Escaflowne #6
The Light
Disclaimer: I do not own Escaflowne or anything from Escaflowne. I glad I don't own Allen, yet sad I don't own Folken or Dilandau. Hope everyone thinks this is good so far!
She was in a meadow when Lina looked up. Earth was shining, it's oceans bright, it's lands green. A pillar of light shot down towards her.
"You're leaving?" said Dilandau.
Lina turned her head to see Dilandau, though he was hard to see through the wind moving her long blond hair.
"I suppose I am."
"Will you return?"
"If you pray for me." She whispered and was gone.
Sunlight hit her face and she groaned, opening her eyes. Her arm ached and her head was hurting. Yet the guilt she felt for Guimel's death was larger than ever.
It's my fault.
She sat up in bed and looked over at the window. There was Dilandau, slumped over the chair, sleeping.
He stayed there all night to see if I would be OK.
Lina watched him awake and he yawned. His hair was messy and he looked at her.
"Lina? Are you awake?"
Lina nodded yes and Dilandau stood up.
"How are you?"
"Besides feeling horrible for being the cause of Guimel's death, I'm fine and dandy."
Dilandau sighed and sat next to her, "I don't know what I can say to change your mind."
"There isn't anything.just.thanks." She muttered.
Dilandau shifted in his seat and stood up, "Well.you were a good pilot.we'll get Van." he started stroking his cheek and left.
Lina got up and got ready for the day.
"Where is Lina?"
"She's getting ready, Folken. Why do you ask?" Dilandau said, sitting down and digging in.
"You don't seemed to be affected to what happened to her and Guimel."
The pancake he was eating went bitter in his mouth, "I'm trying to forget it."
"Why?"
"Because.he died a stupid death. He should have listened to Lina. I have no time for morons."
Folken didn't reply and the door opened. Once again, Dilandau was overcome by how frail she looked ever since yesterday.The Battle as he called it.
"Lina, good to see you." Folken said and she sat down.
Lina just nodded and pushed the food around.
"How are you?" Folken asked.
"Me?" she snorted.
Dilandau tried to cover up his sadness. Lina was blaming herself for the death of Guimel, when it wasn't her fault. Guimel had rashly choosen to die.
"We will be heading to Freid." Folken said, bowed and left them along.
"Lina-"
"I don't want to talk about it." She muttered harshly.
Dilandau looked down at his plate of food, "I have to go."
On the way out, he ignored Lina's tears.
Lina sat in a room, not knowing what room it was. Nearby, she could see the outline of a large city. Lina looked back up in the air to see Earth glowing down at her. She heard the door open and she looked at the man who stepped in.
"Mr. Folken?" she muttered.
Folken looked at Lina and sat next to her, "I know Dilandau has told you this but.it isn't your fault."
I looked down, "It was though. That hit was meant for me."
"We may have lost Guimel, but you were the one who saved Dilandau." Folken said to Lina who looked away.
"I snapped at Dilandau this morning. He isn't speaking to me now."
Folken sighed, "Dilandau cowers at the slightest bit of people annoyed by him. I'm sure if you talk to him, he'll speak to you again."
Lina stood up, brushing back her hair, "OK. Do you know where he is?"
"I think I saw him in his room."
"Thank you, Mr. Folken." Lina bowed quickly and left the room.
Down the hallway she turned and went to Dilandau's door. She knocked on it twice and the boy opened it. His eyes looked at her green ones and he let her in.
"Dilandau." she said, wringing her hands, "About breakfast-"
"I understand." He cut her off.
Lina turned to Dilandau, "Dilandau."
Dilandau walked up to her.
"Lina?" he muttered.
"What?"
"Lina.you aren't going to leave are you?"
Dilandau looked at her and she smiled sadly, "I don't know." She whispered.
Dilandau shuffled his feet. He had never talked like this to anyone.
"Lina.I."
"What?" she muttered in his ear.
He was painfully aware of how close they had become. Dilandau moved his face to hers and realized she was shaking.
"Lina, what do I do if you leave?" he whispered to her.
"Pray for me." Lina responded back.
Lina looked into his eyes and Dilandau's heart thumped. They were closer now, and his lips were about to graze hers.
"Lord Dilandau? Lord Folken wishes to see you."
Dilandau jumped up, backing away from Lina. They both looked shocked and confused. The guard banged on the door again.
"Lina." he whispered.
"Lord Dilandau?"
"Give me a SECOND!" he cried.
The man went silent and Dilandau turned back to Lina.
"Go.Mr. Folken needs you."
Dilandau felt more confused than ever so he just nodded and left.
About an hour later, the Vione dropped them off on Freid. Dilandau looked over at her and quickly looked away.
That light..I can sense it!
The words came to her suddenly.
"Dilandau, I'll take care of the king. Check the forests for Escaflowne." Folken said.
Dilandau nodded, "Stay here Lina."
"No! I'm coming with you!" she exclaimed.
Dilandau looked taken aback, "But-"
"Yes!" she cried.
Folken nodded yes and left them.
"Come on men, let's go into the forests," Dilandau turned to her. "I'll carry you with Alsedies." He muttered.
Lina nodded.
Soon after, she got into his red guymelif's hand and they started walking around the forest.
"Come out Van.I know you want to burn!" he cackled.
Lina shuddered when a coldness came over her. All of a sudden, she fell from the guymelif's hand and hit the floor.
"Lina?" he muttered looking down.
A white light shot down from the heavens and Lina looked up to see Earth glowing.
"No." she whispered.
Dilandau jumped out of his guymelif, "Lina?!" he leapt down.
The light circled around her, "Dilandau!" she cried.
"LINA! Where are you going?! Don't leave!"
Lina looked at him, "Pray for me." She whispered to him.
"What?" "Promise me Dilandau! If you pray for me, I shall return!"
She started to float upwards and Dilandau reached up for her. She grabbed his hand, and the bracelet she had given him slipped off into her hands.
"LINAAAAAAA!" he screamed.
Lina looked down and felt herself being swallowed up by the heavens.
"LINA!" Dilandau shrieked.
The blue light was gone and he fell to his knees.
"Lina.no." he muttered and looked at the hand now with the missing bracelet.
"Pray for me. If you pray for me, I shall return."
So Dilandau did something he had never done before in his life.
He prayed for the girl from the Mystic Moon to return.
The End
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The Light
Disclaimer: I do not own Escaflowne or anything from Escaflowne. I glad I don't own Allen, yet sad I don't own Folken or Dilandau. Hope everyone thinks this is good so far!
She was in a meadow when Lina looked up. Earth was shining, it's oceans bright, it's lands green. A pillar of light shot down towards her.
"You're leaving?" said Dilandau.
Lina turned her head to see Dilandau, though he was hard to see through the wind moving her long blond hair.
"I suppose I am."
"Will you return?"
"If you pray for me." She whispered and was gone.
Sunlight hit her face and she groaned, opening her eyes. Her arm ached and her head was hurting. Yet the guilt she felt for Guimel's death was larger than ever.
It's my fault.
She sat up in bed and looked over at the window. There was Dilandau, slumped over the chair, sleeping.
He stayed there all night to see if I would be OK.
Lina watched him awake and he yawned. His hair was messy and he looked at her.
"Lina? Are you awake?"
Lina nodded yes and Dilandau stood up.
"How are you?"
"Besides feeling horrible for being the cause of Guimel's death, I'm fine and dandy."
Dilandau sighed and sat next to her, "I don't know what I can say to change your mind."
"There isn't anything.just.thanks." She muttered.
Dilandau shifted in his seat and stood up, "Well.you were a good pilot.we'll get Van." he started stroking his cheek and left.
Lina got up and got ready for the day.
"Where is Lina?"
"She's getting ready, Folken. Why do you ask?" Dilandau said, sitting down and digging in.
"You don't seemed to be affected to what happened to her and Guimel."
The pancake he was eating went bitter in his mouth, "I'm trying to forget it."
"Why?"
"Because.he died a stupid death. He should have listened to Lina. I have no time for morons."
Folken didn't reply and the door opened. Once again, Dilandau was overcome by how frail she looked ever since yesterday.The Battle as he called it.
"Lina, good to see you." Folken said and she sat down.
Lina just nodded and pushed the food around.
"How are you?" Folken asked.
"Me?" she snorted.
Dilandau tried to cover up his sadness. Lina was blaming herself for the death of Guimel, when it wasn't her fault. Guimel had rashly choosen to die.
"We will be heading to Freid." Folken said, bowed and left them along.
"Lina-"
"I don't want to talk about it." She muttered harshly.
Dilandau looked down at his plate of food, "I have to go."
On the way out, he ignored Lina's tears.
Lina sat in a room, not knowing what room it was. Nearby, she could see the outline of a large city. Lina looked back up in the air to see Earth glowing down at her. She heard the door open and she looked at the man who stepped in.
"Mr. Folken?" she muttered.
Folken looked at Lina and sat next to her, "I know Dilandau has told you this but.it isn't your fault."
I looked down, "It was though. That hit was meant for me."
"We may have lost Guimel, but you were the one who saved Dilandau." Folken said to Lina who looked away.
"I snapped at Dilandau this morning. He isn't speaking to me now."
Folken sighed, "Dilandau cowers at the slightest bit of people annoyed by him. I'm sure if you talk to him, he'll speak to you again."
Lina stood up, brushing back her hair, "OK. Do you know where he is?"
"I think I saw him in his room."
"Thank you, Mr. Folken." Lina bowed quickly and left the room.
Down the hallway she turned and went to Dilandau's door. She knocked on it twice and the boy opened it. His eyes looked at her green ones and he let her in.
"Dilandau." she said, wringing her hands, "About breakfast-"
"I understand." He cut her off.
Lina turned to Dilandau, "Dilandau."
Dilandau walked up to her.
"Lina?" he muttered.
"What?"
"Lina.you aren't going to leave are you?"
Dilandau looked at her and she smiled sadly, "I don't know." She whispered.
Dilandau shuffled his feet. He had never talked like this to anyone.
"Lina.I."
"What?" she muttered in his ear.
He was painfully aware of how close they had become. Dilandau moved his face to hers and realized she was shaking.
"Lina, what do I do if you leave?" he whispered to her.
"Pray for me." Lina responded back.
Lina looked into his eyes and Dilandau's heart thumped. They were closer now, and his lips were about to graze hers.
"Lord Dilandau? Lord Folken wishes to see you."
Dilandau jumped up, backing away from Lina. They both looked shocked and confused. The guard banged on the door again.
"Lina." he whispered.
"Lord Dilandau?"
"Give me a SECOND!" he cried.
The man went silent and Dilandau turned back to Lina.
"Go.Mr. Folken needs you."
Dilandau felt more confused than ever so he just nodded and left.
About an hour later, the Vione dropped them off on Freid. Dilandau looked over at her and quickly looked away.
That light..I can sense it!
The words came to her suddenly.
"Dilandau, I'll take care of the king. Check the forests for Escaflowne." Folken said.
Dilandau nodded, "Stay here Lina."
"No! I'm coming with you!" she exclaimed.
Dilandau looked taken aback, "But-"
"Yes!" she cried.
Folken nodded yes and left them.
"Come on men, let's go into the forests," Dilandau turned to her. "I'll carry you with Alsedies." He muttered.
Lina nodded.
Soon after, she got into his red guymelif's hand and they started walking around the forest.
"Come out Van.I know you want to burn!" he cackled.
Lina shuddered when a coldness came over her. All of a sudden, she fell from the guymelif's hand and hit the floor.
"Lina?" he muttered looking down.
A white light shot down from the heavens and Lina looked up to see Earth glowing.
"No." she whispered.
Dilandau jumped out of his guymelif, "Lina?!" he leapt down.
The light circled around her, "Dilandau!" she cried.
"LINA! Where are you going?! Don't leave!"
Lina looked at him, "Pray for me." She whispered to him.
"What?" "Promise me Dilandau! If you pray for me, I shall return!"
She started to float upwards and Dilandau reached up for her. She grabbed his hand, and the bracelet she had given him slipped off into her hands.
"LINAAAAAAA!" he screamed.
Lina looked down and felt herself being swallowed up by the heavens.
"LINA!" Dilandau shrieked.
The blue light was gone and he fell to his knees.
"Lina.no." he muttered and looked at the hand now with the missing bracelet.
"Pray for me. If you pray for me, I shall return."
So Dilandau did something he had never done before in his life.
He prayed for the girl from the Mystic Moon to return.
The End
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