Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing UU
Author's note: Sadly, or happily, none at the moment.
Note: This is a fantasy story or an AU.
Pairings: As of now, 1XR and the other pairings will be revealed in due time.
Without further adieu, on with the story!
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Finding Paradise
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Nothing to say, I'm findin' I'm gonna head for Paradise…!
The world was not so pleasant anymore.
Every town that she visited was the same; barely hanging on. Poverty, famine, and the harsh hands of war gripped people's hearts.
Her family, the Darlians, had perished and she was the only one. No, to say that would be incorrect. After her father was poisoned, his dying words were that she wasn't of the dying clan but of the Peacecraft clan.
Soon after, her moth had died of an assassination attempt and the whole palace was burned down, everyone except Relena died in the raging infernor.
The young teen with blonde and golden hair wept over her loss. Her wonderful life had flipped, throwing her suddenly into the cold and harsh world with no shelter and friends or people to rely on. Nothing could comfort her except the meager possessions she had managed to bring along. A cloak, money withdraw by her father's wishes, a gold and ruby necklace, and her family sword give to her by her mother—foster mother.
After learning of her lost heritage, she set out to try and find the Peacecraft clan. Only to learn of it's utter destruction by the OZ organization, shadowing in all the clans and the lands.
Clans, the greatest and most noble of the families were very few now in these troubled times. The only pure clans with true, but legendary, power was the Peacecraft Clan, the youngest heir holding the power and the Yuy Clan with it's only heir.
Weeping once more at her loss of two families, the girl by the name of Relena Peacecraft set out to seek the council of King Yuy…
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The woods were darker in the lands of the Romefeller, they always seemed to be that way. Romefeller was a branch that controlled the OZ organization, the ones her foster father told her to watch out for.
Relena sighed heavily; her life was meaningless. Her whole life until her father's death had been an utter lie, all false and happy. Like a fairy tale. Did any of the pretty princesses ever get divorced or have something terrible happen to them? She laughed darkly at the thought of Cinderella and her 'darling Prince Charming' getting a divorce.
There was always happily ever after, but what about unhappy ever after? And no, sshe wasn't talking about the Grimm Brother's tales, the true tales. The sugar coated ones that were told to let people dream and wonder if they too could become a princess one day or a prince, marry, and then live happily ever after until and past death.
Relena snorted. "It's all Pish posh." She growled, clenching her teeth and biting back tears. She missed all her friends in the castle, now in ruins. Hilde, Silvia was all right, and then there was Sally the doctor… She sniffled slightly and bit back tears, rubbing her eyes.
Relena's breath puffed out in front of her from the cold weather. In fact, some snow patches lingered on the ground from the sun not hitting them in the darker parts they had fallen onto. Shivering, she drew her cloak tighter.
She had heard rumors of the Romefeller territory, after all it was one of the most dark that mother's told to children to keep them under control and behave.
Women had been raped in these woods, bandits roaming free and unchecked to plunder and kill at will. Mad men that imitated owls perched naked in trees, ready to eat the flesh of any unsuspecting victim—okay, maybe the last one had been an 'old wives tale' but the rest were rather true, from what the landless princess knew of that is.
Woot! Relena jerked her head up, her nerves jittering as adrenaline pumped through her veins. She sighed heavily and laughed nervously, staring at the large body of the owl. She wasn't going to fall for a naked man in a tree, who wouldn't have enough sense?
Continuing on, she stopped. "It's quiet," She narrowed her eyes. "Too quiet for my liking…" She whispered to the trees who remained silent to her words.
A sudden and unexpected wind came gusting by and rocked the dead branches slightly; the sound of the dead or dying limbs slapping against one another filled the awkward silence. Spring didn't look too pleasant here in the darker lands of the world indeed…
Her blue aquamarine eyes didn't shimmer as jovially anymore as she heard no other sounds and soon the wind blew against her, pushing her skirts and cloak towards the north.
Involuntarily she shivered and closed her eyes, calming her breath and heart. "Nothing is wrong. Everything is perfectly fine." She encouraged herself, giving a pep talk to herself while trying to brighten her spirits a little bit.
While she took a deep breath to welcome to unnatural silence, she snapped her eyes open when she heard the peculiar sounds of a wolf snarling.
She took off towards the sounds and then quickened her pace when she heard a thud of something connecting with what sounded like a tree or rock.
The sun broke through the expansive branches and leaves, a lovely clearing she stepped into.
"I could have sworn…" Shuffling her feet on some fallen leaves on the green grass she pulled her boot up, shaking slightly as she took a step back.
Her boot was drenched crimson from a pool of blood that trailed off, droplets of the life force in all animals and humans strewn about the clearing.
Hyperventilating slightly, she took a step back, only to step into some more blood as she felt the world spin around her, crimson streaks flashing all around her… closing it…
"You actually thought that you could get away?" Relena stumbled forward, falling to her knees, hands on the earth as her eyes were wide.
A wolf's snarl went to this remark and the snapping of twigs on the floors told her she wasn't dreaming and was still sane, or at least a little bit.
"Come Heero, do you still wish to fight this meaningless brawl? You obviously can't fight anymore…" A snide and overly-confident voice sounded in the clearing.
Birds squawked loudly and the teenager pushed herself to her feet and looked towards where the voices were coming from. She grasped her sword's hilt for reassurance to back her up.
"I can't believe you challenge me, the great Mage Tubarov!" The sounds of a man howling in rage mixed with pain filled the air now as Relena could only guess the man was bitten by thewolf the human by the name of Tubarov was talking to.
:Traitor:
Relena blinked in shock when she heard a deep voice echo through the woods... it sounded so enchanting... She walked at a hurried pace towards two shadows in another more secluded section of the clearing.
'Heero, that's the wolf's name.' Relena reminded herself, wondering why a human would want to attack a wolf in the first place.
Then she saw it; a pure black wolf snarling and barring it's fangs at an older man with gray and white hair reaching down to his shoulders in a neat cut.
The wolf turned it's gaze to the intruder on the fight, ignoring pains shooting through his body at the movement. He wouldn't go down without a fight, even if he had to fight two people after him.
Deep down he was slightly confused, why did he send a girl to fetch him? Then again, that man was willing to do just about anything to bring him back, alive.
Gasping with awe and trying to stay breathing at the beauty of the animal, Relena soon found herself staring into beautiful prussian eyes.
TBC
Author's note:Sigh: another story to add to my wonderful collection, neh? Well... this one may be darker than my other ones and certainly more fantasy-filled! I hope people liked the first chapter O.O> :puppy eyes: please review and say if you liked it or not!