LB= "Konnichiwa minna!!!"
Tomoyo= "How is everyone?"
LB= "I'm so sorry! Just a little while ago, I was telling a fantastic author to speed it up a bit since she was going a bit to slow and here I am, going to fast! *laughs*
Tomoyo= "It's all right LightBlossom. There is a good explanation"
LB= "No there isn't, I am a terrible author" *begins to cry*
Tomoyo= "Tell them that the reason you are going so fast is because the main plot doesn't start until far into the story."
LB= *sniff**sniff*"....WAHHHH...." *runs off the set*
Tomoyo= "I'm sorry for LightBlossom's behaviour. She does not own Card Captor Sakura..." *runs of the set to look for LightBlossom*
*~*~*~*~*
Mistress of the Clow Cards
The Journey
*~*~*~*~*
"Adar! (Father) How can you even hesitate? Caras is far, and she is still to young!" Gwaloth yelled.
As soon as Thia and Gwend left the shrine, they separated to their own homes. Thia ran to her house and informed her father immediately.
Unfortunately, Gwaloth was also there.
"Mrs. Curon must be serious if she wishes for Thia to journey to Caras. I trust her judgement and I don't desire to risk the danger, if she is in any."
"Are you serious?!?!"
"I believe my daughter has aged enough to travel"
"Well than I'm going too!"
"I expected you to say that and I do not disagree."
Gwaloth sat down in his chair, not pleased but satisfied. Annoyed, Thia sighed in frustration. She knew there was no other way yet that still didn't mean she was happy with the decision. She couldn't stand the thought of spending more than a day alone, in the middle of nowhere, with her older brother.
"I will invite Losse, his archery skills will be of use."
At these words, Thia instantly cheered up. She would do anything to spend the rest of her life with Losse.
"Gwend will want to join us! She has gone home to ask permission. " Thia smiled
Gwend lived with her mother, Gail Men, a beautiful craftswoman. Gail supported Gwend with anything she needed but was too busy to spend much time with her. Gwend didn't seem to mind, since she knew her mother loved her dearly.
*~*~*~*~*
Gwend giggled as she watched Thia stuff food and other equipment into her already-full pack.
"Where are you go…" Kero began, but was cut off when Thia grabbed him out of the air and crammed him in with the other supplies.
"We are leaving for the town of Caras, to meet with a man named Eriol. Mrs. Curon says that he may be able to help me with my dreams." Thia answered as she threw the pack on her back and grabbed her staff, which was leaning against the wall.
(Thia's staff looks just like Sakura's Clow staff, only it is longer so it also serves as a walking stick.)
Thia knew she was able to transform her staff into a key, but she rarely did. All the people of Tinu knew about the girl with the bird-like staff. They all thought of it as a child's toy made by Gail.
Making sure she had all of her things, Thia then walked out the door. Outside, Arphen, Gwaloth and Losse were waiting.
"Does everyone have all the things they need?" Arphen asked the group.
Gwend smiled as she eyed her short bow, strapped to her back. Losse had his long bow and Gwaloth tapped the hilt of his sword, securely strapped to his waist. Thia tightened her grip of her staff and tapped it on the ground a few times.
Arphen quickly wiped the tears, which were forming in his eyes, and bent down in front of his daughter.
"Be careful Edlothia. I expect you to listen to your brother." He said and wrapped his arms around the girl. "I will see you very soon." Thia then realised what was really happening. She never really thought of having to leave her father, but now that it was really happening, she suddenly had second thoughts. Out of nowhere, Thia broke out in tears, dropping her staff and collapsing into her father's chest.
"I changed my mind, I don't want to go." Said Thia, muffled by her father's body.
"Thia, you're giving up?" Arphen whispered into her ear
"Yi"
"It is only a short journey. Before you know it, you'll be back here and wishing to leave again."
Thia's tears ended and she looked up to see her father smile down at her. She nodded her head and returned the smile, wiping her red eyes. Arphen stood up, picking up her staff, and walked her over to the group who were watching from a distance.
Lote, Losse's horse, was also there to help the group. Lote had most of the needed supplies on her back.
Arphen handed Thia her staff and minutes later, they were on their journey.
*~*~*~*~*
"Well, here we go…" Gwaloth announced as the group approached Edrain Forest, which served as a wall and border of Tinu.
"This is the farthest I've ever been from home and I haven't even left the city yet." Thia sighed.
"You don't remember?"
"Remember what?"
"Mother used to always take the two of us into the forest. We would have a picnic, then pick wild flowers from a special clearing to bring back home."
"Wow! I wish I could remember…" Thia said, excited "Could we go there? If only for a moment?"
Gwaloth thought about it for a second, and then shook his head.
"If we do, we will run off course. I want to get to Caras as quick as we can. It will take a few days already."
Birds were singing their afternoon song as the four elves walked through the woods. It was mid-afternoon, and the forest was beautiful. The trees looked to be singing themselves.
All were aware of how far they would have to walk.
"Do you remember when that hobbit came to Tinu? He was singing it in the street." Gwend answered.
Thia sighed to herself as she tried remembering a hobbit coming into their city. "How long ago was it, Gwend?" Thia asked, not knowing what to expect.
"Umm… I think we were six years old."
Losse laughed at the response and Thia sweat dropped.
"You might have been able to remember if you had magic, uan" Gwaloth smirked
Clouds of steam blew out both of her ears as she tried not to turn her brother into something weird.
'Maybe nobody will notice if I use the Little Card and make him shorter'. Thia thought, plotting a small revenge.
"What does it mean?" Losse asked. He was taking English lessons, but still had a lot to learn.
Gwend repeated the short song in the elfish language so the rest could hear. At the end she added: "I think it sounds better in English… just the way the words come together."
The hours passed, and when it came to sunset, all that was heard was the firm footfalls of Gwaloth, who was in the lead. Then came the soft, scarce-heard patter of the female elves and in the rear was the light step of Losse who was leading the beats of Lote's hooves.
"We will stop for the night here." Gwaloth announced, "Find a good place to camp."
Thia's eyes were drooped but all four of the elves looked around, through the trees.
Finally, Losse found a small clearing about 30 metres off of the road.
Gwaloth wasn't pleased with setting up camp like a human. He was used to sleeping in the trees, but the branches were to thick. So he settled with the ground.
"Losse and I will collect firewood. You two set up camp, and make sure Lote gets tied to the tree." Gwaloth ordered and grabbed the small hatchet out of his own pack before setting it on the ground.
Thia was desperate for sleep but tried to obey her brother's commands. She dropped her pack onto the dry ground, which unfortunately tipped over and caused everything to fall out.
Among all of her traveling items was an extremely angry stuffed animal.
"I'm so sorry Kero, but we were in a hurry!" Thia quickly cried before her gaurdien friend could start yelling at her.
"You're sorry?!?! You're sorry?!?! How could you even think of stuffing me into a bag WITHOUT ANYTHING TO EAT! I can't believe you, Edlothia!"
"Shhh…Kero. Someone might hear you…" Thia whispered, trying to hush the little guardian beast.
"I don't care! Nothing you say will make me forgive you! You should have seen how much I drooled when you cooked that delicious smelling fish just a while ago! But no… you couldn't sneak me even a little p…"
Thia stood up and pointed her staff at the little stuffed animal. The outline of a woman was seen in front of her staff and Kero's yelling disappeared. The woman also became invisible, so nobody could see her.
Kero's mouth still moved to the words he was trying to say, but nothing was heard.
"What card did you use?" Gwend giggled, even though she recognised the woman as the 'Silent'.
But Thia didn't answer. She lifted her hand up to her lips in a 'be quiet' motion and looked up into the trees.
All elves have an excellent sense of hearing, but Gwend couldn't hear anything in-particular.
"Hey, I thought I told you to set up camp" Gwaloth scolded as he and Losse walked into the clearing. Thia gasped in surprise and went to hide Kero but found that he had already dove into her bag. She sighed and stood up, walking over to Lote, where the blankets were stored.
*~*~*~*~*
Tomoyo= "Did you enjoy the chapter?"
LB= *sniff**sniff* "I told you I was a terrible author! Look how short this chapter was!"
Tomoyo= "Anno..."
LB= "And I can't even make my own song! I got Gwend's song from 'Lord of the Rings, Followship of the Ring' book."
Tomoyo= "I think we should go now..."
Tomoyo= "How is everyone?"
LB= "I'm so sorry! Just a little while ago, I was telling a fantastic author to speed it up a bit since she was going a bit to slow and here I am, going to fast! *laughs*
Tomoyo= "It's all right LightBlossom. There is a good explanation"
LB= "No there isn't, I am a terrible author" *begins to cry*
Tomoyo= "Tell them that the reason you are going so fast is because the main plot doesn't start until far into the story."
LB= *sniff**sniff*"....WAHHHH...." *runs off the set*
Tomoyo= "I'm sorry for LightBlossom's behaviour. She does not own Card Captor Sakura..." *runs of the set to look for LightBlossom*
*~*~*~*~*
Mistress of the Clow Cards
The Journey
*~*~*~*~*
"Adar! (Father) How can you even hesitate? Caras is far, and she is still to young!" Gwaloth yelled.
As soon as Thia and Gwend left the shrine, they separated to their own homes. Thia ran to her house and informed her father immediately.
Unfortunately, Gwaloth was also there.
"Mrs. Curon must be serious if she wishes for Thia to journey to Caras. I trust her judgement and I don't desire to risk the danger, if she is in any."
"Are you serious?!?!"
"I believe my daughter has aged enough to travel"
"Well than I'm going too!"
"I expected you to say that and I do not disagree."
Gwaloth sat down in his chair, not pleased but satisfied. Annoyed, Thia sighed in frustration. She knew there was no other way yet that still didn't mean she was happy with the decision. She couldn't stand the thought of spending more than a day alone, in the middle of nowhere, with her older brother.
"I will invite Losse, his archery skills will be of use."
At these words, Thia instantly cheered up. She would do anything to spend the rest of her life with Losse.
"Gwend will want to join us! She has gone home to ask permission. " Thia smiled
Gwend lived with her mother, Gail Men, a beautiful craftswoman. Gail supported Gwend with anything she needed but was too busy to spend much time with her. Gwend didn't seem to mind, since she knew her mother loved her dearly.
*~*~*~*~*
Gwend giggled as she watched Thia stuff food and other equipment into her already-full pack.
"Where are you go…" Kero began, but was cut off when Thia grabbed him out of the air and crammed him in with the other supplies.
"We are leaving for the town of Caras, to meet with a man named Eriol. Mrs. Curon says that he may be able to help me with my dreams." Thia answered as she threw the pack on her back and grabbed her staff, which was leaning against the wall.
(Thia's staff looks just like Sakura's Clow staff, only it is longer so it also serves as a walking stick.)
Thia knew she was able to transform her staff into a key, but she rarely did. All the people of Tinu knew about the girl with the bird-like staff. They all thought of it as a child's toy made by Gail.
Making sure she had all of her things, Thia then walked out the door. Outside, Arphen, Gwaloth and Losse were waiting.
"Does everyone have all the things they need?" Arphen asked the group.
Gwend smiled as she eyed her short bow, strapped to her back. Losse had his long bow and Gwaloth tapped the hilt of his sword, securely strapped to his waist. Thia tightened her grip of her staff and tapped it on the ground a few times.
Arphen quickly wiped the tears, which were forming in his eyes, and bent down in front of his daughter.
"Be careful Edlothia. I expect you to listen to your brother." He said and wrapped his arms around the girl. "I will see you very soon." Thia then realised what was really happening. She never really thought of having to leave her father, but now that it was really happening, she suddenly had second thoughts. Out of nowhere, Thia broke out in tears, dropping her staff and collapsing into her father's chest.
"I changed my mind, I don't want to go." Said Thia, muffled by her father's body.
"Thia, you're giving up?" Arphen whispered into her ear
"Yi"
"It is only a short journey. Before you know it, you'll be back here and wishing to leave again."
Thia's tears ended and she looked up to see her father smile down at her. She nodded her head and returned the smile, wiping her red eyes. Arphen stood up, picking up her staff, and walked her over to the group who were watching from a distance.
Lote, Losse's horse, was also there to help the group. Lote had most of the needed supplies on her back.
Arphen handed Thia her staff and minutes later, they were on their journey.
*~*~*~*~*
"Well, here we go…" Gwaloth announced as the group approached Edrain Forest, which served as a wall and border of Tinu.
"This is the farthest I've ever been from home and I haven't even left the city yet." Thia sighed.
"You don't remember?"
"Remember what?"
"Mother used to always take the two of us into the forest. We would have a picnic, then pick wild flowers from a special clearing to bring back home."
"Wow! I wish I could remember…" Thia said, excited "Could we go there? If only for a moment?"
Gwaloth thought about it for a second, and then shook his head.
"If we do, we will run off course. I want to get to Caras as quick as we can. It will take a few days already."
Birds were singing their afternoon song as the four elves walked through the woods. It was mid-afternoon, and the forest was beautiful. The trees looked to be singing themselves.
All were aware of how far they would have to walk.
"The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can.
Pursuing it with weary feet,
Until it joins some larger way,
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say." Gwend sang in English.
"Do you remember when that hobbit came to Tinu? He was singing it in the street." Gwend answered.
Thia sighed to herself as she tried remembering a hobbit coming into their city. "How long ago was it, Gwend?" Thia asked, not knowing what to expect.
"Umm… I think we were six years old."
Losse laughed at the response and Thia sweat dropped.
"You might have been able to remember if you had magic, uan" Gwaloth smirked
Clouds of steam blew out both of her ears as she tried not to turn her brother into something weird.
'Maybe nobody will notice if I use the Little Card and make him shorter'. Thia thought, plotting a small revenge.
"What does it mean?" Losse asked. He was taking English lessons, but still had a lot to learn.
Gwend repeated the short song in the elfish language so the rest could hear. At the end she added: "I think it sounds better in English… just the way the words come together."
The hours passed, and when it came to sunset, all that was heard was the firm footfalls of Gwaloth, who was in the lead. Then came the soft, scarce-heard patter of the female elves and in the rear was the light step of Losse who was leading the beats of Lote's hooves.
"We will stop for the night here." Gwaloth announced, "Find a good place to camp."
Thia's eyes were drooped but all four of the elves looked around, through the trees.
Finally, Losse found a small clearing about 30 metres off of the road.
Gwaloth wasn't pleased with setting up camp like a human. He was used to sleeping in the trees, but the branches were to thick. So he settled with the ground.
"Losse and I will collect firewood. You two set up camp, and make sure Lote gets tied to the tree." Gwaloth ordered and grabbed the small hatchet out of his own pack before setting it on the ground.
Thia was desperate for sleep but tried to obey her brother's commands. She dropped her pack onto the dry ground, which unfortunately tipped over and caused everything to fall out.
Among all of her traveling items was an extremely angry stuffed animal.
"I'm so sorry Kero, but we were in a hurry!" Thia quickly cried before her gaurdien friend could start yelling at her.
"You're sorry?!?! You're sorry?!?! How could you even think of stuffing me into a bag WITHOUT ANYTHING TO EAT! I can't believe you, Edlothia!"
"Shhh…Kero. Someone might hear you…" Thia whispered, trying to hush the little guardian beast.
"I don't care! Nothing you say will make me forgive you! You should have seen how much I drooled when you cooked that delicious smelling fish just a while ago! But no… you couldn't sneak me even a little p…"
Thia stood up and pointed her staff at the little stuffed animal. The outline of a woman was seen in front of her staff and Kero's yelling disappeared. The woman also became invisible, so nobody could see her.
Kero's mouth still moved to the words he was trying to say, but nothing was heard.
"What card did you use?" Gwend giggled, even though she recognised the woman as the 'Silent'.
But Thia didn't answer. She lifted her hand up to her lips in a 'be quiet' motion and looked up into the trees.
All elves have an excellent sense of hearing, but Gwend couldn't hear anything in-particular.
"Hey, I thought I told you to set up camp" Gwaloth scolded as he and Losse walked into the clearing. Thia gasped in surprise and went to hide Kero but found that he had already dove into her bag. She sighed and stood up, walking over to Lote, where the blankets were stored.
*~*~*~*~*
Tomoyo= "Did you enjoy the chapter?"
LB= *sniff**sniff* "I told you I was a terrible author! Look how short this chapter was!"
Tomoyo= "Anno..."
LB= "And I can't even make my own song! I got Gwend's song from 'Lord of the Rings, Followship of the Ring' book."
Tomoyo= "I think we should go now..."