Escaflowne ~ A Vision Reborn (25)

Escaflowne ~ A Vision Reborn (25)

And I Cry Myself to Sleep

*~A White Rose Petal~*

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A/N: Ah…the next chapter…::achoo:: d*mn head cold…

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Summary:

Jin? Princess? How can she stand talking to them all now?

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~*~Hitomi~*~

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Hitomi looked in front of her as if she was zoned out. In a way, she was. 'My mother told me to find Virginia…and I found her- in a way anyway…' Her mind rambled on and on. She could see Jin kneeling and the chain that was around her neck was loose, showing that Wanda wasn't making her bow. 'She's not bowing to Wanda though.' Hitomi thought silently to herself, knowing that Jin was to proud to do that. She shook her head and brought her head back up quickly, looking oddly determined. She could hear the guards coming over to her but she didn't look at them. She looked up when she saw Van starting to stand from the bench that they were on.

"I hope they didn't cause to much of a problem, your highness." She heard one of them say. She didn't hear Van answer so she mused that he just shook his head, hopefully indicating that they didn't. She felt her chain being picked up lightly, when she looked to the side, she saw Tyler and Zatera both being jerked up by the guards. She looked over to her side and saw that Van was the one holding her chain, instead of one of the guards. She smiled lightly at him, worried if she did anything else, she'd get in trouble from the guards and that Van might not be able to get her out of it.

They went down the halls and were either thrown or lightly put into the dungeon. They were bound again though. Hitomi sighed, could life get any better? She thought. Usually people say that when their lives are wonderful and going the way they want them, but, at the moment, she didn't know if things could ever get better again.

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The three of them looked up again when they heard the door creak open. A guard was leading Jin in and tied her by Hitomi in her old spot. The guard left without saying a word and the room was quiet, nobody really knowing what to say. Hitomi looked over to Jin when she heard something come out of the older girl's mouth. She swallowed.

"What?" She asked her. She saw Tyler and Zatera begin to look over to the two of them.

"I'm sorry." Jin hoarsely whispered. The others just looked at her not knowing what to say. "I'm so sorry." She said. Tears started to break through and they started to flood her face.

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Wanda was walking through Death Forest. She was going to an area where the people of Zantaki went to all the time to mourn for the Royals who had died in the past. Some go just to see what stood there. When Wanda got to where she wanted, she looked in front of her. There stood a tree, the tree of Zantaki.

"In the heart of Death Forest…" She whispered to herself. She remembered how she learned that the branches fell. The soldiers who got past Jin and were able to see it. She sent a few messengers to the first few places that popped into her mind. It was what Zantaki was famous for. Wanda brought a hand up to her chin. 'Jin has probably never even been here though,' She thought silently to herself. 'She wouldn't want to see who died in her family…' Her mind mused. She saw that there were two branches on the tree. Her face changed into a nasty expression. 'I suppose that I'm not on there…UNLESS' She thought to herself, remembering the two branches on the tree, 'I am one of them…' She smiled at the thought, 'and only one little princess to kill.'

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The Next Night…

It was the day that the deaths were planned. It was almost midnight and the storm had just started to hit. Small droplets of rain fell from the and hit the dirt. The people of Zantaki ignored it all though. A death by execution to a princess is something that has never happened before. Not anywhere over Gaea. Hitomi was to be killed after her.

Zatera was to be last killed, from the help of Katy. She wanted her face to be the last thing he sees before he died. Zatera would have made a wise crack like 'Then I'd be in hell, even if I went to heaven!'. He thought silently to himself as he heard this, 'I'd rather it be Merle's' he thought.

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The unicorn's fur was getting wet. It ran through the trees and grass, making mud, water and muck fly everywhere. He saw no creatures or animals in front of him. Though that was typical. Unlike the humans, they KNEW what was really going to happen…only they knew…once there was a time when the Presels could understand what was to happen, or at least predict…there is only one Presel now and in the animals' minds…they knew that. There was no real reason to how they knew. They just knew.

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Hitomi turned her head over to Jin. It was the worst question to ask but it had been bugging her so much. She sucked in a breath and let it out.

"Jin?" She said. Jin turned to face her.

"Yeah?"

"What's a Presel?" She asked. Jin looked at her for a moment and looked towards the ground. She looked back up to Hitomi.

"Do you really want to know?" She asked her, inside she was hoping that Hitomi would say no, but she knew that she was going to say 'yes'.

"Yes Jin! I really want to know! It's been bothering me so much ever since I've heard it!" Jin sighed, knowing Hitomi really wanted to know.

"Hitomi…you are a Presel!" She said to her.

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A/N: What do you think so far? The Presel thing will come to be better understood in the next chapter so DON'T WORRY (like you really would…).

~AWRP