Revealed

By magic of the moon

Chapter 1

A Strange Sensation

Disclaimer: I don't own CCS. I do, however, own a few important characters of my own in this story. If you're interested in using any of them, just ask first, okay?

[A/N: Arigato James Birdsong and Autumn2012 for the reviews! Autmn2012-Thank you! James B-I was thinking something a bit more deceiving, you know? Like how Yue was Yukito and they never suspected a thing? Maybe later in the story you'll see what I mean. Thanks for reviewing anyways, though! You guys are my inspiration! Enjoy the story, my dear readers!]

"Where am I?" Sakura called out into the surrounding darkness. A sudden streak of lightning flashed, revealing a bird's-eye-view of Tomoeda. She gasped. The town wasn't in its usual peacefulness, but chaos. A tsunami attacked the west side, a rapidly-spreading fire on the east, a tornado on the south, and a powerful thunderstorm on the north side.

And in the middle of it all, Sakura caught a silhouetted glimpse of a being. Dark, feathered wings spread out from the back, robes flapping in the wind. "Who are you? Why are you doing this!?" Sakura cried. "Please, stop!"

The figure ignored her, and the attacks below were getting worse. "STOP! Please, stop! You'll destroy the town! STOP!" Sakura screamed at the being.

"Sakura! Sakura, wake up!" a familiar voice shouted. Sakura opened her eyes to find Kero inches away from her face.

"HOE!" she yelped, causing Kero to lose balance and bounce onto her covers.

"Oi!" Kero protested.

"Oh, gomen, Kero-chan. You scared me."

"And this is what I get for trying to help you out of a bad dream! Hmph!"

"Bad dream?"

"Yeah, you were screaming 'Stop' over and over. What did you see?"

"Ano… I forget."

"NANI!?"

"Gomen nasai, Kero-chan, but you—"

"Hai, hai. I scared you; this isn't the first time."

"I'll try to remember at school."

"That is, if you remember to even go to school. You're going to be late."

"HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEE!" Sakura glanced at the clock, leaped out of bed, and dashed to get dressed.

Kero sighed, and floated back to his drawer. "What am I going to do with you, Sakura-chan? You're in sixth grade, and you still have a habit of being late." Kero murmured to himself.

"Bye, Kero-chan!" Sakura called, as she hurried down the stairs to breakfast.

"Am I late?" Sakura got into the classroom to see her friends clapping and cheering. "Hoe?"

"You made it, Sakura-chan! By two minutes!" cheered Rika.

"That's a new record!" added Naoko.

"You're getting faster, Sakura-chan!" agreed Chiharu.

"And I caught it all on film!" Tomoyo announced, starry-eyed.

Sakura fell anime-style to the ground. "T-tomoyo-chan…"

"Alright, class, please take your seats," Mr. Terada came into the room. "Kinomoto-san, you made it on time." he observed.

"Hai, sensei." Sakura replied, blushing at the cheers from her classmates.

"Keep it up. Now everyone please turn to page 149 in your textbooks…" Terada instructed.

"Tadaima!" Sakura called to no one in particular, as she entered the house. Upstairs, she could hear Kero playing a video game and from the silence she was met with, she suspected that her father and brother weren't home yet.

Setting her roller blades aside, she climbed up the stairs to her room. She, sure enough, found Kero sitting in front of the video game console, shouting, "Die, you evil droids! Die under the power of the mighty Keroberos!" at the screen. Sakura giggled at her sun guardian—the little creature could get so absorbed in the game, he wouldn't notice pretty much anything else going on. Well, that excluded food, of course. If there was a single sweet in the house, Kero would be the first to know.

Sakura headed to her desk, and pulled open the drawer in which she kept the Sakura Book and Cards. She gently took out the Book, and opened it. As usual, the Cards floated out and surrounded her in a welcoming circle, glowing with white-gold magic.

"Hello, Cards." Sakura greeted them, laughing as they danced around her. "How have you been?" she asked.

One Card separated itself from the others. Dream. It bobbed in front of its Mistress, as the rest stacked themselves into a deck and floated back to the Book.

Dream took on its spirit form, smiling at Sakura before pulling her into its power.

Sakura sailed above Tomoeda, the moon and stars twinkling like ornaments in the deep azure sky. The air was fresh and cool as she floated, overlooking the peaceful city. But the beauty didn't last for long.

A loud screaming erupted from the west side of town, and Sakura saw people running for their lives from a tsunami. More shouts, from the east side, made the young Card Mistress turn in the opposite direction. That corner of town was being devoured by a huge fire. The screams increased, and Sakura spun around to see the southern side being ripped apart by a swirling tornado. And dreading what she'd see, Sakura turned towards the last corner of town. The northern side was caught in a lightning storm, bolts of cracked silver shooting at the ground.

"No!" Sakura yelled. All these disasters, all at once. But they weren't natural. She could vaguely sense a strong magical force at work. An aura with the power of the elements. The elements that were attacking Tomoeda!

Tracking the source of the aura, Sakura found a shadowed figure in the midst of the chaos. She gasped at what she saw. It looked like… It looked like—

"It looked like…" Sakura mumbled, her eyes slowly fluttering open. She was on the floor of her room, and Dream, back in its Card form, floated next to her.

"Thank you," Sakura thanked the Card, and watched as it floated back it join its fellow Cards in the Book. Then she turned to Kero, who was grieving about losing the game when he was only one point away from reaching top level.

"Kero-chan, I remember now! The dream I had." Sakura excitedly told her guardian.

"And...?" Kero asked curiously, forgetting his game.

"I saw the city being attacked by natural disasters. And a figure in the middle of all. I think that was whom I was shouting at to stop. "

"What did the figure look like?"

"I think he had angel wings like you and Yue-san, but I couldn't catch more than his silhouette."

"So this being... is a male?"

"I could make out a strong build, so I think it was male."

"Is there any chance this was just a dream?"

"No, the Dream Card showed it to me just now."

"It did?"

Sakura nearly toppled over under the weight of her sweatdrop. "Hai, it did."

"So that means it's prophetic. It's going to happen soon. Keep an eye out, Sakura."

"Hai!" the young girl nodded determinedly. "I'll do my best!"

Suddenly, Sakura felt a strange sensation. She was sensing a somehow familiar magical aura. One laced with power. She knew who this aura belonged to.

Ding-dong! And that very person was at her doorstep.

[A/N: It's a bit of a cliffhanger, but I couldn't think of another way to end this chapter. I'm trying not to rush things—I want this story to last—so please don't be mad! And just a heads-up, I won't be posting Author Notes after the chapter anymore. I think it kind of ruins the mood created by the story. So I'll fit all I have to say before the story. Do you think it's a good idea? Please leave a review and let me know! Ja ne!]