The Choice Chapter 1
{Why am I dreaming again? Everything is back to normal! And where am I? A graveyard? It's the graveyard where my mother was buried! *Walks towards a grove* Where is the grave! It's…gone! That's weird. But… why a graveyard? What could it symbolize?}
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The sound of an alarm clock stirred the lump under the covers. Suddenly, a brown- haired girl pushes back the covers and jumps up.
"I'm up already!" she yells to a yellow bear with wings, which was holding up the alarm clock.
"Hey, calm down, I was just trying to wake you up. You're becoming lazy now that nothing is going on. I would think that *the* most powerful sorceress would try to make use of her ability to move without becoming sleepy in a second…"
"Kero-chan, quit it! I don't care that I'm the most powerful sorceress in the world! If I want to, I can just take this key and-" Sakura was cut short when she took out her key. The second jewel, underneath the star, spoke for them. She was about to tell Kero about her dream when-
"Kaiju, quit talking to Kero. It's the first day of your term, remember?" Sakura bolted out of her bed in a second.
"I forgot!" she wailed, throwing on her uniform. "Could you and Yuki please wait? I'll be ready in a sec." She ran downstairs, where her father stood waiting with her breakfast
*Lunch mode*
She strapped on her skates and pads and runs outside. Catching up to her brother and his friend, she slowed down to catch her breath.
"Onii-chan! I told you to wait!"
"That's what happens when ninth graders sit in bed talking to their stuffed animals. I don't get it. You're in ninth grade, and have a talking stuffed animal that can move, and you still get up late? Pathetic."
-At school-
"Hey Sakura!" said a voice. Sakura turned around to see her best friend, Tomoyo, tearing out the front doors of the school. "Sakura! I've missed you so much! Hawaii was fun, but I missed taping you. *Sakura sweat drops* Ready to have fun?"
"You bet, Tomoyo! Do you know who our teacher is?"
"No. It's strange, since we know Terada- sensei can't teach us until his broken leg heals. Rika's sad *giggle*. But no, I don't know who it is."
Sitting down in her seat next to the window, Sakura stared out the window.
"Hello class" said the teacher, a familiar voice. Sakura's head shot up instantly.
"Mitsuki-sensei!?"
The rest of the class was also whispering. Suddenly, the door to the classroom opened, quickly diverting everyone's attention. It was Syaoran. He ran up to the room and handed Mitsuki-sensei a note.
"I had a call from home, so I was delayed a bit. Gomen nasai," and walked back. Sakura looked at him in amazement. Syaoran? Late? She shook it off and looked back to the front, where Mitsuki-sensei was reading something. She looked up and clapped her hands.
"Class, I'm sure you know that this class has had the best history with exchange students." Murmurs went through the class. Sakura looked at Tomoyo.
"You could say that again." Tomoyo nodded. After the success with Syaoran, Meilin, and Eriol, all exchange students that came to Tomoeda Elementary were placed in their class. A lot of students had come, from a lot of different places. Mitsuki-sensei continued in the front.
"A student from a… while ago is returning. I'm sure most of you will remember her."
Sakura smiled, trying to guess. Jessica had been nice, but had only gone last year. Maybe it was May- Ying. She had left 2 years ago. Sakura looked at Mitsuki-sensei and smiled. Mitsuki-sensei smiled back and said,
"Come in. Class, Welcome Li Meilin."
Sakura's head shot back up once more.
"Meilin? *turns around* Syaoran, did you know anything about this?" Syaoran nodded. That was why he had been late. Sakura smiled.
"Well, it will be nice having her back, won't it?" Syaoran nodded again. Actually, even though they were no longer engaged, Syaoran dreaded seeing Meilin and Sakura in the same place. Meilin walked down the aisle, and stopped near Sakura. She smiled at her, but the smile didn't quite reach her eyes.
"Ohayo, Sakura!" she said, and then walked back to her old seat. Sakura smiled and said,
"Ohayo Meilin!", then turned back. Behind her, Meilin closed her eyes and smiled. Pathetic little girl. She was just like the flower she was named after. Sweet, but easily destroyed.
Afterwards, after class was over, Sakura was walking with Syaoran, Tomoyo, and Meilin. She turned around and said,
"Why don't we eat lunch together at the Penguin Park? Me: (Half Day) It's a really nice autumn day!"
"Okay!" said Meilin.
-At the park-
"Ahh. That was a good lunch. It's amazing how much better food tastes outside. Hey, did you notice that they repainted the Penguin? It needed it too. Remember when we ruined it when Eriol created the flying penguins?" said Tomoyo.
"Mm" said Sakura, her mouth still full from her last bite of sandwich. Reaching down for her cupcake, she found only an empty wrapper.
"Nani?" she said "What happened to my cupcake? Is this the work of- KERO!" Sakura turned her bag upside down, revealing a sleeping Kero.
"Kero, you ate my cupcake!"
"It's not my fault. *yawn* You forgot to feed me. Hey, the little girl is back! How are you? Still trying to be a magician?" *a vein pops on Meilin's head, her mouth becomes big and has fangs*
"Well, at least I never have to be a stuffed animal." *vein pops*"
"Watch who you're calling stuffed animal!"
"Kero, forget it!" said Tomoyo, laughing. "Come on, group shot! I had brought my tripod for something after school, so I can be in it too! Move closer now!"
Tomoyo set up her camera and the tripod, focusing the camera to get them all. She said auto shot, and then ran back to the group. In an instant, Tomoyo gave everyone a copy of the shot.
"Just like old times, right?" she said. The group laughed.
"I'll just go and throw this stuff away?" said Meilin, reaching for the empty picnic bag and trash. She ran off, still holding it. When she reached the trash can and the girls room, she threw out the trash and ran inside. She closed her eyes.
Suddenly, a gray blur materialized into a small girl, wearing a long, torn, ragged dress. She had tangled black hair like Rika's. She opened her eyes. In them was nothing but pure sadness. A single tear fell down her check, and then she became a blur once more and disappeared into Meilin.
Meilin opened her eyes, a tinge of sadness now faint in her eyes. She held out her hand and closed her eyes. A small black crystal teardrop appeared. Meilin held it close, then said
"Go far. Spread your darkness through this world. Find the ones named…" Meilin closed her eyes for a second, thinking. Who? She opened her eyes again. "Chiharu. Create blackness in their soul! GO!" The tiny tear sparkled, then disappeared. Meilin smiled, and walked back out.
Back outside, Sakura and Syaoran tensed. A shot of very, very powerful magic had been felt by both of them. But Eli was in England, and besides the occasional weak demon sent by Eriol to keep them in tip top shape, nothing much had happened. Besides, that was some very powerful magic. Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other.
"Hai?" said Sakura
"Hai." said Syaoran. They both turned to Kero.
"What was it?" they said simultaneously. Kero popped out.
"I have no idea. I think that-"
"NANI?!" said Sakura, bending down to see kind of eye to eye with Kero. "What was it?"
"I think that the cupcake was chocolate, I can't remember…" *Sakura and Syaoran fall over, and Tomoyo and Meilin sweat drop ^_^'*
"Not that, did you feel that strong shot of magic?"
"Yes- to be serious, I have no clue what that magic is, just that it's not good. It feels evil to me…"