A Mysterious New World
Episode 1: New Faces
By Chessrook44
Chesrook: Ah, I'm back! Now that didn't take long, did it?
Lister: It took a week.
Chesrook: Shut up. Anyway, we- er, hey, where's Sakura?
Lister: Don't you remember the last episode?
Chesrook: Oh, yeah. Sorry. Anyway, this one's going to be a bit longer.
A bit more descriptive as well.
Lister: Hey, when am I going to be in it anyway?
Chesrook: In due time (Maybe)
Lister: HEY!!!!
Chesrook: O-kay, on with the Fanfic!
Sakura regained consciousness. She was lying on her back. She opened her eyes, but wherever she was it was dark. She could feel that she was on some bed, lumpy, but not too uncomfortable. The pillow felt ratty.
Sakura sat up and automatically her head fell into her hand. She had a very painful headache. "Oh, my head." Sakura moaned.
"Sakura? Is that you?"
Sakura's eyes opened wide at the voice. It sounded just like.
"Li? Li, is that you?"
"Yeah Sakura."
Sakura whirled her head toward the voice. "Li!" She cried happily. In the middle of the room was a small lantern hanging from the ceiling. There wasn't much light, which explained why most of the room was shadowed. The voice was coming from a shadow across the room. Sakura thought she saw a man sitting on another bed there. She got up from the bed and stepped into the light. "Li! It's me! Sakura!"
"W-what? But. but you're. you're not Sakura!"
Sakura stopped. "Li, what are you talking about?"
"You look nothing like Sakura!"
"But, Li, don't you remember? It's me! We captured the cards together! I transformed them with your help!"
There was a pause. "You ARE Sakura! And yet. you don't look like her."
The man got up and stepped into the light. Sakura gasped. The man in front of her looked about 30, had a sash hanging from his belt, and looked just like Li!
"Sakura, it's me, Li," The man said in Li's voice.
Sakura stared. "L-Li? B-but, you look. different!"
Li sighed. "I could say the same about you." Li walked back over to the bed he was sitting on and came back with a mirror. "Look," he said as he held the mirror up to Sakura.
Sakura gasped. She looked older too! And not only that, her hair had grown longer too! Where before it didn't even reach her shoulders, now it went all the way down to her waist! "What in the."
"That's not all," Li said, raising his eyebrow. He pushed back some of Sakura's hair revealing.
Sakura gave a loud shriek. "What. What happened to me? What's going on?"
"Who's that? Sakura? Oh, my head hurts."
Sakura turned at the voice. It sounded like.
"Madison?"
"Sakura? Yes, yes it's me, Madison."
"Madison, are you alright?"
"I. I think so." Then from out of the shadows stepped.
"Ma-Madison?!?! What happened to you?"
"Wha- Sakura? What happened to you? And what do you mean what happened to me?"
"Well." Sakura held the mirror up to Madison. "Just look at yourself!"
Madison gasped. She had also aged and was about as tall as Sakura! Her hair had also grown in length, but instead of reaching down to her waist like Sakura's, it went down behind her knees! Her eyes had also changed color from blue to green, like Sakura's eyes! "What in the-?!" Sakura's eyes widened. "That's not all," she said as she reached forward and pushed back Madison's hair revealing her ears. However her ears had changed slightly. "What the- What happened to my ears? They got. pointy!" Madison exclaimed. "It's the same with mine," Sakura said, pulling back her own hair. "Wh- what the heck's going on?" Madison cried.
"Do you HAVE to be so loud? My head is pounding!"
They turned at the rough but familiar voice and from the shadows stepped a short man with a full golden beard, wide frame, not much hair on top, and yellow eyes. Everyone just stared. "What?" the man said curiously. "What are you staring at?"
"K-K-Kero?!?!" Sakura stuttered.
"Yeah Sakura, it's me, Kero! Why are you staring at me like that? Do I have som-" Just then he/Kero noticed his hands and started screaming. "AA! WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO ME? WHAT HAPPENED TO MY HANDS?!?!" he reached behind himself. "uh, AH! MY WINGS! WHAT HAPPENED TO MY WINGS?!?!"
"SHUT UP, CAN'T YA? MY HEAD IS KILLING ME!"
Everyone turned at the voice. It sounded just like.
"Meilin?" Li asked.
"Li? Is that you?" they heard the person get up and when she stepped out of the shadows they saw.
It was too much. Everyone started laughing long and hard. Kero laughed so hard he fell backwards onto the floor and began to roll around. "What?" Meilin asked.
"Meilin, tha- tha- that CAN'T be you-hoo-hoo-ha ha ha!!!" Sakura just managed to say. She bent down and held the mirror up to Meilin. Meilin hadn't changed much. Other than her hair getting shorter, she had gotten shorter! "AA! What happened? Look at me! I'm a midget!"
"You look more like one of those halflings to me," Madison said.
Sakura stopped laughing. She just got a thought of what was. she ran over to a nearby window and pulled open the shades. "Oh my god," she said in amazement. "What is it?" Kero asked, and everyone ran over and looked out. (Except for Meilin. She was jumping up and down behind them shouting, "What? What is it? I can't see!")
Out the window they were able to see a town that they were in. People clogged the streets, moving around. The town was dusty and all the buildings were made of wood. And in the middle of the street.
"I don't believe it!"
"That's incredible! But, I didn't think they existed!"
"I don't think they do!"
"What? What don't exist? C'mon, could someone give me a boost?"
"Impossible! It. it. it's. an ORC!"
Everyone stared at the large, ugly creature. They couldn't see much of the details though.
"This proves it!" Sakura said. "I think we're."
She was interrupted when the door slammed open. Everyone turned towards the door. A fat, ugly lady in a filthy apron was standing there. "Aight," she said in a loud, creaky voice. "Yeh've stayed 'ere long enough. Yehr rent's out, and I got 4 gobs that want th' room t'nite, so whatever yeh don't want destroyed, take wit ya and GIT!"
She slammed the door shut, leaving the others staring in bewilderment.
Chesrook: Well, there you go! It's done! So, what did you think? Lister: Not bad. The part with Meilin was funny, though! Sakura: Yeah! [chuckles slightly] It was funny! Chesrook: Say, Sakura, how do you like it anyway? Sakura: Huh? Oh, it's great! I love be- Chesrook: [claps hand over Sakura's mouth] O-kay, we'll tell them about that next time! In the meantime, I'll just say one of my phrases: One fails to recognize his own faults, even when he sees those same faults in others. Seeya!
Sakura regained consciousness. She was lying on her back. She opened her eyes, but wherever she was it was dark. She could feel that she was on some bed, lumpy, but not too uncomfortable. The pillow felt ratty.
Sakura sat up and automatically her head fell into her hand. She had a very painful headache. "Oh, my head." Sakura moaned.
"Sakura? Is that you?"
Sakura's eyes opened wide at the voice. It sounded just like.
"Li? Li, is that you?"
"Yeah Sakura."
Sakura whirled her head toward the voice. "Li!" She cried happily. In the middle of the room was a small lantern hanging from the ceiling. There wasn't much light, which explained why most of the room was shadowed. The voice was coming from a shadow across the room. Sakura thought she saw a man sitting on another bed there. She got up from the bed and stepped into the light. "Li! It's me! Sakura!"
"W-what? But. but you're. you're not Sakura!"
Sakura stopped. "Li, what are you talking about?"
"You look nothing like Sakura!"
"But, Li, don't you remember? It's me! We captured the cards together! I transformed them with your help!"
There was a pause. "You ARE Sakura! And yet. you don't look like her."
The man got up and stepped into the light. Sakura gasped. The man in front of her looked about 30, had a sash hanging from his belt, and looked just like Li!
"Sakura, it's me, Li," The man said in Li's voice.
Sakura stared. "L-Li? B-but, you look. different!"
Li sighed. "I could say the same about you." Li walked back over to the bed he was sitting on and came back with a mirror. "Look," he said as he held the mirror up to Sakura.
Sakura gasped. She looked older too! And not only that, her hair had grown longer too! Where before it didn't even reach her shoulders, now it went all the way down to her waist! "What in the."
"That's not all," Li said, raising his eyebrow. He pushed back some of Sakura's hair revealing.
Sakura gave a loud shriek. "What. What happened to me? What's going on?"
"Who's that? Sakura? Oh, my head hurts."
Sakura turned at the voice. It sounded like.
"Madison?"
"Sakura? Yes, yes it's me, Madison."
"Madison, are you alright?"
"I. I think so." Then from out of the shadows stepped.
"Ma-Madison?!?! What happened to you?"
"Wha- Sakura? What happened to you? And what do you mean what happened to me?"
"Well." Sakura held the mirror up to Madison. "Just look at yourself!"
Madison gasped. She had also aged and was about as tall as Sakura! Her hair had also grown in length, but instead of reaching down to her waist like Sakura's, it went down behind her knees! Her eyes had also changed color from blue to green, like Sakura's eyes! "What in the-?!" Sakura's eyes widened. "That's not all," she said as she reached forward and pushed back Madison's hair revealing her ears. However her ears had changed slightly. "What the- What happened to my ears? They got. pointy!" Madison exclaimed. "It's the same with mine," Sakura said, pulling back her own hair. "Wh- what the heck's going on?" Madison cried.
"Do you HAVE to be so loud? My head is pounding!"
They turned at the rough but familiar voice and from the shadows stepped a short man with a full golden beard, wide frame, not much hair on top, and yellow eyes. Everyone just stared. "What?" the man said curiously. "What are you staring at?"
"K-K-Kero?!?!" Sakura stuttered.
"Yeah Sakura, it's me, Kero! Why are you staring at me like that? Do I have som-" Just then he/Kero noticed his hands and started screaming. "AA! WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO ME? WHAT HAPPENED TO MY HANDS?!?!" he reached behind himself. "uh, AH! MY WINGS! WHAT HAPPENED TO MY WINGS?!?!"
"SHUT UP, CAN'T YA? MY HEAD IS KILLING ME!"
Everyone turned at the voice. It sounded just like.
"Meilin?" Li asked.
"Li? Is that you?" they heard the person get up and when she stepped out of the shadows they saw.
It was too much. Everyone started laughing long and hard. Kero laughed so hard he fell backwards onto the floor and began to roll around. "What?" Meilin asked.
"Meilin, tha- tha- that CAN'T be you-hoo-hoo-ha ha ha!!!" Sakura just managed to say. She bent down and held the mirror up to Meilin. Meilin hadn't changed much. Other than her hair getting shorter, she had gotten shorter! "AA! What happened? Look at me! I'm a midget!"
"You look more like one of those halflings to me," Madison said.
Sakura stopped laughing. She just got a thought of what was. she ran over to a nearby window and pulled open the shades. "Oh my god," she said in amazement. "What is it?" Kero asked, and everyone ran over and looked out. (Except for Meilin. She was jumping up and down behind them shouting, "What? What is it? I can't see!")
Out the window they were able to see a town that they were in. People clogged the streets, moving around. The town was dusty and all the buildings were made of wood. And in the middle of the street.
"I don't believe it!"
"That's incredible! But, I didn't think they existed!"
"I don't think they do!"
"What? What don't exist? C'mon, could someone give me a boost?"
"Impossible! It. it. it's. an ORC!"
Everyone stared at the large, ugly creature. They couldn't see much of the details though.
"This proves it!" Sakura said. "I think we're."
She was interrupted when the door slammed open. Everyone turned towards the door. A fat, ugly lady in a filthy apron was standing there. "Aight," she said in a loud, creaky voice. "Yeh've stayed 'ere long enough. Yehr rent's out, and I got 4 gobs that want th' room t'nite, so whatever yeh don't want destroyed, take wit ya and GIT!"
She slammed the door shut, leaving the others staring in bewilderment.
Chesrook: Well, there you go! It's done! So, what did you think? Lister: Not bad. The part with Meilin was funny, though! Sakura: Yeah! [chuckles slightly] It was funny! Chesrook: Say, Sakura, how do you like it anyway? Sakura: Huh? Oh, it's great! I love be- Chesrook: [claps hand over Sakura's mouth] O-kay, we'll tell them about that next time! In the meantime, I'll just say one of my phrases: One fails to recognize his own faults, even when he sees those same faults in others. Seeya!