Hey everybody it's me again. This chapter is five pages long. I wanted to make a long chapter, but it didn't turn out that well. If I was to write anymore, it would seem like I was babbling and I hate that. Anyways here's the chapter. I'd say enjoy it, but I have to go through this business with the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I don't own it. Maybe one day, people would get the idea. I mean, if I owned CCS or HP don't you think I'd be making them episodes or writing this as an actual book?
Now you may enjoy the chapter.
Chapter Eleven-
*FIVE DAYS LATER*
"I think we better go and get our supplies today. No more exploring London." Yuri said seriously at the breakfast table in Eriol's home.
"Ok. Does anybody know where to get these supplies?" Naoko asked.
Yuri nodded. "I think we can get them from a place called Diagon Alley. After breakfast I'll show you where it is."
Jamie looked thoughtful. "How do you know where it is?"
Yuri smiled. "Sakura and I went there for one year when we lived with Clow Reed. We left the year after realising that we didn't like being away from home for so long. There was another factor though, that helped us decide." Yuri sent a sly look at Sakura and Syaoran. Both blushed. Then Sakura returned the look, and Yuri and Jamie began to blush.
"Did you realise that we have to get wands?" Meiling asked.
Eriol nodded. "All of you do, except for Sakura, Yuri and I, as we already have wands, or staffs. We'll be able to make them look like regular wands."
Yuri and Sakura nodded. "I think we should change our staffs into wands now." Yuri said.
Sakura looked thoughtful. "We'll be able to change them back, right? Just in case we need the cards?"
Eriol nodded. "Once the staff has been changed into a wand, you'll need to remove the star from the top of it. Placing the star back onto the wand will change it back into your staffs." Eriol informed them.
Sakura and Yuri nodded again before removing their necklaces. They both chanted the incantations to reveal their staffs. They then focused their power to their staffs.
A magical wind swirled around the two girls, and when it stopped, Sakura and Yuri were holding wands instead of their staffs.
Sakura's wand looked to be about 10 inches long and it was the same colour of her aura. The handle of her wand was decorated with gold and silver cherry blossoms.
Yuri's wand looked like it was 12 inches long, and it was a slightly darker pink than Sakura's. Her wand's handle was decorated with gold and silver lilies.
The two girls looked at their new wands happily, while Tomoyo was going on about how 'kawaii' it was, and Naoko saying that that was cool and she couldn't wait for her wand.
Yuri looked from her wand to see that Eriol had already transformed his staff into a wand. It was the same colour as his staff, and the handle was plain. On the butt of the handle though, was Clow Reed's symbol.
The three then removed the pendant part on their wand. (What was on top of their staffs. Sakura and Yuri had stars, and I can't really explain what Eriol's is.)
"Let's go now." Meiling exclaimed, wanting to leave.
The group stood in front of the Leaky Cauldron. Meiling and Naoko were looking at the place in disbelief.
"This is the entrance to Diagon Alley?" Meiling asked sceptically.
Yuri nodded. "This is a pub for witches and wizards, and other types of magical creatures. Follow me." Yuri walked in through the front doors, with the others trailing behind her.
The bartender gave them a quick look before nodding towards the back of the pub. Yuri nodded thankfully and then walked out the back.
"What was that about?" Naoko asked, referring to the bartender's look.
"He was making sure that we weren't going to cause trouble. He also was seeing if we were Hogwarts students or not." Yuri explained as she took out her wand. She then proceeded to tap specific bricks on the wall. After she finished this, the bricks began to wiggle. They soon created a large archway, and through them was a sight that made everyone gasp with awe. Wizards and witches were bustling hurriedly through the alley, children and teens had their faces pressed to windows, staring at things inside.
Tomoyo laughed. "It's not much different than what goes on in the non magical world."
Yuri shook her head. "No Tomoyo, it's much more different than you think." She looked at the others. Yuri reached into her pockets and pulled something out. It was a key chain with twelve different keys on it. "I found these in a draw in my room at Eriol's. They're for our vaults at Gringotts." She then proceeded to hand the keys out. Once she had finished, she noticed that the were all looking at her with confused expressions on their faces. "What?" Yuri asked confused.
Sakura smiled at the look on her face, not realising that it was identical to the one she had been wearing a few seconds earlier. "We're all wondering how you managed to figure out who's key belonged to whom."
Yuri stared for a bit than laughed. "That was easy. One, they all have your auras, and two, take a close look at them. They're all custom made."
Everyone looked at their keys, not understanding. Slowly though, looks of comprehension graced their faces.
On the hilt of each key, there was a unique symbol. On Sakura's there was a cherry blossom. Tomoyo's had a tomoyo blossom, Naoko's a tulip. Meiling had a lotus in bloom on her key, Yuri had a lily. Eriol had the Clow symbol. Syaoran's key had the head of a wolf, Jamie's had a falcon in flight. On Touya's was a peach blossom. Yukito's had a moon on his, while Nakuru had the kanji for energy and Erin's was a simple rose.
"Come on, let's get to Gringotts." Yuri said, and they all ran into the alley.
They soon came to a huge, slightly lopsided, white building.
"I'm guessing this is Gringotts." Syaoran said softly.
Sakura nodded. "Don't be surprised when we go inside. Its run by goblins." Sakura said just as softly.
The others looked at her in surprise. "What?" Sakura asked defensively. "I just remember that they don't like to be stared at and I thought that you might all like the warning."
Yuri giggled. "We did learn the hard way, huh?"
Sakura nodded, a mischievous light in her eyes. "Of course, being the only daughters of the great and powerful Eve and Clow Reed did help get us out of trouble."
Yuri smirked. "Not that we couldn't handle a couple hundred goblins by ourselves."
Sakura and Yuri then walked into the building, not noticing the looks the others were sending them.
"Does anyone else sometimes feel like they have many little secrets that we have no way of ever knowing?" Jamie asked no one in particular.
Syaoran, Eriol and Touya nodded, while Meiling, Tomoyo and Naoko shook their heads.
"They're sisters." Tomoyo said, like it explained everything.
"And besides, I understood everything that was just said." Meiling added.
The guys simple stared, shocked.
Naoko shrugged. "Call it a girl's thing. Males will never ever be able to fully understand women. But us ladies, well, we figured you guys out years ago." Naoko then turned to the remaining females. "Shall we?"
The others nodded, then proceeded to follow the two sisters inside.
Syaoran, Eriol, Touya and Jamie just shrugged and followed the girls inside, closely followed by the human forms of the guardians, who had wisely stayed out of the conversation.
Wind ruffled Sakura's hair as she was swept down the never ending maze that was Gringotts. She was surprised to find that her vault was close to the very middle of the maze, meaning that her vault was one of the first to be opened when Gringotts started.
The cart came to a sudden halt, stopping in front of two vaults.
The goblin stepped out of the cart, and Sakura and Yuri followed.
"Why are these two vaults so close together?" Sakura asked.
The goblin looked at her with an expressionless face. "The two who opened these vaults were twin sisters and very close." He then walked over to the first vault. "This is vault 5. It was owned by Sakura, the youngest daughter of Clow Reed. Key please." Sakura handed her key over to the goblin and watched as he inspected it closely. He then inserted the key, unlocked the door, then he took a quick step back.
Sakura was watching the goblin closely and wondered why he had done this. She soon got her answer when a small ball of fire shot out of the vault. She quickly jumped to the side, the fireball missing her barely.
Sakura got to her feet instantly and peered into the vault. Her look of wariness was soon replaced with one of happiness as the creature that caused the fireball stepped out.
Standing in front of her vault was a huge dragon. He looked to be about 10 feet tall, and looked to weigh over 300 kilos. His weight wasn't caused by fat though. It was caused by his sleek muscles. The dragon was a beautiful amber colour, with emerald eyes. He watched Sakura, a look of distrust in his intelligent eyes. The look was soon gone as he stared at the young woman in front of him. He gave a roar of merriment and bent his sleek head to Sakura's.
Sakura smiled, remembering this creature from her past life. "Hello Amberite." She said, petting the dragon on the head.
The goblin stared in shock as the dragon began to purr. "He has never acted that way for anyone, except for Mistress Sakura and her sister." The goblin gasped. "Are you….."
Yuri shook her head, as she stepped forward "No, we're not. The dragon must sense what a kind spirit Sakura has, and this is causing it to trust her." Yuri looked at Sakura. "Sakura, we had better be going. So get some money so we can. Remember that I still need to access my vault, and I feel that that's going to take a while, even if it's only two steps away, and then we have to meet up with the others," As Yuri said this, a cart carrying a loudly protesting Touya, and a hyper active Nakuru shot past. "And I think we need to save Touya from Nakuru, and we also have to buy all our equipment since school is only two days away."
Sakura looked at Amberite with sadness.
Yuri smiled softly as she walked over to Sakura. "Don't worry. We'll be able to see him again. Just remember that you're going to have to do this for me too." She said softly.
Sakura nodded, then let go of Amberite. She walked inside the vault and filled her bag with money. Just before she was going to leave though, Amberite placed a small package in her hand. (He did this by his front paws/claws. He's a bit like Draco from Dragon Heart, except he is so much more elegant and sleek.)
Sakura thanked him, then said goodbye.
It was then Yuri's turn, and the goblin did pretty much the same thing as before.
Yuri looked at the beautiful dragon that stepped out from her vault. The dragon was slightly smaller than Amberite and was more elegant looking. This was because the dragon was a female. Her scales were dark, almost black in their colouring. And her eyes were a darker emerald than that of Amberite's.
Yuri smiled at the dragon. "Morning Silvernight."
The dragon then proceeded to act exactly like Amberite did. Yuri laughed, but cut her bonding with her old friend short. Grabbing some money, she was about to leave when Silvernight stopped her and placed a small package in her hands.
Saying goodbye, Sakura and Yuri got back into the cart and were rushed back to the surface. Once they reached the surface, Sakura and Yuri found the rest of their friends and left Gringotts.
Naoko was happily skipping along the path when Sakura asked her what had happened
skipping along the path when Sakura asked her what had happened
"What made you so happy?" Sakura asked.
Naoko was about to answer when there came a melodious trill from above them. They looked up to see a majestic bird swoop down and land on Naoko's shoulder.
"This is Jadeian, my phoenix. She was guarding my vault and I decided to bring her with me to Hogwarts." Naoko said happily.
Yuri smiled. "I guess this is the reason why you were so happy, huh?"
Naoko nodded.
"Uh.. One thing. Aren't phoenixes meant to be a red colour, or at least a golden red colour?" Meiling asked, staring at the strangely coloured Jadeian.
"Yeah, I guess so. I was wondering about her colouring." Naoko said, as she stroked the jade-green bird.
Jadeian's feathers were a brilliant jade green and her eyes were the same colour as Naoko's eyes.
Yuri smirked, obviously knowing something.
Sakura noticed this look and was about to ask about it when Yuri met her eye. In that one look, Yuri explained everything to her twin, and watched as she too began to smirk with the knowledge.
Syaoran and Jamie watched the two sisters, and suddenly they remembered something.
*FLASHBACK*
The three young men smirked as they heard the outraged cries of their unknowing prey. They may have loved the young women with all their hearts, but they loved to play tricks on them more. And besides, this was payback.
When the three young women walked out of the mansion, covered in mud and other things, the young men had to hold back their laughter. They had gotten them back.
One of the young men couldn't hold his laughter anymore, and he laughed out loud, alerting the young women to their presence.
Syaoran scowled at James. Great. Now they were in for it. He turned and sent an exasperated look to the third member of their group. A young man with jade-green eyes.
*END FLASHBACK*
Jamie and Syaoran stared at each other, wondering if the other remembered.
"We'd better get your wands." Eriol said, interrupting the two boys thoughts.
Everyone nodded then followed Eriol as he led the way to a small shop named 'Ollivanders'.
*BACK AT ERIOL'S MANSION, FIVE HOURS LATER*
Everyone sat in the library in Eriol's mansion, studying very hard. Or at least Eriol, Sakura and Yuri was.
Touya was attempting to study, but with Nakuru hanging from him, it made it very difficult. Yukito and Erin were sitting in a corner, catching up on each other and talking about their mistresses. Tomoyo, Meiling, Jamie, Syaoran and Naoko were all still staring at their wands. Mr. Ollivander was very surprised when they entered his small store. He was even more surprised by what wands they all got.
*FLASHBACK*
As they entered the small store, a soft tinkling of a bell alerted the owner of their presence.
"Hello." A soft voice said to Meiling's right.
"Ahh!" Mailing cried, shocked by the sudden appearance of an old man.
He was about average height, with pale silvery eyes that didn't seem to blink.
"How may I help you?" He asked.
Tomoyo stepped forward. "We're here to get our wands." She said softly.
The old man nodded. "Ah, yes. Alright." The man reached into his pocket and pulled out a long tape measure. "Your wand arm please dear." He said to Tomoyo.
Tomoyo looked at the others with a confused expression.
"Mr Ollivander means your predominate arm Tomoyo." Eriol said softly.
Tomoyo blushed then held out her right arm.
Mr Ollivander measured her arm and then walked to the back of the store. He came back with about five boxes.
"Try this." He instructed, handing Tomoyo a wand.
Tomoyo, feeling foolish, waved the wand, but nothing happened.
Mr Ollivander snatched the wand out of her hand, and passed her another wand.
Tomoyo again waved the wand, but Mr Ollivander took that wand too.
After going through over twenty boxes, Yuri had had enough. Standing, she brought everyone's attention to her.
"Do you happen to have a wand made of tomoyo wood?" She asked.
Mr Ollivander thought for a minute, then nodded.
"Why don't you let her try that one?" Yuri suggested.
Mr Ollivander looked at Yuri once, before walking to the very back of his store. He came back with a box covered in dust.
"This wand has been here since Clow Reed's time. This wand was made by his wife, Eve. Its made from tomoyo wood and its core contains a single feather from Eve's phoenix, Dasrell. Dasrell was a very unique phoenix as it was the only lavender coloured one in all existence. No one has been able to use it." Mr Ollivander handed Tomoyo the soft violet coloured wand, and Tomoyo felt a warmth enter her fingertips. The wand glowed, as did Tomoyo. Once the glowing stopped, Tomoyo was still holding the wand, but on the butt of the wand was a engraving of a tomoyo blossom.
Mr Ollivander stared at Tomoyo. "You must be very strong to be able to possess Eve's wand."
Yuri had a small grin as she pushed Meiling to the front of the room. "Your turn Meiling." She said.
Mr Ollivander removed his gaze from Tomoyo, then looked at Meiling. "Your wand arm?"
Meiling lifted her right arm, and watched as the measuring tape took her measurements on its own.
The same thing that happened to Tomoyo, happened to Meiling.
Yuri only stood for it for a few more boxes than she did with Tomoyo before standing again.
"Have you got a wand that has a lotus blossom as its core?" She asked.
Mr Ollivander looked shocked, but he nodded. He once again went to the back of the store, and he came back with another box covered in dust.
He took the wand out, but before handing it to Meiling, he looked at Yuri. "How did you know that lotus blooms could be used in wands? Not very many people know of the magical properties that they possess."
Yuri simply smirked. "Tell her about it."
Mr Ollivander sighed, instinctively knowing that he wouldn't get straight answers from this group. "This wand was created about the same time as your friend's new wand. It was created by Eve's daughter-in-law, a beautiful young princess who's favourite flower was the lotus. She placed a lotus bloom as the core, and the wood is willow."
Meiling took hold of the wand and like Tomoyo before her, she and the wand began to glow. When the light cleared, Meiling was holding the ruby red wand, and now engraved on the butt of the wand was a lotus blossom.
It was then Naoko's turn, followed by Syaoran, Jamie, Touya, Nakuru, Erin and Yukito went together. What happened with them was exactly the same as the two before them. Mr Ollivander would measure their arms, go through boxes of wands, before Yuri's patience ran out and she suggested Mr Ollivander find a wand containing a certain thing. Mr Ollivander would always disappear to the back of the store and come back with a dust covered box.
An hour later, they all walked out of Ollivanders, each possessing their own customised wand.
Naoko's wand was made from oak and its core was a feather from Jadeian. The wand was a bright yellow colour, and engraved on the butt of the wand was a tulip.
Syaoran's wand was made from the wood from a peony tree. (It is possible to have those kind of trees since the shrub/bush on which the flower grows from can grow up to 12 feet tall) Its core was made of wolves' hair, a very powerful magical substance. There were very few wands made with wolf hair, as it was near impossible to find a wolf who had enough strength and power alone to create a wand core. (What I mean is that wolf hair is sometimes used it wands, but it usually has something with it, like unicorn hair. It was very rare to find a wand core made solely of wolf hair.) The wand was a deep forest green colour, and it had a wolf engraved on its butt.
Jamie's wand was a brilliant sea green colour, and on the butt of the wand was a swooping falcon. His wand was made of maple wood and possessed a feather from a falcon, and two tears from a falcon for its core. Mr Ollivander was astounded when Yuri had suggested he look for a wand containing falcon tears, seeing as it wasn't very common knowledge that falcon tears were a very magical substance. They were also very rare, so there wasn't very many wands possessing them.
Touya's wand was a chocolate brown and had a peach blossom on its butt. It was made of wood from a peach blossom tree and its core contained a feather from the Pegasus that he had owned from his past life. Mr Ollivander was astonished by the fact that Yuri knew that Clow Reed's only son had a Pegasus as his pet/mount and that there was a wand with a feather from it in it.
Nakuru's wand was made of birch and its core was a single moonbeam. This caused Mr Ollivander to stare in shock and become speechless when Yuri requested that he find a wand containing a moonbeam. Nakuru's wand was a burgundy red colour and on its butt was the kanji for energy.
The last two wands caused Mr Ollivander to have an apoplectic fit. Erin and Yukito both got measured for their wands at the same time. They left Mr Ollivander stumped till Yuri suggested he get the only two wands left in his store, which he had forgotten about. These wands were made of ebony and rosewood, and their cores contained feathers from Yue and Nerina. Once Mr Ollivander had placed the wands in their hands, he stared, amazed by the fact that they could control them. Erin got the wand that possessed Nerina's feather. It was made of rosewood. Yukito got the wand that was made of ebony, and had Yue's feather for its core. Erin's wand was a turquoise colour and it had a rose engraved on its butt.
Yukito's wand was a silver colour, and engraved on its butt was a moon.
*END FLASHBACK*
They had also got their books and robes. Tomoyo and Erin had insisted that they would improve the robes, and had spent the last two hours, still in Diagon Alley and on the way back to Eriol's, discussing ideas. Tomoyo was amazed and delighted to find that Erin also liked to sew.
"Umm…. Nakuru, please let go of my oni-chan. He needs to catch up on spells and things like that if he wants to help Yukito. And I think you others should be doing a little studying too." Yuri said, looking at Nakuru and Touya.
Nakuru pouted for a bit, and reluctantly let Touya go.
Touya sent a relieved look towards Yuri, then went back to his studying.
The others, meaning Naoko, Syaoran, Tomoyo, Jamie, and Meiling, looked at each other, before grabbing their books and starting to study.