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and clasps her hands together* Please don't hate me! I was swamped by
schoolwork and had no time for writing! *Continues begging*
DISCLAIMER: Divine Angel of Shadows never has, does not, and never will own CCS. Get it though your thick heads already, lawyers! I'm not making any money off this, just writing for the pleasure of my soul and the ability to play around with the characters, that's all. Now leave me alone! *Hides under table*
Chapter 5: The Powers Within
"Find my daughter. I want you to search every little part of this forest, look under every rock, under every bush. Just find her before she gets hurt!" The king impatiently ordered the ten soldiers standing in front of him. Tapping his horse on the sides, he led the search.
~*~*~*~*~*~Meanwhile~*~*~*~*~*~
"She has to be around here somewhere..."
"Li, how do you know Sakura's lost?" Tiara asked, pulling the reins a bit. Her horse immediately turned left, following Li's.
Li took a deep breath. He knew this would sound crazy; it did so, even to him. " I just have this feeling. I'm not going to overlook it."
His eyes wandered everywhere - from the tallest hills to the depths of the forest. Sakura was nowhere in sight. The darkness was creeping up much too fast. It was as if it was alive, slowly claiming the forest into its realm.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Damn it....." Sakura angrily growled, stepping over a large tree root and tripping in the process. Falling flat on her back, she shut her eyes. This one turning into one interesting night. Aside from being lost, she had this feeling. She couldn't explain it, but it felt like something was watching her. Jolting up, she glanced around. Nothing. Nothing but the peering eyes of owls and the darkness wrapping around her more and more with every passing minute.
She had no idea how long she just sat there on the wet grass. It seemed like hours passed. She was feeling so lonely now. Her imagination was getting the best of her. Even as a child Sakura hated being alone in the dark, and yet here she was, alone, in a forest, at night. ~What a coincidence... ~ She thought, getting up on her feet again.
The one thing she hated more than darkness was old, abandoned ruins. Smiling out of pure sympathy for herself, she looked straightforward ahead of her. There they were, ruins. Piles of rocks and pillars with only a small entering in them she could fit though.
Something was drawing her towards those ruins. Some force took control of her body, making her walk up to the entrance.
" Oh, how wonderful." She said sarcastically as her legs walked inside.
Not to her surprise, everything inside was dark, in the exception of a glowing sphere a few feet away from her. Walking up to it, she looked inside. Something or someone was floating in it; Sakura could see the shape of a person. Perhaps someone was imprisoned inside that sphere? Shrugging, she kept looking around.
A shimmering object caught her eye. Reaching for it, Sakura saw it was a beautiful silver bracelet, engraved with emeralds. As soon as her hands removed it from the rock near the sphere, everything around her began to shake and rumble.
Running outside, Sakura turned her head. The old ruins collapsed, sending a great cloud of debrie up in the night sky.
Sighing, she whispered," That was too close for comfort..."
Before starting to walk away, she saw someone in the distance. Now that she looked into the darkness more, she saw two figures on horses heading towards her. Maybe they could tell her where to go.
"Excuse me, could you tell me - " She began but stopped.
The person on the first horse was no one other than Li. The other was a girl she had never seen.
"Li!" She cried out happily, running towards him.
He jumped off his horse. Catching Sakura in his arms, the two just stood there, in each other's arms.
" I'm sorry to interrupt this little reunion, but shouldn't we get out of this forest?" Tiara asked.
Li laughed. " You're right. Sakura, this is my sister, Tiara." He said, pointing at her.
Sakura smiled in response.
"I am so glad to see you, Li! I know this sounds dumb, but I was lost out here for the whole evening. Wait, what are you doing here?" Sakura asked.
" Well..." Li began, but was cut off.
" My bro here, had this 'feeling' that you were in some danger. So we went out on this wild adventure to find you and guess what? He was actually right. Imagine that for a change." Tiara laughed, punching Li in the side lightly.
Li rolled his eyes.
Sakura would have laughed with Tiara, but what she saw behind them didn't make her smile, only frown. Her father's search party was coming towards them.
In an instant soldiers rushed out from everywhere, grabbing Li and Tiara and seizing them.
" Hey, let go of me!" Tiara growled at the soldier who was holding her by her arms. She tried to wiggle out from his strong grasp, but had no such luck. She glanced at Sakura for help.
Sakura ran up to them. "Soldier, let go of them immediately!" She commanded.
"I'm sorry, Princess, I have direct orders to capture and imprison your kidnappers." He answered.
"Kidnappers?" Tiara yelled.
"Imprison?" Lee re asked to make sure he heard him right.
~*~*~*~*~*~*At the Palace~*~*~*~*~*~
"Father, let them go! Li and Tiara did not kidnap me!" Sakura begged her father, who was sitting in his throne, looking sternly at his daughter.
"They are kidnappers, Sakura. They will be punished."
"Punished?"
"Yes. Hanged tomorrow afternoon. No one kidnaps the princess and gets away with it." The king sternly stated.
Sakura couldn't believe this was happening. Li was going to die because of her. That Aral was wrong. She said that by staying with Li Sakura would be the one to die. Funny how the events shifted.
"Father, for the last time, they did not kidnap me...."
"Then what? You just disappeared out of your bedroom without anyone seeing you leave?"
~Well, that is actually true....~ she thought, but kept her mouth shut. What could she tell him? Some woman transported her someplace where she told her she would soon die? That would go well.
The king continued," I will hear no more of this, Sakura. Your disobedience has caused me enough problems as it is. Tomorrow I better not hear a word of this."
Sakura angrily spun around on her heel, heading out of the main room. Running up the stairs, she threw herself on her bed.
~*~*~*~*Later that night~*~*~*~*~~
Slowly pushing the door open, Sakura stepped out of her room, looking left and right. No one was there. Good.
Going down the stairs, she turned right and entered another lengthy hallway. Walking up to stairs sloping downward, Sakura looked around once more. No guards were on duty tonight. Continuing on her way down, the lights began dimming. With every step she took it got darker and darker. She pulled her gown tighter around her. It was often cold down in the dungeon.
Her eyes stopped at the figure sitting up against the brick wall, looking out the small window by the ceiling at the full moon. She smiled. How handsome Li was under the moonlight. Flocks of his dark brown hair seemed to reflect the light. His gorgeous eyes shimmered. Hesitating before approaching him, she walked up to the metal bars between them.
"Li..."
"Sakura...."
"I am so sorry this happened, Li. I had no idea my father would do this, not to mention disbelieve me...I'm sorry." Sakura whispered, kneeling down next to him. This was all her fault.
Li turned his head away. " You don't have to apologize. It's not your fault."
Sakura glanced at Tiara. She was soundly sleeping on the straw on the floor. It made Sakura angry seeing her friends treated this way. Reaching into the small pocket in her gown, she pulled out a key. Putting it in and opening the heavy metal door, but before she completely turned the key, Li stopped her by placing his hand on hers.
"I don't want you doing this. Your father is angry enough with you as it is. This would only hurt you." He said quietly.
"But - "
"Sakura, believe me when I say this. I don't care what happens to me tomorrow. All my life I have been miserable. When I was just a young boy my mother passed away, and soon afterwards, my father left. I was left to live with my uncle." He began.
Sakura stared into his eyes." But what about Tiara?"
Li glanced over at Tiara's sleeping form, smiling. " We are not related. But she's as close to me as a real sister would be, perhaps even closer. From the day we met, I knew she would be the only one who understands me."
Sakura was about to say something, but he put his index finger on her lips, silencing her. " But I was wrong. She's not the only one who understands me. For a princess, you are pretty unhappy yourself. You have everything I ever dreamed of, so why are you so miserable?" He asked.
Sakura closed her eyes. Li had no idea what he was talking about. There was nothing good about being a princess, only balls, plans, and more plans. She could never make her own decisions. It's not how it worked.
Before she could reply, a wicked laugh filled the air. Both Sakura and Li jolted up, glancing around them. Tiara's sleepy head lifted up, instantly waking up as she saw the princess.
"What are you doing here?" She asked offensively.
Sakura felt a sharp jab of pain in her wrist. Looking down, she saw the bracelet she found earlier glowing as it tightened around her wrist. Crying out in pain, she tried taking it off. It didn't budge. It was as if it was permanently glued on to her hand.
"Sakura, are you okay?" Li asked, concern flowing though his voice.
" No, this bracelet...I can't take it off....it hurts......" She managed to say. The glow doubled as it slowly raised her off her feet into the air. She kept getting higher and higher up until she could almost touch the ceiling.
"Sakura!" Li yelled, jumping to his feet.
Fearfully looking down, Sakura winced in pain as the bracelet jabbed into her skin.
[A/N-
So? What did you think? Was this enough for you to forgive me for not updating in like a month? *Hopefully looks at the readers*
Review please. You guys and your reviews are what keep me going with fics. I'll update as soon as I can.
Love ya,
~ Angel ~
DISCLAIMER: Divine Angel of Shadows never has, does not, and never will own CCS. Get it though your thick heads already, lawyers! I'm not making any money off this, just writing for the pleasure of my soul and the ability to play around with the characters, that's all. Now leave me alone! *Hides under table*
Chapter 5: The Powers Within
"Find my daughter. I want you to search every little part of this forest, look under every rock, under every bush. Just find her before she gets hurt!" The king impatiently ordered the ten soldiers standing in front of him. Tapping his horse on the sides, he led the search.
~*~*~*~*~*~Meanwhile~*~*~*~*~*~
"She has to be around here somewhere..."
"Li, how do you know Sakura's lost?" Tiara asked, pulling the reins a bit. Her horse immediately turned left, following Li's.
Li took a deep breath. He knew this would sound crazy; it did so, even to him. " I just have this feeling. I'm not going to overlook it."
His eyes wandered everywhere - from the tallest hills to the depths of the forest. Sakura was nowhere in sight. The darkness was creeping up much too fast. It was as if it was alive, slowly claiming the forest into its realm.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Damn it....." Sakura angrily growled, stepping over a large tree root and tripping in the process. Falling flat on her back, she shut her eyes. This one turning into one interesting night. Aside from being lost, she had this feeling. She couldn't explain it, but it felt like something was watching her. Jolting up, she glanced around. Nothing. Nothing but the peering eyes of owls and the darkness wrapping around her more and more with every passing minute.
She had no idea how long she just sat there on the wet grass. It seemed like hours passed. She was feeling so lonely now. Her imagination was getting the best of her. Even as a child Sakura hated being alone in the dark, and yet here she was, alone, in a forest, at night. ~What a coincidence... ~ She thought, getting up on her feet again.
The one thing she hated more than darkness was old, abandoned ruins. Smiling out of pure sympathy for herself, she looked straightforward ahead of her. There they were, ruins. Piles of rocks and pillars with only a small entering in them she could fit though.
Something was drawing her towards those ruins. Some force took control of her body, making her walk up to the entrance.
" Oh, how wonderful." She said sarcastically as her legs walked inside.
Not to her surprise, everything inside was dark, in the exception of a glowing sphere a few feet away from her. Walking up to it, she looked inside. Something or someone was floating in it; Sakura could see the shape of a person. Perhaps someone was imprisoned inside that sphere? Shrugging, she kept looking around.
A shimmering object caught her eye. Reaching for it, Sakura saw it was a beautiful silver bracelet, engraved with emeralds. As soon as her hands removed it from the rock near the sphere, everything around her began to shake and rumble.
Running outside, Sakura turned her head. The old ruins collapsed, sending a great cloud of debrie up in the night sky.
Sighing, she whispered," That was too close for comfort..."
Before starting to walk away, she saw someone in the distance. Now that she looked into the darkness more, she saw two figures on horses heading towards her. Maybe they could tell her where to go.
"Excuse me, could you tell me - " She began but stopped.
The person on the first horse was no one other than Li. The other was a girl she had never seen.
"Li!" She cried out happily, running towards him.
He jumped off his horse. Catching Sakura in his arms, the two just stood there, in each other's arms.
" I'm sorry to interrupt this little reunion, but shouldn't we get out of this forest?" Tiara asked.
Li laughed. " You're right. Sakura, this is my sister, Tiara." He said, pointing at her.
Sakura smiled in response.
"I am so glad to see you, Li! I know this sounds dumb, but I was lost out here for the whole evening. Wait, what are you doing here?" Sakura asked.
" Well..." Li began, but was cut off.
" My bro here, had this 'feeling' that you were in some danger. So we went out on this wild adventure to find you and guess what? He was actually right. Imagine that for a change." Tiara laughed, punching Li in the side lightly.
Li rolled his eyes.
Sakura would have laughed with Tiara, but what she saw behind them didn't make her smile, only frown. Her father's search party was coming towards them.
In an instant soldiers rushed out from everywhere, grabbing Li and Tiara and seizing them.
" Hey, let go of me!" Tiara growled at the soldier who was holding her by her arms. She tried to wiggle out from his strong grasp, but had no such luck. She glanced at Sakura for help.
Sakura ran up to them. "Soldier, let go of them immediately!" She commanded.
"I'm sorry, Princess, I have direct orders to capture and imprison your kidnappers." He answered.
"Kidnappers?" Tiara yelled.
"Imprison?" Lee re asked to make sure he heard him right.
~*~*~*~*~*~*At the Palace~*~*~*~*~*~
"Father, let them go! Li and Tiara did not kidnap me!" Sakura begged her father, who was sitting in his throne, looking sternly at his daughter.
"They are kidnappers, Sakura. They will be punished."
"Punished?"
"Yes. Hanged tomorrow afternoon. No one kidnaps the princess and gets away with it." The king sternly stated.
Sakura couldn't believe this was happening. Li was going to die because of her. That Aral was wrong. She said that by staying with Li Sakura would be the one to die. Funny how the events shifted.
"Father, for the last time, they did not kidnap me...."
"Then what? You just disappeared out of your bedroom without anyone seeing you leave?"
~Well, that is actually true....~ she thought, but kept her mouth shut. What could she tell him? Some woman transported her someplace where she told her she would soon die? That would go well.
The king continued," I will hear no more of this, Sakura. Your disobedience has caused me enough problems as it is. Tomorrow I better not hear a word of this."
Sakura angrily spun around on her heel, heading out of the main room. Running up the stairs, she threw herself on her bed.
~*~*~*~*Later that night~*~*~*~*~~
Slowly pushing the door open, Sakura stepped out of her room, looking left and right. No one was there. Good.
Going down the stairs, she turned right and entered another lengthy hallway. Walking up to stairs sloping downward, Sakura looked around once more. No guards were on duty tonight. Continuing on her way down, the lights began dimming. With every step she took it got darker and darker. She pulled her gown tighter around her. It was often cold down in the dungeon.
Her eyes stopped at the figure sitting up against the brick wall, looking out the small window by the ceiling at the full moon. She smiled. How handsome Li was under the moonlight. Flocks of his dark brown hair seemed to reflect the light. His gorgeous eyes shimmered. Hesitating before approaching him, she walked up to the metal bars between them.
"Li..."
"Sakura...."
"I am so sorry this happened, Li. I had no idea my father would do this, not to mention disbelieve me...I'm sorry." Sakura whispered, kneeling down next to him. This was all her fault.
Li turned his head away. " You don't have to apologize. It's not your fault."
Sakura glanced at Tiara. She was soundly sleeping on the straw on the floor. It made Sakura angry seeing her friends treated this way. Reaching into the small pocket in her gown, she pulled out a key. Putting it in and opening the heavy metal door, but before she completely turned the key, Li stopped her by placing his hand on hers.
"I don't want you doing this. Your father is angry enough with you as it is. This would only hurt you." He said quietly.
"But - "
"Sakura, believe me when I say this. I don't care what happens to me tomorrow. All my life I have been miserable. When I was just a young boy my mother passed away, and soon afterwards, my father left. I was left to live with my uncle." He began.
Sakura stared into his eyes." But what about Tiara?"
Li glanced over at Tiara's sleeping form, smiling. " We are not related. But she's as close to me as a real sister would be, perhaps even closer. From the day we met, I knew she would be the only one who understands me."
Sakura was about to say something, but he put his index finger on her lips, silencing her. " But I was wrong. She's not the only one who understands me. For a princess, you are pretty unhappy yourself. You have everything I ever dreamed of, so why are you so miserable?" He asked.
Sakura closed her eyes. Li had no idea what he was talking about. There was nothing good about being a princess, only balls, plans, and more plans. She could never make her own decisions. It's not how it worked.
Before she could reply, a wicked laugh filled the air. Both Sakura and Li jolted up, glancing around them. Tiara's sleepy head lifted up, instantly waking up as she saw the princess.
"What are you doing here?" She asked offensively.
Sakura felt a sharp jab of pain in her wrist. Looking down, she saw the bracelet she found earlier glowing as it tightened around her wrist. Crying out in pain, she tried taking it off. It didn't budge. It was as if it was permanently glued on to her hand.
"Sakura, are you okay?" Li asked, concern flowing though his voice.
" No, this bracelet...I can't take it off....it hurts......" She managed to say. The glow doubled as it slowly raised her off her feet into the air. She kept getting higher and higher up until she could almost touch the ceiling.
"Sakura!" Li yelled, jumping to his feet.
Fearfully looking down, Sakura winced in pain as the bracelet jabbed into her skin.
[A/N-
So? What did you think? Was this enough for you to forgive me for not updating in like a month? *Hopefully looks at the readers*
Review please. You guys and your reviews are what keep me going with fics. I'll update as soon as I can.
Love ya,
~ Angel ~