Wanna Switch With Me, Hitomi?

By: Escachick357

Ch.1- Welcome to My Boring Life

Okay, this pretty much stars the Escaflowne characters, my best friend, and me. In this story, I am very bored with my life and Hitomi with hers, so we both volunteer to switch lives for 1 week. I use my real name in this story (my name is Kristina) and I also mention my school. I say that my school is OHHS, the last HS means High School, but I won't mention what the first OH means. Oh, and I'm also a huge Van fan. If Hitomi didn't have him, I'd immediately go after him. The little stars (*) mean that the scene is changing. The scene will change a lot from me to Hitomi, and also for dreams, so you won't get confused. R/R please

*In Kristina's Dream*

A boy with dark hair walked up to a girl with auburn hair and stood in front of her. The girl blushed as he began to speak. "Kristina, I must tell you something." The boy started. Kristina stared at him, still blushing, and asked, "Yes, Van?" Van looked at her and said, "I love you." Kristina's blue eyes got wide with both excitement and shock.

"Really?"

"Yes, Kristina."

"I love you, too. But what about Hitomi?"

"I used to have feelings for her, but she left me to go back home. I love you so much. Will you stay on Gaea with me forever?"

"Yes! I will, Van!"

Van's arms went around Kristina's shoulders as he drew her in for a kiss. They got closer and closer and closer. When they were only 1 inch away, a loud voice yelling, "Kristina. Kristina! Wake up!" Then the dream ended and Van disappeared.

*End Dream*

Kristina opened her blue eyes and stared at the face of her father, who was shaking her. "About time you woke up. Get ready to go to school!" He yelled. "Yes, Dad." Kristina sadly answered as her father walked out of her bedroom and closed the door. Kristina grumbled as she began changing into her regular clothes. She put on her blue jeans, green shirt, green sweater, and tennis shoes. And then brushed her semi-long auburn hair and tied it back into a ponytail with a green scrunchie.

She walked quietly passed her little sister's bedroom and into the kitchen to eat her breakfast. "I interrupted you from that dream again, didn't I?" Her father, who was drinking some coffee, asked. Kristina nodded, sat at the table, and began to eat. After breakfast, she made her lunch, brushed her teeth, got things ready for school, and had her father drive her to school.

Once at OHHS, she met her best friend, Nicole, and waited impatiently for the bell to ring so she could go to class. "You were interrupted from that dream again, right?" Nicole asked her impatient best friend. "Uh-huh." Kristina answered, sighing. Then the bell rang and both girls went to their usual classes, only having one together.

Kristina's day was the same every day: First she went to Physics, getting bored out of her mind; then to Japanese, the only class she had with Nicole; then English, where her teacher always did a horrible German accent; then World History, the class that she never got higher than a C- average; then ate lunch with Nicole; then did Softball/Baseball, her PE class; then to her Geometry class, another boring class; and finally was driven home by her dad.

As she sat through her Physics class, she thought, "Man, Hitomi's life has got to be more interesting than mine. God, I wish she'd at least switch lives with me for at least a week." What she didn't know was that another planet, a certain girl was thinking the same thing...

*Hitomi's Dream*

A young girl was sitting out into the warm sun in Tokyo, Japan. It was the afternoon and she was happy to feel the sun's rays on her face. She had been on Gaea during war so much that she nearly forgot how the Tokyo sun felt. Just then, a voice called, "Hitomi! Hitomi!" Hitomi looked to her left and saw a red-haired girl and brown-haired boy walking towards her, smiling. "Ah, Yukari. Amano! Hello." Hitomi answered smiling back.

"Hitomi, it feels so good to have you back." Yukari giggled. Amano nodded. Hitomi closed her green eyes and breathed in the warm air. Then her peace was interrupted by a voice screaming, "Hitomi! Hitomi! Wake up!" Amano, Yukari, and Tokyo then disappeared.

*End Dream*

Hitomi opened her eyes and looked at the face of Merle, the cat-girl, who was shaking Hitomi. "It's about time you woke up! Get dressed! Lord Van wants to see you!" She demanded before leaving the room. "Great." Hitomi said sarcastically. Hitomi put on her school uniform, brushed her sandy- blonde hair and went to the dining room of the castle, where Van was.

Hitomi loved Van, but hated her life on Gaea. Everyday was the exact same thing...Merle screamed in Hitomi's face to wake her up, she ate breakfast, practiced dowsing with Van, used her powers for a certain battle with Zaibach, listened to more of Merle's screams, sat through Van's silentness, ate dinner, and went to bed.

It had been exactly 7 months since she first came to Gaea. She met Van when they were both 15, but now they were both 16. Every night, Hitomi dreamed of her life on the Mystic Moon and her friends and family that lived there. She missed Yukari, Amano, hell she even missed her annoying little brother.

One night, Hitomi saw a shooting star zooming across the sky. Before it disappeared, Hitomi made a wish. "I wish I could trade lives with another 16 year old on the Mystic Moon, even if it's only for a week." Then she fell into a peaceful sleep, unaware of the big decision she'd have to make the next day.

End Chapter 1.

Well, that's it for chapter 1. In my next chapter, both me and Hitomi are going to make a deal to switch lives. Stay tuned and R/R.