Chapter 3
Lily
Jolie woke up in a nice comfortable bed. Before she even opened her eyes to look around her, she thought she had already figured out what happened. It was most likely a dream. All of it was. Van, Millerna, Allen and Merle, they all must have been a dream.
But then she heard foots steps. They sounded more like boots. And she heard speaking. This didn't sound much like her father. But, there was another familiar voice, which did sound like her father. But she didn't know who it could have been. She opened her eyes a little bit and spoke,
"Dad is that you?" it was too blurry to see.
"I think she's gone mad?" said a squeaky voice.
"Yeah me too," It was obviously Merle, "I thought so from the start, but no one believed me."
Jolie sat up and looked around the room. She was still in the ship, but when she looked out the window, they had landed. They were most likely ported in Asturia, because she could smell fresh sea air. But when Jolie looked around the room, her dad was no where to be seen. However, a new face was there.
A tall man with long brown hair showed up. He wore a white shirt and baggy brown pants. He wore a long brown cloak trimmed with a golden design. Sun glasses were place on top of his head, hippy sun glasses that is, along with a necklace around his neck. As he smiled, his teeth glistened. In other words, it looked like he bleached them.
"Well, looks like you're awake. I wonder what happened to you. When you passed out, this ship had landed, and Millerna came out asking for my help. She said this girl from the some place and fainted. So I came in," the man had said.
"Oh. I passed out? I thought I was just having some sort of a dizzy spell and sort of well, yeah I guess I passed out didn't I?" Jolie said shaking.
"You're a funny girl. By the way, my name is Dryden. I do a lot of trades and such. What's your name, and where do you come from?" Dryden asked.
"Well, my name is Jolie, and I come from Earth... uh `Mystic Moon'. It's a pleasure to meet you sir," Jolie answered him kindly.
Dryden smiled, and laughed a little. Never a woman had called him `sir', unless it was one of his crew members, but even then it felt uncomfortable to him.
Jolie sort of smiled along with him. Dryden then told her that she should come and look outside. He explained to her that Asturia was a neighboring country that would support any country, any empire whatever it was. That was why Zaibach was there. They had signed a peace treaty again with Asturia, and this time promised not to break it to the King of Asturia.
"There are Kings and Queens in every country isn't there, Dryden?" Jolie asked.
"Yes, there is. Why do you ask?"
"Well, isn't there a Democracy? Back where I live, most countries live in Democracies. Some don't, usually the rulers there are horrible. "Like" Jolie was cut off.
"Listen. Many things are different from where you come from. I'm sure you probably have many more wars back where you live, and many more problems. I think I know a lot about the place you come from," Dryden told her.
Jolie giggled at what he had just said. The others looked at her funny. They all thought they knew about her `planet' but it was quiet obvious they didn't. Everyone turned their attention to Jolie as she spoke, "Earth is nothing like that. The biggest war we ever had was World War II. And that was quite a while ago. That war was when Germany was trying to take over pretty much the world. The man who started it, tried to take over a few countries and succeeded, but then that's when my country got involved, Canada. Then, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in America. That's when America got involved. Almost every country fought in it. It ended a few years later, and that's when all of our countries were freed-except for some, which are the third world countries and are very poor. However, back a few centuries ago the European countries always had small wars, but they weren't as big as the World Wars we have. So yeah. You must have known about that, right Dryden?" Jolie explained.
"Of course I knew about that. I know everything about that."
"So, what was the man's name who led the Germans?" Jolie asked sweetly.
Dryden did not know. It was quite obvious. His answer was quite funny. He said some evil soldier's name; however it was far from it. I suppose the only one who could laugh at his answer was Jolie. But she didn't. She just patted him on the back and told him the answer of which it was.
Dryden decided to show the `crew' around some new parts of Asturia. Well pretty much just Van, Jolie, Millerna, Merle and Allen at least. A few new streets and markets and restaurants had opened up. And as before, much laughter and happiness filled the air. Some people were playing songs on the street for money, others were dancing and others were selling. It was then, when Dryden stopped in front of some sort of bar. People sat in it, but it wasn't open. They most likely worked there.
Van, Jolie, Millerna, Merle, Allen and Dryden all stepped inside. The lights were fading out, which dimmed the place. Smoke filled the air from some people who were well, smoking. But a girl was singing. She had short black hair; she wore black pants, a pink tank top and she wore sunglasses that were very familiar to Jolie. She was also African-American. The girl was singing a song, which Jolie remembered from the year 2002. (I guess I forgot to mention, it's the year 2005.) Anyway, the song was called "Overprotected"; Britney Spears sang it where she had come from. The voice was also familiar too.
Jolie sat down listening to her voice, trying to figure out who it was. The rest of the crew sat down at a different table, and watched Jolie. When the girl was finished, she lifted her sunglasses to look at Jolie. The singer's mouth widened, as she screamed. Jolie screamed as well. The two ran up to each other hugging like they were long lost sisters or something like that.
Screams of happiness filled the air as the two jumped up and down. Dryden stood up and walked over to them once they had calmed down.
"You two, know each other?" He asked, quite startled.
"Yes. We were old friends. We had our own band together, and everything. Jolie, you sure have changed. What happened to your punk rocker style? Girl, you had it all. You look like a girl who goes to bible camp every summer!" screamed her friend.
"Well, yes I do go to bible camp every summer. And I've changed a lot, Lily. I'm not the same way I was before. I'm really not," Jolie spoke sadly.
"That was your mom's sweater wasn't it? I remember her wearing it," asked Lily.
"Yeah. I'm surprised you remembered. It was such a long time ago. I missed you so much!" Jolie hugged her best friend Lily.
Dryden just raised an eyebrow and stood off to the side as the two talked. They sat down at the table and must have talked for over an hour. But finally, Jolie asked the big question.
"How'd you get here? When did you get here? I mean, I don't even know how I got here. I'm scared Lily. I need your help. You've always been a big sister to me, watching out for me. I just need to know. You left me in the cold when you disappeared, along with Rita..."
"Rita is here too. We were transported here out of the blue. We had a choice if we wanted to go back. But we were thirteen. We didn't know any better. And we've been fine. You know me, I can take care of myself," Lily said with a wink
"You were always the bad-ass."
"And you were always the sweet one. Girl, there's no turning back, we're here for good. We hate it back on earth. It stinks. Stay with us."
Jolie looked around. Everyone was listening intently to their conversation, especially Merle. Jolie couldn't help leaving her father behind, all by himself. A tear streamed down her face. She wiped it away and looked up at Lily, who sat there; more serious then she had ever seen her best friend before.
"I'll think about."
Lily smiled and hugged her friend again. Dryden smiled as he headed the two girls towards the stage. He asked them a few questions, about their band. He asked who the main singer was, who sung back-up and such. After he was finished Dryden stood up on stage. Millerna, Allen, Van and Merle were all sitting at their own table.
"I'd like to announce something that I have wanted for a very long time. This old shack you're sitting in now is going to be a nice restaurant. It's going to be filled with dancing, singing and food. The people will come in from a hard day of work and..." Dryden was interrupted.
"And party their asses off!" screamed Lily.
Dryden chuckled to himself and agreed with her `way' of making his point. It was quite obvious to Dryden that, if the two had a band together with another girl, obviously Jolie knew had to sing. So, Dryden pulled her off to the side, as Lily talked with Millerna and Merle.
"Do you know possibly, how to sing?" Dryden asked her suspiciously.
"Well, I guess I know. I sing in church all the time. And as you know, I used to have a band with Lily and Rita. So I suppose so. Why do you want to know?" Jolie answered smiling sweetly.
"Maybe... maybe if you like to earn a few coins, maybe you could sing for this restaurant. But first, I have to hear you sing!" Dryden told her.
Jolie nodded and went to her bag. She picked out an old CD. You could tell it was old because it was scratched completely. The CD cover was ripped and dingy. And it was dusty. Jolie never left her house with certain CD's. They were her life.
She walked up to Lily and handed her the CD. She walked over to the CD player and placed the CD inside. Jolie walked up to the microphone as the music started to play. Lily knew exactly what song she was going to sing. It was the song "Dreaming of You" sung by Selena. Jolie made it sound special whenever Lily heard her sing it. Everyone stood in amazement as Jolie sang. But something was happening to the pendant that Hitomi gave Van. As Jolie sang to higher notes then to lower notes, the pendant would glow brighter and brighter.
Van looked at the pendant as it was glowing. It grew into a bright red colour. However, the light looked as it was struggling to keep glowing, or it was fighting to stop glowing. Van quickly pulled Allen to the side and showed him. Millerna followed them without asking any questions. As they were talking about how the pendant was glowing, it was quite obvious.
"So that's why she was brought here, isn't it?" Millerna asked.
"What about her friends though?" Van asked him.
"Well, I think Jolie's voice is attached to the Escaflowne-but not as much as you are Van. And I think the gods brought her friends here to give Jolie a guidance of where to turn. It seems as though, maybe her friends might have helped bring Jolie here. I'm not sure about that. But there is a great chance the Jolie is connected to the Escaflowne," Allen explained, telling his thoughts to them.
The three watched Jolie intently this time, knowing that if she was harmed in any way, an important asset could be lost.
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So, it's got its twists and turns and stuff doesn't it? Anyway, that's chapter three. There is probably spelling mistakes and stuff. But hey, who cares. Anyway, please review my story, I need to know what to change or what to write in up coming chapters ^^
Lily
Jolie woke up in a nice comfortable bed. Before she even opened her eyes to look around her, she thought she had already figured out what happened. It was most likely a dream. All of it was. Van, Millerna, Allen and Merle, they all must have been a dream.
But then she heard foots steps. They sounded more like boots. And she heard speaking. This didn't sound much like her father. But, there was another familiar voice, which did sound like her father. But she didn't know who it could have been. She opened her eyes a little bit and spoke,
"Dad is that you?" it was too blurry to see.
"I think she's gone mad?" said a squeaky voice.
"Yeah me too," It was obviously Merle, "I thought so from the start, but no one believed me."
Jolie sat up and looked around the room. She was still in the ship, but when she looked out the window, they had landed. They were most likely ported in Asturia, because she could smell fresh sea air. But when Jolie looked around the room, her dad was no where to be seen. However, a new face was there.
A tall man with long brown hair showed up. He wore a white shirt and baggy brown pants. He wore a long brown cloak trimmed with a golden design. Sun glasses were place on top of his head, hippy sun glasses that is, along with a necklace around his neck. As he smiled, his teeth glistened. In other words, it looked like he bleached them.
"Well, looks like you're awake. I wonder what happened to you. When you passed out, this ship had landed, and Millerna came out asking for my help. She said this girl from the some place and fainted. So I came in," the man had said.
"Oh. I passed out? I thought I was just having some sort of a dizzy spell and sort of well, yeah I guess I passed out didn't I?" Jolie said shaking.
"You're a funny girl. By the way, my name is Dryden. I do a lot of trades and such. What's your name, and where do you come from?" Dryden asked.
"Well, my name is Jolie, and I come from Earth... uh `Mystic Moon'. It's a pleasure to meet you sir," Jolie answered him kindly.
Dryden smiled, and laughed a little. Never a woman had called him `sir', unless it was one of his crew members, but even then it felt uncomfortable to him.
Jolie sort of smiled along with him. Dryden then told her that she should come and look outside. He explained to her that Asturia was a neighboring country that would support any country, any empire whatever it was. That was why Zaibach was there. They had signed a peace treaty again with Asturia, and this time promised not to break it to the King of Asturia.
"There are Kings and Queens in every country isn't there, Dryden?" Jolie asked.
"Yes, there is. Why do you ask?"
"Well, isn't there a Democracy? Back where I live, most countries live in Democracies. Some don't, usually the rulers there are horrible. "Like" Jolie was cut off.
"Listen. Many things are different from where you come from. I'm sure you probably have many more wars back where you live, and many more problems. I think I know a lot about the place you come from," Dryden told her.
Jolie giggled at what he had just said. The others looked at her funny. They all thought they knew about her `planet' but it was quiet obvious they didn't. Everyone turned their attention to Jolie as she spoke, "Earth is nothing like that. The biggest war we ever had was World War II. And that was quite a while ago. That war was when Germany was trying to take over pretty much the world. The man who started it, tried to take over a few countries and succeeded, but then that's when my country got involved, Canada. Then, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in America. That's when America got involved. Almost every country fought in it. It ended a few years later, and that's when all of our countries were freed-except for some, which are the third world countries and are very poor. However, back a few centuries ago the European countries always had small wars, but they weren't as big as the World Wars we have. So yeah. You must have known about that, right Dryden?" Jolie explained.
"Of course I knew about that. I know everything about that."
"So, what was the man's name who led the Germans?" Jolie asked sweetly.
Dryden did not know. It was quite obvious. His answer was quite funny. He said some evil soldier's name; however it was far from it. I suppose the only one who could laugh at his answer was Jolie. But she didn't. She just patted him on the back and told him the answer of which it was.
Dryden decided to show the `crew' around some new parts of Asturia. Well pretty much just Van, Jolie, Millerna, Merle and Allen at least. A few new streets and markets and restaurants had opened up. And as before, much laughter and happiness filled the air. Some people were playing songs on the street for money, others were dancing and others were selling. It was then, when Dryden stopped in front of some sort of bar. People sat in it, but it wasn't open. They most likely worked there.
Van, Jolie, Millerna, Merle, Allen and Dryden all stepped inside. The lights were fading out, which dimmed the place. Smoke filled the air from some people who were well, smoking. But a girl was singing. She had short black hair; she wore black pants, a pink tank top and she wore sunglasses that were very familiar to Jolie. She was also African-American. The girl was singing a song, which Jolie remembered from the year 2002. (I guess I forgot to mention, it's the year 2005.) Anyway, the song was called "Overprotected"; Britney Spears sang it where she had come from. The voice was also familiar too.
Jolie sat down listening to her voice, trying to figure out who it was. The rest of the crew sat down at a different table, and watched Jolie. When the girl was finished, she lifted her sunglasses to look at Jolie. The singer's mouth widened, as she screamed. Jolie screamed as well. The two ran up to each other hugging like they were long lost sisters or something like that.
Screams of happiness filled the air as the two jumped up and down. Dryden stood up and walked over to them once they had calmed down.
"You two, know each other?" He asked, quite startled.
"Yes. We were old friends. We had our own band together, and everything. Jolie, you sure have changed. What happened to your punk rocker style? Girl, you had it all. You look like a girl who goes to bible camp every summer!" screamed her friend.
"Well, yes I do go to bible camp every summer. And I've changed a lot, Lily. I'm not the same way I was before. I'm really not," Jolie spoke sadly.
"That was your mom's sweater wasn't it? I remember her wearing it," asked Lily.
"Yeah. I'm surprised you remembered. It was such a long time ago. I missed you so much!" Jolie hugged her best friend Lily.
Dryden just raised an eyebrow and stood off to the side as the two talked. They sat down at the table and must have talked for over an hour. But finally, Jolie asked the big question.
"How'd you get here? When did you get here? I mean, I don't even know how I got here. I'm scared Lily. I need your help. You've always been a big sister to me, watching out for me. I just need to know. You left me in the cold when you disappeared, along with Rita..."
"Rita is here too. We were transported here out of the blue. We had a choice if we wanted to go back. But we were thirteen. We didn't know any better. And we've been fine. You know me, I can take care of myself," Lily said with a wink
"You were always the bad-ass."
"And you were always the sweet one. Girl, there's no turning back, we're here for good. We hate it back on earth. It stinks. Stay with us."
Jolie looked around. Everyone was listening intently to their conversation, especially Merle. Jolie couldn't help leaving her father behind, all by himself. A tear streamed down her face. She wiped it away and looked up at Lily, who sat there; more serious then she had ever seen her best friend before.
"I'll think about."
Lily smiled and hugged her friend again. Dryden smiled as he headed the two girls towards the stage. He asked them a few questions, about their band. He asked who the main singer was, who sung back-up and such. After he was finished Dryden stood up on stage. Millerna, Allen, Van and Merle were all sitting at their own table.
"I'd like to announce something that I have wanted for a very long time. This old shack you're sitting in now is going to be a nice restaurant. It's going to be filled with dancing, singing and food. The people will come in from a hard day of work and..." Dryden was interrupted.
"And party their asses off!" screamed Lily.
Dryden chuckled to himself and agreed with her `way' of making his point. It was quite obvious to Dryden that, if the two had a band together with another girl, obviously Jolie knew had to sing. So, Dryden pulled her off to the side, as Lily talked with Millerna and Merle.
"Do you know possibly, how to sing?" Dryden asked her suspiciously.
"Well, I guess I know. I sing in church all the time. And as you know, I used to have a band with Lily and Rita. So I suppose so. Why do you want to know?" Jolie answered smiling sweetly.
"Maybe... maybe if you like to earn a few coins, maybe you could sing for this restaurant. But first, I have to hear you sing!" Dryden told her.
Jolie nodded and went to her bag. She picked out an old CD. You could tell it was old because it was scratched completely. The CD cover was ripped and dingy. And it was dusty. Jolie never left her house with certain CD's. They were her life.
She walked up to Lily and handed her the CD. She walked over to the CD player and placed the CD inside. Jolie walked up to the microphone as the music started to play. Lily knew exactly what song she was going to sing. It was the song "Dreaming of You" sung by Selena. Jolie made it sound special whenever Lily heard her sing it. Everyone stood in amazement as Jolie sang. But something was happening to the pendant that Hitomi gave Van. As Jolie sang to higher notes then to lower notes, the pendant would glow brighter and brighter.
Van looked at the pendant as it was glowing. It grew into a bright red colour. However, the light looked as it was struggling to keep glowing, or it was fighting to stop glowing. Van quickly pulled Allen to the side and showed him. Millerna followed them without asking any questions. As they were talking about how the pendant was glowing, it was quite obvious.
"So that's why she was brought here, isn't it?" Millerna asked.
"What about her friends though?" Van asked him.
"Well, I think Jolie's voice is attached to the Escaflowne-but not as much as you are Van. And I think the gods brought her friends here to give Jolie a guidance of where to turn. It seems as though, maybe her friends might have helped bring Jolie here. I'm not sure about that. But there is a great chance the Jolie is connected to the Escaflowne," Allen explained, telling his thoughts to them.
The three watched Jolie intently this time, knowing that if she was harmed in any way, an important asset could be lost.
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So, it's got its twists and turns and stuff doesn't it? Anyway, that's chapter three. There is probably spelling mistakes and stuff. But hey, who cares. Anyway, please review my story, I need to know what to change or what to write in up coming chapters ^^