Note: I don't own Escaflowne or the characters nor do I own lyrics by Roma Ryan and sung by Enya.
This is my first posted fanfic. I hope I don't disappoint. This is planned to be a two part series. Your coments are welcome.
Hitomi looked up to the sky and sighed. Nothing had been the same since she came back from Gaea. Life still held little for her on the Mystic Moon she called "Earth" and "home". Yukari and Amano had little time for her now and her parents were too involved with keeping her brother on the right track to notice her.
Summer, when the day is over
There's a heart a little colder;
Someone said goodbye,
But you don't know why.
Somewhere there is someone keeping
All the tears they have been weeping,
Someone said goodbye,
But you don't know why,
Van looked up at the night sky. He could see the Mystic Moon cradled next to the moon of Gaea. Looking at it always sent a pang through his heart, but try as he might, he couldn't stop staring at it. The question plagued him once again, 'how is Hitomi'? Somehow he knew things weren't good for her. At least he had a kingdom to rebuild and take his mind off of her, but was it really ever not thinking of her?
Is there a reason
Why a broken heart begins to cry?
Is there a reason
You were lost although you don't know why?
Give me a reason
Why you never want to say goodbye.
If there's a reason,
I don't know why.
Hitomi wiped the tears from her face. She hadn't even noticed that she had started crying. 'When would it get better?' she wondered. She would give just about anything to back with Van on Gaea. Life would be happy there. She knew that her life would have meaning there, rebuilding with Van and maybe even a family and not just buildings. It was foolish to think about this. She was still only fifteen and she still had some growing up to do.
Always looking for a meaning,
All the time you keep believing,
But I don't know why
You won't say goodbye.
Even when the sun is shining
You don't see the silver lining,
But I don't know why
You won't say goodbye,
Van punched his open palm with his right hand. He had wings didn't he? 'I'll just fly to the Mystic Moon and get her,' he thought to himself. He knew it was a stupid thing to think. Of course he couldn't fly there. He fingered the pendant hanging limply from his neck and thought, 'If I could only just get rid of this it would help.' But deep down he knew that would never happen. He was fooling himself with a thought like that. It would be like throwing "her" away, and he couldn't bear the thought of that.
Is there a reason
Why a broken dream can never fly?
Is there a reason
You believe and then you close you eyes?
Give me a reason
Why you hide away so much inside.
If there's a reason,
I don't know why.
Hitomi finally got up from her window seat and got into bed. She was miserable. What would she do even if she did find her way back? How would things progress? There were too many questions going on inside her head and her heart ached so badly. There was nothing left except to go to sleep and hope her dreams weren't wonderful and full of Van, that would only make it worse. She cried herself to sleep.
Is there a reason
Why a broken heart begins to cry?
Is there a reason
You were lost although you don't know why?
Give me a reason
Why you never want to say goodbye.
If there's a reason
I don't know why.
I don't know why.
I don't know why.
I don't know why.
Van had wraped his cold fingers around the even colder pendant. 'I would do anything to bring Hitomi back here,' he thought. He hadn't realized it, but his thought was sincere and honest. The pendant began to glow under his fingers and a heat radiated from it. All of a sudden there was a flash and a light engulfed him. When it cleared, he was staring at a beautiful girl cuddled in her bed asleep. He didn't care where he was, because he knew instantly that the girl was Hitomi. The moonlight caressed her tear-streaked face, and felt a pang go through him knowing that she had needed him and he hadn't been there. She had to have been exausted, because she took no notice of the light. Her small form didn't even stir with the disruption.
He slipped over to her as quite as he could. Wow, she sure was beautiful. She stirred a little and the covers fell of her shoulder. The moonlight now shined on her bosom as well as her face. Van gulped, even though her nightshirt covered her it still made him oddly aware of how it had suddenly gotten hotter and his heart was so loud he was sure the sound of it would wake the house. He bent down over her kissed her forehead lightly, just the whisper of a kiss. Before she had a chance to fully waken, he scooped her up in his arms, and as the light reappeared she slowly opened her eye to pure white wings and Van.
Thank you for reading and I hope the next chapter turns out as good.