Disclaimer: I don't own Escaflowne or any of the songs therein!

This one has my favorite song from the movie, called "Sora"!

Surprise surprise, considering the character who sings it!

Enjoy!


So Van and Merle took turns watching over Sora, while she grew stronger each day, becoming good friends with them both as they talked to each other. Soon she was running around with Merle in the fields and forest, Van showing her the region from heights she never thought she would ever be at in her life. Yet, despite her carefree attitude, in the back of her mind, she knew that this couldn't last. The one who brought her here would come for her.

She was sleeping one night when a beautiful tune came to her in a dream.

Win dain a lotica

En vai tu ri

Si lo ta

The same cloaked man appeared in front of her. "My Chosen One, you finally are strong enough to come to me."

Fin dein a loluca

En dragu a sei lain

Vi fa-ru les shutai am

En riga-lint

He reached out to her, his fingers making a gentle beckoning gesture. Almost…alluring, in a way. "Wake from your sleep and come to me."

She rolled over, shaking her head a little. Why do you want me so much?

Win chent a lotica

En vai tu ri

Si lo ta

"As I told you before I summoned you here, you are the other half of my soul. You complete me, my kindred spirit. I implore you to endow me with your soothing presence."

His hood fell and a head of wild teal hair was exposed, bright burgundy eyes in a proud face with a gentle smile. "Come join me, my Chosen One."

Fin dein a loluca

Si katigura neuver

Floreria for chesti

Si entina

But I don't know if what Van and Merle have told me is true, Sora reasoned with the apparition. How do I know if you're telling the truth?

His smile broadened. "You have to respond to my call then, my Chosen One. Sora."

The sound of her name woke her, and she sat up, seeing Van asleep, sitting against the wall, exhausted from the constant night watches. She got out of bed, still hearing the song in her head. "Lord Folken…I'm coming to you."

Her eyes dulled from the magic that placed her in a trance. She walked out of the small hut, her bare feet touching the dirt path which led to the outer part of the village.

La la la la la la la

La la la la la

Fontina blu cent

De cravi esca letisimo

The same gentle wind as before drew up her hair and skirt of her dress, as the path surrendered to grass of the fields to the trees of the forest. She felt almost elated to get away from the village and out from under the watchful gazes of Van and Merle. It was her first taste of real freedom since her escape from the laboratory that birthed her.

Lord Folken, I'm just uncertain with the views I've been presented with. First is yours, that I am special to you…the second is Van and Merle's, that you're only after a power I have so you can try to destroy Gaea. Which is it? I want to know the truth from you…who made me feel like I was wanted…


"Lord Van!"

Van jerked from his sleep, finding Sora's bed empty.

Merle burst into the room, eyes wide in worry. "Where is she, Lord Van? I can't find her scent anywhere! It's like she's disappeared off Gaea!"

Van stood up and picked up his sword. "I feel a presence… It's Folken!"

"Lord Van, let me come with you!" Merle pleaded, but found that his pace was too swift for her.


Sora reached a clearing by a cliff, the same figure that had been in her dream standing with his back to the cliff.

La la la la la la la

La la la la la

De quantian

La finde reve

"I've been waiting for this moment for a long time."

The haze in her eyes vanished and she blinked up at him. "You must be…which name do you prefer?"

"Folken."

"Folken, the one who summoned me here."

"Yes, I am. I wish for you, Sora."

"But why?"

Win dain a lotica

En vai tu ri

Si lo ta

"Because I need…my wings back…and your…companionship…my Chosen One, Sora."


Van rushed to the presence of his brother, and the faint one of Sora, which he'd suspected from the beginning to be a possessor of great magical powers.

"Sora!"


Sora felt the connection between them throb in her chest and pit of her stomach, as he stepped closer, placing a hand under her chin so she could look into his eyes. "Is that every…thing…you want…Lord Folken?" she asked, voice becoming weak, breathy.

Fin dein a loluca

En dragu a sei lain

Vi fa-ru les shutai am

En riga-lint

He leaned closer, nodding. "My fondest wish is but those two things. Fulfill that wish together with me."

His hand, along with his other one, slid to her back, stroking between her shoulder blades, but he didn't notice that as he did this, the collar around her neck began to spark with electricity. Her eyes quivered a little from the pain, but she couldn't move under his persuading touches.

"Only this power that is restrained can restore my wings, Sora. Let it come forth, like a flower that blooms anew with the sunrise."

Two lines of white appeared under his fingertips, and the sparks turned into bolts of electricity that lanced through the skin of her neck. She cried out, arching her back from the pain.

"Sora, what's wrong?!"

Just then, Van came running up, drawing his sword. "Folken, take your hands off her!"

Folken's eyes narrowed and he sneered, "Again you try to thwart my plans. For now I'll retreat."

He vanished like before and Sora fell to the ground, steam coming from underneath her collar.

"Sora! Sora, can you hear me?! Wake up! SORA!"


Very like the one in the movie, just my take on it, since this is set afterwards.

So, how'd you like it? Was it good, bad, or so-so?

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