Tomoyo kept watching the scene, saddened by the tears of the young girl

Taiyo and the Strange Mirror

Tomoyo kept watching the scene, saddened by the tears of the young girl. She wanted to do something. At least find out what she was crying about. She reached out…tried to touch the glass, but her hand sunk through it.

"AH!"

She pulled her hand back, thoroughly surprised. *Mirrors aren't supposed to do that…are they? * She reached back towards the glass, or was it even glass? She ran her fingers across the surface, creating many ripples that faded off towards the frame. Then she pushed her whole hand inside. *It's so cold! * She stepped back, fear on her face.

"What am I doing? I have no idea what this is…but that girl looks so sad… Wait. This is a dream right? I can't get hurt."

With that fact set in her mind she slowly walked up to the shimmering glass…. and walked into the past.

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From when she was all the way into the glass to when she realized she'd stopped moving, was a big blur in her mind. Bright flashes of light and faces of people she knew from somewhere flashed past her. She was in a tunnel-like space, with many twists, turns, drops, and climbs. The tunnel itself looked iridescent, very smooth, and elliptical. And if that wasn't enough to shock her, then what happened when she came out of the tunnel would.

There was the girl. Standing there in a white silk dressing robe. On the sleeve ends and hem were embroidered She had shoulder length, brown hair that was wavy like the ocean. Her sad blue eyes were almond shaped. She looked tired and weak, as though she had been awake for days.

*Kouei…* she spoke in an almost 'misty' voice. [A/N: Kouei = descendant (I think)]

*Me…? * she mouthed pointing to herself in disbelief.

*Yes. You must revive Taiyo*

*Who is Taiyo? *

*Taiyo is your link to the past.*

*Wait, where? How will I find her? *

*She is expecting you, all you have to do is start searching for her, * her words became impatient, and she sounded almost frightened. *She will explain everything to you. But now you must return to your world. They are coming. *

Then the scene became misty. A wet wind blew in fog with the smell of rain. She tried to run towards the girl but the fog seemed to grab at her heels. She couldn't see more the a few inches in front of her, and stumbled on the grass till she fell, face first, into nothing.

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"AAAHHHHHHHH!"

Tomoyo sat bolt upright in bed. Panting, she frantically surveyed the room. She was back in the guestroom, in bed. She was damp *That must be because of the fog. But wasn't it a dream? *

She sat up and walked over to the tall windows in her room. They looked out into the garden, the same one in her dreams…but the garden of the present looked newer. Tended to.

She looked at the clock on the nightstand.

5:30 AM.

Her mother would be awake by now. Probably sitting in bed typing away on her laptop while talking to someone on the phone. That seemed to be her normal situation. Sometimes Tomoyo wondered whether her mother could ever think about anything but work and Sakura. Most of the time she didn't mind, but there were times when she wished her mother would sit down and just talk to her.

"Why am I here anyway? I could have stayed at home like I normally do."

~!@#~~FLASHBACK~~#@!~

*Sigh* "I can't believe that school's over already!" pouted Sakura.

*Poor Sakura* thought Tomoyo. *We're all gonna miss Li-kun*

"When does Li-kun go back to Hong Kong?"

"In two days."

"We should do something together!"

"I'm sorry Tomoyo, I don't think both Li and I could make it. I mean he has to finish packing all his stuff. And I told Touya I was going to visit him in Retani tomorrow."

"Oh…"

"I'm really sorry Tomoyo. I didn't know that Li was leaving when I planned it with Touya. You know with all his jobs, he's kinda busy."

"That's ok," she said failing to hide her disappointment.

"I'll make it up to you I promise."

"No, it's really ok. I think my mother is going on a trip to an old family estate, I might as well go along."

~Bing Bong~ [A/N: That's the school bell]

"'Bye Tomoyo," Sakura said regretfully.

"'Bye Sakura."

~!@#~~END FLASHBACK~~#@!~

"Oh yea," she said dejectedly. [A/N: *sniff* Poor Tomoyo.]

Tomoyo went over to her armoire and shuffled around the dresses and sweaters. She found a pair of jean shorts and a blue Chinese top (like the one in the Movie 1) and got dressed. [A/N: not her normal attire]

After brushing her teeth and washing her face, she walked solemnly down the vast hallways of the family estate.

She walked down the double staircase to the main floor, then out one of the back doors into the garden. She was curious to see if Rizion would be in the same place it was in her dreams. She saw the fountain, splendid, white, shining. The pond was a clear blue with lily pads and water lilies floating on the surface. She saw a spot of purple in the pond out of the corner of her eyes, but when she turned to look it was gone. She kept walking till she reached the wall. It was the only thing that had the same appearance in her dream as in the real world. The whole thing was covered in ivy and morning glory. The door looked like it had been painted recently; it was shiny and bright. The handle was new; another thing that looked like it had changed recently. It was brass, with a flowery design on the twist handle. She twisted the handle, pushed open the door (this time without trouble), and walked inside.

Rizion wasn't there. Its shattered bits of mirror weren't lying on the floor in front of her. She looked around the whole room. No mirror. A table and two chairs, but no mirror.

*It has to be here somewhere. *

She finally looked at the room itself. It almost looked like a gardening shed, but it was bigger. Much bigger. About the size of small house. She could see two doors on the wall facing her, and two windows on either side of her, filling the room with light.

*I wonder what this was before. It's not an obvious place to spot. *

She wandered over to the door on the right first. Inside was a small library, about six bookcases. They were each six feet high, about three and a half feet wide, and a foot deep. But the funny thing is they were all different colors. One was yellow; one was blue-green, like the ocean. The one next to that was silvery-white, almost iridescent. There was a deep red one, a pale blue one, and the last one was a solemn black.

Then she walked over to the door on the left, and opened the door to find a small bedroom. There was a twin-sized bed with a white and blue quilt covering it in the far corner of the room. An armoire was pushed up against the wall next to door, and a vanity was sitting to her left. She felt discouraged, and sat down on the bed. The bed was soft and inviting, and she had woken up at 5:30 in the morning. She flopped down and fell asleep.

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Her dream continued in almost the same place. She was standing in the middle of the fog (which had turned a soft indigo color) that had enveloped her before she was brought back to the real world.

*Indigo fog… that is certainly odd. *

But she kept walking, looking for…something. After walking for who knows how long the fog suddenly vanished and she found herself at the door in the wall again. But this time, the door had the new shiny paint on it. She ran up to the door and rushed in. Everything was the same as in the real world. The table and two chairs were still sitting in the front room. She ran to the library door and opened it to find the same six bookcases. Then she ran into the 'bedroom,' to find the vanity floating 4 feet in the air and glowing a reddish color. Then she realized that it wasn't a vanity at all. It was Rizion sitting on a small desk. Some how it was smaller then in her first dream, only about 2 feet high and a foot across. She walked over to it and plucked it out of the air.

She saw her reflection in it. She looked frightened, with a hint of excitement in her face. She thought those two thoughts were contradictory…but it quickly started to change, like it did in the first dream. Waves moved off to the side of the frame and a new picture appeared. The face that appeared shocked Tomoyo so much that she almost dropped the mirror. It was of an indigo colored lizard. And then…

*I am Taiyo. *

*YOU'RE Taiyo. I expected a furry creature, sort of like Kero I guess…. *

*Furry?!?! *

*There's nothing wrong with you. In fact you're quite gorgeous. *

*Why thank you. I do try to keep my appearance in tip-top shape. *

*But that's not why you are here is it? *

*No of course not. First order of business… WAKE UP!! *

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"Wha..." Tomoyo woke up bleary eyed and confused.

"I was wondering when you would wake up…" said a small voice near her feet.

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Author's Notes:

Ahh.. another chapter done… I've already started on chapter 3 so it should be out soon. Don't expect me to come out with chapters this quickly normally. I've kinda been avoiding my homework lately…~grins sheepishly~ Anyways!! How do you like Taiyo?? My friend/editor seems to like her. But there's yet another character the be introduced…who will it be now? And like I said Eriol should show up in the next chapter (or maybe the one after… this story could take a while).

Please write me reviews or any suggestions. I thought chapter two was hard, but chapter three is going to be a mess.

Well you'll just have ta wait for the next chapter. Lost of stuff will be explained then.

The next chapter…

the Magic of Sana