Chapter 10 – Hard for the First Card (Sakura's PoV) Forget

I opened my eyes. The trip to the strange dimension had been strange…I felt like I didn't weigh anything, and then I suddenly felt heavy and capable of my senses again. We were seeing something bright…one of the dimension's suns, or the only one? The sky was a colorful blue…and there were also puffy clouds. I sat up, and I saw my surroundings…I was in middle of an empty spot of a green forest. Everything…everything indicated we were still in Earth. I turned to my right, where I felt Li's hand. There, I was seeing him resting. He was so beautiful when he rested.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes, and saw mine's first of all: "You OK?" He asked me.

"Alright. You?"

"Fine, as well."

"Where are we?"

"This looks just like Earth…we're in a forest clearly, but…do you think we're really in the other world?"

"I don't know, but my guess would be that yes."

"Well then, we should check for the strange new cards. Let's walk."

"Yes." And I followed him, as we entered the woods.

"Sakura, tell me if you feel a presence or something, OK?" He asked to me sweetly, turning to me, and I nodded. In the way, we were discussing of what might have happened to Eriol, Yue, and Kero…what could have happened to all of them? Did they beat the magician, or was it the entire contrary?

Suddenly, we made it to a village. We entered, and all the people looked normal, though they looked like if it we had returned a thousand years from Earth, it was all medieval-like.

"Li, am I bothering you?" I asked.

"No, how can you ask that?"

"Because I don't have a weapon. I don't have powers. I won't do anything."

"Which is better, because you won't get harmed."

"So you think I'm useless?"

"No, of course not!"

"Don't lie. Let me tell you that yes: I'm useless this time. And I want to ask you: what are you going to do with me?"

"Do you want to accompany me? There is no other way."

"Of course there is."

"Accompanying me is the safest thing until we find someone of our trust in this world, OK? Now, let's ignore that subject and ask for---" Li couldn't finish, as something was getting near the village from the sky. I turned to see up, and there, that something was a green beautiful woman, gliding in air, just that she had closed eyes, and she didn't seem to open them.

"Is a card, Sakura!" Li told me, shaking me.

"What are we going to do? Eriol didn't tell us how to get the card without my Staff."

"You're right…but we can't let that card harm these people." And he grabbed his two black balls with the red thread joining them and summoned his sword.

"But how do you know this card will harm someone?" I asked, perplexed.

"This card represents something from you…I hope it is something positive…"

"Wait!" I said, looking sharply at the gliding green girl…I…I didn't know how I did it exactly, but something in her told me what that card was, and I told Li: "It…it is the Forget."

"The what?"

"The Forget Card, I know it!"

"How?"

"I just know it, Li! Trust me."

"…I trust you."

"Then it really must be stopped before she makes someone forget all of his or her memories."
"We better don't attack, or she'll get angry. We'll just be alert." We stared at her, but she continued gliding with her eyes always closed. She was peaceful. Suddenly, I sensed Li laughed a little and told me: "In ten minutes we found the first card…great isn't it?"

I nodded happily, it was truth.

"What can we do to get that Forget Card?" Li asked me, but I raised my shoulders of a sign that I had no idea. Suddenly, it seemed that a great fireball was going to the sky…and it went passing besides the Forget Card. She stopped gliding, and stopped in middle of the air, but she didn't open he eyes.

"Attack her!" A man in the village said, as me and Li could hear him, and another fireball, from a catapult was thrown to the Card, and this time, the fireball got her. This time she opened her eyes, and she had beautiful eyes, just that they inspired terror, and something about those eyes, made me sleepy.

"Sakura, she's awake. She will attack! We have to warn the villagers that they don't have to attack!" But it was too late. The Forget Card glided down the village to the catapult, and there was a green smoke all around it. Li ran to it, and I followed him quickly. He was running with his sword, and his hair moved beautifully with the gusts of air, but I didn't have to notice that: I had to get cards again, like in the old times.

We got inside the village to the place where the catapult was, and there were 5 men on the ground, but they were still alive, and green smoke was disappearing around them. They were rubbing their heads, and one of them spoke: "Where am I? Who…who am I?"

Oh no, the Forget Card had done what she knew to do best.

"The Card disappeared, I can't see her anymore. We lost her because of this fools!" Li said angrily, clutching tightly his sword.

"Li! We have to see these men." I said, worried about them.

"No way, we have to search the Card again."

"No, we have to see them."

"Sakura, please. The fastest we get those Cards, we will get back to Earth."

"No, we have to help these men."

"When we get the Card, we can use it to recover their memories."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because I know a lot of those Cards, and all indicates they act the way a Clow Card would."

"And what if you're wrong?"

"Trust me."

"…OK, I trust you." I had to admit it…I was getting angry, but I didn't want to fight with Li…not again…

"Hey, kids, come here." A strange voice said. We both turned around, and it was an old woman, dressed with blue robes. I though it was a stranger that wanted to harm us, but Li got near and entered to her hut, and I didn't have a choice to follow him. Inside, everything seemed…magical, to say.

"You have magic inside you kids. You must be magicians." The old woman said, and Li nodded.

"The villagers outside have scared a magical power and we have to capture it." Li said.

"And do you know how to catch it?"

"Well, no." Li admitted.

"There is a wizard that can help you. He might give you something in which you can catch these magical powers."

"Where is that wizard?"

"He is a mystery. He lives in Crystal Woods, just passing this village to the west. No one has found him, but it is said he is one of the greatest wizards of all times."

"Thanks for your help, miss."

"I can still help you more if you want."

"Thank you, we would love to hear you."

"I see your armed with that magical sword, but this girl doesn't have any magical item…"

"Can you give her something then?"

"A wand." I sensed a chill in by back. How would a wand work for me? What would a wand look like? The woman went inside a room, and in 10 seconds, she got out with us with an opaque silver stick some 12-inches-long.

"Here is your wand. When it touches you, it will transform into your wand, but you have to put magic into it. Here." And she handed me the wand, and I grabbed it…nothing…

"Thank you, madam. We will sure catch that power. Goodbye and good luck." Li said, walking to the exit and grabbing my hand.

"Good luck." She said, waving us goodbye. We went to the bright sun outside, and I just walked with my hand held with Li's, until we made it to a shadowy place, where the hot sun couldn't heat us.

"Li…how…how did you know she..." I started, but he completed what I tried to say.

"She was the magician of the village. She had that aura. I can't believe you didn't feel it." I saw to the ground, disappointed…I was useless…I couldn't even identify magic.

"Hey…" Li said, approaching me. "Princess, why are you sad?" He said, lifting my chin. I loved him to call me princess. I blushed a little, and saw another way after seeing his amber eyes.

"It's nothing Li…thanks to be helping me." I said, giving my best smile I could.

"Then…let's see your new wand."

"What am I supposed to do?"

"Put it magic."

"How?"

"You know how, Cards Mistress…put your heart in that wand, and imagine it is your Staff."

"I'll try." And suddenly, I discarded my idea of clutching the wand tightly, when I remembered my Start Key around my neck…it was small and useless like the opaque wand I had in front, though both were magical…but I transformed the key to the Star Staff…so, maybe I could transform the wand to a powerful Wand, or something larger.

I put the wand rest in my two hands, while I started to talk whatever occurred to me: "Magical wand, (the Clow seal was drawn magically under me) leave that old form (the wand floated and put itself vertically) and transform into the desires of your new master. (The wand started to be of light and shine) Reveal yourself!" And the stick of light grew 6 inches longer, and then something transformed at the top of the wand. The brightness stopped, and I could see perfectly my new wand: pink like the Star Staff, with a golden ring at the bottom, and at the top, a circle with a golden star in it. No wings. It was made of a shiny metal…a miniaturized form of my Star Staff.

"Sakura, that's why I love you!" Li said excited, embracing me. "You did it at the first try!" I smiled, and blushed too.

…

"With no Clow Cards, how am I supposed to fight?" I asked in our way through the forests. We were searching for that new card again.

"You can use my Elemental Seals. I think it would work perfectly."

"Shiaoran, look!" I said, with my heart bumping hard, pointing up. There it was, the green girl, gliding with her eyes closed, peacefully.

"Now that she's distracted…" Li got out his sword and a Thunder Seal. "God of the Thunder!" He shouted after chanting some words, putting the seal in front of his horizontal sword, and a powerful yellow lighting attacked the girl. It got her, and after the lightning ended, she fell down to the ground, but she ended standing up, with her eyes open in rage, at Li.

"Li, what did you do?!?" I asked him scared. The Forget charged at Li, but just before touching him, he sidestepped, and threw me a seal. "God of the Fire!" I shouted as I touched the seal with the tip of my new wand. A fat fire line went out from it, and aimed itself to the Forget. She got hurt, but jumped, but Li was ready at the top of one tree: "God of the Ice!" And a white mist came out from the seal at pressure and got the Forget, and after the mist ceased, the Forget got frozen down in the floor, vertically.

"Now Sakura, convert her as a card again."

"Yes." I stoop ready, planted, and pointed my wand to the frozen beautiful green girl: "Noble card." I said, and the Clow symbol appeared again.

"Sakura, say Sakura Card, instead of Clow Card." Li said, and I nodded.

"Abandon that form and return to—" BAMM!

The ice prison exploded, shooting sharp pieces of ice everywhere. I was unharmed, but in the ground. There, I opened my eyes, and the Forget charged at the harmed Li and entered him…no…he had lost his memory completely!!! No, not yet…

BAMMM!

This time, it was a fire explosion. I covered my eyes from the ashes and then, when it ceased, I looked up. The Forget and Shiaoran were on the ground…Li had made something before the Forget attacked him, but I had to catch the card firstly…

"Noble card." I started, and the seal appeared again. "Abandon that form to return to your humble one…Sakura Card!" And some wind gusts appeared around, pulling and pushing my robes and hair, while the Forget, in all her body, shone, and then, while she was light, it made itself a shiny vertical rectangle in front of me. Then, the shiny form transformed into some rainbow colors, and then to a pink card. It worked.

I put the card into my pocket and ran to Li: "Li! Li! Are you OK?!?" I was suddenly scared.

"What? Who…"

"Yes, Shiaoran?"

"Who's…who's Shiaoran?" He said, rubbing his eyes, with a harmed face. Oh no…he really had forgotten everything.

"No, no…not you, Li, no…"

"Am I Li?" He said stupidly.

"Wait!" I said to myself. "Li told me that the Forget card could make her effects reversely."

"Li or me? Or am I Li? Talk to me! Who are you, girl? Are you Li?!?" He asked again, kind of desperate this time. I got out the Forget card and said again:

"Noble Sakura Card, reverse the damages you have done to Li, this boy. Make him remember the things he has forgotten…Forget!!!" And at the final words, I stopped spinning my wand, and touched the floating card, and it shone. Then, a green shiny fat whip came out from my card, and surrounded Li, and enveloped it completely. After five seconds of strange lights and sounds, the fat whip returned to the shiny card, and I caught it and before I saved it in my pocket, I looked at it and said: "Thank you."

I went to the fallen body of Li.

"Li! My prince, Li!" I shouted shaking him, and this time I was the twice as scared: this card was new…what if the card made the effects worse? Suddenly, Li opened his eyes sweetly, and opened them completely at my sight, and he embraced me quickly, sitting up.

"Sakura, Sakura…are you OK?" He asked me again.

"Stop worrying Li, I'm fine. How do you feel?"

"I…I don't remember…I feel dizzy…"

"What do you mean that you don't remember?"

"I can't remember why did I pass out…what happened?"

"Oh, nothing…well, let's talk about that in the way." I stoop up, and helped Li too.

"Did you get the card?" He asked me kindly.

"Yes…" I showed the pink card, and I put it again in my pocket.

"I knew you could do it." He said, and then before I could reply blushing, he embraced me, and I accepted it with love.

And after that, we continued laughing and talking in our way to the other card…