FANTASY DREAMS

Chapter 7

Night was falling over the kingdom. The lights were already on, everyone was moving around, moving stuff for the dance, it finally came. Apparently the ball room was being decorated like never before, they were making such a big deal over that girl… every time Sakura thought about it she started getting upset, hating Meiling for taking Syaoran away, and hating Syaoran for treating her like that, using her in such a vile way, and she was stupid enough to fall for it.

She was walking along through the hallways on her way to Tomoyo's room. Her dress was ready, she had no desire at all to go to that dance, but she already promised Tomoyo, and Eriol was going too, so it had to be at least a little bit fun.

She was approaching Tomoyo's room when she saw Tomoyo running crazed towards her

"SAKURA! You are late! We have to get you ready, we don't want to be late, we have to be there to see Meiling's entrance, she is probably going to look really ugly, I didn't make the dress did you know that? How dare she go to a dance wearing a dress that isn't made by me! I hate her!" Tomoyo was more talking to herself than to Sakura, but that made her laugh, she looked so nervous and agitated.

"Relax Tomoyo! She is probably going to look hideous, and we are going to look gorgeous because of your beautiful dresses!" Sakura said giving her friend a very fake smile that she hoped looked real. Tomoyo looked at her and sighed.

"You are right… come on let's go we have to get you ready!"

They went to Tomoyo's room and she showed Sakura her dress. It was amazing, Sakura was really impressed that Tomoyo could make such a fabulous dress in such a short time. Tomoyo's dress was beautiful too, it was more simple, and lavender, but Tomoyo looked like a princess in it.

After getting dresses ad doing their make up they finally placed their masks on and left the room, waiting for Eriol on the hallway.

They were sitting on a bench talking when they saw Eriol give a glance at them but carry on walking. Tomoyo started laughing and called him out.

"It's us you idiot!" Eriol looked at them and the surprise on his face couldn't be hidden, he even blushed a little

"My god, you girls look exquisite! You made a good job on the dresses Tomoyo" he said giving her a soft kiss "And Sakura you look as lovely as ever, but today you are royalty! I don't even think Meiling could match you tonight" Sakura just smiled at him trying to look grateful, but that comment on Meiling bothered her.

They started walking towards the ballroom and telling each other the latest gossips they had heard. Eriol was getting a little bit bored, living on the perimeter of the kingdom wasn't exactly the best place to listen to any gossip, but he just stayed there silent, listening to the girls talking.

When they made it to the ballroom, they were all impressed, the rumours were true, the decorations were impressive, the music was perfect, the tables were decorated with the most beautiful flowers… everything was perfect. Eriol guided them to a table and they all sat down and kept on talking like nothing.

After a while, when the room was filled, some trumpeters appeared and started playing announcing the entrance of the royal family.

First came the king and queen, followed by their daughter. And finally, entered Syaoran, holding Meiling's hand. She was wearing a red dress, and her mask was just plain, nothing impressive. The dress did have some golden decorations sewed on it, and it fitted her perfectly, but as Tomoyo said, she didn't look that amazing. Syaoran on the other hand was wearing a green suit, and a green mask. His sword was hanging from his belt and he looked extremely elegant. Although the hair was all messy as always, but Sakura thought that way it looked better.

They were all standing up, waiting for them to enter and take their sits on the royal table. Sakura couldn't take her eyes of Syaoran, and for a second she noticed how he stared at her. She felt his gaze pierce though her body. It looked really cold, as though he didn't recognize her.

"He probably didn't recognize you Sakura" Said Eriol to her, making her stop her daydreaming. She looked at him and then at Syaoran again.

"I really don't care" she said softly

"I'm sure you don't, but I was just saying. I didn't recognize you girls, and there is a great chance that he saw you because he thought you looked great but didn't realize it was you" He said trying to give her a friendly smile, which Sakura returned

"He can do whatever he wants, it is not my problem" She said taking a sit on her chair.

Music started playing and couples went over to dance. Sakura could tell that Eriol and Tomoyo wanted to dance, but they probably didn't do it to keep her company.

"You guys should go ahead and dance" she said with a smile "I'll be fine right here, go on!"

"We don't want to leave you alone Sakura, besides we really don't want to dance!" Tomoyo told her

"You can't trick me, I know you love to dance, go on! I'll be fine here, go!" Eriol and Tomoyo looked at each other and then nodded "ok, but if you feel lonely just wave at me and we'll come back" she said with a preoccupied tone of voice.

"GO!" Sakura said smiling. When they left she stood there sitting down. But after some minutes a young man approached her.

"Excuse me miss…" he sounded very confident about himself "I was watching that you were sitting here all alone and I wondered if you would like to dance with me" He had an amazing smile, and Sakura actually did want to dance.

"Sure" she said smiling at the guy. They headed towards the dance floor and started dancing.

Syaoran was dancing with Meiling, his face with a dull look that showed how bored he was and Meiling chatting and chatting about the girl's dresses and how awful they were, he couldn't be more bored. Then he noticed Tomoyo and Eriol were dancing as well so he started moving towards them. Finally he was dancing next to them and gave them a smile. They stopped dancing and greeted each other. Meiling just smiled at them.

"Syaoran, I think I'll go back to the table" Meiling said with a demeaning tone of voice

"OK" Syaoran said and kept talking to Eriol

"Aren't you going to take me to the table?" She asked irritated

"You know the way" Syaoran said smiling at her and going back to their conversation. Meiling just gave an angry sigh and walked away. Making Tomoyo and Eriol laugh.

"You are too mean to her Syaoran" Eriol said still laughing

"Well she deserves it, she is soooo annoying, I swear if I have to spend another second with her I'll kill myself!"

"She can't be that bad!" Eriol responded laughing

"Believe me she is" Syaoran said with a very desperate tone of voice "hey by the way were is Sakura? I thought she was coming" He said and noticed the glance Tomoyo threw at him. She probably knew Sakura told her everything.

"She is right there on the table" answered Eriol, and noticed that she no longer was sitting "Wow I guess she found a dance partner" He said showing that innocent smile he had. They started looking at the dance floor and someone caught Syaoran's eye, it was a beautiful girl wearing a pink dress, she was dancing with some idiot that couldn't dance, but she herself she looked amazing

"Thats her" Tomoyo said seriously at Syaoran when she noticed he was staring at her, the reaction he had made her laugh. He almost choked.

"That's Sakura!" He couldn't believe it, she looked so beautiful. Tomoyo nodded at him and smiled "She looks…"

"Yeah I know" said Eriol smiling "Hey you should go and dance with her!" Eriol said out of the blue.

"I don't think that is a good idea" Syaoran said eyeing Sakura, amazed at how beautiful she looked on that pink dress, the way it seemed she was floating on the dance floor, she was just perfect.

"Why not? I'm sure she would like to dance with you, you know besides the fact that you guys are always fighting, I am sure that you have become fond of each other" Tomoyo looked at Eriol as he said those words. She couldn't believe he was so dull to not notice what had been going on lately between them.

"You know Eriol, if he doesn't want to dance with her is his problem, I'm sure she would like it though, but maybe… perhaps he should go talk to her before right?" She said showing Syaoran a bright smile

"We'll see" he said still staring at Sakura "I have to go back guys, I'll see you all later" he walked away and went to sit down next to Meiling, she was obviously upset at him for leaving her alone, but he really didn't care, he just kept staring at Sakura.

After a while the dance seemed more bearable to Sakura, Syaoran seemed to have disappeared and Meiling was freaking out, which was pretty funny to her. Tomoyo and Eriol were having one of those days were everything they said was funny, so she was actually having a good time. The slow songs began and Eriol and Tomoyo went to dance, Sakura herself decided to take a walk though the ball room, where she found an exit door that leaded towards the gardens. The garden she found herself in was beautiful, she had never seen it before. It had a fountain that seemed to have a glow of its own. The beautiful flowers were all around it and there were some benches. She was standing in front of the fountain, behind a tree, when she felt someone looking at her but ignored the feeling. Then she felt some strong arms surround her waist which scared her, she was about to scream but the man placed his hand on her mouth and whispered to her ear

"It's ok, it's me" Syaoran said softly, taking his hand off her mouth and placing it again on her waist.

An: HEY EVERYONE! Did you like it? I know it was too short and sorry for the cliff hanger but the next chapter will be up soon, I have almost done. SO tell me what you thought about it I really hope you liked it. And by the way thanx 4 the reviews, I love them! I love you guys!
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