The Princess And The Pauper Chapter 1: The Princess Meets The Pauper, a card captor sakura fanfic

Writing – Sakura's Dialogue

Writing- Syaoran's Dialogue / Other people

Writing - Thoughts

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? POV

I don't know if it was mere coincidence or it was fate playing its cruel tricks… I work in the palace located in the country of Clow as a gardener… Why would you ask, am I working here? I have to work to earn my living ever since my parents passed away last year… Anyway, every evening when I would come to tend the roses in the garden behind the palace, Princess Sakura would be playing out here… She was the youngest child and the only daughter of the Royal Kinomoto Family…

Suddenly, I was broken out of my train of thought by Princess Sakura who was running around frantically…

"Kero-chan! Where are you! Kero-chan!"

"Your Highness, what is the matter?"

"Kero-chan just disappeared! Please help me look for him…"

"Of course, Your Highness…"

"Oh, Thank You!"

-after a while-

"Your Highness! I've found him!"

"Kero-chan! Where were you!"

"I'll be leaving now Your Majesty… I still have some errands to run… If you'll excuse me…"

"Wait… Um… May I have your name?"

"My name is Li Syaoran, Your Majesty… I serve here at the palace as a gardener…"

"Oh… I see… Thank you again, Li-san…"

"You're welcome, Your Majesty…"

"Please… Call me Sakura…"

"As you wish, Sakura-sama…"

"Goodbye then… Li-san…"

Sakura's POV

"Excuse me, Kinomoto-sama… I'm sorry for barging in like this…"

"Oh, no! It's alright Mei… What is it?"

"Kinomoto-sama, the queen summons you to the family room…"

"Yes, please tell her I will be right there…"

"Of course, Kinomoto-sama"

Great, mum's calling… Every time she calls, it's always something bad… sigh I wonder what it is this time? I haven't screwed up at all this week… Oh well, I guess I'll have to wait to find out…

-in the family room-

"Sakura, I think it's time I told you…"

Tell me what? I haven't screwed up again… have I?

"Oh, don't worry dear… I'm not here to lecture you…"

"Oh… Well, what is it then, mother?"

"I'm not sure how to put this… Well, your father and I think that at this age it is finally time for you to get married… After all, it has already been 2 years since your marital age…"

Marriage….?

"Well… Your father and I have found some very eligible bachelors… And we were hoping that you come meet them at least choose one of them…"

"But… Mother… I'm not ready for… for marriage… An eternal bond to a man… I don't love…"

"Oh, but dear… You will grow to love him…"

"No… Please mother… Don't make me marry…"

"Dear, even Touya is married…"

"There! You see, you already have an heir to the throne…"

"It's not the heir problem anymore… But, your father and I just think it's appropriate that you find a husband and settle down…"

"No! I will not marry! NO!"

-in Sakura's room-

I can't believe she's forcing me to marry! Mother… she wouldn't have done that… Bu…But… I just don't want to marry… I know it was rude and all to run out on her but… I didn't know what else to do…

"Kero-chan… Why don't we go out and play…"

-out in the garden-

See the men and choose one to wed, huh? That just sounds so… despicable… I want to find true love… A man who I know I can spend my life with… Well… Maybe among those men one of them maybe my true love…

"Hoe… Kero-chan?"

Great… Now, even Kero-chan is gone… Even my cat hates me…