Epilogue
To One in Paradise
Time seemed to fly in the following months. The murder of the Romafeller representatives was believed by the public to be a terrorist plot to pit the world against the Sanc Kingdom- as Erlösung had known, no one would blame the Dove of Peace. Especially since the Dove's wings had been torn, and was now earthbound like everyone else.
Erlösung's body was cast into the deepest wishing well in all the kingdom.
Quatre healed quickly, with Trowa constantly watching over him of course. Soon he told the other pilots, and Relena, Upir's sad tale of loss and salvation at the hands of the Beast. For many nights, Relena cried herself to sleep, curled against the comforting warmth of Wufei's body.
As the Earth and outer space heard of Upir's battle, a temporary sort of peace settled over all nations. A peace, though thin and fragile, the Gundam's would fight to protect. Soon all hearts hoped for a true and lasting peace. They feared only that Upir might never see what her burdens and blood had created. It seemed so awfully unjust that yet another Dove would never know a world without War.
Upir lied in a sterile white bed, the rhythmic sounds of machinery surrounding the calm, quiet beat of her heart. She looked so peaceful- as though at any moment her eyes might flutter open, and she would smile, waking from a quiet slumber filled with beautiful dreams.
(While ever to her young Eulalie upturns her violet eye.)
She did not move- her eyes did not open.
And only under the constant vigil of her angel did she seem to dream at all. A melancholy dream of things that never had the chance to be. A bleeding, crying little girl, and a princess with sad red eyes, living happily ever after.
The End
i hope you have enjoyed part two of the Fated Storms Arc. i'm toying with the idea of another story, focusing mainly on Dorothy and Upir- what do you think? i love getting comments and ideas, so don't be shy, e.mail me!
nataku@elfwood.zzn.com
disclaimer: i, of course, own nothing. i'm just the luckless writer. Gundam belongs to some very lucky people, and the poem, Eulalie- A Song, was written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1845. All other poems used in the story are also works of Edgar Allan Poe.