"You're going back to England?" Sakura frowned, as Eli nodded.
"Yes, now that all the cards are transformed there is no need for me to be here." He told her, smiling sadly.
"I'm really going to miss you, Eli." She murmured. Eli smiled some.
"Oh, who knows, i'm sure we'll see each other again." He assured her.
"Heya Saku! Saku, come over here, girly!"
Sakura turned toward Maddison, as she excitedly approached the auburn-haired Card Mistress.
"Hi, Maddy! What's up?" Sakura, no, True, called out happily.
"True? True! Hey, True! Wake up, True!"
Huh? Who in the Wishing Tree was that? They sounded familiar! But, why?
True's eyelids flickered slowly from left to right from under her still tightly-closed teal-colored orbs.
"True? True! Wake up, True! C'mon, please wake up, True-san!"
True's eyelids flickered open painfully slowly, and she blearily opened her teal-blue colored orbs to see the worried face of Zee.
"Zee-kun?" True murmured sleepily, finally uncurling from her tiny little ball she had been sleeping in the corner.
"Ne, True-san. What's going on? Why are there branches sticking out all over the place?" Zee worriedly began to fire off question after question at his still half-asleep-half-awake best friend.
True blushed, and rubbed the back of her neck, all the while holing a bright pink card with a bright yellow-gold Star on the back of it.
"True? True! What's wrong? Is everything alright?" Zee asked, his eyes shining with worry. "Please, talk to me, True!"
True blushed, and ducked her head, not meeting her best friend, and (the boy that she secret love) in the eye.
"I, I, um. Well, you see... It's kinda a long, and I mean, a very long, probably a little crazy story. A story holding a lot of magical books, powerful cards, and an entire load of complicated twists and turns that'll make you head spin." The pigtailed bluenette chuckled awkwardly, staring down at something in her lap that Zee couldn't quite see.
After a few more seconds or so, she shook her head, squared her shoulders, before she finally shifted her body toward him, her teal-blue eyes glinting with an emotion he couldn't entirely make heads or tails of as she met his questioning stare with her own calm, serene, and intelligent teal-blue eyes.
She took a deep breath, and then began speaking in an early calm tone of voice. "Please, listen very close to what I am about to tell you, Zee-kun. This story of mine that I'm about to tell you: Is one filled with many complicated, and at times very confusing things." She paused to take in a breath before continuing.
"It will sound, to you, like a rather very very very very unbelievable story. And, if I'm being totally honest: Zee-kun, I'm not sure you'd even believe me if I told you." True tells him honestly, smiling a little sadly at Zee as she spoke those last few words.
"Just trust on that. Okay, Zee?" Zee nodded his head at that, and True's smile brightened up a little. "Arigatou gozaimasu, Zee-kun"
Zee tilted his head to the side, and gave his long-time best friend, (and crush), a puzzled look.