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***Flashback*** (AN/ this is where the story continues, that why I used this as the flashback.)
"Hmmm, I see. Yes. I think that it's time for us to pay another visit to Professor Dumbledore." Eriol walked over to Syaoran. "You should probably come as well, Li-kun." Eriol then addressed the three wizards in their presence. "Please don't tell anyone about what happened here and during Divination. Please be kind enough to tell the others who saw what happened to keep quiet about it for a while. No one should know about this particular future, not even I." he walked out the door and Tomoyo followed. With Syaoran's help, Sakura got up and they left for Professor Dumbledore's office as well.
***End Flashback***
Chapter five: The New Subject
***Dumbledore's Office***
"Why, if it isn't the only sorcerers in Britain, it's a pleasure to have you all in my office, again."
"It's a pleasure to be here, Professor Dumbledore, but this is no time for a party. Sakura-san did something during Divination," Eriol stated. "Using her powers as the cards mistress."
"Oh dear, tell me Master Eriol, what did she do?" Eriol looked uncertainly at Syaoran and Sakura before answering him.
"She told Li-kun of the things to come, things that none of us should have been aware of. The most peculiar part of that is that Sakura-san does not seem to recall anything she said nor did she recall doing it at all." Professor Dumbledore did a double take at Eriol's report.
"Did she... really tell the future? Were her details accurate enough?" everyone looked at Syaoran. Only he could answer that question. He remained silent for a moment.
"Yes professor, it was quite accurate. She explained everything except who the people involved in her prophecy would be besides myself." Professor Dumbledore was quiet for a while.
"Can you describe exactly how did her condition seem like while she was foretelling your fate?" Syaoran remembered how Sakura's eyes seemed to be made of steel.
"Yes professor. When she sat down to tell me of my future, the entire class was wrapped in the warmth of Sakura-chan's aura. She then seemed to go into a trance and her eyes seemed to be as solid as steel. As she read and explained the cards, she bore no emotion. After explaining the final card, her aura briefly disappeared from the classroom and she fainted." Syaoran said as he recalled the coldness of her eyes. He then looked at Sakura who seemed nothing like what she did earlier while she interpreted the cards' meaning. She seemed to be distressed upon hearing of her actions during Divination.
"I see." He then looked up from his desk to Tomoyo. "Miss Tomoyo, will you please fetch Harry from his Transfiguration class? If Professor Mc Gonagall hesitates, please inform her that Harry will be sent back as soon as I ask him something. Please do hurry, Miss Tomoyo." Tomoyo nodded in response and immediately sped off to retrieve Harry.
"Professor, what does Harry have to do with this?" Sakura asked the Headmaster.
"You see, Mistress Sakura, he bears more experience than I when it comes to Divination, but I know that he has very low expectations for it." He chuckled. "He's not the only one who underestimates the power of Divination." Sakura politely nodded.
"Master Li, can you recall what cards she interpreted for you?" Syaoran hesitated for a moment, but when he saw Sakura's desperate expression, he knew that he had to tell the truth.
"Yes Professor Dumbledore, I can remember each one."
"Would you please tell us which cards she told you about?" Syaoran sighed. There was no worming out of this one.
"She explained The Mask, The Lock, The Sword, The Wand and the Heart."
"The five most powerful cards in the deck. Wait, are you sure you only pulled out five?"
"Yes, I pulled only five tarot cards out."
"And are you sure that there wasn't a sixth?" Syaoran thought carefully. He suddenly remembered another pull of his aura while he was picking cards, but he didn't get that card because he already had chosen five.
"I was told to choose only five cards. I chose not to pull that card instead." Dumbledore suddenly looked thoughtful.
"Mistress Sakura, could you retell Master Li his future?" Sakura paled. Eriol, seeing Sakura's nervousness knew exactly the problem right away.
"Professor Dumbledore, every prediction that a sorceress or a sorcerer makes can only happen once unless it was supposed to happen again."
"Does that mean that since he didn't take the last card, we'll never know what it was?"
"Yes Professor Dumbledore, I'm sorry."
"No, I should be sorry." Sakura spoke up for the second time since they arrived in his office. "I should have remembered that sorcerers have six cards in the deck for them whenever their future is foretold. It's all my fault that I forgot about that fact. Now we'll never know." She began to cry. Syaoran walked over to Sakura's side and put his arm over her shoulders and drew her closer to him in order to try and give her comfort.
"Sakura-chan, it's alright. It wasn't entirely your fault; you were in a trance so you couldn't really remember it. Plus I'm sure that if you had told me to get six cards, Professor Trelawney or some of the students would have suspected that you and I have sorcery as our magic in addition to witchcraft, considering how inquisitive our fellow Gryffindors are." Sakura dried her tears and buried her face in Syaoran's chest, hugging him tightly. Syaoran pulled her closer as if he was trying to protect her from something. "Please don't cry Sakura-chan, I'm right here with you. I won't leave you alone." Just then, Tomoyo burst in breathless, dragging Harry in.
"Professor, here he is. We came here as quickly as we could." She then looked at Syaoran who was still holding Sakura. "Whoops, am I interrupting anything?" Sakura broke away from Syaoran, dried her tears and faced Tomoyo with a smile.
"Absolutely nothing, Tomoyo-chan. Li-kun here was just comforting me, that's all." She smiled at Syaoran who involuntarily blushed. Of course, neither Sakura nor Syaoran realized that Syaoran was blushing. Professor Dumbledore, Harry, Tomoyo and Eriol however DID notice Syaoran's blush. Eriol and Tomoyo looked at each other with a knowing smile on their faces.
'It looks like he still as some feelings for her hidden somewhere in his heart.' They both thought. Harry walked forward.
"Professor, is there something that you wish to speak to me about?"
"Yes Harry, I do. Do you remember how Professor Trelawney looked that time that she gave you a real prediction?"
"Er, yes Professor Dumbledore."
"Can you describe it to us?"
"Er, okay. She sort of went into a trance, her voice became all deep and her eyes were rolling in their sockets. It was way creepy." Professor Dumbledore stood up and paced around the room. He sat down and sighed.
"Just as I feared. You may all go now." Everybody was about to leave when Professor Dumbledore stopped Eriol. "Master Eriol, will you please stay for a while? I need to talk to you about 'you-know-who.'" Eriol nodded for the others to go on. Harry however looked quite confused.
"Professor, is 'you-know-who' Lord Voldemort?"
"No Harry, but I expect that Mistress Sakura, Master Li and Miss Tomoyo all know who he is, don't you?" the trio nodded in reply. "Very well, that's all. Please go to your next class. I know that you three will not want to miss out on your next subject as it is you have all missed Transfiguration already. Please inform your next teacher that Master Eriol will follow in a little while."
***Outside Dumbledore's Office***
Harry was about to protest when Sakura closed the door on Harry.
"Hey! What'd you do that for?" Sakura, Syaoran and Tomoyo turned to go to their next class.
"Harry, you'll find out soon enough. Now is not the right time and if even I am excluded from the conversation, it means it's very important. Please don't try and eavesdrop on them, be respectful okay Harry?"
"Who is this 'you-know-who' anyways?" Sakura twirled around on her heels and jumped right in front of Harry.
"Can't tell you!" Sakura smiled at Harry and he blushed. Syaoran however, was fuming when he saw Harry blush. Tomoyo was grinning like the Cheshire cat.
"Why are you grinning Daidouji-san?" Syaoran asked still keeping his eyes on Harry. Tomoyo giggled a bit.
"Nothing Li-kun. Absolutely no reason." Tomoyo giggled again and ran off to the fourth floor ahead of the others.
"Tomoyo-chan, wait up for us!" Sakura sprinted off after Tomoyo. The boys, surprised at Sakura's speed stood there staring at her retreating figure before they realized that they were being left behind.
"Hey Sakura-chan, wait up for us!" and they both ran after Sakura.
***New Classroom***
"Anybody know what our new subject is?" Tomoyo asked as they entered the room. When they entered the classroom, they saw that it was entirely decorated with stuff from Asia. Sakura even saw the magic circle formation of Clow Reed on the wall in front of them. She also saw posters of the different cards' true forms when not in card form hanging all around.
"Never mind, I didn't say anything." They all took a seat up front while Harry joined Hermione and Ron who were seated right behind Sakura and the others. Sakura decided to sit right next to Syaoran for this class incase they needed to discuss something about the cards considering that their pictures were all around the room. Suddenly-
"OHAYOU!!! GOOD MORNING CLASS, WELCOME TO MY VERY FIRST CLASS!!!" Nakuru burst in screaming her greeting with excitement.
"KYAAA!!! SO MANY KAWAII FACES HERE!!!" Nakuru instantly grabbed Sakura and rubbed her cheek against Sakura's cheek. Everybody was sweatdropping. (AN/ me too. ^_^UU)
"Nakuru-san, can you please put me down?"
"Whoops, Sorry Mistress Sakura-chan." Nakuru then put Sakura down and Sakura slipped back to her seat.
"Nakuru-san, please don't do that again. You wouldn't want onii-chan finding out that you-"
"Hai Mistress Sakura-chan. I won't do it again." She crossed her heart with her hand as a sign of promise. "Now, on with the introductions." Nakuru crossed to the teacher's desk, took out a planner from the drawer and placed it on the desk.
"My name is Nakuru Akizuki. You may call me Nakuru or Professor Nakuru or even Professor Akizuki, whichever you wish. I'm pretty sure that all of you haven't got a clue what this subject is." Nakuru snapped her fingers and a rolled-up banner appeared on the blackboard. "This subject is- " she snapped her fingers again.
"STUDY OF ASIAN MAGIC!!!" she yelled out as the banner unrolled itself and sure enough, that was what was written on the banner. Sakura, Syaoran and Tomoyo paled.
"Nakuru-san, why is this the new subject?" Tomoyo asked her. Nakuru twirled on her toes and jumped on top of the teacher's desk.
"Because I understand that no one has studied this in Hogwarts before except-" she then looked around, confused. She then jumped off the desk and stood in front of Sakura.
"Speaking of which, where is Master Eriol-kun?" the door suddenly opened and in walked Eriol.
"I'm right here Nakuru-chan. I'm sorry, but Professor Dumbledore had to talk to me." Eriol walked to a seat beside Tomoyo and sat down. "Please do continue."
"Hai Master Eriol-kun!!!" Nakuru calmed down and stood at the front of the room. She walked towards the back of the room and concentrated her aura towards the front of the classroom. She then muttered a spell and blasted something from her hand towards the front. What materialized in front of the classroom gave no reaction for the other students, but it made Eriol, Tomoyo, Syaoran and Sakura gasp in surprise.
In the front of the class was a life-size statue of Clow Reed.
Eriol stood up and examined the statue of Clow Reed. It seemed to be made of some substance harder than porcelain and the colors were bright and perfectly blended. It was almost as if it was alive. Nakuru walked to the front as Eriol examined it. She smiled as he traced the staff that Clow Reed was holding.
"Is it exact enough?" Eriol snapped out of his dream.
"Nakuru-chan, it's amazing. When did you make this? How did you make it?"
"Magic, Master Eriol-kun, magic." She then told Eriol to sit down as she started the lecture.
"This," she motioned towards the statue. "Is Clow Reed, the most powerful wizard." Gasps were heard from the students. "He lived over centuries ago and he attended this very same school. He-" Hermione shot her hand into the air. "Yes, er-"
"Hermione Granger." Nakuru smiled at Hermione as she committed Hermione's name to memory.
"Yes Hermione?" Hermione stood up to ask her question.
"If it's true that Clow Reed attended and is indeed the most powerful wizard ever-"
"Not the most powerful wizard ever Hermione. He used to be, but there is someone who took his place." Nakuru interrupted Hermione and she winked at Sakura. Sakura blushed. 'I'm not THAT powerful.'
"Okay Professor, but since he used to be the most powerful wizard and he used to attend Hogwarts, why isn't he in 'Hogwarts, A History'?" murmurs of agreement were heard in the room.
"Ah Hermione, if you will let me finish my lecture, you will understand, is that okay with you?" Hermione nodded at Nakuru.
"Alright, I will continue. He attended Hogwarts as well and became a Gryffindor, but he left school early because of some issues. In the middle of his seventh grade, he left for Japan in order to expand his powers. You see, in the middle of his Defense Against the Dark Arts class, he caused a surge of his aura because he got so happy about getting an O in his essay. Due-" Harry's hand was in the air this time. "Yes, uh-"
"Harry Potter."
"Okay Harry, what is your question?" Harry stood up.
"What's an aura?"
"An aura is a characteristic atmosphere of any magical being." Harry nodded and sat down again.
"Okay, back to the lecture and er, if you have any questions, can they wait until after I finish?" the entire class nodded. "Good."
"Clow Reed released some of his aura and the thing is, he had a golden aura. You see, wizards have transparent auras because they cannot hold the required amount of power needed to have colored auras. Some special wizards and witches have a colored aura, but theirs are very weak. These people are Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff and Salazar Slytherin. The main reason why he left was because Clow Reed wasn't a wizard. He was something more powerful, he was a sorcerer. Another reason why he wasn't in the book was because he never graduated Hogwarts and sorcerers aren't allowed in the books of wizards." By this time, the entire class was listening to her every word.
"Sorcerers are the most powerful beings on this planet and most of them resided in Asia. They kept on intermarrying so as to keep the blood between them pure sorcery. They want to be secretive and they keep mostly to themselves unless the Wizarding World asks for their help. Most wizards believed that sorcerers were too powerful to be dealt with and that they would rule the Earth with an iron fist. They were afraid of the sorcerers' powers. Clow Reed was the most powerful sorcerer on the planet so the Wizarding World was very scared of him. And incase that you guys are wondering why I am teaching you about this is because sorcerers need justice. Professor Dumbledore is one of the few Wizards that believe that sorcerers mean no harm. They just want to keep to themselves, but they are forced to use their magic whenever their lives are endangered. The Headmaster wishes you all to understand that incase you ever meet someone who has somehow inherited the gift of sorcery or is powerful enough to be one," Nakuru looked in the direction of the foreign students. "He wishes that all of you would respect their privacy and their powers. He has already worked with them and he knows that they are very nice. We have to be nicer to them considering that they could help us in this time of crisis when it comes to Lord Voldemort." Nakuru looked at Harry and sat on the desk again. "What I want to know is who agrees with me?" Only four hands appeared in the air. Tomoyo's, Sakura's, Eriol's and Syaoran's hand were the only ones that were seen. Apparently the students were beginning to be scared of these sorcerers and did not wish to associate with them. Nakuru sighed heavily.
"Okay, fine. We'll proceed to the achievements of the late Clow Reed." Nakuru began writing things on the board. "Now who can tell me things that make a magical being great and powerful?"
Hermione's hand was in the air. "Yes Hermione?"
"Their creations and deeds make magical beings great." Nakuru smiled at Hermione.
"Very good Hermione, ten points to Gryffindor. Now can anyone possibly tell me the greatest achievement of Clow Reed?" Sakura's, Syaoran's, Tomoyo's and of course Eriol's hand shot up. Nakuru didn't know who to choose among the four foreign students. "Hermione?"
"Yes Professor Nakuru?"
"Can you please call one of the students raising their hands to recite?" Hermione looked shocked to be asked to conduct the recitation.
"Yes Professor." She looked at Sakura, Tomoyo, Eriol and Syaoran. "I pick Eriol."
"Master Eriol-kun, please answer if it pleases you." Eriol stood up.
"Thank you Nakuru-chan. Clow Reed's greatest achievement was the creation of the legendary Clow Cards." He smiled at Sakura who was trying to stop herself from laughing out loud and sat down. The class gasped at what Eriol said. They heard about the Clow Cards and the good deeds they've done for the Wizarding World, but they had no idea that they were created by a sorcerer. "Very good Master Eriol-kun, ten points again to Gryffindor."
Eriol sweatdropped. "Nakuru-chan, you don't have to call us Master and Mistress in class."
"Hai Eriol-kun!" she wrote the words 'Clow Cards' on the board. "Now who can tell me the things that the Clow Cards did for the Wizarding World before it was sealed away in order to prepare for its new owner?" several hands shot into the air. She called a girl who seated near the back.
"Yes, what's you name sweetie?" the girl blushed at being called sweetie in front of the class.
"Lavender Brown, Professor Nakuru."
"Okay Lavender, what's your answer?"
"They prevented a flood that was about to destroy Hogsmeade." People gasped at this. Who knew that Hogsmeade was once in danger of a flood?
"Very good Lavender! How'd you know of this?"
"My ancestors used to live in Hogsmeade and the story was passed down about how they were saved by a spirit that was called a Clow Card."
"Wonderful, take ten points. Now what other-" the bell suddenly rang. "Oh dear."
"Well, I'll see you all tomorrow and I just want to ask one last question, do you still think sorcerers are bad?" to the surprise of the cardcaptor gang, the rest of the class yelled out their answer.
"THEY'RE THE NICEST MAGICAL BEINGS IN THE WORLD!!!" Nakuru sweatdropped.
"Uh, cool, it seems that my lecture got to them, eh? Class dismissed!" students filed out of the classroom leaving only Sakura and Eriol. Syaoran and Tomoyo went to their next period.
"Nakuru-san, wow! I'm so surprised that you made them believe that we truly are nice people! I congratulate you on your achievement!" Sakura ran forward and gave Nakuru a big hug.
"So am I Mistress Sakura-chan, so am I. Do you think I could introduce you guys soon?"
"Nakuru-chan, we are here for a mission. I'm afraid that we have to keep our identities a secret until it is absolutely unavoidable. I want the students to know that sorcerers are truly nice people, without intimidating them with our powers."
"Eriol-kun, is it true that Clow Reed-san really saved Hogsmeade?" Sakura asked Eriol in awe.
"Yes Sakura-san, Clow Reed used the shield card and that's how the wizards found out about the Clow Cards in the first place. He didn't care about his secrecy, he just wanted to save the villagers living in Hogsmeade."
"That is so cool Eriol-kun! I didn't know my half father did that!"
"Thank you Sakura-san. Nakuru-chan, please keep a low profile. Even Professor Dumbledore agrees that Sakura-san's magic shouldn't be widely known about."
"Gomene Master Eriol-kun, I thought it would be a good excuse to make the statue, that's all. Did you like it?" Eriol smiled warmly at Nakuru.
"Nakuru-chan, it was almost exact! I was surprised that you were able to create that considering that you were made during my time, not Clow Reed's."
"I'm glad to make my master and mistress happy."
"Arigato Nakuru-san, I'm very grateful that you feel that way. Eriol- kun, we'd better get to Charms class now, ja ne Nakuru-san!" Sakura and Eriol left the classroom.
"Mistress Sakura-chan, please be careful with what you do."
***Charms Class***
"Professor, we're so sorry that we're late! We just finished talking with Professor Nakuru-san and we-" Professor Flitwick cut them off.
"It's quite alright. Now please sit down. We are practicing the charm of darkness. The incantation is this: 'yami!'. Please repeat after me, 'YAMI'!"
"YAMI!!!" the whole class shook at the volume of the word they just yelled out. Sakura and Tomoyo giggled. Yami meant darkness in Japanese so it was logical for the incantation to be yami.
"Very good, ten points to Gryffindor and Hufflepuff!" Professor Flitwick said excitedly. (AN/ both Gryffindor and Hufflepuff are in the same charms class.) "Now, practice bringing darkness to this lighted box. Off you go!"
Students began yelling the incantation, but none of them were able to do it. However, when it came to Sakura-
"YAMI!!!" Sakura's box became dark. "Cool!" Eriol, Syaoran and Tomoyo went over to check out Sakura's box.
"Looks like you were able to do it Sakura-chan." Syaoran congratulated her. Suddenly, the whole classroom became dark. Only Eriol, Syaoran, Tomoyo and Sakura were visible to each other. Syaoran walked over to Sakura and slipped his hand into hers and squeezed tightly.
"Sakura-chan, what happened?"
***Far away from the school***
"What happened?! I thought the plan was all ready to go once Elvira reported back to me. What has gone wrong???" The evil-looking man thrashed about.
"I'm so sorry master; I thought it was for later. I'm sorry!"
"I do not easily forgive. You will pay!"
"I ask for one last chance!" he looked at the pitiful figure on the floor.
"Very well. Do not mess it up."
"Thank you master."
"I will soon be powerful, just you wait Harry Potter!"
-To be continued-
AN/ Yowza, 8 pages! Well, I'll make it short this time. The next time I'll update is on the 28th of September and this is final now. R&R and if you want to be alerted about the update, leave your e-mail in your review. Adieu!
~mycherrywolf~
Thanks to all of the people that reviewed since the first chapter:
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2. Blue-Dreamz (thnx for reviewing again!)
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7. arrow-card
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14. Miya-chan3
15. HyPeR-ChErRYBloSsOm
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18. Dacia
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On with the next chapter before I go wacko or before that annoying sheep comes back.
***Flashback*** (AN/ this is where the story continues, that why I used this as the flashback.)
"Hmmm, I see. Yes. I think that it's time for us to pay another visit to Professor Dumbledore." Eriol walked over to Syaoran. "You should probably come as well, Li-kun." Eriol then addressed the three wizards in their presence. "Please don't tell anyone about what happened here and during Divination. Please be kind enough to tell the others who saw what happened to keep quiet about it for a while. No one should know about this particular future, not even I." he walked out the door and Tomoyo followed. With Syaoran's help, Sakura got up and they left for Professor Dumbledore's office as well.
***End Flashback***
Chapter five: The New Subject
***Dumbledore's Office***
"Why, if it isn't the only sorcerers in Britain, it's a pleasure to have you all in my office, again."
"It's a pleasure to be here, Professor Dumbledore, but this is no time for a party. Sakura-san did something during Divination," Eriol stated. "Using her powers as the cards mistress."
"Oh dear, tell me Master Eriol, what did she do?" Eriol looked uncertainly at Syaoran and Sakura before answering him.
"She told Li-kun of the things to come, things that none of us should have been aware of. The most peculiar part of that is that Sakura-san does not seem to recall anything she said nor did she recall doing it at all." Professor Dumbledore did a double take at Eriol's report.
"Did she... really tell the future? Were her details accurate enough?" everyone looked at Syaoran. Only he could answer that question. He remained silent for a moment.
"Yes professor, it was quite accurate. She explained everything except who the people involved in her prophecy would be besides myself." Professor Dumbledore was quiet for a while.
"Can you describe exactly how did her condition seem like while she was foretelling your fate?" Syaoran remembered how Sakura's eyes seemed to be made of steel.
"Yes professor. When she sat down to tell me of my future, the entire class was wrapped in the warmth of Sakura-chan's aura. She then seemed to go into a trance and her eyes seemed to be as solid as steel. As she read and explained the cards, she bore no emotion. After explaining the final card, her aura briefly disappeared from the classroom and she fainted." Syaoran said as he recalled the coldness of her eyes. He then looked at Sakura who seemed nothing like what she did earlier while she interpreted the cards' meaning. She seemed to be distressed upon hearing of her actions during Divination.
"I see." He then looked up from his desk to Tomoyo. "Miss Tomoyo, will you please fetch Harry from his Transfiguration class? If Professor Mc Gonagall hesitates, please inform her that Harry will be sent back as soon as I ask him something. Please do hurry, Miss Tomoyo." Tomoyo nodded in response and immediately sped off to retrieve Harry.
"Professor, what does Harry have to do with this?" Sakura asked the Headmaster.
"You see, Mistress Sakura, he bears more experience than I when it comes to Divination, but I know that he has very low expectations for it." He chuckled. "He's not the only one who underestimates the power of Divination." Sakura politely nodded.
"Master Li, can you recall what cards she interpreted for you?" Syaoran hesitated for a moment, but when he saw Sakura's desperate expression, he knew that he had to tell the truth.
"Yes Professor Dumbledore, I can remember each one."
"Would you please tell us which cards she told you about?" Syaoran sighed. There was no worming out of this one.
"She explained The Mask, The Lock, The Sword, The Wand and the Heart."
"The five most powerful cards in the deck. Wait, are you sure you only pulled out five?"
"Yes, I pulled only five tarot cards out."
"And are you sure that there wasn't a sixth?" Syaoran thought carefully. He suddenly remembered another pull of his aura while he was picking cards, but he didn't get that card because he already had chosen five.
"I was told to choose only five cards. I chose not to pull that card instead." Dumbledore suddenly looked thoughtful.
"Mistress Sakura, could you retell Master Li his future?" Sakura paled. Eriol, seeing Sakura's nervousness knew exactly the problem right away.
"Professor Dumbledore, every prediction that a sorceress or a sorcerer makes can only happen once unless it was supposed to happen again."
"Does that mean that since he didn't take the last card, we'll never know what it was?"
"Yes Professor Dumbledore, I'm sorry."
"No, I should be sorry." Sakura spoke up for the second time since they arrived in his office. "I should have remembered that sorcerers have six cards in the deck for them whenever their future is foretold. It's all my fault that I forgot about that fact. Now we'll never know." She began to cry. Syaoran walked over to Sakura's side and put his arm over her shoulders and drew her closer to him in order to try and give her comfort.
"Sakura-chan, it's alright. It wasn't entirely your fault; you were in a trance so you couldn't really remember it. Plus I'm sure that if you had told me to get six cards, Professor Trelawney or some of the students would have suspected that you and I have sorcery as our magic in addition to witchcraft, considering how inquisitive our fellow Gryffindors are." Sakura dried her tears and buried her face in Syaoran's chest, hugging him tightly. Syaoran pulled her closer as if he was trying to protect her from something. "Please don't cry Sakura-chan, I'm right here with you. I won't leave you alone." Just then, Tomoyo burst in breathless, dragging Harry in.
"Professor, here he is. We came here as quickly as we could." She then looked at Syaoran who was still holding Sakura. "Whoops, am I interrupting anything?" Sakura broke away from Syaoran, dried her tears and faced Tomoyo with a smile.
"Absolutely nothing, Tomoyo-chan. Li-kun here was just comforting me, that's all." She smiled at Syaoran who involuntarily blushed. Of course, neither Sakura nor Syaoran realized that Syaoran was blushing. Professor Dumbledore, Harry, Tomoyo and Eriol however DID notice Syaoran's blush. Eriol and Tomoyo looked at each other with a knowing smile on their faces.
'It looks like he still as some feelings for her hidden somewhere in his heart.' They both thought. Harry walked forward.
"Professor, is there something that you wish to speak to me about?"
"Yes Harry, I do. Do you remember how Professor Trelawney looked that time that she gave you a real prediction?"
"Er, yes Professor Dumbledore."
"Can you describe it to us?"
"Er, okay. She sort of went into a trance, her voice became all deep and her eyes were rolling in their sockets. It was way creepy." Professor Dumbledore stood up and paced around the room. He sat down and sighed.
"Just as I feared. You may all go now." Everybody was about to leave when Professor Dumbledore stopped Eriol. "Master Eriol, will you please stay for a while? I need to talk to you about 'you-know-who.'" Eriol nodded for the others to go on. Harry however looked quite confused.
"Professor, is 'you-know-who' Lord Voldemort?"
"No Harry, but I expect that Mistress Sakura, Master Li and Miss Tomoyo all know who he is, don't you?" the trio nodded in reply. "Very well, that's all. Please go to your next class. I know that you three will not want to miss out on your next subject as it is you have all missed Transfiguration already. Please inform your next teacher that Master Eriol will follow in a little while."
***Outside Dumbledore's Office***
Harry was about to protest when Sakura closed the door on Harry.
"Hey! What'd you do that for?" Sakura, Syaoran and Tomoyo turned to go to their next class.
"Harry, you'll find out soon enough. Now is not the right time and if even I am excluded from the conversation, it means it's very important. Please don't try and eavesdrop on them, be respectful okay Harry?"
"Who is this 'you-know-who' anyways?" Sakura twirled around on her heels and jumped right in front of Harry.
"Can't tell you!" Sakura smiled at Harry and he blushed. Syaoran however, was fuming when he saw Harry blush. Tomoyo was grinning like the Cheshire cat.
"Why are you grinning Daidouji-san?" Syaoran asked still keeping his eyes on Harry. Tomoyo giggled a bit.
"Nothing Li-kun. Absolutely no reason." Tomoyo giggled again and ran off to the fourth floor ahead of the others.
"Tomoyo-chan, wait up for us!" Sakura sprinted off after Tomoyo. The boys, surprised at Sakura's speed stood there staring at her retreating figure before they realized that they were being left behind.
"Hey Sakura-chan, wait up for us!" and they both ran after Sakura.
***New Classroom***
"Anybody know what our new subject is?" Tomoyo asked as they entered the room. When they entered the classroom, they saw that it was entirely decorated with stuff from Asia. Sakura even saw the magic circle formation of Clow Reed on the wall in front of them. She also saw posters of the different cards' true forms when not in card form hanging all around.
"Never mind, I didn't say anything." They all took a seat up front while Harry joined Hermione and Ron who were seated right behind Sakura and the others. Sakura decided to sit right next to Syaoran for this class incase they needed to discuss something about the cards considering that their pictures were all around the room. Suddenly-
"OHAYOU!!! GOOD MORNING CLASS, WELCOME TO MY VERY FIRST CLASS!!!" Nakuru burst in screaming her greeting with excitement.
"KYAAA!!! SO MANY KAWAII FACES HERE!!!" Nakuru instantly grabbed Sakura and rubbed her cheek against Sakura's cheek. Everybody was sweatdropping. (AN/ me too. ^_^UU)
"Nakuru-san, can you please put me down?"
"Whoops, Sorry Mistress Sakura-chan." Nakuru then put Sakura down and Sakura slipped back to her seat.
"Nakuru-san, please don't do that again. You wouldn't want onii-chan finding out that you-"
"Hai Mistress Sakura-chan. I won't do it again." She crossed her heart with her hand as a sign of promise. "Now, on with the introductions." Nakuru crossed to the teacher's desk, took out a planner from the drawer and placed it on the desk.
"My name is Nakuru Akizuki. You may call me Nakuru or Professor Nakuru or even Professor Akizuki, whichever you wish. I'm pretty sure that all of you haven't got a clue what this subject is." Nakuru snapped her fingers and a rolled-up banner appeared on the blackboard. "This subject is- " she snapped her fingers again.
"STUDY OF ASIAN MAGIC!!!" she yelled out as the banner unrolled itself and sure enough, that was what was written on the banner. Sakura, Syaoran and Tomoyo paled.
"Nakuru-san, why is this the new subject?" Tomoyo asked her. Nakuru twirled on her toes and jumped on top of the teacher's desk.
"Because I understand that no one has studied this in Hogwarts before except-" she then looked around, confused. She then jumped off the desk and stood in front of Sakura.
"Speaking of which, where is Master Eriol-kun?" the door suddenly opened and in walked Eriol.
"I'm right here Nakuru-chan. I'm sorry, but Professor Dumbledore had to talk to me." Eriol walked to a seat beside Tomoyo and sat down. "Please do continue."
"Hai Master Eriol-kun!!!" Nakuru calmed down and stood at the front of the room. She walked towards the back of the room and concentrated her aura towards the front of the classroom. She then muttered a spell and blasted something from her hand towards the front. What materialized in front of the classroom gave no reaction for the other students, but it made Eriol, Tomoyo, Syaoran and Sakura gasp in surprise.
In the front of the class was a life-size statue of Clow Reed.
Eriol stood up and examined the statue of Clow Reed. It seemed to be made of some substance harder than porcelain and the colors were bright and perfectly blended. It was almost as if it was alive. Nakuru walked to the front as Eriol examined it. She smiled as he traced the staff that Clow Reed was holding.
"Is it exact enough?" Eriol snapped out of his dream.
"Nakuru-chan, it's amazing. When did you make this? How did you make it?"
"Magic, Master Eriol-kun, magic." She then told Eriol to sit down as she started the lecture.
"This," she motioned towards the statue. "Is Clow Reed, the most powerful wizard." Gasps were heard from the students. "He lived over centuries ago and he attended this very same school. He-" Hermione shot her hand into the air. "Yes, er-"
"Hermione Granger." Nakuru smiled at Hermione as she committed Hermione's name to memory.
"Yes Hermione?" Hermione stood up to ask her question.
"If it's true that Clow Reed attended and is indeed the most powerful wizard ever-"
"Not the most powerful wizard ever Hermione. He used to be, but there is someone who took his place." Nakuru interrupted Hermione and she winked at Sakura. Sakura blushed. 'I'm not THAT powerful.'
"Okay Professor, but since he used to be the most powerful wizard and he used to attend Hogwarts, why isn't he in 'Hogwarts, A History'?" murmurs of agreement were heard in the room.
"Ah Hermione, if you will let me finish my lecture, you will understand, is that okay with you?" Hermione nodded at Nakuru.
"Alright, I will continue. He attended Hogwarts as well and became a Gryffindor, but he left school early because of some issues. In the middle of his seventh grade, he left for Japan in order to expand his powers. You see, in the middle of his Defense Against the Dark Arts class, he caused a surge of his aura because he got so happy about getting an O in his essay. Due-" Harry's hand was in the air this time. "Yes, uh-"
"Harry Potter."
"Okay Harry, what is your question?" Harry stood up.
"What's an aura?"
"An aura is a characteristic atmosphere of any magical being." Harry nodded and sat down again.
"Okay, back to the lecture and er, if you have any questions, can they wait until after I finish?" the entire class nodded. "Good."
"Clow Reed released some of his aura and the thing is, he had a golden aura. You see, wizards have transparent auras because they cannot hold the required amount of power needed to have colored auras. Some special wizards and witches have a colored aura, but theirs are very weak. These people are Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff and Salazar Slytherin. The main reason why he left was because Clow Reed wasn't a wizard. He was something more powerful, he was a sorcerer. Another reason why he wasn't in the book was because he never graduated Hogwarts and sorcerers aren't allowed in the books of wizards." By this time, the entire class was listening to her every word.
"Sorcerers are the most powerful beings on this planet and most of them resided in Asia. They kept on intermarrying so as to keep the blood between them pure sorcery. They want to be secretive and they keep mostly to themselves unless the Wizarding World asks for their help. Most wizards believed that sorcerers were too powerful to be dealt with and that they would rule the Earth with an iron fist. They were afraid of the sorcerers' powers. Clow Reed was the most powerful sorcerer on the planet so the Wizarding World was very scared of him. And incase that you guys are wondering why I am teaching you about this is because sorcerers need justice. Professor Dumbledore is one of the few Wizards that believe that sorcerers mean no harm. They just want to keep to themselves, but they are forced to use their magic whenever their lives are endangered. The Headmaster wishes you all to understand that incase you ever meet someone who has somehow inherited the gift of sorcery or is powerful enough to be one," Nakuru looked in the direction of the foreign students. "He wishes that all of you would respect their privacy and their powers. He has already worked with them and he knows that they are very nice. We have to be nicer to them considering that they could help us in this time of crisis when it comes to Lord Voldemort." Nakuru looked at Harry and sat on the desk again. "What I want to know is who agrees with me?" Only four hands appeared in the air. Tomoyo's, Sakura's, Eriol's and Syaoran's hand were the only ones that were seen. Apparently the students were beginning to be scared of these sorcerers and did not wish to associate with them. Nakuru sighed heavily.
"Okay, fine. We'll proceed to the achievements of the late Clow Reed." Nakuru began writing things on the board. "Now who can tell me things that make a magical being great and powerful?"
Hermione's hand was in the air. "Yes Hermione?"
"Their creations and deeds make magical beings great." Nakuru smiled at Hermione.
"Very good Hermione, ten points to Gryffindor. Now can anyone possibly tell me the greatest achievement of Clow Reed?" Sakura's, Syaoran's, Tomoyo's and of course Eriol's hand shot up. Nakuru didn't know who to choose among the four foreign students. "Hermione?"
"Yes Professor Nakuru?"
"Can you please call one of the students raising their hands to recite?" Hermione looked shocked to be asked to conduct the recitation.
"Yes Professor." She looked at Sakura, Tomoyo, Eriol and Syaoran. "I pick Eriol."
"Master Eriol-kun, please answer if it pleases you." Eriol stood up.
"Thank you Nakuru-chan. Clow Reed's greatest achievement was the creation of the legendary Clow Cards." He smiled at Sakura who was trying to stop herself from laughing out loud and sat down. The class gasped at what Eriol said. They heard about the Clow Cards and the good deeds they've done for the Wizarding World, but they had no idea that they were created by a sorcerer. "Very good Master Eriol-kun, ten points again to Gryffindor."
Eriol sweatdropped. "Nakuru-chan, you don't have to call us Master and Mistress in class."
"Hai Eriol-kun!" she wrote the words 'Clow Cards' on the board. "Now who can tell me the things that the Clow Cards did for the Wizarding World before it was sealed away in order to prepare for its new owner?" several hands shot into the air. She called a girl who seated near the back.
"Yes, what's you name sweetie?" the girl blushed at being called sweetie in front of the class.
"Lavender Brown, Professor Nakuru."
"Okay Lavender, what's your answer?"
"They prevented a flood that was about to destroy Hogsmeade." People gasped at this. Who knew that Hogsmeade was once in danger of a flood?
"Very good Lavender! How'd you know of this?"
"My ancestors used to live in Hogsmeade and the story was passed down about how they were saved by a spirit that was called a Clow Card."
"Wonderful, take ten points. Now what other-" the bell suddenly rang. "Oh dear."
"Well, I'll see you all tomorrow and I just want to ask one last question, do you still think sorcerers are bad?" to the surprise of the cardcaptor gang, the rest of the class yelled out their answer.
"THEY'RE THE NICEST MAGICAL BEINGS IN THE WORLD!!!" Nakuru sweatdropped.
"Uh, cool, it seems that my lecture got to them, eh? Class dismissed!" students filed out of the classroom leaving only Sakura and Eriol. Syaoran and Tomoyo went to their next period.
"Nakuru-san, wow! I'm so surprised that you made them believe that we truly are nice people! I congratulate you on your achievement!" Sakura ran forward and gave Nakuru a big hug.
"So am I Mistress Sakura-chan, so am I. Do you think I could introduce you guys soon?"
"Nakuru-chan, we are here for a mission. I'm afraid that we have to keep our identities a secret until it is absolutely unavoidable. I want the students to know that sorcerers are truly nice people, without intimidating them with our powers."
"Eriol-kun, is it true that Clow Reed-san really saved Hogsmeade?" Sakura asked Eriol in awe.
"Yes Sakura-san, Clow Reed used the shield card and that's how the wizards found out about the Clow Cards in the first place. He didn't care about his secrecy, he just wanted to save the villagers living in Hogsmeade."
"That is so cool Eriol-kun! I didn't know my half father did that!"
"Thank you Sakura-san. Nakuru-chan, please keep a low profile. Even Professor Dumbledore agrees that Sakura-san's magic shouldn't be widely known about."
"Gomene Master Eriol-kun, I thought it would be a good excuse to make the statue, that's all. Did you like it?" Eriol smiled warmly at Nakuru.
"Nakuru-chan, it was almost exact! I was surprised that you were able to create that considering that you were made during my time, not Clow Reed's."
"I'm glad to make my master and mistress happy."
"Arigato Nakuru-san, I'm very grateful that you feel that way. Eriol- kun, we'd better get to Charms class now, ja ne Nakuru-san!" Sakura and Eriol left the classroom.
"Mistress Sakura-chan, please be careful with what you do."
***Charms Class***
"Professor, we're so sorry that we're late! We just finished talking with Professor Nakuru-san and we-" Professor Flitwick cut them off.
"It's quite alright. Now please sit down. We are practicing the charm of darkness. The incantation is this: 'yami!'. Please repeat after me, 'YAMI'!"
"YAMI!!!" the whole class shook at the volume of the word they just yelled out. Sakura and Tomoyo giggled. Yami meant darkness in Japanese so it was logical for the incantation to be yami.
"Very good, ten points to Gryffindor and Hufflepuff!" Professor Flitwick said excitedly. (AN/ both Gryffindor and Hufflepuff are in the same charms class.) "Now, practice bringing darkness to this lighted box. Off you go!"
Students began yelling the incantation, but none of them were able to do it. However, when it came to Sakura-
"YAMI!!!" Sakura's box became dark. "Cool!" Eriol, Syaoran and Tomoyo went over to check out Sakura's box.
"Looks like you were able to do it Sakura-chan." Syaoran congratulated her. Suddenly, the whole classroom became dark. Only Eriol, Syaoran, Tomoyo and Sakura were visible to each other. Syaoran walked over to Sakura and slipped his hand into hers and squeezed tightly.
"Sakura-chan, what happened?"
***Far away from the school***
"What happened?! I thought the plan was all ready to go once Elvira reported back to me. What has gone wrong???" The evil-looking man thrashed about.
"I'm so sorry master; I thought it was for later. I'm sorry!"
"I do not easily forgive. You will pay!"
"I ask for one last chance!" he looked at the pitiful figure on the floor.
"Very well. Do not mess it up."
"Thank you master."
"I will soon be powerful, just you wait Harry Potter!"
-To be continued-
AN/ Yowza, 8 pages! Well, I'll make it short this time. The next time I'll update is on the 28th of September and this is final now. R&R and if you want to be alerted about the update, leave your e-mail in your review. Adieu!
~mycherrywolf~