The Time Has Come
A/N: Okay, okay so I'm late...................PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!?!?!??!
I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, soooooooooo very sorry.........I know that you'll never forgive me............I feel so ashamed............. *bows her head very low, and waits for the tomatoes to be thrown at her* Yes, yes I know you all hate me but I had no time and I was so tired after the show that I just collapsed on the couch.................and my summer camp was really tiering so I couldn't write the chapter, and plus with the break down of FF.net I couldn't post this any sooner.............................. even though nobody really cares I won Reserve Champion, which means I got second place, and it was only my first time at a horse show............................ *sigh* so on with the story.............
Disclaimer: I don't own Escaflowne so sue me! I don't really care anyways so I'm just using some characters. But I own Melody and Pablo
so there at least I own something........
Chapter 7: Mystical Night
The coach that was carrying the King of Fanelia and the Princess from Basram had finally reached the castlegate of Asturia. There was a loud shout from inside the coach as it neared it's destination.
"Van! What are you thinking?! Shut up and sit still!" Came the drastic shouts of a fairly irritated princess from inside the black carriage. " Will you stop ordering me to shut up! You know, I'm the king of Fanelia and I'm aloud to do what I please." The stubborn king stated as he grinned devilishly at the frustrated princess. "Ahhgg you annoy me Fanel. You better shut your mouth or else you'll wake up the entire city!" Melody fumed.
"Ohh I'm so scared."
"You better be."
"Why is that, princess?"
"As I said before it's for me to know and for you to find out." She simply said while trying to not laugh out loud at the raven haired man's face.
Van just stared at the woman with a face that showed her that he was already irritated and didn't need more insults from her. "Well I must say, dear princess, that your boyfriend will be highly interested in what I have to say to him about you." He added.
"Which is?" Melody asked, wanting to know the answer now.
"Ohh it looks like you'll have to wait princess, it seems that we have already reached the castle." Van emphasized as he looked out the glassy window to stare at the beautiful white castle situated in front of him.
"You evil person! How dare you keep me waiting!" Melody screeched, pretending to be mad at him.
"Well I'm not the only one keeping a secret here so I wouldn't talk, Melody." He said as the coachman opened the door.
"Meany." She whispered as she let the coachman help her out.
Van just laughed, now walking towards the entrance.
" Van Fanel! Where are your manners?!" Melody yelled, is half mock anger.
"Oh I must have left them back in Fanelia." He teased while continuing to walk.
"Van Fanel! Get your worthless butt over here and act like a gentleman!" Melody growled at the king.
"Sheesh calm down lady! It was only a simple joke! And anyways you're not a lady." He teased again walking towards the very pissed off woman.
Melody almost slapped him hard across the face, but she knew he was only joking. 'Hitomi better teach him a lesson or two or else I'll do the honours for her.' She amusingly thought to herself as she grabbed Van's arm nearly pulling it off to pay him back for his 'nice behaviour'.
"Ouch! Why did you do that?" Van questioned as he let himself be dragged inside by an irritated Melody.
"Because you were being a brat."
"Oh really, and the great princess from Basram is not one herself?"
"Shut up."
Instead of teasing her some more Van just went into a laughing fit
and continued to walk towards the grand hallway, half the way being dragged.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`In Hitomi's room~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Queen Millerna, the guests have arrived." A servant told the queen, before she was dismissed. "Why do I have to wear this stuffy dress?" Growled the woman who was sitting on the window ledge looking at the full moon.
"Well because, Hitomi, there is a ball and a banquet, so you must wear one." Answered the queen.
Another growl.
"This is a disaster! I don't know court manners! I don't even know how to sit in this huge dress!" The girl who was sitting on the widow ledge shouted in a distressed voice.
"Don't worry Hitomi, Princess Melody will soon be here. She'll teach you the court manners, you know that I would teach you them but since I'm the queen I can't" Replied the queen while she watched the servants add the finishing touches to Hitomi's blond hair.
"So who is this, Princess Melody?" Asked a curious Hitomi. She had heard very little about this princess, the only information she had was that Melody was from Basram and that she was visiting Fanelia.
"Princess Melody is Van's ex-fiancé."
Silence.
It was a simple answer but to Hitomi it was like a death sentence. She didn't hear the part where Millerna said that she was Van's ex-fiancé and not his fiancé. "What!" She screamed as she bolted from her siting place and tried to run towards the blond haired queen.
"Calm down Hitomi I said that she is his EX-fiancé." Millerna said trying to calm the presently outraged woman.
"My god I could've had a heart attack!" Hitomi breathed.
"And why would you care Hitomi?" Millerna asked innocently, she knew for a very long time that the girl from the Mystic Moon was in love with the King of Fanelia.
"That is non of your business."
"Oh poor Hitomi
, when are you going to admit it? Your in love with Van, isn't that right?" Millerna alleged, while trying to hold back a laugh.
"Ummm let me see, I've been very sad since I left Gaia, my heart was stone cold, I wished that I could see him, I was practically day dreaming of him all the time, my heart was missing, and I was crying at night. Hmm well I guess that you can say that I am in love with Van. Don't you think?" Hitomi said in an amused tone.
"Then I was right! Allen owe's me five gold pieces! (A/N: I don't know how they called money in Gaia.)" Millerna laughed.
"Oh haha, that's very kind of you to make a bet on me." Hitomi said sarcastically while she looked at herself in the mirror.
Hitomi was about to say something mean to Millerna when suddenly there came a knock on the door.
"Enter." Called Millerna.
The door opened to reveal a beautiful woman with long black length hair and chilly blue eyes. "Good-evening Millerna dear how are you?" The woman asked while hugging Millerna.
"Ohh I'm doing great Melody! So how is Derrick? I have not heard from him lately." Millerna asked while the woman let her go.
"He's doing just great! So how is Allen?" The woman asked.
"Oh he's just fine, it seems that being a king and all really did change him."
Millerna was about to start one of those boring and long talks about marriage when she noticed Hitomi's frustrated face. "Ohh dear I must have forgotten. Princess Melody this is the Angel from the Mystic Moon, Hitomi Kanzaki." (A/N: Okay so I tried to make this a tinsy bit different from the other V/H fic's by calling Hitomi the Angel from The Mystic Moon, unlike the Girl from the Mystic Moon, and I'm blabbing too much so I'll shut up for now........)
"Oh there you are Hitomi! I've been so eager to finally meet our saviour of Gaia!" Melody cried out and rushed forward to hug Hitomi.
"And this is Princess Melody from Basram." Finished Millerna while sniffling a laugh.
"Umm princess Melody, if it would not offend you, please may you just loosen you grip so I may breath!" Huffed Hitomi as her face reddened from the lack of air.
"I'm so very sorry! Just call me Melody , Hitomi, please." Melody said as she quickly let go of her.
"I should get going now ladies. For I must meet all the boring royalty in the grand ball room. I trust you, Melody, with teaching Hitomi the courtly manners." Millerna said just before she closed the door .
"So Hitomi let's get to it! I'm not the best at those boring manners but I am the only one who can teach you just now so first of all you should always..............." Melody drowned on and on about all the manner's that ever existed and Hitomi quickly learned all of them.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Few Hours Later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(A/N: Hitomi is still in her room and Melody has left.)
Hitomi's point of view.
The minutes endlessly passed by as I waited for the ball to start.
My head was aching and my legs felt as if they were going to fall of, for I was practising my dance steps. I sighed loudly while I quietly sat on the huge window sill, my mind was racing over the fact that I have not seen him yet.
I looked outside, my eyes searched the velvety sky for two familiar planets. Finally spotting the two planets my eyes began to water. I felt the dreaded memories pass before my eyes in a flash, as I could not bear them.
The memories from that horrible day played over in my mind. My mothers words. My fathers cry for help. I could not bear it any more. I have lost too much already.
I didn't need anymore reminders of my faults. My parent's deaths. My brothers death. Tyler's death. And losing the man I love.
Van.............
His beautiful smile is so deeply engraved in my mind. It always gives me hope.
But now there is nothing anyone can do for me. I'm lost in my world of despair, my heart is of stone, and my soul is gone.
'Van where are you? I miss you so much. I can't bear to be away from you!' I asked myself, not expecting an answer.
'What are you asking me for? I'm just your boring old conscious, waiting for something to happen.' My conscious replied.
'Oh what a great help you are!' I sarcastically said in my mind.
And from there I ignored that nagging voice as I closed my eyes, sighing.
"Van will I ever see you again?" I asked the night. Still not opening my eyes.
"I should hope so." A gentle yet deep baritone voice in front of me whispered.
My eyes flew open as I stopped myself from screaming in surprise.
I recognized that handsome face in an instant, not noticing that the man in front of me was floating in mid air, I flung myself into his strong arms.
"Van!"
"Whoa there! You know that you could have warned me before jumping into my arms." He whispered mockingly, but I could feel his arms encircle my waist.
"Oh Van! It's really you!" I joyfully whispered, while crying into his warm chest.
"Shh Hitomi it's alright. I'm here. Please stop crying for my heart is breaking while is see you cry because of me." His gentle voice soothed me as I subsided my crying.
"Since when are you a poetic man, Van?"I teased as I looked up into his warm brown eyes, before I knew it I was staring into them as if my very life depended on them.
"Oh so now I am a poet? What makes you change your mind so quickly?" He asked half serious, I saw a strange twinkle in his gentle eyes that I have not seen before.
"I tend to sometimes change my mind, Van, I thought you already knew?" I decided to tease some more.
"Oh I knew for a long time." He said sarcastically, while taking me towards the gardens.
I giggled like if I were still in high school, and snuggled closer into Van's chest as we flew towards the royal gardens.
Van had changed a lot in 10 years, 'Oh wow what did you expect Hitomi, for him to be the same?' My conscious nagged. 'Go away. I want to be alone!' I screamed in my mind.
"I'm not supposed to be here with you , Hitomi, because I have my kingly manners to attend to, but since I hate meeting all those old boring royalties in there I thought I might exercise my wings." He explained as we flew closer to the beautiful gardens.
Then suddenly it came to me, I haven't even noticed that Van had his wings out! 'It took you THAT long to notice? My god you do need to get glasses.' That despicable voice in my mind annoyed me so much that I wish I could leave my own body. 'Didn't I tell you to shut up? And LEAVE ME ALONE! Do I have to spell it out for you? Well it goes like this L-E-A..........' I started but my conscious got the point and stopped talking. Thank heavens for that!
After the little argument with my conscious my full attention was on Van. I didn't get the chance to fully look at him before for I was too overjoyed to even care. But now my eyes were transfixed on him, I couldn't even take my eyes off of him even if I wanted to! He really had changed he was no longer that skinny hard headed teenager that I knew before, now he was a very handsome man. His soft chest was filled up of lean muscles that I thought came from hours of sword fighting practise. He had grow taller for now the top of my head only reached his strong chin, but his very raven coloured hair was in the very same state as before it was as disarranged as ever, and his eyes were still the same as before, and I was thankful for that, but now whenever I looked deep into his eyes I could see a mysterious sparkle in them.
I was so deep into my thoughts that I didn't even notice that Van and I had landed in the gardens and that he was waving his right hand in front of my eyes trying to bring me back on Gaia. Finally he gave up. But suddenly I felt something soft and warm press against my left cheek. I was snapped back into reality in an instant. Then I felt blood rush to my cheeks in realization. Van had kissed me! 'Kissed you? That was more of a wake up call.' That evil voice came back again but I ignored it.
"Well hello there. Have you finally decided to join me?" Van teased as an evil grin was plastered over his face.
"Yes I certainly have Van." I chose to act as though nothing had happened he probably was joking anyway.
"Hmm feisty. At least your not worse than Melody, she would probably have my head on a platter if I ever tease her again." Van sarcastically mocked my new friend. I decided to go wicked on him.
"Oh you mean your fiancé? You know Van I haven't been invited to your wedding. Do you plan on asking me?" I innocently asked, but deep down inside I knew I was acting like a child.
"King Van, where are you, dear?" Came a voice from far away.
"Oh well certainly you must come for we do need a maid of honour." Van decided to play along, while , by surprising me, he scooped me up into his arms and folded out his wings that I so much loved.
"Well then I accept your invitation." I said to him softly as he flew me towards my wide open window.
Van just smiled and tightened his grip around my legs and back as he flew faster towards my window.
Oh how I wished that I could stay in his arms forever but with my ever lasting regret I had to slip my arms away from his neck as he gently set me down on my room's floor.
"Well, Lady Hitomi, I must soon take my part for I must drag myself down to the grand dinning hall and meet the very boring royalties, but will you give me the great honour of being my escort tonight?" He asked reaching for my hand.
"Hmm I do not know. For isn't a soon to be married man supposed to stay with his wife to be?" I mockingly asked, though from my words I did let him hold my hand.
"She would never know." A evil grin etched on his handsome face.
"Well in that case then I will." I said happily as I excepted his out stretched arm.
He smiled and drew closer to me as he opened the door of my room and we briskly stepped out and slowly walked towards the long stair case almost all the way laughing at our stupid jokes.
When at last we descended from the magnificent stair case expecting a huge bang of different voices, laughter, and people talking loudly and of course music. But it wasn't there. There was silence. I looked all around the room and everyone was silent. I looked at Van and he too was mystified by the silent people. He had
a bewildered look in his eyes as he frowned in confusion.
Then finally a guard stepped up on the stair case and said in a loud clear voice "Your majesties may I happily introduce to you King Van Fanel of Fanelia and his escort The Angel from The Mystic Moon Lady Hitomi Kanzaki."
As I watched everybody exploded with clapping and praises for Van and I. I could feel myself blush horribly even more when Van had kissed me and I bowed my head low but then I felt Van squeeze my hand ever so gently and his other hand lifted my face up so I met his eyes.
"Look down to no one Hitomi, keep your head high with gratitude and except all the praises you get for you deserve them more than I." He knowingly said as he traced the outline of my face.
"Now lets get a move on before we get run over!" He pulled me towards him as he walked towards the long table, for I was still in my world of bliss to even notice anyone who was talking to me.
This truly was a wonderful night but it still was not over, and I did not know what to expect.
To be continued..................
A/N: I have FINALLY finished my chapter. Well what do you think? It was kinda long but since ff.net was down for such a long time that I decided to add a few things. This did have a tiny bit of fluff in it but most of you probably didn't even notice because my writing is sooooooooooo boring.
So Rosie what do you think? If you consider this a cliffy then I'll kill you Rosie!!!!!!!!!!!! Because it's not ,so there. Well I hope you enjoyed it. I think that this was the longest chapter that I have ever written, with exception of my 22 page first chapter for my other story but just to tell you this chapter took me 17 pages. Well buh bye all see you soon!
P.S: Rosie don't you dare not write another chapter because you thought that I wrote a cliffy, don't you even dare or else................
P.S: Van's shirt did stay on it didn't get ripped.
Camille ^-~
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