CHAPTER 3

All Peaches could remember was smoke.It was everywhere.
In every thing,a bleak darkness threatning to swallow the whole
world up.And it might as well do so.Dark anticipation flooded her
sences like nothing else.What would her precious Peorth Island look
like NOW?Was she one of the verry few survivers,where there any
other survivors?Oh,god,what happened to to her friends and famly?
Where they evin alive?
Her father,

Ren, Airy, Earthy, Angel, Bunny, Duo ,Heero,Quatra,Trowa,
evin Wufei.......So many poeple she couldnt live whithout........oh God,
what was she to do?Whith that grusome thought still lingering in her
mind,she opened her eyes.


Heero's sharp eyes caught some movement next to him.Someone
was waking up.

Peaches was expecting to be on the ground infront of the offcials
of Chamilian.What she saw,thank goodness,was not that.She was in
some type of a large jail cell.So much for comfort.There was little
light,but enough to make out the silouette of Heero.Nobody else had
wierd bangs like that.

"Heero?"she asked,incertanty lacing her voice.

"Hn."was the reply.It was most defenatly Heero.

Peaches was a little less terified now.At least she wasnt compleatly alone.

Duo was having the ODDEST dream.He was running after an ice cream truck
(AN:there had to be some comic relief SOMEWHERE,ne?)and kept running into
poles.Evin more odd,the poles had people on top of them,and every time he ran
into one,the person fell down.As if the dream couldnt get odder,each person was
somewon he knew.He bumped,well,smashed was more appropriate,into a pole that
had Earthy on top.She didnt fall down.He smashed into pole after pole (AN:ouch!)
that had Earthy on top,but she never fell down.Suddently,everything went grey
and Duo woke up.

And then it came to him.Earthy didnt fall down because she wasnt alive.


"Come back,ice cream man,come back........." mumbelled someone across the cell.
Peaches turned toward the voice.

"Ice cream man?Did they drug you or what?"

"um.....heehee...heh......er......"Duo stammored.

"Oh just shut up,Duo!"said Heero,exasperaded.

Duo crossed his eyes and stuck out his toubge."Mnaaaaa!!!"

Peaches swatted him on his head."Oh stop it,Duo.Arnt we supose to be all sad and
stuff?We are captured,after all."

Duo tryed and tryed to recall his dream.All he could remember was an ice cream man.
'Yumm.....,' his mind screamed when he thought of ice cream.'Ice cream sounds good
right now....hec,ANY food sounds good...'

"Now,how do we excape?"Peaches was asking.

"Pic lock the door?"Duo sugested.

"Whith?"

peaches' face lit up."I know!Whith this!"she fished in her pockets for a moment
and got a hair pic.Her smile was big and triumphant.Duo rolled his eyes,but took
the pic anyway.

The pic,as amaturish as it was,work splendedly.(splendedly....what a fun word..)
The trio noicessly made thier way out into the hall.At the end of the corridor there
was 3 gaurds,but no other security was to be found.'This is too easy.....' Peaches
thought. 'I hope this isnt a trap.....'But she dismissed the thought.What mattered now
was excaping.Peorth need her.

Duo stealed a look at Peaches.She looked so seirous and deep in thought....so
unnatural for her sunny free-spiruted style......Duo was surprised for his own protecteve-
ness over the girl.Thats all she was....a girl...right?'No.....' his mind sneered. 'You are in
love with her and you know it.Stop denying it...you know its true!'Duo shook his head to
clear it.He would deal whith this later.They had to excape before he did anything else.....
expeshly declaring his fealings to Peaches.

Heero walked ahead of the others,and sneaked upon the gaurds like a cat would mice.

It was an easy task to knock out the gaurds.He would have killed them,but Peches wouldnt
hear of it.He frowned but complyed;he had a feeling it wasnt wise to dissigree with
Peaches at the moment.She looked dangerous.

Once they where outside the prison,Duo took a good look at the building.It was grey and ugly.
How typical of a prison.He made a mental note that prisons are as ugly on the outside as
they are inside.

The three excapees stalked Quietly into the town.Surprisingly,there was little
damage to be seen.Peaches took the lead,staying in dark shadowed areas and heading toward
a small hut on the oppicite side of the town.

As the trio made went to the small hut,its door opened and Addie,the old but kind local herbess,
(ya gotta have thiese kind of cool old ladies in a fic like this.Ya just gotta!its a rule or somethin...)
walked out.She saw Peaches' sillouette(i KNOW that was misspelled)and ushered the 3 inside.

"Peaches,dearie,thank goodness you be alive!Me was worrng me head,off,me was.(I love this kind
of diolage.....)Ye father wantsed me ta give ya this here letter."

"A letter from father?"

"Yesie ,me dear.Read it and then its off you go.If ye keeps a move on,ye wont get caught!"

Peaches took the letter and sat down,reading quickly.

"Lilinith (in case ya forgot or didnt know,thats Peaches' real name),
I have found a place where we will be safe.Meet me at midnight tonight at the old clock
gate tower and I will show you where.All will be explained then.
Your loving father,
Peter."
Peaches skimmed the note 3 more times,threw it in the fire place,bid Addie goodbye and
left,Heero and Duo behind her.


The moon shone brightly that night as the trio made thier way towards the old clock gate
tower.The old tower was seen as haunted,and it was rarly not desrted.Peaches had faith
they where not being watched or followed.

She was wrong.

A pair of eyes watched the 3 with curriosity,its intentions unclear.

Peaches eyes lit up as she saw Peter. "father!" she said,running to him."so where is the
place where we will hide out?"she asked.

"peaches,i need to talk to you.Alone." taking the hint,heero and duo left.

"what is it father?"

"lilinith...I must confess something.I am not your real father.You know
that.But I have never explained your past to you.You are truly the heiress of a kindom....
the kindom of Anceent.Your mother, Queen Alicia,was murdered brutilly when you where
3,as where all of the inhabitants of Anceent.Except you.The only place we have torun to
are the ruins of Anceent.Im sorry if that upsets you.But it is neccisary for our survival.
Please understand."

Peaches looked at Peter,her mouth agasp. THUNK (we all know what that sound is.............)
She fainted,her face white.



thats chapter 3!!YAY!!!MUWAHAHAHH!Dont ya just HATE it when this happens?heehee.
For all you romance fans,there WILL be some in the next chapter (nothin really hard core,
this fic STAYS PG-13!)between guess who(hint hint).taataa for now!