Hi! :)

My last Fanfic (and the one I'm still working on) isn't getting much interest, sigh... no one cares enough to review it.

Even though I am truly heart broken I decided I would post this anyway.

You probably think it's just as bad but I wrote it and it would just sit on my computer if I didn't post it on fanfiction.net. Sigh...

Well please read and I know I'm probably asking a lot be it would be great if you wrote a review even if its one word. Your reviews are the only things that keep me going (well writing).

This is set in a medieval era, although it is not exactly at that time as the fic also contains modern day things. So it is more like a different dimension and it is also an AU, if you haven't guessed.

The only kinds of Fanfics I tend to write are AU ones. I don't know why!

Madness!

Well please please please R&R and tell me I'm not as bad as I think!

Love and huggles

Anime rose

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Disclaimer: Don't own Escaflowne or any related characters if my Fanfic some how relates to something else sorry but I don't intend it to, just a random idea I came up with and I'm sure someone else has thought of it as well.

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1 Slave to Evil

Chapter 1: Changes of Darkness

Written by Anime rose

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Hitomi awoke to another day.

Another day full of strife and another day of her service to the Lord Keaira. The loyal servant of the most feared creature of all, The Aishka.

For those who knew him, and this was all, knew him as something that had sprang from pure evil.

And so his servant would also have to be born with the same evil running through its veins.

Lord Keaira was the lord who ruled all life above the ground of earth, while Aishka ruled the underground and the sky.

But the earth was where Hitomi lived, and the life she lived she could imagine getting no worse.

She did remember a time when Goddess's and creatures with powers granted from the god's of good ran free on the earth, this is when she served the Queen of the earth.

Back then she lived a life full oh happiness and didn't mind being but a mere servant for her country and ruler.

She was the first maiden of the queen but that all changed. First the minions of the Aishka arrived and slowly their numbers increased taking over village, then town, then city, then country and slowly Keaira, as he was known back then, took over the world and destroyed Hitomi's queen, the queen of the earth.

A tear stung her eye; she would not show weakness like this. She had been strong for so many years so why show her pain now.

She was lucky, she had gotten off lightly she was just a mere farm worker. She planted, ploughed and watered plants all day, which she had been doing so long she had lost track of the days. Not after long the days rolled in together and the months as well and soon after that she lost track of time altogether.

She knew she was about 17 as she over heard one of the minions talking to another about the Lord's birthday celebrations. He had been at power for 3 years now and she had been 14 when her life had been destroyed.

Three miserable years.

She moved from her bed, not that you could really call it one. it consisted of a small amount of straw for a pillow a tiny square of rag for a quilt and the hard stone floor beneath her as the mattress.

She lived in a cell with five others. All servants had been allocated their own living space.

Throughout her time there, the number had decreased she had at first been living with 15 people.

But they either died of exhaustion, hunger, or torture, or the worst fate of all for the lord's pleasure.

She dragged herself up and stretched out her long legs and arms. She could touch the ceiling of the cell by doing this.

'Get up you lazy pieces of Shit. Get up you good for nothing freaks' Hitomi flinched as she heard one of the slave drivers banging on the cells and wiping a few people while he was at it.

She knew they enjoyed hurting people, everything of evil did. She hid in the corner furthest away from the door so she was least likely to get wiped.

'Get up you piece of crap Hitomi, still going to turn me down? You know I would treat you right' the slave driver grabbed her by the hair pulling her head back and whispering slimly into her ear.

She could feel the sick grow in her throat, it was Gladias. He had been trying for months to get Hitomi in more ways than one. But even though she knew it would get her out of the life of a slave she could never lower herself to something like this.

'I would die a thousand deaths before I even considered it' she spat back into his face.

He threw her into the corner, hard against the stonewall. Her body slamming against it and the crack of a bone could be heard.

A sharp pain radiated throughout her hand and she clung to it. He had broken her wrist. And all he did was laugh.

'Serves you right you little bitch' with that he exited the cell, and merle crawled over to her.

'Hitomi are you ok? Oh damn that Gladias, one day he will suffer all the pain he had inflicted upon us' merle glanced at him and pawed the air. You see merle was not any normal person. She was half cat and half women. But this made no difference to her beauty as she radiated it; her hair was the colour of candyfloss and her eyes the blue of the sky.

'Don't worry merle I think he only broke my wrist this time. I know I will be able to repair it quite easily this time' Hitomi clutched it again as another sharp lighting bolt shattered up her arm.

'Well if you say so Hitomi, I will take your word' merle looked around as people started to exited the cell and ran after them.

Hitomi used the arm that hadn't been hurt to support her on the wall as she got up. She reached for her pendant; a pendant that shone with the colours of a ruby filtered with sunlight even in the darkest room it would emit a glow. The teardrop shape hung delicately around her small neck by a thin gold chain.

It was the pendant her mother had given her as a child, and the only possession the dark lord's minions had been to scared to touch and take away from her.

She knew why as it contained the purest of magic, light and goodness that if something of such evil would touch it they would be destroyed.

It contained many magical powers she could see into the past, future and present. She could read peoples minds, she could see the hidden in many different ways. And it also contained many more powers that she had yet to find.

But the power she needed now was its healing power. She was weak at the moment as her last meal had been two days ago so she knew the energy she could give her magic would be limited and only enough to mend the bone but would leave the bruising which would cause pain if touched.

She held her pendant in front of her and chanted a few words.

'My pendant so true so full of good,

I do as I told I do, as I should,

Yet again I ask the same,

Please could you help heal this pain'

A red light sparkling with rays of gold surrounded her arm, she could feel her energy being drawn from her as the pain in her arm decreased.

She collapsed to the floor and her face turned to a white pasty colour, she breathed in deeply trying to gain strength from the air.

Today was going to be difficult she thought as she dragged her near lifeless body off the floor.

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As the sun slowly dropped in the sky, the remainder of the light that managed to escape cast shadows upon Hitomi's frail form.

Her wrist felt like an icy river had cascaded over it, the feeling in it was almost lost. She thanked the lord that the day's work was over, and there was a rumour going round food was to be given to the slaves.

This would at least help her gain some of the energy she was so rapidly losing.

She was shocked that she had lasted this long but her will to live be more than anything and she would have to fight through the pain.

'Right slaves get back to you cells works over, hurry up' a few slave drivers entered the field Hitomi was working in and starting kicking slaves to get them up and out of the field.

Hitomi got up but stumbled over a root, she gained her balance quickly and ran towards the slave buildings.

She entered inside and found the usual scenery; most of her family (this is what she called her fellow slaves) were either asleep or quietly talking to each other. One or two were humming a tune to there selves and a few were coughing and being sick.

She walked over to someone who was coughing and gave her a glass of water.

The person glanced up at her with thanks written in her eyes, 'Thank you Hitomi, you are a person with a pure soul' the person then began to drink the water so Hitomi walked off.

She knew most of the people here, as she was one of the slaves who had been here the longest. They all admired her because of her strong character. And on some days when they felt ill or upset she would always try to help.

Everyone helped each other out, as in this situation there was no point in having enemies.

'Here's your food' a guard entered and chucked a few bags of bread into the building and then left.

Everyone ran towards the bags and tried to get a piece all being unsuccessful as the bags were tied up.

'Stop it, wait you turn; everyone is going to get a bit. Please stop it STOP IT!!!!' Hitomi shouted in her loudest voice causing everyone to turn around.

'Look everyone is going to get some. Give me the bags' some one handed them to her.

'Now line up and I will give each of you a piece and if there is any left we will give it to the weak or sick' Hitomi undid the bag and started to hand out the bread to the line which had formed.

It took almost an hour to sort out all the bread rations, and she finally sat down to eat her share.

The night was late and soon the lights would be blown out and the slaves thrown into their cells to sleep another painful night upon the cold concrete floor.

Just as she thought the guards entered moving any slave, which was in their walkway by simply kicking them.

She cringed and began to crawl into her cell.

'We have a Request from the Lord Keaira. He is wants all the women of the slaves to come to his castle' Hitomi's heart sank. She hoped it was for other means than his pleasure. But then why did they all have to go?

Merle ran up and clutched on to Hitomi. They said not one word to each other as they began the long trek to the castle.

Hitomi enjoyed the view as she was walking. The land of fanelia, the city she lived in was beautiful the land so well tended and the stars sparkled down light making the world seem like a dream. If only it was.

The land was in such good condition because of all the pain the slaves went through and the stars were a million miles away not far enough to shine down enough light to make the world become a better place.

Hitomi glanced down as she felt heat radiating around her neck.

Her pendent was becoming a bright gold. She gasped; this was not the time for it to react.

She placed her hand over it and kept wishing for it to stop shining.

By this time they had already entered the castle.

It was amazing the décor was none like she would imagine. Simple yet beautiful was the only way she could describe it.

She hadn't realised they had stopped and bumped into merle who had now moved in front of her.

'Sorry merle' she whispered.

'Ok, I have very little reason to guess all you stupid cows know why you are here? Am I correct' everyone nodded in agreement.

'As I thought so. Well as you know Lord Keaira's son is now 18 and needs a wife. And we guessed that all you past ladies might as well do. So pretty yourself up you will be going to see him in a minute' Hitomi glanced around and everyone around her apart from merle were flattening their hair and wiping dirt off their face.

'I heard that he looks like a monster Hitomi. I don't want to marry someone like that he's Keaira's son!' Hitomi looked at merle as she was also glancing at all the frantic girls.

'Don't worry merle if we just mess up our hair, clothes and add some dirt to our face he wont even glance at us twice' Merle brightened up and began to mess her hair up as did Hitomi.

'Well I hope your ready lady's as you're about to meet the Keaira and his son' Hitomi gulped and lowed her head, she didn't want to look at anything which contained such evil.

She took a peak around her, she sighed there as so many beautiful women she had no chance.

Hitomi's hair was a light brown cascading down her back and tied into a lose ponytail with a few strands of hair framing her face. Her skin was a creamy white, not what it should be for the amount of work she did outside in the hot sun. But her eyes held all the magic, mystery and beauty about her. They were a green the colour of green fields back in the day when the Queen of Earth ruled. But still after all this time they shown with the same beauty they always had.

She didn't class herself as beautiful although merle always told her she was.

'Hi, My name is Van Fanel. As you may know I'm meant to choosing a wife today so I would like you all to look up' Hitomi slide into the back row and kept her head down.

She could fell his aura floating around, what shocked her was that it was black like all the other evil creatures but a ruby red. She glanced up and looked at him, and yet again to face another shock. He was a human just like her, his hair fell around his face messily and his eyes were a deep brown containing a hint of red, his skin was tanned and his body well formed.

He glanced in her direction and looked her straight in the eyes, she gasped as she felt her pendant begin to send of light again.

She looked down and covered it with her hand to shield out some light.

'Look up' she heard Van say. She continued to look down ignoring him.

To her surprise she felt his hand gentle touch her chin and lift it up, that was until their eyes met. His eyes then moved down to where her hand was covering her necklace. His eyes held confusion but soon that faded.

He walked to the front of the hall and turned around, Hitomi gasped as she saw pure evil in his eyes after they had held such warmth and kindness.

'I have decided my wife, it will be you' He then pointed and looked directly at Hitomi.

'Come here' she looked over to merle and smiled at her. Merles face held many mixed emotions, which Hitomi found hard not to cry at as the one that stood out the most was sadness.

'Its going to be ok' Hitomi whispered as she lightly touched merles hand before continuing to walk.

As Hitomi reached the front she dropped her hand from her pendant and her head also.

'First I would like to ask you something' Hitomi chanced a glance at him.

'Would you like to die?' Hitomi's face held confusion as he gained her full attention.

'Why do you ask such a thing? NO I would not' everyone gasped, but Van smiled at her a smile which sent shivers down her spine. Why no did he hold such hatred for her after he had just chosen her.

He held in front of him a sword, delicately decorated. She then sensed something that caused the hairs on the back of her neck to rise. Magic...

She looked around her trying to find the source, but it was hidden and then the magical aura disappeared.

She glanced down as she felt her clothes began to feel wet and heard the screams of the girls around her.

A pain then filled her chest as she collapsed to her knees not being able to hold the pain. The sword van held now shone with a red light. Her blood.

Why?

She looked around searching for her best friend, Merle she looked at her. But all merle did was stare in shock, solid as a rock unable to move.

'Goodbye' Hitomi mouthed as her head began to spin.

She then felt the magic again, where is it coming from. She glanced up looking at Van, her eyes held the hatred he once had. Only to be met with a quick flash that Hitomi couldn't understand but it almost looked like he was saying sorry.

Vans image began to get blurry as the blood formed a puddle around Hitomi's dying form.

This was going to be the end.

With that Hitomi fell to the floor her mind going black as the last of her life force exited from her small delicate body.

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So what you think?

Good? Not Good?

Well I don't know if to continue it or not, I'm quite busy at the moment and Fanfic writing takes quite a long time. Well it does for me as I just write in quite a bit of detail because I can't help myself! Argh!

Well please Read and review! Please please Review even if you just say Good.

Oh and don't worry If Hitomi died now than there would be no more story! Strange beginning no? Yep just like all my other Fanfics.

At your Requiem- Hitomi was actually dead (or so we all think but I need to tell the middle of the story before telling the end/beginning! hehehe)

Destiny and magic- a ccs story all about sakura wanting to die because of her fathers death. But of course Syaoran saves her

Scared- just a mad poem about depressing love stuff.

Don't know why I wrote that just felt like it! Hehehe!

Email me at: xanime_princessx@hotmail.com

Love and hugs

Anime Rose

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