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Unwinding Destiny
By ~Xiaoling~






Chapter 3:
Destiny's Captor



The room was silent for a few seconds, when all of a sudden a blinding bright light filled the room. Sakura yelped and dropped the key, and the book snapped opened.

Fujitaka's eyes widened at the sight, and Sakura was in utter shock. They watched as the book opened slowly, and a...

"A stuff teddy bear?" Sakura asked quizically. "Is this some kind of joke father?" Sakura said, placing her hands on her hips while a floating yellow teddy bear appeared out of the book.

"No Sakura...I think..."

The bear smiled at Sakura. "I am Ceroberus, guardian beast of the seal. The beast with the golden eye..."

"...You mean tiny black eye," Sakura pointed out.

Kero sweatdropped and turned into his true formed. Sakura yelped and jumped behind her father.

"Do not be afraid card mistress," Ceroberus said, while turning back into Kero.

Sakura stepped back from her father's back again. "Card mistress?"

"Yes, you are the card mistress Sakura Kinomoto. You are the rightful sorceress that will own the Clow Cards, this is your destiny Sakura," Kero said, flying right in front of her face.

Sakura blinked, she felt her thoughts go crazy. So many things were happening on her tenth birthday. First, she was told that she could possess magical abilities, and now, she was talking to a live teddy bear.

Fujitaka smiled at his daughter, and gave her a tight hug. "I knew that I would be able to see the card mistress or master in my life time. I was right! I am so proud of you Sakura."

Sakura smiled, "But what can I do?"

"Sakura, expect the unexpected! You can do extraordinary things with your magical abilities. From the day you were born, you were chosen by Clow Reed himself to be the card mistress." Kero placed the Clow Key into Sakura's hands. "Repeat after me."

Sakura nodded.

"Key that hides the powers of darkness." Kero chanted.

"Key that hides the powers of darkness." Sakura repeated while holding onto the key.

Kero continued, "Reveal thy true form."

"Reveal thy true form..." Sakura thought this was all so weird, and she felt awkward standing here mumbling some crazy chant.

"I, Sakura, under contract, command you."

"I, Sakura, under contract, command you." Sakura felt a wave of energy pass by her. "Release!"

Kero blinked, "Er, I didn't say that part yet, but I guess somehow you knew it."

Sakura felt the key shake and spin, and suddenly it grew into a wand. "Cool!" She said.

Fujitaka clapped his hands. "Sakura, I must say that this is wonderful."

Sakura smiled brightly and looked at Kero. "The release part just slipped out of my mouth!"

"See, you are the chosen one Sakura." Kero smiled at her. "Erm, does this palace have pudding?"

Sakura was sitting on her bed, with Kero and a bowl of pudding.

"So this is how this vision thing works right?" Sakura asked Kero, while shuffling the Clow Cards into three seperate piles.

She formed them into a diamond shape.

"Clow Cards give me vision!"

The Cards glowed. Sakura flipped the top on over, and the next three. "...Love, shadow, hope, and sword? What is that suppose to mean?"

Kero floated above his pudding, his paw placed under his chin. "Hmm...this one is quite complicated. It has something to with your love I think, but I don't think it's good..."

"Oh no..." Sakura frowned.

"But don't worry about it! Now show me how you call upon your cards." Kero instructed while taking another bite out of his pudding.

Sakura nodded, and took out the Water Card. "Water card! Release and dispel!" She swung her wand in a circle and the point of it landed on the card.

A blue watery spirit that looked like a girl swirled out. Sakura jumped up in glee.

"Hoe! I did it!" Sakura smiled.

Kero clapped his hands together. "You're a fast learner Sakura-chan! Clow Reed sure chose well."

"Where's Clow Reed anyways?"

"Erm..dead..." Kero said with a sweatdrop.

"Oh.."

Kero then sat straighter, as if he was about to say something extremely important. "In the future, I will teach you how to turn your clow cards into Sakura Cards."

Sakura looked a bit confused, but nodded all the same. "I'm just so happy! I know magic!"

Kero grinned, "But there are always bumps along the way."

"What?"

"We'll see... in the future."

Sakura awoke that morning, feeling refreshed and happy. Mika came into the room with a bowl of water and a cloth for her to wash her face with.

"Could you bring two bowls next time? One smaller?" Sakura asked.

Mika tilted her head. "Is it for Kero?"

"Yep!" Sakura giggled while washing her face.

Her father said it was ok if she told Mika that she was the card mistress, but she was not allowed to tell any outsiders, or even people in the castle that are of a real low level. Sakura had questioned why, and Fujitaka had told her many people were after the Clow Cards even if they do not possess the right magical abilities.

Sakura thought that was odd, but none the less obeyed.

Mika combed out Sakura's hair, and made her wear a pink satin dress with a big bow at the back. "There! Now off we go to breakfast."

Sakura was excited to see her father and tell her of the new things she had learnt from Kero last night. She was walking down the hallways, without Mika, since she had to do the laundry.

She was about to open the big double doors to the dining room when she heard her father's anxious voice. Sakura, being how curious she was, decided to eavesdrop.

"...The damn Li kingdom! They actually dare come to our land and demand for the Clow Cards!" Sakura heard her dad say furiously.

*The Li Kingdom...hey...aren't those two people I met...from the Li Kingdom?* Sakura noted to herself as she listened a bit more.

"Now calm down dear...you know they will never get them from us. Espeically if our little Sakura is the chosen one, they can't do anything about it," Sakura heard her mother's calm yet quivering voice.

There was silence for a moment and then...

"We still have to be on guard. Sakura could be in great danger if anyone finds out that she is the card mistress."




AN: Thanks for the reviews everyone! Here's Ch.3! Hope you have enjoyed it =D Chapter 4 is going to be six years later from this chapter. Wow, time sure flies! Heh ^^;; Anyways, stay tooned!!! This fic will be an S+S, but a very hard one X.X