LB= "Hello!"
Meiling= "Konnichiwa!"
LB= "I would like to thank my reviewers: ssf, miss nioko and Michelle"
Meiling= "They are great reviews! Everyone is happy."
LB= "Oh! And by the way, Sakura and the gang will be in this story" *wink* "I've already writen the draft and I'm very pleased with it."
Meiling= "It was supposed to be a surprise but..."
LB= "Oh well, I can't keep secrets like this anyways"
Meiling= "LightBlossom does not own Card Captor Sakura"
LB= *sniff**sniff* "Why does everyone keep saying that?"
*~*~*~*~*
Mistress of the Cards
The Discovery
*~*~*~*~*
Five days later and the group still hadn't arrived at Caras. It was close to nightfall and the group had at least three hours worth of walking to go. Gwend and Thia were almost ready to collapse.
"How much longer do we have to walk?" Thia asked
"Three hours, maybe more" answered Gwaloth
Thia sighed. She wished she could just call upon an Edlothia Card and fly the rest of the way. But unfortunately…
All of a sudden, a twig snapped from behind them. Gwaloth and Losse swung around, sword drawn and arrow cocked. They already knew that it was the boy from the other day. Ever since he attacked, they could hear him following them.
"I wonder why that human is following us?" Gwend stated
"Shhh… If he hears that we are talking about him, he might attack us." Thia whispered, a little nervous.
"Lu, I don't think so. He is outnumbered and besides, he does not understand what we are saying."
"…Oh yeah…"
"Let's just keep going. He is no bother," Losse suggested
Everyone agreed and continued towards Caras, keeping an eye on their backs.
*~*~*~*~*
Gwaloth smiled as he spotted the city gates through the trees up ahead. In the last hour, Thia ended up on his back. She was sound asleep. Gwend refused to stop, saying she wasn't tired. Gwaloth didn't believe her but she was set on getting her 'Sweet Thia' into a warm bed, so he just let her be.
Everyone was happy to be out of the forest but as soon as Gwend stepped outside the perimeter of the trees, she paled.
She stopped walking and looked down at the ground, terrified.
"Are you okay?" Losse asked from behind. He was still inside the trees, waiting for Gwend to walk forward. Gwaloth turned around to see if everything was okay.
Gwend fell to her knees, holding her head in her hands. "I…"
"What is it?" Gwaloth questioned, concerned.
Gwend looked up her older distant cousin, tears reflecting the light from the stars.
"I can't remember…"
"You can't remember why you're sad?" Gwaloth asked, a little confused since she could remember everything.
"Lu, I can't remember anything"
Gwaloth and Losse were shocked. What could have happened?
"Do you remember us?" Gwaloth began questioning, testing what might have happened.
"Yi, I can remember you, and most things from the near past, I just can't remember 'everything'."
"It sounds like she just lost her magic" Losse pointed out
"Try shooting an arrow at something" Gwaloth requested
Losse cocked his bow and shot an arrow at a knot in a branch. It hit perfectly.
Gwaloth was now really confused. How could this have happened? He then saw where Losse was standing.
"Hey Losse, come out here and try again"
Losse pulled his arrow out of the branch, walked over to where Gwaloth was standing and tried again. The arrow wasn't far off from the knot but it didn't hit it.
"It must have something to do with this forest." Gwaloth announced.
"Let's go into the city and rest." Losse sighed
"You're right, as soon as we talk to this Eregdos guy, we can go home."
The three travelers walked over to the gates, which opened loudly.
A human was standing in the entrance. He began speaking to them in English.
"Do you still remember English?" Gwaloth asked Gwend, hopeful.
Gwend nodded "He asks what business we have in Caras"
"Tell him we are getting help for my sister" Gwaloth said
Gwend seemed to have a short conversation with the guard and he looked up at Thia and let them pass.
Unknown to them all, a shadow had already climbed over the wall.
*~*~*~*~*
Meiling= "Wow, was I really like that?"
LB= "Yeah, it was really terrible. Oh well, I'm glad you let him go. Now you're one of my favorite characters."
Meiling= "Sorry minna. I was just reading my script for this story and we were discussing how I was in Card Captor Sakura."
LB= "I hope you liked this chapter!"
Meiling= "Konnichiwa!"
LB= "I would like to thank my reviewers: ssf, miss nioko and Michelle"
Meiling= "They are great reviews! Everyone is happy."
LB= "Oh! And by the way, Sakura and the gang will be in this story" *wink* "I've already writen the draft and I'm very pleased with it."
Meiling= "It was supposed to be a surprise but..."
LB= "Oh well, I can't keep secrets like this anyways"
Meiling= "LightBlossom does not own Card Captor Sakura"
LB= *sniff**sniff* "Why does everyone keep saying that?"
*~*~*~*~*
Mistress of the Cards
The Discovery
*~*~*~*~*
Five days later and the group still hadn't arrived at Caras. It was close to nightfall and the group had at least three hours worth of walking to go. Gwend and Thia were almost ready to collapse.
"How much longer do we have to walk?" Thia asked
"Three hours, maybe more" answered Gwaloth
Thia sighed. She wished she could just call upon an Edlothia Card and fly the rest of the way. But unfortunately…
All of a sudden, a twig snapped from behind them. Gwaloth and Losse swung around, sword drawn and arrow cocked. They already knew that it was the boy from the other day. Ever since he attacked, they could hear him following them.
"I wonder why that human is following us?" Gwend stated
"Shhh… If he hears that we are talking about him, he might attack us." Thia whispered, a little nervous.
"Lu, I don't think so. He is outnumbered and besides, he does not understand what we are saying."
"…Oh yeah…"
"Let's just keep going. He is no bother," Losse suggested
Everyone agreed and continued towards Caras, keeping an eye on their backs.
*~*~*~*~*
Gwaloth smiled as he spotted the city gates through the trees up ahead. In the last hour, Thia ended up on his back. She was sound asleep. Gwend refused to stop, saying she wasn't tired. Gwaloth didn't believe her but she was set on getting her 'Sweet Thia' into a warm bed, so he just let her be.
Everyone was happy to be out of the forest but as soon as Gwend stepped outside the perimeter of the trees, she paled.
She stopped walking and looked down at the ground, terrified.
"Are you okay?" Losse asked from behind. He was still inside the trees, waiting for Gwend to walk forward. Gwaloth turned around to see if everything was okay.
Gwend fell to her knees, holding her head in her hands. "I…"
"What is it?" Gwaloth questioned, concerned.
Gwend looked up her older distant cousin, tears reflecting the light from the stars.
"I can't remember…"
"You can't remember why you're sad?" Gwaloth asked, a little confused since she could remember everything.
"Lu, I can't remember anything"
Gwaloth and Losse were shocked. What could have happened?
"Do you remember us?" Gwaloth began questioning, testing what might have happened.
"Yi, I can remember you, and most things from the near past, I just can't remember 'everything'."
"It sounds like she just lost her magic" Losse pointed out
"Try shooting an arrow at something" Gwaloth requested
Losse cocked his bow and shot an arrow at a knot in a branch. It hit perfectly.
Gwaloth was now really confused. How could this have happened? He then saw where Losse was standing.
"Hey Losse, come out here and try again"
Losse pulled his arrow out of the branch, walked over to where Gwaloth was standing and tried again. The arrow wasn't far off from the knot but it didn't hit it.
"It must have something to do with this forest." Gwaloth announced.
"Let's go into the city and rest." Losse sighed
"You're right, as soon as we talk to this Eregdos guy, we can go home."
The three travelers walked over to the gates, which opened loudly.
A human was standing in the entrance. He began speaking to them in English.
"Do you still remember English?" Gwaloth asked Gwend, hopeful.
Gwend nodded "He asks what business we have in Caras"
"Tell him we are getting help for my sister" Gwaloth said
Gwend seemed to have a short conversation with the guard and he looked up at Thia and let them pass.
Unknown to them all, a shadow had already climbed over the wall.
*~*~*~*~*
Meiling= "Wow, was I really like that?"
LB= "Yeah, it was really terrible. Oh well, I'm glad you let him go. Now you're one of my favorite characters."
Meiling= "Sorry minna. I was just reading my script for this story and we were discussing how I was in Card Captor Sakura."
LB= "I hope you liked this chapter!"