Cardcaptor Sakura does not belong to me but this story does.
Another Kanari episodes, b/c I got so caught up in writing about her. I hope everyone will enjoy it, especially you, Kanari!
Kanari's Secret
The blue light was emitting from Kanari. She was curled up in the middle of the clearing, in a round ball, glowing. The ball was blue, of course, but it was to my amazement that she looked blue too, and that he eyes looked blank. She was crying.
Liz and Doughboy where on our side of the clearing, both badly beaten. Then I realized. Eriol and Colton were on the other side. A magnificent battle must have occurred. Colton had wings, and no one could beat that.
Doughboy was lying on the grass, not moving. I gasped, and pointed it out to Snowy. Liz was sitting beside him, panting. With the big trees, it was not a wonder this whole world was plunged into darkness, even if it was a clearing. It was a mighty small clearing, for a fact.
"Someone is going to notice the light Kanari is emitting sooner or later." I whispered to Snowy. We were still hiding behind some bushed. "Look at Eriol and Colton."
There was horrifying blood on Colton's side, which looked as if Liz had sliced through it. Colton was lying on his other side. Eriol's face had several bruises, which led me to think that Doughboy had punched him instead of using powers.
"Let's go." Snowy said, pointing to Doughboy and Liz. "The sooner we help them, the better."
"Okay." I said, gave her a pained look, and we both rushed out.
Eriol's head snapped up, and Liz, who had been kneeling over, looked up also.
"Snowy." Liz called weakly. "Yuki." We both ran over. I turned Doughboy over, and he threw up.
"Oh." I moaned. "Snowy." Snowy came over to look. There was a series of bloody holes in Doughboy's side.
"Ouch." Snowy said. "Is he still breathing?" I put two fingers on his wrist.
"Yes." I said. "Let me handle this, and you keep an eye on Eriol. If we hadn't gotten here at this time, he might've won." I pulled out the book, and flipped to the very back. I pulled out a tiny diamond bottle, full of purple stuff. I opened Doughboy's mouth and let a drop inside. Then I used the Water Card to make him swallow.
"Urg." Liz said, watching. "What IS that stuff?"
"Cordial." I said. "A type of medicine that is supposed to heal your wounds with one drop. It's magical, made from magicians." I went over to Liz and examined her. She had some scars on her face, and her hands were bloody. I gave her a drop.
"So how long does it take?" Snowy asked, worriedly. She knew we had school tomorrow, and that everyone expected their child to be home in time for dinner. "It's already five."
"Already?" I asked. "Uh, let me see." I flipped through the book. "It says that it will start to heal almost immediately, but it may still take up to four hours to heal completely." I gave Snowy a worried look. Meanwhile, Liz was using the Watery to wash her hands.
"The blood is from Doughboy." She informed us. "Otherwise, I just hope the scars go away quick. I was careful, but he needed good protection and couldn't do anything."
"I'm sorry." I said. "I guess Doughboy was right, it was kind of selfish of me to go to E-Team. Look at him now." I stood up and looked at Doughboy, who was slowly coming to.
"I'm sorry too." Snowy said. "I guess I never took things seriously, and I just forget a lot."
"It's not anyone's fault." Liz said. "This happened because it was destined to happen, and we can't change that." Liz got down on her knees and went through Doughboy's book bag, which was lying near the grass.
"Look." Snowy pulled out a white T-shirt. "Doughboy's PE clothes. As soon as he's well, he can change into these."
But it was already a little to late.
Not for Doughboy, I mean, but for Kanari.
"Master Mind Forward the Jewel!" Eriol called, and then aimed his sword at Kanari. Kanari looked up, frightened, and then there was a flash, and Kanari was thrown to the edge of the clearing. The light had left her, and where she had been, there was a Jewel, a glowing yellow Jewel, that lit up the clearing.
Eriol grabbed it.
All of a sudden, the light emitted and we could see the dim figure of Eriol running away.
"Can you believe that?" Snowy said as she ran after him. "He left Colton here!"
"Liz, look after Doughboy!" I ran after Snowy, but it was already too late. Eriol disappeared into the shadows. When we arrived back in the clearing, Colton was gone.
"He just flew off." Liz said. " And I couldn't do anything. Doughboy was throwing up." We all looked at Doughboy. He was wide-awake now, looking around. He had also changed into PE shirt, and, in fact, looked as he normally did, chubby and round, only with a lot of bruises.
"Are you okay?" Snowy asked. "You look very weak." Doughboy gave her a smile.
"I'm all right." Doughboy said. "Colton's bullet's are gone now, and all that's left are some bruises." Doughboy rubbed his skin under his shirt. He looked very pale and feeble, and he erratically stood up.
"That was some battle." Liz said. I returned the Watery to a Card.
"C'mon." Snowy looked at her watch impatiently. "How much power have you got left, Doughboy?"
"Not any magical powers left." Doughboy said faintly. Snowy and I exchanged a look. Then we both mounted our broomsticks. Liz rode on Snowy's while Doughboy rode on mine.
"I owe you guys one back there." Doughboy said. "Where are we going?"
"To Rene's house." I answered. "Snowy and I left our book bags back there, and we'll pretend we're spending the night over at her house." Snowy nodded.
"Rene won't mind, and besides, you have way too many bruises." Snowy added. "Rene's mom isn't home tonight."
"I still can't believe that Eriol got the first Jewel after all." Doughboy said angrily. "It's like I risked everything for nothing. Do you think I would've gone to the Fourth Dimension?"
"Let's not talk of it until tomorrow." Liz said. "All we need right now is a warm bath and a nice sleep."
"Yeah." Doughboy said. "We'll explain everything tomorrow. What should we do with the other shirt?"
"Well, where is it?" I asked. Doughboy pointed to his bag. "Eww! You put it in there?"
"In a plastic bag." Doughboy said. "So?"
"We'll burn it." I said. "As soon as we get to Rene's house."
We arrived five minutes later, all of us exhausted. First, Doughboy phoned his family, then Liz, then me and last, Snowy. Doughboy was allowed to use the shower first, while we took the plastic bag outside in the backyard.
"Firey Card, burn this bag to nothing! Firey, Release and Dispel!" I yelled, but not too loudly, and the Firey Card came out. It was quick and dangerous, so after it was complete in doing its job, I quickly sealed it again, and we went inside.
Rene and Liz were talking about recipes, and in the end, Snowy, Rene, and I ended up cooking. I was a major failure; I never cooked a whole meal before. No one talked much at dinner, but I wasn't sure if that was because everyone was so tired or because the food was so bad they were afraid to talk.
"I'm going to go to sleep." Doughboy announced, and headed towards one of the guest rooms. Rene had a big house.
"So, Liz, what really happened?" Snowy inquired. We had already told Rene our version of the story.
"Well, I'm not sure if I should talk about it, especially without Doughboy." Liz said. "But I'll tell you something important first." She lowered her voice. "Eriol knows where Ariel is."
"We know." Snowy said. "We visited the door first, the door that…" she broke off very suddenly. "Oh snap! We forgot Kanari!"
Liz turned blue, and so did I.
"I totally forgot about her." I said. "She just seemed to vanish after Eriol."
"She must be still out there." Snowy said, and went to the window. She withdrew one of the curtains, and looked out. The sun had already set and it was turning pitch black.
"Listen, Liz." I said, turning around, having followed Snowy. "Please go to sleep and rest well. I promise we'll bring Kanari back in the morning." Snowy shot me a look, but I could not meet her gaze. "We have to." I whispered. "The Jewel just shot out of her foot like that, her big toe."
Liz trusted us and went up to bed, while Snowy and I sat down to discuss what to do. Rene watched us.
"The only thing we CAN do now is to look for her." Snowy said. "You promised, remember?"
"Yes." I said, defiantly. "And that is exactly what I will do."
I opened the back door, and looked at Snowy, who had a shocked expression on her face. She smiled, and grabbed her coat and hat.
"Don't you think I'd come along?" She asked, and we both rose up into the air.
"Think about it." I said. "Yesterday, this Jewel thing and Kanari never existed. Day before that, we were totally clueless until the afternoon."
"Time travels fast at a different rate in different stages." Snowy murmured. "C'mon, where do you suppose she could be?"
"Anywhere." I said. "Now that the Jewel is out, we shouldn't be able to sense a thing."
"I'm curious about her." Snowy said. "Where does she live, why did she move, how she bears the Yellow Jewel, all that."
"I'm just scared." I said. "I'm not used to being out after sunset, even with another person and loaded with weapons."
"Weapons?" Snowy looked me over as if she suspected I had guns or something. I held up my book. Snowy said, "Ooh."
We flew to the park in unison, but we had our doubts.
"There is NO way we'll be able to find Kanari." Snowy said. I clenched my teeth together.
"I promised." I said. "Let's go visit the door." We flew to the door. "Light, Release and Dispel." With the power of the Light Card, I looked the door over.
"Eriol definitely slashed this door." Snowy said. "Don't you find it odd, just hovering here, and apparently, it leads no where. You can see the other side of the door, and feel it too."
"I think we may be the only ones that can see it." I said. "I don't like this place. It brings back memories and is spooky."
"Look over there." Snowy pointed. "I think that was the clearing." We flew over a little closer. A star poked out, and so did the moon, allowing me to seal the Light Card, since we didn't need to use it anymore.
"Great." I groaned.
"The philosophers navigated by the stars." Snowy said. "I believe that may just work in our case."
"Uh, what makes you say that?" I asked, looking at her. She was staring at the star.
"An ancient guess." Snowy said. "Things don't happen for no reason." I shrugged. She flew underneath the star. "Around this region." We both started searching and calling. I felt like an idiot.
After three minutes, we found Kanari huddled up underneath a tree.
"I tried to get the Yellow Jewel for you guys, but I lost my way." She said. "And I was lost." We smiled, and I apologized to Snowy. "Gee, thanks for coming back to look for me." She said. "It was getting quite cold."
"You should've tried to sleep." Snowy said.
"I was getting tired and it was getting dark." Kanari said. "Every time I heard a noise, I jumped, so I made myself fall asleep." Snowy nodded.
"Smart." She said, in a nice way.
"Hey, let's go back now." I suggested, and mounted my stick. "Kanari, do you want to ride with me?"
"Sure." Kanari got on and we flew back to Rene's house, where Rene was waiting eagerly.
"I was SURE something bad happened." Rene said, opening the door for us.
"Gee, what faith you have in us." Snowy muttered sarcastically and closed the door. After we all cleaned up, we both began to question Kanari. Rene wanted to stay and hear, but confessed she was too tired.
"So, Kanari, did you know about this Jewel?" Snowy asked. Kanari shook her head.
"It shows up on the X-ray screen, though." Kanari said. "When I lived in Norway, they were planning surgery to see what it was, but then we had to move. It was located on my right foot, by my big toe."
"I see." Snowy said. She pulled out a pencil and pad and began jotting things down. I stared. "And did you, by any chance, understand a tiny bit about this Jewel?"
"My mom and my dad couldn't understand what it was." Kanari said. "It was just a big metal lump in my foot. I couldn't see it, or feel it, but it was just there." I cut her off.
"Do you know when you got it?" I asked.
"It must have been that night me and my friends decided to go around the space tower." Kanari said. "It was really late, and we went to this space tower, by the nearby castle, which is by a lake. I was about seven years old. They kids I were at said they say sparks flying off a balcony of one of towers of the castle, so we went to investigate. There was a shadow, all dressed up in a robe, and when we talked to it, it threw the sparkly things at us. I remember them hitting me, and I had a lot of bruises after that, but I never thought until afterwards that one of them could have been the Jewel." Snowy looked at me, puzzled.
"But why just one of them, if you had been pelted by many pieces?" She asked.
"Perhaps only one of them was real." I suggested. "Go on." Kanari sighed.
"I have weird dreams sometimes."
"Like?"
"Like sometimes, it's rowing in a canoe with a dwarf." Kanari said, frowning. She was straining her mind, trying to remember. "Quite odd." Kanari sighed. "And some of them…I had wings, golden yellow wings, fair and bright. I could soar. I had a destiny…it was as if these dreams continued, and then suddenly, because of this, became real."
"Huh?" Snowy and I looked at each other.
"Perhaps it's like Doughboy." I said. "It's like he can dream about things, and they happen a few days later. A prophecy/warning kind of thing."
"You think?" Snowy looked doubtful.
"Is Doughboy that one boy that tried to save me?" Kanari asked. We both nodded. "Tell him thank you."
"Aren't you going to stay?" Snowy asked. Kanari shook her head. "No, I don't think so."
"What are you going to tell your parents?" I asked. Kanari smiled.
"Don't worry, I wouldn't give this away for anything. I'll just tell them I went to the movies with my new friends." She grinned. "Wait until they take another X-ray test and discover the metal chunk is gone!" Kanari got up to leave.
"One more thing." Snowy said, jotting down more and more on the pad. "Did these dreams, about the dwarfs, come true?"
"Oh, not really." Kanari said, pushing in the chair and walking to the door to put on her shoes. "I did go row in a canoe, with one of my friends, one that was all dressed in green, very short, and, in a way, looked like a dwarf. And I did have dreams about fairies coming to take the jewel away. Except I didn't know it was the Yellow Jewel, only a big yellow thing." She frowned. "So what IS with this Jewel thing?"
"I'll explain it to you in homeroom tomorrow." I said, and Kanari left.
"Well." Snowy sighed and we both looked at each other.
"It looks like we have a lot of explaining to do." I said. "To everyone."
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The next day, I woke up, and frowned. This wasn't my ceiling. Then I remembered. Rene's house. Last night. Eriol, Colton and Kanari. I sat up straight in my room.
"Snowy?" I jumped out of bed and pounced on another room. Liz was inside, making her bed.
"Oh, hey Yuki!" Liz cheerfully said. "Did you find Kanari?"
"Of course." I said. "I promised, remember? Snowy took notes when we interviewed her."
"Cool."
"What is this about me?" Snowy asked. She poked her head out of her room. Doughboy poked his head out from his, and rubbed his eyes (he had to take off his glasses first).
"Huh?" Doughboy put on his glasses, and blinked. "What happened?"
"Are you okay?" I asked him. Doughboy smiled grandly.
"Fully healed." He announced. "For breakfast."
Breakfast was made a fast meal. I ate heartily until I remembered my homework again.
"Oh, Gee Whiz, sometimes I just hate this whole Jewel business." I wailed. "My 4.0 is going to go down."
"Stop complaining." Doughboy said. He had finished his homework in class. I glared at him. "You're always so picky about grades. You yell when I don't get good grades."
"I'M PICKY?" I asked. "You were whining to me in a note just yesterday about having a 95 in math and how that was two points away from a B!"
"I'd be glad to have that." Rene slurped her cereal, and smiled. "Are we all ready for school?" Doughboy groaned.
"School." He whined. "Can't we say that I'm sick or something?" All four of us looked at him. "Okay." Doughboy put up his hands. "I surrender."
"The old Doughboy is back." Liz groaned. "I hate this." We all explained what had happened last night on the way to school.
"I can't believe we let Eriol get away with the first Jewel." Doughboy said.
"And Kanari's Jewel too." I muttered.
"Hey, take it lightly." Snowy said. "We didn't know what to do, and he's shown us now."
"What does he say again?" Liz asked.
"ER, Master Mind Forward the Jewel, or something like that?" I suggested. Snowy nodded.
"Yeah, I think it was that."
"I am just so mad." Doughboy said. "Our first chance to capture the Jewel! Who knows when we'll get another try?"
"I'm so determined to capture the next one." I said. "Whatever it is, we can do it." They all nodded.
"The costumes should be here in a couple of days." Rene said. "I also ordered some other stuff. I hope you'll enjoy it."
"We will." I said. "Now this thing becomes serious. We have three missions, find the Jewels, stay undercover, and make no one suspect."
"Isn't that the same thing as undercover?" Doughboy asked. I gave him a look, and whispered, "I couldn't think of another one."
"Oh." Doughboy said, then froze and jumped behind Liz.
"What's wrong?" Rene asked. All of us looked. Becki was walking up a block ahead.
Haha, very funny, eh? Please review! *_*
Another Kanari episodes, b/c I got so caught up in writing about her. I hope everyone will enjoy it, especially you, Kanari!
Kanari's Secret
The blue light was emitting from Kanari. She was curled up in the middle of the clearing, in a round ball, glowing. The ball was blue, of course, but it was to my amazement that she looked blue too, and that he eyes looked blank. She was crying.
Liz and Doughboy where on our side of the clearing, both badly beaten. Then I realized. Eriol and Colton were on the other side. A magnificent battle must have occurred. Colton had wings, and no one could beat that.
Doughboy was lying on the grass, not moving. I gasped, and pointed it out to Snowy. Liz was sitting beside him, panting. With the big trees, it was not a wonder this whole world was plunged into darkness, even if it was a clearing. It was a mighty small clearing, for a fact.
"Someone is going to notice the light Kanari is emitting sooner or later." I whispered to Snowy. We were still hiding behind some bushed. "Look at Eriol and Colton."
There was horrifying blood on Colton's side, which looked as if Liz had sliced through it. Colton was lying on his other side. Eriol's face had several bruises, which led me to think that Doughboy had punched him instead of using powers.
"Let's go." Snowy said, pointing to Doughboy and Liz. "The sooner we help them, the better."
"Okay." I said, gave her a pained look, and we both rushed out.
Eriol's head snapped up, and Liz, who had been kneeling over, looked up also.
"Snowy." Liz called weakly. "Yuki." We both ran over. I turned Doughboy over, and he threw up.
"Oh." I moaned. "Snowy." Snowy came over to look. There was a series of bloody holes in Doughboy's side.
"Ouch." Snowy said. "Is he still breathing?" I put two fingers on his wrist.
"Yes." I said. "Let me handle this, and you keep an eye on Eriol. If we hadn't gotten here at this time, he might've won." I pulled out the book, and flipped to the very back. I pulled out a tiny diamond bottle, full of purple stuff. I opened Doughboy's mouth and let a drop inside. Then I used the Water Card to make him swallow.
"Urg." Liz said, watching. "What IS that stuff?"
"Cordial." I said. "A type of medicine that is supposed to heal your wounds with one drop. It's magical, made from magicians." I went over to Liz and examined her. She had some scars on her face, and her hands were bloody. I gave her a drop.
"So how long does it take?" Snowy asked, worriedly. She knew we had school tomorrow, and that everyone expected their child to be home in time for dinner. "It's already five."
"Already?" I asked. "Uh, let me see." I flipped through the book. "It says that it will start to heal almost immediately, but it may still take up to four hours to heal completely." I gave Snowy a worried look. Meanwhile, Liz was using the Watery to wash her hands.
"The blood is from Doughboy." She informed us. "Otherwise, I just hope the scars go away quick. I was careful, but he needed good protection and couldn't do anything."
"I'm sorry." I said. "I guess Doughboy was right, it was kind of selfish of me to go to E-Team. Look at him now." I stood up and looked at Doughboy, who was slowly coming to.
"I'm sorry too." Snowy said. "I guess I never took things seriously, and I just forget a lot."
"It's not anyone's fault." Liz said. "This happened because it was destined to happen, and we can't change that." Liz got down on her knees and went through Doughboy's book bag, which was lying near the grass.
"Look." Snowy pulled out a white T-shirt. "Doughboy's PE clothes. As soon as he's well, he can change into these."
But it was already a little to late.
Not for Doughboy, I mean, but for Kanari.
"Master Mind Forward the Jewel!" Eriol called, and then aimed his sword at Kanari. Kanari looked up, frightened, and then there was a flash, and Kanari was thrown to the edge of the clearing. The light had left her, and where she had been, there was a Jewel, a glowing yellow Jewel, that lit up the clearing.
Eriol grabbed it.
All of a sudden, the light emitted and we could see the dim figure of Eriol running away.
"Can you believe that?" Snowy said as she ran after him. "He left Colton here!"
"Liz, look after Doughboy!" I ran after Snowy, but it was already too late. Eriol disappeared into the shadows. When we arrived back in the clearing, Colton was gone.
"He just flew off." Liz said. " And I couldn't do anything. Doughboy was throwing up." We all looked at Doughboy. He was wide-awake now, looking around. He had also changed into PE shirt, and, in fact, looked as he normally did, chubby and round, only with a lot of bruises.
"Are you okay?" Snowy asked. "You look very weak." Doughboy gave her a smile.
"I'm all right." Doughboy said. "Colton's bullet's are gone now, and all that's left are some bruises." Doughboy rubbed his skin under his shirt. He looked very pale and feeble, and he erratically stood up.
"That was some battle." Liz said. I returned the Watery to a Card.
"C'mon." Snowy looked at her watch impatiently. "How much power have you got left, Doughboy?"
"Not any magical powers left." Doughboy said faintly. Snowy and I exchanged a look. Then we both mounted our broomsticks. Liz rode on Snowy's while Doughboy rode on mine.
"I owe you guys one back there." Doughboy said. "Where are we going?"
"To Rene's house." I answered. "Snowy and I left our book bags back there, and we'll pretend we're spending the night over at her house." Snowy nodded.
"Rene won't mind, and besides, you have way too many bruises." Snowy added. "Rene's mom isn't home tonight."
"I still can't believe that Eriol got the first Jewel after all." Doughboy said angrily. "It's like I risked everything for nothing. Do you think I would've gone to the Fourth Dimension?"
"Let's not talk of it until tomorrow." Liz said. "All we need right now is a warm bath and a nice sleep."
"Yeah." Doughboy said. "We'll explain everything tomorrow. What should we do with the other shirt?"
"Well, where is it?" I asked. Doughboy pointed to his bag. "Eww! You put it in there?"
"In a plastic bag." Doughboy said. "So?"
"We'll burn it." I said. "As soon as we get to Rene's house."
We arrived five minutes later, all of us exhausted. First, Doughboy phoned his family, then Liz, then me and last, Snowy. Doughboy was allowed to use the shower first, while we took the plastic bag outside in the backyard.
"Firey Card, burn this bag to nothing! Firey, Release and Dispel!" I yelled, but not too loudly, and the Firey Card came out. It was quick and dangerous, so after it was complete in doing its job, I quickly sealed it again, and we went inside.
Rene and Liz were talking about recipes, and in the end, Snowy, Rene, and I ended up cooking. I was a major failure; I never cooked a whole meal before. No one talked much at dinner, but I wasn't sure if that was because everyone was so tired or because the food was so bad they were afraid to talk.
"I'm going to go to sleep." Doughboy announced, and headed towards one of the guest rooms. Rene had a big house.
"So, Liz, what really happened?" Snowy inquired. We had already told Rene our version of the story.
"Well, I'm not sure if I should talk about it, especially without Doughboy." Liz said. "But I'll tell you something important first." She lowered her voice. "Eriol knows where Ariel is."
"We know." Snowy said. "We visited the door first, the door that…" she broke off very suddenly. "Oh snap! We forgot Kanari!"
Liz turned blue, and so did I.
"I totally forgot about her." I said. "She just seemed to vanish after Eriol."
"She must be still out there." Snowy said, and went to the window. She withdrew one of the curtains, and looked out. The sun had already set and it was turning pitch black.
"Listen, Liz." I said, turning around, having followed Snowy. "Please go to sleep and rest well. I promise we'll bring Kanari back in the morning." Snowy shot me a look, but I could not meet her gaze. "We have to." I whispered. "The Jewel just shot out of her foot like that, her big toe."
Liz trusted us and went up to bed, while Snowy and I sat down to discuss what to do. Rene watched us.
"The only thing we CAN do now is to look for her." Snowy said. "You promised, remember?"
"Yes." I said, defiantly. "And that is exactly what I will do."
I opened the back door, and looked at Snowy, who had a shocked expression on her face. She smiled, and grabbed her coat and hat.
"Don't you think I'd come along?" She asked, and we both rose up into the air.
"Think about it." I said. "Yesterday, this Jewel thing and Kanari never existed. Day before that, we were totally clueless until the afternoon."
"Time travels fast at a different rate in different stages." Snowy murmured. "C'mon, where do you suppose she could be?"
"Anywhere." I said. "Now that the Jewel is out, we shouldn't be able to sense a thing."
"I'm curious about her." Snowy said. "Where does she live, why did she move, how she bears the Yellow Jewel, all that."
"I'm just scared." I said. "I'm not used to being out after sunset, even with another person and loaded with weapons."
"Weapons?" Snowy looked me over as if she suspected I had guns or something. I held up my book. Snowy said, "Ooh."
We flew to the park in unison, but we had our doubts.
"There is NO way we'll be able to find Kanari." Snowy said. I clenched my teeth together.
"I promised." I said. "Let's go visit the door." We flew to the door. "Light, Release and Dispel." With the power of the Light Card, I looked the door over.
"Eriol definitely slashed this door." Snowy said. "Don't you find it odd, just hovering here, and apparently, it leads no where. You can see the other side of the door, and feel it too."
"I think we may be the only ones that can see it." I said. "I don't like this place. It brings back memories and is spooky."
"Look over there." Snowy pointed. "I think that was the clearing." We flew over a little closer. A star poked out, and so did the moon, allowing me to seal the Light Card, since we didn't need to use it anymore.
"Great." I groaned.
"The philosophers navigated by the stars." Snowy said. "I believe that may just work in our case."
"Uh, what makes you say that?" I asked, looking at her. She was staring at the star.
"An ancient guess." Snowy said. "Things don't happen for no reason." I shrugged. She flew underneath the star. "Around this region." We both started searching and calling. I felt like an idiot.
After three minutes, we found Kanari huddled up underneath a tree.
"I tried to get the Yellow Jewel for you guys, but I lost my way." She said. "And I was lost." We smiled, and I apologized to Snowy. "Gee, thanks for coming back to look for me." She said. "It was getting quite cold."
"You should've tried to sleep." Snowy said.
"I was getting tired and it was getting dark." Kanari said. "Every time I heard a noise, I jumped, so I made myself fall asleep." Snowy nodded.
"Smart." She said, in a nice way.
"Hey, let's go back now." I suggested, and mounted my stick. "Kanari, do you want to ride with me?"
"Sure." Kanari got on and we flew back to Rene's house, where Rene was waiting eagerly.
"I was SURE something bad happened." Rene said, opening the door for us.
"Gee, what faith you have in us." Snowy muttered sarcastically and closed the door. After we all cleaned up, we both began to question Kanari. Rene wanted to stay and hear, but confessed she was too tired.
"So, Kanari, did you know about this Jewel?" Snowy asked. Kanari shook her head.
"It shows up on the X-ray screen, though." Kanari said. "When I lived in Norway, they were planning surgery to see what it was, but then we had to move. It was located on my right foot, by my big toe."
"I see." Snowy said. She pulled out a pencil and pad and began jotting things down. I stared. "And did you, by any chance, understand a tiny bit about this Jewel?"
"My mom and my dad couldn't understand what it was." Kanari said. "It was just a big metal lump in my foot. I couldn't see it, or feel it, but it was just there." I cut her off.
"Do you know when you got it?" I asked.
"It must have been that night me and my friends decided to go around the space tower." Kanari said. "It was really late, and we went to this space tower, by the nearby castle, which is by a lake. I was about seven years old. They kids I were at said they say sparks flying off a balcony of one of towers of the castle, so we went to investigate. There was a shadow, all dressed up in a robe, and when we talked to it, it threw the sparkly things at us. I remember them hitting me, and I had a lot of bruises after that, but I never thought until afterwards that one of them could have been the Jewel." Snowy looked at me, puzzled.
"But why just one of them, if you had been pelted by many pieces?" She asked.
"Perhaps only one of them was real." I suggested. "Go on." Kanari sighed.
"I have weird dreams sometimes."
"Like?"
"Like sometimes, it's rowing in a canoe with a dwarf." Kanari said, frowning. She was straining her mind, trying to remember. "Quite odd." Kanari sighed. "And some of them…I had wings, golden yellow wings, fair and bright. I could soar. I had a destiny…it was as if these dreams continued, and then suddenly, because of this, became real."
"Huh?" Snowy and I looked at each other.
"Perhaps it's like Doughboy." I said. "It's like he can dream about things, and they happen a few days later. A prophecy/warning kind of thing."
"You think?" Snowy looked doubtful.
"Is Doughboy that one boy that tried to save me?" Kanari asked. We both nodded. "Tell him thank you."
"Aren't you going to stay?" Snowy asked. Kanari shook her head. "No, I don't think so."
"What are you going to tell your parents?" I asked. Kanari smiled.
"Don't worry, I wouldn't give this away for anything. I'll just tell them I went to the movies with my new friends." She grinned. "Wait until they take another X-ray test and discover the metal chunk is gone!" Kanari got up to leave.
"One more thing." Snowy said, jotting down more and more on the pad. "Did these dreams, about the dwarfs, come true?"
"Oh, not really." Kanari said, pushing in the chair and walking to the door to put on her shoes. "I did go row in a canoe, with one of my friends, one that was all dressed in green, very short, and, in a way, looked like a dwarf. And I did have dreams about fairies coming to take the jewel away. Except I didn't know it was the Yellow Jewel, only a big yellow thing." She frowned. "So what IS with this Jewel thing?"
"I'll explain it to you in homeroom tomorrow." I said, and Kanari left.
"Well." Snowy sighed and we both looked at each other.
"It looks like we have a lot of explaining to do." I said. "To everyone."
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The next day, I woke up, and frowned. This wasn't my ceiling. Then I remembered. Rene's house. Last night. Eriol, Colton and Kanari. I sat up straight in my room.
"Snowy?" I jumped out of bed and pounced on another room. Liz was inside, making her bed.
"Oh, hey Yuki!" Liz cheerfully said. "Did you find Kanari?"
"Of course." I said. "I promised, remember? Snowy took notes when we interviewed her."
"Cool."
"What is this about me?" Snowy asked. She poked her head out of her room. Doughboy poked his head out from his, and rubbed his eyes (he had to take off his glasses first).
"Huh?" Doughboy put on his glasses, and blinked. "What happened?"
"Are you okay?" I asked him. Doughboy smiled grandly.
"Fully healed." He announced. "For breakfast."
Breakfast was made a fast meal. I ate heartily until I remembered my homework again.
"Oh, Gee Whiz, sometimes I just hate this whole Jewel business." I wailed. "My 4.0 is going to go down."
"Stop complaining." Doughboy said. He had finished his homework in class. I glared at him. "You're always so picky about grades. You yell when I don't get good grades."
"I'M PICKY?" I asked. "You were whining to me in a note just yesterday about having a 95 in math and how that was two points away from a B!"
"I'd be glad to have that." Rene slurped her cereal, and smiled. "Are we all ready for school?" Doughboy groaned.
"School." He whined. "Can't we say that I'm sick or something?" All four of us looked at him. "Okay." Doughboy put up his hands. "I surrender."
"The old Doughboy is back." Liz groaned. "I hate this." We all explained what had happened last night on the way to school.
"I can't believe we let Eriol get away with the first Jewel." Doughboy said.
"And Kanari's Jewel too." I muttered.
"Hey, take it lightly." Snowy said. "We didn't know what to do, and he's shown us now."
"What does he say again?" Liz asked.
"ER, Master Mind Forward the Jewel, or something like that?" I suggested. Snowy nodded.
"Yeah, I think it was that."
"I am just so mad." Doughboy said. "Our first chance to capture the Jewel! Who knows when we'll get another try?"
"I'm so determined to capture the next one." I said. "Whatever it is, we can do it." They all nodded.
"The costumes should be here in a couple of days." Rene said. "I also ordered some other stuff. I hope you'll enjoy it."
"We will." I said. "Now this thing becomes serious. We have three missions, find the Jewels, stay undercover, and make no one suspect."
"Isn't that the same thing as undercover?" Doughboy asked. I gave him a look, and whispered, "I couldn't think of another one."
"Oh." Doughboy said, then froze and jumped behind Liz.
"What's wrong?" Rene asked. All of us looked. Becki was walking up a block ahead.
Haha, very funny, eh? Please review! *_*
