DisClaimer: I do not own Escaflowne or the people in it. Please don't
sue:0)
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I have not written in awhile. I have been working on another story.
But anyway here it is, another chapter. Thanks for reading......
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Chapter 13: What's real
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-The mind of man is capable of anything--- because everything is in
it, all the past as well as all the future.-
- Joseph Conrad-
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I have noticed in my short life that everything can change in an
instant. That one remarkable moment that leaves nothing the same. This
is one of those times.
In the bushes i saw glowing red eyes. Was it a beast or man? I was
just waking up and not to sure if i was still dreaming or i was awake.
Either way, why chance it. And old man arose from the bushes. Slowly
walking up to me. " Is your name Atrea? " he said. " That depends on
whose asking "? I retorted. " I came across a young man earlier tonight
who has a special interest in your dreams " he replied. " So what do
you want with me"? I stated very harshly. " I want your powers, child "
he said laughing. Was he for real? He drew a circle around my campsite.
I got up and tried to run, it was to late. I was bound in that circle.
It could have been an invisible shield or something, i could not have
known. He began chanting in a language i had never heard before. I
felt a pulsing in my veins. A warm heat slowly rising within me. I felt
myself wanting to let go of the world and fall in a deep sleep. The
harder i fought, the faster i became dizzy. Nothing was real to me
anymore. I had tunnel hearing and my sight wasn't that reliable either.
I was fading.....
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Dilandau
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Where the hell am i? Oh wait. ok. So where's the old guy? I feel
rested enough. I know she is close. From what he said i should be
only fifteen or so minutes from her position. I just wish i knew which
direction to go. Dilandau gets up and surveys all four paths
Maybe i will follow the old man. He seems to know a lot of magic and
maybe he can tell me where she is. HHHMMMM footprints heading this
way. I hope this is it. I want to find one of them tonight.
~~~~ Dilandau sees a glowing blue fog ahead ~~~~ I was right. That must
be her. He breaks into a run. He does not like what he finds...
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The campsite
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" WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!!!!!!!! " Dilandau yells while
drawing his sword. The old man does not seem bothered a bit. In that
second, Atrea looks over to Dilandau as he strikes the old man in the
back with his sword. The old man dies, as well as the light that
engulfed her.
"Why have you come"? I whispered, out of it. " Well it looks like i
came to save you. " he replied now at my side. I felt only half alive.
My powers died with the old man. I could not feel them anymore. I
started to cry. I can't really say why i am crying, no real purpose.
" You know my powers are gone now, and i feel empty " i said trying
to focus on his face. " I know, it's ok . I have found you and
nothing will ever take me away from you again " he said confident.
He sat there looking down at me face holding my limp body on his lap.
I didn't know what to tell him. I felt like i had a concusion or
something. My hearing faded in and out, as did my vision. I felt sick
all over. I tried to speak but my lips would not work, i could feel
tears coming down my face and that was about it. As the minutes passed
i became aware of so many things. The ground was sooo cold, i felt like
it was a focus point for me to stay awake. The wind stung my eyes, so
i closed them. I could hear my own breathing as i lay there so
helpless. Who knew that these things could go so terribly wrong. My
good intentions changed Gaea. Running away didn't help either, the
void in my heart and soul grew larger. And now look at me. Laying
here dying. I know i am dying, it does not appear Dilandau thinks so.
If this is all the time i have left in my life, i am glad he is here.
He's talking. I can see his lips move. I think he said i love you,
but my eyes are blurred. I feel like i am floating......
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The nearest town
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I saw the light disappear from her eyes and rushed her to the
nearest place. It was about an hour away by horse. She has a pulse but
it's weak. I am not sure what to do. If she dies........ Can't think
about that now. I be strong enough for both of us.
" Do you have a healer ?" I yell to the people in the square. A
woman an a young girl run outside of a hut about 2 meters away. I
told them what had happened. They did not look hopeful. " You have to
save her! " i yelled. " There is nothing i or anyone else can do now "
the woman said. Her eyes were closed and her pulse almost gone.
" Leave me with her! " i yelled.
I was alone with Atrea. I could not let her die, but was powerless
to change anything. I did the only thing i could do. Talk to her. I
hoped she could her me before she.....
I can hear Dilandau talking away again, barking orders. Trying to
save me. It seems everyone left us alone. I am going to die. Thats a
hard thing to realize. He told me he loved me. That was about the only
audible thing i could hear. Everything else i felt strained to hear.
With my last breath i told him i loved him too. Then i faded away.
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Hosipital
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" Where am i?" I whisper. My mouth was dry like sandpaper. I tried
to sit up but i found myself to weak to do so. My eyes were in need of
some serious visine, and my head could use a whole bottle of tylenol.
It was dark in this room but i was aware of little things. Blinking
machines, blinds on the window, and the soft bed i was laying in.
Was i dreaming? Lately i cannot seem to tell the difference. It is
all the same. But this time, it can't be a dream, i feel achy.
Down the hall excited nurses were running around. I heard their shoes
on the floor. This was earth, i was sure of it. So why did i die, in
that other place? Why no pilar or light? I was sick of questions. My
tired body wanted sleep. I closed my eyes and did just that.
Some time later, i heard voices in the room i was in. A doctor or
nurse, who knows. I refused to let them know i was awake. I lay there
eyes closed, listening. " Remarkable, this almost never happens " a
male voice spoke. I heard flipping of some pages. They knew i woke up,
something in my vitals told them as much. It took 2 more days or so,
before i figured out what they meant. Through all the conversations,
i have been in a coma for about 4 years after a bad car accident in
New York. The guy who hit me, died at the site of the accident.
If this was true.... All the events i had just lived through were
not real? Did my mind make them up? Would i wake up tomorrow and be
on Gaea again or some other place? I did not want to live through this
again. I never really left earth then...... Or i was in hell. Nothing
makes sense...............
- In the real world... as in dreams... nothing is as it seems... -
- Book of counted sorrows -
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Well thats it, i thought there would be more but i want to save it for
part 3 of this trilogy thingy i am doing. I want to leave you with
some questions though, that will have answers in the third sequel
called: "His Reality".
Was Atrea and Dilandau's adventure, fiction or non fiction?
What happened to Hitomi and Van?
Did they rebuild yet again?
Is Miguel still in the monkhood?
Did the slayers really die?
Or are they somewhere between time and space?
Does Earth and Gaea run on the same linear time?
Thank you again for all your reviews.:0) Ellone......