It all began the day that Sakura was hit by a car. It was a stupid, useless accident, the kind that should never have occurred. She had been crossing the street to visit one of her friends, when the car had come around the corner going way too fast to stop.
That had been this morning, now Syaoran was on his way to the hospital to see her. He had talked to the doctor on the phone, and knew that it didn't look good. The doctor had said that she might never wake up, or she could wake up tomorrow, there was no way to tell, but he said that the longer she remained in the coma, the less chance there would be that she would wake up.
He opened the door to her room, and for a moment stood shocked as he saw Sakura standing by the window with tears streaming down her face. Then, he noticed Sakura in the bed and realized what was going on.
"Mirror," he said, "what are you doing here?"
She turned to him with her tear streaked face, Sakura's face, and his heart broke. It didn't help that Mirror was so difficult to sense, so that all he had to go by was his eyes. She tried to speak, but grief overcame her and so he gave her a quick hug and waited for her to collect herself.
"As one of the few Cards able to talk directly to people, I stayed behind to explain."
"Explain," he asked, confused, "explain what?"
She looked over at Sakura, lying broken in the bed, "We know what may happen to our master, and we cannot stand it. We love her more than we loved our creator, for with him we were always the inferior and knew it. But Sakura..."
Mirror had to pause and swallow before continuing. "To Sakura we were always dear friends and not just creations. We were people to her, and out of respect we...most of us...will not allow ourselves to go wild and harm humans out of fear. Most of us have scattered around the world, trying to find some place where we won't feel the pain if she..."
As Mirror burst into tears Syaoran frowned slightly, "Wait, you said 'most of us'."
Mirror sobbed a few times then nodded, "Our sister, she has been alone too much and is terribly afraid of having to be alone again. She is willing herself to lose control, so that the world will end with our master. She doesn't even realize that she might be destroying the only chance that our Master will recover."
He held her, trying to remind himself that it was Mirror and not Sakura he was holding. "Whoever it is, we can handle it. I was there the first time we collected the cards, I'm sure I can handle quieting her down. As long as it isn't..."
She nodded at him and he paled as she said, "Yes, Hope has deserted us, she wont listen to us, all she can think of is that she will be abandoned again. Her power...we never could match it and she has grown much stronger since she was simply the void. Her power will cover the whole world. She has already begun, though I doubt anyone has sensed it. Slowly, bit by bit, people's dreams and hopes will become real, in their own little reality. Whether they will be pulled out of this one or simply become unaware, I don't know. I do know that the less happy you are with this world, the more her power can affect you."
He nodded, and turned to go, pausing to kiss the back of the real Sakura's hand. "Don't worry Mirror, I will stop her. If she is putting Sakura in the slightest bit of extra danger, I will stop her."
Mirror watched him go, personally, she thought he was kidding himself. He wasn't thinking straight in his grief, and Hope would have him before long. She didn't care though, she would watch her master till the end, and if Hope did start pulling reality apart, maybe she would get to see Touya again.