By Alyssa_Anime_Angel
Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptors nor do I own any of its characters though I do own this story and Marika and the enemies. So don't sue.
WARNING: This fanfic contains serious adult themes of nudity, sex scenes and rape. So far only in the first couple chapters. Please DO NOT READ if you are offended or are TOO YOUNG. I must say though that this fanfic will turn out happy in the end.
Chapter 7 – Undying Love
Eriol couldn't reach the surface of the stream... he was drowning. 'If only I could breath under water' he thought. Eriol couldn't hold his breath any longer and he inhaled water but realized he was inhaling fresh air.
'Interesting' he thought which gave him an idea.
He thought about the stream disappearing and he found himself standing on dry land. He realized he could change the world around him, that he could almost control it.
He willed himself to be with Madison and he felt himself be moved. He arrived in a pitch, black area and wished for light. No light formed and he became worried but he saw a light approaching. It was a figure generating the light and he got on his guard but he relaxed as soon as he saw it was Madison. She didn't speak to him but rather put thought into his head so he knew what was happening. She had given him the knowledge to trust her and he found himself following her. He was like a puppet without any strings. When he finally saw what was ahead he forced himself to stop. His mind kept telling him to trust her but he couldn't, the blue door frightened him to the inner of his soul. He blocked out the thoughts telling him to trust and follow her out of his mind and he watched as she morphed into a hideous creature. It was snake like in form but had eyes all over its body and several mouths full of jagged teeth. He wanted to run but his legs wouldn't move. He looked down to see that there was green tails wrapped around his ankles preventing him from moving. The snake's mouths grinned and he shivered. She snake came up to him and the door opened. He was picked up and thrown into the room. It was a totally pink room with flowers covering the walls. He was very puzzled and just stood there.
A disturbance ruptured the floor and a little girl floated up. He realized she was Madison as a child about the age of four.
"Nice day isn't it?" asked the girl.
"Yes…who are you?"
"I am me."
"What do you want?"
"I want to know why you have invaded the private regions of my mind and what you search for?"
"I have come to rescue Madison and to bring her back."
"You wish to rescue me and yet you are afraid. With fear in your heart you will never find me."
Eriol was silent and she went on, "You want to know how to overcome your fear…well first you must enter that room."
Eriol said, "What room?" and just then a door appeared in the wall. The door opened.
She motioned him in and he saw the door close behind him.
He saw Madison, the one he knew come towards him and he watched as she slipped and died. He screamed in agony as he saw the life force drain out of her and he broke down.
He was there for a long time with tears pouring out of his eyes when he heard someone walk into the room. He looked up and saw Madison again.
"Madison, watch out."
He heard a voice reply, "Who is Madison?"
Eriol realized it was Marika and he knew that his love was gone.
The scene was replayed over and over. He saw Madison die, be taken over, become trapped in a tortuous dimension to suffer for all eternity, lose her mind, be irrecoverably deformed and become depressed, her lose all her friends and kill herself-her soul never to be born again. He saw all the possible things that could happen to his love and he cried.
The Chibi-Madison walked in the room to him and put her hand on his shoulder.
She whispered, "You have passed the test, you still have fear which any other person than her soul mate would have lost and they would have lost their mind. You are worthy to continue to the deep recesses of her mind. Take care worthy soul and fear for her but don't let it get in your way, or one of those possibilities will occur. Now get up."
Eriol got up, his face was all puffy but he stood strong.
"Now follow your heart."
Eriol found himself standing next to the flower that had formed in place of the lamb. He saw that the gem was much too big for the flower and was about to fall out. He felt warm and saw it crack open. Light poured out and he shielded his eyes. The light subsided and he saw a small snow leopard cub in front of him. He felt warm inside and was no longer plagued by thoughts about Madison's future. He knew he had to be strong…for her.
He heard on the wind, "Nothing ever really dies here…it is reborn anew…ready for its next task in life …………she will be your guide."
The little cub smiled and started to walk along a purple road that had formed.
She said, "I need a name."
Eriol hesitated, "you want me to name you?"
The cub nodded and he said, "Okay how about Whisp."
"Thank you it is very nice, I like it. We should be nearing Madison's memories."
"Madison's memories?"
"Yes, stay close to me and don't wander off the path for it is possible to be lost inside a memory and then to lose yourself to suffer for all eternity playing the same part over and over again until well after your body dies and Madison is reborn again."
Eriol had never realized how frightening this journey could be. The snake terrified him to the inner of his soul but this; the memories of his beloved somehow terrified him more.
He had been too deep in thought to realize that they had arrived at a…portal?
It was blue and look liked swirling clouds.
He was about to step back when a great force pulled him in.
"Don't let fear get in your way," he remembered so he willed himself to be strong and be ready to face whatever was coming.
Light swamped his eyes and he closed them from the pain.
Finally when the light no longer hurt he opened his eyes and he saw a faint path in front of him. Whisp looked at him with bright eyes and said, "Here we begin and remember what I said, stay close and don't be drawn from the path by anything you see."
"What…what will try to draw me from the path?"
"Not so much as Madison but you yourself will long to leave the path, so don't forget your mission."
Eriol nodded not understanding. Whisp started to walk ahead and he followed close behind. He kept his focus on the path ahead, blocking out the sounds from the memories.
He walked on but stopped abruptly when he heard Madison, "Come with me," she called seductively.
Eriol turned to the sound and he saw Madison smiling at him. She had a bright smile on her face and he could almost see a halo around her head. He longed to go to her and she called again, "Come with me."
He was about to take a step forward when he felt a sharp pain in his leg. He yelped and yelled, "What did you do that for!"
Whisp growled, "You were going to step off the path."
"Madison was calling to me," and he turned to show her when he saw a small, injured kitten crawl up to Madison who was holding out her arms.
Eriol's face fell and he said, "Whisp I am very sorry."
Whisp nodded and he followed with his eyes on the path and his hands on his ears.
After a while the longing became to much and he said, "Lets run…please"
Whisp started to run and he followed close behind. He tried to think of being at the end of her memories but he couldn't control what happened any more.
Suddenly everything slowed to a halt. He turned to look at Madison who was sitting at her desk crying over a picture of…himself.
Eriol couldn't work out what he had done when suddenly he was privy to the tumult of her thoughts.
'Why doesn't he love me, I love him so much and he wont even make time for me. It's always Sakura who gets his attention because she is so powerful. Am I jealous? He is nice to me but it seems like a façade. He wont tell me anything about himself or am I just being selfish…I don't know.'
Eriol was jerked out of her thoughts by Whisp.
"You have unlocked the memories of her thoughts. It is not a good thing to do as they are the private recesses of her mind and there is a guardian in charge of protecting such things."
Eriol asked, "Was I so mean to Madison?"
"You are... you, Madison was just very sad at hat time as she was alone because you were busy and Sakura and Li were spending so much time with each other. No one had time for her and she was rather emotional at that time."
Eriol ignored the last statement and privately told himself that he would make it up to her later.
"Come we must go before it comes."
Eriol nodded and they ran on passing many memories and memories of thoughts. Eriol didn't want to pry any further.
Eriol could feel that he was nearing the end as he saw the most recent and painful memories out of the corner of his eyes. He went on and could see the exit, he felt the anxiety growing inside him and he knew that Whisp had it too. He knew something was after them but he thought they were going to make it.
Unfortunately he was wrong, nothing ever escapes the Annexer.
Alyssa: Sorry Ruby…I had to. Mhahahahaha. Now next chapter how will Eriol and Whisp defeat the Annexer. (Look up Annex in the dictionary and you will get he meaning of its name) Can they even defeat it? And what will it look like. I am going for something weird and I think I have it. You will be shocked and stunned and terrified…perhaps not the last thing. Anyway gotta go write on another of my fanfics or watch The End of Evangelion again. Don't know. Well seeya.