1.1 Part Three: Reunited with Love
Disclaimer: I own Escaflowne!!! What? Excuse me? Who does? Oh, I see. I have been corrected, I don't own Escaflowne. Excuse me while I go and cry.
*Fenalia, that day*
Merle and Celena watched Van walk across the gardens, his head drooped and his feet shuffling. It had been a week since he had lost contact with Hitomie and he looked more disheveled and disorderly everyday. He had lost a bunch of weight and his hair and grown even longer and messy. Korlan was going out of his mind with worry, he didn't know of Van and Hitomie's connection, nor that it had disappeared, he just thought that the king was depressed.
"Will he ever get over it?" Celena asked Merle, her eyes bright with worry.
"I don't know, he loved her very much." Merle looked out at Van's private gardens and saw him sit down on a bench, his head in his hands. "If they didn't have the connection in the first place, it probably wouldn't be so bad, but they were so close. They could read each other's thoughts, not every couple can say that."
"Don't worry, it will be okay."
Merle and Celena both turned at the voice, A young girl, about sixteen stood there, her long curly red hair swung loose and she wore a small gold circlet on top her head. She wore a dark green dress with a gold sash tied around her waist; she was very beautiful with her pale skin and bright blue eyes.
"Sharra!" Merle ran to her friend and hugged her small frame.
Celena bowed, "Your grace."
Sharra laughed and hugged Celena, "Don't call me that 'Lena, we've been friends too long. Just because I'm married to a duke, doesn't mean I have to act like a duchess!" They all laughed.
"So, how is married life?" Merle asked, while keeping an eye on Van, he didn't look to well, in fact…
"If you remember, Merle, I didn't want to be married to a stuffy old duke, it's not that bad I guess…" Sharra trailed off as she saw Merle running towards Van, Celena quickly followed, with Sharra at her heels.
"Lord Van! What's wrong?"
Van was doubled over, his face contorted with pain; Merle began to cry as he fell to the ground, barely breathing. "Lord Van!"
Celena ran to go get someone, she came back with Millerna and Allen, Millerna knelt beside Van and began to slowly murmur to him, as one would do a skittish horse. She felt for his pulse, when she found it softly beating she sighed. "He's okay, we need to get him inside before he gets any worse." As she said this, Van opened his eyes and slowly sat up.
"What happened?" He said softly, holding his head. "I have a gigantic head ache!"
Merle cried out and jumped on him. "I was so worried Lord Van!" Van's arms came around her and held her tightly, "Does this mean that you're speaking to me again Merle?"
Everyone was smiling and crying, well, Merle was crying, and Millerna looked a little choked up.
"Thank the Gods you're okay, Van." Allen said smiling, "I didn't want to have to explain to your guests why the ball had to be postponed because the king was dead."
Nobody saw Sharra slip away.
Van was smiling and nodding at everyone when he felt a jolt, he quickly looked around, but saw nothing. He stood up, with Merle still attached to him and looked out at the horizon. To his amazement he saw a familiar blue light shine down into the forest.
"Hitomie!" He shouted and started running.
Everybody looked at where he was running then quickly followed.
Hitomie felt her feet hit solid ground and looked around. The trees, the sky, the two moons.
"I'm in Gaea!" She yelled jumping up and down, "Oh my god, oh my god! Yahoo!"
She danced around jumping into the air, until she fell over something hard.
"What the?" The lump moved and stood, she saw the familiar face of a boy she knew.
"Chris? What the hell are you doing here?"
"Where the hell are we?" Chris looked around and up, "Hitomie, why are there two moons?"
"Well, you see…" Hitomie was interrupted by a shout, she looked back and saw a familiar figure rushing towards her, she burst into tears and ran into his arms.
The people around them looked at the pair holding each other, the woman crying and calling out the man's name while he just held her tightly and whispered her name. Merle and Millerna were openly crying again, and even Celena had tears in her eyes. Allen had a soft smile on his lips, and Chris just looked bewildered.
When they parted, Van looked Hitomie over, she was taller now, almost as tall as he was and she wore her school uniform again. Her hair had grown a bit longer, it reached her shoulders, she was still beautiful, if not a little skinny.
Hitomie also looked over Van, he was a lot taller now, and it was obvious that he grew into his stature as king. He was more muscular than skinny and his hair was even more disheveled. He looked like he hadn't slept in a few days. (Good) Hitomie thought to herself (If I was going though hell, it's only fitting that he was too)
She laughed and wrapped her arms around him again. She never wanted to let him go.
"Ummm…Hitomie?" She looked behind her and saw Merle sniffing around Chris; he looked scared out of his wits. Merle looked at Hitomie and grinned, "Who's this?"
"That's my friend, Chris. He was sucked into the light with me.'
Merle stopped sniffing him and looked up into his eyes. "So you're from the Mystic Moon too?"
"Mys…Mystic Moon? What are you talking about? I'm from Canada!"
"Is that another moon?"
"Hitomie? What is she saying? Where are we?"
Hitomie knelt by Chris and tried to soothe him, "It's okay Chris, we are on Gaea, I've been here before. These are my friends. Let's go into Van's castle and get some rest."
"Castle?"
"Yes, Van is a king." She looked up at Van and smiled, "Van can we get him inside? I think he is a little shocked."
"Of course. No problem, Allen, can you help me? Any friend of Hitomie's is a friend of ours." Van helped Chris up then leaned over to whisper in his ear. "Of course, if you tried anything with her, I will personally rip out your heart with a spoon."
Chris fainted dead away. Van looked at Hitomie with wide, innocent eyes.
"What did I say?"
Author's note: Ah, how cute, Van's jealous! By the way, review!!!
Disclaimer: I own Escaflowne!!! What? Excuse me? Who does? Oh, I see. I have been corrected, I don't own Escaflowne. Excuse me while I go and cry.
*Fenalia, that day*
Merle and Celena watched Van walk across the gardens, his head drooped and his feet shuffling. It had been a week since he had lost contact with Hitomie and he looked more disheveled and disorderly everyday. He had lost a bunch of weight and his hair and grown even longer and messy. Korlan was going out of his mind with worry, he didn't know of Van and Hitomie's connection, nor that it had disappeared, he just thought that the king was depressed.
"Will he ever get over it?" Celena asked Merle, her eyes bright with worry.
"I don't know, he loved her very much." Merle looked out at Van's private gardens and saw him sit down on a bench, his head in his hands. "If they didn't have the connection in the first place, it probably wouldn't be so bad, but they were so close. They could read each other's thoughts, not every couple can say that."
"Don't worry, it will be okay."
Merle and Celena both turned at the voice, A young girl, about sixteen stood there, her long curly red hair swung loose and she wore a small gold circlet on top her head. She wore a dark green dress with a gold sash tied around her waist; she was very beautiful with her pale skin and bright blue eyes.
"Sharra!" Merle ran to her friend and hugged her small frame.
Celena bowed, "Your grace."
Sharra laughed and hugged Celena, "Don't call me that 'Lena, we've been friends too long. Just because I'm married to a duke, doesn't mean I have to act like a duchess!" They all laughed.
"So, how is married life?" Merle asked, while keeping an eye on Van, he didn't look to well, in fact…
"If you remember, Merle, I didn't want to be married to a stuffy old duke, it's not that bad I guess…" Sharra trailed off as she saw Merle running towards Van, Celena quickly followed, with Sharra at her heels.
"Lord Van! What's wrong?"
Van was doubled over, his face contorted with pain; Merle began to cry as he fell to the ground, barely breathing. "Lord Van!"
Celena ran to go get someone, she came back with Millerna and Allen, Millerna knelt beside Van and began to slowly murmur to him, as one would do a skittish horse. She felt for his pulse, when she found it softly beating she sighed. "He's okay, we need to get him inside before he gets any worse." As she said this, Van opened his eyes and slowly sat up.
"What happened?" He said softly, holding his head. "I have a gigantic head ache!"
Merle cried out and jumped on him. "I was so worried Lord Van!" Van's arms came around her and held her tightly, "Does this mean that you're speaking to me again Merle?"
Everyone was smiling and crying, well, Merle was crying, and Millerna looked a little choked up.
"Thank the Gods you're okay, Van." Allen said smiling, "I didn't want to have to explain to your guests why the ball had to be postponed because the king was dead."
Nobody saw Sharra slip away.
Van was smiling and nodding at everyone when he felt a jolt, he quickly looked around, but saw nothing. He stood up, with Merle still attached to him and looked out at the horizon. To his amazement he saw a familiar blue light shine down into the forest.
"Hitomie!" He shouted and started running.
Everybody looked at where he was running then quickly followed.
Hitomie felt her feet hit solid ground and looked around. The trees, the sky, the two moons.
"I'm in Gaea!" She yelled jumping up and down, "Oh my god, oh my god! Yahoo!"
She danced around jumping into the air, until she fell over something hard.
"What the?" The lump moved and stood, she saw the familiar face of a boy she knew.
"Chris? What the hell are you doing here?"
"Where the hell are we?" Chris looked around and up, "Hitomie, why are there two moons?"
"Well, you see…" Hitomie was interrupted by a shout, she looked back and saw a familiar figure rushing towards her, she burst into tears and ran into his arms.
The people around them looked at the pair holding each other, the woman crying and calling out the man's name while he just held her tightly and whispered her name. Merle and Millerna were openly crying again, and even Celena had tears in her eyes. Allen had a soft smile on his lips, and Chris just looked bewildered.
When they parted, Van looked Hitomie over, she was taller now, almost as tall as he was and she wore her school uniform again. Her hair had grown a bit longer, it reached her shoulders, she was still beautiful, if not a little skinny.
Hitomie also looked over Van, he was a lot taller now, and it was obvious that he grew into his stature as king. He was more muscular than skinny and his hair was even more disheveled. He looked like he hadn't slept in a few days. (Good) Hitomie thought to herself (If I was going though hell, it's only fitting that he was too)
She laughed and wrapped her arms around him again. She never wanted to let him go.
"Ummm…Hitomie?" She looked behind her and saw Merle sniffing around Chris; he looked scared out of his wits. Merle looked at Hitomie and grinned, "Who's this?"
"That's my friend, Chris. He was sucked into the light with me.'
Merle stopped sniffing him and looked up into his eyes. "So you're from the Mystic Moon too?"
"Mys…Mystic Moon? What are you talking about? I'm from Canada!"
"Is that another moon?"
"Hitomie? What is she saying? Where are we?"
Hitomie knelt by Chris and tried to soothe him, "It's okay Chris, we are on Gaea, I've been here before. These are my friends. Let's go into Van's castle and get some rest."
"Castle?"
"Yes, Van is a king." She looked up at Van and smiled, "Van can we get him inside? I think he is a little shocked."
"Of course. No problem, Allen, can you help me? Any friend of Hitomie's is a friend of ours." Van helped Chris up then leaned over to whisper in his ear. "Of course, if you tried anything with her, I will personally rip out your heart with a spoon."
Chris fainted dead away. Van looked at Hitomie with wide, innocent eyes.
"What did I say?"
Author's note: Ah, how cute, Van's jealous! By the way, review!!!