Disclaimer: I do not own Card captor Sakura or any of its characters and places. It's all Clamps'. I just own the story I made up.
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It All Began With A Dream
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Chapter Eleven: A Summon and A Magical Sword
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"Wha…What happened?" asked Tomoyo as she regained consciousness.
"You have fainted Dear." answered Eriol smiling kindly.
He had caught her when she fell and had placed her on the couch. Syaoran was in the kitchen, searching for water for the poor girl. When he came back in the living room, he sighed in relieve when he saw she was awake.
Not saying a word, he approached and gave her a glass of cool liquid, which she sipped down slowly.
After putting the empty glass on the table, she looked up at her fiancé and, taking a deep inhale, asked.
"Was what you were saying true?" her hand, holding Eriol's tighten. "Has Sakura really been abducted?"
Uncertainly, the blue-haired mage slowly nodded.
The raven-haired girl's gasped and her free hand squeezed her heart. She looked at Syaoran, her brows furrowing a little.
"How did this happens Syaoran-kun?"
He stayed silent for a moment, as he sorted his thoughts before beginning to talk.
"I don't really know." He said slowly. "When I came back from hunting, the front door was wide open and everything had been scattered on the floor, and when I went in the bedroom, Sakura's stuff had been piled up, and the was 'Help' written in blood on the floor. I panicked and came here for help."
Hearing this, Tomoyo immediately reacted.
"You mean she has been hurt?" she squealed, tears welling in her amethyst eyes. "But who could have done that!"
"I don't know," answered the amber-eyed boy, clenching his fists. "But when I'll find him, I promise I'll tore him into pieces"
Anger made his voice shake slightly.
He felt a calming hand landing on his shoulder, and he looked down at the sapphire-eyed sorcerer.
"Calm down Syaoran," he said "don't do anything you might regret. You came here for our help, so let us do so. I have an idea of how we could find her. But first," he turned back to his wife-to-be "Tomoyo, could you tell us what happened when you saw Sakura in town?"
"Sure." She agreed "Well, I was walking in a small street, when I heard a horse coming from behind me, so I stepped to the side to let him pass. As he walked by me, I looked up at him and I saw a hooded man with… brown or maybe red eyes and a black cloak. I first thought that he was alone, and then I saw Sakura's face. She had her eyes closed and he had hidden her in his clothes as if he didn't want anyone to see her with him—Now I know why—but I thought that she was asleep and that he was from her family. When the rider noticed me staring, he hurried and disappeared. I thought his behaviour was being fishy, so I hurried back home to tell you."
"Don't you remember more about the man?" Asked Eriol, his face serious.
"Ummm…" Tomoyo bit her lower lip as she tried to remind herself of the man's facial features. "Well, his eyes were red—but I told you that already—and I think her had a small moon-shaped scar on top of his right brow."
Syaoran's head, who was resting on his hands, suddenly jerked up.
"Moon-shaped scar on the right brow you said?" he abruptly asked
She nodded, her eyes staring at him wonderingly at him. Eriol did the same; one of his eyebrows arced upward.
"What is it Syaoran?" he asked, "Do you remember someone that has this kind of mark?"
"Damn it!" swore the boy, clenching an angry hand in his hair. "I know someone with a moon-shaped scar, but I can't recall who! Damn memory! I'm sure I know him from somewhere. If only I knew who he was."
Eriol smirked a little.
"I see your memory is slowly starting to come back" he quietly said, earning a quizzical look from Tomoyo.
He bent over her and whispered in her ear.
"I'll explain everything later."
She was still sceptical, but knowing the blue-haired boy, she knew she could trust him, so she kept her mouth shut and returned her gaze onto Syaoran.
"As for that man," he continued, "I don't know who he is or what he wants with Sakura, but I know how to find out about it."
He softly laughed under the dumbfounded looks of the two persons.
"Syaoran, do you know where Sakura put the book I offered her for her birthday?"
Taken aback by this sudden weird question, the boy took a few seconds before answering.
"Yes I do" he hesitantly answered.
"Can you picture it in your head?" asked the blue haired boy.
"I think so."
Neither Syaoran, nor Tomoyo knew what Eriol was up to.
"Tend you hands, palm on top and close your eyes," ordered the magician. "Now picture the book in your head and repeat after me:
By the power of the elements,
And for the Mistress's protection,
I proclaim myself as your temporary Owner.
And under your assent,
I summon you,
Clow Cards!"
As Syaoran repeated the magical words, he started to glow with a green aura and when he shouted the final words, a light exploded in the house, causing Eriol and Tomoyo to step back.
When the blinding light dissipated the Clow Book was resting in the amber-eyed boy tended hands.
There was a moment of silence before everyone, except Eriol of course, could realise what just happened. Tomoyo let out a shriek and Syaoran removed his hands hastily, making the book fall on the wooden ground with a soft thump.
He looked nervously at manuscript on the floor and then at the smiling blue-haired wizard.
"Care to explain?"
His breath was short, as if he had been running a 200 meters dash instead of summoning a simple book.
The magician crossed his arms on his chest and his smile grew wider.
"What do you think happened?"
"Well," the amber-eyed boy's face was getting red from confused "Is it possible that I used…"
"Magic!" cut Eriol triumphantly "You see, you can do magic. It's running in you veins, like it runs in mines."
The faces of Syaoran and Tomoyo were priceless, but the wizard didn't pay attention to them and continued talking.
"Magic has been running in your family for generation, and you are one of the best ever. You surpass me, but not Sakura. The Book here is destined to her, but you'll need the Cards' power to rescue her. To activate it, you just have to draw your sword and…"
The last word made the amber-eyed boy react.
"A sword?" he asked, his eyes reflecting excitement, but it was quickly replaced by longing. "But I don't have a sword."
The blue-haired boy slapped his head.
"You're right! I totally forgot you don't remember anything." He said, before plunging a hand in his pocket and taking out a pendant the size of a thumb and the form of a sword. "Here." He gave it to the boy in front of him "It's yours. I found it on the shore of the river a few days ago. I think the wire broke when Sakura pulled you out of the river and it continued its course until here."
Handing him the pendant, he watched his friend's face, and backed away when he saw that he was starting to get red. He was probably going to scowl him because he had kept the precious object to himself instead of giving it back to its rightful owner.
But, to both his and Tomoyo's surprise, he didn't burst out in anger. Instead, he started to laugh.
For several minutes, they watched the chestnut-haired boy laugh, as if he there was no tomorrow.
Even when he stopped, his breath was still heavy and cut by small hiccups.
"I'm—'hiccup'— sorry—'hiccup'—do you really—'hiccup'--expect me to fight a man with that pocket knife—'hiccup'—?"
Tomoyo giggled behind her hand, but Eriol rolled his eyes and bit his lower lip, annoyed.
"Be serious for a moment!" he spat "This is the sword's temporary appearance to make it easy and discreet to transport. With an incantation, you make it transform in its original form."
"Is that so?" asked the other one, disbelieving "Show me then."
And the wizard did was he was told to do. He muttered something under his breath, and a shining blue aura surrounded his body, while the sword was glowing and slowly growing until it attained the size of an arm.
"Awesom!" shouted the amber-eyed boy, clapping in his hands like a little kid on his birthday.
He grabbed the weapon that was tended to him and made smooth moves with it. You could see that he was used to fight with it by the way he held it.
"How do I use it with the cards?" he asked, his face flushed with the excitement.
Eriol sighed and scratched his head, but nevertheless, grinned widely.
"I'll teach you, don't worry. You know, the weird thing is that once, you were the teacher and I was the student. It looks like the roles have been turned upside down."
Syaoran shrugged his shoulders, not knowing what to answer.
(A.N: that's it for this chapter. I'm sorry I've waited so long to update, but I had a major writer block. I you write too, you'll know what it's like… 'bangs head on the wall nearby' I'll ask you to forgive me 'bows veeeeeeeeeery low'. I'll try to write at least another chapter this week! I'll do my best, but it'll be hard because my family squats the computer a lot! But I'll have my own soon, which means I'll have more time to write (YaY). Now a question… Do you think I have to make Syaoran or another tell the royal family that the princess has been kidnapped? Or do you think it'll cause trouble (personally, I think it will… but it's your choice…) That's it for now. Keep on reading and reviewing everyone! Thanks! So, 'till next time, See ya! This has been Suohfei.)