There was once a girl named Ai Evermore. She was a beautiful girl with a
beautiful name, but she was bad business. She belonged to a family of which
was accused for witchcraft and wizardry, and because of that the islanders
shunned her and her secluded family.
That never dampened Ai Evermore's ongoing spirits. She always went to the main island, despite the cold stares sent her way. On the main island, Ai found the man of her dreams, and they were two young teenagers very much in love. The man and Ai would always say farewell underneath an old, dead tree next to Ai's home.
One night, however, that would all change. An angry mob from the main island had come and set the Evermore family's house on fire and they slaughtered the family, even the baby.
Before the death of Ai Evermore, the murders could've sworn she was casting a spell of some sort. Nothing weird had happened to the murders and they had grown very old, however. In fact, after the killing the only weird thing that had ever happened at the deserted house was that the dead tree had blossomed a flower.
~*~
"Will you ever leave Syaoran alone?" Eriol asked Boston, who was latched onto Syaoran's arm once again.
"Will you ever mind your own business?" Boston snapped back.
"Why don't you just go find your girl friends?" Cohn asked, waving a hand at Boston, as if dismissing her.
Zach sighed at the thought of Chelsea and started walking again; the boys followed him, including Syaoran. Boston was being dragged for a second before she jumped up and snuggled against Syaoran's shoulder.
"Because I want to stay with Syaoran," Boston said simply.
The boys sighed and they all continued the walk towards the forest. The group silently walked down the fairly smooth path. The palm trees were shading them form the broiling sun above them for the most part, but they were still soaked from sweat.
"Let's take a break," Boston demanded and gripped onto Syaoran tighter, making him stop suddenly. He clenched his teeth tightly so he wouldn't yell off at Boston, but she was awfully close to being yelled at. She was past annoying.
"We didn't make you come," Zach said with a shrug.
Mo turned around so he was walking backwards, and he opened his mouth to protest, but there was a large item in the middle of the path, which made Mo trip and fall. "Ow," he moaned.
Boston let go of Syaoran and rushed forward to help Mo up. The boys, besides Syaoran (he was busy rubbing his bruised arm from Boston's grip), were laughing their heads off.
"Jeez, what was that?" Cohn asked, still chuckling slightly. He kneeled down next to where Boston was kneeling and where Mo was still rubbing his butt. Cohn picked up the rock and gasped. "Wow," he said, and he flipped it over with both of his hands (it was pretty heavy) for better expectation. "This looks like a piece of a vase."
"How do you know?" Eriol asked, kneeling down beside them.
"Yeah," Zach said, putting his hands behind his head. "That could be anything."
"Because it has paintings on it, dimwits," Cohn answered, holding up the charred, yet valuable piece of vase. On the vase was a scratched painting of a snake and a dove.
"That's beautiful," Boston said, snatching away the vase, and chucking it into the forest. "Now let's go."
Cohn glared at Boston and he jumped up to go look for the vase. Boston stood up, gave Mo a hand, and rolled her eyes after Cohn. Cohn was looking around wildly; he disappeared behind a bush.
"Cohn! Stop fooling around!" Zach called after him.
"Yeah, Cohn, let's go," Eriol added.
"You guys! Oh… Oh my gosh! You guys have to come check this out!"
"Cohn!" Boston yelled.
"No, seriously! Check this out!"
They sighed, but they went into the bush after Cohn, and they were suddenly glad they did. It wasn't much… It wasn't great… It was just that they hadn't realized houses used to be on this island… Especially houses that had been in a fire. It was horrible, but it was still pretty cool.
"What do you think happened to burn down this house?" Mo whispered.
"I don't know," Boston muttered back. "But it must've been terrible. I hope the family got out safely."
Eriol stayed behind with Syaoran. "What do you think happened?"
Syaoran shrugged. "Lightening storm? Mob?"
"A mob?" Eriol laughed.
"Hey, that'd be pretty cool," Zach said. He picked up a stick stabbed it at Eriol. "En guard!"
Eriol smirked and picked up a stick.
They were about to get into a nice stick fight when Boston screamed at the top of her lungs, making both of them drop their sticks out of shock.
"What? What is it?" Mo asked hurriedly, and gasped when he saw why she had screamed.
"I… guess the family didn't get out," Cohn muttered.
~*~
"Yes, there be fire on this island."
"When?" Eriol asked.
"About," Carrie said, calculating around what time the fire had been, "about five years ago."
"Five?" Boston asked, raising her eyebrows.
"There be thousands of fires on this island, there be," Carrie said, waving her arms around. She sat back down on the cabin step and went back to sketching the palm tree, leaving the group to continue standing by the doorway. The group sighed and walked off down towards the beach.
"Do you think we should tell the girls?" Zach muttered after a while, walking slightly in the foaming water.
"No way," Mo said instantly.
"They'd laugh," Boston added.
"They'd ignore us," Cohn sighed.
"They wouldn't believe us," Eriol concluded.
"Then what do we do?" Syaoran asked.
They all shrugged.
"Well, then, bye," Syaoran said, he started walking back towards the palm forest.
"Where are you going?" Eriol called.
"Back to the burnt house," Syaoran yelled back.
"What!" Boston yelled. She wanted to be around Syaoran, but to go back to that creepy place with that dead girl? She'd rather not. She sighed and went back into the cabin, and was shortly followed by everyone else.
~*~
"I don't see what the big problem is," Syaoran muttered, and he eyed the burnt house. Suddenly, a wind blew, and he didn't know why, but he just had to look away from the house. His eyes landed instantly on a fully blooming tree right next to the burnt house. The flowers reminded him of peonies and he instantly missed home. He sighed and walked up to the tree to pick a flower, and as soon as his hand touched a soft petal, he felt his body go into a shock. Syaoran felt as though someone had dumped a bucket of ice- cold water on him.
Syaoran backed away from the tree. What was that? He looked down at the flower.
~*~
"Yeah, it was a house in the palm forest," Boston said, staring at Carrie. "Why?"
"None of you guys be touching a flower of a tree next to it, right?" she asked, suddenly rounding on the boys. The boys shook their heads. "That be good," Carrie sighed in relief.
"Say, where's Syaoran?" Sakura asked, looking around.
"He said he was going back to the house," Eriol answered.
Carrie looked up, her eyes bulging. "That not be good."
"You keep saying it's not good, but why?" Chelsea asked.
"There be no time to explain. Tomoyo, Rika, Naoko, Meilin, you four girls be going to Terada-sensei and tell him I be taking you all on a field trip. Eriol, Cohn, Zach, Mo, run ahead and get Syaoran. If he be in a state where he just tuned out, yell at him and make him come back in instantly. Chelsea, Ashanti, Sakura, and Boston, you be coming with me. We be running after the boys. Now go! Quick!"
~*~
"Who are you?" Syaoran whispered. His vision was fading, but he could see a girl in front of him who was becoming clearer.
"My love," the girl whispered. She smiled and walked up to Syaoran. "You've come back for me."
"What's going on?" Syaoran was greatly confused.
"You've come back," she whispered.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Syaoran shouted. He shook his head and opened his eyes. He blinked and tried to clear his focus, but it wasn't getting any better.
"Don't pretend, my love," the girl whispered, and her arms encircled Syaoran's neck. "Just one kiss, my love."
"Syaoran! Syaoran, snap out of it!"
The girl suddenly disappeared into thin air. Syaoran blinked and dropped the flower he was holding in his hand. "What…?"
He looked over to where Cohn, Zach, Eriol, and Mo were standing.
"Are you okay?" Eriol asked.
"Seriously… You're pale and you're shaking," Mo observed.
"And your eyes are unfocused," Zach added.
"Carrie is coming," Cohn said, looking down the path. "Now maybe we'll get an explanation of this whole burned down house thing."
Carrie, Boston, Ashanti, and Sakura arrived. They were all breathless, but Carrie nonetheless ran over to Syaoran and looked him over.
"That be close, yes!" Carrie sighed.
"What is this all about?" Cohn demanded.
"The 'Silent Chinese Boy' has another girl wanting him," Carrie replied simply.
"Huh?" everyone chorused.
"Who?" Boston insisted.
"Ai Evermore."
Everyone exchanged glances and looked over at Carrie to see if she was finally loosing it… all except for Syaoran, who seemingly understood all of a sudden.
"You do know what this be meaning, right, Syaoran?" Carrie asked Syaoran quietly, and she continued after Syaoran shook his head, "You be loving her back. You be under her spell, and you not be realizing it now, but you be loving her even now. You be wanting to see her again, no?"
Syaoran couldn't deny it. She was like an illusion that was perfected. He sighed and nodded his head, much to the anger of Boston. She was about to open her mouth, but Eriol clamped his hand over her mouth.
Syaoran felt a gentle hand on his shoulder and he turned around to se Sakura's smiling eyes. "So then we get to arrange your next meeting?"
Syaoran blushed. Carrie saved him the trouble of having to answer the question, however.
"No, no, see, Syaoran is in love with the tree."
Eriol, Mo, Cohn, and Zach went reeling to the ground from how hard they were laughing. They were beating the ground with their fists and clutching their stomachs. The girls couldn't help but giggle.
Carrie sighed and rolled her eyes. "A girl that be putting a spell on the tree, is what I be meaning. Syaoran be loving that girl. That girl be named Ai Evermore. She be dead from fire. Syaoran done touch flower and now he be posing as girl's dead lover."
"Is there any way to get him to fall out of love with this girl?" Boston asked.
"Kiss a girl you be having feelings for," Carrie replied. She bit her lip, and then she continued, "or don't kiss Ai for about five days. If he does kiss Ai, he be in love with Ai forever. It near impossible not to kiss Ai, though. Syaoran, do you be wanting to kiss that girl?"
Instantly, Syaoran was nodding. It was like he couldn't even control his head.
"That be what I thought. Well, which one of these girls do you be having feelings for?" Carrie asked.
Syaoran shrugged. He knew very much which girl he had the slightest feeling for, but why tell the whole world? He could survive.
"Oh, I just be remembering!" Carrie cheered. "A vase! There be a vase that will be breaking the spell once Syaoran be touching it! A dove be on it to be symbolizing Ai, and a snake to be symbolizing Ai's lover. Once Syaoran be touching it, Ai be forced to let Syaoran go."
Cohn turned to Boston and glared. "Just great! You just had to go throw that vase into the forest, didn't you?!"
"If you hadn't picked up the dumb vase, we wouldn't be in this situation in the first place!"
"Now I suppose you're going to say, 'If Mo hadn't tripped over the vase, I wouldn't have picked it up,'" Eriol interrupted. "Let's just go and find it!"
"That'd take all night! And it's getting dark already!" Boston groaned.
"Seriously," Zach said.
"I be telling girls to tell Terada-sensei that we be on field trip, but still, it will take a long time."
"Why don't we take turns?" Ashanti suggested.
"Like shifting assignments?" Sakura asked.
"Yes, exactly," Ashanti said.
Everyone murmured in agreement.
"Alright. Eriol be going first, then Ashanti, then Boston, then Zach, then Mo, then Cohn, and then Sakura. Each of you be having ten minutes," Carrie concluded.
But everyone had gone three times until it was, at last, again it was Sakura's turn. It was 9:30 when she had entered the bushes again. She sighed and fell down to her dirty knees and started to search again.
"Why don't you just give up?" Syaoran sighed. He had to sit there until someone found the vase so he could be treated instantly.
"Because a friend is in need," Sakura smiled.
Syaoran blushed slightly and went back to waiting quietly while Sakura searched through all of the junk (she was careful to avoid the dead bodies). Quite abruptly, Sakura jumped up in happiness. She ran over to Syaoran, holding the piece of the vase.
Syaoran smiled and reached for it, but suddenly it exploded and shards of glass hit Sakura all along her arms and in her stomach like mini daggers. The pain was too much and she fainted.
"My love, please," Ai pleaded. " I need you. She bent for a kiss, and Syaoran caught himself leaning forward. He jumped away and ran over to Sakura. He could tell how badly the damage was, and it wasn't good.
"My love," Ai repeated. Syaoran could feel her right behind him. He had enough of this. He felt Ai's hand rest on Syaoran's shoulder, but he brushed it off and leaned forward to kiss Sakura with the heaviest of heavy hesitations.
And she was gone. Syaoran couldn't hear her pleads nor feel her standing next to him anymore. He turned around and he couldn't see her.
"Syaoran…?" Sakura asked, wincing slightly, waking up from what must've been a deep, deep sleep.
"Syaoran? Sakura!" Carrie yelled. "We need to be getting you back to the cabins! Boys! Ashanti, Boston! Help!"
And so they rushed Sakura back to the cabins and Eriol, Mo, Cohn, and Zach pressed Syaoran for the information about what happened to make him get broken out of the spell and what had happened to Sakura. Syaoran didn't tell a word, though.
The home of the Evermore family was once again deserted, and the tree's white petals floated down to the ground as if they were tears.
END of chapter 3
That never dampened Ai Evermore's ongoing spirits. She always went to the main island, despite the cold stares sent her way. On the main island, Ai found the man of her dreams, and they were two young teenagers very much in love. The man and Ai would always say farewell underneath an old, dead tree next to Ai's home.
One night, however, that would all change. An angry mob from the main island had come and set the Evermore family's house on fire and they slaughtered the family, even the baby.
Before the death of Ai Evermore, the murders could've sworn she was casting a spell of some sort. Nothing weird had happened to the murders and they had grown very old, however. In fact, after the killing the only weird thing that had ever happened at the deserted house was that the dead tree had blossomed a flower.
~*~
"Will you ever leave Syaoran alone?" Eriol asked Boston, who was latched onto Syaoran's arm once again.
"Will you ever mind your own business?" Boston snapped back.
"Why don't you just go find your girl friends?" Cohn asked, waving a hand at Boston, as if dismissing her.
Zach sighed at the thought of Chelsea and started walking again; the boys followed him, including Syaoran. Boston was being dragged for a second before she jumped up and snuggled against Syaoran's shoulder.
"Because I want to stay with Syaoran," Boston said simply.
The boys sighed and they all continued the walk towards the forest. The group silently walked down the fairly smooth path. The palm trees were shading them form the broiling sun above them for the most part, but they were still soaked from sweat.
"Let's take a break," Boston demanded and gripped onto Syaoran tighter, making him stop suddenly. He clenched his teeth tightly so he wouldn't yell off at Boston, but she was awfully close to being yelled at. She was past annoying.
"We didn't make you come," Zach said with a shrug.
Mo turned around so he was walking backwards, and he opened his mouth to protest, but there was a large item in the middle of the path, which made Mo trip and fall. "Ow," he moaned.
Boston let go of Syaoran and rushed forward to help Mo up. The boys, besides Syaoran (he was busy rubbing his bruised arm from Boston's grip), were laughing their heads off.
"Jeez, what was that?" Cohn asked, still chuckling slightly. He kneeled down next to where Boston was kneeling and where Mo was still rubbing his butt. Cohn picked up the rock and gasped. "Wow," he said, and he flipped it over with both of his hands (it was pretty heavy) for better expectation. "This looks like a piece of a vase."
"How do you know?" Eriol asked, kneeling down beside them.
"Yeah," Zach said, putting his hands behind his head. "That could be anything."
"Because it has paintings on it, dimwits," Cohn answered, holding up the charred, yet valuable piece of vase. On the vase was a scratched painting of a snake and a dove.
"That's beautiful," Boston said, snatching away the vase, and chucking it into the forest. "Now let's go."
Cohn glared at Boston and he jumped up to go look for the vase. Boston stood up, gave Mo a hand, and rolled her eyes after Cohn. Cohn was looking around wildly; he disappeared behind a bush.
"Cohn! Stop fooling around!" Zach called after him.
"Yeah, Cohn, let's go," Eriol added.
"You guys! Oh… Oh my gosh! You guys have to come check this out!"
"Cohn!" Boston yelled.
"No, seriously! Check this out!"
They sighed, but they went into the bush after Cohn, and they were suddenly glad they did. It wasn't much… It wasn't great… It was just that they hadn't realized houses used to be on this island… Especially houses that had been in a fire. It was horrible, but it was still pretty cool.
"What do you think happened to burn down this house?" Mo whispered.
"I don't know," Boston muttered back. "But it must've been terrible. I hope the family got out safely."
Eriol stayed behind with Syaoran. "What do you think happened?"
Syaoran shrugged. "Lightening storm? Mob?"
"A mob?" Eriol laughed.
"Hey, that'd be pretty cool," Zach said. He picked up a stick stabbed it at Eriol. "En guard!"
Eriol smirked and picked up a stick.
They were about to get into a nice stick fight when Boston screamed at the top of her lungs, making both of them drop their sticks out of shock.
"What? What is it?" Mo asked hurriedly, and gasped when he saw why she had screamed.
"I… guess the family didn't get out," Cohn muttered.
~*~
"Yes, there be fire on this island."
"When?" Eriol asked.
"About," Carrie said, calculating around what time the fire had been, "about five years ago."
"Five?" Boston asked, raising her eyebrows.
"There be thousands of fires on this island, there be," Carrie said, waving her arms around. She sat back down on the cabin step and went back to sketching the palm tree, leaving the group to continue standing by the doorway. The group sighed and walked off down towards the beach.
"Do you think we should tell the girls?" Zach muttered after a while, walking slightly in the foaming water.
"No way," Mo said instantly.
"They'd laugh," Boston added.
"They'd ignore us," Cohn sighed.
"They wouldn't believe us," Eriol concluded.
"Then what do we do?" Syaoran asked.
They all shrugged.
"Well, then, bye," Syaoran said, he started walking back towards the palm forest.
"Where are you going?" Eriol called.
"Back to the burnt house," Syaoran yelled back.
"What!" Boston yelled. She wanted to be around Syaoran, but to go back to that creepy place with that dead girl? She'd rather not. She sighed and went back into the cabin, and was shortly followed by everyone else.
~*~
"I don't see what the big problem is," Syaoran muttered, and he eyed the burnt house. Suddenly, a wind blew, and he didn't know why, but he just had to look away from the house. His eyes landed instantly on a fully blooming tree right next to the burnt house. The flowers reminded him of peonies and he instantly missed home. He sighed and walked up to the tree to pick a flower, and as soon as his hand touched a soft petal, he felt his body go into a shock. Syaoran felt as though someone had dumped a bucket of ice- cold water on him.
Syaoran backed away from the tree. What was that? He looked down at the flower.
~*~
"Yeah, it was a house in the palm forest," Boston said, staring at Carrie. "Why?"
"None of you guys be touching a flower of a tree next to it, right?" she asked, suddenly rounding on the boys. The boys shook their heads. "That be good," Carrie sighed in relief.
"Say, where's Syaoran?" Sakura asked, looking around.
"He said he was going back to the house," Eriol answered.
Carrie looked up, her eyes bulging. "That not be good."
"You keep saying it's not good, but why?" Chelsea asked.
"There be no time to explain. Tomoyo, Rika, Naoko, Meilin, you four girls be going to Terada-sensei and tell him I be taking you all on a field trip. Eriol, Cohn, Zach, Mo, run ahead and get Syaoran. If he be in a state where he just tuned out, yell at him and make him come back in instantly. Chelsea, Ashanti, Sakura, and Boston, you be coming with me. We be running after the boys. Now go! Quick!"
~*~
"Who are you?" Syaoran whispered. His vision was fading, but he could see a girl in front of him who was becoming clearer.
"My love," the girl whispered. She smiled and walked up to Syaoran. "You've come back for me."
"What's going on?" Syaoran was greatly confused.
"You've come back," she whispered.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Syaoran shouted. He shook his head and opened his eyes. He blinked and tried to clear his focus, but it wasn't getting any better.
"Don't pretend, my love," the girl whispered, and her arms encircled Syaoran's neck. "Just one kiss, my love."
"Syaoran! Syaoran, snap out of it!"
The girl suddenly disappeared into thin air. Syaoran blinked and dropped the flower he was holding in his hand. "What…?"
He looked over to where Cohn, Zach, Eriol, and Mo were standing.
"Are you okay?" Eriol asked.
"Seriously… You're pale and you're shaking," Mo observed.
"And your eyes are unfocused," Zach added.
"Carrie is coming," Cohn said, looking down the path. "Now maybe we'll get an explanation of this whole burned down house thing."
Carrie, Boston, Ashanti, and Sakura arrived. They were all breathless, but Carrie nonetheless ran over to Syaoran and looked him over.
"That be close, yes!" Carrie sighed.
"What is this all about?" Cohn demanded.
"The 'Silent Chinese Boy' has another girl wanting him," Carrie replied simply.
"Huh?" everyone chorused.
"Who?" Boston insisted.
"Ai Evermore."
Everyone exchanged glances and looked over at Carrie to see if she was finally loosing it… all except for Syaoran, who seemingly understood all of a sudden.
"You do know what this be meaning, right, Syaoran?" Carrie asked Syaoran quietly, and she continued after Syaoran shook his head, "You be loving her back. You be under her spell, and you not be realizing it now, but you be loving her even now. You be wanting to see her again, no?"
Syaoran couldn't deny it. She was like an illusion that was perfected. He sighed and nodded his head, much to the anger of Boston. She was about to open her mouth, but Eriol clamped his hand over her mouth.
Syaoran felt a gentle hand on his shoulder and he turned around to se Sakura's smiling eyes. "So then we get to arrange your next meeting?"
Syaoran blushed. Carrie saved him the trouble of having to answer the question, however.
"No, no, see, Syaoran is in love with the tree."
Eriol, Mo, Cohn, and Zach went reeling to the ground from how hard they were laughing. They were beating the ground with their fists and clutching their stomachs. The girls couldn't help but giggle.
Carrie sighed and rolled her eyes. "A girl that be putting a spell on the tree, is what I be meaning. Syaoran be loving that girl. That girl be named Ai Evermore. She be dead from fire. Syaoran done touch flower and now he be posing as girl's dead lover."
"Is there any way to get him to fall out of love with this girl?" Boston asked.
"Kiss a girl you be having feelings for," Carrie replied. She bit her lip, and then she continued, "or don't kiss Ai for about five days. If he does kiss Ai, he be in love with Ai forever. It near impossible not to kiss Ai, though. Syaoran, do you be wanting to kiss that girl?"
Instantly, Syaoran was nodding. It was like he couldn't even control his head.
"That be what I thought. Well, which one of these girls do you be having feelings for?" Carrie asked.
Syaoran shrugged. He knew very much which girl he had the slightest feeling for, but why tell the whole world? He could survive.
"Oh, I just be remembering!" Carrie cheered. "A vase! There be a vase that will be breaking the spell once Syaoran be touching it! A dove be on it to be symbolizing Ai, and a snake to be symbolizing Ai's lover. Once Syaoran be touching it, Ai be forced to let Syaoran go."
Cohn turned to Boston and glared. "Just great! You just had to go throw that vase into the forest, didn't you?!"
"If you hadn't picked up the dumb vase, we wouldn't be in this situation in the first place!"
"Now I suppose you're going to say, 'If Mo hadn't tripped over the vase, I wouldn't have picked it up,'" Eriol interrupted. "Let's just go and find it!"
"That'd take all night! And it's getting dark already!" Boston groaned.
"Seriously," Zach said.
"I be telling girls to tell Terada-sensei that we be on field trip, but still, it will take a long time."
"Why don't we take turns?" Ashanti suggested.
"Like shifting assignments?" Sakura asked.
"Yes, exactly," Ashanti said.
Everyone murmured in agreement.
"Alright. Eriol be going first, then Ashanti, then Boston, then Zach, then Mo, then Cohn, and then Sakura. Each of you be having ten minutes," Carrie concluded.
But everyone had gone three times until it was, at last, again it was Sakura's turn. It was 9:30 when she had entered the bushes again. She sighed and fell down to her dirty knees and started to search again.
"Why don't you just give up?" Syaoran sighed. He had to sit there until someone found the vase so he could be treated instantly.
"Because a friend is in need," Sakura smiled.
Syaoran blushed slightly and went back to waiting quietly while Sakura searched through all of the junk (she was careful to avoid the dead bodies). Quite abruptly, Sakura jumped up in happiness. She ran over to Syaoran, holding the piece of the vase.
Syaoran smiled and reached for it, but suddenly it exploded and shards of glass hit Sakura all along her arms and in her stomach like mini daggers. The pain was too much and she fainted.
"My love, please," Ai pleaded. " I need you. She bent for a kiss, and Syaoran caught himself leaning forward. He jumped away and ran over to Sakura. He could tell how badly the damage was, and it wasn't good.
"My love," Ai repeated. Syaoran could feel her right behind him. He had enough of this. He felt Ai's hand rest on Syaoran's shoulder, but he brushed it off and leaned forward to kiss Sakura with the heaviest of heavy hesitations.
And she was gone. Syaoran couldn't hear her pleads nor feel her standing next to him anymore. He turned around and he couldn't see her.
"Syaoran…?" Sakura asked, wincing slightly, waking up from what must've been a deep, deep sleep.
"Syaoran? Sakura!" Carrie yelled. "We need to be getting you back to the cabins! Boys! Ashanti, Boston! Help!"
And so they rushed Sakura back to the cabins and Eriol, Mo, Cohn, and Zach pressed Syaoran for the information about what happened to make him get broken out of the spell and what had happened to Sakura. Syaoran didn't tell a word, though.
The home of the Evermore family was once again deserted, and the tree's white petals floated down to the ground as if they were tears.
END of chapter 3
