Hey guys ^.^ Thanks for all the great reviews, I'm happy you liked it, despite the overwhelming amount of stories that fall under this category. Anywho, I'm gonna be doing a lot of jumping around, cause I just spent two months writing the history of my characters for my MASTERPEICE (R&R ^.^) in immaculate detail, and I presently have NO patience, whatsoever. Besides, I've seen worse. So, there isn't going to be a lot of detail until the get to Diagon Alley and Hogwarts, mmkay? This chapter: The go to buy there supplies and meet up with old friends. **Sigh** There goes the surprise for this chapter. I'm really bad at this. WAIT! There can still be a surprise to this. Hehehehe. By the way, it's like the middle of August in the story, so yeah. Just thought you oughtta know. If there's anything else you're confused about, go ahead and e-mail me. I don't care. In fact, I like to receive feed back.
Without further ado, I give you chapter two of Yet ANOTHER CCS/HP crossover ^.^
Oh yeah. I don't own ANYTHING. 'Cept the plot. Cause one's finally starting to form in my mind. I think.
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"Attention all passenger, we will be landing in England International Airport in a few minutes. Please put your chairs into the upright and locked position and fasten your seatbelts." The voice of the flight attendant said over the intercom.
A few minutes later Sakura, Tomoyo, Fujitaka and Touya walked off the ramp and into the lobby for gate nine. Standing near the exit was Eriol.
Tomoyo and Sakura shrieked in happiness and ran over to embrace him. "Eriol-kun! It's so good to see you." Sakura gushed. Eriol smiled his mysterious smile.
"It's good to see you, too Sakura-chan. Tomoyo, you're looking as lovely as every." He kissed Tomoyo's hand causing her to blush. Then he turned to Touya and Fujitaka. "Kinomoto-san, it's nice to finally meet the two of you." They all bowed formally to one another and got the introductions out of the way. Then Eriol led them out of the terminal and to the baggage claim area. They all got their bags and went out to the pick-up/drop-off area where Eriol's car was waiting.
Suddenly there was an ear shattering screech. "TOOUUUUUUYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAA-KUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!" Nakuru screamed and ran towards him, instantly latching on to his back before he could even comprehend what was happening.
When he finally noticed Eriol's bubbly guardian hanging on to him, he almost fainted. He sent a pleading look at Eriol who ordered Nakuru off him. Touya sighed in temporary relief and they all got into the limo that Eriol had brought with him.
~*~At Eriol's House, er, Mansion~*~
"Wow Eriol. What a big house you have." Sakura said.
Eriol smiled. "Why, the better to lodge you in." (a.n.: yes, I am a dork). Eriol told Nakuru to show Tomoyo and Sakura to their rooms while Spinal did the same for Touya and Fujitaka.
Later that evening, they all sat in the immense dining room enjoying a wonderful dinner of macaroni and cheese (a.n.: hey! It can be fancy -_-;).
"Tomorrow we will go to Diagon Alley to gather your supplies and let you get your first taste of the western wizarding world." Eriol told Sakura. Tomoyo was saddened by the fact that her video camera wouldn't work in Hogwarts until Eriol promised to cast a spell on it to make it work, instantly cheering her up.
They made plans to spend the next day in Diagon Alley, the rest of the week relaxing and in Sakura's case, getting to know the wizard world, as explained by Eriol, then the last week of the month at the Leaky Cauldron because it was much closer to Kings Cross station. Fujitaka was to leave on the same day as the rest of them, so they would all be together until September the first. Touya received a letter telling him that he would be assisting the Groundskeeper and teacher of Care of Magical Creatures, a man named Rubeus Hagrid. They all finished their dinner and eventually retired to more, uh, other things. Like sleep.
~*~Diagon Alley~*~ (no patience I tell, none at all.)
"Welcome, to Diagon Alley." Eriol said and watched in amusement at the faces of his four friends. Kero and Suppi had stayed behind to play video games, and Nakuru was presently attached to Touya's left arm.
Sakura gasped. "Sugoi! Look at all the funny dressed people Tomoyo-chan!"
Tomoyo nodded eagerly. "I just can't wait to make a whole bunch of new robes and costumes for my kawaii Sakura-chan." She said, eyes getting all starry. Sakura just laughed nervously (a.n.: or sweat-drop, if you prefer) like everyone else.
"Our first stop is Gringotts Bank." Eriol said, leading them down the crowded street towards the wizard's bank. Along the way they drew a lot of attention. Young boys looked at Sakura and Tomoyo with interest, young girls watched Eriol and Touya with the same, and others just found amusement in Touya's great misfortune of having a young girl attached to his arm. Sakura stared in awe at the different shops around her advertising things like broom sticks, spell books, robes, potions ingredients, and magic charms. Tomoyo spun around frantically trying to capture everything with her video camera.
They reached the bank and walked up to the next available teller. "Hoe? What are these things, Eriol-kun?" She asked looking at the goblin behind the counter. It sneered at her causing her to take a step back and fidget nervously.
"That, Sakura-chan, is a goblin." Eriol said, smiling his usual mysterious smile. He turned to the goblin. "I'd like to make a withdrawal from vault 213, Clow Reed's account, please."
The goblin nodded. "Do you have the key?" he, uh it, asked. Eriol nodded and produced a small silver key from his pocket. They followed the goblin down a corridor and climbed into one of the carts. Because there was limited space, Fujitaka and Touya stayed behind while Sakura and Tomoyo strapped themselves into the cart. Sakura had no sooner clicked her seatbelt shut, than the cart took off, speeding down the long, windy, underground tunnels at over 80 miles an hour. Tomoyo screamed and clung to her video camera like her life depended on it. Both of them glared at Eriol, calmly sitting in his seat as if it was an everyday occurrence to be flying around underground at 85 miles an hour with a goblin to an ancient vault full of wizard money.
When they arrived at the vault, Sakura and Tomoyo remained where they were, hands tightly clamped onto the railing, and in Tomoyo's case camera, and eyes wide open staring ahead at nothing particular. Eriol jumped out onto the walkway and handed the goblin his key. When the vault was opened, he went in, took as much as he would need for Sakura's supplies, plus some extra for food and other things then came out and got back into the cart. Once again, they were off, and this time, before long they ended up back in the top level of the bank in front of Touya and Fujitaka who looked at the two scared girls and hid their smiles. Eriol got out first, and then helped Tomoyo out, then Sakura, who promptly fainted.
Eventually, Touya got her awake with a "Sakura you're going to be late for school!" in her ear which caused her to wake up screaming "HOEEEEEEE!" until she realized that she had been out of school for two and a half months and that she was now in a wizard's bank in Diagon Alley and on her way to buy her school supplies for Hogwarts. She quickly blushed and kicked Touya in the shin.
Outside, she took a deep breath of fresh air and said, "I never want to do that again. That was even scarier than when I had to catch the Fly card." Tomoyo chuckled with her camera to her eye and Eriol smiled his stupid mysterious smile. You know the one he always smiles.
The rest of the day was spent gathering Sakura's supplies. First, they stopped at the Flourish and Blotts for the spell books. Then it was off to the Apothecary for potions supplies. They passed by-or were rather dragged by-Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions, by Tomoyo who was insisting that she would be making all of Sakura's robes and costumes for the year. Eriol brought Sakura to Eeylops Owl Emporium where she bought her owl; a snowy white, without another colour on it's body, other than the light pink tips of its wings, blue-silver eyes, and a pink collar around its neck. Finally, with ice cream cones in hand, the last stop they had was for Sakura's wand.
They stood outside Ollivander's wand shop, everyone but Eriol gazing at the sign that said "Makers of Fine Wands Since 382 B.C." and the altogether aura of power around the place in awe. Sakura looked at Eriol, confused. "Demo, Eriol-kun, I already have a wand." She protested.
"Yes, Sakura, but the wand you use with your cards is far different from the wand you will be required to use at Hogwarts. And I must tell you now, that you should not speak lightly of the cards at all. I will explain more when we get back to my house." Sakura sighed and stepped into the dusty old shop.
Almost immediately, an old man that reminded her of a strange white bat swooped down on her. He watched her with silver eyes that made shivers run down her spine, scrutinizing her every aspect. Then he spoke.
"Well, well, well. I wondered when you would be coming in here. Yes, Dumbledore wrote to me about the 'special circumstances.'" His voice was soft yet held a distinct aura about it. He smiled, making his face seem even more eerie than before. "Yes, I've got just the wand for you. No need to take measurements; I already know what you'll be getting." He shuffled away leaving a very confused Sakura and co. and a smiling Eriol. He returned a short while later with a little pink box (a.n.-go figure, huh?). "Got this one out as soon as I received word from Dumbledore." He opened the box and handed the wand to Sakura.
The brown wood was polished to a dark shine, but there was more than gloss making it glow. As she turned it around in her hands, Sakura saw tiny sparkles all over it, as if it were sprayed with tiny pricks of light. The wand itself was almost as beautiful as the aura that she got from it. Warm and inviting, she felt at ease and instantly one with the wand.
Ollivander smiled. "A very powerful wand, that one. Cherry blossom, flexible, nine inches. The centre is very unique. A single strand of unicorn hair, intertwined with the heart-string of a Silver Dragon, and the golden hair of a mermaid. The sparkles you see on the wood are actually Pixie Dust, and the wood itself was polished with Demon's Tears. That wand, unlike others, draws its power from all the six magical elements: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Light, and Darkness."
Even Eriol seemed impressed with the results. Sakura merely nodded, put the wand back in the box, paid for it, and walked out of the store with a trail of companions following behind. She was in such deep contemplation of this new mystery that she failed to see the tall figure approaching her until- "Oh! Gomenasai. I wasn't watching where I was going."
"Sakura-chan?" The tall figure said.
Sakura's head snapped up in shock. "Yukito!?!" (a.n.- I FOOLED YOU! ADMIT IT, I DID! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-sorry U.U) She looked into the smiling face of her childhood crush. "Yukito-san, what are you doing here?" She asked, happy to see him, but surprised all the same.
"Well actually, it was Yue's idea. He couldn't very well just let his mistress leave without him." He answered smiling. Sakura was satisfied with this answer, not being one of the sharpest people in the world, though her brother and Eriol knew there was more to it. Apparently, Yukito was a better liar than anyone thought. He turned to the rest of the crowd. "Konnichiwa, Touya-kun, Nakuru-san, Kinomoto-san, Hiiragizawa-san."
"Konnichiwa, Yukito." Touya answered looking at his best friend with a raised eyebrow. Nakuru simply squealed in delight while hanging on to Touya's arm. Fujitaka greeted him in the same manner, as did Eriol.
"Well, now that we're all together again, and Sakura-chan seems to be finished with her shopping, why don't we go get some lunch?"
~*~Back At Eriol's House~*~
"And so you see, Sakura, since the Clow Cards were the single most powerful magical item in the world, and you captured and upgraded them, that makes you virtually the most powerful Sorceress in the world, though you have yet to unlock your true power. And that's why you should not speak of the cards to anyone. They are powerful with or without their Mistress, and there are powerful Dark Wizards, one in particular, that would stop at nothing to gain them." The group lounged in separate areas of Eriol's mansion; Touya hiding from Nakuru in his room, Yukito in the kitchen, Fujitaka in the study, (Colonel Mustard in the ballroom, Ms. Peacock in the hall) and Tomoyo and Sakura listening to Eriol's explanation of why-Sakura-should-not-speak-of-her-cards-EVER in the living room.
Sakura sat on a navy blue couch and stared with wide eyes at Eriol, and nodding slowly. "Ok, Eriol-kun. I understand. I won't tell anyone about the Sakura Cards."
"Good. Now that concludes my (overly long and time-consuming) review of the Wizard's world (that I didn't feel like writing) here in England. Do you have any questions?"
Sakura thought. Eriol had just spent the better par of two hours going over a few trivial things that she should know. He explained the wizard sport called Quidditch, the curriculum of Hogwarts, the few basic laws that magic was not allowed to be used in the open, the difference between muggles and wizards, and why muggles were not allowed to know about magic. Since everything was explained in great detail so that even she could understand it, the only question she had was "Who is this dark wizard that wants my cards, Eriol-kun?"
Eriol smiled again. Not that he ever stopped. "Lord Voldemort, is a very powerful dark wizard. Probably the most powerful the world has ever seen. He is an evil man, and wants nothing but power. He has killed mercilessly, and will continue to do so to gain his objectives." He left out many parts of the story of Lord Voldemort; things that Sakura would have to find out by herself. By the end of his explanation, both she and Tomoyo wore identical looks of shock and horror. He nodded in comprehension. "That's enough for tonight. We'll go over the things again tomorrow. Go get some sleep, Sakura-chan, you look tired."
Sakura nodded and stood. She bid goodnight to Eriol and Tomoyo and walked out of the room deep in thought. Just after she left, Tomoyo turned back to Eriol and after switching her video camera off, asked him what he was hiding.
"I don't know what you're talking about, my dear." He replied, yup, you guessed it, smiling. Tomoyo fixed him with a puppy-dog face and the innocent eyes, making Eriol flinch. "I hate it when you do that. Tomoyo enhanced the evil look of childish sadness by pushing out her bottom lip slightly and making it tremble. Eriol rolled his eyes and threw his hands up into the air, defeated. "Alright, fine, I'll tell you. But you have to promise to let Sakura figure things out on her own." Tomoyo nodded enthusiastically and waited while Eriol proceeded to launch into a detailed explanation of the letter he, Yukito, and Kinomoto Fujitaka had received, as well as the truth about Lord Voldemort and a boy named Harry Potter. He rambled on listlessly for a time, telling her about other things that won't be mentioned here because it would ruin the surprise.
~*~Meanwhile~*~
Upstairs, Sakura was just
coming out of the bathroom, dressed in a pair of pink flannel pants and a white
tank top. The thoughts of someone evil
wanting to kill her and innocent people and take away her cards still flowing
in her mind. She wanted to defeat him,
make sure he didn't harm anyone else, but she wasn't sure how she should do
it. Or if she was even
supposed to do it. She definitely
didn't want to kill him; she wasn't even sure she could if she had to. So she settled with the decision of finding
another way. And as she walked down the
hallway to her room, another thought edged its way from the back of her mind,
to the front, determined to make itself known. What
would Syaoran do if he were here? Sakura stopped at her door, both
surprised and sad at the sudden thought of her long lost love.
She hadn't thought much about him since she received the letter from Hogwarts, things having been whirling past in an instant. But now that she was alone, all her things packed and planned, now that she had free time again, she found her mind wandering back to that amber-eyed seraph. Sighing sadly, she opened the door and walked in. She lit a few candles and climbed gently into the gigantic bed, noticing that it would be rather comfortable for two. . . .
She shook her head immediately banishing the thought with her usual blush on her cheeks. Lying in a sea of pink fluff, bathed in the golden glow of the surrounding candles, Sakura gazed out the window at the night sky, thinking that in other parts of the world, China to be exact, it was daytime. She wondered what he was doing now, if he thought of her at all, if he had finally kept his promise and returned, only to find her gone. Would he think she abandoned him? Would he think she found someone else? She turned to her side and grabbed a pillow, burying her head in the softness of it. Slowly, a tear leaked out of her eye and moistened the pink fabric; then another and another. Sakura fell asleep silently crying, her thoughts now trained fully on the memories of her card capturing and transforming days.
From the doorway, Yue watched his mistress' sadness. Wishing there was someway to ease it; he only sighed and put out the candles, then turned and left his mistress in her unconscious state.
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