*** I do not own San or Nausicaa, I am merely borrowing them for my
pleasure. Thank you Asitaka the Brave for the suggestions they were well
appreciated ^.^ I tried to fix this chapter up as much as I could, hope
it's to your satisfaction! And yes I was planing to alternate chapters
until of course they meet.***
Chapter 1
The fire blazed. Engulfing every house.
"San! Nausicaa! Save yourselves," cried the worried mother.
"Mother!" cried San trying to reach out to her mother who had been badly burned.
"Run children. NOW!" she said before she collapsed on the floor. She could no longer take the smoke that surrounded her.
"Mother!" cried San again.
The house collapsed on their mother...
"No!"
Nausicaa woke up with a shock. She was sweating from her nightmare, even though she now lived on the ice continent.
"Again. I've had that nightmare three times this week," she mumbled to herself.
Nausicaa slowly got out of her bed, if you could call a small mattress on the floor a bed. The other slaves were beside her but none had woken despite her screams.
It had been three months now that she was forced into slavery. Whatever the man with the whip said was to be her fate.
Those beside her, not quite friends but more like family now. Enduring the same fate as she had since her mother died in the fire. She looked them over carefully wanting... Needing to escape.
She began to get cold now. The simple cotton robe was not enough to keep her warm. She changed into her working clothes, which were slightly torn in some places but still much warmer.
Once she had changed into her leather outerwear she stepped outside the hut into the night. She missed her sister tremendously, and she missed her mother even more. She had never met her father so she never really thought of him.
She wanted more than anything to escape and return to her sister on the other continent. She looked around the area covered in snow and ice, enclosed by a tall wooden fence, guarded at the gate by two soldiers.
They seemed to be asleep.
She decided to chance it. Knowing that if she was caught she would be killed, she walked up to the gate and as quietly as she could she walked past the guards.
"You dare to trespass us, slave!" said one of the guards in a disgusted voice.
Nausicaa didn't look back, instead she ran to the maximum of her capabilities.
"Get back here you worthless creature!" yelled the other guard who was now also in pursuit of her, "You can't escape us!"
She didn't waste her breath with them. But the farther she ran the closer she was coming to the edge of the ocean.
When she was a mere five feet from the edge she had lost her footing. She slipped and fell forward. The ice cracked beneath her and she began drifting off into the ocean.
The guards were now near the edge themselves but they didn't bother to go further.
"You'll die in the ocean instead of at our hands! No matter to us," were the last words she ever heard of those guards as she drifted farther away from the ice continent.
The piece of ice she was on slowly cracked away. She turned herself over so that she could look into the water.
She wished more than anything to meet her sister before she perished.
Looking down into the blackness she first saw a mere glimpse of her reflection. The reflection soon was warped and something appeared to be coming out of the abyss of darkness.
"What is that?" she asked out loud.
As far as anyone knew nothing lived in the water except some plants. To see something come at her was out of the ordinary.
A blue creature that looked like a small, harmless dragon came to the surface. Nausicaa's first thought were of fear but then some instinct calmed her down.
She had a brief remembrance from her past life. Her connection with all the animals on that planet came flooding back. She no longer feared the creature.
"I heard you wishing to go home, to your sister," spoke the creature who's head stuck out of the water now, about a foot away from her face.
"How can you hear my thoughts?" she asked it.
"Not thoughts but wishes. We hear people's wishes but only if they are pure. My mother always tells me to stay near but I disobeyed her. Then I heard you wishing and came here."
"You're just a child," she pondered out loud, "You should go back to your mother she'll be worried about you."
"I doubt that. My people say the people up here are all corrupt but your not."
"I may not be but many are. You should go back before anyone else sees you."
"I want to help you," the child said looking deeply into Nausicaa's eyes.
"How... How can you help me?"
"I can bring you to the other continent. I know where it is."
"I would be forever in your dept."
The creature was about half her size in width, but lengthwise it was longer.
"Come into the water," the child instructed, " Do not worry its warmer than most people think. You may hold on to me."
"Will I hurt you?" she asked with a grateful remorse.
"Not at all. We can do more than our size leads others to believe."
Nausicaa slowly let herself in the water. It was lukewarm. She wrapped her arms around the child and soon the creature began to move.
Nausicaa's fatigue had gotten to her. She fell asleep while being carried across the ocean. She didn't even notice how the water got warmer.
At the first signs of morning she had awoken again. She could now see her beloved continent.
"Home," she mumbled.
"Were almost there."
She was amazed at the speed the child carried her. Within five minutes they reached the land. It was the jungle part of the continent. San unfortunately was in the desert.
"I can't thank you enough. If you are ever in need please come to me for help. I am in your dept."
"I only hope I fulfilled your wish in any way I could."
"You should really get back to your mother now. I'm sure she wants to know where you have disappeared to."
"I must be leaving, your right. Goodbye!"
Nausicaa waved her hand and watched the creature disappear into the same abyss that it came from.
She didn't have the slightest idea as to how she would find her sister but at least the ocean was no longer a barrier. She crept into the unknown lands of the jungle.
There was only one tribe who lived there and the rest of it was deserted. No one knew anything about the people who lived there except for the fact that they hid well and hunted well.
She walked further into the moist land. Careful of where she stepped in the dense forest.
"San, I'm coming to find you."
*** Well tell me what you think. If it's really bad I'll try to start over but if you think it's all right I'll continue. Hope you enjoyed it!***
Chapter 1
The fire blazed. Engulfing every house.
"San! Nausicaa! Save yourselves," cried the worried mother.
"Mother!" cried San trying to reach out to her mother who had been badly burned.
"Run children. NOW!" she said before she collapsed on the floor. She could no longer take the smoke that surrounded her.
"Mother!" cried San again.
The house collapsed on their mother...
"No!"
Nausicaa woke up with a shock. She was sweating from her nightmare, even though she now lived on the ice continent.
"Again. I've had that nightmare three times this week," she mumbled to herself.
Nausicaa slowly got out of her bed, if you could call a small mattress on the floor a bed. The other slaves were beside her but none had woken despite her screams.
It had been three months now that she was forced into slavery. Whatever the man with the whip said was to be her fate.
Those beside her, not quite friends but more like family now. Enduring the same fate as she had since her mother died in the fire. She looked them over carefully wanting... Needing to escape.
She began to get cold now. The simple cotton robe was not enough to keep her warm. She changed into her working clothes, which were slightly torn in some places but still much warmer.
Once she had changed into her leather outerwear she stepped outside the hut into the night. She missed her sister tremendously, and she missed her mother even more. She had never met her father so she never really thought of him.
She wanted more than anything to escape and return to her sister on the other continent. She looked around the area covered in snow and ice, enclosed by a tall wooden fence, guarded at the gate by two soldiers.
They seemed to be asleep.
She decided to chance it. Knowing that if she was caught she would be killed, she walked up to the gate and as quietly as she could she walked past the guards.
"You dare to trespass us, slave!" said one of the guards in a disgusted voice.
Nausicaa didn't look back, instead she ran to the maximum of her capabilities.
"Get back here you worthless creature!" yelled the other guard who was now also in pursuit of her, "You can't escape us!"
She didn't waste her breath with them. But the farther she ran the closer she was coming to the edge of the ocean.
When she was a mere five feet from the edge she had lost her footing. She slipped and fell forward. The ice cracked beneath her and she began drifting off into the ocean.
The guards were now near the edge themselves but they didn't bother to go further.
"You'll die in the ocean instead of at our hands! No matter to us," were the last words she ever heard of those guards as she drifted farther away from the ice continent.
The piece of ice she was on slowly cracked away. She turned herself over so that she could look into the water.
She wished more than anything to meet her sister before she perished.
Looking down into the blackness she first saw a mere glimpse of her reflection. The reflection soon was warped and something appeared to be coming out of the abyss of darkness.
"What is that?" she asked out loud.
As far as anyone knew nothing lived in the water except some plants. To see something come at her was out of the ordinary.
A blue creature that looked like a small, harmless dragon came to the surface. Nausicaa's first thought were of fear but then some instinct calmed her down.
She had a brief remembrance from her past life. Her connection with all the animals on that planet came flooding back. She no longer feared the creature.
"I heard you wishing to go home, to your sister," spoke the creature who's head stuck out of the water now, about a foot away from her face.
"How can you hear my thoughts?" she asked it.
"Not thoughts but wishes. We hear people's wishes but only if they are pure. My mother always tells me to stay near but I disobeyed her. Then I heard you wishing and came here."
"You're just a child," she pondered out loud, "You should go back to your mother she'll be worried about you."
"I doubt that. My people say the people up here are all corrupt but your not."
"I may not be but many are. You should go back before anyone else sees you."
"I want to help you," the child said looking deeply into Nausicaa's eyes.
"How... How can you help me?"
"I can bring you to the other continent. I know where it is."
"I would be forever in your dept."
The creature was about half her size in width, but lengthwise it was longer.
"Come into the water," the child instructed, " Do not worry its warmer than most people think. You may hold on to me."
"Will I hurt you?" she asked with a grateful remorse.
"Not at all. We can do more than our size leads others to believe."
Nausicaa slowly let herself in the water. It was lukewarm. She wrapped her arms around the child and soon the creature began to move.
Nausicaa's fatigue had gotten to her. She fell asleep while being carried across the ocean. She didn't even notice how the water got warmer.
At the first signs of morning she had awoken again. She could now see her beloved continent.
"Home," she mumbled.
"Were almost there."
She was amazed at the speed the child carried her. Within five minutes they reached the land. It was the jungle part of the continent. San unfortunately was in the desert.
"I can't thank you enough. If you are ever in need please come to me for help. I am in your dept."
"I only hope I fulfilled your wish in any way I could."
"You should really get back to your mother now. I'm sure she wants to know where you have disappeared to."
"I must be leaving, your right. Goodbye!"
Nausicaa waved her hand and watched the creature disappear into the same abyss that it came from.
She didn't have the slightest idea as to how she would find her sister but at least the ocean was no longer a barrier. She crept into the unknown lands of the jungle.
There was only one tribe who lived there and the rest of it was deserted. No one knew anything about the people who lived there except for the fact that they hid well and hunted well.
She walked further into the moist land. Careful of where she stepped in the dense forest.
"San, I'm coming to find you."
*** Well tell me what you think. If it's really bad I'll try to start over but if you think it's all right I'll continue. Hope you enjoyed it!***