Silken Smoke
Chapter 3: Tribulated fates
A/N Sorry for the wait guys but here it is
Disclaimer: I don't own Escaflowne.. There I said it!
The room was dimly lit and very cold. The walls were made of stone and mud. The ceiling was wooden and worn away from termite damage. There were two small windows and the blistering cold breeze blew through. The whole scenery was unfamiliar to her she lay there awhile reconciling of her past experience. Van came back to her to take her back to Gaea, but instead of arriving in Fanelia they arrived in a vast snowstorm and they were separated. 'Oh my gosh I have to find-' "Van!" She sat up in bed. She could see the room more clearly. She had a white sweater on and navy blue sweat pants, which was also unfamiliar to her. It was a small room but cozy. The smell of mildew clung to her nostrils. She saw a small, plump middle-aged woman with her back turned to her at a small table. Hitomi got up and walked across the room to her. The ground was cold and earthen; she wobbled a little when she walked. She looked over the woman's shoulder and saw that she was packing exotic looking food in her duffel bag. Sensing her curiosity the woman replied "It's an awful long way back to Fanelia" a moment of tense silence, then the woman turned and smiled. She had steaks of gray in her sienna hair, bags under her eyes and laugh lines. She answered " I know Lord Van, my dear, not personally of course" she chuckled. "That's why I was shocked when I saw a stricken king at my front door holding a fallen maiden" Hitomi mused a weak smile back, the woman had a warm personality and reminded her of Mr. mole. "You two shouldn't have been in that snowstorm" she chided "many enter few return" She noticed Van sound asleep on another bed a couple of feet from the table. She shivered and took a few steps to him but was interrupted again by the woman. "My dear are you still cold? Well, here take this." She handed her a small wooden cup filled with warm dark green liquid. Reluctantly she took a sip and was shocked that her predetermined factor was mistaken. It was sweet; it tasted mostly of honey and mint. But the strangest thing of all is that as soon as the drink slipped down her stomach it burned in her belly and the warmth stretched forth to her limbs, torso and head; her headache vanished instantly. "Whoa!" The woman chuckled. Hitomi walked over to Van and placed a hand on his cheek that was icy. There was a cool damp cloth in his forehead and a bowl of hot water near his head. She dipped the cloth into the bowl and ringed it out, patted his face then wiped it off quickly for fear of it making him colder. "Thank you so much by the way." "Oh it's no problem dear! No body ever comes by to visit me anymore, the pleasures all mine." "But-don't you have a family?" Hitomi cursed herself for such a rude question, but surly a woman this kind could hook herself a husband, then why aren't they here. 'Maybe that was a little too personal'.
"I did." She answered nonchalantly. "My husband and son went off to war 4 years ago during the war of Zaibach and they didn't come back." Her brown eyes went misty "The only family I have is Eliaz and Razique-my horses. But they aren't much use to me any longer, I used to be the nurse of this village but not it is a mere ghost town so those two don't have any use"-
Van's awakening interrupted her. "H-Hitomi?." "Van!" "You're ok?." Yeah! Are you?" " A little cold." " Oh here drink this, it's really good!" She handed him the honey-mint drink. He took a huge gulp and sighed a reliving "Ahhh" which made her giggle. "We really need to get back to Fanelia. Allen said he needed to talk to me. Maybe we can fly, where are we?" He said all of this really quickly. "Van I don't think you should-we almost got killed." "Ok maybe we can walk how far away are we' "Three Days" Answered the woman. "Three days!? But I promised Allen that I would meet with him today!" "It's ok you may take my horses." "What? No we can't they're yours I'd feel too bad." Answered Hitomi "I insist," Said the woman "Ok, but we'll only take one." Concluded Hitomi. Van just smiled.
They got their things together and Van paid the woman for her hospitality in pewter looking coins. They got on Razique: a black horse with a white star on it's forehead, and rode to Fanelia.
It only took two hours to get there but it was nightfall when they arrived. Merle was the first to greet them. They talked awhile then Allen showed up looking very serious. He too greeted the two but immediately asked for Van's personal console. Merle led Hitomi to where Milerna and her sister Eries.
"Hitomi!" shouted Milerna and Eries simultaneously "Hello" She said shyly "How have you been?" "How long has it been?" "4 years right?" "Umm. yeah I'm fine how are you two?" " Oh we're just fine, Milerna has finished her medical school" " And Eries married Allen" "Really?" "That's right oh Hitomi I love you hair like that," added Eries ". Thank-Aaachuu!.. You" "Do you have a cold?" Milerna felt Hitomi's forehead, "you have a high fever, you should get some rest, we'll catch up later." "Okay" she sniffled. Milerna led Hitomi to a guess room in the castle.
"Van we're targeted from a village in the west" Allen said surly. "What village?" "That isn't confirmed yet, but we do need the aid of Fanelia's army." Not only was Van king but he has also become General of Fanelia's army, which has a formidable reputation. "When should we leave?" "In the morning the won't expect an attack this early, not when their about to attack us" "But we don't even know who they are!" "Not yet,' said Allen "but we do have a team infiltrating the suspected location, if our hunch is correct then we leave in the morning" Van had to let this entire situation sink in, he had got Hitomi back, a goal he had set his mind on ever since she left. Now his ambition will be taken away. How will he tell her this, and what's worse he might not come back.
Ok there that one took a while any way chapter 4 will be up soon, I have some good ideas, so it's comin' around.
The room was dimly lit and very cold. The walls were made of stone and mud. The ceiling was wooden and worn away from termite damage. There were two small windows and the blistering cold breeze blew through. The whole scenery was unfamiliar to her she lay there awhile reconciling of her past experience. Van came back to her to take her back to Gaea, but instead of arriving in Fanelia they arrived in a vast snowstorm and they were separated. 'Oh my gosh I have to find-' "Van!" She sat up in bed. She could see the room more clearly. She had a white sweater on and navy blue sweat pants, which was also unfamiliar to her. It was a small room but cozy. The smell of mildew clung to her nostrils. She saw a small, plump middle-aged woman with her back turned to her at a small table. Hitomi got up and walked across the room to her. The ground was cold and earthen; she wobbled a little when she walked. She looked over the woman's shoulder and saw that she was packing exotic looking food in her duffel bag. Sensing her curiosity the woman replied "It's an awful long way back to Fanelia" a moment of tense silence, then the woman turned and smiled. She had steaks of gray in her sienna hair, bags under her eyes and laugh lines. She answered " I know Lord Van, my dear, not personally of course" she chuckled. "That's why I was shocked when I saw a stricken king at my front door holding a fallen maiden" Hitomi mused a weak smile back, the woman had a warm personality and reminded her of Mr. mole. "You two shouldn't have been in that snowstorm" she chided "many enter few return" She noticed Van sound asleep on another bed a couple of feet from the table. She shivered and took a few steps to him but was interrupted again by the woman. "My dear are you still cold? Well, here take this." She handed her a small wooden cup filled with warm dark green liquid. Reluctantly she took a sip and was shocked that her predetermined factor was mistaken. It was sweet; it tasted mostly of honey and mint. But the strangest thing of all is that as soon as the drink slipped down her stomach it burned in her belly and the warmth stretched forth to her limbs, torso and head; her headache vanished instantly. "Whoa!" The woman chuckled. Hitomi walked over to Van and placed a hand on his cheek that was icy. There was a cool damp cloth in his forehead and a bowl of hot water near his head. She dipped the cloth into the bowl and ringed it out, patted his face then wiped it off quickly for fear of it making him colder. "Thank you so much by the way." "Oh it's no problem dear! No body ever comes by to visit me anymore, the pleasures all mine." "But-don't you have a family?" Hitomi cursed herself for such a rude question, but surly a woman this kind could hook herself a husband, then why aren't they here. 'Maybe that was a little too personal'.
"I did." She answered nonchalantly. "My husband and son went off to war 4 years ago during the war of Zaibach and they didn't come back." Her brown eyes went misty "The only family I have is Eliaz and Razique-my horses. But they aren't much use to me any longer, I used to be the nurse of this village but not it is a mere ghost town so those two don't have any use"-
Van's awakening interrupted her. "H-Hitomi?." "Van!" "You're ok?." Yeah! Are you?" " A little cold." " Oh here drink this, it's really good!" She handed him the honey-mint drink. He took a huge gulp and sighed a reliving "Ahhh" which made her giggle. "We really need to get back to Fanelia. Allen said he needed to talk to me. Maybe we can fly, where are we?" He said all of this really quickly. "Van I don't think you should-we almost got killed." "Ok maybe we can walk how far away are we' "Three Days" Answered the woman. "Three days!? But I promised Allen that I would meet with him today!" "It's ok you may take my horses." "What? No we can't they're yours I'd feel too bad." Answered Hitomi "I insist," Said the woman "Ok, but we'll only take one." Concluded Hitomi. Van just smiled.
They got their things together and Van paid the woman for her hospitality in pewter looking coins. They got on Razique: a black horse with a white star on it's forehead, and rode to Fanelia.
It only took two hours to get there but it was nightfall when they arrived. Merle was the first to greet them. They talked awhile then Allen showed up looking very serious. He too greeted the two but immediately asked for Van's personal console. Merle led Hitomi to where Milerna and her sister Eries.
"Hitomi!" shouted Milerna and Eries simultaneously "Hello" She said shyly "How have you been?" "How long has it been?" "4 years right?" "Umm. yeah I'm fine how are you two?" " Oh we're just fine, Milerna has finished her medical school" " And Eries married Allen" "Really?" "That's right oh Hitomi I love you hair like that," added Eries ". Thank-Aaachuu!.. You" "Do you have a cold?" Milerna felt Hitomi's forehead, "you have a high fever, you should get some rest, we'll catch up later." "Okay" she sniffled. Milerna led Hitomi to a guess room in the castle.
"Van we're targeted from a village in the west" Allen said surly. "What village?" "That isn't confirmed yet, but we do need the aid of Fanelia's army." Not only was Van king but he has also become General of Fanelia's army, which has a formidable reputation. "When should we leave?" "In the morning the won't expect an attack this early, not when their about to attack us" "But we don't even know who they are!" "Not yet,' said Allen "but we do have a team infiltrating the suspected location, if our hunch is correct then we leave in the morning" Van had to let this entire situation sink in, he had got Hitomi back, a goal he had set his mind on ever since she left. Now his ambition will be taken away. How will he tell her this, and what's worse he might not come back.
Ok there that one took a while any way chapter 4 will be up soon, I have some good ideas, so it's comin' around.