The Choice
Written by Sakura-chan
First, my [in]famous standpoint! This story is a prequel to my story, The End?, and you need to have read that story to understand this one.
Standpoint
-The second movie has already taken place! So we can just assume that S+S are together, ne?
-Meilin is much, MUCH nicer, so please tolerate her being in this story.
-Meilin, Sakura, Syaoran, and Tomoyo are in 9th grade.
-Touya and Yukito are in college [local].
-Nadeshiko now is 'alive'. Since the entire thing of Clow magic is 'known', the Kinomoto family sort of accepts the fact that the dead spirit of Nadeshiko actually lives in the house, [trying] cooking and cleaning.
-But she can't communicate or help Sakura, and Sakura can't see her.
-Eriol is on vacation in California, USA! Surf's up!
-Eriol also can use his formers magic [he can use Clow Reed's magic]. Not that it is important.
-And the choice has not yet been made (duh)
Prologue
A dark figure with long hair is seated in a chair and is looking at a black mirror.
"Show me one that is close enough to perform the evil deed,"
It says to the mirror, in a distinctive feminine voice. The mirror's face goes white, and then settles on a globe of the earth. Quickly, the picture zooms closer and closer, into a large house. The picture stops at a lump under covers. It shifts, and then the covers are pulled back, revealing a young woman with long black hair and red eyes. The lady looks in satisfaction.
"The heartbroken woman who lost her precious cousin? Not bad, not bad at all. And that color of her eyes! It will blend into the color the spell will give her. This is perfect- absolutely perfect,"
She looks to the side, and gets out a wooden case. Inside is a bell that looks just like the Judgment bell, only black, with gray writing and red streamers. Standing up, she rings it once. She waits, and then out of the distance comes footsteps. Suddenly, out of the darkness springs a large maroon beast, which lands at the foot of the lady. It recovers from the shock of the landing and looks at the face of the lady.
"Why have you woken me up?" it says, in a low, silky smooth female voice Me: But we know all mythical beasts are neither girls nor boys.
"The time is ripe for a new attempt." She looks at the distance beyond, where is shown only darkness. But, seeing something in the distance, she smiles and says to the beast,
"GO!"
It crouches, and then takes a mighty leap that takes it into the darkness.
*Back at the Li residence*
The beast appears next to Meilin and closes *her* eyes. Suddenly, she turns into a beam of light and disappears inside Meilin.
Back in the abyss of nothingness, the lady smiles, an evil laugh escaping her lips. She stops and looks in the direction the beast went with a wicked smile on her lips.
"This time, Clow Reed, your precious Cards and their master will fall before me."
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