Hi, people! It's me again, uploading once again another chapter (Finally! Chapter eight!). Thanks again to everyone who reviewed and the people reading, it makes me think that a lot of people love my story! (I just hope it's true!)

I love this chapter! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

By the way, I know after my seventh chapter, you must really hate Van for leaving Hitomi behind, even if its 'for her own good' but that's all going to be fixed, don't worry! Just keep reading! (Thanks for pointing that out in your review, Arienhod, or I'd never ever have thought of that!) Aw, man… I talk too much… You'd better get to the story now or stick around for my jabbering...


Chapter Eight: Kidnapped?!

"Everything is going as planned," a person said. His face was being hidden under a dark hood.

"Yes, but there is one obstacle in the way." Another person hiding in the shadows pointed out.

"What would it be?" the other asked

"It's the girl from Earth; she's making our plans fail."

"How so?"

"We all know that Gaea must be destroyed, which should have happened when we took over Asturia." he said. "But the girl has an effect on fate and Gaea has not yet been destroyed. We need to get her out of the picture first."

He stopped for a moment… then continued. "She seems to be on Earth at the moment. We need to carry out the plan."

"Plan?"

He leaned on the wall. "That's right," he said. "The plan."


"Hitomi? Are you okay? You've been pretty down lately, haven't you?" Yukari asked Hitomi who seems to be spacing out more and more. "I'm sorry," she said.

Now, all she seems to want to do is find her way back to Gaea. "I'm fine, Yukari, sorry about the other day, though."

"It's okay, Hitomi, you must just be feeling a bit stressed out," Yukari suggested. "Maybe you shouldn't attend classes today."

"I'll be fine, Yukari, thanks for worrying about me."

She did admit that she could barely concentrate and her attention was called many times. And when she was at home, she would just get distracted with the white feather at the side instead of doing her homework.

But something happened on her way home from college. Hitomi was walking through the same route that she always took to get back to her apartment when suddenly, she heard a voice. A very familiar voice.

It is time… for Gaea's end.

Hitomi stopped. It was that voice, the voice that she heard when she was unwillingly transported back to Earth. "Who are you? Why do you want Gaea to be destroyed?"

Because that is fate

"There you go again! What is it with you and fate? I told you that there is no such thing as predetermined fate! Why do you want this fate so badly? If you really from Atlantis, why do you want the world you made to be destroyed?"

I'm sorry; I can not tell you that

Suddenly, her head began to hurt and then

black out


Hitomi's eyes flicked open. Where am I? she asked herself. She looked around her. This isn't Earth anymore, is it?

Hitomi struggled to sit up. The place was dark; there was nothing but a candle burning on the small table. She had no idea where she was. There was a small window, but there was nothing outside that could give her a clue on where she was, but she had a feeling that she was in Gaea.

She was surprised that she wasn't gagged or bound or anything like that. That just points out that even if she screams, there would be no one to help her.

She dug into the bag she saw came along with her and took out her neatly tucked away deck of tarot cards. She opened the box and retrieved it and flipped up the first card just for the sake of doing so.

On the card was the picture of a woman holding two bowls in such a way that water poured from both of it and kneeling near what seems to be a river. And just above the woman was a bright star with many little stars surrounding it, forming a circle around it. It was card seventeen, The Star, which means hope.

She drew another card. There was a man and a woman walking together hand in hand, the man held the sun, the woman held the moon. It was the sixth card, The Lovers, which could possibly mean a couple that overcomes trials.

The cards were telling her not to loose hope. She knew somehow, Van will find out that she's been kidnapped and come and save her or maybe, she may even save herself? There's no such thing as predetermined fate, she thought. So she could make it so the ending will be happy.

She placed the cards back in her bag and leaned back on the wall, wondering. She wondered if she called for him her voice would reach him, like before. It's a possibility. But she did it with Celena's help, now she would have to have her voice reach him without any help.

She clasped her hands together. "Please Van, please hear me!"


As if his head wasn't hurting enough, there were already people trying to nag him, or more like lecture him. He thought lectures were the thing of the past when he reached twenty. I guess he was wrong.

He started to regret what he did. Maybe he shouldn't have left her on the Mystic Moon; at least he should have brought her back after the war or something. It was war and it was the time he needed her the most. Oh well… he told himself no regrets, but it wasn't working. His heart just won't listen to him anymore.

He shook his head. He needed to concentrate on this, he needed to be able to take control of Escaflowne just like before! The Atlanta are going to strike soon, and before long, the whole of Gaea might go!

But as he tried to come in contact with Escaflowne, she finally heard a voice. Van! Please be able to hear me!

"Hitomi?"

Van? You can hear me?

He leaned on the wall. "Yeah, I can. I thought that you're on the Mystic Moon…"

Van, someone took me back to Gaea. I don't know where I am, but I think that it's the Atlanta… oh God, someone's coming!

"Wait, Hitomi… Hitomi?!" There was nothing. He couldn't hear her anymore. The Atlanta brought Hitomi back to Gaea.

"Van," he told himself. "You are an idiot." He said as he stood up properly and running out the door. He could have taken Escaflowne, but he felt that there was no time.

Allen spotted him running out the door. "Van! Where are you going?! You can't go now…"

"Sorry, Allen," Van said, standing outside with a solemn look across his face. "Hitomi's in trouble. This is something I have to do!" Wings sprouted from his back and he began to fly.

"Hey, Van!" Allen tried to say but Millerna came up and said, "Don't Allen. Even if he left Hitomi on the Mystic Moon, he still cares for her."

Allen sat down again. "You're right, but if I sense that anything goes wrong, then I'll have no choice but to go."


Hitomi cut off her communication with Van just a few minutes ago because she heard voices. She leaned on the only door to, of course, eavesdrop.

"So you have the girl?"

"We do, sir."

Who's sir? She wondered. She was obviously the girl, so who is 'sir'?

"Good, there is more that just keeping them separate."

"Is that the reason you just didn't leave her on Earth?"

Who separate? Hitomi asked herself. Could it be Van and… wait, the didn't say 'Mystic Moon', they said 'Earth', of coarse if they're really from Atlantis, they should say 'Earth', but… but…

She must just be delirious, of coarse if they're from Earth, they wouldn't say 'Mystic Moon' because they know that it's called Earth, not Mystic Moon.

But then, she thought, if they're the people from Atlantis, who are the Draconians?


I told you it would be fixed! But not completely, though. you'll have to wait until I typed out chapter nine for that. That'll take a while. How they communticated was way better than talking on the phone, since in Gaea, there is no phone. Anyways, what do you think? Like I said before, I would love to know!(Big booster when I write my story! I end up looking at the reviews!) Please review !(comments, suggestions, whatever! I can take it! (I hope) P.S. No bad words though, that I can not take)

The tarot card pictures may be different for other cards, but my brother's set is the Robin Wood tarot, so that's what I used.

Sorry if it's a wee bit short. I hope you liked it anyways!!