Welcome back my lovely friends!!! I don't have anything to say, so lets continue with chapter 7, shall we?
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"..." Spoken Words
*...* Thoughts
~~~~~~~~~ Scene Changes/Flashbacks (won't be too many flashbacks)
(...) Authors Notes
{...}& [...] Dream Dialogue
Disclaimer: these characters don't belong to me, but guess what? They belong to good ol' Clamp; Only the made up characters are mine, ok....so read on please!
~The Untold Story~
Chapter 7
Misty and Eric were about to enter the mall when they heard the sound of feet running on the pavement behind them. They both turned around to see a medium-sized girl, with short black hair and ruby-colored eyes.
"Hey Misty!" shouted the girl as she continued to run in their direction. Misty waved slightly as Eric leaned toward her.
"Uh, who's that?" he asked, in a whisper.
"Oh, that's a girl I know from school." Misty replied. *I wonder what Sabrina's doing here.*
Sabrina finally made it up to where the two teens were standing.
"Hey Misty," Sabrina repeated, a little out of breath.
"Hey Sabrina," Misty replied, smiling her sweet smile.
"So uh, who's your friend?" she asked, looking at Eric and then winking at Misty. Misty sighed (^-^') and proceeded to introduce Sabrina and Eric to each other.
"Sabrina, this is Eric; Eric, this is Sabrina." she said, pointing back and forth at her two friends.
"Nice to meet you, Eric," said Sabrina, slyly smiling at him. Eric noticed and became slightly nervous.
"He he...Nice to meet you, too."
Misty looked at Eric and then back at Sabrina, when she unexpectedly became angry.
"Uh, Eric, we have to go...do that thing...remember? Come on let's go," she said, grabbing his arm. Eric got goose bumps, and started sweating.
"Uh, right, that thing....ha ha...."
Sabrina smiled at them.
"Ok, well I guess I'll see you later Misty....Bye Eric," replied Sabrina, as she flirtatiously waved to Eric and began walking backwards.
Continuing to look in Sabrina's direction, Misty flared up even more and began pulling Eric in the direction of the mall. Suddenly, she noticed she was getting irrational, and quickly released her grip on Eric's arm, which made him fall.
"Oops! Sorry...," she laughed, helping him to his feet.
"Oh, it's OK," he said, slowly lifting his head, level to hers. (AN: he he...I think this is gettin' pretty good, don't you?) Once again they began the "gazing into each other's eyes" thing. They stayed locked in their gazes long enough to get close enough for, you guessed it, a kiss ^^. They continued just gawking, until Misty finally snapped out of the "trance". She helped Eric up the rest of the way, and proceeded in the direction of the mall, saying nothing. Eric followed her inside, though he was slightly disappointed that nothing had happened.(^^ !cute! ^^).
Once inside, they didn't really know what to expect, so they just stood there and waited for someone to say something.
Finally, the loud _clanking_, of what sounded like swords, broke the awkward silence. Misty and Eric quickly looked in the direction of the sudden _clank_ and noticed that two men were fighting, and had their faces covered. Eric scratched his head.
"Boy, this just gets weirder and weirder..."
"Tell me about it....Why are they sword fighting in a mall?" said Misty, who was confused as well. Eric looked over at Misty.
"If I knew, I'd tell you." And with that said, the two youths continued staring as the fighting continued.
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About 10 minuets later...
Finally, the two swordsmen stopped and bowed to each other. Then they turned towards Misty and Eric and stared.
They looked at each other, then back at the men.
"Why are they staring at us, Eric?" asked Misty, pretending he knew. Eric raised an eyebrow and looked over at her.
"How should I know? I'm still trying to figure out why they were even fighting in the first place."
Just then, the swordsman on the right removed his mask. Misty stared wide-eyed at him.
*DAD?!*
Eric looked at the man with intense brown eyes and deep, brown hair, then back at Misty and continued this a couple more times. Then he finally asked,
"What?"
"That looks, like my dad....But my dad is with my mom and your mom and their friend somewhere else...Not here....sword fighting," she said, trying to make sense of the thoughts racing around in her head.
But before either of them could speak again, the fighter on the left removed his mask, too.
This time, Eric's mouth hung wide open. Misty did the same ritual as Eric had done and asked him what he was looking at.
"He...he looks like...MY dad....but that's impossible...he's...he's....dead..."
Misty's mouth also dropped at the sound of his answer. She looked in the direction of the two fighters and looked at the one that Eric said was his father. She saw the dark, chocolate brown hair and the same mysterious green eyes. Before either of the teens could say a word, the men vanished into thin air.
"OK, just so we make sure I'm not crazy, You saw that too, right?" Eric asked Misty in a confused, yet serious, tone.
Misty was still staring at the place where the men had been standing.
"No you're not crazy, I saw it....Oh I definitely saw it..."
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Back in that "vanishing pit"...
Syaoran continued to walk around in search of Sakura. Suddenly, he heard faint hollering. He walked in the direction of the voice until he could understand what it was saying.
"Syaoran!" he heard, faintly.
*That sounds like Sakura....*
And with that, he ran, still following Sakura's voice.
Finally, after running for what seemed like forever, he found Sakura, still floating in the air and shouting his name. Syaoran did the chanting thing and Sakura began falling. But he caught her before she hit anything, mainly the ground.
"Syaoran?! How...Where...How did you do that?" Sakura asked, surprised to see him.
He laughed. "I used magic Sakura, what else," he said, as he placed her softly on her feet. Sakura hugged him as tightly as she could.
Syaoran smiled and returned the hug.^^ He was fine until Sakura began to cut off his circulation.
"Sakura! Sakura! Please let go of me!" cried Syaoran.
"Oh...sorry, Hunny," she said, smiling at him.
"...Ok, let's find a way out of here, Sakura." said Syaoran, shaking off the effects of her smile ^^.
"Wait Li....We've gotta find Meiling and Eriol....Then we can leave...," said Sakura.
"But what about Misty? She's alone with that, that...kid!"
Sakura smiled again, "Syaoran, number one, his name is Eric, and number 2, Misty will be fine with him...Come on." she said, before walking away.
"She BETTER be fine...," he mumbled.
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Back to Eric and Misty...
After they had shaken off the whole sword-fighting thing, they walked around looking for some kind of a clue to where their "companions" had disappeared to. Just then, Eric spotted a rectangular shape lying on the floor by the door. (AN: ^^ more rhyming!). He walked over to it and picked it up, while Misty was inspecting something else.
After examining whatever she had been looking at, Misty realized Eric wasn't next to her anymore. She turned around, and spotted him by the doors. (AN: everything happens by them doors, huh?). She strolled over and glanced over his shoulder to see what he was looking at. One of her thin, light brown eyebrows suddenly shot straight up.
"Uh, Eric...,"
"Yeah," he said, looking over at her.
"What's that?" Misty asked, pointing to the rectangular item.
"Oh, this is another Sakura Card," he replied, holding it where she could see it.
"'Sakura Card'?"
Eric sighed (^-^')
"Boy, first you don't know what the 'Star Key' is, and now you don't know what the 'Sakura Cards' are! You are totally and completely clueless." he said, laughing slightly.
"Well, it's not my fault! I'm new to all this OK; I didn't grow up around it like you! So, you could be just a little bit nicer about all of this...," she said, turning around and crossing her arms over her chest.
Eric sighed again (^-^')
"I don't do nice...But for you, I guess I could make an exception."
Misty's emerald eyes went wide as she turned around and faced him, arms still crossed.
"What did you say?" she asked sternly, but with some surprise.
Eric blushed lightly before hardening his expression, "I said I'd help you...that's all," he said turning away from her.
"Oh...Ok...So what you gonna help me with first?" she responded, smiling cutely^^.
Eric scratched his head, still not looking at her.
"Well, I guess I can start by telling you a little about the 'Sakura Cards'."
"Ok," said Misty, still smiling at him.
"Um...Ok...This is a 'Sakura Card'," he said pointing at the rectangular item, "the name of the card it down here; This one's name is 'The Illusion'." Then he held it up where she could see it.
"'The Illusion'? This Clow guy wasn't too good at Language Arts, huh?" Misty joked.
"Ha ha, ok, moving on....To release a card's power, you have to have magic and you need to have the 'Star Rod'," Eric continued.
"What do you mean 'to release a 'Card's power'? What power does this one have?" Misty asked, suddenly very interested.
"Well, every card has some kind of a power; this one has the gift of illusions, hence the name 'The Illusion'." he answered. (AN: he's so smart ^^)
"Oh...Well, what else do you have in that head of yours to tell me?" she asked him sweetly, while pointing at his head.
"Oh, well let's see....Oh, there are 52 'Sakura Cards', including this one. The thing that Mina used to get us out of here earlier, was a 'Sakura Card' as well, and now that we have his one; there's only 50 others you haven't seen yet," he said sarcastically, smiling.
Misty jeered at him.
"Very funny...Well, how do we use this one?" she asked pointing to the card in Eric's hands, "I mean we both have magic, right?"
"Well, yeah, but first of all, you don't know how to control yours yet and secondly, we don't have the 'Star Rod'...Unless..."
"Unless what?"
"Unless the 'Star Key' turns into the 'Star Rod'...But we don't know the incantation to transform it...Besides, 'The Illusion' wouldn't help us much. None of the stuff it projects it real, so it's kinda worthless as of now...Come on, let's keep looking around."
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Back in our lovely pit...
"You know who I just thought of?" said Sakura, emerald eyes sparkling.
"Who?" he asked, somewhat uninterested.
"Tomoyo...I haven't seen her since our wedding 15 years ago...I wonder how she's doing..." After saying that, Sakura began remembering all the fun things they had done together, while Syaoran still trying to think of a way to find Meiling and Eriol.
After 20 minuets of silence, Sakura perked up.
"Syaoran..."
"Yes, Sakura?"
"I just had a case of what I believe is deja vu...except...we were younger...I think it was when we were...*gasp*"
"When we were what, Sakura?"
"When we were...trapped by the Maze Card...Li, you don't think that this is...the Maze Card, do you?" said Sakura, somewhat confused.
"Come to think of it," he said, "this DOES kind of feel somewhat familiar...But who knows Sakura, I mean, how would you explain getting here in the first place?"
"Well, I dunno...But, when I was being pulled up, it didn't feel like anything was actually pulling me, just that it was kinda, oh I don't know, "carrying" me."
Syaoran looked at her, puzzled by her explanation.
"Well, whatever is doing this, whether it be the 'Maze Card' or not, has got to be stopped," said Syaoran.
"You're right Syaoran , Come on, let's find the others and get out of here." and with those words, Sakura and Syaoran continued the search for Meiling and Eriol.
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Back at the mall scene...
Eric and Misty had given up on looking for clues and were now sitting, half asleep, on the floor, up against a wall.
"Misty?" Eric whispered, shaking her.
"Huh? What?" Misty said as she rubbed the sleep out of her emerald eyes.
"Do you wanna look around and see if we can find anything else, or do you want to find a place to sleep for the night? I mean, it's already....12:30 AM." he said, looking at his watch and yawning.
"Oh, really? That late, huh...Well, maybe we should go to that department store other there," she said pointing at a near-by (there's that word again) store and rising up from the floor (he he, more rhyming) , " ...They always have beds and stuff in there."
"Uh...More than one right?" he asked. (what a dumb question ^-^')
"Well, duh! They're selling all different kinds of sheets and stuff, they're gonna have more than one bed, you idiot. Come on, let's go," she replied grumpily, helping Eric to his feet.
"Thanks." he said.
"No problem," said Misty, as she flashed her charming smile at him.
Eric blushed (AN: gee, ya think he's just a tad bit shy?) as they walked in the direction of the department store.
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At the department store...
"So," said Misty, "which one do you want?"
Eric walked up and down the aisle looking at all the different bed displays.
"Don't you think they're kinda small?" he complained.
Misty sweat-dropped. (-_-')
"Eric, they're displays...They're selling the sheets and comforters, not the mattresses; That's why they're so small," she replied, yawning, "Just hurry up and pick one, I'm tired."
"Ok, ok, I'm hurrying," he said as he continued to walk up and down the aisle.
"If I had known you were going to be this picky, I would have chosen first." said Misty, who was basically falling asleep standing up.
"Well, then be my guest....After you almighty Princess of the Clow," Eric replied, as he sarcastically bowed.
"Oh, shut up!" cried Misty, as she jumped onto the bed in front of her, "I'll take this one, have fun looking! Good night!"
Five minuets later, she was out like a light and Eric had finally chosen a bed; The one right beside Misty, so he could make sure nothing happened to her while they were sleeping.
(AN: Aw! ^^)
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That night...
~~Misty's Dream~~ {...}- Misty's dialogue
{Where am I? Am I still in the mall? Where's Eric?} she said, looking all around her.
[Do not be afraid] said a voice that came from behind her.
{Huh?} she replied, turning around, making her face to face with a tall, somewhat slender man.
{AH! Who, who are you?} said Misty, startled by the sudden confrontation.
[I am Clow Reed. Creator of the Clow Cards and the book they lye in. And you, Misty Li, are the next chosen Card Captor.]
{Me?! A Card Captor? But what about Eric? Shouldn't he be the Card Captor? He knew all of this before I did.}
[Misty, the cards, along with fate and destiny, have chosen you because you are the daughter of the one who changed the Clow Cards...The Card Mistress ...That is why the cards were released again. But do not worry about Eric, he will be helping you along on your journey.]
{The cards were released again? When were they released the first time?}
[Oh, many, many years ago, but that is not what is important...I have sent you this vision to let you know a few things.]
{Like what?}
[Well, for one, you cannot capture the magical cards without the legendary Star Rod, therefore, I shall teach you the incantation to unlock the Star Key:
* *
* Key of the stars, *
* with powers burning bright *
* reveal the staff, *
* and shine your light! *
* Release! *
* *
(AN: Okay, honestly, I never got this far in the original CLAMP series, therefore, I'm keeping the dubbed incantation. Deal with it :p)
{So that's it? That's all I have to know?}
[For now...When you find The Card Mistress she will explain the rest; Trust your magic and rely on the cards, for they will help you in the near future. So long Misty, and take care of the Star Cards.]
~~End of the dream~~
Misty abruptly opened her jade eyes and shot straight up.
"Whoa...That was a weird dream..."
Eric was still next to her, sleeping like he hadn't slept forever.
Misty saw him and smiled.
*Maybe I should make sure that wasn't JUST a dream,* she thought, removing the key from her neck.
* *
* Key of the stars *
* with powers burning bright,*
* reveal the staff, *
* and shine your light! *
* Release! *
* *
With the incantation spoken, the key was encircled in a globe of light, as it rose from Misty's hands. It grew bigger and stayed still in the air, waiting for Misty to take hold of it.
Misty watched in awe as the key magically transformed into the Star Rod. She took hold of it and the light suddenly disappeared.
The sound of chanting and the bright lights awakened Eric; He looked over in Misty's direction and saw her holding the 'Star Rod'. He quickly shot up, and rubbed his now wide olive-colored eyes.
"Misty...Is that, is that what I think it is?!" he said, still stunned to see the key in it's true form.
Misty looked over at Eric, just realizing she had woken him up.
"Oh, sorry, did I wake you?" she said, trying to hide the rod behind her back.
Eric raised an eyebrow.
"Uh, yeah....What's that behind your back?" he said, basically already knowing.
Misty looked behind her at the staff in her hands.
"Oh, this?!" she said, holding it where he could see it.
"It IS the Star Rod...But how..., how did you get it into that form, Misty?" he asked, still staring wide-eyed at the magical staff.
"Um...Well, I uh...Said the incantation...that's all....he, he...," she responded, nervously as she tried to figure out how to explain this situation.
Eric again raised his eyebrow.
"Yeah...But who told you the incantation? Where did you hear it?"
'Umm, from my dream...Clow Reed told me...," said Misty, with a cheesy and nervous smile planted on her face.
"From your dream?! How can you receive an incantation from a dream, Misty?"
"Well, I dunno, but that's where I got it; But why does it matter?! I know it now and that's all that counts," she responded, flipping her golden-brown hair and crossing her arms.
Eric smiled, "Whatever you say...Let's go back to sleep...I can tell you're still tired."
"*Yawn* he he, I think you may be right."
Misty and Eric placed their little brunette heads back on their pillows and once again began to dream; But this time, there were no visions from deceased sorcerers, just fantasies ^_~ (AN: That's my favorite sentence :D)
~~~~~End of Chapter 7~~~~~
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Ok, I admit it! I DID jump around a lot, but there are two things happening at once! What was I supposed to do! I hope you enjoyed it though!
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