Life Is But A Dream

This is a story inspired by Cowboy Bebop, but has absolutely nothing to do with it.

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Life Is But a Dream



Megami woke up with a startle; the words rang through her head.

Megami was sitting up in bed; she was sweating like a pig. The room she was in was strangely dark. She let her eyes adjust to the light and then she looked around.

'I see you're awake.' A man from the shadows stepped out in front of Megami.

'Who are you?! Where am I?!' Megami asked angrily.

'You were sleeping for days; we thought you would never wake up.' The man continued, avoiding her question.

'Tell me god dammit!' Megami yelled at him.

'All will be answered soon young one. In the mean time, follow me.' The man told her.



Everything around her was burning. Everything around Megami was burning. Dilandau had set the capitol of Asturia aflame.

Megami turned around in her Guymelef, she saw Dilandau, trying to stop the King of Fanelia and his Guymelef, Escaflowne.

'Dilandau!' Megami called out to him as flames engulfed her and her Guymelef.



It had been only a few days since the Zaibach had attacked Asturia, now they were going to attack Freid. Migel had been murdered by Zongi, in turn, Dilandau murdered Zongi.

They had been sent in to retrieve the key to opening the gate of Atlantis. The ruler of Freid held that key. He would not willingly hand it over, so they were ordered to take drastic measures to ensure a secure future.

They burnt down Freid, as they did Fanelia, and part of the capitol of Asturia.

But once again, their target got away.



Megami was having trouble sleeping at night; she had dreams of home, nightmares of what was to happen. She was longing to go home, longing for the war to be over. Megami was tired of fighting, though it had only been a few months.



They were now fighting on a battle field at a temple in the mountains. Dilandau fought Van and Allen but suddenly, someone shouted out that the Duke had fallen. Folken ordered Dilandau, Megami and the Dragonslayers to fall back. The battle had ended. Folken came down to accept Fried's surrender from Chid.

Megami couldn't get out of her Guymelef after landing in the docking bay of the Vione. She couldn't stand being with the Zaibach anymore, it was killing her. Megami knew she had been injured during the battle, she could feel the pain and the blood dripping from her body. It was a large wound in her side.

She could hear shouts of people calling for doctors and engineers to open the Guymelef doors and to help Megami. She could hear Dilandau yelling at her to open her Guymelef. Megami didn't move.



Two days later Megami is forced to fight again with Dilandau and his men. They had found Escaflowne and its pilot once again.

The pilot, Von, had come into the battle like an animal with no mercy.

Dilandau was lost for words and terrified as Van wrecked through his warriors. Megami ran to protect Dilandau before Van could attack him.

Escaflowne suddenly turned black and fell over. Dilandau escaped with his life, so did Megami. But the others were not as lucky.



Megami had been looking for Dilandau all day; she was worried for him, even if he was cruel and emotionless. He had lost the only people that truly cared about, except for one, Megami.

She found him looking over the edge of a railing and out at the clouds below them. He was holding a rose in his hand. He threw it off the edge and suddenly collapsed on the ground, he was crying.

'I'm all alone! Shesta! Dallet! Viole! Where are you?' Dilandau called out to his now dead soldiers.

'You're not alone Dilandau, you will never be alone as long as someone cares for you.' Megami stepped forward and kneeled down beside Dilandau and comforted him.



Megami was standing next to Folken on the command deck. Listening to the orders he gave Nariya and Eriya.

The two cat twins had been sent to bring back Von. The Crusade was engulfed by a column of light and taken into the portal above them. Folken sent Nariya and Eriya to await orders on the ground.

Nariya and Eriya flew towards the portal against orders. As they flew towards it, it began to crack. And when it finally did, it was a giant explosion. The blast hit the Vione with great force, pushing it back and damaging it, along with Nariya and Eriya and their Guymelefs.



After the incident with the gate to Atlantis, Folken needed someone for a fate alteration experiment. He needed to kiss them.

Nariya, Eriya and Megami played what seemed like a little game of spin the bottle. Nariya spun the bottle and it landed on Megami.

Megami and Folken were standing on a bridge type thing holding each other while Nariya and Eriya watched.

'I can't..........' Megami told Folken, she was thinking about her home, and about Nariya and Eriya watching them together.

'Yes you can, just think about me, and only me.' Folken instructed Megami.

They played out their parts, Megami as Hitomi, and Folken as Allen. Folken pulled Megami in to kiss her. Nariya and Eriya put their hands to their mouths, their eyes growing wide.

Megami and Folken kissed, but it wasn't what Megami had thought it would be, the kiss was cold, and emotionless.



Nariya, Eriya and Megami were practicing a little while after the kiss between Folken and Megami. They were taking a rest during their practice.

'Tell us, Megami, what was it like?' Nariya asked Megami.

'Well, it was.............' Megami didn't want to disappoint them, or seem like she was hiding anything from them, but.......

Nariya and Eriya were suddenly on top of Megami. The two cat twins leaned in close to her face, their lips almost touching hers.

'We need to feel his lips, please, kiss us.' Nariya and Eriya begged Megami.

Megami flipped them over her head. 'No way!' Megami told them angrily.

Nariya and Eriya laid down next to Megami. 'Tell us then, what was it like?' Eriya asked her.

'It was..............It was cold, emotionless. Like it was nothing to him, but everything to me...............' Megami thought about it.