Back To Gaea… For Now Or For Good?

Disclaimer:  Me no own Escaflowne… Me REALLY wish I did, but then if I did, I would be writing a second series and not a fanfic now wouldn't I? That and I would be very rich. I get no money from writing this, it's just to amuse people! YOU HOLD NOTHING AGAINST ME!!!!

Prologue

-"Hitomi!"

Hitomi sat up and saw Yukari coming towards her. She waved once at Yukari, and then collapsed in the grass again… to stare at the sky. Yukari ran over and sat down beside Hitomi.

-"So… whatcha doin?" Yukari asked.

-"Just staring at the stars."

-"Aren't you cold? I'm surprised you haven't caught a cold yet… you've come out here every night for the last three years."

'Three years? Is that all it's been… It seems like its been so much longer since I left Gaea and Van…I miss him so much…'

-"Hello? Earth to Hitomi… you were lost in your thoughts again weren't you."

Hitomi nodded. Then decided to change the path of the conversation.

-"Hey Yukari… I just heard a rumor around school that you're engaged to Amano now."

Yukari blushed and Hitomi just laughed. Yukari had told Hitomi exactly that about a month ago.

-"Hey don't it so bad Yukari. At least it took a month to get out."

-"Yeah…"

Just then Yukari saw Amano at the other end of the track field. She got up and waved to him.

-"I'll see you tomorrow k Hitomi?"

-"Bye Yukari."

-"Bye!"

With that Yukari dashed off to meet Amano. Hitomi got up and walked off in the direction of her house.

'I didn't want to tell Yukari, but I was at the track to skip a blind date…One of mother's stupid friend's sons.'

She sighed. She knew her mother was going to be really upset with her. Oh well, she'd talk her way out of it somehow. Hitomi opened the door to see her mother standing in the doorway.

-"Hitomi… You specifically went to the track to miss the date you were supposed to go on, didn't you."

-"Mother, I'm not going to go on anymore stupid blind dates."

-"But… Hitomi… I'm worried about you. Everyone else your age has steady boyfriends… you don't even want to go on dates."

-"Mom I'm not talking about this now."

-"Yes you are… it's time we…"

-"IT'S TIME YOU LEFT ME ALONE!!!!!!" Hitomi screamed. "I don't want to be here anymore… I want to go back to Gaea… back to Van."

-"Hitomi how many times have I told you that you imagined it all?"

-"I didn't!! And I wish I was still there!"

Hitomi stepped away from her mother, and backed onto the front lawn. Hitomi looked up at the sky, and for a second swore she saw another earth in the sky, and a pair of white wings.

'Could this be the time to wish myself back to Gaea?'

Hitomi closed her and pictured Van, the pendant, Merle and everything else she could about Gaea.

-"Take me there! Please take me back to Gaea!!"

Hitomi's mother came out and grabbed Hitomi's arm, and went to pull her inside the house. Hitomi pulled out of her mother's grasp just as a beam of blue-white iridescent light descended from the sky, to collect Hitomi. The beam of light carried Hitomi high into the heavens, leaving her mother in shock on Hitomi's front lawn.

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Van woke up from the weirdest dream, in which he lived in a world of blue light. He shook his head and tried to sit up, but found that he couldn't. He lifted his head and saw that there was a girl unconscious on top of him. Van sat up with some difficulty and picked her up. He walked quickly through the hallways of Fanelia's castle towards the infirmary ward. He opened the door and put the girl down on one of the infirmary cots. The healer came out of the adjoined room immediately. Rose asked a lot of questions, such as, where did you find her, do you know who she is, etc.

-"Well, she looks a little like Hitomi, but it can't be her, since she left to go home to her family and she hasn't mentioned coming back at all."

Rose just nodded, and shoved the king out of the room.

-"I'll tell you about her when I find something out, young king."

Van just nodded and walked away.

'I was just imagining things. There's no way that that could be Hitomi. She never said she was unhappy and she never said she wanted to come back. I shouldn't get my hopes up.'

~ There was an earth shattering roar and the ground shook. Hitomi looked around, when suddenly the ground collapsed underneath her. Hitomi fell down into a dark hole that seemed to have no end. As she fell down into the blackness, among the debris of rocks and dirt, a flash of light appeared in front of her. She reached her hand out as the light became Van, with his wings spread. Van captured her hand in his and…~

Hitomi blinked her eyes a few times, trying to get them to adjust to the light.

'Where am I? This isn't my room it's too bright… Wait the last thing I remember was being hit by the column of light… Am I back on Gaea?'

Hitomi sat up and found herself looking into the kind brown eyes of a healer.

-"Oh good, you're awake. I wasn't sure when you'd wake up because I wasn't sure what was wrong with you. How are you feeling, what's your name?"

-"I feel ok now, and my name is Hitomi. Hitomi Kansaki."

The healer's eyes widened slightly and she nodded to Hitomi before going over to the door, opening it, and whispering something to someone who was outside. A second later the door burst open, and Van came running in. He ran over to where Hitomi was sitting and looked at her.

-"Hitomi is it really you?"