shoreline of death
disclaimer: I don't own escaflowne... tho i wish i did! REALLY i do. and i did a little copy right of the land of the dead thnx 2 Camille ^-~. thnx!
"Van! snap out of it!" Hitomi screamed shaking his shoulders, her tears dripping on his shirt. "Please wake up... I can't live without you Van! I just can't..."
She couldn't cry anymore... her tears had run dry.
"Van I love you, I'll never give up.." she sobbed and lay her head on his chest and closed her swollen eyes
She didn't even notice that the pendant around her lover's neck began to glow with brilliant light...
When Hitomi opened her emerald eyes, she was no longer holding the limp body of her lover. She was no longer in Van's room.
She stood at the shoreline of a gloomy river. There was no sky, just the ceiling of a cave veiled the river. Small rowboats made of rotting wood were carrying dark figures across the river.
Hitomi blinked again clenching her hands together in fear. "Where am I?" Suddenly, a cold hand closed around Hitomi's shoulder.
"AHHHHH!" Hitomi screamed whirling around. All she saw was a dark figure wearing a black robe shielding his face. "W-Who are y-you?" Hitomi stuttered taking a step back.
"Who goes here?" The figure asked withdrawing his pale, boney hand.
"I-I'm Hitomi Kanzaki. Where am I?"
The figure reached into his pocket and took a large black book out. He flipped through the pages. "Hitomi Kanzaki." He snapped it shut, and put it back in his pocket.
"You are not in this book. Have you not signed in?"
Hitomi took more steps back. horrified. Terrifying moans could be heared at the shoreline. Suddenly, a realization came to her. she remembered what her grandmother had said.
-flashback-
"Gramma... what's death?" a little girl of 6 of 7 with with short sandy blond hair asked. In her hands, she held a pendant with a pink stone on the end.
"When you die, you'll go to the shoreline of the river of death.
The dead must sign in with the boat master, so your name will be inside the black book. You must take the boat across to reach the death gates. Dying is not a good thing my dear."
The lady with the white hair tied back into a bun smiled patting the little girl's shoulder. "Then, the dead will walk together to their judgement... Then.. All is lost."
-flashback end-
Hitomi fell to her knees. "Where is Van?" She sprinted to the shoreline, just in time to see one of the rowboats drifting off. it was drifting off about 3 or 4 feet, 5, 6.
Hitomi took a deep breath. "You can do this."
She began sprinting to the edge of the water, then she took off with her right leg, flying through the air. Her body stretched and stretched.
"Bam!" She landed on the edge of the rowboat, tipping forward and falling onto someone.
The boy didn't even look at her. His eyes were fixated on what was before him. The torrent of the river carried the boat closer and closer to the death gates. His unkept brown bangs were wet, and covered with bits of soil. He was wearing a black and blue armor outfit.
Hitomi thought the boy looked familiar. Suddenly, she reconized him. He was the Zaibach soilder that was captured by the Duke of Fraid, and interrogated, then killed by Zongi, the doppleganger.
"Are you Migel of Zaibach?" The boy's head twisted sharply around showing a bloody gash on his forehead. He nodded slowly, his grey eyes piercing into hers sharply.
end of chpt 2
a/n: sorry guys. kinda short. kinda a scare for Hitomi. any how, please R/R.