: Me? Own Cardcaptor Sakura? You've got to be kidding.

/Chapter 1: In The Beginning/

"Okaa-san, could you tell me the story of The Origin again?" A four-year old girl, with innocent emerald eyes that she'd recieved from her mother, and short auburn hair from her father, asked politely.

"Alright, but you need to go to sleep after this, okay?" The girl in bed nodded eagerly.

"You promise?"

"Hai! Hai!"

"Alright... A long time ago, when wizards, sorcerers, and nonmagic people lived together..."

/3 Years Later.../

"...And that's the story of The Origin, famous for the fact that it's the whole reason that the world is the way it is today," Sakura finished, smiling at her older brother. They were in the main room, sitting on the red carpet that led from the wooden double doors to the opposite end.

"Wow, that's amazing. You actually remembered all that... kaiju." Touya replied calmly.

"Sakura kaiju janai mo(1)!" She yelled, her foot slamming down on his.

"Itai!" He hissed, shooting his eight-year old sister a glare. She smiled in satisfaction. That'll teach you, she thought. Well, until he pulled out a stick and waved it. She rose into the air. With a loud cry of "Hoe!", she began flailing wildly. The doors opened with a bang and someone ran in.

"Touya! Stop that!" The silver-haired boy with glasses shouted the fourteen-year old. Touya sighed and released her, which prompted the silver-haired boy to run and catch her.

"Yukito-san!" Sakura cried, startled. "What are you doing here?" Yukito was the messenger for the king and queen of the entire kingdom, and they rarely ever saw him in Mizuki Castle. He gently put her down and turned back to Touya.

"You know you shouldn't do that to your sister, Touya. It's not nice. Sakura-chan could have a heart attack or something!" He lectured his best friend. Touya sighed again. Sakura blinked. Yukito had never answered her question!

"Yuki -" But before Touya could continue, a girl leapt onto him, knocking the wind out of him. Choking, Touya turned his head to see Akizuki Nakuru, who was grinning like an idiot. Well, she was an idiot in Touya's mind, but let's not get into that.

"Ah! Akizuki, get off!" He managed to croak between the cheers of "Touya-kun!" and his choking problem. The brown-haired girl on his back laughed, shaking her head.

"No way! This is fun!" She retorted, still laughing. Sakura giggled, and turned to Yukito, who was smiling and shaking his head.

"Get off, onegai!" He snapped, before his eyes lit up. He sent Yukito a pleading look. With a sigh and a small smile, Yukito lifted his hand, which began to glow blue. Then, he brought both of his hands together, one glowing and one not, and put them together, palms touching. Then his other hand started glowing, and as soon as that happened, he brought his hands apart. He concentrated his brown eyes on Touya and Nakuru. Suddenly, they both glowed blue, and seperated. The glow disappeared from his hands as Nakuru huffed loudly.

"You never let me have any fun," she complained. With a red flash of light, she disappeared. Sakura stared in awe. She couldn't wait until she could do things like that.

"So, Yuki, why are you here?" Touya asked, using Yukito's pet name.

"Well, I actually came here to see the princess," Yukito admitted, looking around. "But it seems she's not here," he added. Since the king and queen were out on a trip, the princess was in charge for the moment.

"She doesn't spend time in here, only her parents do," Touya said, before turning to Sakura.

"Imouto-chan(2), go see if you can find her." Sakura smiled. At least he hadn't used 'kaiju' again. Although calling me that was probably to prevent me from stomping on him again, she thought as she pulled the double doors shut behind her.

As soon as she left the room, Touya turned back to Yukito.

"So, how's the royal family you're working for doing?"

/Somewhere else in the castle.../

"Sumimasen!" Sakura cried for the fifth time. The servant she'd walked into just smiled forgivingly at her and walked past, clutching a pile of clothes tightly.

"Hoe... where is her room?" Sakura wondered out loud, and was startled when a voice inturrupted her thoughts.

"Whose room?" Sakura turned to see Sasaki Rika with her head quirked inquisitively. She was learning to be a seamstress in the castle, and spent her time making dolls and dresses.

"Ah, I'm looking for Mizuki-hime! Yukito-san wanted to see her!" Rika blinked, and then pointed down the hall.

"Her room is three doors down to the right. It's the one with the sign that says 'Kaho' on it." Sakura smiled at her.

"Arigatou Sasaki-san!" She ran off. In the wrong direction.

"Matte!" Rika cried. "You're going the wrong way!" Sakura froze in place.

"HOE!" She cried, turning and running past Rika. But, since her head was turned to the right, counting doors, she didn't see the person coming the other way. Since she was running, and the person was walking, she fell on top of said person.

"Ah! Gomen nasai!" Sakura cried, standing up. Then she blinked. The golden amber eyes were awfully familiar... and so was the long red-brown hair.

"Mizuki-hime! Gomen nasai! I can't believe it! I'm such a klutz!" Sakura cried, bowing over and over again. A bead of sweat trailed down the back of Mizuki Kaho's head.

"Dai-jou-bu." She said, enunciating every syllable slowly, and finishing off the sentence by quirking her head and smiling at her.

"I came to find you!" Sakura cried suddenly. "Yukito-san is here!" Kaho looked surprised.

"Did he bring news?"

"He didn't say, but we should get back! He's in the throne room!" Kaho nodded, and vanished in a golden light. Sakura sighed in despair. She wanted to do that! And now she had to find her way back again!

"I wish I could do that!" Rika cried, having also seen.

"Me too!" Sakura replied before running off. Rika giggled when she once again ran into another person.

"Ah! ...Otou-san?" Sakura asked, recognizing the brown-haired man. Behind him was her mother, who'd tripped over thin air, like she had the tendancy to do. Her father leaned over, offering her a hand. She accepted it, and he pulled her up.

"Where are you off to in such a hurry?"

"Ano..." Oh no, she'd completely forgotten! Where was she going? Her father turned to help her mother up. Then it hit her.

"Oh! Right! I was off to the throne room! Gomen! Ja matta!" She ran off, leaving three confused people in her wake.

/In the Main/throne room.../

A golden ball of light suddenly appeared in the corner of the room, attracting the attention of both Touya and Yukito. It disappeared to reveal Mizuki Kaho.

"What was it you wanted, Yukito-san? Sakura-chan seemed to be rather rushed about it."

"Ah, yes! The Li Kingdom has declared a new rule." He pulled out a scroll from his robes and broke the seal.

"Wizards and witches, who formally had no rights, are ordered to be burned at the stake. They will be killed in their rightful manner."

"WHAT?" Touya roared. "They can't do that!"

"They just did," Mizuki said gravely. "Tell them that they have no jurisdiction over my part of the kingdom. If they are to burn anyone who lives here, it will mean that they have declared war on my kingdom. I will be forced to excercise my rights as princess and heir to the throne if that happens. And they do not want that to happen," she instructed Yukito.

"Hai." He opened the doors to leave, and was barreled over by Sakura, who yelped in surprise. He left, closing the door behind him, leaving Touya, Kaho, and Sakura.

"What? What was it?" Sakura asked.

She recieved silence as an answer.

"Well?"

More silence.

"Why aren't you answering? Onii-chan? Mizuki-hime?"

"Sakura," Touya finally said. "The Li Kingdom, they..."

"They what?"

"They have declared wizards and witches a threat to their kingdom."

"No!"

"Yes."

/In the town.../

A boy with brown hair and brown eyes glanced around. He was dressed in plain-looking clothes.

"Syaoran-kun," a voice said, causing him to jump. He turned to see a navy-haired boy with azure eyes.

"Eriol-kun! Don't do that!" He cried. Eriol just adjusted his glasses.

"Don't do what?"

"Sneak up on me, that's what!"

"I did?"

"Yes!"

"No!" Eriol cried in mock horror.

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"N-"

"Excuse me, why are you two arguing in the middle of the road?"

"What?" They both turned to see a navy-haired girl with amethyst eyes staring curiously at them. She looked to be about the same age as the two of them.

"Shouldn't you two be arguing at home? I'm Tomoyo, by the way," she added, smiling cutely at them. They both stared strangely at her.

"Okay..."

"Nice to meet you!" She beamed.

"Uh... nice to meet you too..." Syaoran said awkwardly.

"A pleasure," Eriol said, lifting her hand and kissing it. Syaoran watched her face turn red. Must he always annoy me with this kind of stuff? He wondered.

"So... what brings you two to the market?"

"Uh... not much. Eriol wanted to see that variety store."

"Oh! You mean Odds and Ends? That's over there! I'll show you!"

And the little girl named Tomoyo began dragging both of them to the store.

/Owari/

And that is the end of chapter 1. I hope it was good...

(1) - It just basically means 'Sakura is not a monster' - Sakura says this often in the TV show if you listen.

(2) - little sister.