Chapter 3: Crystal Hunters
"Why is it that it feels so real when I'm dreaming? How do you know when you are dreaming and when you are not?"
"Who are them?" –a brown haired boy asked at the girl when they arrived at the platform with the lights.
[Syaoran Li]
-17 years old
-Brown hair, maroon eyes
-Crystal hunter
"I don't know, they were in the pools, Vyper was following them, I think the black haired one has a crystal piece" –she answered pointing at them.
[Meiling Li]
-15 years old
-Black hair, reddish eyes
-Crystal Hunter
"A crystal piece? We don't even know what's that!" – the green eyed girl replied.
Then another boy came out from the shadows holding some weird artefact, he looked at Sakura and Kek for a while as if analyzing them and finally asked- "What's your name?" –he pointed at the taller girl.
"I'm Sakura Kinomoto" –she was still wondering if she was dreaming.
The he came closer to the 'unknown girl', he was so close that she felt uncomfortable. He was visibly taller than her. He looked at her as if trying to find something out.
"She just looks so much like her... Black hair, lilac eyes, pale skin..."
"You look like someone I met a long time ago. What's your name girl?" –he finally let her some space.
"Kaeli Elizabeth Knott" –she caught a glimpse of disappointment in his eyes for a second.
"So that was her real name. Now I get why we always called her Kek-chan" –Sakura though with a smile.
[Kaeli Elizabeth Knott]
-14 years old? No one's sure, she looks so small
-Her parents' whereabouts are unknown
-She was named her after a witch that was hung in 1649, in England
"Anyway, you're too small to be her, she should be sixteen by now... I'm Eriol Hiragizawa" -he stated turning away from Kaeli and the rest.
[Eriol Hiragizawa]
-17 years old
-Dark blue hair, blue eyes
-Crystal Hunter
"Now, about the crystal thing, she does have one, but it doesn't seem to be present in a physical way. I didn't know it was possible" –everyone turned to him with a questioning look- "The crystal piece is inside her"
"Crystal piece?? Could it be...?" –Kaeli's hand tried to reach her necklace, the moon wasn't there!
Everyone noticed her expression, worried like someone that looses something very important but very confused at the same time.
"I remember pressing it against my chest seconds before that blonde girl fell down from the hole" –the hand marks where still visible on her neck – "I just felt like I should hide it, but didn't know why or where... I didn't know that this was going to happen..."
The crystal hunters looked kinda confused, not only by the fact that she had managed to make it disappear inside her but also...
"What?! A crystal piece on a necklace?! But how did it end there? Where did you obtain that?" –Meiling was asking one question after the other one.
"Well... I... I don't know... I've had it with me since I remember, maybe even before I got to the orphanage..." –maybe Kaeli was also starting to think she went crazy at some point.
"Orphanage?! You mean you're not hunters or travellers?!" –Syaoran was now really surprised.
"Huh?" –the girls just looked at each other not knowing what to answer.
"How did you get here?" –Eriol asked in a calm but intrigued voice.
Kaeli raised her right hand, revealing the pocket watch under her long sleeved blouse –"I found it on my bed one night after a dream of this place, I though it was pretty weird so I tried making the hand go round, and then a light appeared on the wall and when I tried to touch it, I was taken to another place"
"This can't be..." – Eriol's eyes widened –"This watch is..."
Suddenly they heard fireworks coming from the other platform, and then some music with drums, as if there was a party in the middle of the metallic buildings. The hunters started to run to the bridge, and so did the other two girls. They crossed the bridge and a black haired man received them there. He was al dressed in black.
"What was about this man that I had to remember... I have a bad feeling..."
Kaeli's mind was running so fast trying to remember, she became dizzy and began to fall, Sakura's reflects weren't fast enough so she hit the ground almost unconscious.