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Chapter 1: the new card captor

A long time ago, a young woman named Sakura sealed away the magic of the world. She hoped that it's magic would never be used again. Now, many years have passed, and Sakura is no longer a young girl. So, on this day, she must pass the book into the guard of her young granddaughter, Sami. Sakura hopes that Sami will guard the book, and that all will remain in peace.

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Sami yawned. She had woken up early that Sunday morning, which was unusual for her. She didn't have school, so she always slept in on Sunday. But for some reason, she was just compelled to get up early. After she got dressed, she ran downstairs to eat breakfast with her mother and father. Sami said, "Hi!"

Sami's mom said, "That's strange. You are up early today."

Sami responded, "I know. Weird, huh?"

Sami's mom smiled. She said, "Well, it's a good thing, anyways. Your grandmother called today, and she said that she wanted you to come over as soon as you were done eating breakfast."

Sami suddenly shouted out, "Yippe!"

Sami loved going to her grandma's house. Her grandma was very kind, but fun at the same time. In fact, the only time Sami could remember her being unkind was when she touched a pink book about a year ago. Sami didn't take much notice to it, though. She began to run out the door when her mother called, "hey, aren't you forgetting something?"

Sami stopped and sweat dropped. She said, "Oh, right! Breakfast!"

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After a hurried breakfast, Sami roller bladed to her grandma's house. Her mom had said to her, "be home by 11 am, we have to leave," so Sami was going as fast as she could. She was very excited. She was so excited that she failed to notice that a bluenette was watching her from a nearby tree. As she skated by, the bluenette smirked and disappeared.

When Sami arrived at her grandma's house, her grandpa was out front. He looked relatively young for his age, Despite the small amount of wrinkles and flecks of gray in his brown hair. He smiled and says, "Hello, Sami. Your grandmother is in the library. Go ahead and go in. Just take off your roller blades first."

Sami took off her roller blades while she said, "Hi grandpa," and then ran inside. After putting her roller blades by the door, she ran to the library. Then she practically jumped down the stairs to the Library and looked around. She couldn't see her grandmother anywhere. Sami called out, "Where are you, grandma?"

A voice answered, "Over here in my secret corner."

Sami ran over to the secret corner. Her grandma, like her grandpa, didn't look very old. She had some gray hair and wrinkles, but still looked pretty young. She said, "I'm glad you came today. I have something to for you."

Sami watched intensively as her grandma pulled a book off a shelf. It was the same pink book Sami touched a year ago. Sami said, "Hey, it's that book! Why are you giving it to me?"

Sami's grandma said, "It's time for you to know a few things. I was about ten when I first saw a book similar to this. It turned out to be a book called the Clow. About two years later, it changed into this book. For many years, I protected this book. Now, I am too old to protect it anymore. I want you to protect it now."

Sami's grandma placed the book into Sami's arms. She continued, "It is very important that you never open the book. If it is opened, the cards will get free. So, it must remain closed, unless there is an emergency. But, if it is accidentally opened, you can use this to get the cards back."

Sami's grandma murmured a few words, and a pink key went flying at Sami. Sami caught it, wondering what it was. Sami's grandma said, "This is the star key. With the right words, you can change it into the star wand and you will be able to use the cards."

Sami said, "That's cool, but how do you know I'm the best choice for a guard for the book?"

Sami's Grandma smiled and said, "I trust that you will do fine. Grandmothers know these kind of things. And if you ever get into deep trouble, I am always here to help you."

Sami smiled. Somewhere in the house, a clock chimed ten thirty. Sami said, "Oh! I have to be home by 11!"

Sami's grandma said, "Well, you better hurry."

Sami rushed out the door, her grandma following her into the yard. Sami's grandpa saw the book Sami had, turned to Sami's grandma said, "Sakura, are you sure she is ready?"

Sakura (Sami's grandma) said, "Yes, Syaoran. I was two years younger than her when I first started to collect the cards."

"But Sami is not you," Syaoran said, "What if she is not ready?"

"I am sure. Sami has proven herself before, and she shall prove herself again," Sakura said.

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Sami's family had gone to Her cousin's house that day. Well, actually, it was her second cousin's house. Sami's parents were cousins with his parents. After being gone all day, Sami returned home and ran up to check on the book and cards. She turned pale when she saw that the book was now red instead of pink. She pulled the star key out of her pocket. It too had changed. Sami got really worried, so she decided to open the book, even though her grandma had told her not to unless it was an emergency. "this is an emergency," Sami thought, "A book isn't supposed to change colors! Unless it's a book made out of color changing candy. But that's impractical!"

Sami broke the seal on the book. Inside the book, there were cards with a weird circle pattern on them. She became interested in the cards and picked up the first one. It had the picture of a purple creature on it, and it sad 'The Dash' beneath the picture. She said, "Hmmmmmm, The Dash…."

Suddenly, a shape like what was on the back of the card began to glow underneath her. A purple creature came out of the card. It took one look at Sami, then it began to run around Sami's room. Eventually, it collided with Sami, causing her to drop the book. She quickly recovered and grabbed the purple creature before it could get away. It struggled to get free. Sami quietly said, "It's ok, I won't hurt you."

The animal calmed down. Then, it looked up and smiled at Sami. Sami said, "Will you turn back into a card?"

The animal turned back into a card. Sami smiled and looked back to the book. Her smile quickly faded as she saw what was happening. The cards had landed right in front of an open window, and they were quickly blowing away! Sami jumped up and tried to grab some of the cards before they all blew away. She managed to grab one called The Jump, but that's the only one she got. She watched sorrowfully as the cards all blew away. She went to go pick up the book, when a bright glow startled her. A yellow creature emerged from the book and said, "Hello Sakura! You sure look young! Man, your hair got long, too!"

Sami said, "My name isn't Sakura….. That's my grandma's name….."

The creature's face fell. He tried to smile and said, "well, my name is Kero, and I'm guardian of the Clow cards. What's your name?"

Sami said, "Sami."

Kero asked, "What's your surname?"

Sami answered, "Li."

Kero suddenly got mad. He said, "What?! Sakura married that guy?! I can't believe it!"

Sami jumped back in surprise. Kero looked at the book, which had fallen and closed after the cards left. He said, "It's the Clow book again, ….. That's weird."

Kero noticed that the seal was broken, so he looked inside. All of the cards were gone. He began to freak out. Kero then eyed Sami and said, "You irresponsible girl! You shouldn't have opened the book! Now we all are in grave danger! Hurry! Give me the cards before something bad happens!"

Sami was scared now. She should have listened to her grandma and left the book closed. Sami, who didn't want to be at the receiving end of a scolding from this small creature, gave him the card which she had caught before the wind blew away. Then, she walked over to where she dropped The Dash and gave it to him as well. He said, "Ok, where are the rest?"

Sami, trying to be as innocent as possible, said, "They all blew away."

Kero completely freaked out then. He said, "No! This is bad! Real bad! "

Sami said, "How bad?"

Kero said, "Very! If those cards remain loose for long enough, evil forces could use them for evil purposes! And besides that, now that they are out of the book, the evil one has been awoken!"

"The evil one?"

"Yes, the evil one! A long time ago, an evil force almost destroyed the world!"

"How awful!"

"It was! Luckily, Sakura managed to beat him. She sealed him away, then sealed the cards away. As long as the cards stay sealed away, he cannot gain power, so he cannot escape. But, now that the cards are free again, he could come back! We have to get those cards back as soon as possible!"

"How do we do that?"

Kero thought for a moment. Then, he said, "Do you have the Clow key?"

Sami pulled the key out of her pocket and said, "I used to have the star key, but it changed when the book did."

Kero said, "That'll work. Hold it out in front of you."

Sami did as he said. Kero then said, "Just say this: The key that hides the forces of Darkness, Show your true identity. I, Sami, command you under our contract! Release the seal!"

Sami repeated, "The key that hides the forces of Darkness, Show your true identity. I, Sami, command you under our contract! Release the seal!"

Suddenly, the floor began to glow again. The Key hovered a few inches above her hands, and it grew into a wand. Sami grabbed it when the glowing stopped. Kero said, "Remember those words, for they release the Clow wand. You will need it to catch the cards."

Sami said, "I am not so sure about this," as Kero gave her back the two cards. Kero said, "Well, you shouldn't have opened the book then. Besides, I'm sure you'll do fine."

Suddenly, they heard a sound form outside. They both looked out and saw a bunch of bubbles appear. Sami said, "Bubbles?!"

Kero said, "It's The Bubbles card! You have to catch it!"

"But I don't know how," Sami protested.

"Come on," Kero says as he dragged her out the door of her room and outside. They followed the stream of bubbles down the street. Then, they saw The Bubbles. They tried to get to it, but they weren't getting anywhere fast. Sami suddenly came up with an idea. Sami said, "Kero, does the Dash card make you fast?"

Kero nodded. Sami said, "What do you do to get a card to help you?"

Kero said, "You say: The card crafted by Clow, Give the power to my key. Bestow the power of the card unto my key. Grant unto me your powers! Either that, or you could just say what you want the card to do, then say it's name."

Sami decided to do the latter of those two. She pulled out the Dash card and said, "Make me fast so I can catch The Bubbles, Dash!"

She hit the card with the wand and the card glowed. It suddenly zoomed to her feet. She grabbed Kero and started to run. Sami was now really fast. They eventually caught up with the card, which had been floating away while sending loads of bubbles at them to hinder their progress. Sami said, "What now?"

Kero said, "we need to trap it with another card!"

Sami said, "But I only have the Dash and the Jump!"

"Then use something else, the bubbles are getting too thick!"

Sami looked around for something else to use. She saw a rope. Sami yelled out, "I have an idea!"

Sami grabbed the rope and tied it to a post. She then ran around the Bubbles really fast (thanks to the Dash card) and tied up the Bubbles. The Bubbles tried to escape, but couldn't get free. Sami ran in front of it and said, "Ok, what now?"

Kero said, "look in your heart, and you will know!"

Sami closed her eyes for a second. When she opened them, she took the Clow wand in both hands and held it over her head. Sami said, "Return to the shape you were destined to be! Clow card!"

She brought the wand down to arm level with her. A bright light in the shape of a Clow card appeared at the end of the wand. The Bubbles began to turn into wisps of light and flew towards the end of the wand. When the light dimmed, the Bubbles was back in card form and the card few to Sami's hand. Sami smiled. She couldn't hold in her glee. She shouted out in joy, "Yippe! I got one of the cards back!"

Kero did the anime sweat drop and said, "Well done, but you got a long way to go before it's safe again."

Sami said, "Aww, don't be pessimistic. That's my job……….sorta. Anyways, when we get home, I'll get some cake and ice cream!"

"Cake and ice cream?! I'm there," Kero shouted out. He flew way ahead of Sami and said, "Hurry up, the cake is waiting!"

Sami began to run back home, going a lot slower without the aid of the Dash card. Kero waited for her to catch up, then raced her home. In the shadows, the blunette stood. He had seen the whole thing. He said, "What an odd girl. I was going to kill the brat and steal the cards from her, but it looks like she released them for me. I'll let her live a while longer. Hmm, this shall be interesting. "