LAVENDER SHADOW
Rhapsody - HEY! Wats up? This is another of my CCS fics, I do these and Harry Potter. Anyway, I'll get on with the story and put in a little description of where the four main characters stand. Plus my own character that you might want to know about.
Disclaimer - I don't own anything but the plot. I also don't own 'Born to try' it belongs to Delta Goodrem. Very, very talented singer/songwriter.
Character Descriptions
Daidouji Tomoyo - Really quiet, studies hard on her grades, piano and singing. Sakura's still her best friend, Tomoyo lives with her mum and the maids but her mum's hardly ever home. 15 yrs old, yr 10
Kinomoto Sakura - Very popular, still a cheerleader, dense, happy, dating Syaoran and Tomoyo's her bestie. Lives with her Dad, Touya and Kero. 15 yrs old, yr 10
Hiiragazawa Eriol - Very popular, on the soccer team, dating OC called Sachiho Mika, his best friend is Syaoran and he still lives with Nakuru and Spinel. He also plays the piano and sings well (like Tomoyo). 16 yrs old, yr 10
Li Syaoran - Like the other two, very popular, on the soccer team, best friends with Eriol and finally started going out with Sakura. Lives by himself in an apartment. 16 yrs old, yr 10
Sachiho Mika - Cheerleader, in the popular clique with Sakura, she looks a bit like Sailor Moon without the pigtails and her hair goes down to her shoulder blades. Mika has blue eyes and is girlfriend of Eriol. 15 yrs old, yr 10
"Exchange"
It was a cold winter day and Tomoyo sat next to her best friend, Sakura, in maths class and she was scribbling on her book, wishing Sakura would talk to her. It wasn't that Sakura was ignoring her, it was that she was the most popular girl in Seiju High and other people talked to her a lot.
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Everyone immediately got up and filed out the door. Sakura waited for her best friend.
"Hey Tomoyo, boring class, huh?" Sakura smiled.
"Yeah" Tomoyo replied.
"Wanna go for hot chocolate with a few people?" Sakura asked.
"Sure, why not?" Tomoyo said, knowing full well that Sakura's group wouldn't even know who she was, nor wanting her there.
"Great! Oh, HEY! MIKA!" Sakura waved to her blonde friend. Mika turned and grinned.
"Hey Sakura, how's it going?" Mika said.
"Great. Where's Eriol, Syaoran, Chiharu and Yamazaki?" Sakura asked.
"I'm not su - oh, there she is!" Mika pointed to a Red-head running toward them.
"HEY GIRLS!" Chiharu squealed. Unfortuanately for her and Tomoyo, Chiharu lost balance and knocked both herself and Tomoyo to the ground.
"Ouch" Tomoyo whispered, gathering her things.
"Jeez, watch it where you're going next time uh..Mika, what's her name?" Chiharu yelled.
Mika just shrugged and shook her head.
"Her name is Tomoyo, Chi, and it was your fault" Sakura said, helping her best friend off the ground.
"Oh please. Don't tell me SHE'S coming" Chiharu looked at Tomoyo with disgust.
"Um, Sakura? I think I'll just head home, ok?" Tomoyo said quietly.
"Ok then" Sakura bit her lip and gave her a quick hug.
Tomoyo walked home by herself, kicking the rocks. Why was she always in the shadows? No-one ever noticed her. When she reached her mansion, she ran straight up to her room and looked at her own reflection.
Her long black hair was shiny and curled slightly at the bottom that was down to her mid-back . Tomoyo had curves in all the right places and a creamy complexion. But there was some things missing. The sparkle in her eyes that shone when she was ten wasn't there anymore. Dull purple eyes replaced the amethyst gems once there. No smile played on her peach pink lips like it did. Tomoyo then observed her clothes.
She had a long-sleeved black turtleneck on with a pair of faded blue jeans and a long beige coat, a bit like a trench coat. Her hair was up in a ponytail bun and her hands were in lavender gloves that Sakura had given her a two christmases ago.
"Tomoyo! Can you come down her for a minute?" Sonomi called.
"Um, yeah" Tomoyo shouted back. She ran down the stairs to meet her mother.
"Tomoyo-chan, take your coat and gloves off" Sonomi said. She obliged.
"What did you want to talk about, okaa-san?" (Rhapsody - that is mother, right?) Tomoyo asked.
"You got that three-month exchange trip you applied for! Isn't that great?" Sonomi grinned.
"Really? Wow. Who will be staying here? Who will I be staying with?" Tomoyo asked, sitting on the couch next to Sonomi.
"A girl called Da-ko-ta Nel-so-n" Sonomi took the time to pronounce her name "will be staying here. You'll be staying with Jordyn McAllister, her information is here, along with a picture"
Tomoyo took the information and opened the folder. A girl around her age was smiling up at her. The girl had dark brown hair streaked with orange and her hair was up in a ponytail with a wisp at the front left out. Pretty brown eyes glittered with the smile.
Tomoyo picked up the phone. She had to call Sakura. Figuring she'd still be out, Tomoyo rang her cell phone.
"Hey, Sakura here" Sakura's voice said.
"Sakura, it's Tomoyo, you'll never BELIEVE what's happened!" Tomoyo said excitedly.
"What?" Sakura asked, in the same excited tone.
"I'm going to America for three months!" Tomoyo squealed.
"Really?! That's great! But I'll miss you so much!" Sakura said.
"We can always use phone calls and letters" Tomoyo suggested.
"Yeah, but it still won't be the same" Sakura whined.
"It won't be that bad. Three months isn't a long time" Tomoyo said fairly.
"It's a quarter of a year" Sakura pointed out.
"Oh" Tomoyo said.
"When are you leaving?" Sakura asked.
"In three days I think" Tomoyo answered.
"THREE DAYS?! Ohhh, you owe me!" Sakura warned.
"I promise to bring you presents okay? Kero too" Tomoyo reassured her.
"I guess. .listen, I'm sorry but I really gotta go, shutup Eriol!" Sakura laughed. "But I'll talk to you soon. Ja ne!"
"Ja!" Tomoyo hung up the phone.
Tomoyo dragged out her suitcase and started to pack her clothes and other things that she'd need. When she was finally done, Tomoyo had stuffed two suitcases full of what she'd need. But she left a bit of room in one to fit things that she would buy over in America.
The next day, Tomoyo quickly threw on a pair of black dance/jazz pants and a white hoodie that was two sizes too big. She brushed her teeth, grabbed her bag and slipped her feet into her white, black and silver sketchers. For once, Tomoyo was running late.
"Hey-Sakura" She gasped in between breaths.
"Hey, what took you so long?" Sakura asked.
"You rubbed off on me" Tomoyo smiled.
"Oh really?" Sakura laughed.
"Yeah. What are you doing after school?" Tomoyo asked.
"I have extra cheerleading practise" Sakura rolled her eyes.
"That's ok. I think I'll stay behind and practise piano a bit, I haven't been all week" Tomoyo said.
"So what about this exchange trip, huh? Sounds pretty cool. When did you apply?" Sakura asked.
"About two months ago, I'd totally forgotten about it" Tomoyo shrugged.
Just then, Syaoran came up beside Sakura and swung and arm across her shoulders.
"Who's that?" He asked, nodding his head to Tomoyo.
"Erm..I'm Daidouji Tomoyo" Tomoyo muttered.
"Yeah, whatever, hey Sakura, wanna come to my place this weekend?" Syaoran shook off her introduction.
"Sure" Sakura replied. "Coming to class, Tomoyo?"
"Huh? Oh. Yeah" Tomoyo followed the couple to homeroom.
The day went by fairly quickly and was soon over. Tomoyo went straight for the music room. To her surprise, Eriol was there. But just as she expected, he took no notice of her and walked straight past. She shrugged it off, just thinking he had detention or something and walked up to the red-haired teacher.
"Tomoyo! How have you been?" Tanaka-Sensei greeted her.
"Good. I just want to go over that song I wrote" Tomoyo said.
"Sure. I hope I can talk you into performing it when you get back home?" Tanaka-Sensei said hopefully.
"Oh, I don't know" Tomoyo shook her head.
"You're very talented Tomoyo, it's a great song. There's a music festival in a week after you get back. They accept three undiscovered acts and the rest are famous singers. A lot of people show up every year" Tanaka-Sensei said.
"Yeah, I've been to a few with Sakura" Tomoyo replied.
"So how about it, if I can get you in?" The pretty teacher pressed.
"Isn't it really hard though?" Tomoyo asked uncertainly.
"I have a few connections at the music festival" Tanaka-Sensei said simply.
Tomoyo sighed. "Ok" she gave in.
"Great. Let's practise that song" her teacher said.
Tomoyo sat herself at the piano and played the introduction.
"Doing everything that I believe in
Going by the rules that I've been taught
More understanding of what's around me
And protected from the walls of love
All that you see is me
And all I truly believe
That I was born to try
I've learned to love
Be understanding
And believe in life
But you've got to make choices
Be wrong or right
Sometimes you've got to sacrifice the things you like
But I was born to try
No point in talking what you should have been
And regretting the things that went on
Life's full of mistakes, destinies and fate
Remove the clouds look at the bigger picture
And all that you see is me
And all I truly believe
That I was born to try
I've learned to love
Be understanding
And believe in life
But you've got to make choices
Be wrong or right
Sometimes you've got to sacrifice the things you like
But I was born to try
All that you see is me
All I truly believe
All that you see is me
And all I truly believe
That I was born to try
I've learned to love
Be understanding
And believe in life
But you've got to make choices
Be wrong or right
Sometimes you've got to sacrifice the things you like
But I was born to try
But you've got to make choices
Be wrong or right
Sometimes you've got to sacrifice the things you like
But I was born to tryyyyyyy" She sang.
"Wow Tomoyo. You have the strongest voice I've ever heard. It really comes from the heart, doesn't it?" Tanaka-Sensei said.
"Well, yeah, it does" Tomoyo hesitated for a second.
"That's great. Do you want to practice a little more? I have to go though and I'll be back in an hour" Tanaka-Sensei said.
"Okay. I'll be gone by then anyway" Tomoyo said.
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"Ooohhh, I'll miss you heaps! Call me the MINUTE you get there!" Sakura hugged her best friend.
"I promise, I will" Tomoyo promised. She hugged her mother then went to board the plane.
"Bye, I'll miss you!" Tomoyo blew kisses to her mother and Sakura.
She checked in and found her seat quickly.
"Would you like anything before take-off, miss?" The air host said.
"Uh, could I have a blanket and a head set please?" Tomoyo asked him.
"Of course. Just a minute" He went to get her requested items.
"Here you are" The air host gave her a blanket and a head set.
"Thanks" Tomoyo said.
In ten minutes, the plane was up in the air. Lunch came soon and to Tomoyo's horror, it didn't looked a little plastic.
A dry sandwich with limp lettuce and a small amount of salad, a warm yogurt and a bruised apple was in front of her. She forced half the sandwich down and ate around the bruises on the apple but didn't even touch the yogurt.
Tomoyo made herself comfortable in her seat and covered herself with the thin blanket and put some music on. In a matter of minutes, she'd drifted off into a peaceful sleep.
%!!!!!!%
"Excuse me, miss, but the plane has landed" A soft voice and a gentle shake woke Tomoyo up.
She rubbed her eyes and gathered her things. Tomoyo went through the tunnel thing to the gate and saw the family she'd be staying with. Jordyn McAllister was surrounded by an older girl and boy and a woman and a man.
"Hey, I'm Jordyn. You must be Tomoyo, here, let me take your things" Jordyn smiled at her.
"I'm Volkers, but everyone calls me Volks. I'm 19 and that's my twin brother, Bailey" The older girl said, indicating to the boy who was her twin. They both had light brown hair and bright blue eyes.
"Hi, I'm Eleanor and this is George but just call us Mom and Dad" said the woman. She had dark brown hair and warm chocolate eyes like Jordyn. The man had dirty blonde hair and the twins' blue eyes.
"I'm beat. Let's be off then, huh?" Jordyn yawned.
Rhapsody - So what do you think for the first chappie? The next one will be the only one that will take place in America, since I want to get on with the whole E/T type thing. Please review!
Rhapsody - HEY! Wats up? This is another of my CCS fics, I do these and Harry Potter. Anyway, I'll get on with the story and put in a little description of where the four main characters stand. Plus my own character that you might want to know about.
Disclaimer - I don't own anything but the plot. I also don't own 'Born to try' it belongs to Delta Goodrem. Very, very talented singer/songwriter.
Character Descriptions
Daidouji Tomoyo - Really quiet, studies hard on her grades, piano and singing. Sakura's still her best friend, Tomoyo lives with her mum and the maids but her mum's hardly ever home. 15 yrs old, yr 10
Kinomoto Sakura - Very popular, still a cheerleader, dense, happy, dating Syaoran and Tomoyo's her bestie. Lives with her Dad, Touya and Kero. 15 yrs old, yr 10
Hiiragazawa Eriol - Very popular, on the soccer team, dating OC called Sachiho Mika, his best friend is Syaoran and he still lives with Nakuru and Spinel. He also plays the piano and sings well (like Tomoyo). 16 yrs old, yr 10
Li Syaoran - Like the other two, very popular, on the soccer team, best friends with Eriol and finally started going out with Sakura. Lives by himself in an apartment. 16 yrs old, yr 10
Sachiho Mika - Cheerleader, in the popular clique with Sakura, she looks a bit like Sailor Moon without the pigtails and her hair goes down to her shoulder blades. Mika has blue eyes and is girlfriend of Eriol. 15 yrs old, yr 10
"Exchange"
It was a cold winter day and Tomoyo sat next to her best friend, Sakura, in maths class and she was scribbling on her book, wishing Sakura would talk to her. It wasn't that Sakura was ignoring her, it was that she was the most popular girl in Seiju High and other people talked to her a lot.
RRRRRIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG
Everyone immediately got up and filed out the door. Sakura waited for her best friend.
"Hey Tomoyo, boring class, huh?" Sakura smiled.
"Yeah" Tomoyo replied.
"Wanna go for hot chocolate with a few people?" Sakura asked.
"Sure, why not?" Tomoyo said, knowing full well that Sakura's group wouldn't even know who she was, nor wanting her there.
"Great! Oh, HEY! MIKA!" Sakura waved to her blonde friend. Mika turned and grinned.
"Hey Sakura, how's it going?" Mika said.
"Great. Where's Eriol, Syaoran, Chiharu and Yamazaki?" Sakura asked.
"I'm not su - oh, there she is!" Mika pointed to a Red-head running toward them.
"HEY GIRLS!" Chiharu squealed. Unfortuanately for her and Tomoyo, Chiharu lost balance and knocked both herself and Tomoyo to the ground.
"Ouch" Tomoyo whispered, gathering her things.
"Jeez, watch it where you're going next time uh..Mika, what's her name?" Chiharu yelled.
Mika just shrugged and shook her head.
"Her name is Tomoyo, Chi, and it was your fault" Sakura said, helping her best friend off the ground.
"Oh please. Don't tell me SHE'S coming" Chiharu looked at Tomoyo with disgust.
"Um, Sakura? I think I'll just head home, ok?" Tomoyo said quietly.
"Ok then" Sakura bit her lip and gave her a quick hug.
Tomoyo walked home by herself, kicking the rocks. Why was she always in the shadows? No-one ever noticed her. When she reached her mansion, she ran straight up to her room and looked at her own reflection.
Her long black hair was shiny and curled slightly at the bottom that was down to her mid-back . Tomoyo had curves in all the right places and a creamy complexion. But there was some things missing. The sparkle in her eyes that shone when she was ten wasn't there anymore. Dull purple eyes replaced the amethyst gems once there. No smile played on her peach pink lips like it did. Tomoyo then observed her clothes.
She had a long-sleeved black turtleneck on with a pair of faded blue jeans and a long beige coat, a bit like a trench coat. Her hair was up in a ponytail bun and her hands were in lavender gloves that Sakura had given her a two christmases ago.
"Tomoyo! Can you come down her for a minute?" Sonomi called.
"Um, yeah" Tomoyo shouted back. She ran down the stairs to meet her mother.
"Tomoyo-chan, take your coat and gloves off" Sonomi said. She obliged.
"What did you want to talk about, okaa-san?" (Rhapsody - that is mother, right?) Tomoyo asked.
"You got that three-month exchange trip you applied for! Isn't that great?" Sonomi grinned.
"Really? Wow. Who will be staying here? Who will I be staying with?" Tomoyo asked, sitting on the couch next to Sonomi.
"A girl called Da-ko-ta Nel-so-n" Sonomi took the time to pronounce her name "will be staying here. You'll be staying with Jordyn McAllister, her information is here, along with a picture"
Tomoyo took the information and opened the folder. A girl around her age was smiling up at her. The girl had dark brown hair streaked with orange and her hair was up in a ponytail with a wisp at the front left out. Pretty brown eyes glittered with the smile.
Tomoyo picked up the phone. She had to call Sakura. Figuring she'd still be out, Tomoyo rang her cell phone.
"Hey, Sakura here" Sakura's voice said.
"Sakura, it's Tomoyo, you'll never BELIEVE what's happened!" Tomoyo said excitedly.
"What?" Sakura asked, in the same excited tone.
"I'm going to America for three months!" Tomoyo squealed.
"Really?! That's great! But I'll miss you so much!" Sakura said.
"We can always use phone calls and letters" Tomoyo suggested.
"Yeah, but it still won't be the same" Sakura whined.
"It won't be that bad. Three months isn't a long time" Tomoyo said fairly.
"It's a quarter of a year" Sakura pointed out.
"Oh" Tomoyo said.
"When are you leaving?" Sakura asked.
"In three days I think" Tomoyo answered.
"THREE DAYS?! Ohhh, you owe me!" Sakura warned.
"I promise to bring you presents okay? Kero too" Tomoyo reassured her.
"I guess. .listen, I'm sorry but I really gotta go, shutup Eriol!" Sakura laughed. "But I'll talk to you soon. Ja ne!"
"Ja!" Tomoyo hung up the phone.
Tomoyo dragged out her suitcase and started to pack her clothes and other things that she'd need. When she was finally done, Tomoyo had stuffed two suitcases full of what she'd need. But she left a bit of room in one to fit things that she would buy over in America.
The next day, Tomoyo quickly threw on a pair of black dance/jazz pants and a white hoodie that was two sizes too big. She brushed her teeth, grabbed her bag and slipped her feet into her white, black and silver sketchers. For once, Tomoyo was running late.
"Hey-Sakura" She gasped in between breaths.
"Hey, what took you so long?" Sakura asked.
"You rubbed off on me" Tomoyo smiled.
"Oh really?" Sakura laughed.
"Yeah. What are you doing after school?" Tomoyo asked.
"I have extra cheerleading practise" Sakura rolled her eyes.
"That's ok. I think I'll stay behind and practise piano a bit, I haven't been all week" Tomoyo said.
"So what about this exchange trip, huh? Sounds pretty cool. When did you apply?" Sakura asked.
"About two months ago, I'd totally forgotten about it" Tomoyo shrugged.
Just then, Syaoran came up beside Sakura and swung and arm across her shoulders.
"Who's that?" He asked, nodding his head to Tomoyo.
"Erm..I'm Daidouji Tomoyo" Tomoyo muttered.
"Yeah, whatever, hey Sakura, wanna come to my place this weekend?" Syaoran shook off her introduction.
"Sure" Sakura replied. "Coming to class, Tomoyo?"
"Huh? Oh. Yeah" Tomoyo followed the couple to homeroom.
The day went by fairly quickly and was soon over. Tomoyo went straight for the music room. To her surprise, Eriol was there. But just as she expected, he took no notice of her and walked straight past. She shrugged it off, just thinking he had detention or something and walked up to the red-haired teacher.
"Tomoyo! How have you been?" Tanaka-Sensei greeted her.
"Good. I just want to go over that song I wrote" Tomoyo said.
"Sure. I hope I can talk you into performing it when you get back home?" Tanaka-Sensei said hopefully.
"Oh, I don't know" Tomoyo shook her head.
"You're very talented Tomoyo, it's a great song. There's a music festival in a week after you get back. They accept three undiscovered acts and the rest are famous singers. A lot of people show up every year" Tanaka-Sensei said.
"Yeah, I've been to a few with Sakura" Tomoyo replied.
"So how about it, if I can get you in?" The pretty teacher pressed.
"Isn't it really hard though?" Tomoyo asked uncertainly.
"I have a few connections at the music festival" Tanaka-Sensei said simply.
Tomoyo sighed. "Ok" she gave in.
"Great. Let's practise that song" her teacher said.
Tomoyo sat herself at the piano and played the introduction.
"Doing everything that I believe in
Going by the rules that I've been taught
More understanding of what's around me
And protected from the walls of love
All that you see is me
And all I truly believe
That I was born to try
I've learned to love
Be understanding
And believe in life
But you've got to make choices
Be wrong or right
Sometimes you've got to sacrifice the things you like
But I was born to try
No point in talking what you should have been
And regretting the things that went on
Life's full of mistakes, destinies and fate
Remove the clouds look at the bigger picture
And all that you see is me
And all I truly believe
That I was born to try
I've learned to love
Be understanding
And believe in life
But you've got to make choices
Be wrong or right
Sometimes you've got to sacrifice the things you like
But I was born to try
All that you see is me
All I truly believe
All that you see is me
And all I truly believe
That I was born to try
I've learned to love
Be understanding
And believe in life
But you've got to make choices
Be wrong or right
Sometimes you've got to sacrifice the things you like
But I was born to try
But you've got to make choices
Be wrong or right
Sometimes you've got to sacrifice the things you like
But I was born to tryyyyyyy" She sang.
"Wow Tomoyo. You have the strongest voice I've ever heard. It really comes from the heart, doesn't it?" Tanaka-Sensei said.
"Well, yeah, it does" Tomoyo hesitated for a second.
"That's great. Do you want to practice a little more? I have to go though and I'll be back in an hour" Tanaka-Sensei said.
"Okay. I'll be gone by then anyway" Tomoyo said.
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"Ooohhh, I'll miss you heaps! Call me the MINUTE you get there!" Sakura hugged her best friend.
"I promise, I will" Tomoyo promised. She hugged her mother then went to board the plane.
"Bye, I'll miss you!" Tomoyo blew kisses to her mother and Sakura.
She checked in and found her seat quickly.
"Would you like anything before take-off, miss?" The air host said.
"Uh, could I have a blanket and a head set please?" Tomoyo asked him.
"Of course. Just a minute" He went to get her requested items.
"Here you are" The air host gave her a blanket and a head set.
"Thanks" Tomoyo said.
In ten minutes, the plane was up in the air. Lunch came soon and to Tomoyo's horror, it didn't looked a little plastic.
A dry sandwich with limp lettuce and a small amount of salad, a warm yogurt and a bruised apple was in front of her. She forced half the sandwich down and ate around the bruises on the apple but didn't even touch the yogurt.
Tomoyo made herself comfortable in her seat and covered herself with the thin blanket and put some music on. In a matter of minutes, she'd drifted off into a peaceful sleep.
%!!!!!!%
"Excuse me, miss, but the plane has landed" A soft voice and a gentle shake woke Tomoyo up.
She rubbed her eyes and gathered her things. Tomoyo went through the tunnel thing to the gate and saw the family she'd be staying with. Jordyn McAllister was surrounded by an older girl and boy and a woman and a man.
"Hey, I'm Jordyn. You must be Tomoyo, here, let me take your things" Jordyn smiled at her.
"I'm Volkers, but everyone calls me Volks. I'm 19 and that's my twin brother, Bailey" The older girl said, indicating to the boy who was her twin. They both had light brown hair and bright blue eyes.
"Hi, I'm Eleanor and this is George but just call us Mom and Dad" said the woman. She had dark brown hair and warm chocolate eyes like Jordyn. The man had dirty blonde hair and the twins' blue eyes.
"I'm beat. Let's be off then, huh?" Jordyn yawned.
Rhapsody - So what do you think for the first chappie? The next one will be the only one that will take place in America, since I want to get on with the whole E/T type thing. Please review!