Dreams and Visions: Chapter 2
By mercy_angel_09
Rating PG-13
Disclaimers: I don't own Escaflowne and I'm certainly not making any money off of this venture, so it'd be sort of pointless to sue me. (Besides, I'm a poor college student; you'd lose more money than you'd gain.) The creative geniuses behind EscaFlowne are Hajime Yatate and Shoji Kawamori, Sunrise, Bandai, and I'm sure a few other companies that I'm forgetting or have no idea about.
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The next morning Hitomi felt sore. She couldn't explain it, but she just shrugged it off as a psychological overload from the night before. She rolled over and sighed, and discovered a white feather on her bed.
"Where'd this come from?" she asked as she picked it up.
She vaguely remembered Van spreading his wings at one point at her request, and somehow one of the feathers had ended up in her bed. She gently placed it on her dresser as she got up and made an appearance.
When she reached the living room where Yukari and Amano sat drinking tea and discussing various classes, she felt a certain amount of elation and was humming softly to herself.
"Morning . . . HITOMI!" Yukari gasped.
Hitomi looked at her shocked roommate and then down at herself. She was wearing just her nightgown and shrugged. "Hey, this is my apartment too and if I want to run around half dressed I should be able to."
Amano chuckled. "Well someone is right. This is what I get for coming over so early."
"Exactly," Hitomi said. "Even Amano agrees with me Yukari."
Yukari sighed. "So, did you finally get to sleep last night?"
"Yup!" Hitomi called from the kitchenette.
"That was a happy 'yup.' Does that mean that you saw him?" Yukari asked.
"Saw who?" Amano questioned.
"Never you mind," Yukari hissed.
Hitomi poked her head into the living room and grinned. "Oh yeah."
"Oh great. Just what did you dream about?" Yukari asked, suddenly worried about her friend.
"I don't think that you need to know the details," Hitomi replied.
"Hitomi! That's it! I'm putting limits on your dreamscape!" Yukari cried.
"Sorry, but it's my head and I can dream about what ever I want!" Hitomi chirped, coming out of the kitchen with a cup of tea.
"Well, I want you to know that I think that it's crazy," Yukari said.
"Dreams are a wish your heart makes," Hitomi said. "And if I keep dreaming then I'll keep wishing. And if I keep wishing, then maybe it'll come true."
"Hopeless Hitomi, hopeless," Yukari said.
~*~
Van stretched and yawned, trying to commit the dream to his memory. When he thought that he had every detail down, he got out of bed and got dressed. He looked at his reflection, and noting that his shirt covered Hitomi's pendant, he pulled it out and displayed it proudly.
There was a knocking on the door before Merle, his self-appointed alarm clock, came in, surprised to see him awake.
"Lord Van, you're up!" she said, amazed that he had actually gotten himself out of bed without someone having to pry him out of it.
"Yes Merle, I am," he said. "So, what's going on today?"
"The Asturian ambassadors are coming today," Merle said, sitting on his unmade bed. "In fact, they're already here and I thought that you'd like to know that it's Allen Schezar and his sister Celena."
"Really? I guess that I should get downstairs and welcome them, don't you think?"
"Lord Van, are you feeling all right? You have never been happy about seeing Allen, or Celena for that matter."
Van turned and faced the seventeen-year-old tiger girl. "Of course," he said with a grin. "Why do you ask?"
"Because you're not a morning person, not since Hitomi left," Merle answered.
"Well, things change," Van said. "Anyway, I can't keep the ambassadors waiting now, can I?"
He walked out with a bounce in his step and whistling "Dragon Bride," a song that hadn't passed his lips in years.
Merle sat on his bed, completely confused. "There has to be something wrong."
~*Two Weeks Later*~
Hitomi paced around the living room. "I'm late," she muttered.
Yukari looked up from her book and sighed. "Okay, there's something wrong, I know there is."
Hitomi looked at her best friend. "Yukari, I'm late."
"By how long?"
"Two weeks."
"Maybe your hormones are out of whack," Yukari suggested.
"No, that can't be it," Hitomi sighed.
"Then maybe you should go to a doctor," Yukari said.
"Only if you're waiting for me," Hitomi said, glaring at her friend.
"Fine, I'll go with you," Yukari giggled. "You're such a wimp sometimes Hitomi."
Hitomi made a face. "Oh shut up."
And this is the end of chapter 2. Mind you most of the story is already written, but I thought that I'd divide it into chapters for the sake of the readers. I do like the one shot fics where they go on for about 100 pages, but sometimes you just don't have the time to sit and read all 100 pages in one shot. Ah yes, convenience. Ciao.
Mercy_angel_09
