Author's note: Here's the second chapter. I'm sorry for the delay. I got caught up with school work. Any ways thanks to all those who reviewed

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Chapter 2:

Sunlight dawned on her Sakura woke up and looked at her reflection and knew that the witch's curse had effected. Thoughts of her past filled her mind and she felt as though her heart would burst, she wished that her brothers were there to comfort her.

'No' she thought bravely, 'I have to save my family, they're depending on me. I mustn't be weak.'

She glanced at the diary beside her, which now looked twice its original size. Sighing she decided to lift it. After a lot of struggle when she finally did, she heard footsteps and quickly slid it down a hole in a tree.

Two men appeared from the bushes. From what they were wearing, they were probably guards of the palace of the Li kingdom.

"Hey look a nightingale!" one of them exclaimed catching sight of Sakura, much to her dismay.

"Get her! We'll take her to the prince."

The first man grabbed at her and Sakura, who was not used to flying, was easily caught. She tweeted in shock as the man grasped her tightly.

'Oh, why had the witch cursed me to be a nightingale and not, something ordinary like a sparrow? Then I wouldn't be in this mess…"

She struggled and squeaked loudly, but it was no use and Sakura knew it was hopeless, what if they put her in a cage? Then she'd never be able to save her family. But she tried to keep her hopes up by telling herself that she'd be able to escape though there was very little chance to that. She finally gave up struggling because the more she struggled the more tightly he held on to her.

………….After a while

"We're here," the man who held her announced.

Sakura stared at the place they'd arrived. It was a huge palace and she couldn't help but admire the artwork. The halls were enormous and decorated with finest ornaments.

'Just like my home' she thought with a pang in her heart. The two men entered a room, where a young man, about her age stood by the window. He had messy chestnut hair with bangs that fell over his eyes— glamorous yet emotionless amber eyes. Sakura gaped at him, sure she had heard rumors about how good he looked, but this beat them all. The frozen look in his eyes however scared her. She was sure that he'd lock her up in a cage and forget about feeding her.

"We have something for you, Your Majesty," said one man kneeling down in front of him. The prince turned around and looked at her,

"Where did you get that bird?" he demanded his voice cold and hard that sent shivers down Sakura's spine.

"In the forest Prince Li,"

"If you don't want it…." Sakura's heart leapt at this but

"No, give it to me," The prince strode majestically and gently got her from the man's grasp, much to Sakura's amazement. She lay still on his hands and reluctantly let herself sleep in his warm hands.

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Prince Syaoran stared at the little bird in his hand. 'The poor thing looks starved and half choked to death. That idiot of a man doesn't even know how to handle a bird.' He thought. He took her to his room and placed her in a cage.

Sakura woke up two hours later finding herself locked up in a cage. Panic filled her as she wondered how she would escape. She drank some water to calm herself. She was hungry but there were only a few seeds in a small bowl. She groaned inwardly. 'Oh yeah… I'm just a bird' she thought sarcastically 'Great how am I going to live on this food?' but she was too hungry to give it much thought, so she helped herself with some seeds anyways.

'They're much better than I expected,' she thought 'Maybe because I'm that hungry,' After eating her fill Sakura resumed her attempts to open the cage.

A couple of hours flew by and all her efforts in vain. What frightened her most was that the sun would go down soon and she couldn't change into a girl inside the cage. However hard she tried she just couldn't reach the latch at all. But she refused to give up until suddenly, the door of the room opened and the prince came in. He was surprised to see her sticking her beak outside the cage.

"Do you want to leave?" Prince Syaoran asked her. She simply stared at him. He opened the door of the cage and put his finger in. Hesitantly she hopped on to it and he pulled her out. She was taken aback. What happened to the cold prince she'd met earlier? He stroked the feathers on her head with his other hand and said,

"I understand how it feels to be stuck in a cage. So I'll keep the latch open and you can fly in and out whenever you want,"

Sakura was grateful to him. She hopped on the window sill and tweeted loudly meaning to say thank you. With a little trouble Sakura flew out of the window and as soon as she flew over the castle wall the sun went completely behind the horizon causing her to transform into a girl. She landed softly on the grass and muttered to herself, "All right Sakura, now to retrieve mom's diary," And with that she ran into the forest near the palace.

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"I've been running around in circles," she wailed slumping on her knees as she crossed the familiar tree for the seventh time. (A/N: Imagine that!)

"Wait! I've got it!" she snapped her fingers, an idea popping in her head. She dug into her pocket and found a bit of charcoal in her pocket. She decided to mark the trees as she went so as to be able to find her way back.

It was almost midnight when she reached the river.

"Made it!" she gasped. It didn't take her long to find the tree where she'd hidden her mother's diary. As she walked towards the tree,

"Well what do we have here?"

Sakura spun around and saw the source of the cold voice. Three men were walking towards and she didn't like the smirk on their faces. They looked about few years older than her.

"You're pretty cute aren't you?" said one of the men leaning close to her. His breath stunk of alcohol and she turned her face in disgust.

"Go away," she said, wishing she felt as brave as she sounded.

But the man ignored her, grasping her hands with one of his and the other reaching towards her cheek.

"I said get away!" she yelled swinging her left knee and hitting him hard on the stomach. He let go of her and staggered a little. Grabbing this opportunity Sakura punched him in the face with her fist. He fell back backwards due to the impact and Sakura turned at once to escape. His cronies who were apparently useless didn't make an attempt to stop her, but unfortunately something else did. Her foot got stuck in a root of a tree and down she fell.

"You insolent little rat! You'll pay for that!" the man yelled brandishing a knife. He raised it high… Sakura closed her eyes waiting for the pain, but nothing happened instead she heard the sound of clashing metal which made her open eyes. To her surprise there was a cloaked young man standing between her and the dagger. The young man was holding a rusted iron rod which he probably picked off the ground. He skillfully twisted the rod sending the dagger flying from his hand. The other three men seemed just as surprised as she was.

"She told you to get away. I see you didn't get the message," said the stranger in a low, menacing voice.

"You'd better get away if you want your life boy" growled the leader.

"We'll just see about that" retorted the boy with a trace of amusement in his voice. With a few swift moves he easily dealt with the rogues who fled yelling curses over their shoulder. The young man turned around and stretched his hand to help Sakura up.

"Are you alright, miss?" he asked kindly.

Sakura nodded getting up and trying to look at his face which was covered by the hood. Just then the hood fell over his face and moonlight lit his face up. Sakura gaped at the pair of familiar amber eyes.

"Your majesty!" she yelped, the prince looked different his eyes weren't cold and distant; they were warm and surprisingly full of emotion. She glanced at his hand,

"You're hurt"

Prince Syaoran wondered how this girl knew who he was because he knew he hadn't met her before. He looked down at his hand and shrugged

"Just a little scratch"

But the girl had already pulled off his glove and pushed back his sleeve

"A scratch, my foot, you're hand is soaking in blood" she said peering at it closely,

"It's a wound from the dagger I think there was a little bit of poison" she announced, "Hold still" she commanded and pressed her lips against the wound in his right wrist.

"Wha…what are you doing?" Syaoran stammered, feeling color rise up to his cheeks as he felt her lips against his hand, her auburn hair brushing his palms.

"Removing the poison," she replied continuing what she sucking his blood and then spitting it out. After she seemed satisfied she wiped her lips against her sleeve

"I think that should do it. I think it's poison from a snake, those men night have killed one with their dagger, but I'm not sure. But it's better to be safe than sorry," she said cheerfully and then tore the ends of her skirt neatly into two strips and tied it one above and the other below his wound so firmly that it stopped his blood circulation.

"That would prevent the poison from spreading," she added. "But just in case…" she stopped and looked around, "Wait here a sec…" she ran to a nearby bush and plucked some of the leaves

. "Here grind these into a paste and apply them on your hand when you get back. That'll surely take care of the poison if there was any," she said giving it to him. Syaoran just nodded dumbly. And with that she strode past him to a tree and pulled out what looked like a diary from a hole.

She bowed to him and said, "Thank you for saving me Your Majesty. Please take care of yourself." Before he could open his mouth she turned and ran away.

"Wait!" Syaoran called, "You didn't tell me your name…" he sighed and walked back to his horse.

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Sakura heard the prince call her but she ran away pretending to ignore him. She had to make as less contact with people as possible. Finally after she knew he wasn't following her she leaned against a tree panting.

'No one must know about your curse' her mother's voice echoed in her head. (A/N: I forgot to mention it in the previous chapter. Sorry! )

Sakura looked up and was surprised to find herself near the Li Kingdom castle wall. Maybe her 'animal instincts' was rubbing off on her. She found a tiny cave near the mountains behind the castle. (A/N: I hope you can picture the surrounding of the Li castle. On the east side of the castle wall there is a forest and some mountains, okay? I know that I'm bad at descriptions.)

The cave was fortunately quite warm so Sakura made herself comfy by curling up on the soft sand in the corner and it wasn't too cold so she didn't need a blanket. At first she missed her soft bed at home but due to her weariness she fell asleep faster than she expected.

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Unlike Sakura, Prince Syaoran was finding it very hard to sleep. His mind kept flickering towards the beautiful maiden he'd saved.

'Her voice was so cheerful yet her eyes… why were they so full of sorrow?" Syaoran wondered before drifting to a peaceful sleep.

Author's note That's the end of chapter two! Hope you like it. Tell me in your reviews and before I leave here's a preview of the next chapter.

Next time on From Sunrise to Sunset The secret garden

"So we meet again,"

"What…what are you doing here?"

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