Students of the Clow: Ascension II

Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I do not own CCS, although I wish I did.

It had been over two weeks since Sakura Avalon had returned to Reedington after ascending to the rank of Sorceress-two weeks since she battled and defeated Walker. And yet it seemed as though the celebration was still continuing.

Sakura's Ascension ceremony had taken place in Hong Kong. At the time, only 30 magic-users were able to attend. Since then, Sakura had received visits from about 9 other magicians who, for one reason or another, had not been present on that day. Each one of them had come to personally congratulate Sakura on achieving what only a handful of people has ever achieved. Kero said that she should probably expect there to be many more such visits over the next few months. Sakura was not too thrilled about that notion. Although she was flattered that so many people were willing to travel great distances just to give her a verbal pat on the back, it was somewhat inconvenient to have people frequently dropping by unannounced.

But there was one magic user who had recently arrived (or should I say, "returned") to Reedington--someone who Sakura was going to visit as opposed to vice-versa. It was a reunion she had been eagerly waiting for.

Sakura approached the temple. Sweeping up some leaves, in front of the temple was a tall, beautiful woman with long, red hair. The woman stopped sweeping-as if she could sense Sakura's presence-and turned around. She then looked at Sakura, with mysterious brown eyes, and smiled.

"Good morning Sakura."

"Good morning Ms. Mackenzie!" Sakura was in a very good mood; her favourite teacher in the whole wide world was back.

TO BE CONTINUED

Yes, I realise that this is an extremely short chapter, but I didn't have a whole lot of time to work on it. Besides, it's only the prologue. The next chapter will be a lot longer, I promise. (That is, if you WANT me to keep going!)