Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Card Captor Sakura characters Trials of Sin                                        

Prologue

            In a dark forest, a mixture of deep green and darkest black, Sakura ran along a dusty path. She was chasing after someone. She was chasing after…what seemed to be a shadow in the dark forest.

            "YOU! W-WAIT!!" Sakura yelled, almost breathless from the running.

            The shadow stopped abruptly. Sakura slowed down, now a few feet away from the shadow. Suspicion filled Sakura's mind.

            The shadow slowly turned around, the moonlight struck its icy gray-blue eyes and tinted the person's light skin complexion. It was a boy. Sakura took a step back upon seeing the piercing eyes. He had tousled blond hair that was brown at the roots. She felt a stony cold aura from him.

            "…who are you?" Sakura murmured finally, after finding her voice.

            "Come. Your fate—or doom—shall begin soon," his voice seemed to echo, making her head spin a bit. "come with me to learn of ultimate power, Sakura Kinomoto."

            "I…I don't want power." Sakura remarked.

            His eyes narrowed, sending a chill down her back.

            "I don't care if you want it," his voice hard and firm. "I'm saying you need it."

            "…why?" Sakura asked.

            "I don't want to be questioned right now! Either you follow me or die. What shall it be, Kinomoto?" he inquired, not a touch of concern in his voice at all.

            "Why and what for do I need this 'power'?" Sakura asked.

            His mouth opened but the forest seemed to turn gray and the leaves curled into ash. She looked around as a large circle of fire surrounded her. She cried out in surprise as the over-whelming heat made her realize that this may not be a dream at all. She saw the boy rush toward her, he seemed more angry than worried. He threw a white ball of light at her that seemed to form in his hand in a second…it hit her in the chest and the force practically made her fly back and…

            Sakura woke up with a start and sat up in her bed, looking around as cold sweat dripped down from her forehead to her chin. Her green eyes were frantic as her head seem to whirl, feeling a dizzy and unstable feeling consume her. What was happening to her? Was it a dream? A nightmare? She couldn't even remember what she dreamed about!! Her frustration angered her and made her head throb worse.

            "It was probably nothing, Sakura. Don't worry about it!" Kero said carelessly as he yawned.

            "…but…I never woke up like that…what could have the dream been about?" Sakura asked, hoping that Kero would miraculously know the answer.

            "Hmmm…" Kero murmured thoughtfully, closing his eyes in thought.

            Sakura waited.

            Waited…

…Still waiting……

Waited some more…

"Kero?" Sakura murmured.

"Zzz…zzz…zzzzzz…" was the response she got from her yellow friend.

A sweat-drop rolled on her head along with a stress mark.

"Kero!" Sakura exclaimed right into his ear on purpose.

"Waaahh!" Kero yelped in surprise and fell right off the edge of the desk. He fell head first onto the floor.

"Kero, I'm worried!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Yeah, well, you should be! I think you broke my nose!!" Kero exclaimed in pain.

Sakura sweat-dropped, "You don't have a nose…"

"… …" Kero blinked. He could smell, but he really didn't HAVE a nose to break…

"…ah ha…oh, yeah…" Kero sweat-dropped.

"I just have to ask Syaoran. Maybe he'd know." Sakura murmured.

"As if that idiot would know anything about a dream even YOU don't remember." Kero said a bit crossly.

Sakura sighed. Kero and Li were STILL not on friendly grounds with each other. Even after all these years…

"Maybe Eriol…" Sakura murmured.

"Sakura, I don't know why this dream of yours is making you so worried! You don't even remember it, so it can't be important, ne?" Kero assured.

"…I…guess you're right." Sakura said hesitantly.

"As always!" Kero gave her a peace sign as he plopped back into his mini bed.

"Yeah, whatever you say, Kero…" Sakura chuckled and climbed back into her covers, oblivious that a stony cold aura from a familiar dream filled her room.

Author's note: Did you enjoy it? Hate it? Remember, this is only the beginning of a hopefully-good story! My very first chapter will be coming out soon! Please REVIEW! Review review review!! I beg you! Haha, thank you for reading! Oh, yeah, did I forget to ask you to review? ^.~