Escaflowne ~ A Vision Reborn (14)

Escaflowne ~ A Vision Reborn (14)

Iris

By *~A White Rose Petal~*

A/N: I'm back from Disney Quest! It was really cool! Okay…I think it was Silent Dreamer or something that said Hitomi's vision was to long…if you remember the part after you would have known that it was Jin who had the vision, not Hitomi, here's the part now -

Jin's eyes opened with a start. She found herself on a tree branch, she recognized it, luckily. It was one that was close to the cabin. She comes over this one to think to herself a lot. She looked at her hands.

"And what was that?" She thought, referring to the vision.

IMPORTANT!!! Iris means the same as Hitomi, only in English from what my dad is telling me (You got it right, dad?)! Kay? So in a way, this chapter is called Hitomi, but not hehe confusing? Thought so.

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Summary:
They group heads towards the castle, when they get there…Wanda seems jealous of Hitomi…

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"You!" Wanda yelled at a nearby boy. He looked over to her, scared.

"Y-Yes your-your highness?" the boy stuttered. Wanda made him walk over by pointing in front of her. He bowed quickly and stood back up. "What may your wishes be…your highness?" He asked. Wanda tapped her nails on the arm rest of the chair.

"I would like you to fetch the potion master," She said. She stood up from her chair and went behind the chair. When she came back she was holding two bags. "For excepting, you get one bag of gold," She said, "and getting him here, another." The boy looked at the bags and grinned.

"Aye, I shall do it." He said and raced out of the room. Wanda sat back in her chair, expecting Van's return but not company.

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"What are we going to call you?" Allen asked Jin.

"Well, you can call me Jin in there, but not Juearo Hateto." She said. She was jumping from branch to branch. It was getting harder to do now that they were getting closer to the castle and there wasn't as much thickness in it as before. Tyler was walking on the ground, smirking up at her, she didn't notice till he asked told her something.

"Hey Jin?"

"What?" She asked annoyed, he asked her that in mid-jump.

"You really aren't supposed to do that as we get closer to the castle! Somebody might see you…" He said, "and I already have." He laughed Jin jumped off the tree branch and jumped on them, both now rolling on the forest floor. Zatera looked at it in interest.

"Win Jin, win!" He said, "Hey! It rhymes." Jin had her hands on Tyler's throat, and he the same with her. Tyler let go of it so she could start tackling Zatera. She stopped the fight quicker then with Tyler.

"Why'd you do that?" Tyler asked, a pinch of disappoint in his voice.

"We can't have them see me now can we?" She asked him.

'We're taking them to the castle?' Allen wondered, shaking his head. 'I feel very sorry for myself right now." He thought.

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"Your highness!" A messenger yelled through the halls. She was, at the moment, having her nails done, toes and fingers. Her fingers now being done as she started examining them as the young woman who was doing them bent down to her toes.

"What?" She asked annoyed.

"Lord Van and his companions have returned with…" He paused for a moment, thinking of what he should call Jin, Zatera, and Tyler.

"He has returned!" She said giddy. She looked down at the girl. "Get away from me peasant, and hand me my shoes before you leave." She said. The girl looked up at her with terror in her eyes. She reached over to the table that was barely an inch away from the throne. She handed Wanda the shoes. "Why are you returning them to me?! Put them on my feet!" She said, putting her feet out. The girl quickly did it and left without a word. It was then that Wanda remembered that the messenger had paused after with. "With what?" She asked. The messenger looked at her and then to the ceiling.

"…with guests of their own…" He said. Wanda looked at him, confused.

"And who may these guests be?" She asked. The messenger bit his lip. Nervous.

"They have two teenage girls, a teenage boy, and a teen boy cat." He said, hoping this was an ok answer.

"Where did they meet?"

"I do not know your highness." Wanda huffed up.

"You are supposed to be a messenger!" She practically yelled at him. The others heard it however, for they were right outside the door. Wanda sighed for her servant's 'carelessness'. 'Must I do everything?' She thought. "If you don't know where they met, than do you know where they are now?" She said calmly, but coldly. The messenger shivered.

"They-They are right outside the-the door your-your majesty…" He said backing up a bit. Wanda stared at him with large eyes.

"Out-Outside the door at-at this moment?!" She stuttered. She took in a breath to calm her and sat correctly in her throne. She turned to the messenger and lightly nodded her head. "You may lead them in, and then be off." The messenger bowed deeply to her and opened up the thick wooden doors. Merle and Zatera were the ones to here the queen yelling through the doors and they told the others. All of them, however, walked in as if they didn't know or hear a thing.

All of them walked in Merle curtsying because she was the only one at the moment who could. Hitomi lowered herself a little bit and lowered her head as Jin just nodded (ß both girls were wearing shorts). Van, Allen, Zatera and Tyler all just nodded theirs heads. Wanda felt a pang in her stomach. She looked over to Jin. She didn't know why, but she hated her already. It was almost as if Jin knew what Wanda was feeling, for she felt the same feeling towards her. Only she knew why.

"Guards! Get these new guest rooms immediately, unless you feel as though you would be leaving soon…" Wanda said tapping her fingers on the arm rest, showing off her nails but not knowing it. She didn't really like Hitomi either. She felt her anger rising up in her when she saw how close the girl was standing next to Van… 'What does she think she's doing?!' She wondered.

"We shall stay a few nights and then leave. We are needed elsewhere at times, so we may leave semi-often. Depending on when we must go." Jin answered before Zatera could. He looked up to her, small hints of questions in his eyes. She ignored it however.

"Why, may I ask, that you must leave at so many times?" Wanda asked. Tyler kept his mouth shut as Zatera got a solid look on his face.

"We have family where we come from, Lord Van was kind enough to invite us as his companions here so I may got herbs to help heal their wounds." Jin said. She looked up at Wanda without a trace of fear on her face. Wanda didn't like that. People who come to meet her are always scarred with lines on their faces from fear or nervousness. She dismissed the thought for a few minutes as she answered, though she was against the idea of it all.

"Alright then. We will give you rooms until you must leave, and then we shall also see you off the castle grounds till you enter…er…where did you come from?"

"A low part of the Fanailian forest, safest part there. We traveled here on foot looking for the herbs as not to miss any." Jin said. Zatera and Tyler were leaving the talking up to her. She apparently got that as she kept on talking easily.

"So Fanailian residents?"

"It is actually outside of the Fanailian borders, or any other parts of Gaea, but yes, when it comes to locating us, we are Fanailians." Jin said. Wanda shook her head at this answer and turned to the guards who were waiting by the doors for her orders.

"What are your names?" She asked. That was when Tyler spoke up.

"I am Tyler. The cat boy is Zatera, and the blond girl is Jin." He said.

"The other girl?" She asked. Tyler stayed quiet for a moment, not knowing what Jin wanted. She spoke up instead.

"Her name in Iris." She said in a monotone voice. 'Why would they need to hide my actual name?' Hitomi wondered. 'Unless they don't want Wanda to know who I am…' Wanda lightly bowed her head. She motioned her fingers to the doors.

"You may show them to their rooms. Would any of you like-"

"No!" Van, Allen, and Merle said together. 'I don't need to be escorted to my room!' Merle thought as she left the room and raced out of the door. Van and Allen following suit.

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Hitomi opened up the door to her room. It didn't look as nice as the one as she had gotten on Fanailia. She slowly shut the door behind her. She cringed at the color of room she got. It was yellow everywhere!. It wasn't that she didn't like the color yellow, but when you use to many shades of it, it doesn't look to good. 'This place needs to get remodeled…' She thought. She shook her head at the thought.

There was a dresser on one side of the room with a thin mirror behind the desk. 'That mirror doesn't even belong there!' She thought. There was a small desk, about a couple of inches smaller than the bed, which was quite short itself. 'If I can get to sleep, I will be happy!' She thought sarcastically. She felt warm arms go around her waist. She turned her head back and grinned up at Van who was grinning down on her. Hitomi groaned after figuring out that Van was planning on letting her go for a while.

"You're room looks awful!" Van said. He usually doesn't make comments about that stuff but, hey, this was Hitomi. He had to say something. Hitomi looked up at him. He knew that she was ready to get sarcastic. ANYTHING could happen.

"Really Van? I didn't notice…I thought the color suits me! Ugh!" Hitomi said. She started to try and get past Van's arms and he let her go.

"Wanna go for a tour? We'll have to take Merle though…or Jin or somebody…"

"Why would you need to take anybody?" Hitomi asked confused. Van looked at her, she thought for a moment that he looked scared. He sighed.

"Wanda wouldn't want that." He said. Hitomi just looked more confused. Van was sort of afraid of that. "I still have a lot to explain to you." He said.

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"You called, yet again, your majesty?" Asked the potion master bowing. He was quite annoyed for her never letting him finish his work.

"How much longer?!" She demanded.

"Well, your highness, if you give me more time to work for the next week, no interruptions, than it shall be done as planned. Seven days."

"Fine! Blame the one who is paying you!" She snapped. The potion master seemed a little fazed a little. She looked at her nails, which was becoming a habit and admired them. "You know sir, I am paying you quite a bit of money for this small potion. My nails are worth more than ten of your heads and yet I'm paying you more money than what I do on them…" She said it quietly but he could still hear it as it sliced through the air in it's own way. He stayed in his bowing position though. "You may go." She said. He got up as quickly left the room as fast as his legs would allow.

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A/N: OK short but I wanted to get a part out. A lot has happened in this chapter!!! I've got to go now…it's 2:21 o'clock! See ya!

*~A White Rose Petal~*