Kings and Traitors ~Chapter 2
AN: k, umm, like I said, I'm kinda making this up as I go along, so if you have any requests as to which direction the story should go, please feel free to tell me. It's not like I already have all the chapters written and ready to post or something.
Lil tidbit of info: Erebos is the name of a Greek god of darkness. =Þ
Also, to those that took the time to review my story: I really appreciate it. Thank you.
K,
with that said, on with the story! ^^
Disclaimers:
I do not own Escaflowne
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Van
suddenly awoke, clutching the pendant Hitomi gave him, cold sweat running down
his face.
'Hitomi's
in trouble! I can feel it! Something's not right…I've got to go to her!!'
He
looked up at the mystic moon hanging in the sky, brighter than ever.
'But
how…'
~~~
"Let
me go!! I can't believe you!!! I trusted you, you bastard!!!!"
"Now,
now, Merle, calm down. After all the work I did to get you to trust me, do you
really think I'd let you go tell Van? Foolish cat."
"Van
will come looking for me. And when he finds me, he's going to be really mad. He
won't let you get away with this!"
"If
he finds you, Merle. If."
Merle growled at him through her cage bars. Erebos merely laughed wickedly.
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Hitomi
couldn't fall back to sleep after her dream. She knew it meant trouble, but
what was she supposed to do about it? Van had her pendant, so she couldn't get
back to Gaia. But she had to warn Van somehow!
She
decided to consult her Tarot cards. Maybe then the prophecy would make more
sense.
She
flipped over the top card.
"Ace
of Serpents? The dragon…Van maybe?"
She
flipped over the next card and froze.
"La
Morte…death…."
The
card fluttered to the ground from her limp fingers.
~*~*~*Hitomi's
Vision*~*~*~
"Where
am I? Gaia…..?"
Hitomi
stood in the middle of an empty field, nothing but dead grass could be seen for
miles. Burnt grass. The sky was completely covered by black clouds…so thick you
couldn't even tell if it was night or day. An ice-cold breeze suddenly swept
past her. She shivered.
Suddenly something swept below the clouds. It
was Escaflowne's dragon form! And it was being pursued by…a giant black hawk?
No, it was some sort of black cloud, so black it seemed to swallow the light
from everything around it. Just looking at it gave her the chills.
Suddenly
it shot a spear of energy at Escaflowne. Van swerved, trying to dodge it…just
then Hitomi saw another black hawk-cloud charging at Van. It shot a spear at
him, too, so fast he had no chance of dodging it.
"NOO!!
Van, behind you!! VAN!!!" Hitomi screamed, not sure of whether or not the Van
in her vision could hear her or not.
Hitomi
watched in horror as a spear pierced through Van's chest with such force it
caused his wings to erupt from his back.
An
evil laugh came from inside one of the hawks.
"So
we've finally caught the little Draconian. Master shall be very pleased."
Out
of the corner of her eye, she noticed the "heart" of Escaflowne slow, then stop
beating entirely. The light resonating from the energist dimmed and vanished
completely.
"NOOOOOO!!!!!
VAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Hitomi screamed through tears.
All
of the sudden, the ground beneath her split and she fell…
~*~*~*End
of Hitomi's Vision*~*~*~
"Hitomi!
Hitomi!! Snap out of it!! Please!!! Wake up!!" Yukari screamed.
"Huh…?
Yukari? What…what happened? Why are you here? What time is it?" Hitomi mumbled
slowly as she tried to sit up.
"Sheesh,
Hitomi. It's ten in the morning. I came over to see you and I heard you scream
and…," Yukari said, cut off by her tears.
"Why
are you crying, Yukari?"
"Because
I was worried, stupid! I am your best friend, you know!" Yukari said
half-heartedly, still fighting back tears.
"We're
all worried about you, you know," she said softly, turning to look at the
ground, not wanting to face Hitomi. "W-why can't you tell us, Hitomi? Why can't
you tell us what happened? We're your friends, Hitomi, please, I'm your
friend….please trust me…," Yukari managed to say through sobs.
"Yukari
I…you wouldn't believe me," Hitomi said flatly.
"Try
me."
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'I've
got to get back to her! This has to work!!'
Van
held the pendent in the air above his head.
"I
wish I was on the mystic moon! With Hitomi!!" He screamed.
AN:
So, how do you like it? Too long? Too short? Too stupid? Too fast? All of the
above? Please tell me!!! REVIEW!! =Þ
Merle
Vanz_cat@yahoo.com