Card Master Sakura

Sakura sat, one leg crossed over the other, in the large, high-backed chair that Clow Reed had once sat in. She was older, much older, and had grown into a beautiful young woman. Her hair was longer, and her green eyes sparkled with amusement. Her right elbow was propped on the arm of the chair and she rested her head on her hand. In the other hand, which lay across the other arm, was the Star Wand. She wore a long, pink gown with short, puffed sleeves at the shoulder, and pink shoes that laced up past her ankles.

Beside her, as always, stood Yue and Keroberos, the Guardians of the Cards, and her truest friends. "I do not wish to discuss this any further, Keroberos," Sakura said in a soft, but commanding, voice.

"Sakura.. it is inevitable."

Sakura sighed, obviously bored with the entire ordeal. "I know. In truth, I have thought of nothing but this for a long time, my friends. My time will end, but I am still quite young!" Sakura's laughter was cut short. Suddenly, her eyes became dull, and she seemed to be pulled into her own mind.

"Sakura!" Keroberos shouted with Yue, both of whom rushed to her. On the wall opposite the window that the great chair sat in front of, the door flew open, revealing an older Syaoran, wearing traditional robes much like that of his ancestor, Clow Reed's.

"Sakura?" he shouted, rushing to her. He put his hands on her shoulders, shaking her, but she did not see or hear him. He turned frantically to Keroberos. "What happened?" he demanded.

Keroberos shook his head. "I don't know! We were talking, and suddenly this happened!"

Yue looked at Syaoran. "We sensed no magic around us, nor do we still."

Sakura opened her eyes slowly. "What? Where am I?" she asked the darkness. She was still wearing her gown, and the Star Wand was still there. She held it up, looking at it. Then, looking around again, she called out: "Kero-chan! Yue!" The only answer was her echo. "...Syaoran....?" she asked timidly. Still no answer. Sakura stood, looking around.

"Welcome, Kinomoto Sakura," a male voice said. "Or shall I call you Li Sakura now? The wedding was only a few months ago, I believe." Out of the darkness stepped a tall, young man, no older than Sakura and certainly not younger. He had storm-grey eyes and dark red hair, short and slightly untidy, as if it were always like that. He was quite handsome, but had a menacing aura around him that caused even Sakura to shrink back.

However, Sakura's nerve was not all lost, and she glared at him in defiance. "Who are you?" she demanded, holding her wand towards him. He only smiled.

"I am nobody. I only wish to congratulate you on your superb mastery of the Clow Cards. Or, they're Star Cards now, are they not?" He chuckled. "I really should keep up better. However, I'm curious to know.. how powerful are you really?" At the man's words, he spread his arms wide, and beneath him a circle appeared. It was quite different from any that were used by the people Sakura knew of, but it was undoubtedly related. What was strange about this circle was that it was black- the aura, the magic, the light. Everything was black.

Sakura took a step back, clenching her teeth and her wand. She watched as a wand appeared in the man's hand, black and red, similar to her star wand, but the star inside the circle was upside down. However, the darkness still was thick around them, and Sakura could not see very well. "Light!" she shouted, pulling a Card from seemingly nowhere, and summoning its power.

Light flooded the area around them, but as it did so, the man vanished, leaving Sakura alone. "Sakura!" Still holding both the Light and her wand, Sakura spun around, but saw no one.

"Syaoran!" she shouted back, and suddenly everything around her disappeared. She woke up once more to the worried face of her beloved standing in front of her. "Syaoran?"

"Sakura!" Syaoran drew Sakura into a hug. "I was worried! What happened?"

"I.. I don't know." Suddenly, the lights around them started to flicker and dim. Sakura gasped, and the twenty Star Cards flew out and surrounded her, floating in the air. "The Cards!" The bright cards floated for a minute, then seemed to grow dull, and one by one, dropped to the ground.

"No!" Keroberos said, staring in disbelief.

"The Cards, what's happening!?" Yue asked.

Syaoran picked one up, looking at it. "Their power is being drained," he said, his brows furrowed. He turned to Sakura, who was breathing hard. He put a hand on her forehead. "You've got a fever! Sakura, what happened?"

"The Cards.. are in danger," was all she managed to say before she sunk back into the large chair. While Syaoran and the Guardians tended to Sakura, they paid no attention to the cards, one of which, began to disappear entirely.

"Well.. one down, it seems..."

The red-haired magician appeared somewhere far away, holding his black wand and a look of triumph on his face. In his other hand he held a Star Card. The pink and gold card seemed dull and lifeless in his hand, but he did not seem to care.

"Star Card!" he shouted, throwing it into the air. He then brought his wand up to meet it, and it stayed suspended in the air. Still smiling, he stared at it, and energy flowed from his staff. Beginning at the bottom of the card, it transformed, becoming black and silver. The process was slow, but finally the entirety of the card was black, silver, and red, rather than pink and yellow, or red and gold like the original Cards.

When the transformation was finished, the card fell to the ground, as did the young man. He was breathing heavily, but he smiled despite his weariness. The card lay there, its image distorted and twisted but still oddly the same.

"You will be my greatest masterpieces," the man said as he took the card and stood up. "The Nova Cards. You will draw your power from my own, not Sakura's, and I will become the Master of the Clow!"

AN: So, this is actually the second Card Captor Sakura fanfic I have started writing, but got this idea and thought it would be better for it to be first! So here they are, the Nova Cards!

And before anyone asks; I know there are 52 Clow Cards (53 including the last movie) but there were only 19 in the original manga run! So, taking that original number, but keeping the Hope card that appeared in the last movie leaves me with 20! I could easily do all 53.. but trust me, no one wants a series if all 53 Cards are involved!

Sakura and Syaoran are approximately 25 years or so in this fic. I wanted to make them older than they were in Tsubasa; so I approximated Clow Reed's age

Please take care of me in my newest fic! *bows*