AN- Hey guys, sorry I didn't update last week ~.~ My family and I went four-wheeling all weekend, and I didn't have time to update. I have a few matters I need to address before we move on to the story:
- I've re-edited practically all my chapters. I've fixed the ones that were all bunched up and stuff. So if you feel like it, go ahead and read over them.
- I've also decided to just call off that one contest I was going to do. So I'll just say it right here and now. My best review i have ever gotten was from: Demon Maho.
- THANK YOU FOR BEING AN AWESOME REVIEWER! ^.~
- Another think I would like to address is I have an orginal story on fictionpress.net. It's called: Scales of Life and Love of War. I personally think it's very good.. .but maybe I'm being a little conceited... oh well! but I would really appreciate it if you would go and review! Thank you!
Diclaimer- I don't own CCS, nor do I own the orginal plot line of the Secret Garden.
Dedication- I dedicate this chapter to my three lovely sistas: Eva, Suki, Mon Mon
The Secret Garden
Chapter 13: A Nightly Visit, and a Magical Moment?
Rating: G
Sakura laid in her bed restless. She just couldn't go to sleep. She sighed and flopped over onto her stomach, and rested her head on the corner of her pillow. Lot's of thoughts were streaming through her head as the moon shone through the window.
Eli was getting stronger with each passing day in the garden. He was almost to the point where he could actually run, or atleast jog a little bit. Madison had learned how to tend a garden properly, and was doing quite a good job with the roses. Syaoran was teaching Sakura how to whistle like a robin, as to communicate with it.
Sakura smiled at all the good memories that flowed through her head. She had been at Misselthwaite for half a year already, but it seemed like such a short time ago when she had arrived. When she had stepped off the docks and first met Mrs. Medlock. When she was a spoiled little brat from India that looked sickly and pale. Sakura got up from bed and went over to a full length mirror, and studdied her self in the moonlight.
She looked so much different then what she used to. Her auburn hair was fuller and richer. Her body had even seemed to grow from it's skinniness. Her once harsh cold emerald eyes were now filled with joy and happiness. Sakura smiled happily to herself, but it quickly faded when she heard a creek in the floor boards.
Sakura whirled around her heart thumping in her chest. The creeks were getting louder with each foot step. Her heart jumped to her throat when she heard them stop at her doorway. Not thinking twice, she ran back over to her bed and covered her head. She heard her door slowly ease open, and the sound of padded feet coming closer.
Sakura swallowed, and timidly poked her head out from under the covers. What she saw made her gasp. There walking towards her slowly was a white figure silhouted by the moonlight.
Sakura again swallowed down her fear, and quietly asked:
"A-are you a ghost?"
"No" came a familer voice "It's me Eli"
"Eli!" Sakura squealed in delight at seeing him "What are you doing up here?"
"Shush" came his answer "Mrs. Medlock might hear you"
"We don't have to worry about her" Sakura said as she scooted over to give room for Eli on the bed "She'd drop dead if she ever saw you walking."
Eli laughed and made his way over to the bed. He took a seat beside her and sighed.
"This is exactly how I want my father to find out" Eli shut his eyes as to picture the scene "One day I'll just walk into his study and say: Here I am father look at me!"
Sakura smiled at him. She was so happy to see him so strong and healthy looking.
"He's not due back for a long time now" Sakura said hesitently "Sometime in the next two months I beleive."
Eli sat up with a determined look on his face.
"I want him to see me walk before anyone else does!" he declared then sighed "I just wish there was a way I could reach him."
Sakura wished there was something she could do for the poor boy, but what? She pondered to herself for awhile when she thought back to the time she went to see her uncle. She remembered seeings lot's of shelves, and a desk piled with letters. Her face lit up with an idea.
"There was a desk in his room, maybe that's where he keeps his address."
"Do you think?" Eli questioned.
Sakura nodded.
"I'm almost positive" She removed the covers from around herself and got out of bed "Wait here" she said as she slipt out of the door.
She quietly walked down the deserted halls. The floor was cold beneath her bare feet. Finally she reached her uncles study, and gentely pushed open the doors.
The room had a musky ashy smell to it as she walked in. Quietly she turned on a near by caraseen lamp, and made her way into the room. Sakura gulped when she saw that her uncle had left behind his dogs. They snarled at her as she made her way into the room. Saliva ran down their mouths as they growled at her. Sakura swallowed her fear and walked up to the desk.
She rummaged through a couple of drawers, and went through the papers on the desk. She sighed in frustration when she found nothing. Sakura was about to turn around, and leave when from a folder some pictures fell out. Sakura picked them up curiously, and when she saw them a smile spread acrossed her face.
Forgetting about the address, she quickly made her way back to her room.
"Look what I found" Sakura whispered in excitment as she crawled back up onto the bed.
"Did you find the address?" Eli asked hopefully.
"No" Sakura sighed, then she brightend "But I did find these"
With that she showed him the photographs of Lord Craven and his wife Lilias. In the pictures Lilias was pregnent and she was sitting on the garden swing. Sakura felt a twinge of sadness, for she knew a couple months after this picture was probably tooken. Lilias would fall off the swing in the garden, and Eli would be born prematurally.
IIn another picture Lilias was kissing Craven on the cheek playfully. Craven wore a big grin on his face.
Eli stared at the pictures, sadness filled his blue eyes. I wish father would smile like that still he thought sadly.
After looking through the pictures sometime. Sakura and Eli fell asleep. It was around dawn when Eli finally awoken, and decided he should go back to his room.
Sakura led him to the door, and watched as he made his way down the hall. When he had finally descended down the steps Sakura turned around and bumped into Mrs. Medlock.
"What are you doing up so late?" she snapped down at her.
"I uhhh couldn't sleep, sorry" with that, Sakura made her way back to her room. Once there she sighed in relief. Good thing she didn't see Eli
Sakura slipped back into her bed and laid there looking up at the ceiling. Finally sleepiness over took her and she fell asleep.
~*~
The next day the sun shone over head beautifully as the children where in the garden. Madison was tending to some flowers, and Sakura and Syaoran were making a new bed for some tiger lilies. Eli, however, was situated upon the swing a look of sadnes upon his face.
"I just don't understand" Eli piped up suddenly making all them look at him "How could she have fallen off of it?"
Sakura smiled sadly at him.
"I don't know..."
"No one really knows" Syaoran added quietly.
Madison got up from the roses and went to place a hand on Eli's shoulder. He drew up his own hand, and laid it upon hers as to comfort himself. Everyone stayed silent for a little while thinking back to a time where a beautiful young women had once sat upon this very swing, and fell to her death. After sometime Eli spoke up:
:"What is a camera doing here?" he questioned outloud.
Everyone turned to face where he was looking at. There sticking out of the grass was an old camera. Sakura smiled when she saw it.
"That's the camera I saw when I first came in here" Sakura said with a smile on her face "I almost tripped over it so I got mad and kicked it.." she paused hesitently "I wonder if it still works..."
"Let's try it!" Eli piped up "Go and pose on the swing Sakura!"
Sakura ran up gleefully and sat on the swing. She smiled playfully at the camera. Eli stuck his head under the cover and pressed the button. A snap was heard as it took the picture.
"It works!" Eli cried.
The wind blew making Sakura's hair blow beautifully. Again Eli took a picture. A smirk etched acrossed Madison's face as she said:
"Hey Syaoran! Go sit on the swing with Sakura"
Syaoran shurgged and went to set beside Sakura on the swing. At first he posed behind her like he was pushing her, then he finally sat down.
"Alright!" Eli stated "Now look at eachother"
Sakura and Syaoran did as they were told. Syaoran looked deeply into Sakura's beautiful emerald pools. Sakura looked into his intense amber. A smile etched across their faces as they stared at one another.
"Ok" Eli stated yet again "Now look at me"
When neither of them turned to look at him, Eli frowned. Syaoran was starting to push the swing with his feet.
"Hey!" Eli shouted at them to get their attention.
"Shhh" Madison whispered into his ear causing him to quiet down. "I wanna see this magical moment" Madison whispered.
Eli and Madison looked at Sakura and Syaoran as they sat on the swing staring at eachother. Slowly they started to lean forward towards eachother. Madison held her breath, Eli looked away in disgust. Just when their lips were about to touch Sakura broke into a fit of giggles. Madison majorally sweatdropped as Sakura tottered back in the swing and fell off laughing. Madison saw why, when Syaoran pounced down upon her, and continued to tickle her.
Madison sighed.
"Guess the moment is over.."
AN- Sorry it's so short! ~.~ I thought about adding on something, but I've decided not to. The next chapter... sad to say.. will be the last *cries* it's been a good time, and i thank all of you for reviewing. The next chapter shall also be the longest @.@ I'm looking at about 10 pages. Well see you next time. R+R!!!!!
Kittyangel
p.s. if ur gonna flame me... do it nicely pwease?
- I've re-edited practically all my chapters. I've fixed the ones that were all bunched up and stuff. So if you feel like it, go ahead and read over them.
- I've also decided to just call off that one contest I was going to do. So I'll just say it right here and now. My best review i have ever gotten was from: Demon Maho.
- THANK YOU FOR BEING AN AWESOME REVIEWER! ^.~
- Another think I would like to address is I have an orginal story on fictionpress.net. It's called: Scales of Life and Love of War. I personally think it's very good.. .but maybe I'm being a little conceited... oh well! but I would really appreciate it if you would go and review! Thank you!
Diclaimer- I don't own CCS, nor do I own the orginal plot line of the Secret Garden.
Dedication- I dedicate this chapter to my three lovely sistas: Eva, Suki, Mon Mon
The Secret Garden
Chapter 13: A Nightly Visit, and a Magical Moment?
Rating: G
Sakura laid in her bed restless. She just couldn't go to sleep. She sighed and flopped over onto her stomach, and rested her head on the corner of her pillow. Lot's of thoughts were streaming through her head as the moon shone through the window.
Eli was getting stronger with each passing day in the garden. He was almost to the point where he could actually run, or atleast jog a little bit. Madison had learned how to tend a garden properly, and was doing quite a good job with the roses. Syaoran was teaching Sakura how to whistle like a robin, as to communicate with it.
Sakura smiled at all the good memories that flowed through her head. She had been at Misselthwaite for half a year already, but it seemed like such a short time ago when she had arrived. When she had stepped off the docks and first met Mrs. Medlock. When she was a spoiled little brat from India that looked sickly and pale. Sakura got up from bed and went over to a full length mirror, and studdied her self in the moonlight.
She looked so much different then what she used to. Her auburn hair was fuller and richer. Her body had even seemed to grow from it's skinniness. Her once harsh cold emerald eyes were now filled with joy and happiness. Sakura smiled happily to herself, but it quickly faded when she heard a creek in the floor boards.
Sakura whirled around her heart thumping in her chest. The creeks were getting louder with each foot step. Her heart jumped to her throat when she heard them stop at her doorway. Not thinking twice, she ran back over to her bed and covered her head. She heard her door slowly ease open, and the sound of padded feet coming closer.
Sakura swallowed, and timidly poked her head out from under the covers. What she saw made her gasp. There walking towards her slowly was a white figure silhouted by the moonlight.
Sakura again swallowed down her fear, and quietly asked:
"A-are you a ghost?"
"No" came a familer voice "It's me Eli"
"Eli!" Sakura squealed in delight at seeing him "What are you doing up here?"
"Shush" came his answer "Mrs. Medlock might hear you"
"We don't have to worry about her" Sakura said as she scooted over to give room for Eli on the bed "She'd drop dead if she ever saw you walking."
Eli laughed and made his way over to the bed. He took a seat beside her and sighed.
"This is exactly how I want my father to find out" Eli shut his eyes as to picture the scene "One day I'll just walk into his study and say: Here I am father look at me!"
Sakura smiled at him. She was so happy to see him so strong and healthy looking.
"He's not due back for a long time now" Sakura said hesitently "Sometime in the next two months I beleive."
Eli sat up with a determined look on his face.
"I want him to see me walk before anyone else does!" he declared then sighed "I just wish there was a way I could reach him."
Sakura wished there was something she could do for the poor boy, but what? She pondered to herself for awhile when she thought back to the time she went to see her uncle. She remembered seeings lot's of shelves, and a desk piled with letters. Her face lit up with an idea.
"There was a desk in his room, maybe that's where he keeps his address."
"Do you think?" Eli questioned.
Sakura nodded.
"I'm almost positive" She removed the covers from around herself and got out of bed "Wait here" she said as she slipt out of the door.
She quietly walked down the deserted halls. The floor was cold beneath her bare feet. Finally she reached her uncles study, and gentely pushed open the doors.
The room had a musky ashy smell to it as she walked in. Quietly she turned on a near by caraseen lamp, and made her way into the room. Sakura gulped when she saw that her uncle had left behind his dogs. They snarled at her as she made her way into the room. Saliva ran down their mouths as they growled at her. Sakura swallowed her fear and walked up to the desk.
She rummaged through a couple of drawers, and went through the papers on the desk. She sighed in frustration when she found nothing. Sakura was about to turn around, and leave when from a folder some pictures fell out. Sakura picked them up curiously, and when she saw them a smile spread acrossed her face.
Forgetting about the address, she quickly made her way back to her room.
"Look what I found" Sakura whispered in excitment as she crawled back up onto the bed.
"Did you find the address?" Eli asked hopefully.
"No" Sakura sighed, then she brightend "But I did find these"
With that she showed him the photographs of Lord Craven and his wife Lilias. In the pictures Lilias was pregnent and she was sitting on the garden swing. Sakura felt a twinge of sadness, for she knew a couple months after this picture was probably tooken. Lilias would fall off the swing in the garden, and Eli would be born prematurally.
IIn another picture Lilias was kissing Craven on the cheek playfully. Craven wore a big grin on his face.
Eli stared at the pictures, sadness filled his blue eyes. I wish father would smile like that still he thought sadly.
After looking through the pictures sometime. Sakura and Eli fell asleep. It was around dawn when Eli finally awoken, and decided he should go back to his room.
Sakura led him to the door, and watched as he made his way down the hall. When he had finally descended down the steps Sakura turned around and bumped into Mrs. Medlock.
"What are you doing up so late?" she snapped down at her.
"I uhhh couldn't sleep, sorry" with that, Sakura made her way back to her room. Once there she sighed in relief. Good thing she didn't see Eli
Sakura slipped back into her bed and laid there looking up at the ceiling. Finally sleepiness over took her and she fell asleep.
~*~
The next day the sun shone over head beautifully as the children where in the garden. Madison was tending to some flowers, and Sakura and Syaoran were making a new bed for some tiger lilies. Eli, however, was situated upon the swing a look of sadnes upon his face.
"I just don't understand" Eli piped up suddenly making all them look at him "How could she have fallen off of it?"
Sakura smiled sadly at him.
"I don't know..."
"No one really knows" Syaoran added quietly.
Madison got up from the roses and went to place a hand on Eli's shoulder. He drew up his own hand, and laid it upon hers as to comfort himself. Everyone stayed silent for a little while thinking back to a time where a beautiful young women had once sat upon this very swing, and fell to her death. After sometime Eli spoke up:
:"What is a camera doing here?" he questioned outloud.
Everyone turned to face where he was looking at. There sticking out of the grass was an old camera. Sakura smiled when she saw it.
"That's the camera I saw when I first came in here" Sakura said with a smile on her face "I almost tripped over it so I got mad and kicked it.." she paused hesitently "I wonder if it still works..."
"Let's try it!" Eli piped up "Go and pose on the swing Sakura!"
Sakura ran up gleefully and sat on the swing. She smiled playfully at the camera. Eli stuck his head under the cover and pressed the button. A snap was heard as it took the picture.
"It works!" Eli cried.
The wind blew making Sakura's hair blow beautifully. Again Eli took a picture. A smirk etched acrossed Madison's face as she said:
"Hey Syaoran! Go sit on the swing with Sakura"
Syaoran shurgged and went to set beside Sakura on the swing. At first he posed behind her like he was pushing her, then he finally sat down.
"Alright!" Eli stated "Now look at eachother"
Sakura and Syaoran did as they were told. Syaoran looked deeply into Sakura's beautiful emerald pools. Sakura looked into his intense amber. A smile etched across their faces as they stared at one another.
"Ok" Eli stated yet again "Now look at me"
When neither of them turned to look at him, Eli frowned. Syaoran was starting to push the swing with his feet.
"Hey!" Eli shouted at them to get their attention.
"Shhh" Madison whispered into his ear causing him to quiet down. "I wanna see this magical moment" Madison whispered.
Eli and Madison looked at Sakura and Syaoran as they sat on the swing staring at eachother. Slowly they started to lean forward towards eachother. Madison held her breath, Eli looked away in disgust. Just when their lips were about to touch Sakura broke into a fit of giggles. Madison majorally sweatdropped as Sakura tottered back in the swing and fell off laughing. Madison saw why, when Syaoran pounced down upon her, and continued to tickle her.
Madison sighed.
"Guess the moment is over.."
AN- Sorry it's so short! ~.~ I thought about adding on something, but I've decided not to. The next chapter... sad to say.. will be the last *cries* it's been a good time, and i thank all of you for reviewing. The next chapter shall also be the longest @.@ I'm looking at about 10 pages. Well see you next time. R+R!!!!!
Kittyangel
p.s. if ur gonna flame me... do it nicely pwease?