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Disclaimer: No, I don't own Escaflowne, sadly, but I wish I did. ^_^;
Blood Stained Feathers
Chapter 1
Hitomi woke up with a start, a quickly fell back on the bed as a searing pain filled her chest. She was somehow laying
in this bed, in this room that she didn't recognize. Once the pain subsided, she sat up and checked to see what had happened
to her. She slowly peeked under the shirt of the uniform. Nothing. She sighed in relief and took a look around. She lay in this
small bed, in this small room, and could here the faint sound of propellers. She made her way to the window and peeked out.
The treetops could be seen below her, as well as other small objects such as houses and people. Two spheres balanced in the
deep blue sky. The land was green and nothing disturbed this peace.
"I must be in Gaea." She said amazed.
Everything had changed from the last time she had seen this place. The scars of the massive war had disappeared from the
planet.
"The last time I saw this place, everything was barren and burned. Now everything is so green!" She said still astonished.
Knowing that this was surely Gaea, Hitomi quickly turned around and remembered why she had wanted to come here.
She checked one more time to make sure she was alright.
'That's funny. I swore it just hurt a minute ago. There isn't any sign of blood or injury. So why did it hurt a minute ago?'
She thought.
Quickly she ran to the door and found it locked.
"Locked!" She cursed under her breath.
She banged on the metal door hoping someone would here her.
"Come on, come on, I need to warn Van." She said to the door.
Just then there was a click and the door flew open, causing Hitomi to stumble back.
"I see that you're up." Said a person as they entered the room.
Hitomi got her balance back and studied the person's face. The man looked familiar but older looking.
"Gaddes?!" She said confused.
The man laughed lightly.
"Yeah, it's me. Alan wanted to see you once you were up. He should be coming any minute now." A few moments of
silence followed.
Hitomi remembered the man, Alan. He had liked her and had even asked her to marry him, but she had declined. She
remembered how they had kissed on the bridge when it was raining, and Van. Poor Van had been watching it all. Hitomi shook
the memories out of her head.
"Um…Gaddes." She said confused. "How did I get here? To Gaea?"
Gaddes thought a moment before he spoke.
"Well, we were flying to one of Austuria's new posts when we saw a pillar of light come down from the sky." He paused
and looked at the confused Hitomi's face. "We knew it was you and landed in a nearby clearing. Once we found you… you
were unconscious on ground. It was funny because you usually come down with Van. Then we brought you here."
Hitomi stared at the ground in wonder.
'That's right! How come Van wasn't there? Did I get teleported while I was having the vision?' She thought.
The sound of running footsteps came louder and louder as someone approached the small room. A man with long blond hair
turned the corner and entered the room.
"Hitomi!!" He said happily slightly out of breath.
Gaddes walked out quietly without saying another word. Hitomi looked up slowly at the man she once loved, and blushed
slightly.
"He..Hello Alan." She said in a quiet shy voice.
"Oh Hitomi!! I haven't seen you in months!" He said as he hugged her tightly.
Hitomi's face glowed a bright crimson red.
"I'm glad you're okay, Hitomi. You had me worried there." He said softly into her ear.
"A…Alan!" Hitomi managed to stutter out.
She gently pushed him away from her, and took a step back. Looking at the blond in shock, then her eyes soften.
"Alan. You know I love Van."
Alan turned his back to Hitomi and tried to forget those horrible words.
"I sent a message to Van telling him you were here." He said not to happily.
Hitomi smiled then gasped as the vision quickly replayed in her head. She started to fall unconscious but Alan had caught her.
"Hitomi? Hitomi are you alright?" He asked.
A pain surged through her chest and she grabbed the bow of her uniform.
"It's Van…" She said in pain.
Alan looked at her again, eyes widened.
"What?! Has something happened to Van?"
"No…"She said before falling unconscious.
Alan set her gently on the bed on covered her with a blanket. He then went to the doorframe and leaned out.
"Someone get a medic over here!" He shouted.
Alan ran to her side as she moaned in pain.
'She hasn't had visions ever since Zaibach was destroyed!' He thought.
A time later, the pain in her chest still throbbed, and she moaned in pain.
She opened her eyes halfway and saw the deep crystal blue eyes in front of her.
"Sshh, it's okay Hitomi." He whispered to her.
She closed her eyes once more and drifted off to sleep.
When she awoke, the pain had stopped. She slowly rose out of bed and saw the blond staring worriedly at her.
"Oh. Alan." She said with tears in her eyes, remembering the vision. "I have to warn Van. Before…before it's too late!"
With that she got up and ran out of the room.
"Hitomi, Wait!" He said to her.
But she didn't wait; she ran full speed to wherever she thought Van was waiting.
"Van. I have to warn Van, I have to find Van!" She said to herself.
She heard footsteps closing in behind her.
"Hitomi stop!" Alan shouted to her.
"I can't I have to find Van!" She shouted over her shoulder.
She sprinted through the ship, which seemed like a never-ending maze. Finally Alan caught up with her and grabbed her
shoulder tightly. They both came to a sudden halt.
Hitomi wriggled to get freed from the tight grip, but it was no use. Alan whirled her around and looked sternly at her.
"Hitomi! You have to know this isn't the Crusade you knew! It is a different improved version. You could have gotten
hurt." He scolded.
Hitomi was just silent and didn't look at him. He sighed and loosened his grip on her shoulder. He was about to tell her
something else when the young girl escaped his grip and ran down the hall. Alan sighed again.
'What is wrong with you Hitomi?' he asked himself and pursued to catch up with the young athelete.
All Hitomi could think about was finding and warning Van. She sharply turned the corner and smashed into someone,
which sent the two falling to the floor. Hitomi struggled to get up and helped the person she had just run into.
"Gomen. Gomen nasai." She said out of breath.
The person just smiled kindly at her. Hitomi then noticed the woman with the short boyish haircut.
"Are…you Alan's sister?" She asked not to sure of herself.
The woman smiled and nodded politely.
"So you must be Celena that Alan told me about." She said. "I never really got to meet you."
The woman still only smiled then a questioning look came over her face.
Alan finally came running around the corner and stopped barely past the two women.
"I..see…you…have found my sister." He said out of breath.
Hitomi just looked at the out of breath knight, then turned her attention back to the woman. The woman still had a questioning
look on her face and looked at Alan for help. Alan finally caught his breath.
"Celena." He said gently. "This is Hitomi. You never really met her, she's a friend of mine."
He put a light hand on his sister's shoulder and gestured to Hitomi. His sister just continued to smile.
"Celena doesn't talk much these days, she usually just smiles." He explained. "Hitomi, I was trying to tell you that Van
was going to meet you at the Austuria post we're heading to."
Hitomi sulked some.
"But I wanted to see him now. He is usually there when the pillar of light hits me, but this time…I don't know what
happened." A small tear fell down her cheek, then another chased after it.
A small hand touched encouragingly on the shoulder. Hitomi looked up to see Celena comforting her, and still smiling. Hitomi
slightly smiled. A cold blast of wind blew past them. The trio shivered from the blast.
"What was that?" Hitomi asked.
"I don't know." Alan said looking around. "There aren't any openings in this ship that could allow such cold wind."
Celena quickly took her hand off Hitomi's shoulder and looked at it in horror. The pupils of her eyes quickly grew small and a
high-pitched scream filled the air as the woman collapsed to her knees. Alan quickly made his way over to his sister's side.
"Celena!! Celena!!" He exclaimed.
Celena had bent over and held her head tightly.
"What's going on?!" Hitomi exclaimed.
"Go get help!" Alan said trying to comfort his sister at the same time.
"Hai!" She said quickly as she was about to turn and run.
But before she could run they both heard an all too familiar laugh.
"Celena?" Alan asked.
Celena quickly turned around and grabbed Alan's sword out of its sheath. She whirled around with the sword in hand. Quickly
she grabbed Hitomi and put the sword closely to the girl's neck.
"Celena….No! Dilandau!!" Alan exclaimed.
Dilandau gave that famous evil grin.
"Well, well, Alan Schezar. It's been a long time."
Well, that's the end of Chapter 1. Yeah I know it's a little short. Don't worry though, Chapter 2
will be longer. So Dilandau is back. HeHeHe…..I thought that all the Dilandau fans would want
him back. HeHeHe….
Also, I'm thinking of adding a little romance to this fic. So I am going to have a voting. Who
would you want to see Hitomi with? It could be either Van, Alan, Dilandau…etc. You choose!
I'll post the results after a week or so along with a great Chapter 2! So keep reading and thank
you for the reviews! Bye! ^.~
forget to review!!!
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Escaflowne, sadly, but I wish I did. ^_^;
Blood Stained Feathers
Chapter 1
Hitomi woke up with a start, a quickly fell back on the bed as a searing pain filled her chest. She was somehow laying
in this bed, in this room that she didn't recognize. Once the pain subsided, she sat up and checked to see what had happened
to her. She slowly peeked under the shirt of the uniform. Nothing. She sighed in relief and took a look around. She lay in this
small bed, in this small room, and could here the faint sound of propellers. She made her way to the window and peeked out.
The treetops could be seen below her, as well as other small objects such as houses and people. Two spheres balanced in the
deep blue sky. The land was green and nothing disturbed this peace.
"I must be in Gaea." She said amazed.
Everything had changed from the last time she had seen this place. The scars of the massive war had disappeared from the
planet.
"The last time I saw this place, everything was barren and burned. Now everything is so green!" She said still astonished.
Knowing that this was surely Gaea, Hitomi quickly turned around and remembered why she had wanted to come here.
She checked one more time to make sure she was alright.
'That's funny. I swore it just hurt a minute ago. There isn't any sign of blood or injury. So why did it hurt a minute ago?'
She thought.
Quickly she ran to the door and found it locked.
"Locked!" She cursed under her breath.
She banged on the metal door hoping someone would here her.
"Come on, come on, I need to warn Van." She said to the door.
Just then there was a click and the door flew open, causing Hitomi to stumble back.
"I see that you're up." Said a person as they entered the room.
Hitomi got her balance back and studied the person's face. The man looked familiar but older looking.
"Gaddes?!" She said confused.
The man laughed lightly.
"Yeah, it's me. Alan wanted to see you once you were up. He should be coming any minute now." A few moments of
silence followed.
Hitomi remembered the man, Alan. He had liked her and had even asked her to marry him, but she had declined. She
remembered how they had kissed on the bridge when it was raining, and Van. Poor Van had been watching it all. Hitomi shook
the memories out of her head.
"Um…Gaddes." She said confused. "How did I get here? To Gaea?"
Gaddes thought a moment before he spoke.
"Well, we were flying to one of Austuria's new posts when we saw a pillar of light come down from the sky." He paused
and looked at the confused Hitomi's face. "We knew it was you and landed in a nearby clearing. Once we found you… you
were unconscious on ground. It was funny because you usually come down with Van. Then we brought you here."
Hitomi stared at the ground in wonder.
'That's right! How come Van wasn't there? Did I get teleported while I was having the vision?' She thought.
The sound of running footsteps came louder and louder as someone approached the small room. A man with long blond hair
turned the corner and entered the room.
"Hitomi!!" He said happily slightly out of breath.
Gaddes walked out quietly without saying another word. Hitomi looked up slowly at the man she once loved, and blushed
slightly.
"He..Hello Alan." She said in a quiet shy voice.
"Oh Hitomi!! I haven't seen you in months!" He said as he hugged her tightly.
Hitomi's face glowed a bright crimson red.
"I'm glad you're okay, Hitomi. You had me worried there." He said softly into her ear.
"A…Alan!" Hitomi managed to stutter out.
She gently pushed him away from her, and took a step back. Looking at the blond in shock, then her eyes soften.
"Alan. You know I love Van."
Alan turned his back to Hitomi and tried to forget those horrible words.
"I sent a message to Van telling him you were here." He said not to happily.
Hitomi smiled then gasped as the vision quickly replayed in her head. She started to fall unconscious but Alan had caught her.
"Hitomi? Hitomi are you alright?" He asked.
A pain surged through her chest and she grabbed the bow of her uniform.
"It's Van…" She said in pain.
Alan looked at her again, eyes widened.
"What?! Has something happened to Van?"
"No…"She said before falling unconscious.
Alan set her gently on the bed on covered her with a blanket. He then went to the doorframe and leaned out.
"Someone get a medic over here!" He shouted.
Alan ran to her side as she moaned in pain.
'She hasn't had visions ever since Zaibach was destroyed!' He thought.
A time later, the pain in her chest still throbbed, and she moaned in pain.
She opened her eyes halfway and saw the deep crystal blue eyes in front of her.
"Sshh, it's okay Hitomi." He whispered to her.
She closed her eyes once more and drifted off to sleep.
When she awoke, the pain had stopped. She slowly rose out of bed and saw the blond staring worriedly at her.
"Oh. Alan." She said with tears in her eyes, remembering the vision. "I have to warn Van. Before…before it's too late!"
With that she got up and ran out of the room.
"Hitomi, Wait!" He said to her.
But she didn't wait; she ran full speed to wherever she thought Van was waiting.
"Van. I have to warn Van, I have to find Van!" She said to herself.
She heard footsteps closing in behind her.
"Hitomi stop!" Alan shouted to her.
"I can't I have to find Van!" She shouted over her shoulder.
She sprinted through the ship, which seemed like a never-ending maze. Finally Alan caught up with her and grabbed her
shoulder tightly. They both came to a sudden halt.
Hitomi wriggled to get freed from the tight grip, but it was no use. Alan whirled her around and looked sternly at her.
"Hitomi! You have to know this isn't the Crusade you knew! It is a different improved version. You could have gotten
hurt." He scolded.
Hitomi was just silent and didn't look at him. He sighed and loosened his grip on her shoulder. He was about to tell her
something else when the young girl escaped his grip and ran down the hall. Alan sighed again.
'What is wrong with you Hitomi?' he asked himself and pursued to catch up with the young athelete.
All Hitomi could think about was finding and warning Van. She sharply turned the corner and smashed into someone,
which sent the two falling to the floor. Hitomi struggled to get up and helped the person she had just run into.
"Gomen. Gomen nasai." She said out of breath.
The person just smiled kindly at her. Hitomi then noticed the woman with the short boyish haircut.
"Are…you Alan's sister?" She asked not to sure of herself.
The woman smiled and nodded politely.
"So you must be Celena that Alan told me about." She said. "I never really got to meet you."
The woman still only smiled then a questioning look came over her face.
Alan finally came running around the corner and stopped barely past the two women.
"I..see…you…have found my sister." He said out of breath.
Hitomi just looked at the out of breath knight, then turned her attention back to the woman. The woman still had a questioning
look on her face and looked at Alan for help. Alan finally caught his breath.
"Celena." He said gently. "This is Hitomi. You never really met her, she's a friend of mine."
He put a light hand on his sister's shoulder and gestured to Hitomi. His sister just continued to smile.
"Celena doesn't talk much these days, she usually just smiles." He explained. "Hitomi, I was trying to tell you that Van
was going to meet you at the Austuria post we're heading to."
Hitomi sulked some.
"But I wanted to see him now. He is usually there when the pillar of light hits me, but this time…I don't know what
happened." A small tear fell down her cheek, then another chased after it.
A small hand touched encouragingly on the shoulder. Hitomi looked up to see Celena comforting her, and still smiling. Hitomi
slightly smiled. A cold blast of wind blew past them. The trio shivered from the blast.
"What was that?" Hitomi asked.
"I don't know." Alan said looking around. "There aren't any openings in this ship that could allow such cold wind."
Celena quickly took her hand off Hitomi's shoulder and looked at it in horror. The pupils of her eyes quickly grew small and a
high-pitched scream filled the air as the woman collapsed to her knees. Alan quickly made his way over to his sister's side.
"Celena!! Celena!!" He exclaimed.
Celena had bent over and held her head tightly.
"What's going on?!" Hitomi exclaimed.
"Go get help!" Alan said trying to comfort his sister at the same time.
"Hai!" She said quickly as she was about to turn and run.
But before she could run they both heard an all too familiar laugh.
"Celena?" Alan asked.
Celena quickly turned around and grabbed Alan's sword out of its sheath. She whirled around with the sword in hand. Quickly
she grabbed Hitomi and put the sword closely to the girl's neck.
"Celena….No! Dilandau!!" Alan exclaimed.
Dilandau gave that famous evil grin.
"Well, well, Alan Schezar. It's been a long time."
Well, that's the end of Chapter 1. Yeah I know it's a little short. Don't worry though, Chapter 2
will be longer. So Dilandau is back. HeHeHe…..I thought that all the Dilandau fans would want
him back. HeHeHe….
Also, I'm thinking of adding a little romance to this fic. So I am going to have a voting. Who
would you want to see Hitomi with? It could be either Van, Alan, Dilandau…etc. You choose!
I'll post the results after a week or so along with a great Chapter 2! So keep reading and thank
you for the reviews! Bye! ^.~