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"You're WHAT?" Meilin shouted down the phone, making the other people in the room jump. "Coming to Japan...But if Aunt Yelan really is sick, shouldn't she stay there?...Okay, yes...yes, I'll tell him...where are you staying?...and what flight are you on?...that soon?...yes, I will...see you soon...bye." The raven haired girl slowly put the phone down.
"What is it?" She turned to the rest of the room.
"We have exactly twelve hours before the rest of Li's family are arriving in Japan."
"WHAT?"
"Yelan's not getting any better and Fuutie thinks that being near Li will help. They're on the next plane over here. They'll be here in twelve hours, roughly." Julian's head fell into his hands as Kero fell from the air onto the armrest. Tori stood up.
"That means we have twelve hours to find and bring Sakura, and that Chinese gaki, back here."
"Except we don't know where they are, how to contact them, how to even find them and we don't know how they got there or how they can get back." Madison sighed.
"It's going to be a long day."
Sakura had been crying for hours. She sat by Li's bedside, not moving away from him. His skin was still white and his breathing had yet to improve. Many teachers came to visit, each trying to get the girl to eat or drink. None of them succeeded.
"How is she doing?" Dumbledore stared over his half moon spectacles at the young sorceress. Madam Pomfrey shook her head.
"She has yet to move from his side. She will not eat or drink and I am beginning to worry about her. I don't want to lose both of them."
"What are the boy's chances?"
"Not good at all. The potion was Death's slumber, once breathed in it is unlikely for the victim to open their eyes again. And from what I can tell from the girl's sobs is that she was controlled and set one of her cards on the boy." Dumbledore started towards Sakura.
"Which one?" Madam Pomfrey sighed.
"The Erase. She almost erased the boy's life." Dumbledore nodded then pulled a chair up so he could sit next to the crying girl.
"Miss Avalon?" Sakura didn't look up. "Miss Avalon, I suggest we take a walk. Two of our prefects will stand guard over your friend." Finally she looked up and her eyes were red from crying. Glancing towards the door she saw a boy and girl with prefect badges on the front of their robes. The boy had bright red hair and the girl had shoulder length brown hair.
"Okay." Her voice was horse and Dumbledore only just heard what she said. He smiled and motioned for the prefects to come forward.
"I'm Hermione Granger and this is Ron Weasley. We'll be looking after your friend while you're with Professor Dumbledore."
"Sakura Avalon." Hermione smiled as Dumbledore stood up. Sakura followed him, glancing back at Li every few steps.
"Poor girl." Hermione said as their headmaster and the young girl went out the door to the hospital wing. Ron nodded then glanced at Li.
"Wonder how it happened. Last I heard, he was fine."
"Something must have happened when we were all at breakfast. Remember when she ran out the hall? It was probably then." Both turned when they heard a noise only to see Harry walking towards them.
"You shouldn't be here Harry, you'll get in trouble." Hermione called as the black haired boy walked forward.
"I just wanted to see how he was." The brunette turned to look at the boy on the bed.
"No change."
"This shouldn't have happened to them. I mean, they don't even belong here."
"What do you mean by that?" Both Ron and Hermione stared at Harry.
"Well they're sorcerers. I overheard Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick talking about it. Apparently they come from a different dimension, or something."
"Wow."
"Yeah. Voldemort's spell brought them here by accident."
"So where do they come from?" Harry shrugged.
"They must be pretty powerful to take on Voldemort. And did you see how he deflected the killing curse with his sword? Amazing."
"But did you hear what he said to her? How he would die before he would let any harm come to her? How romantic was that?" Hermione sighed and Harry and Ron shared a look.
"He said something else, some other people. What were their names?"
"Oh, Kero and Yue, I think." Hermione replied.
"Wonder who they are."
"Protectors?" Harry suggested. "I mean, he said that since they weren't here he would protect her. And someone with that much magic would attract a lot of trouble."
"Wonder how old they are." Ron said suddenly and both Harry and Hermione turned to look at him.
"Well they look younger than us."
"Imagine all this happening to someone Ginny's age. Or younger." All three just stared at the brunette in the bed and silence filled the room.
The headmaster led her outside and they began to walk towards a lake. Everywhere, students stared at her but Sakura hardly noticed. Although her body was away from Li her thoughts definitely weren't.
"Miss Avalon?" Dumbledore's soft voice interrupted her thought and Sakura looked up. The old man was staring down at her with twinkling eyes.
"You must not allow your guilt to consume you."
"I..."
"For you have nothing to be guilty about."
"That's not true! If I hadn't been controlled then Li would be fine! If I had listened to the cards instead of that man, I-"
"You were controlled by a very powerful spell that very few witches and wizards can overcome. It allows total control. It was not your fault that you were made to attack your friend." Sakura shook her head and stopped walking.
"No, you don't understand. I have a link with my cards. They knew that I didn't want to hurt Li. But I didn't listen to them; if I had then I wouldn't have hurt Li." Dumbledore flicked his wand through the air and a bench appeared by the lakeside. He gently led the young girl over and they both sat down on it.
"I must confess that I have a great curiosity about your cards. I have never seen anything like them before." Sakura smiled softly. "What are you thinking of?"
"Li. I met him when he came to Japan and became a cardcaptor with me. We were rivals at first but now we're friends. He's helped me a lot."
"Cardcaptor?"
"You see, about two years ago I accidentally opened a magical book and set free all these magical cards that had been created by a man called Clow Reed. They were called the Clow cards. Then out of the book came Kero, guardian of the seal. He made me a card captor and my job was to recapture all the freed cards. Li came from Hong Kong, he's a direct descendant from Clow Reed, and we became rivals in capturing the cards. Between the two of us, and our friends, we captured them all and then we had the final judgment. That was when one of our friends, Julian, turned out to have a secret magical side and that he was the second guardian of the Clow book, Yue. He would choose in the final judgment who would become the next master of the cards. We had to battle Yue and I was named the new master of the cards. Then I had to transform them into Star or Sakura cards. I've only got about eight Clow cards left to transform."
"I see. No wonder you are so good at your magic. May I ask another question?" Sakura nodded.
"If you have become the mistress of the cards, what type of magic does Mr. Showron possess?"
"He has these elemental cards, the ones he used when protecting me..." Sakura's eyes unfocused then she sighed and looked back to the headmaster. "He's known about his magic for most of his life. He was trained by the elders in magic and martial arts."
"The elders?"
"I really should be getting back now." The young girl stood up but Dumbledore stopped her from walking away.
"Very well, but I insist that you eat something when you return to the hospital wing. We cannot have you ill as well, Miss Avalon." The brunette nodded then walked quickly back to the castle. Dumbledore remained on his bench for some time afterwards, in heavy thought. As the sky darkened he finally got up and walked slowly back to the castle, his eyes sparkling as an idea formed in his mind.
A/N – Sorry I took so long to update but I hope it was worth the wait. I'll be looking to update several times soon, so hopefully you won't have to wait so long! And I have to say it – cliffhanger! Kind of. You'll just have to wait to find out what happens to Li! Stay tuned folks!
"You're WHAT?" Meilin shouted down the phone, making the other people in the room jump. "Coming to Japan...But if Aunt Yelan really is sick, shouldn't she stay there?...Okay, yes...yes, I'll tell him...where are you staying?...and what flight are you on?...that soon?...yes, I will...see you soon...bye." The raven haired girl slowly put the phone down.
"What is it?" She turned to the rest of the room.
"We have exactly twelve hours before the rest of Li's family are arriving in Japan."
"WHAT?"
"Yelan's not getting any better and Fuutie thinks that being near Li will help. They're on the next plane over here. They'll be here in twelve hours, roughly." Julian's head fell into his hands as Kero fell from the air onto the armrest. Tori stood up.
"That means we have twelve hours to find and bring Sakura, and that Chinese gaki, back here."
"Except we don't know where they are, how to contact them, how to even find them and we don't know how they got there or how they can get back." Madison sighed.
"It's going to be a long day."
Sakura had been crying for hours. She sat by Li's bedside, not moving away from him. His skin was still white and his breathing had yet to improve. Many teachers came to visit, each trying to get the girl to eat or drink. None of them succeeded.
"How is she doing?" Dumbledore stared over his half moon spectacles at the young sorceress. Madam Pomfrey shook her head.
"She has yet to move from his side. She will not eat or drink and I am beginning to worry about her. I don't want to lose both of them."
"What are the boy's chances?"
"Not good at all. The potion was Death's slumber, once breathed in it is unlikely for the victim to open their eyes again. And from what I can tell from the girl's sobs is that she was controlled and set one of her cards on the boy." Dumbledore started towards Sakura.
"Which one?" Madam Pomfrey sighed.
"The Erase. She almost erased the boy's life." Dumbledore nodded then pulled a chair up so he could sit next to the crying girl.
"Miss Avalon?" Sakura didn't look up. "Miss Avalon, I suggest we take a walk. Two of our prefects will stand guard over your friend." Finally she looked up and her eyes were red from crying. Glancing towards the door she saw a boy and girl with prefect badges on the front of their robes. The boy had bright red hair and the girl had shoulder length brown hair.
"Okay." Her voice was horse and Dumbledore only just heard what she said. He smiled and motioned for the prefects to come forward.
"I'm Hermione Granger and this is Ron Weasley. We'll be looking after your friend while you're with Professor Dumbledore."
"Sakura Avalon." Hermione smiled as Dumbledore stood up. Sakura followed him, glancing back at Li every few steps.
"Poor girl." Hermione said as their headmaster and the young girl went out the door to the hospital wing. Ron nodded then glanced at Li.
"Wonder how it happened. Last I heard, he was fine."
"Something must have happened when we were all at breakfast. Remember when she ran out the hall? It was probably then." Both turned when they heard a noise only to see Harry walking towards them.
"You shouldn't be here Harry, you'll get in trouble." Hermione called as the black haired boy walked forward.
"I just wanted to see how he was." The brunette turned to look at the boy on the bed.
"No change."
"This shouldn't have happened to them. I mean, they don't even belong here."
"What do you mean by that?" Both Ron and Hermione stared at Harry.
"Well they're sorcerers. I overheard Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick talking about it. Apparently they come from a different dimension, or something."
"Wow."
"Yeah. Voldemort's spell brought them here by accident."
"So where do they come from?" Harry shrugged.
"They must be pretty powerful to take on Voldemort. And did you see how he deflected the killing curse with his sword? Amazing."
"But did you hear what he said to her? How he would die before he would let any harm come to her? How romantic was that?" Hermione sighed and Harry and Ron shared a look.
"He said something else, some other people. What were their names?"
"Oh, Kero and Yue, I think." Hermione replied.
"Wonder who they are."
"Protectors?" Harry suggested. "I mean, he said that since they weren't here he would protect her. And someone with that much magic would attract a lot of trouble."
"Wonder how old they are." Ron said suddenly and both Harry and Hermione turned to look at him.
"Well they look younger than us."
"Imagine all this happening to someone Ginny's age. Or younger." All three just stared at the brunette in the bed and silence filled the room.
The headmaster led her outside and they began to walk towards a lake. Everywhere, students stared at her but Sakura hardly noticed. Although her body was away from Li her thoughts definitely weren't.
"Miss Avalon?" Dumbledore's soft voice interrupted her thought and Sakura looked up. The old man was staring down at her with twinkling eyes.
"You must not allow your guilt to consume you."
"I..."
"For you have nothing to be guilty about."
"That's not true! If I hadn't been controlled then Li would be fine! If I had listened to the cards instead of that man, I-"
"You were controlled by a very powerful spell that very few witches and wizards can overcome. It allows total control. It was not your fault that you were made to attack your friend." Sakura shook her head and stopped walking.
"No, you don't understand. I have a link with my cards. They knew that I didn't want to hurt Li. But I didn't listen to them; if I had then I wouldn't have hurt Li." Dumbledore flicked his wand through the air and a bench appeared by the lakeside. He gently led the young girl over and they both sat down on it.
"I must confess that I have a great curiosity about your cards. I have never seen anything like them before." Sakura smiled softly. "What are you thinking of?"
"Li. I met him when he came to Japan and became a cardcaptor with me. We were rivals at first but now we're friends. He's helped me a lot."
"Cardcaptor?"
"You see, about two years ago I accidentally opened a magical book and set free all these magical cards that had been created by a man called Clow Reed. They were called the Clow cards. Then out of the book came Kero, guardian of the seal. He made me a card captor and my job was to recapture all the freed cards. Li came from Hong Kong, he's a direct descendant from Clow Reed, and we became rivals in capturing the cards. Between the two of us, and our friends, we captured them all and then we had the final judgment. That was when one of our friends, Julian, turned out to have a secret magical side and that he was the second guardian of the Clow book, Yue. He would choose in the final judgment who would become the next master of the cards. We had to battle Yue and I was named the new master of the cards. Then I had to transform them into Star or Sakura cards. I've only got about eight Clow cards left to transform."
"I see. No wonder you are so good at your magic. May I ask another question?" Sakura nodded.
"If you have become the mistress of the cards, what type of magic does Mr. Showron possess?"
"He has these elemental cards, the ones he used when protecting me..." Sakura's eyes unfocused then she sighed and looked back to the headmaster. "He's known about his magic for most of his life. He was trained by the elders in magic and martial arts."
"The elders?"
"I really should be getting back now." The young girl stood up but Dumbledore stopped her from walking away.
"Very well, but I insist that you eat something when you return to the hospital wing. We cannot have you ill as well, Miss Avalon." The brunette nodded then walked quickly back to the castle. Dumbledore remained on his bench for some time afterwards, in heavy thought. As the sky darkened he finally got up and walked slowly back to the castle, his eyes sparkling as an idea formed in his mind.
A/N – Sorry I took so long to update but I hope it was worth the wait. I'll be looking to update several times soon, so hopefully you won't have to wait so long! And I have to say it – cliffhanger! Kind of. You'll just have to wait to find out what happens to Li! Stay tuned folks!