Disclaimer: I do not own anything in this story besides me, myself, and I. I am not profiting off of this story nor am I making money off of it in any way, any shape, or any form. I also do not own CardCaptors, it does and will always belong to Clamp. With the disclaimer now out of the way, it is now time to move on to the 35th chapter. Because the original anime had this split into two complete episodes, I am going to make this a two chapter thing as well. But first, it is going to be longer than the two parts that the anime wound up doing. Which is also going to be done with both movies as well. But like the Final Judgment, I am going to wind up melding them all into one chapter, so that people can read them easier.
Chapter 35: The Final Test (Part 1)
Several days had passed since the incident with the avalanche at the ski resort. About a day or two after the incident at the ski resort, Sakura, myself along with everyone else, were attending the school fair. That is, until something strange wound up happening again and we sensed Clow Reed's presence again. Both Sakura and I had to transform the Maze and Illusion cards to try and resolve the issue, but when we traced the magic back to it's source we were confronted by a familiar face, it was Eli. However, he knocked us out with a sleeping spell and erased our memories of our encounter with him. The next day, the following evening, Sakura, myself, Li, along with some of the others, were in a shrine at the park. When all of the sudden, one of the horse carvings came to life. But thanks to both Li's help, and Sakura and I transforming and using both the Wood and Thunder cards, we were able to take care of it with limited difficulty. It was during that time though that Sakura decided to hand Li a scarf that she had made herself. It was then that I knew that there was love in the air between the two of them. But again, not wanting to pry, I kept it to myself. The next day, Sakura and I were beginning to wonder what would happen once all of the clow cards had finally been transformed into Star cards. To answer this and many more of our unanswered questions, Sakura and I transformed the Return card, and traveled to the past to speak to Clow Reed so that he could shed some light on the matter. It was after a long conversation between the three of us, that Sakura and I realized that Clow Reed's house exactly resembled that of the house that Eli was currently residing in. And after a bit more conversing, Sakura and I made our way back to the present.
Location: At The Cherry Blossom Tree At The Shrine In The Park Where Sakura And I Captured The Maze, Return And Through Cards
Time: Around Midday
It had seemed like forever ago since Sakura and I had transformed the Return card a had used it to travel back to the past to talk to Clow Reed. And yet, Li, Madison and Kero waited patiently for both of us to return. And sure enough, Sakura and I appeared from out of the Cherry Blossom tree, and landed on the ground side by side. And once we had landed safely on the ground, Li, Madison and Kero went over to greet us. "Are you both alright?" Li asked us. "You two aren't hurt are you?" Madison asked concerned. "No, we're both fine" I said cheerfully. "So, did either of you find out anything?" Kero asked. At first Sakura exclaimed as if trying to say that neither of us hadn't found anything out, even though both of us had. Kero then asked if we had in fact seen Clow Reed, to which I said that we had, however, Sakura then went on to say that both Kero and Yue were also there. Kero then went on to say that that was ridiculous seeing as how he had never even been to Eli's house before. "Are you sure its the same house?" Kero asked both Sakura and I. "It must have, Sakura and Zachary saw you there" Madison said. "You know, I think I'd remember if I'd been there before" Kero said in response. "That's strange, Yue mentioned that he hadn't been in Eli's house either" I said, now with a look of concern very evident on my face. Which was then followed by Li showing a look of complete realization "their memories have been erased!" Li said. It was then that I was starting to realize that my suspicions about Eli from the start were starting to become confirmed. "By who?" Sakura asked. "I can tell you" A familiar sounded voice interjected from behind all five of us. And sure enough there stood Eli atop the entrance to the shrine, dressed in his magician attire. And without a second of hesitation, all five of us ran to the entrance to confront him. "It's Eli!" Sakura said. "That's quite an interesting getup you got there Eli!" I said. "What's going on?!" Li said. "My name in this lifetime was Eli, but in my past life it was Clow Reed" Which not surprisingly sent a very surprised and stunned expression across all four of our faces. It was at this point that Kero decided to speak up, "I don't believe you, Clow Reed a long time ago and Sakura and Zachary are the masters now!" Kero shouted. "Open your mind Keroberos, he speaks the truth" a male voice said, "pretty big surprise" a female voice said. It was at this point that two figures came out from behind one of the entrance's pillars, and Kero immediately recognized one of them as Spinner, and the rest of us recognized the other as Ruby from Tori's school. It was at this point that Eli chose this particular moment to start an incantation, that as he started, and all too familiar symbol that Sakura, myself, Li and Kero, knew all too well, appeared beneath his feet.
End Of Chapter 35
zachycards: And there you have it, that is the end of the 35th chapter. As always feel free to leave me a review. I will be doing the full first movie and second movie as the next chapters after the final test, albeit edited a little bit of course. And then I will continue on to the clear card episodes after that. And as always, this is zachycards signing off saying have a blessed day, and happy reading.
Next Chapter: The Final Test (Part 2)