This story switches the point of view between Sakura and Syaoran. Hopefully it's not too confusing. It's short but the next one will be longer...
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I'm not what a person would say is normal. I look and act like any other person but I'm not like them. I lived on this spaceship my whole life. I've never been anywhere else. My parents have described earth to me many times, but I've never seen it. They tell me it's still out there somewhere, but I know better. Earth was destroyed, by the Katorians, about 12 years ago. The Katorians were cat like creatures that walked upright. They had razor sharp claws and were very intelligent. The people of earth built this space ship to save themselves. It went into hyperspace. We were flying out of our solar system. With so few resources, we couldn't get back, not that we really wanted to go back to a cloud of debris, so now we are on our way to find a new place of peace away from dangerous alien species. We've stopped on many planets to get needed supplies. Most of the inhabitants are not hostile. My mother tells me to go play with the other children in the classroom on deck four, but for some reason, I'm just not comfortable around them. I prefer to be a loner and I hold a secret. One that will cause my death if revealed.

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"Sakura? Aren't you ready yet? Your class is going to start soon! You're twelve years old…" said my mother. She didn't finish her sentence.

"I'm going," I said, though I hated it.

I grabbed my bag that only had one book in it. Everything we learned was in it. Our very own captain, with the help of his faithful crew, my father the chief engineer, included wrote it. The book was quite heavy. Our living quarters are on deck 6. I didn't want to take the stairs so I went towards the elevators. I ran down the hall headed for the elevator when I accidentally crashed into someone.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going," I apologized.
"It's all right."

I looked up. I had run into a boy around my age. He had brown hair and gold eyes. I quickly got up, apologized once more, then ran to the elevator before the doors shut.

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I'd never seen that girl in my whole life. This is such a small ship. I was very surprised when I bumped into her. I'm guessing she was heading toward the classrooms but I couldn't be sure. She had the most interesting green eyes I had ever seen and short brown hair. She apologized, then ran to the elevator. I ran to my locking compartment and grabbed my book. I also headed for the elevator.

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The door of the elevator shut. Who was that? I hadn't seen him before…my mind turned back to my class. I checked my bag for the homework I had received just yesterday. Folded inside my book was a piece of paper with questions about the chapter we had read. The spaces in between…were filled. Good! I wouldn't last through another lecture from Ms. Mitsuki. The elevator lurched and stopped on deck 5. Some of the people in the elevator got off while others took their places including a girl with long hair. She was also in my class and the only person I could really talk to.

"Hi, Tomoyo!" I said.
"Hey, Sakura!" She replied.

As we got off the elevator, I pulled her aside and told her about the boy I ran into.

"OH! I haven't seen him either. I heard there was another classroom a few decks up," explained Tomoyo.
"That close to the bridge?" I asked.
"I don't know, but I heard some of the students were getting transferred to our class."
"Hoe…"

Part of me hoped to see him again to find out who he was while the other wasn't sure. We walked to our class and took our seats.

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What do you think? This is my first attempt at a S+S fic. ^_^; Please review and tell me. Thank you for reading!

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