Hitomi walked outside of her house and looked up at the sky. She looked frantically, hoping to find the planet that was so close to Earth, and yet seemed so far away. Once again, she didn't find it. She sighed in exasperation and looked at the wet grass beneath her feet. She suddenly became aware of how cold it was and shivered. She ran inside and walked to her room. She dried off her feet with a towel she had on her bed and pulled off her fuku and exchanged it with the dress she had gotten in Austuria. She held it close and took in its sent. She had a flashback of Van, his gentle smile. She remembered Merle, her jealous ways and yet kitten actions. She remembered Allen and the hell she went through trying to discover that she loved Van and not Allen. She tied her hair back so she could feel the breeze that came in her room on her bare neck. She had let her hair grow out in these past 3 years since she had gone to Gaea. She had also finally grown into a woman. She was fully endowed with a perfect figure (thanks to running) and a decent chest. She had gone on many dates during the year, but none of the boys were Van. She never kept the relationships she started and always admired the love between Yukari and Amano. They had officially become a couple while Hitomi was gone 2 summers ago and have been together ever since. When Amano had left to America, Yukari had spent every summer she could to be with him. But Hitomi's friendship with Yukari had slowly dissolved. Yukari hadn't remembered anything from when Hitomi had first gone to Gaea and refused to recall anything from the second time Hitomi had gone to Gaea, so Hitomi would always be angered when Hitomi would try to jolt the girls memory. Now Yukari and Hitomi had both graduated from High School and Yukari was going to college with Amano. Yukari was devastated when she first told Hitomi. Yukari was very bad when leaving people behind. Hitomi took it calmly and reminded herself that she had indulged worse partings. Every night since then, Hitomi always walked outside at night and would search the darkness of the heavens for any sign of Gaea. Each night she would return to her room disappointed and depressed. She would constantly slip into a sleep that was filled with memories of her life on Gaea and everymorning when she would wake up, she would constantly yell at herself for leaving Gaea in the first place. Then during the day she would remember the fighting and torture that was endured on Gaea and she would be thankful she left. But tonight was different. She had put away her tarot cards, refusing to do a reading, ever since she had come back home. But tonight, she walked over to her dressor, opened the top drawer and pulled out a little glass box. She placed the case on her desk and pulled back the lid. Inside were her tarot cards and the white feather that Van had given her when she had left Gaea. She had put it on a string and made a necklace out of it. With a sigh, she pulled out her cards and the feather and laid them on the table. She closed the case and put it away. Hitomi picked up the feather necklace and put it around her neck. She sat down in the wood chair and gently pet the tarot cards with effection. "Bring me good luck, like you did three years ago." She whispered to the cards gently. Hitomi picked up the cards and shuffled them slightly and laid the cards on her desk. She turned over the cards and an excited gasp left her lips as she read the fortune. "A knight of wings will come to me and bring me the world of peace." She knew the knight of wings was Van and by bringing her the world of peace, he was bringing her to Gaea. 'But when?' she thought. 'When will my knight come save me?' Se collected the cards and stacked them nicely and placed them in her pocket. She gently tapped her pocket gently and whispered 'thank you'. She crawled into bed and fell asleep with a smile on her face.