Daphne: "Hi! I cannot talk long! Eli and co. are downstairs! Just want to
remind you that CCS is not mine! It's Clamp's!"
Eli: "Daphne! Are you coming down?"
Daphne: "I'll be there in a minute!"
Eli: mumbling "Gee! How long does it take a person to go to the restroom?!"
Daphne: "Um, got to go! Enjoy!"
~*~*~*~
Forgotten Past
by: Daphne Li
Chapter 10.
Sakura ran into Tomoyo's bedchamber, and twirled around, as the skirt on the dress she was wearing drifted gracefully around her.
"It's beautiful, Tomoyo!" Sakura giggled, giving one last spin.
"Wait until you see your ball dress!" Tomoyo squealed, her eyes shining. Sakura was wearing a light purple dress, simple in it's cut, but very lovely.
"Wait! I want to show Papa!" Sakura cried, dancing from the room. She blindly rushed down a flight of stairs, around a corner, and right into the arms of…Prince Syaoran!
"HOE!" Sakura shrieked in surprise. "Oh! I am sorry!" She cried, as the same time Syaoran exclaimed,
"Are you all right?" Both blushed and looked away from the other.
"I am…I'm fine. I was hurrying because I wanted to show papa my dress…" Sakura trailed off, confusion and embarrassment filling her down-turned face. Syaoran stepped back and coldly nodded.
"I will not keep you, then." He said, bowing coolly and walking away. Sakura watched him leave with a sinking heart.
"Squirt! What are you doing here?" Touya asked, coming up behind her. Sakura sent him a mock-cheerful smile.
"I wanted to show Daddy my dress." She explained coolly, walking past her brother and into the library. Touya turned around to where Syaoran had disappeared and scowled.
"I'm watching you, Chinese Gaki! You stay away from my sister!" Touya hissed.
~*~*~*~
"Sakura, darling, I have to ask. What exactly did you do with the Huns that you made disappear?" Queen Yelan asked later, at lunch. Sakura looked over at Tomoyo and Meiling, whom both started to giggle.
"Well, I used the 'Transport' card and sent them to…a small, abandoned island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!" Sakura answered, her eyes sparkling. "I made sure that they had enough food to last them a few days, but after that, they would have to fend for themselves. I am sure that they are fine, that is, unless the Tsunami that was scheduled to come in really came…"
"Which it did!" Eriol said with a delighted chuckle. The whole table was laughing, with the exception of Syaoran.
"But we still have one of the Hun leaders in our dungeon! What are we going to do about him?" Meiling asked. Suddenly, someone cleared their throat and everyone in the Dining Hall turned to see a very nervous Wei in the doorway.
"Actually, Highnesses, the Hun…has escaped." Wei said, bowing and quickly leaving the room. Everyone turned pale and looked at each other in horror.
"What are we going to do?" Tomoyo asked, her normally pale cheeks even paler. Sakura, however, did not seem to be bothered by the news much
"He is probably a long way off. I am not worried!" She said cheerfully, when in reality, she was just as scared as they were. Syaoran seemed to see this and turned.
"Everything is fine. Sakura is right. He is probably far from here, and I for one, am not going to let him spoil my day! Besides that is Eriol's job!" Syaoran huffed, stomping out of the room. Sakura, surprisingly, had to stifle a giggle behind her hand.
"I…I am going to the library until it is time for me to change into my ball gown!" She announced, walking from the room with her hand still over her mouth. King Fujitaka and Queen Yelan looked at each other and, as if in a silent agreement, walked out of the Dinning Hall and to the Queen's Study. Syaoran's four sisters followed them. Touya smiled at Meiling and held out his arm, which she gladly accepted.
"We are going for a walk in the gardens, if you need us for anything!" Touya called over his shoulder to Tomoyo and Eriol. The two who were left in the room stared at each other for a moment and then blushed.
"It looks as if we have been forgotten!" Eriol stated, walking over to a door and opening it, revealing a lovely white balcony. Tomoyo smiled.
"You know, it looks as though Sakura and Syaoran are avoiding each other!" She commented, joining him out on the balcony. He sent her one of his melting smiles.
"Well then, we are just going to have to do something about that, aren't we?" He murmured, walking over to the railing and looking out over the forest, that lay beyond the castle.
"But how?" She asked, her eyes glowing in anticipation of his answer. He grinned cheekily at her.
"Here is how…" Eriol leaned over and whispered into Tomoyo's ear. She gasped and frowned.
"No! That is too dangerous! What if she gets hurt?"
"Don't worry! She is stronger than you think! And besides! Syaoran would not let her get hurt!" Eriol answered. Tomoyo sighed.
"But it is just so…"
"Well, the Hun has to be captured somehow! And I know for a fact that he isn't as far as they think!" Eriol commented, looking into her eyes. She gave a sigh and then nodded. He smiled charmingly and she bushed.
"But what are we going to do the rest of the night?" Tomoyo questioned, looking at him out of the corner of her eye. His smile grew into a flirtatious grin and he raised an eyebrow.
"Well, dancing is an objective!" He chuckled, grabbing her around the waist and twirling her into a waltz. "And then, we shall see what goes on from there!" He finished. She frowned.
"What could go on from there?" She asked, confused. He smiled, but this time it was a shy, uncertain smile.
"Well, here is a sample." He whispered into her ear. An uncontrollable shiver of excitement rolled up her back. Suddenly, soft, warm lips pressed to her cheek! Tomoyo gave a gasp as Eriol turned away and walked back inside, secretly beating himself up for what he had just done; Tomoyo, however, had a different reaction than he expected. She put a fluttering hand to the cheek he had kissed and then allowed a dreamy smile to cross her lips.
'Maybe…just maybe he does like me!" Tomoyo thought.
"Tomoyo! Auntie wants us to come up and get ready! Are the dresses done yet?" Meiling's voice called, interrupting Tomoyo's thoughts.
"I will be right there, Meiling!" She called back, dreamily walking back into the Palace and up to her bedchamber.
~*~*~*~
"Are you ready?" Tomoyo called.
"Yes!" Sakura and Meiling chimed.
"All right on the count of 3…2…1!" The three girls all walked into Tomoyo's room at the same time and stopped short, gaping at one another.
"Meiling! Tomoyo! You look beautiful!" Sakura gasped. Tomoyo smiled happily.
Meiling was wearing a full-skirted off the shoulder dress, made of dull gold brocade. She wore gold slippers that laced up the ankle with slim gold ribbons. Her hair was drawn up in Grecian-style, threaded with gold colored ribbons. She wore a silver topaz necklace, and a tiara studded with topaz.
Tomoyo was wearing a full-skirted off the shoulder dress, of white lace over celestial-blue satin. She wore blue slippers with white ribbons that twinned up her ankles. Bands of her hair were pulled up at the top of her head and twisted into a knot. She wore a diamond solitaire pendant at her throat, and a dainty diamond tiara placed carefully on her hair finished off the picture.
Sakura wore a full skirted off the shoulder dress made of lavender gauze over rose satin. (a/n: This causes the dress to look pink…Sakura's favorite color!) She wore rose-colored slippers with lavender ribbons twinning up her ankles. Her hair was pulled up to the top of her head in little ringlets, with a few ringlets allowed to flow down onto her shoulders and frame her face. She wore a rose-amethyst necklace, and a gold-filigree tiara studded with rose amethysts. (a/n: rose-amethysts are dark-pink in color!)
"Sakura! You look lovely!" Meiling exclaimed. Sakura blushed.
"You do as well! And Tomoyo, you look like…a Princess!" Sakura joked, her eyes sparkling with pleasure. Tomoyo laughed.
"Tomoyo, you are going to spoil us with all these dresses you make us! Then what will we do when Eriol…
"Don't mention things like that, Meiling!" Tomoyo exclaimed, blushing. "It is Sakura that I am worried about! When Syaoran sees her he will…" But the girls never found out what Syaoran would do.
"Ladies? It is time!" Kaho announced, coming into the room. The three girls looked at each other nervously and hurried out of the room behind Kaho.
"Now Meiling, you will go out first, and then Tomoyo is next. Sakura will go last because she is the Guest of Honor, and as that, she is required to dance the first dance with Prince Syaoran." Kaho announced. Meiling and Tomoyo shot each other sly glances while Sakura turned pale and even more nervous. Kaho stopped at the end of the hall and ushered them to a doorway on the left.
"When you are announced, you will go through this door, walk to your right a bit, and then down the flight of stairs. Sakura, Prince Syaoran will be waiting for you at the bottom of the stairs. And please, act like you want to dance with him! I know that it will be hard, and probably uncomfortable for you, but it is required as a good guest and for him as a good host!" With these words, Kaho left them in the dark hall. Suddenly, trumpets sounded from below and all noise in the Ballroom ceased.
"Announcing her Royal Highness, Princess Meiling of Hong Kong!" Meiling sent the other two a nervous smile and then disappeared. A few moments later, the voice sounded again.
"Announcing her Royal Ladyship, Lady Tomoyo of Omaer!" Tomoyo squeezed Sakura's hand and then departed.
"Announcing her Royal Highness, the long-lost Princess of Omaer, Princess Sakura!" Sakura took in a shaky breath and then stepped into the brightly lit Ballroom.
~*~*~*~
D.L.:
Daphne: "Oh! I am sorry that I have to stop here, but I need the next part for the next chapter! I know that this one was short, but the nest one will be longer, I think! I do hope that you are enjoying this story, and I hope that you will review!
Eli: "Hi! I'm here too! I just wanted to say Hi!
Kero: His voice is very muffled "Daphne! Open the door! What are you and Hiiragizawa doing in there anyway?"
Daphne: rolls her eyes in annoyance "Don't worry, Kero! Were just making- out, that's all!"
Kero: "WHAT?!?!?!"
Eli: stifling a snicker "Good one Daph! Anyway, we had better go, before Kero goes downstairs and tells our parents."
Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo, and Eriol: "THEY ARE DOING, WHAT?!?!?!?!"
Daphne: "Oops! Got to go!" (By the way, no real making-out was done by me or Eli during the making of this story! But I am not saying that Tomoyo, Eriol, Sakura and Syaoran are out of the forest, yet!)
Eli: "Daphne! Are you coming down?"
Daphne: "I'll be there in a minute!"
Eli: mumbling "Gee! How long does it take a person to go to the restroom?!"
Daphne: "Um, got to go! Enjoy!"
~*~*~*~
Forgotten Past
by: Daphne Li
Chapter 10.
Sakura ran into Tomoyo's bedchamber, and twirled around, as the skirt on the dress she was wearing drifted gracefully around her.
"It's beautiful, Tomoyo!" Sakura giggled, giving one last spin.
"Wait until you see your ball dress!" Tomoyo squealed, her eyes shining. Sakura was wearing a light purple dress, simple in it's cut, but very lovely.
"Wait! I want to show Papa!" Sakura cried, dancing from the room. She blindly rushed down a flight of stairs, around a corner, and right into the arms of…Prince Syaoran!
"HOE!" Sakura shrieked in surprise. "Oh! I am sorry!" She cried, as the same time Syaoran exclaimed,
"Are you all right?" Both blushed and looked away from the other.
"I am…I'm fine. I was hurrying because I wanted to show papa my dress…" Sakura trailed off, confusion and embarrassment filling her down-turned face. Syaoran stepped back and coldly nodded.
"I will not keep you, then." He said, bowing coolly and walking away. Sakura watched him leave with a sinking heart.
"Squirt! What are you doing here?" Touya asked, coming up behind her. Sakura sent him a mock-cheerful smile.
"I wanted to show Daddy my dress." She explained coolly, walking past her brother and into the library. Touya turned around to where Syaoran had disappeared and scowled.
"I'm watching you, Chinese Gaki! You stay away from my sister!" Touya hissed.
~*~*~*~
"Sakura, darling, I have to ask. What exactly did you do with the Huns that you made disappear?" Queen Yelan asked later, at lunch. Sakura looked over at Tomoyo and Meiling, whom both started to giggle.
"Well, I used the 'Transport' card and sent them to…a small, abandoned island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!" Sakura answered, her eyes sparkling. "I made sure that they had enough food to last them a few days, but after that, they would have to fend for themselves. I am sure that they are fine, that is, unless the Tsunami that was scheduled to come in really came…"
"Which it did!" Eriol said with a delighted chuckle. The whole table was laughing, with the exception of Syaoran.
"But we still have one of the Hun leaders in our dungeon! What are we going to do about him?" Meiling asked. Suddenly, someone cleared their throat and everyone in the Dining Hall turned to see a very nervous Wei in the doorway.
"Actually, Highnesses, the Hun…has escaped." Wei said, bowing and quickly leaving the room. Everyone turned pale and looked at each other in horror.
"What are we going to do?" Tomoyo asked, her normally pale cheeks even paler. Sakura, however, did not seem to be bothered by the news much
"He is probably a long way off. I am not worried!" She said cheerfully, when in reality, she was just as scared as they were. Syaoran seemed to see this and turned.
"Everything is fine. Sakura is right. He is probably far from here, and I for one, am not going to let him spoil my day! Besides that is Eriol's job!" Syaoran huffed, stomping out of the room. Sakura, surprisingly, had to stifle a giggle behind her hand.
"I…I am going to the library until it is time for me to change into my ball gown!" She announced, walking from the room with her hand still over her mouth. King Fujitaka and Queen Yelan looked at each other and, as if in a silent agreement, walked out of the Dinning Hall and to the Queen's Study. Syaoran's four sisters followed them. Touya smiled at Meiling and held out his arm, which she gladly accepted.
"We are going for a walk in the gardens, if you need us for anything!" Touya called over his shoulder to Tomoyo and Eriol. The two who were left in the room stared at each other for a moment and then blushed.
"It looks as if we have been forgotten!" Eriol stated, walking over to a door and opening it, revealing a lovely white balcony. Tomoyo smiled.
"You know, it looks as though Sakura and Syaoran are avoiding each other!" She commented, joining him out on the balcony. He sent her one of his melting smiles.
"Well then, we are just going to have to do something about that, aren't we?" He murmured, walking over to the railing and looking out over the forest, that lay beyond the castle.
"But how?" She asked, her eyes glowing in anticipation of his answer. He grinned cheekily at her.
"Here is how…" Eriol leaned over and whispered into Tomoyo's ear. She gasped and frowned.
"No! That is too dangerous! What if she gets hurt?"
"Don't worry! She is stronger than you think! And besides! Syaoran would not let her get hurt!" Eriol answered. Tomoyo sighed.
"But it is just so…"
"Well, the Hun has to be captured somehow! And I know for a fact that he isn't as far as they think!" Eriol commented, looking into her eyes. She gave a sigh and then nodded. He smiled charmingly and she bushed.
"But what are we going to do the rest of the night?" Tomoyo questioned, looking at him out of the corner of her eye. His smile grew into a flirtatious grin and he raised an eyebrow.
"Well, dancing is an objective!" He chuckled, grabbing her around the waist and twirling her into a waltz. "And then, we shall see what goes on from there!" He finished. She frowned.
"What could go on from there?" She asked, confused. He smiled, but this time it was a shy, uncertain smile.
"Well, here is a sample." He whispered into her ear. An uncontrollable shiver of excitement rolled up her back. Suddenly, soft, warm lips pressed to her cheek! Tomoyo gave a gasp as Eriol turned away and walked back inside, secretly beating himself up for what he had just done; Tomoyo, however, had a different reaction than he expected. She put a fluttering hand to the cheek he had kissed and then allowed a dreamy smile to cross her lips.
'Maybe…just maybe he does like me!" Tomoyo thought.
"Tomoyo! Auntie wants us to come up and get ready! Are the dresses done yet?" Meiling's voice called, interrupting Tomoyo's thoughts.
"I will be right there, Meiling!" She called back, dreamily walking back into the Palace and up to her bedchamber.
~*~*~*~
"Are you ready?" Tomoyo called.
"Yes!" Sakura and Meiling chimed.
"All right on the count of 3…2…1!" The three girls all walked into Tomoyo's room at the same time and stopped short, gaping at one another.
"Meiling! Tomoyo! You look beautiful!" Sakura gasped. Tomoyo smiled happily.
Meiling was wearing a full-skirted off the shoulder dress, made of dull gold brocade. She wore gold slippers that laced up the ankle with slim gold ribbons. Her hair was drawn up in Grecian-style, threaded with gold colored ribbons. She wore a silver topaz necklace, and a tiara studded with topaz.
Tomoyo was wearing a full-skirted off the shoulder dress, of white lace over celestial-blue satin. She wore blue slippers with white ribbons that twinned up her ankles. Bands of her hair were pulled up at the top of her head and twisted into a knot. She wore a diamond solitaire pendant at her throat, and a dainty diamond tiara placed carefully on her hair finished off the picture.
Sakura wore a full skirted off the shoulder dress made of lavender gauze over rose satin. (a/n: This causes the dress to look pink…Sakura's favorite color!) She wore rose-colored slippers with lavender ribbons twinning up her ankles. Her hair was pulled up to the top of her head in little ringlets, with a few ringlets allowed to flow down onto her shoulders and frame her face. She wore a rose-amethyst necklace, and a gold-filigree tiara studded with rose amethysts. (a/n: rose-amethysts are dark-pink in color!)
"Sakura! You look lovely!" Meiling exclaimed. Sakura blushed.
"You do as well! And Tomoyo, you look like…a Princess!" Sakura joked, her eyes sparkling with pleasure. Tomoyo laughed.
"Tomoyo, you are going to spoil us with all these dresses you make us! Then what will we do when Eriol…
"Don't mention things like that, Meiling!" Tomoyo exclaimed, blushing. "It is Sakura that I am worried about! When Syaoran sees her he will…" But the girls never found out what Syaoran would do.
"Ladies? It is time!" Kaho announced, coming into the room. The three girls looked at each other nervously and hurried out of the room behind Kaho.
"Now Meiling, you will go out first, and then Tomoyo is next. Sakura will go last because she is the Guest of Honor, and as that, she is required to dance the first dance with Prince Syaoran." Kaho announced. Meiling and Tomoyo shot each other sly glances while Sakura turned pale and even more nervous. Kaho stopped at the end of the hall and ushered them to a doorway on the left.
"When you are announced, you will go through this door, walk to your right a bit, and then down the flight of stairs. Sakura, Prince Syaoran will be waiting for you at the bottom of the stairs. And please, act like you want to dance with him! I know that it will be hard, and probably uncomfortable for you, but it is required as a good guest and for him as a good host!" With these words, Kaho left them in the dark hall. Suddenly, trumpets sounded from below and all noise in the Ballroom ceased.
"Announcing her Royal Highness, Princess Meiling of Hong Kong!" Meiling sent the other two a nervous smile and then disappeared. A few moments later, the voice sounded again.
"Announcing her Royal Ladyship, Lady Tomoyo of Omaer!" Tomoyo squeezed Sakura's hand and then departed.
"Announcing her Royal Highness, the long-lost Princess of Omaer, Princess Sakura!" Sakura took in a shaky breath and then stepped into the brightly lit Ballroom.
~*~*~*~
D.L.:
Daphne: "Oh! I am sorry that I have to stop here, but I need the next part for the next chapter! I know that this one was short, but the nest one will be longer, I think! I do hope that you are enjoying this story, and I hope that you will review!
Eli: "Hi! I'm here too! I just wanted to say Hi!
Kero: His voice is very muffled "Daphne! Open the door! What are you and Hiiragizawa doing in there anyway?"
Daphne: rolls her eyes in annoyance "Don't worry, Kero! Were just making- out, that's all!"
Kero: "WHAT?!?!?!"
Eli: stifling a snicker "Good one Daph! Anyway, we had better go, before Kero goes downstairs and tells our parents."
Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo, and Eriol: "THEY ARE DOING, WHAT?!?!?!?!"
Daphne: "Oops! Got to go!" (By the way, no real making-out was done by me or Eli during the making of this story! But I am not saying that Tomoyo, Eriol, Sakura and Syaoran are out of the forest, yet!)