I opened my eyes slowly as my eyes adjusted to the light from the open window. I suddenly remembered the past events and sat up straight in the bed.

"So you finally woke up"

I turned my head sharply to my right and noticed that a man of 20 sat in a chair in a corner. He was shrouded in shadows, but I immediately recognized him as the man from earlier.

"Why am I here? Why are you here?" I immediately tried to get out of the bed but found a shield around the bed. I narrowed my eyes as I knelt as close to the edge of the bed as I could.

"Well are you going to answer me?" I was starting to get annoyed by this man. It was then I noticed that I no longer wore my original clothes and that I was now in something close to a nightgown. My eyes widened as possibilities ran through my head.

"No I did not change you into that, some maids did. And you are in my family's castle on orders from my mother." He stood and it was then that I got a closer look at him. He was about 6 feet tall and was dressed in some garb fit for a prince. He had messy chocolate brown hair and intriguing amber colored eyes. He was very muscular and had a very powerful green aura. He stepped towards me and took the chair by the bed facing me.

"What is your name and what were you doing on our grounds?" His eyes bore into mine as I held his hard gaze.

"Why should I tell you?" He narrowed his eyes and leaned forwards in his chair.

"Because if you tell me, you might get off with an easier punishment than if you didn't. Now who is your family?"

I lowered my head and refused to answer. I closed my eyes as I began to silently chant a spell. Before he even realized what I had done, the shield dropped form around the bed and I ran for the door. Just when I though I had made it, I was tackled from behind. I rolled over to find that my hands were held above my head and that the amber eyed man's face was close to mine so that I could even feel his breath on my face. I glared up at him and attempted to struggle free, but I was still weak from earlier and the breaking of the shield.

"Who are you and how long had I been asleep?" He seemed to contemplate whether or not to tell me before he answered.

"My name is Li Syaoran and you have been asleep for 3 hours." I closed my eyes and relaxed slightly.

"Why am I not in the dungeons?" I opened my eyes to meet his once more. He looked intently down at me before he straightened and pulled me with him. He carried me back and deposited me on the bed before raising a new shield.

"As I said before, you are here on orders from my mother." A knock came to the door and he turned and called through it.

"Come in" An old woman came through the door, a dress hanging off her arm.

"Your majesty, your mother awaits you in the council room. I shall dress the young lady and then bring her down."

Syaoran nodded and headed out the door silently. The old woman came towards the bed and pressed her hand on the shield that surrounded the bed. The shield dropped and she handed me a dress.

"You must change into this, the Queen awaits you." I stared at the dress for long moments before I picked it up and studied it.

"You expect me to wear this? Are you crazy" The maid took a step back in fear as I glared at the dress before me.

"You must wear this, Her Majesty requests it." I smirked and threw it on the floor.

"Well if the Queen requests it, then I won't wear it." I jumped off the bed and went to close the drapes of the window and close the door before closing my eyes and concentrating. Immediately the nightgown seemed to melt of my body to be replaced by a leather outfit. It consisted of a band of black leather that held up the fold of the black leather skirt. It hung low on my hip with the sheath of swords on my hips and came about to the top of my thighs. The black leather top hugged my chest and stopped just below my breasts and had thick straps that crossed at the back and connected to the back by another strip that held the top around my chest and then attached to the front just in front of my shoulders. My hair seemed to be enveloped by an invisible wind, combing it gentle before resting once again on my back reaching down to the small of my back. Black leather boots appeared of my feet and came to just below my knees. Two strips of black leather tied themselves around my upper arm to form two bands.

The maid gasped as the transformation finished. I faced the door and called over my shoulder.

"I do not need help in finding the council room, their auras are enough." I turned and headed out the door, focusing on the many different auras situated in one portion of the large castle I began concentrating and found myself outside the door where a page stood. He jumped in fright when I appeared in front of him.

"Are...are you the...the..." I glared at him before letting myself into the room.

Immediately the conversations stopped and many faces turned to face me. My face was a mask and showed no emotion as I stared blankly back at each of them.

"You wanted me?" The woman at the head of the table rose and looked me over. She had long black hair tied back in an intricate bun and a ceremonial dress on. She looked at my swords in shock.

"How did you get your swords back...we locked them in a protected room. No one can get in there and if you happen to have, we would have known. So care to tell me how you managed to come back in possession of them?"

I looked levelly at her before answering. "They are my swords. Nothing can keep them from me."

The Queen looked incredulously at them where they hung on either side of my hips. I unsheathed both of them and immediately every occupant of the room rose to their feet and faced me. I rose an eyebrow at them before crossing the two swords at the hilt and facing Yelan began to concentrate. Immediately a powerful pink aura surrounded me and swept over every occupant in the room, searching and finding. Before they even realized what I was doing I had jumped over the table and landed behind Yelan, bringing my swords and connecting both with the sword of the man behind her and his throat. I narrowed my eyes at him, anger in my eyes.

"Who are you? I can sense your aura, it is powerful yes ancient. There is something about you, you are not who you seem to be."

The man sheathed his sword though he did not move.

"You are powerful. You were able to sense my aura, sense the intricacies of it. You were able to do what most have been even unable to recognize." He stepped away from me and I studied him carefully. He was tall, navy blue hair, silver rimmed glasses over intelligent auzure eyes in robes with the markings of Clow.

I raised my eye brow at him when he remained silent. "So, care to tell me or would you like for me to assume you are the enemy and cut you down right now."

His response was to allow a smile to come to his face. "I am Eriol Hiiragizawa, also the reincarnation of Clow Reed."

I watched his eyes carefully as he said all this. "You speak the truth"

I sheathed my swords back at my hips before walking to the other side of the table once again facing all of the delegates. I stared levelly at everyone in the room as they stared at me in shock, as slowly one by one they began retaking their seats. My gaze landed on the man from my room my eyes narrowing at him before focusing my gaze back on the Queen of this land.

"You are Yelan, and this is your son Syaoran and daughters no?" I motioned to the brown haired man and four older women with brown hair as well from where they sat on one side of the table. Everyone in the room gasped. I turned my gaze to Syaoran. He glared at me as my eyes narrowed again in response.

"You were the one who hit me with that beam. You are strong, but you are also weak." I didn't give him the chance to respond as I turned to where Yelan sat dumbfounded in her seat.

"What did you want with me?" She stood and motioned to the other delegates in the room.

"Our countries have been faced with a strong and powerful man..."

"O Homem de Escuridão or Man of Darkness" Once more the room was lapsed into silence.

"You know of his name?" I turned to regard Syaoran as he rose from his seat.

"Know him? I have been fighting against him for more that 7 years now. He comes from a generation of dark sorcerers, a line that has continued to prosper and flourish. He now commands an army of more that 30,000." I turned once more back to Yelan.

"What do want of me?" She closed her eyes briefly before looking at me.

"I ask you to stay here and train our men and those of the other countries. You have proven yourself to be much more powerful than even my son. We could use your help. Would you stay and help us?"

I looked at her for a long moment before turning to Syaoran. He was once again seated. "You are powerful, yet under trained. You have yet to reach your maximum power level."

I looked him over carefully before facing Yelan. "I agree, but I ask only this of you. NO ONE is to have any say in how I will train your men. I will have full control over everything that goes on. Do you agree?"

Yelan stood and bowed to me before rising. "It is done" I nodded and turned to exit the room before stopping. "I want you ALL to send your warriors here, you have until tomorrow night. Training will begin the next day at dawn. Syaoran you will need to get a full night sleep tonight, your training begins tomorrow at dawn.

With that I was gone.