AN: Vignette number 2!
fallenmad - haha! thanks, it has been a few years. :) and wow you remember me?
Disclaimer: I do not own them.
I vaguely remember a voice. "Isn't it better?" A soft, serious, stern voice.
It was a voice from a dream.
"Isn't it better to not know where you're headed in life?"
A voice that was playing tricks on me. It had to be.
"What?"
"Isn't it better to be lost," it paused, contemplating. "So that when you find your way, it means that much more?"
I blinked at the logic. "Uhm.."
It pointed at the figures from the town. We were floating now. People shopping. Kids playing. Families hugging. "You think they appreciate what they've been given?"
I shrugged. Perhaps.
It pointed at Sakura by the Penguin Park surrounded by Cerberus, Tomoyo, and Xiao Lang. "You think magic means as much to her as it would to you?"
"STOP!" I shrieked. "Don't say that about Sakura! She's not like me!" She's better, I wanted to say.
"You're right she's not like you. She has magic that could've been yours."
I shook my head. "No!" Her magic couldn't have been mine. She was just lucky to be born special.
"You're a descendant of Clow too. You had as much potential for magic as her."
My mouth snapped closed and my eyes turned away from Sakura's image. I was jealous. Extremely jealous.
"It doesn't matter, you can't change destiny. The cards chose her."
"You're strong." It commented, a bit surprised. "Do you want magic?"
What? It was now my turn to be surprised. "You can give me magic?"
"I can help," it corrected.
"How?" I demanded.
"You are a vessel for magic, thanks to Clow's bloodline." I could hear the humor in it's voice. "Do you know that Touya gave his magic to Yue?"
I frowned at where this was going.
"Yue now has Touya's magic, and Touya, still a vessel, is magic-less." It brought a finger up to it's lips. "But he still has potential," it finished.
"So... you can give me magic?" I repeated again, understanding a bit better.
"I can help you..." it paused trying to find the right word, "collect magic."
I really didn't like the suggestion. Didn't it imply stealing magic? "Collect magic? How?" It slipped out before I could stop myself. What was wrong with me?
It was amused at my urgent question.
"I have this," it held up a bracelet. A thin silver bracelet without charms.
I reached out for it, curious. "What does it do?"
"It will help you unlock magic," the voice came easily in a calm tone.
When it was put around my wrist, I felt a shiver run down my spine. What am I doing? I shook my head again to get a hold of myself.
"Didn't Touya give Yue his magic freely?"
It waved it off as if it didn't matter, "What difference does it make?"
But wasn't that tantamount to stealing magic? That stealing is wrong. Right?
I stopped and let the the idea mull around in my head. Collecting magic.