Where am I? Sakura asked herself.
She was surrounded by fields of white flowers. The sun was shining and a gentle breeze caressed her face. A soft voice whispered something inaudible, then everything went black.
Sakura got out of bed and walked over to her desk. She opened the top drawer and pulled out her book, then opened it. Kero opened his drawer and poked his head out.
"Sakura -yawn- what's wrong?" he asked sleepily. Sakura took out her cards, oblivious to Kero's presence.
"The Key which hides the powers of the stars, show your true form before me. I, Sakura, command you under our contract. Release," she said. Kero flew out of the drawer.
"What's wrong, Sak-" he started. Sakura opened her window and climbed out.
"Fly," she whispered.
"SAKURA!" Kero shouted, as Sakura disappeared into the sky.
Downstairs Shaoran, who was staring at the ceiling, sat up on the couch when he thought he heard Kero's shout. Was I imagining things, he thought after a minute. Shaoran had just laid back down when the lights upstairs turned on.
"Everyone get up!" Kero yelled, flying downstairs turning the lights on.
"What's wrong with you?" Meilin asked grumpily as she and Tomoyo climbed down the stairs.
"Sakura just took off. I don't know where she's going, but she wasn't acting like herself when she climbed out of her window," Kero explained.
"We have to go after her," Shaoran said.
"What about Yukito-san? Shouldn't we notify him?" Meilin asked.
"No. Toya would find out and come along. That would only end up in another fight," Kero said.
"What about Eriol-kun?" Tomoyo suggested.
"He's already aware of the situation," a voice said.
A bright light engulfed the room for a moment before fading. Two figures stood before the four.
"Spinel?" Kero exclaimed.
"We have to hurry. Sakura is under Trance's spell," Spinel said.
"Li-san, Daidouji-san, Eriol wants you to stay here just in case Sakura-chan comes back," Ruby Moon said.
"Keroberos, Shaoran let's go," Spinel ordered.
"But first, Shaoran you should put a shirt on," Ruby Moon said with a giggle.
Eriol stood atop the entrance to the Tsukimine Shrine scanning the sky. Suddenly, a flash of blue caught his eye, an arrow whizzed by his head, narrowly missing him. Eriol turned to see Sakura floating in the air, surrounded by her cards.
"Sakura-san," Eriol said.
"Sakura!" Keroberos shouted.
The three guardian creatures landed atop the entrance, beside Eriol. Shaoran got off Keroberos' back and produced his sword.
"I see Ruby Moon didn't have to coax you into coming," Eriol commented. Red tinted Shaoran's face as he glanced at Eriol, slightly annoyed.
"Now what?" Spinel asked.
"First we should figure out a way to get her to the ground," Eriol said.
"Are you suggesting that we shoot her down?" Ruby inquired, nervously.
"No. Shaoran could you knock the cards away from her, that will lure her to the ground," Eriol turned to him.
"Petals of wind, answer my call," Shaoran commanded.
The powerful gust scattered the cards before surrounding Sakura in a sphere, which then lowered her to the ground. Once there the sphere disappeared and Sakura started after the cards, but was cut off by Spinel, Ruby, Keroberos, and Shaoran.
"Sakura-san, we aren't trying to hurt you," Eriol spoke calmly as he approached her.
"How are we going to free her?" Ruby asked.
"Well normally I would use Dream. However I am not Dream's master now. So…" Eriol trailed off.
"Maybe I could use it," Shaoran suggested.
"You aren't Dream's master either kid," Keroberos stated.
"But I'm the one who caught Dream when it was a Clow card," Shaoran reminded him.
"You still cannot command the card," Kaho said, walking up to the group.
"If Yue was here, would he be able to use it?" Ruby asked. Eriol and Kaho shook their heads.
A faint breeze blew through the trees, dislodging a card, which flew down to Sakura.
"Sakura-chan, please wake up," it begged.
"That is the sealed card, isn't it?" Spinel asked.
"It used to be, then it changed," Shaoran replied.
"The sealed card merged with the blank card that Sakura created herself and became the Hope card," Keroberos explained.
Hope flew around Sakura a few times before flying over to Shaoran. He held out his hand and Hope landed on it. Shaoran tossed the card, which then started spinning. The group looked at him in bewilderment.
"Hope!" he shouted, striking the card with the tip of his blade. Hope appeared in front of him and smiled.
"I need your help, Dream. Please free our master," Hope said.
A card appeared before her and lit up. A butterfly rose from it and fluttered over to Sakura, landing on her head. Hope turned back into a card and landed on the ground. Sakura's eyes closed and she fell to her knees. Her staff glowed briefly as a small figure detached from it.
"That's Trance," Eriol said. The scattered Sakura cards lit up and flew towards Trance, surrounding it.
"Mirror, take our master's form," Hope's voice commanded. Mirror picked up the staff.
"Return to the guise you were meant to be in, Claire card," Mirror said.
Trance turned into a dark purple card and flew over to Shaoran. All the Sakura cards floated above Sakura, who was asleep on Keroberos' back.
"Shaoran, Keroberos, you keep a close watch on her for the rest of the night," Eriol said, as Shaoran climbed onto Spinel's back.
"Do you still want us to come tomorrow morning?" Keroberos asked.
"Come tomorrow at noon," Eriol replied, waving goodbye.