Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captors Sakura, and I do not own the story of Psyche and Cupid.
Yes this story is based on a Greek myth,(so obviously it's in an alternate universe) and one of my very favorite loves stories. But i'll have to make it more modern, obvously. OH! And if you are anything like me, you want to know what god, goddess, and other people our CCS characters are based on, so I made you a list. And for those of you who only know them by their english names I added those to the list as well!! Here you go!:
Psyche: Sakura Kinomoto
Cupid (God of Love): Syaoron Li
Sister: Meilin
Sister: Chiharu/Chelsea
brother (added for my story): Toya Kinomoto/Tori
Father(king): Fujitaka Kinomoto/Aiden
Mother(queen): Nadeshiko Kinomoto/Natasha
Venus(Goddess of beauty, love, and fertility): Ruby Moon
In the story after the names I will put their Greek God/Goddess counterparts (if they have one), just so you don't get confused :D
I hope you enjoy reading it!:
Long ago in an ancient city there lived the great and benevolent king, Fujitaka. He and his beautiful queen Nadeshiko had three daughters and one son. Their son's name was Toya, and he was a brave young prince indeed, their daughters, however, were oldest was named Chiharu, and her chestnut eyes won the hearts of all who viewed them. Their middle daughter was named Meilin and her long and shining hair was the most beautiful in the land. And finally there was their youngest daughter, Sakura (Psyche). Though the two older daughters were both charming and beautiful, the youngest was breath taking. Such beauty was failed to be explained, for mortal words would never be enough. As a matter of fact, her beauty and modesty was so famed that people would come from all over to see the beautiful young woman. And without fail all of them were left in awe at the sight of her. Once a man even said that Ruby (Venus) herself couldn't compare in beauty, and it seemed he wasn't the only one who thought this way. Soon all of the shrines of Ruby were left bare and empty, for all of the worshipers were flocking to that beautiful princess. However.. such worship was destined only for an imortal, and the sight of a mere human recieving such praise angered Ruby. So the vengeful godess began to devised a plan...
and this is where our story begins...
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"Li... LI!!" Ruby yelled for her son, her voice echoed in the halls of her castle.
Li (Cupid), being the defiant and mischievous boy he was, took his time to get to his mother's side.
"LI!!" She yelled once more, only louder. It boomed through her castle and shook walls.
He took haste and landed at his mother's side. "Yes?" he asked with a sigh.
"My boy, look at this young tramp!" Ruby pointed down into her looking glass, spying on the castle and Sakura. "She's used her beauty to blind the mortals and be treated as a Goddess! She has tried to eclipse me in the eyes of the humans!"
Li looked at the glass and blinked once before giving his mother a 'so what do you want me to do about it' face. She continued quickly before he could say anything.
"Get your dear mother revenge, my child. Peirce her chest with one of your golden arrows and make her fall for an undeserving creature. A cruel and hideious, undeserving man."
"Only if I can do it my way." Li said quietly.
"oh?" She looked curiously at her son. "And how is that?"
"Let me take cups from your fountains of sweet and bitter water and curse her while I can. If all else fails, then in the end no man will love her."
Ruby laughed viciously. "Brilliant my son... teach that tramp her mortality."
"And so I shall.. when she falls into slumber."
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Toya was wandering the halls of his family's castle trying to locate his younger sisters. In his arms he carried dresses, and he himself wore nobel robes.
"Chiharu! Meilin! Sakura!! Where are you?!" he called as he searched.
His steps were not light and they echoed through the halls with every step he took. Just when his steps fell into an even pace he nearly ran straight into a young girl. His sandles screached to a halt on the marble floors, and his youngest sister laughed lightly.
"Hello Toya." Sakura said with a laugh.
"Sakura! There you are! Where are Chiharu and Meilin?" he asked, exasperated.
The other two sisters emerged from the same room Sakura had been in.
"What's wrong brother?" Chiharu asked.
"Yeah, why in such a hurry?" Meilin asked with a smirk.
"Mother and Father had these dresses made for you. Now quickly put them on, you're going to be late for dinner!"
"We can't have that!!" Chiharu said, looking very excited. Her sisters smiled brightly too. It was as if they were hiding somthing.
Toya just raised an eyebrow at them. "O...k... Here." He started handing out the dressed. "The blue one is for you, Chiharu. The green one for Meilin, and here is the pink for you Sakura."
They all smiled at the clothes in their hands.
"Hurry up and get dressed! Don't be late for dinner!" And with that Toya procedded to run back down the hall and towards the dining room.
Despite their brother's warning, they were a few minutes late to dinner. But their family wasn't angry, but anticipating the viewing of their daughters.
"What is taking them so long?" Nadeshiko asked, she smiled in her excitement.
"They're probably trying to make the dresses look perfect." Toya said, more annoyed then his mother. He was hungry and the girls were holding his dinner up.
"They get that after their mother." Fujitaka smiled at his wife who returned the affection.
Finally the first daughter came in. Meilin dressed in her green dress.
"You're so beautiful, my daughter!" the queen smiled brightly at her child.
"I know." Meilin laughed, "but wait until you see Chiharu!" And with that Meilin spread her arms, introducing her older sister as she walked into the room. She looked very beautiful.
"Blue truly is your color, dear." the king smirked at his children.
"Hehehe, thank you daddy." the teen replied, blushing lightly.
"Where's Sakura?" Toya asked. He hated to pick favorites, but Sakura was indeed his pick of the three. He found his other sisters to be fake and avarice. Don't worry, he loved them, but Sakura was his baby.
Meilin looked insulted, however, so Toya had to disguise his true thoughts with a lie.
"Where is she? I'm starving!" he lied.
"I don't know,"Meilin sighed as she and her sister took their seats "She was having trouble with her dress."
"And you two didn't help her?!" Nadeshiko stood from the table, getting ready to go to her youngest daughters aid, but no sooner did she stand did Sakura come stumbling into the dining room, holding the sides of her pink dress up as not to trip on it.
She was exhasperated, yet her beauty was uneffected. She, by far, was the most beautiful this evening.
"So-sorry.." she said between breaths. "I couldn't get it on right.. and then I had to run..." she smiled lightly at her family as she took her place across from her brother, and next to Meilin.
"Took you long enough, twerp. You held up dinner." Meilin stated with annoyance in her voice.
"Oh!! I'm so sorry!" Sakura frowned and bowed her head. "I didn't mean to hold dinner up."
"Don't worry about it, sis." Toya said, comforting his youngest sister.
Meilin and Chiharu's stares were as sharp as daggers as they watched their little sister.
"Don't fret darling." Nadeshiko rescued Sakura from her sisters.
"You're as beautiful as Ruby Moon herself, Sakura." Fujitake smiled at his youngest. "A delayed dinner is worth it to see you so beautiful... however... that frown isn't as becoming."
Sakura smiled up at her parents. Meilin sighed.
It took only a minute for the servants to bring the food to the table, and after a few bites Chiharu could contain her joy no longer.
"Mother, father... I have great news!!" she smiled at them.
"Oh?" the king smirked back at his oldest. "And what's that?"
It was then that Chiharu got a little shaken and embarassed.
"Go on sis!" Meilin said.
"They'll be delighted!" Sakura reassured her eldest sister.
"Does this have something to do with what ever you guys were getting all giggly about earlier?" Toya asked, refering to when he brought them their dresses.
"Yes... actually..." Chiharu smiled up at her parents again. "I... I'm getting married!"
"What?!" the king, queen, and prince said together.
"Whom?" Nadeshiko asked, smiling brightly.
"The prince from the city to the west." Meilin said happily.
"The one she has been spending so much time with!" Sakura added with a bright smile.
Fujitake beamed with pride. "To think.. my daughter is to become a bride! I'm so happy for you darling!"
"And here I thought no one would marry you three." Toya smirked at his sisters.
"Ha Ha brother. You know better then that Toya" Meilin said sarcastically. "I already know who my husband will be!" She smiled.
"Oh?" the queen said. "Who's that?" she asked with a smile.
"The prince of the city just to the north of us! You should see the way he looks at me mother! I just know that he will take me as his bride."
"It's hard to imagine! My little girls are growing up so fast!" Fujitake smiled.
"Yeah, it seems like just yesterday they were whining little brats." Toya laughed.
"Don't tell me, "Sakura smiled. "It was just yesterday?"
"Ouch.. my punchline." Toya smirked at his youngest sister.
"So how about you, darling?" Nadeshiko asked her youngest daughter. "Have you a prince in mind?"
Sakura looked at the table and blushed. "N-no... I haven't been looking for one..."
Her sisters laughed.
"See brother," Meilin said, still laughing "The only person you need to worry about is Sakura."
"Yeah, who would want her?" Chiharu asked with a chuckle. "She's too tomboy for any prince to love."
Sakura looked sadly down at her plate of food. Toya grew angry, but held his tongue of the profanities he wished to say. "I'm not the least bit worried about Sakura." the prince said, trying to hide his anger. "The only reason she isn't married already is because all men are intimidated by her beauty."
The king and queen smiled at their son for coming to his sister's rescue. The other two girls frowned. The rest of dinner went by in near silence.
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Li had been watching his victim all day through his mother's looking glass. He witnessed her cruel sisters and her beloved brother. He saw her happy father and her beautiful mother. He saw their whole dinner, and he even watched as she stumbled wearily to her bedroom and fell onto her large bed and silk blankets. It was then that he decided to wait an hour before pursueing her.
He took two amber vases to his mother's fountains and filled them. One with sweet water, and the other with bitter. After he knew that Sakura was in a deep sleep he made sure that he would be invisible to the human eyes and he took flight, heading towards his victim's house.
He flew through the chilled midnight air and up to her window. Gently and quietly he pushed the shutters open, closing them silently behind him.
He stopped moving his wings and hovered to the ground. The marble floors were cold on his bare feet, and it sent a chill up his body. Slowly he walked over to the girl, sleeping in her bed. He gazed at her for a moment before taking the vases from his robes and setting them onto her end table. He gently took the bitter water into his hands and shed a few drops over the lips of the sleeping beauty. He then took one of his shining golden arrows and prepared to make her fall in love with an unworthy man, just as his mother ordered... but looking at her now... it made Li feel pity. How could he do something so harsh to someone who had done nothing wrong. Just because a goddess had fallen victim to envy. Why should an innocent get punished when they have done nothing wrong. He shook the thoughts out of his mind, and reluctantly he started the arrow towards her. He moved it closer and closer to her until he himself could feel warmth eminating from her skin. Finally the tip of the arrow touched her arm, but before it could peirce her she awoke.
Her emerald eyes fell on Li.
He froze in fear. That is, until he remembered that he couldn't be seen.
The young beauty's eyes moved around the dark room, searching for something she knew was there... but in mere moments she was asleep again. Something so subtle that she would write it off as a dream when the sun rose.
Li gazed at her. A light in the darkness. She was far more beautiful then one could ever imagine. He moved her hair from her face and smiled lightly down at her. He was bewildered by the feeling in his chest.
"Perhaps it was a mistake.." Li whispered to himself "...for mother to have shown her to me first..."
But he was stolen from his thoghts by a sudden pain in his side. When he looked down see what it was, he found that his very own arrow had peirced him. He put it away and picked up his two vases, getting ready to leave and forget about his mother's orders, but he had to stop and look at her once more. Seeing her there.. the picture of her innocent eyes burnt into his mind... he suddenly felt terrible for what he had done. When he poured the bitter water over her lips... what had he done? He was the god of love... and yet he felt like a monster.
Li took the vase of sweet water and he poured it over the beauty.
He knelt down beside her once more and looked at her face.. or one would have thought. He was looking past her outer beauty and into her soul. He thought about how modest she was at the dinner table... how understanding she was of her wicked sisters.. and how forgiving she was for their cruel words.
"You are more beautiful then mother." he said quietly, but with a hint of laughter.
Slowly Li walked back to the window and opened it, letting the cold breeze move over him. He jumped from the window and let his wings catch him. He turned and looked at the girl once more before closing the shutters and starting back towards heaven. He struggled to think of a good lie to tell his mother.
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