The Day I Found Hope

by dreamergalz

Chapter Five: The Destruction of My Life

Disclaimer: I do not own CCS, only the story and the plot!

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"If you have heard this story, would you still mind if the others would detest you?" Clow asked before starting the story.

"I...I don't know. I seriously don't. But I am willing to see if I will learn to accept them again. Anyway, I have never been so wounded before. It...it is as if a knife has plunged deep into my heart, never to come out again. If I am willing to forgive them, perhaps, I may forget this whole incident. But I may not. Still..." I tried to tell Clow how I felt before I lost my nerve.

"Hush now. Do not brood over these kind of things. Besides, when the time comes, you will have to face it. It is not now, so, how about listening to the story?"

"It's very late, Master. How about telling me tomorrow?"

"No. I want you to understand that it is true that some people would not have the chance to be accepted by the people. Anyway, I have a lot of things to do, including restoring my garden tomorrow. So..."

"But...how about telling me the story when you are free? Any time will do! Besides, I want to help you clear up the mess I had made!" I protested.

"Well...all right. Promise me that you would not brood over this for the time being, ok?"

"Yes, Master."

"Goodnight."

"Night."

Clow left me here. I guess that he had allowed me to stay here for the time being. Anyway, I would not want to go back to the book to sleep at this point in time. They may chase me out again. I flew towards the mound that I had made and started restoring the garden, placing the soil back to where they used to be and cleaning the tree up. I did not use my magical powers, for fear that the others would torture me.

By the time it was over, the tree was as before, except that its leaves were slightly yellowish. "I am so sorry that you had become like that. Don't worry, you will be right as rain tomorrow." I murmured to the tree. The tree shook its leaves gently, as if shaking away soil that I had probably missed.

"Sorry about that. Don't move. I'll help you clear the soil away."

The tree shook its leaves again.

"Do you forgive me or had I missed some soil that is disturbing you?"

The tree became still.

"So I guess that you had forgotten me. Well, I am sorry for making you suffer for such a long time. Thank you for forgiving me, by the way."

I flew back to the tree that I had been sitting under since the incident and stayed there until the sky grew light. It was morning. I could not believe that I had already sat there for such a long time.

Soon, the others would be out playing with Keroberos and Yue. I had better start hiding myself again. However, I had sensed them not in the garden, but in the house.

"Who could make them stay in the house? Master?" I thought. "It is probably Master, for he was the one who created us."

I flew towards one of the windows. It was the room that they were in. I eavesdropped. It was the first time that I had done that, and it did not feel good to eavesdrop on someone. It was horrible, but how would I know what they were talking about? I did not care that they would know that I was nearby, they would probably talk all the louder so that I could hear and therefore injure me more. In other words, other than eavesdropping on what they were saying, I was not interested in what they would do to me after that. I peeked into the window.

"Master, why have you called us here?" Keroberos asked.

Clow remained silent.

"Master?" The Cards asked.

"...Huh? Oh...sorry. As I was saying, I have called all of you here is due to what you have done to Hope yesterday..."

"Master, you have called us here just to tell us these?" I heard someone scoff somewhere in the room.

"Yes, and I find that this is a matter of importance, so you all better listen to me."

"Yes Master." All of them replied monotonously.

"Why are you all doing this to Nothing anyway? Is it due to her magical powers? I find her a obedient child who is quiet and would not harm her friends but why are you all doing this?"

"Because she makes our creations disappear the moment her cursed hand touches them! We had spent so much time creating what we thought would please you and instead, she destroyed it! If you were me, would you be angry? Master?" Keroberos protested.

"Or..."

"Let me tell you this, even though you are our Master, yes, you are wise and all that, but that, that Void, would destroy every thing that is on earth the moment she places her hands on anything or uses her magical powers! Why is it that you are still so kind to her?"

"Listen, Keroberos and all of you, Void does not intentionally want to do this, but as everything has a balance, Void is the other end of the balance that we have when I created you all. It is not that she is cursed or what but as everything has a balance, we have to accept it. What you do if you were the one who is cursed? I am sure that you would not like it too, right? Which is why we must respect everyone for being what they are..."

"We understand, Master. We will not do this kind of prejudice again."

"Good. Now go out and play with Void, will you?" Clow asked as he began walking out of the room. Quickly, I flew away, flying back to the place where I hid for I was afraid of being discovered by them. As I was flying past the tree which I had almost killed it, I smiled, for it had resumed its colour, that was, green.

"I told you that you would be all right..." I murmured as I hurried past the tree. It rustled its leaves.

I hid where I was for the most part of the day. The others had not come to look for me after all...however, I was not surprised, for I was the cursed one, the one who would cause them misery, the one who would be in trouble once that delicate balance was disrupted...no, they did not care for me at all. That I understood. I did not need any more words to describe this.

Then, the destruction of my life came...I was to be murdered by my friends, my siblings, the ones who I had thought that they would love, care and express concern for. They did not care for what would happen as long as I was out of their sight...

I was resting on the tree again as I did not want to go back to sleep in the book since yesterday. I did not care, for I believed that Master had allowed me to stay out during the nights as long as I did not cause any trouble.

But little had I thought that they would creep out of the book, both guardians too, to the place where I had just called my new home to kill me...

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I know, I know! This story is getting shorter than ever! But please! Review for me, will ya? Oh yes, by the way, I think that this story is going to end in around two more chapters! Great, isn't it? I know that I am receiving very few reviews but I really hope that you all can review so that I can get more comments so as to improve my writing! Review! Ja!