Escaflowne ~ A Vision Reborn (18)
Run Hide Get a Disguise it's Dinner Time
*~A White Rose Petal~*
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A/N: Hey folks! I'm in a good mood at the moment! This chapter has been made to kind of lift your spirits a little bit {Come on people! If you've been paying attention, you would know why this is going to be an interesting chapter}!
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Summary:
Katy comes to the castle to have a 'nice little dinner' in the castle ::coughs::yeah-right::coughs::
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Jin wakes up after her mid-day nap to go to supper…
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Hitomi finds a towel to wipe off the book she found that was covered with dust…and heads to dinner you should all know that by now!!
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"I can't believe it!" Katy said, practically pouncing gracefully with every step she took. Her green cloak flowing easily along with her. "I'm going to the castle for dinner! I can't wait for two hours to end! Imagine my luck!" She said. Her cheeks were pink with her happiness. She went into an alley abruptly and stopped. She looked at the wall with bugged up eyes though nothing on it was out of the usual. She went back to her normal self. She put a mischievous grin on her face, and her eyes sparkled. 'I wonder what Zatera would think…' She thought to herself.
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Hitomi walked back into the room holding a light green towel she again removed the brick and put it inside the hole. Taking care, she pulled out the dusted book and wrapped the towel around it. She left the room quickly, as not to get as many people to see her holding it.
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When Hitomi got back into her room she went over by the window and lightly put it there. She took off the apron she was wearing to guard her from the dust and put it onto the table. She went back to retrieve the wrapped up book and put it onto the apron. Taking care with the towel, she took it off. She coughed from how much dust came flying.
"Ugh!" She said. She wiped off the back part of the book. There was a picture of a bird on it, it didn't look right though, but at the same time it looked perfect. Hitomi couldn't explain it. She wiped it off, now seeing that the book was actually a brownish color. She wiped off the spine. There was a small oval like shape there, it seemed so worn out that she couldn't tell. She could see that there was something above it like a string holding onto it. She shook her head since she couldn't even be sure what it was. She wiped off the cover of it and gasped. 'The word from the prophecy!' She thought. On the cover in fine print were the words;
Legends from Presels: Thy words keep thy hopes up
Hitomi put the book down when she heard a maid coming to check on her. The maid knocked on the door.
"Dinner shall be served soon m' lady, shouldn't you start getting dressed?"
"I will!" Hitomi yelled at her standing up. She went over to her closet where she had some new dresses in it. She picked out her green one. It was all green with nothing really special to make it stand out. It was made of heavy silk and fit her like a dream. It had shoulder straps and a short tail, it was cut a little in front. Hitomi hastily put it on and put clips in her hair.
"There!" She said, examining herself in the mirror. "Done!"
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Allen walked down the corridors slowly. He was thinking about what happened earlier and what he had heard. 'Why would Wanda want to marry Van?' He thought. She really didn't have the same reasons as all of the other princess' who wanted to. '1) She was already the queen and has been for years, 2) She doesn't need the money and 3) she has no friends to brag for!' He thought of the last reason bitterly.
"Bitch…" He whispered as he walked farther down the halls. "She's to stupid for Van, to smart for her own good!" He said. He quickly found out that Wanda knew force and how to use power, in her own way.
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Merle and Zatera entered the dining hall together. Merle was wearing her usual dress but Zatera was scowling about his new set of clothes that were a deep blue. They went over to the table and sat down. Zatera sat next to an empty seat while Merle sat to his right. He whispered over to Merle.
"Why did she choose our seats for us?" He asked. He looked around the hall. It was, from what Zatera supposed, shorter than usual. Merle just shrugged and turned her head to the doorway. She smelled food.
"I dunno…usually, as long as you're sitting in your respected position, it doesn't really matter where you sit…" She said. She got a far off look in her eyes quickly and sat back down. She turned to the table and sat straight, question still in her eyes. "That's odd…" She said.
"What's odd?" Zatera asked quickly. He was wondering if he was doing something wrong. Merle looked at him and squinted her eyes lightly, as if trying to find the answer herself.
"Usually," She said, "The people from the court come to eat with us. This table, however, is far to short for all of them…" Her voice droned on lightly when Wanda and Van were at the top of the hall. Zatera's eyes popped out of their sockets as did Merle's when they saw who was with them. They looked at each other and cringed. Zatera took a breath in. He ducked his head, as if bowing, but he was really trying to hide his face from Katy.
"Zatera!" Merle hissed, "What are you doing? You don't need to bow anymore!"
"One itty bitty problem has occurred Merle!" He said her name crossly. She brought her head back from surprise but returned it to stone. Zatera sat up a little bit, kut kept his ears flattened on his head to show that he was annoyed.
"What's wrong Zatera?!" She asked. Zatera looked at her with those same bugged out eyes yet again.
"MERLE!" He said with anger, "She knows I live somewhere near Zantaki! I don't live anywhere close to Fanailia!"
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Jin put on her dress.
"I can't believe I'm late!" she said. She put on her light yellow dress that had two slits. One on each sides of the leg up to the hip. She grabbed a black bracelet with a yellow bead on it. She went over to the mirror and put her hair into a golden bun holder. As she stood up, she saw her reflection in the mirror when she stood back enough to show her whole dress. "Oh, yes I can!" She grinned. She didn't know why, but she had a gut feeling that something was going wrong.
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Jin walked into the hall and the trumpets blared at her arrival. After saying sorry because she came late, she sat down in the last seat that was open which was next to Merle.
(The table now looks like this:
Hitomi Allen Tyler Katy
Wanda Van
Zatera Merle Jin )
Jin looked at Zatera oddly for a little bit at his slumped figure and his ears brought back. She looked over at Merle who was slowly eating her food.
"What's wrong with Zatera?" She whispered so nobody could here or see it easily.
"It's Katy."
"Huh?"
"The cat-girl over there! It's Katy!" Merle hissed at her quietly. Jin's eyes snapped open as she jumped out of her seat.
"WHA-" She practically screamed. She put her hands on the edge of the table and steadied herself. Seeing that nobody truly cared right now, she was able to pick up some of Wanda and Hitomi's conversation. 'Hitomi looks stressed at the moment' she thought. She was about to sit back down again until she heard Wanda's next words.
"…So I send people into the forest to kill her! She is obviously who is a skilled killer and must be stopped! I sending in a new troop today! Hopefully THEY will be the ones to stop her…" She went on but Jin didn't hear her. 'She sent in troops TODAY?!' She thought. She swallowed. She stood up to her full height and bowed her head lightly to Wanda who was looking at her strangely.
"I must go check up on my father. I will be back in a few days, so I can travel and come back. We might just have enough herbs to keep him stableized for a while, but not enough to cure him all together. Come along 'era. We need to go." Jin said to Zatera. Only calling him by the last part of his name as not to attract attention from Katy. Zatera nodded his head quickly and got out of his seat. He looked back at her in the hall.
"Thanks!" He said. Jin nodded her head. "I thought I would never get out of there alive!" He laughed. He stopped when he noticed Jin wasn't laughing. "Jin," He asked. "What's wrong?"
"I didn't do that for you exactly Zat." She whispered to him with despair in her voice. He looked up at her questionly.
"What do you mean Jin?" Jin took in a deep breath to calm her nerves down.
"Zatera! I over heard what Wanda said to Hitomi! We need to fight!" She said. Zatera's face drooped a little at the news. They started walking until suddenly Jin stopped. Zatera looked at her and started to sniff the air. His eyes widened.
"We aren't alone!" He whispered.
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A/N: YIPPEE! I finally got a REALLY good cliffhanger! All my other ones have cliffhangers in the middle of the chapter! Hehe…
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