Disclaimer: I do NOT own Cardcaptors or any of the characters in this story
except for Alice, Zach, Taryn Hoay and Jonathon Hoay. Please don't sue.
Author's Note: Syaoran has lived in Tomoeda all his life in this story and
Nadeshiko is still alive.
Like A Shooting Star
Chapter 3
When she got out of the car, she was still confused.
'This house used to belong to Rika and her family. We used to play together all the time. Wait a minute, how do I know that? I've in Gerada all my life, how do I know who this house belonged to? How could Rika and I play together all the time if she lived here and I lived back in Gerada?'
"Alice sweetie, come and meet one of our new neighbors. This is Touya; he lives just up the road. Touya, this is our daughter Alice. She's 10 years old. Alice, come and say hi," Taryn called and Alice walked obediently to the boy and shook his hand, even though she was still surprised.
"Nice to meet you Touya," she said, wishing she was back at her old house with Zach.
"Nice to meet you Saku- I mean Alice. I'm sorry, I almost called you Sakura. I would have had a sister who was your age now, but we don't know where she is. She would look a lot like you; she has emerald eyes and honey- coloured hair too. Sadly everyone believes that she died when she was 3. She and my mother were in a car accident near the river and the police believe that she was dragged by the river's current and she drowned. I'm sorry, I shouldn't be telling this to you, welcome to Tomoeda. I hope you enjoy your time here," Touya's eyes had a tiny spot of sadness in them and Sakura (Alice) knew that that he had cared deeply for his sister. He walked away and she could have sworn that she saw tears in his eyes.
"Come on Alice, we'd better start setting our things up," Jonathon told her and they all moved into the house and began to unpack their things.
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Touya walked back to his house quickly and went straight to his room. Yuki had left to go to work and so he was alone. He went to his window and sat again, trying to think properly. When he had talked to the little girl, Alice she had been called, he had felt that he knew her. Her presence seemed to be familiar to him, as if he had known her before. The only girl he had ever met before that had had emerald eyes was his little sister, and she would be 10 now. The worst thing about that girl was that she had a locket around her throat, a locket that looked like the exact copy of the one that he had given to Sakura the day that she had died.
'Touya, what are you thinking? That can't be your sister, just because she looks like her, doesn't mean that it is. The Hoays seem to be nice; they wouldn't steal a little girl from her family. She obviously is their daughter. Yuki's right; you are hoping too much. You should just accept the fact that Sakura is dead and can't come back. Just except that, it must be the truth or she would have come back by now,' Touya finally accepted his sister's death, tears rolling down his face. A little part of him didn't accept it, but he did mostly, so he stopped thinking about her coming home, unaware that she was only a few meters away from him.
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Sakura was confused.
'Why do I keep getting all these flashbacks every time I look around here? I've never been here before and yet I remember playing in this house with Rika. We were very young, about 2, but I still remember. I must be imagining things; I don't know for sure that Rika had lived there; I might just be making it up. Then why did I know Touya's name? Oh, I'm so confused! Why is this happening to me?' she kept on thinking this over and over to herself, but she couldn't find any answers. She decided to go downstairs and talk to her "parents" about it.
"Mother, have you ever had the feeling that you know a place really well, even if you've never been there?" Sakura asked as she sat down on the couch next to Taryn, "I mean that you know the name of a person and you seem to have memories of playing in the place that you've never been to?"
"What do you mean? Have you got that feeling about Tomoeda?" Taryn was worried that Sakura might actually be from this town and by being here her memories from when she was younger might come back.
"Yeah, it's strange. You know our neighbor Touya that came here before and introduced himself? I saw him through the car window when we were driving and I somehow knew that his name was Touya. I keep on thinking that this house used to belong to Rika and we used to play here all the time when we were about 2. I don't know how I can remember when I was only 2 years old, but for some reason being here reminds me. But I couldn't have played here with Rika then because I've never been here before. It's strange, isn't it?" Sakura was sure that Taryn would be able to help her, so she poured out all of her troubles.
"Maybe you have psychic powers or something. It does happen; some people have those types of powers. Maybe that's how you knew that guy's name. As for playing with that girl, you did have a friend Rika, but she moved away. Their house looked a lot like this one and so maybe you are remembering their house," Taryn suggested, hoping that Sakura would buy what she was saying. She had never had a friend called Rika, or not that Taryn knew of. Sakura must have been from this town; Taryn had never found out where she was from. She and Jonathon had tried to open the locket that they had found around her neck, but it seemed like it was stuck tight. They had also been unable to take it from her. It was like someone had used magic to make sure that the locket stayed on.
"Psychic powers? Is there such a thing?" Sakura really wanted to believe Taryn, but she found that she couldn't for some reason. She was fingering her locket that she couldn't open because it was broken. She had tried and tried to open it, but it still wouldn't open.
"Of course there is! Only some people get them and not necessarily from their family, but maybe you have them. You never know who could have these powers, so you could be one of them. I can assure you though, that you have never been here before, never."
"Thanks mother. Anyway, I'd better go to bed now, it's late. I'll see you in the morning," Sakura still didn't know what to believe, but she was at least a bit less confused. She walked through the passages leading to her room, still thinking about what Taryn had said. She was still thinking about it when she went to sleep.
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Syaoran was lying on his bed trying to get to sleep. For some reason he kept on having the same flashback of when he was two years old.
~FLASHBACK~
Two small children, a 2 year old girl and a 3 year old boy (A month older), were playing in the park.
"I'm so excited Syaoran! It's my birthday tomorrow and I'm going to go see my grandfather!" the little girl exclaimed to the boy as she tried to make a sand castle. They were sitting in the sand pit and the girl's brother and the boy's sister was watching them.
"That's good Sakura! Are you going to get a heap of presents?" Syaoran quickly stopped her sand castle from falling and she smiled at him.
"I hope so! If I do I'll come and show you them okay? I'll come after I see my grandfather," Sakura was happily trying to rebuild her castle so that it wouldn't fall over.
"Cool! You promise?" he took his hand from the castle and it stayed upright.
"Sakura! We've got to go now and help mum with dinner," Sakura's brother came over to collect his sister.
"I promise Syaoran, I'll see you tomorrow!" Sakura waved happily to him and then she skipped off with her brother holding her hand.
"See you tomorrow Sakura!" he had called back, looking forward to seeing her again.
~END OF FLASHBACK~
He had never seen the girl again. He had been told that she had drowned after being in a car accident. He didn't know why he thought of the girl so often, but he was sure that she had been his best friend. He still didn't know why he remembered her; after all they had been friends when they were very little and she had died before he had gotten to know her very well, but he always remembered her fondly. His memories of her were his favourite memories, along with those of his family. He cherished these memories and he still wouldn't replace those memories with her for anything.
"Syaoran, are you awake?" his mother called him and he got up from his bed and looked at his clock. It was 6:30 in the morning. He must have fallen asleep after all.
"Yes mother," he replied and he got up to start his day of training, putting his memories away for the day.
End Of Chapter 3
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Like A Shooting Star
Chapter 3
When she got out of the car, she was still confused.
'This house used to belong to Rika and her family. We used to play together all the time. Wait a minute, how do I know that? I've in Gerada all my life, how do I know who this house belonged to? How could Rika and I play together all the time if she lived here and I lived back in Gerada?'
"Alice sweetie, come and meet one of our new neighbors. This is Touya; he lives just up the road. Touya, this is our daughter Alice. She's 10 years old. Alice, come and say hi," Taryn called and Alice walked obediently to the boy and shook his hand, even though she was still surprised.
"Nice to meet you Touya," she said, wishing she was back at her old house with Zach.
"Nice to meet you Saku- I mean Alice. I'm sorry, I almost called you Sakura. I would have had a sister who was your age now, but we don't know where she is. She would look a lot like you; she has emerald eyes and honey- coloured hair too. Sadly everyone believes that she died when she was 3. She and my mother were in a car accident near the river and the police believe that she was dragged by the river's current and she drowned. I'm sorry, I shouldn't be telling this to you, welcome to Tomoeda. I hope you enjoy your time here," Touya's eyes had a tiny spot of sadness in them and Sakura (Alice) knew that that he had cared deeply for his sister. He walked away and she could have sworn that she saw tears in his eyes.
"Come on Alice, we'd better start setting our things up," Jonathon told her and they all moved into the house and began to unpack their things.
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Touya walked back to his house quickly and went straight to his room. Yuki had left to go to work and so he was alone. He went to his window and sat again, trying to think properly. When he had talked to the little girl, Alice she had been called, he had felt that he knew her. Her presence seemed to be familiar to him, as if he had known her before. The only girl he had ever met before that had had emerald eyes was his little sister, and she would be 10 now. The worst thing about that girl was that she had a locket around her throat, a locket that looked like the exact copy of the one that he had given to Sakura the day that she had died.
'Touya, what are you thinking? That can't be your sister, just because she looks like her, doesn't mean that it is. The Hoays seem to be nice; they wouldn't steal a little girl from her family. She obviously is their daughter. Yuki's right; you are hoping too much. You should just accept the fact that Sakura is dead and can't come back. Just except that, it must be the truth or she would have come back by now,' Touya finally accepted his sister's death, tears rolling down his face. A little part of him didn't accept it, but he did mostly, so he stopped thinking about her coming home, unaware that she was only a few meters away from him.
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Sakura was confused.
'Why do I keep getting all these flashbacks every time I look around here? I've never been here before and yet I remember playing in this house with Rika. We were very young, about 2, but I still remember. I must be imagining things; I don't know for sure that Rika had lived there; I might just be making it up. Then why did I know Touya's name? Oh, I'm so confused! Why is this happening to me?' she kept on thinking this over and over to herself, but she couldn't find any answers. She decided to go downstairs and talk to her "parents" about it.
"Mother, have you ever had the feeling that you know a place really well, even if you've never been there?" Sakura asked as she sat down on the couch next to Taryn, "I mean that you know the name of a person and you seem to have memories of playing in the place that you've never been to?"
"What do you mean? Have you got that feeling about Tomoeda?" Taryn was worried that Sakura might actually be from this town and by being here her memories from when she was younger might come back.
"Yeah, it's strange. You know our neighbor Touya that came here before and introduced himself? I saw him through the car window when we were driving and I somehow knew that his name was Touya. I keep on thinking that this house used to belong to Rika and we used to play here all the time when we were about 2. I don't know how I can remember when I was only 2 years old, but for some reason being here reminds me. But I couldn't have played here with Rika then because I've never been here before. It's strange, isn't it?" Sakura was sure that Taryn would be able to help her, so she poured out all of her troubles.
"Maybe you have psychic powers or something. It does happen; some people have those types of powers. Maybe that's how you knew that guy's name. As for playing with that girl, you did have a friend Rika, but she moved away. Their house looked a lot like this one and so maybe you are remembering their house," Taryn suggested, hoping that Sakura would buy what she was saying. She had never had a friend called Rika, or not that Taryn knew of. Sakura must have been from this town; Taryn had never found out where she was from. She and Jonathon had tried to open the locket that they had found around her neck, but it seemed like it was stuck tight. They had also been unable to take it from her. It was like someone had used magic to make sure that the locket stayed on.
"Psychic powers? Is there such a thing?" Sakura really wanted to believe Taryn, but she found that she couldn't for some reason. She was fingering her locket that she couldn't open because it was broken. She had tried and tried to open it, but it still wouldn't open.
"Of course there is! Only some people get them and not necessarily from their family, but maybe you have them. You never know who could have these powers, so you could be one of them. I can assure you though, that you have never been here before, never."
"Thanks mother. Anyway, I'd better go to bed now, it's late. I'll see you in the morning," Sakura still didn't know what to believe, but she was at least a bit less confused. She walked through the passages leading to her room, still thinking about what Taryn had said. She was still thinking about it when she went to sleep.
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Syaoran was lying on his bed trying to get to sleep. For some reason he kept on having the same flashback of when he was two years old.
~FLASHBACK~
Two small children, a 2 year old girl and a 3 year old boy (A month older), were playing in the park.
"I'm so excited Syaoran! It's my birthday tomorrow and I'm going to go see my grandfather!" the little girl exclaimed to the boy as she tried to make a sand castle. They were sitting in the sand pit and the girl's brother and the boy's sister was watching them.
"That's good Sakura! Are you going to get a heap of presents?" Syaoran quickly stopped her sand castle from falling and she smiled at him.
"I hope so! If I do I'll come and show you them okay? I'll come after I see my grandfather," Sakura was happily trying to rebuild her castle so that it wouldn't fall over.
"Cool! You promise?" he took his hand from the castle and it stayed upright.
"Sakura! We've got to go now and help mum with dinner," Sakura's brother came over to collect his sister.
"I promise Syaoran, I'll see you tomorrow!" Sakura waved happily to him and then she skipped off with her brother holding her hand.
"See you tomorrow Sakura!" he had called back, looking forward to seeing her again.
~END OF FLASHBACK~
He had never seen the girl again. He had been told that she had drowned after being in a car accident. He didn't know why he thought of the girl so often, but he was sure that she had been his best friend. He still didn't know why he remembered her; after all they had been friends when they were very little and she had died before he had gotten to know her very well, but he always remembered her fondly. His memories of her were his favourite memories, along with those of his family. He cherished these memories and he still wouldn't replace those memories with her for anything.
"Syaoran, are you awake?" his mother called him and he got up from his bed and looked at his clock. It was 6:30 in the morning. He must have fallen asleep after all.
"Yes mother," he replied and he got up to start his day of training, putting his memories away for the day.
End Of Chapter 3
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