Chapter 13-Austin
Crystal's guardian remained sitting in Crystal's hand after she opened it. "I'm sorry...Who do you belong to?"
She carefully examined it before it spoke. It had a spotless white body, pretty much identical to Kero's in size, but instead of ears, it had two little antennae, and instead of cute little tiny wings, it had purple wings(think about a monarch's wings, dyed purple), about double the size of Kero's. And instead of a few thousand years to develop his voice, the creature's voice was going through the teenage development, one moment squeaky, the next, deep and resonant.
"I am Austin, your guardian beast. I am to help you minimally with your test. And I do have a larger form, but you must capture all 12 of Eli's new set, the Moon Cards.
Unlike the name, they are not powered by the moon, or Kero and Yue would be your guardians. They are powered by space, which means your chant must have to do with a planet or star.
The only hint I'm allowed to give you about it beyond that is this: It has nothing to do with the other chants. It doesn't have to do with Clow, or a star-which you don't have."
Crystal smiled. "I don't know about that. With Anomalous, I was a star for 12 years. But I'll play by his rules." She was really loving this little guy!
His face became a light shade of purple. Crystal took this to be rage. "This isn't a game, Crystal!"
Crystal smiled. "To me, it is. There's already two sets of cards mastered. What can 12 cards do?"
Austin blushed. *I can't tell her they're more powerful than Sakura's. She's not supposed to know that until Kero tells her...Oh well, we're ahead.*
"They're special. That's all I can say. You might want to see how Sakura does it. Try contacting..."
"Taylor. Madison Taylor. She's in on cardcaptor business, and she got some of my captures on tape." Kero flew in, and landed on Austin.
"EXCUSE ME?" Austin screeched. Kero flew off as if he'd been burned. "Whoa, where'd you come from?" Kero asked, his version of an apology. "Same place you did, teddy!" Austin retorted. Kero puffed up, and quoted "I am Cerberus, guardian beast of the Clow cards-" Austin smirked. "They don't exist anymore." Kero glared at Austin. "Well then, the Star cards, smarty! And who might you be?"
Austin uncurled a wing, admiring it. "Oh, I'm the guardian beast of the Moon cards, the ones which are Crystal's test. Sakura's supposed to oversee, but not actually capture them. Sort of an initiation Eli's come up with. Not a bad one, either."
Kero growled, unsure about this, but then he sniffed the air. "Hey, Austin? You smell what I smell?" Austin licked his lips. "Yum. Honey!" Kero looked at him in disgust. "Condiments! You only smell the honey?" Austin nodded. "I'm not a fat bear like you, teacher." Austin mocked. The two launched into each other.
Julian walked into the room. Yue took a quick glance at the guardian beast, and yanked it up. "Hey, Sakura, I didn't know your friends had these, too!" Sakura blushed. "Yeah, well, um..." Crystal cut in. "The teddy look's slightly outdated, and everybody's got it. So they got a new pattern." She picked up the frozen Austin.
Julian admired it, while Yue took the chance to study it. *So this is her guardian beast. Hmm, if I remember Clow right, the butterfly is into the dragon. Not bad for a newcomer. Bet he's quite a handful, though. No cards to hold him down.*
Julian smiled. "I don't believe we've met." Crystal bowed. "I am Crystal Glass, please do not laugh at my name." Julian smiled. "It's very nice to meet you, Crystal. You may call me Julian, as my friends do." Crystal smiled. Julian spoke again. "I hope to see you again."
As soon as Julian shut the door, Austin leapt at Kero. "Oww!" Kero yelled as Austin stung him. But Kero also bit back. "YEEOOWW!" Tori came bursting in. "What was that?" Both girls were speechless.
He looked suspiciously at the stuffed toy, and was surprised to see another lying beside it. *Something's fishy about that toy...* Both 'toys' sweat as they felt Tori looking at them. Tori slowly closed the door. Both girls, wiser after one event, quickly grabbed their beast before they could attack again.
"It's his fault!" Both accused, pointing at each other. Crystal laughed, and stroked Austin's head. He tickled her wrist with his antennae.
Crystal's guardian remained sitting in Crystal's hand after she opened it. "I'm sorry...Who do you belong to?"
She carefully examined it before it spoke. It had a spotless white body, pretty much identical to Kero's in size, but instead of ears, it had two little antennae, and instead of cute little tiny wings, it had purple wings(think about a monarch's wings, dyed purple), about double the size of Kero's. And instead of a few thousand years to develop his voice, the creature's voice was going through the teenage development, one moment squeaky, the next, deep and resonant.
"I am Austin, your guardian beast. I am to help you minimally with your test. And I do have a larger form, but you must capture all 12 of Eli's new set, the Moon Cards.
Unlike the name, they are not powered by the moon, or Kero and Yue would be your guardians. They are powered by space, which means your chant must have to do with a planet or star.
The only hint I'm allowed to give you about it beyond that is this: It has nothing to do with the other chants. It doesn't have to do with Clow, or a star-which you don't have."
Crystal smiled. "I don't know about that. With Anomalous, I was a star for 12 years. But I'll play by his rules." She was really loving this little guy!
His face became a light shade of purple. Crystal took this to be rage. "This isn't a game, Crystal!"
Crystal smiled. "To me, it is. There's already two sets of cards mastered. What can 12 cards do?"
Austin blushed. *I can't tell her they're more powerful than Sakura's. She's not supposed to know that until Kero tells her...Oh well, we're ahead.*
"They're special. That's all I can say. You might want to see how Sakura does it. Try contacting..."
"Taylor. Madison Taylor. She's in on cardcaptor business, and she got some of my captures on tape." Kero flew in, and landed on Austin.
"EXCUSE ME?" Austin screeched. Kero flew off as if he'd been burned. "Whoa, where'd you come from?" Kero asked, his version of an apology. "Same place you did, teddy!" Austin retorted. Kero puffed up, and quoted "I am Cerberus, guardian beast of the Clow cards-" Austin smirked. "They don't exist anymore." Kero glared at Austin. "Well then, the Star cards, smarty! And who might you be?"
Austin uncurled a wing, admiring it. "Oh, I'm the guardian beast of the Moon cards, the ones which are Crystal's test. Sakura's supposed to oversee, but not actually capture them. Sort of an initiation Eli's come up with. Not a bad one, either."
Kero growled, unsure about this, but then he sniffed the air. "Hey, Austin? You smell what I smell?" Austin licked his lips. "Yum. Honey!" Kero looked at him in disgust. "Condiments! You only smell the honey?" Austin nodded. "I'm not a fat bear like you, teacher." Austin mocked. The two launched into each other.
Julian walked into the room. Yue took a quick glance at the guardian beast, and yanked it up. "Hey, Sakura, I didn't know your friends had these, too!" Sakura blushed. "Yeah, well, um..." Crystal cut in. "The teddy look's slightly outdated, and everybody's got it. So they got a new pattern." She picked up the frozen Austin.
Julian admired it, while Yue took the chance to study it. *So this is her guardian beast. Hmm, if I remember Clow right, the butterfly is into the dragon. Not bad for a newcomer. Bet he's quite a handful, though. No cards to hold him down.*
Julian smiled. "I don't believe we've met." Crystal bowed. "I am Crystal Glass, please do not laugh at my name." Julian smiled. "It's very nice to meet you, Crystal. You may call me Julian, as my friends do." Crystal smiled. Julian spoke again. "I hope to see you again."
As soon as Julian shut the door, Austin leapt at Kero. "Oww!" Kero yelled as Austin stung him. But Kero also bit back. "YEEOOWW!" Tori came bursting in. "What was that?" Both girls were speechless.
He looked suspiciously at the stuffed toy, and was surprised to see another lying beside it. *Something's fishy about that toy...* Both 'toys' sweat as they felt Tori looking at them. Tori slowly closed the door. Both girls, wiser after one event, quickly grabbed their beast before they could attack again.
"It's his fault!" Both accused, pointing at each other. Crystal laughed, and stroked Austin's head. He tickled her wrist with his antennae.