Chapter 14
"So… who is the one with the key, huh?" sneered Lucius. Sakura, Syaoran and Eriol stepped forward, leaving the Hp gang behind them.
"NO! GET OUT OF THERE!" bellowed Harry as his grip on his wand tightened. Professor Dumbledor held him back.
"This is their fight now. Your turn is later." He said. Harry looked at Dumbeldor.
"But they don't know who the Dementors are and how to defeat them!" he cried.
"Yes, Dumbeldor. You should know that they are not what you call, 'exceptional' in defense against the dark arts," reasoned McGonagall. Dumbeldor just smiled.
"They make up for that in their own ways. Now stop arguing me and just watch." Dumbeldor said calmly. Harry and gang looked at each other and turned to the CCS gang, watching on nervously.
"What key?" Eriol was saying. Bellatrix growled and grabbed her wand.
"YOU BETTER GIVE ME THE KEY, BOY! OR ELSE YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT FROM ME!!!" she yelled as she pointed her wand at Eriol. Tomoyo stiffened behind.
"I only have the keys to my mansion. Do you want that?" Eriol asked innocently. Sakura and Syaoran kept a straight face with difficulty.
"Don't try to be funny with me, boy, then I have to force it out of you then. Cru– "
"STOP!" Yelled Lucius. "We want the key! We will kill them after we get it!" Bellatrix let her wand arm fall to her sides and glared at Syaoran. Syaoran glared back, his more menacing than hers. Bellatrix stiffened from the effect of Syaoran's icy glare.
"Give me the key and I will let you die a quick death," said Lucius with a small ugly smile. He reached out his hands towards Eriol. Eriol just shrugged and took the key from his neck. Sakura's eyes widened.
"Eriol! No!" she cried. Eriol looked at her sadly.
"We have to save hogwarts. We have no choice." He said.
"This is easier than I thought! Come one, boy, give it to me." Lucius laughed.
Just then, Sakura could hear something in her head.
Don't worry. Only I can hold the key. His hands will burn if he touches it. Get ready to attack when I give it to him. Oh…and Nakuru and Spinel will come out. Don't panic. Let Keroberous transform too.
Sakura looked at Syaoran and he nodded. Sakura felt inside her pocket and felt Kero touch her hand. They both got the message.
Just then, Eriol had reached Lucius and had put his own pendant on his palm. The pendant then glowed brightly and Lucius howled in pain. Eriol grabbed back his key and shouted, "NOW!" They three stood in a line and they chanted their incantations just as two circles appeared below Sakura and Eriol.
"The key with the power of the stars!
Show off the real magic power
I order you according to our agreement
To unseal!"
"I call upon the powers of day and night!
Sun and darkness unleash your might!
Release!"
The winds and light that appeared during the transformation died down to show Sakura pointing the head of her staff in the direction of the Dementors, Syaoran holding his sword in a fighting stance and Eriol holding his own long staff loosely in his hands, waiting for the master's command. Everyone stared at the three. Just then, a small plush toy flew out of Sakura's pocket and three symbols similar to Eriol's and Sakura's appeared on the floor. Everyone watched with amazement as Kero's wings glowed and enlarged. Two whirls of wind occupied the other two remaining circles of light and Kero's enlarged wings covered it like palms. The wind got stronger for a second and then died down. Three palms of feathers appeared and it opened to show a lion-like creature, a panther-like purple creature and a woman who was almost normal, except for the wings on her back. Everyone was astounded by the transformation and neither moved. Sakura took out a card and concentrated.
"Tree!" she cried. The card glowed and a green beautiful creature emerged from it and left a trail of branches around the door of the great hall, the branches then sprouting leaves.
"Now you have no way to escape. You cannot disapparate here and even though I would love to know how you got in here in the first place, I guess I don't really want to know." Sakura said to Malfoy. He just sneered and whipped out his wand.
"Pertrificius-Tota-"
But Syaoran was too quick for him. He unleashed his sword and threw an Ofuda into the air and chanted the incantations.
"Huu-ga, Shorai!"
A huge gust of wind emerged from his Ofuda and blew away Malfoy's sword. Lucius stared at Syaoran like he was a monster and back away a step.
"You thought this was going to be easy, fat hope," growled Syaoran as he pointed his sword at him. Malfoy suddenly laughed and the CCS group stiffened, ready for any attacks.
"Sakura, Sakura, you have such great friends protecting you, the card mistress eh? Now I can have three pendants! Master will be so pleased!" He said gleefully. Eriol rolled his eyes skywards. That guy didn't really notice that there were three dangerous creatures in front of him! And all he was protected by was a pathetic group of weak death eaters and a flimsy wand. Eriol sighed sadly and looked at Malfoy and his fellow death eaters. This wasn't going to be pretty.
"ATTACK!!!" Roared Malfoy. Everyone tensed for the battle and a great battle emerged. The people from Hogwarts stood behind helplessly as they watched the CCS gang fight bravely. From the corner of his eye, he saw a death eater creeping up to Sakura from behind. Sakura was fighting another death eater and wasn't aware of him. Harry raised his wand.
"Pertrificius-Totalus!" He cried. The death eater behind Sakura stiffened and fell onto the ground, like he was suffering from fits.
Sakura summoned the 'fight' and fought the death eater angrily. How dare he barge into Hogwarts like that? How dare he destroy the peace? Sakura fought harder and didn't notice the danger behind her until she heard Harry shout the full- body bind curse from the side. Sakura gave one last kick to the weary death eater and spun around just in time to see the death eater Harry had hit with his spell go into fits. Sakura looked up and smiled briefly at Harry. Just then, her senses tingled. Sakura summoned the 'jump' and jumped into the air, seeing that a red bolt of a spell took her place beneath her. Sakura could see the guardians fighting like the guardians they were and he best friends fighting bravely. Syaoran had decided not to use his sword and was fighting using his martial arts skill, which was almost equivalent to using his sword, according to Sakura's memories of card capturing. Sakura landed beside the blocked window and just then, the wood blocking the window burst into pieces. Sakura shielded her eyes from the flying bits of wood and when the smoke cleared and a figure in mid-air was holding his hands in a bow-like shape, as if he was playing archery.
"Yue!" Sakura cried. The winged human-like beast looked down at his mistress and flew into the room, landing beside her. The CCS group sensed his presence. Just then, at Tomoyo's side, a spell flew to the HP gang's direction. Sakura threw out a card with a shout.
"SHEILD!" the card read her mind and formed a light pink transparent shield around the HP group. The spell bounced off the protective layer and it headed for Sakura's direction instead. Sakura stiffened but Yue picked her up and flew into the air with her, letting the spell fly out of the window and collide with the tree outside. Yue landed in the middle of the havoc and raised his arms. A blue light formed a thin bow and an arrow in his hand and he raised the arrow to engage it to the bow. He took air and when he released it, the bow flew into the air and exploded mid-way. Everyone shielded their eyes from the dust and when it cleared, only the CCS groups were left standing. Sakura ran to Syaoran's arms and he held her fiercely, comforting her. Tomoyo looked at Eriol and he looked at her, raising an eyebrow towards Sakura and Syaoran. Tomoyo rolled her eyes and diverted her attention to Nakuru who was running towards her now. Noticing that Sakura was busy, Nakuru's natural target was Tomoyo.
"TOMOYO-CHAN!!!!" she cried. Tomoyo cringed and found herself in a bone-crushing embrace from Nakuru. Tomoyo looked at Eriol pleadingly but he just waggled his eyebrows at her. Tomoyo scowled. Eriol was so going to get it from her later. Just then, Nakuru stiffened and Tomoyo knew what was wrong. She looked at Eriol who was frowning and her heart clenched in anxiety for him. The real battle was about to begin. Eriol looked at Tomoyo and she mouthed the words, 'be careful'. Eriol looked fondly at his beautiful girlfriend and he smiled at her, nodding. Tomoyo returned Nakuru's embrace and murmured into her ear.
"Take care of your master for me, ok?" she pleaded. Nakuru winked at her.
"That's what guardians are for, isn't it?" she laughed. Tomoyo grinned as she watched Nakuru fly, literally, to Eriol. Tomoyo looked at the stricken people of Hogwarts. Ron was clinging on to Hermoine and had a hand on Harry's shoulders. Tomoyo's heart sank. It must be hard for them, being caught in this situation. Tomoyo was fine. She was used to worrying for her loved ones everyone battle but she had hidden it by being behind her camcorder every time Sakura or Eriol battled. Tomoyo went over to the HP group and gave Ginny's shoulders a squeeze, comforting her. Ginny looked up at Tomoyo and smiled, looking sadly at the stricken Harry. He was watching the CCS group's every move. Tomoyo watched Eriol's retreating back and sent a silent prayer for her beloved and friends, praying that they would return to her unharmed.HaHaH