The Lady Killer
Chapter 10: Herencia de la Familia
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~I'd like to dedicate this chapter to: BlackMoonEmpress and Raven of the Night!~
~Thanks for hanging on!~
~See? I made it all pretty cuz I really appreciate your reviews!~
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Disclaimer: I do not own anything of escaflowne, including the guymelefs, the characters and the countries, except for artemis and the rest of the parnassus'. I own the story and I adopted the idea of having a he said she said thing. I don't own the story's title, as it belongs to Injected and their record label.
A/N: guess wot?? i've got a 90% average!! go me!! this is like my dream! well, i'm quitting the job in may cuz i'm way too stressed out and the grease from the pizza iz givin me more than one pimple a month!--very bad for my complexion! i'm not kidding! i care a lot about my skin! dun even get me started wif all the skin products i haf in my medicine drawer, or that compartment under the sink! well, here's chapter 10 [finally] and itz basically about artemisia and how she reacts after the kiss! ciao!
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.:Artemisia:.
He left the room as I lay there, watching him get up and leave. Folken was obviously furious with him, as his expression showed. I slowly got up from the bed and walked into my room, thinking frantically about what Dilandau had done that for. He was becoming jealous for me! I had no idea why Folken was so angry. I remember the infamous Allen. It was certainly not my fault that he was coming on to me! Dilandau seemed to think so...he almost broke his jaw! I have to admit, Dilandau really didn't have to do what he had done to Allen. Wow, even some of my suitors weren't as jealous as Dilandau! Of course they weren't the heirs of the largest Empire on Gaea...Dilandau can't seem to control himself sometimes.
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I woke up in my room, the morning sun warming up my face and waking me up from my deep sleep .I slipped out of the bed, in my white nightgown and changed into my day clothes. I took off the nightgown and slipped on the white peasant blouse and a black lace top. The seamstress had said it looked perfect on me and brought out the colour in my hair.
I opened the door to Dilandau's room and cautiously took a step inside. Dilandau took a few steps towards me and kissed me lightly on the lips. 'Good morning, Aurélie,' he muttered as he hugged me. 'How was your sleep last night?' he asked.
'Wonderful, I fell asleep as soon as I got into bed,' I said, returning the kiss. 'Shall we head to breakfast?' I asked as I took his hand. Dilandau and I headed down the hall with me closely beside him, our hands separate. No one was supposed to know about our relationship.
Just as we were walking down the hall, Dilandau slipped something out of his pocket. It was a small, burgundy velvet box with gold string lining the perimeter. He opened it to reveal a beautiful, white gold ring with an interesting leaf design. I didn't know what to say...'It's a promise ring, Aurélie,' he said, taking it out of the box. He put it on my left middle finger. 'It represents all the reasons why I...' he paused, trying to find the correct words. '...love you,' he finally finished. For having a reputation like Dilandau's, I couldn't say that I wouldn't have done the same thing. 'I love you for because of your beauty, sincerity, and above all, your trust,' he informed me, kissing my hand.
I gazed at the ring, admiring its sparkle as brilliant as the stars. I hugged Dilandau. 'I love you,' I told him, kissing him on the lips.
'We better go,' Dilandau said, giving me the box and walking with me back down the hall. I knew then that he had truly loved me for all those things. I was looking forward to the events of today.
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That afternoon, I was straightening my room as I heard a knock at the door. I walked cautiously up to it, as no one used that door. I turned the knob and found a young woman standing before me. She was taller than I and had a slim figure. She had defiant features that I vaguely remembered and smiled up at me, her emerald eyes sparkling with joy. 'Aurélie! How have you been?!' she exclaimed, stepping in. Suddenly, I remembered who this young woman was. It was Evelyn!
'Evelyn?' I asked, as she quickly let go. 'I've had the most amazing time here!' I exclaimed, closing the door behind her. I hadn't seen her for over a month! She seemed overjoyed to see me and I asked why she was here.
'Remember all those chores we had to do? Folken sent me here to clean and straighten things out. He said 'a girl whom I should know needed my assistance...' I had no clue who this girl was...' she said, trailing off. 'How did you end up here?' she asked, gazing at something in my room.
'Dilandau...he took me in and gave me all this,' I said, trying to find out what Evelyn had her eye on.
'A ring? What's this for?' she asked, grabbing my ring from Dilandau off the mantel.
Thinking quickly, I snatched it from her. 'Good question...' I paused, trying to think of a feasible answer. I continued, 'this isn't my ring! Not at all! It's Dilandau's. He just left it here...' I lied to her, slipping it into my pocket.
'Are you sure? It looks like a woman's ring. Very feminine,' Evelyn responded. 'I know it's from him,' she told me. 'Folken already knows about it. He knows all about you two and your "love affair",' she said, emphasizing "love affair" as I took the ring out of my pocket.
'You musn't tell anyone. Dilandau isn't very comfortable with me shouting out to all of Gaia about our...relationship,' I quickly explained. 'It's a rather beautiful ring. He said it was a "promise ring",' I explained, putting it on my middle finger on my left hand. The white gold shone beautifully as both Evelyn and I gazed at it in wonder.
'I know about those. You should wear it, but how are you going to hide it from the others?' Evelyn said, wearing a puzzled expression.
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Completely ignoring the chores, Evelyn and I had a deep conversation about our lives. Everything she said opened new doors for me.
'Folken tells me that your legal name is not Aurélie,' Evelyn said, as I looked the other way. 'He tells me that you are someone we all should respect, someone who we should all be very glad to have come to our country. You are not just a simple peasant; you are someone,' Evelyn said, as I met her eyes.
'I am not proud of who I am. I never was,' I said, trying to figure out who she thought I was.
'I know very well who you are. I met many of your relatives through the years to recognize who you are on the spot,' Evelyn challenged.
'I...,' I said, trying to find the correct words.
'You are Lady Artemisia Parnassus, the youngest daughter of Lady Laurelle D'Amicio and Lord Miguel Parnassus of Ispano. You are the only living female of the greatest line of assassins of all of Gaea,' Evelyn said, her voice growing with confidence.
'You are...right. I am and you musn't tell anyone! Folken knows already. How did you find out?' I asked, puzzled.
'My family was notorious [at least in Zaibach] for knowing yours inside out,' she stated as I was putting the pieces together.
'Your name must not be Evelyn,' I said, as I found the only family that knew so much about ours. Evelyn was an Allende's. I never liked them as they were our rivals, yet she was a poor assassin and was an advisor to us.
'I am a friend of your late sister, Evangelina,' she said, turning away at the memory of Evangelina.
I remembered Evangelista. She was an amazing assassin and my father always told me to look up to her. She had long, wavy black hair that reached her shoulders and amazing green eyes that sparkled liked emeralds. Evangelina was the ideal assassin considering her confidence, fearlessness, and devotion. I looked up to her as a sister and as a fellow assassin but she seemed so distant at times. She was never emotionally connected to her killings (as I was) nor to anyone, including the family. Evangelina never showed her love for any of us, yet she always said she would kill anyone who tried to take our lives'. Folken loved Evangelina and always sent roses to her grave each week, which symbolized how much he loved her. Evangelina, like me, was arranged to marry. Father chose Folken and Evangelina loved him yet with their distance, they couldn't commit. Then came the sudden death of Evangelina, which rose interesting suspicions.
I seemed to be in a trance as Evelyn waved her hands before my eyes. 'Are you OK? You seemed a bit lost there for a while!' she said.
'You're Christabelle Allende!' I exclaimed as I had it all figured out. Christabelle was a friend of Evangelina. She was an advisor to my sister and she loved Folken as well. Although she knew that Evangelina was with Folken, she never gave up her love. Folken loved her as well although he never showed it too much.
'Yes, I am. I did love Folken yet after Evangelina's death, all the fingers pointed at me as the first suspect. Folken took me in and I've been here ever since. I was nineteen years-old then. Now I'm sitting here, talking to you,' the woman who claimed she was Christabelle said. I believed her as what she said made sense. At least there was someone here I could trust.
'I'm glad you're here, Christabelle' I said, as I finally found someone I knew. After my father died, I thought I could find no solace in anyone. Dilandau was quite comforting yet someone like him can never understand what a loss like mine was.
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A/N: k, itz march break where i am rite now and its prolly the nxt month already [well, that is, if ur reading this!] !!! hey, look! evelyn's back! and apparently she's christabelle! and she is!! sorries if that last bit was too much to read, i just needed to put in sum serious girl talk in this! itz quite fun havin sum1 u recognize around u! artemisia just didn't remember her cuz she has never seen ne1 of her folks or ne1 from her past since she was captured!! so, you have read...now REVIEW!!! sorriez if i sounded a lil crazy, i just dun haf enuf reviews here! sniffs! T_T ciao!
--guess wot?? i've got lotr: the two towers!! itz on dvd! its for the oscar awards academy to watch, so it says "for your consideration" sumtimes, but its so cool!! there's also this notice at the beginning of the movie sayin its for oscar consideration and that its property of New Line cinema and that it shouldn't b viewed by a public audience, and i pause to read it and laugh at it!! two/thirds in the movie it screws up, but i'm reading the script!!
--wow...i'm bein shipped off to ny!!!! go me!!!!!!!!!!! it may affect my now "regular" update patterns cuz i dun haf the files wif me, but i'll bring em abroad! i'll e-mail them to myself! yay! my cousins haf microsoft word, meaning i get to haf better format for this story! and i dun haf to do all the html crap...well, i'm writing chapter 11 and i haf MAJOR writer's block, so it mite take a while! ciao!
2003-2004 By La Femme Voxxe
Chapter 10: Herencia de la Familia
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~I'd like to dedicate this chapter to: BlackMoonEmpress and Raven of the Night!~
~Thanks for hanging on!~
~See? I made it all pretty cuz I really appreciate your reviews!~
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disclaimer: I do not own anything of escaflowne, including the guymelefs, the characters and the countries, except for artemis and the rest of the parnassus'. I own the story and I adopted the idea of having a he said she said thing. I don't own the story's title, as it belongs to Injected and their record label.
A/N: guess wot?? i've got a 90% average!! go me!! this is like my dream! well, i'm quitting the job in may cuz i'm way too stressed out and the grease from the pizza iz givin me more than one pimple a month!--very bad for my complexion! i'm not kidding! i care a lot about my skin! dun even get me started wif all the skin products i haf in my medicine drawer, or that compartment under the sink! well, here's chapter 10 [finally] and itz basically about artemisia and how she reacts after the kiss! ciao!
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.:Artemisia:.
He left the room as I lay there, watching him get up and leave. Folken was obviously furious with him, as his expression showed. I slowly got up from the bed and walked into my room, thinking frantically about what Dilandau had done that for. He was becoming jealous for me! I had no idea why Folken was so angry. I remember the infamous Allen. It was certainly not my fault that he was coming on to me! Dilandau seemed to think so...he almost broke his jaw! I have to admit, Dilandau really didn't have to do what he had done to Allen. Wow, even some of my suitors weren't as jealous as Dilandau! Of course they weren't the heirs of the largest Empire on Gaea...Dilandau can't seem to control himself sometimes.
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I woke up in my room, the morning sun warming up my face and waking me up from my deep sleep .I slipped out of the bed, in my white nightgown and changed into my day clothes. I took off the nightgown and slipped on the white peasant blouse and a black lace top. The seamstress had said it looked perfect on me and brought out the colour in my hair.
I opened the door to Dilandau's room and cautiously took a step inside. Dilandau took a few steps towards me and kissed me lightly on the lips. 'Good morning, Aurélie,' he muttered as he hugged me. 'How was your sleep last night?' he asked.
'Wonderful, I fell asleep as soon as I got into bed,' I said, returning the kiss. 'Shall we head to breakfast?' I asked as I took his hand. Dilandau and I headed down the hall with me closely beside him, our hands separate. No one was supposed to know about our relationship.
Just as we were walking down the hall, Dilandau slipped something out of his pocket. It was a small, burgundy velvet box with gold string lining the perimeter. He opened it to reveal a beautiful, white gold ring with an interesting leaf design. I didn't know what to say...'It's a promise ring, Aurélie,' he said, taking it out of the box. He put it on my left middle finger. 'It represents all the reasons why I...' he paused, trying to find the correct words. '...love you,' he finally finished. For having a reputation like Dilandau's, I couldn't say that I wouldn't have done the same thing. 'I love you for because of your beauty, sincerity, and above all, your trust,' he informed me, kissing my hand.
I gazed at the ring, admiring its sparkle as brilliant as the stars. I hugged Dilandau. 'I love you,' I told him, kissing him on the lips.
'We better go,' Dilandau said, giving me the box and walking with me back down the hall. I knew then that he had truly loved me for all those things. I was looking forward to the events of today.
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That afternoon, I was straightening my room as I heard a knock at the door. I walked cautiously up to it, as no one used that door. I turned the knob and found a young woman standing before me. She was taller than I and had a slim figure. She had defiant features that I vaguely remembered and smiled up at me, her emerald eyes sparkling with joy. 'Aurélie! How have you been?!' she exclaimed, stepping in. Suddenly, I remembered who this young woman was. It was Evelyn!
'Evelyn?' I asked, as she quickly let go. 'I've had the most amazing time here!' I exclaimed, closing the door behind her. I hadn't seen her for over a month! She seemed overjoyed to see me and I asked why she was here.
'Remember all those chores we had to do? Folken sent me here to clean and straighten things out. He said 'a girl whom I should know needed my assistance...' I had no clue who this girl was...' she said, trailing off. 'How did you end up here?' she asked, gazing at something in my room.
'Dilandau...he took me in and gave me all this,' I said, trying to find out what Evelyn had her eye on.
'A ring? What's this for?' she asked, grabbing my ring from Dilandau off the mantel.
Thinking quickly, I snatched it from her. 'Good question...' I paused, trying to think of a feasible answer. I continued, 'this isn't my ring! Not at all! It's Dilandau's. He just left it here...' I lied to her, slipping it into my pocket.
'Are you sure? It looks like a woman's ring. Very feminine,' Evelyn responded. 'I know it's from him,' she told me. 'Folken already knows about it. He knows all about you two and your "love affair",' she said, emphasizing "love affair" as I took the ring out of my pocket.
'You musn't tell anyone. Dilandau isn't very comfortable with me shouting out to all of Gaia about our...relationship,' I quickly explained. 'It's a rather beautiful ring. He said it was a "promise ring",' I explained, putting it on my middle finger on my left hand. The white gold shone beautifully as both Evelyn and I gazed at it in wonder.
'I know about those. You should wear it, but how are you going to hide it from the others?' Evelyn said, wearing a puzzled expression.
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Completely ignoring the chores, Evelyn and I had a deep conversation about our lives. Everything she said opened new doors for me.
'Folken tells me that your legal name is not Aurélie,' Evelyn said, as I looked the other way. 'He tells me that you are someone we all should respect, someone who we should all be very glad to have come to our country. You are not just a simple peasant; you are someone,' Evelyn said, as I met her eyes.
'I am not proud of who I am. I never was,' I said, trying to figure out who she thought I was.
'I know very well who you are. I met many of your relatives through the years to recognize who you are on the spot,' Evelyn challenged.
'I...,' I said, trying to find the correct words.
'You are Lady Artemisia Parnassus, the youngest daughter of Lady Laurelle D'Amicio and Lord Miguel Parnassus of Ispano. You are the only living female of the greatest line of assassins of all of Gaea,' Evelyn said, her voice growing with confidence.
'You are...right. I am and you musn't tell anyone! Folken knows already. How did you find out?' I asked, puzzled.
'My family was notorious [at least in Zaibach] for knowing yours inside out,' she stated as I was putting the pieces together.
'Your name must not be Evelyn,' I said, as I found the only family that knew so much about ours. Evelyn was an Allende's. I never liked them as they were our rivals, yet she was a poor assassin and was an advisor to us.
'I am a friend of your late sister, Evangelina,' she said, turning away at the memory of Evangelina.
I remembered Evangelista. She was an amazing assassin and my father always told me to look up to her. She had long, wavy black hair that reached her shoulders and amazing green eyes that sparkled liked emeralds. Evangelina was the ideal assassin considering her confidence, fearlessness, and devotion. I looked up to her as a sister and as a fellow assassin but she seemed so distant at times. She was never emotionally connected to her killings (as I was) nor to anyone, including the family. Evangelina never showed her love for any of us, yet she always said she would kill anyone who tried to take our lives'. Folken loved Evangelina and always sent roses to her grave each week, which symbolized how much he loved her. Evangelina, like me, was arranged to marry. Father chose Folken and Evangelina loved him yet with their distance, they couldn't commit. Then came the sudden death of Evangelina, which rose interesting suspicions.
I seemed to be in a trance as Evelyn waved her hands before my eyes. 'Are you OK? You seemed a bit lost there for a while!' she said.
'You're Christabelle Allende!' I exclaimed as I had it all figured out. Christabelle was a friend of Evangelina. She was an advisor to my sister and she loved Folken as well. Although she knew that Evangelina was with Folken, she never gave up her love. Folken loved her as well although he never showed it too much.
'Yes, I am. I did love Folken yet after Evangelina's death, all the fingers pointed at me as the first suspect. Folken took me in and I've been here ever since. I was nineteen years-old then. Now I'm sitting here, talking to you,' the woman who claimed she was Christabelle said. I believed her as what she said made sense. At least there was someone here I could trust.
'I'm glad you're here, Christabelle' I said, as I finally found someone I knew. After my father died, I thought I could find no solace in anyone. Dilandau was quite comforting yet someone like him can never understand what a loss like mine was.
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A/N: k, itz march break where i am rite now and its prolly the nxt month already [well, that is, if ur reading this!] !!! hey, look! evelyn's back! and apparently she's christabelle! and she is!! sorries if that last bit was too much to read, i just needed to put in sum serious girl talk in this! itz quite fun havin sum1 u recognize around u! artemisia just didn't remember her cuz she has never seen ne1 of her folks or ne1 from her past since she was captured!! so, you have read...now REVIEW!!! sorriez if i sounded a lil crazy, i just dun haf enuf reviews here! sniffs! T_T ciao!
--guess wot?? i've got lotr: the two towers!! itz on dvd! its for the oscar awards academy to watch, so it says "for your consideration" sumtimes, but its so cool!! there's also this notice at the beginning of the movie sayin its for oscar consideration and that its property of New Line cinema and that it shouldn't b viewed by a public audience, and i pause to read it and laugh at it!! two/thirds in the movie it screws up, but i'm reading the script!!
--wow...i'm bein shipped off to ny!!!! go me!!!!!!!!!!! it may affect my now "regular" update patterns cuz i dun haf the files wif me, but i'll bring em abroad! i'll e-mail them to myself! yay! my cousins haf microsoft word, meaning i get to haf better format for this story! and i dun haf to do all the html crap...well, i'm writing chapter 11 and i haf MAJOR writer's block, so it mite take a while! ciao!
2003-2004 By La Femme Voxxe