Synopsis

its Escaflowne meets the Pride and Prejudice storyline. Hitomi's in her second year of university, and gets called back to Gaea, etc. For those of you who love P & P, it won't be exactly the same, obviously. Hitomi comes back to Gaea, and brings Yukari along with her. Is Van still in love with her? Or does he hate her guts? Other pairings and drama will occur, do not worry, this isn't your typical "I love you, where have you been? Let's have sex" fanfic.

But, as it is a fanfic, I'm allowing myself some artistic liberties with the plot, otherwise everyone would be OOC, and it wouldn't work so well. Oh, and I'm bringing Folken back from the dead… just because I needed another character, and I didn't want to use a John Doe. And I like Folken…

Character parallels (major characters)

Hitomi – Elizabeth Bennet
Van – Mr. Darcy
Yukari – Jane Bennet
Princess Milerna – Lydia Bennet
Folken – Mr. Bingly
Allan – Mr. Wickham
Merle – Charlotte Lucas
Prince Chid – Mr. Collins

Disclaimer – I do not own either Escaflowne or Pride and Prejudice. I just think the combination of the two could be potentially interesting…

Prologue

"And that's all for today… Just remember what I told you! I don't want any tests with horrible grammar mistakes! Or else you will get a zero. Speaking of zero, one time my aunt…"
"Goodbye Malcolm!" yelled the class. Man, sometimes that prof did not know how to keep on topic. I picked up my books and shoved them into my bag and then headed out of the classroom.

"Ahhh…" I breathed aloud; class was finally over for the week. It was comforting to know that my life was now like any other persons. I had graduated high school, and was now in my second year of university at Tokyo U. Life was pretty normal, I went to class, hung out with friends, and was working part time at the local coffee shop. Sure, I still had some peculiarities, but who wouldn't after spending some time on a foreign planet? The main thing in my life now is that I'm over Van, and the depression that had loomed over my life while in high school was now gone. I no longer had any visions of terrible things happening to those close to me, and in general, life was good for the first time.

"Hitomiiii!" A bright happy sound broke the silence of my pondering mind as I was just leaving class. It was Yukari, my best friend from high school and now my lovely roommate. "Hey, how was class today? Was your prof as boring as ever?"

"Ha, yeah, he was pretty boring… He goes off on these horrible grammar tangents that seem to have no point at all to the class… I mean, we are learning about early modern Europe, not how to properly form a sentence!" I laughed.

We walked together back to our apartment, comparing our day and what new interesting bar facts we learnt. As we reached our apartment, I noticed something on the door handle. It was a necklace, "odd…" I thought to myself "I know that necklace!" That was my pendant that I had left back on Gaea! I quickly pocketed it as I opened the door before Yukari could see. I don't want this! I am happy where I am right now, for once!

We entered our apartment and threw our stuff on the couch, then lazily sat down at the table. "Yukari, I don't feel like doing homework tonight. Do you want to watch a movie or something?" Anything to get my mind off of what was sitting in my pocket.

"Sure!" Yukari grinned; I knew what she had in mind, "let's watch When Harry Met Sally! It's one of my favorites!"

"I know it is," I laughed, whenever we had a movie night, this was the first thing she always suggested. I had finally turned her down enough times, that it was actually about time to watch the movie again. "Fine, I cave this time, we can watch the dang movie!"

Yukari ran to her room to grab the movie, and I shoved my hand in my pocket. Something seemed to be jabbing my leg. "Oh yeah" I thought out loud, it was the pendant, "whatever, I don't care anymore, this pendant is the last thing I want in my life right now. It brings back too many memories. I don't care if I sound overdramatic!"
I took the pendant out of my jeans and put it on the coffee table. Weird, it was kinda glowing… Or maybe I was just imagining that… Nah, it couldn't be…

Yukari jumped in the room with the DVD in her hand, "Got it! Oh, Hitomi!" Her eyes got big as she looked down at the coffee table. Oh no, she had noticed the pendant, "hey, isn't that the pendant that you lost in high school? Where in Sam's hill did you find it?" She bent down and picked it up, and it started to glow even brighter.

"Don't touch it!" I yelled as I jumped up and grabbed it from her, unfortunately, the moment I touched it, we were both encompassed in an all too familiar bright green pillar of light, "Oh mother, this can't be good…"

"Hitomi, what's happening? What the hell did you do?" Yukari screamed.

This was all too familiar. We were being lifted off the ground like in some freaky sci-fi movie and we suddenly started to propel through the air by the light that was enveloping us, we went through the roof, we flew past all the high-rise buildings, and all of a sudden I heard, "HITOMI! WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!"

"Yukari, you aren't going to believe me if I tell you, so just hold on and you will see for yourself!"

We held onto each other for dear life. I knew that we really had nothing to be afraid of, but Yukari on the other hand, she probably thought that she was being taken to the mother ship or something. Our speed increased and then all of a sudden, we stopped.

We had landed. I was back on Gaea, again…

Well, that's all for now. I'll try to update soon. I'm not promising though, my school load is pretty busy and I have two essays I have to write, but I'll try to update ASAP! Reviews appreciated! And if you are going to criticize, be nice!