Camping

By: Biancajewel

Chapter 3: Spirits and Ghosts?

Author's note: Let's go back one line of the chapter, you think? Just to refresh your minds! -.-

"Auugggghhhh!" she screamed.

There, right on the ground was a ghost! But… wait… was it a ghost? Or was it Syaoran? Because there was a really pale and quite transparent Syaoran, lying right on the dusty trail! The Syaoran was moaning, and whispering something, so soft Sakura had to lean down to listen.

"Help me," it said its voice raspy.

"Phwee?" asked Sakura, tilting her head to one side. Then, she quickly kneeled down and was about to grasp Syaoran's hand when-

"Sakura! Don't touch him!" Sakura looked around, and saw Eriol running down the trail, followed by Syaoran (what?) and Tomoyo.

"Why not?" asked Sakura.

"It's a ghost!" yelled Eriol.

"Eh? But I thought that this is Syaoran!"

"The real Syaoran is right here! Behind me!" The ghost (or was it Syaoran?) whispered, "Don't listen to them, Sakura… I am the real and one for all Syaoran… that Syaoran is just a mirror reflection…help me up!"

Sakura was about to reach for his hand again when- "SAKURA! DON'T!" Syaoran came up to her, and shook her head hard.

"Don't you recognize me? I'm the REAL Syaoran, not that white thing on the ground!"

"No!" yelled the ghost Syaoran.

Sakura was really confused, now. She looked at the two Syaorans, then at Eriol, then at Tomoyo, then at Kero. Suddenly, she got an idea.

"Wait..." she fished her hand in her pouch, and took out The Shadow.

"No one's looking," she thought. "Release!" she yelled, and her wand came out. "Show me the real Syaoran's reflection! Shadow!" she cried out, touching The Shadow card with her wand. The dark figure swooped up and went to the Syaoran that was not lying on the ground.

"See!" said Syaoran, relieved.

"Blow this ghost away!" yelled Sakura, "Windy!"

Windy came out and swooped up to the ghost. It flew away, but the ghost whispered, "I'll get you, once and for all!"

There was a long silence, before Eriol spoke. "So… you've finally encountered a real ghost. Ghost like playing pranks on you. They pretend that they are someone else, and when you reach out to touch them, they either pull you away with them, or they immediately suck your soul away. But, if you don't touch them, nothing will happen. Spirits are a little better."

"Oh my," whispered Sakura, and she looked at Syaoran. "I'm sorry," she whispered to him. "I'll never ignore you again." Then she pushed past Tomoyo, Eriol, and Syaoran, and ran as quickly as she could up the trail. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she ran, harder and faster. She wanted to get away from everyone.

There was another long silence, as everyone watched Sakura run up the trail. Syaoran was about to follow, when Tomoyo pulled on his arm.

"No," said Tomoyo. "Don't follow her."

"She'll get lost!" Syaoran screamed. "Don't you care?"

"We do care, Syaoran," muttered Tomoyo. "But leave her some time alone, will you?"

Syaoran nodded grimly and collapsed on the ground.

Meanwhile, at the lake…

"Hey Toya!" yelled Nakuru, her eyes shining bright, "C'mon, let's go a bit more down!"

Yukito, Touya, and Nakuru were climbing down a so you call it cliff. It had rocks all over the place, and the lake was just ahead, sparkling in the sunlight.

"Aw, Nakuru, I'm not going down anymore. You know, someone can get hurt." Yukito smiled.

"Come ON, Touya, grab my hand," whined Nakuru, and before Touya or Yukito could say anything, Nakuru grabbed Touya's wrist and they were falling down, down, down, towards the rocky ground. Touya's hair was standing on his head. Yukito smiled again, and climbed quietly and cautiously down the cliff.

"Woooow, isn't it pretty?" said Nakuru with awe as they were shooting down. Nakuru's skirt was around her like an umbrella, and she and Touya's hair were all up. When they landed with a thump, their hairs were still standing up on their heads.

"Uh… heh heh heh…" muttered Nakuru. She flattened her hair, but no matter how Touya tried to flatten his, it still stood straight up, as if he was electrocuted.

Yukito hurried over. "Are you okay, Touya?" he asked.

"Yeah, my hair…" Touya grunted as he tried to put it down.

"Don't worry, Touya, because I brought hair gel. We'll straighten it down when we get back."

"Argh!" yelled Touya, staring at his hair. (He tried to stare at it).

Author:Let's take a look back at Sakura, shall we?

Sakura ran and ran. She tripped over a rock and fell on the ground, scraping her knee. She grunted. Then, she looked up. The lake!

"How will I get down there?" wondered Sakura. Then, she slipped her hand in her pocket, took out her wand and The Fly.

"Release!" she cried. "Bring me safely to the bottom of the cliff!" she yelled. "Fly!"

Wings sprouted from her back and she soared up, then down. She began to feel dizzy and painful. She stared at her knee. A thin, trickle of blood poured from the wound. She felt sick.

"I think I'm gonna…" she thought. Her wings started disappearing. "I can't hold on anymore," she thought wearily, "I feel so, so, dizzy…" then, her wings were gone, and she closed her eyes, and fell down, down, down. Straight towards the rocks and mud.

Biancajewel: I hope you like this chapter! I'll type the next one as soon as I can!"