True Love
by Regina
Eriol Hiiragizawa
Tomoyo Daidouji
Chapter Two:
Abandon
To leave completely; to give up; to discontinue.
Waking up too early, Eriol recalled the plan he had on his head the entire night.
'Throw the necklace away.' He chanted over and over.
He stood up, slowly and carefully. He was thinking that ghosts might be light sleepers that in a tick of a clock, they would awake. Then he would have to ready a reason.
He looked at the necklace on top of his desk and wondered if ghosts were as strong as magicians. Or if they even had any powers. Can a mere soul hurt him, who was the most powerful sorcerer on earth?
Slowly, he took the necklace into his hands and watched it glimmer with the curtains closed. Why is it shining without the tiniest shimmer of light in this room?
Then, he took effort to washing away the thoughts he called foolish. And started to walk into his bathroom. He looked at his reflection from the mirror and almost had a heart attack when he saw someone floating behind him.
It was Spinel.
"What are you doing up so early in the morning, master?" the feline said, growing curiosity evident from it's voice.
"Nothing, Spinel. Just admiring the gift you and Nakuru gave me last night." He said.
"I'm glad you like it, master." Spinel replied.
"But I'm not finished, yet." Eriol said.
Spinel looked at him the way an annoyed animal would.
"I have to throw this." He said.
Spinel's eyes grew wide and wider when the door to his master's bedroom bust open. And they were greeted by Nakuru's grouched face which also looked like she almost cried.
"Master, how could you! Throwing a precious gift we gave you! You don't know how much trouble we came through just to buy you a unique necklace. Master, master…" she said, and whimpered the last of her sentence.
"Relax, Ruby Moon. You could buy your master a better necklace next time. Say goodbye to the 'unique necklace'." He said with an evil smile and dropped it in the toilet instead of the trash bin.
Nakuru gaped at the necklace which was a slow motion movie for her, while Spinel was looking at it bored, but has the same feeling as Nakuru.
"Don't worry, dears. You'll get over it." Eriol said. "I don't know what to think of you, master." Nakuru said, and went out the bathroom door immediately.
"Master, you don't know how much that meant to me and Ruby Moon." Spinel said. "But Spinel, I thought you were emotionless?" Eriol said, trying to insult his servant. "You made me to be expressionless Eriol. But you never made me an emotionless creature." With that said, the feline flew out the same way it's previous companion had.
"They'll get over it." Eriol muttered.
Tomoyo
Tomoyo wakes up, inside of the necklace. and she started to panic when she heard the rushing water outside. She looked around her and found her container in a sewer. If that's what you must call it.
She sighed and her face was put on a lonely mask.
"I guess he's the first owner who ever threw me out a sewer." She said.
Flashback
Back from when she was still alive. She was only 7 years old here!
"Where am I?" she asked around her, receiving no response.
She had come there an early morning to play with her dearest animal friends. But as night came, so fast, she lost sight of where she entered from.
"Help!" she shouted even if she knew no one would answer her.
No one has ever showed concern for her.
The king and queen were always away, leaving her alone with the servants. The servants were so scared and shy that not even one had tried to talk to her. It was a reason that they say she looked spoiled.
She had tried to go out of the palace and play with the children in her village. But neither one of them wanted to stay and play with her. They always scattered away like cats and dogs.
No one ever talked to her in a manner of a friend. No one.
"Please help me." She whispered through the thickening cold air around the forest.
"Help me." She whispered again, as she sat shivering beside a tree.
A rustle came to her ears and she immediately stood up, thinking insane things of it.
'What is that? A monster? A ghost? Is it a beast?' she thought, panic blocking her common sense.
She began to run. Run away just like the children who scatters away with the sight of their majesty.
Without noticing a thick branch below, she tripped.
"Are you all right?" someone said.
She looked up, with tears in her face. She struggled to arrange herself but found that she couldn't. the kind man helped her up and looked at her knee.
"Oh dear. Doesn't matter. I'll cure it for you." He said. He sat her on his lap and observed her bruised knee.
She stared at his hand as he placed it above her hurt knee. And after waiting for a few seconds, she felt warmth.
"There. All better." He said as he helped her stand on her own two feet. "What's your name?" he asked. She bowed her head as if ashamed of what have just happened until she felt someone lift her chin up.
She saw the man's dark midnight eyes. "Now, come on, don't be shy. What's your name?" he asked. "T-tomoyo." She stuttered and blushed.
"Ah. Don't be shy. You're a beautiful lady. Now, show me a smile before I bring you back to your palace." He said and started to walk.
"Palace? You know me?" she said, surprised. "Everyone else does." He said. "Yes, but, you're the first one who have recognized me as the princess without anyone introducing me. And you're also the first one to call me by my name." she said. "Oh, sorry. Was that an ungrateful thing to do?" he asked.
"Oh, no, sir. In fact, I'm very glad someone has finally said my own name in a long time." She said. "Why is that?" he asked. "Well, as you see, the majesties are always away from me. No one really wants to talk to me. And so, I have no friends." She explained.
"Is that so? Then do you want to be my friend?" he asked.
She looked at him happily as a normal child would.
"Really? You'll be my friend even if I'm the princess?" she asked him. "Sure. I want to be your friend even if we have only met." He replied.
"Thank you so much, sir! You'll be my bestest friend ever!" she exclaimed and hugged him without being shy.
"I'll see you tomorrow then, Tomoyo." He said.
"Wait, sir! How can you be my friend if I don't know your name?" she asked.
"Oh. Clow Reed is what others call me." He said.
End Flashback
"Sir Clow Reed. My only dear friend." Tomoyo whispered. And then she clutched her chest as if she was feeling great pain and said, "I must do what I must do and go to where I must be now."
And the necklace glow. And disappeared from the sewers.