Disclaimer and pre-ramble

Ok I think most know the drill but let's get the legal stuff out of the way first anyway: The author does not own the rights to the characters, symbols, or references contained herein, they are each property of their respective companies and associates. The author in no way claims said characters, symbols or references and is also in no way receiving any form of payment from the story herein.
(Sounds very official eh? In other words I don't claim anything so please don't sue me, the only things I own are the story). Ok, start of an Esc/GW x- over but I'm strapped for other ideas so pls. send me any suggestions you may have by review or E-mail.

The Sword of Light

Hitomi Kanzaki tossed restlessly in her sleep as visions haunted her dreams. In her mind she was standing alone on a grassy plain when she heard a loud crack behind her. Whirling around she saw an enormous metal figure towering before the trees of a nearby forest.

Is that a gymelef? No, it's far too big and what's that it's holding? It can't be a rifle, no one on Gaia has ever seen one.

Just as suddenly as it appeared the forest vanished leaving nothing but a black void. Looking around Hitomi gasped at what she saw: a gigantic wheel shaped structure much bigger that any city and yet somehow she knew that life existed there. Then she spotted the gymelef-like machine but now it was surrounded by others almost like it. They fired apon it but it seemed to have no effect. Her eyes widened in amazement and terror as it raised the rifle and fired an awesome blast of energy that distroyed all of it's opponents leaving her gasping in horror.

The light blocked out everything and when she could look again she was back on solid ground and saw the gymelef facing down another. This one was pure white and seemed somehow older. A long black object detached itself from the shoulder of the white gymelef and the first one dropped it's rifle drawing a sword with a blade of pure light from behind its shield charging towards it's foe.

As Hitomi watched the gymelef, it changed. The first time it was subtle, almost invisible at least on the outside. The second time the blade-like silver wings shimmered and grew into a great pair of feathered wings.

Draconian wings?

Then he was there. He was a stranger but he reminded her of Van. About the same age, same height, same build, hair cut in long bangs but there was something very different: his eyes. They were hard and cold, much more than Van's ever were but behind that coldness she saw pain and sorrow over the many deaths he had caused. He reach a hand toward her.

*****

A hand grasped her shoulder. Hitomai snapped awake and there was the boy - dark and shadowy he stood above her with a hand on her shoulder. A scream caught in her throat as she pulled away from his grasp. He straightened suprised his face coming into the moonlight streaming through the window and at last she saw who it was. Breathing a shaky sigh of relief she placed a hand over her still rapidly beating heart.

"Van."

Van Finel, young king of the now distroyed kingdom of Finalia stood above the bed, a worried expression on his face. Though it was late at night he was fully dressed. The binding on the curved family sword he wore at his waist was loose, suggesting he had been practising.

"Are you all right Hitomi?"

She nodded and he pressed again, "Was it a bad dream?"

The girl shook her head, "It was much too real to be a dream. I think it was another vision."

He sat down near her, "Tell me everything...."

*****

Dornkirk, leader of the Zibach empire was furious. The old man fumed as the vision on the screen blurred yet again.

"Everytime the dragon and the girl from the mystic moon come together it distroys the vision of our ideal future!"

Then the hated images appear yet again: the "dragons" gathering led by the one know as the Escaflone, firing beams of light from their energists, powerful enough to distroy his glorious fortresses. But then there was a new element: another gymelef. It was much larger than any he had ever seen and much more powerful. It attacked right at the heart of Zaibach itself, distorying the city with a beam producing device that was awesome to see and any of the Zaibach gymelefs with a sword that had a blade of pure light.

"Such a powerful weapon doesn't seem at all possible and yet here it is. If left free it shall surely distroy the dream but if I were to possess such power not even the dragon could prevent our ideal future from coming to pass. I MUST HAVE IT!"


Well, that's about the extent of my ideas so far. If you thinks it's worth persueing pls send me any suggestions.