The Mage Of Clow-
Being the story of a Mage, a Princess, the son of a mapmaker,
a palace guard, an apple, and some gloves.
Part 1.
DISCLAIMER: I think you guys know the drill.
AUTHOR'S NOTE:I've been in a slump, lately. Everything I've written, I've promptly deleted! Until, yesterday, I picked up a book be the name of 'The Tale of Despereaux'. I love books, you see. All of them fiction, non-fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, mysteries, whatever has words in it and interesting characters. In cluding children's books, like that one. It was adorable, and it inspired this, a KuroFai fairy tale, written in a style close to that of the novel. Essentially, this is a children's fairy tale.
Dear readers, would you like to hear a story? I will warn you, it is not for the faint of heart. It is full of magic, and sword fights, and has a rather scary villain. But it does have a mostly happy ending, like a good story should, and I promise it is not too scary. So would you like to hear it? Well then, those of you who are brave enough, just keep reading. . .
Once there was a princess. A pretty little princess, born to the king and queen of a country called Clow, in the season when the trees with the pink blossoms on them, in the palace courtyard were in full bloom. These, readers, were called the sakura trees, and since the little princess was born in the time of their blossoming, and was sweet, and beautiful, that is what she was called. Sakura. And when she was born, the whole country rejoiced, for it was filled with good, kind people, who loved their king and queen, and loved the little princess.
But alas, dear readers, this is not her story.
She is a very important part of the story, indeed, without her, there could not be a story. But this tale simply does not belong to her.
Once, in that same kingdom, there was born a boy. It was in the same year as the birth of the little princess, but he was not the son of the king, so there was no rejoicing through out the kingdom at his birth. He was the son of a mapmaker, and his wife, who traveled all over, making maps of all the world. Map-making is, you know, a much more important job than some people appreciate. Without mapmakers, we wouldall be lost, or late, all the time. So this boy's father did a very important thing, and the boy wanted to become a mapmaker too, when he grew up. He wanted it very much, and he wanted to travel everywhere, so he could make a map of the whole world. And his name was Syaoran.
And alas, I must once again tell you, this is not his story. Do not grow impatient, we will get to the person who this story belongs to soon. I promise. It is simply that, you need to know all of these people for any of the story to make sense, since they are all very important people, without whom we would have no story to tell.
Now, we must go backwards a bit, so that we can meet yet another important person. Now, this person was born in a kingdom far from Clow, The Kingdom of Suwa, and he was born a full two years before the little princess Sakura. In this country, the people were tan, with dark hair, and red eyes, the only country in the world where people had red eyes.. He was the son of the captain of the King's Guard in his country, whose job it was to make sure the king and queen and the people of their land were kept safe. You see, this land was not a safe, happy place like Clow country was. It was surrounded by a huge wood, a dark and mysterious wood. The kind that monsters, and witches, and demons like to live in.
And they did live there.
Yes, readers, the whole wood was filled with dark, scary things, that I will not bother to describe. They were far too horrible, and far too frightening. And it was the job of the King's Guard, to defeat them, and keep the country safe. And they did a very good job, usually, and kept the monsters away from the towns and the cities of the kingdom.
Well, this boy was the son of the head of the guard, and he grew up watching his father go off to defeat monsters and evil witches in the forest. And he wanted nothing more than to do what his father did when he grew up, and become the strongest monsterhunter ever. That way, he could keep sll the people he cared for safe. And his name was Kurogane.
Now, I must again unfortunately tell you, dear readers, that Kurogane, thought a fine character, is not who our story is about.
But, now that we have met everyone we need to, I can tell you who it is about.
And who, you ask, who is this tale about?
Well, he was the son of a noble, in yet another land, called Valeria. I am sorry for making you have to remember so many names of so many kingdoms. They are all necessary, this is how the story goes. So, readers, he was the son of a noble in Valeria, a very cold, snowy place. And he was born a twin, in a land where they feared twins. Why, do you ask? I can't really say, I suppose it is simply a silly superstition, like the idea that black cats are bad luck, or that you should not open up an umbrella inside. But this was a very unfortunate superstition, since it meant that the children were feared, and thought evil before they were even an hour old. And, readers, I must unfortunately tell you, twins were not treated well there in Valeria. It is a terrible thing to tell, but that was how is was.
And the twins were named Fai and Yuui.
And what happened, dear readers, to the twins? And to the princess, and the son of the mapmaker, and the son of the son of the guard? How did they ever meet, and what does any of this have to do with apples? Well, you must keep reading, if you want to find out!
So, dear readers, what do you say? Would you like to hear more?
END NOTE: That last questions real, do you want more? This is mostly me trying out the writing style, but I do have a whole fairy-tale to go with it. . .
