Memories Returned
"Sana was the Winged one… And Clow was the Dark one."
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"Clow was…the Dark one…and Sana was…the Winged one…"
Tomoyo said for the thirteenth time.
"Yes," Eriol replied again.
"Clow…was the Dark one…That means he loved her. But if he didn't kill her what happened to them?"
"When the powers of the Winged one were revived, Sana's mind was taken over by the Force of her Powers. The Force of her Powers is the consciousness of the power, almost like a parasite. She fled from her estate, Sunstep, and set up a "fortress" in the North."
"Didn't Clow go after her? Or try to stop her?"
"Of course he did. It didn't do much good though, her former self was buried deep within her soul. The Force of her Powers sent her dark powers around the world. All of her powers. They set the world plunging down into a dark age."
"Dark age… You don't mean the Dark Ages do you?"
"How did you think the isolated specimen of bubonic plague spread from one small country to the rest of Europe? Then, when Europe began to regain its footing, those that survived decided that they were the strong ones, that they should conquer those who were less civilized. They traveled across the oceans and took over the peoples of the America's. That was still part of the Darkness. Everyone was in turn affected. And once all her powers were released she returned to her normal self. She returned to her home at Sunstep, where Clow and Sana spent the remainder of the Darkness essentially imprisoned. They were able to partially shield themselves from the Darkness with a magic force field.
Clow continued to teach Sana to control her magic, and Sana kept creating more spells. They stayed hidden from the non-magic eye for centuries (Many magic users live longer and can prolong their lives. Although none can completely escape death.). Till most of the darkness had lifted, then they went out and tried to live in the new society.
Tomoyo, Eriol, Sakura, Syaoran, Kero, Suppi, and Taiyo all converged at Alkanette, Tomoyo's family's estate, to think of ways to find Sana/Tomoyo's memories.
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Tomoyo asked if they wanted to go with her back to the estate, which happened to be Sunstep, only now it was called Alkanette. She suggested that Eriol and Sakura take a look at Rizion and the estate.
"Maybe there was a hidden clue I couldn't see."
To this Eriol comments, "Say, Sakura would you see if Syaoran would come along? He has had a lot of training on many types of magic. He may be extremely helpful."
Sakura's eyes lit up, then the look faded,
"Something wrong?"
"I don't think Li would want to come right back to Japan. I mean he left only two weeks ago…" she trailed off. She never really knew what he felt for her. [A/N: He didn't get a chance to tell her he loved her for this story. Just about everything else is the same.] Sometimes she thought he liked her and other times he seemed so cold and distant. Despite all that, she couldn't help feeling complete bliss around him. She loved him. She just was afraid it would ruin their wonderful friendship if he didn't love her back.
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Eriol sat in a thoughtful state, looking at Sakura. *She still doesn't know. Does she? Well I'll just have to get Syaoran to tell her HIS feelings. *
"I'm sure he wouldn't mind the trip if you were going Sakura-chan." Tomoyo said to break the thought filled silence.
Sakura, still thinking of Syaoran, had a thought bubble floating above her head. The pale green and very fluffy cloud had a picture of Syaoran wearing his traditional Li family robes, minus the hat. His unruly auburn hair and shining amber eyes were present and almost glowing. His usual scowl…was replaced with a gentle smile. The one he saves for Sakura. Sakura's eyes shimmered with joy, a starry look across her face.
What she didn't realize was that everyone was looking at her, even Tomoyo who had had her camera fixed on Sakura since they'd set foot in her room. When she finally realized everyone was staring at her, she blushed a deep red and whispered, "What were we talking about?"
Everyone giggled.
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Tomoyo wasn't sure why everybody wanted to help her. Her memories weren't that important. Were they?
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Eriol, Sakura, Suppi, and Kero were off in another part of the room, "discussing the plan."
"What do you mean 'you think she's the one'!" yelled a flustered Kero. Several hands rushed out to cover his mouth.
They all looked indiscreetly at Tomoyo, who was sitting with Taiyo and Rizion.
She hadn't seemed to notice the outburst.
"I mean I think she is the Winged one," came the soft reply.
"Eriol, we have no proof. We don't know that she fits all of the prophecies and we also don't know who the Dark one is," countered Sakura.
There was obviously a lot more to accomplish. Things like finding out who the Dark one and Winged one are. And there were some mysterious things that happened in Tomoyo's past life that everyone wanted to know about. And, maybe more importantly, why they happened.
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The first order of business was for Tomoyo to find her lost memories. But no one had any idea where to start. Taiyo kept pointing her figurative finger at Rizion. She thought that it might have had something to do with the whole mess they were in, seeing as it was able to sustain her magically beating on it. Eriol quietly agreed, whereas the rest of the company was more interested in the mirror itself. While Taiyo continued ranting and raving about the mirror being very mysterious, Tomoyo turned Rizion over in her hands. It was the first time she had really looked at it.
The frame was made out of a honey colored, grainy wood and had many carved, curving lines, like vines, twirling around. The glass wasn't a perfect rectangle, the bottom was curved up towards the top. The word "Rizion" was carved in a swirly script on the border below the mirror. The words were filled with silver inlets. On the back, at the bottom, there was something carved simply into the frame. It said,
"J'ai brillé par le passé, Je brillerai encore bientôt." *
Tomoyo thought for a moment, she somehow knew what it meant. She didn't know the language, couldn't even recognize it, but somewhere in her memories she had seen that phrase…
She flipped back into the real world, when Taiyo flew up and yelled in her ear.
"HEELLOOO!!"
Then Taiyo taught her a technique for using the mirror. Remember that ability to see anywhere with a reflection? Well, it also reads fortunes (like the Clow Cards only it shows objects and people).
She asks it for any clue to finding her memories.
"Where do I find Sana's memories?"
The mirror glimmered a reddish tint like it had in her second dream, a sign appeared in the middle of the glass. It was of a crescent moon on the left side of a sun, creating a complete circle. Inside of the sun was a heart, and to the right of the sun you could see the rays of light shooting off. The sign flashed brightly, and then sent a beam of red light into her heart, causing her to faint…
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*"I shined once, I will shine again soon."
Author's Notes:
Ahh… that was a bad cliff hanger. O well. I'll get better I swear!
I know there hasn't been much E&T but I'll get around to it when I get the plot developed a little more. I tried to make the characters as normal as possible. But they will be changed soon. Mwahahahahaha!!! *ahem*
I'm probably not going to have the next chapter out anytime soon. I'm sorry to all those who actually read this. I'll get it up as soon as I can.
And domo domo arigatou to all of you who reviewed. It makes me wanna write more. So keep reviewing please!
What was that weird beam of light and what did it do to Tomoyo!?! Eriol thinks he knows, but no one will know till she wakes up…
Stay tuned for the next chapter…
(I'm not sure what it's called. You have to wait. Hehehe….)
