This chapters a little better than the first. You get a better look at the new threat.

Note: I don't own Cardcaptors and some of the characters in it I created myself.

Chapter 2: The beginning of the end

Sakura ran into the garden.

It was dark and she had trouble seeing anything.

Sakura looked around to see if she could see the man that had Kero.

Even though it was dark Sakura could see the beauty of the garden.

It was like something out of a fairy princess movie but without the light.

From the darkness emerged the man Sakura had been waiting for.

He was holding poor Kero by his tail swing him backwards and forwards.

"Let him go! What did he ever do to you?"

The man went completely serious and a bit annoyed

"This pathetic creature is the reason that my Lord does not possess the clow cards"

Sakura was a little shocked at the fact that this strange man knew of the clow cards but then again he is holding a tiny, talking, teddy bear in his hand.

"What do you want with him?"

Now that made the man smile sarcastically

"Oh dear little Sakura it's not him I'm after, it's YOU!"

Before Sakura could react to that statement she was struck on the back of the head and fell to the ground; unconscious.

The man walked over to the stop where Sakura now laid.

The two man standing behind Sakura were standing at attention, waiting for instructions

"Pick her up; she has an appointment to met with Lord Tryris"

One of the two men bent down and picked Sakura up

The man looked at Kero who he still had dangling by the tail

"Did you really believe that you could keep the clow cards from my Lord Forever?"

With that the man through Kero across the court yard and through a window that was nearby.

He sniggered and through his cape around as he followed after his two assistances across into a black hole, then disappeared.

Madison and Li were standing in the ballroom drinking their sodas.

"Since when does Sakura need air?" Li questioned

"I'm not sure but I'm a little worried she should have been back by now"

All of a sudden Li's head perked up and looked at a door on the opposite side of the ballroom.

Madison gave him a confused Look "What's the matter?"

"I thought I heard….?" Li looked back at to find that Madison was looking at the same door that Li was.

She swung her head around with a concerned look.

"Maybe we should….?"

Li nodded and the two went to investigate.

When they got to the room the place was dark so Madison turned on the light.

They looked around the room.

It was small compared to the other rooms in Madison's Manor. It had two lounges facing each other with four full length windows on the far wall.

Madison noticed that one of the windows had been broken. She looked down to find Kero on the ground.

Madison and Li ran over to little Kero.

Madison untied him gently and Li went to get some water.

"Kero? Kero! Can you hear me?"

Li got a towel and dipped it into the water. He rung it out and dapped it on Kero's forehead.

Kero slowly began to open his eyes.

"Ah…ouch kid that hurts"

Kero tried to get up but Madison wouldn't let him.

"Madison I have to go!"

Kero struggled to get free of Madison's grip but was unable to.

"Kero, what happened?"

Kero calmed down, took a deep breath and looked at the floor.

"They surprised me; I didn't eve see them coming"

Madison interrupted

"Who surprised you?"

Kero looked up

"They're called the Hindrics and they are really not nice. They confronted me in the early days when I first received the duty of protecting the clow cards. Their leader, Tryris is an evil man, obsessed with powerful magic"

"What happened the first time you faced this man?" Li joined in on the conversation

Kero shook his head

"My first Cardcaptor, Amica and I had a hard time keeping the cards from his grasp. We couldn't find a way to destroy him so we had to banish him"

"First Cardcaptor?" Li felt a little confused

Kero just nodded as he hung his head

"What happened to her?" Madison asked

Keeping his head to the floor Kero answered

"She... she…. It was the only way… I begged her not too but we couldn't find another way and time was not on our side"

"Kero?" Madison moved in closer

"She had to force him into eternity and keep him restrained"

Kero lifted his head tears threatening his tiny little eyes.

"I'm not proud of it and if we had more time I could have…."

Kero just trailed off.

Madison didn't want to cause him anymore pain then what he had already been through

"So, the Hindrics are back and they want…. the clow cards?"

Kero perked up and escaped from Madison's grip

"Sakura's in trouble; these people don't know the meaning of the word mercy. Where is she?"

Li got up and ran out of the room.

"What happened" Kero looked up at Madison

Madison stood up. She had a very concerned look on her face. "Kero, Sakura went outside about twenty minutes ago and didn't come back"

Li ran through the party as quickly as he could.

How could I have been so stupid! I felt something when we first arrived and didn't do anything. Li thought as he ran

He didn't want to think of what could have happened to her.

Li found himself out in the garden.

"SAKURA"

Li yelled from the top of his lungs. There was no answer

"SAKURA!"

He called again and again but still no answer.

Li fell to his knees and looked at his lap.

He felt terrible. He was suppose to protect her.

How could I have let this happen?

Li was shaking and he felt a tear fall from his eye. The tear fell onto his hand which was on his lap.

Li wiped it away and realized that her Cardcaptor key was on the ground next to a few droplets of blood.

Li slowly picked the key up from the ground and held it firmly in his hand.

He felt even worst then before

Without this what protection does Sakura have?

Sakura woke up in dark, damp chamber.

The walls where made of hard, black stone but the far wall was made of steel bars which kept Sakura in the chamber.

She was lying on a straw pile which had an old, torn up blanket on it.

Sakura got up and tried to rub her throbbing head.

She quickly realized that not only were her hands bucked together but there was a guard standing just outside her door.

The guard turned his head to stare at her.

She flinched and took a step back.

The guard got his key and opened Sakura's chamber door.

He was really big with metal armor and a sword strapped to his right hand side.

"Hurry up scum you have been summoned by Lord Tryris to be in his present immediately"

Sakura walked over to the man. He then straight away strapped a metal chain around her shackles and yanked her by it for her to hurry up.

As Sakura was led down a corridor she noticed that she was in and old medieval castle type thing.

Sakura didn't speak but took mental notes of everything that could be considered useful to her.

The guard stopped in front of a huge door. Sakura looked up.

It was ten times the size of a normal door and it seemed to open automatically.

The guard pulled on her chain which made Sakura stumble a little.

The size of the door was no exaggeration to the size of the room.

It was huge! It was almost the size of Madison's whole house.

Sakura looked around to find she was standing on a red carpet which ended at a high throne. Guards were standing in two lines on either side of the carpet.

At the top of the throne sat a man no more than twenty five years old. He looked normal from a distance but as she got closer Sakura could easily see in his eyes that this man was not human. They were dead black like he possessed no soul. His eye's match the black cape and hood that he had on.

Sakura and the guard stopped at the foot of the throne. The guard bent his knee in respect.

"My Lord, the one you seek has been brought before you"

The man waved his arm and the guard quickly retreated from his position and off to the side leaving Sakura alone.

" Now, little one let's talk business"