Disclaimer: no, as much as I wish I did, I do not own Escaflowne or any of
their characters. I thank the person who did, however. I only own my idea
and this fic and any characters I made up.
1 Back to Gaea
Chapter 2
Vision
Hitomi burst open the door to her house. "I'm home!" she yelled. No one answered. She took off her shoes and put on her slippers and walked around the house. A note was attached to the fridge. Dropping her bag, she pulled the note off and read it.
Dear Hitomi,
Your father and I have gone out for the night. We will be
back very late. Mamoru is over at a friend's house so you
have the house to yourself tonight.
Love, your mother
Hitomi smiled. All right! She thought, no annoying brother to baby- sit! She picked up her bag and marched up the stairs to her room. After throwing her bag on the floor, Hitomi flopped down on the bed on her back. After a few seconds, she rolled over onto her stomach and pulled out a paper from under her bed. She looked at it and smiled. It was a picture of Van that she had drawn after she got back from Gaea. She wanted to remember his face forever so she drew a picture.
Hitomi sighed and put the picture underneath her bed again. Then she got up and walked to her telescope that she got for her birthday. She leaned out the window and searched for the blue star that she had seen earlier. If she found it, she didn't notice because she didn't get that feeling that she got before. She looked through the eyepiece anyways and scanned the skies. "Van," she sighed as she looked at the stars. "Where can you be? Where are you hiding?"
As if in response, her pendant started to glow. A blurred vision of jumbled colors flashed through her mind. As the colors raced by, shades of red were getting more prominent. Indistinguishable voices filled her mind. Fear and pain were the emotions that triumphed over the others. Suddenly, the colors, noise, and emotions stopped, and she saw a barren desert laden with dead bodies, all in a shade of red. The sun was high in the sky and a large black rock loomed in the distance. The view of the desert changed to an overhead view, and the scene started zooming out. Hitomi was sweating with fear. What was going on? The scenery stopped when Hitomi was in space, overlooking a blue, green, and tan planet. Much like Earth, she mused. But she had a feeling this wasn't Earth. Hitomi turned around and saw a very close moon overlapping the earth. She quickly turned around again and found herself back in the desert. But this time the desert was on fire. "Hot," she cried. "It's too hot!" She started to run from the fire and found herself running through the colors and voices and emotions again. But the fear and pain that raced through her was too much. Hitomi held her hands over her ears and screamed. "Stop it!" she cried. "Stop it! STOP IT!" Then she fainted.
Hitomi woke up sometime later, staring at the ceiling. How long have I been out? she thought. She sat up cross-legged and looked around. Her telescope was still pointed at the sky. She looked down at her pendant and held it in her hand. "Was that Gaea?" she wondered aloud. "What happened to it? I thought all the fighting was over." She leaned back on the floor and stared at the ceiling. "I've got to try to get back there. Something is definitely wrong." She closed her eyes for a minute, half-expecting something to happen. When nothing did happen, Hitomi opened her eyes again and sighed. She pulled out the picture of Van from under her bed and sat up. Once again, she sighed and sat up, leaning against her bed. "Maybe tomorrow, at the track field. I'll try to go back to Gaea. Maybe it will work this time." Hitomi looked at the picture for a while before putting it back under her bed. Then she stood up. When she did, she stumbled and leaned against the wall for balance. Her head still hurt from fainting onto that hard, wooden floor. After regaining her balance, Hitomi got dressed for bed.
"Hmm," she muttered, thinking about her vision. What exactly did it mean? She thought about that big black rock in the distance. It was floating, wasn't it? Was it Zaibach? How could they be back? They were defeated. Weren't they? Hitomi rolled onto her side. "It makes no sense," she grumbled. "Zaibach was defeated. And if they ever came back, Van would take care of them. Dammit." She rolled onto her back again and held her head. "Thinking about it is giving me a worse headache. I'll think about all this tomorrow." She yawned, closed her eyes, and was soon snoring.
1 Back to Gaea
Chapter 2
Vision
Hitomi burst open the door to her house. "I'm home!" she yelled. No one answered. She took off her shoes and put on her slippers and walked around the house. A note was attached to the fridge. Dropping her bag, she pulled the note off and read it.
Dear Hitomi,
Your father and I have gone out for the night. We will be
back very late. Mamoru is over at a friend's house so you
have the house to yourself tonight.
Love, your mother
Hitomi smiled. All right! She thought, no annoying brother to baby- sit! She picked up her bag and marched up the stairs to her room. After throwing her bag on the floor, Hitomi flopped down on the bed on her back. After a few seconds, she rolled over onto her stomach and pulled out a paper from under her bed. She looked at it and smiled. It was a picture of Van that she had drawn after she got back from Gaea. She wanted to remember his face forever so she drew a picture.
Hitomi sighed and put the picture underneath her bed again. Then she got up and walked to her telescope that she got for her birthday. She leaned out the window and searched for the blue star that she had seen earlier. If she found it, she didn't notice because she didn't get that feeling that she got before. She looked through the eyepiece anyways and scanned the skies. "Van," she sighed as she looked at the stars. "Where can you be? Where are you hiding?"
As if in response, her pendant started to glow. A blurred vision of jumbled colors flashed through her mind. As the colors raced by, shades of red were getting more prominent. Indistinguishable voices filled her mind. Fear and pain were the emotions that triumphed over the others. Suddenly, the colors, noise, and emotions stopped, and she saw a barren desert laden with dead bodies, all in a shade of red. The sun was high in the sky and a large black rock loomed in the distance. The view of the desert changed to an overhead view, and the scene started zooming out. Hitomi was sweating with fear. What was going on? The scenery stopped when Hitomi was in space, overlooking a blue, green, and tan planet. Much like Earth, she mused. But she had a feeling this wasn't Earth. Hitomi turned around and saw a very close moon overlapping the earth. She quickly turned around again and found herself back in the desert. But this time the desert was on fire. "Hot," she cried. "It's too hot!" She started to run from the fire and found herself running through the colors and voices and emotions again. But the fear and pain that raced through her was too much. Hitomi held her hands over her ears and screamed. "Stop it!" she cried. "Stop it! STOP IT!" Then she fainted.
Hitomi woke up sometime later, staring at the ceiling. How long have I been out? she thought. She sat up cross-legged and looked around. Her telescope was still pointed at the sky. She looked down at her pendant and held it in her hand. "Was that Gaea?" she wondered aloud. "What happened to it? I thought all the fighting was over." She leaned back on the floor and stared at the ceiling. "I've got to try to get back there. Something is definitely wrong." She closed her eyes for a minute, half-expecting something to happen. When nothing did happen, Hitomi opened her eyes again and sighed. She pulled out the picture of Van from under her bed and sat up. Once again, she sighed and sat up, leaning against her bed. "Maybe tomorrow, at the track field. I'll try to go back to Gaea. Maybe it will work this time." Hitomi looked at the picture for a while before putting it back under her bed. Then she stood up. When she did, she stumbled and leaned against the wall for balance. Her head still hurt from fainting onto that hard, wooden floor. After regaining her balance, Hitomi got dressed for bed.
"Hmm," she muttered, thinking about her vision. What exactly did it mean? She thought about that big black rock in the distance. It was floating, wasn't it? Was it Zaibach? How could they be back? They were defeated. Weren't they? Hitomi rolled onto her side. "It makes no sense," she grumbled. "Zaibach was defeated. And if they ever came back, Van would take care of them. Dammit." She rolled onto her back again and held her head. "Thinking about it is giving me a worse headache. I'll think about all this tomorrow." She yawned, closed her eyes, and was soon snoring.