Disclaimer: I don't own CCS/CC or
its characters, they belong to CLAMP.
By ~Xiaoling~
Chapter 5: Possessed
Sakura stood up from her chair in disabelief that her family actually believed this girl. "Otou-san! You don't believe her do you?!"
"...I don't know..." Fujitaka mumbled.
"Onii-chan...?" Sakura asked hopefully.
Touya frowned. He loved his little sister for all her sisxteen years, but now another girl had just suddenly appeared, saying that she was Sakura. Yet, the proof was shown, and explained. "..."
Sakura frowned hard. It seemed like her brother and father were possessed or something, or blinded by something at least. "Otou-san! Are you possessed right now?! Wake up!" Sakura could sense a dark aura around girl now, it was flaring happily in triumpth. "No! Touya, don't believe her! She has dark magic...I can sense it..."
The girl walked forward a couple steps. "Then how is this girl sensing magic? Do you know magic I persume?" She pointed the question at Sakura.
Sakura found herself unable to answer, and she gaped in horror when she saw that her father's eyes had turned slightly blank, and so had her brother's.
"What did you do to them?!" Sakura demanded.
The girl smirked, "Nothing. I just put a spell on them for them to know what is evil and what is not."
Sakura was confused, but then she heard her father shout something.
"Seize her!" Guards came running into the room and surrounded the confused Sakura.
"What is going on?!" Sakura screamed.
Fujitaka, still with his eyes slightly blank, pointed towards the doors. "Take her to the dungeons and we will discuss what is to be done with her!"
The guards nodded and dragged Sakura out of the room.
The girl smiled, "Everything is under
my control now, card mistress...you can't run, you can't hide..." She said
under her breath, in a soft voice.
Sakura sad huddled in the corner of the dark dungeon room made of stone, and hay was layed on the ground. She sobbed silently, how did this all happened?
She knew she had sense magic from the girl, and it felt like the same dark aura she had sensed a long time ago. "Maybe...it was her all along that I was sensing..." She felt a bit of weight on her chest, and noticed that she had brought along her Clow Key.
Sakura smiled, and was about to transform the key, when XueLian appeared outside of her dungeon. She quickly dropped the key to her chest. "XueLian?! What are you doing here?"
"I am here to advise you that you shouldn't use magic," XueLian placed her hand on the dungeon's lock and it unlocked itself. She stepped into the dungeon and knelt down to be of eye level of Sakura who was sitting.
Sakura felt uneasy now, around this maid. XueLian knew she had magic, but how?
Suddenly, XueLian reached out towards Sakura's chest and snapped the Clow Key off of the thin chain it dangled on Sakura's neck. Sakura gasped and reached out to it in XueLian's hands.
"Hey! Give that back!" Sakura screamed.
XueLian stepped back and out of the dungeon and relocked the door just before Sakura could run out. She smiled sweetly at Sakura. "Master's orders. I musn't disobey...your highness." She snickered and walked away.
Sakura slumped back onto the floor.
*Great...I'm in the worst situation I could get. I'm stuck without the
Clow Key...without magic..great...* She thought sadly. *What am I going
to do?*
Kero frowned, *Where is Sakura? She should be back from breakfast by now...* He had wanted to tell Sakura something when she had come back. He could sense that dark aura very strongly now, as if it was right in the castle itself. *Maybe it is...*
He saw that under Sakura's bed, it
was glowing a bright pink. He flew under it, and saw the Sakura Book glowing.
Kero's frown deepened. *This only happens when their mistress is in trouble...or
that the Clow Key is in wrong hands...* Kero didn't know what he could
do..*The gaki! I have to get to him and tell him quick!* Kero picked up
the Clow Book, and flew out the window towards the Li Kingdom for help.
Tomoyo's carriage stopped infront of the Kinomoto castle. She had decided to visit Sakura today, since the two hadn't seen each other for a month now!
She walked into the castle, followed by some of her body guards, and she went to Sakura's room. She knocked gently.
"Come in," Said an unfamiliar voice.
Tomoyo shrugged, maybe it was one of Sakura's servants. She opened the door, and her eyes widened. Another girl was sitting at Sakura's dressing table, combing her light greyish hair that cascaded down her back.
"Who are you?! And what are you doing in Sakura's room?!" Tomoyo exclaimed in shock.
The girl turned around to face Tomoyo, and tilted her head slightly. "I am Princess Sakura Kinomoto."
"...But...no your not! Where's the Sakura I know?!"
"My imposter?" The girl asked innocently.
Tomoyo frowned, "She wasn't an imposter! You are!!"
The girl's sweet smile turned to an evil grin. "My, my, what do we have here? A smart little princess, quite stubborn if we do say so. You must be Princess Tomoyo Daidouji."
"...You didn't answer my question. Who are you?" Tomoyo demanded.
"...Haven't I told you already?"
Tomoyo angered, she didn't like this girl that was pretending to be Sakura. "Stop lieing! I know for a fact that you are not Sakura."
The girl smirked, and stood up slowly. Her emerald eyes glittering with evil. "I am Mistress Celeste, pleased to meet you."
"...Why are you here..?" Tomoyo asked uneasily.
"I am here to seek revenge, and get the Clow Cards." Celeste said.
Tomoyo's eyes widened. Sakura had told her about the Clow Cards the last time they had seen each other, and their magical powers. "But you can't have them! Sakura's their rightful owner!"
"No, infact I am," Celeste snapped and raised her hand. "You are getting on my nerves."
Tomoyo's jaw dropped open as a blank orb engulfed her, and soon it disappeared leaving Tomoyo standing there with slightly blank eyes.
"Now, dear Tomoyo, let us take a walk in the gardens together," Celeste said calmly.
Tomoyo nodded, "Hai."
Syaoran stepped into his room, and Meiling stepped into his room. He stepped out of his room, and Meiling stepped out of his room.
"ARGH! Can't you stop following me?!" Syaoran yelped.
Meiling jumped back in shock. "What's wrong with me following you?!"
"Can't I have some privacy?" Syaoran grunted.
"Well, I'm bored and who else can I tag along with?" Meiling asked.
Syaoran sighed, "Go find one of your other cousins around the castle."
"But your my favorite cousin! And I am your favorite cousin too!" Meiling shot back.
Syaoran frowned and stepped into his room again and onto his balcony and gazed towards the direction of the Kinomoto Kingdom. Meiling followd his gaze, and a small smile played on her lips.
"You must be thinking of Sakura-chan!" Meiling had come to like Sakura as a friend as the month had gone by.
Syaoran blushed slightly. "Er..I..I just haven't heard from her since yesterday."
"It's only been one day! Geez!" Meiling rolled her eyes.
"...Hey..do you see that?" Syaoran pointed to an incoming yellow blob.
Meiling scratched her head. "You know, it looks like a teddy bear..."
"It must be.."
"HEY GAKI!!!" Kero yelled and landed on the railing of the balcony.
Syaoran fell back. "Stuffed animal! What are you doing here?!"
Meiling poked Kero in the stomach. "Flying, talking, stuffed animal? I never knew technology has advanced that greatly."
Kero sweatdropped along with Syaoran. They hadn't told Meilng anything about the Clow Cards, or Kero. "The gaki will explain to you later. But anyways, SAUKRA'S IN DANGER!!!"
Syaoran leapt off from the floor. "What?!"
"I just know..." Kero handed him the Sakura Book which was still glowing. "The book is glowing, meaning their master is in danger, or that the Clow Key is in wrong hands."
Syaoran frowned, "Do you any details?"
"No.."
"Then let's get over to the Kinomoto
Kingdom!"
AN: Yeah!! Syaoran to the rescue!
Stay tooned ;)
