Escaflowne #8
Across The Planets
Disclaimer: I do not own Escaflowne or anything from Escaflowne.
I havn't got any reviews from Chapter seven, but I still want to post all of this story.
Folken stared at the Mystic Moon and wondered about Lina. His door opened and he already knew it was Dilandau. He was starting to drag his feet when he walked.
"Yes, Dilandau?" Folken asked.
"Lina showed the wings of an angel. That doesn't mean."
"Of course it does." Folken said, turning.
"You could seem a little more sad about it!" cried Dilandau.
"Lina has that bracelet. The bracelet is linked to Escaflowne. She showed the Wings of Illusion, which means she is the one who can bring the sword out of Escaflowne."
"What about the other piece said to bring the sword out of Escaflowne?" Dilandau asked.
To this, Folken replied, "I don't know where that is. What we do know is that Lina needs to be brought back here."
Dilandau whispered something softly and Folken turned his back on him.
Lina skipped school again too. She walked around with no goal in her day except to get to Gaea. She felt like a mental person trapped in a home and she couldn't escape. Lina looked up in the sky for the 1,000,000 time that day (it felt like.) and sighed when Gaea couldn't be seen. Lina had figured out Gaea would show up in the sky and that would be when the planets mend their paths. The paths would reach across the planets and she would be warped. All she had to do was wait.
Dilandau laid in his bed, the conversation with Folken still going through his head. He exhaled and laid on his side, looking at his wrist.
"God damn it Lina!" he muttered.
"Lina has the bracelet. The bracelet is linked to Escaflowne. She is the one who can bring the sword out of Escaflowne."
Dilandau closed his eyes tightly.
Lina.if you come back to Gaea.everyone will be after you.you are safer on Earth.
Dilandau's heart thumped as he looked up in the sky.
"Lina.I'll have to stop praying for you. It isn't safe for you to return. I'm sorry.Lina." he choked on his words and covered his face with a pillow.
At once, Lina felt like a connection with something had been lost.
"Dilandau?" she whispered in her stale bedroom air.
She didn't feel that connection.she felt alone.
"Dilandau!?" she cried.
That was when it hit her: Dilandau had stopped praying for her.
No! Dilandau, why?! Why?!
There was someone shaking her. Lina opened her eyes to see her mom shaking her.
"Mom?" she muttered.
"Lina! Wake up! You're having a nightmare!"
Lina sat up, her dream flooding back and instantly she blushed.
Naïve mother.
Lina tried not to smirk.
"Are you OK?" her mother asked.
"I'm fine.just.a.nightmare."
Her mother nodded, gave her a bottle of water and left. Lina covered her face with her pillow, recalling her dream with Dilandau.
It was anything but a nightmare.
Dilandau had stopped praying for Lina. That Folken could tell. He also knew why.
Dilandau, you are trying to save Lina. It's too bad Dornkirk already has his sights on her.
Folken glanced over at Van, who was sitting in the chair, his hands tied, at the breakfast table. The whole Lina thing must have struck Dilandau hard, because he wasn't even enjoying his brother tied up.
"Van, have you decided if you will join me or not?" Folken asked, already knowing the answer.
"No!"
"We still have Escaflowne, which is vital to our plans. We have already located one of the pieces to get the sword from Escaflowne. I think you know where the other one is."
"You thought wrong!" Van spat.
Folken just looked at his food.
Lina.
Dilandau was feeling so horrible that seeing Van tied up and screaming like a madman didn't even make him smirk. He didn't care about Van or Folken. He didn't care about Dornkirk's stupid plan. He wanted to go to bed.
Damn it Lina! You didn't even leave me something to remember you by!
Dilandau looked up in the sky, at Earth. Lina was there.somewhere.
Her parents left out of town the following day for her aunt's wedding. Lina didn't go. Her parents would be gone for four days. That would be enough time to get to Gaea. Lina looked up in the sky and did a double take. All of a sudden, Gaea was there. It glowed brightly.
"Gaea?" she muttered.
Lina grabbed the glove and held it.
"Take me to Gaea! Please!"
"It won't work." A voice rang and Lina spun around, breathing hard.
There stood Folken. The real Folken and he closed her bedroom door.
"You can't warp back yet. I had to take a chance to come here."
Lina was too shocked to speak. All she could do was mutter his name.
" Mr. Folken."
Folken walked up to her, his cloak moving around him.
"Lina, you want to return to Gaea?"
Lina nodded, "Can you take me?"
"I cannot. Not yet anyway. Dilandau has stopped praying."
"Why though?!" Lina cried.
Folken did feel like a guilty pig. Dornkirk was the one who had told him to go down here and try to make sure Lina would want to return. Folken noticed she was wearing the bracelet and clutching Dilandau's glove. His heart felt an emotion for a second and he closed his eyes. He felt guilt. He was guilty for doing this to Lina.
"He." Folken took a deep breath. "He was afraid you would get hurt if you returned."
Lina looked at the floor, "But I won't! I have to return there! I just have too!"
"You could return.if you gave us your bracelet." Folken said, the guilt growing.
Lina looked taken aback, "How would that help?"
"Because then the praying would become more real. Not fake."
Lina held out the bracelet that she had slipped off her arm and Folken held out his hand. The bracelet dangled off Lina's fingertips and Folken looked at her.
There was fire all around her. Death. Pain. All on Gaea. All because of her bracelet.
"DON'T!"
Lina looked up to see Dilandau, looking at her.
"Don't give the bracelet over yet!"
Lina instantly pulled away, the bracelet slipping back on her wrist.
"You won't give it to me?"
Lina shook her head no, clock ticking in her ears. It hurt.
"Why not?"
The girl had had another vision. That was why she wasn't handing over the bracelet. Folken knew he couldn't make her hand it over or she would lose her trust in him. He was starting to lose trust himself. It was time for him to move to his second part of the plan. Lina glanced with worry etched upon her face.
"You aren't mad are you, Mr. Folken?"
Folken shook his head no, "I just want you to know how much I trust you."
Lina's resolved faltered. Folken walked a step closer to her, getting ready to cement her trust with a school girl crush.
"I trust you, Lina."
Lina shuffled her feet, her face turning a little red.
Forget about Dilandau.
Folken titled her face to his and softly brought his lips to hers. She tried to pull away, but soon stopped.
Lina was aware of what she was doing. The earthquake in her mind was reminding her of all that. Folken was kissing her. And she was kissing back. Slowly, she wrapped her arms around Folken's waist and kissed him harder.
He trusts me.Dilandau doesn't have any faith in me.
Finally, Folken pulled away and he looked at her.
"Until we meet across the planets, Lina." He whispered in that voice that made her shiver.
The blue light shot down and circled around him. Soon he was gone and Lina was all alone. Lina's fingers went up to her lips, still warm from Folken's lips.
My first kiss.
Lina's face began to turn bright red and she laid on her bed, throwing Dilandau's glove on the floor.
A girl could get use to this.
And the glove lay on the floor, forgotten, alone with no one by it's side. It's mate in another world.
The End
Or do you want me to post Chapter 9? At least let me post up to Chapter 12. It's a major cliffhanger!
-Sniperwolf
Across The Planets
Disclaimer: I do not own Escaflowne or anything from Escaflowne.
I havn't got any reviews from Chapter seven, but I still want to post all of this story.
Folken stared at the Mystic Moon and wondered about Lina. His door opened and he already knew it was Dilandau. He was starting to drag his feet when he walked.
"Yes, Dilandau?" Folken asked.
"Lina showed the wings of an angel. That doesn't mean."
"Of course it does." Folken said, turning.
"You could seem a little more sad about it!" cried Dilandau.
"Lina has that bracelet. The bracelet is linked to Escaflowne. She showed the Wings of Illusion, which means she is the one who can bring the sword out of Escaflowne."
"What about the other piece said to bring the sword out of Escaflowne?" Dilandau asked.
To this, Folken replied, "I don't know where that is. What we do know is that Lina needs to be brought back here."
Dilandau whispered something softly and Folken turned his back on him.
Lina skipped school again too. She walked around with no goal in her day except to get to Gaea. She felt like a mental person trapped in a home and she couldn't escape. Lina looked up in the sky for the 1,000,000 time that day (it felt like.) and sighed when Gaea couldn't be seen. Lina had figured out Gaea would show up in the sky and that would be when the planets mend their paths. The paths would reach across the planets and she would be warped. All she had to do was wait.
Dilandau laid in his bed, the conversation with Folken still going through his head. He exhaled and laid on his side, looking at his wrist.
"God damn it Lina!" he muttered.
"Lina has the bracelet. The bracelet is linked to Escaflowne. She is the one who can bring the sword out of Escaflowne."
Dilandau closed his eyes tightly.
Lina.if you come back to Gaea.everyone will be after you.you are safer on Earth.
Dilandau's heart thumped as he looked up in the sky.
"Lina.I'll have to stop praying for you. It isn't safe for you to return. I'm sorry.Lina." he choked on his words and covered his face with a pillow.
At once, Lina felt like a connection with something had been lost.
"Dilandau?" she whispered in her stale bedroom air.
She didn't feel that connection.she felt alone.
"Dilandau!?" she cried.
That was when it hit her: Dilandau had stopped praying for her.
No! Dilandau, why?! Why?!
There was someone shaking her. Lina opened her eyes to see her mom shaking her.
"Mom?" she muttered.
"Lina! Wake up! You're having a nightmare!"
Lina sat up, her dream flooding back and instantly she blushed.
Naïve mother.
Lina tried not to smirk.
"Are you OK?" her mother asked.
"I'm fine.just.a.nightmare."
Her mother nodded, gave her a bottle of water and left. Lina covered her face with her pillow, recalling her dream with Dilandau.
It was anything but a nightmare.
Dilandau had stopped praying for Lina. That Folken could tell. He also knew why.
Dilandau, you are trying to save Lina. It's too bad Dornkirk already has his sights on her.
Folken glanced over at Van, who was sitting in the chair, his hands tied, at the breakfast table. The whole Lina thing must have struck Dilandau hard, because he wasn't even enjoying his brother tied up.
"Van, have you decided if you will join me or not?" Folken asked, already knowing the answer.
"No!"
"We still have Escaflowne, which is vital to our plans. We have already located one of the pieces to get the sword from Escaflowne. I think you know where the other one is."
"You thought wrong!" Van spat.
Folken just looked at his food.
Lina.
Dilandau was feeling so horrible that seeing Van tied up and screaming like a madman didn't even make him smirk. He didn't care about Van or Folken. He didn't care about Dornkirk's stupid plan. He wanted to go to bed.
Damn it Lina! You didn't even leave me something to remember you by!
Dilandau looked up in the sky, at Earth. Lina was there.somewhere.
Her parents left out of town the following day for her aunt's wedding. Lina didn't go. Her parents would be gone for four days. That would be enough time to get to Gaea. Lina looked up in the sky and did a double take. All of a sudden, Gaea was there. It glowed brightly.
"Gaea?" she muttered.
Lina grabbed the glove and held it.
"Take me to Gaea! Please!"
"It won't work." A voice rang and Lina spun around, breathing hard.
There stood Folken. The real Folken and he closed her bedroom door.
"You can't warp back yet. I had to take a chance to come here."
Lina was too shocked to speak. All she could do was mutter his name.
" Mr. Folken."
Folken walked up to her, his cloak moving around him.
"Lina, you want to return to Gaea?"
Lina nodded, "Can you take me?"
"I cannot. Not yet anyway. Dilandau has stopped praying."
"Why though?!" Lina cried.
Folken did feel like a guilty pig. Dornkirk was the one who had told him to go down here and try to make sure Lina would want to return. Folken noticed she was wearing the bracelet and clutching Dilandau's glove. His heart felt an emotion for a second and he closed his eyes. He felt guilt. He was guilty for doing this to Lina.
"He." Folken took a deep breath. "He was afraid you would get hurt if you returned."
Lina looked at the floor, "But I won't! I have to return there! I just have too!"
"You could return.if you gave us your bracelet." Folken said, the guilt growing.
Lina looked taken aback, "How would that help?"
"Because then the praying would become more real. Not fake."
Lina held out the bracelet that she had slipped off her arm and Folken held out his hand. The bracelet dangled off Lina's fingertips and Folken looked at her.
There was fire all around her. Death. Pain. All on Gaea. All because of her bracelet.
"DON'T!"
Lina looked up to see Dilandau, looking at her.
"Don't give the bracelet over yet!"
Lina instantly pulled away, the bracelet slipping back on her wrist.
"You won't give it to me?"
Lina shook her head no, clock ticking in her ears. It hurt.
"Why not?"
The girl had had another vision. That was why she wasn't handing over the bracelet. Folken knew he couldn't make her hand it over or she would lose her trust in him. He was starting to lose trust himself. It was time for him to move to his second part of the plan. Lina glanced with worry etched upon her face.
"You aren't mad are you, Mr. Folken?"
Folken shook his head no, "I just want you to know how much I trust you."
Lina's resolved faltered. Folken walked a step closer to her, getting ready to cement her trust with a school girl crush.
"I trust you, Lina."
Lina shuffled her feet, her face turning a little red.
Forget about Dilandau.
Folken titled her face to his and softly brought his lips to hers. She tried to pull away, but soon stopped.
Lina was aware of what she was doing. The earthquake in her mind was reminding her of all that. Folken was kissing her. And she was kissing back. Slowly, she wrapped her arms around Folken's waist and kissed him harder.
He trusts me.Dilandau doesn't have any faith in me.
Finally, Folken pulled away and he looked at her.
"Until we meet across the planets, Lina." He whispered in that voice that made her shiver.
The blue light shot down and circled around him. Soon he was gone and Lina was all alone. Lina's fingers went up to her lips, still warm from Folken's lips.
My first kiss.
Lina's face began to turn bright red and she laid on her bed, throwing Dilandau's glove on the floor.
A girl could get use to this.
And the glove lay on the floor, forgotten, alone with no one by it's side. It's mate in another world.
The End
Or do you want me to post Chapter 9? At least let me post up to Chapter 12. It's a major cliffhanger!
-Sniperwolf