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The Parent Trap

Chapter 4

"Well, not exactly what I had in mind," Shaolan told Sakura as they sat on a thick tree branch outside the isolation cabin. The two girls were inside, trying to kill each other with their magic…trying.

"Do you think they'll be alright? What if they hurt each other?" Sakura asked him. Shaolan smiled, she was always so sweet and caring.

"They'll be fine," he assured her, "Their magic won't be strong enough to kill anything. They can't even create something harmful out of thin air, I really think they should've trained more."

"At least they won't be able to cause real damage," Sakura said, only slightly relieved by Shaolan's words.

"Mmm," Shaolan pretended to agree. This was rather boring, sitting on a tree branch watching two look-a-likes showing off their non-existence skills in magic. Still, at least Sakura was here to keep him company.

After a moment of silence where Sakura tried hard to check if the isolated girls were hurting each other in any way, the mistress of cards turned to her newly found love. "Are you absolutely sure they are not going to hurt each other?" she asked for the tenth time that hour.

"How many times do I have to tell you? Yes!" Shaolan almost growled. He was crazy about her but every once in a while, she can get a little annoying by being overly concerned with others. Sometimes, it was better to leave things alone, and this was one of those times.

Sakura heard his tone of voice and hung her head in shame. It was her idea to come here after all, she was just worried that her friends might be in danger. "Sorry," she muttered. "You can go if you want, I didn't mean to get in the way of your training."

Shaolan glanced at her, he had made her feel guilty again. She was too kind, but that was one of the reasons he loved her so much. If this was how she reacted if he was just a little irritated, he would hate to see what she would do if he was full blown angry. "Don't worry about it," he smiled softly, "I can train here." To emphasise his words the young Li took out a fire ward paper and sent out little sparks. Sakura giggled delightfully and took out a card, Glow. It flew into the air and soon the sky around the two sorcerers was filled with glowing orbs, slowly descending.

Sakura shifted a little until she was leaning back against her unofficial-boyfriend's chest. Shaolan noticed that the tree branch they were sitting on had seemed to widen slightly and frowned in confusion. Sakura merely grinned and flashed a card at him, Big.

Shaolan sighed contently as he rested against the tree trunk. He was so lucky to find someone as sweet and beautiful and kind as Sakura. He knew it yet could not bring up the courage to ask her out, at least, not properly. Sure he had confessed his feelings and everything but he still could not ask her out. Then again, there was the rest of summer ahead of them. Shaolan thought about his family, his mother had sent him to camp to socialise, she certainly did not expect him to find a love interest. He had had a good laugh over the last letter from home.

The card mistress was also reflecting on a letter she had received. Her brother had been greatly anger by the news and was exceedingly concern about her 'safety' although Sakura had no idea what that meant. Fortunately, her father was much more considerate and had simply asked for the details of their meeting as well as how the relationship was going so far. He had also requested a photograph of her 'boyfriend' as Sakura had neglected to inform her family that they were not actually a couple yet

The sky continued to glisten and anyone who came across it stared in awe at the display. The two magic-users sat there in their own thoughts, blissfully taking in this magical moment. Neither wanted it to end, so they dragged it out for as long as possible.

"This is all YOUR fault!"

"Would you stop saying that! Find a new phrase if you insist on using me as the scapegoat."

"I'm not using you as a scapegoat, I'm simply telling the truth! This is all YOUR fault!"

Haylie growled and fell back onto her bed. Daidouji had been like this for an hour now and seems to have no desire to stop her pointless ranting. What has she done to deserve this? She was a good enough student in class; she has plenty of friends at school and in the camp; she could do loads of cool tricks with her magic(although Shaolan kept on telling her that she should train more); she was just an average teenage girl, if you did not count the magic part, who wants to have fun on her holiday.

"This is all YOUR fault!" Ami repeated in her thick Japanese accent, she has never remembered being so angry before. Not even the time when Zachary had accidentally threw away her old teddy bear because he thought it was getting too old. She too dropped into her bed with an annoyed moan. After lying there in silent for a few minutes, Ami sat back up. She never was one to sit and do nothing. Haylie watched her with bored eyes as the young Daidouji went to her trunk filled with her possessions.

The isolation cabin was a small wooden house with two four poster beds. Designed to teach discipline to those who was unforgivably rude to one of the campers. Giant trunks stood at the end of each bed with more than enough room for the unfortunate campers' properties. Haylie shifted on her bed and resumed staring at the ceiling. She heard Daidouji shuffle through a pack of cards then laying them out, presumably playing solitaire.

Ami looked up from her cards on the bed as Hiiragizawa got up from her bed and went to her trunk. Frankly, she was surprised that someone could simply lie there doing nothing for one whole hour. Ami went back to her game of solitaire, ignoring the sound of Hiiragizawa rummaging through her trunk. In fact, she only looked up when she heard a loud clang of something metal being dropped, that was followed by loud cursing. Ami rose an eyebrow as the cabin was filled with fluttering photographs. Feeling particularly nice, or just desperately bored, she got off her position on the bed and bent down to help her rival. However, when she flipped over one of the photographs, her hands froze. It was a photo of her mother.

Haylie glanced over at Daidouji as she picked up a few of the photos, she was very thankful because it'll most definitely take her forever to sort them out after this little fiasco. She took another quick peek at the other girl and saw her kneeling there on the wooden floor, still as a statue. "What's wrong?" Haylie asked, but the Japanese did not answer, instead she rushed over to her own trunk, after laying a stack of Haylie's photographs on her bed, and took out an album book. At the very back of it was a photograph, ripped neatly in half. She took it out and held it next to the photo of her mother, mouth gaping at how it fitted perfectly together.

Curious, Haylie got up off the floor and peered over Ami's shoulder, what she saw made her jaw drop. There, in the hands of a girl she had never met before until the beginning of this summer camp, was a photograph of her father and mother on their wedding night.

Elsewhere, in a large square filled with people, a lone man sat on a bench. Trafalgar square, one of the most well known places of London. It was famous for hosting protests and lectures, and infamous for the swarm of pigeons that would suddenly take flight together, circle around the statue in the middle, then randomly landing on a tree branch or a rooftop.

It was a typical English day, dry at the moment with thick grey clouds hanging ominously in the sky, letting through a minimum amount of sunlight. The square was not particularly full, but not deserted either. Adults sat at the edge of the fountains or on benches at the sides or even at the foot of the statues; children could be seen playing in the fountains or attempting to climb the four giant black lions guarding the statue in the middle, surprisingly, most succeeded.

The man glanced at his watch, she should be here by now. He did not travel all the way from Lake District to go sightseeing somewhere he had already been to, not alone. Especially not alone.

Sighing in frustration, the man looked around the square again. Amongst the crowds he finally spotted a beautiful women with long, cinnimon auburn hair. Eriol could not help but smile.

Ami stared into space on her bed, it was all she could do. Afterall, how often was it that you find out that you have a twin sister who separated from you before you were even one year old. However, as impossible as it seems, that was the truth. The prove was right there, pinned up on the wall by Haylie before she had left to get something to drink. As if their similarity in looks; their colour of aura and the photo of their parents wedding was not enough prove their heritage, they both had an identical necklace, with the first letter of their names engraved onto it, that they have had for as long as they could remember. The Daidouji blinked, still in shock, and tried to take long, even breaths.

Haylie walked away from her cabin rather slowly, she was still a little dazed from the sudden revelation. Talk about information overload! She soon approached the canteen and hurried to the water cooler. Even after several cups of freezing cold water, she continued to be amazed by the fact that she had a twin. She never would have guessed it, Ami as her twin. She could not think of anyone who is more unlike her. She had always wondered what it would be like to have a twin, guess her semi-wish came true. Hiiragizawa sighed to herself, then proceeded to gulp down another cup of icy water.

A woman stood in her balcony, overlooking the grand garden below. The sun was out, shooting its radiance down where plants and animals alike welcomed its presence. This exceedingly beautiful mansion in Tomoeda would be nothing special to a normal passer-by, but to the business world, it holds the owners of two large, successful companies.

It was a typical Japanese day for the occupants of this household. There was work to do everywhere and all, save one, were busy rushing around. Maids cleaned and dusted the numerous rooms; cooks prepared for the next meal; gardeners pulled out the weeds and watered the plants; security guards stood at their stations or patrolled across the acres of land; butlers did what ever it was that butlers did.

The woman looked at the clear blue sky and breathed deeply. She was taking a break from her frantic work and drank in the fresh air almost greedily. It was very relaxing, albeit a little lonesome. She was used to it by now, that empty feeling inside of her. It was an almost healed wound and nothing to worry about at all.

Sighing in sadness, the woman walked back into her room and picked up a pencil. 'No use dwelling in the past,' Tomoyo thought to herself, smiling sorrowfully.

Nikki's POV

It came at me so suddenly that I couldn't believe it. Thought she was joking at first. I still remember that day, I was walking up to the canteen to get a cup of water because I was thirsty, obviously. I went to the water cooler and saw Haylie already standing there, alone. I was going to tease her about getting into trouble by being there without Ami as I filled my polystyrene cup, I never got a chance. She just blurted it out, "Nikki, Ami's my twin."

I froze, cup against my lips, mouth open. Then my eyes widen to the size of saucers.

"What!"

"Ami Daidouji is my twin." She replied with such conviction that it took me a while to even think that she was joking.

"You're kidding me," I said, she shook her head and repeated her sentence while I stared at her in disbelief. There was no way, no freaking way! Those thoughts ran through my head over and over again. Finally, I managed to find my voice, "When did you find out?" I knew she couldn't have known before. Some may think it's stupid to trust someone so thoroughly, but I did trust Haylie, and I knew that she would have told us if she had known. Besides, why else was she standing there in shock stiffness.

Haylie's POV

I watched Nikki stare at me, mouth open. I waited, would she even believe me? I don't know and waited a little while longer. After a few minutes she asked me "When did you find out?" That meant she did believe me, right?

"About half an hour ago," I replied, voice starting to break. I was shaking, I don't know if Nikki noticed or not but I was shaking so badly! Nikki resumed her staring, don't blame her really, how else should she react? I looked out of the window, wondering why my dad never told me I had an identical twin. I really wished I was Ami, I would love to meet my mum. Not that I don't love dad or anything but I've never even seen mum. An amusing idea chose at that moment to enter my brain. 'Swap with Ami,' it said, 'then you can meet your mother and she can meet her father.' I almost laughed out loud at the outrageous idea until I thought that it could be a possibility. I turned to Nikki, a wide grin on my face, bid her farewell and ran out of the canteen.

Nikki rose an eyebrow as Haylie ran out of the door, wondering what could have made Haylie so happy. Knowing Haylie it was probably another one of her absurd plans. After a while she shrugged to herself and poured herself another cup of water. One thing she has learnt in her magical family was that patience was a great virtue and it should be practised as often as possible. She'll know soon enough.

Ami's POV

I kept my face devoid of expressions as Haylie begged with me. It was an incredibly interesting idea, but an impossible one too. Really, this girl's head is in the clouds. When will she come back down to Earth and look reality in the eye? Then again, it would be nice to see my father. I have never met him in my life after all. And it would be nice to see what England is like. And see what life my twin lives? But the idea was still idiotic, right? Right?

Guess not, I agreed. There were plenty of good points, like we can try and understand why our parents broke up and how they got together in the first place. Haylie is jumping up and down now, is she capable for this sort of job? Afterall, we could get caught, our parents may suddenly decide to disown as for betraying their trust, or maybe we'll get stuck in a foreign country with no way of going home!

What have I gotten myself into!

To Be Continued……

Notice that Eriol's and Tomoyo's scene both consist of the exact same number of words.

Disclaimer: I do not own CC/S or the film 'The Parent Trap'.