Disclaimer: This story is based upon another person's story. The characters in this story are only borrowed from the Vision of Escaflowne.
It has been ten years already, since I last laid my eyes on the book by my bookshelf. It was already gathering dust and its pages were crisp and drenched with the smell of soot. I remember the last time I read it; I was five, back then and barely understood what was written between in its dull covers. All I remembered was white light and some feathers floating around me. Nowadays, I live a normal life in Tokyo Municipal High School, spending most of my time with my family and friends. I never knew that there would actually come a time that my life would change completely...
It was a dark and stormy day, the wind was blowing hard and the trees outside were rustling among the breeze. I had stayed home that day, trying my best to finish my English journal, which I had already put off for quite some time now. After three hours of writing, I decided to take a break from all that writing. I tried watching television but to no avail; there were no good shows on at that particular time. I lay idle for quite some time, until something struck my eye. Right there on my bookshelf, was a glowing book. I was enchanted by the glowing book and headed for it. A window opened slightly, letting the wind blow in, lightly caressing my hair and skin. As I approached the book, the book stopped its incessant glowing and started to fly towards my head. I tried to block it with my hand, preparing myself for the impact of the book, but there was none. The book had softly entwined itself between my fingers. My mind was debating, whether I should open it or not. I did not expect that my curiosity would actually overpower my logic. I opened the book and felt a tingling sensation run through me. The room was then filled with voices, voices filled with pain and sorrow. It continued on for what seemed an eternity but ended in a quick snap of my fingers. I turned the page, trying to find the cause of the voices, and began reading. I was so engrossed in reading the said book that I did not notice that white light had just engulfed me. I had already reached the tenth page, before I realized that I was not in my home, I was somewhere else.
I was in some sort of plain with flowers blooming everywhere and animals scurrying around. The wind was cool and yet I felt not a shiver. The cherry blossom trees behind me were such a majestic sight and offered me peace and serenity within my already baffled mind. It was like a perfect place, the Garden of Eden, no worries of problems, but little did I know that it was just a façade of the evil that lies within. I decided to do some exploring, curious of what this place holds and forgetting all the desire of going back home to the world I came from. As I walked down the path by the clearing, the cherry blossoms began to fall slowly like snowflakes during wintertime. The cherry blossoms covered the path I had just trodden on with a thin layer of pink snow. All of a sudden, I heard a noise coming from the bushes. It was some sort of rustling noise indicating that there was some movement there. At first I was terrified, thinking that it was a huge beast but then I thought, how could such a perfect place contain such a monstrous creature? I was still undecided even if the fear within me subsided and once again, my curiosity overwhelmed my logical reasoning. I lay frozen and just let my curiosity drag my already tired feet to the spot where the noise had came from. As I went closer, trying not to make a sound; I heard the sound once more but now something else accompanied it, some sort of voice I guessed. The more I got closer, the more my guess was proven. It was indeed a young girl's voice calling somebody's name. The name sounded familiar, as if I had heard that name before. I went closer and saw the silhouette of a young girl and as I crept closer, I could see her features in greater detail. She had hazelnut-brown hair that shined as the sun's rays hit it. Her eyes were calm and were in a light hue of blue. She wore some sort of Japanese school uniform that was in a light shade of brown and jogging shoes like the ones I wear in school. Her skin was in a shade of pale peach and her nails were colored in a deep hue of crimson red. However, what made her unique was not her looks but actually the pendant she wore around her neck. It was shaped like a beacon and was in a deep shade of red and shone as the sun's rays struck it. I tried to lean closer to see the person who she must have been conversing with but accidentally steeped on a twig, notifying them of my unwanted presence. The person she was talking to approached me stealthily with a sword in his hand and pushed me onto a tree, crushing my neck with his firm hands. I was elevated a few inches from the ground and was hardly able to breathe steadily. He asked me to identify myself and asked me if I was from Zaibach. "Where was Zaibach? What is Zaibach?" I wondered but I knew that I had to answer to him first or my life would be cut short. I sputtered out my name and where I was from but I doubt that he understood what I said. This was proven by the fact that I felt him tighten his grip around my neck. The girl went behind him and begged him to stop crushing my already battered neck. He looked into her innocent eyes and reluctantly let go of me. He looked at me first then stepped aside snarling, leaving a big enough space for the girl to approach me. The young girl crouched down and soon we were face to face. A deep hue of red formed between my cheeks as I saw her with a big smile on her cute face. Her short brown hair held a sweet fragrance that held me bewitched and her lips were red like a rose in full bloom. I lay there stunned and paralyzed as if I was in another time and reality. She asked me if I was fine and waited for my reply. Her voice awakened me slightly and I began to think of something to say. It would take me much more time than what has elapsed for me to recover and so I was only able to coarsely say, "Yes", even if in reality, I was hurting all over. She looked straight into my eyes as if she was examining my soul and I knew that she saw through the façade I had put up. She then stepped back and waited for me to fully recover before asking any questions. As she stepped away from me, the pendant she wore around her neck glowed. I finally gathered enough strength to stand up and approached her, trying my best not to sputter as I say, "Thank you." As I approached her, she sensed me and turned around, letting her short brown hair twirl and be blown by the wind. Right then and there, I knew that I fell in love with her, even if it was only as shallow as puppy love, or so it seemed. I froze and just stood there, waiting for someone to break the silence that enveloped the surroundings. She, then sensing my uneasiness, broke the silence and asked me the same thing the man did, "Where are you from?" I tried to answer her back as casually as I could but was only able to clearly say, "Tokyo, Japan", among the gibberish that I had just said. Her pale blue eyes then lit up slowly as if she was a kid in a candy store.
"You are from Japan, too?" she inquired exultantly, eyes looking straight at me.
"Why, yes." I replied calmly, finally untying the knot in my tongue.
"Finally, somebody from my own world." she said softly as a tear fell from her eyes. The wind slightly blew and the cherry blossoms once again covered the place with pink snow.
"Your own world?" I asked puzzled and with great interest in my round, brown eyes.
"Yes, our world. You see, I was transported here with him," pointing to the direction of the person that had tried to kill me just a moment ago, "I came from Tokyo just like you did." She smiled as she ended her line and began to look up and admire the birds at flight. I glanced to where the person was standing and saw that he was about my age. I could say that he was in his late seventeen's. He was wearing a loose, red vest and loose pants that were in light shade of brown. He had a saber strapped to his left and a medieval sword on his right. He had raven black hair and eyes that complimented his hair. He had piercing, cold eyes and as he looked into mine, I felt cold and started to tremble in fear. I looked away breaking the lock of our eyes and wondered how somebody as old as I was, would be able to crush my neck like that and even lift me above the ground that high with only one hand. As I looked at him once more, I felt like I was being sucked into this maelstrom of fear and uneasiness, until she spoke once more.
"I am so sorry for not having to introduce ourselves, I am Hitomi Kanzaki, a student in Jonan High School and a member of its track team. That man over there is Van Franel, the last and remaining son of the King of Franelia. You are?" she said with a big smile on her already cheery face.
"It is nice meeting the two of you, by the way I am Kyosuke Mishamaru, a student of TMHS and a member of its kendo club. Ohayo Gosiamasu." I replied as my shyness slowly faded into the dark abyss of nothingness.
She then told me her story on how they had met each other from when they met each other at the track fields in Tokyo until the time before I met them. She told me how Van had slain a dragon and got its heart out from its corpse and how he saved her from the beast in the jungle. Van slowly approached us and his piercing eyes were now gone and was replaced by smooth, calm eyes that let us see the inner him. He smilingly said, "We had better get going now, the ceremony would begin soon." Van must have eased on me already, seeing that Hitomi was becoming fond of me, was the first thought that came to my mind, and I was happy that it happened this way. Van is really mysterious, I thought. I was in deep in thought, until Hitomi shook me back to reality. Van looked at me confused and began to smile. After smiling, he set off and had us follow him.
"What ceremony was he talking about back there?" I asked Hitomi with great curiosity in my round, brown eyes.
"Well, it is like this. It is a tradition that after any of the Franels brings back the heart of a dragon, they get crowned as the king of Franelia, a place not far from here," she replied as if she everything that would happen next.
"Where are we anyway?" I asked, trying to get the most out of the limited time I had with her alone. I held her hands as we walked in the dark forest. Her hands were warm and carried a comforting touch that made me feel secure.
She smiled back at me, enjoying all the attention I was giving her and then replied, "It seems that we are in this world called Gaea and the Earth where we lived in is called the Mystic Moon."
We continued having a spontaneous conversation on anything we could think off and soon without the either of us noticing it were already dusk. We walked for quite some more time, trying to do as much as possible while the sun was still around when Van motioned us to stop. He must have heard something, I thought, but it was not the case. He motioned us to come closer to the ridge and there we saw it, Franelia in all its glory. Its buildings were designed in an old Renaissance style and had a large castle in its center. The castle had three high towers, each having a unique accent that decorated its edges. The castle gates were made out of pure mahogany and its bolts were made out of solid gold. The moat it had around it was enormous and wide, covering a span of one hundred meters. It still remained so detailed, even if we were so far away from that distance. The castle was not the city's only highlight. The houses there were also a magnificent sight especially as night came and surrounded the city in a blanket of darkness. The city then opened its lights, making it stand out in the darkness. We slowly made our descent from the mountain and soon we were just a few steps away from the gates of Franelia. However, we did not know that a group of enemy troops and Guymeleves entered from the back gates and burned everything that was in their path and killed all the people inside the gates of Franelia.
We were already in front of the gates of Franelia when we heard shouting, screaming and cries come out from the walls of Franelia. We could hear the citizens being murdered and brutalized by Guymeleves and enemy soldiers. Van quickly rushed into the city, and tried to save the last few remaining survivors of the attack but it was too late the whole city was set ablaze, all its inhabitants were slain and the only structure left standing was the castle. Van, thinking out of instinct, quickly rushed towards the castle and searched for Valgas, the man that he treated as his father, teacher and friend, after the death of his father and the disappearance of both his mother and only brother. We tried to run after him, but he was just far to fast for us. He had already entered the castle when we had only reached the moat. We tried to get in but just after Hitomi entered, the wall collapsed, blocking any chance of ever entering or exiting the place in one piece or without hurting one's self. I tried to find another way to enter but was not successful. However, I was able to find a book lying down on the ground. I picked up the book and started reading. Meanwhile inside the castle, Van ran past the burning curtains and portraits and reached the quarters where Valgas stayed. Afraid and nervous, he pushed the door open and saw Valgas on the floor with a knife stabbed into his stomach. Van quickly rushed to his side, quickly pulling the knife out, and let his tears fall down like rain. It was the first time he had cried for a long time no and he knew that if this goes on, it would not be his last. Hitomi then entered the room, puffing and huffing as if she was running out of breath. Valgas, straining all of his remaining strength, began to speak, "According to the book of prophecy, a fallen angel will set the city of Franelia ablaze like what happened today... Among the ashes will rise the angel savior, who will save us all. I believe that this savior is you, Van... However, he could not this job alone, he needs the help of the Goddess of Wings and the Redeemer of Truth..." Hitomi's pendant began to glow and Valgas turned to her direction. Valgas started to speak again, "She, she is the Goddess of Wings and with her you must find the Redeemer of Truth. He would react to the pendant, so find him soon, so that you can resurrect the great Guymelef, Escaflowne. The five of you will form the Tribulation Force..." "The five of us, who are the other two?" inquired Van. "They will respond to the pendant too, except it would not glow that much..." replied Valgas. After saying these last few words, Valgas laid motionless on the floor. "No..." Van cried as his voice echoed around the whole castle, causing it to collapse.
I was reading the book when I was startled to see a catlike human creep beside me shouting Van's name over and over again. When I looked at the castle again it had already collapsed and I feared that Van and Hitomi did not survive it. Dust and ash surrounded the castle for quite some time until a beam of red light shot out of the rubble and I saw Van and Hitomi fly out. Van grew white wings and flew as gracefully as a dove. They landed right beside me and just then Hitomi's pendant lit up and it was such a bright light that it had almost blinded me.
Hitomi then jumped for joy and said, "Kyosuke must be the Redeemer."
Van then replied, "I guess he is."
"What?" I asked. Van started telling us the prophecy and then I knew what my destiny was and why I was sent here. The catlike human then crept up again near us and hugged Van hard.
"Merle..." Van said, "Are you all right? How did you survive the attack?"
"I hid in the closets but I saw that the ones who attacked us were the soldiers from Zaibach, Lord Van. Oh, how I missed you." replied Merle.
"We have to go now and resurrect Escaflowne in the town of Asturia..." said Van.
"Umm... before we go can you tell us how you got wings?" I asked really wanting to know how he got his wings.
"Well, you see my mother was a draconian and she passed me this ability along with my brother. She was said to be the last of her race and now I am the last of the Draconians. It also gives me more strength, speed and stamina than others," replied Van without even having a tone of anger or irritation in his voice.
As we were speaking, a shadowy figure was behind us standing on the edge of the mountain, watching our every move. He has sky blue hair, black wings, eyes like Van and markings under his eyes. He wore a dark cape, concealing his robotic right arm.
"Do not worry Van, you will not feel the pain I experienced. I will save you from the pain you feel when you are good. Soon, you would be one of us..." said the shadow.
"I trust you Lord Folken... Franel. I trust you," said a voice in the background.
"Ask Dilandau to be ready to attack Asturia, will you?" said Folken.
"Yes, lord Folken..." said the voice in the background.
~ To be continued...~
~ God in his heaven, all is right with the world ~
- Evangelion
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~ The Fallen angel will save the world but take everyone with his death ~
- Escaflowne
It has been ten years already, since I last laid my eyes on the book by my bookshelf. It was already gathering dust and its pages were crisp and drenched with the smell of soot. I remember the last time I read it; I was five, back then and barely understood what was written between in its dull covers. All I remembered was white light and some feathers floating around me. Nowadays, I live a normal life in Tokyo Municipal High School, spending most of my time with my family and friends. I never knew that there would actually come a time that my life would change completely...
It was a dark and stormy day, the wind was blowing hard and the trees outside were rustling among the breeze. I had stayed home that day, trying my best to finish my English journal, which I had already put off for quite some time now. After three hours of writing, I decided to take a break from all that writing. I tried watching television but to no avail; there were no good shows on at that particular time. I lay idle for quite some time, until something struck my eye. Right there on my bookshelf, was a glowing book. I was enchanted by the glowing book and headed for it. A window opened slightly, letting the wind blow in, lightly caressing my hair and skin. As I approached the book, the book stopped its incessant glowing and started to fly towards my head. I tried to block it with my hand, preparing myself for the impact of the book, but there was none. The book had softly entwined itself between my fingers. My mind was debating, whether I should open it or not. I did not expect that my curiosity would actually overpower my logic. I opened the book and felt a tingling sensation run through me. The room was then filled with voices, voices filled with pain and sorrow. It continued on for what seemed an eternity but ended in a quick snap of my fingers. I turned the page, trying to find the cause of the voices, and began reading. I was so engrossed in reading the said book that I did not notice that white light had just engulfed me. I had already reached the tenth page, before I realized that I was not in my home, I was somewhere else.
I was in some sort of plain with flowers blooming everywhere and animals scurrying around. The wind was cool and yet I felt not a shiver. The cherry blossom trees behind me were such a majestic sight and offered me peace and serenity within my already baffled mind. It was like a perfect place, the Garden of Eden, no worries of problems, but little did I know that it was just a façade of the evil that lies within. I decided to do some exploring, curious of what this place holds and forgetting all the desire of going back home to the world I came from. As I walked down the path by the clearing, the cherry blossoms began to fall slowly like snowflakes during wintertime. The cherry blossoms covered the path I had just trodden on with a thin layer of pink snow. All of a sudden, I heard a noise coming from the bushes. It was some sort of rustling noise indicating that there was some movement there. At first I was terrified, thinking that it was a huge beast but then I thought, how could such a perfect place contain such a monstrous creature? I was still undecided even if the fear within me subsided and once again, my curiosity overwhelmed my logical reasoning. I lay frozen and just let my curiosity drag my already tired feet to the spot where the noise had came from. As I went closer, trying not to make a sound; I heard the sound once more but now something else accompanied it, some sort of voice I guessed. The more I got closer, the more my guess was proven. It was indeed a young girl's voice calling somebody's name. The name sounded familiar, as if I had heard that name before. I went closer and saw the silhouette of a young girl and as I crept closer, I could see her features in greater detail. She had hazelnut-brown hair that shined as the sun's rays hit it. Her eyes were calm and were in a light hue of blue. She wore some sort of Japanese school uniform that was in a light shade of brown and jogging shoes like the ones I wear in school. Her skin was in a shade of pale peach and her nails were colored in a deep hue of crimson red. However, what made her unique was not her looks but actually the pendant she wore around her neck. It was shaped like a beacon and was in a deep shade of red and shone as the sun's rays struck it. I tried to lean closer to see the person who she must have been conversing with but accidentally steeped on a twig, notifying them of my unwanted presence. The person she was talking to approached me stealthily with a sword in his hand and pushed me onto a tree, crushing my neck with his firm hands. I was elevated a few inches from the ground and was hardly able to breathe steadily. He asked me to identify myself and asked me if I was from Zaibach. "Where was Zaibach? What is Zaibach?" I wondered but I knew that I had to answer to him first or my life would be cut short. I sputtered out my name and where I was from but I doubt that he understood what I said. This was proven by the fact that I felt him tighten his grip around my neck. The girl went behind him and begged him to stop crushing my already battered neck. He looked into her innocent eyes and reluctantly let go of me. He looked at me first then stepped aside snarling, leaving a big enough space for the girl to approach me. The young girl crouched down and soon we were face to face. A deep hue of red formed between my cheeks as I saw her with a big smile on her cute face. Her short brown hair held a sweet fragrance that held me bewitched and her lips were red like a rose in full bloom. I lay there stunned and paralyzed as if I was in another time and reality. She asked me if I was fine and waited for my reply. Her voice awakened me slightly and I began to think of something to say. It would take me much more time than what has elapsed for me to recover and so I was only able to coarsely say, "Yes", even if in reality, I was hurting all over. She looked straight into my eyes as if she was examining my soul and I knew that she saw through the façade I had put up. She then stepped back and waited for me to fully recover before asking any questions. As she stepped away from me, the pendant she wore around her neck glowed. I finally gathered enough strength to stand up and approached her, trying my best not to sputter as I say, "Thank you." As I approached her, she sensed me and turned around, letting her short brown hair twirl and be blown by the wind. Right then and there, I knew that I fell in love with her, even if it was only as shallow as puppy love, or so it seemed. I froze and just stood there, waiting for someone to break the silence that enveloped the surroundings. She, then sensing my uneasiness, broke the silence and asked me the same thing the man did, "Where are you from?" I tried to answer her back as casually as I could but was only able to clearly say, "Tokyo, Japan", among the gibberish that I had just said. Her pale blue eyes then lit up slowly as if she was a kid in a candy store.
"You are from Japan, too?" she inquired exultantly, eyes looking straight at me.
"Why, yes." I replied calmly, finally untying the knot in my tongue.
"Finally, somebody from my own world." she said softly as a tear fell from her eyes. The wind slightly blew and the cherry blossoms once again covered the place with pink snow.
"Your own world?" I asked puzzled and with great interest in my round, brown eyes.
"Yes, our world. You see, I was transported here with him," pointing to the direction of the person that had tried to kill me just a moment ago, "I came from Tokyo just like you did." She smiled as she ended her line and began to look up and admire the birds at flight. I glanced to where the person was standing and saw that he was about my age. I could say that he was in his late seventeen's. He was wearing a loose, red vest and loose pants that were in light shade of brown. He had a saber strapped to his left and a medieval sword on his right. He had raven black hair and eyes that complimented his hair. He had piercing, cold eyes and as he looked into mine, I felt cold and started to tremble in fear. I looked away breaking the lock of our eyes and wondered how somebody as old as I was, would be able to crush my neck like that and even lift me above the ground that high with only one hand. As I looked at him once more, I felt like I was being sucked into this maelstrom of fear and uneasiness, until she spoke once more.
"I am so sorry for not having to introduce ourselves, I am Hitomi Kanzaki, a student in Jonan High School and a member of its track team. That man over there is Van Franel, the last and remaining son of the King of Franelia. You are?" she said with a big smile on her already cheery face.
"It is nice meeting the two of you, by the way I am Kyosuke Mishamaru, a student of TMHS and a member of its kendo club. Ohayo Gosiamasu." I replied as my shyness slowly faded into the dark abyss of nothingness.
She then told me her story on how they had met each other from when they met each other at the track fields in Tokyo until the time before I met them. She told me how Van had slain a dragon and got its heart out from its corpse and how he saved her from the beast in the jungle. Van slowly approached us and his piercing eyes were now gone and was replaced by smooth, calm eyes that let us see the inner him. He smilingly said, "We had better get going now, the ceremony would begin soon." Van must have eased on me already, seeing that Hitomi was becoming fond of me, was the first thought that came to my mind, and I was happy that it happened this way. Van is really mysterious, I thought. I was in deep in thought, until Hitomi shook me back to reality. Van looked at me confused and began to smile. After smiling, he set off and had us follow him.
"What ceremony was he talking about back there?" I asked Hitomi with great curiosity in my round, brown eyes.
"Well, it is like this. It is a tradition that after any of the Franels brings back the heart of a dragon, they get crowned as the king of Franelia, a place not far from here," she replied as if she everything that would happen next.
"Where are we anyway?" I asked, trying to get the most out of the limited time I had with her alone. I held her hands as we walked in the dark forest. Her hands were warm and carried a comforting touch that made me feel secure.
She smiled back at me, enjoying all the attention I was giving her and then replied, "It seems that we are in this world called Gaea and the Earth where we lived in is called the Mystic Moon."
We continued having a spontaneous conversation on anything we could think off and soon without the either of us noticing it were already dusk. We walked for quite some more time, trying to do as much as possible while the sun was still around when Van motioned us to stop. He must have heard something, I thought, but it was not the case. He motioned us to come closer to the ridge and there we saw it, Franelia in all its glory. Its buildings were designed in an old Renaissance style and had a large castle in its center. The castle had three high towers, each having a unique accent that decorated its edges. The castle gates were made out of pure mahogany and its bolts were made out of solid gold. The moat it had around it was enormous and wide, covering a span of one hundred meters. It still remained so detailed, even if we were so far away from that distance. The castle was not the city's only highlight. The houses there were also a magnificent sight especially as night came and surrounded the city in a blanket of darkness. The city then opened its lights, making it stand out in the darkness. We slowly made our descent from the mountain and soon we were just a few steps away from the gates of Franelia. However, we did not know that a group of enemy troops and Guymeleves entered from the back gates and burned everything that was in their path and killed all the people inside the gates of Franelia.
We were already in front of the gates of Franelia when we heard shouting, screaming and cries come out from the walls of Franelia. We could hear the citizens being murdered and brutalized by Guymeleves and enemy soldiers. Van quickly rushed into the city, and tried to save the last few remaining survivors of the attack but it was too late the whole city was set ablaze, all its inhabitants were slain and the only structure left standing was the castle. Van, thinking out of instinct, quickly rushed towards the castle and searched for Valgas, the man that he treated as his father, teacher and friend, after the death of his father and the disappearance of both his mother and only brother. We tried to run after him, but he was just far to fast for us. He had already entered the castle when we had only reached the moat. We tried to get in but just after Hitomi entered, the wall collapsed, blocking any chance of ever entering or exiting the place in one piece or without hurting one's self. I tried to find another way to enter but was not successful. However, I was able to find a book lying down on the ground. I picked up the book and started reading. Meanwhile inside the castle, Van ran past the burning curtains and portraits and reached the quarters where Valgas stayed. Afraid and nervous, he pushed the door open and saw Valgas on the floor with a knife stabbed into his stomach. Van quickly rushed to his side, quickly pulling the knife out, and let his tears fall down like rain. It was the first time he had cried for a long time no and he knew that if this goes on, it would not be his last. Hitomi then entered the room, puffing and huffing as if she was running out of breath. Valgas, straining all of his remaining strength, began to speak, "According to the book of prophecy, a fallen angel will set the city of Franelia ablaze like what happened today... Among the ashes will rise the angel savior, who will save us all. I believe that this savior is you, Van... However, he could not this job alone, he needs the help of the Goddess of Wings and the Redeemer of Truth..." Hitomi's pendant began to glow and Valgas turned to her direction. Valgas started to speak again, "She, she is the Goddess of Wings and with her you must find the Redeemer of Truth. He would react to the pendant, so find him soon, so that you can resurrect the great Guymelef, Escaflowne. The five of you will form the Tribulation Force..." "The five of us, who are the other two?" inquired Van. "They will respond to the pendant too, except it would not glow that much..." replied Valgas. After saying these last few words, Valgas laid motionless on the floor. "No..." Van cried as his voice echoed around the whole castle, causing it to collapse.
I was reading the book when I was startled to see a catlike human creep beside me shouting Van's name over and over again. When I looked at the castle again it had already collapsed and I feared that Van and Hitomi did not survive it. Dust and ash surrounded the castle for quite some time until a beam of red light shot out of the rubble and I saw Van and Hitomi fly out. Van grew white wings and flew as gracefully as a dove. They landed right beside me and just then Hitomi's pendant lit up and it was such a bright light that it had almost blinded me.
Hitomi then jumped for joy and said, "Kyosuke must be the Redeemer."
Van then replied, "I guess he is."
"What?" I asked. Van started telling us the prophecy and then I knew what my destiny was and why I was sent here. The catlike human then crept up again near us and hugged Van hard.
"Merle..." Van said, "Are you all right? How did you survive the attack?"
"I hid in the closets but I saw that the ones who attacked us were the soldiers from Zaibach, Lord Van. Oh, how I missed you." replied Merle.
"We have to go now and resurrect Escaflowne in the town of Asturia..." said Van.
"Umm... before we go can you tell us how you got wings?" I asked really wanting to know how he got his wings.
"Well, you see my mother was a draconian and she passed me this ability along with my brother. She was said to be the last of her race and now I am the last of the Draconians. It also gives me more strength, speed and stamina than others," replied Van without even having a tone of anger or irritation in his voice.
As we were speaking, a shadowy figure was behind us standing on the edge of the mountain, watching our every move. He has sky blue hair, black wings, eyes like Van and markings under his eyes. He wore a dark cape, concealing his robotic right arm.
"Do not worry Van, you will not feel the pain I experienced. I will save you from the pain you feel when you are good. Soon, you would be one of us..." said the shadow.
"I trust you Lord Folken... Franel. I trust you," said a voice in the background.
"Ask Dilandau to be ready to attack Asturia, will you?" said Folken.
"Yes, lord Folken..." said the voice in the background.
~ To be continued...~
~ God in his heaven, all is right with the world ~
- Evangelion
-
~ The Fallen angel will save the world but take everyone with his death ~
- Escaflowne