Geo: Hey-hey, it's me again! Yeah!
Brooklyn: *snore*
Geo: *sigh* Stupid muse...she's getting lazy. That's okay! I'll do it myself!
1.) I do not own Vision of Escaflowne. Just like I don't own CCS. There.
2.)I do not own the song "If I Never Knew You" the love theme from Disney's Pocahontas
3.) Sorry to all those who are waiting for my 'DANGEROUS RIVALS' and 'Tomorrow' chapters to come out. I just had to get this out.
Okay, on with the fic!
If I Never Knew You
Hitomi Kanzaki stared out the window during her university math class. It had been five years...five whole years she had left Gaea. And with that, she had left her true love.
She didn't know it at the time. Hell, she had only been in the ninth grade. Sure, it hadn't been that long ago, but she was young. She had been so sure of herself, so sure of her surroundings. She was so sure back then that Amano would be the only one for her, her only love. How wrong she was.
She landed on Gaea, feeling alone. She left Gaea feeling loneliness but happiness at the same time. She met Van on Earth. He was cold, distant, and not one who would carry on a conversation. Little did she know that he had been through so much: how his mother and father died, how his brother had abandoned the country of Fanelia, and how he was the king at the age of fifteen. She was the same age and all she had to worry about were math tests and track meets.
She fell for Allen Shezar, probably because he reminded her so much of Amano, back on Earth. Perhaps that was why she fell 'in love' with the heavenly knight. But she knew now that no matter what happened between them, it wasn't the same with Van.
With Van...with Van, it was different. He never showed his emotion in a very large way, but he did, afterwards. His promises, though Hitomi wished they were made at a different time, were to protect her. Never to let anyone hurt her. Those last moments with him at the resting place of Folken and the Escaflowne. Those were special moments that she wished she could re-live them all over again.
"Hitomi...Hitomi!" Came a voice from reality, waking Hitomi up from dreamland.
"Wha--?" She asked? Her friend laughed as she pulled Hitomi out of her seat.
"Class is over, Hitomi. Jeez, you're out of it. Thinking of your prince again?" Hitomi smiled.
"He's a king."
"Yeah, yeah. Come on, let's get out of this school, I need to get to the track before you bore me to death with your stories."
"Ha, ha, very funny..."
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"I'm home!" Came Hitomi's tired greeting as she walked into her house. No answer came, which reminded Hitomi that her parents were out and her brother was at a science fiction movie fest with his friends. Which meant that Hitomi had the whole house to herself. Usually during circumstances like this, Hitomi would head to her computer and log on to chat. However, this night she was so unbelievably tired, all she wanted to do was sleep. And so, slipping off her sweaty track clothes, she put on her boxer shorts and top, which served as pj's, and snuggled into her bed.
~~~~DREAM SEQUENCE~~~~~
Hitomi looked around her. She knew distinctly where she was. She was on Gaea. She couldn't tell what country, though. Looking down the road, she saw the outskirts of the town and, more importantly, a large castle. For some strange reason, she all of a sudden knew where she was.
"Fanelia." She whispered as she started the trek to the town. Everything was so lush, so beautiful...of course, it had been about four years... they must've rebuilt the town. They did an excellent job, of course."
She strolled through the town, watching the people working hard to rebulid what had been destroyed during the Great War with Dilandau and Ziabach. Soon, she found herself at the palace.
'Van must be here,' She thought as she, surprisingly, passed the guards, who didn't oppose to her entrance. She wandered around for a while until she found herself in an exquisite garden. A young man was there, with a red top and beige pants...
"Van." She muttered and smiled. She approached him and spoke louder. "Van!"
However, when she came closer to him, she saw that he was gripping his side. He looked up at her and she saw his eyes roll back as he collapsed. His hands were bloody from the large wound on his side. She screamed, unable to believe this horrible fate. She screamed again as she saw a black figure in the bushes, holding a bow, quivers of arrows near him...
~~~~~END DREAM SEQUENCE~~~~~
Hitomi woke up with a start and looked at her watch. It was 9:30 pm.
'I've been asleep for two and a half hours?' She thought sleepily. However, she sudden remembered...
Remembered the blood, remembered the emptiness in Van's eyes, remembered everything. She had to get to him, to warn him, before it was too late. Her hand instantly went to where her pendant would have been. Key words: would have been.
'Stupid! I gave it to Van!' She thought angrily. How could she help him now? She was a world away!
She lay back on her pillow. She felt so absolutely helpless...so useless...
She felt her eyelids close again. She was so tired...so very tired...
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Hitomi woke up with a yawn. It was light outside. She had slept for quite a while. Sitting up, she noticed that she wasn't in her pj's. She was in a light blue t-shirt and a pair of jeans. She wasn't in her bed. Instead, she was in a bigger bed, with white sheets. It wasn't her room...
"Good morning, Hitomi." Came a voice from the doorway. Hitomi instinctively clutched the sheets to her and looked at the young woman who was standing at the door. She had blonde hair and blue eyes. She wore a simple dress and had almost a regal air.
'Why does she look so familiar? Wait...if she was a bit thinner...and a bit...' Hitomi thought, racking her memories for this young woman. It suddenly hit her like a rock.
"Millerna?" She asked, surprised. The young woman laughed and nodded.
"I didn't think I changed that much." She said, entering the room. "You certainly haven't, except for the fact that you've let your hair grow out and you've grown a bit taller." Hitomi smiled at her friend and looked more carefully at her.
"Are you...are you pregnant?" Hitomi asked tentatively. At her hesitancy, Millerna laughed.
"Actually, I am. I got back together with Dryden. Really, he is a good man." Hitomi smiled understandingly.
"And, um...how about Allen?"
"He's still as handsome as ever." Millerna giggled. "Don't tell Dryden I said that. They still aren't very good friends, let me assure you. However, he's still doing his duty over at Castello Fort."
Hitomi smiled. "That's good...um...do you think I'll be able to go to Fanelia right away? There's something I need to do there." With that, Hitomi quickly explained her dream to Millerna.
After Hitomi's quick narrative, Millerna, who was now pale, nodded. "Of course. Your dreams always were very accurate..."
With that, she was quickly put into a carriage with Millerna and took the quickest route to Fanelia.
However, she found out that she was too late...
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Geo: Whoa! Already the end? No way! Actually, I had to end it there or else this would have been REALLY REALLY REALLY long and I mean REALLY long...I haven't even gotten to the song fic part of the fic! Gee-zus!
Brooklyn: Okay...so, there's going to be another chapter?
Geo: *punches Brooklyn* Of course, you baka...duh! I can't just leave it off here! So I'll be seeing you guys *points at the readers...hopefully there are readers* next chapter!
