DisClaimer: I don not own Escaflowne or any of the people in it. Please
don't sue. - Now the story gets more involved and intense. It is hard
for me to put 2 romance stories at once in this fic. All 4 people and
Dilandau has such different personalities. I hope that reading from
this chapter on, you'll be really kind. I will do my best.
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Chapter 9: Visions
-------------------
-As i walk down this hallway. Tonight, it's too quite. So i pad
through the dark, and call you on the phone. Push your old numbers.
And let your house ring....... Till i wake your ghost.-
- Kristen Hersh-
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Levarios
-------------------
Miguel gets out of the shower " Miguel can we talk for a second?"
i asked him seriously. " Ya what is it " he said while drying his hair.
He walked over to the bed and sat down next to me. He looked a little
confused by my sudden seriousness. " There has been some things that
have happened today that i didn't tell you about. But now i think i
should " I said avoiding his eyes for the moment. " Please, go on " he
stated in a worried tone. I paused for what seemed like an eternity.
Then i began telling him about the haze and the colors. He seemed a
little put off by what i told him. Maybe he thought i was crazy or
sick again. " Well, what do you think ?" i inquired. " I'm not sure. I
mean DAMN Atrea, thats a lot to take in. " he said sounding very unsure
of me. " I know it is a lot to take in, but i swear i did not make it
up " i said in a confident voice. " Can i take a walk and think about
it? I don't want to say anything rash until i have a chance to really
think it through " he said very rattled. " I understand. Can we meet
at the river around sunset?" i asked hopeful. " Ya, sunset " he said
as he was walking out the door.
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Van & Hitomi
------------------
" Hitomi, how is our timetable looking?" Van asked her. " I think
we can make it in time to find them " she said hastily. " I hope so,
this world does not need another war " he said with regret. " From my
vision, it was dark. We will be near Koroso before sunset. I think
we have a great chance of preventing this, if we can find them " she
said pretending to be overly confident. " I know your scared, the
truth is, i am a little scared too. I have all these, what if's buzzing
around my head. " he said as they rode faster. " So do i Van, not just
about the oncoming trouble either. I keep thinking; What if i never
went back to earth. What if i never saw you again. What if i never came
back to Gaea. Things like that " she said in a faraway voice. " Those
are almost the same questions i have asked myself once or twice. I am
glad you came back. I am really glad that i got the chance to love you
again, the way i should have during the great war. I am thankful that
your my wife and have forgiven me for my mistakes. " he said with so
much love in his voice. " I am never leaving again Van. I hope you
know that. When i was back on earth, i thought i was ok with leaving
all this behind. Truth is, i could not think of anything or anyone
else" she said very happily. " When i am with you i feel as though i
could do anything. I promise you when these troubles are over, i am
going to show you more happiness than you could have ever dreamed " he
stated. " Can i get that in writing?" she said giggling. They both
laughed uncontrollably and rode faster. Each secretly hoping that
somehow they could get through this without a scratch.
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Dilandau
-------------------
Good we are almost there. We can surprise Ispano at sunset. Move
in swift and fast. This will be a good day for me. I will teach all of
Gaea who is the better ruler, then i will teach them again. And if by
some small chance Van or any of his little friends get in my way.....
Well then..... it will be a truly happy reunion. I can take care of all
my debts without lifting a finger. Ispano is no match for my new and
improved army. This is only the beginning...... I can feel it.
-------------------
The River
-------------------
I was standing near the river. I was not sure what to make of my
new situation. How will Miguel react now that he has had time to absorb
my news? I was a little worried, but i hoped that he believed me even
on a small level. There were so many things i needed to tell him.
Miguel came walking up at that point. He sat down about a yard or so
away from the lake. I sat down next to him. It was a little weird
between us. Neither of us spoke we sat there on different wave lengths.
I spoke first, breaking the deafening silence. " Listen Miguel, I hope
that you do believe me about the things i told you about. I know what
i saw. I just don't know how to prove to you that i am not imaging
things. Even if you don't believe me, there are some things that i need
to tell you. Something bad is going to happen in the next hour. I can
feel it. Not like a gut thing, but more like a whole body experience
thing. Those vision things or whatever to call them, they were telling
me something. That bad feeling is, well it is deep in my bones. In case
something should happen to me i wanted you to know how i really felt.
About you and Gaea.
He was looking at me now. I thought that it was only fair that i
return his gaze. I turned to face him. We were both sitting down facing
each other now. Now i could tell him. I felt strong. I could tell him
my feelings. Where i lost the words before, now i had them.
When i first met you on the dance floor, i thought you were very
handsome and charming. You didn't get sucked into the games i was
playing. Up until that point in my life everyone got sucked into my
intrigues. I could change any subject and get away with it. Not with
you though. If it was not for that whole chasing me down thing, i may
have fallen for you. The person i was on earth is a lot different then
the person Gaea had made me. I was quiet, self-involved, private, and
selfish. When i came here, i became manipulative, cunning, and i played
a lot of head games. There was no excuse for my rudeness or erratic
behavior. That's why i fell for Dilandau. He was in a position of
power and i could manipulate him easily. You became my best friend. I
relied on you and took you for granted. The fact is, that over the
last couple of years i have thought about you. I did not know my
feelings went beyond friendship until you took care of me. You watched
out for me. I never had that before. I started to look at you
differently. From there my feelings grew. At the time i did not know
it. I figured it out when we were here at the river the last time. I
thought i had pissed you off to the point of no return. I thought that
you would leave and never come back. It was then my feelings came out.
I need you Miguel. I need you always because i love you and can't bear
to be without you. I finished saying. I looked away from his face, i
had never told the entire truth to someone in my life. I was a little
unsure of how he would react. " I feel the same Trea. You give me so
much strength. When i am with you, even before, i felt so alive. I do
believe your visions happened. I am never leaving you for a second. I
trust you and i love you. I was crying happy tears, well so was he.
Now we were complete. Not only did we understand each other but we
were in tune with each other. I don't even care if it was the bloodpact
or not. Now i loved him. I could not imagine otherwise.
We kissed. A half hour later 2 horses came over the hill. As they
got closer i knew who they were. Van and someone i think i remember
from somewhere. I no longer had hate toward Van. I was still not ok
with the whole kidnapping thing, but he was here and from the look on
his face i would say Dilandau was involved.
I came to find out about Ispano's war cry. The war just after dark.
No one could tell exactly when or how it would start. The only thing
we could agree on is that it would happen. Not much time. The girl
with Van was Hitomi, his new wife. No one really had time to explain
or say anything about it. I did know that i started this war. I was
the catalyst behind it. I killed Ziola. Van was the driving factor.
When he and Allen decided to kidnap me. Dilandau was the one who put
everything into motion. What i could not figure out was the same
questions hitomi asked me. Why was i brought to Gaea twice? What the
visions mean, both hers and mine. Even though they were very different.
How could i end a war without bloodshed? She said she felt a power
inside me that could bring peace to Gaea. I had no idea where this was
coming from. All i could think about was my last night on earth. The
voices..... the ones who brought me back to Gaea..... the same voices
in my waking haziness of colors. It made sense in my head but at the
same time there were important pieces missing. I knew the answer inside
me but i could not recall it. We talked for maybe 20 minutes or so. It
was clearly dark now and there were hardly any sounds. All 4 of us saw
movement over the mountains. It was beginning..... We raced up there
to where the horses came down the mountain. Dilandau still was no where
in sight. Finally we found King Ispano. It took a little while, but Van
managed to convince him to fall back to Ispano. The king trusted Van.
I was glad that there would be no fighting this day. Little did i know
Dilandau was watching and listening to us. Ispano left. All 4 of us
headed to get a drink or three.
-----------------
Dilandau
-----------------
Who does he think he is? Van Fanel came to warn Ispano. How
touching...... Atrea that trader! Working on his side. My sworn enemy.
Miguel. Trader too. He swore an oath and now look at him. Enjoy each
other while you can. Because it is short lived. Van is not there to
protect his little kingdom. And i am in the mood to kill. Tonight i
shall take out Fanelia. And there will be no farther threat. As for you
Atrea. I will be coming for you soon......
That night Dilandau and his army went to Fanelia. Dilandau was
pleased to see they were not very prepared. He burned the gate down,
and proceeded to the inner city. Rather than kill individuals, he
burned everything in sight.He instrusted the Zaibach melefs beforehand,
to leave no witnesses. After all the houses and markets were burning,
they went to the castle. It would not be easy to burn it, so they used
their new and improved liquid metal, to forge weapons that were larger
than before. They smashed the brick and burned everyone inside. Now
Fanelia was burning along with all its people. The lucky ones escaped
through secret tunnels. Dilandau and his army left the fallen Fanelia.
Laughing devilishy. He wanted to see the look on Van's face but knew it
would not be wise to do so.
------------------
Meanwhile in Levarios
------------------
Hitomi, Van, Miguel and Atrea went to the inn. It was getting
pretty late but they wanted to get the extra room and get a drink. They
talked for awhile about Hitomi's theory that Miguel & Atrea were headed
to the mystic valley. " It is not over yet. I suspect Dilandau will be
pretty pissed that we talked Ispano into retreating. Ispano had to know
that Dilandau was setting them up for a trap. Yep he is probably
pissed. " Hitomi said sighing. " If i know anything about Dilandau,
then i would say he was more than pissed. He has probably going to do
something horrible. " Atrea stated with utter confidence. They debated
the different ways to end the war, but the end result was always bad.
Atrea was fading again, in and out of the reality of Gaea. It was
not like before. Instead it was timed lapses every few minutes.
Different shapes and different colors. Always moving, always alive. She
just sat there pretending nothing was going on. After another hour or
so, Hitomi got a blank look on her face. She turned to look at Atrea
but she was somewhere else. Her physical body was there, but in her
eyes there was nothing. Then harder Hitomi looked at her, the more she
faded into Atrea's lapses. Soon she was standing beside her in the
vision lapses. She looked over at Atrea in the vision world and in the
real world. Atrea looked back at her. Not a word was spoken. Hitomi
saw what was going on. The colors, the changes. Atrea was changing.
She noticed her fingers were tracing small circles in the air. Colors
were coming out of the tips. It was clear that neither girl could
explain it. Many voices speaking as one stated " It is far from over "
The visions stopped. Hitomi heard and saw everything. What did it mean?
Why did she get sucked into the hazy colored place? Atrea blinked and
looked at hitomi " Now you understand why i am so confused " Atrea
said to Hitomi. She then got up and went back to her room. Hitomi was
left to answer Miguel and Van's questions. Which would not be easy,
because she had no answers herself.
don't sue. - Now the story gets more involved and intense. It is hard
for me to put 2 romance stories at once in this fic. All 4 people and
Dilandau has such different personalities. I hope that reading from
this chapter on, you'll be really kind. I will do my best.
-------------------
Chapter 9: Visions
-------------------
-As i walk down this hallway. Tonight, it's too quite. So i pad
through the dark, and call you on the phone. Push your old numbers.
And let your house ring....... Till i wake your ghost.-
- Kristen Hersh-
-------------------
Levarios
-------------------
Miguel gets out of the shower " Miguel can we talk for a second?"
i asked him seriously. " Ya what is it " he said while drying his hair.
He walked over to the bed and sat down next to me. He looked a little
confused by my sudden seriousness. " There has been some things that
have happened today that i didn't tell you about. But now i think i
should " I said avoiding his eyes for the moment. " Please, go on " he
stated in a worried tone. I paused for what seemed like an eternity.
Then i began telling him about the haze and the colors. He seemed a
little put off by what i told him. Maybe he thought i was crazy or
sick again. " Well, what do you think ?" i inquired. " I'm not sure. I
mean DAMN Atrea, thats a lot to take in. " he said sounding very unsure
of me. " I know it is a lot to take in, but i swear i did not make it
up " i said in a confident voice. " Can i take a walk and think about
it? I don't want to say anything rash until i have a chance to really
think it through " he said very rattled. " I understand. Can we meet
at the river around sunset?" i asked hopeful. " Ya, sunset " he said
as he was walking out the door.
------------------
Van & Hitomi
------------------
" Hitomi, how is our timetable looking?" Van asked her. " I think
we can make it in time to find them " she said hastily. " I hope so,
this world does not need another war " he said with regret. " From my
vision, it was dark. We will be near Koroso before sunset. I think
we have a great chance of preventing this, if we can find them " she
said pretending to be overly confident. " I know your scared, the
truth is, i am a little scared too. I have all these, what if's buzzing
around my head. " he said as they rode faster. " So do i Van, not just
about the oncoming trouble either. I keep thinking; What if i never
went back to earth. What if i never saw you again. What if i never came
back to Gaea. Things like that " she said in a faraway voice. " Those
are almost the same questions i have asked myself once or twice. I am
glad you came back. I am really glad that i got the chance to love you
again, the way i should have during the great war. I am thankful that
your my wife and have forgiven me for my mistakes. " he said with so
much love in his voice. " I am never leaving again Van. I hope you
know that. When i was back on earth, i thought i was ok with leaving
all this behind. Truth is, i could not think of anything or anyone
else" she said very happily. " When i am with you i feel as though i
could do anything. I promise you when these troubles are over, i am
going to show you more happiness than you could have ever dreamed " he
stated. " Can i get that in writing?" she said giggling. They both
laughed uncontrollably and rode faster. Each secretly hoping that
somehow they could get through this without a scratch.
-------------------
Dilandau
-------------------
Good we are almost there. We can surprise Ispano at sunset. Move
in swift and fast. This will be a good day for me. I will teach all of
Gaea who is the better ruler, then i will teach them again. And if by
some small chance Van or any of his little friends get in my way.....
Well then..... it will be a truly happy reunion. I can take care of all
my debts without lifting a finger. Ispano is no match for my new and
improved army. This is only the beginning...... I can feel it.
-------------------
The River
-------------------
I was standing near the river. I was not sure what to make of my
new situation. How will Miguel react now that he has had time to absorb
my news? I was a little worried, but i hoped that he believed me even
on a small level. There were so many things i needed to tell him.
Miguel came walking up at that point. He sat down about a yard or so
away from the lake. I sat down next to him. It was a little weird
between us. Neither of us spoke we sat there on different wave lengths.
I spoke first, breaking the deafening silence. " Listen Miguel, I hope
that you do believe me about the things i told you about. I know what
i saw. I just don't know how to prove to you that i am not imaging
things. Even if you don't believe me, there are some things that i need
to tell you. Something bad is going to happen in the next hour. I can
feel it. Not like a gut thing, but more like a whole body experience
thing. Those vision things or whatever to call them, they were telling
me something. That bad feeling is, well it is deep in my bones. In case
something should happen to me i wanted you to know how i really felt.
About you and Gaea.
He was looking at me now. I thought that it was only fair that i
return his gaze. I turned to face him. We were both sitting down facing
each other now. Now i could tell him. I felt strong. I could tell him
my feelings. Where i lost the words before, now i had them.
When i first met you on the dance floor, i thought you were very
handsome and charming. You didn't get sucked into the games i was
playing. Up until that point in my life everyone got sucked into my
intrigues. I could change any subject and get away with it. Not with
you though. If it was not for that whole chasing me down thing, i may
have fallen for you. The person i was on earth is a lot different then
the person Gaea had made me. I was quiet, self-involved, private, and
selfish. When i came here, i became manipulative, cunning, and i played
a lot of head games. There was no excuse for my rudeness or erratic
behavior. That's why i fell for Dilandau. He was in a position of
power and i could manipulate him easily. You became my best friend. I
relied on you and took you for granted. The fact is, that over the
last couple of years i have thought about you. I did not know my
feelings went beyond friendship until you took care of me. You watched
out for me. I never had that before. I started to look at you
differently. From there my feelings grew. At the time i did not know
it. I figured it out when we were here at the river the last time. I
thought i had pissed you off to the point of no return. I thought that
you would leave and never come back. It was then my feelings came out.
I need you Miguel. I need you always because i love you and can't bear
to be without you. I finished saying. I looked away from his face, i
had never told the entire truth to someone in my life. I was a little
unsure of how he would react. " I feel the same Trea. You give me so
much strength. When i am with you, even before, i felt so alive. I do
believe your visions happened. I am never leaving you for a second. I
trust you and i love you. I was crying happy tears, well so was he.
Now we were complete. Not only did we understand each other but we
were in tune with each other. I don't even care if it was the bloodpact
or not. Now i loved him. I could not imagine otherwise.
We kissed. A half hour later 2 horses came over the hill. As they
got closer i knew who they were. Van and someone i think i remember
from somewhere. I no longer had hate toward Van. I was still not ok
with the whole kidnapping thing, but he was here and from the look on
his face i would say Dilandau was involved.
I came to find out about Ispano's war cry. The war just after dark.
No one could tell exactly when or how it would start. The only thing
we could agree on is that it would happen. Not much time. The girl
with Van was Hitomi, his new wife. No one really had time to explain
or say anything about it. I did know that i started this war. I was
the catalyst behind it. I killed Ziola. Van was the driving factor.
When he and Allen decided to kidnap me. Dilandau was the one who put
everything into motion. What i could not figure out was the same
questions hitomi asked me. Why was i brought to Gaea twice? What the
visions mean, both hers and mine. Even though they were very different.
How could i end a war without bloodshed? She said she felt a power
inside me that could bring peace to Gaea. I had no idea where this was
coming from. All i could think about was my last night on earth. The
voices..... the ones who brought me back to Gaea..... the same voices
in my waking haziness of colors. It made sense in my head but at the
same time there were important pieces missing. I knew the answer inside
me but i could not recall it. We talked for maybe 20 minutes or so. It
was clearly dark now and there were hardly any sounds. All 4 of us saw
movement over the mountains. It was beginning..... We raced up there
to where the horses came down the mountain. Dilandau still was no where
in sight. Finally we found King Ispano. It took a little while, but Van
managed to convince him to fall back to Ispano. The king trusted Van.
I was glad that there would be no fighting this day. Little did i know
Dilandau was watching and listening to us. Ispano left. All 4 of us
headed to get a drink or three.
-----------------
Dilandau
-----------------
Who does he think he is? Van Fanel came to warn Ispano. How
touching...... Atrea that trader! Working on his side. My sworn enemy.
Miguel. Trader too. He swore an oath and now look at him. Enjoy each
other while you can. Because it is short lived. Van is not there to
protect his little kingdom. And i am in the mood to kill. Tonight i
shall take out Fanelia. And there will be no farther threat. As for you
Atrea. I will be coming for you soon......
That night Dilandau and his army went to Fanelia. Dilandau was
pleased to see they were not very prepared. He burned the gate down,
and proceeded to the inner city. Rather than kill individuals, he
burned everything in sight.He instrusted the Zaibach melefs beforehand,
to leave no witnesses. After all the houses and markets were burning,
they went to the castle. It would not be easy to burn it, so they used
their new and improved liquid metal, to forge weapons that were larger
than before. They smashed the brick and burned everyone inside. Now
Fanelia was burning along with all its people. The lucky ones escaped
through secret tunnels. Dilandau and his army left the fallen Fanelia.
Laughing devilishy. He wanted to see the look on Van's face but knew it
would not be wise to do so.
------------------
Meanwhile in Levarios
------------------
Hitomi, Van, Miguel and Atrea went to the inn. It was getting
pretty late but they wanted to get the extra room and get a drink. They
talked for awhile about Hitomi's theory that Miguel & Atrea were headed
to the mystic valley. " It is not over yet. I suspect Dilandau will be
pretty pissed that we talked Ispano into retreating. Ispano had to know
that Dilandau was setting them up for a trap. Yep he is probably
pissed. " Hitomi said sighing. " If i know anything about Dilandau,
then i would say he was more than pissed. He has probably going to do
something horrible. " Atrea stated with utter confidence. They debated
the different ways to end the war, but the end result was always bad.
Atrea was fading again, in and out of the reality of Gaea. It was
not like before. Instead it was timed lapses every few minutes.
Different shapes and different colors. Always moving, always alive. She
just sat there pretending nothing was going on. After another hour or
so, Hitomi got a blank look on her face. She turned to look at Atrea
but she was somewhere else. Her physical body was there, but in her
eyes there was nothing. Then harder Hitomi looked at her, the more she
faded into Atrea's lapses. Soon she was standing beside her in the
vision lapses. She looked over at Atrea in the vision world and in the
real world. Atrea looked back at her. Not a word was spoken. Hitomi
saw what was going on. The colors, the changes. Atrea was changing.
She noticed her fingers were tracing small circles in the air. Colors
were coming out of the tips. It was clear that neither girl could
explain it. Many voices speaking as one stated " It is far from over "
The visions stopped. Hitomi heard and saw everything. What did it mean?
Why did she get sucked into the hazy colored place? Atrea blinked and
looked at hitomi " Now you understand why i am so confused " Atrea
said to Hitomi. She then got up and went back to her room. Hitomi was
left to answer Miguel and Van's questions. Which would not be easy,
because she had no answers herself.
