Daphne: I am walking around my room, reading a note "'…got to go study
for my Chemistry test! (Yuck!) See you tomorrow! - Eli.'"
Kero: "That is the third time that you have read that letter in the past ten minutes. Can we get on with the story?"
Daphne: "Huh? Oh, yah! Sorry! I got a note from Eli today, and I was just reading it. Anyway, I am going to warn you ahead of time, this chapter is a little different! It will have a key at the beginning of the story, so you can understand better. So…here we go!
~*~*~*~
Key:
~ Sakura's thoughts ~
'Syaoran's thoughts'
*Nora's thoughts*
Eriol's thoughts
**Tomoyo's thoughts**
^Naoko's thoughts^
+Tryon's thoughts+
=Landon's thoughts=
Any other thoughts will be in the normal '' form, all right? Just don't confuse them with Syaoran's thoughts!
~*~*~*~
Palace of the Wolves
by: Daphne Li
Chapter 9.
*Sakura's POV*
In the corner of her mind, Sakura heard voices. She slowly opened her eyes, and looked around. She was in a strange and unfamiliar room, that looked enormous. Sakura sat up and rubbed her eyes with her small fists.
~ Where am I? ~ She wondered, her emerald eyes studying her surroundings. It was then that she noticed how very big the bed was, and…how very small she had become!
~ What happened to me?! I have shrunk! ~ She thought, her eyes filling with terrified tears. Unable to contain her emotions, she let out a loud wail
"Mommy!" A voice, so like and yet, so unlike her own voice erupted out of Sakura's throat. It was the voice of a small child!
"Mistress Lilly! Child, what is the matter?" An old woman came running into the room, her face worried. Sakura cried even harder.
"I wan'ta go home! I want my friends! Where am I?" Sakura sobbed. The old woman gently picked up the tiny Sakura and hugged her.
"Oh, honey! It was just a bad dream! You are at home, with me and your mommy and daddy and your older brother Micha and your older sister Ying- fa!" The old woman consoled. At the name 'Ying-fa', Sakura stopped crying and looked up.
"Who are you?" She asked. The woman looked surprised.
"I am your nurse, Menni, you silly goose!" She answered. Sakura, realizing that something had happened, decided to make this into a game so the nurse would not get suspicious.
"And how old am I?" She asked, as though she was testing the woman. The nurse, now sure that 'Lilly' was playing with her, smiled.
"You are four years old, and very beautiful!" She laughed. Sakura gave a childish smile. Then she realized something else. No matter how advanced her mind was, her body and mouth were still a four-year-old's! She had no control over them!
"Who am I, and where do I live?" Sakura asked, a small giggle escaping her.
"You are Princess Lillian, of the Kingdom of Aramer." Menni, the nurse answered, putting Sakura down and going over to a big wardrobe and opening it.
"Who are my mommy and daddy?" Sakura chanted.
"King Marcello, and Queen Beranda." Menni answered, emerging from the wardrobe with a beautiful dress made of pink silk and lace. From the style of the dress, Sakura realized that she had gone far back in time, how far, she did not know, nor did she really want to find out. The four-year-old side of her looked at the dress and was delighted at its beauty. Still, in her eleven-year-old mind, Sakura was pining for her absent friends.
~ Syaoran, Nora, Tomoyo, Naoko? Where are you? Eriol? Landon, Tryon, everyone! Where am I and why aren't you here with me? ~ Sakura's mind screamed, as Menni quickly dressed her in the lovely dress.
"Now let us go down and see your mother." Menni suggested. Four-year-old Sakura nodded brightly, and skipped away beside her nurse.
~*~*~*~
*Ellanora/Syaoran/Naoko POV*
Ellanora felt warm sunlight hitting her eyelids, and she opened her eyes. She was in a strange room, and her head ached.
*Where am I?* She wondered, pulling back the covers and swinging her legs over the side of the bed. She looked down at herself, and then she screamed! She was looking down at legs that were so short, they didn't reach the floor. Her feet were tiny and as she gazed up her "new" body, she noticed that her hands were smaller as well. She gave another terrified scream, and then buried her head in her pillow, trying to sort out her memories.
They had been in the clearing, and she had touched the circle, then the wind had come up, and they had held hands…and then nothing! Black!
*Oh where are they?!* She wondered frantically, tears streaming down her face.
"Sora! What is wrong?" Nora looked up to see…herself! A girl identical to what she used to look like stood before her! Except this one was a bit older, about eighteen. Nora gave another scream, and backed up against the pillows.
"Where am I? Who are you?" Nora asked frantically. The older girl eyed her in shock.
"Sora, what is wrong? You know me! I am your sister, Aya!" At this name, Nora/Sora turned pale and leaned forward a little. All at once, she realized what had happened! She had gone back in time! To the time of the 'Little wolf' prince, and his sister, Aya! Nora's heart hummed with successful happiness. Then it all ended, as a picture of Syaoran entered her head. Suddenly, there was a loud yell, and a small boy came running into the room, his face ashen. Nora recognized him.
"Syaoran!" She cried. This young Syaoran looked over and a relieved sigh escaped his lips. He ran over to the bed, and leaned against it, since he couldn't climb up. Aya gave them funny looks.
"Syaoran? Sora, his name is Symian." She said. Nora nodded and giggled childishly.
"I was just teasing him!" She laughed. Suddenly, a voice entered her head.
'Nora!'
*Syaoran?*
'Yes! We can mind talk. Do you realize what has happened?'
*Yes. We have gone back in time, and have been place in the care of the very families that we belonged to when we lived here, except, we are four years old!* She mind/thought to him.
'Exactly. How much do you want to bet that the others are here as well? I can feel Sakura's aura, and Eriol's as well. Tomoyo's is feint, but it is there. Naoko's, however, is quite close.
*Let's try to call her then! Perhaps she will hear!* Nora suggested, Syaoran opened his eyes and nodded.
*Naoko!*
'Naoko!'
^Nora? Syaoran? What is happening?! Where are we? I'm scared!^ Came Naoko's mind/thought.
*Don't worry. Follow our…thoughts! We will explain later.* Nora called, just as the door opened.
*By the way, call me 'Sora'. That is what they call me here.*
^Ok!^
"Sora?" Came a small voice. Nora looked over at the door and saw a tiny four-year-old girl, who's brown hair and brown eyes were unmistakably Naoko's.
"Ah, Cousin Nira! How was your nap?" Aya asked. Naoko nodded, and padded over to the bed. Aya helped both Syaoran and Naoko onto the bed, and then sat down at the end of it, watching them talk. Their mouths were moving, and words were coming out, but in their minds, a whole different conversation was going on.
^Where is everyone else?^
*We know that they are here, but they are just as small as we have become. I suppose that it is for our own protection.* Nora commented.
'Ugh, does this mean no more training?' Syaoran joked, Nora laughed.
*I highly doubt that we will have any duties, here.* She answered.
"Sora? Nira, Symian? It is time for lunch." Aya said. The three young children looked at her and smiled.
"We coming!" Nora/Sora called.
"I'm hungry!" Syaoran/Symian commented.
"Me too!" Naoko/Nira added, as Aya lifted her off the bed.
"I want to see my Xiao-lang!" Nora/Sora cried, looking adoringly up at her older sister. Aya smiled.
"Fine. You shall see him at lunch!" She said, taking the little girl's hand. Nora smiled.
*This is going to be fun!*
'This is going to be interesting.' Syaoran corrected her.
^Whatever it is, I hope that we find the others soon!^
'*Yes!*' Nora and Syaoran chorused. (a/n: '* *' means that both of them are saying it at the same time!)
~*~*~*~
*Tomoyo POV*
"Ugh!" Tomoyo moaned, sitting up in her bed and rubbing a bruised spot on the side of her head. She looked around the unfamiliar room and gasped.
**Where am I?** She wondered, getting out of the small bed and going over to the door. Suddenly, the door burst open and a girl rushed in.
"Trista, get a move on! We don't have all day!" The girl cried, and then rushed out of the room.
"Wait! Meiling?" Tomoyo asked, her eyes filling with confusion. What was Meiling doing here?…Then it hit her! The wind and the black-hole! Her hand slipping form Eriol's and then Sakura had lost her grip as well. Falling…
"Where am I?!?!" Tomoyo screamed. This brought results.
"Trista, what is wrong?" The girl asked, running back into the room. Tomoyo eyed her suspiciously.
"What did you call me? And who are you?" Tomoyo asked. The girl looked at her in amazement.
"I called you Trista, and I am your best friend, Marcy." The girl answered in a confused voice. Tomoyo then realized what had happened to her, and where she was.
**I wonder where the others are?** Tomoyo thought. Marcy looked up at her startled.
"What did you say?" She asked. Tomoyo frowned.
"I didn't say anything."
"Yes you did! You said that you wondered where the others were." Marcy insisted. Tomoyo gasped.
"You can hear my thoughts?" She asked. Marcy looked shocked.
"I…I don't know." She stammered, looking scared.
**You can, in fact, you just did. Now, it is your turn to try.** Tomoyo thought. Marcy's eyes widened.
'Um…this is…interesting.' Marcy thought. Tomoyo's grin widened. She knew that she would have to tell Marcy to truth.
"Marcy…you may want to sit down. This may take a little while." Tomoyo said, and then started to tell Marcy everything up until the time that she had woken up here.
"So…so you don't belong in this time?! You are from the future?! And you know *me* there?" Marcy asked in astonishment. Tomoyo nodded.
"Back there, your name is Meiling, and you are the cousin of a very powerful ruler…the ruler of Hong Kong!" Tomoyo announced, trying to make Marcy like the idea of being reincarnated. It worked.
"Really?!! How fun! Is he kind?" She questioned. Tomoyo sweat-dropped.
"Kind isn't really the word for him, well, until he met Sakura. Now he is quite kind, and not at all stiff, unless he is offended, or Sakura's brother annoys him. Marcy giggled.
"He sounds funny…OH NO! I forgot! We are wanted in the kitchens immediately!" Marcy cried, jumping off the bed.
"Wait! I'm a servant? For where?" Tomoyo asked. Marcy nodded.
"I'm sorry. We work as servants to the King of Morantia. It will be hard to get used to, but…you are expected…" Marcy trailed off, and Tomoyo grinned.
"No! This is perfect! I've always wondered what it would be like to be a servant! By the way…how old are you?"
"I'm twelve, and you are eleven." Marcy said. Tomoyo nodded.
"Same age as I was! Come on!" Tomoyo cried, hurrying out of the room, Marcy on her heals.
~*~*~*~
*Eriol's POV*
"This is interesting!" Eriol commented, looking around the room that he had woken up in. It was a large study, full of books and papers. As soon as he woke up, the Clow Reed side of him realized what had happened, and had refused to panic. Instead, he reached over the arm-rest of his seat, and pulled on the gold-toned rope next to it. immediately, a man rushed into the room.
"What is it you want, Majesty?" The man asked. Eriol simply closed his eyes and scanned the man's mind. In it, he found all the information that he needed.
He was Prince Derrick of Narcisala, a kingdom not far from the kingdoms of Morantia and Aramer. His father was King Moraines, and his mother was Queen Tarainita. He was, of course, eleven years old, and he had an older brother, Ellis. Prince Derrick had no friends, and was very anti-social. In a few days, he was expected to join his parents and brother on a trip to the kingdom of Aramer, for the birthday of their daughter, Ying-fa. She had two siblings, an older brother, Tragard, and a younger sister, Lillian. He could have probed the servant's mind more, but he chose not to. He had found out all that he needed for present.
"Thank you, you may go." He said, turning away. The servant gave him a funny look, and left the room.
This is perfect! We have all made it, though some of us are not at all the same… He thought about the little princess, Lillian, and smiled. Sakura or Lillian, as she was called here, was now trapped in a four-year-old's body! Eriol hoped that she still had the Star key with her. They would need it later.
I wonder what my cute little descendant looks like now? He wondered, with a smirk.
~*~*~*~
*Tryon and Landon's POV*
"Oh my…"
"Tryon, don't you dare curse!" Landon warned, as they looked around the room in horror. They were in a strange room, filled with furniture and musical instruments.
"This looked like our music-room at home" Tryon mussed. Landon nodded.
"Do you have any idea were we are?" Landon asked. Tryon looked thoughtful.
"We were trying to see what that circle did, right? Well, maybe when Nora did that thing with her hand, she activated it." He commented.
"But where are we?"
"Probably the only place we could be! We are in the 'wolf-prince's' time!" Tryon exclaimed, looking around. Suddenly, a side-door burst open, and a woman walked into the room.
"Oh, boys! I have no time to play for you today! We are preparing for our journey!" She exclaimed. Landon and Tryon looked at each-other in confusion.
"What journey?" Tryon asked. The woman looked at him in confusion.
"Ugh, Tarnor, you have the worst memory a boy could have! We are going to Aramer, of course, to celebrate Princess Ying-fa's eighteenth birthday!" The woman announced. Tryon, determined to get more information, decided to play dumb for a few more minutes.
"And who are you?" He asked, scratching his head. The woman looked aggravated.
"I am your nurse, Amerilla, and unless you have forgotten, this is your brother, Lord Regen. And you are the sons of Lord Henreik.
"He is a lord?" Tryon asked in rage, pointing at his brother.
"You are a Lord as well! My, you really are forgetful. Next thing I know, you will be running around, telling me that you don't know where you live!" Their nurse exclaimed, walking out of the room. Tryon and Landon looked at each-other and shrugged.
"We'd better not ask." Landon said, rolling his eyes. Tryon agreed.
+I wonder where the others are?+ Tryon asked. Landon shrugged and then they went to find a servant to help them find their way to their rooms.
~*~*~*~
Daphne: "This chapter was a bit shorter, I know, but I thought that you might appreciate knowing what happened to them. Now, you might have noticed that when the characters went back in time, their ages changed and so did their names, so here are their ages and new names now.
Sakura/Lillian: Four years old
Syaoran/Symian: Four
Nora/Sora: Four
Naoko/Nira: Four
Tomoyo/Trista: Eleven
Eriol/Derrick: Eleven
Meiling/Marcy: Eleven (Even though Meiling and Touya are not there, I am going to have the group meet-up with their earlier forms anyway.
Tryon/Tenor: Fifteen
Landon/Regen: Eleven
Daphne: "Now you may be wondering where the evil is. Well…it is a lot closer than you may think. You may also notice that Sakura, Nora, and Syaoran all have older forms of themselves in the past. Well, the others do too, but you haven't really met them yet. Eriol's older form was mentioned, and that is his older 'brother', Ellis, but you don't get to meet any of them until the next chapter, sorry! Well, I think that that is all I have to say, except, 'thank you' to all of you out there who have reviewed this story, and to please, please, PLEASE KEEP REVIEWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kero: "That is the third time that you have read that letter in the past ten minutes. Can we get on with the story?"
Daphne: "Huh? Oh, yah! Sorry! I got a note from Eli today, and I was just reading it. Anyway, I am going to warn you ahead of time, this chapter is a little different! It will have a key at the beginning of the story, so you can understand better. So…here we go!
~*~*~*~
Key:
~ Sakura's thoughts ~
'Syaoran's thoughts'
*Nora's thoughts*
Eriol's thoughts
**Tomoyo's thoughts**
^Naoko's thoughts^
+Tryon's thoughts+
=Landon's thoughts=
Any other thoughts will be in the normal '' form, all right? Just don't confuse them with Syaoran's thoughts!
~*~*~*~
Palace of the Wolves
by: Daphne Li
Chapter 9.
*Sakura's POV*
In the corner of her mind, Sakura heard voices. She slowly opened her eyes, and looked around. She was in a strange and unfamiliar room, that looked enormous. Sakura sat up and rubbed her eyes with her small fists.
~ Where am I? ~ She wondered, her emerald eyes studying her surroundings. It was then that she noticed how very big the bed was, and…how very small she had become!
~ What happened to me?! I have shrunk! ~ She thought, her eyes filling with terrified tears. Unable to contain her emotions, she let out a loud wail
"Mommy!" A voice, so like and yet, so unlike her own voice erupted out of Sakura's throat. It was the voice of a small child!
"Mistress Lilly! Child, what is the matter?" An old woman came running into the room, her face worried. Sakura cried even harder.
"I wan'ta go home! I want my friends! Where am I?" Sakura sobbed. The old woman gently picked up the tiny Sakura and hugged her.
"Oh, honey! It was just a bad dream! You are at home, with me and your mommy and daddy and your older brother Micha and your older sister Ying- fa!" The old woman consoled. At the name 'Ying-fa', Sakura stopped crying and looked up.
"Who are you?" She asked. The woman looked surprised.
"I am your nurse, Menni, you silly goose!" She answered. Sakura, realizing that something had happened, decided to make this into a game so the nurse would not get suspicious.
"And how old am I?" She asked, as though she was testing the woman. The nurse, now sure that 'Lilly' was playing with her, smiled.
"You are four years old, and very beautiful!" She laughed. Sakura gave a childish smile. Then she realized something else. No matter how advanced her mind was, her body and mouth were still a four-year-old's! She had no control over them!
"Who am I, and where do I live?" Sakura asked, a small giggle escaping her.
"You are Princess Lillian, of the Kingdom of Aramer." Menni, the nurse answered, putting Sakura down and going over to a big wardrobe and opening it.
"Who are my mommy and daddy?" Sakura chanted.
"King Marcello, and Queen Beranda." Menni answered, emerging from the wardrobe with a beautiful dress made of pink silk and lace. From the style of the dress, Sakura realized that she had gone far back in time, how far, she did not know, nor did she really want to find out. The four-year-old side of her looked at the dress and was delighted at its beauty. Still, in her eleven-year-old mind, Sakura was pining for her absent friends.
~ Syaoran, Nora, Tomoyo, Naoko? Where are you? Eriol? Landon, Tryon, everyone! Where am I and why aren't you here with me? ~ Sakura's mind screamed, as Menni quickly dressed her in the lovely dress.
"Now let us go down and see your mother." Menni suggested. Four-year-old Sakura nodded brightly, and skipped away beside her nurse.
~*~*~*~
*Ellanora/Syaoran/Naoko POV*
Ellanora felt warm sunlight hitting her eyelids, and she opened her eyes. She was in a strange room, and her head ached.
*Where am I?* She wondered, pulling back the covers and swinging her legs over the side of the bed. She looked down at herself, and then she screamed! She was looking down at legs that were so short, they didn't reach the floor. Her feet were tiny and as she gazed up her "new" body, she noticed that her hands were smaller as well. She gave another terrified scream, and then buried her head in her pillow, trying to sort out her memories.
They had been in the clearing, and she had touched the circle, then the wind had come up, and they had held hands…and then nothing! Black!
*Oh where are they?!* She wondered frantically, tears streaming down her face.
"Sora! What is wrong?" Nora looked up to see…herself! A girl identical to what she used to look like stood before her! Except this one was a bit older, about eighteen. Nora gave another scream, and backed up against the pillows.
"Where am I? Who are you?" Nora asked frantically. The older girl eyed her in shock.
"Sora, what is wrong? You know me! I am your sister, Aya!" At this name, Nora/Sora turned pale and leaned forward a little. All at once, she realized what had happened! She had gone back in time! To the time of the 'Little wolf' prince, and his sister, Aya! Nora's heart hummed with successful happiness. Then it all ended, as a picture of Syaoran entered her head. Suddenly, there was a loud yell, and a small boy came running into the room, his face ashen. Nora recognized him.
"Syaoran!" She cried. This young Syaoran looked over and a relieved sigh escaped his lips. He ran over to the bed, and leaned against it, since he couldn't climb up. Aya gave them funny looks.
"Syaoran? Sora, his name is Symian." She said. Nora nodded and giggled childishly.
"I was just teasing him!" She laughed. Suddenly, a voice entered her head.
'Nora!'
*Syaoran?*
'Yes! We can mind talk. Do you realize what has happened?'
*Yes. We have gone back in time, and have been place in the care of the very families that we belonged to when we lived here, except, we are four years old!* She mind/thought to him.
'Exactly. How much do you want to bet that the others are here as well? I can feel Sakura's aura, and Eriol's as well. Tomoyo's is feint, but it is there. Naoko's, however, is quite close.
*Let's try to call her then! Perhaps she will hear!* Nora suggested, Syaoran opened his eyes and nodded.
*Naoko!*
'Naoko!'
^Nora? Syaoran? What is happening?! Where are we? I'm scared!^ Came Naoko's mind/thought.
*Don't worry. Follow our…thoughts! We will explain later.* Nora called, just as the door opened.
*By the way, call me 'Sora'. That is what they call me here.*
^Ok!^
"Sora?" Came a small voice. Nora looked over at the door and saw a tiny four-year-old girl, who's brown hair and brown eyes were unmistakably Naoko's.
"Ah, Cousin Nira! How was your nap?" Aya asked. Naoko nodded, and padded over to the bed. Aya helped both Syaoran and Naoko onto the bed, and then sat down at the end of it, watching them talk. Their mouths were moving, and words were coming out, but in their minds, a whole different conversation was going on.
^Where is everyone else?^
*We know that they are here, but they are just as small as we have become. I suppose that it is for our own protection.* Nora commented.
'Ugh, does this mean no more training?' Syaoran joked, Nora laughed.
*I highly doubt that we will have any duties, here.* She answered.
"Sora? Nira, Symian? It is time for lunch." Aya said. The three young children looked at her and smiled.
"We coming!" Nora/Sora called.
"I'm hungry!" Syaoran/Symian commented.
"Me too!" Naoko/Nira added, as Aya lifted her off the bed.
"I want to see my Xiao-lang!" Nora/Sora cried, looking adoringly up at her older sister. Aya smiled.
"Fine. You shall see him at lunch!" She said, taking the little girl's hand. Nora smiled.
*This is going to be fun!*
'This is going to be interesting.' Syaoran corrected her.
^Whatever it is, I hope that we find the others soon!^
'*Yes!*' Nora and Syaoran chorused. (a/n: '* *' means that both of them are saying it at the same time!)
~*~*~*~
*Tomoyo POV*
"Ugh!" Tomoyo moaned, sitting up in her bed and rubbing a bruised spot on the side of her head. She looked around the unfamiliar room and gasped.
**Where am I?** She wondered, getting out of the small bed and going over to the door. Suddenly, the door burst open and a girl rushed in.
"Trista, get a move on! We don't have all day!" The girl cried, and then rushed out of the room.
"Wait! Meiling?" Tomoyo asked, her eyes filling with confusion. What was Meiling doing here?…Then it hit her! The wind and the black-hole! Her hand slipping form Eriol's and then Sakura had lost her grip as well. Falling…
"Where am I?!?!" Tomoyo screamed. This brought results.
"Trista, what is wrong?" The girl asked, running back into the room. Tomoyo eyed her suspiciously.
"What did you call me? And who are you?" Tomoyo asked. The girl looked at her in amazement.
"I called you Trista, and I am your best friend, Marcy." The girl answered in a confused voice. Tomoyo then realized what had happened to her, and where she was.
**I wonder where the others are?** Tomoyo thought. Marcy looked up at her startled.
"What did you say?" She asked. Tomoyo frowned.
"I didn't say anything."
"Yes you did! You said that you wondered where the others were." Marcy insisted. Tomoyo gasped.
"You can hear my thoughts?" She asked. Marcy looked shocked.
"I…I don't know." She stammered, looking scared.
**You can, in fact, you just did. Now, it is your turn to try.** Tomoyo thought. Marcy's eyes widened.
'Um…this is…interesting.' Marcy thought. Tomoyo's grin widened. She knew that she would have to tell Marcy to truth.
"Marcy…you may want to sit down. This may take a little while." Tomoyo said, and then started to tell Marcy everything up until the time that she had woken up here.
"So…so you don't belong in this time?! You are from the future?! And you know *me* there?" Marcy asked in astonishment. Tomoyo nodded.
"Back there, your name is Meiling, and you are the cousin of a very powerful ruler…the ruler of Hong Kong!" Tomoyo announced, trying to make Marcy like the idea of being reincarnated. It worked.
"Really?!! How fun! Is he kind?" She questioned. Tomoyo sweat-dropped.
"Kind isn't really the word for him, well, until he met Sakura. Now he is quite kind, and not at all stiff, unless he is offended, or Sakura's brother annoys him. Marcy giggled.
"He sounds funny…OH NO! I forgot! We are wanted in the kitchens immediately!" Marcy cried, jumping off the bed.
"Wait! I'm a servant? For where?" Tomoyo asked. Marcy nodded.
"I'm sorry. We work as servants to the King of Morantia. It will be hard to get used to, but…you are expected…" Marcy trailed off, and Tomoyo grinned.
"No! This is perfect! I've always wondered what it would be like to be a servant! By the way…how old are you?"
"I'm twelve, and you are eleven." Marcy said. Tomoyo nodded.
"Same age as I was! Come on!" Tomoyo cried, hurrying out of the room, Marcy on her heals.
~*~*~*~
*Eriol's POV*
"This is interesting!" Eriol commented, looking around the room that he had woken up in. It was a large study, full of books and papers. As soon as he woke up, the Clow Reed side of him realized what had happened, and had refused to panic. Instead, he reached over the arm-rest of his seat, and pulled on the gold-toned rope next to it. immediately, a man rushed into the room.
"What is it you want, Majesty?" The man asked. Eriol simply closed his eyes and scanned the man's mind. In it, he found all the information that he needed.
He was Prince Derrick of Narcisala, a kingdom not far from the kingdoms of Morantia and Aramer. His father was King Moraines, and his mother was Queen Tarainita. He was, of course, eleven years old, and he had an older brother, Ellis. Prince Derrick had no friends, and was very anti-social. In a few days, he was expected to join his parents and brother on a trip to the kingdom of Aramer, for the birthday of their daughter, Ying-fa. She had two siblings, an older brother, Tragard, and a younger sister, Lillian. He could have probed the servant's mind more, but he chose not to. He had found out all that he needed for present.
"Thank you, you may go." He said, turning away. The servant gave him a funny look, and left the room.
This is perfect! We have all made it, though some of us are not at all the same… He thought about the little princess, Lillian, and smiled. Sakura or Lillian, as she was called here, was now trapped in a four-year-old's body! Eriol hoped that she still had the Star key with her. They would need it later.
I wonder what my cute little descendant looks like now? He wondered, with a smirk.
~*~*~*~
*Tryon and Landon's POV*
"Oh my…"
"Tryon, don't you dare curse!" Landon warned, as they looked around the room in horror. They were in a strange room, filled with furniture and musical instruments.
"This looked like our music-room at home" Tryon mussed. Landon nodded.
"Do you have any idea were we are?" Landon asked. Tryon looked thoughtful.
"We were trying to see what that circle did, right? Well, maybe when Nora did that thing with her hand, she activated it." He commented.
"But where are we?"
"Probably the only place we could be! We are in the 'wolf-prince's' time!" Tryon exclaimed, looking around. Suddenly, a side-door burst open, and a woman walked into the room.
"Oh, boys! I have no time to play for you today! We are preparing for our journey!" She exclaimed. Landon and Tryon looked at each-other in confusion.
"What journey?" Tryon asked. The woman looked at him in confusion.
"Ugh, Tarnor, you have the worst memory a boy could have! We are going to Aramer, of course, to celebrate Princess Ying-fa's eighteenth birthday!" The woman announced. Tryon, determined to get more information, decided to play dumb for a few more minutes.
"And who are you?" He asked, scratching his head. The woman looked aggravated.
"I am your nurse, Amerilla, and unless you have forgotten, this is your brother, Lord Regen. And you are the sons of Lord Henreik.
"He is a lord?" Tryon asked in rage, pointing at his brother.
"You are a Lord as well! My, you really are forgetful. Next thing I know, you will be running around, telling me that you don't know where you live!" Their nurse exclaimed, walking out of the room. Tryon and Landon looked at each-other and shrugged.
"We'd better not ask." Landon said, rolling his eyes. Tryon agreed.
+I wonder where the others are?+ Tryon asked. Landon shrugged and then they went to find a servant to help them find their way to their rooms.
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Daphne: "This chapter was a bit shorter, I know, but I thought that you might appreciate knowing what happened to them. Now, you might have noticed that when the characters went back in time, their ages changed and so did their names, so here are their ages and new names now.
Sakura/Lillian: Four years old
Syaoran/Symian: Four
Nora/Sora: Four
Naoko/Nira: Four
Tomoyo/Trista: Eleven
Eriol/Derrick: Eleven
Meiling/Marcy: Eleven (Even though Meiling and Touya are not there, I am going to have the group meet-up with their earlier forms anyway.
Tryon/Tenor: Fifteen
Landon/Regen: Eleven
Daphne: "Now you may be wondering where the evil is. Well…it is a lot closer than you may think. You may also notice that Sakura, Nora, and Syaoran all have older forms of themselves in the past. Well, the others do too, but you haven't really met them yet. Eriol's older form was mentioned, and that is his older 'brother', Ellis, but you don't get to meet any of them until the next chapter, sorry! Well, I think that that is all I have to say, except, 'thank you' to all of you out there who have reviewed this story, and to please, please, PLEASE KEEP REVIEWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!