Summary: We take a little different look this time around. Still looking back at Sakura's Final Judgment, Sakura begins to remember what it was like…to forget. (And this wouldn't be one of my stories if I didn't add anything ORIGINAL to it)
Episode 57- Recalling The Great Disaster
It was a unique experience, Sakura knew that much. They all remembered what happened during the Final Judgment; it was something they could never forget. But they never had these new insights before. Sakura, personally, was actually empathizing with what Madison, Li, and Kero were thinking on that fateful night and was something totally new for her.
But there was one insight they could never totally empathize with. She knew exactly what it was. It was what happened after she lost the first time.
"I remember what happened after that," Sakura said solemnly, breaking the awkward silence. "It all felt so normal…yet it felt so different. And I don't know how life would have been if that would have been my everyday life…"
Flashback: Sakura's House (During The Great Disaster)
P.O.V.: Sakura Avalon
**BEEP…BEEP…BEEP**
Sakura woke up and looked at her alarm clock. She quickly realized what she came to realize every morning around this time. She was late. She had to get up to go to school.
She got to her feet and changed into her school uniform, but paused briefly before running out like she usually did. Something felt…different. But she quickly shrugged it off. Nothing was different. This was what she did everyday.
She ran down the stairs and ran into her big brother, Tori.
"Morning, Sakura!"
Sakura smiled. "Morning!"
She quickly grabbed her breakfast-on-the-go and was about to head out, but she turned her head towards the counter and stopped.
~* That's funny…it feels like there's something missing. But that's silly. There's never been anything on that counter before. It's just my imagination. *~
Shrugging that off, Sakura headed out the door and put on her rollerblades. She started skating down the street, heading for another school day. But she started slowing down when she got that weird feeling again.
~* That's weird. Why does it feel like there's something missing? I always skate to school by myself, don't I? What's that feeling I'm getting? Oh…maybe it's just something I ate. *~
Sakura shrugged the feeling off again and kept skating towards school. She was already late…again.
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[Sakura: And it didn't end there. When I got to school, things felt even weirder…]
Flashback: Reedington Elementary (During The Great Disaster)
P.O.V.: Sakura Avalon
To her relief, Sakura wasn't late. So she quickly ran to her locker and got ready for another day of school. And to make her day even better, someone else was there to greet her. It was Madison Taylor.
"Hi, Sakura," Madison said listlessly.
"Morning, Madison!" Sakura said cheerfully.
For some reason there was no smile on Madison's face. Sakura thought about that. For some reason, she thought Madison was always more…cheerful. But something felt different. Then she remembered that Madison was always this way.
Madison was almost showing no signs of life. She just routinely changed into her school shoes and walked away, only stopping to remind Sakura…
"Sakura…class is about to start."
Sakura's mind was brought out of its trance and she quickly grabbed her books to go to class. It was nice to know that she wasn't late, because when she got to her first class, the teacher wasn't even in yet. She exchanged the usual pleasantries with her classmates and headed to her seat and looked over to see Zachary walking towards Chelsea.
"Chelsea, I need you to get the class material before Ms. Mackenzie comes in."
"Ok, Zachary."
That weird feeling went through Sakura again. It even prompted her to get up and walk towards Chelsea.
"Chelsea…………that's it? Don't you have anything else to say?"
Chelsea blinked. "Uh……what else am I supposed to say? It's not like I know Zachary that well."
Sakura shrugged again. "Of course you don't. What am I thinking?"
Everything was feeling out of whack. It didn't get better when Mr. Terada stuck his head through the classroom door.
"Rita?"
Rita walked towards the classroom door. "Yes, Mr. Terada?"
"Could you give these papers to Ms. Mackenzie for me?"
"Yes Mr. Terada."
Mr. Terada handed the papers to Rita and he just walked out while Rita headed back to her seat. The same weird feeling went through Sakura again. Something didn't feel right.
~* NOW why am I feeling this way? That was a perfectly normal exchange between teacher and student. Why do I feel like something's so…different? This is the way it is everyday. *~
Sakura turned to sit down and she almost collided with someone. "Oh…morning, Li!"
Li Showron just apathetically took his seat. "Good morning."
~* What is THAT all about? Wait…why am I even asking that? Li NEVER talks to me. That's the way it's always been. So…what's this I'm feeling? Why does everything feel so unusual? *~
Sakura felt like she was in the Twilight Zone. She just took her seat and thought about why she was getting these feelings on what felt like a perfectly normal day.
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[Sakura: And that wasn't everything. When lunchtime came around, things started to get even worse and I felt like I was going out of my mind…]
Flashback: Reedington Elementary (A Scene of My Own During The Great Disaster)
P.O.V.: Sakura Avalon
Sakura got her lunch like she usually did and looked around. This all felt like such a normal day…yet if felt like it wasn't. Something felt…unusual. But like she did throughout the day, Sakura shrugged the feeling off and went looking for a certain bench. And then she found her target. Sakura walked over and sat next to Madison Taylor.
"Hi, Madison!"
Madison was eating a sandwich and didn't even turn to face Sakura. "Hi."
Sakura blinked. "Madison…is something wrong?"
Madison still wouldn't face Sakura. "No. Why would you think that?"
Sakura blinked again. "Aren't you even going to look at me?"
Madison still didn't face Sakura. "Why? It's not like we're best friends or anything."
Sakura gasped. "What?"
"It's true. We've never been close or anything. And why the questions? Did you suddenly get lonely or something?"
Sakura finally thought about what she was doing. "Y-You're right…we've NEVER been close, have we? We hardly EVER talk, do we, Madison?"
"Almost never," Madison replied, taking a bite out of her sandwich. She STILL wasn't looking at Sakura.
Suddenly, a thought hit Sakura. "Madison…don't you always have a video camera with you?"
"Why would I have a video camera with me?" Madison asked tediously.
"It just feels like……well……don't you ALWAYS have a camera? It's like you're always taping something…isn't it?"
"I never have a camera with me," Madison growled. "You're seeing things, Avalon."
Sakura felt so confused. This all felt so unusual. She couldn't understand why she was thinking these things.
~* Video camera? Where did THAT come from? I never see Madison with a video camera. So why does it feel so weird that she doesn't have one with her? WHAT'S GOING ON? *~
Sakura shrugged again. This all felt like such a waste of time. So she decided to get up and walk away without saying anything more. Madison didn't even turn her head, but kept eating as if Sakura was never there to begin with.
This was definitely a normal day. So why did everything feel so wrong?
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[Sakura: It all felt so frustrating…and by the time the school day ended…I just couldn't take it anymore…]
Flashback: Reedington Elementary (During The Great Disaster)
P.O.V.: Sakura Avalon
School had just ended and it couldn't end soon enough for Sakura. She walked out and was ready to go home, but noticed Madison was already leaving. She wasn't waiting for Sakura or anyone else, but was just walking out by herself. That felt weird…but Sakura remembered that it was perfectly normal. It was the same thing that happened everyday, so she didn't make anything of it.
Instead, Sakura decided to move forward and walk towards her brother, who was waiting for her. Tori was waiting patiently on his bike, but again Sakura noticed something was terribly wrong.
~* I'm getting that feeling AGAIN! It's like something's missing. I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!! *~
Sakura did a total about-face and ran away from Tori. She couldn't bear to endure that feeling anymore. This went like such a normal day, but it didn't feel normal at all. Something was seriously wrong and all Sakura wanted to do was run away. She closed her eyes and ran without looking back. And before she knew it, she was in the forest.
Sakura stopped and noticed that the bamboo branches…were moving. Her curiosity had peaked, so she moved forward…and began to hear voices calling out her name. They were the voices of her friends and family. A familiar spirit stood before Sakura and began to sing a very familiar song.
~* That's the song Madison would always sing…and that's her voice! What's going on?! *~
Sakura followed the spirit and she soon found herself surrounded by images of her family and friends. Then she looked ahead to see a blooming cherry blossom tree. And there was a familiar figure standing by it.
Sakura recognized this person…and her face brightened up like never before.
~* It's you…the one person I love the most! *~
And when Sakura discovered this person…she heard something…
**BONG**
It was a bell…and when Sakura heard it…
…it was as if she started to wake up from an awful nightmare.
Author's Note: You probably never thought it'd come, but we're down to the last TWO chapters. Next time we look at Sakura's rematch from two views. From Sakura's eyes…and from the eyes of ???
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