Inside The Lamps

Many hours passed after the mishap. Sakura woke up a bit confused. She did not know where she is now. Nothing looked familiar to her, so she knew she was not in the chamber where she and Tomoyo found the lamps anymore. She wanted to know where she is.

And she wanted to know where Tomoyo is. "Man, I got a headache," she said, "Where am I?" Well, she literally got up. That's when she knew that she was floating in mid air. "What's this?" she cried, "And where's my Sakura cards?" That's also when she saw a red smoke.

"Smoke!" Sakura cried. And then she saw that the smoke is connected to her. "What's going on?" cried Sakura as she looked down. She saw what used to be her legs, is now a tail made of red smoke that is separated from her body by a metallic red sash.

"I can't feel my legs anymore!" Sakura cried, putting her hand on her tail, thus she cannot feel it. Sakura looking around and thinking really hard, she knows that she is inside one of the lamps she and Tomoyo found. "I wonder if Tomoyo in the other lamp," she thought, "But there's no way out of here!"

She doesn't know a lot about this, and she went bonkers trying to find a way out. Sakura tried to find a way out, but she found that there is no way out. "Help!" she cried, and she kept screaming for help. Alas, she gave up, as it was no use. "There is no way out," she said, all tired.

Just then, at that moment, she saw a crystal in the center of the place. She also noticed her tail is connected to it. Sakura floated towards the crystal. She immediately knew she is gaining energy from the crystal through her tail. Sakura dropped and admits she is doomed.

But to what? She wants to know. But instead, she sat down and moped for quite a while. Soon, she began to cry. "How will I ever get out?" she said, crying.

After minutes of crying, she heard a very familiar voice: "Hey, Sakura." Sakura got up and saw that it was Tomoyo. "Tomoyo!" said Sakura, cheering up. "Tomoyo!" she squealed. She hugged her friend. "I was worried about you," she also said. "So was I," said Tomoyo.

Then, Sakura saw that Tomoyo was like her now. She saw that Tomoyo no longer had legs, instead, she has a smoke tail, only it was blue and it was separated from Tomoyo's body by a metallic blue sash. "Uh, Tomoyo," asked Sakura, "How did you get over here?"

That's when she saw that Tomoyo's smoke tail was coming out of some kind of mirror. "Yes, I am in the other lamp. I was wondering around, and then I saw a mirror. It looked like a mirror, but when I touched it, I went through it completely, and I saw you and you looked unhappy." "Uh, thanks," said Sakura, "You're a good friend."

"You're welcome," said Tomoyo, "Besides, I'm enjoying what we become." "Uh, Tomoyo," said Sakura, "What happened to us?" Tomoyo saw Sakura's tail. "So you have a tail like I do," she began, "And we both no longer have legs. And we were both sucked into those lamps. So I must say that we have become genies."

"Genies?" repeated Sakura. Sakura put her hand on her tail. Her hand went through. She didn't feel anything. "Yes, genies," said Tomoyo, "They are legendary spirits that grants wishes. However, we have became genies when we rubbed those used-to-be-empty lamps. Now we are the prisoners of these lamps. I think tails made of smoke are popular about genies, and ours are attached to the crystals inside the lamps."

"Wait," interrupted Sakura, "Did you say we're prisoners?" "Yeah," said Tomoyo, "And we're trapped in here until someone rubs our lamp, and then we have to grant them 3 wishes." "Oh no!" cried Sakura. "I'm sorry," said Tomoyo, "But I don't think there's anything we can do."

Sakura was about to panic, but then, she immediately calmed down. "It's all right," said Sakura, "Just as long as we're together." "Sure thing," said Tomoyo, "By the way, we should take a look at our new clothes." "What are you talking about, Tomoyo?" asked Sakura, and then, they looked in another mirror and Sakura knew what Tomoyo was talking about.

Sakura was so paranoid about what happened to her, she didn't realize her wardrobe had changed. Before they became genies, they were wearing their typical school outfits. However, the transformations gave them new outfits. Sakura is now wearing a pink sleeveless top. She also is wearing a pink wristband on her left wrist and a pink arm warmer on her right arm.

Tomoyo is now wearing a blue sleeveless top. She is also wearing blue gloves and a blue arm warmer on her left arm. "You look cute, Sakura!" said Tomoyo. "You also look cute, too, Tomoyo," said Sakura. "Yep," said Tomoyo. After they admire their new wardrobe, they returned to talking to each other. "Only, who's going to find us?" asked Sakura.

"I don't know," replied Tomoyo, "But to tell you the truth, I thought lamps are supposed to have small spaces, but ours apparently have large spaces." "You're right," said Sakura, "Mine is large." "So is mine," said Tomoyo. Sakura wanted to check her Sakura cards again, but she couldn't feel her pocket as she forgot. "Ahhh!" cried Sakura, panicking, "Where are my cards?"

"I don't know," said Tomoyo, guessing, "I think they're inside of you." "What?" cried Sakura. Tomoyo actually saw the Sakura cards inside Sakura herself as she became transparent. Sakura yelped and stuck her hand inside herself through her chest. Sakura gasped as she pulled out a Sakura card.

"I don't get it," said Sakura. "Well, it was a guess," said Tomoyo. Sakura pulled out her key of star to make sure she still has it. "This is crazy," said Sakura. "Well, we're made of magic," said Tomoyo. "You're right," said Sakura. Sakura put the card back inside her body.

"This is crazy," said Sakura. "I know," said Tomoyo. "So," said Sakura, "What are we going to do for a while?" "I don't know," said Tomoyo, "Wait for someone to come and find us. I'm going to go back to my own lamp. I'll see you soon." With that, Tomoyo had gone back to her lamp through the mirror. Sakura decided to wait.