Past, Present and Future
Author's Note: Here comes chapter 2! Once again thank you to my bete Victoria87, the good friend who hates lemons. Lol. Anyways, this chapter explains Crystal's appearance and everything. Read & Review!
Disclaimer: CLAMP has full ownership of CCS. I only own Crystal and this storyline.
Chapter 2: Who is she?
Sakura arrived at Eriol's front door at 5:25 pm. She was five minutes early for dinner; a litle wet since it was still raining. She walked up to the proch and closed her umbrella, her mind on the phone call from Eriol.
-Flashback-
"Hello. Sakura speaking." she said in the receiver.
"Hi Sakura. It's Eriol."
"Eriol! Hey! What's up?"
"Actually what's up is quite interesting. I met this girl at the park. She's staying with us since she has no place to go."
"What? Have you told anyone else?"
"You're the last person I called. Can you come over for supper? Touya can come too if he wants."
"Okay, sure." she said.
"We'll figure out who she is when you all arrive."
"Okay. What time?"
"5:30 tonight." he said.
"Okay. See you." she said before hanging up.
-End flashback-
"Maybe this was your bad feeling Kero." she said, opening her purse to let Kero out.
"Maybe." he said thoughtfuly. "Where's your brother?"
"Probably already inside." she said as she knocked on the door.
Meanwhile...
Crystal silently removed her coat and opened her suitcase. From it she removed a few things, including a 'key'.
"Crystal! Supper time!"
"Okay! I'm coming!" she yelled.
She put everything but the key away, putting the key around her neck.
She ran down the steps and into the kitchen, immediately noticing the extra people.
"I think I missed something." she said, looing around, alerting everyone to her presence.
The first thing everyone noticed was her outfit; it looked like it could have been made by Tomoyo. It was a blue, puffy dress that accentuated the colour of her eyes. The sleeves were short and puffy. The skirt ended shortly before her knees and puffed out at least three inches past her shoulders. The neck was high and ended in frills, like the skirt and sleeves. Her socks were white and rose to her knees, ending in a frill pattern, her shoes being the same blue as the dress. A blue bow on her head kept her hair in a half ponytail.
"Crystal, I'd like you to meet my friends: Sakura Kinomoto, Touya Kinomoto, Yukito Tsukishiro, Li Syaoron and Tomoyo Daidouji." said Eriol, pointing to each in turn.
"Hi." she said smiling.
"Guys, this is Crystal, the girl I mentioned."
"Hello." said everyone together.
/My god is she ever short./ thought Syaoron.
"Shall we go eat?" asked Nakuru, opening the door to the dining room.
They went to the dining room and sat down to enjoy their meal. While they were eating, Yukito decided it was time to find out who this gilr was.
"Crystal, do you mind if we ask you a few questions?" asked Yukito while cutting his steak.
"Um... no, not at all. Go ahead." she said blushing.
"I'll start." said Sakura. "What's your name?"
"Crystal."
Sakura sighed. "Your full name?"
"I would rather not say."
"Okay, my turn." said Syaoron. "How old are you?"
"Fourteen." she said as almost everyone choked on their food in disbelief.
"Hard to believe, but okay." How tall are you exactly?" asked Touya.
"Four feet, eight inches."
"You are short! Weight?" asked Tomoyo.
"I don't wanna say that either." she answered.
"Hobbies?" asked Yukito as she blushed again.
"Playing the violin." she answered.
"When's your birthday?" asked Eriol.
"September 23rd." (A/N: My actual birthday.)
"Where's your mother?" asked Sakura.
"Dead." she said, tears forming in her eyes.
"And you dad?" asked Toya.
"Missing." she said wiping away the tears that fell down her cheeks.
"What happened to them?" asked Syaoron, curiosity rising.
"My mother was murdered when I was nine. The killer also stole our family heirloom. A year later, my father left to find the killer. I haven't seen him since."
Everyone went quiet after that. No one spoke a word as a thick silence started to build. The silencewas broken when a crashing sound came from the kitchen, startling everyone.
"I'll go check." said Eriol, standing up.
He arrived in the kitchen to find Spinel and Kero sitting on the floor covered in whip cream. Both were laughing hysterically as if they were on a sugar high.
"Do I need to ask what happened?"
"It... was an accident." snickered Spinel.
"Riiiiiight. You two realize that we have a guest who does not know of your existence, I hope?"
"Yes." they both answered looking up.
"Then be quiet and clean this up." he said before walking through the doors to return to the dining room.
"What was it?" asked Crystal when Eriol returned.
"The whip cream dessert fell over." he said shrugging. He hoticed that everyone but Crystal knew what had actually happened.
Supper ended on a quiet note as everyone had asked all the questions they could think of for the moment. Crystal went to bed early after saying a quick goodbye to everybody and muttering something about a mission she had to accomplish.
Eriol and Nakuru walked out onto the porch with everyone else. It was still raining therefore they had their coats.
"There's something strange about her." commented Shaoron.
"She certainly wasn't telling us much." said Yukito.
"I think she likes you!" said Touya smiling at Yukito who only shook his head at him.
"She reminds me of me." said Sakura.
"You guys should get going. It's getting late."
"We'll investigate the park and that flash of light tomorrow. We'll let you know what we find, okay Eriol?" asked Sakura.
"Okay. Be careful."
"Bye!" everyone said.
"See you!" Nakuru and Eriol yelled back.
"So what did we find out?" asked Nakuru as Eriol closed the front door.
"Nothing." he answered sighing.
"So now what?"
"We wait until she's ready to tell us." he said as he went off to read.
A/N: Yay! Now you know what she looks like! Hope you like it. Read and Review!