Angelic Destiny

Seventeen


"Eriol…why are you here sulking?"

Eriol looked up and saw Tomoyo walking towards him. Behind her, there was the sun and it was shining, making Tomoyo look more beautiful than before. However, he had sensed something different about Tomoyo. He could not place it, but it seemed to be very different from what he was accustomed to.

"Go away! I don't want to talk to you!" he muttered as he looked at the ground once more. He could not bear to face her, for though he loved her very much, she was still, after all, engaged and it would not be good if she is seen around by the other angels, who may happen to walk pass by here at the moment.

Tomoyo did not move. She was looking at him with tenderness. When she saw that he was not going to look at her or talk to her, she sat down beside him and said, "Look, Eriol. It is not that I do not love you or anything, but…I was engaged and I have to marry that Arthur. I cannot defy His order, right?"

Eriol did not look at her as he asked, "Why did you not tell me that you was engaged to that Arthur when you was still alive? Don't you trust me?"

"No! It is not that I do not trust you…but I cannot trust myself. I cannot trust myself to let you know the truth. I can't trust myself to let the whole world know…I…"

The real Tomoyo was behind a Sakura tree watching the conversation between Eriol and 'Tomoyo'. She could not believe that this 'angel' dared to impersonate her. How dare she! Still…she noticed that there were some things that was different from her usual self, the shade of her robes was slightly different…

Eriol did not notice them. He was keeping his head down.

Tomoyo realized that he sensed something from that 'Tomoyo' but could not place it as what it was, for she could see that he was looking doubtful. She wanted to stop that 'Tomoyo'…

That 'Tomoyo' stopped talking all of a sudden and looked at her. Her heart froze. This 'Tomoyo' murmured something under her breath and she could no longer move, let alone cry for help. It was as if 'Tomoyo' was depriving her the chance of doing anything against her.

Tomoyo knew that she had no chances of breaking this spell. She could only watch helplessly as Eriol was in denial of the fact that Tomoyo was going to marry Arthur. Tomoyo was not going to have any chance of letting him know that the engagement was off and that Tomoyo was free to marry him.

What could she do?

"Stop following me around, Tomoyo. I need to think. Leave me!"

That 'Tomoyo' took it as a cue to leave.

"I'll see you around then…I hope." Then she left.

Eriol did not look at the direction at which she left. He was still staring at the ground as if it was so fascinating that he could not believe what he was seeing.

'Tomoyo' finally reached Tomoyo.

"Well, well, well. What have we here? The real me, stuck immobile by a spell that only we creatures of our lord can cast. How…pitiful!" she whispered, her voice full of malice. "That beautiful amethyst is not going to help you any longer. I might as well have it. Shall I?"

Tomoyo looked on in terror as her impersonator took her amethyst from her. Without it, she was powerless and she could not do anything. All spells were useless against this particular spell. No counter spell was created before…she was stuck and in deep trouble.

'Tomoyo' laughed. "I am so sad that you cannot move, but it looks like I will have to keep you with me in case someone wanders into this place and find you. Now, that would not be good, right?" she asked as she wore the amethyst and then took out a circlet. It was another amethyst.

"Do not think that this amethyst here will help you. I have cast enough spells to stop you form escaping…" This girl then murmured a word and pointed at Tomoyo. She was immediately sucked into the circlet!

Tomoyo tried to stop it, but she could not- the force was too strong. The other Tomoyo looked at the one inside the amethyst.

"Now, you will be with me while I do whatever I can to help my master conquer Heaven…you will never escape from this amethyst, of course, and when I have manipulated everyone you love…my master will come and conquer this so-called beautiful place- Heaven! I will also present you to him when this is done…" 'Tomoyo' smiled smugly. "Call me…Celeste…that's my real name, but others will call me Tomoyo, my dear twin sister…"

"Celeste? Who was she? Why was she claiming to be my twin sister? Is she telling the truth or is she not? Can I escape from this place and warn the others? Oh…Eriol, you promised to protect me. Why must you be tricked by this Celeste? Why?" Tomoyo thought as she stared in despair at the confines of her 'cell'. There was nothing in it, and she could see everything clearly.

Celeste placed the circlet on her head and walked towards the city.

What should she do? Tomoyo was now trapped in a place where only she and Celeste would know. Can she ever escape? Still, she can try, right?

"You know, Celeste. I will NEVER give up, if that is what you are thinking." Tomoyo said to her.

Is it? We'll see.

Tomoyo was astonished. She could talk to her without moving her mouth? She could use her mind to speak? That was impossible, right?

I will wait until all your hope has given up before I present you to master…in the meantime, you can expect me to play with you…


Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura.

So sorry! GOMEN! I did not update for such a long time! Please forgive me…I have loads of homework now, but I will try to update every two weeks. If I cannot make it, it means that I am a bit busy with my work, so I hope that you all will wait…well, enjoy yourselves then! Ja!