The Brides

Disclaimer: I do not own Escaflowne or any of its charaters except for the ones I made up.

This is my first time, so don't blame if it sux.

A beautiful cat warrior practices with her sword out in the fields. Such grace, such beauty. The wind brushes against her soft, soft fur.No one on Gaia could handle a sword like her. She is not like the men. She does not need to "charge aggressively" at all. She has all the strategy planned in her head. All the villagers agreed that she is the the most graceful warrior that ever set foot on Asturia.


"Merle, I'll be your opponent today," Celena said walking up from behind Merle. At once they broke into battle. Birds flew away as the two swords clashed. It didin't take long for Merle to defeat Celena.
"Good job, Celena, but not good enough. You need to move with more agility."
"Yeah, I can never beat you can I? Let's just go back to the castle" BR"OKAY,"

"Brother!" Celena races to embrace her brother. Merle just stood there gazing at Allen, using this moment to reflect on the five years she's been here. She remembers how sad she was knowing that Lord Van would never love her the same way he loved that skank. Merle had come to Asturia with Allen and Celena hoping to forget about him. Van. Oh Van how could i ever forget you? How could I forget that sweet, gentle face? Why am I still thinking about him? He doesn't love me.


"Hey, Merle. Stop blanking out. You've been doing that for .....well ever since you came," said Allen.
"Sorry, Allen. I was just thinking."
"About him again." Merle blushed at this.
"Brother! Why do you always have to bug Merle about him? Its so mean!
"Actually, I wanted to tell Merle about this thing that's going on at Fanelia. The Fanelian Council has forced Van into marriage with any girl he choses. Since, he doesn't want to chose, they will be holding a talent show for Van to decide on his options. You should go Merle.


that's it for today....later!

Bonnie