Chapter 1

Mourning…

"Hey sleepy head, get your freakin' self out!"

The black-haired man blasted into the room of the young auburn girl. His brown eyes gave a menacing glint and mischievous smile. She stirred due to the slamming of the door onto the wall. She's gonna be annoyed like last time I know it. he thought.

However it didn't happen.

"Morning already?" she said with no sign of irritation. Actually she sounded blank and all. This confused him. Usually, they would go the typical brother-and-sister-rivalry fashion, but today was different.

"Um…yeah…" replied he.

"Oh…okay…I'll be there."

"Hurry up, ugly-pants."

She merely grunted and stared at him with lifeless emerald eyes. This puzzled the prankster even more. In fact, he got a bit scared from her stare. He then left the room without any intention any more to frustrate the young girl.

"Hey Sakura it's another good, good day!"

A golden blur flew up and hovered in midair soon after the teenager left. It was Cerberus nicknamed Kero, the sun guardian of Sakura, since she was his Mistress who captured and saved the world from Clow Cards; a bunch of magical cards. For now, he was in his simple form; a flying golden yellow teddy bear with wings and a long tail.

"Hey Kero…"

"Hey, Sakura, you know, I had the strangest feeling last night…I felt like there was some sort of sinister magical aura…it was creepy…"

"I see…you know, Kero…I had also that feeling too with a nightmare to pack it up…" Well I think it's a dream.

"Hehe! How odd!" he said jovially not knowing that Sakura was taking it seriously. It was very bothering and disturbing for her. Was it a dream? she thought. She started bending her neck for a little morning exercise.

She just made a few bends when suddenly she felt a stinging sensation in her neck. "Ouch…"

She felt it and came across cuts of some sort. She looked back at her hand and what she saw both baffled and scared her. It was blood. The crimson fluid was a bit wet but mostly it was dry. "What the…" She continued massaging her sore skin and looked back at the bed. Clearly there were some bloody stains that had now dried up.

"And today I want to eat the chocolate pudding and get the yummy sweets and get the cake…" continued Kero completely ignoring everything else in front of him.

"Sigh…Kero…you're so unobservant…"she whispered. She then took the pillow covers out quickly, opened the door and threw them down the laundry basket.

"What's the rush all about?" said Kero finally awake from his daydream of food.

"Nothing. Nothing." She didn't want Kero to be alarmed about it. She first wanted to get what happened and she was sure it was connected with the dream she had. I'll tell him later… The plushie then flew off and went around the house. He was sometimes too energetic nowadays.

She then remembered that she had to hide the wound in her neck. If her friends see it, who knows what might happen and it will not be very comfortable for her. She first rubbed the wound with some cotton, threw the cotton into the trash can, and took from her drawer the gift her Chinese lover, Syaoran Li, gave her. She smiled as she took a stroll down memory lane for a while, ah! What romantic memories. However, it didn't last long. "I'm going to be late if I ponder on it a bit more…" She giggled and tied the pink ribbon, which had a few Chinese characters and designs, around her neck. "Lovely…"she said looking at the mirror. It didn't only look beautiful for her but it also covered the wound perfectly. She also arranged her hair style to the usual way it was shown: two small pigtails held by red balls and two main bangs sticking out. "Perfect…" she said satisfied at her look.

Grumble.

She blushed. It was her stomach and it said it was hungry…very hungry. She quickly dressed up the usual Japanese school uniform and zoomed to the kitchen for her breakfast.