disclaimer: I do not own and will never own Card Captor Sakura (though I wish I did)
it is owned by CLAMP. This author is merely borrowing so please don't sue me!!!^_^;
a/n: sorry it took so long.... we didn't have internet connection at that time..
sorry again.....-_-
Fated Circle: Four Sacred Treasures of Earth
~Part 5
Nadezha: Flight to Hope
Chapter 25
The moment after we packed up, Syaoran and Eriol took Tomoyo and I to the
Averin-stables. I was imagining an ordinary stable with all the hay and all
but I was wrong about everything.
When we got to the Averin-stables, everything was HUGE! Each bird housing
was as like a barn house with doors as tall and as wide as the front wall,
though there was an average-sized door for poeple to go through. There was
about twelve housings arranged in six rows.
As we walked in, an old man who was a few inches shorter than me, with a
thick, short white beard and bushy eyebrows wearing a small brown, flat hat,
a pale yellow shirt, brown pants held by suspenders approached us.
"ah! I see yer here to fetch yer Averin eh, Master Li?" he greeted, "OH!
and Master Eriol and Lady Tomoyo is here...hmm.." he then looked at me.
"Hawk, I'd like you to meet Sakura, my wife. Sakura, this is Hawk, flight
master and Averin-keeper extrordinaire!" Syaoran said.
"ye flatter me too much master Li!" he said and bowed politely to me. "nice
to meet the master's pretty lady."
"nice to mee you too." I replied.
"Hawk, Eriol and I are going to fetch out our Averins. We're flying out
somewhere." he said.
The old man nodded. "I see...but ye better watch out. Heard that them
varments are patrollin' the skies these days. Seen one of 'em meself...
dastardly creatures ridin on them giant bats." he said with undisguised
venom in his voice.
"thanks for the warning Hawk. You helped us a lot." Eriol said, "um...
I think that Syaoran and I will just get our Averins and fly outta here."
"go ahead, master Eriol, yer critters are in their usual housin." Hawk
told him before moving away.
Syaoran faced Tomoyo and I and said, "wait here. We'll just fetch you."
We both nodded and waited.
"I'm going to zap those two when I see them!" Tomoyo stormed, "making
two ladies wait under the hot sun...how un-gentlemanly of them!!"
I suppressed a giggle. Though I agreed with her, her way of expressing
anger made me laugh. Walking around and shouting in the air, making trees
shake a bit. "take it easy, Tomoyo, you might destroy this whole place!"
"I might if they don't appear!" she told me.
Just then, something gave a loud cry above us and I saw two small shados
circling the sky. Slowly, the shadows lowered themselves and landed before
us. To my right, a dark blue bird - the largest I've ever seen - landed
with Eriol on its back. To my right a pure white one landed. It was so white
that I had to squinted at the sight of it. *shadowbane huh?* I thought, *so
appropriately named.*
"sorry if it took us so long. Thunderstorm and Shadowbane had too much
energy locked up and we had to fly a little to ease them out." Eriol said
as he jumped off Thunderstorm.
"REALLY! all you had to do was tell us and we'd find some shade to hide
in you know!" Tomoyo snapped back at him.
"sorry.." he said again.
"we'd better fly off. We saw one of those vermins that Hawk was talking
about." Syaoran said.
"may I ask where are you going to keep these birds?" Tomoyo asked.
Syaoran and Eriol looked at each other and back at Tomoyo and said, "in
your garden?"
"WHAT????" Tomoyo said. She was really fuming this time.
I approached her and said, "easy now Tomoyo. We will leave as soon as
possible. I'm sure it won't be that bad!"
"yeah!" Syaoran followed, "it won't be that bad!"
"alright! but if something happens..." Tomoyo threatened.
Eriol grinned. "we know..we'll be sorry. But for now, shall we ride?"
I smiled in glee as Syaoran led me to his mount and made me pat it as
it lowered its head. His -as Syaoran told me that it was a he - feathers
were soft and white...but then I noticed that the colors seemed to shift
every now and then. Syaoran then said something to Shadowbane that I
didn't understand and Shadowbane lowered himself a bit further.
"hop on." Syaoran said and he kneeled on one knee and locked his hands
together - sort of like a step.
"thank you." I said, lifting me skirt a bit started to remove one of
my shoe.
"what are you doing?" he asked.
"removing my shoe."
He smiled and shook his head a bit. "I know, but why?"
I felt my cheeks heat up a little. "I just feel so guilty dirtying his
white feathers....and your hands."
"don't worry, I won't mind and so would Shadowbane. Right Shadowbane?"
Shadowbane gave a "squak" in reply. I giggled and wore my shoe again and
hopped on, after a little stuggle - I was unfamiliar with riding any type
of animal. Syaoran then eaily climbed up behind me. "UP!" Syaoran ordered
and Shadowbane lifted up into the air.
It was exhilarating. At first, my stomach lurched a bit as we took off
but all of that faded away when we started flying steadily. Thunderstorm
was already ahead of us and a couple of miles away.
"let's challenge them to a race!" Syaoran said.
"r-race?" I asked nevously, "I don't think that my stomach is up to that."
Syaoran laughed. "fine then. I'll take it easy for you."
Suddenly, Thunderstorm slowed up a and made contact with us. Eriol looked
serious and so did Tomoyo. I looked at Syaoran and he was serious too. "what's
wrong?" I asked.
"Wraiths. Tomoyo said that she senses three behind us." he answered.
"Wraiths?"
"They're just as big as an Averin but they're bats. HUGE bats. Father's
minions." he scowled.
Suddenly, there was a loud screech behind us. I looked back(and so did
Syaoran and the others, I guess) and saw a huge bat following behind us.
They were wraiths indeed.
"hold on Sakura, I guess we have to race after all." he told me. My
stomach knotted in my belly. Syaoran hand-signalled Eriol and he nodded.
He then steered Thunderstorm to the left at great speeds and disappeared
into the clouds. Shadowbane went to the right. I closed my drying eyes
and dared not to open them. I wondered how Syaoran could keep his eyes
open at such speeds with the wind whipping our faces.
Then there was a screech again. Shadowbane gave a loud cry and sped up
more.
The race was on.
to be continued
it is owned by CLAMP. This author is merely borrowing so please don't sue me!!!^_^;
a/n: sorry it took so long.... we didn't have internet connection at that time..
sorry again.....-_-
Fated Circle: Four Sacred Treasures of Earth
~Part 5
Nadezha: Flight to Hope
Chapter 25
The moment after we packed up, Syaoran and Eriol took Tomoyo and I to the
Averin-stables. I was imagining an ordinary stable with all the hay and all
but I was wrong about everything.
When we got to the Averin-stables, everything was HUGE! Each bird housing
was as like a barn house with doors as tall and as wide as the front wall,
though there was an average-sized door for poeple to go through. There was
about twelve housings arranged in six rows.
As we walked in, an old man who was a few inches shorter than me, with a
thick, short white beard and bushy eyebrows wearing a small brown, flat hat,
a pale yellow shirt, brown pants held by suspenders approached us.
"ah! I see yer here to fetch yer Averin eh, Master Li?" he greeted, "OH!
and Master Eriol and Lady Tomoyo is here...hmm.." he then looked at me.
"Hawk, I'd like you to meet Sakura, my wife. Sakura, this is Hawk, flight
master and Averin-keeper extrordinaire!" Syaoran said.
"ye flatter me too much master Li!" he said and bowed politely to me. "nice
to meet the master's pretty lady."
"nice to mee you too." I replied.
"Hawk, Eriol and I are going to fetch out our Averins. We're flying out
somewhere." he said.
The old man nodded. "I see...but ye better watch out. Heard that them
varments are patrollin' the skies these days. Seen one of 'em meself...
dastardly creatures ridin on them giant bats." he said with undisguised
venom in his voice.
"thanks for the warning Hawk. You helped us a lot." Eriol said, "um...
I think that Syaoran and I will just get our Averins and fly outta here."
"go ahead, master Eriol, yer critters are in their usual housin." Hawk
told him before moving away.
Syaoran faced Tomoyo and I and said, "wait here. We'll just fetch you."
We both nodded and waited.
"I'm going to zap those two when I see them!" Tomoyo stormed, "making
two ladies wait under the hot sun...how un-gentlemanly of them!!"
I suppressed a giggle. Though I agreed with her, her way of expressing
anger made me laugh. Walking around and shouting in the air, making trees
shake a bit. "take it easy, Tomoyo, you might destroy this whole place!"
"I might if they don't appear!" she told me.
Just then, something gave a loud cry above us and I saw two small shados
circling the sky. Slowly, the shadows lowered themselves and landed before
us. To my right, a dark blue bird - the largest I've ever seen - landed
with Eriol on its back. To my right a pure white one landed. It was so white
that I had to squinted at the sight of it. *shadowbane huh?* I thought, *so
appropriately named.*
"sorry if it took us so long. Thunderstorm and Shadowbane had too much
energy locked up and we had to fly a little to ease them out." Eriol said
as he jumped off Thunderstorm.
"REALLY! all you had to do was tell us and we'd find some shade to hide
in you know!" Tomoyo snapped back at him.
"sorry.." he said again.
"we'd better fly off. We saw one of those vermins that Hawk was talking
about." Syaoran said.
"may I ask where are you going to keep these birds?" Tomoyo asked.
Syaoran and Eriol looked at each other and back at Tomoyo and said, "in
your garden?"
"WHAT????" Tomoyo said. She was really fuming this time.
I approached her and said, "easy now Tomoyo. We will leave as soon as
possible. I'm sure it won't be that bad!"
"yeah!" Syaoran followed, "it won't be that bad!"
"alright! but if something happens..." Tomoyo threatened.
Eriol grinned. "we know..we'll be sorry. But for now, shall we ride?"
I smiled in glee as Syaoran led me to his mount and made me pat it as
it lowered its head. His -as Syaoran told me that it was a he - feathers
were soft and white...but then I noticed that the colors seemed to shift
every now and then. Syaoran then said something to Shadowbane that I
didn't understand and Shadowbane lowered himself a bit further.
"hop on." Syaoran said and he kneeled on one knee and locked his hands
together - sort of like a step.
"thank you." I said, lifting me skirt a bit started to remove one of
my shoe.
"what are you doing?" he asked.
"removing my shoe."
He smiled and shook his head a bit. "I know, but why?"
I felt my cheeks heat up a little. "I just feel so guilty dirtying his
white feathers....and your hands."
"don't worry, I won't mind and so would Shadowbane. Right Shadowbane?"
Shadowbane gave a "squak" in reply. I giggled and wore my shoe again and
hopped on, after a little stuggle - I was unfamiliar with riding any type
of animal. Syaoran then eaily climbed up behind me. "UP!" Syaoran ordered
and Shadowbane lifted up into the air.
It was exhilarating. At first, my stomach lurched a bit as we took off
but all of that faded away when we started flying steadily. Thunderstorm
was already ahead of us and a couple of miles away.
"let's challenge them to a race!" Syaoran said.
"r-race?" I asked nevously, "I don't think that my stomach is up to that."
Syaoran laughed. "fine then. I'll take it easy for you."
Suddenly, Thunderstorm slowed up a and made contact with us. Eriol looked
serious and so did Tomoyo. I looked at Syaoran and he was serious too. "what's
wrong?" I asked.
"Wraiths. Tomoyo said that she senses three behind us." he answered.
"Wraiths?"
"They're just as big as an Averin but they're bats. HUGE bats. Father's
minions." he scowled.
Suddenly, there was a loud screech behind us. I looked back(and so did
Syaoran and the others, I guess) and saw a huge bat following behind us.
They were wraiths indeed.
"hold on Sakura, I guess we have to race after all." he told me. My
stomach knotted in my belly. Syaoran hand-signalled Eriol and he nodded.
He then steered Thunderstorm to the left at great speeds and disappeared
into the clouds. Shadowbane went to the right. I closed my drying eyes
and dared not to open them. I wondered how Syaoran could keep his eyes
open at such speeds with the wind whipping our faces.
Then there was a screech again. Shadowbane gave a loud cry and sped up
more.
The race was on.
to be continued