When I woke up that Saturday afternoon, I forgot who I was. I thought I was normal! Well, in a way, I still am - I still have to go to school, therefore, I still am. I stayed in bed a little while, thinking about everything last night. The story Kero told me about that girl, Sakura - she had some good times when she was capturing the cards. Perhaps, I would too, that was my comfort zone. I have to admit though, when Kero told me about the Firey Card and how Sakura had to capture it, that's when it hit me. What makes me think that I could do this? What makes me think that I could survive this? Sakura had come up with strategies that I don't think I'm creative enough to come up with. She had to think on the spot and be prepared for anything. Can I do that? I can't even program a VCR much less handle magic. Nevertheless, if this was truly meant for me, as Kero believes, than what will be, will be. Qué sera sera.

"You're worse than Sakura!" Kero commented, waking up Medea.

Medea rubbed her eyes before putting on her glasses. "What do you mean?"

"It's almost 1 o clock in the afternoon and now you're waking up?" Kero fluttered around the room restlessly.

"So? It's Saturday." Medea dragged herself out of bed and to the bathroom. In a half an hour, she returned. Her hair was combed, her contacts were on, but she was still in her baby blue pajamas.

"I'm hungry," Kero complained. "Got anything to eat?"

"Why didn't you go downstairs and look in the fridge?" Medea asked walking downstairs.

Kero followed behind her, "I thought your uncle was home. Guess he's not."

"He had to work today." Medea made a sandwich and split it with Kero.

"Any weird dreams lately?" Kero asked with his mouth filled with food.

Medea looked at him suspiciously, "Am I supposed to be having weird dreams?"

Kero shrugged. "I don't know. Sakura used to have weird dreams all the time. Pretty prophetic ones at that. Did you get a dream about the book?"

"Not that I can remember. Is that a bad thing?"

At first, Kero looked surprised, but then quickly conceal it with a smile. "No, I'm sure that they'll come in their own time." Kero looked away and thought, "It is unnerving that she doesn't show any signs of magical powers. Both Sakura and Clow had prophetic dreams, but she doesn't seem to. It could be nothing, but then again, it could be something." Medea's cell phone rang breaking Kero out of his thoughts.

Medea picked it up and answered it. "What do you mean you're in front of my house...oh yeah, that's today...all right, give me five minutes."

Medea hung up the phone and Kero asked what happened. Medea ran upstairs to her room after finishing her sandwich and threw on a pair of dark blue jeans with a white wash and a black t-shirt. Kero asked the where Medea was going and she replied, "I have to go to volleyball practice".

"What am I supposed to do all day?" Kero asked watching Medea put on her sneakers.

"I dunno, find something." Medea closed the door behind her, leaving Kero alone in the room. "Find something!" He asked in disbelief. "There's absolutely nothing to do in here! I see board games - not fun with only one person...teddy bears - like I haven't had enough of those...a computer - don't know how to work it...a weird black cube thing with controllers - that looks weird...a shelf of video games - video games! All right! Then that weird cube thing must be a console!" He pops in the video game disc and the game starts. "Nintendo Gamecube! Must be new! Soul Calibur 2? Sounds interesting!"

Medea took her place behind the net. One of the girls on the other side served the ball and Medea trailed under it calling "I got it, I got it." Medea hit the ball straight up and Suraiya bumped it over the net. The other team returned the ball and another girl on the team hit it again. As the game progressed, Medea noticed a visitor in the gymnasium watching the girls play. Medea attention went back to the ball as she hit it once over and the ball touched the ground on the other side.

"Michelle, your serve," the coach said, and Michelle went to the back to serve as the others moved over one place.

Medea stared at the visitor in the corner. He didn't seem to be watching the other girls, but instead, seemed to be watching her. His hair was dark and fell over his face slightly and his eyes were dark as well, but they were cold and emotionless. He seemed to be older, about Taran's age and she knew he didn't go to this school. As Medea took small glances at him, he stared at her fearlessly.

"10 serving 12" Michelle announced before striking the ball up into the air.

Medea paid close attention to the ball, but every time she turned to her right, she couldn't help but notice him there.

"Medea!" Suraiya called, and Medea leaned forward to barely hit the ball over the net.

Medea stared at him again and she felt something pull her. She fell back slightly and she became dizzy as her eyes blurred. She closed them and when she opened them again, she was somewhere else. The same person who had asphyxiated her with his glance was now running, dressed in fencing gear. Medea saw herself lifting the star wand above her head and he came and pushed her own.

"Medea!" The volleyball came in her direction and hit her on her head.

Suraiya began laughing, "Are you all right?"

Medea gave a confused laugh, "Yeah, I'm fine."

"Medea!" the coach called laughing, "Either pay attention or get checked out for ADD!"

Medea looked in the direction of the visitor who was nowhere to be found. "Did you see him?" Medea asked Suraiya.

"See who?" Suraiya asked. "Are you all right!"

"Serena!" the coach called, "Serve!"

Medea flagged her hand as Suraiya moved back to her position. The ball was served and the girl behind Suraiya hit it over. Medea began to hear her voice in the background singing the very song she had sung last night at the homecoming game. She dismissed it as her own thoughts and hit the ball as it came toward her. The ball hit the net and fell to the ground.

"Nice try!" one of the girl encouraged. The song was growing louder as the ball was served. Medea tried to pay attention but the song kept distracting her. Medea hit the ball straight up and the girl behind her came to hit it over. The ball came back to Suraiya who bumped it up. Medea settled herself under the ball and was staring up waiting for it. Suddenly, lavender light caught her eyes and she turned, and the ball fell directly in front of her. Medea continued to stare outside the window of the gym and in the baseball field; she saw ripples of lavender vibrating to the same beat as Medea's song.

"Medea!" Michelle called, "That was an easy hit!"

"Do you see that?" Medea asked her, and Michelle and Suraiya looked out the window.

Suraiya placed her hand on Medea's forehead. "I think you need a vacation."

"Don't you hear it?"

"I think she needs a therapist!" Michelle joked returning to her spot.

Medea positioned herself to be ready for the ball. As the Serena served, Medea took one last suspicious look at the window. I need to talk to Kero.

Medea returned home from practice to find Kero playing her video games. She didn't care much, just so long as he didn't destroy anything. However, as he was ignoring her words, she paused the game and unplugged the controller.

"What do you want?" he asked in an irritated tone.

"You know for a teddy bear with such big ears, you'd think that you would listen better." Kero grunted as Medea sat down on her bed. "I think I saw a Sakura Spirit today."

"Really, where? What did it look like? How did you feel?"

"Calm down." Medea sighed. "I saw it at school. It was kind of pinkish-purplish and it looked like ripples from a pond. And it was singing the song I sang last night, but in the exact same voice as me!"

Kero nodded his head, assuring his thoughts. "That must be the Song Card. Did you feel anything?"

"I dunno," Medea replied, pondering. "I felt it there, that's why I looked."

"This is your first test Medea," Kero proclaimed, "Are you ready?"

"To fight against something with absolutely no idea of what I'm doing?" Medea replied sarcastically, "Of course!"

The school seemed abandoned, but the night sky was filled with stars. Kero and Medea entered the baseball yard, but there was nothing to be found.

"This is where you found it?" Kero asked.

"I didn't find it, I saw it, and this is where I saw it."

Kero fluttered around, looking for a clue. "I do sense it. It was here."

"So what exactly does this card do?" Medea asked walking around.

"Its goal is to capture the most beautiful voice," Kero explained, "which in this case would be yours."

"Aww, I'm flattered."

"Well now's not the time," Kero replied, "We have to-"

"Whoa!" Medea cried out, "Who is that?" Kero looked in the direction Medea pointed and they saw someone run across the field and into the school. "How did he get in? The school's not open this late! Unless some idiot forgot to lock the door."

"Don't just stand here!" Kero ordered, "Follow him!"

Medea and Kero ran across the field towards the school. They stopped at the door, and Medea tried to open it, but it was locked.

"How did he get in?" Kero asked, investigating the door.

"How are we gonna get in?" Medea asked, looking around.

"Firey?" Kero contemplated.

"NO!" Medea immediately dismissed, "I'm not gonna burn the door down! I could get arrested for that!"

"You could also get arrested for being on school property this late!" Kero pointed out.

"All the more reason not to attract attention by lighting a fire!"

"What do you suggest then?"

Medea sighed and looked around. Her eyes fell upon a window opened up to the safety lock. "Well, Kero go for it!" She looked at the window and hinted for Kero to try to slip in. "You can open the door from the inside."

Kero flew over to the window and stuck his head in. He pulled his body forward and his body continued to slip through, until it stopped moving. "Uh oh." Kero pulled and pulled, but he was stuck.

"I think it's time you go on a diet," Medea suggested as she pushed Kero in. Kero fell to the ground on his head. "I need a new job." He sighed as he flew over to the door and opened it. Medea entered the school and looked around. Nothing. She walked out of the cafeteria and into the hallway. She walked up the stairs slowly and towards the row of classrooms. Medea sighed as she was growing restless. Just then, a noise echoed down the hallway.

"What was that?" Kero asked as he and Medea looked at each other. Medea slowly approached the classroom from which the noise came from. She peered in and it was empty.

"Nothing?" Kero asked, and Medea nodded. Medea began to back up as she turned around.

Medea gasped. "Suraiya! What the hell are you doing here?"

"What the hell are you doing here?" Suraiya asked back. The two looked at each other suspiciously before Suraiya suggested, "I won't ask if you won't."

"Done." Medea replied.

At that moment, Medea's voice began the echo through the hallways. Her voice was loud, clear and elegant, but she wasn't singing.

"That's you, isn't it?" Suraiya asked, Medea nodded "no" and Suraiya began to back away, "So then what is it?"

"The Song Card!" Kero announced as he flew towards the direction the song was coming.

"Kero wait!" Medea called, running after him.

Suraiya was left alone in the hallway. "Do I want to follow them?" she asked herself. "I'm gonna regret this." She sped off after them, calling after Medea to wait.

Kero stopped outside the classroom where The Song was singing. "You can't go up to it directly," Kero informed Medea in a whisper. "Try singing to bring it out."

Medea nodded and began to sing loudly so The Song could hear her. The two voices mixed in harmoniously at first, but the voice of The Song stopped. The lavender ripples came out and appeared before Medea. The Song began to sing again, trying to overpower Medea's singing.

"Now!" Kero called, "Seal it the way I taught you!"

"Key that hides the power-" The moment Medea stopped singing The Song disappeared. "What happened?"

"You can't sing and seal it at the same time," Suraiya replied. Kero and Medea looked at her. "What? I catch on fast! I don't know what's going on, but I'll act like it."

"Suraiya, you can sing!" Medea announced. "Sing! Now!"

"It won't work," Kero interrupted, "The Song will only come if the voice is better than yours."

Medea nodded her head in opposition. "I don't think so. I think The Song wants to out sing someone. So if the song hears Suraiya singing, it'll come, won't it?"

Suraiya began to sing as best as she could. Her voice was beautiful, but it wasn't as emotional as Medea's. As Suraiya continued, The Song appeared before her and began to sing trying to overcast Suraiya's voice. Suraiya sung louder, and the voice of Song became louder. The Song now transformed into its original form and was singing the loudest.

"Now Medea!" Kero called.

Medea pulled the star key off her neck and held it in her hand. "Key that hides the power of the stars, reveal thy true form to me! This by the contract, Medea commands thee! Release!" The star key grew into the wand and Medea placed it in front of The Song. "Spirit of Sakura! Cast off the true form designated to you and yield to my control! By the sacred contract, I command you! SONG!" The spirit of The Song broke up into lavender ribbons that surrounded Medea and entered her body. When the ribbons disappeared, a Japanese symbol that represents The Song glowed bright lavender on her forehead, then disappeared.

"Good job Medea!" Kero cheered as Medea fell back.

"What happened?" Suraiya asked, pulling Medea up, "Are you all right?"

"It takes a lot of magic to hold the spirits within you," Kero told her. "You will be a lot more tired from now on."

"Oh great," Medea sighed, "As if I don't have enough stress in my life."

"I think I'll ask later than," Suraiya said to herself, gaining a cold stare from Medea.

Off in the shadows, the visitor that was watching Medea earlier appeared. "So this is the chosen one. We'll see how she can handle some competition." With a snap of his finger, he disappeared completely into the shadows.

Suraiya sipped some of the iced tea Medea had set out for her. Kero continued to explain, "And she turned over the first card, and it was The Firey, but she didn't know what it was so she read it's name out loud and-"

"Whoa! Stop right there!" Suraiya commanded, "You read its name out loud? Don't you know better! I mean come on! Friday the 13th, home alone, weird noises, weird book in basement, weird cards and you read its name aloud! Are you a dumbass!"

"I know right!" Kero agreed, "Don't you think!" Suraiya and Kero continued to reproach Suraiya about her mistake as she just stared and smiled.

Now that my best friend was with me, I wasn't that scared anymore. Don't get me wrong, Kero is a good friend and everything, but I was afraid that I would let him down. However, Suraiya seemed to give me a sense of self-confidence that I can't really find anywhere else. Suraiya has always been a good friend to me and I am in great debt to her for it. However, I feel sort of guilt to have to share my burden with her. Nevertheless, she would probably say that she would take it willingly, or that it's not a burden, it's a purpose. Suraiya is the type that loves to help out people, but complains about it all the time. Therefore, as Suraiya and Kero bonded through my stupidity, I knew that she was happy to help me. It would be hard for me to keep a secret this big from her, especially since she knows me too well. She's one of those types that can just sense when something is wrong or out of place, like she did today during volleyball practice. She never once doubted that there was someone there watching me. But she never really agreed with me. Whoever was watching me knew about my magic, I could tell, and I don't think I'm just being paranoid on this one. Why else would he have such a cold stare at me? He could be evil, like those demons you see on TV. I had best tell Kero about him, but at that point, I had completely forgotten about it. I know that whoever that was is going to show up again, probably sometime soon. I need to be prepared for him, before something happens to Kero or Suraiya. The future is as uncertain to me as who he is and what he wants. But if there is one thing that I would bet money on, it's that I will never find out why Suraiya was at the school so late.