Chapter 14
Sorceress Myst: Hi everyone! I'm back! The curse has been lifted! (Apprentice Jed runs in and starts jumping up and down)
Apprentice Jed: I got a new invention!
Sorceress Myst: What is it now?
Apprentice Jed: This. (Brings out a flaming Cage) Fagtron! Get in there!
Fagtron: FIRE! YEA! (jumps in and finds the fire gone) Huh? A silver cage? AHHHHH!!!!!
Sorceress Myst: Where did you find this? I thought there was a shortage on silver.
Apprentice Jed: (whispering) Actually it's a white gold cage. She doesn't know the difference. But in case she does, there is always plan B.
Sorceress Myst: Okay, let's see how long it'll last. Fagtron say the disclaimer.
Fagtron: Sorceress Myst (sob) doesn't own (sob) CCS or any of its characters (sob) except Xylona. (cough, cough …Hack!)
Apprentice Jed: Hey, Fagtron coughed up the old tape recorder!
Sorceress Myst: Are you sure that's the old tape recorder? Oh well. I decided to make the last chapter the end of part 3 and since I'm getting tired of writing Xylona's past, I'm gonna put in a flashback for the rest of her story. Now on with the story! Oh! means a dream sequence is coming.
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Everything was perfect. Xylona was in a beautiful, tight-fitting white dress with a long veil. The halls of the ancient Arab palace were covered in hues of emerald and scarlet, Xavier and Xylona's favorite color. Everyone was here, even Ruby and Eriol. Xavier slowly lifted her veil and she could hear Tomoyo and Sakura squealing in delight. She felt like a new person, this must be the happiest day in a woman's life. Their faces drew closer and she slowly closed her eyes and then… loud music flared up. Xylona turned to the altar to find Sakura, Tomoyo, Syaoran, Eriol, Kero, Suppi, Ruby, Yue, Onica, Dawn, Blane, and Eiryn dancing and singing "Ride, Sally, Ride!" Suddenly Kalie appeared on her shoulder and pointed behind her, "Hey look! It's your old band director!" Sure enough, there was Mr. White riding on a small tractor shouting, "NEVER FLUSH YOUR SAXOPHONE DOWN THE TOILET!" again and again.
Xylona awoke with a start as a flash of lighting illuminated the school's hallways for a brief moment.
"That's the last time I'm ever going to drink less than 5 cans of Dr. Pepper, that dream was semi normal." She muttered under her breath. Suddenly she held her breath and kept silent as a white snake with clear, watery wings slithered towards Kalie's sleeping form.
"Little sister…" it hissed as it towered over her and prodded her with its tail. The tiny tiger creature yawned, then opened her little brown eyes, "Siva! O-older sister. What are you doing here?"
"The High Sorceress, the only one who could defeat the evil relic of Zebas, is dead and left no successor. There is not even a trace of the magical circlet she once wore. It's hopeless." Her blue eyes widened and her tongue flickered as she said 'hopeless', "The Guardian Family of the High Sorceress has decided to aide the enemy. It's time to go."
"No! We can't give in so soon!" Kalie squeaked softly, so she wouldn't wake the others. Siva's eyes softened, "Kalie, you are only 78 years old, we made this decision so you wouldn't die at a youthful age."
"I maybe young, but I'm old enough to make my own decisions. Xylona is my master and I can't leave her now!" she was on the verge of crying now.
"I'll protect her." Xylona blurted out, they looked at her surprised, "I'll protect you and your other siblings too, Siva. Sakura is the Card Captor, she'll defeat Eiryn."
"Such pretty words, but I am afraid we cannot accept. You do not realize how powerful Master Eiryn is now. Not even the Card Captor could hope to win." She looks at Kalie, "I see I cannot change your mind. Please stay out of sight when the battle begins." Siva's white scales changed into clear water, enabling her to slither out the closed window nearby.
"Mistress…" Sakura's eyes snapped open. Was someone calling for her? She didn't see anyone awake, so she dismissed it as a dream. Her head was resting on Syaoran's chest and the steady beating of his heart relaxed her in to a peaceful slumber.
"Mistress!" This time it was louder. Reluctantly, Sakura pulled out of Syaoran's warm embrace to find out what's going on. She giggled when he scowled from the lack of warmth at his side. Outside the window were low gray clouds, telling her that it was morning. Xylona was at the window, staring at her with a bewildered look in her eyes.
"Did you call me Xylona?" She whispered. She shook her head and pointed behind Sakura, "Look!" She turned to where she was pointing to find the Gifted Card floating. It hovered there for a few seconds before it landed in her extended hand.
"I'm afraid it was my fault," Xylona admitted as she walked away from the window, "She must've heard my plans and wanted to help out."
"Your… plans?"
"Remember the High Sorceress? You know, the other protector of the planet? Her guardians are on Eiryn's side now and Kalie's oldest sister, Siva, said that he was more powerful than you. So I was thinking that if we combine our powers we'd have a chance in defeating him." Sakura stared at the Gifted Card, then back at Xylona, "Yeah, that's a great idea! We can also have Kero, Suppi, Yue, and Ruby take care of the guardian family …but then we'd be defenseless to Eiryn's attacks." Silence claimed them as they thought of what to do.
"Um, Sakura? Could …Could you release Gifted?"
"Why?" Suddenly she had an evil look on her face, "Oh, I have plans for that one mwahahahah! …NO! Don't look at me that way, it's really the adrenaline this time! Adrenaline!"
"Okay, I believe you, but keep it down or you'll wake the others." She said while holding Gifted closer. Xylona walks up to them and shouts, "Well they need to wake up! It's morning already!" Nobody stirred, apparently they are used to her shouting. All of a sudden, she just realized that…
"OH SHIT!!! This was supposed to be a secret so we DON'T need them to wake up!" She clamps her mouth shut, but it was too late.
"XYLONA!!!!!!!!!!" At that instant everyone gets up. Syaoran briefly glances at the place where he thought he heard Sakura screaming, but found no one there.
Xylona grabbed Sakura's wrist and ran away before anyone had a chance to see them. She let go of her wrist once they were in a deserted hallway. Sakura was still glaring angrily at her.
"Okay! I'll wash my mouth out with soap later just release Gifted please! She was there in the last battle against Eiryn so she won't be in the way." Sakura glanced at the card in her hand, she captured only three months ago…
(Flashback: 3 months ago)
"Windy!" Xavier was finally trapped by the power of the Windy Card. Syaoran approached him, sword raised in defense. Xylona stopped him and faced Xavier by herself.
"Why Eiryn?! You killed both my families and possessed my boyfriend. Why are doing this? They did nothing to you." Eiryn/Xavier's eyes glowed a brighter red, causing her to scream in pain.
"This is a taste of your own medicine. You killed my heart long ago." Sakura raised her wand, ready to command Windy to cover his eyes, but she froze when Xylona cried, "Gifted! Help me!" Glowing consumed everything and stopped when Xavier fell to the ground unconscious. Windy silently returned to card form and flew into Sakura's hand. Syaoran was as still as a statue now, the only moving thing was his green robes and his brown hair wafting in the evening breeze.
"Syaoran? Are you okay?" She asked as Xylona rushed to Xavier. Seconds later he let out a silent gasp and blinked a few times. Eiryn probably tried to possess him but was too weak. He then faced Sakura and his eyes widened in surprise, "Sakura! It's a Clow Card." A copy of Xylona was standing before her. The real Xylona closed her eyes after laying Xavier's head on her lap.
"Seal her. She's been looking for you for so long." Without another thought, Sakura raised her wand, "Clow Card return to your power confined! Clow Card!"
(End of Flashback)
"Um Sakura? You okay? You just summoned your wand and then zoned out all of a sudden." Sakura pulled out of her thoughts as a hand waved in front of her face. She giggled nervously and a small blush burned her cheeks before Xylona withdrew her hand and backed away to give her room to summon Gifted. Magical winds filled the hallway, first blowing though Xylona's long, light brown hair then through Sakura's short honey blonde hair. The magic circle appeared on the ground as she threw the card toward the edge of the circle. The card began spinning and she raised her staff above her head allowing a swirl of magic gather at the end as the wings grew larger.
"Release and dispel!" She brought the wand down to the card and it instantly stopped spinning. The card glowed and in its place stood the Gifted Card in Xylona's form from three months ago.
"Thanks Sakura! You're the best! Come on Gifted." They both ran off and disappeared in a second. Sakura stared after them until she felt someone grab her hand and pulled her into a loving embrace.
"Syaoran! You startled me…" He gave her a small smile before letting go, "What happened?"
"Oh, nothing! Just Xylona's foul mouth again." He rolled his amber eyes and shook his head.
"We better head back." Sakura suddenly had a mischievous glint in her eyes, "I'll race you!"
"Why? I'll just win again-" He was cut off as she jumped on him and pressed her lips against his. Then she started running and shouted, "I'm going to beat you!"
"Hey!"
The rain finally stopped and the winds died down a little as it reached mid-morning. The gang was waiting for the final battle on the roof of the school. There was tension in the air as the swirling clouds dipped lower, threatening another downpour. Sakura looked at everybody and nodded, "Sleep! Release and dispel!" The Sleep Card flew off to complete its mission, leaving everyone to more silence.
"Wait!" Tomoyo cried. She was carrying a bunch of dome shaped mirrors as she ran up to them. Eriol lowered his staff and approached her, "Tomoyo, you need to stay inside. It's dangerous out here."
"I know, but I just had this great idea" She took his arm and strapped one of the mirrors to it, "This should reflect magical attacks back to its caster."
"This is a good idea Tomoyo. You have an extra one for yourself, right? Maybe you can help defend us."
"Xylona!" snapped Eriol. He wanted to protect her from danger. Xylona just shrugged, "Put it this way, either you both die in battle or you die and Tomoyo ends up being all alone and becomes a slave."
"Listen you! I had it up to-" he began, but was cut off by Syaoran, "Oh, thanks Xylona. I'm glad you have so much faith in us."
"I'm sorry, I had a few dreams last night. In one of them, I was holding the High Sorceress's Magical Circlet and then it disintegrated through my fingers. Then Kalie in her celestial form told me that after this battle, I will no longer be a sorceress. Finally, my old band director came riding on a small tractor and screamed 'Never flush your saxophone down the toilet!'" Everyone sweat dropped at the last part of her story and Eriol muttered, "Again? Do all your dreams end like that?"
"Well that doesn't mean your going to die. Maybe you'll just lose your powers." They turn to Sakura to let her finish, "I refuse to think we are going to die. If we all work together and give it our all, then how could we lose! Right?"
"Right!" everyone repeated. A clap of thunder was heard and then seven figures began flying towards them. Flying at the very top was the eldest of the guardian family, Ramadon, the thunder dragon. At his right was Siva and at his left flew Diablos, a black skinned human with bat's wings. Under Ramadon was Phoenix and next to Phoenix was Teum, an antelope with green see-through wings.
At the bottom was Luna, a beautiful gray wolf with pure white wings that seem to glow. And finally, flying behind them on a cloud was Eiryn in his original body. Just as Xylona remembered him, really short rusty colored hair, leering red eyes, and a smile that was pure evil. Dangling proudly at his neck was the relic of Zebas. Everyone readied their weapons for this was going to be the final battle.
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Sorceress Myst: Is the High Sorceress only an old history story? Is this really going to be the final battle? Is everyone going to make it out alive? And is there going to be more romance between other couple besides just Sakura and Syaoran? Find out in the next chapter.
Fagtron: (on top of the cage) I eat silver watch me dance! …No that's not right. I am Fagtron hear me belch! No…Oh! I am woman hear me roar! Wait …I'm a robot.
Apprentice Jed: Aw Fagtron! You destroyed my white gold cage!
Fagtron: It's not silver? Aw man. (pulls a lemon out of her pants and begins sucking on it)
Sorceress Myst: What are you doing Fagtron?
Fagtron: Every time I get upset, you tell me to suck on lemons. I don't know where this is going to get me, but it's worth a try. (She put the whole lemon in her mouth and chews on it)
Sorceress Myst and Apprentice Jed: Ewwww!
Sorceress Myst: Didn't you say you had a plan B?
Apprentice Jed: I forgot what it was.
Sorceress Myst: Right ……C ya next chapter!