***Author's Note***
Hey hey! Thanks for the reviews! Appreciate it. I didn't get 10 but I counted the three I got before I re-uploaded part 1 so ya know. Anyway, sorry u had to read such a boring part first. But like I promised, the rest will be much better...I hope. Please review at the end!
Disclaimer: Don't own nothin except peepz I
make up meaning their names 'n stuff. I also own the plot which there is none
at this moment really and the poem.
Dedication: Still to *~A White Rose Petal~*
Parents' Wish
Chapter 2: A Picnic and A Piece of
Parchment
BY: ME jus1digigirl *Maura*
"Isn't
this the nicest day for a picnic?" Yukari asked smiling at Hitomi from the
front seat.
Hitomi smiled back. "Sure is. But, still, I wish..." her voice trailed off as she looked out the window of the back seat.
Amano glanced into the rearview
mirror at his friend. "Hitomi? You okay?"
Hitomi sighed again and didn't
seem to hear Amano. Yukari and Amano looked at each other thinking the same
thing. Poor Hitomi. Amano parked the car in the picnic site's parking
lot giving Yukari the time to quickly jump into the back with Hitomi for a
moment.
"You wish what?" she
asked softly. "You can tell us. We're here for you Hitomi."
Hitomi smiled sadly. "I
know. It's just that, that you...you two wouldn't believe me."
Yukari put a hand on her friend's
shoulder. But before she could speak, Amano called out to them from outside the
car. "Hey girls! We're at the picnic site! Come out and enjoy the fresh
air!"
Yukari smiled and climbed out of
the car, Hitomi following. Taking out their food and equipment, they dragged it
all over under a nice willow tree right by the lake. Quietly, the three set up
everything in less than five minutes. Their hunger was obviously encouraging
them to move faster. After the food was laid out, they sat down on the blanket.
Amano reached for the food first earning him a reproved glance from Yukari.
"What?" he asked with
his mouth already half full with bread.
Yukari shook her head and gave
him a friendly push. "So much for your manners! You're supposed to
serve ladies first."
Amano grinned. "This is a
picnic, not a formal dinner. And where are the ladies?"
Yukari pretended to look shocked
and tossed plate at him. "Very funny! Use the plate to keep your food
on."
Amano just laughed and caught
the plate. All this time the two were joking around, Hitomi had been wistfully
gazing out into the calm water. She had glanced at them smiling for a moment,
wondering whether she and Van would ever get the chance to joke and be playful
like that. All the time she had been on Gaea, there had been no time for such
fun.
"Hitomi?" Yukari asked
in a soft voice once again. He and Amano had stopped fooling around.
"Please tell me what's wrong Hitomi!" Yukari begged. "I hate to
see my best friend so down like this!"
Hitomi turned her gaze away from
the lake. "Yukari," she said taking her hand. "Even if I did
tell you, you wouldn't believe me."
Now Amano spoke up. "How do
you know that? We're your best friends Hitomi!"
Yukari looked at Amano sadly.
"You guys are the best friends I've ever had on this planet but you didn't
believe me before."
"Before?"
"About Gaea."
"You were unconscious
Hitomi!" Yukari cried out.
Hitomi picked up napkin and
began crumpling it. "That's what everyone believes but I swear on grandmother's
grave that everything I said was as real as…as this tree we are sitting
under!"
No one said a word for a while.
Amano finally broke the silence. "I...I believe you Hitomi."
Yukari and Hitomi slowly lifted
their heads to look at him. Amano looked down at his plate. "I'm sorry I
didn't say anything sooner but I wasn't sure if I myself was dreaming or not.
But now, as I recall the beam of white light that carried you away the day you
disappeared, I-I just know it's true."
Hitomi smiled and brushed away a
tear. Yukari however broke out in a rage. "Beam of white light!? You mean
you saw it!? And you never told me Amano! The one thing that's proof to
Hitomi's dream of Gaea being real and you don't tell me!?" she picked up a
fork.
Amano shrank back fearfully
afraid of what a plastic fork in the hands of an angry girl could do.
"I-I'm really sorry Yukari. I-I just didn't think
any-anyone would uh...believe me," he stuttered.
"I would have!" Yukari
picked up a plastic knife and leaped.
"Yukari! Aahhh!" Amano
screamed as the girl jumped on top of him. "Help me Hitomi!"
Hitomi began to laugh. Tears
streamed down her face as she giggled continuously as the show. Yukari had
thrown the knife and fork aside and had given Amano a big kiss. She let him go
and sat back in her spot.
"Gave you a scare didn't
I?" she giggled while watching Amano try to place his hair back to the way
it was and brush grass of his clothes.
Amano glared at her, blushing.
"I can't believe you did that!"
Yuakari shrugged and reached for
a bun. "Hey, you didn't tell me about the beam of white light sucking
Hitomi away. You deserved it." She bit into the bread.
Now Hitomi had resumed herself
and once again became serious. "So...so you believe me? Finally?" she
asked slowly.
Yukari and Amano looked at her.
"We do Hitomi, we do."
Hitomi smiled but then, she
suddenly gasped and dropped the drink she was holding, splashing soda
everywhere. But she didn't care. Yukari and Amano turned and behind them, saw a
beam of white light from which a figure emerged.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Don't
keep me waiting any longer Merle! Tell me what you found right now," Van
demanded following the cat-girl down the steps of the basement.
Merle just hopped down the steps and laughed. "Don't be so impatient Lord Van! Aha!" she jumped off the last step and ran over to an old desk.
"You wanted to show me a
broken desk?" Van asked incredulously.
Merle just gave him a
you-are-being-stupid look. "It's not the desk but what I found inside
that counts! Actually, I think the desk is quite important too," she said
as an afterthought. "It was brought here from the Mystic Moon by some old guy.
Know one knows why though. He disappeared a while ago, a year or two I'd say,
so his stuff was moved here in the palace."
Van raised an eyebrow. "Who
was he?"
Merle nodded and jumped onto the
desk. "No one knows that either. He mostly kept to himself and he wasn't a
Fanelian. Anyway, I was exploring down here when I saw this desk. I came down
here before but I never saw it. I guess it was behind a bunch of other junk. I
decided to see if there was anything inside these drawers," she pulled
open the top drawer. "And there was!"
Van stared at her as she pulled
out a piece of parchment. It was written in very neat script. "What does
it have to do with the Mystic Moon?"
Merle's eyes twinkled yet again.
"Read," was all she said.
Van walked over and took the
parchment out of her hands. Looking down, this is what he read:
Angel
of Fanelia,
King
of the land,
Go
back to your loved one,
And
take her hand.
She
misses you dearly,
As
you do the same.
She
loves you fiercely,
Much
more than your fame.
Angel
of Fanelia,
King
of the land,
She
wants to come back,
Come
back to your land.
How
to do this,
It
will be made clear,
But
one thing is certain,
Do
not have fear.
One
pendant is needed,
Which
only two can use,
With
the power inside,
You
never can lose.
Two
feathers of the king,
From
his back which they grow,
Two
feathers from the king,
Each
to carry one home.
The
last thing in need,
Is
the key of the heart.
The
key of the heart,
Which
was there from the start.
To
the Mystic Moon you must fly,
Fly
through the white light,
To
bring back your lover,
In
love's fast flight.
But
take heed of this warning,
When
the beam of light appears,
Two
hours it will stay,
No
more, then it clears.
If
two hours are up,
And
you have not returned,
On
the Mystic Moon you will stay,
Forever
and be mourned.
So,
do not tally,
Do
not stray,
Keep
close to your loved one,
And
come home right away.
Angel
of Fanelia,
King
of the land,
When
you come back,
Remember
to buy a gold band.
So
go now young king,
Bring
back your true queen,
For
if you do not sooner,
Doom's
soon to be seen.
Van finished reading and stared at
the paper in his hand. He continued staring until Merle finally gave him a
push.
"Well?" she implored.
Van opened his mouth and closed
it. Rereading it once more, he answered. "This not only has to do with the
Mystic Moon but it's as if this-this poem or whatever, is talking to me. As if
whoever wrote this knew somehow I'd be reading this. And if so, it's not telling me how exactly I'm supposed to go
back. It just says what I need."
Merle sighed and snatched the
paper out of his hand. "Of course it does Lord Van! It says right here,
'the last thing in need, is the key of the heart, the key of the heart, which
was there from the start.' See?"
"Which means...which means,
I need to concentrate with my heart on getting back," Van said slowly.
Merle rolled her eyes. "For
a king, you sure are slow some--hey!" she dodged as Van batted her.
Van didn't reply but instead put
a hand to his neck. It was there, as it had been for three years. Pulling it
out of his shirt, Merle gasped at the light shimmering from it. "The
pendant!"
Van nodded. "That's the
first thing. Now I need..." he pulled off his shirt, still keeping the
necklace on, and shrugged his shoulders. Two brilliant white wings burst out
from his back.
Merle started at them. "No
matter how many times I see your wings, they still amaze me," she said in
awe.
Van smiled and plucked out two
feathers, one from each wing. "Lastly, I need to concentrate with my heart
and I'll be in the Mystic Moon." Van prepared to close his eyes but Merle
stopped him.
"Lord Van!" she cried
out. "Wouldn't it be funny if you showed up after three years
half-naked!?"
Van blushed and picked up his
shirt. "Hmm...I bet I have enough time to change. These royal garments are
much to stuffy."
Merle began laughing.
"Hurry up then."
Ten minutes later, Van and Merle
stood in his room. "Alright Merle. Now listen, if I'm not back in two
hours," Merle shuddered. "Don't worry, I will be though, but if I'm
not, well, let's just hope I am. Anyway, if the advisors or anyone else comes
looking for me, you know what to do."
Merle nodded. Her job was to
just hold people off from realizing that their king was not even on their
planet. She was good at coming up with excuses.
"Okay, I'm ready." Van
closed his eyes and prepared to concentrate when Merle once again stopped him.
"Lord Van! What does it
mean that you have to buy a gold band when you come back? Does that mean you
have to buy a music band made of gold or something? Cause I bet if you don't
something terrible will happen!" she looked at him with wide eyes.
Van looked back down at the
paper, which was still clutched in his hand. "Hmm...I'm not sure but we
can figure that out later. Right now, I'm on my way to get back Hitomi!"
he rolled up the parchment and tucked in his pocket.
"You really do love her
don't you," Merle said in more of a statement than a question.
Van blushed and said nothing.
Closing his eyes, he held the pendant in his left hand and concentrated with
all his might on the Mystic Moon and Hitomi. He gripped the two white feathers
in his right hand. Suddenly, a beam of white light fell over him, carrying him
up and up. The last thing he heard before the beam carried him out of Gaea was,
"Come back before two hours!"
~*~ What will Hitomi's reaction to Van's sudden appearance be? What about Yukari and Amano? Will Van succeed in returning to Fanelia within the two-hour time limit? And could there be more secrets dealing with the desk and the old man who owned it than what people know? ~*~
***Author's Note***
Well, I guess that part didn't
exactly clear up the title yet but trust me, it'll all lead up to it. Anyway,
please review! If I get at least hmmm…let's say 8 good
reviews, I'll continue. Or maybe less, depending on my mood. Oh and please tell
me how the uh…poem was. I'm not very good at writing poems so I wanna know what
you think of that one. Cause believe me, I can't write poems. But somehow, I've
managed a few times. Like I said before, the first few chapters are
introductory stuff and also, if you gotta criticize, do so but tell me what you
didn't like, why, and how I could do better. Thanks! Part 3 comin after 8 or
less reviews! ^_~
*Maura*
