okay for crystalblossom's sake, i'll do normal pov only every other chap... lol ^_^
The Great One: the recipe was for the medicine in the first chapter that Eriol gave Syaoran... yes i know it's gross... ^_-
Lady Pluto: i guess we'll all find out when the time comes, right? ^_^
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Chapter 6 - Captivated
The procession started again, but with guards carrying their own, and Syaoran carrying his own(Eriol lol). They were all even more silent than usual; before, they talked a little to each other, or tried to keep the princess happy before she went in because no one was allowed to go in with her, just stay with her up to the entrance, where she went in alone, to face the dragon.
As they got closer and closer, the silence kept everyone's guard up, and everyone got more tense, with every second going by and no one talking.
[Tomoyo's POV](the first time it's in her pov!!!! lol...)
'Oh my god. The silence is making my ears ring. I wonder if this is how quiet it is every year. But we were talking before and laughing. Oh... I can't stand it.' I looked back, where the guards were carrying Omi, the head guard. Maybe the ones with hoods are new, because they didn't look like they knew Omi. And his fiery temper that every guard in Tomoeda knows. He was really brave to take him on, though, I admire him for that. But their hoods are strange. Why would they want to wear something so heavy and hot, in this weather? I shrugged and pushed away my wandering thoughts to look ahead. I didn't look quickly enough. I felt a rock suddenly in my way. "Aah!"
[Syaoran's POV]
I saw the princess looking behind her. And I saw her falling. I dropped Eriol, and ran to the princess' side and held her about a foot above the ground. "Are you okay?" I asked breathlessly. She smiled, making my heart flutter about a million times a minute. "Thank you, I'm just fine." I could feel my face growing hot. Then I saw her face growing worried. "Uh, isn't it hot in there? I mean, it's glowing red." she asked. Oh shit! I turned away as quickly as possible. "No... no... of course not... I'm just fine..." I helped her stand up, still looking away. I let go of her quickly and went.
[Tomoyo's POV]
That man is strange. I have a feeling I know him, somehow. He is sure quick about things though. Not that I'm ungrateful. He did save me from hurting myself. It's just a bit surprising, that I would trip. I wonder who the hooded ones are. They seem a bit different from the other guards. I don't know why. Maybe it's just that they have hoods. Yes, that must be it.
[Normal POV]
They finally came to the place. It was a descending cave that looked dismal and put everyone into a sad mood. All the guards bowed to the princess before leaving. The princess looked at the silent crowd slowly growing smaller. She felt all alone. She wanted to run back to where she knew she would be safe. She sighed and looked back into the cave. 'No time like the present', she told herself, but couldn't press herself to walk.
[Tomoyo's POV]
What is wrong with me?!?! I mean, *I* was the one who was saying all the shit about saving my people... now I should do that...
I braced myself. I thought, 'This is for my people. This is for my damn over-protective mother. This is for the friends that I never had. This is for-' I kept thinking a bunch of weird things as I stepped into the cave.
[Syaoran's POV]
I watched the princess hesitating right in front of the cave. I wanted to help her, but I knew I couldn't or the queen'll have my head. I looked over to my still unconscious friend, who, I think, got a couple more bruises from my dropping him. I felt a bit obliged, to stay here with him too, because of the... er, incident... with the princess. But I watched her.
I was on top of the cave, looking down. She looked so sad, watching all those guards going away. I could hear an audible sigh, and she looked around. I back away from the edge as quickly as possible. I don't think she saw me. I hope.
After my heart went back to its normal rate, I looked back down. She wasn't there! I looked around, then shook Eriol.
[Eriol's POV]
I was having such a pleasant dream. There I was, with that bastard, and I was ten times taller than him. I was stomping on him and laughing as I could see him hurting badly. Then I felt something moving me. "Aaahh!" I yelled. Then I saw Syaoran's face a few inches above mine. "Aaaaahh!" I yelled again. Then I hit the ground and my head felt like shit.
I moaned as I held my poor head. I tried to get up, but my legs were asleep. Great. I struggled a bit, before Syaoran shook his head, probably from my screaming, and helped me up. "Thanks, man." I hobbled on my sleeping legs with his help and he filled me in on what happened.
"So... you don't know where the princess is?" I asked. He shook his head sadly.
"Did you try checking the cave?"
"I couldn't... she left just now."
"Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's go." I led the way.
... until...
"Uh, Eriol... Sorry to... uh, ruin... your uh, moment there...
you're going the wrong way."
I looked back to where my apprentice was. I felt my temper rising.
"Fine then, YOU lead the way, my little apprentice."
Misery loves company.
He glared at me, and I laughed in spite of myself.
He looked at me for a moment, the laughed, to my surprise.
Then he went exactly the opposite way of where I was going, and I was glad he stopped me, before it was too late. We went in.
It was really dark, and the walls were wet with, I guess, the recent rain. In spite of that, we both put our extra covers there, because we were still hot.
We went down, and it got darker and drier with every step we took. It also got hotter, so we were glad we left those hoods at the entrance.
We kept walking, until we saw a fork. "So... where should we go now, mighty dragon slayer?" Syaoran asked, a bit mocking, but at the same time worried.
I was confused myself. I had no idea which way the princess would go. In fact, I had never seen the princess herself. I just had my imagination along with what Syaoran said when he described her.
I pondered for a bit. Then I got a brilliant idea. "Okay, why don't you go one way, and I'll go the other way!"
Okay, I just realized that that was a dumb idea. Worse, Syaoran had a better idea than I did.
"Or we can just go that way." he said, pointing to our left. We both saw the princess. Well, he saw her. What I saw was violet, wavy hair, gliding across the cave floor, dressed in pure white. My throat was caught in my mouth.
[Syaoran's POV]
I saw the princess walking and when Eriol said that, I thought he was blind or something. Hopefully not, but I pointed out where she was anyway. She looked like an angel in a dark dimension or something. She looked perfect and everything around her looked so dismal and gray. I felt so dirty compared to her. I nudged Eriol and whispered, "So are we?"
I heard his voice squeak, and I had to look away to try and keep myself from laughing out loud. With Eriol's inevitable anger, if I did that, the princess would obviously hear. I heard him hoarsely whisper, "That way." pointing toward the princess. I grinned. "Good choice."
[Normal POV]
All of a sudden, Tomoyo had an impulse to sing. Maybe it was because she was nervous. She usually sang to make herself feel better. She didn't know though, that twenty meters away from her, two young men, were standing, gaping at her, captivated by her voice. It was known throughout Tomoeda that Tomoyo had the most beautiful voice. But they had never heard her voice. Even the people of her kingdom, who have heard her sing many times before, for any special event, were always instantly captivated. And the poor men, who had never heard it before, were hopeless against her voice.
And in the cave, where her voice was echoing, it would be worse, depending on who's point of view you were in, because her voice would last longer.
They were trying to do something, but they couldn't. In the split second that her voice stopped singing, including her echoing, Syaoran shook himself and dragged himself and Eriol while holding his ears so he wouldn't be stuck again, and they started following her.
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okay, i was REALLY hyper today, and i was trying to keep it out of my story... but if i didn't, then sorry... lol... i think i shouldn't've eaten all that sugary stuffies that were in the cabinet thingy that we keep all our foods in... heehee!!!!!!
Uh, this is "hikari's" brother. I pushed her off because I noticed that she was writing fan fiction again. I think she's sick. I'm going to try and get her to go to a psychiatrist soon.
gggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr my brother sucks!!!!!!!! #!$#!@%*!$#!!!!!!!!! lol heehee he better not force me to one of those cushy white places... even though those look comfortable... hehe ^_^
one more thing before i leave for the comfy white room!!!!!!!! read my one shot fic, if you're depressed and don't feel like reading happy stories!! or if you think you're way too happy... lol... actually, doesn't matter... but i'm sorta wondering if i left a couple things out that i shouldn't have...
now bye bye! ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ (ya think i should read that fic myself? lol so do i...)
The Great One: the recipe was for the medicine in the first chapter that Eriol gave Syaoran... yes i know it's gross... ^_-
Lady Pluto: i guess we'll all find out when the time comes, right? ^_^
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Chapter 6 - Captivated
The procession started again, but with guards carrying their own, and Syaoran carrying his own(Eriol lol). They were all even more silent than usual; before, they talked a little to each other, or tried to keep the princess happy before she went in because no one was allowed to go in with her, just stay with her up to the entrance, where she went in alone, to face the dragon.
As they got closer and closer, the silence kept everyone's guard up, and everyone got more tense, with every second going by and no one talking.
[Tomoyo's POV](the first time it's in her pov!!!! lol...)
'Oh my god. The silence is making my ears ring. I wonder if this is how quiet it is every year. But we were talking before and laughing. Oh... I can't stand it.' I looked back, where the guards were carrying Omi, the head guard. Maybe the ones with hoods are new, because they didn't look like they knew Omi. And his fiery temper that every guard in Tomoeda knows. He was really brave to take him on, though, I admire him for that. But their hoods are strange. Why would they want to wear something so heavy and hot, in this weather? I shrugged and pushed away my wandering thoughts to look ahead. I didn't look quickly enough. I felt a rock suddenly in my way. "Aah!"
[Syaoran's POV]
I saw the princess looking behind her. And I saw her falling. I dropped Eriol, and ran to the princess' side and held her about a foot above the ground. "Are you okay?" I asked breathlessly. She smiled, making my heart flutter about a million times a minute. "Thank you, I'm just fine." I could feel my face growing hot. Then I saw her face growing worried. "Uh, isn't it hot in there? I mean, it's glowing red." she asked. Oh shit! I turned away as quickly as possible. "No... no... of course not... I'm just fine..." I helped her stand up, still looking away. I let go of her quickly and went.
[Tomoyo's POV]
That man is strange. I have a feeling I know him, somehow. He is sure quick about things though. Not that I'm ungrateful. He did save me from hurting myself. It's just a bit surprising, that I would trip. I wonder who the hooded ones are. They seem a bit different from the other guards. I don't know why. Maybe it's just that they have hoods. Yes, that must be it.
[Normal POV]
They finally came to the place. It was a descending cave that looked dismal and put everyone into a sad mood. All the guards bowed to the princess before leaving. The princess looked at the silent crowd slowly growing smaller. She felt all alone. She wanted to run back to where she knew she would be safe. She sighed and looked back into the cave. 'No time like the present', she told herself, but couldn't press herself to walk.
[Tomoyo's POV]
What is wrong with me?!?! I mean, *I* was the one who was saying all the shit about saving my people... now I should do that...
I braced myself. I thought, 'This is for my people. This is for my damn over-protective mother. This is for the friends that I never had. This is for-' I kept thinking a bunch of weird things as I stepped into the cave.
[Syaoran's POV]
I watched the princess hesitating right in front of the cave. I wanted to help her, but I knew I couldn't or the queen'll have my head. I looked over to my still unconscious friend, who, I think, got a couple more bruises from my dropping him. I felt a bit obliged, to stay here with him too, because of the... er, incident... with the princess. But I watched her.
I was on top of the cave, looking down. She looked so sad, watching all those guards going away. I could hear an audible sigh, and she looked around. I back away from the edge as quickly as possible. I don't think she saw me. I hope.
After my heart went back to its normal rate, I looked back down. She wasn't there! I looked around, then shook Eriol.
[Eriol's POV]
I was having such a pleasant dream. There I was, with that bastard, and I was ten times taller than him. I was stomping on him and laughing as I could see him hurting badly. Then I felt something moving me. "Aaahh!" I yelled. Then I saw Syaoran's face a few inches above mine. "Aaaaahh!" I yelled again. Then I hit the ground and my head felt like shit.
I moaned as I held my poor head. I tried to get up, but my legs were asleep. Great. I struggled a bit, before Syaoran shook his head, probably from my screaming, and helped me up. "Thanks, man." I hobbled on my sleeping legs with his help and he filled me in on what happened.
"So... you don't know where the princess is?" I asked. He shook his head sadly.
"Did you try checking the cave?"
"I couldn't... she left just now."
"Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's go." I led the way.
... until...
"Uh, Eriol... Sorry to... uh, ruin... your uh, moment there...
you're going the wrong way."
I looked back to where my apprentice was. I felt my temper rising.
"Fine then, YOU lead the way, my little apprentice."
Misery loves company.
He glared at me, and I laughed in spite of myself.
He looked at me for a moment, the laughed, to my surprise.
Then he went exactly the opposite way of where I was going, and I was glad he stopped me, before it was too late. We went in.
It was really dark, and the walls were wet with, I guess, the recent rain. In spite of that, we both put our extra covers there, because we were still hot.
We went down, and it got darker and drier with every step we took. It also got hotter, so we were glad we left those hoods at the entrance.
We kept walking, until we saw a fork. "So... where should we go now, mighty dragon slayer?" Syaoran asked, a bit mocking, but at the same time worried.
I was confused myself. I had no idea which way the princess would go. In fact, I had never seen the princess herself. I just had my imagination along with what Syaoran said when he described her.
I pondered for a bit. Then I got a brilliant idea. "Okay, why don't you go one way, and I'll go the other way!"
Okay, I just realized that that was a dumb idea. Worse, Syaoran had a better idea than I did.
"Or we can just go that way." he said, pointing to our left. We both saw the princess. Well, he saw her. What I saw was violet, wavy hair, gliding across the cave floor, dressed in pure white. My throat was caught in my mouth.
[Syaoran's POV]
I saw the princess walking and when Eriol said that, I thought he was blind or something. Hopefully not, but I pointed out where she was anyway. She looked like an angel in a dark dimension or something. She looked perfect and everything around her looked so dismal and gray. I felt so dirty compared to her. I nudged Eriol and whispered, "So are we?"
I heard his voice squeak, and I had to look away to try and keep myself from laughing out loud. With Eriol's inevitable anger, if I did that, the princess would obviously hear. I heard him hoarsely whisper, "That way." pointing toward the princess. I grinned. "Good choice."
[Normal POV]
All of a sudden, Tomoyo had an impulse to sing. Maybe it was because she was nervous. She usually sang to make herself feel better. She didn't know though, that twenty meters away from her, two young men, were standing, gaping at her, captivated by her voice. It was known throughout Tomoeda that Tomoyo had the most beautiful voice. But they had never heard her voice. Even the people of her kingdom, who have heard her sing many times before, for any special event, were always instantly captivated. And the poor men, who had never heard it before, were hopeless against her voice.
And in the cave, where her voice was echoing, it would be worse, depending on who's point of view you were in, because her voice would last longer.
They were trying to do something, but they couldn't. In the split second that her voice stopped singing, including her echoing, Syaoran shook himself and dragged himself and Eriol while holding his ears so he wouldn't be stuck again, and they started following her.
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okay, i was REALLY hyper today, and i was trying to keep it out of my story... but if i didn't, then sorry... lol... i think i shouldn't've eaten all that sugary stuffies that were in the cabinet thingy that we keep all our foods in... heehee!!!!!!
Uh, this is "hikari's" brother. I pushed her off because I noticed that she was writing fan fiction again. I think she's sick. I'm going to try and get her to go to a psychiatrist soon.
gggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr my brother sucks!!!!!!!! #!$#!@%*!$#!!!!!!!!! lol heehee he better not force me to one of those cushy white places... even though those look comfortable... hehe ^_^
one more thing before i leave for the comfy white room!!!!!!!! read my one shot fic, if you're depressed and don't feel like reading happy stories!! or if you think you're way too happy... lol... actually, doesn't matter... but i'm sorta wondering if i left a couple things out that i shouldn't have...
now bye bye! ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ (ya think i should read that fic myself? lol so do i...)