2 Days Later……

Meetings & Confessions

Ahh… stupid me forgot to put this on the other chapters but I figured I would do that so it's in the summary.

[A/N: I don't now, have never, and will never *sniff* own Sakura and co. and the Sakura story.]

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*Your most powerful magic comes from somewhere more powerful then the elements, or light and dark. When you felt love, anticipation, loneliness, fear…any strong feeling, you pour more of your soul into your magic. *

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2 Days Later……

"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura, Eriol, Kero, and Spinel were all waiting for Tomoyo in Penguin Park. It was 1:15 and the sun was shinning brightly down on the cast. Everyone was wearing shorts and t-shirts; Sakura in pink, Eriol in dark blue, and Tomoyo in indigo.

"Ohayo, minna! So what did you want to talk to me about Eriol-kun?"

"Well, I'd rather talk about it later," he whispered to her. She blushed.

"Hn."

"How was your trip, Tomoyo-chan?" said Eriol towards to rest of the group.

"It was great. The house is an old family estate with lovely gardens and fountains. They gave me many ideas for Sakura's costumes," she said with a wicked smile across her face. Sakura face-faulted, Eriol, Suppi, and Kero sweat-dropped. "And I met someone very interesting."

"Who is it? Is it a guy?" burst out Sakura. Eriol looked shocked.

"No, she is a friend."

Tomyo's…~~!@#~~FLASHBACK~~#@!~~

Taiyo saw a VHS tape lying on the desk in Tomoyo's room and asked what it was. Tomoyo put it simply. She stuck the tape in her VCR and pressed play. Taiyo was immediately hooked. She sat and watched it for hours.

"I wanna meet those two, Moyo-chan," she said ecstatically pointing to two floating stuffed-animal looking beings on the screen.

"Who? You mean Kero and Spinel?"

"The two bear looking ones? Yea. They sound like my kinda people," she commented as a thought bubble appeared above her head with cupcakes and pudding floating around.

Tomoyo promptly popped the bubble.

"Sigh"

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

"This is Taiyou. My sentinel."

"Hoe. She looks like a lizard version of Kero and Suppi. Minus the wings."

Then Taiyo saw Spinel and Kero floating in the air. She suddenly got a serious look on her face and a dull ball of white light surrounded her. When it faded, the group saw that she had willed her own set of wings into being. [A/N: She has wings, but she hides them like Yue does.] They were like a miniature set of dragon wings [she is a lizard after all], and white, almost iridescent, the color of Sana Wind magic.

"That's better," Taiyo commented.

Jaws dropped. Kero and Suppi quickly regained their composure and flew over to Taiyo.

"Hiya! I'm Kero, and the dull one, here, is Suppi-chan."

"Who?" said Suppi rather confused.

"You, stupid."

"I can tell you guys get along real well…" Taiyo said in an offhand voice.

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After the introductions, Taiyo, Kero, and Suppi flew into the huge tree that the others had set their picnic up under. Every now and then one of the three would swoop down and steal a piece of food.

Tomoyo fidgeted a bit, she wanted to ask Eriol about what he said on the phone. *There are things that Taiyo cannot explain to you about Sana…and Clow. I wonder what that was all about…. *

Sakura felt very confused about the whole situation. *Tomoyo has her own powers? And a guardian? Sorry… 'sentinel'. Is this how she was able to sense Clow Cards? *

"So tell us what happened!" she shouted impatiently.

Tomoyo then relayed everything that had happened: from the dream, to the door in the wall, to her discovery of Taiyo (who, at the mention of her name yelled "What?" and nearly fell out of the tree).

Then Eriol decided it was the time for a little explanation…

"Tomoyo… What do you know about Sana's life?"

"Not much. Just that she was a learned scholar, controller and creator of the Lights, and that something happened to her."

"I suppose I should explain some things then. Sana and I were very close. Almost like a brother and sister for a while. I first taught her magic when she was 5. It was a simple water spell, for watering her gardens. It was a lot like Li's water spell, using a paper charm and a magic power source. I didn't realize she had so much power till I caught her performing the spell with just her power."

"What does that mean?" asked Tomoyo.

"You know that Sakura uses her Star Wand and the power of the Stars to control the Sakura Cards, and although they are merely physical representations of her own magic power, she still relies on them. It essentially means she had more power then Sakura does."

Silence.

"Remember she was only 5 at the time and having that kind of power was extraordinary. It had taken me two years to get to that level, it took her two months." He paused to push up his glasses, which had slipped down his nose. It was hot enough out to make even the young sorcerer sweat. "After that I decided to teach her, it would not only help her learn more magic, but it would also give her better control over the power hidden inside her." He sat quietly for a few moments so that everyone could take in the information. Then spoke again, "Have any of you heard of the Legend of the Winged and the Dark."

Again Taiyo nearly falls out of the tree.

"What about the legend?!"

"It says that there is one who will bring darkness to the world, she is the winged one, the one loved by all, and the most beautiful. And the only one who can stop her is the Dark One," Eriol's tone of voice had turned very serious and pained.

Tomoyo could feel the "bad story" vibes coming from Eriol's voice.

"Why does this sound like it's going to have a bad ending?"

"Maybe because it does…" replied Taiyo sadly.

Eriol quietly cleared his throat, and then began the tale…

"The Legend of the Winged and the Dark is a sad tale of olden times. Only few have heard of it, as it is only passed down in magical families. It is a warning that says…

'There is one who walks the earth that will bring the eternal sadness. They will be a she, and she will be the Winged one. There is only one who can stop her from spreading the darkness, the Dark one, and though he is a dark person he must stop her.' "

Tomoyo, always a caring person, tried to put reason into the story. To justify the sacrifice. "That doesn't sound like a horrible thing. If she is the Winged one she must not bring Eternal Sadness. She must realize that she will endanger everyone."

"That's not the sad part…" continued a sullen Taiyo.

"No, it is not.

'The Winged one will not be a simple person who lives a simple life. She will be the most beautiful and the most trusted. The Dark one will know her. But no one will know of her powers until it is too late.' The Dark one…" he paused. "The Dark one has the hardest task,"

"What?" Tomoyo shouted impatiently. She was almost in tears, as though she knew what was going to happen.

Eriol frowned and then continued, "He will be a man of no love. He will scorn love, pretend he doesn't need it. But the Winged one will be the most perfect in his eyes, the most beautiful. He will love her. And he will not be able to kill the one he loves.' "

"Wait, then won't the Winged one bring darkness to the world?"

"She did yes. Many fear it is time for the legend to fulfill itself again."

"What happened to the darkness? You said that the Dark one couldn't kill the Winged one."

"The darkness came and covered the world, for a while. But even pure darkness will not last. It took a few hundred years for the darkness to be lifted, and then the world prospered once more. The darkness was almost like the Judgement Day of the Bible."

Tomoyo had a hard time dealing with all this sad stuff. She quickly dried her eyes with a handkerchief. "But what does this have to do with Sana and Clow?"

"Sana was the Winged one… And Clow was the Dark one."

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Author's Notes:

For all you writers out there:

Don't you just HATE writer's block? I certainly do. This chapter was so hard. I did it in many small bits. Writing a paragraph at a time. And then I found things that sounded stupid. It's FRUSTRATING. O well. I will try to work more on this now that school is out.

I suddenly decided that after writing three chapters, I really need to figure out what's going to happen in this story. Yes, I had NO plot set up. Stupid me. (^_^*) That's why this took so long to come out. I went back and started writing notes for the rest of the story.

In addition to this story to work on, I've been trying (note the "trying") to draw character sketches and room shoots. AHH!! School sucks. At least it's over now. Thank god.

Ok so this was supposed to go in this chapter. I swear it will go in the next one…

What happened to Sana's memories? How will Tomoyo get them back? And what IS this connection with Clow and Sana?

Find out in the next chapter…

Memories Returned