Hello Card Captor Sakura and Harry Potter fans! (The crowd goes wild!) And hi to all those Jinko Kawaii fans. (Pathetic little person in the far left corner claps slowly. People turn to him to see that he's a drunk.) *Jinko Kawaii cries an ocean, feeling incredibly sad and rotten*
THIS IS THE LAST CHAPTER OF A NEW RIDDLE! THERE WILL BE DEATH IN THIS CHAPTER! THE PERSON 'WILL' DIE!!! Stay tuned for the sequel, though! ^_^
By the way, Kayla, you ungrateful little cow! If you're up to reading this chapter, which I doubt, you probably stopped on the third, you will see your name mentioned. *Jinko Kawaii mentally steps on her friends' red head repeatedly*
Disclaimer: I'm nothing but a pathetic fan.
A New Riddle
Chapter 19
Voldemort's Attack
Everyone was shocked with what they had just seen. Who had taken Sara away? Who was Jay and his equivalent? Where they Death Eaters, or worse?
But the fact that that thing had taken Sara, especially in her weakest moment was unbelievable. She was so vulnerable.
Kayne screamed loudly. Sara was missing. That was when Harry put a comforting arm around her.
"We'll find her."
~*~
Sara was immobile. She was the one locked away in darkness. She was all alone, in a coma. She was too tired. But she could hear a soothing voice; the voice of her capture. As soon as she heard it, she knew who it was straight away.
'Jintaro!'
~*~
It was Draco who found her. Sara was lying in the middle of the large forest surrounding the castle. He had taken his broomstick out and searched the forest. He kneeled down to her and picked up her head, which he shook gently as he tried to revive her.
"Come one, wake up." He said desperately. Draco turned white upon hearing footsteps and twigs snap. He looked up and saw Jintaro approaching him. "What-what happened to her?"
"She's in a coma. She has been separated from the cards for too long. She can't survive. I can't survive." Jintaro explained.
"Did you bring her out here?"
"Yes. I figured that this is where her father is staying, so this would be close to where the cards are. If she just had one, then she'd be able to be alright for another week or so."
"I need to take her back to the castle. Everyone is really worried about her." Draco said with a yawn.
"You're feeling the affects of the link you two share. Sara's using up your energy, too. It's to stop her from draining herself of all her life energy, that's fatal."
"What if it becomes so bad that it's fatal to me?"
"I don't think it will be. If you get hurt, then she feels it, but if one of you dies, then the other should live." Jintaro finished. Draco yawned again.
"I think she's made a new record and has manage to pass out more times than Longbottom." Draco snickered before yawning again. "So-so how long do you think she'll be in a coma for?"
"I'm not sure. I really hope that her reckless father is watching this. Then he'd realise what pain he has caused her. She's fourteen! And the Card Keeper! She doesn't need the added fact that he's killing off students for hurting her. Her life is already messed up." Jintaro snarled, but then started to go on a defensive stance as he saw Draco run his hand subconsciously through her hair.
"What?" Draco asked, noticing Jintaro's scowl.
"You're touching her." Jintaro said. Draco looked down and pulled his hand away immediately. Jintaro smirked. "I think there is a little bit more then a link here. You seem rather close to her."
"I am not. It's just the link."
"No, I think my old mistress was wrong when she said that your link was triggered through hate. I think she was off by far, in fact. In all the years that I have been watching and protecting Sara, you have been the only one that she's shown any form of love to."
"You call all that stuff love?" Draco asked in a humoured tune.
"It is as much love as a loveless teenager can give." Jintaro said sorrowfully. "You and that Host girl are the closest thing she has to friends. Her last friend has no memory of her."
Draco yawned again. "Y'know, I really should be getting her back to the castle…"
"You will do no such thing. Ever since I brought her here I have felt an increase in her aura. She's getting stronger here. If you were to relocate her she'd just get weak again. She is sending out her own energy, as well as your own, to look after the Sara Cards and me."
"Well, is there any other way, other than sleeping, that she can restore her energy?" Draco yawned. He shifted Sara's head so that her head was resting on his lap. He absently put his hand on her head and stroked her hair again. Draco then yawned again.
"Would you stop that?"
"What? Yawning? Because I can't help that."
"Stroking her hair." Jintaro snarled, though with a light-hearted smirk. Draco sneered at him.
"Do you think I am used to all this and mean it? I was happy not having a 'link' with anyone. Feeling like I have to protect her and whatnot just comes naturally now." Draco said, looking down at the fairly pretty girl, who refused to let anybody in.
~*~
In the black, Sara could feel what was happening on the outside, she could hear it all.
"Would you stop that?"
It was Jintaro. He had been with her since she first fell into the coma.
"What? Yawning? Because I can't help that."
Malfoy.
"Stroking her hair."
It was only then that Sara actually realised that. It was comforting, despite the fact that she was being treated like a dog.
"Feeling like I have to protect her and whatnot just comes naturally now."
Sara felt herself smile.
'Oh crap.'
~*~
"Did you find her?" Kayne asked, seeing Draco come back on his new Lightning Strike 2005. Jintaro had persuaded him not to tell anyone about finding her.
"No."
"But you're supposed to be the Slytherin Seeker! You should have
been able to see her!"
"How do you know about that?" Draco
asked, but then yawned.
"Harry told me. How could you have not
seen her? She can't be anywhere else!"
"Calm down. I'll have the whole Slytherin team out tomorrow when there's more light, okay?"
"Harry's already chosen to do that." Kayne snapped. "She is your partner. How can you not care for her? Harry would do anything for me, yet you can't even take the time to find Sara. She is alone, if you haven't noticed. She needs you to be there for her."
"I know. That damn Guardian has explained it all to me."
"Jintaro? Since when did you talk to Jintaro?"
"Never mind."
"You found her, right?" Kayne asked.
"Jintaro has taken her where Lord Voldemort is most likely to be. He has her cards so if she's near him, she'll get stronger." Draco explained but yawned again.
"Go to sleep." Kayne snapped. "You're obviously too bored to be bothered with her safety." Draco sneered at her.
"She is my partner. Of course I'm bothering with her safety. Sara is so tired that she has gone into a coma and has started to take some of my energy just to support the Sara Cards and Jintaro."
"She-she's in a coma?"
"Yes. It's to preserve her energy."
"You make it seem as if she did it deliberately." Kayne said, slightly confused.
"Probably did." Draco laughed but that was followed up with a yawn. "She is very weird. Her body probably just decided that it was far too tired to continue this way."
"I'm really worried about her."
"So am I."
~*~
Draco sat in front of the bowl full of freshly cut white roses. He slit himself with a knife and let his blood pour into the bowl. There, he saw himself staring back at him. He wasn't very much older, about four years older.
"Hi." Older Draco said.
"Hey."
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I just wanted to know about my future. Am I the one who dies when we fight against Lord Voldemort?"
"No. I wouldn't be here if we did."
"Sara said that someone gets reborn, though." Chibi Draco said in shock.
"One thing that you will learn is that every timeline is different. Whoever died has not come back. No, her body was cremated. There's no way she'd come back now."
"She? Sara? Or is it Sakura, Tomoyo or Kayne? Is it Granger?"
"I can't tell you. You'll just have to wait and see."
"But I can prevent her death!"
"You mustn't. She risks her life to save everyone else. She's a hero now. She killed herself in order to kill Voldemort."
~*~
Before anyone knew it, two months had passed. Sara was still stuck in her coma, for since word of Pansy's death got to Cornelius Fudge, he had stayed at the Li Castle, and Voldemort did not give in and gave his daughter the cards, despite the fact that she desperately needed them.
Draco was getting weaker, too. He knew it. He was finding it harder to stay awake til past seven on some nights. And everyone noticed it.
"That link is really getting to you, huh?" Kayne asked him on the thirty-something day of the coma, everyone had forgotten what number it was up to, as she saw him. He was leaning against Sara's rooms' doorframe, staring at his partner, who was tucked into her bed tightly. At that moment, Draco walked into the room and sat on the side of her bed.
"She'll be fifteen in six days." Mana said from Sara's pillow. Draco leant forward and put a strand of her hair back into place behind her ear. Sara was so white; she looked like a ghost. Never before had Mana or Jintaro seen her so weak.
"There is definitely more then a link there." Kayne giggled but then stopped, seeing Draco pale more than what he already was. "It is really strong, isn't it? It's much stronger than Harry's and mine."
"What, the link?"
"Yeah. It must be because Sara's a stronger witch then me."
"Whatever." Draco said and gently picked up Sara's hand. "Please wake up soon." He whispered.
~*~
In the dark abyss, Sara felt someone pick up her hand. She looked down from her standing position but saw nothing there. But she could feel fingers wrap around it, a thumb caressing it the back of her hand, she just couldn't see it.
"Please wake up soon." A voice cooed from all around her. It was soft, so soft to tell whose voice it was. It took all her will power to return the gesture and intertwine her fingers with whatever held her.
'I'm trying.'
~*~
Draco sat up immediately, feeling Sara's hand hold his.
"Sara? Are you awake?" he asked quickly.
~*~
'Draco?' Sara asked herself. It was certainly Draco. She remembered him talking to her everyday. He was always there. The darkness was lifting. 'Is this it?'
~*~
"She's waking up, My Lord, even the Card Mistress has sensed it. She's on her way up to Sara's room." Lucius told Voldemort, who Apparated far away with the Sara Cards.
~*~
Draco felt Sara's grip loosening.
"No, Sara. Hold on." He whispered, but as each moment passed he felt her weaken again, and he weakened too.
~*~
'I'm trying to.' Sara whispered into the dark emptiness again. It was returning, she no longer felt the calmness of Draco's hand wrapped securely around hers. She couldn't hear his voice, either. The cards were now further than ever. That's when she fell onto her knees, disappointed and ready to be the one to kill her father when the time comes. She looked down; she had a feeling like she was falling. That's when she grabbed out the Key Of Her Star. She could vaguely see it in the darkness that was thickening every second.
"With the power of my heart,
I wish to unlock the key.
I wish to reveal the wand
That belongs to me.
I, Sara Riddle,
The Card Keeper,
Command the wand to take shape.
Release!"
With the Wand released, she stood straight. She then focused her energy into the staff. It glowed brightly, making her close her eyes, but when she opened them, she was looking into a pair of concerned ice blue eyes that belonged to Draco. (It's either ice blue or cold grey. I'm not sure. I can't find it in the books!) Sara couldn't help it. She rushed forward and hugged him tightly.
"Welcome back to you too." He chuckled in her ear before he was accidentally hit in the head with what felt like a large pole.
"Do you always bring that thing out when you're unconscious or was this just a special occasion?" Kayne asked from behind them, eying the staff she now held. Sara and Draco broke apart from each other.
"I don't know how I did that." Sara said quietly. She looked at the staff. It had changed. The wings were no longer bat wings, but black angel wings.
"Sara! What's happening to me?" the terrified Mana asked from her pillow. She looked at him. His wings were glowing. As soon as they stopped, she saw that they had changed to the little black cherub wings, too, much like Kero's.
"Mistress, it is great to see you awake," Jintaro said, coming in from the hall, followed by Sakura, Syaoran, Harry, Tomoyo and Eriol, "but I don't like them." He brought his now angel wings in front of him to show her.
"I do. They look interesting on you, and besides, I have no idea how to put you and Mana back."
"That's just great, isn't it?"
"Don't you go all snappy at me, mister. I'll find a way how to make them a pretty pink." Sara snapped and rested back down onto her bed. That was when she noticed Harry had an arm wrapped around Kayne's waist. She sat up immediately. "How long was I out for, 'cause things have really changed." Kayne, noticing the closeness, blushed.
"Uh, well, Harry and I have been together since Hallowe'en." Kayne said.
"I've missed out on Hallowe'en?" Sara asked.
"You've missed out of nearly three months." Syaoran said quietly. "It's December the first."
"What?"
"You were in a coma." Draco said.
"There's a first for everything." Sara moaned, getting up out of the bed. She was surprisingly in her pyjamas. "Who changed me?" she asked deathly.
"I let Madam Pomfrey in." Jintaro said quietly, expecting an explosion. Sara just glared at him before making her way to her set of drawers. She grabbed out some clothes and walked into the bathroom. She didn't know why, but she felt much more refreshed.
Once Sara was dressed, she walked back out into the bedroom where everyone was waiting, which was quite unusual to see Draco and Harry in the same room for over two minutes without jumping at each other with the intensions of killing them. She sat down on her bed and was just about to ask everyone what she had missed when she felt immense power surging through her body. Sara instantly looked over at Jintaro, who was getting colour back to his unusually white face, and then over to Draco, who was turning back to his normal shade of white.
"The cards must be close!" she whispered and looked out her window, trying to spot her father.
A moan came from Harry; she turned to him to see that he had grasped his forehead. "He's close." He muttered.
There was a noise from Sara's bedroom door. Jintaro walked over to it, watched as Kayne and Syaoran took Harry off into the bathroom, and Sakura get out her staff and grab the Shield Card, and then opened the door.
After seeing the hooded figure, Sakura set up the Shield.
Sara stared at the man who she believed was her father. That was the first time she had ever seen him. "Dad?" she asked quietly. She walked over to him, exiting the shield. He shook his head before lowering the hood.
"Father?" Draco asked, slightly astonished. He joined Sara quickly. "What are you doing here?"
"Do you have my cards?" Sara demanded, feeling stronger as she got near him. "Accio Sara Cards." She spoke, her hand reaching out. She watched as out of a pocket, fifty-three cards flew and then landed into her hand. She instantaneously grabbed out a card, one of her favourites, Power, and equipped herself with it. "You won't really mind if I hurt him now, will you?" Sara asked Draco, who stepped in front of his father.
"Get over yourself, Malfoy." Eriol snapped, getting his staff out. Syaoran then called upon his sword, leaving the room very cramped.
There was a bright light and everyone looked around. They weren't in Sara's room anymore; they were outside in a clearing. Everyone, Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo, Eriol, Sara, Draco, Kayne and Harry were all there, along with Lucius and Voldemort.
A purple light was coming off Tomoyo, her eyes had glazed over, and when she finally settled, they all realised that it was her that transported them all there. They all just stared at her.
"Well I couldn't just let you ruin the Li Castle, could I?" she asked sarcastically. Sakura silently nodded her head.
"Sara," Voldemort started, staring at his child. Sakura instantly used the Shield Card again. "It has been fourteen years since I have talked to you, my dear child. Tell me, how has life been treating you?"
Sara looked at her father. He didn't look like a human anymore. He looked like a snake with arms and legs.
But he was her father.
She walked up to him, going past the barrier of the shield that contained everyone, and hugged him tightly.
"Dad," she whispered into his shoulder, "I waited for you to come, but you never did."
"I'm here now." Voldemort whispered back, returning the embrace.
Draco looked around. There was Sara, Sakura, Tomoyo and Kayne. They were his four choices. One of them will die protecting everyone else. Tomoyo wasn't in the room when they were told, so she was instantly ruled out. Kayne didn't have that mush power, so she was gone, too.
It was either Sakura or his partner, Sara.
Draco looked at Sara who was hugging her father and then at Sakura who was using her magic to protect everyone already.
Sakura.
He gasped silently before making his way over to Syaoran.
"I-I think it's Sakura who dies." Draco whispered.
"What do you mean?" Syaoran snapped, looking at his own linked partner. "She can't."
"I looked up my own future. I said that she risks her life to save everyone else; she killed herself in order to kill Voldemort. Older Sara said that it was someone who was in the room with us. Tomoyo wasn't there, so that excludes her and Kayne doesn't have that sort of power, so it's either Sakura or Sara. Now, look at how happy Sara is. Do you think she'd choose death over a father? And look, Sakura is using her powers already to keep us all safe." Draco pointed out. "Now, the thing that confuses me most is that in Sara's future, she mentioned that the person who dies gets reborn. My one said they didn't. I said that each timeline is different."
~*~
"I'm sorry, daddy, but I can't let you destroy more lives. Mine was enough." Sara said, pulling away from her father's hug. They all watched as Voldemort's face contorted ever so slightly and with a mutter under his breath, he sent Sara flying into a tree, a branch sticking out got her in her back, before she fell back to the ground unconscious.
There was a groan from Draco as he, too, fell to the ground, unconscious from the pain.
"This is wrong." Kayne muttered, remembering the time that she saw her future. "It's supposed to be snowing! Everything is wrong!" she waited for the light to come from Sara's pocket, granting her the ability to go check on her to see if she was okay. When it came, she noticed that Voldemort was muttering things, spells, that would have killed them all if Sakura wasn't fighting him with the Shield Card. "She's fine, you guys, just unconscious." Kayne yelled out to them.
"Then get out of there! You've seen your future!" Harry snapped to his partner, but it was too late.
"Imperio!" Voldemort called out and Sara's senseless body stood up. Kayne watched in horror as Sara called out her wand, which had now turned black, and then stopped. Her body was shaking violently, her mind was screaming out her pleads of forgiveness as she saw the look of shock and horror on Kayne's face.
That made her stop and deny.
"I told you to use it!" Voldemort demanded.
"I won't." Sara stated quietly. But then her body stopped shaking and she pulled out a black card from her pocket. She threw it up in the air and tapped it gently with her staff. "Death Card, you're target is," she started before turning to face her father instead of Kayne, "Lord Voldemort, Tom Riddle!" Sara yelled and a black gush of wind covered Voldemort. "I'm sorry, father."
"You think your inadequate little card can kill Lord Voldemort?" Lucius chuckled from the sidelines. "Your father is immortal. He drunk the blood of a unicorn, therefore he can't die."
"Don't listen to him, Sara. You are so much stronger then he is. You're the Card Keeper!" Sakura yelled, though she could barely stand. The force of the Death Card was amazing. All though it was targeted on Voldemort, it was out of control because of the energy Sara was putting behind it. Sakura had to keep the shield up; otherwise Sara'd kill everyone there.
"Sara," Kayne started, noticing how tired Sara looked. Both Sara and Sakura looked like they couldn't keep up. "You can do it." She whispered, grabbing the staff from behind her, raising it even higher.
Tomoyo put all her own energy into Sakura's shield, as did Eriol, Syaoran helped out Sakura like how Kayne was helping out Sara and Harry was almost knocked out from the pain surging through his forehead.
Then, the impossible happened. The Death Card turned to flames.
"No!" Sara yelled before there was a black flash and the world was submitted into darkness for a while.
Seven objects could be heard dropping. Two of them were staffs and three of them were bodies that were thrown down through the force of the attack, and two of them were dead bodies.
~*~
It was a few minutes before any light could be seen on the grounds of the Li grounds.
Instantly, people were checked to see who was alive.
"No, no, no, no, no." Kayne whispered, shaking her head furiously.
For on the ground in front of her was Sara, dead, with a small smile on her face.
~*~
IT IS DONE!!!!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I FINALLY FINISHED!
R+R Folks. Tell me what you thought about the ending. Was it all right? *Jinko Kawaii pulls hair out, wondering*
You have to check out the sequel that I am unquestionably doing. I think I might call it *Jinko thinks really hard about this one* Conclusion To A Riddle, or something like that because I'm going to do a prequel to A New Riddle and I'm going to call it The Start Of A Riddle.
Okay.
If you like Dragon Ball Z, got and check out some of my other stories, if you like Kingdom Hearts, I'm starting one, if you like David Eddings, check out Amber Dream.
Special thanks to:
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