Boldfaced letters mean the name of the speaker.
Italicized letters mean what is thought in mind.
Faint letters mean what is happening in the flashback or in the dream.
Red letters mean the narration.
| Sakura is having a dream, in which an old book appears which is unlocked. The book opens, and inside is another scene of dream that Sakura is on the rooftop of a building dressed in pink outfits, and holding a staff one end of which is shaped like a bird's head. A yellow stuffed animal-like crature hovers beside her. | |
| Sakura | It's the dream. |
| Facing a radio tower, Sakura jumps off the building when small wings appear on her shoes. | |
| The alarm clock beeps to wake Sakura up. | |
| Sakura | Ugh! Uhhh! Ohh... Unh? |
| The clock says it's 7. | |
| Sakura | Yawn, what a wierd dream. |
| Aiden | [from downstairs] Sakura, hurry up, or you're going to be late! |
| Sakura | Coming! |
| Sakura jumps out the bed and changes her clothes for school. | |
| Sakura | This was the day that changed my life, the day I discovered the Clow Book. It started out like every other morning. And as usual, I was already late. |
| Organizing herself, combing her hair, and brusing her teath, she then comes into the dining room. | |
| Sakura | Morning! |
| Tori | Sakura, retry it. Do you think you can be any louder? |
| Sakura | I wasn't that loud. |
| Tori | Sounded like a small dinosaur up there. |
| Sakura | I was walking normally! |
| Tori | Hey, I'm lucky. How many guys get a dinosaur up for a little sister. |
| Sakura | Stop calling me a dinosaur! |
| Sakura grows big like a dinosaur and stomps on Tori. But that's merely her imagination. | |
| Aiden | And OK, you could sit anyway. |
| Sakura | Hahh. |
| Aiden brings breakfast for Sakura. | |
| Sakura | My dad found the Clow Book in the university, no one could open it. He said there was something unusual about the book that made him bring it home. |
| Aiden | Here you go! |
| Sakura | Smells great! |
| Sakura | [Meaning the picture on the table] That's my mom. Even though she died a long time ago, I'd like to think she's watching over me. And I think she'd be proud. |
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Sakura wears rollerblades and protect gears, then she leaves home for school. | |
| Sakura | Bye, Dad. |
| Aiden | Better hurry, if you gotta catch up with Tori. Are you staying late tonight? |
| Sakura | Yeah, I got practice. |
| Aiden | Have a good day! |
| Sakura speeds up rollerblading to catch up with Tori. | |
| Sakura | I hope I can catch up with him. |
| Sakura makes her way into the path along the park pivotting a pole she grabs. | |
| Sakura | Wow. |
| She can see cherry blossoms full in bloom above her. | |
| Sakura | And this is how it all began. |
| Sakura | Hahahah... Hahahah... Oh, good! There's Tori. Tori, wait up! |
| She catches up with Tori on a bike. | |
| Tori | Hey, relax. What's the big hurry, squirt? |
| Sakura | [Panting] Nothing. I hope he's riding with us to school today. |
| Tori | There he is. |
| Sakura | Huph... Julian. |
| Julian is waiting under a cherry tree for them, with his bike aside. | |
| Julian | Uh, hey guys! |
| Tori | Uhh, what's up? |
| Julian | Uh, not much. Uh, hey, Sakura. You are sure early today. |
| Sakura | Yeah. |
| Tori | Gee, I can think of the reason why. |
| Sakura | Mm! |
| Julian | You can ride to school with us anytime. |
| Sakura | Sometimes I can't believe Julian and my brother are friends. They have nothing like each other. Julian's always so nice to me. And he's so cute! |
| Julian | Catch you later, Sakura. |
| Sakura | Uhh... I wish I was in high school, too. |
| Sakura comes into Madison at the entrance of the school building. | |
| Madison | So, d'you come out with the independent study topic yet. |
| Sakura | No. |
| Madison | I thought up of a best idea. I'm making a documentary on the life of a fourth grade girl. |
| Sakura | You are... |
| Sakura | Madison always come out with the best ideas for independent study. Last year her project was the best in our class. |
| Madison | Oh, yeah. And I need you to be my fouth grade girl. Can I videotape you after school? |
| Sakura | I guess so. If you don't mind shooting a video, drop in practice. |
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In English class, the teacher is reading a stoy from the textbook. | |
| Teacher | The ancient Egyptians worshipped the Sun God, Ra. Now, Ra was considered to be powerful, and so, the symbol chosen to represent him was a single eye that watched over his people. |
| Meanwhile, Sakura casually draws some imaginary tiny beast with wings, remembering the dream she had. | |
| Sakura | I wonder where it came from. |
| Madison | I like your drawing, Sakura. What is it? |
| Sakura | You mean this? |
| Teacher | Sakura, continue reading. |
| Sakura | OK. Tell you later. |
| Madison | We're on line forty-eight. |
| Sakura | The Sun God Ra was considered so powerful that only very special people could even speak his name. |
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In cheerleading practice, Sakura shows her back flip to all the squad. | |
| Girls | Hey!! That was really good! |
| Nikki | That was a perfect back flip. |
| Chelsea | I know. |
| Ms. Moore | Everyone, grab your batons for practice. |
| Girls | Right. |
| The squad starts baton twirling practice. Sakura is thinking to herself when twirling her baton. | |
| Sakura | I can't stop thinking of that dream I had last night. Maybe I'll ask Madison about it. |
| Sakura's baton looks as if it were the staff that she had in her dream. | |
| Sakura | Huh? |
| She gapes at the baton until she got it on the head. | |
| Sakura | Aw! |
| Girls | Oh! |
| Chelsea | Sakura may be the best baton twirler our school has ever had. |
| Nikki | Mm-hmm. |
| Chelsea | But sometimes she's a real klutz. |
| Nikki | Mm-hmm. |
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Sakura comes home. | |
| Sakura | Hi! I'm home! Dad? Tori? |
| Sakura trots into her house, when Sakura hears some bubbling noise. | |
| Sakura | Huh? Hmm. |
| Sakura opens the refridgerator. | |
| Sakura | Whoa, pudding. |
| At the moment she reaches the pudding, she can hear the bubbling noise again. | |
| Sakura | Huh? What's that noise? |
| Sakura timidly walks out in the hall holding her baton. | |
| Sakura | It's coming from Dad's library.
I wish Dad or Tori were here. What if it's a burglar? |
| The noise continues in the basement, so she walks slowly close to the door to the basement. | |
| Sakura | Ooh. I'll take a look inside. If someone's there, I'll call the police. |
| Sakura opens the door, and begins to walk down the stairs. | |
| Stepping on the basement, Sakura timidly walks between bookshelves in Aiden's library. Just one more corner, she's getting at the bottom, so she encourages herself to step out. | |
| Sakura | Ha! There's no one there. Huh? |
| While Sakura is looking all around, a Book glows among other books in the shelf. | |
| Sakura | Where's that glowing coming from? Huh? |
| Sakura notices and step forward to the glowing book. When she's about to reach the book, it quits glowing. | |
| Sakura | Huh? |
| Sakura takes the book out of the shelf, and gasps at the look of the book. It's an ancient book titled ``The Clow'' with a mighty beast on the front cover, which is locked at the right-edge. | |
| Sakura | The book in my dream. |
| Suddenly, the book is unlocked, so Sakura almost drops the book with an astonishment. | |
| Sakura | Whoat! Unh! Huh? |
| Sakura opens the unlocked book, and finds a deck of cards inside. | |
| Sakura | They're cards. |
| Sakura picks up the one on the top. | |
| Sakura | “The Windy.” Hmm. I wonder what it's for. |
| Meanwhile, the air around her feet begins to swirl. | |
| Sakura | “Windy.” |
| The card flashes at her read-out, a madala glows under her feet, and a strong gust of wind occurs. | |
| Sakura | Aah! |
| The wind blows like a whirlpool. | |
| Sakura | Aah! Aah! Aah! |
| The wind blows out every cards from the deck. The blown cards penetrates the wall and spring out of her house. | |
| The wind continues until no cards remains in the book. Sakura collapses on the floor with a shock, with the Windy Card in her hand. | |
| Sakura | What just happened? |
| Moreover, the book glows bright. | |
| Sakura | Baah! |
| At the next minute, a little beast with wings pops out of the glowing book. He hovers in front of Sakura, and wakes up. | |
| Kero | Hi-dee ho-dee how-dee! Thank you so much for waking me up, little girl. I have been stuffed in the book for like forever! |
| Sakura reaches and grabs the stuffed toy-like creature. | |
| Kero | Whoa-ahh! |
| Sakura | What are you? Some kind of squirrel? A toy? Where do the batteries? |
| Kero | I am not a toy! I am Keroberos, Guardian Beast of the Seal of the Clow Book. |
| Sakura | You are a Guardian Beast? |
| Kero | Yeah! You got it, sister. You can call me Kero. I keep the Clow Cards from getting into trouble. See? |
| Kero opens the Book to try to show Sakura his Cards. | |
| Kero | Huh? Whoa! No-ho-ho-ho! My Clow Cards! Where are my Cards? My precious Cards! |
| Kero cries and gets depressed. | |
| Sakura | Is this what you're looking for? |
| Kero | Huh? Oh, the Windy Card! That's it! Thank you. So, uh, where's the rest? |
| Sakura | Well, as soon as I read the word “Windy,” ... |
| Kero | Yeah? |
| Sakura | This huge wind started blowing. |
| Kero | Yeah, yeah? |
| Sakura | Heh heh heh, and they blew away. |
| Kero | Ha ha! Blew away! |
| Sakura & Kero | Ha ha ha ha. |
| Kero's look changes. | |
| Kero | What-oooh? |
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Sakura hurriedly fill herself with dinner. | |
| Sakura | Ah! There, I'm all finished! |
| Sakura takes the dishes into the sink, picks up a pudding out of the refridgerator, and runs out. | |
| Sakura | See you! |
| Tori | Where are you taking that? |
| Sakura | Up to my room to eat. |
Sakura comes back in her room. | |
| Sakura | Hey. |
| Kero | Aw, it's no use. I don't know where the Cards are gone. |
| Sakura | I brought some pudding. |
| Kero | Oh, my favorite! Aw, the book I was guarding got Clow Cards inside it. |
| Sakura | Clow Cards? |
| Kero | They're dangerous forces. Now that the seal has been broken, there's no telling what they'll do. The Clow Cards were created by a very powerful magician named Clow Reed. Each Clow Card has its own character and special powers. They were designed to be free, but the Cards grew so strong willful that they couldn't be controlled. So Clow Reed created the book to keep the Cards in, with a protect of seal on the cover. |
| Sakura | They sound dangerous. |
| Kero | Mm-hmm, and that's why I got to get them back. And you're going to help me. |
| Sakura | Huh? Why do I have to? |
| Kero | Because you're the one who summoned the Windy Card and set them free in the first place! |
| Sakura | Yeah, but it was your job to guard the seal, and make sure the Clow Cards didn't escape. |
| Kero | I know. I, uh, just took a little nap. |
| Sakura | For how long? |
| Kero | Thirty years or so. I never said being a guardian was easy! |
| Kero jumps onto the cover of the Clow Book. | |
| Kero | But if you were able to open the Clow Book's seal, you must have very strong magical powers. So, what's your name, anyway? |
| Sakura | Sakura. |
| Kero | OK, Sakura, go stand over there. |
| Sakura | OK. |
| As soon as Sakura stands in the middle of her room, Kero begins to glow, and a mandala appears under her feet. She can feel as if she was put in a mysterious place. | |
| Sakura | Huh? |
| Kero | Key to the seal, this girl will carry out a sacred promise. Her name is Sakura. I command you to bestow her with magical powers. Release the power! |
| A key comes out of the book, flies to above the center of the mandala, and flashes at Kero's command. | |
| Sakura | Aah! |
| The shining key grows and turns into a staff, | |
| Sakura | Aah! |
| Kero | Sakura, take the staff. |
| Blindend by the light, Sakura walks to the staff and grabs it. | |
| Kero | All right. I, Keroberos, name Sakura Cardcaptor! |
| Sakura | Aah... |
Sakura is whining about Kero's cheat, blowing her hair with a hair drier. | |
| Sakura | This is crazy. No way. I'm not doing it. |
| Kero | Ah, that pudding hit the spot. |
| Sakura seizes Kero in delight bouncing up and down on the bed. | |
| Sakura | Unh! |
| Kero | Ugh! |
| Sakura | Listen. I can't be a Cardcaptor. |
| Kero | Are you sure? Unh, when you've captured all the Cards, you'll be a hero. |
| Sakura | Yeah, well, I'm just a kid. I'm not old enough to capture the Cards yet. |
| Kero | Yeah, well, you were old enough to let the Clow Cards loose. |
| Sakura | They'd still be in the Book if you hadn't taken a thiry-year nap. |
| Sakura & Kero | Mmm. |
| At this time, a strong wind blows thruough the window. | |
| Kero | Whoa! |
| Sakura | Where'd that come from? |
| Kero | Sakura! |
| Sakura | Huh? |
| Taking a look where Kero is pointing to, Sakura can see a gigantic bird is flying above houses. | |
| Sakura | What's that? |
| Kero | It's a Clow Card! |
| Sakura | Here? |
| Kero | It's the Fly Card all right. Well, don't just stand there! Do something! |
| Sakura | Like what? |
| Kero | Get out there and capture the Clow Card! |
| Sakura | What? |
The gigantic bird lands in the town. With a swing of its wing, a gust of wind cracks the windows of nearby houses. | |
| Sakura | You could've at least let me change. |
| Kero | A true Cardcaptor can battle in anything, even in pajamas. |
| Sakura arrives where the Fly Card is standing. | |
| Sakura | Oh, man, I don't stand a chance against that thing. |
| Kero | You're a Cardcaptor! |
| The Fly Card screeche and blasts a gust of wind against Sakura. | |
| Sakura | Huh? |
| Kero | Yeah! |
| Sakura blow away in the night sky. | |
| Sakura | Aah! |
| Kero quickly catches up with her in the air, bites her by the collar and gets her on her feet safely. | |
| Sakura | Wh-whoa. |
| Kero | Sakura, use your magic. |
| Sakura | Huh? |
| Kero | Just call on the key like I showed you before. |
| Sakura | Hmm. |
| Sakura reaches into her pocket and takes out the magic key. | |
| Sakura | O Key of Clow, power of magic, power of light, surrender the wand, the force ignite! Release! |
| Kero | Ready, Sakura? The Fly Card has already revealed its true form. You should be able to use the Windy Card to capture it. |
| Sakura | I don't know. |
| Kero | You'll just have to get up close to it and help... |
| Sakura | Huh? Aah! |
| Kero | Whoa! |
| The Card is hovering and aim at Sakura. Next moment, it comes and flies to her, so she ducks. | |
| Sakura | I think it's after us. |
| Kero | Sakura, call the Windy Card. |
| The Card makes a turn up above to attack them again. | |
| Kero | Whoa-aa! Today would be good! |
| Sakura ducks at the moment the Card flies past her. | |
| Kero | Sakura, you got to use the Card now! |
| Sakura | But it's chasing us! |
| Sakura rollerblades to make a run for it. The Card is following her flying low. | |
| Sakura | Let's get out of here! |
| Kero | You are the Cardcaptor. If you can't stop no one can! |
| Sakura | But I don't know how. Huh? Wait! I've got an idea. |
| Sakura speeds up rollerblading and get ahead. | |
| Kero | Please just hurry! |
| Fly hit the ground with its leg, then some block of pavement and Kero blow away. | |
| Kero | Whoa-aa-aa! Sakura! |
| Sakura gets up on the paved sidewall of the cliff, when Fly flies next to her. She flips herself onto Fly's back. | |
| Sakura | Hyaa! Ugh! |
| Kero | Be careful! |
| Fly flies up high to shake off Sakura, so she has to hang on. | |
| Sakura | Windy Card, form a chain and tie up the Fly Card's wings! Windy! |
| Windy ties up all around the Fly, and it crashes on the ground with Sakura on its back. | |
| Sakura | Clow Card, I command you to return to the power confined! Fly Card! |
| The gigantic bird changes its form into a card as if sucked in at the tip of the staff. | |
| Kero | You did it, Sakura! |
| Sakura | I didn't think I could! |
| Kero | Why, you did. That's why I chose you, kid. |
| Sakura | I told you that I can't be a Cardcaptor. |
| Kero | Oh, come on! You mean you gonna quit it now just because it is not easy? Hahaha! |
| Sakura | Mmm. |
| Kero | Besides, you've captured the Fly Card. Touch your staff to it. |
| Sakura | Why? What's gonna happen? |
| Kero | Just give it a try. |
| Sakura | Fly! |
| On Sakura touching the Card with the staff, the staff gets a pair of big wing that allows Sakura fly as long as she rides on the staff, just like a witch on a broom. | |
| Kero | So how do you like flying? |
| Sakura | It's the best! |
| Kero | I knew I could count on you, Cardcaptor Sakura. |
| Sakura | Yeah! Uh, wait a minute. I haven't agreed to anything yet. |
| Sakura | Kero was right. He could count on me. And from that day on, my life would never be the same. |
Sakura's BME Clinic © 2002 Yuki Neco
