Three Moons Of Alicidale
The sky was black, compliments of the dark card. Three moons were the only thing that could be seen in the sky. A red moon, a yellow moon, and a white moon. Each had it's own glow and hypnotisizing light.
Sakura and Yue stood at the gates of a large castle. Sakura holding her star wand and the light card. "I don't understand what happened?"
"It's the work of create." Yue said simply.
"No, I mean, what happened to the mirror card? And Kero?" she asked.
Yue pointed to the sky. "The red moon." He said. "It's power is overwhelming her mind."
Sakura looked up to the three moons. "I've never seen those in the sky before."
"Usually they don't cross over to your world. The last time this happened Clow Reed..." Yue was cut off by the lowering of the draw bridge, opening the castle to them.
The two stared into the darkness before a light appeared. Tomoyo walked over to over to them in a dark purple dress holding a candle. Her eyes were blank as she stopped before them and her voice was emotionless. "Please follow me."
"Tomoyo!" Sakura smiled. "I'm so glad you're alright."
"This way," Tomoyo said, turning to lead them.
"What's wrong with her?"
"She must have been affected by create," Yue said.
"I didn't know it could be used that way."
"All the cards are more powerful under those three moons. Kero and myself have also grown in strength," Yue explained.
They followed Tomoyo into the castle. She lead them through the dark corridor with only the light of the candle.
"I will be your guide through Gauntlet Castle," Tomoyo said. "You have only one chance to find aid by the person who also doing a run of Gauntlet Castle."
"Who?!"
"That person is the descendant of Clow Reed." They reached the main room filled with doors, other hallways and corridors and long stairways. "I can give you no hints and the direction you take is fully your choice." Tomoyo looked Sakura directly in her eyes. "No one should be trusted if they did not enter with you."
Sakura looked at Yue, but she didn't find much comfort. He was dutiful and loyal but not one to cheer her up on sight. She missed Kero. He was hard on her and a bit of a glutton, but he was so cute and funny. She didn't want to do this without him. Oh well, she thought, maybe this is an opportunity to get closer to Yue.
"Why this castle?" Yue asked.
"Image Ala thinks it is the perfect setting for a test. You should be able to understand that...even being of the white moon."
"Where is Shaoron," asked Sakura, "and the mirror card?"
"Image Ala is top floor. She must remain undisturbed unless you finish your trails. That treacherous boy who is descended from Clow Reed is near our dungeons."
Sakura looked to Yue. "Who is -"
"Don't say her name!" He said quickly. She closed her mouth rather than ask why. "if you do, I'm certain something will happen that we'd rather not face yet."
She thought a moment. "I want to find Sharon first."
"I will lead you to your path," Tomoyo said. She lead them to a stairway and climbed up.
That's strange, Sakura thought, I thought he was in the dungeons. Aren't dungeons usually in the basements of castles?
Tomoyo stopped at the top of the stairs. Sakura ran to the top and saw that there was nothing there. The stairway just ended and didn't lead to anything. It was completely separate from the rest of the floor.
"Tomoyo...nothing's here."
Tomoyo pushed her. She fell into the nothingness. Yue sped down after her. He caught her quickly and held her around the waist. The looked up at Tomoyo and saw a wall of ice spreading over the way they'd fallen. They were in a sort of tunnel.
Yue looked down at Sakura in his arms. "It seems we've no choice but to go down."
She looked worriedly at him, then back up at the ice-covered hole they'd fallen into. She didn't want to leave Tomoyo alone. I guess I have no choice, she thought.
"Mirror wouldn't hurt Tomoyo, would she?" She asked, a bit worried.
"No. She only involved them to make you hesitant," Yue explained. And to get me, he thought. If you are too hesitant, she knows I'd leave. This time is not the same as the last. I will protect in hesitancy.
"Are you ready?"
"Yes," she said.
They went down until they poured into the lowest corridor of the castle. It was dark, barely any light at all.
"It must be Dark. It drained the light from the sky and most of the castle," Yue told her.
"Don't worry. I still have the Light Card." Sakura threw it in front of her and hit it with her star wand. "Light!"
She appeared and spread light throughout the passageway. For a moment, unknown to Sakura, Yue locked eyes with the Light Card. His normal, slightly cold stare locked with her dutiful one. She picked a place in the large, newly lit room to shine.
Li was fighting sword to sword with stone soldiers. He was holding up against three.
"We have to help him!" Sakura said.
Yue looked closely at them all. "Wait. This is a trap. We're barely near any dungeons."
The Light Card flew down and wrapped around the soldiers and Li, causing them to vanish at the touch of the light.
Yue flew close to where the image was disappearing. "Hurry! Use your wand before its too late."
"Right." Sakura hit the fading image with her star wand. She wasn't sure if the cards were still hers or not, so she didn't know exactly what to say. She figured the words would come to her.
"Mysteriously created cards hide your power and create your form in my hand." the energy was drawn into the card and floated to her hand.
Light and Yue were shocked.
Sakura looked on the back of the card and saw it was midnight blue with three strange symbols. "Why does it look like this, I wonder."
"What you said just now, what made you say it?" Yue asked.
"It just came to me. Why? "Sakura looked confused.
The Light Card answered. "Those were the words of Clow Reed when he trapped us."
