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Ice Breaker

It's so cold outside after school that the ground in front of the school gate is frozen. Li taps the ice.
Li	It never got this cold back home.
Meilin	You think you're cold? I'm the one with the skirt on.
Li	Let go of me, will ya?
On the other hand, Sakura comes out of the building, rollerblading, when Madison is waiting for her.
Sakura	Isn't it great out?
Meilin	You guys wanna go skiing?
Sakura	We'll start them on the bunny hill. Huh?
Madison	They took off.
Sakura and Madison noticed that Li and Meilin vanished.
Sakura	Wow, look at this. The road is totally like an ice rink.
Madison	Cool. But how are you gonna skate on that?
Sakura	It's easy. See?
Sakura slowly gets on the ice with herself on the rollerblades. Getting unballanced, she slips and falls her rear down on the ice.
Sakura	Waaaahhh! Ohh.
Madison	Whoa, that's a 7.5 for style.
Sakura	Yeah, yeah. I guess ice is a little different than cement.
Madison	Just wait, Sakura. You can show your skating skills to the whole class. We've got that field trip to Ice Pond Palace.
Sakura	Uh-oh. I forgot about that. Uh, no problem. I'm great at sports.
Sakura gets up on her feet, and rollerblades home with Madison walking.
Sakura	Uh, gimme you arm, will ya?
Later on, Sakura is rollerblading near her house.
Sakura	Oh, yeah, I can see it now. Stars on... ice.
She makes a spin turn in front of her house's gate, and succeeds in an excellent halt.
Sakura comes into the living room, where Tori and Julian are sitting.
Sakura	Hello. I'm home.
Julian	I hear you've got a skating trip.
Sakura	Oh, yes. Tomorrow.
Tori	Skating trip, no doubt. Better not fall, squirt.
Sakura	Ha ha. (Coldly)
Tori	You should take lessons.
In that night, in the dining room Sakura is making tea.
Sakura	Nah.
Tori walks into the dining room.
Tori	You could really hurt yourself, you know.
Sakura	Tori, I know what I'm doing.
Tori	Yeah, right.
Tori reaches the tea Sakura has just made.
Sakura	Ughhh.
Tori	Pride cometh before a fall. You should take my advice.
Sakura	As if.
Later on that night, Sakura is dreaming; she is standing on the rooftop of a builing, seeing a big tower in front.
Sakura	It's you again. What do you want from me? I know you, don't I?
Sakura can see someone on the tower with long hair and yellow eyes.
Sakura	Those eyes. Are you friend or not? Why are you here? Are you watching me?
Sakura wakes up; she has fallen down off her bed with her head down.
Sakura	Ohh. I know you. (with a vacant look)
Sakura's mumble wakes Kero up.
Kero	What are you mumbling?
Sakura	I had that dream again. The figure in black... Just stood very still and was watching me... with those big yellow eyes. Eyes like a cat. And the moon was full. And shining. Someone familiar somehow... and yet I can't quite see. Because the face is always in shadow.
Kero	Hmm, a full moon. Could it be... Yue?
Next morning, Sakura is leaving her house.
Tori	You want my kneepads?
Sakura	I won't need them. Bye, Dad. Oh, it's cold. (Shivering) See you, Tori.
Kero is watching Sakura leaving, through the window in Sakura's room.
Kero	Careful what you do, Sakura. Someone's judging you... and it's not for figure skating. You have yet to meet Yue.
Kero opens Sakura's desk drawer with his magic, in which the Clow Book lies still.
Kero	You are so close to capturing all the Clow Cards, but there's so much more for you to learn.
Sakura's class are going on their field trop in Ice Pond Palace by bus.
Meilin	Would somebody please explain to me why we're going on this field trip? Why go to a rink? The whole town is an ice pond. I mean, is hypothermia part of our carriculum?
Li	Uh, I hardly feel a thing.
Meilin	That's 'cause you're numb.
Chelsea	You know, I bet Meilin and Li aren't used to cold weather.
Nikki	I wonder if they've ever seen ice or snow outside before?
Chelsea	Probably not.
Nikki	Winter is my favorite time of the year. I can't even imagine what it would be like to grow up without ice skating or tobogganing. What did they do for fun back home?
Chelsea	Ha ha! Don't ask me.
Meilin	Back at home, we went swimming at the beach for fun. Not like this crazy place. Ah-ah-ah-choo!
Chelsea	Gesundheit.
Terada	We're here everyone. Have you got your skates?
Kids	Yeah!
Meilin	What do you guy do for fun indoors? Stick your head in the freezer?
At the ice rink, kids are getting ready for skating.
Madison	Want me to wait for you, Sakura?
Sakura	Be right there, Madison.
Madison	(Laughing) OK.
Madison gets down on the rink and begins skating.
Madison	Whoa!
Sakura	Hey, that looks easy.
Madison	Come on. Try it!
Sakura	Oh. Right. It can't be much different from my other skates. I just got blades instead of wh-wheels.
Sakura timidly gets down on the rink, but she slides forward against her will.
Sakura	Whoa! Unh, see? No problem. Whoa-oh-oh!
Soon she get unballanced and falls on her rear.
Sakura	Oh. Hope no one saw that.
Madison	Whew, graceful fall.
Li	I would have rather gone to the National Art Musium.
Li slides past them on his rear. After fifty or sixty feet of slide, Li manages to get up on his feet.
Meilin can't move an inch, hanging onto the handrail.
Meilin	Help! I'm stranded!
Mackenzie	Would you like a little lesson?
Meilin	But I can't, Miss Mackenzie. Oh, I'm doing it.
Mackenzie	And one... and two... And one. That's it.
Meilin	D-d-don't let go. Don't let go!
Mackenzie	You're fine.
Madison	If she can teach Meilin, she can definitely teach you, Sakura.
Sakura	Huh.
Some minutes later, Ms. Mackenzie teaches Sakura how to skate.
Mackenzie	You have to think of the ice as your friend. One... two... One. You see? You're better already.
Nikki	Skating's easy once you get the hang of it.
Li tries to skate himself, taking off the handrail. But soon he falls.
Meilin	Hey, Li! Are you OK?
Meilin slips and falls, getting Nikki down together.
Meilin	Whoa! Oh, I think I just broke a rib!
Mackenzie	You want some pointers, Li?
Li	Hmm?
Meilin	Uhh!
Li	I'm just fine. See? I can skate.
Li staggers skating away from Ms. Mackenzie.
Li	It's just not a skill I neet to perfect. Whoa!
Li slips and falls on his back a hundred feet away.
Sakura and Madison are buying some drink at the drink counter.
Sakura	Hot chocolate, please.
Madison	Me, too, and can I have marshmallows? Thanks.
Meilin is sitting by the heater, wearing her overcoat, muffler, and gloves.
Meilin	I can't get my skates off. My fingers are frozen. Is this heater even on?!
Sakura	Hey, Meilin, a hot chocolate would probably warm you up.
Meilin	I know, but if I leave the heater I'll turn into an ice cube.
Sakura	Guess you're not used to the cold, huh?
Meilin	Do I look like a polar bear?!
Sakura	Come on, Madison. Let's go get our lunches and meet up with the girls.
Madison	(Laughs)
Sakura's gang are having lunch.
Sakura	Funky lunch, Madison.
Madison	It beats bologna.
Sakura	I should have packed more lunch today. All of falling takes energy.
Madison	Well, you'll get better as you go.
Sakura	Maybe I'll take lessons this year... finally.
Rita	Imagine learning how to skate like her.
Sakura	Oh! Maybe someday.
While the girls are having lunch, Ms. Makenzie enjoys skating on the rink. She's a very good skater; she can skate forward and backward, in any directions she likes.
Girls	Wow.
Li	Show-off. Hmm.
After lunch, Sakura's gang skate together.
Sakura	One, two. One, two. You know, it just takes concentration. Race ya!
Sakura speeds up skating, getting ahead of her friends.
Sakura	Ha ha! Uhh!
But she soon falls.
Chelsea	It also takes practice!
Madison	Maybe we should teach her how to stop.
Mr. Terada walks up to Meilin shivering by the heater.
Terada	You should get up and skate, Meilin. You'll warm up a lot faster that way.
Meilin	We don't skate where I come from.
Terada	I know. I'll help you.
Meilin	I don't like any of these winter sports. They're boring.
Terada	You'll learn.
Meilin	I want to go home.
Mr. Terada reluctantly sees off Meilin going the other side.
Terada	It's not easy being the new kid. (Shivers) It really is cold in here.
Mr. Terada walk to the drink counter and talks to the women working there.
Terada	Pardon me. Could you turn the heat up?
Woman	I'm sorry. We tried. The furnace must be busted.
Besides, the temperature goes down perceptibly.
Sakura's friends are shivering.
Sakura	Nikki, your lips are turning blue.
Nikki	I just can't seem to warm up.
Chelsea	I know. I'm freezing.
Rita	Come on. Let's warm up by the heater before we get frostbite.
Nikki	OK.
Rita takes Nikki out of the rink to warm up.
Chelsea	Aren't you guys gonna come and warm up?
Madison	Sure.
Sakura	Just once more around the rink.
Chelsea	Hey, are you training for the Nationals?
Chelsea smiles at Sakura and Madison, and skates out of the rink.
Further, Li is giving up his muffler to Meilin to warm her up. Meilin is sitting on the ice rink not moving.
Li	Unh. Are you sure you can't move your legs?
Meilin	They're frozen.
Li	Wait here. I'm gonna get help.
Li stands up and skates out of the rink.
Meilin	Hurry, Li. I... feel... sleepy.
The temperature drops below zero degrees Celsius.
Girl	My hands are numb.
Kids are hurriedly get out of the rink.
Madison	I can barely breathe, I'm so cold.
Most kids run to the drink counter, and they order a hot drink; some of them are complaining about the cold.
Boy A	Can't you guys turn on the heater?
Boy B	Come on! We're really cold!
Girl A	Hey, get out of my way! It's my turn.
Girl B	It's freezing!
Li comes back to Meilin who's shivering in the middle of the rink.
Li	It's OK. He's coming. Hey, Meilin, can I lift you?
Meilin	(Shivering) I... I can't m-m-move.
Li	You'll catch pneumonia. Meilin! Please stay awake!
Ice creeps up from Meilin's foot, finally she gets enclosed by the ice.
Li	Meilin, no!
Terada	Everybody off the ice now!
While calling kids out of the rink, Mr. Terada gets frozen enclosed by the invading ice.
Li	What's going on?
Madison	Sakura, I think I...
Sakura	What?
Sakura looks to Madison and find the ice swallowing Madison.
Sakura	No! Madison!
Everybody in the facility gets swallowed by the ice.
Sakura	They've all turned into ice.
Li	Sakura! Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Sakura	Yeah. There's a Clow Card on the loose. I don't get it. Why didn't we sense it coming?
Li	It's the Freeze Card.
Sakura	Oh, we thought it was the weather.
Li	Exactly, but what I don't understand is why we didn't freeze like everybody else.
Sakura	Hmm. I bet it isn't strong enough to freeze people with magical powers.
Li	Oh, I'm sure it has something up its sleeve.
Ms. Mackenzie is watching Sakura and Li behind the wall upstairs, not being frozen either.
A huge fish like creature is swimming underneath the ice, so the ice around Sakura and Li get swelling.
Li	Huh?
Sakura	We're being surrounded!
Swelling ice attacks Sakura and Li.
Li	Aah! Look out!
The ice lifts Sakura up high.
Sakura	Whoa! Key of Clow. Release! Jump!
Sakura manages to jump off the rising ice with the Jump Card.
Sakura	Whoa! Whoa-oh-oh! One, two, one, two.
Sakura weaves through between ice pillars rising for an attack.
Li	Watch out.
Li jumps at Sakura to take her away from another rising ice. Two of them slips aside some distance, and they get up.
Sakura	Thank you, Li.
Li	Never mind. Just seal the Card.
Sakura	Yeah. Aah!
Sakura notices the Freeze Card is rushing under them, so she push Li away to protect him from the attack.
Sakura	Watch it! Ughh!
Li	Sakura!
Sacrificing herself, Sakura is blown by the Freeze into the air; she finally crashes onto the ice rink.
Li	Huh?
The Freeze Card appears in the air surrounded by thick ice. Li runs to it and kicks the ice repeatedly, but it's lame. Behind, Sakura gets up and holds the sealing wand.
Sakura	Jump Card, release!
Sakura jumps to the Card for a revenge. The Card thrusts her backward violently, so she falls and slides away on the ice rink until she crashes into an ice wall.
Li	Sakura!
Sakura	Unh.
Sakura faints.
Li	Get up!
Out of consciousness, Sakura is beginning to freeze up from her hand.
Li	No! Come on!
Li punches the ice away to interfere it from making aggression on Sakura.
Li	Let go! Huh?
Li notices the freezing also aggresses from her feet, so Li hysterically punches the ice around her feet. Meanwhile, Sakura's sealing wand gets frozen completely.
Li	Huh? Oh, no! It's got the sealing wand!
The Freeze Card appears behind him.
Li	Ohh! Wow. Look at that, That spirit's as big as a whale.
The Card breaks out of the ice, again.
Li	Aah! Oh. Sakura, get up. You have to seal the Card!
Sakura	What? What?
Li	Listen, I'm going to draw Freeze out. You look for a chance to seal it.
Sakura	Easy for you to say.
Li	Have you noticed what it does? It appears just below the surface right before the attacks.
Sakura	Mm-hmm.
Li	Come on!
Li begins skating around the rink.
Sakura	That's it. Let's break the ice.
The Freeze follows Li to attack him.
Li	Here it comes! Ready?
Li is running away from Freeze's successive attacks, while Sakura is waiting for the chance.
Sakura	Hmm.
Li quickly turns and moves aside, just as the Freeze jumps out of the ice into the air.
Li	Seal it!
Sakura	Now I've got you! Freeze Card, return to your power, confined!
Breaking down apart and being sucked up to the tip of the wand, the Freeze turns into a card and then flies to Li's hand.
Li	Good. I've had enough of this cold snap.
The temperature rises to the normal; everybody gets free from the frozen state, and goes on doing what they were doing at the moment of freezing.
Terada	Get... Oh, great. I guess they fixed it.
Madison	Wasn't... I... just.. fr-
Meling gets up on her feet, wearing too much clothes.
Meilin	Mmm, it's too hot!
All the kids are enjoy skating as if nothing had just happened.
Sakura	That was some skating lessons.
Li	Yeah, learning under pressure.
When Ms. Mackenzie is at the drink counter, Sakura walks up to her.
Sakura	Ms. Mackenzie.
Mackenzie	Oh, have you come to help me?
Ms. Mackenzie hand this tray to Sakura, on which cups of hot drinks for kids are prepared.
Sakura	Sure.
Sakura delivers drinks to kids skating.
Sakura	Here.
Boy	Thanks!
Meilin enjoys skating not feeling any cold.
Meilin	Hey, Li. I'm skating! It's fun! Geuss what? (Comes skating beside Li) I signed us up for lessons.
Li	Huh?
Meilin	Well, since we live here now.
Sakura giggles to hear Meilin talking to Li.
Meilin	We better learn how to skate.
Li	I'm fine. Whoa! (Slips and falls)
Meilin	Yeah. Sure.
Sakura gives the last one cup of drink to a girl, who is also laughing at the conversation between Li and Meilin.
Sakura	He's just warming up.

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