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Chapter II: Magical Snowball Fight

On her fifth day at Reed Castle, Sakura was proud to know that she doesn't get lost anymore. She walked happily through the corridors and bumped into Elle.

There were two house helpers in Reed Castle, aside from Nakuru. Elektra Morton (a.k.a. Elle) and Kaining Hu, are both magical and hav served the Opalakes for a long time. Both of them were quiet, however, and mysterious.

"I'm sorry, Elle-san!" Sakura apologized.

""It's ok, Miss Sakura." She replied in a British accent. "No harm done."

The tray she was carrying was floating mid air.

"Your friends are in the garden." Elle told her. "They are waiting for you."

"Thank you very much, Elle-san." Sakura waved at her and ran to the garden.

"Hi! Kaining-san!" Sakura greeted Kaining who was shoveling the snow.

Kaining looked surprised at her greeting. "Hi." He answered.

"Sakura!" Syaoran ran to her and took her hand, casting a slightly angry look at Kaining. "Where were you?"

"I was practicing." Sakura replied as she followed him towards her other friends.

"For what?" Syaoran looked at her questioningly.

"You'll find out." Sakura smiled.

"Do you want some hot chocolate?" Tomoyo offered her a cup.

"Thank you." Sakura accepted the mug from her best friend. "What's wrong with Meiling-chan?"

"Caaannn't youuu seee whaaat's wrooong?" Meiling replied shaking.

"Meiling and I are not really used to such a cold weather." Syaoran replied, shivering.

"And it's getting colder by day." Tomoyo pulled her scarf tighter. "Oh, Sakura-chan, I love it how you look great at any temperature!"

Sakura blushed. " Maybe I could do something about the temperature."

Sakura held out the Firey card. "Please keep us warm."

The Firey card glowed and a small orb of light descended to each of her friends.

Meiling sighed. "Now that's better! Thank you very much, Kinomoto-san."

"It's strange, it's warm, and yet I'm not sweating from the layers of clothes I'm wearing." Tomoyo observed.

"That's good." Kaho smiled from behind them. "You were able to regulate the temperature from within, Congratulations, Sakura-san."

"Look's like our little sorceress is growing powerful everyday." Eriol commented.

"I know she is." Syaoran smiled Sakura.

Sakura blushed and both Tomoyo and Meiling giggled.

"Got you!"

Sakura and her friends watched Remus and Rhea having a small snowball fight.

"Got you again!" Rhea smiled as she hit her brother again.

Sakura smiled at Rhea. "Maybe Rhea-chan is really happy. What I thought yesterday must be wrong. Rhea-chan looks too happy to be hiding sad feelings." Sakura thought.

Remus grimaced at his sister and quickly sent out several snowballs, one after another.

Rhea smiled and ducked. She dodged the snowballs and began throwing more at her twin brother with a faster rate.

"Wow!" Meiling looked at her cousin. "That's magic, right?"

Syaoran shook his head. "Miss Rhea has mastered both the magical and non-magical arts. That's why she is the most powerful."

"Hey!" Irritated, Remus countered with melting the snowballs.

"That's unfair! Using magic!" Rhea pointed out.

"I know." Remus smiled at his sister. "You wouldn't mind if we use magic, would you?"

"No." Rhea answered firmly.

Remus sent huge snowballs flying at his sister, but Rhea ran over them and jumped, landing in front of Remus.

"What?" Remus asked, surprised, as Rhea snapped her fingers and the snow below Remus disappeared, and he fell one foot below.

Tomoyo and Meiling quickly ran and helped Remus up.

"Hey! Sakura!" Rhea threw a snowball at her.

"Shield!" Sakura protected herself with her card.

"I challenge you!" Rhea yelled.

"Fine!" Sakura smiled and walked to the garden.

Rhea raised her hand and several snowballs flew themselves to Sakura.

Sakura dodged them, quickly. "Shot!" She sent a barrage of Snow at Rhea, but Rhea gracefully avoided them.

As one of Sakura's balls was about to hit her, she jumped from the ground and started floating mid air.

"Fly!" Sakura followed her.

"Whoo! Sky battle!" Tomoyo took out her Camera.

"It's good that Sakura mastered how to use her powers without the use of her wand." Eriol smiled and Kaho nodded.

"Yes, the cards might not be in their prime, but it is indeed useful."

"Sakura-chan looks so beautiful in her yellow winter attire!" Tomoyo happily filmed her friend.

Syaoran blushed and Meiling grinned.

"Did you design it, Daidouji?" Syaoran asked.

"Do you still have to ask questions like that?" Meiling hissed at Syaoran. "Of course she did. Who else would design a Canary coat?"

"I call it 'Bird of Winter." Tomoyo said in the midst of weird looks. "Hohoho!"

Above, Rhea sent a mass of snow at Sakura.

"Snow!" Sakura summoned her card.

As their magic collided, a mini explosion was heard and snow flew in all directions.

"Hoe!" Sakura fell on Kaining who was defrosting the windows.

"Hey!" Both Kero and Suppi were covered completely by snow, stopping their staring contest.

"Oh no!" Tomoyo brushed the snow off her Camera.

"Sakura, are you alright?!" Both Syaoran and Touya ran to Sakura who Kaining was helping to stand up.

Syaoran pushed Kaining aside and asked Sakura, "What do you feel?"

"Hoeee. Everything's spinning." Sakura answered, dizzily.

Touya pushed Syaoran aside. "Try breathing deeply."

"What an overprotective brother you are!" Yukito smiled at Touya from the sides.

"Hey! Tsukishiro!" Nakuru threw a snowball at him but he moved and she hit, Eriol instead.

"Eriol-sama…"

Eriol grinned slyly and threw a snowball at Nakuru.

Nakuru smiled and threw another one, this time hitting Kaho.

Eriol laughed at Kaho, but then Kaho placed a snowball right in his face.

Sakura smiled at Syaoran who was helping her up and threw a snowball at him.

Soon, they were throwing snowballs at each other.

"How extremely childish!" Remus complained but Rhea appeared from behind him and dumped snow on him.

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Kaining left the group and went near the gates. He clapped three times and whistled.

A fully covered figure appeared. "What happened, Hu?"

"Everything is ready, Shadow." Kaining whispered. "But the Mistress of the Cards…"

"You haven't killed her yet?"

"It's difficult to find the right time."

"Then do it, soon. Time is running fast!"

"Yes, Shadow." Kaining replied as the figure disappeared. He looked back and stared at the huge castle. "But what if the time will never comes?"