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A Blessing from the Sky
Disclaimer: I don't own escaflowne.
Chapter 6: Sweat Dreams, Hitomi
Hitomi had asked one of the guards to escort her to the crash site. When he asked what she was going to do there, she said she had something to do there. When he asked what, she asked him, "Are you going to escort me or not? If not then I'm wasting my time here." (Way to go Hitomi!!!!)
The guard shrugged and led her to the site. Along the way, Hitomi picked up a blossoming flower. It was crystal white. It looked so pure and gentle. Yet, the one who wields it is completely the opposite.or is she?
They wandered into the woods for some time until they arrived at their destination.
"This is enough. I can get by without you. Please go back before anybody notices that you're gone," Hitomi spoke. "But, milady-" "It's all right. I remember the path that we took. Don't worry, I'll be fine." "Are you sure?" "Yes."
With that, the guard bowed and started to walk away. When he was completely out of site, Hitomi placed the flower on the ground in front of the ruined aircraft. She closed her eyes and seemed to be in deep concentration.
'What's she doing? She couldn't be?'
Hitomi kept her eyes shut. The wind blew her hair and made it seemed like it was alive. Still, she kept her eyes closed. Not even moving an inch.
'Praying?'
After a while, she opened her eyes. She looked around the site. She didn't see anyone. She cast her glance down at the white flower. She saw a piece of half burnt paper.
Without thinking, she picked it up and examined it.
It was a picture of a family. She couldn't see much but the three of them appeared to be smiling. Hitomi frowned. She felt sorry for this family. She knew what it feels like to lose a family in an accident.
She looked at the picture once more before letting it go and float at the direction of the wind.
"Rest in peace," Hitomi whispered.
'I was right. She was praying.'
Hitomi looked at the ruined plane and decided to go inside. When she was inside, she only saw ashes and burnt metal.
"It couldn't have survived."
Just then, her pendant started to glow. A small pink ray suddenly pointed outside. It was like, it wanted to show her something. She went outside and looked in the direction the light was pointing to.
It was pointing to a part of the plane. Possibly the middle section. She followed the light.
When she was inside, it was now pointing to a compartment that was now totally black. She opened it and saw nothing but ashes. However, the pendant was still pointing.
She looked closer. She could see a bag. The pendant seemed to be pointing at it. Hitomi pulled it out and was shocked to see that it was her duffel bag.
"Well, what do you know? It did survive."
She opened the zipper to see if everything inside was in top condition. To her surprise, everything seemed fine. She closed it again and decided to clean it of dust. When the dusts were off, she swung it on her shoulder and went outside.
Outside, she looked at her pendant and silently wondered if it was the one that saved Mel and her. She shook her head and looked around once more.
'I'll think about this later,' Hitomi thought.
Just then, her pendant glowed once more. This time, it was pulsing like a heartbeat. She was then swept into a vision.
It was the same place. She was in the crash site (thought it was the village again didn't you?). She looked around and spotted someone hiding behind the trees. She looked closer and spotted a tint of red and black. She didn't need any more clues to find out who it was.
Suddenly, she was back to the real world. She shook her head and looked at the direction in which the person in her vision was hiding.
"Come out Van. I already know you're there."
Slowly, someone came out from behind the trees. He had unruly black hair and was wearing a loose red shirt with tan pants. Yup, it was Van. No doubt about it now.
"How'd you know it was me?" "None of your business." "Still the same eh?" "I don't think people change in that short period of ti-" Hitomi suddenly stopped as her head was enveloped by a massive headache.
She clutched her head and tried to massage it. Suddenly, she felt her strength leave her and she was falling to the ground. But before she hit the earth, she felt strong arms catch her. She looked up to meet a pair of ruby eyes.
Van could see that Hitomi was weakening the moment she clutched her head. Before he knew it, he had caught her before she could hit the ground. Hitomi looked up and Van met her green eyes with his ruby ones.
They stared at each other for a while when Hitomi regained her senses and turned her head away. She slowly pushed away from Van.
"Hitomi?" "I'm fine." "Are you sure?" "Yes, yes I'm sure. Just a little dizzy." "..." "What?" "Nothing."
Hitomi shook her head and looked at the ruins once more. She shook her head and decided to go back to the palace and talk to Mel.
She began walking back to the trail that led to the palace. Van had easily caught up with her.
Van couldn't help but worry. He knew Hitomi was hiding something and he wanted to know what it was. He also knew that being dizzy doesn't make you collapse like that. She was definitely hiding something. He risked a sideways glance at her. He could see how tired she was. It was like all her energy had been drained from her body. What he didn't know was how right he was.
Hitomi noticed Van look at her but just ignored him. Her head was still pounding and she didn't want to deal with him right now.
The two didn't say anything on the way to the palace. When they reached their destination, Van had accompanied her to Mel's room.
"Van, I need you to stay outside." "And if I won't?"
" I'll slam the door on you again" "Fine."
When Van had gotten out of the room, Hitomi locked the door and went over to Mel's bed. There, she saw the old lady peacefully sleeping.
She looked so relaxed. Almost like her.Hitomi shook her head. This isn't the time to think about it. Reluctantly, she shook Mel awake.
Mel slowly opened her eyes. Her weary eyes met two emerald orbs. She sat up and looked at the person who awakened her from her peaceful slumber.
"Hitomi?" "Mel, can you tell me something about what happened?" "." "Mel?" "A.a pink light surrounded us just when we were about to crash."
" Pink light?"
Mel nodded her head. She studied Hitomi's reaction to see if she knew anything about the mysterious light. However, when she looked at the sandy blonde haired lady, she couldn't see any emotion. She was a hard one to read even after Mel's experiences.
Hitomi, on the other hand, remained emotionless. She was trying to put the puzzle together but she wasn't having much luck. She sighed and closed her eyes.
"Mel, do you know anything else?" Hitomi asked not opening her eyes. "No. The pink light was all that I saw." "Are you sure?" "Yes. Don't you believe me?" "It's not that. It's just that, if there's anything else, I want you to tell me. The information you're holding back might be the one we need to get back to Earth." "I really don't know anything else." "I see. Let's get some sleep. I'm sure we won't wake up in the dungeons tomorrow."
Mel giggled then nodded her head. Hitomi was not only calm and intelligent, but she had charisma as well. She knows how to calm people and how to get some information out of them.
'Hitomi. What a dependable person,' Mel thought before falling asleep.
Hitomi had gotten out of the room and had already closed the door. Facing the door, she sighed. This was just too much. First, her painful visions, then the black cloud, and now, the pink light! Her head was about to explode.
She closed her eyes and gave another sigh. She opened her eyes and turned around. She met a red loose shirt. She looked up and THEN she met a pair of ruby eyes.
"." "." "." "." "Yes?" Hitomi finally asked. "What?" "It's kind of awkward if you don't say anything." ".You must be tired. I'll show you to your room and. (takes a look at Hitomi's bag) let me take that." "No. It's alright." "But-" "I said no!"
Van blinked in surprise at Hitomi's sudden outburst. Never before had she raised her voice to him. Even when he can clearly see that she was getting irritated or was in a very bad mood, she had never shouted. Actually, it was the opposite. She would just stay quiet and ignore him.
".Sorry." "It's alright. Want to go to your room now?" "Yes, please."
Vans nodded and led the way. After a while of turning and walking along the vast corridors of Fanelia's palace, they arrived at the same room where Hitomi had first awoken.
Van opened the door and let Hitomi in first. He was about to close the door when Hitomi called out to him.
"Yes?" ".No, never mind." "What is it?" "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to sound like that." "It's alright. Your apology is accepted. Don't worry about a thing." ".Goodnight." "Goodnight Hitomi."
After that, Van closed the door but not before giving Hitomi his usual smile.
Hitomi didn't seem to mind this instead, she looked inside her bag and found her pajamas. She changed into her nightclothes and undid her hair (If you remember correctly, her hair was in braids). She took out a comb and fixed her beautiful sandy blonde hair.
When she finished combing, she spotted her soiled clothes on the floor. She grabbed the vest and was about to fold it but stopped as she felt something in one of its pockets.
She wondered what the item could be. She didn't remember putting anything there.did she? Cautiously, she looked inside the pocket (Hey, you can never be too careful!) and was surprised to see what lay inside.
Her tarot cards! She forgot she brought them along. She took them out and placed them on the bedside table. After that, she continued folding her soiled garments. She put them on a chair that was resting beside a table.
After that, she looked at her tarot cards. She was contemplating whether she should ask them about their current situation or not. However, as she yawned unexpectedly, she decided that she would do it tomorrow morning.
She settled on her bed and soon felt sleep overcome her.
She will find a way back but why did this place seem so familiar to her? Its like she saw it.once in a dream.
Okay, Hitomi has been kind of like stressed. Who wouldn't? Your stuck on a planet, all alone and no way back AND she was the one investigating on how they would be able to get back. She new Mel couldn't handle the work. THEN, she discovers something about her pendant! Wow! Talk about PRESSURE! I based this side of her on a very good friend of mine whom I got to know better because I did a reading on her.
Next Chapter: Hitomi is having a dream but it ain't no ordinary dream!
A Blessing from the Sky
Disclaimer: I don't own escaflowne.
Chapter 6: Sweat Dreams, Hitomi
Hitomi had asked one of the guards to escort her to the crash site. When he asked what she was going to do there, she said she had something to do there. When he asked what, she asked him, "Are you going to escort me or not? If not then I'm wasting my time here." (Way to go Hitomi!!!!)
The guard shrugged and led her to the site. Along the way, Hitomi picked up a blossoming flower. It was crystal white. It looked so pure and gentle. Yet, the one who wields it is completely the opposite.or is she?
They wandered into the woods for some time until they arrived at their destination.
"This is enough. I can get by without you. Please go back before anybody notices that you're gone," Hitomi spoke. "But, milady-" "It's all right. I remember the path that we took. Don't worry, I'll be fine." "Are you sure?" "Yes."
With that, the guard bowed and started to walk away. When he was completely out of site, Hitomi placed the flower on the ground in front of the ruined aircraft. She closed her eyes and seemed to be in deep concentration.
'What's she doing? She couldn't be?'
Hitomi kept her eyes shut. The wind blew her hair and made it seemed like it was alive. Still, she kept her eyes closed. Not even moving an inch.
'Praying?'
After a while, she opened her eyes. She looked around the site. She didn't see anyone. She cast her glance down at the white flower. She saw a piece of half burnt paper.
Without thinking, she picked it up and examined it.
It was a picture of a family. She couldn't see much but the three of them appeared to be smiling. Hitomi frowned. She felt sorry for this family. She knew what it feels like to lose a family in an accident.
She looked at the picture once more before letting it go and float at the direction of the wind.
"Rest in peace," Hitomi whispered.
'I was right. She was praying.'
Hitomi looked at the ruined plane and decided to go inside. When she was inside, she only saw ashes and burnt metal.
"It couldn't have survived."
Just then, her pendant started to glow. A small pink ray suddenly pointed outside. It was like, it wanted to show her something. She went outside and looked in the direction the light was pointing to.
It was pointing to a part of the plane. Possibly the middle section. She followed the light.
When she was inside, it was now pointing to a compartment that was now totally black. She opened it and saw nothing but ashes. However, the pendant was still pointing.
She looked closer. She could see a bag. The pendant seemed to be pointing at it. Hitomi pulled it out and was shocked to see that it was her duffel bag.
"Well, what do you know? It did survive."
She opened the zipper to see if everything inside was in top condition. To her surprise, everything seemed fine. She closed it again and decided to clean it of dust. When the dusts were off, she swung it on her shoulder and went outside.
Outside, she looked at her pendant and silently wondered if it was the one that saved Mel and her. She shook her head and looked around once more.
'I'll think about this later,' Hitomi thought.
Just then, her pendant glowed once more. This time, it was pulsing like a heartbeat. She was then swept into a vision.
It was the same place. She was in the crash site (thought it was the village again didn't you?). She looked around and spotted someone hiding behind the trees. She looked closer and spotted a tint of red and black. She didn't need any more clues to find out who it was.
Suddenly, she was back to the real world. She shook her head and looked at the direction in which the person in her vision was hiding.
"Come out Van. I already know you're there."
Slowly, someone came out from behind the trees. He had unruly black hair and was wearing a loose red shirt with tan pants. Yup, it was Van. No doubt about it now.
"How'd you know it was me?" "None of your business." "Still the same eh?" "I don't think people change in that short period of ti-" Hitomi suddenly stopped as her head was enveloped by a massive headache.
She clutched her head and tried to massage it. Suddenly, she felt her strength leave her and she was falling to the ground. But before she hit the earth, she felt strong arms catch her. She looked up to meet a pair of ruby eyes.
Van could see that Hitomi was weakening the moment she clutched her head. Before he knew it, he had caught her before she could hit the ground. Hitomi looked up and Van met her green eyes with his ruby ones.
They stared at each other for a while when Hitomi regained her senses and turned her head away. She slowly pushed away from Van.
"Hitomi?" "I'm fine." "Are you sure?" "Yes, yes I'm sure. Just a little dizzy." "..." "What?" "Nothing."
Hitomi shook her head and looked at the ruins once more. She shook her head and decided to go back to the palace and talk to Mel.
She began walking back to the trail that led to the palace. Van had easily caught up with her.
Van couldn't help but worry. He knew Hitomi was hiding something and he wanted to know what it was. He also knew that being dizzy doesn't make you collapse like that. She was definitely hiding something. He risked a sideways glance at her. He could see how tired she was. It was like all her energy had been drained from her body. What he didn't know was how right he was.
Hitomi noticed Van look at her but just ignored him. Her head was still pounding and she didn't want to deal with him right now.
The two didn't say anything on the way to the palace. When they reached their destination, Van had accompanied her to Mel's room.
"Van, I need you to stay outside." "And if I won't?"
" I'll slam the door on you again" "Fine."
When Van had gotten out of the room, Hitomi locked the door and went over to Mel's bed. There, she saw the old lady peacefully sleeping.
She looked so relaxed. Almost like her.Hitomi shook her head. This isn't the time to think about it. Reluctantly, she shook Mel awake.
Mel slowly opened her eyes. Her weary eyes met two emerald orbs. She sat up and looked at the person who awakened her from her peaceful slumber.
"Hitomi?" "Mel, can you tell me something about what happened?" "." "Mel?" "A.a pink light surrounded us just when we were about to crash."
" Pink light?"
Mel nodded her head. She studied Hitomi's reaction to see if she knew anything about the mysterious light. However, when she looked at the sandy blonde haired lady, she couldn't see any emotion. She was a hard one to read even after Mel's experiences.
Hitomi, on the other hand, remained emotionless. She was trying to put the puzzle together but she wasn't having much luck. She sighed and closed her eyes.
"Mel, do you know anything else?" Hitomi asked not opening her eyes. "No. The pink light was all that I saw." "Are you sure?" "Yes. Don't you believe me?" "It's not that. It's just that, if there's anything else, I want you to tell me. The information you're holding back might be the one we need to get back to Earth." "I really don't know anything else." "I see. Let's get some sleep. I'm sure we won't wake up in the dungeons tomorrow."
Mel giggled then nodded her head. Hitomi was not only calm and intelligent, but she had charisma as well. She knows how to calm people and how to get some information out of them.
'Hitomi. What a dependable person,' Mel thought before falling asleep.
Hitomi had gotten out of the room and had already closed the door. Facing the door, she sighed. This was just too much. First, her painful visions, then the black cloud, and now, the pink light! Her head was about to explode.
She closed her eyes and gave another sigh. She opened her eyes and turned around. She met a red loose shirt. She looked up and THEN she met a pair of ruby eyes.
"." "." "." "." "Yes?" Hitomi finally asked. "What?" "It's kind of awkward if you don't say anything." ".You must be tired. I'll show you to your room and. (takes a look at Hitomi's bag) let me take that." "No. It's alright." "But-" "I said no!"
Van blinked in surprise at Hitomi's sudden outburst. Never before had she raised her voice to him. Even when he can clearly see that she was getting irritated or was in a very bad mood, she had never shouted. Actually, it was the opposite. She would just stay quiet and ignore him.
".Sorry." "It's alright. Want to go to your room now?" "Yes, please."
Vans nodded and led the way. After a while of turning and walking along the vast corridors of Fanelia's palace, they arrived at the same room where Hitomi had first awoken.
Van opened the door and let Hitomi in first. He was about to close the door when Hitomi called out to him.
"Yes?" ".No, never mind." "What is it?" "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to sound like that." "It's alright. Your apology is accepted. Don't worry about a thing." ".Goodnight." "Goodnight Hitomi."
After that, Van closed the door but not before giving Hitomi his usual smile.
Hitomi didn't seem to mind this instead, she looked inside her bag and found her pajamas. She changed into her nightclothes and undid her hair (If you remember correctly, her hair was in braids). She took out a comb and fixed her beautiful sandy blonde hair.
When she finished combing, she spotted her soiled clothes on the floor. She grabbed the vest and was about to fold it but stopped as she felt something in one of its pockets.
She wondered what the item could be. She didn't remember putting anything there.did she? Cautiously, she looked inside the pocket (Hey, you can never be too careful!) and was surprised to see what lay inside.
Her tarot cards! She forgot she brought them along. She took them out and placed them on the bedside table. After that, she continued folding her soiled garments. She put them on a chair that was resting beside a table.
After that, she looked at her tarot cards. She was contemplating whether she should ask them about their current situation or not. However, as she yawned unexpectedly, she decided that she would do it tomorrow morning.
She settled on her bed and soon felt sleep overcome her.
She will find a way back but why did this place seem so familiar to her? Its like she saw it.once in a dream.
Okay, Hitomi has been kind of like stressed. Who wouldn't? Your stuck on a planet, all alone and no way back AND she was the one investigating on how they would be able to get back. She new Mel couldn't handle the work. THEN, she discovers something about her pendant! Wow! Talk about PRESSURE! I based this side of her on a very good friend of mine whom I got to know better because I did a reading on her.
Next Chapter: Hitomi is having a dream but it ain't no ordinary dream!