Key to the Past
Slowly and painfully, Sakura opened her eyes, Strong white lights blinded her, and she screwed her face up in pain. Then, a worried and tearstained face came into view.
"Sakura? Sakura? Can you hear me?"
The face seemed familiar- but there was no name to it. The voice came again more urgently.
"Sakura? Sakura, wake up!"
"Whu.. where am I?"
The face looked relieved. The girl's bluish hair was hurriedly brushed and dull. She spoke again, this time with more confidence.
"You're in the hospital. You fell from the tower."
"The… tower?"
"Yes. Don't you remember?"
"No…. I … I can't."
"Oh….."
"Who… who are you?"
"Sakura? You don't remember me?"
There were tears in the girl's eyes. Her voice wavered and she looked weak and limp. After some thought, Sakura replied honestly.
"I don't."
Madison uttered a cry and ran from the room. Another girl, with black bunned bunches looked worriedly at her.
"Do you remember me?"
Again, the face was familiar, even if a bit less familiar that the first. But again, she had to answer.
"I'm sorry."
Meilin felt numb. It was a complete memory loss. Madison was outside now, and could be heard crying loudly. Meilin risked a glance at Li in the opposite bed. Still unconscious. Her friend and her cousin, neither of them would remember her. Li had taken the worst of the fall. Tears came to her eyes. A warm hand on her shoulder startled her. The grim face of Miss MacKenzie stared back.
"Come on now, Meilin. They need some rest. Madison and the others need you."
Regretfully, Meilin stood up and obediently followed Miss MacKenzie to the door. She stopped, then walked back to Sakura's bed. She gently pulled a chain from round her neck and laid it in Sakura's lap. Sakura looked blankly at it. Meilin ran from the room.
Though Sakura didn't know it, it was the Clow Key.
Slowly and painfully, Sakura opened her eyes, Strong white lights blinded her, and she screwed her face up in pain. Then, a worried and tearstained face came into view.
"Sakura? Sakura? Can you hear me?"
The face seemed familiar- but there was no name to it. The voice came again more urgently.
"Sakura? Sakura, wake up!"
"Whu.. where am I?"
The face looked relieved. The girl's bluish hair was hurriedly brushed and dull. She spoke again, this time with more confidence.
"You're in the hospital. You fell from the tower."
"The… tower?"
"Yes. Don't you remember?"
"No…. I … I can't."
"Oh….."
"Who… who are you?"
"Sakura? You don't remember me?"
There were tears in the girl's eyes. Her voice wavered and she looked weak and limp. After some thought, Sakura replied honestly.
"I don't."
Madison uttered a cry and ran from the room. Another girl, with black bunned bunches looked worriedly at her.
"Do you remember me?"
Again, the face was familiar, even if a bit less familiar that the first. But again, she had to answer.
"I'm sorry."
Meilin felt numb. It was a complete memory loss. Madison was outside now, and could be heard crying loudly. Meilin risked a glance at Li in the opposite bed. Still unconscious. Her friend and her cousin, neither of them would remember her. Li had taken the worst of the fall. Tears came to her eyes. A warm hand on her shoulder startled her. The grim face of Miss MacKenzie stared back.
"Come on now, Meilin. They need some rest. Madison and the others need you."
Regretfully, Meilin stood up and obediently followed Miss MacKenzie to the door. She stopped, then walked back to Sakura's bed. She gently pulled a chain from round her neck and laid it in Sakura's lap. Sakura looked blankly at it. Meilin ran from the room.
Though Sakura didn't know it, it was the Clow Key.
