Title: Clow Contemplations
Author: SilverAnaya
Rating: PG for language
Disclaimer: Blah blah you know how it goes...I don't own CCS.
Warning: Spoilers abound for all chapters!!!! You have been warned!!

Five hundred years ago, we - the Clow Cards - were sealed in a special book. Our guardian fell asleep and a young girl released us from our confinement. Now we are being recaptured one by one. These are our stories.

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+Episode 1a - A Breezy Beginning+

I figured it would happen sooner or later, especially since the Guardian Kero fell asleep. When the seal was broken, I was the top card. Normally I am a kind card but that day I guess I needed to stretch. It **had** been five hundred years or so......

The girl that I now know as Lady Sakura innocently read my name off of the card, thus giving me permission to "stretch." Of course, my "stretching" ended up scattering the rest of the Clow Cards throughout the world. Hehe - oops............

Kero was not happy to find that Lady Sakura had released the cards. He gave her quite a scolding. It wasn't her fault really; I should have known better than to "stretch" when I did not know who was saying my name.

But I cannot undo that now. The only thing I **can** do is aid Lady Sakura in capturing the rest of the Clow Cards. Kero has decided that Lady Sakura will become the Cardcaptor. He has already given her the Key of the Seal, which turns into the Sealing Rod.

Lady Sakura inscribed her name below mine on the card last night. This is how I know her name. She is only ten or eleven years old, but I feel that she will become a skilled Cardcaptor... She has great powers yet unrealized.

Suddenly, my senses perk a bit. I can feel another Clow Card nearby. I hear Kero say it is the Fly Card. That is an easy card to capture, perfect for a beginner like Lady Sakura. I smile. Lady Sakura is putting on some shoes that have wheels on them as well as armor for the knees, elbows, and hands. I am unsure what they are for exactly but I suppose I will learn in time... It's time to capture the Fly!

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Authors Notes: My goal for this fic is to get inside the heads of the Clow Cards, to see their reasoning for why they act the way they do and to show battles from their point of view. As each card's chapter progresses the card will change its views on Sakura as it goes from meeting her to being owned by her... from "that girl" or "Cardcaptor" as it first sees her, to "Sakura" when it finds out her name, to "Lady Sakura" when she has captured/is close to capturing it.