Well, Hello and welcome to my little world of Weirdness . . . and in this fic, indescribable cute, fluffy-ness!!

Who Loves Short-Shorts? We Love Short Sort! Who Owns CCS? CLAMP owns CCS!!

Ahem. . . I also have to admit, I'm drawing from some of my own life experiences . . . and yes, I really did step on a rose thorn one time and scream at my mother, "Mummy! If you loved me you wouldn't do this to me!! Leave the thorn in!!" [Folds arms] Hey, gimme credit, my mother pulled 'em out with needles. . . and I was only five!!

And amazingly, this is semi-ExS. . . that's as in Sakura there. . . yup, this is my first tentative steps into the great unknown. . .

~TimeShift~

Dream

//thinking//

"speaking"

*stress/emphasis*

The Something Under The Bed.

By Dr Megalomania . . . You can't prove anything by that!!

Once Upon a Spring . . .

Clow lay back and stared at the unfamiliar ceiling, he could not sleep. He though about what had happened, how Grandmamma had goaded him into this silly little test of the Reeds. His mother had explained later that the Reeds didn't train their children like the Li's did, they believed that the children would train themselves, better themselves though learning the art themselves, reading books and writing to the next generation. Clow wrinkled his nose and frowned, "What a backward way . . ." he muttered; he sat up and tapped his candle with his wand.

As the light filled the room, Clow looked about, Yue and Keroberos were sleeping in the adjoining room. Clow sighed, he could never sleep like this, and he'd bet all the jellybeans in the world that Yue and Keroberos couldn't either.

His door creaked open.

"Still awake there, Clow-y?"

"Auntie!" Clow groaned, "My name is Clow . . . Kl—ooooooooh!"

Auntie Antoinette giggled; "I'm sure it is . . ." She walked in her pale blue nightdress swishing quietly. Clow smiled as his favourite Auntie jumped up on to his bed. Her deep blue hair swung about her shoulders loosely, as she pulled a bag from behind her back, "Here you go!"

Clow chuckled as she handed him the bag of jellybeans, "Auntie Antoinette!" He intoned quietly, "You shall rot This Boy's teeth!"

"Phshaw!" Auntie waved her hand at him, "Rubbish . . . unless This Boy doesn't brush his teeth on a regular basis!" She poked him, "Those creations of yours are very nice . . ."

Clow swallowed a handful of jellybeans, "But?"

"But . . ." Auntie sighed, "What's with the angel wings?"

"I like angels . . ." Clow shrugged and put the bag carefully in the drawer, "Why? What do you like?"

She chuckled, "I'd have big butterfly wings!!" She lifted her arms, "And Keroberos would be blue! And Yue would be a girl!"

Clow frowned, "I like them the way they are!" He folded his arms, "I'm not changing them."

Auntie giggled again and rubbed her knuckles against his scalp, "I'm not suggesting you do, you stubborn little mage!"

He grinned and reached up to touch her hair, "Auntie?"

"Hmm?"

"Why do you have blue hair?"

Her eyes crinkled, "Because I am a reincarnation . . ." Clow's eyes widened, she smiled, "I had a past life called Greta Reed, she lived about three hundred years ago."

Clow blinked, "You're my Auntie but you're . . ."

"Also the reborn version of someone else . . . but don't worry," She winked, "It doesn't change anything . . . "

He smiled, "Can I have blue hair?"

She shook her head, "But you're not a reincarnation . . . maybe your reincarnation will someday . . ." She smiled, and blew out his candle, "Now. . ." She pushed him back and kissed him lightly, "Sleep."

The swing beside him was empty, Clow sighed and swung along. He stared at the sky, it was twilight and the sunset fought a gallant battle with the moonrise.

"It's nice isn't it?"

Clow blinked and looked to the swing beside him, a boy in strange black robes sat beside him. The boy smiled again, he was tall and obviously in his later teens, "Don't worry . . . she's be along soon . . ."

"Who are you?"

The blue haired boy smiled knowingly, "You never asked her what her name is . . . why ask mine?"

Clow frowned, "I dunno . . ." They swung in silence, before Clow spoke again, "When will she be here?"

"I'm here now." Clow turned to find her sitting beside him on the other side.

"Hello!" He smiled, she was wearing yet another pretty dress, this time it was big and white, he frowned slightly, "Did you just get married?"

The girl giggled, "Hai!"

"Oh . . ." Clow felt bad about this, but he wondered why, why should he feel sad about a dream girl being married? "Congratulations."

The girl giggled again unaware of his inner depression, "So . . . would you like to play the game again?"

Clow glanced at the blue haired boy, he had stopped swinging and was watching the girl with some intent, his expression carefully held in a smile. Clow turned his head and nodded, "Okay . . . what do I need to do?"

~The Next Morning . . .~

"WAKE UP!! IT'S MORNING!! WAKE UP!!"

"GET OFF MY BED!!"

"MAKE ME!! BREAKFAST TIME!! WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP!!"

Clow opened his eyes to the sound of Keroberos and Yue arguing. He sighed and rolled out of the bed.

"Get off!" Yue shouted pleadingly, "You're hurting my hair!!"

Clow smiled and shook his head; he was just about to walk through their door when . . .

:: flutter :: flutter :: flutter ::

Clow turned and came face to face with a large blue panther with black wings and a very long tail. The cat tilted it's head, a deep blue gem imbedded in his forehead glinting slightly in the dim morning light. "Hello . . ." He murmured, "What are you then?"

The cat tilted it's head to the other side and blinked.

The door barrelled open, and Yue and Keroberos ran through, Keroberos was giggling nervously and Yue was running after his tail. "Come here you, overgrown housecat, I shall cut off your tail and hang you with it!!" The pair ran in circles until Keroberos flew into the cat, he came to a screeching halt, and Yue ran into the back of him.

Keroberos' wide gold eyes widened even more, as did the midnight blue of the new cat. Yue stumbled back and fell on his bottom heavily. "Ooft!" He sat there and grumbled quietly to himself, "Animal . . ."

Clow chuckled, "Guess what I did, Yue!"

Grandmamma sipped her tea slowly, "The boy has created another one . . ." She muttered quietly. Eriol looked up at her, and smiled. Grandmamma shook her head, "This is no laughing matter Eriol . . ."

He looked up at his wife as she swept in gracefully, "Eriol . . . Clow's---"

"Created another?" He chuckled quietly, "We just noticed too my dearest wife . . ."

She shook her head as he stood, and seated her beside him. He poured her a small cup of green tea, as Antoinette breezed in, "Good morning everyone . . . what are the takings on what Clow's created this time?"

"It should be a girl, and a fish . . ." Grandmamma muttered as she stared at the small pot of green tea, "Li Mah-Sung-Lin . . . Why do you insist on drinking such very un---"

"Un-English tea?" Eriol interrupted and turned to his wife and picked up her hand gallantly, "My dearest Mah-Sung, you should be drinking best of England!"

His wife raised a thin eyebrow, and said quietly and very dryly, "You do realise nearly all tea is grown in china?"

Grandmamma chuckled and shook her head, "And now we know where that sweet angel of Clow's gets his very personality!"

Mah-Sung smiled gracefully and dipped her head, "If only to counter Eriol's teaching of the Sun Guardian . . ." she peered at her husband as he tipped his third spoonful of sugar into his tea, "By the time that lion is fully grown, he shall be a very fearsome creature. . . fat and toothless!"

Eriol chuckled, and passed the pot of English tea to his younger sister. Antoinette smiled, "Shh. . ." she murmured as she glanced at the door, "Here they come!!"

Yue blinked as he pushed the door open, the room filled with unexpected silence and hushed expectations. He looked at each person, not quite sure how to respond to the situation. Mamma smiled and stood, she dipped her head politely, giving Yue something to do. He responded with a quick polite bow, "Good morning . . ." He paused as he silently asked Mamma who would be the best person to politely greet first.

Mamma's soft black eyes flickered to Grandmamma.

". . . Lady Reed . . ." he bowed to the oldest woman first, then turned to Papa, and to mamma, and finally to Auntie Antoinette, "Reed-san . . ."

Auntie Antoinette smiled and stood, "Well?" She seemed fit to burst, "Who or what has he created?"

Papa frowned, "Antoin. . . Some patience please. . ."

She smirked at him, and knelt in front of Yue, "Well?"

The angel stepped aside, "Please . . . follow me . . ."

~One Month Later . . .~

"Bet you can't."

"Bet I can . . ."

Spinel raised a sceptical eyebrow at his brother and sniffed, "I bet I could do it better than you . . ."

"Bet you can't."

"You're on."

"You bet I am!"

As Spinel and Keroberos proceeded to stuff daffodils in their mouth, Clow and Yue lay opposite each other, their heads side-by-side and stared at the bright blue sky. Clow sighed happily, and pointed up. "That one looks like a angel . . . and so does that one and so does . . ."

Yue giggled, "Every one looks like an angel according to you!" He pointed up, "That one doesn't though!"

"Yes it does," Clow rolled over and stare into Yue's unique eyes, "It looks like an angel cloud gazing . . ."

Yue snorted and blushed, as Clow kissed his chin lightly. The black haired boy rolled over and lay back on the springy grass, "Yue?"

"Hmm?"

"What does it feel like when you're in love?"

"I think it must be really nice."

"Really?"

"Yeah," Yue rolled over, and stared down at Clow, "Why?"

"You know how I said there's a girl in my dreams?"

"Hai . . ."

"Well . . . I saw a blue haired boy with her last time . . . and I felt that he was in love . . . I mean . . ." he blushed slightly, "I knew somehow . . ."

"Really?" Yue blew a lock off Clow's forehead, "What make you say that?"

Clow fell silent before admitting quietly, "I feel like I know him . . ."

"Wha---?"

"MI MMMWIN!!" A muffled shout of victory sounded from the other end of the garden, and Keroberos came bounding over his mouth filled to bursting with daffodils and stems and roots and dirt. "Mmlook mmat mmmeee!! Mmmookit!! Mmmookit!!"

Clow and Yue blinked at him, before Clow stood up, "How did you win?"

"MM've mmgot mthe mmost Maffodils mmin mmy mmouth!" Keroberos frowned at him, the roots of some unlucky daffodil hanging out of his mouth. The lion rolled his eyes as if the fact he had won wasn't evidence enough.

"And Spinel?" Yue looked past his brother to see Spinel upturned on his back, twitching slightly. It took a moment or two for the angel and his creator to realise that Spinel was going a certain shade of blue that wasn't entirely natural . . . 

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And Now It's Time To Leave It To Doctor Megalomania!!!

DrM: heh, heh, sorry for not updating in a while . . . my cute phase kinda past . . . but, [sighs] don't worry. . . it's back again. . .

Clow: Repent!! The End Is Nigh!

Spinel: [hopeful] the end of this fic?

DrM: [grins] nope! We've still got ruby to got, and then the next arch of this story!!

Spinel: damn!

Keroberos: mmmmm. . . jellybeans. . .

Yue: mmmm. . . Clow Reed . . .

DrM: mmmm. . . readers being very nice people and R&R-ing. . .