Dragon Burn
By Amanda Wardropper
There for you, always.
Chapter 4 - Castle of New Fanailia
Van spent the rest of the night in the room that he'd given Hitomi. He was sat at the desk going through old record skins. "Where am I?" He heard a weak voice say.
He stared at her, lying in bed and said, "Oh! How are you feeling Hitomi?"
"Van? What are you doing here?"
"Woah! That vision must of affected your memory." He sniggered, "Joking! Don't you remember anything?"
"Er.....yeah, I remember that vision." She groaned and placed her hand on her head.
"You've been out cold for some time, I was beginning to get worried!"
Hitomi was touched by his sudden emotions and a little taken back, but she was pleased to have someone to talk to. She was even more touched when he said, "I missed you, you know." He looked away from her and blushed, she couldn't help but smile at his momentary vulnerability.
She sat up and propped herself on one elbow. She reached down the side of her bed for her bag and blazer, she didn't have time to get changed in her house she realized. When she lifted them onto the bed she noticed the feather sticking out of the blazer pocket. Van turned his head towards her as she pulled the feather out, "You're calling me again."
"What?"
She put the feather back swiftly when it caused her a vision of it in darkness and a loud voice shouting, Hitomi! I need you!
Van shuddered when he received the same vision, magnified by the pendant, which saw fit to show him what the feather had shown her. He recognized the voice from the other day. He didn't understand it, but he had never felt the emotion that it caused before. "What was that?" She asked.
"I don't know." Van was all but kicking himself.
"Oh!" Hitomi now remembered the ruby in her bag. "My grandmother said I'd need this." She pulled it out of the bag and held it up so Van could see.
He gasped and said, "But that's the same as ...." He held up the skin which he was studying. Her eyes widened when she saw the diagrams of a ruby, like hers, a dragon head and scriptures which she could not read.
"I have no idea what all of this means."
"Hmmmmm ... Obviously I'll be needing this." She put the jewel in her blazer pocket and took the feather out again. She sat up and began to lift herself out of bed, Van looked on encouragingly. She walked, shakily but determindly over to the open window. "I won't be needing this anymore though," she allowed the feather to be carried away on the breeze.
"Why?
"Because I've got the real thing." She turned around to face him and smiled. He smiled back at her and blushed slightly. He's still the same old Van, she thought. He stood up from his stool and walked to the door, he stopped before opening it and said, "Look, I'm going to get something from the kitchens and then I'm gonna get some rest, you want anything?"
"No thanks, I'm fine."
"Oh! I forgot tomorrow night is Merle's birthday party, I hope you'll be there." He opened the door and went out, closing it behind him.
Hitomi smiled to herself and thought, Is it just me or has he found a way with women. I've been awake a couple of minutes and he hasen't upset me yet!
She walked back to her bed and collapsed in it, she needed as much rest as she could get if she was going to help him again. Still, there was something in that record which she did recognize, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
By Amanda Wardropper
There for you, always.
Chapter 4 - Castle of New Fanailia
Van spent the rest of the night in the room that he'd given Hitomi. He was sat at the desk going through old record skins. "Where am I?" He heard a weak voice say.
He stared at her, lying in bed and said, "Oh! How are you feeling Hitomi?"
"Van? What are you doing here?"
"Woah! That vision must of affected your memory." He sniggered, "Joking! Don't you remember anything?"
"Er.....yeah, I remember that vision." She groaned and placed her hand on her head.
"You've been out cold for some time, I was beginning to get worried!"
Hitomi was touched by his sudden emotions and a little taken back, but she was pleased to have someone to talk to. She was even more touched when he said, "I missed you, you know." He looked away from her and blushed, she couldn't help but smile at his momentary vulnerability.
She sat up and propped herself on one elbow. She reached down the side of her bed for her bag and blazer, she didn't have time to get changed in her house she realized. When she lifted them onto the bed she noticed the feather sticking out of the blazer pocket. Van turned his head towards her as she pulled the feather out, "You're calling me again."
"What?"
She put the feather back swiftly when it caused her a vision of it in darkness and a loud voice shouting, Hitomi! I need you!
Van shuddered when he received the same vision, magnified by the pendant, which saw fit to show him what the feather had shown her. He recognized the voice from the other day. He didn't understand it, but he had never felt the emotion that it caused before. "What was that?" She asked.
"I don't know." Van was all but kicking himself.
"Oh!" Hitomi now remembered the ruby in her bag. "My grandmother said I'd need this." She pulled it out of the bag and held it up so Van could see.
He gasped and said, "But that's the same as ...." He held up the skin which he was studying. Her eyes widened when she saw the diagrams of a ruby, like hers, a dragon head and scriptures which she could not read.
"I have no idea what all of this means."
"Hmmmmm ... Obviously I'll be needing this." She put the jewel in her blazer pocket and took the feather out again. She sat up and began to lift herself out of bed, Van looked on encouragingly. She walked, shakily but determindly over to the open window. "I won't be needing this anymore though," she allowed the feather to be carried away on the breeze.
"Why?
"Because I've got the real thing." She turned around to face him and smiled. He smiled back at her and blushed slightly. He's still the same old Van, she thought. He stood up from his stool and walked to the door, he stopped before opening it and said, "Look, I'm going to get something from the kitchens and then I'm gonna get some rest, you want anything?"
"No thanks, I'm fine."
"Oh! I forgot tomorrow night is Merle's birthday party, I hope you'll be there." He opened the door and went out, closing it behind him.
Hitomi smiled to herself and thought, Is it just me or has he found a way with women. I've been awake a couple of minutes and he hasen't upset me yet!
She walked back to her bed and collapsed in it, she needed as much rest as she could get if she was going to help him again. Still, there was something in that record which she did recognize, but she couldn't put her finger on it.