Star of Hope
Summary: An ordinary junior high school student, Sakura Avalon, goes on her daily life like every other normal fourteen-year old teenager does. Until, one day, everything changes drastically…After finding a mystical book, she immediately acquires a rival in the form of a young male brunette clad in green clothes. Along with that, her past decides to catch up with her when she meets a girl her age that looked exactly like her childhood best friend…Will things ever be the same again? Alternate-universe fic with original plot mixed in. Sakura x Syaoran? Who knows?
-wink-
A/N: Wondering about the name I used for Sakura? You'll be seeing a few mix-ups here so you better get ready! Hehe…Oh, and watch out for some OOC-ness as I see that it can't be helped. And for clarifications (seeing as I can be so vague sometimes), please don't hesitate to ask in your reviews (which hopefully you would bother doing). And now, I shall say no more! The main characters are of at least 14 years of age. Explanations might be needed but…Now, I'll have to stop before I tip off something not meant to be... -wink-
Disclaimer: Characters and elements used in this story are not mine except for a couple of names and OC's. Now, just to let you know, I hate writing disclaimers…We all know we'd like to have them as our own, don't we? Hehe… Well, everything belongs to CLAMP anyway…-sigh-
"In all things, it is better to hope than to despair."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Kibou no Étoile
By
Milky Étoile
Prologue
Yume ka?
"Sakura, run! Go now and save yourself!" Panick.
"Iie! I won't go without you, okaasan!" Worry.
"No, you need to go now! Go through the back door, I'll try to distract them!" Circumstances.
"But—" Persistence.
"No 'but's!" A soft smile. "Don't worry. I'm going to be fine." Assurance.
"Demo, okaasan…" At the verge of tears.
"You'll be fine." Embrace—a show of affection. "We'll all be fine. We'll be seeing each other again one day. Even more, we'll see everyone else from home again. Don't you lose any hope! Everything will be fine. Dakara shinpai nai yo." Reassurance.
"You promise?" A little finger raised.
"I promise." Sealed with another.
A small smile returned. "Arigatou, okaasan. Be careful, okay?"
"Hai, hai. Anata mo." A last show of affection of a mother—a kiss on the forehead. "You've still got to fulfill your role, and don't you ever turn your back to it, okay?"
"Yeah, yeah. I get it! You're always going on about that." A mock complaint.
A giggle in reply. "Now be a good girl, okay?"
A nod.
"Remember that I'll always love you. You'll always be the one and only cherry blossom in here." The hand of the younger placed on her mother's chest.
"And I'll be in yours as well." A finger pointed on the younger one's heart. "Won't I?"
A last cheerful smile. "Hai! And I love you too, mother! I'll never ever forget what you said!"
"I'm glad to hear that. Take care of yourself." A last sad smile returned.
The last moment in each other's arms. "Ittekimasu."
Breaking apart. "Itterasshai."
"Sayonara…"
Bright orange flames engulf the small cottage at the bottom of the cliff from where she was far from.
"Okaasan! Okaasan! OKAASAN! IIYAAAAA!"
And everything went black.
Night time showed a clear dark blue sky.
The bright full moon shines above them. A slight breeze blows against their clothes. It was the most peculiar sight.
Cards were falling from the sky along with pink petals. Sakura petals.
A tower blocks half of the moon's view. It was the Tokyo Tower.
Something floated in front of her. A small bear-like animal…
…wait. An orange bear-like animal stuffed toy?
But something else caught her sight. A teen in green robes jumping from a building's rooftop. He had a sword clutched in his right hand.
She, herself was about to jump off the building she was on when—
THUD!
A young fourteen-year old brunette awoke with a start. Sitting right on the floor beside her bed.
'A dream…?' She shook her head slightly. 'It's that again…' Still silence ensued for a few seconds, accompanying the melancholic attitude of the room's occupant.
She shifted her emerald eyes to look at her alarm clock after rubbing the sleep off her green orbs. The clock showed:
6:15
Silence.
A blink.
Further silence.
Another blink.
"HOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
To be continued…
Further notes: What? Horrible, isn't it? Well, I just guess today's not one of my best days, that's all. I'd say this is a lot shorter than my usual standards (seeing that I'm usually detailed, contrary to what I said before). Well, I'm not exactly one who writes long prologues here! If you're confused by my language shifting, I made my very own translation notes for my story that can currently be found after these further notes. Please correct me if I've got some of them wrong, 'kay? Now, if you've got any questions, complaints, compliments (if possible), don't hesitate to leave them in your review, which I hope you'd bother even doing. Constructive criticism helps a lot m'dears! Flames are used for cooking crab omelets! Hehe…Now I'm hungry! -drools- Crab omelets…
Translation notes:
Iie-No
Okaasan-Mother, mom, etc…(you get it, right?)
Demo-But
Dakara shinpai nai yo-So you shouldn't worry, that's why you don't need to worry (something of the sort -.-;;)
Anata mo-You too
Ittekimasu-I'll be going (Not the literal meaning but it's something said when you're leaving your home/house)
Itterasshai-Take care (Somewhat like the answer to, 'itterasshai,' the one left at home says that o.O)
Sayonara-Goodbye/Farewell (More on saying goodbye for going off for a long time or going somewhere far away which would entail a long time -.-;;)
Hoe-exclamation by our famed Card Mistress! You should know that by now…
Source/s of inspiration (songs listened to while in the making):
"Sepia no Hi" by Kaitana Naomi
"I Love You, Goodbye" by Nina (this revision by the local artist aforementioned)
"Michishirube" by Miyamoto Shunichi
"Watashi no Taiyou" by KOKIA
"Kimi no Yume" by Shimokawa Mikuni
Prologue finished on September 9, 2005 and posted on September 10, 2005.
Milky Étoile signing out! Mata ne! ;)