Escaflowne - A Vision Reborn (4)
Start the Journey
By *~A White Rose Petal~*
A/N: I AM SSSOOOOOO Sorry!! I haven't written for a couple of months! Where has February gone? This one is small compared to the others though…I'm working on when Hitomi meets Jin in the next one so be patient (Like you haven't been already!)!
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Van looked up to the sky where he just saw the flash of light. A thought suddenly hit him. I have to go find Allen and get Merle! He thought. He got back onto his horse and started back for the castle.
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Merle was in her room as Van expected. She was playing with a little string of beads and seemed to add more and more beads to it and expected it. She didn't like the colors she was putting on it but it wasn't for her either. It was for the court lady who shunned her…She snickered at this thought. OH! I can't wait till she gets her gift! She thought as she snickered again. It was then that Van knocked hastily on her door.
"Merle! You there?" Merle blinked a few times but soon came out of her stupor made from shock.
"Yeah! Wanna come in?"
"Actually I want you out of that room as soon as possible."
"Why?"
" I sent a messenger to Allen asking his presence at the castle…"
"Why?"
"Because I saw a white light shoot out of the sky…" Merle crinkled her forehead in confusion but then it dawned on her.
"H-Hitomi?" She stuttered.
"I'm not sure, and I want to find out as soon as possible."
"Right lord Van, I'll be out in a moment."
"K." Merle quickly started picking up the beads that fell on the floor.
I wonder if it really is Hitomi…She thought, I wonder what would… She walked over to her window and looked out of it and reached her hand for the sky slowly and practically carefully.
"happen." She whispered aloud. She liked how the two moons shined down on her. She wanted to keep it that way where no problems were. She knew problems were coming, or else Hitomi would not have come to help sort them out.
"Please be you Hitomi!" She whispered. "Please be you…"
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Merle went into another room quietly and went over to the library, hopefully she could find what she needed there…
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Merle coughed and sneezed when she inhaled dust off the older or less used book in the library. A book caught her eye quickly. It didn't have as much dust as some older ones, but it most definitely not the most used book. 'The one I used to learn about Zantaki in the first place!' She thought happily. She quickly opened it up and skimmed through it. **
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"Allen!" Van said when he looked up to his long time friend.
"How have you been Van?" Van groaned.
"Depends…do you know about the advisors pestering you three years before your birthday to find a bride?"
"I'll tell you this now, it gets worse as you get older." Van groaned again. "Now…what's the reason why you sent for me?" Van looked up at Allen and looked at his hands.
"I think-I-I think Damn…to put it all together I saw a white light Allen, I think Hitomi has returned to Gaea…though I can't be sure…" Allen looked at him as though this was a joke. When he noticed that Van's face stayed grave he gave in.
"What would you like me to do?"
"I would like you to ward off the advisors for a while so I can head in the direction where I saw it, then you and Merle can catch up."
"DO you expect me to do that?"
"No but I wish that somebody would!" Allen just laughed.
"Really though…what do you plan to do?"
"Well…from the place where the light landed seemed to be Zantaki…"
"The magical empire? Where each subject has it's own hidden power, but those who are royalty are the strongest?" Van nodded his head. "I also have an alibi why I must leave to there."
"Really? What?"
"DO you know what the branches on the tree mean?"
"Yes."
"Two burned off."
"You're kid- I never heard about this!"
"I just found out about it a few days ago." Allen nodded his head.
"You seem to have this quite well planned out." Van just shrugged.
"Well?"
"I'll go if that's what you mean." Van nodded his head. "When shall we go?"
"At dawn."
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At dawn the next morning, Van made sure that not to many people in the village knew that he was leaving so he could do so peacefully. As soon as they got to the forest, (Each one of them were riding horses, mainly because none of them wanted to go in a carriage) they started to speed up a little more. They went on for quite a while until they came to a grand entrance. Or what supposedly where you go to lead to it. A messenger was outside of where they supposed they enter. It bowed very low when he noticed their presence. Van saw red marks on his wrists that looked like…
"Whip marks." He whispered so that nobody but he could hear. He wasn't to sure about his plan anymore.
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** = If you would like to see what Merle read, Tell me! I'll make a small book of Legends with chapters and stuff on it, I've actually already started which is kind of the reason from my absence in writing…SORRY ABOUT THAT!!!)
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A/N: Hope you liked it! I'm working when Hitomi meets Jin at the moment…::looks at clock and eyes widen:: IT'S 3:07!!! My mom is going to kill me…
