The Land of Dragons
Darkyingfa122090
Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I do not own CCS
Syaoran steered his cart down the dirt road headed for home. "Damn Eriol-sama, why'd he have to send me to the village on market day that place was packed. I'm surprised I got anything done at all." His messy chocolate brown hair fell over his face partially obscuring his sparkling amber eyes.
He continued to rant on about the one called 'Eriol-sama' until he came to a fork in the road. What he saw in the middle of the road made him stop his horse immediately.
A human shaped lump was lying in the middle of the road. Syaoran hopped off of the seat of the cart and cautiously approached the lump. He knelt down ad gave the lump a poke. I t twitched. Gently turning it over, he came face to face with an angelic face.
"Wow, she's kinda pretty." He couldn't help but say. The girl in his arms looked to be about his age with long flowing auburn hair. A necklace hung around her neck and she clutched something close to her chest. Syaoran attempted to pry the object out of her hands but her grip held fast. Shrugging, Syaoran gently picked the girl up and took back to his wagon. Placing her down on the seat he picked up the reigns and pulled the horse along behind him.
Syaoran arrived back at his home, unhooking the horse from the cart he led it its stable and shut the gate behind it. He went back to the cart and lifted the auburn girl from the seat.
"It's about time you got back Syaoran." A man in his mid thirties stood on the steps in front of the door. "And to make it even worse you brought a girl home with you." He added.
"Sorry I'm late Erio-sama, I found the girl unconscious in the middle of the road. I couldn't just leave her there for wild animals to make a meal outta her." Syaoran explained to his teacher. Eriol smiled unbelieving of his student. Syaoran carried the girl inside, Eriol made to follow but paused to wave his hand at the cart and the groceries disappeared from the back.
"Tomoyo come and take care of this girl will you?" Syaoran asked his friend, she was another one of Eriol's students but not as far along as Syaoran. Tomoyo nodded and led the way to an empty room in the house. Syaoran set the girl down and the bed and her grip on the object still did not falter.
"How is she Tomoyo?" Eriol asked when he entered the room an hour later.
"She's fine but I can't get her let go of this thing here." Tomoyo reported. Eriol looked at the girl not much older than either of his students. His eyes roved down to the object she clutched so tightly. He noticed that she wore an empty charm bracelet and a rather interesting pendant around her neck. Both pieces of jewelry looked vaguely familiar. Frowning he nodded to Tomoyo and left the room. Eriol made his way to his study and scanned through the numerous volumes on his shelf. He found what he was looking for and pulled a rather large volume off the shelf took it to his desk and opened it. He scanned through the contents page and chose a chapter at random. He flipped to the page and began reading. After an hour he closed the book in frustration. Eriol hadn't found what he was looking for.
"That necklace she's wearing looks so familiar, like I've seen it before." He stood up and returned to his shelves and looked at each book title carefully. That's when he saw it, a chronology of Clow. It was written by an old friend, Mizuki Kaho. He lifted the book off the shelf and returned to his desk. A red velvet ribbon marked a page so he opened it to that page. What he saw caused his eyes open in surprise, wonder, and fear.
A picture of the very necklace and bracelet the girl wore was in the book. Also a picture of a katana with a pair of ribbons trailing from the hilt. He quickly read each caption and was even more stunned than before.
"I don't believe it. It's impossible, she's the one. I never thought I'd live to see the day when we'd be free." He murmured to himself. He shut the book stood up and ran for the room with the girl. Tomoyo was still there talking to the now awake girl.
"Oh Eriol-sama I was just about to come and get you." Tomoyo said when she noticed her teacher standing at the door. "This is Kinomoto Sakura." She introduced the girl who lay on the bed. Realizing what Tomoyo just said Eriol stammered.
"I'm Hiragizawa Eriol. Tomoyo would you mind leaving for a moment?" He asked his pupil. Tomoyo nodded and bowed before leaving. Tomoyo closed the door behind her and as soon as she was gone Eriol turned back to Sakura. "Kinomoto, first of all I'm honored to have you in my home."
"Thank you Hiragizawa-san. But why would you be honored?" Sakura asked clearly confused. Eriol smiled gently.
"My dear you are the one. The one that will deliver us all from that evil witch in the Isle of Shadows." Eriol told her, Sakura panicked and instinctively drew the katana from its sheath. She backed away from him as far as she could.
"I don't know who you are or where I am but just stay away from me!" She screamed before she took a swing at him. Out of nowhere a great brown dog leapt at her and took the katana in his jaws. Sakura yelped in surprise but the dog couldn't get a good grip because the moment it's jaws touched the blade it was shocked by a magical force causing it to be thrown backwards against the wall. It hit the wall with a loud thump and faded leaving a boy not much older then herself lying on the ground in a crumpled heap.
"Please calm yourself Kinomoto-sama. My pupil was simply defending me." Eriol told her. Sakura calmed down and replaced the sword in its sheath. The boy stood up and rubbed his head.
"Damn that sword has some nasty magic attached to it." He said.
"Gomen, I didn't mean to hurt you. I didn't even know that was going to happen." Sakura apologized bowing her head.
"I'm sure you didn't mean it Kinomoto-san. Just be careful where you swing it." Eriol told her. Sakura blushed with embarrassment. Tomoyo came running into the room a short staff in her hand.
"What's going on I heard a scream and a loud crash?" She asked urgently.
"Don't worry Kinomoto-san was just a little surprised." Eriol told her. "No I believe you have already met my student Daidouji Tomoyo, and well this is my other student Li Syaoran. He's a shapechanger." Eriol introduced the boy standing off in the corner. When Eriol mentioned his abilities he became the brown wolf again, then a crane, a fish flopping on the floor, and finally his favorite form a large black wolf.
"Nice to meet ya Kinomoto." He said curtly. He left the room and walked down the hall to his own room.
"Are you all right Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo asked Sakura. Sakura nodded. She stood up and walked around.
"So where are we anyway? This place doesn't look like Tomoeda." She asked stretching her arms out.
So Eriol and Tomoyo began telling her about the land of Clow where their gods were five dragons. One for each different element and the main deity the Great Silver Dragon. Then Eriol told her about the prophecy of a mysterious girl from a distant land coming to save them from the evil witch.
"Kinomoto Sakura, you are that girl." Eriol said before stepping out of the room.
Sorry about the quick ending and my lack of updates I've been goin' crazy over finals. Hope you likee.