Author's Notes: Remember to submit your opinion for "Before the Storm!!" I will post something to clear up anything so don't hesitate to ask questions. On with the show!!
Disclaimers: Card Captors belong to CLAMP, characters from Sengir clan, original concept of Kjeldor and all its creatures, non-Clow cards that are still represented as spells and other stuff belong to Wizards of the Coast. Don't sue. I only own Strider.
Song of Blood - Episode Seven
Chapter 13
Black. It was all she could see. Total darkness. Sakura Avalon (thank Nelvana for the name change) couldn't see anything for miles but she could hear voices. They were all around her. Strider, Kero, Li, Meilin, Madison...the sounds were disfigured. She couldn't tell one from another.
Sakura could sense some aura of magic surrounding the entire area. She started heading towards the source. In the distance she could already see someone else at the glowing sphere. She appeared to be a teenager, wearing a revealing, gothic outfit.
Sakura moved in closer to the sphere and the girl. The girl then whipped around to grab Sakura by the throat. "Oh, it's you." She released Sakura as she went back to observing the sphere. Sakura got up groggily and stared at the attacker. The girl had brown hair and jade eyes similar to her own. "Who..."
"You're extremely fortunate that I didn't destroy you where you are. The stupid Kjeldoran mage bonded our personalities together. If I destroy you, I go as well." She grumbled. The now confused Clow mistress walked over to where she stood. "You look like me. Are you me?"
"Ding-ding-ding!!! What do we have for her, Johnny?" Sakura frowned at the amount of contempt her other self displayed. "This is the source of magic that I've been detecting." "What you've been detecting are the waves the Vampiric Embrace has been sending throughout our body."
The scene drastically changed to one near a castle. Not Castle Sengir but an English castle. "Hide!!!" The vampiress grabbed Sakura as they hid in the shadows of the castle. Four soldiers were carrying the body of a knight. They lay the body down in front of a mage wearing black robes. She ushered them away and started looking through her books for restoration spells. Another stranger emerged from a hidden doorway. "Grandmother, how is our patient?"
"What is this?" Sakura squirmed in the other's arms. "I believe that the Vampiric Embrace is showing us another one of its hosts. The question is who?" She focused on the knight's face, revealed after Grandmother Sengir removed the helmet. The stranger nodded in satisfaction and took out the Vampiric Embrace. "Arise from the darkness, Aragorn." The magic went into the man's body. Slowly he got up.
"I..am alive. But how?" The stranger smiled. "It was simple sorcery, my friend. Nothing more. Although you are alive, you are also dead. You are now a member of our clan." The man smiled, revealing fangs. "I am honoured, my lord. From now on, I am Veldrane of Sengir." The three of them left through a portal.
"That guy looked like Strider!!" "What?!" The vampiress felt someone poke her in the back. She turned to see two guards with their weapons drawn. She gave a small sigh. "Apparently, we are able to interact with the characters."
Chapter 14
"I'm going to kill that little punk who did this." Absolutely none of her powers were working and now they were both in a dungeon. "Will you please stop grumbling about how you're going to kill the person who put us in this mess?"
She forced herself to calm down while the younger Sakura spoke. "All we have to do is grab the key of Clow and the Clow cards. Then we can escape." The vampiress gave a dry laugh. "You rely too much on artifacts and Clow cards."
"What about you and your powers? I've had to sit here and listen to you, griping about how you want your powers so you can kill the guy who did this." The vampiress sighed in defeat. "You made your point."
"Maybe we should think about what we should be doing. This could be some sort of test. Like the elemental card captures." The older girl snorted. "What could be the purpose of this test?" Sakura lowered her eyes. "I wish I knew that answer." Then at the same moment, a small voice spoke in their heads.
"To make peace with each other."
The vampiress gave a jerk. Peace with each other?!? Although she couldn't understand it, her counterpart was another matter.
"I guess the test is for us to accept each other." She gave a small sweatdrop. Her older self would not think like that. To her, Sakura is a burden. "You've got to be kidding me." 'There's that attitude again,' thought the Clow mistress.
"Well, the reason we're here is because our body can't sustain two personalities, fighting each other constantly. It shut down so we could talk or something." The vampiress raised an eyebrow. "Perhaps...since when did you start knowing these little things?"
Sakura laughed. "A few pointers from Strider. There are many things our sub-conscious hides. They are revealed to us in strange ways. That's what he said." The other girl shrugged. "Alright, enlighten me, O Holy One."
"Just think of opening those bars with a thought. After all, this is our domain." The vampiress started concentrating. The bars shifted open. "Telekinesis...an interesting power."
"Actually, it was our combined thoughts that opened those bars. That's how the voice spoke. We were both asking the same question." They both snuck through the bars. The guard on duty noticed them and started to charge. The girls thought simultaneously 'Sleep'.
The guard fell down, unconscious. The vampiress looked at her smiling young counterpart. She couldn't help cracking a small smile herself. "You know, once in a while you come in handy."
She woke up, feeling slightly disoriented. The two personalities had been able to settle their differences. But what had happened while she was out? She slowly got up and staggered over to the entrance of the hut.
There was chaos. The Kjeldorans were having another battle against the Sengirs. Thousands of Sengir Vampires and Sengir Bats were attacking the townsfolk while they fought as best as they could. The Skyknights weren't able to help. They had their own problems as well.
In the distance of the now set-sun and the firey sky, she could see her comrades, her friends, preparing to face off with the Sengir Clan. They all uttered a battle cry before attacking the people who helped her ever since she was brought into this dimension.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Utterly corny, I know. I'll try harder next time, I swear!!! Ask me questions about 'Before the Storm.' I'm going to cross CCS with the Rifts RPG in that story. That should clear a few things. Keep asking questions and I'll come out with an info package of some sort, if there is a high demand for it.
Next Episode: A startling revelation is revealed just as the Sengirs attack Kjeldor...
Disclaimers: Card Captors belong to CLAMP, characters from Sengir clan, original concept of Kjeldor and all its creatures, non-Clow cards that are still represented as spells and other stuff belong to Wizards of the Coast. Don't sue. I only own Strider.
Song of Blood - Episode Seven
Chapter 13
Black. It was all she could see. Total darkness. Sakura Avalon (thank Nelvana for the name change) couldn't see anything for miles but she could hear voices. They were all around her. Strider, Kero, Li, Meilin, Madison...the sounds were disfigured. She couldn't tell one from another.
Sakura could sense some aura of magic surrounding the entire area. She started heading towards the source. In the distance she could already see someone else at the glowing sphere. She appeared to be a teenager, wearing a revealing, gothic outfit.
Sakura moved in closer to the sphere and the girl. The girl then whipped around to grab Sakura by the throat. "Oh, it's you." She released Sakura as she went back to observing the sphere. Sakura got up groggily and stared at the attacker. The girl had brown hair and jade eyes similar to her own. "Who..."
"You're extremely fortunate that I didn't destroy you where you are. The stupid Kjeldoran mage bonded our personalities together. If I destroy you, I go as well." She grumbled. The now confused Clow mistress walked over to where she stood. "You look like me. Are you me?"
"Ding-ding-ding!!! What do we have for her, Johnny?" Sakura frowned at the amount of contempt her other self displayed. "This is the source of magic that I've been detecting." "What you've been detecting are the waves the Vampiric Embrace has been sending throughout our body."
The scene drastically changed to one near a castle. Not Castle Sengir but an English castle. "Hide!!!" The vampiress grabbed Sakura as they hid in the shadows of the castle. Four soldiers were carrying the body of a knight. They lay the body down in front of a mage wearing black robes. She ushered them away and started looking through her books for restoration spells. Another stranger emerged from a hidden doorway. "Grandmother, how is our patient?"
"What is this?" Sakura squirmed in the other's arms. "I believe that the Vampiric Embrace is showing us another one of its hosts. The question is who?" She focused on the knight's face, revealed after Grandmother Sengir removed the helmet. The stranger nodded in satisfaction and took out the Vampiric Embrace. "Arise from the darkness, Aragorn." The magic went into the man's body. Slowly he got up.
"I..am alive. But how?" The stranger smiled. "It was simple sorcery, my friend. Nothing more. Although you are alive, you are also dead. You are now a member of our clan." The man smiled, revealing fangs. "I am honoured, my lord. From now on, I am Veldrane of Sengir." The three of them left through a portal.
"That guy looked like Strider!!" "What?!" The vampiress felt someone poke her in the back. She turned to see two guards with their weapons drawn. She gave a small sigh. "Apparently, we are able to interact with the characters."
Chapter 14
"I'm going to kill that little punk who did this." Absolutely none of her powers were working and now they were both in a dungeon. "Will you please stop grumbling about how you're going to kill the person who put us in this mess?"
She forced herself to calm down while the younger Sakura spoke. "All we have to do is grab the key of Clow and the Clow cards. Then we can escape." The vampiress gave a dry laugh. "You rely too much on artifacts and Clow cards."
"What about you and your powers? I've had to sit here and listen to you, griping about how you want your powers so you can kill the guy who did this." The vampiress sighed in defeat. "You made your point."
"Maybe we should think about what we should be doing. This could be some sort of test. Like the elemental card captures." The older girl snorted. "What could be the purpose of this test?" Sakura lowered her eyes. "I wish I knew that answer." Then at the same moment, a small voice spoke in their heads.
"To make peace with each other."
The vampiress gave a jerk. Peace with each other?!? Although she couldn't understand it, her counterpart was another matter.
"I guess the test is for us to accept each other." She gave a small sweatdrop. Her older self would not think like that. To her, Sakura is a burden. "You've got to be kidding me." 'There's that attitude again,' thought the Clow mistress.
"Well, the reason we're here is because our body can't sustain two personalities, fighting each other constantly. It shut down so we could talk or something." The vampiress raised an eyebrow. "Perhaps...since when did you start knowing these little things?"
Sakura laughed. "A few pointers from Strider. There are many things our sub-conscious hides. They are revealed to us in strange ways. That's what he said." The other girl shrugged. "Alright, enlighten me, O Holy One."
"Just think of opening those bars with a thought. After all, this is our domain." The vampiress started concentrating. The bars shifted open. "Telekinesis...an interesting power."
"Actually, it was our combined thoughts that opened those bars. That's how the voice spoke. We were both asking the same question." They both snuck through the bars. The guard on duty noticed them and started to charge. The girls thought simultaneously 'Sleep'.
The guard fell down, unconscious. The vampiress looked at her smiling young counterpart. She couldn't help cracking a small smile herself. "You know, once in a while you come in handy."
She woke up, feeling slightly disoriented. The two personalities had been able to settle their differences. But what had happened while she was out? She slowly got up and staggered over to the entrance of the hut.
There was chaos. The Kjeldorans were having another battle against the Sengirs. Thousands of Sengir Vampires and Sengir Bats were attacking the townsfolk while they fought as best as they could. The Skyknights weren't able to help. They had their own problems as well.
In the distance of the now set-sun and the firey sky, she could see her comrades, her friends, preparing to face off with the Sengir Clan. They all uttered a battle cry before attacking the people who helped her ever since she was brought into this dimension.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Utterly corny, I know. I'll try harder next time, I swear!!! Ask me questions about 'Before the Storm.' I'm going to cross CCS with the Rifts RPG in that story. That should clear a few things. Keep asking questions and I'll come out with an info package of some sort, if there is a high demand for it.
Next Episode: A startling revelation is revealed just as the Sengirs attack Kjeldor...