ANOTHER FORCE
Thanks for the review, Evern! I'm glad you like. The idea for the Lunar Cards came from the fact that Sakura had Star Cards. Both are in the night sky. That, and the name 'Arianrhod' is from the Welsh Goddess of the Moon. Cool, huh?
Sorry it took so long to update! My dad blocked me from this site and I couldn't do anything about it.
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Part Two: The Middle
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Chapter One: The Discovery
It has been a month since the Lunar Mistress has met the Mistress of the Star Cards. Sakura still has no clue as to who Arianrhod might be in everyday life, yet she is starting to suspect. They have met many times and had many small conversations with one another. Eli has returned for a short visit that is more centralized around the Lunar Cards in Japan. Arian still is a mystery to all the students and teachers. Cian is frequently trying to make friends with Julian and Tori, yet Tori still refuses to become friends…
"Hey, you guys! How's it going?" called Cian to Julian and Tori.
"Hi, Cian! We're doing great! How about you?" replied Julian.
"Nothing much is going on at my place. It is always the same old thing."
"How old can things get when you do magic?" said Tori in a malevolent voice. Cian looked at him like he was nuts. "You know what I mean. I know what you really are, Cian. Or should I say Ciandel? Which would you prefer to be called?" Tori spat out, a look of contempt on his face.
"Whoa, I don't know what the heck you are talking about, Tori, but you need to see a therapist or something 'cause I think you've flipped. My name isn't Cian-whatsis. It's just Cian Rona, okay?"
Tori shot him a dirty look and marched off. Cian looked at him, wondering what kind of power allowed that guy to see past the surface and into true identity. Then he felt magic that he had never felt in a long time, Clow Reed's magic. He spun around and looked all over the place, trying to find the source of the power. Julian looked at Cian and ran after Tori, calling after him to stop so he could catch up.
A boy dropped out of a tree, and looked at Cian from behind his round lenses in his glasses. His hair was coal black and the look in his eyes was very familiar. He looked very much like…
"Clow Reed," whispered Cian.
"My name is not Clow Reed, but I was him in a past life. My name is Eli Moon," the boy replied. Cian did a short bow, not wanting to look out of place, kneeling in front of someone in the street. "You have done a superb job of helping your 'sister', Ciandel."
"It was lucky that she had found the book instead of someone that I did not know, sir. I was a figure to her that she trusted deeply, do anything for and would listen to at any time," he replied to his master.
"So, you are still very loyal to your master, aren't you?" a female voice said behind him. He turned to see a woman that had brown hair. "Hi, there, cutie. My name is Ruby," she said, winking at him.
"And my name is Spinal Sun, but everyone calls me Spinner," said a black and blue cat-like creature that had butterfly wings on the branch above his head.
"I hear she has transformed her sealing wand into a staff that has the image of the crescent moon on its tip and that it is now called the Lunar Staff. Of course, I had heard that she had also transformed the cards and book into what is known as the Lunar Cards and the Lunar Book. That is very different from what Sakura had done," continued Eli.
"Arian is very different from Sakura, master. She---"
"Eli! How are you doing?" called Sakura from down the sidewalk. She roller-bladed down the pavement and skidded to a halt near Eli. She saw Ruby, Cian and Spinner all with him.
"Uh, Eli, what is going on? Why are you talking to Cian?" Sakura asked, nervously.
"I know him. Cian, didn't you say you had somewhere to go?" Eli said. Cian took the hint, said yes, mumbled some excuse about having to fix the family's supper, and went away.
"It is nice to see you again, Eli. I missed you."
"It's nice to see you too, Sakura, but I am a little busy right now and I need to go. Please excuse me," he said in return, motioned for Ruby and Spinner to follow him, and walked away. Sakura was left, wondering what was going on, considering that Ciandel was connected to Clow Reed, but Cian couldn't be.
For the first time, she put the names side by side and compared them. They were very much alike. The last syllable made all the difference. Was Cian the black angel, Ciandel? The coincidence was just too much. It just had to be Ciandel.
At school, during lunch…
"Hi, Arian. How are you?" Sakura asked. Arian looked up, mildly surprised that she was being spoken to. A notebook was sitting on her lap and she was writing a letter to Jake.
"Not bad. Y tú?" she replied. Sakura just stared. "Sorry, I didn't mean to use Spanish. I took it in school when I was still in America. Translated, it means 'and you?'"
Sakura grinned and replied, "I'm doing fine. I wanted to ask you a question about your brother."
Arian looked sharply at Sakura. "And that would be?"
A large teardrop formed on the side of Sakura's head. Nervously, she asked, "Have you ever noticed Cian to be doing things strange?" Arian studied Sakura for about ten seconds that lasted an eternity. Sakura was growing increasingly nervous.
"Why do you want to know about my brother, Sakura? He is as normal as you and me. Do you have a crush on him or something?" Arian answered slowly after a length of time.
Sakura reddened and shook her head no. "It is just that he was talking to an unusual person yesterday. The person's name is Eli Moon and he used to go to school with me. I didn't think Cian would know him…"
"And now you think Cian is a weirdo for talking to this guy, right?"
"No! Not at all!"
"Then why are we having this conversation?" The electric blue eyes looked into green eyes, which their owner was beginning to lose it because she was so nervous. Arian stood up and walked right past Sakura. Sakura got a flash of power from Arian when Arian was walking away, quickly tallying it with Arianrhod's power. They matched exactly.
Sakura looked at her, wondering if this girl was the owner of the matching set of Clow Cards. Hair whipping around in the wind, Arian walked across the lawn and into the building, quickly disappearing from sight…
That night…
Sakura did not tell Kero that she would be going out tonight. She didn't tell Li or Madison, either. What ever happened this night, it would happen to her alone. She wanted to confront Arianrhod and find out her secret identity. She had a feeling that she was Arian, her brother was Ciandel, and the cat was Artemidoros.
She opened the Fly Card and flew to the top of the clock tower. She looked all around the rooftops of Readington to see if she could find Arianrhod.
"So, you wanted to see me, Sakura?" a female Welsh voice said to her, "You want to find out my identity, don't you?" Sakura turned to see the familiar hooded figure standing right behind her.
"How did you get up here without me noticing?" Sakura asked, startled.
"Illusion. I am correct in my supposition, am I not?" she said.
"Yes, I do. Is your name Arian Rona? Is Ciandel's everyday name Cian? And is your cat's full name Artemidoros?"
"You are very interesting, Sakura. You suspect a person like me to hide behind the face of a simple girl?" Arianrhod asked, "And that girl's brother and cat are mixed up in it, too, by hiding the faces of an angel and a winged beast?" she continued, "You have pinned me to the spot."
"I thought you were. You and Arian have identical feelings about you. Cian and the name Ciandel sound too much alike. I have nothing on Artemidoros, yet the first three letters make up Arian's cat's name," Sakura said, thinking aloud.
Arianrhod looked at her, smiling slightly. She knew that she and her friends couldn't fool Sakura for long. She had fooled Li longer than she had hoped. Perhaps, Sakura, the owner of the Cards, was stronger than Li, her partner, which helped her capture those cards.
"You are very intelligent, Sakura. My pet name is Arian. My brother is Cian. My cat is the guardian beast of the Clow Book. I knew I couldn't fool you very long," Arianrhod said.
"Why do you have an accent when you use the name Arianrhod and not in everyday life when you use Arian?"
"I am full-blooded Welsh. I was raised in Wales since I was a baby and lived there until I was ten. I had adopted the accent while I was young and my father decided to take us to America, to start over in life. We lived there for a short period of time and I learned how to hide my Welsh accent. So did Cian. I found a book in my parents' retail shop a month after we got there. It was the Clow Book and I released the cards and Artemidoros. I captured them and changed them into Lunar Cards. I also changed my wand into the Lunar Staff. I even created my own card, the Eclipse Card, for when I had found the book, a lunar eclipse was taking place."
"That sounds so cool. I wish my life story was half as good."
"Do not tell anyone that you have found out who I really am. I do not want to find out that you have been blurting out my secret to others, because I will know."
"I promise not to."
"Thank you."
Thanks for the review, Evern! I'm glad you like. The idea for the Lunar Cards came from the fact that Sakura had Star Cards. Both are in the night sky. That, and the name 'Arianrhod' is from the Welsh Goddess of the Moon. Cool, huh?
Sorry it took so long to update! My dad blocked me from this site and I couldn't do anything about it.
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Part Two: The Middle
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Chapter One: The Discovery
It has been a month since the Lunar Mistress has met the Mistress of the Star Cards. Sakura still has no clue as to who Arianrhod might be in everyday life, yet she is starting to suspect. They have met many times and had many small conversations with one another. Eli has returned for a short visit that is more centralized around the Lunar Cards in Japan. Arian still is a mystery to all the students and teachers. Cian is frequently trying to make friends with Julian and Tori, yet Tori still refuses to become friends…
"Hey, you guys! How's it going?" called Cian to Julian and Tori.
"Hi, Cian! We're doing great! How about you?" replied Julian.
"Nothing much is going on at my place. It is always the same old thing."
"How old can things get when you do magic?" said Tori in a malevolent voice. Cian looked at him like he was nuts. "You know what I mean. I know what you really are, Cian. Or should I say Ciandel? Which would you prefer to be called?" Tori spat out, a look of contempt on his face.
"Whoa, I don't know what the heck you are talking about, Tori, but you need to see a therapist or something 'cause I think you've flipped. My name isn't Cian-whatsis. It's just Cian Rona, okay?"
Tori shot him a dirty look and marched off. Cian looked at him, wondering what kind of power allowed that guy to see past the surface and into true identity. Then he felt magic that he had never felt in a long time, Clow Reed's magic. He spun around and looked all over the place, trying to find the source of the power. Julian looked at Cian and ran after Tori, calling after him to stop so he could catch up.
A boy dropped out of a tree, and looked at Cian from behind his round lenses in his glasses. His hair was coal black and the look in his eyes was very familiar. He looked very much like…
"Clow Reed," whispered Cian.
"My name is not Clow Reed, but I was him in a past life. My name is Eli Moon," the boy replied. Cian did a short bow, not wanting to look out of place, kneeling in front of someone in the street. "You have done a superb job of helping your 'sister', Ciandel."
"It was lucky that she had found the book instead of someone that I did not know, sir. I was a figure to her that she trusted deeply, do anything for and would listen to at any time," he replied to his master.
"So, you are still very loyal to your master, aren't you?" a female voice said behind him. He turned to see a woman that had brown hair. "Hi, there, cutie. My name is Ruby," she said, winking at him.
"And my name is Spinal Sun, but everyone calls me Spinner," said a black and blue cat-like creature that had butterfly wings on the branch above his head.
"I hear she has transformed her sealing wand into a staff that has the image of the crescent moon on its tip and that it is now called the Lunar Staff. Of course, I had heard that she had also transformed the cards and book into what is known as the Lunar Cards and the Lunar Book. That is very different from what Sakura had done," continued Eli.
"Arian is very different from Sakura, master. She---"
"Eli! How are you doing?" called Sakura from down the sidewalk. She roller-bladed down the pavement and skidded to a halt near Eli. She saw Ruby, Cian and Spinner all with him.
"Uh, Eli, what is going on? Why are you talking to Cian?" Sakura asked, nervously.
"I know him. Cian, didn't you say you had somewhere to go?" Eli said. Cian took the hint, said yes, mumbled some excuse about having to fix the family's supper, and went away.
"It is nice to see you again, Eli. I missed you."
"It's nice to see you too, Sakura, but I am a little busy right now and I need to go. Please excuse me," he said in return, motioned for Ruby and Spinner to follow him, and walked away. Sakura was left, wondering what was going on, considering that Ciandel was connected to Clow Reed, but Cian couldn't be.
For the first time, she put the names side by side and compared them. They were very much alike. The last syllable made all the difference. Was Cian the black angel, Ciandel? The coincidence was just too much. It just had to be Ciandel.
At school, during lunch…
"Hi, Arian. How are you?" Sakura asked. Arian looked up, mildly surprised that she was being spoken to. A notebook was sitting on her lap and she was writing a letter to Jake.
"Not bad. Y tú?" she replied. Sakura just stared. "Sorry, I didn't mean to use Spanish. I took it in school when I was still in America. Translated, it means 'and you?'"
Sakura grinned and replied, "I'm doing fine. I wanted to ask you a question about your brother."
Arian looked sharply at Sakura. "And that would be?"
A large teardrop formed on the side of Sakura's head. Nervously, she asked, "Have you ever noticed Cian to be doing things strange?" Arian studied Sakura for about ten seconds that lasted an eternity. Sakura was growing increasingly nervous.
"Why do you want to know about my brother, Sakura? He is as normal as you and me. Do you have a crush on him or something?" Arian answered slowly after a length of time.
Sakura reddened and shook her head no. "It is just that he was talking to an unusual person yesterday. The person's name is Eli Moon and he used to go to school with me. I didn't think Cian would know him…"
"And now you think Cian is a weirdo for talking to this guy, right?"
"No! Not at all!"
"Then why are we having this conversation?" The electric blue eyes looked into green eyes, which their owner was beginning to lose it because she was so nervous. Arian stood up and walked right past Sakura. Sakura got a flash of power from Arian when Arian was walking away, quickly tallying it with Arianrhod's power. They matched exactly.
Sakura looked at her, wondering if this girl was the owner of the matching set of Clow Cards. Hair whipping around in the wind, Arian walked across the lawn and into the building, quickly disappearing from sight…
That night…
Sakura did not tell Kero that she would be going out tonight. She didn't tell Li or Madison, either. What ever happened this night, it would happen to her alone. She wanted to confront Arianrhod and find out her secret identity. She had a feeling that she was Arian, her brother was Ciandel, and the cat was Artemidoros.
She opened the Fly Card and flew to the top of the clock tower. She looked all around the rooftops of Readington to see if she could find Arianrhod.
"So, you wanted to see me, Sakura?" a female Welsh voice said to her, "You want to find out my identity, don't you?" Sakura turned to see the familiar hooded figure standing right behind her.
"How did you get up here without me noticing?" Sakura asked, startled.
"Illusion. I am correct in my supposition, am I not?" she said.
"Yes, I do. Is your name Arian Rona? Is Ciandel's everyday name Cian? And is your cat's full name Artemidoros?"
"You are very interesting, Sakura. You suspect a person like me to hide behind the face of a simple girl?" Arianrhod asked, "And that girl's brother and cat are mixed up in it, too, by hiding the faces of an angel and a winged beast?" she continued, "You have pinned me to the spot."
"I thought you were. You and Arian have identical feelings about you. Cian and the name Ciandel sound too much alike. I have nothing on Artemidoros, yet the first three letters make up Arian's cat's name," Sakura said, thinking aloud.
Arianrhod looked at her, smiling slightly. She knew that she and her friends couldn't fool Sakura for long. She had fooled Li longer than she had hoped. Perhaps, Sakura, the owner of the Cards, was stronger than Li, her partner, which helped her capture those cards.
"You are very intelligent, Sakura. My pet name is Arian. My brother is Cian. My cat is the guardian beast of the Clow Book. I knew I couldn't fool you very long," Arianrhod said.
"Why do you have an accent when you use the name Arianrhod and not in everyday life when you use Arian?"
"I am full-blooded Welsh. I was raised in Wales since I was a baby and lived there until I was ten. I had adopted the accent while I was young and my father decided to take us to America, to start over in life. We lived there for a short period of time and I learned how to hide my Welsh accent. So did Cian. I found a book in my parents' retail shop a month after we got there. It was the Clow Book and I released the cards and Artemidoros. I captured them and changed them into Lunar Cards. I also changed my wand into the Lunar Staff. I even created my own card, the Eclipse Card, for when I had found the book, a lunar eclipse was taking place."
"That sounds so cool. I wish my life story was half as good."
"Do not tell anyone that you have found out who I really am. I do not want to find out that you have been blurting out my secret to others, because I will know."
"I promise not to."
"Thank you."