Daphne: "Hey! I just wanted to let you know that in this chapter, you will
be introduced to Tomoyo and Yamazaki. It may be a little confusing at
first, but eventually, you should start to understand what has happened to
Sakura and her friends. I am not sure if I am going to bring Syaoran into
the story in the next chapter or not…hum…Anyway, I hope that you are
enjoying the story, and I want to remind you to keep reviewing!!!"
World Beyond the Mist
by: Daphne Li
Chapter 2.
"This is so cool!" Chiharu squealed for the thirty-second time that week. The four girls had arrived in Europe on Saturday, and had taken one day to recuperate from their trip, before getting on the yacht, "The Lady Luck". It was now Wednesday, and Chiharu was leaning over the railing of the upper deck, looking out at the sea below her. The other three girls were lounging on beach-chairs and sipping fruit drinks in the shade of two large umbrellas. Kero was in between Sakura and Rika, reclining on a miniature beach towel, and looking at the sky through his miniature sun-glasses.
"I have to agree. It is so nice and relaxing here." Naoko piped up, pulling a book out of her pocket and beginning to read. She was wearing thigh-high white shorts and a light blue tank top. Rika was next to her wearing an exotic purple skirt and a white peasant-blouse. Sakura was on her other side, in a light pink halter top and light blue Capri's. Chiharu was wearing a one-piece, yellow sun-dress that had a floaty skirt and no sleeves. Instead, it had small straps that tied around her neck.
"Yah, not to cold, not too hot…just right!" Kero murmured, making the girls smile.
"You sound like 'Goldilocks'." Sakura said, toying with her necklace. It was then that the necklace caught the sunlight and Sakura noticed something. Carved lightly into the stone was a flower! Again the fake diamond caught the light and this time, it threw tiny beams of pink light everywhere. Sakura smiled and then let the necklace fall back into place.
"Wow!" Naoko gasped, sitting bolt upright in her chair and pointing at a passage in her book.
"Listen to this! 'The world of the Fairies is thought to be heavily guarded by a thick fog bank, similar to the ones around some small islands in Ireland. It is impossible to get through the mist…alive…'" Naoko stopped reading and Rika snorted.
"What a bunch of rubbish." She laughed, flicking her hand disdainfully at the book. Sakura rolled her eyes and Kero simply turned over. Chiharu, however, had begun to shake.
"Um…guys…look." She pointed a shaking finger at something, and Sakura got up to see. Immediately, she clapped a hand over her mouth and a feint gurgle made its way to her throat. The boat was heading straight for a cloud of white mist; a fog bank! It was the that the girls noticed that everything had gone quiet. Too quiet.
"What is going on?!" Rika shrieked, her usual calm self lost in the breeze. It was obvious that Naoko's story had freaked her out. A male bodyguard came rushing up the stairs and he explained that the engine had died, but that the captain was fixing it.
"Oh, all right…" Rika sighed, but her words were cut off as the boat began to sway dangerously from side to side, and the sun was blocked by heavy storm clouds. Huge waves were now cresting against the boat, causing it to rock more than ever.
"Get inside!" The bodyguard shouted, running down the stairs again in a hurry to get to safety. The girls were being thrown from side to side and none of them seemed to know how to keep their footing. Naoko was clutching to the railing and whimpering, while Chiharu was yelling something incoherent. Rika's wails filled the air and Sakura's screams soon joined them as she was flung from the deck and only saved by the railing, which she grasped with cold fingers. Kero flew into Sakura's pocket, yelling something about using the Star Key. But before she could, the boat gave a mighty jolt, which threw the girls over the railing and into the icy water below. The first thing that Sakura noticed was that her lungs were burning with lack of air.
'That's funny.' She thought fuzzily, as she opened her mouth to breath. Water filled it and Sakura's eyes flew open, as she returned to full consciousness. In a panic, she thrashed around, trying to reach the surface. When she finally got there, she gasped in a big breath of air and then noticed that it was pouring rain, and the droplets were getting into her eyes.
"Sakura!"
Sakura turned to see Rika, Chiharu, and Naoko clinging to a piece of wood. They maneuvered the board over to her and Rika helped her to grasp it.
"What next?" Chiharu sobbed, her eyes wild with fear. Sakura looked over her shoulder and immediately wished that those words had never left her friend's mouth. She gave a terrified scream, and the girls whirled around to see a gigantic wave towering over them. It crashed down, and the last thing that Sakura saw was her three friends being torn away from the board.
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"Hurry Yamazaki!"
A boy with light black hair and ice-blue eyes turned and looked at his companion, a petite girl with long ebony hair and bright amethyst eyes. The appearance of the two was shockingly unlike what we are used to today. The boy was quite tall and muscular and he was wearing what looked to be a pair of old-fashioned knee-breaches. He had on a loose white shirt that tucked into his pants, and had strings at the neck to tie together. His overall appearance seemed normal…to a point, but his ears were slightly more pointed than what we are used to.
The girl, on the otherhand, seemed completely normal as well, save for her cloths. She was wearing a long, floaty purple silk dress that reached to the ground. It's neckline was low and rounded, and the sleeves were short and puffy. Its waist-line was high, and it was tied with a velvet purple ribbon. She wore shoes that resembled ballet slippers, and in all, she looked like she had just stepped out of a fashion magazine…for the early eighteen-hundreds.
"Really, Tomoyo. Are you positive that you saw…"
"I know what I saw, Zack!" She insisted, using his nickname. He sighed and his eyes scanned the deserted stretch of beach, that was at the edge of a huge, dense forest. Suddenly, they spotted something
"There!" He pointed and than ran over to the place, the girl on his heals.
"I don't believe it! Real mortals! And they are alive…I think…"
"Of course they are. But how can you tell that they are mortals?" The girl, Tomoyo asked. Yamazaki smiled.
"Have you ever seen clothes like that, here?" He asked, pointing at one of the figures who was wearing what looked to be a yellow dress, except that the skirt was scandalously short. In all, there were four figures and all of them seemed to be female.
"Well, we can't simply leave them here. Let's take them back to the queen. She will know what to do with them." At Tomoyo's words, Yamazaki immediately got nervous.
"Are you sure that the queen wouldn't…you know…dispose of them?" He asked, thinking about the mysterious queen that ruled over their home with an iron fist. Tomoyo glared at him.
"I am sure that she will do just as she thinks right. Now come on! We have to get them some help." She said, and then closed her eyes in concentration. Suddenly, out of her back unfolded a lovely pair of translucent, light purple…wings! Butterfly-like wings that seemed to make the girl seem even more graceful. The boy sighed again, but then he concentrated and after a few seconds, a pair of yellowish-white wings had unfolded from his back. He reached down and picked two of the girls up. One had short brown hair, and the other, was the one he had pointed at, with the dress. Both of their faces were pale and the girl in the dress had a bruise on her cheek…but all-in-all, she was lovely. For a minute, Yamazaki stood, transfixed, his eyes widening a bit in awe.
"Zack, stare later!" Tomoyo sighed, rolling her eyes and picking up the last two girls. One had curly red-brown hair, and the other had wavy auburn hair that was still a bit wet. Again, Tomoyo concentrated, and suddenly, she disappeared. In her place hovered tiny, glowing purple light. Yamazaki followed her lead, and a tiny, yellow light took his place. The two lights blinked, and then a tiny bell-like ring came from one of them. The other answered with a deeper ring, and then the two lights zipped away into the forest.
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World Beyond the Mist
by: Daphne Li
Chapter 2.
"This is so cool!" Chiharu squealed for the thirty-second time that week. The four girls had arrived in Europe on Saturday, and had taken one day to recuperate from their trip, before getting on the yacht, "The Lady Luck". It was now Wednesday, and Chiharu was leaning over the railing of the upper deck, looking out at the sea below her. The other three girls were lounging on beach-chairs and sipping fruit drinks in the shade of two large umbrellas. Kero was in between Sakura and Rika, reclining on a miniature beach towel, and looking at the sky through his miniature sun-glasses.
"I have to agree. It is so nice and relaxing here." Naoko piped up, pulling a book out of her pocket and beginning to read. She was wearing thigh-high white shorts and a light blue tank top. Rika was next to her wearing an exotic purple skirt and a white peasant-blouse. Sakura was on her other side, in a light pink halter top and light blue Capri's. Chiharu was wearing a one-piece, yellow sun-dress that had a floaty skirt and no sleeves. Instead, it had small straps that tied around her neck.
"Yah, not to cold, not too hot…just right!" Kero murmured, making the girls smile.
"You sound like 'Goldilocks'." Sakura said, toying with her necklace. It was then that the necklace caught the sunlight and Sakura noticed something. Carved lightly into the stone was a flower! Again the fake diamond caught the light and this time, it threw tiny beams of pink light everywhere. Sakura smiled and then let the necklace fall back into place.
"Wow!" Naoko gasped, sitting bolt upright in her chair and pointing at a passage in her book.
"Listen to this! 'The world of the Fairies is thought to be heavily guarded by a thick fog bank, similar to the ones around some small islands in Ireland. It is impossible to get through the mist…alive…'" Naoko stopped reading and Rika snorted.
"What a bunch of rubbish." She laughed, flicking her hand disdainfully at the book. Sakura rolled her eyes and Kero simply turned over. Chiharu, however, had begun to shake.
"Um…guys…look." She pointed a shaking finger at something, and Sakura got up to see. Immediately, she clapped a hand over her mouth and a feint gurgle made its way to her throat. The boat was heading straight for a cloud of white mist; a fog bank! It was the that the girls noticed that everything had gone quiet. Too quiet.
"What is going on?!" Rika shrieked, her usual calm self lost in the breeze. It was obvious that Naoko's story had freaked her out. A male bodyguard came rushing up the stairs and he explained that the engine had died, but that the captain was fixing it.
"Oh, all right…" Rika sighed, but her words were cut off as the boat began to sway dangerously from side to side, and the sun was blocked by heavy storm clouds. Huge waves were now cresting against the boat, causing it to rock more than ever.
"Get inside!" The bodyguard shouted, running down the stairs again in a hurry to get to safety. The girls were being thrown from side to side and none of them seemed to know how to keep their footing. Naoko was clutching to the railing and whimpering, while Chiharu was yelling something incoherent. Rika's wails filled the air and Sakura's screams soon joined them as she was flung from the deck and only saved by the railing, which she grasped with cold fingers. Kero flew into Sakura's pocket, yelling something about using the Star Key. But before she could, the boat gave a mighty jolt, which threw the girls over the railing and into the icy water below. The first thing that Sakura noticed was that her lungs were burning with lack of air.
'That's funny.' She thought fuzzily, as she opened her mouth to breath. Water filled it and Sakura's eyes flew open, as she returned to full consciousness. In a panic, she thrashed around, trying to reach the surface. When she finally got there, she gasped in a big breath of air and then noticed that it was pouring rain, and the droplets were getting into her eyes.
"Sakura!"
Sakura turned to see Rika, Chiharu, and Naoko clinging to a piece of wood. They maneuvered the board over to her and Rika helped her to grasp it.
"What next?" Chiharu sobbed, her eyes wild with fear. Sakura looked over her shoulder and immediately wished that those words had never left her friend's mouth. She gave a terrified scream, and the girls whirled around to see a gigantic wave towering over them. It crashed down, and the last thing that Sakura saw was her three friends being torn away from the board.
~*~*~*~
"Hurry Yamazaki!"
A boy with light black hair and ice-blue eyes turned and looked at his companion, a petite girl with long ebony hair and bright amethyst eyes. The appearance of the two was shockingly unlike what we are used to today. The boy was quite tall and muscular and he was wearing what looked to be a pair of old-fashioned knee-breaches. He had on a loose white shirt that tucked into his pants, and had strings at the neck to tie together. His overall appearance seemed normal…to a point, but his ears were slightly more pointed than what we are used to.
The girl, on the otherhand, seemed completely normal as well, save for her cloths. She was wearing a long, floaty purple silk dress that reached to the ground. It's neckline was low and rounded, and the sleeves were short and puffy. Its waist-line was high, and it was tied with a velvet purple ribbon. She wore shoes that resembled ballet slippers, and in all, she looked like she had just stepped out of a fashion magazine…for the early eighteen-hundreds.
"Really, Tomoyo. Are you positive that you saw…"
"I know what I saw, Zack!" She insisted, using his nickname. He sighed and his eyes scanned the deserted stretch of beach, that was at the edge of a huge, dense forest. Suddenly, they spotted something
"There!" He pointed and than ran over to the place, the girl on his heals.
"I don't believe it! Real mortals! And they are alive…I think…"
"Of course they are. But how can you tell that they are mortals?" The girl, Tomoyo asked. Yamazaki smiled.
"Have you ever seen clothes like that, here?" He asked, pointing at one of the figures who was wearing what looked to be a yellow dress, except that the skirt was scandalously short. In all, there were four figures and all of them seemed to be female.
"Well, we can't simply leave them here. Let's take them back to the queen. She will know what to do with them." At Tomoyo's words, Yamazaki immediately got nervous.
"Are you sure that the queen wouldn't…you know…dispose of them?" He asked, thinking about the mysterious queen that ruled over their home with an iron fist. Tomoyo glared at him.
"I am sure that she will do just as she thinks right. Now come on! We have to get them some help." She said, and then closed her eyes in concentration. Suddenly, out of her back unfolded a lovely pair of translucent, light purple…wings! Butterfly-like wings that seemed to make the girl seem even more graceful. The boy sighed again, but then he concentrated and after a few seconds, a pair of yellowish-white wings had unfolded from his back. He reached down and picked two of the girls up. One had short brown hair, and the other, was the one he had pointed at, with the dress. Both of their faces were pale and the girl in the dress had a bruise on her cheek…but all-in-all, she was lovely. For a minute, Yamazaki stood, transfixed, his eyes widening a bit in awe.
"Zack, stare later!" Tomoyo sighed, rolling her eyes and picking up the last two girls. One had curly red-brown hair, and the other had wavy auburn hair that was still a bit wet. Again, Tomoyo concentrated, and suddenly, she disappeared. In her place hovered tiny, glowing purple light. Yamazaki followed her lead, and a tiny, yellow light took his place. The two lights blinked, and then a tiny bell-like ring came from one of them. The other answered with a deeper ring, and then the two lights zipped away into the forest.
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