The Prince of the house was strong and sure.
His eyes were lit with fire.
The strength of his arms was mighty.
And his souls ache was dire.
For he was doomed, cursed you see. With the sight of future days. Where he was old and lonely. Forgotten by all he had saved.
Deeds he would do, Quests would he follow. Monster and demons vanquished. And golden treasure found. With glory and fame aquired.
In the end he could see, As few were wont. Of the folly of his youth. Spent like water, from his hand. To the earth on which he stood.
And the sight would be true. The world it would turn. Were he did grow old. And die, all alone.
Knowing no hope, no cure in sight. He escapes from his prison, His cage, His life.
Into the night, a wolf in the dark. Eyes burning bright. To escape, to hide. From his plight.
Screaming his fear, his hate, his woe. Begging of the moon its will. Praying to any god in the night. Lost, lost, hopeless.
With pity, with will, with hope did it answer. Lightning flashed from the clear night sky. The moon did grant his desire. To vanish from the sorrowed earth.
Swiftly he runs know, reborn On feet of fire and light Fast and deadly is he, know. Remade by the moon's will alone.
Howl, howl, in the night. The wolf's song. Piercing and strong. And filled with delight.
Time passes....
Ancient Treasures:
Chapter 2 - A Journey Begins.
Pain... "I hurt....." Was the first thought. Sound followed, and light, in a flash of awareness.
Her eyes popping open, Sakura realizes she is still standing at her fathers desk. Fujitaka quickly moves to support his daughter when he sees the young girl sway from the shock of her visions.
"Are you alright Sakura?" Picking up the confused girl, Fujitaka carried her over to the small sofa against the studies wall. "I'm fine," Sakura insisted. "Just a little light headed." "What did you see?" He asked, concern filling his voice.
Sitting on her fathers lap, Sakura stared at the book on the desk across the room from her. "I saw the past, long times gone." Sakura answered, in a whisper. "I saw the making of the Cards." "He knew me Father. He was aware of my presence, and he spoke to me."
Fujitaka looked into his daughter's eyes, worry plain upon his face. "Are you sure you are all right?" Shaking her head, Sakura got up from her fathers lap and walked over to his desk.
Slowly tracing the sun design on the Book Of The Clow's cover, Sakura could feel the power enclosed there. Standing beside her, Fujitaka covers his daughters hand with his own. Looking up into her fathers familiar face, Sakura asked, "What do I do now?"
Fujitaka laughed softly. "Now my dear? Now you need to go with Nell into the village and have her buy you some clothes. She was most insistent that you need new ones." Picking up the Book of the Clow from the desk, Fujitaka handed it to his daughter. "Take this up to your room and then hurry down. We will deal with it in the morning."
Holding the Clow tightly to her chest, Sakura nodded and then turned and hurried from the room.
When she had gone, Fujitaka leaned against his desk and covered his eyes with his hand. "And what shall the morning bring I wonder? And what have I done?"
Knowing the futility of his own question, Fujitaka simply decided to wait on the answer till the morn. Sitting back down at this desk, he pulled out his notebook and went back to work. "I wonder what Nell will buy her?" He wondered as he wrote. "She is getting to old to spend all her time in those overalls, cute as she is in them."
After she put the Book of the Clow safely away in her room, Sakura hurried down to the kitchen were Nell was busy with her list of items to buy for the family.
Nell smiled at Sakura when she walked in. "All don' wiath yur da now are ye?" She asked. "Gud than. We ar off than." Getting up from the table, Nell picked up her shopping list and sunhat. "Now do'ncha dadle ther me girl. We ha' much ta du taday."
"Yes Nell," Sakura mumbled dejectedly.
Walking out the kitchen door into the back garden, Nell smiled down at the young girl beside her.
"Ah, she's startin ta look more like her ma all the time." Nell thought. "Soon she'll hav all tha boyo's in the distract chasi'n her."
Sakura glanced up at her when Nell laughed, a questioning look on her face. Nell just smiled and shook her head. Taking Sakura's hand in her own Nell started off the small village of Ansik, with a young girl, still grumbling at the unfairness of the world, in tow.
A few hours later, after a fairly trying day of shopping, Sakura and Nell made their way home. Carrying several small packages containing new dresses, as well as a basket of miscellaneous items, Sakura skipped along side Nell.
"Even though I really don't think I needed any new dresses," Sakura Said, as she danced alongside Nell. "But I really like that one with the pink bow and those ruffles."
"Im thinkun yur da will laik that dress as w'ill." Nell replied. "An tha others I had ya try."
Before Sakura could reply to this, she was distracted by a high pitched noise above her. Startled, she looked up as a black and green painted object passed overhead. Sakura stared at it in surprise and wonder. "It's a flying boat," She thought. "Just like from the old books."
As it receded in the sky, Sakura realized it was heading in the direction of her home, and a sense of foreboding filled her.
"Father!!!!" Screaming, Sakura dropped her burdens and took off running. Nell called out after her. "Stop, Sakura, Stop." Sakura, for the first time in her life, willfully ignored Nell's orders. She had to get to her father, she had to.
After what seemed like hours, Sakura came into sight of her farm. The flying ship had hit the barn when it landed, and the back of the house had fallen in. The sound of fighting came from the other side of the house, explosions and high pitched squeals.
Sakura stopped in shock as several large metal figures stomped around the side of her home chasing her father. As she watched, the metal monsters shot fire and lightning at him as he ran.
Even in her fright, a stray thought flashed through her head. "War-golems, their war-golems." As she watched, her father faced the war-golems, raising his arms and shouting. "El-Arshon tel Infernas!!!" Fujitaka roared. "Acension tel Glacier."
Sakura through her hands up to cover her face as waves of fire and ice hit the war-golems. When she lowered her hands, the war-golems had been reduced to piles of melted metal covered with ice. Her father was crouched down, supporting himself with his hands, as Sakura ran up to him. "Father!! Father!!" She cried, as she hugged him. "Are you alright?"
Fujitaka stood and started to drag Sakura away from the house. "You need to get out of here!!" He yelled. "Move!!"
"I can't leave you!!" Sakura cried. "I cant!!"
Fujitaka took Sakura's face in his hands and looked into her eye's. "Listen to me!! Their here for the Clow. That's all they could be looking for." Glancing back at his house, Fujitak knew that the rest of the war-golems and their commander would be pulling themselves out of the first trap he had hit them with and he had to get Sakura out of there.
Turning back to Sakura, Fujitaka made a small motion with his hand and pulled the Book of the Clow out of the place Sakura had hidden it. Pressing it into Sakura's hands, Fujitaka pushed Sakura towards the orchard.
"Run Sakura!! Get to the orchard and hide. They can't have this. If I don't make it, take it to your brother in Belhallim City. Now Move!!"
Without looking back, and with tears running down her face, Sakura ran as fast as she could away from her father. Watching her run, Fujitaka smiled. "Goodbye my little one, may the Goddess keep you till we meet again."
"Aviar tel Glamoure!!" He cried, pointing at Sakura's retreating form. As she ran, Sakura began to fade out of view, shielded by the spell her father had cast. "That should work. They wont be able to see or sense her through it."
Turning back to the events on hand, Fujitaka readied himself as the five remaining war-golems and the Nair-Litch leading them came into view.
Smiling, he attacked them with the fury of his anger. "El-Arshon tel Arshon deux Machina tel Solarium!!!!!"
And fire filled the air.
When the sky cleared, the Nair-Litch raised its body from behind the dead form of one of its war-golem. "What power," It thought. "But with it, weakness of the flesh."
Giggling its glee, the Nair-Litch rallied its remaining troops and advanced on the slumped form of the human wizard.
Assuring itself that the human was still alive, the Nair-Litch found a bound book in the coat pocket of the humans coat.
"This must be what the Master said to find, if the human had tried to protect it so. The great Book!!"
Ordering one of its two remaining war-golems to pick up Fujitaka, the Nair- Litch swiftly retreated from the field. Soon, all that could be heard was the departing whine of a sky boat. And the wind, blowing through the wreckage of a young girls life.
End of Chapter Two.
Finally!!! I didn't think I would ever get this done!!! Ha!!!
Coming soon (I hope) :
Chapter Three: A New Friend
For he was doomed, cursed you see. With the sight of future days. Where he was old and lonely. Forgotten by all he had saved.
Deeds he would do, Quests would he follow. Monster and demons vanquished. And golden treasure found. With glory and fame aquired.
In the end he could see, As few were wont. Of the folly of his youth. Spent like water, from his hand. To the earth on which he stood.
And the sight would be true. The world it would turn. Were he did grow old. And die, all alone.
Knowing no hope, no cure in sight. He escapes from his prison, His cage, His life.
Into the night, a wolf in the dark. Eyes burning bright. To escape, to hide. From his plight.
Screaming his fear, his hate, his woe. Begging of the moon its will. Praying to any god in the night. Lost, lost, hopeless.
With pity, with will, with hope did it answer. Lightning flashed from the clear night sky. The moon did grant his desire. To vanish from the sorrowed earth.
Swiftly he runs know, reborn On feet of fire and light Fast and deadly is he, know. Remade by the moon's will alone.
Howl, howl, in the night. The wolf's song. Piercing and strong. And filled with delight.
Time passes....
Ancient Treasures:
Chapter 2 - A Journey Begins.
Pain... "I hurt....." Was the first thought. Sound followed, and light, in a flash of awareness.
Her eyes popping open, Sakura realizes she is still standing at her fathers desk. Fujitaka quickly moves to support his daughter when he sees the young girl sway from the shock of her visions.
"Are you alright Sakura?" Picking up the confused girl, Fujitaka carried her over to the small sofa against the studies wall. "I'm fine," Sakura insisted. "Just a little light headed." "What did you see?" He asked, concern filling his voice.
Sitting on her fathers lap, Sakura stared at the book on the desk across the room from her. "I saw the past, long times gone." Sakura answered, in a whisper. "I saw the making of the Cards." "He knew me Father. He was aware of my presence, and he spoke to me."
Fujitaka looked into his daughter's eyes, worry plain upon his face. "Are you sure you are all right?" Shaking her head, Sakura got up from her fathers lap and walked over to his desk.
Slowly tracing the sun design on the Book Of The Clow's cover, Sakura could feel the power enclosed there. Standing beside her, Fujitaka covers his daughters hand with his own. Looking up into her fathers familiar face, Sakura asked, "What do I do now?"
Fujitaka laughed softly. "Now my dear? Now you need to go with Nell into the village and have her buy you some clothes. She was most insistent that you need new ones." Picking up the Book of the Clow from the desk, Fujitaka handed it to his daughter. "Take this up to your room and then hurry down. We will deal with it in the morning."
Holding the Clow tightly to her chest, Sakura nodded and then turned and hurried from the room.
When she had gone, Fujitaka leaned against his desk and covered his eyes with his hand. "And what shall the morning bring I wonder? And what have I done?"
Knowing the futility of his own question, Fujitaka simply decided to wait on the answer till the morn. Sitting back down at this desk, he pulled out his notebook and went back to work. "I wonder what Nell will buy her?" He wondered as he wrote. "She is getting to old to spend all her time in those overalls, cute as she is in them."
After she put the Book of the Clow safely away in her room, Sakura hurried down to the kitchen were Nell was busy with her list of items to buy for the family.
Nell smiled at Sakura when she walked in. "All don' wiath yur da now are ye?" She asked. "Gud than. We ar off than." Getting up from the table, Nell picked up her shopping list and sunhat. "Now do'ncha dadle ther me girl. We ha' much ta du taday."
"Yes Nell," Sakura mumbled dejectedly.
Walking out the kitchen door into the back garden, Nell smiled down at the young girl beside her.
"Ah, she's startin ta look more like her ma all the time." Nell thought. "Soon she'll hav all tha boyo's in the distract chasi'n her."
Sakura glanced up at her when Nell laughed, a questioning look on her face. Nell just smiled and shook her head. Taking Sakura's hand in her own Nell started off the small village of Ansik, with a young girl, still grumbling at the unfairness of the world, in tow.
A few hours later, after a fairly trying day of shopping, Sakura and Nell made their way home. Carrying several small packages containing new dresses, as well as a basket of miscellaneous items, Sakura skipped along side Nell.
"Even though I really don't think I needed any new dresses," Sakura Said, as she danced alongside Nell. "But I really like that one with the pink bow and those ruffles."
"Im thinkun yur da will laik that dress as w'ill." Nell replied. "An tha others I had ya try."
Before Sakura could reply to this, she was distracted by a high pitched noise above her. Startled, she looked up as a black and green painted object passed overhead. Sakura stared at it in surprise and wonder. "It's a flying boat," She thought. "Just like from the old books."
As it receded in the sky, Sakura realized it was heading in the direction of her home, and a sense of foreboding filled her.
"Father!!!!" Screaming, Sakura dropped her burdens and took off running. Nell called out after her. "Stop, Sakura, Stop." Sakura, for the first time in her life, willfully ignored Nell's orders. She had to get to her father, she had to.
After what seemed like hours, Sakura came into sight of her farm. The flying ship had hit the barn when it landed, and the back of the house had fallen in. The sound of fighting came from the other side of the house, explosions and high pitched squeals.
Sakura stopped in shock as several large metal figures stomped around the side of her home chasing her father. As she watched, the metal monsters shot fire and lightning at him as he ran.
Even in her fright, a stray thought flashed through her head. "War-golems, their war-golems." As she watched, her father faced the war-golems, raising his arms and shouting. "El-Arshon tel Infernas!!!" Fujitaka roared. "Acension tel Glacier."
Sakura through her hands up to cover her face as waves of fire and ice hit the war-golems. When she lowered her hands, the war-golems had been reduced to piles of melted metal covered with ice. Her father was crouched down, supporting himself with his hands, as Sakura ran up to him. "Father!! Father!!" She cried, as she hugged him. "Are you alright?"
Fujitaka stood and started to drag Sakura away from the house. "You need to get out of here!!" He yelled. "Move!!"
"I can't leave you!!" Sakura cried. "I cant!!"
Fujitaka took Sakura's face in his hands and looked into her eye's. "Listen to me!! Their here for the Clow. That's all they could be looking for." Glancing back at his house, Fujitak knew that the rest of the war-golems and their commander would be pulling themselves out of the first trap he had hit them with and he had to get Sakura out of there.
Turning back to Sakura, Fujitaka made a small motion with his hand and pulled the Book of the Clow out of the place Sakura had hidden it. Pressing it into Sakura's hands, Fujitaka pushed Sakura towards the orchard.
"Run Sakura!! Get to the orchard and hide. They can't have this. If I don't make it, take it to your brother in Belhallim City. Now Move!!"
Without looking back, and with tears running down her face, Sakura ran as fast as she could away from her father. Watching her run, Fujitaka smiled. "Goodbye my little one, may the Goddess keep you till we meet again."
"Aviar tel Glamoure!!" He cried, pointing at Sakura's retreating form. As she ran, Sakura began to fade out of view, shielded by the spell her father had cast. "That should work. They wont be able to see or sense her through it."
Turning back to the events on hand, Fujitaka readied himself as the five remaining war-golems and the Nair-Litch leading them came into view.
Smiling, he attacked them with the fury of his anger. "El-Arshon tel Arshon deux Machina tel Solarium!!!!!"
And fire filled the air.
When the sky cleared, the Nair-Litch raised its body from behind the dead form of one of its war-golem. "What power," It thought. "But with it, weakness of the flesh."
Giggling its glee, the Nair-Litch rallied its remaining troops and advanced on the slumped form of the human wizard.
Assuring itself that the human was still alive, the Nair-Litch found a bound book in the coat pocket of the humans coat.
"This must be what the Master said to find, if the human had tried to protect it so. The great Book!!"
Ordering one of its two remaining war-golems to pick up Fujitaka, the Nair- Litch swiftly retreated from the field. Soon, all that could be heard was the departing whine of a sky boat. And the wind, blowing through the wreckage of a young girls life.
End of Chapter Two.
Finally!!! I didn't think I would ever get this done!!! Ha!!!
Coming soon (I hope) :
Chapter Three: A New Friend