The bubble emerged from a large whirlpool. It landed on a cliff. It turned it back into a card and returned to Sakura's pocket. She and the rest of the group sat down on the grass. Tomoyo pulled out a few cakes and a bottle of water, passed them out, and started to eat hers. Kero inhaled his, while Syaoran nibbled his slowly. After they ate, they looked around. In front of them was an ocean. The whirlpool still spinning in the distance. They turned around and behind them was a little old fashioned village. Small wooden houses and shops with cute little trinkets and food in the windows. As they walked through the town they saw no one. It was completely deserted. All of the doors were locked.
"So close, yet so far...." said Kero pressing his face against a bakery window.
"Where is everyone?" asked Tomoyo.
"I don't know. It's like no one is here but the shops are filled and ready to open," replied Sakura.
"How long have we been gone anyway?" asked Syaoran.
"Let me check," said Tomoyo.
"How do you carry all of that stuff?" asked Sakura.
"I don't know. Now where is it?" said Tomoyo.
"Look at all the cakes and cookies...and Takoyaki....." said Kero drooling, his face now above Tomoyo's bag..
"Oh come on Kero. Tomoyo has to save it. You have Takoyaki?" said Sakura.
"Yeah. Mother worries about me," replied Tomoyo.
"Hey, Sakura? It's too quiet," said Syaoran.
"Yeah, I know. It's kind of creepy." said Sakura.
"I don't sense anything at all. It's as if the card isn't even here even though I could sense it the whole way."
"Hmm...."
Sakura closed her eyes. She focused her mind to see if she could sense anything.
"Nothing," she said.
"Takoyaki....."said Kero still hovering over Tomoyo's bag.
"If it will keep you away from my bag so I can find my camera and watch, here," said Tomoyo.
"TAKOYAKI!!!!!" yelled Kero.
"Ah. Here's my watch. Let's see.....that's funny. It stopped," said Tomoyo.
"Hoe?" said Sakura.
"Time must be stopped here. When we get back, it will be as if we hadn't gone anywhere," explained Syaoran.
They walked through the rest of the town and went
out the other side. This side had many hills and flowers. They
kept walking for about fifteen minutes but it was hard to tell when watches
didn't work. The clock on Tomoyo's camera had also stopped.
Suddenly, the ground began to rumble.
"Why do we go through this every time something
is about to happen?" asked Kero.
"It must be some kind of sign if it happens every
time..." said Syaoran.
"Is this "game" supposed to go on forever?" asked
Sakura.
"I wouldn't consider this a game.." said Tomoyo
holding her camera.
The ground was still rumbling. But only where
they were standing. They ran towards one of the shops. The
earthquake just seemed to follow them no matter where they went. Then the
clouds parted in the sky. A purple light came down and started writing
some letters. Sakura read them out loud.
"T...H..."
She continued to read the letters. When she
put them together, they said, THE END. Once again, the dark bubble
surrounded them and they were taken back to the school. Sakura saw
the game board on the ground. It was fazing in and out.
"Clow Card! Return to the shape you were destined
to be!"
The card floated back to her. On the front was a
picture of the girl that they had seen earlier.
"What??????? You mean that's it????????????"
yelled Kero.
What will the next card be? Find out in the next part of The Four Cards! I know. This was a short chapter. Look forward to the next part that's coming soon. Please tell me what you think!
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