Feathers of Love

Chapitre Thirty: The Officers


As Keroberos, Yue and Syaoran made their way down to the throne room, they were silent, pausing every now and then to examine one painting on the wall. Other than that, they followed the maid to the hall. They reached the entrance and the maid stopped, saying and curtsying, "Sirs, please wait here for the Princess; she will be here presently to enter the throne room with you. Are there any things that you require, sirs?"

"No, thank you for informing us of the meeting, you may leave." Syaoran said as the maid, who had curtseyed, blushed, before leaving the presence of the prince.

"You are making a lot of young ladies here blush huh, prince?" Keroberos asked dryly.

"No, I have not!" Syaoran stared at the creature next to him.

"Yes, you are. Unless you are such a baka not to have noticed that the maid was blushing so hard that she looked as if she was ill."

Yue made a sound in his throat before leaving Kero and Syaoran and towards someone. The duo stopped their quarrels and looked at the approaching figure. It was Sakura. She was dressed in a gown with intricate designs on it. It was pale pink and looking up, Syaoran realized that Sakura's hair was tied up with ribbons.

Sakura was looking down on the floor, not staring at anyone. Yue approached her and said, "Mistress, are you all right?"

Sakura looked up abruptly and answered, "Yes," before bestowing him with a smile and continued, 'I'm all right, don't worry." Syaoran took this as his cue to approach Sakura and he whispered in her ear, "You are very beautiful in this dress. Very."

At this, Sakura blushed while the other maids who were nearby saw what their prince had done and were busy trying to restrain their giggles. Syaoran took Sakura's hand and led her towards the door, Sakura following numbly behind him. It took Sakura some moments to compose herself and whispered, "This dress is so uncomfortable. Why is it that I can't wear a more comfortable dress?"

Just then, their presence was announced and the door was thrown open. Syaoran led Sakura into the throne room and walked their way towards the end of the room, which, luckily, was not a very long journey. (Yue and Kero were following behind them.) Sakura's legs were trembling as she walked, but she held her head high as she looked calmly around her, hiding her curiosity at the people who were staring at her and Syaoran with the utmost curiosity.

When they reached the end, the two of them either curtsied or bowed. As they did so, they heard murmurs from the people who were crowded in the throne room. Syaoran knew that this would happen, for he could understand why the people would talk among themselves. They could not believe the fact that the Card Mistress and the Crown Prince was back, that was all, but if one came back, there would not be as many disturbances such as this, for two of the most powerfully magical people were back. He believed that by the next day, the whole country would know that they were back.

"Please rise," Queen Yelen, dressed in another dress, said. The two of them rose from either their bows or curtsy. "Welcome back home, and I assume that the two of you are all right, after the whole journey from Yubaba's country."

"Yes, mother, we are all right, but I think that the Guardians would be especially relieved to have their mistress back again after such a long time. After all, she was captured by Debonair and made to serve as a slave."

The crowd gasped at that. The murmurs, which had stopped while the queen was speaking, started again.

Sakura hissed in her mind, "You shouldn't have said that! Now what have you done?" She stared at him, her eyes red with fury.

The queen waited for silence before continuing, "Princess, I assume that you are fine after your ordeal?"

"Your Highness, I am all right. I'm sorry to have kept you worried for such a long time." Sakura answered Yelen's question.

However, at that moment, someone in the crowd shouted, "What if this is not the Princess of Clow? What if she is a fake sent by Debonair?"

Hell broke loose. The people in the throne room started shouting and talking. Order could not be maintained. It was only when Syaoran finally shouted for silence before order was resumed.

"Are you asking for proof that she is the Card Mistress and the Princess of Clow?" Syaoran asked coldly. "Or would you like to see for yourself? Though I should think that we should not tire the princess for no good reason."

"Why would we recognize the wrong mistress?" Yue asked. "We, of all people, should know who our mistress is. Have you ever heard of a dog not recognizing its own master?"

Whoever had said that did not heed what Syaoran and Yue were saying. Instead, something came from the other end of the room, going full speed towards Sakura. Sakura gave a cry of surprise. Syaoran summoned his sword and hit the deadly sword away. It landed on the ground with a clang.

The moment it landed, more appeared from nowhere and tried to hurt Sakura, but a shield created by Yue stopped them. More and more appeared, and it seemed that Yelen was also under attack! Sakura ran out from Yue's shield and cried out:

"Key of the Star,

With powers burning bright,

Reveal the staff,

And shine your light.

Release!"

Sakura summoned the shield card, before the swords hurt the surprised Yelen. Syaoran saw someone running towards one of the windows and thought that that person was the one who summoned the swords. He called upon and incantation, but Kero and Yue flew towards the person and trapped him…


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