AN: Hey everyone, thanks all you people who reviewed my first chapter, sorry this has taken so
long, but I just got on spring break and haven't had any time until now to write this. I have a
million stories in my head, but I won't let myself write them until I finish this one, so all the
more motivation for me to write. I know Amano and Yukari don't appear in this chapter, but I
might make a sequel to this, and in that they will make a brief appearance. I hope you like
this installment of the story.
~Angeles~
Disclaimer: We all hate 'em, but we have to write 'em. From now on I'm not going to clutter
the chapter and take my time trying to say I don't own Escaflowne and it's characters except for
my own made up ones in a funny way, because I don't see what the point is and it is just a waste
of my time. I'm being a hypocrite right now by writing this but who cares. Anyway, I do not own
Escaflowne and this fic is only for my personal enjoyment.
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Merle wiped her brow as the transport took off. Four-fifths of the people had been
evacuated and the soldiers were in place. She looked up and saw the setting sun glint off of the
red armor of Kane's Asmodeus. (AN: I figured he would have a red guimelef and that it should be
named something to do with the devil and this was the name I came up with. If it offends anyone,
to bad.) He was positioned in a fighting stance next to the Escaflowne and was looking intensely
at the horizon. Merle sighed in frustration as she turned around. She hated this waiting game.
Both sides knew that the other was ready, they were just waiting for the attack. It was just as
well, because the civilians needed to be evacuated before the fighting truly began.
She turned around and signaled to the soldiers to start loading the next transport.
She was thankful that after the Great War, they had developed an evacuation system and the people
were calm and orderly. All who were left were the strong adults who could defend themselves and
who didn't have anyone who depended on them. The transport was slowly being filled up, after
this there would only be two more to go. She was getting anxious and the hair on the back of her
neck was standing up. She motioned for the transport to leave and the second to last started
being filled. All the while getting more and more tense.
The transport was filled and she was about to let it go when she heard the alarm ring
our. The enemy had been spotted. "Leave!" She yelled at the crew of people who were helping
her. The vessel took off and everyone readied the last ship for takeoff. This one was the one
that the evacuation crew and the soldiers would get on once the civilians were safe. Merle ran
over and pulled on a string. Bells rang our through the town, signaling the escape of the
townspeople.
Fenalia was still recovering from the last war, and did not have a large army. It would
be impossible to win against an enemy as strong as theirs. The transport was rapidly filling
with soldiers, and soon the only occupants left on the battlefield were guimelefs. They would
leave when the transport left. The guimelefs had fallen back and were ready to leave and guard
their escape. Merle turned to see that two of the guimelefs hadn't retreated, and they were
holding there own against a hoard of enemy soldiers. They would soon be overpowered, but the
occupants didn't seem to notice or care. Those two, when I get my hands on them I will
personally rip their lungs out. If that hasn't happened already
"Lady Merle, you are the only one that hasn't gotten on yet."
"I'm not getting on, leave without me."
"But!"
"I said I'm not getting on, leave dammit."
The unfortunate guard swallowed and nodded. The transport lifted off, slowly, as the
last chance of escape flew away. Merle turned towards the two remaining guimelefs and started
running. She decided that the fastest way to get there would be to cut through the forest. She
started running, and in the fires and falling debris, no one noticed the column of blue light
appearing in the sky.
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"What!" Hitomi screamed, she couldn't believe her ears her friend must have been crazy
to say that.
"I said," Solaye repeated, "That I could go with you."
"You can't!"
"Oh?" Solaye arched an eyebrow, "And why not?"
"Because you have no idea what you are getting yourself into. People will worry, you
probably won't be able to come back. It's to dangerous."
"Thank you for showing me all the cons of this situation." Solaye said quietly, Hitomi
smiled, glad that her friend had come to her senses, "But," Solaye continued, "I have already
thought this through." Hitomi's face fell, "Yes, you're right, I don't know what I'm going into,
but whatever it is, I'm ready for it. I have no family left besides you, and I need some
adventure in my life, you said so yourself. Look, Hitomi, you of all people know that I don't
ask for much, but, I'm asking you this, take me with you." Her voice dropped to a pleading
whisper, "Please."
Hitomi had never seen her friend so determined and impassioned. There was no way she
could argue with her. Deep down, Hitomi wanted Solaye to come, to have someone who understood
her and her world, and so she wouldn't be alone anymore. "Please." Hitomi heard her friend's
voice again and realized what she had to do.
"Fine, get out my cards." A smile lit up Solaye's face a she scurried to get the cards.
Her unspoken question was answered as she gave her friend the cards. "I don't know how to get
back now that Van has my pendant, "So I need to ask the cards to find out."
Solaye watched as Hitomi laid out the cards in front of her. She had only seen her do a
reading when she had asked Hitomi to prove that she had power. Hitomi obliged, but only on the
condition that it would only be reading of her past. Solaye had been amazed then, but she was
never able to convince her to do another one. "I can do this, because this is not a question of
what will happen, but of how to do something." Hitomi's words interrupted her thoughts. Solaye
watched silently as Hitomi pick the cards up one by one. The reading was silent and she could
only guess what the cards were saying as her friend's brow furrowed in puzzlement. When she was
finally finished, Solaye waited expectantly.
"Well?"
"It's odd,"
"How so?"
"Well, it says to give my companion the token of my love."
"So," Solaye paused, thinking, "I'm your companion, so give me the token of your love.
I like this, you have to let me come along now, so what would the token be, anyway?"
"This," Hitomi walked up to her desk, pulled out a wooden box, "The feather."
"Of course, but why do I have to hold it, and what do I do once I get it?"
"Then it says to visualize Gaia and Van."
"But I've never seen Gaia!"
"I know, but it says that you must do it." Hitomi pleaded.
"All right, I will, but I can't promise you it will work. I'm not good at doing things
like this."
"Yeah, I know."
"Hey!" Solaye hit her friend playfully on the shoulder, "That is not helping."
"You hit like a girl, too."
"Last time I checked I was a girl, and so were you."
"I know, therefore, I didn't insult you."
"You implied it though, if it was anyone else I would have taken it seriously."
Hitomi sobered, "Now there is your problem, you have no self confidence."
Solaye sighed, exasperated, "Look Hitomi, we have already had this conversation, and it
always ends the same way, you telling me I'm and idiot, and me agreeing, but for different
reasons. Can we just skip this."
"Your right, we have much more important things to do, like getting to Gaia." She took
the feather out of the wooden box and unwrapped the cloth from around it. Handing it to Solaye
she said, "Here, take it."
"Now?"
"Why not?" she replied, "I have no business to finish here."
"Come on Hitomi. What about bringing some clothing and things from home, and I will
never leave without bringing books. Besides, from what I've heard, I do not want to slam into
the roof while we are leaving."
"Trust you to be the rational one when we are about to do something that is going to
change our lives forever." Hitomi said wryly.
"Would you have me any other way?"
"No," Hitomi pulled out her blue sports bag that she still had from when she had gone to
Gaia, "Come on, lets get packing."
"All right," Solaye called out, "Lets go over the list one more time."
"Okay."
"Clothes?"
"What type?"
"Rugged or casual."
"Two pairs, check."
"Three here. Sneakers?"
"Check."
"Check. Nicer clothes and shoes? Wait, why do we need to bring nice clothes."
"Because Gaia is a planet with nobility and a hierarchy, we need to look nice. Check."
Solaye sighed and put some clothes into her bag, "Check, family heirlooms, pictures, and
other sentimental objects?"
"You really are callous when it comes to things involving your dead family aren't you?
Check."
"Look, I don't want to talk about it." Solaye put a picture of her standing with a young
man. "A collection of your favorite books?"
"Eh ehm,"
"And CDs."
"Check."
"Check. Anything else you want to bring or would feel would be useful?"
"Got everything."
"Same here. Cards?"
"Check. Feather?"
"Check." Solaye said, clutching the soft white feather.
"All right!" Hitomi grinned fiercely and shouldered her bag. "Lets get this show on the
road."
Solaye put her large, sturdy, black, backpack on her shoulders and followed Hitomi out
the door. They stood in a long field and waited silently for a moment. Finally Hitomi broke the
silence, "Well?"
"All right," Solaye closed her eyes and brought the feather in front of her. "Lets go."
AN: I'm evil aren't I. Don't worry, the next one will come out much faster than this one did.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed my first one. Thank you. Please Review.
long, but I just got on spring break and haven't had any time until now to write this. I have a
million stories in my head, but I won't let myself write them until I finish this one, so all the
more motivation for me to write. I know Amano and Yukari don't appear in this chapter, but I
might make a sequel to this, and in that they will make a brief appearance. I hope you like
this installment of the story.
~Angeles~
Disclaimer: We all hate 'em, but we have to write 'em. From now on I'm not going to clutter
the chapter and take my time trying to say I don't own Escaflowne and it's characters except for
my own made up ones in a funny way, because I don't see what the point is and it is just a waste
of my time. I'm being a hypocrite right now by writing this but who cares. Anyway, I do not own
Escaflowne and this fic is only for my personal enjoyment.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Merle wiped her brow as the transport took off. Four-fifths of the people had been
evacuated and the soldiers were in place. She looked up and saw the setting sun glint off of the
red armor of Kane's Asmodeus. (AN: I figured he would have a red guimelef and that it should be
named something to do with the devil and this was the name I came up with. If it offends anyone,
to bad.) He was positioned in a fighting stance next to the Escaflowne and was looking intensely
at the horizon. Merle sighed in frustration as she turned around. She hated this waiting game.
Both sides knew that the other was ready, they were just waiting for the attack. It was just as
well, because the civilians needed to be evacuated before the fighting truly began.
She turned around and signaled to the soldiers to start loading the next transport.
She was thankful that after the Great War, they had developed an evacuation system and the people
were calm and orderly. All who were left were the strong adults who could defend themselves and
who didn't have anyone who depended on them. The transport was slowly being filled up, after
this there would only be two more to go. She was getting anxious and the hair on the back of her
neck was standing up. She motioned for the transport to leave and the second to last started
being filled. All the while getting more and more tense.
The transport was filled and she was about to let it go when she heard the alarm ring
our. The enemy had been spotted. "Leave!" She yelled at the crew of people who were helping
her. The vessel took off and everyone readied the last ship for takeoff. This one was the one
that the evacuation crew and the soldiers would get on once the civilians were safe. Merle ran
over and pulled on a string. Bells rang our through the town, signaling the escape of the
townspeople.
Fenalia was still recovering from the last war, and did not have a large army. It would
be impossible to win against an enemy as strong as theirs. The transport was rapidly filling
with soldiers, and soon the only occupants left on the battlefield were guimelefs. They would
leave when the transport left. The guimelefs had fallen back and were ready to leave and guard
their escape. Merle turned to see that two of the guimelefs hadn't retreated, and they were
holding there own against a hoard of enemy soldiers. They would soon be overpowered, but the
occupants didn't seem to notice or care. Those two, when I get my hands on them I will
personally rip their lungs out. If that hasn't happened already
"Lady Merle, you are the only one that hasn't gotten on yet."
"I'm not getting on, leave without me."
"But!"
"I said I'm not getting on, leave dammit."
The unfortunate guard swallowed and nodded. The transport lifted off, slowly, as the
last chance of escape flew away. Merle turned towards the two remaining guimelefs and started
running. She decided that the fastest way to get there would be to cut through the forest. She
started running, and in the fires and falling debris, no one noticed the column of blue light
appearing in the sky.
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"What!" Hitomi screamed, she couldn't believe her ears her friend must have been crazy
to say that.
"I said," Solaye repeated, "That I could go with you."
"You can't!"
"Oh?" Solaye arched an eyebrow, "And why not?"
"Because you have no idea what you are getting yourself into. People will worry, you
probably won't be able to come back. It's to dangerous."
"Thank you for showing me all the cons of this situation." Solaye said quietly, Hitomi
smiled, glad that her friend had come to her senses, "But," Solaye continued, "I have already
thought this through." Hitomi's face fell, "Yes, you're right, I don't know what I'm going into,
but whatever it is, I'm ready for it. I have no family left besides you, and I need some
adventure in my life, you said so yourself. Look, Hitomi, you of all people know that I don't
ask for much, but, I'm asking you this, take me with you." Her voice dropped to a pleading
whisper, "Please."
Hitomi had never seen her friend so determined and impassioned. There was no way she
could argue with her. Deep down, Hitomi wanted Solaye to come, to have someone who understood
her and her world, and so she wouldn't be alone anymore. "Please." Hitomi heard her friend's
voice again and realized what she had to do.
"Fine, get out my cards." A smile lit up Solaye's face a she scurried to get the cards.
Her unspoken question was answered as she gave her friend the cards. "I don't know how to get
back now that Van has my pendant, "So I need to ask the cards to find out."
Solaye watched as Hitomi laid out the cards in front of her. She had only seen her do a
reading when she had asked Hitomi to prove that she had power. Hitomi obliged, but only on the
condition that it would only be reading of her past. Solaye had been amazed then, but she was
never able to convince her to do another one. "I can do this, because this is not a question of
what will happen, but of how to do something." Hitomi's words interrupted her thoughts. Solaye
watched silently as Hitomi pick the cards up one by one. The reading was silent and she could
only guess what the cards were saying as her friend's brow furrowed in puzzlement. When she was
finally finished, Solaye waited expectantly.
"Well?"
"It's odd,"
"How so?"
"Well, it says to give my companion the token of my love."
"So," Solaye paused, thinking, "I'm your companion, so give me the token of your love.
I like this, you have to let me come along now, so what would the token be, anyway?"
"This," Hitomi walked up to her desk, pulled out a wooden box, "The feather."
"Of course, but why do I have to hold it, and what do I do once I get it?"
"Then it says to visualize Gaia and Van."
"But I've never seen Gaia!"
"I know, but it says that you must do it." Hitomi pleaded.
"All right, I will, but I can't promise you it will work. I'm not good at doing things
like this."
"Yeah, I know."
"Hey!" Solaye hit her friend playfully on the shoulder, "That is not helping."
"You hit like a girl, too."
"Last time I checked I was a girl, and so were you."
"I know, therefore, I didn't insult you."
"You implied it though, if it was anyone else I would have taken it seriously."
Hitomi sobered, "Now there is your problem, you have no self confidence."
Solaye sighed, exasperated, "Look Hitomi, we have already had this conversation, and it
always ends the same way, you telling me I'm and idiot, and me agreeing, but for different
reasons. Can we just skip this."
"Your right, we have much more important things to do, like getting to Gaia." She took
the feather out of the wooden box and unwrapped the cloth from around it. Handing it to Solaye
she said, "Here, take it."
"Now?"
"Why not?" she replied, "I have no business to finish here."
"Come on Hitomi. What about bringing some clothing and things from home, and I will
never leave without bringing books. Besides, from what I've heard, I do not want to slam into
the roof while we are leaving."
"Trust you to be the rational one when we are about to do something that is going to
change our lives forever." Hitomi said wryly.
"Would you have me any other way?"
"No," Hitomi pulled out her blue sports bag that she still had from when she had gone to
Gaia, "Come on, lets get packing."
"All right," Solaye called out, "Lets go over the list one more time."
"Okay."
"Clothes?"
"What type?"
"Rugged or casual."
"Two pairs, check."
"Three here. Sneakers?"
"Check."
"Check. Nicer clothes and shoes? Wait, why do we need to bring nice clothes."
"Because Gaia is a planet with nobility and a hierarchy, we need to look nice. Check."
Solaye sighed and put some clothes into her bag, "Check, family heirlooms, pictures, and
other sentimental objects?"
"You really are callous when it comes to things involving your dead family aren't you?
Check."
"Look, I don't want to talk about it." Solaye put a picture of her standing with a young
man. "A collection of your favorite books?"
"Eh ehm,"
"And CDs."
"Check."
"Check. Anything else you want to bring or would feel would be useful?"
"Got everything."
"Same here. Cards?"
"Check. Feather?"
"Check." Solaye said, clutching the soft white feather.
"All right!" Hitomi grinned fiercely and shouldered her bag. "Lets get this show on the
road."
Solaye put her large, sturdy, black, backpack on her shoulders and followed Hitomi out
the door. They stood in a long field and waited silently for a moment. Finally Hitomi broke the
silence, "Well?"
"All right," Solaye closed her eyes and brought the feather in front of her. "Lets go."
AN: I'm evil aren't I. Don't worry, the next one will come out much faster than this one did.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed my first one. Thank you. Please Review.