Cardcaptor Lorenna
                                         By: The Absol Breeder

                                    Chapter 2 - Psychic Day Carnival

  It was another normal day, at least that's how it seemed. Cardcaptor Lauren was playing tetherball just outside of her house, she just liked to practice by herself since she didn't have anyone to play with. Everybody on the block she lived on didn't want to make friends... Either that or their parents don't want their kids around her. She was always lonely, but she was used to it. There was always peace and quiet! Well, except for when her grandmother was screaming bloody hell because she wins on Bingo night. She sighed with a sweatdrop, just thinking about her grandmother screaming because she won makes her feel embarassed.

  She continued to play tetherball, then Blaze popped out of the little bag she had. He had happily been eatting a chocolate chip cookie. "How's it goin'?" he asked, licking his paws for little crumbs. "Pretty good... I'm really gettin' better at Tetherball, but it's lonely not playin' against anybody...." she answered, looking down at the ground. The ball went around, then it hit Blaze, he went flying out of the bag, but then caught himself and used his wings. He flew back over to Lauren, landing on her shoulder. "Ya know, you should really be getting ready for the Carnival!" he exclaimed, then he turned more happy than serious, "But then again, you should probably be getting ready in case another Pokemon Card comes out...." Lauren sighed as she hit her tetherball around the pole, hitting it harder and harder everytime. She seemed to be getting mad or something. Blaze made a clueless look, then he made the look: O.o. "WOAH!!! LAUREN?!?! ARE YOU USING EXPLOUD'S STRENGTH?!?!?!!??!?!" Blaze yelled, flying off of her shoulder. Lauren stopped hitting the tetherball and stopped it. She wiped her forehead and sighed, looking at Blaze. "Of course not... I don't know how.... Besides, this was just my own strength...." she answered calmly. Blaze blinked with BIG eyes and responded, "T-That was your own strength?! God!! You must REALLY pack a wallop when you get into fights!" Lauren gave Blaze a death glare and asked, "You looked at my Report Card, DIDN'T YOU?!" Blaze got a little nervous, since that was Lauren's own strength, he didn't want to get on her bad side. "Umm....." he answered, he was sweating rapidly. "TELL ME THE TRUTH OR I'LL STRANGLE YOU LIKE I DID TO ANTHONY YESTERDAY!!!!" Lauren yelled angerily. "Ok Ok!! I did.... It said you were gettin' into fights with the boys, and BEATING them! Jeez, Kid! You must REALLY be quite the fighter!" Blaze complemented, hoping to get off of her nerves. Lauren cooled down and answered, "Gee, thanks! I get lots of practice on my tetherball!" She continued hitting her tetherball, hitting it hard, and blocking it on the other side.

  After about ten minutes, L.P, Lizzy and Tasha walked into L.N's Driveway. Blaze flew over to the bunch of girls and exclaimed, "Helllllo Ladies!" L.N sweatdropped at that, the three girls said in unison, "Hi Blaze" Blaze flew onto Lizzy's shoulder, and all of them walked over to L.N. L.N stopped her tetherball, and wiped her forehead with a towel that was on a car inside her garage. "Hey guys, what's up?" she asked, putting the towel back and looking at them. "Girl, what's up with you? You're not even ready yet??" the girl with short, black hair, Tasha Rino, asked, her hands on her hips. L.N looked at her clothes and answered, "Who cares? I can go in this... This is comfortable, and it don't look to bad....." They all sweatdropped, and Tasha spoke, "What ever works for you I always say...."

  It didn't take to long to get L.N's grandmother to hang up the phone and take them to the carnival. She drove them to the carnival by East Madison Lane, and they were dropped off. L.N's grandmother would go and pick them up at 10:30 PM since L.N and Lizzy didn't want to miss Inu Yasha at 11:30 PM.

  "See you later, Grandma!" L.N exclaimed, waving as her grandmother drove off back to her house. L.N sighed and looked to the other 3 girls. "Well, let's go and do what we wanted to do, Girls!" she exclaimed, jumping up once. "Yeah!" the other girls exclaimed back. They all ran into the carnival and went onto the rides and played the games. But one particular game caught L.N's eye. She stopped and took Lizzy's hand when she stopped. "Hey Lizzy? When did that booth over there appear? It wasn't there when I came by earlier..." L.N spoke, staring at the booth. Lizzy stopped licking her ice cream cone and looked at the booth. She blinked at it and answered, "Well, it could have just been put there, ya know. Some peopl could have been late." She blinked again and looked at L.N, then she gasped. L.N's eyes, they had no pupils! L.N began to walk towards the booth, she didn't blink even once. Lizzy nearly dropped her ice cream cone when she saw the man at the booth. He was smirking and staring at L.N, he did blink. "Eheheheheheh! I finally found a Cardcaptor! Now I can kill the last one!" the man chuckled, still watching L.N walk slowly over to his booth. Lizzy shook her head and ran to L.N. "Wake Up!!" she exclaimed, shaking L.N. L.N. didn't wake up, she just kept walking. Finally, Lizzy got mad and slapped her, that woke her up. "Ow! Hey, what was that for?!" L.N yelled, rubbing her cheek. "Yup, you're back to normal..." Lizzy spoke with a sweatdrop. L.N blinked, "What do you mean? I've been normal..." Lizzy took L.N's hand and walked away from the booth. "Shoot! I would have had her if it wasn't for that stupid friend of hers!!" the man yelled, stomping the ground.

  "What?! I was totally out of it and wouldn't stop walking to that booth?! That's Why You Slapped Me?!" L.N yelled madly. Lizzy got scared and flinched. L.N sighed and looked down to her book bag, Blaze stuck his head out. "Blaze, I think there's another Pokemon Card on the loose ..." Blaze nodded, "Probably is, and the Pokemon Card probably knows the Hypnosis attack." L.N looked to Blaze, "How do you know?" "Because, if a Pokemon Card uses the Hypnosis attack, it'll attract a Cardcaptor to it. And if the card if working for someone else, that's big trouble for you ... It could mean death..." Blaze answered, looking at the ground. L.N and Lizzy gulped and looked at each other. L.N sighed and said, "When we go on our Pokemon Journey, it's gonna be harder to find cards.... But it'll have to due..." Lizzy grinned and dug into her backpack, leaving Blaze and L.N clueless. Lizzy came out of her backpack holding a costume in her hands. "Please, Lauren. Can you wear this costume? If it is really a Pokemon Card, I would love to film you wearing it!" she asked with starry eyes. Lauren sighed and nodded, "Fine... I'll wear it ...." Lizzy jumped up in happiness, she pushed Lauren into the nearest bush. throwing her the costume. Blaze went onto Lizzy's shoulder, both waiting to see how the costume would look.

  Two minutes later, Lauren came out of the bush. Blaze and Lizzy gasped, Lauren looked so adorable! She wore a white dress that overflowed behind her, a small white jacket that had a red tank top under it. She also wore a green hat that went over one of her eyes. "Wow! This isn't to bad..." Lauren commented, turning around to show them how perfect it looked. "Lauren, you beautiful! I've really out done myself! I guess I didn't leave the best for last! Hahahahah!" Lizzy laughed, looking starry-eyed at Lauren. "Lauren, you look as pretty as a Gardevoir! Better yet, you LOOK like a Gardevoir!" Blaze exclaimed, smiling at how pretty she looked. Lauren looked at Blaze and blinked, "Do I really look THAT good? I know what a Gardevoir is, even though I don't have my POKeDEX yet, I still know. I've read about it." Blaze nodded, and Lizzy spoke, "It's true, you really do!" "But enough with the complements, we have to capture that card!" Blaze exclaimed with a serious tone. Lauren and Lizzy nodded, walking back towards the booth. Little did they know, there was a boy watching them. He had a sword sheath across his back, and there was a sword in it, of course. He hurried to stay hidden and to follow them.

  When they got there, they stopped behind a tree that was at least a yard away from the booth. Lauren glared at the ground at was in front of the booth, she didn't look at the actual booth because she knew she would be under the same spell again. Lizzy took out her video camera, and put it on record. She pointed the lens to the booth. "This is the mysterious booth that may hide a new Pokemon Card that needs capturing," she said as a narrator for the video she's shooting, she turned the lens to Lauren, "And this is the beautifully dressed CardCaptor that will capture the new Card!" Lauren sweatdropped, then looked to Blaze. She gasped, Lizzy had given him a mini-hat and jacket to match the outfit that she wore! She sighed, then spoke, "I just hope that I don't die, you say this card will be hard since it knows Hypnosis, right Blaze? You're going to have to do me a favor.... If I am under their control again, use a Thunder attack on me, all right?" Blaze nodded and jumped out of her book bag, he made himself the size of a regular Absol. "I wish you would have done that sooner...." Lauren said with a sweatdrop. "Who cares, just go out there and bag that card!" Blaze exclaimed, pointing to the booth. Lauren looked at the ground in front of the booth again, if she looked directly at it, she'd probably die if they got her.

  "Eheheheheheh! Time to fight, my pretty little Gardevoir...." the scary old man at the booth chuckled evilly, looking behind him. There were a pair of glowing red eyes, and he laughed louder. Lauren had gotten out of her hiding place, still not looking at the booth. Thank God the carnival was empty of normal people, it was just the Cardcaptor, the Camera Person, the Guardian, The Card, and the bad guy. Lauren pulled out a card and threw it in front of her, it spun in mid-air. "Absol! Come Out And Use Slash! Absol Card!" she exclaimed, the Skarmory wands beak touching the middle of the card. The Absol Card sprung out of the card and headed towards the booth, it Slashed at the man, but something forced it back at The Absol before it could hit the man! Lauren gasped, trying not to look at the man. "Lizzy! What's going on in the booth??" she growled, looking to Lizzy. As Lizzy continued to tape, she answered, "Something made the Slash attack be forced back to The Absol! This is so great!" Lauren sweatdropped, and looked to The Absol Card. "All Right, Absol Card! Bite Attack!" she exclaimed, smirking. 'If the card knows Hypnosis, it has to be a Psychic-type. I remember reading that Psychic-types and weak against Dark-type attacks and Pokemon! Oh! I'm so glad I went to school for this!' she thought in her head, still smirking. The Absol went right at the booth, it opened its mouth, showing it sharp, pointy teeth. It aimed at the man, and the attack hit! The man got the bite right in the arm! "YYYYAAAAHHH!!!!" he yelled in pain, being released from The Absol jaws. He turned around in the booth, standing up and yelling to the big truck behind it. "Gardevoir!! Get Out Here Now!!" he yelled, sitting back down and looking for a band-aid under to booth.

  The pair of glowing red eyes appeared inside the dark truck, it moved and levitated out of the back of the truck. Lizzy and Blaze gasped, they were right! It was The Gardevoir Card! Lauren growled, closing her eyes and looked at the ground in front of herself. "I wish I could see.... But Darn You!! I Can't!!" she yelled in anger. Lizzy gasped at Laurens language, but still, it was perfect for the movie! Lauren looked to The Absol and yelled, "Bite attack!" The Absol nodded and ran at The Gardevoir, it used Quick Attack and used Bite right away! The Gardevoir screeched in pain, it was gonna faint! The Absol let go of The Gardevoir, and The Gardevoir fell to the ground. It didn't move at all, it just lay there. Lauren assumed that she had won, so she called back The Absol and looked up at the Gardevoir. But that was a mistake! It was a trick! The Gardevoirs eyes snapped open, glowing red, it was once again trying to use Hypnosis. Laurens eyes opened wide, her hands going to her head, she was struggling not to be hynotised this time. Her eyes closed as she tried, she could see blood red on the inside of her eyelids instead of midnight black. "Ge-Get... GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!" she yelled in anger, her eyes snapping open. Her eyes weren't their usual brown, they were now glowing pink. The Gardevoir had levitated up a few seconds after she had awoken, and now its eyes were turning from pink, to red. Now it was the Gardevoir struggling to stay awake on, but it was having a much harder time. Lauren had put her hands down, and she neared The Gardevoir Card. But first, she picked up her wand, she had dropped it when she was struggling. She slowly walked over to The Gardevoir, her eyes still glowing pink. As she neared The Gardevoir, it began to calm down, it its eyes were slowly stopping to glow blood red.

  After Lauren had gotten only one foot away from the Gardevoir, both of their eyes stopped glowing any color. The Gardevoirs eyes were naturally red, but not glowing red. It grinned, and pointed to Laurens wand. Lauren looked at her wand and also grinned. "Return to the form you were meant to be in... Gardevoir Card...." she said softly, pointing the wand at The Gardevoir Card. The Gardevoir made a pose, and it was sucked into the card. Lauren caught the card, thinking that it was more beautiful when it was full of good magic. She quickly looked up at the booth, seeing the scary man with a frightened face. "YYYYAAAHHH!!!" he yelled in fear, jumping out of his chair and running into the truck. He accidentally got locked in the back of the big truck, Lauren, Lizzy, and Blaze laughed at this. "Call the Police, Lizzy, they'll take care of him!" Lauren spoke, going down to a giggle. "What do we tell them?" Lizzy asked, she had stopped laughing. "The truth... That the man in the back of the truck harassed a Pokemon into trying to kill us...." Lauren answered with a wink. Lizzy giggled, "All righty!" she giggled, taking out a cell phone and dialling the number for the Police Department. "Hello? Officer Jenny? There's been an almost murdering attempt at the carnival ground near East Madison street! Come right away!" Lizzy exclaimed, hanging up. Lauren, Lizzy and Blaze chuckled, looking at the truck again. Through the little window they could see the man banging on the doors and trying to get out. Lizzy wrote a note on a big piece of paper, it said: The Man That Harassed A Pokemon Into Killing Us Ten Year Old Girls Is In Here." She took a piece of tape and put it on the door to the back of the truck. Blaze turned into his regular size and went into Laurens book bag, and Lauren and Lizzy ran back to Laurens home.

    To Be Continued....