I'm Here for You
Disclaimer: I sit down on a chair, my legs crossed as I see a mysterious man sit on the chair across me.
Mystery Man: Do you own Escaflowne?
Me: Of course not! I can't pilot Escaflowne! I don't even know how to pilot a Guymelef, more so Escaflowne.
Mystery Man: No, no! I mean the story!
Me: What story?
Mystery Man (annoyed): The Vision of Escaflowne!!!
Me: I don't have visions! I'm Joe Average… wait… I'm a girl…
Mystery Man (Throws papers in the air): I give up!
I do not own Escaflowne or any of the characters in it
It was kind of hard to imagine them 8 years from now, but I managed. It's my first story ever. Reviews welcome!
Chapter One: It's been ages…
It was a total disaster.
There hasn't been a disaster like this since Dornkirk and Zaibach around eight years ago.
He was successful in bringing Fanelia back up again, making it the place it used to be. He started to actually be a king to his people. Even after he thought that it was hopeless when it was destroyed by Zaibach. His brother's dream was coming true.
But with this disaster, all he could do now was mope like a sad rat that lost its cheese. Some king I am now, he thought.
All this moping was annoying to him.
"Pull yourself together. Van!" he nearly shouted to himself. But if he did, Fanelia would get the news that they had the weirdest king in all of its history.
He looked at the Guymelef. Escaflowne's been left here 'sleeping' for about eight years. He knew that his brother said that his dream was a world without war, without having to depend on Escaflowne. But Gaea needed it now, to stop the war. It seems like the right time to bring it back.
And it's also been eight years since he's last seen Hitomi.
He took off the necklace Hitomi gave him. He needed to see her, he knew he did. He didn't know but did care whether his wish upon this mysterious pendant will come true, but there was nothing to be lost if he tried. He took it off and began to swing it like he was a magician trying to hypnotize someone, just like Hitomi used to do when she was dowsing. "Please, Hitomi, I need to see you!" He muttered as the pendant slowly swayed, marking every second.
It's all different now. It's as if Gaea faded into a distant memory…
What's this? Is that a dragon? Hitomi thought. It looks so familiar…
In front of Hitomi was a beautiful white dragon. It cried and flapped its wings when she noticed the huge gem like thing it was holding. Hitomi was just standing there, gaping at the magnificent white dragon as if she'd just died, gone to heaven and met God. But she wasn't dead yet… she knew that.
From the back of the dragon came a raven haired man around her age… and there was something about his eyes that looked so familiar… He looked at her, smiled then waved to her. She realized that he knew her… and she knew him.
But when she noticed him jump on the dragon and begin to fly away, her heart began to sink. Her heart started to have a pain that won't go away. "Wait!" she found herself calling as she ran towards the flying dragon. "I don't want us to part again! Don't go!"
She clamped her hands over her mouth. Again? What do I mean by 'again'?
And to her utmost surprise, feathers began to fall from the sky. She unconsciously reached out and caught one of the snowy white feathers and looking at it, she muttered in recognition, "Van…"
The dream shattered into pieces then her eyes popped open. She was breathing heavily, her now- long hair unruly. It was just a dream…
But when she looked at her open palm, she was surprised to see…
A feather.
Not just any feather, His feather…
Van's…
The minute she realized it, Hitomi recalled that time she realized that he was calling her. And he was doing it again. Only this time, the feather didn't disappear.
How could she forget?! She said that she'd never forget each other, not even when they were old, and she forgot?! Her hand painfully clutched the blanket and tears began to fall. "Van… I'm so sorry… so sorry…"
She was different; she is now a persistent college student of twenty -three. She tried to make her grades shoot up to the roof but it wasn't working. She supposedly spends most of her time with her nose buried in books.
Maybe that's because she refused to give up running, she takes up half of her time running for the college's track team and she never knew why. But now she knew.
She could never drop running because it's through running that she met Van. If she didn't have the guts to challenge Amano- Senpai then, or if she didn't bother to run for the track team, she wouldn't know about Gaea, met Van and all the others, even Escaflowne.
Now that she was older, maybe in her second or third year of college, she had long, straight brown hair, taller maybe, but she'll still be Hitomi.
The same Hitomi that went to Gaea, the same Hitomi who used to tell fortunes. Now after years and years, eight years? Six? Five? She seemed to have forgotten to count. The first few days after returning from Gaea felt like forever.
But if she went back to Gaea right now, this very minute, this very second, would Van recognize her? Or in fact, would anyone there recognize her? She couldn't be sure. Did Van still have her pendant?
All these thoughts, questions and memories swirled around her head as she wore a business like white shirt with a collar and Capri pants. It was Sunday, the day when she would usually say 'It's too early to get up' but she needed a walk… a long walk… She needed to think, to clear her head.
At that hour, no one was up. The sun barely shone and she insisted on taking a walk to clear her head. It was around 5 am. She's never been awake this early. Not even Yukari, who would get up and jog to 'maintain her figure', was up yet.
"Please Hitomi, I need to see you!"
"Van?" Hitomi exclaimed and looked all around her. "Van, Where are you?"
She walked a bit more and called again. "Van! Where're you?"
So she kept walking… and walking until her nose nearly touched a metal fence wire. "This is… the track field!" She exclaimed as she looked at the old field. "Van might be here!"
She walked through it, savoring the memory. But Van wasn't there. So where had the voice come from? She might have imagined it… she misses him too much.
As she walked, she stopped by a certain spot. "This is the spot Van appeared on!" She exclaimed as she remembered Van suddenly appearing, well armed with a sword in his hand, a sort of surprised look on his face. She even remembered running right through him the first time, which must have been just a vision, and bumping into him the second time. She looked back to see the end of the track lines.
She wanted to run, just like that day.
Hitomi walked over to that spot, got into the position of a runner and began to run, despite no one to watch or record her performance, she still ran just as well as that fateful day.
As she ran, as she turned towards that same spot, a blue light came from the sky and engulfed her. It was there to take her to the place she wanted to go. To Gaea…
This is my first chapter of my first story, so please review!!!