Chapter 56: Trouble At The Park!: Taking Counting Sheep Literally!

It was another normal day at school as Li, Madison, Sakura and I sat outside in the school courtyard. Well, not exactly since Sakura and I had almost passed out during class and Li had had to catch the both of us from almost falling out of our seats. But, it was while we were both zoning out that we both had a vision of us both dressed in what appeared to be another one of Madison's battle costume ensembles, only we were in a field, followed by us running down a hallway. And, as we passed one of the doors, we both stopped and took a look inside, only to be greeted by the familiar forms of both Keroberos and Yue, who appeared to be facing towards a large chair near the center of the room. And after that our vision ended. Back to our conversation in the courtyard, Sakura and I were explaining to Li and Madison about last night and how Keroberos and Yue had been unable to turn back into their borrowed forms. But thankfully, we were able to transform the Shield Card into a star card and use it to solve the problem. And earlier that night we had transformed the Bubbles card also.

It was later that night, after getting a call from Li to come to Penguin Park to investigate something strong that he had sensed. And, once again, both Sakura and I were dressed up in another one of Madison's battle costume ensembles. And to tell you the truth, we were both very thankful that no one else was at the park besides, Sakura, myself, Li, Madison and Kero, because both Sakura and I felt somewhat embarrassed to be wearing them. "I am sure glad no one else can see either of us in these outfits because I gotta tell ya, I am not loving this!" I thought to myself knowing that Sakura more than likely felt the same way. But putting those feelings aside for the moment, we all took off running towards the penguin park slide after Li, Sakura and I had sensed that the source of the magic force was coming from there, with me and Sakura in the lead. And, it didn't even take a second for Sakura and I to notice the giant hole that was in the ground near the penguin park slide. And once both Sakura and I had determined that it was in fact clow reeds magic coming from the hole in the ground. Both Sakura and I then pulled out our respective keys "key of the star, with powers burning bright, reveal the staff, and shine your light, Release!" we chanted in unison. With our respective staffs now in hand, I then pulled out the Fly card, and without a second of hesitation, threw it into the air as both Sakura and I then raised our respective staffs shortly thereafter, "FLY!" we both chanted in unison, and just like before, a pair of wings sprouted from our backs like those of an angel. And with one last turn to one another and a nod of determination to each other, both Sakura and I took off and dove down into the hole.

It was when we made it to the bottom of the hole and the wings on our backs vanished, that things started to get somewhat strange. Not only was the magical force stronger down there, but up top, it was quickly becoming apparent that something was tragically wrong. Kero, after he had seen Sakura and I disappear into the hole, decided to try and join us. However, when he tried to do so, he was instantly stopped by an invisible force field. Li then tried to use one of his lightning elemental talismans to try and break the forcefield, however not only did he fail to do so, he also nearly wound up hurting kero as well. Kero then decided to transform into his true form and fire a ball of fire at the forcefield, but like Li, it had no effect. And unbeknownst to all of us, in a cluster of trees near the park, we were being watched by 3 individuals. "Oh my, that boy sure tries his hardest doesn't he?" one of them said as she watched Li desperately pound on the force field. "He may as well give up, he will never break through a spell that strong" another one of them said. "His determination definitely is one of his best qualities" an all too familiar individual of the three said.

Meanwhile, back in the bottom of the hole, Sakura and I were now in a very dire situation. As in, we were now being crushed by hundreds of stuffed sheep. And Sakura and I now had to quickly think of a card to get us out of this mess. Sakura suggested both the Water and the Fire cards, but I ultimately dismissed them since the Water card would only fill the hole up, and the Fire card would wind up burning us. I then suggested the Erase card to Sakura, since not only would it get rid of the sheep, but we also would not have the risk of getting burned in the process. Sakura agreed to my idea, to which she then pulled out the Erase card. And once she had thrown it up into the air, we then raised our respective staffs "we call upon the power of our stars, ancient forces near and far, Erase card discard your former might, and draw your power from our light, Star Card!" we chanted in unison. And once the Erase card had stopped spinning and showed the new colors design and symbol on the front and back, the Erase card spirit appeared and began taking care of all of the stuffed sheep. And once that had been done, I once again pulled out the Fly card, turned to Sakura, who nodded in response, to which I threw the Fly card up into the air and we then both raised our respective staffs. "FLY" we once again chanted in unison, and just like before, the all too familiar wings sprouted from our backs, and we took off skyward towards the top of the hole and back towards our friends.