Disclaimer: Aw jeez, new author and I already hate doing these things! You guys know the drill. I don't own Cardcaptors or the wonderful animation of Clamp (although sometimes I wish I did). I only own the plot line and my character, Inori. Enjoy!!!!
Note: this is for Carcaptors, therefore all names will be the dubbed version.
Here is a helpful name conversion chart for the main main characters:
Sakura: Sakura
Li:Saoryon (sp?)
Tori: Touya
Julian: Yukito
Madison: Tomoyo
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She was running through the forest, her senses attuned to everything around her, leaves falling to the soft ground. She didn't know why she was here, or where she was going. She was just running through the forest at night, going no where in particular, knowing she had to be there.
Her staff shone in the moonlight, it's pink handle twinkling at her every time her hand moved up. All she could pay attention to was the rhythmic fall and lift of her feet pounding on the forest floor.
Finally arriving at what she knew in her heart was her destination; she paused on the brim of a clearing to catch her breath. She looked up and stiffened in shock. In front of her was the most beautiful scene she had ever seen in her short life. In the clearing was a pond, with birds nestled at its edge, their white feathers gleaming in the moonlight. The pond sparkled at her; the stars she loved so much clear in the night sky. But the most breathtaking view lay in the middle of the pond. There, she saw a beautiful young woman, much older than herself, floating atop the pond, her toes dipping slightly in the cool water. The woman's white filmy dress was billowing every which way, wrapping itself around her long, slender legs. She was looking straight at Sakura, her hands outstretched, beckoning her into the water, a smile on her face.
The strange thing was that no wind was blowing, except this young woman's garments were blowing as if there was wind. Sakura barely had time to puzzle over this when the ring of her alarm clock aroused her.
Rubbing at her tired eyes, she sat up in bed and looked dazedly into Kero's small, golden face, a wide grin plastered onto his mouth.
"Wake up, Sakura-chan!" He called.
"I'm going, I'm going" Sakura muttered irritably as she stepped out of bed.
While pulling on her school uniform, Sakura puzzled over her strange dream, vowing to herself not to tell Kero until she had it all figured out. She wouldn't even tell Li, whom she trusted dearly.
Walking down the stairs to the kitchen, Sakura shook her head and decided not to let the dream bug her today. Enthusiastically stepping into the kitchen with her usual flair, Sakura sat down for her morning breakfast.
"Morning Tori!" she called to her older brother, who was eating his breakfast silently across the kitchen table.
"Morning" Tori replied with his usual monotone, uninterested voice.
Sakura wolfed down her breakfast, looking at her watch and realizing she was late again. Strapping on her roller blades and pulling on her safety gear, Sakura whizzed out the doorway, catching up to Tori, who was on his bike. They met up with Julian on the way, and soon Sakura had to leave to go to another day in her Grade 5 class at Reedington Elementary.
Throughout the day, Sakura couldn't get the young woman out of her thoughts. She kept tuning out her teachers and thinking about the way she looked, floating on the pond, dress billowing out, her arms outstretched. She wondered if it was some kind of test, or premonition, as her dreams often held such things.
Rollerblading home from cheerleading practice later that day, Sakura looked up into the cherry blossom trees and was awed once again. No matter how many times Sakura had seen these trees rollerblading past she was always fascinated by them. The tree's pretty pink, fragrant petals were even in her dreams sometimes.
That night, Sakura and Li were running through the forest, on the trail of a magical sense they had both felt earlier. They both agreed that it was the same force they had felt when those weird things happened.
Sakura was experiencing deja vu. She was running in the same direction, on the same path that she was in her dream this morning. Eventually, Li and Sakura reached the clearing with the pond that she had seen in her dreams as well. She wondered if she was going to see the mysterious young woman again.
"Hey, Li" Sakura asked her companion.
"Ya" he replied.
"Do you have this feeling that you've been here before, seen this place or something like that?" she asked again
Giving her a questioning look, Li answered
"Uhh, no, why?"
"Oh, nothing, I was just wondering. Maybe because I do. I feel like something important is going to happen here. I even had a dream about this place last night."
Sakura blushed, knowing she had broken her previous vow to herself not to tell anyone about her dream. Li looked thoughtfully out into the clearing, pondering her answer, when two white birds flew down to rest at the water's edge.
Sakura gasped. Those two birds are the same as the ones in my dream! They are even in the same place!
She didn't even have time to think, because at that moment a brilliant white light exploded, hovering 5 feet over the pond. Sakura and Li both held up their arms to shield against the light, each other's curiosity peaking with interest. When the light had faded, and they brought down their arms, they both stood there open-mouthed. For there, floating on top of the pond, was the same young-woman in Sakura's dreams, her hands outstretched, a smile crossing her tender lips.
Ooo, why is she here? Why did Sakura dream of her? More to come in the second chapter!
Oh, yes, I do realize Inori is the same thing as my pen name, Inori-chan. Would you look at that!
Note: this is for Carcaptors, therefore all names will be the dubbed version.
Here is a helpful name conversion chart for the main main characters:
Sakura: Sakura
Li:Saoryon (sp?)
Tori: Touya
Julian: Yukito
Madison: Tomoyo
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She was running through the forest, her senses attuned to everything around her, leaves falling to the soft ground. She didn't know why she was here, or where she was going. She was just running through the forest at night, going no where in particular, knowing she had to be there.
Her staff shone in the moonlight, it's pink handle twinkling at her every time her hand moved up. All she could pay attention to was the rhythmic fall and lift of her feet pounding on the forest floor.
Finally arriving at what she knew in her heart was her destination; she paused on the brim of a clearing to catch her breath. She looked up and stiffened in shock. In front of her was the most beautiful scene she had ever seen in her short life. In the clearing was a pond, with birds nestled at its edge, their white feathers gleaming in the moonlight. The pond sparkled at her; the stars she loved so much clear in the night sky. But the most breathtaking view lay in the middle of the pond. There, she saw a beautiful young woman, much older than herself, floating atop the pond, her toes dipping slightly in the cool water. The woman's white filmy dress was billowing every which way, wrapping itself around her long, slender legs. She was looking straight at Sakura, her hands outstretched, beckoning her into the water, a smile on her face.
The strange thing was that no wind was blowing, except this young woman's garments were blowing as if there was wind. Sakura barely had time to puzzle over this when the ring of her alarm clock aroused her.
Rubbing at her tired eyes, she sat up in bed and looked dazedly into Kero's small, golden face, a wide grin plastered onto his mouth.
"Wake up, Sakura-chan!" He called.
"I'm going, I'm going" Sakura muttered irritably as she stepped out of bed.
While pulling on her school uniform, Sakura puzzled over her strange dream, vowing to herself not to tell Kero until she had it all figured out. She wouldn't even tell Li, whom she trusted dearly.
Walking down the stairs to the kitchen, Sakura shook her head and decided not to let the dream bug her today. Enthusiastically stepping into the kitchen with her usual flair, Sakura sat down for her morning breakfast.
"Morning Tori!" she called to her older brother, who was eating his breakfast silently across the kitchen table.
"Morning" Tori replied with his usual monotone, uninterested voice.
Sakura wolfed down her breakfast, looking at her watch and realizing she was late again. Strapping on her roller blades and pulling on her safety gear, Sakura whizzed out the doorway, catching up to Tori, who was on his bike. They met up with Julian on the way, and soon Sakura had to leave to go to another day in her Grade 5 class at Reedington Elementary.
Throughout the day, Sakura couldn't get the young woman out of her thoughts. She kept tuning out her teachers and thinking about the way she looked, floating on the pond, dress billowing out, her arms outstretched. She wondered if it was some kind of test, or premonition, as her dreams often held such things.
Rollerblading home from cheerleading practice later that day, Sakura looked up into the cherry blossom trees and was awed once again. No matter how many times Sakura had seen these trees rollerblading past she was always fascinated by them. The tree's pretty pink, fragrant petals were even in her dreams sometimes.
That night, Sakura and Li were running through the forest, on the trail of a magical sense they had both felt earlier. They both agreed that it was the same force they had felt when those weird things happened.
Sakura was experiencing deja vu. She was running in the same direction, on the same path that she was in her dream this morning. Eventually, Li and Sakura reached the clearing with the pond that she had seen in her dreams as well. She wondered if she was going to see the mysterious young woman again.
"Hey, Li" Sakura asked her companion.
"Ya" he replied.
"Do you have this feeling that you've been here before, seen this place or something like that?" she asked again
Giving her a questioning look, Li answered
"Uhh, no, why?"
"Oh, nothing, I was just wondering. Maybe because I do. I feel like something important is going to happen here. I even had a dream about this place last night."
Sakura blushed, knowing she had broken her previous vow to herself not to tell anyone about her dream. Li looked thoughtfully out into the clearing, pondering her answer, when two white birds flew down to rest at the water's edge.
Sakura gasped. Those two birds are the same as the ones in my dream! They are even in the same place!
She didn't even have time to think, because at that moment a brilliant white light exploded, hovering 5 feet over the pond. Sakura and Li both held up their arms to shield against the light, each other's curiosity peaking with interest. When the light had faded, and they brought down their arms, they both stood there open-mouthed. For there, floating on top of the pond, was the same young-woman in Sakura's dreams, her hands outstretched, a smile crossing her tender lips.
Ooo, why is she here? Why did Sakura dream of her? More to come in the second chapter!
Oh, yes, I do realize Inori is the same thing as my pen name, Inori-chan. Would you look at that!