The Ward
By: Sunel
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the CCS characters!
Introduction
Sakura woke up in the middle of the night, sweating and gasping for breath. She had those dreams again... of the cards, the Star Wand, and of all her adventures. The more she tried to convince herself they weren't real, the more they refused to leave her alone.
She shook her head furiously. Why wouldn't they leave her alone?! She had done nothing to deserve this. Yet, for six years she had been committed to the Tomoeda Psychiatric Ward. Even to this day, she could remember it as if it had happened yesterday.
***Flashback***
Sakura had been thirteen at the time, and had decided to use fly in order to pick up groceries for Touya, with Kero following her. After picking up the groceries, she summoned fly once again with her wand, unaware of the police officer strolling up and down the streets.
"Fly!" she shouted.
The police officer, hearing the girl shout, ran behind the market, where she was. When he got there, he couldn't believe his eyes. A woman came out of market, and gasped. The girl was holding some sort of wand, and had sprouted wings on her back, about to take off.
The officer grabbed her by the hand. "What are you doing?!" he asked her, amazed and frightened at the same time.
Sakura turned to look at him, frightened. She quickly made the wings disappear. "O-officer..."
"Could it be an angel?" the woman asked, staring at her in awe.
"I think not," the officer said angrily, grabbing the wand from her. "What is this?" he asked her.
"A toy!" Kero whispered to her from her pocket.
"Just a toy..." she mumbled in response.
"Sure it is," he said, glaring at her. "You're coming with me."
***End Flashback***
After that, her father and Touya had gone down to the station. Her father was shocked to hear about what had happened, and wasn't quite sure of what to do. Touya tried to stand up for her, knowing her secret. But in the end, because of the woman's testimony, they ordered that she be sent to Psychiatric Ward, where they could experiment on her. In his confused and panicky state, her father agreed.
Keroberos and Yue, with Touya's help, had tried to break her windows and let her out, but the alarms set off, and they hid in the trees. The doctors thought that somehow she had done it with her alleged powers, and only added to the heightened suspicions they had about her.
From then on, Yukito brought Kero in his pocket, and visited her whenever he could, along with her family. But as the years wore on, their visits became more and more infrequent, until it dwindled down to once every month or two.
For six years, the doctors had probed her, questioned her, and nearly tortured her to find out exactly what she was, and what she'd done. They had found her cards and took them, along with the wand, and had examined them for many years, but came to no conclusion.
She had gone as far as to claim insanity, so that they would leave her alone. But still they questioned her, and kept her locked up in that little room, only let out for sessions with her psychologist. She sat up in her bed, and sobbed.
"Kero, Yue... did you give up on me? I'm scared... I'm scared," she whispered, lying down on her bed again. "Syaoran-kun... why haven't you come back for me yet? You promised you'd come back from Hong-Kong... why haven't you come back?" she asked, crying into her pillow. "You promised..."
She was unaware of the two psychologists watching her from the glass window. "She's speaking to someone. Something she believes to be spirits, perhaps?" one of them asked.
"She's quite an intriguing case... strange, how after all these years, very little has been uncovered," he said.
Sakura sobs slowly died down. She slipped her hand under her pillow, and felt for the one card she had kept separate from the others; the one card they hadn't found; the one card that had kept her from breaking down completely. The Hope.
----So, what did you think? Is it worth continuing? Please review ^.-
By: Sunel
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the CCS characters!
Introduction
Sakura woke up in the middle of the night, sweating and gasping for breath. She had those dreams again... of the cards, the Star Wand, and of all her adventures. The more she tried to convince herself they weren't real, the more they refused to leave her alone.
She shook her head furiously. Why wouldn't they leave her alone?! She had done nothing to deserve this. Yet, for six years she had been committed to the Tomoeda Psychiatric Ward. Even to this day, she could remember it as if it had happened yesterday.
***Flashback***
Sakura had been thirteen at the time, and had decided to use fly in order to pick up groceries for Touya, with Kero following her. After picking up the groceries, she summoned fly once again with her wand, unaware of the police officer strolling up and down the streets.
"Fly!" she shouted.
The police officer, hearing the girl shout, ran behind the market, where she was. When he got there, he couldn't believe his eyes. A woman came out of market, and gasped. The girl was holding some sort of wand, and had sprouted wings on her back, about to take off.
The officer grabbed her by the hand. "What are you doing?!" he asked her, amazed and frightened at the same time.
Sakura turned to look at him, frightened. She quickly made the wings disappear. "O-officer..."
"Could it be an angel?" the woman asked, staring at her in awe.
"I think not," the officer said angrily, grabbing the wand from her. "What is this?" he asked her.
"A toy!" Kero whispered to her from her pocket.
"Just a toy..." she mumbled in response.
"Sure it is," he said, glaring at her. "You're coming with me."
***End Flashback***
After that, her father and Touya had gone down to the station. Her father was shocked to hear about what had happened, and wasn't quite sure of what to do. Touya tried to stand up for her, knowing her secret. But in the end, because of the woman's testimony, they ordered that she be sent to Psychiatric Ward, where they could experiment on her. In his confused and panicky state, her father agreed.
Keroberos and Yue, with Touya's help, had tried to break her windows and let her out, but the alarms set off, and they hid in the trees. The doctors thought that somehow she had done it with her alleged powers, and only added to the heightened suspicions they had about her.
From then on, Yukito brought Kero in his pocket, and visited her whenever he could, along with her family. But as the years wore on, their visits became more and more infrequent, until it dwindled down to once every month or two.
For six years, the doctors had probed her, questioned her, and nearly tortured her to find out exactly what she was, and what she'd done. They had found her cards and took them, along with the wand, and had examined them for many years, but came to no conclusion.
She had gone as far as to claim insanity, so that they would leave her alone. But still they questioned her, and kept her locked up in that little room, only let out for sessions with her psychologist. She sat up in her bed, and sobbed.
"Kero, Yue... did you give up on me? I'm scared... I'm scared," she whispered, lying down on her bed again. "Syaoran-kun... why haven't you come back for me yet? You promised you'd come back from Hong-Kong... why haven't you come back?" she asked, crying into her pillow. "You promised..."
She was unaware of the two psychologists watching her from the glass window. "She's speaking to someone. Something she believes to be spirits, perhaps?" one of them asked.
"She's quite an intriguing case... strange, how after all these years, very little has been uncovered," he said.
Sakura sobs slowly died down. She slipped her hand under her pillow, and felt for the one card she had kept separate from the others; the one card they hadn't found; the one card that had kept her from breaking down completely. The Hope.
----So, what did you think? Is it worth continuing? Please review ^.-
