Well, I'm starting another fic. I've had this idea for a while, and played with it, and I like it. So here's the summary:
This story is loosely based on Harry Potter. Lady Fujimoto, the ghost of a powerful sorceress and witch haunts the Wizarding World. She kills and murders without mercy. Yet she can not be killed, nor easily defeated for the reason that she is a ghost and can not die a second time. Her last victims before her temporary power loss was Sakura Kinomoto and her family. The reason? It was prophesied that this certain infant would grow up to be the most powerful sorceress and witch, and will one day conquer The Lady. But her plan backfires, and it is she who loses. However, since she is a ghost, she cannot die, and so she looses all her power as a sorceress and witch… temporarily. The Wizarding World rejoices and names Sakura as a hero(heroine). However, Sakura is oblivious of all this and goes to live with her muggle relatives on her mother's side. At the age of 9, part of the prophecy came true --- Sakura became the Card Mistress of the Sakura Cards/ex-Clow Cards and becomes the most powerful sorceress in the world. And through all this, the Wizarding World watches… and waits. The summer that Sakura had turned 13 was the summer when a barn owl found itself perched outside Sakura's window, with a certain letter inviting her to MAHOU DOU, the most famous Wizarding School in the whole of Asia, located in Hong Kong. So Sakura's off to Mahou Dou, and there she meets Li Syaoran, the arrogant son of the most powerful clan in the whole of Asia. They become friends… and maybe more? But The Lady is still after Sakura… and Sakura, Syaoran, and Tomoyo must solve the mistery behind The Lady. Mistery, Romance, and maybe Action/Adventure. All this in… "LOST IN TIME"
DISCLAMER: BAH HUMBUG! Do I have to do i…?L fine! CCS does not belong to me and never will. And neither does the name MAHOU DOU. I got it from a japanese anime, so THERE! However, I DO own a few characters, and they are mine, my own creations, and you shall not take 'em!! The characters are Lady Fujimoto, Aiko, Ying Hua, and Tao Hua, and I assume many more to come. Since I'm not very interested in flowers, and never was, I do not know what Tomoyo means in English nor Chinese. But I have heard somewhere that it's called peach blossoms in English, and if it indeed is, then I assume that it is Tao Hua in Chinese, since Tao means peach in Chinese. Oops. I just gave part of my story away. O well, you guys' benefit.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LOST IN TIME
Prologue
THE LEGEND
By dZnSNofLAkeZ
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ever since the beginning of mankind, there was a legend. Sure, there were tons of legends that started at the beginning of Time, but this particular one was special.
It occurred every half a millenium or so, and it was called the Legend of the Cherry Blossom and the Little Wolf. It was about a boy and a girl. A wizard and a witch. It was their destiny that they meet and fall in love. And so they did. However, the duo were both unfortunate enough to be born into two families that hated each other with such loathing, such detestation, that it was inhumane, and thus the two were forbidden to even GAZE at each other.
And so the couple would fall into a depression so deep, that they would not ever return to normal. As a result, day by day, the Cherry Blossom and the Little Wolf would fall deeper into their misery, and day by day, they reached closer to the Door of Death, until one day they would die a premature death.
It was a gruesome legend.
But it was special, because the restless souls of the two would wander on the face of Earth until one day when a curious human solved their mystery, and they could rest in peace, forever together, and the human race would start to forget about the legend.
Until history repeated itself.
And the legend would awaken again.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
April 1, 1651
this is such an unusual book! It is made of the softest fur of a rabit, and dyed pink, an unusal and rare pigment. On the cover is a star and a moon. Most of the books here in China are scrolls made of paper, or pages bound together with coarse paper and a blue cover, or bamboo strips tied together if it was a historical document, with such a sweet smell of oldness. I loved those documents, with such an ancientness radiating from it, which had the records of the emperors and their doings from the ages before, and accounts of the many dynasties that had been there before our dynasty, the Qing. My love for history is great, for it is such an interesting subject. But I am going off topic. First off, I'll introduce myself.
I am the daughter of Lord Fujitaka of the Fujimoto clan, and my name is Ying Hua. I have an EXTREMELY annoying older brother, a pet cat named Kero, and a best friend named Tao Hua. My father is a first class noble, the most powerful in the empire of China, and perhaps the richest. He is the only first class noble other than the leader of the Li clan. For a reason unknown to me, the leader of the Li clan, Li Xiao Xiong, and my father has been rivals since forever. Their hatred runs so deep, one could even sense it in the atmosphere while the two were in the same room, which happened quite often, since their presence was required by the Emperor for advice as they were both first class nobles.
Today is my fifteenth birthday, and this book was given to me by my dear friend, Tao Hua. I've decided that this book shall be my diary since I am in desperate need of one.
Oops, I must go, my tutor is calling for me. Oh, how I LOATH the practice of Numbers, but it is necessary for keeping track of financial accounts, and I must learn it since I will one day be left in charge of the business of managing our grand estate, if you will call our home that…
~*~
a fifteen year old girl sat before a set of bronze mirrors, her emerald eyes sparkled with cheerfulness, and her silky smooth hair flowed down her back in a sea of auburn, curls dangling as her best friend wound her hair in complex patterns. Her hair was an unusual color since the Chinese had black hair, but her long locks were the most beautiful shade and attracted handfuls of admirers. She wore a stylish light silvery pink qipao made of silk, which hugged her slim figure perfectly, accenting her graceful curves. It was a simple thing, with cherry blossoms decorating the edges, but nonetheless elegant.
"just a little longer…"muttered her best friend, Tao Hua, absentmindedly, as she added color onto the other girl's cheeks. A light pink color was applied onto the girl's eyelids, and the same color on her soft cherry lips. The girl smelled lightly of cherry blossoms, and ornaments of the same flower decorated her stunning tresses.
"there! Done! Oh, Ying Hua, you look BEAUTIFUL!" Tao Hua exclaimed as she stood the brunette in front of a full length mirror.
The pair was going to attend a wedding of a close friend of theirs, and they wanted to look as good as possible.
~*~
Young man gathered around Ying Hua at the wedding as they always did, flirting.
But the Cherry Blossom was not paying attention to them.
Over the crowd of people, her eyes had caught a certain pair of amber eyes that burnt with such fierceness, and matching brown hair.
And she was entranced by them.
so the legend begins… yet again.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
the world was at rest, with the indigo blue sky above, and twinkling bright yellow stars decorated it. It was a peaceful night, and as a light breeze wafted by, a small dog with brown fur appeared on the pavement outside a yellow house. The small dog emerged out of nowhere as if by magic. In fact, the dog didn't look so normal… it had a shine of intelligence in its eyes that no dog could ever possess.
It settled down outside the house painted yellow with an orange-brown roof. Green vines crept up the side of the house, blending in nicely with the rich golden color. Flowers of all colors, red, puple, orange decorated the front of the house, and a delicately paved pass led to the front door. By the gate was a plaque with the name of the family: Fukuhara.
At that precise moment, a woman appeared, a tall, regal figure in the quiet dark. As the moon shone on her features, smooth, long brown hair could be seen, and one would have found out the women was not so old. In fact, she seemed to have been in her late 20's. Her eyes, however, shone with intellect beyond her years. In truth, she was the headmaster of Mahou Dou, the most famous Wizarding school in all of Asia.
The dog, upon seen the figure approach, disappeared, and in its place, rested the figure of a man. The young man, who now sat perched on top of the wall surrounding the house behind him, had brown hair, and a pair of kind, sparkling eyes that had the same sparkle of intelligence as the dog.
The woman snapped her fingers, and instantly, all the streetlamps flickered off, leaving the moon and the stars as the only source of light.
"I was expecting you, Kaho." Said the man softly to the one called Kaho.
"Yes, I have to deliver her to her relatives. It is such a sad story." Replied the latter.
It was then that the man noticed the bundle in Kaho's lap, and saw that watever was in there was breathing lightly and in rhythm in her cocoon of blankets and warmth.
"Sad? The whole of Wizarding World is celebrating over the defeat of The-Lady-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named." Stated the man matter of factly.
Kaho sighed. "yes, Terada, it is a joy that Lady Fujimoto was defeated, but have you ever thought about the girl? She has just lost both her parents, and her only brother."
Terada winced upon hearing the name, and stayed in silence, both because of for the fear of the cursed name, and because he had never thought of the fate of the girl.
"So sad… and she's just an infant… merely a month old. Oh, my poor Sakura…" the woman muttered under her breath, pity and sympathy apparent in her voice.
As she laid the bundle down gently on the front steps of the house, she took out an envelope from the folds of her black robe, and placed it tenderly on the sleeping girl's lap.
"Let's go." Was the simple statement that came out of Kaho as she finished her task, and in an instant, the pair disappeared into the nothingness of the shadows with a soft poof!
~*~
*thirteen years later*
Birds chirped in the serene calmness of the morning. It was a peaceful day, with the sun shining cheerfully, coloring everything in a shower of gold.
"HOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
the tranquility was broken, however, by a shriek that came from the yellow house.
A girl with beautiful auburn hair and sparkling emerald eyes jumped out of her bed and landed in a heap on her floor. Her waist length golden brown hair trailed behind her as she rushed into the bathroom and took a quick shower. In record time, she stumbled out of the bathroom and blow dried her hair while brushing her teeth at the same time. She quickly combed her hair, leaving it down, curls dangling. She slipped into her school uniform which hugged her figure perfectly, and tumbled downstairs to the disapproving glares that her aunt and uncle were giving her. Ignoring their frown, she grabbed a toast and hurried out the door.
"I'm gonna be late!" she muttered to herself. "Aunt and Uncle could have at least woken me up." She grumbled. But then a sad look crossed her beautiful features and she muttered dejectedly, "but why should they? They hate me. Though heaven knows why!"
As she ran into the school, the students smiled, for it was a daily routine that Kinomoto Sakura was late to school, and they were used to it. Their smiles were kind, for everybody like Sakura, being the sweet girl she was, and she was popular, too, since she was the head cheerleader, not to mention beautiful. But they were too scared to be nice to her because her cousin Aiko, whose house Sakura lived in, hated her and was jealous of her, and she was the daughter of a wealthy and powerful family that no one dared to cross.
Sakura ran in just as the bell rang announcing the beginning of home room. Her teacher gave her a glare, but she could not do anything, for Sakura was not late. Sakura slipped into her seat quietly, ignoring the fierce look her teacher was giving her.
'Nothing new. She gives me that same glare everyday.' Sakura thought nonchalantly and turned her attention to the beautiful day outside, with the beautiful cherry blossom trees dancing gracefully in the wind.
"class, take out your math books. Remember, our first period is Math." Sakura grumbled. She LOATHED math. She took out her book absentmindedly and turned her attention back to the window.
'April first… and today's my birthday, too…' she thought forlornly before she lost herself in a tide of daydreams…
and an unknown source whispered in the wind…
"about time the Legend ended…"
TSUZUKU…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
yay!! What do you think?! I love it. Kinda short, though. 1910 words. Oh well, it IS the prologue…
REVIEW!!!