Episode Two: Unfamiliar Powers

Suddenly the sliding door open and Sakura turned to see Madison smiling at her from the doorway.

"Wow Sakura! This must be your earliest time!" Her best friend Madison exclaimed. Sakura giggled and waved. Madison ran up to her and looked up and down.

"I think you got taller!" She exclaimed. Sakura looked down at herself and shrugged.

"I guess you're right," she agreed. Then Madison's face looked disgusted.

"I can't believe we have to wear the same uniforms as last year! We're intermediates for god sakes!" Madison exclaimed. Sakura sweat dropped and Madison clapped her hands together and grinned.

"But I promise you that I'll talk to the School board and hopefully they'll let me design new uniforms for next year when we're in grade eight!" Madison explained. Sakura smiled. Her best friend always had a plan of action up her sleeve. Then Madison turned to Li and giggled.

"Hi Li. I'm glad to see you again." Li nodded, saying that he felt the same way. Sakura looked back and forth between them and looked confused.

"Hoe...? Madison, did you know that Li was coming?" Sakura asked. Madison grinned.

"I had a hunch," Madison said, winking at Li when Sakura wasn't looking. Li turned red and returned to cleaning the blackboard.

Madison and Sakura settled in their seats that were the same as last year and talked about their activities over the summer. But then suddenly Sakura felt strong magical powers near by.

"Did you sense that?" Li and Sakura shouted at the same time. Madison pulled out her video camera from her backpack and asked, "What's happening?" Sakura pulled her key off her neck and held it tightly in the palm of her hand.

"I don't know. But I'm going to find out." Then Sakura turned to Li and before she could say anything he nodded.

"I'm right behind you."

They raced out of the classroom and down the hall.

"What exactly are we looking for?" Madison asked. Sakura shrugged.

"I have no clue. I just want to find the source of the power," Sakura explained. They left the school and ran outside. Sakura looked around, trying to find the source.

"Look, the power's coming from the inside the school's bell tower!" Li exclaimed, pointed at the tower. Sakura looked up and saw that it did feel like the power was coming from there.

"We have to get up there quickly but how?" Li asked.

"Key of the star, with powers burning bright, reveal the staff and shine your light! Release!" Sakura transformed her key into the staff and Li started yelling at her.

"What are you doing?!" He shouted. "Someone could see you!"

"Relax Li. There's no one here!" Sakura explained.

"Yeah, for now! But school is starting in 30 minutes and people are already headed here. Use the sleep card!" Madison quickly replied. Sakura was shocked to see how Madison reacted so quickly but she didn't stop to think and pulled out the Sleep card.

The Sleep spirit flew around Reedington and spread it's magic to everyone but Sakura, Li and Madison so no one will see or hear Sakura's magic.

"Okay now how are we going to get up there?" Li thought out loud, while stroking his chin.

"That's an easy one! Fly!" Sakura summoned the fly and it gave her wings. She took Li and Madison's hands and warned them to hold on. She flew up to the bell tower and landed inside, standing right next to the bell.

"I still sense strong magic but I don't see anything out of the ordinary," Sakura said.

"Let's split up, we'll find the source of the magic faster." Li responded. Sakura nodded and said she'd look closer to the stairs and Li should look around the bell. Madison went with Sakura, still filming.

"Sakura, if Eli's in England along with Ms. M and all the cards are captured, then what could it be? What is this new power you're sensing?" Madison asked. Sakura stopped in front of the staircase that leads back inside the school.

"I'm absolutely sure that Clow Reed didn't plan for anything else to happen, so I'm guessing that someone else that knows about the cards," Sakura explained, carefully examining the stairs. Madison lifted her head from her camera and asked, "But how could that be? We haven't told anyone. I'm sure Julian or Tori haven't. Kero definitely didn't, but maybe Clow Reed did!" Sakura sighed.

"Madison, even if he did tell anyone, he died a long time ago so whoever he told died a long time ago too," Sakura responded. Madison put a finger on the side of her chin.

"Yeah, but the secret could have been passed on to many generations. Just like it did with Li's family and remember Sue Yung? Clow Reed told her all about the cards." Madison argued.

F.Y.I-Sue Yung was a character from CC & CCS the first movie

Sakura walked down the steps of the staircase and was running her fingers past the walls and railing. She was looking for anything unusual but at the same time she was still listening to Madison.

"Wow Madison. You seem pretty caught up on the history of the Clow Cards," Sakura said laughing. Madison sighed.

"Yeah I know. That's because for the last week I watched every single Cardcaptor moment I had on tape. You know I'm still bummed you used the Sleep card and made me sleep during the capture of the Fiery card. That must have been a spectacle moment!" Madison exclaimed, with stars in her eyes.

"I remember that! It was so hard using the Windy and Watery card at the same time. I didn't think I could do it and neither did Li but in the end everything worked out," Sakura said smiling at the memory of holding the Fiery card in her hands after she put up quite a fight to capture it.

"Sakura! Come here!" Li called. Sakura and Madison raced up the stairs and met Li at the bell. He was feeling the bell with his hands and looked towards them when they were by his side.

"The power source is coming from this bell but I'm sure how to find it exactly," Li told them. Sakura felt around the bell as well, trying to find out where the powers where coming from.

"I definitely sense great magic inside the bell but how can I break through?" Sakura thought out loud. "I can't use sword, it won't break through the bell and I can't use the power card because I won't be able to put the bell back together!"

"There has to be a way to break through. If we don't do something quick this power magic could become more powerful and eventually do something dangerous. Think! There has to be a way!"

"Can I use the Move card Li?" Sakura asked. Li shook his head.

"The Move card can't lift heavy objects like the bell," he explained.

"And I can't use the Through card because Kero said it can't go through something really thick and if its created with powerful magic I might get trapped in there!" Sakura thought out loud. Li frowned.

"There just has to be a way we can get through the bell without breaking it!"

Sakura sighed. She had run out of ideas.

"My mind is completely blank. Maybe we should just go back to class. Nothing is happening now. Maybe we can come back tonight and continue to see if the magic is coming from here and if we can break through," Li said. Sakura nodded.

"That's a good idea. Let's go quick before everybody wakes up." Sakura used the fly again and helped Madison and Li get off the bell tower. As they headed back to class, already people started piling in.

"I wonder who our new teacher is going to be!" Sakura said smiling at Madison.

"I know it's not going to be Mr. Terada because he's going to be teach grade six again this year." Madison explained. Sakura shifted around in her seat, as if she didn't feel comfortable.

"What's wrong?" Li asked. He was sitting behind Sakura like he does every year and as usual he was looking after her. Sakura turned around and smiled.

"Nothing! I'm just nervous about who the new teacher's gonna be. I really hope he or she's nice!" Sakura said. Li looked down at his desk and blushed. Sakura was about to ask what's wrong with him but Madison knowing why Li was shy tapped Sakura on the shoulder and whispered, "It looks like we have a new kid in our class this year!"

Sakura turned back in her seat and gasped. It was the boy that she saw this morning with the teacher. Sakura kept her eyes on him as he walked to the back of the classroom and sat behind Madison. Sakura was still curious about the secret plan the teacher and him had.

Sakura leaned closer to Madison and whispered, "I saw this boy this morning. I'll tell you everything after class."

"Is something wrong? He seems innocent," Madison replied. Li leaned into their conversation and said, "I don't trust this guy." Both girls giggled quietly and Sakura responded, "You don't trust anyone Li!" Li paused and answered, "I trust you." Sakura was about to ask if Li was serious when the new teacher stepped in and all three of them pulled away.

As Sakura's eyes narrowed on the new teacher her jaw dropped. It was the teacher that she saw with the boy this morning!

Okay, this is getting really weird. Sakura wondered.

The teacher looked around at the class as if she was trying to figure something out. Li leaned forward and whispered to Sakura, "What's with her?" Sakura leaned back and replied, "It's like she's looking for something."

"Or more like she's sensing something," Li added. Sakura nodded.

"My name is Ms. Parke and I will be your teacher for the remainder of the year. Does anybody have a problem with that?" The teacher leaned forward on her desk and Sakura felt like she was at an interrogation.

She really is looking for something. I was gullible before but this time I'm sure she's up to something. Sakura thought. She glared at the teacher and then as if the teacher knew that Sakura knew what the teacher was up to she looked straight at Sakura and for a long time they eyed each other.

The teacher looked at Sakura like she wanted something from her and Sakura felt sick as she looked into the teacher's eyes. She turned away and felt her eyes burning. The feeling soon faded but Sakura felt frightened the whole day and stayed her distance from the Ms. Parke.