Disclaimer: Wow, big surprise… I don't own Cardcaptor Sakura! Hmmm what would you say if I did… J/K. Any way I do own Caleymeint! * Welcome to my world*.

Author note:

This is set in the past, in sorta medievalish times where there is magic and monsters…so I guess it is otherwise known as a fantasy story. You learn about the characters from the story, so I won't say too much about them. Oh, I do know that Eriol is the reincarnation of Clow Reed, but not in my story hehehe. This'll definitely end up being a S/S and T/E, unless I am hit by a huge boulder or something in that category.

Prologue

Sakura watched as her world became intricate shades of black and blue. She was floating in the sky, bright, pinpoints of light shining gently above her. Despite the warm feeling that pulsed around her, she felt as though that it was just a cleverly disguised mask, hiding something far deadlier. Sakura shivered as faint chills creeped along her back.

She was a little girl again, running through a grassy field. She turned around, waving brightly at her parents who sat calmly in the distance sharing a picnic lunch. Her brother sat beside them, though he kept one wary eye out towards Sakura. 'He must have been worried I'd wander too far…" She realized to herself.

Bright lights filled her thoughts. 'It hurts.' She shielded her eyes. 'This light, it hurts.' Screams filled her ears. Her mother's, her father's, her brother's… Her own.

The world faded away, back to the starry sky of before. A robed man stood before her, peering down with gentle eyes.

"W-Who are you?" She asked.

"I need your help…" The man closed his eyes and tightened his fists, looking like he was fighting some unknown force. He opened them once again. "Only you are strong enough to help this land." He looked at her, as though seeing her for the first time. "And yet, your power…it's not awakened." A small sigh escaped him. "I fear this will not be easy for you-" The night around them flickered unsteadily. Sakura felt a cold wind rush by her and for a split second saw two wind blown mountains in the distance. The vision vanished and she appeared back in the starry sky. "That was were I will be kept…no am being kept. My time grows short. Here." She was given a strange pendent, pink with tiny wings on it. "This'll allow you to focus you mag—" He fell to his knees. "I grow weaker." His tone sounded very apologetic. "Seek my apprentices. They can help…" He began to fade out.

"No, wait! Who are you?" Sakura cried.

"I am Cl…" His image flickered. He turned toward her… "Don't worry you have a strong heart. I know you can help me…" He vanished completely, leaving her alone. The world shifted again and she felt herself flying across the dark sky. She was alone.

Her eyes opened suddenly and she found herself sitting on her own bed. 'A dream…' She realized, sighing slightly. She curled back under the covers staring blankly up at the ceiling. "Hmmm?" Her hands were clasped around a strange object. It was the same object that man had given her in that…dream… 'Was it a dream…'

*Thirty minutes beforehand*

Clow Reed narrowed his eyes slightly as he entered the room. He knew that someone was in there, waiting for him, like the owl silently waits for a mouse to scamper across his path. 'But I am no mouse.' His room was heavily shadowed, filled with so many forgotten spirits that he couldn't discern to whom the aura was.

"Clow…" A voice echoed into his ears, coming from the turned chair that had been resting by the fire.

"Takse…" Clow replied back, instantly recognizing the strangely harsh voice.

"Ever perspective I see…" The figure rose from the chair, a strange smirk on his face. Clow reached for the pendent that he always wore around his neck, a little surprised when he found nothing. "Looking for this?" Takse held up the powerful artifact, then lightly tossed it over to Clow. "You should be more careful." He walked past him, pausing only once to whisper, "Clow Reed," before leaving the room. Clow kept his face impassive, but inwardly he wondered what this man was up to. If he was going to try to kill him, Takse had his perfect chance…yet he did not take it.

Clow Reed was a power sorcerer king who ruled peacefully over the land of Caleymeint. He himself had no heir to the palace, but was training two suitable people under an apprentice ship, both qualified for the duty if it was ever necessary to pass it down. 'Though there is another…' He did not fear that they would ever fight over his kingdom. While they were still at the young age of seventeen, they both showed great integrity. He was sure when they were ready; they would easily choose the rightful heir. Unfortunately, do to the tradition of this land, until either of them reached the age of twenty, they wouldn't be declared his legal heirs. Until that time, the highest of noblemen would claim his thrown if he regrettably died in the near future. And that man was Takse Kinomoto.

Takse was a cold-hearted person whom carried a large amount of magic. He had only one other family member, a niece who would be around Clow's apprentices' age, if he remembered correctly. Supposedly he cared a great deal for her, helping to support her when her parents and brother died from a mysterious accident twelve years ago. He had never met this girl, himself, but was told that she had grown to become an extraordinarily beautiful woman. Shaking his head slightly away from his never-ending thoughts, he again took out his pendant. The circle featuring both the sun and moon glowed underneath him as he called forth his magic. The pendent pulsed in his grip and a dark cloud lurched toward him.

"What—" Clow blinked as his magical artifact vanished and the dark mist-like substance began to overcome him. He chuckled slightly. "Very wise, Takse." Clow felt himself be pulled inward, and without his staff there wasn't much he could do about it. 'I have gotten careless,' He thought ironically to himself. With the last of his diminishing strength, he sent forth his powerful aura outward, in the form of a dream. It would attach itself to the strongest good sorcerer and alert him of his situation. 'I wonder who it'll be…' He found himself thinking, but as his magical whirled outward, it passed over his two apprentices in search of another. 'As I thought…" He closed his eyes as the dark magic took over him. He vanished, his pendent reappearing as it fell to the floor, a sound louder than any other noise that had come from the room.

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The prologue is done!! Like? Don't like? Please Review!!! I am done with the next chapter, but I will not post it unless people like it. Sniff, sniff…you do like it…right?