The Powers of the old and new
Greeting): Hello, this is my first attempt at fanfiction in any category of stories. I do not know where this story is going but I will try to keep it consistent. Plenty of research will go into this story because it focuses on the magical aspect of the anime. If my research leads me wrong please notify me of mistakes though I don't expect any.
Disclaimer): I do not own CCS or any of its characters, but I own this plot and characters I create therein not of CCS. Any relation to any other fanfic plots or characters are purely coincidental.
Chapter 1): The Arcana
She wakes up refreshed and ready for a new day, the first day of spring break to be precise. However, before she can get out of bed, a strange magical beast that looks like a plush toy appears.
" How long do you plan on laying there, I'm hungry."
She gets up, ignoring the magical beast , and walks over to the dresser to decide what to wear. Her name is Sakura Kinomoto, a seemingly ordinary girl with shoulder length aubern air, jade eyes and a pretty thin physique, but she holds the power of the clow cards. The clow cards number to 52 with the exception of the hope and nothing cards and hold great magical powers that are unsurpassed by most other magical relics or arts for they were created by Clow Reed, the once most powerful Wizard of his time in all of Asia. However , how he did it has always remained a mystery to Sakura, the cards current master. Along with the clow cards, Clow Reed created two guardians to watch over the clow cards. One of them is the magical beast.
Kero( the magical beast), at first , had the look of horror on his face for being ignored, but it was soon replaced by a parsimonious appearance. But, before he could say anything, Sakura answered, " Don't worry, I'll get you some breakfast." She had dressed in an ordinary pink jumpsuit lined with red for this casual day.
Relieved, Kero returned to his video games in the corner, blaring loudly since no one else was in the house.
Sakura went downstairs, humming softly, to make some breakfast. Sakura's father and brother weren't in the house because they had jobs to work at today. Therefore, Kero and Sakura are alone in the house. Sakura remembered to drop off some pudding with Kero before eating breakfast. She was saddened by the fact that most of her friends wouldn't be able to spend spring break together with her. Naoko, Chiharu, and Rita all had extra curricular activities to attend to even during spring break. Tomoyo also had activities likewise, If Syaoron and Meiling were around they would probably have extra time, but they were in Hong Kong the last time she checked. Only Yukito wasn't busy of late, so she invited him over to spend time with him.
As Sakura was rummaging through her thoughts, a suprising and yet hollow knock came from the door. ' It couldn't be Yukito because he would know to ring the doorbell' thought Sakura as she went to the door to see who it was.
A somewhat older man was present at the doorway when Sakura opened it. He was dressed in brown robes lined with brass and copper, with golden hawk eyes and snow white hair, he was quite a figure to behold if unorthodox in his attire.
" Excuse me," he began politely. His voice was genle but expressed a powerful will. " I'm looking for the Master of the Clow Cards."
For some unexplainable reason, his willpower forced her to answer truthfully no matter what her intentions. " I am the master of the clow cards."
The old man didn't look the least bit suprised and asked, " May I have a word with you?" It was more of a command then a question and Sakura found it impossible to disobey.
She led him to the sitting room by the stairs and was about to get some tea, but the old man motioned her to sit and she had to obey.." I'm sorry for imposing my will upon you but I must tell you that which you do not know or understand."
Sakura was a little unsure of this predicament but asked, " How do you know about the Clow Cards?"
" Actually I know only that Clow Reed made them and that they hold vast powers."
" Then," Sakura hesitated," What can you tell me."
The old man cleared his throat and began, " My name is Werin and I am a tarot master. That means that I am familiar with all sorts of magical effects in the the medium of cards. The Clow cards are an example of the magic of the tarot. Bring them out."
Sakura brought out the Sakura book, startling the old man with its appearance and color contradictory to his research examples he saw before confronting the master of the clow cards, but he quickly regained his composure." I see that you already have made them your own making what I have to say that much more urgent. You see, you don't have all the clow cards."
" But....," Sakura began.
"Allow me to explain," Werin stated with an iron will, " The Tarot consist of the major and minor arcana in the case with respect to the clow cards. The minor arcana consists of 52 cards in four suits. The major arcana are special individual cards that differentiate in number depending on the type of cards, though I don't know how many in your case. I see that you have the minor arcana in the suits of fire, water, air, and earth." Werin indicates the cards.
" I also have these," Sakura brought out the Hope and the Nothing.
"Hmmmm," Werin mumbled as he looked at the two cards, " I don't know where the Hope fits in to the major arcana but the Nothing is clearly the ' Joker' of the the tarot balancing out the other major and minor arcana cards, but you still need more to complete your set of tarot-type cards. Once your set is complete you will truly be the master of the cl..... uh sakura cards."
" But I never sensed any other cards out there." Sakura claimed.
"Well, have you traveled alot to find them, they are probably in another region."
Sakura shook her head as she was made painfully aware of how she was ever going to find them."
Suddenly Kero pops up from behind the railing of the stair case and stated, " But Clow Reed never created any more cards. Your probably just trying to take the sakura cards for yourself." Kero zooms toward Werin and begins to transform, acting quite hastily. But Werin pulled out a card, threw it at the magical beast and stunned him."
" Before you jump to conclusions, understand that I have already mastered a tarot deck of my own so have no need to acquire more." The card goes back into Werin's sleeve , releasing Kero from the stun spell, " And also that Clow Reed could have easily manipulated your memory Kereberos as all magical creatures are susceptible to their master's magical powers." He turns back to Sakura," expect to see me every now and then for I am interested to see how the clow cards are different fromm all other arcane cards. As a fellow Arcane master I bid thee farewell." He pulled out a card from his sleeve and vanished without a trace.
Sakura couldn't react for quite a while, not only did she have to find these major arcana cards of the sakura cards, she would have to capture them, transform them, and all that without her friends in the beginning.
However, unbeknowest to Sakura, she would face many other obstacles she did not yet realise.
End chapter 1.
As you can see I am quite serious about the magical aspect, I hope it was entertaining and informative at the same time. Comments of either kind are welcomed. So Review.
Note): Tomoyo, Meilin and Syaoron will be featured in subsequent chapters as they go on their quests.
Bye.
Greeting): Hello, this is my first attempt at fanfiction in any category of stories. I do not know where this story is going but I will try to keep it consistent. Plenty of research will go into this story because it focuses on the magical aspect of the anime. If my research leads me wrong please notify me of mistakes though I don't expect any.
Disclaimer): I do not own CCS or any of its characters, but I own this plot and characters I create therein not of CCS. Any relation to any other fanfic plots or characters are purely coincidental.
Chapter 1): The Arcana
She wakes up refreshed and ready for a new day, the first day of spring break to be precise. However, before she can get out of bed, a strange magical beast that looks like a plush toy appears.
" How long do you plan on laying there, I'm hungry."
She gets up, ignoring the magical beast , and walks over to the dresser to decide what to wear. Her name is Sakura Kinomoto, a seemingly ordinary girl with shoulder length aubern air, jade eyes and a pretty thin physique, but she holds the power of the clow cards. The clow cards number to 52 with the exception of the hope and nothing cards and hold great magical powers that are unsurpassed by most other magical relics or arts for they were created by Clow Reed, the once most powerful Wizard of his time in all of Asia. However , how he did it has always remained a mystery to Sakura, the cards current master. Along with the clow cards, Clow Reed created two guardians to watch over the clow cards. One of them is the magical beast.
Kero( the magical beast), at first , had the look of horror on his face for being ignored, but it was soon replaced by a parsimonious appearance. But, before he could say anything, Sakura answered, " Don't worry, I'll get you some breakfast." She had dressed in an ordinary pink jumpsuit lined with red for this casual day.
Relieved, Kero returned to his video games in the corner, blaring loudly since no one else was in the house.
Sakura went downstairs, humming softly, to make some breakfast. Sakura's father and brother weren't in the house because they had jobs to work at today. Therefore, Kero and Sakura are alone in the house. Sakura remembered to drop off some pudding with Kero before eating breakfast. She was saddened by the fact that most of her friends wouldn't be able to spend spring break together with her. Naoko, Chiharu, and Rita all had extra curricular activities to attend to even during spring break. Tomoyo also had activities likewise, If Syaoron and Meiling were around they would probably have extra time, but they were in Hong Kong the last time she checked. Only Yukito wasn't busy of late, so she invited him over to spend time with him.
As Sakura was rummaging through her thoughts, a suprising and yet hollow knock came from the door. ' It couldn't be Yukito because he would know to ring the doorbell' thought Sakura as she went to the door to see who it was.
A somewhat older man was present at the doorway when Sakura opened it. He was dressed in brown robes lined with brass and copper, with golden hawk eyes and snow white hair, he was quite a figure to behold if unorthodox in his attire.
" Excuse me," he began politely. His voice was genle but expressed a powerful will. " I'm looking for the Master of the Clow Cards."
For some unexplainable reason, his willpower forced her to answer truthfully no matter what her intentions. " I am the master of the clow cards."
The old man didn't look the least bit suprised and asked, " May I have a word with you?" It was more of a command then a question and Sakura found it impossible to disobey.
She led him to the sitting room by the stairs and was about to get some tea, but the old man motioned her to sit and she had to obey.." I'm sorry for imposing my will upon you but I must tell you that which you do not know or understand."
Sakura was a little unsure of this predicament but asked, " How do you know about the Clow Cards?"
" Actually I know only that Clow Reed made them and that they hold vast powers."
" Then," Sakura hesitated," What can you tell me."
The old man cleared his throat and began, " My name is Werin and I am a tarot master. That means that I am familiar with all sorts of magical effects in the the medium of cards. The Clow cards are an example of the magic of the tarot. Bring them out."
Sakura brought out the Sakura book, startling the old man with its appearance and color contradictory to his research examples he saw before confronting the master of the clow cards, but he quickly regained his composure." I see that you already have made them your own making what I have to say that much more urgent. You see, you don't have all the clow cards."
" But....," Sakura began.
"Allow me to explain," Werin stated with an iron will, " The Tarot consist of the major and minor arcana in the case with respect to the clow cards. The minor arcana consists of 52 cards in four suits. The major arcana are special individual cards that differentiate in number depending on the type of cards, though I don't know how many in your case. I see that you have the minor arcana in the suits of fire, water, air, and earth." Werin indicates the cards.
" I also have these," Sakura brought out the Hope and the Nothing.
"Hmmmm," Werin mumbled as he looked at the two cards, " I don't know where the Hope fits in to the major arcana but the Nothing is clearly the ' Joker' of the the tarot balancing out the other major and minor arcana cards, but you still need more to complete your set of tarot-type cards. Once your set is complete you will truly be the master of the cl..... uh sakura cards."
" But I never sensed any other cards out there." Sakura claimed.
"Well, have you traveled alot to find them, they are probably in another region."
Sakura shook her head as she was made painfully aware of how she was ever going to find them."
Suddenly Kero pops up from behind the railing of the stair case and stated, " But Clow Reed never created any more cards. Your probably just trying to take the sakura cards for yourself." Kero zooms toward Werin and begins to transform, acting quite hastily. But Werin pulled out a card, threw it at the magical beast and stunned him."
" Before you jump to conclusions, understand that I have already mastered a tarot deck of my own so have no need to acquire more." The card goes back into Werin's sleeve , releasing Kero from the stun spell, " And also that Clow Reed could have easily manipulated your memory Kereberos as all magical creatures are susceptible to their master's magical powers." He turns back to Sakura," expect to see me every now and then for I am interested to see how the clow cards are different fromm all other arcane cards. As a fellow Arcane master I bid thee farewell." He pulled out a card from his sleeve and vanished without a trace.
Sakura couldn't react for quite a while, not only did she have to find these major arcana cards of the sakura cards, she would have to capture them, transform them, and all that without her friends in the beginning.
However, unbeknowest to Sakura, she would face many other obstacles she did not yet realise.
End chapter 1.
As you can see I am quite serious about the magical aspect, I hope it was entertaining and informative at the same time. Comments of either kind are welcomed. So Review.
Note): Tomoyo, Meilin and Syaoron will be featured in subsequent chapters as they go on their quests.
Bye.