*~Summoner of Escaflowne's Mystic Eyes~*
Chapter 4
The High Priest-Revelation. Explanation. Enlightenment.
Was it all just a dream or maybe a vision…no it was real. I finally told Yobi the truth about what had happened four years ago when a servant announced that Allen had arrived with an urgent message and a prophecy…
*…Is this prophecy the key to our salvation? Is it the key that unlocks Escaflowne's true power?* these were the words that flowed through Van's head as he approached the courtyard.
"King Van! Hitomi?!?" Allen exclaimed. He and Celena eagerly approached Van, Hitomi, Merle and Yobi.
"You are here again? And who is your friend here?"
"This is my cousin Yobi." Hitomi explained for what seemed like the 20th time that day. "So what is going on Allen?"
"Yes Allen what seems to be the problem? The messenger mentioned a prophecy of some sort."
"Is this going to help us get rid of the evil that plagues Gaea, Lord Allen?" Merle spoke up.
"I hope it does Merle. Anyway this is a matter we should discuss in a more private place." So Van led the group to his chambers.
"Ok Allen, what about this prophecy?" Van questioned the knight.
"I found it in my old armor. The ones I used to wear when I was Dilandau. I was looking for something I thought I had lost when I came across this scroll. I think Emperor Dornkirk gave it to me after Lord Folken had left us." Explained Celena who hadn't said a word until now.
"I will read it out loud so that we all may hear it and hopefully someone will be able to figure out what it means" and so Allen began to read the following…
I entrust this document into your hands Dilandau. It is what I have seen of the future and I hope it shall be useful in your own. You have been a good servant to the cause and for this I am giving you a chance to change destiny!
The light shall come bringing peace to the warring planet and awakening the dragon. But as all good things it shall also leave. When it goes a new power shall arise. It will seek the land of the dragons and the power of ;he who sees what lies ahead. The prophet's knightly protector must guard them against the new force. This prophet must be led to the wise man's land, by one who is wise in their knowledge of the prophet's heart. In the path to this land this guide will meet people of the past who are not easily won over, because of circumstances. The past shall determine their futures. The new power is made of two souls as one. Only the tenfold power and wisdom of the dragon will match it.
"That's not hard to figure out Lord Allen!" exclaimed a certain little cat girl. "It's obvious that the dragon is Lord Van and Escaflowne, that you are the knight and Hitomi is probably the prophet because she was here before."
"That's why I came here. I assumed that Fanelia is the land of the dragons and that it was referring to Van and Escaflowne as the dragon."
"I see what you are saying Merle but Hitomi can't be the prophet" reflected Van "The prophecy said he would come and Hitomi is clearly not a he."
Hitomi stood silently watching the discussion before her. Then her world started to spin. Instead of Allen, Merle and the others before her there were two creatures there. She couldn't quite tell what they were but they were not human. One had a thin, long tail, dark scarlet hair, claws that extended out whenever it wanted, sharp teeth, and the most startling thing of all, a third eye on its forehead! The other was exactly the same but it seemed to be a male where as the first was a female. They had tough leathery wings and were flying above a country that looked like Fanelia. The only difference was that this country was populated by animals, Hitomi didn't see a single human face. When Hitomi snapped out of her vision she heard no speaking and saw a worried look on Yobi's face as he hovered over her. She smiled at Yobi to comfort him.
Yobi was too busy worrying about what had happened to Hitomi to notice a small tremor that shook the castle. Then he felt it. It was longer and bigger this time though. "It's an earthquake!" he shouted into the silence around him.
"No it's not. It's not natural. Look, only this part of the valley seems to be shaking, where the castle is" Allen observed.
Suddenly the floor beneath Hitomi's feet spilt open and she fell in. Everyone tried to grab her but their hands only caught the air in which Hitomi had stood not long ago. Then the hole closed as quickly as it had opened and the shaking stopped.
Hitomi plummeted into the blackness of the hole for what seemed like eternity. Then she fell on something hard. "Ow!" was all she could say before she was grabbed by a pair of hands and taken into a cave that appeared on her left. The creature to whom the hands belonged dragged Hitomi into a room, that had been built in the cave, and placed her in a chair, beside a lamp. It tied her arms and legs to the chair and gave a grunt before leaving.
A voice abruptly came out of the darkness of the room
"It's so nice to finally meet you, O Savior of Gaea."
"We hope your ride wasn't too good. After all we wouldn't want someone who cares and saves only her people to be too comfortable now would we dear brother?"
"Of course not dear sister. We care not for she who sees with eyes that are clouded and she should be grateful that she is presented with the opportunity to see beings as great as us."
The owners of the voices stepped into the light to reveal…
A/N: OK people here's the deal…I'm not getting too many reviews! So I really don't care anymore ok? If u think this reeks then DON'T READ ANYMORE! I'm sick of waiting 4 reviews. Thanx 2 the people that did review though. Anyway it's another cliffhanger! And if you want to kno wat happens next u have to review and say that! That's all from me, a really frustrated author! All flames go to Shamanic Nuriko! :) ….u kno u luv me! Don't u DARE do something u were gonna do Nuriko or u'll get it! After all I am your best friend! ^_^