Dilandau…3
Usual disclaimer: I do not own escaflowne.
Well first off, I'm sorry to all the Hitomi fans out there that were upset
by my killing Hitomi off. But I assure you it was necessary to the plot of
my story. I happen to like Hitomi very much and was sad to see her go to, but
I could have missed her out of this story all together. After all who'd care
if Van wife was just some princess who died in childbirth?
Any way this is just to say I'm glad people cared that Hitomi died.
Plus too the people who put Dilandau on their favourites list thank you! One
of you is the smiley bandit but I don't know who the other person is. Thank
you to everyone who reviewed.
It was cold, Dilandau had kicked his blankets off and only being a year old
was having some difficulty replacing them so that the wind did not creep in.
The nurse in the corner had cried herself to sleep. Mumbling about "the poor
child." Dilandau knew, even at his tender age, that they were referring to
him. For some time Dilandau had assumed this to be his name. But it had been
some time since the funeral of Lady Hitomi, Queen of Fanlia. And the official
period of mourning had ended eight months ago. And still the Fanlien people
mourned their queen. And as for his father…well…his father.
Dilandau knew about the events subsequent to his mother's death.
After he had been taken from his mother to be officially named Dilandau
Fanel, and inducted as the crown prince. His father had locked himself with
the body of his mother. And had spent a good day alone with his mother,
finally the advisors became worried for his fathers safety and had ordered
the door be broken down, the door being a royal bedroom door had been made
especially thick, and had taken four hours to break down. His father had been
holding his mother in a tight embrace begging her to return. Since that day
his father had been taken ill with his grief, taken to another part of the
castle to rest and grieve while the advisors ran the country for him. But his
father's condition had improved and tomorrow morning he would return as king
and Dilandau would see his father for the first time.
Dilandau sighed and turned over causing the wind to flow up the blanket and
chill his legs, he was also hungry. He sucked his thumb in comfort it would
be dawn in an hour, a nurse would dress him and he would meet his father. He
had a lot of questions about his mother he wanted to know that only his father
could answer.
The door creaked open slightly as somebody peeked through. "Little Dilly.
Are you awake?" a servant girl grinned at the child; her hair pulled back
from her face then covered with bright scarves. Her eyes sparkled at him with
a bright green. He imagined to be like his mothers and properly why she was
his favourite nurse.
"Omi, it's earlee." He stood up in his cot and rubbed his eyes. Omi grinned
and placed her finger on her lips to signal quiet. She tucked the other nurse
in and turned back to the sliver haired prince. "I know its early little
Dilly but today is a very special day and I want everything to be prefect!"
Omi reached into Dilandau's cot and picked him up. Then ran her fingers
through his hair she placed Dilandau down on the floor to play as she rummaged
through the clothes left out for the day.
"No, no, no, Oh I don't think this would be appropriate. Is there a colour
you'd like to wear little dilly?" Dilandau looked up from his toys and purses
his lips.
"I like red, Omi." Omi smiled at the child as he returned to his toys. Well
if her little Dilly wanted red he would get red. Omi hopped up to the
wardrobe and flung open the drawers. Most of the suits where blues and greens.
But at the back of the wardrobe there was a glimmer of red. She pushed
through all the prince's suits to the back to the red. Omi sighed as she
discovered what the red was a package. But still there was no red in the
entire wardrobe even as part of a suit. At least the clothing in this package
was new. It should be suitable and it seemed to be a gift in fact the card
was still attached. Omi grinned and made her way back to the room. "Hey little
Dilly, somebody gave you a present and you haven't opened it yet. Shall we
open it and see what it is?" Dilandau jumped up excited,
"Omi who it from!"
"Let's see know…. It says, "To Dilandau, happy 1st birthday I imagine you
will look lovely and like the true leader you will become in this. Lady Moyàsu.
XXX. Well shall we open it?" Dilandau nodded enthusiastically and once Omi
handed it down to him he began to tear it open.
"Ohhhh! Look Omi! Like Uncle Allen?" Dilandau pulled on his long suit with
Omi's help. Which was in the same style of that of the noble Knight Allen.
"Oh yes little Dilly. If Sir Allen had lovely sliver hair and his suit was
red."
"Omi, wanna wear to see papa?" Omi smiled down and picked him up.
"Tell you what little Dilly. How about I take you to your papa now?"
"Yeah, Yeah!" Dilly squealed with excitement Omi laughed at the young prince
and once again placed her finger on her lips, which Dilandau copied a big
grin plastered on his face. Omi smiled back and both began to sneak out of
the room. The royal cambers where the king had returned to with his loyal
friend Merle who had been unwilling to leave her dear friend just yet; where
just down the hall but it being a castle the hall was very long and dark.
Omi didn't want to risk letting her little Dilly being hurt so she held him
tightly. Her footsteps were almost silent and the only breathing that could
be heard was Dilandau's contented sighs. The hall was cold and the stone chill
ed her bare feet. She began to feel apprehension something told her something
was wrong. Perhaps this wasn't the right time; she looked down at Dilandau joyful
face and decided she couldn't go back now. And besides they where outside the
door.
Omi placed Dilandau in front of the door and knocked. Dilandau hopped from
foot to foot in agitation. He could hear somebody shuffling about and the lock
on the door being turned the door opened and a mass of pink hair and tired
blue eyes looked down at him. Dilandau grinned up and turned back to Omi but
she was gone the whole hall was empty. Omi had left him here and he was all
alone with this strange new person who wasn't his father. Then Dilandau did
what any year old would do in his position. He started to scream blue murder.
Merle gasped at the screaming toddler and grabbed him too her and whispered comforting
things to him. "Hey, Hey little prince I bet you want your daddy don't you?"
In her arms Dilandau stopped screaming and nodded his head. "Well he's
asleep so why don't you go inside and I'll wake your daddy up huh?"
Dilandau nodded and ran in without a word to Merle and sat on a sofa gazing
about the room and at all the pictures about the room.
Merle watched Dilandau as she closed the door, she had heard rumours about
the prince's resemblance to Dilandau but she hadn't believed it to be true
not even when Allen had tried to convince her. But the young prince looked
just like that monster even at his tender age she could see he would grow up
to be near exact to him. She wondered at what Vans reaction he was already
angry at his advisors for refusing to chanage the boy's name. The boy was
how Van refered to Dilandau that or my son.
Dilandau looked at Merle and grinned pointed at a picture " That's Omi."
Merle smiled at him.
"No Hitomi dear your mother. Hitomi. I get your daddy now dear." Merle left
the room and Dilandau got closer to the picture and squinted at it. Those
green eyes and that smile no the cat lady must be mistaken that was Omi.
DUN DUN DUH!
So in this part we've meet little Dilly! And he's very clever for his age
don't you think? But then when your part draconian and your mothers Hitomi
your bound to be aren't you? Well the last bit Omi is Hitomi's ghost and she
keeping an eye out for her son it would seem
Usual please review if you want me to write more. The more reviews the guilty
I'll feel for the next part going up. But please bear in mind I have fan art
to do and chapters for other fic's and the order of the to do list doesn't
change. Sorry but it wouldn't be fair.
Love and hugs
guyan0/katie-chan
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Usual disclaimer: I do not own escaflowne.
Well first off, I'm sorry to all the Hitomi fans out there that were upset
by my killing Hitomi off. But I assure you it was necessary to the plot of
my story. I happen to like Hitomi very much and was sad to see her go to, but
I could have missed her out of this story all together. After all who'd care
if Van wife was just some princess who died in childbirth?
Any way this is just to say I'm glad people cared that Hitomi died.
Plus too the people who put Dilandau on their favourites list thank you! One
of you is the smiley bandit but I don't know who the other person is. Thank
you to everyone who reviewed.
It was cold, Dilandau had kicked his blankets off and only being a year old
was having some difficulty replacing them so that the wind did not creep in.
The nurse in the corner had cried herself to sleep. Mumbling about "the poor
child." Dilandau knew, even at his tender age, that they were referring to
him. For some time Dilandau had assumed this to be his name. But it had been
some time since the funeral of Lady Hitomi, Queen of Fanlia. And the official
period of mourning had ended eight months ago. And still the Fanlien people
mourned their queen. And as for his father…well…his father.
Dilandau knew about the events subsequent to his mother's death.
After he had been taken from his mother to be officially named Dilandau
Fanel, and inducted as the crown prince. His father had locked himself with
the body of his mother. And had spent a good day alone with his mother,
finally the advisors became worried for his fathers safety and had ordered
the door be broken down, the door being a royal bedroom door had been made
especially thick, and had taken four hours to break down. His father had been
holding his mother in a tight embrace begging her to return. Since that day
his father had been taken ill with his grief, taken to another part of the
castle to rest and grieve while the advisors ran the country for him. But his
father's condition had improved and tomorrow morning he would return as king
and Dilandau would see his father for the first time.
Dilandau sighed and turned over causing the wind to flow up the blanket and
chill his legs, he was also hungry. He sucked his thumb in comfort it would
be dawn in an hour, a nurse would dress him and he would meet his father. He
had a lot of questions about his mother he wanted to know that only his father
could answer.
The door creaked open slightly as somebody peeked through. "Little Dilly.
Are you awake?" a servant girl grinned at the child; her hair pulled back
from her face then covered with bright scarves. Her eyes sparkled at him with
a bright green. He imagined to be like his mothers and properly why she was
his favourite nurse.
"Omi, it's earlee." He stood up in his cot and rubbed his eyes. Omi grinned
and placed her finger on her lips to signal quiet. She tucked the other nurse
in and turned back to the sliver haired prince. "I know its early little
Dilly but today is a very special day and I want everything to be prefect!"
Omi reached into Dilandau's cot and picked him up. Then ran her fingers
through his hair she placed Dilandau down on the floor to play as she rummaged
through the clothes left out for the day.
"No, no, no, Oh I don't think this would be appropriate. Is there a colour
you'd like to wear little dilly?" Dilandau looked up from his toys and purses
his lips.
"I like red, Omi." Omi smiled at the child as he returned to his toys. Well
if her little Dilly wanted red he would get red. Omi hopped up to the
wardrobe and flung open the drawers. Most of the suits where blues and greens.
But at the back of the wardrobe there was a glimmer of red. She pushed
through all the prince's suits to the back to the red. Omi sighed as she
discovered what the red was a package. But still there was no red in the
entire wardrobe even as part of a suit. At least the clothing in this package
was new. It should be suitable and it seemed to be a gift in fact the card
was still attached. Omi grinned and made her way back to the room. "Hey little
Dilly, somebody gave you a present and you haven't opened it yet. Shall we
open it and see what it is?" Dilandau jumped up excited,
"Omi who it from!"
"Let's see know…. It says, "To Dilandau, happy 1st birthday I imagine you
will look lovely and like the true leader you will become in this. Lady Moyàsu.
XXX. Well shall we open it?" Dilandau nodded enthusiastically and once Omi
handed it down to him he began to tear it open.
"Ohhhh! Look Omi! Like Uncle Allen?" Dilandau pulled on his long suit with
Omi's help. Which was in the same style of that of the noble Knight Allen.
"Oh yes little Dilly. If Sir Allen had lovely sliver hair and his suit was
red."
"Omi, wanna wear to see papa?" Omi smiled down and picked him up.
"Tell you what little Dilly. How about I take you to your papa now?"
"Yeah, Yeah!" Dilly squealed with excitement Omi laughed at the young prince
and once again placed her finger on her lips, which Dilandau copied a big
grin plastered on his face. Omi smiled back and both began to sneak out of
the room. The royal cambers where the king had returned to with his loyal
friend Merle who had been unwilling to leave her dear friend just yet; where
just down the hall but it being a castle the hall was very long and dark.
Omi didn't want to risk letting her little Dilly being hurt so she held him
tightly. Her footsteps were almost silent and the only breathing that could
be heard was Dilandau's contented sighs. The hall was cold and the stone chill
ed her bare feet. She began to feel apprehension something told her something
was wrong. Perhaps this wasn't the right time; she looked down at Dilandau joyful
face and decided she couldn't go back now. And besides they where outside the
door.
Omi placed Dilandau in front of the door and knocked. Dilandau hopped from
foot to foot in agitation. He could hear somebody shuffling about and the lock
on the door being turned the door opened and a mass of pink hair and tired
blue eyes looked down at him. Dilandau grinned up and turned back to Omi but
she was gone the whole hall was empty. Omi had left him here and he was all
alone with this strange new person who wasn't his father. Then Dilandau did
what any year old would do in his position. He started to scream blue murder.
Merle gasped at the screaming toddler and grabbed him too her and whispered comforting
things to him. "Hey, Hey little prince I bet you want your daddy don't you?"
In her arms Dilandau stopped screaming and nodded his head. "Well he's
asleep so why don't you go inside and I'll wake your daddy up huh?"
Dilandau nodded and ran in without a word to Merle and sat on a sofa gazing
about the room and at all the pictures about the room.
Merle watched Dilandau as she closed the door, she had heard rumours about
the prince's resemblance to Dilandau but she hadn't believed it to be true
not even when Allen had tried to convince her. But the young prince looked
just like that monster even at his tender age she could see he would grow up
to be near exact to him. She wondered at what Vans reaction he was already
angry at his advisors for refusing to chanage the boy's name. The boy was
how Van refered to Dilandau that or my son.
Dilandau looked at Merle and grinned pointed at a picture " That's Omi."
Merle smiled at him.
"No Hitomi dear your mother. Hitomi. I get your daddy now dear." Merle left
the room and Dilandau got closer to the picture and squinted at it. Those
green eyes and that smile no the cat lady must be mistaken that was Omi.
DUN DUN DUH!
So in this part we've meet little Dilly! And he's very clever for his age
don't you think? But then when your part draconian and your mothers Hitomi
your bound to be aren't you? Well the last bit Omi is Hitomi's ghost and she
keeping an eye out for her son it would seem
Usual please review if you want me to write more. The more reviews the guilty
I'll feel for the next part going up. But please bear in mind I have fan art
to do and chapters for other fic's and the order of the to do list doesn't
change. Sorry but it wouldn't be fair.
Love and hugs
guyan0/katie-chan
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