From Dreams to Reality to…
Disclaimer: I don't now, have never, and WILL never own Card Captor Sakura and co. or the Sakura story.
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Tomoyo woke to a dark night sky. She was lying on the side of a hill; the undulating motion of the soft, green grass looked like the wind blown ocean. A small peony tree stood adjacent to a cherry tree in full bloom. She could just see a figure with dark spreading wings sitting on the opposite side of the trees. She rose to her feet and quietly walked towards the man. He slowly came into view, as she crept forward, cautiously eyeing the figure in a navy blue sweater that matched his hair.
Before she reached him, the figure stood up. She dropped to the ground, silently cursing herself for being so nosy. But the man just stared out to the horizon where the blood red sun was setting to end the day. Another day that passed in both of their lives. Tomoyo watched in wonder as the figure began to whisper. The words were unknown to her, but the feeling in his voice was undoubtedly sad.
Sparkles of light began to dance around him and an array of colors spiraled up into the sky, creating a pillar of light. The light condensed into a beam and something appeared in the figure's hands. A mirror.
When the last of the light had faded and the area was dark like the dusk that was settling, the man hung his head, and cried. His tears fell onto the mirror's frame making waves in the glass as if it were water. Two, three tears fell and the waves reached every side and corner of the frame. Just as the last wave reached the frame, a bright flash of light streamed from the mirror. Tomoyo threw her arm in front of her eyes to keep from being blinded. And then it stopped as it had never happened.
The figure, still holding the mirror, dropped to his knees and hung his head. Then he quickly raised his head and turned it hesitantly around to face her. He looked confused, and upset. Tomoyo caught her breath.
"Eriol...?"
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The sunlight came through the large panes of glass on the French doors, dancing across the floor to settle on Tomoyo's face. The short autumn day was coming to a close and the amber light was melting into the horizon. She sat up to find she was alone, back in her bedroom in the main house. Slightly dazzled and very dizzy, Tomoyo tried to get up out of bed and walk to the door. It took several minutes to reach the door. She had to lean on furniture to keep balanced.
She tried to open the door quietly, but the un-greased hinges squeaked slightly. She cringed at the sound.
Through the doorway she could see four of her best friends asleep against the wall outside her bedroom. Taiyo was using Suppi's stomach as a pillow and Sakura's handkerchief for a blanket. Kero was sprawled out on the floor in the middle of the hallway, belly in the air. Sakura had curled up in a window seat and was using Eriol's jacket for a cover. Tomoyo turned to look down the hallway, and found Eriol sitting in a plush chair in the library. She remembered her dream and stared at him with uncertainty. She didn't know what to think of him or the Eriol in her dream either.
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Tomoyo woke Sakura and promptly got smothered in a Sakura bear hug. Taiyo woke up and looked around, to find Suppi staring at her with kindness. She jumped up in the air and blushed pink. Kero remained sleeping.
"Does anything wake him?" questioned Tomoyo.
"Only the smell of food," replied Sakura.
"*Snore* *snort* What? Food? When's breakfast?"
"And the mention of it!" came a muffled cry from Sakura.
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Over several plates of waffles they discussed Tomoyo's dreams.
"… I remember seeing a bright light coming from her palms, then my mind was filled with images and sounds. It was the weirdest thing, almost like the light was a jumbled set of films."
"If my assumption is correct, that light wasn't just a jumble of films… I believe it was Sana's lost memories," Eriol said in a deep, cogitative voice.
*Crickets chirping*
"You said the woman had wavy brown hair and was around your age, maybe a little younger, right? That sounds like Sana. I think it must have been almost like looking in the mirror for you. You have a striking resemblance to her," Eriol commented. He paused. "Your only problem now is sorting out the memories that were so quickly put back into your mind."
Sakura and Kero looked at Eriol in shock; Taiyo had a very serious, thoughtful look on her face.
"Now describe the other dream. It might be a warning of what is to come."
"I saw this man with wings like an angel, only they were black," began Tomoyo.
"An angel with black wings? Now that's not something you hear about everyday," quipped Sakura. "Eriol, did you happen to remember anything when you were searching yesterday?"
"Actually I did. Please note that Sana and I bought Rizion almost 635 years ago…
'An old friend of mine, Shi Seta, owned the shop where we bought Rizion. We had studied Enchantments together in our youths. She told Sana and I the story of the mirror, Rizion Rafleta and the Pendant of Fury. Apparently during the War of Light, the Dusk Ones tried to control the very center of our existence, the Earth and the Elements, with Dark magic. They had Mages casting complicated spells on the ocean waters and the air of the atmosphere. Some of the spells had to be broken by several Mages at once, and they took a lot of power to do that. Our forces could not stand up to it very long, so the most powerful Mages in the land came together and created the Pendant of Fury. It gave users of Light magic more power, but many Mages could not control that much power and went insane after breaking a curse. Even with all the problems it caused, the Pendant of Fury was used for years to unravel all of the spells cast by the Dusk Ones. The balance of power was slowly tipped in favor of the Dawn Mages until the only spell left to break was the spell of Darkness. Even with the power of the Pendant of Fury our warriors could not approach the heart of the spell without being cursed by its black aura. All of the bravest warrior mages together realized that they themselves could not fight the spell…' "
"Why not?" interrupted Taiyo.
" I'm getting to that. You see, any human or animal cannot directly fight or even create a spell. They would need magic to do that. Only magic can fight magic, and only magic can create itself. It is simply the Mage that tells the magic what he wants it to do," said Eriol.
"So what DID they do?" said Sakura, exasperated.
"They created a talisman from their magic to fight the spell of Darkness." Eriol's face began to glaze over, and his facial expression was that of a daydreamer. "The talisman encapsulated the Darkness spell. The battle within the talisman was fought for centuries, but to the rest of the magic world it was only a few agonizing minutes. Obviously, the talisman won over the Darkness spell, and the moment the battle ended, the talisman, a mirror, shone a light so bright that it covered every corner of our world with sunlight. It was said that it 'drowned the dark with rays like a burning sun,' in other words, it outshone all the minor evils in the world with its blinding powers of light magic."
The rest of the conversation continued with sudden bursts of exclamation like "WHAT?" or "Oh great…" Tomoyo had stopped listening after the story of the talisman.
* What does Sana have to do with all this… Oh I know there's something to it. But what is it? *
Tomoyo's glazed over look did not seem to catch anyone's attention. She sat quietly, mulling over her situation, still wondering when she would regain Sana's memories when the room began to spin into a black hole and…
She fainted…
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Author's Note:
MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! I'VE FINISHED IT!! TAIYO COME LOOK!
Taiyo: [Pay no attention to the crazed author. The stress has started to get to her head…]
I know, I know. You're probably asking yourself why I had her faint again. Well… honestly, I have no idea why I did that.
Taiyo: [* Frantically moving her index finger around in circles next to her head and pointing at Kaigan. *]
Just bear with me here! The whole deal with the talisman got complicated and my brain suddenly had a breakdown. I'm having a hard enough time trying to END each chapter.
Taiyo: [Riiight….a likely excuse…]
I know it took so long for this chapter. But I'm working here. I'm in the process of moving, and all the joyful stuff. So I'll work as much as I can on the next chapter.
Taiyo: [Moving!! Since when?]
Since a while ago…
Taiyo: [And you didn't tell me!! I'm hurt… * Goes off and sulks in corner *]
O well… Well that's it for another chapter of Rizion..crazed name eh? Might end up changing it later.
(For those of you who got mad at me when I had her faint for the first time. If you want to flame me. Go right ahead! Just try not to swear or anything…)
[Aren't you just dying to know what's going on??]
