The Forgotten Magic: Chapter Five

Enter the Sphere

Where am I? Sakura looked about inside the giant sphere of cards. Multiple colors were swirling about her, she looked around for Marigold, but all she saw was a dark hooded figure. Sakura let out a small gasp, It's just like my dream! She thought.

The hooded figure looked up at Sakura; Sakura saw pale blue light shine out from the holes in the hood. It raised a cloaked hand towards Sakura. Sakura stared in shock as she was lifted off the invisible ground that held her up.

Sakura yelped, "What do you want from me?"

The figure laughed, "My dear, don't worry, you're just bait"

The figure's words sounded like sweet honey, while at the same time they sounded like a sharp thorn ready to destroy something. Sakura winced, "Who are you?"

"You needn't worry about that either, I'm just waiting for Autumn so that-"

Sakura tried to get her feet back on the invisible ground, "Touya? Wait that means that-"

A great red flash came from one of the walls surrounding the figure and Sakura. "Touya!" Sakura cried, "Stay back! It's a trap!"

The figure motioned towards Touya and he fell to the floor. Sakura gasped as the figure started to laugh, "Autumn, it took you longer than I expected." Touya grabbed his stomach and his face cringed, showing pain.

Sakura watched in silence as Touya reached towards a glowing pendant around his neck. "I can beat you, I still have my pendant"

Touya pointed at the figure and chanted, "Season Power, hear my plea, make a shield of force for me!"

A giant bubble formed around Touya, glowing with a red essence. "Your powers are useless against me now, show yourself!"

The figure removed the hood to reveal herself. Sakura gasped as she saw the lady's face. She was pale with simmering blue hair. Her eyes were a pale blue, they seemed almost clouded. A necklace was around her with three glowing pendants attached to it.

Touya nodded his head, "Daeria, after all these years, we meet again."

Daeria stomped her foot, "I will get those pendants and all seven stars!"

"And how do you expect to do that?"

"With the help of a little friend of yours, Marigold!"

Sakura barely breathed as she saw Marigold appear as a mirage in front of them. She had her head down and was not moving. Just as suddenly as she had appeared, Marigold's figure faded away.

Sakura thought harder than ever before, Why am I here if Daeria's fight is with Touya? She did say that I was bait... I still have to figure out why Spring tried to contact me in my sleep... There are so many things that aren't making since to me yet...

Daeria smirked evilly and looked strait at Touya, "Your precious magic will only protect you for so long Autumn, and it won't save Spring for you or your dear little sister! If you won't give up your pendant now, than I'll just have to get your sister's magic instead"

Touya hesitated, I have to get Sakura down from there, but how?

"You hesitate Autumn, are you worried about Sakura?"

"You leave her out of this! She has nothing to do with the Season Power!"

"You lie! She must have something to do with it since Spring tried to contact her!"

Sakura couldn't stop thinking about Marigold, suddenly she blurted out to Daeria, "What does Marigold have to do with this then!"

Daeria blinked, she had seemed to have forgot that Sakura was still there, even though she and Touya had been talking for quite some time, "Why my little Cardcaptor, I'm surprised that such a skilled keeper of the cards hasn't figured it out by now."

"Let Marigold go!"

Daeria laughed, "Now why in the world would I want my ticket to magic to be let go? I took so much time to get her too, five years in fact. I was surprised she stayed in there so long, it was much easier to get the pendants from those other two. So I when I found out that she knew where the stars were, I figured why not use her as my own little puppet?"

Touya's head jerked and he walked closer to Daeria, "You mean that Spring is-"

"Poor Autumn, not even he could see through my disguise for SpringI'm afraid that he's the only one left with a pendant though, and something has to be done about that."

Sakura knew that her chances of getting out of this were slim, she had to break away. She squirmed and tugged at the invisible force keeping her afloat. Wait! If this sphere is made out of cards, my cards...then I should be able to break it! All I need to do is get to my key... oh no! Sakura reached to feel her key, but it was missing, I left it in my room!

"What's wrong little Cardcaptor?" Daeria walked over to Sakura, "Getting restless?"

"You won't get away with this! Yue and Keroberos will rescue me!"

"My sweet naïve Sakuranot even Yue has enough power to defeat me now. Spring! Come forth!" Daeria clapped her hands and Marigold's body came through the ground in front of them.

"Spring keeps trying to escape from me, but I finally got her in the woods. It was astonishing the way I just grabbed her pendant before she came under my control, it seemed so easy. I should have tried that before, but noI had to get all fancy and try to magically get it from her. Nothing can stop me now that I have Spring under my control!"

Touya ran towards Marigold, "Spring!"

Daeria's eyes fell coldly on Touya, "She can't hear you Autumn, I am the only one who can communicate with her now."

Sakura's eyes fell to the ground and she bit her lip, There has to be a way to get to Marigold...there has to...

"Enough chit-chat," Daeria snapped her finger and pointed at Touya, "Spring! Get me Autumn's pendant and destroy any magic he has!"

Marigold forced herself not to go anywhere, "I won't do it! You can't control me!"

Daeria rubbed the green pendant on her necklace, "You will do as I say!"

Marigold's eyes turned blank and white and she ran at Touya. A long sword appeared in her hands as she grew closer and closer to him.

"Spring, you have to listen to me! You can beat her! You don't want to hurt me!"

Daeria laughed, "What's the matter Autumn? Don't want to fight against Spring?"

Touya stiffed, "I will get the pendants back soon Daeria, but for now, you win!"

Marigold drew closer; Daeria's eyes grew wide, "What? You can't leave! I want that pendant! Spring, full force!"

Sakura watched as Touya grabbed his pendant and closed his eyes, "Season Power, hear my plea, with your power transport me!"

Sakura's hope fell as she saw him disappear.

Daeria frowned for a moment, then surprisingly, she laughed uncontrollably, "Look's like Autumn escaped, but he forgot that his magic can transport only him! He's left his sister!"

Marigold's image faded as Daeria continued to laugh, "Now little Miss Cardcaptor, Autumn will come back, and when he does, he will find that his little sister is under my control too!"