I just realized how WRONG the old memo was. This story has OVER five chapters due to the fact I'm rewriting it cause the old plot sucked.

Enjoy reading my disclaimer- I don't own Escaflowne. If I did the ending would have been way better!

Van Fanel, a young king of now destroyed land Fanelia stood on the battlefield surrounded by the fallen enemies, while the ones who survived were withdrawing. The damage on his legendary guymelef from Ispano was enormous and that damage will change lives of everyone.

A blond knight stood on the bridge of his levi-ship Crusade when a member of his crew ran inside "Boss, we got a big problem! The king isn't getting out! He isn't getting out of Escaflowne!"

As they ran to the storage room they heard voice of the cat-girl Merle calling for her childhood friend "Lord Van, please answer me! Lord Van!"

But there was no answer, only sound that came from Escaflowne and his pilot was the sound of blood that dripped on the floor from the control chamber. But Van was alive, and eventually after few more minutes the doors opened and the king fall out, his body completely covered with bloody cuts.

"I… I can still fight. I…" he somehow found the strength to walk to the storage doors and look behind on the battlefield. At that moment the back of his shirt begins to bulge and in the cloud of feathers his wings sprout out while the Crusade crew stares in amazement. But as soon as the appeared the wings disappeared and the king collapses to the ground.

One of the watchers and the only person who knew about his wings and wasn't afraid of them was Hitomi Kanzaki, a green eyed girl that was a stranger on this mysterious world named Gaea. She sat next to his friend, as he lied bandaged and obviously in grate pain. She didn't want to leave his sight; after all he was the one who brought her here, the one who protected her and saved her life numerous time, just like she had saved his.

"His injuries are unusual." Millerna, princess of Asturia was talking to the blond knight Allen Schezar "From inside… it seams the wounds were cut from inside his body."

As she heard the words princess just said Hitomi ran out of the room and to the guymelef in the storage.

"Hitomi… what's wrong?" Allen asked walking after her.

"Van's feeling it! He became a part of Escaflowne, and now he's feeling… We need to repair it… If we don't he'll die." She turned towards the knight but he just shake his head "That can't be…"

"Boss, an Asturian ship is approaching." A voice of Allen's men echoed through the halls.

A brown haired man stood in front of Ispano guymelef observing it. He is Dryden Fassa, a merchant who read all the ancient books he could get his hands on "The story's I have read are true. An Ispano guymelef assimilates its master unto death. The king had made the blood pact with Escaflowne, and this is a result."

"And what do we do now?" Hitomi asked concerned for her friend.

"Just repair the guymelef, and he'll be okay. Or you could…" Dryden looked for something in the control chamber "Ah, I found it." He said and turned the ancient switch and after that Escaflowne started to emit green light.

"What did you do?" Allen asked. He didn't like the merchant.

"I called the Ispano Clan who made Escaflowne."

The light faded as the gigantic factory ship came from a portal in the sky.

The Ispanos chanted to confirm the authenticity of the guymelef, an when they finished one of them, a small creature in black cloak, walked to the them and hold out his hand "Fifty million."

Allen looked down "That is more than we can pay.". He didn't want to leave his royal friend to die, but the amount was ridiculously high.

"We have to do something." Hitomi said "Were being followed. They will be here very soon."

"Girl seeing into future?" Ispano asked "You come with us, and we fix Escaflowne."

"What? No." Millerna stepped forward "Hitomi, you can't do that!"

Hitomi turned to the princess and than turned to the rest of the crew. None of them dared to look her in the eyes, for none of them wanted to be the one who will tell the king what happened, and why his friend isn't with them anymore.

But the girl from the Mystic Moon made her decision, despite their reactions. Van was her friend, and she had no doubt he would do the same for her.

"You'll be good help to us. If you work good you might pay yourself off." Ispano talked walking of followed by Hitomi who only had time for a brief farewell with her friends.

Van was suffering greatly, feeling all the works Ispanos made on his guymelef. But with the morning came also a relief. Escaflowne is all fixed up, as good as new, and not just him. When the bandages from Van were removed, everyone gasped; there was not a single scratch.

"Lord Van! I'm glad your okay! I'm so glad!" Merle hugged her friend and licked his cheek.

The king turned to his friend "Thank you for your help Allen. I owe you for saving me again."

"If you want to than someone, than Dryden and Hitomi." The knight said, but than bit his tongue.

"I didn't do anything. Really." Dryden said "I just called them."

Van smiled to him but than his face expression changed. He looked around searching for the familiar face of his friend, but it was nowhere to be found. He just wanted to ask them about it when an Ispano walked to him.

"The contract with blood…" he said "Using Draconian blood, Ispano makes no guarantees… Blood different… Stronger… Now go! Solders coming, and we do not want to be involved. Go!"

Everyone rushed towards Crusade but Van stood still looking around. Hitomi wasn't there.

"Van, we need to go!" Allen turned to him and than lowered his eyes to the floor "Ispanos asked an amount we couldn't pay for the repair. But than they…"

"Allen what are you saying? Where is Hitomi?"

"Hitomi is staying here. That was the final settlement." Allen said and than turned to walk to the levi-ship "Don't make her deed to go in waste."

"But… She didn't say goodbye."

"Yes. She did Van… She…" Allen said as they walked inside. Soon the Crusade left the hangar of the factory ship and Van watched as it vanished back into the portal taking with them the girl he started to care for.

"Allen, you wanted to say something about Hitomi." Van said as his friend walked to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"She said she never want to see you again."