Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters of Sakura Card Captors, but I do own the story.

So this is my first fic, I hope you guys like it, it's rated R for coming chapters, so read, enjoy and review!!!!

Fantasy Dream

By: Flaks

Chapter 1

Sakura was on the small wooden boat staring back at her kingdom, at the castle, at the smoke coming from them, everything was on fire. The attack caught them off guard and her father had no other remedy than send her alone on that boat through the river, she had to go to the Zaran kingdom, and tell them what happened, so they could get help, but she knew there was no way she was going to make it in time, the smoke was getting higher and she could only hope that her father and brother made it out of the battle safely. And maybe they would meet again in the Zaran kingdom. She had to keep her composure, she couldn't break down and start crying she had to be strong for her family.

After several hours of being on that boat alone, she was staring to get desperate, she had no idea how long it was until she would reach the Zaran kingdom, and she was starting to get scared, night was falling over her, and the river was staring to get more and more enraged. All of a sudden the boat started going extremely fast, and there was no way she could control it, the boat turned throwing her to the raging waters, Sakura was trying to get out but was not successful in doing so, eventually she got tired of struggling and just let the waters take her.

Sayoran was riding his horse next to the river, he had to be careful so no one would see him, his kingdom was a hidden one, almost a myth already. The people who found it were not allowed to ever leave it, but normally they didn't want to live. It was located in the depth of the black forest, so not many people went through it. All the houses and constructions were build over the trees, and it was filled with waterfalls, and beautiful fountains, white lights illuminated it in the nights, and most of the houses were made out of white wood. The castle was located in the centre of the kingdom, being the most amazing construction of all the place. His kingdom was made to be a secret, his ancestors had found that place and built the city from scratch, trying to get away from the wars that were surging all over the country. Successfully they made it, all the people that lived there were so happy that they never found the need to leave, and they were not allowed to let other people in to go to other kingdoms without permission, and a disguise, so they wouldn't be recognized. This had been going on for so long that now their kind were more a myth to everyone else.

There existed other hidden kingdoms in the country and they were all ruled by chosen people and usually they married their children so the lineage would stay between the founders. The other hidden kingdoms were near the beach, other was near a volcano, other was high up in the mountains, and so on, all of them were in places that served to their secrets.

The prince of the black forest was Sayoran, but he was not happy to be the prince, because he had to marry the princess from the white kingdom, the one on the mountains. They knew each other since they were little kids and he knew she desired this marriage no less than he did, she had fallen in love many years ago, but they didn't allow her to marry him, because she had to marry Sayoran. He on the other hand had never been in love, he actually never believed in love, he had many girls, but he knew they all wanted him because of his position, but he had his share of fun with those girls. Sayoran was considered to be a tempered, proud, person with the highest self esteem ever, so he had not many friends. Just one guy. His name was Eriol.

Eriol was a wizard who ran away from the Likan kingdom many years ago, he was supposed to become some great counsellor fro the royal family, with a set up marriage and everything, but he didn't want that so he ran away. He ended up in the black forest and they didn't let him leave, not that he cared. He build himself a cabin on the outside of the kingdom and there he could practice all the magic he wanted and there was no one to tell him how to do it. He became a close friend to Sayoran, who was the one who found him first. They understood each other perfectly and besides Eriol was the only person that could stand to be near Sayoran for a long time.

Sayoran was leaving Eriol's cabin, he had to go back to the castle, he had to train his sword skills with the new general his father found. He was young guy with great sword skills, but he thought he could be over Sayoran and was always treating him like crap because he was his teacher, and he didn't like being treated that way. Also he thought he could have any girl in the kingdom which really bothered him, because he was the only one able to have every girl in the kingdom. But he was going to arrive late, he had no intentions of making Naraku happy by assisting to all of his lessons.

He was riding next to the river, when he spotted something in the distance. It looked like someone was sleeping on the ground, so he approached it slowly, almost unnoticeable. When he was close enough he could tell it was a girl, almost his age. She was all wet and her dress was all torn apart. Her hair was golden brown and really long, and he could tell her figure was amazing. She seemed to be unconscious, so he got off his horse and walked over to her, he leaned over and saw her face. She was breathing calmly, so eh tried to wake her up but couldn't do it. Her face was so beautiful, she looked like and angel. He had never seen such a beautiful girl in his life. He decided he was going to take her over to Eriol's so that Eriol could cure her and then he would decide what he was going to do with her.

Eriol opened the door and saw Sayoran carrying a young girl with her clothes all wet and torn. He entered and placed the girl on Eriol's bed and then looked at him.

"I found her near the river" Sayoran said seriously "She is unconscious I don't know what happened to her but I couldn't just leave her there, I was hoping that you could cure her, and then we'll see who she is and we can see what we'll do with her" he said trying not to look too worried about the girl, he had a reputation to keep.

"Sure" Eriol said approaching the girl and staring at her "You said you found her near the river?" Sayoran nodded "I heard that Likan was attacked last night, maybe she is from there"
"We can't tell unless she waked up don't you think?" Sayoran said trying to make Eriol look stupid

"Sure Sayoran, look I'll take care of her, and you can come tomorrow if you want, I think that by then she must be awake" Sayoran nodded and then left the cabin, he couldn't let Eriol notice that he cared for that girl, she was really pretty, and it would be a shame if something happened to her.

When Sayoran left Eriol went over to his table and started making a potion. When it was done he grabbed some herbs and walked over to the girl. He sat next to her and passed the herbs in front of her nose. The strong smell brought her back to life, she opened her eyes and started coughing. He stared at her waiting to see how she reacted.

Sakura opened her eyes and found herself on a bed, a young man sitting in front of her with a very calm face, he was holding a cup in his hands. She couldn't remember anything, slowly things came back to her, the attack, and how she had to leave Likan so fast, and the then rapids on the river.

"Where am I?" she asked a little bit scared but trying not to show it.

"You're safe, my name is Eriol, drink this" he handed her the cup and she was hesitant to grab it "It's not poison, it's a tea I made, it will help you feel better"

She grabbed the cup and started drinking the tea

"Where am I?" She asked again

"Let's not worry about that just yet, you have to get out of those clothes and I imagine you must be hungry" He stood up and went over to a cabinet "Here, I guess this'll do" He handed her over a long white gown, it was with long sleeves and it looked old, but it was clean and warm. "You can change in that room, I'll fix you something to eat"

She stood up and went over to the other room, she took of her dress and wore the sleeping gown, it was really warm. She went back to the other room where Eriol was serving her some food. He smiled at her and handed her over the plate with food, she ate it without saying a word.

"A friend of mine found you earlier, he brought you here so that I would cure you. He is coming tomorrow so we'll talk and see what you are to do now. In the mean time, if you want I can give you something to sleep, I guess you are tired and you must feel really weak, I have no idea how you made to survive those rapids"
"I was trying to get to Zaran, but I..."
"You are from Likan aren't you?"
"My name is Sakura, I'm the princess from Likan, we were under attack and I had to run, I planned to go to Zaran to ask for some help but..."
"Sakura? That's a beautiful name, cherry blossom" she smiled at his comment "Don't worry for now, I'm afraid I can't give you any news to what happened in your kingdom princess, but don't worry, we'll help you out"

"Thanks" she said with a shy voice.


I hope you liked it! I'll be updating anytime soon, cause I am doing nothing, no school no nothing so I have a lot of free time, so review and wait for new chapters!