A/N: OK!!! For any new readers or old ones that can't remember~ this chapter tells who the two mysterious figures are!!! ^_^ I still like this chapter and it's still about the same as it was …
Disclaimer: *Author hums and bobs her head to a bouncy tune while the two mysterious figures steal the deed to Escaflowne and give it to Bandai*…
Where I left off: "Can it possibly be you …"
Chapter 3: "Dilandau's Orders"
"Can it possibly be you … Dallet?!"
Dallet (the mysterious brown eyed figure) looked up with mixed emotions written on his face.
"Who is this girl and how does she know me?" he thought …
After the long pause of silence Victoria hung her head … "I apologize. I obviously mistook you for some one else … Please forgive me." She said walking over to untie what she assumed was a poor passerby, but still was suspicious for all the things about him that screamed "DRAGONSLAYER!"
"Wait…" he meekly told her as she lifted her hand to un-secure rope. "How do you know Dallet?" he asked.
"I'm afraid we must be referring to a different 'Dallet'. The Dallet I mistook you for was a soldier of Zaibach under the great General Dilandau Albatou. Dallet was killed a while ago by a blood thirsty Draconian King named Van and …" But she couldn't finished.
She felt moister gathering at the corners of her eyes. "OH NO!" she thought. "I am not going to cry! Crying is a weakness I can not afford to have!"
But Dallet could see something on her face glimmer in the moonlight and felt confused and bad for her.
"Is she crying for… me???" He wondered.
He saw a tear slip down her cheek and she hung her head.
"This can't possibly be the same girl who managed to disarm and tie me up just a minute ago." he thought.
"Young lady…" he began…
"I have a name," was the bleak answer.
"I'm sorry, please… what is your name?"
"It's Victoria … Victoria Townley…"
"Lady Victoria… Let me introduce myself. My name is Dallet. And I am an elite dragon slayer under Dilandau Albatou of Zaibach. But, unlike your friend, I am very much alive."
"WHAT???!!" She looked up with hope and possible joy on her face.
She staggered up and ran up to him (still tied to the tree). She placed a hand on his face and then ran it through his hair.
"I know this has to be real, but one last thing. To make sure it is you… who is your best friend?"
"Chesta … why???"
"AH!" She jumped up and down. "ITISYOU!ITISYOU!ITISYOU!!! I can't believe it! I arrived here before you were killed! Is Miguel alive too?" she asked undoing his rope hastily.
He was very confused but it was common curtsey to answer her question. "Of course he is. But I am very confused…"
"Dallet?"
"Yes, Lady Victoria?"
"Please just call me Victoria…"
"Ok, what was you're question?"
"What are you doing here in the Fanelian forest?"
"I could ask you the same thing but, Lord Dilandau sent us to spy on Fanelia's King. We attack Fanelia this week."
"I don't remember this from the series ... It must be one of those unseen scenes … Hm~ It has to be before they burn Fanelia to the ground! That means I can save them from death! I have the power to alternate fate!" thought Victoria.
Just then a pair of blue green eyes locked with brown.
"CHESTA!!!" Victoria called, leaving Dallet's mouth half open and Chesta (the other mysterious figure, with the green blue eyes) gaping.
"Don't tell me you know Chesta too?" Dallet asked exasperated.
"DO I ???" asked shocked.
Chesta had not come out from behind the trees yet. He was extremely mad at Dallet.
"What is his problem," thought Chesta "He was to stay out of sight and guard…" he muttered.
Suddenly he felt a soft hand on his shoulder and stiffened. He turned around and found himself looking into golden depths the girl's eyes. Like Dallet, he had never seen anyone like her before…
"Chesta? Are you ok?" Victoria asked.
"Of course I am. Who are you?!" he demanded.
"Why don't you come over here with Dallet and I?" she said swatting a tree branch out of her face.
"Ok." said Chesta, still on alert but acting nicer to earn her trust incase he needed to trick or turn on her at any time.
Now that Chesta had moved closer to Dallet he got a better look at him … One arm was bruised, both wrists were red, and he had no weapons on him.
"Dallet," he gaped "what happened to you?!"
Dallet coughed nervously and rubbed the back of his head … "Uhm~ well you see I … er … Heh, heh?"
Victoria started to laugh and covered her mouth. "Can I tell him, Dallet, or do you want to?" she asked innocently with puppy dog eyes.
"Go ahead.." he mumbled under his breath …
Dallet was astounded when she left it at a simple "I disarmed him and tied him to a tree."
"This is no regular girl." he thought.
While Dallet thought about that, Chesta was pondering something else. "Dallet and I found this girl with weird clothes in the middle of the royal Fanelian forest who we know nothing about, other than while I was gone looking for Dilandau-sama, Dallet was either lured out or she tracked him in the darkness, disarmed and tied him up??? This is one of the best soldiers in all of Zaibach but a stray GIRL just happens to have beaten him with out struggle???"
"Dallet…" Chesta said.
"Uh-huh…" he answered.
"While I was gone I found Lord Dilandau on the Vione. He said to check on the girl, bring you back, and then he and the rest of the slayers will return here." whispered Chesta so Victoria didn't hear.
"I understand … let me just tell her we are leaving, ok?" said Dallet.
"Alright…" agreed Chesta.
"Victoria?" Dallet asked.
"Yes, Dallet?" she answered.
"Since you seem to know us all so well than you must know how Dilandau-sama is. We have orders to return to the Vione. So Chesta and I will be on our way but I believe we shall be meeting again."
"Good bye, Dallet. Tell Chesta I said farewell also. I'm afraid I could not have stayed either because I have plans I must carry out in Fanelia myself." she said sadly.
With that Dallet and Chesta ran into the forest to find their guymelefs and return to their blood thirsty leader. But, Dallet couldn't do so with out stealing one last glance at the golden eyed girl …
A/N: Hey!!! I was going to put more in here but I really wanted to post this and I'll put all the excess stuff for chapter three in chapter four!!! Well, there you go! The "mysterious figures" were Chesta and Dallet! Huh??? What's this??? No way can this be a Dallet/Victoria or Chesta/Victoria romance! Or can it??? Hehehehehe … E-mail me!!!! (GoldenAmbrosia@cs.com) ~CrimsonFire
Disclaimer: *Author hums and bobs her head to a bouncy tune while the two mysterious figures steal the deed to Escaflowne and give it to Bandai*…
Where I left off: "Can it possibly be you …"
Chapter 3: "Dilandau's Orders"
"Can it possibly be you … Dallet?!"
Dallet (the mysterious brown eyed figure) looked up with mixed emotions written on his face.
"Who is this girl and how does she know me?" he thought …
After the long pause of silence Victoria hung her head … "I apologize. I obviously mistook you for some one else … Please forgive me." She said walking over to untie what she assumed was a poor passerby, but still was suspicious for all the things about him that screamed "DRAGONSLAYER!"
"Wait…" he meekly told her as she lifted her hand to un-secure rope. "How do you know Dallet?" he asked.
"I'm afraid we must be referring to a different 'Dallet'. The Dallet I mistook you for was a soldier of Zaibach under the great General Dilandau Albatou. Dallet was killed a while ago by a blood thirsty Draconian King named Van and …" But she couldn't finished.
She felt moister gathering at the corners of her eyes. "OH NO!" she thought. "I am not going to cry! Crying is a weakness I can not afford to have!"
But Dallet could see something on her face glimmer in the moonlight and felt confused and bad for her.
"Is she crying for… me???" He wondered.
He saw a tear slip down her cheek and she hung her head.
"This can't possibly be the same girl who managed to disarm and tie me up just a minute ago." he thought.
"Young lady…" he began…
"I have a name," was the bleak answer.
"I'm sorry, please… what is your name?"
"It's Victoria … Victoria Townley…"
"Lady Victoria… Let me introduce myself. My name is Dallet. And I am an elite dragon slayer under Dilandau Albatou of Zaibach. But, unlike your friend, I am very much alive."
"WHAT???!!" She looked up with hope and possible joy on her face.
She staggered up and ran up to him (still tied to the tree). She placed a hand on his face and then ran it through his hair.
"I know this has to be real, but one last thing. To make sure it is you… who is your best friend?"
"Chesta … why???"
"AH!" She jumped up and down. "ITISYOU!ITISYOU!ITISYOU!!! I can't believe it! I arrived here before you were killed! Is Miguel alive too?" she asked undoing his rope hastily.
He was very confused but it was common curtsey to answer her question. "Of course he is. But I am very confused…"
"Dallet?"
"Yes, Lady Victoria?"
"Please just call me Victoria…"
"Ok, what was you're question?"
"What are you doing here in the Fanelian forest?"
"I could ask you the same thing but, Lord Dilandau sent us to spy on Fanelia's King. We attack Fanelia this week."
"I don't remember this from the series ... It must be one of those unseen scenes … Hm~ It has to be before they burn Fanelia to the ground! That means I can save them from death! I have the power to alternate fate!" thought Victoria.
Just then a pair of blue green eyes locked with brown.
"CHESTA!!!" Victoria called, leaving Dallet's mouth half open and Chesta (the other mysterious figure, with the green blue eyes) gaping.
"Don't tell me you know Chesta too?" Dallet asked exasperated.
"DO I ???" asked shocked.
Chesta had not come out from behind the trees yet. He was extremely mad at Dallet.
"What is his problem," thought Chesta "He was to stay out of sight and guard…" he muttered.
Suddenly he felt a soft hand on his shoulder and stiffened. He turned around and found himself looking into golden depths the girl's eyes. Like Dallet, he had never seen anyone like her before…
"Chesta? Are you ok?" Victoria asked.
"Of course I am. Who are you?!" he demanded.
"Why don't you come over here with Dallet and I?" she said swatting a tree branch out of her face.
"Ok." said Chesta, still on alert but acting nicer to earn her trust incase he needed to trick or turn on her at any time.
Now that Chesta had moved closer to Dallet he got a better look at him … One arm was bruised, both wrists were red, and he had no weapons on him.
"Dallet," he gaped "what happened to you?!"
Dallet coughed nervously and rubbed the back of his head … "Uhm~ well you see I … er … Heh, heh?"
Victoria started to laugh and covered her mouth. "Can I tell him, Dallet, or do you want to?" she asked innocently with puppy dog eyes.
"Go ahead.." he mumbled under his breath …
Dallet was astounded when she left it at a simple "I disarmed him and tied him to a tree."
"This is no regular girl." he thought.
While Dallet thought about that, Chesta was pondering something else. "Dallet and I found this girl with weird clothes in the middle of the royal Fanelian forest who we know nothing about, other than while I was gone looking for Dilandau-sama, Dallet was either lured out or she tracked him in the darkness, disarmed and tied him up??? This is one of the best soldiers in all of Zaibach but a stray GIRL just happens to have beaten him with out struggle???"
"Dallet…" Chesta said.
"Uh-huh…" he answered.
"While I was gone I found Lord Dilandau on the Vione. He said to check on the girl, bring you back, and then he and the rest of the slayers will return here." whispered Chesta so Victoria didn't hear.
"I understand … let me just tell her we are leaving, ok?" said Dallet.
"Alright…" agreed Chesta.
"Victoria?" Dallet asked.
"Yes, Dallet?" she answered.
"Since you seem to know us all so well than you must know how Dilandau-sama is. We have orders to return to the Vione. So Chesta and I will be on our way but I believe we shall be meeting again."
"Good bye, Dallet. Tell Chesta I said farewell also. I'm afraid I could not have stayed either because I have plans I must carry out in Fanelia myself." she said sadly.
With that Dallet and Chesta ran into the forest to find their guymelefs and return to their blood thirsty leader. But, Dallet couldn't do so with out stealing one last glance at the golden eyed girl …
A/N: Hey!!! I was going to put more in here but I really wanted to post this and I'll put all the excess stuff for chapter three in chapter four!!! Well, there you go! The "mysterious figures" were Chesta and Dallet! Huh??? What's this??? No way can this be a Dallet/Victoria or Chesta/Victoria romance! Or can it??? Hehehehehe … E-mail me!!!! (GoldenAmbrosia@cs.com) ~CrimsonFire