A/N- Okie. This should really read 'Disclaimer' but…who cares! I do not own the Harry Potter characters; they belong to Ms Rowling. Neither do I own the Card Captor characters, which belong to CLAMP. The things I do own are…the two Clow Weapons and Angelus Malfoy. Oh…and the spells that you guys don't recognise. Anything else? Nup? Okie then, let us begin! (Don't blame me if you find the title a bit lame.)

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The Battle For The Cards

Here And Now

Clow Reed's Prophecy-

'When the youngest Card Captor finishes the Final Judgement, time will accelerate till the Chosen Four number 15 years of age. Nine will defeat the Darkness, Ten will bring peace at last.'

A silvery mist softly wrapped itself around four twelve-year-olds. It shrank to snugly fit around them, like a body suit.

"Li, what's going on?" asked emerald-eyed Sakura Avalon who had just finished the Final Judgement.

"I don't know," replied the deep voice belonging to brown-eyed Li Shoran, "but I don't sense any danger."

"Sakura!" came the sweet voice of Sakura's best friend Madison Taylor.

"Madison, where are you?" Sakura called, flicking a strand of golden brown hair from her eyes.

"I can't see anything but this mist!" she yelled back.

Somehow, a wind picked up swirling each mist-wrapped figure in circles. Then came an eerie but calm voice, floating on the wind. It seemed to be chanting.

"When the youngest Card Captor finishes the Final Judgement, time will accelerate till the Chosen Four number 15 years of age. Nine will defeat the Darkness, Ten will bring peace at last," the voice chanted.

Before any of the four realised it, they were able to see again but everyone was different. Sakura looked around. Madison was tall and beautiful with long raven hair down to her knees. Li was also different. He was also a lot taller and had longer bangs. Oddly, he was staring at her.

"Li? What's wrong?" Sakura asked, flicking her neck length hair? Her hair was now longer and she was tall.

"That voice," Li thought out loud, "it said that when the youngest Card Captor completed the Final Judgement, the Chosen Four would become fifteen year olds."

"But there are only three of us!" exclaimed Madison, gently stroking her long hair.

"Don't worry!" came Kero's cheerful voice, which had been silent all along. "Let's celebrate Sakura's achievement! Maybe with cake?" Kero slyly put in, his mouth starting to water.

"Let's go to my house," Li said, momentarily forgetting the incident, "Uh, Sakura? Can I have a word?"

Sakura strolled over to him and listened.

"Ummm…" he started, blushing furiously, "I was…ah…wondering…"

"Yes?" Sakura asked, also starting to blush.

Li took a deep breath and slowly let the words out. "Sakura, I was…ah…wondering if you would like to…ah…be my…ah…girlfriend." Li blushed so much; he looked like a tomato.

Sakura seemed taken aback at first but then blushed as red as he was. "Ummm…I'd love to."

"Yay! I got that all on tape!" cheered Madison, who was only four feet away, holding her camera. Sakura and Li blushed even more.

They all farewelled Ms Mackenzie and sauntered along towards the apartment building that Li and his guardian Wei lived in. It didn't take long because it wasn't far but everyone managed to forget about suddenly being turned into a fifteen-year-old by a silver mist. Li reached for Sakura's hand, which took his quickly. When they all reached the right door, Li stepped forward and knocked on the door. Strangely, it wasn't Wei who answered the door. It was a tall girl with two long black pigtails and familiar red-brown eyes.

"Meilin?" Sakura asked, incredulously.

"Sakura? Li? Madison?" she also asked, equally shocked.

They all stood in their spots until Wei came to break the silence.

"Ah, Master Li. Welcome back. And this must be the new Clow Mistress. Sakura?" Wei asked, extending a hand to Sakura whom shook it firmly and introduced Madison. "Well…well. The Chosen Four have finally come. But for now, let us celebrate Mistress Sakura's win!"

They all ate and laughed all night. Meilin accepted Sakura and Li, which made the whole party livelier. It was nine o'clock when Li asked Wei if Sakura, Madison and Meilin could go for a walk with him. They were allowed, but Kero was to go with them. They all quietly strolled towards the familiar Penguin Park, home to many Clow Card incidents.

"How many times has this park been used by the Clow Cards?" asked Li, slipping his arm around Sakura's waist, responded by Sakura's arm resting on his shoulder.

"I can't remember how many," Sakura confessed.

A breeze began to pick up. All five shivered on the spot and grinned at each other. The full moon was bright and beautiful. It shined like a glistening pearl in a bed of dark blue silk, which was glittered in stars. No one seemed to notice when clouds covered the sky's pearl and it became really dark. Noticing how dark it was, Kero stopped and glanced around.

'Something is coming,' he thought, causing the other four to halt and look around.

Unexpectedly, there was a brilliant flash of light. It blinded everyone momentarily, causing them all to bite back a yelp of surprise. When they regained their sight, there was a familiar figure hovering two feet in the air. Even Madison and Meilin recognised this person. It was Clow Reed.

"Hello my friends," he started in a kind and gentle voice, "I hope you are well. Sakura who are…"

Clow Reed stared at Meilin and Madison. After a while, he smiled.

"Well…what do we have here? Madison and Meilin, I presume?" he asked, another smile twitching at the sides of his lips.

Both girls nodded slowly. All four were confused at Clow Reed's recognition of Madison and Meilin.

"Keroberos. You did not tell me the Chosen Four were assembled?" he said, his voice filled in amusement.

Kero opened his eyes wide. "You mean…"

"Yes," Clow Reed replied.

"What's going on?" demanded Meilin, starting to get annoyed.

"Ah, I haven't told you yet, have I?" he replied, still amused, "Long ago, I foretold a prophecy."

"Yes, we've heard it. When we became fifteen," Madison interrupted.

"Yes. What you don't know is that you and Meilin are part of that prophecy. You both have Clow Gifts. They are dormant, waiting to be discovered. I chose you two because you are a team with Li and Sakura and also you both look very much like my sisters, who have the same name as both of you."

"That makes sense," shrugged Madison.

"I have to go now," Clow Reed said, "Oh and by the way. I have some gifts to give you."

Clow Reed passed a hand across Kero's neck. When he took his hand away, a blue jewel shaped like a star hung around his neck.

"This, my friend, is a one use only jewel. When used, it opens a portal to anywhere you please. It is a weapon. Use it wisely,"

He then approached Madison and Meilin. He held out both hands and lightly touched their foreheads. A star glowed between each of their eyes. Then, a light shined inside Meilin's right hand. In it materialised into a long silver whip, with a gold star at the end of the handle. Madison's left forearm and right hand also began to glow. Suspended against her left forearm was a thin silver arrow with a point shaped like a star. Instead of ending in straight feathers, there were soft wings like Kero's. He let go and began to speak.

"You will both know what to do when the time comes. Now, I need all four of you together."

Sakura and Li stepped towards Clow Reed, surrounding him. He began to fade. His whole body became a silver mist that rose slightly and then started to swirl around the four. In a fading but strong voice he echoed his last few words.

"Here stand the Chosen Four. Foretold by me and now will be bound by me. I give you…the Chosen Four."

There was a brilliant flash of light and Clow Reed was gone. Everyone went to rub their eyes but all had their own Clow Weapon in hand.

"What did he do to us?" asked Sakura, still rubbing the light from her eyes.

"Clow Reed," Kero answered, "bound the four of you together. You'll all be able to call the Clow Cards and use them as well."

"Even us?" Meilin questioned indicating Madison, Li and herself.

"Yes, but you soon will discover how to," Kero replied mysteriously.

"Li. What's wrong?" Sakura suddenly asked, drawing attention to the frowning brown-haired boy.

"I sense…danger. Sakura, look out!"

Before Sakura knew it, a tall and shadowed stranger had advanced upon her. He held out a smooth rod of wood and bellowed.

"Pauōcendo!"

A red flash of light erupted from the rod and swirled around Sakura and himself. The others tried but couldn't physically pierce the red force field. Li, Madison and Meilin all felt helpless but then remembered the Clow Cards. They concentrated on the Card that they wanted to use. Li summoned Shield; it appeared in his right hand. Meilin concentrated on Sword; it appeared in her left hand. Madison thought about Through; it appeared in her left hand.

Li dropped the card and struck it with his sword. "Shield Card. Put up a force field around me!" Shield swirled around Li.

Meilin threw the card on the ground and struck the card with her whip. "Sword Card. Release and dispel!" The Sword Card swirled around Meilin's whip, changing it into a long silver sword.

Madison flicked the card, which stayed in front of her. She then pulled back the arrow on an invisible bow with her right hand; she launched the arrow, which hit the card. "Through Card. Help me go through force field!" The card swirled around her, making her glow.

They all tried. Li tried to walk in covered by the shield. Madison tried to go through the force field. Meilin tried to cut the force field. Kero transformed into Keroberos and launched attacks against it. The shadowed man lifted his rod, probably a wand of some sort, and bellowed something else.

"Duplicatus!"

The Clow Cards rose from Sakura and started to…split? There were now two Clow Card decks. Sakura's and a black deck. The figure pocketed the black deck and lifted his wand again.

"Crucio!" he said calmly.

The light pierced Sakura's chest. It was like a thousand knives had pierced her body. She gasped her next few gaps, then did the next thing that came into her mind.

Sakura screamed in excruciating pain.

*~*~*~*~*~*

15 year old Ron watched as the Giant Squid swam across the lake, making soft splashing noises. Content, he looked around. Under the shade of a cluster of trees sat his two fifteen-year-old friends Harry and Hermione together, again! Ron rolled his eyes.

'Don't they ever get sick of being so close together,' he thought, but laughed in amusement. He looked over to Ginny who was leaning against a rock a couple of metres from Harry and Hermione. Ginny flicked a lock of red hair from her eyes in annoyance. 'Where is Malfoy?' he wondered, cursing Draco for making Ginny annoyed. He turned his attention back to the Giant Squid.

Meanwhile…in Hogwarts…

"D…r…a…c…o…!" came a familiar smooth voice behind him.

Draco paused and sighed, flicking a piece of white blonde hair out of his grey eyes. He knew who was behind him. It had only been two weeks since his evil father's death. It had also been two weeks since he first kissed Ginny. Furthermore, it had been two weeks since he met his fifteen-year-old half-brother.

"What is it, Angelus?" Draco asked in his usual drawling voice as the boy came striding up to him.

Most people could tell that they were related. Even though Angelus has short ebony hair, he was still good looking like his brother. The thing with Angelus was that after Draco was born; Narcissa had an affair that resulted in Angelus. Angelus' father died two weeks ago as well. Angelus was nice and all but he kept popping up in the wrong place at the wrong time and he tried to charm every girl in sight. His tactics didn't usually work but Angelus was a cheerful guy.

"Where are you going, dear brother?" he asked in amusement, rocking from his toes to his heels and back again.

"Outside, Angelus, where…else," Draco started but sighed. Angelus had taken after Lavender Brown, another Fifth year like Angelus and himself.

Draco quickly made his way to the lake. Ginny was already there waiting for him.

"Sorry Gin, Angelus stopped to annoy me again," he said as he kissed the fourteen-year-old fourth year.

"It's okay," she replied as they sat side-by-side against the rock.

"Has Harry recovered from Cedric's death?" Draco asked in concern, stroking Ginny's flaming hair.

"I think so," she replied, "I think that after he and Hermione got together, he's been more…"

"Normal?" he finished.

"Yeah."

Everyone stopped talking. All that could be heard was the splash of the Giant Squid. The wind started to blow softly, slowly gathering strength. Suddenly, the five students heard a deafening scream. This was a horrible scream of extreme pain. The five jumped up and looked around for the source of the scream.

"Nine will unite!" came a deep booming voice.

And then there was darkness.