Chapter 3: The World
"Hitomi, can you hear me? Wake up! Hitomi!"
A voice sounded in the distance. Yet all Hitomi saw and felt was black and numb. She felt stuck, trapped in her own body. Was she dead?
"Hitomi! Please, open your eyes."
She tried to open her eyes, but the intense light forced them back closed. Little by little she opened them to see her surroundings.
"Look! She's opening her eyes."
She was in a pearly white hospital room. She was hooked up to all sorts of machines and had an IV through the under side of her arm. She was confused. She couldn't remember anything. She couldn't even remember her name.
"Where am I? Who are you? And most importantly, who am I?" Hitomi asked nervously. She didn't recognize the people around her.
"You're in the hospital. Don't you remember?" Michiko asked.
"No, I don't remember anything. I am just so confused. Why don't I know my own name?" Hitomi said in near hysterics.
"It's probably amnesia. It should only be temporary, but she received a bad concusion. It can take from a few days to a few months to get her memory back. You'll just have to be patient."
Hitomi looked up to see an old, white haired doctor talking to the lady standing over her bed. Amnesia? That's why I can't remember anything.
"Hitomi, I am your mother," said the lady with short brown hair and beautiful emerald eyes.
"And I am your best friend Yukari," said the girl next to her with very hope filled eyes. Hitomi felt bad. She couldn't offer them anything worth that hope.
"I am so sorry. I just don't remember. I'll try to remember, but right now I can't. I am just so sorry," she said as their hopeful expressions turned sad.
on Gaea 1 year before
I have to forget her. I can't live on the hope she will want to come back to me. I have to think of my kingdom and it's future. He had said this speech over and over in his head so that he could do what he was going to do. Forget her. He was going to forget about Hitomi. He couldn't just stand around and pine over a lost love. He had to go on living and become a true king. According to his advisors, a true king has a Queen and an heir. His twentieth birthday was coming and he needed to marry soon. The only way to do this was to forget about Hitomi.
"I'll put you in here and maybe one day I can bring you out again," Van said lifting the pendant from around his neck and put it in a little box. He then put the box underneath Escaflowne. He figured it was a perfect spot since he wasn't ever going to use both again, he hoped. The next step was to never communicate with her again. He had to close his heart off to her. He had to bury the piece of his heart which would forever belong to her.
Back on Earth
"See this picture? It's of you winning your first high school track meet. And this picture is of you, me, and Amano. Do you remember anything?" Yukari asked exasperated. She was almost finished with all the pictures she ever had of Hitomi and her.
"No, I am sorry. Ugh! There must be something wrong with me! It's been two weeks and I still can't remember anything." Hitomi said equally exasperated. She wanted to remember. She needed to remember.
"Well, here's the last picture. It's after you came back from Gaea."
"Gaea? What are you talking about?"
"Hmmm…you won't remember right now anyway, but from what I remember you telling me, which was not very much let me add, was the place where you went when a strange light thingy lifted you up into the sky and you landed in this other world called Gaea." Yukari said matter of factly.
"Another world? Was I a psychiatric patient?" Hitomi asked. She was very confused, but then again she was confused every second she was awake.
"Yeah, and also from what little you've told me you met a King named Van."
The name struck a cord in her heart. That name brought tears to her eyes. The name sounded so familiar. She tried to grasp what the memories where behind that name.
"I know that name………..Van….."
**That ending was soooo obvious. I had to do it though. It fits in perfectly with the plot I have in mind. What may that plot be? hehehe just read and find out. I know the plot is slow now, but I have to start it off somehow. The beginning is the hardest part.
**Also I do tarot and I figured it would be appropriate to title chapters after tarot cards. The World means the end of something. Hmmmm I'll let you ponder that.
"Hitomi, can you hear me? Wake up! Hitomi!"
A voice sounded in the distance. Yet all Hitomi saw and felt was black and numb. She felt stuck, trapped in her own body. Was she dead?
"Hitomi! Please, open your eyes."
She tried to open her eyes, but the intense light forced them back closed. Little by little she opened them to see her surroundings.
"Look! She's opening her eyes."
She was in a pearly white hospital room. She was hooked up to all sorts of machines and had an IV through the under side of her arm. She was confused. She couldn't remember anything. She couldn't even remember her name.
"Where am I? Who are you? And most importantly, who am I?" Hitomi asked nervously. She didn't recognize the people around her.
"You're in the hospital. Don't you remember?" Michiko asked.
"No, I don't remember anything. I am just so confused. Why don't I know my own name?" Hitomi said in near hysterics.
"It's probably amnesia. It should only be temporary, but she received a bad concusion. It can take from a few days to a few months to get her memory back. You'll just have to be patient."
Hitomi looked up to see an old, white haired doctor talking to the lady standing over her bed. Amnesia? That's why I can't remember anything.
"Hitomi, I am your mother," said the lady with short brown hair and beautiful emerald eyes.
"And I am your best friend Yukari," said the girl next to her with very hope filled eyes. Hitomi felt bad. She couldn't offer them anything worth that hope.
"I am so sorry. I just don't remember. I'll try to remember, but right now I can't. I am just so sorry," she said as their hopeful expressions turned sad.
on Gaea 1 year before
I have to forget her. I can't live on the hope she will want to come back to me. I have to think of my kingdom and it's future. He had said this speech over and over in his head so that he could do what he was going to do. Forget her. He was going to forget about Hitomi. He couldn't just stand around and pine over a lost love. He had to go on living and become a true king. According to his advisors, a true king has a Queen and an heir. His twentieth birthday was coming and he needed to marry soon. The only way to do this was to forget about Hitomi.
"I'll put you in here and maybe one day I can bring you out again," Van said lifting the pendant from around his neck and put it in a little box. He then put the box underneath Escaflowne. He figured it was a perfect spot since he wasn't ever going to use both again, he hoped. The next step was to never communicate with her again. He had to close his heart off to her. He had to bury the piece of his heart which would forever belong to her.
Back on Earth
"See this picture? It's of you winning your first high school track meet. And this picture is of you, me, and Amano. Do you remember anything?" Yukari asked exasperated. She was almost finished with all the pictures she ever had of Hitomi and her.
"No, I am sorry. Ugh! There must be something wrong with me! It's been two weeks and I still can't remember anything." Hitomi said equally exasperated. She wanted to remember. She needed to remember.
"Well, here's the last picture. It's after you came back from Gaea."
"Gaea? What are you talking about?"
"Hmmm…you won't remember right now anyway, but from what I remember you telling me, which was not very much let me add, was the place where you went when a strange light thingy lifted you up into the sky and you landed in this other world called Gaea." Yukari said matter of factly.
"Another world? Was I a psychiatric patient?" Hitomi asked. She was very confused, but then again she was confused every second she was awake.
"Yeah, and also from what little you've told me you met a King named Van."
The name struck a cord in her heart. That name brought tears to her eyes. The name sounded so familiar. She tried to grasp what the memories where behind that name.
"I know that name………..Van….."
**That ending was soooo obvious. I had to do it though. It fits in perfectly with the plot I have in mind. What may that plot be? hehehe just read and find out. I know the plot is slow now, but I have to start it off somehow. The beginning is the hardest part.
**Also I do tarot and I figured it would be appropriate to title chapters after tarot cards. The World means the end of something. Hmmmm I'll let you ponder that.