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Disclaimer: None of the characters in this fanfic belong to me. I'm not even making any money off this, it's only for fun. Cardcaptors belongs to Clamp, not me.
AN: This is my first attempt at writing fanfiction!! Look for a Sailor Moon fic and Gundam fic coming from me soon!! In this story, Sakura has just passed the final judgement, and she is still transforming the Clow Cards into Star Cards. Also----- I haven't seen the whole series, so I apologize if I messed up on a lot of things. I also used a few lines from the Manga and show. See first chapter for character info.
((This is part #5))
Becky becky_sweet_16@hotmail.com
A.N.: The 'Sacred Text' wasn't supposed to show up in English, but I don't have Microsoft Word- only notepad, so I know it will. It was originally typed in vblPA, and in Lotus Word Pro.
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Truth of Your Reflection
The eight souls were speeding through the barrier between two worlds. Which two worlds they didn't know, but hopefully one was their own. Without thinking, Sakura grabbed her necklace. The one of the clow. What came next was even stranger- She spoke aloud. But in a different language.
"Please, send us back to our home!"
The guardian with white flowing hair turned to Kero. The massive beast looked surprised- but Yueh wasn't . He knew that Sakura, who was to be the new master of the Clow cards would know the magic tongue.
"How... She knew the sacred text! How does she even know what to say?" Kero glanced over to Sakura. Her tearful eyes showed how she cared for everyone- that she was silently praying they would be brought back to the world to which they belonged. It was Yueh who spoke next.
"She is the Clow master. It's in her blood, it courses through her veins." Kero nodded.
I had thought as much. "Even so.... How come... She never spoke it before?"
"She never needed to. We are as good as doomed if we do not make it back." Keroberos turned and faced the small blue gap that appeared in the inky blackness around them. It was minute- almost invisible to the naked eye. He sighed.
"How long until we reach the other side?" Yueh again looked to Kero.
"Any minute now. We must be extremely careful now."
"Of what?" A puzzled look played across Kero's face. Yueh's eyes flashed towards him in mild annoyance.
"The cards could release themselves and wreak havoc, and we would be next to helpless- our magic is weakened while we are in this time drift." The lion-like creature nodded.
"Of course... how could I be so blind?"
Mrs. Mackenzie smiled. She pulled out Clow Reed's bell from nowhere- but it was changed. Somehow, she had managed to retrieve it after the final judgement. Layla shook the bell with ritual movements- its song rang out clearly. Baleful, it seemed to shake reality.
"Can you hear me?" Calling into the blue gap that appeared in the tree at the centre of the temple, Ms.Mackenzie rang the bell again. "Listen to me, Clow Reed, from the days of yore... Our faith rests in you.Please, save the ones trapped in this drift!"
Li's head snapped to attention, as did Kero's, Yueh's and Sakura's.
"Everyone," Sakura shouted, "Close your eyes!" As everyone did so, the gap seemed to grow larger- yet fainter and fainter... As if it were glass. Suddenly, one of the cards- the last one that needed to be transformed at this point, flew out of Sakura's pocket, and stretched towards the gap. The Time card twisted his arms, commanding time to stand stock still. Sakura, Li, Kero and Yueh were unaffected- but Meilin, Madison and Sakura's dad and brother were oblivious. The inky black around them seemed to have moulded into a pale yellow- and the blue gap was now somewhat grey. The card flew towards Sakura, shooting out shards of glass.
"Sakura!" Li exclaimed, as he pushed her out of the way. Kero flew over to her, and put the two of them on his back. The card literally fumed. Something was wrong- Sakura could sense that. Something was very, very wrong indeed. She picked up her pendant, and spoke aloud her chant of the Clow. Instantly the key became a wand, and Sakura turned to face the rogue card.
"Time! What is wrong?" The card didn't speak right away. It only stared at the cardcaptor with pale, haunting yellow eyes. She took a step forward. "Please! Tell me what is wrong." She inched towards it. Just a little further... She thought. Then I maybe I can coax it as I did the dash card..... But I do not understand..... "Time did I do something to upset you?" It nodded slowly. "Please, tell me what I did!" It nodded and moved its hands in a swift circular motion. A mirror appeared in the place of the air-sketched circle. Sakura peered into it. She saw herself smile, but her mouth remained still. The reflection's eyes were as cold as ice, and Sakura felt the chill to the bone. She shuddered and reached up to the mirror. Her fingers slid against the surface, but then stuck fast to it as it enveloped her hands with a slippery, shiny substance. Sakura shrieked, and the substance took over as she was taken into the mirror.
"Sakura!" Li's voice echoed into the distance.
When Sakura opened her eyes, she saw herself in front of her. Or rather a reflection of herself.
"Who are you?" She spat.
"I am you. You are me. We are one."
"How is that possible? Why did you bring me here?"
The reflection giggled. "I am an alternate version of you." She stepped towards Sakura and put her hand on Sakura's chin. "And I brought you here because you have to make a decision."
Sakura's voice faltered. "What.... Kind of decision?"
"An important one." Sakura stood up, and her reflection flickered out. She was alone.
"Tell me!" Her scream echoed off the semi-hollow walls around her. She grabbed at the air with her fist, and sat down in frustration. She got back up and turned, only to bump right into a mirror. She rubbed her left shoulder. It was bleeding slightly. Sakura looked up. She gasped. The mirror was pure ivory. Silver trim was woven around it, and it seemed to shine. She gazed into the gloomy depths of the mirror and stepped through.
The room was dark, but there was a single silver chair, a mere outline. It shone in deep contrast to the light hanging mellowly from the ceiling, however high that may be. She sat down, an act of impulse. To her surprise, someone walked in behind her. Of course, it was none other than Ms. Mackenzie. She stared at her. Layla seemed to find this quite normal. Not at all out of the ordinary. Just another errand on the list. After a few seconds of an incomprehensible gaze, Layla spoke.
"Sakura.... Do you know why you are here?"
"Sort of... It's because I have to make a decision... Right? Or is it because..." She dropped her voice to a whisper. "Because.. I need... guidance?"
"Smart girl. It is both." She sat down next to Sakura, barely more than a swirl of light brown hair and flowing red robes.
"But... If I make the wrong choice?"
"All will perish."
"I thought we were already past the halfway mark! That we were nearly there!"
"True... But... Some hidden memory in the deep recesses of your mind is keeping you from entering."
"A hidden... Memory? What does that have to do with anything!" Though Sakura meant this as more of a question, it was in fact more of an outburst of anger, really. Even though Ms.Mackenzie was... fair in her dealings, it still bothered Sakura that her former teacher never gave a straight answer. She did however sort of respect her for that; it seemed to make her give off some sort of mysterious aura, and the cardcaptor revelled it so...
"Yes... No one other than you can reveal it's secrets. It will ask a question. And you MUST answer truthfully.. Or we are all doomed." Sakura shuddered and ran a finger across the cut on her shoulder. It disappeared instantly. She gasped. "I'm not completely powerless, Sakura."
"I-I know.. ...But-"
"Hush.." Ms.Mackenzie walked back into the coal black exterior of the ray of light floating from the lamp above the floor. Sakura sighed deeply. She knew that this was just the first clue of many, most of which she had missed, that she would have to retrieve this... Memory.
"If I can't recall it... What happens... to... Li....?" Layla's voice echoed out from the darkness.
"He will perish." Sakura shut her eyes tightly. She had to figure this out, the world was depending on her. Well, Li's world, at least...
'Sakura....' A voice soothing voice played deeply in her mind. '...Sakuraaaaa...'
"Who... Who's there?" Sakura looked around her, but found nothing beyond the light she stood in. Nothing but darkness.
'You are, Sakura...'
"I... Am...? ...I don't understand..." A curt giggle sounded in her head. A girl appeared in front of her.
'I am what you created.'
"I created you?" Another giggle.
'Yup! You created me, I am you, you are me, I am you, you are me I am-' The figure began to turn its sentences into a kind of song. Sakura covered her ears. Why would she have created something so annoying?
"Well," Sakura began clenching her teeth. "What are you doing here then?"
'I'm your surpressed memory, Sakura!' The light turned off, and the room went dark.
"H-hey! This isn't funny... What's going on?" A cold giggle sounded off in the shadows.
'Answer me my questions three,' The girl said cooly. 'and listen to me well, for if you forget the question asked- you may wind up in hell!' The voice reached a high pitch on the last note of the sentence, which had also been sung. This time, however, the voice was cold, and made Sakura's flesh crawl. A shrieking rose up around Sakura, until even covering her ears didn't help.
"OKAY!" She screamed, over the din, "ALL RIGHT! I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS!" A piercing laugh filled the shadows.
'Who are you, Sakura?'
"I'm... I'm me, Sakura Avalon."
'Yes... But who are you really?' The last word was stressed.
"I am Sakura Avalon, the Master of the Clow Cards. I defend the peace. I am I. My friends and family have helped me to shape my personality and I now remain that person."
'You remain that person....'
"Yes, and though I may change in the next few years- I am always Sakura Avalon, Aiden Avalon's daughter, Tory Avalon's brother, Julian Star's, Yueh's, Kero's, and Madison Taylor's friend."
The voice remained silent, but Sakura realized her mistake. She'd forgotten about Li.
"And Li..." Her voice faltered. "I'm Li's... his friend too..."
'Fair enough. You are Sakura Avalon. You are who you are.' Sakura let out a long deep breath of air she didn't even know she was holding in. 'Where do you belong?'
"Where do I belong? I belong... At home... With.... My friends and family!"
'Can you be sure?'
"Yes! I'm sure. I belong there because those are the people I love, and the people who love me."
'One last question: Who is your one true love?' Sakura's heart thudded painfully in her chest and then screeched to a halt.
"I... My one true love is.... How am I supposed to know...?"
'Who do you think is your true love?'
"...I think my one true love..." She lowered her voice to a whisper as half her heart screamed 'Julian!' while the other screamed 'Li!' So was it Li? Or was it Julian? Sakura took a deep breath.
"I think my one true love is... Li."
The blackness around her crumbled until it was a fine dust on the bottom of a pure-white room. The brightness hurt Sakura's eyes but she ignored it. She sat back down on the silver chair, but as she did so it crumbled away, as like the darkness. The girl appeared a few feet in front of her.
'Now!' She giggled happily once more, 'Now it's time for your surpressed memory to show herself!'
"....I'm ready."
There was a bright flash of light as a fierce wind picked up around them, and suddenly Sakura found herself floating in air, above her bed. Looking closely, she saw herself asleep. The alarm beside her bed rang loudly and the girl groggily turned it off. She got out of bed and got changed before heading downstairs for breakfast. Ten minutes later she was running after Sakura's brother Tori, yelling at him to slow down. Then they arrived at school where Sakura watched as herself, Madison, Li, and Eriol all sat down and waited for the teacher. Sakura saw Li staring at her the entire time, and also her own oblivious self not noticing as he did so. Madison looked up at Li, and then followed his stare to Sakura, giggling as she did so. As Sakura turned in her seat to see what Madison was laughing at, Li turned away blushing profusely.
"What....?" Sakura's eyes widened slightly. 'He likes me!'
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^-^ Hope you enjoyed part five of my fan fic! Please e-mail me and tell me if you liked it (^-^),
or not. (-.-U)
My e-mail is: becky_sweet_16@hotmail.com.
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Disclaimer: None of the characters in this fanfic belong to me. I'm not even making any money off this, it's only for fun. Cardcaptors belongs to Clamp, not me.
AN: This is my first attempt at writing fanfiction!! Look for a Sailor Moon fic and Gundam fic coming from me soon!! In this story, Sakura has just passed the final judgement, and she is still transforming the Clow Cards into Star Cards. Also----- I haven't seen the whole series, so I apologize if I messed up on a lot of things. I also used a few lines from the Manga and show. See first chapter for character info.
((This is part #5))
Becky becky_sweet_16@hotmail.com
A.N.: The 'Sacred Text' wasn't supposed to show up in English, but I don't have Microsoft Word- only notepad, so I know it will. It was originally typed in vblPA, and in Lotus Word Pro.
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Truth of Your Reflection
The eight souls were speeding through the barrier between two worlds. Which two worlds they didn't know, but hopefully one was their own. Without thinking, Sakura grabbed her necklace. The one of the clow. What came next was even stranger- She spoke aloud. But in a different language.
"Please, send us back to our home!"
The guardian with white flowing hair turned to Kero. The massive beast looked surprised- but Yueh wasn't . He knew that Sakura, who was to be the new master of the Clow cards would know the magic tongue.
"How... She knew the sacred text! How does she even know what to say?" Kero glanced over to Sakura. Her tearful eyes showed how she cared for everyone- that she was silently praying they would be brought back to the world to which they belonged. It was Yueh who spoke next.
"She is the Clow master. It's in her blood, it courses through her veins." Kero nodded.
I had thought as much. "Even so.... How come... She never spoke it before?"
"She never needed to. We are as good as doomed if we do not make it back." Keroberos turned and faced the small blue gap that appeared in the inky blackness around them. It was minute- almost invisible to the naked eye. He sighed.
"How long until we reach the other side?" Yueh again looked to Kero.
"Any minute now. We must be extremely careful now."
"Of what?" A puzzled look played across Kero's face. Yueh's eyes flashed towards him in mild annoyance.
"The cards could release themselves and wreak havoc, and we would be next to helpless- our magic is weakened while we are in this time drift." The lion-like creature nodded.
"Of course... how could I be so blind?"
Mrs. Mackenzie smiled. She pulled out Clow Reed's bell from nowhere- but it was changed. Somehow, she had managed to retrieve it after the final judgement. Layla shook the bell with ritual movements- its song rang out clearly. Baleful, it seemed to shake reality.
"Can you hear me?" Calling into the blue gap that appeared in the tree at the centre of the temple, Ms.Mackenzie rang the bell again. "Listen to me, Clow Reed, from the days of yore... Our faith rests in you.Please, save the ones trapped in this drift!"
Li's head snapped to attention, as did Kero's, Yueh's and Sakura's.
"Everyone," Sakura shouted, "Close your eyes!" As everyone did so, the gap seemed to grow larger- yet fainter and fainter... As if it were glass. Suddenly, one of the cards- the last one that needed to be transformed at this point, flew out of Sakura's pocket, and stretched towards the gap. The Time card twisted his arms, commanding time to stand stock still. Sakura, Li, Kero and Yueh were unaffected- but Meilin, Madison and Sakura's dad and brother were oblivious. The inky black around them seemed to have moulded into a pale yellow- and the blue gap was now somewhat grey. The card flew towards Sakura, shooting out shards of glass.
"Sakura!" Li exclaimed, as he pushed her out of the way. Kero flew over to her, and put the two of them on his back. The card literally fumed. Something was wrong- Sakura could sense that. Something was very, very wrong indeed. She picked up her pendant, and spoke aloud her chant of the Clow. Instantly the key became a wand, and Sakura turned to face the rogue card.
"Time! What is wrong?" The card didn't speak right away. It only stared at the cardcaptor with pale, haunting yellow eyes. She took a step forward. "Please! Tell me what is wrong." She inched towards it. Just a little further... She thought. Then I maybe I can coax it as I did the dash card..... But I do not understand..... "Time did I do something to upset you?" It nodded slowly. "Please, tell me what I did!" It nodded and moved its hands in a swift circular motion. A mirror appeared in the place of the air-sketched circle. Sakura peered into it. She saw herself smile, but her mouth remained still. The reflection's eyes were as cold as ice, and Sakura felt the chill to the bone. She shuddered and reached up to the mirror. Her fingers slid against the surface, but then stuck fast to it as it enveloped her hands with a slippery, shiny substance. Sakura shrieked, and the substance took over as she was taken into the mirror.
"Sakura!" Li's voice echoed into the distance.
When Sakura opened her eyes, she saw herself in front of her. Or rather a reflection of herself.
"Who are you?" She spat.
"I am you. You are me. We are one."
"How is that possible? Why did you bring me here?"
The reflection giggled. "I am an alternate version of you." She stepped towards Sakura and put her hand on Sakura's chin. "And I brought you here because you have to make a decision."
Sakura's voice faltered. "What.... Kind of decision?"
"An important one." Sakura stood up, and her reflection flickered out. She was alone.
"Tell me!" Her scream echoed off the semi-hollow walls around her. She grabbed at the air with her fist, and sat down in frustration. She got back up and turned, only to bump right into a mirror. She rubbed her left shoulder. It was bleeding slightly. Sakura looked up. She gasped. The mirror was pure ivory. Silver trim was woven around it, and it seemed to shine. She gazed into the gloomy depths of the mirror and stepped through.
The room was dark, but there was a single silver chair, a mere outline. It shone in deep contrast to the light hanging mellowly from the ceiling, however high that may be. She sat down, an act of impulse. To her surprise, someone walked in behind her. Of course, it was none other than Ms. Mackenzie. She stared at her. Layla seemed to find this quite normal. Not at all out of the ordinary. Just another errand on the list. After a few seconds of an incomprehensible gaze, Layla spoke.
"Sakura.... Do you know why you are here?"
"Sort of... It's because I have to make a decision... Right? Or is it because..." She dropped her voice to a whisper. "Because.. I need... guidance?"
"Smart girl. It is both." She sat down next to Sakura, barely more than a swirl of light brown hair and flowing red robes.
"But... If I make the wrong choice?"
"All will perish."
"I thought we were already past the halfway mark! That we were nearly there!"
"True... But... Some hidden memory in the deep recesses of your mind is keeping you from entering."
"A hidden... Memory? What does that have to do with anything!" Though Sakura meant this as more of a question, it was in fact more of an outburst of anger, really. Even though Ms.Mackenzie was... fair in her dealings, it still bothered Sakura that her former teacher never gave a straight answer. She did however sort of respect her for that; it seemed to make her give off some sort of mysterious aura, and the cardcaptor revelled it so...
"Yes... No one other than you can reveal it's secrets. It will ask a question. And you MUST answer truthfully.. Or we are all doomed." Sakura shuddered and ran a finger across the cut on her shoulder. It disappeared instantly. She gasped. "I'm not completely powerless, Sakura."
"I-I know.. ...But-"
"Hush.." Ms.Mackenzie walked back into the coal black exterior of the ray of light floating from the lamp above the floor. Sakura sighed deeply. She knew that this was just the first clue of many, most of which she had missed, that she would have to retrieve this... Memory.
"If I can't recall it... What happens... to... Li....?" Layla's voice echoed out from the darkness.
"He will perish." Sakura shut her eyes tightly. She had to figure this out, the world was depending on her. Well, Li's world, at least...
'Sakura....' A voice soothing voice played deeply in her mind. '...Sakuraaaaa...'
"Who... Who's there?" Sakura looked around her, but found nothing beyond the light she stood in. Nothing but darkness.
'You are, Sakura...'
"I... Am...? ...I don't understand..." A curt giggle sounded in her head. A girl appeared in front of her.
'I am what you created.'
"I created you?" Another giggle.
'Yup! You created me, I am you, you are me, I am you, you are me I am-' The figure began to turn its sentences into a kind of song. Sakura covered her ears. Why would she have created something so annoying?
"Well," Sakura began clenching her teeth. "What are you doing here then?"
'I'm your surpressed memory, Sakura!' The light turned off, and the room went dark.
"H-hey! This isn't funny... What's going on?" A cold giggle sounded off in the shadows.
'Answer me my questions three,' The girl said cooly. 'and listen to me well, for if you forget the question asked- you may wind up in hell!' The voice reached a high pitch on the last note of the sentence, which had also been sung. This time, however, the voice was cold, and made Sakura's flesh crawl. A shrieking rose up around Sakura, until even covering her ears didn't help.
"OKAY!" She screamed, over the din, "ALL RIGHT! I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS!" A piercing laugh filled the shadows.
'Who are you, Sakura?'
"I'm... I'm me, Sakura Avalon."
'Yes... But who are you really?' The last word was stressed.
"I am Sakura Avalon, the Master of the Clow Cards. I defend the peace. I am I. My friends and family have helped me to shape my personality and I now remain that person."
'You remain that person....'
"Yes, and though I may change in the next few years- I am always Sakura Avalon, Aiden Avalon's daughter, Tory Avalon's brother, Julian Star's, Yueh's, Kero's, and Madison Taylor's friend."
The voice remained silent, but Sakura realized her mistake. She'd forgotten about Li.
"And Li..." Her voice faltered. "I'm Li's... his friend too..."
'Fair enough. You are Sakura Avalon. You are who you are.' Sakura let out a long deep breath of air she didn't even know she was holding in. 'Where do you belong?'
"Where do I belong? I belong... At home... With.... My friends and family!"
'Can you be sure?'
"Yes! I'm sure. I belong there because those are the people I love, and the people who love me."
'One last question: Who is your one true love?' Sakura's heart thudded painfully in her chest and then screeched to a halt.
"I... My one true love is.... How am I supposed to know...?"
'Who do you think is your true love?'
"...I think my one true love..." She lowered her voice to a whisper as half her heart screamed 'Julian!' while the other screamed 'Li!' So was it Li? Or was it Julian? Sakura took a deep breath.
"I think my one true love is... Li."
The blackness around her crumbled until it was a fine dust on the bottom of a pure-white room. The brightness hurt Sakura's eyes but she ignored it. She sat back down on the silver chair, but as she did so it crumbled away, as like the darkness. The girl appeared a few feet in front of her.
'Now!' She giggled happily once more, 'Now it's time for your surpressed memory to show herself!'
"....I'm ready."
There was a bright flash of light as a fierce wind picked up around them, and suddenly Sakura found herself floating in air, above her bed. Looking closely, she saw herself asleep. The alarm beside her bed rang loudly and the girl groggily turned it off. She got out of bed and got changed before heading downstairs for breakfast. Ten minutes later she was running after Sakura's brother Tori, yelling at him to slow down. Then they arrived at school where Sakura watched as herself, Madison, Li, and Eriol all sat down and waited for the teacher. Sakura saw Li staring at her the entire time, and also her own oblivious self not noticing as he did so. Madison looked up at Li, and then followed his stare to Sakura, giggling as she did so. As Sakura turned in her seat to see what Madison was laughing at, Li turned away blushing profusely.
"What....?" Sakura's eyes widened slightly. 'He likes me!'
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^-^ Hope you enjoyed part five of my fan fic! Please e-mail me and tell me if you liked it (^-^),
or not. (-.-U)
My e-mail is: becky_sweet_16@hotmail.com.
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