Oh Hope ~ 3
By *~A White Rose Petal~*
Disclaimer: I don't own anything! Geesh! But how I wish I did…wait a sec! I do! ::Deep Breath:: The strange boy (Stole Hope), Gabriella (who likes the b*tch?), Graos, and all the other stuff that isn't in VOE. Oh and the plot!
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Author to Reviewer: (TO ANYBODY WHO REVIEWS NICELY!) ::bows at your feet:: thank you thank you! I need all the support I can get and the reviews are wonderful! You spoil me! Hehe!
A/N: ::Sniffle:: The first part with Hope in it brings tears to my eyes! ::sniff:: you'll see if you read!
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Van, Hitomi, and Merle start the search for Hope! Can Gabriella really be back? Why? What's wrong with Dwes? R/R PUHLEEZE!
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Hope's eyes fluttered open and looked at her surroundings. She had never been in a place that looked worse than this. It looked as though it was an elegant room many, many, years ago. Now it was dark and dreary, what used to be red curtains, now an ugly whitish color with patches of pink all over it. Most of the paint that was on the walls had chipped away over the years. Now the walls looked almost identical like the walls in which she came here. The hall walls. Suddenly Hope wanted to cry. She wanted her mommy and daddy to hold her close so she can feel safe. Like whenever she got a cut, mommy would make it better. When she felt sad, daddy would come and pick her up and make her feel better about it. Or auntie Merle even! She would always make her laugh. But none of them were here. Hope felt something tugging in her chest. She would not cry. She would not cry. She couldn't cry. She couldn't keep up the chant. Silent tears started running down her cheeks. Where are mommy and daddy? Why am I here? I wanna go home! She sniffed. Her nose started to run. She brought her hand up and wiped it. Hope looked closer at all of her surroundings. There was a rotting chair in here. A small rat climbed out of the seat. Hope recoiled. Yucky, Yucky, Yucky! I don't like that ding! Whatever it is! Hope thought. She felt the damp floor under her and brought up her hand. It was covered in mud.
"Bleagh! Yucky!" Hope said as the mud drifted off her hand in clumps. Hope heard the door creak open and she jumped up from shock. She turned around to see her kidnaper.
"Hello." He said. His face stayed right where it was. It only moved to say that. Hope's mouth was open and her eye's were open with terror. She didn't say anything back to him and held her breath. The boy rolled her his eyes and went outside leaving the door open. Hope tiptoed over to the door and got a hand at the tip of her shirt.
"Don't even think about it princess!" Hope swallowed and backed up. The boy came back in about half a minute later with some food for her to eat. There was a sandwich in halves and a glass of water. Hope hesitantly started eating the food that was offered to her, aware that the strange boy was looking at her. She finally battled over her fear and took a stab to talking to him. She wanted to hear something. This company was better than being alone she thought.
"Wh-Who a-are you?" She asked shivering. It was cold and it was getting to her. The boy looked at her with slits in his eyes before answering.
"Glowe."
"Gwoy…wike how you say the staw gwoys in the sky?" The boy looked at her and smirked a little bit. Apparently her speech wasn't the best but then again it's about a month before her fourth birthday. The boy shook his head yes at her example.
"Why, why am I here Gwoy?" She stuttered. Taking another bite out of her sandwich. The boy shrugged.
"To tell you the truth pri-." He was caught off guard.
"Will you be my fwiend?" Hope asked. Hope was back to her cute self. The boy put his on his left shoulder and looked over at her. He shrugged.
"Sure why not?"
"A white then! Now-"
"Are you going order me to do something because we're 'friends'?" Hope looked confused. Glowe didn't really know what a friend was. He trained. To him that was a friend.
"No…I just don't want you to call me-"
"Hope?"
"NO! Princess! A friend should not have to use foe-mal-I-tee's all the time unwess in pubric! I WANT you to call me Hope!" Glowe stared at her and shook his head yes. They both sat in silence as Hope finished her meal.
"Gwoy?"
"Yeah?"
"Whey are we?" He cringed. He took a while before answering.
"Probably about half a mile under-"
"We didn't drop that far!"
"No…but the walk way we walked on slants." Hope nodded her head in understanding though she didn't.
"As I was saying earlier, we're about half a mile under the palace."
"My country's?"
"No…"
"Who's den?"
"Have you ever heard of Graos?"
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Van, Merle, and Hitomi started to walk down the dark hall. Van was holding a torch so that they could see better. Hitomi was right behind him and Merle after her. They were walking slowly along the dripping hallways. Merle plugged her nose.
"This place stinks!" Hitomi shook her head lightly. She wasn't really paying attention though. If anybody did anything to Hope I'll…I'll…I'll send Van after them! God I sound like Gabriella! Hitomi cringed at the name. Something on Van's neck started to glow. Van looked down and Merle came up to see. Hitomi however closed her eyes and made all distractions that were around her disappear. The pendant slowly came off of Van's neck and into Hitomi's out stretched hand. Van and Merle looked at Hitomi with awe. She stopped glowing but her eyes stayed closed. Her pendant swaying back in forth over and over again.
~*~~*~ Hitomi's Vision ~*~~*~
Hope was sitting all alone in her room. She was crying. Hitomi felt her heart break. It was awful to see her daughter like this. She went over to Hope and tried to sooth her but she couldn't. She heard something behind her. She turned around to see a very tired and sore looking Van. His eyes looked wary. She looked into them to see if she could read anything from them like she usually could. She gasped. Hurt, disappointment…lost. Hitomi hated seeing Van like this. She wanted to touch his face and see what's wrong. To see him smile. But she couldn't. She knew she couldn't. She couldn't touch him whether she wanted to or not. Van walked through her and over to Hope. Hitomi read his eyes again. She saw a small sparkle in them. At least he looked a little happy. At least it was Hope who gave it to him. Van started talking.
"Hope…what's wrong?"
"Daddy! I don't wike new mommy!" Van tried a weak smile. Hitomi gasped. {N-new mommy?!} But failed in trying to cheer his daughter up. Van let out a breath and walked to the door. He looked out of the door, turning his head both ways then locked the door firmly. He then walked over to Hope.
"Hope?"
"Yes daddy?"
"Tell me how you think your real mommy left." Hope looked into her father's eyes and looked down to the floor.
"I-I heard somebody crying an-and I saw mommy on the ground." Hitomi didn't want to hear this she tried to move but couldn't. She was stuck in her place. "She was on her knees…I saw you crying but standing up instead…then mommy said something b-but I couldn't hear her…she said something to…to my new mommy…"
"Do you want to know what your mommy said Hope?" Hope shook her four year old head yes.
"She said, 'Don't hurt my baby, don't bring her any harm! I'll do whatever you want…just don't hurt Hope!'" Hitomi let out a small breath escape her lips. A tear slid down her cheek. At least she apparently 'left' for a good reason. But who was Hope's 'new mommy'? Hitomi wondered. Her question was soon answered and the door creaked open revealing no other than…Gabriella. She had this cheesy grin on her face that made Hitomi want to throw up.
"Gabriella…how did you get in?" Van asked. He tried to make his voice sound neutral. Hitomi however noticed that there was a hint of anger in it. She started to grin slightly.
"Van-nee!" Gabriella said, changing her grin a little bit so it could get bigger. Hitomi felt like she was going to throw up for sure! "I have a key to every room in this house! Do you really think that you were going to have a family conversation without Gabriella? The soon to be next queen of Fanailia?"
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Hope was alone in her 'room' again. Glowe promised he would be back soon. She brought her knees up to her chin for an attempt to warm her up. It worked a little bit. She heard the door creaked open expecting to see Glowe. Instead she saw the figure which was on the throne before. Gabriella. Hope gasped. But before she could Gabriella grabbed her left arm right under her shoulder and got her to her feet. Gabriella had an insane grin on her face. Hope recoiled on seeing it.
"Follow me bitch!" Hope stopped in her tracks at what Gabriella had called her. For her age, she probably shouldn't know what that meant, but she did. Her mouth hung open and she wanted to cry again.
"Just follow girly!" Gabriella spat. She walked out of the room leaving a shocked Hope behind. Glowe ran in.
"What are you doing? Get up!"
"Why?"
"Because Gabriella told you to!" He whispered quickly. He looked worried. Hope was the first and only friend he ever made. He didn't want her to get hurt. He went beside her and grabbed her right elbow and started pulling her out the door. Finally Hope started walking on her own.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!" Gabriella screeched when she saw Hope walk into the room, "YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WALK BEHIND ME LIKE A GOOD SERVANT!" Hope's eyes opened wide as well as her mouth.
"but I'm not a servant…" Hope whispered. Her eyes watered up again. She didn't like being yelled at no matter who it was yelling at her.
"That maybe PRINCESS, but you will be my servant!"
"I will not!" Hope said backing up slowly shaking her head. Tears were flowing down her cheeks freely now. She held the lower part of her dress up to her chest and kept on pulling the material.
"W-Why do you need ME as-as a servant?" Hope asked. A little afraid of how and what the answer was.
"Why to make Van mine of course!"
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Dwes was walking around the castle. From all he could tell, everybody was gone except for the servants and advisors. He tensed up with worry. Where could they be? He thought. Where?
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A/N: Short and sweet no? I hope you liked it! - *~A White Rose Petal~*
Hitomi- ::shivers:: Oh My God! Hope! What's going to happen to her?
Merle- What's up with that one boy…Glowe I believe.
Van- Why is he there?
Hope- ::in the 'room' where she was earlier:: I need good weviews or I have to stay here wiff Gabriella! The more and better weviews pweeze! I don wanna stay here!