The Lost Years
Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I do not own zoids, nor any characters except my own. Any similarity to any event real or fictional is purely coincidental.
Yep I'm back! More Adventure! More action! More Van and Fiona! More excitment! More Van and Fiona! :D
This is the sequel to Love's Angel. It take place right after it, documenting the 4 years in between seasons one and two.
(Note: This fic is going by the idea that Van is 14 in season one, and 4 years pass then he's 18. I read this somewhere, and think it makes sense. ((yes, I know the priest said Van was seventeen in the second episode.....but I like him 14 better ^_~ )))
I probably will end up changing the time line a little later, (ei, send Van and Fiona apart a little later)
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Fiona turned the shower on, listening to the water splash silently at the bottom before stepping in. The warm water ran down her hair, continuing down her back. It finally hit the ground in slightly larger droplets. The water was refreshing and soothing to Fiona. They had just defeated one of the most evil people Fiona had ever seen or sensed, and after all she and Van had just went through, and needed to clean up. She shook her head around, letting the water splash in all directions. She gave a sigh of joy and started to wash her hair. Their last adventure was a testement to their love, not some superficial love, but now true love, a fact that was now set in stone. So this was what true love felt like! She was giddy with happiness. She hummed a quiet, joyful tune to herself. After the battle, Irvine and Moonbay went their seperate ways again. It was just her and Van for the time being. It was nice to be back in Van's house, she had not been to the wind colony since she and Van met. Everything was back to normal and they could hunt for the Zoid Eve again. How Fiona looked forward to searching with Van! She would rather go on with this adventure with Van rather than anyone else. Fiona rinsed her hair out, watching the foam run off her hair down the drain. She grasped the soap from a nearby ledge. Van had told her before she took her shower that he had got a report on what ruins they could search in next. Even though he had been stressed out from the last few days, he still seemed more than willing to go out again and explore. He had not told her yet where they were, she guessed it was a "surprise."
Fiona finished washing up. She didn't want to take to long, Van would probably need to shower as well. She dried herself off and put her garments back on. Lastly she turned toward the mirror and picked the red bow of the sink, putting it into her hair, forming her signature long ponytail. Another glance in the mirror and she walked out. She had to hide a giggle. Van was, as could be expected, seated like a couch potato on his bed, watching TV. Was rather, as now he was snoring loudly, his mouth hanging open, in a way making him look rather adorable. She walked quietly over to his bed and sat down.
"Van...?" Fiona said, poking him on the forehead.
"You should wake up you know!" Fiona continue, jabbing him a little bit harder.
Van got up with a start, so surprised that he fell off the bed and came to the floor with a crash. Fiona smiled innocently.
"Um..hi, Fiona.." Van said, sweatdropping in embaressment.
"You'd better go take your shower!" Finoa said.
"Yeah, ok Fiona....." Van said, dusting himself off and walking into the bathroom.
Fiona smilied again.
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About an hour later Fiona and Van sat down to dinner. Maria had gone out for some reason, FIona didn't know why. Unless of course she had left on purpose to allow them to eat dinner alone..that would have been sweet of her to do.
"Hey Van, where's Maria?" Fiona asked, sitting down and politly placing her napkin on her lap.
"She told me she was going to take a walk. Strange, she usually never takes a walk at dinner time..." Van said, taking his seat next to Fiona as well.
Fiona smiled. She was right, She did leave them alone.
Maria had left them quite a meal, though. A roast turkey with stuffing, cranberry sauce, corn, and even sparkling grape juice. From Van's stares you could tell he was impressed. He looked back to Fiona with the corner of his eye and snapped out of it, noticing Fiona was waiting for him.
"Sorry, Fiona!" Van said, sweatdropping. "Impressive isn't it? Maria always did know how to cook well...man it's been a long time." Van said, leaning his head on his hand.
"Well better eat all this food while were still here, right?" Fiona said, giving Van's neck a massage.
Fiona could tell Van appreciated her touch, his expression seemed content again.
"Yeah, you're right! Well I suppose we can eat now then!" Van said, picking up the bottle of sparkling grape juice. "May I?" Van saked, refering to pouring some of the drink.
"Thank you, Van. I'd love some!" Fiona said. Maria had even left out some of her most elegant china. She was trying to leave them something special tonight.
Van poured their drinks and they started to eat. Maria had spared no expense on the food this time. It was some of the best food Fiona had ever tasted. Van as usually was almost inhaling it. Fiona stiffled a laugh. Watching him eat was always interesting. Van sure loved his food.
"So, Van, where is this ruins you wanna go check out?" Fiona asked, spearing a peice of corn on her fork.
"It's called the Oreal ruins" Van said, taking a sip of his grape juice. "It's supposed to be relativly untouched by man. Probably is a good place to look for stuff to help you, Fiona.:" Van finished.
"How far away is it?" She questioned further, slicing a peice of turkey and placing it in her mouth.
"It's a little ways away from the Wind colony. It'll probably take at least a day." Van said. "Actually we're rather lucky that it's close by." Van said, again putting food in his mouth.
"Ah." Fiona said.
Fiona nonchaleantly scooted her chair a bit closer to Van. She liked to be close to him, it made her feel secure. She was just about done eating by now.
Van not notcing Fiona's movements, himself moved closer to Fiona. Fiona noticed though, and smiled. They were starting to even think alike now. Their legs brushed up against each other's underneath the table. They turned and looked at each other, each smiling, although rather sheepishly.
"I love you Fiona." Van said, his eyes full of emotion, a evident depth of love seemed to fill Fiona with Warmth. She aways got shivers when he said that.
"I love you too.." Fiona said.
It was stragne hoe simple words like these, no matter how often you hear them., always flood you with the most feelings. Neither of them ever became tired of saying it to each other.
Just as their lips were about to meet again....
Zeke poked his head in the door.
'Roaaar?' Zeke said.
Fiona smiled and Van laughed to himself.
Sorry Zeke, I've been ignoring you a bit huh? Don't worry, We'll be of again tomorrow to the Oreal ruins." Van said, getting up and hugging Zeke. Zeke snuggled against him. "Hey ol' buddy, just want to be alone with Fiona right now for a little bit, Ok?"
Zeke roared in understanding and left the house again.
Van walked over and sat down in his chair with a sigh. Van and Zeke made such a great team, Fiona thought.
Van smiled again.
On the second attempt they both found each other's lips and kissed. Just like the words 'I love you', this was somethng else that flooded her being with emotions. How she wished it could go on forever......it was so wonderful. They finally broke the kiss and pulled back, just sitting a moment and looking at each other.
"Who wants some of this papaya cobbler Maria left for dessert!?" Van asked, turning back to the food. Fiona laughed. Van certantly knew how to break a silence.
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They were on the move again. Fiona was checking the map in the back seat of the blade liger, Van was talking with Zeke. They would be at the ruins soon, hopefully. It had about took an entire day, like Van had said. Fiona was starting to get excited. She didn't want to get false hopes, but the mere thought of finding out something new was irresistable. It was that feeling that seemed to vibrate in your chest, and flutter in your stomach. Fiona looked ahead. Was that it? She could see a speck on the land getting closer. Yes, it was! They were almost at the Oreal ruins. Both Van and Fiona had to take a moment to stare as Zeke stopped the Shield Liger short of the ruins. It was a main rectangular body, with a round sphere structure in the very middle. It blended in nicely with the surronding forest. Vines crawled their way up the old, crumbing stone of the ruins. Van, Fiona and Zeke hopped to the ground. Straight ahead of them loomed the entrance. By any standereds it looked intimidating, larger than necessary. Van walked up and looked arond in the doorway. He grabbed his flashlight and flicked it to on.
"Ready to do some exploring, Fiona?" Van asked, looking back.
Fiona flicked her flashlight on too and nodded.
"Of course, Van." Fiona said, giving another smile.
Van loved her smile....Van winked back and turned to walk into the ruins, with Fiona and Zeke following.
The flashlights were not really needed. The natural sunroofs embedded in the cieling seemed to light the room up enough. Fiona and Van looked up at them. What a marvel at ancient zoidian engineering...how they maintained structural integrety was a miracle. Van walked a bit further and started studying a wall with some writing on it.
"Van, I'm just going to go ahead this way a bit, Ok?" Fiona asked.
"Sure. Zeke, go with her." Van asked. Zeke roared and followed Fiona.
Fiona walked through a small doorway into a room. It was hexagonal in shape, and had a pool with a path int he center of the room.
"What do you think that it?" Fiona asked Zeke, pointing towards the shining object on the pedestal in the center.
Zeke roared, not knowing.
Fiona gave a quick nod to herself and walked across the pathway over the water. Zeke followed cuatiously behind her. Fiona walked slowly, making the path way seem to feel like it was shifting under her feet. After climbing a few steps at the end she came to the item. It was a small sphere, glowing white. Fiona's eyes grew wide. She reached out her hand, slowly, her finger nearly touching it. She seemed to puase in that position for what seemed like forever. Finally she touched it. She stiffened, and then fainted. Luckly Zeke caught her. Van came running in from the other room when he heard Zeke roar.
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Fiona opened her eyes slowly, trying to regain recoliection of where she was. Van's image came into focus in front of her eyes,
"You blacked out again." Van said. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah..sure..that sphere..." Fiona said, putting her hand to her head and cringing.
"What is it, Fiona? What about that thing?" Van said, seemingly with a sound of urgency. Anything Fiona remebered could help them.
"I..I...I don't know..yet..It's in the back of my head somewhere..I can't get a hold of it...yet..." She said.
Van knew he wouldn't be able to do anything until she remembered. He couldn't help but have the strange feeling that something was important. Fiona knew it was too. It was only a matter of time untill they found out what. Fiona moaned and tried to sit up.
"I'm ok now." Fiona said. "I'm ready to keep exploring." She said just as she got to her feet and dusted her dress off.
"Alright then." Van said, leading her out of the room to keep exploring.
Van looked back on the sphere.
What was it???
Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I do not own zoids, nor any characters except my own. Any similarity to any event real or fictional is purely coincidental.
Yep I'm back! More Adventure! More action! More Van and Fiona! More excitment! More Van and Fiona! :D
This is the sequel to Love's Angel. It take place right after it, documenting the 4 years in between seasons one and two.
(Note: This fic is going by the idea that Van is 14 in season one, and 4 years pass then he's 18. I read this somewhere, and think it makes sense. ((yes, I know the priest said Van was seventeen in the second episode.....but I like him 14 better ^_~ )))
I probably will end up changing the time line a little later, (ei, send Van and Fiona apart a little later)
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Fiona turned the shower on, listening to the water splash silently at the bottom before stepping in. The warm water ran down her hair, continuing down her back. It finally hit the ground in slightly larger droplets. The water was refreshing and soothing to Fiona. They had just defeated one of the most evil people Fiona had ever seen or sensed, and after all she and Van had just went through, and needed to clean up. She shook her head around, letting the water splash in all directions. She gave a sigh of joy and started to wash her hair. Their last adventure was a testement to their love, not some superficial love, but now true love, a fact that was now set in stone. So this was what true love felt like! She was giddy with happiness. She hummed a quiet, joyful tune to herself. After the battle, Irvine and Moonbay went their seperate ways again. It was just her and Van for the time being. It was nice to be back in Van's house, she had not been to the wind colony since she and Van met. Everything was back to normal and they could hunt for the Zoid Eve again. How Fiona looked forward to searching with Van! She would rather go on with this adventure with Van rather than anyone else. Fiona rinsed her hair out, watching the foam run off her hair down the drain. She grasped the soap from a nearby ledge. Van had told her before she took her shower that he had got a report on what ruins they could search in next. Even though he had been stressed out from the last few days, he still seemed more than willing to go out again and explore. He had not told her yet where they were, she guessed it was a "surprise."
Fiona finished washing up. She didn't want to take to long, Van would probably need to shower as well. She dried herself off and put her garments back on. Lastly she turned toward the mirror and picked the red bow of the sink, putting it into her hair, forming her signature long ponytail. Another glance in the mirror and she walked out. She had to hide a giggle. Van was, as could be expected, seated like a couch potato on his bed, watching TV. Was rather, as now he was snoring loudly, his mouth hanging open, in a way making him look rather adorable. She walked quietly over to his bed and sat down.
"Van...?" Fiona said, poking him on the forehead.
"You should wake up you know!" Fiona continue, jabbing him a little bit harder.
Van got up with a start, so surprised that he fell off the bed and came to the floor with a crash. Fiona smiled innocently.
"Um..hi, Fiona.." Van said, sweatdropping in embaressment.
"You'd better go take your shower!" Finoa said.
"Yeah, ok Fiona....." Van said, dusting himself off and walking into the bathroom.
Fiona smilied again.
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About an hour later Fiona and Van sat down to dinner. Maria had gone out for some reason, FIona didn't know why. Unless of course she had left on purpose to allow them to eat dinner alone..that would have been sweet of her to do.
"Hey Van, where's Maria?" Fiona asked, sitting down and politly placing her napkin on her lap.
"She told me she was going to take a walk. Strange, she usually never takes a walk at dinner time..." Van said, taking his seat next to Fiona as well.
Fiona smiled. She was right, She did leave them alone.
Maria had left them quite a meal, though. A roast turkey with stuffing, cranberry sauce, corn, and even sparkling grape juice. From Van's stares you could tell he was impressed. He looked back to Fiona with the corner of his eye and snapped out of it, noticing Fiona was waiting for him.
"Sorry, Fiona!" Van said, sweatdropping. "Impressive isn't it? Maria always did know how to cook well...man it's been a long time." Van said, leaning his head on his hand.
"Well better eat all this food while were still here, right?" Fiona said, giving Van's neck a massage.
Fiona could tell Van appreciated her touch, his expression seemed content again.
"Yeah, you're right! Well I suppose we can eat now then!" Van said, picking up the bottle of sparkling grape juice. "May I?" Van saked, refering to pouring some of the drink.
"Thank you, Van. I'd love some!" Fiona said. Maria had even left out some of her most elegant china. She was trying to leave them something special tonight.
Van poured their drinks and they started to eat. Maria had spared no expense on the food this time. It was some of the best food Fiona had ever tasted. Van as usually was almost inhaling it. Fiona stiffled a laugh. Watching him eat was always interesting. Van sure loved his food.
"So, Van, where is this ruins you wanna go check out?" Fiona asked, spearing a peice of corn on her fork.
"It's called the Oreal ruins" Van said, taking a sip of his grape juice. "It's supposed to be relativly untouched by man. Probably is a good place to look for stuff to help you, Fiona.:" Van finished.
"How far away is it?" She questioned further, slicing a peice of turkey and placing it in her mouth.
"It's a little ways away from the Wind colony. It'll probably take at least a day." Van said. "Actually we're rather lucky that it's close by." Van said, again putting food in his mouth.
"Ah." Fiona said.
Fiona nonchaleantly scooted her chair a bit closer to Van. She liked to be close to him, it made her feel secure. She was just about done eating by now.
Van not notcing Fiona's movements, himself moved closer to Fiona. Fiona noticed though, and smiled. They were starting to even think alike now. Their legs brushed up against each other's underneath the table. They turned and looked at each other, each smiling, although rather sheepishly.
"I love you Fiona." Van said, his eyes full of emotion, a evident depth of love seemed to fill Fiona with Warmth. She aways got shivers when he said that.
"I love you too.." Fiona said.
It was stragne hoe simple words like these, no matter how often you hear them., always flood you with the most feelings. Neither of them ever became tired of saying it to each other.
Just as their lips were about to meet again....
Zeke poked his head in the door.
'Roaaar?' Zeke said.
Fiona smiled and Van laughed to himself.
Sorry Zeke, I've been ignoring you a bit huh? Don't worry, We'll be of again tomorrow to the Oreal ruins." Van said, getting up and hugging Zeke. Zeke snuggled against him. "Hey ol' buddy, just want to be alone with Fiona right now for a little bit, Ok?"
Zeke roared in understanding and left the house again.
Van walked over and sat down in his chair with a sigh. Van and Zeke made such a great team, Fiona thought.
Van smiled again.
On the second attempt they both found each other's lips and kissed. Just like the words 'I love you', this was somethng else that flooded her being with emotions. How she wished it could go on forever......it was so wonderful. They finally broke the kiss and pulled back, just sitting a moment and looking at each other.
"Who wants some of this papaya cobbler Maria left for dessert!?" Van asked, turning back to the food. Fiona laughed. Van certantly knew how to break a silence.
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They were on the move again. Fiona was checking the map in the back seat of the blade liger, Van was talking with Zeke. They would be at the ruins soon, hopefully. It had about took an entire day, like Van had said. Fiona was starting to get excited. She didn't want to get false hopes, but the mere thought of finding out something new was irresistable. It was that feeling that seemed to vibrate in your chest, and flutter in your stomach. Fiona looked ahead. Was that it? She could see a speck on the land getting closer. Yes, it was! They were almost at the Oreal ruins. Both Van and Fiona had to take a moment to stare as Zeke stopped the Shield Liger short of the ruins. It was a main rectangular body, with a round sphere structure in the very middle. It blended in nicely with the surronding forest. Vines crawled their way up the old, crumbing stone of the ruins. Van, Fiona and Zeke hopped to the ground. Straight ahead of them loomed the entrance. By any standereds it looked intimidating, larger than necessary. Van walked up and looked arond in the doorway. He grabbed his flashlight and flicked it to on.
"Ready to do some exploring, Fiona?" Van asked, looking back.
Fiona flicked her flashlight on too and nodded.
"Of course, Van." Fiona said, giving another smile.
Van loved her smile....Van winked back and turned to walk into the ruins, with Fiona and Zeke following.
The flashlights were not really needed. The natural sunroofs embedded in the cieling seemed to light the room up enough. Fiona and Van looked up at them. What a marvel at ancient zoidian engineering...how they maintained structural integrety was a miracle. Van walked a bit further and started studying a wall with some writing on it.
"Van, I'm just going to go ahead this way a bit, Ok?" Fiona asked.
"Sure. Zeke, go with her." Van asked. Zeke roared and followed Fiona.
Fiona walked through a small doorway into a room. It was hexagonal in shape, and had a pool with a path int he center of the room.
"What do you think that it?" Fiona asked Zeke, pointing towards the shining object on the pedestal in the center.
Zeke roared, not knowing.
Fiona gave a quick nod to herself and walked across the pathway over the water. Zeke followed cuatiously behind her. Fiona walked slowly, making the path way seem to feel like it was shifting under her feet. After climbing a few steps at the end she came to the item. It was a small sphere, glowing white. Fiona's eyes grew wide. She reached out her hand, slowly, her finger nearly touching it. She seemed to puase in that position for what seemed like forever. Finally she touched it. She stiffened, and then fainted. Luckly Zeke caught her. Van came running in from the other room when he heard Zeke roar.
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Fiona opened her eyes slowly, trying to regain recoliection of where she was. Van's image came into focus in front of her eyes,
"You blacked out again." Van said. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah..sure..that sphere..." Fiona said, putting her hand to her head and cringing.
"What is it, Fiona? What about that thing?" Van said, seemingly with a sound of urgency. Anything Fiona remebered could help them.
"I..I...I don't know..yet..It's in the back of my head somewhere..I can't get a hold of it...yet..." She said.
Van knew he wouldn't be able to do anything until she remembered. He couldn't help but have the strange feeling that something was important. Fiona knew it was too. It was only a matter of time untill they found out what. Fiona moaned and tried to sit up.
"I'm ok now." Fiona said. "I'm ready to keep exploring." She said just as she got to her feet and dusted her dress off.
"Alright then." Van said, leading her out of the room to keep exploring.
Van looked back on the sphere.
What was it???