Disclaimer: * Wishes she owned Escaflowne, but is satisfied that all original characters are HERS! *
A/N: OK, last chapter was sad, sorry. I like sadness and mush, but then my endings always seem to be happy, so go fig! R&R! Enjoy! ^_^
Chapter 26: Conflicting Loves
"Stay with me, Mira. I don't want you to be lonely anymore..." He said with pleading eyes.
"Nice try Fanel, but it's not that easy to win my heart."
She smirked looking at his disappointment, "So when are we allegedly, going to talk to Duke Chid? Or was that a lie too?"
"Now," He said, now it was his turn to smirk as Duke Chid entered the room.
"Nhar de Freid." She said respectfully falling to one knee, while Daren remained in a standing position. Chid and Daren were good friends, and Chid didn't expect him to fall into a bow whenever he entered the room.
Chid was in his twenties now, and quite handsome, fortunately, he didn't have his father's long girlish locks, his hair didn't look much different from when Van and Hitomi first met him.
"So, Daren, what did you 'summon' me about?" He playfully asked his younger friend.
"I thought you might like to meek your long lost cousin, Mira."
"But...how?" Chid asked, his eyes wide with disbelief.
"Aunt Eries is a spinster, Aunt Milerna has Leo, and my father's family in outer Freid hate me, because they want the throne."
"Uncle Allen didn't have family in Freid..." Mira commented, realizing her mistake too late.
"Why are you bringing up your Uncle Allen?" Chid asked, this was far too confusing for him.
"Chid, there's something you should know." Daren started leaning against the wall, his eyes closed.
"Your father was not the late Nhar de Freid, but rather the late Knight of Caeli, Allen Schezar."
"That's not possible" Chid stuttered, taking a step backward.
"Chid, you needed to know the truth." Daren coolly replied.
"Mira is your late father's late sister's daughter."
"Mira Albatou." She said still on one knee, afraid of his reaction.
Chid deduced this information quickly.
"Albatou? My own wretched uncle destroyed my country?" He asked in contempt.
"It appears so." Said Daren, being the calmest presently in the room.
"But still, I do have a lovely cousin." Chid remarked, as Mira blushed. He gave her a hug, happy to find more family. Daren was happy he had brought them back together.
"I hope to see you again soon, Cousin Mira, but I must return to Freid now. Goodbye to you both." And he ran towards his awaiting airship.
"That was an experience." Daren commented. Mira nodded her head in agreement.
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Three years passed, and with it grew Daren and Mira's love, but others were not so fortunate...
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A lone knight marched towards the Fanelian castle. A princess happened to be looking out the window at this time and ran down the winding staircase and through the castle entrance. She leaped into the knight's arms, as he spun her around in the rain. When they were both drenched, they headed back inside to the parlor.
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"Princess Varomi, it's so very good to see you." The brown haired knight said, staring into her beautiful eyes.
"Yes, indeed, I assume you are a Knight of Caeli now?"
"Yes Milady, I am now a Knight of the Heavens."
"I am so very happy for you."
"Princess Varomi, I have missed you dearly." He said, kissing her hand.
"And I you, Prince Leonzar."
"Why are we being so formal?" He asked.
"I don't know." She shrugged.
"Anyways, it's great to see you Leo."
Leo looked hesitant, "Varomi, there's something I need to tell you... I'm..." Then Princess Siara walked up and wrapped her arms around her husband-to-be.
"How could you Leo? How could you?" She whispered, a tear trailing down her cheek.
"Oh c'mon Var, my parents arranged it..."
"You swore! You swore!" She screamed between sobs, as she raced back to her chambers.
"Varomi! Come back!"
He made an effort to go after her, but Princess Siara said, "We need to discuss plans for our wedding." She had a satisfied smirk on her face as only one thought crossed Leo's mind, 'Varomi...'
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"I thought that he loved me," She whispered, crying into her pillows.
"What a player..."
"Why am I crying over him?" She wondered aloud.
"It's OK to cry over someone you love," A soft voice whispered in her ear.
"M-Mira..." She stuttered.
"I had the exact same problem at your age."
"Y-You did?" The girl with the tear-stained cheeks hesitantly asked.
"There was this boy that I met at the market, when I lived in Zaibach. His name was Argel. He was smart, kind and handsome. I eventually fell in love with him. He came from a very important family, and one-day when I went to visit him, I saw him with a girl in his arms, kissing her. He said it was an arranged marriage, but he didn't try to struggle out of it. He broke my heart, and I never spoke to him again. But then, a few years later, I met your brother and I'm engaged to marry him next month." She smiled at her last statement, with a dreamy look in her eyes.
"I'm glad your story will have a happy ending, Daren's a wonderful man... But I'll be Varomi, the spinster princess of Fanelia, that seems to be cursed with the worst luck on all of Gaea." She said dramatically, falling over on her bed in a play faint.
"Relax Var, you're far from a spinster, you just turned fifteen. And even if you never marry, you'll always have a home here. It's not like you're a peasant; royalty will always care for you. I'm just lucky to have Daren." Mira replied, twirling her silver hair around her finger.
Suddenly, Leo burst into the room and caught Varomi up in his arms.
"I'll leave you two alone." Mira said, going off to "take care of" Princess Siara.
Mira found the princess red in the face, looking ready to vent out her rage on the nearest bystander.
"Can you believe what that baka of a man just said to me?!"
"He said he loved that whiney Princess Varomi and to crawl back under the rock I came from. To me! Princess Siara Nania de Bazra, Jewel of Bazram!"
"I believe it." Mira coolly replied.
"What did you say?!" The angry princess roared.
"I said, I believe it. He obviously has no feelings for you, why should he for a spoiled selfish pig of a princess?"
Princess Siara looked like she was going to strangle the silver-haired girl.
"How dare you speak to ME like that you filthy commoner!"
"Don't you dare lay a finger on her." Daren commanded, stepping out of the meeting room.
"Prince Daren." She said in a flirty tone, curtsying.
"I was dealing with a useless peasant milord, who seems to have forgotten her level in life." She said mockingly, kicking some dirt at Mira.
"That 'peasant' happens to be my fiancée." Daren angrily replied. Princess Siara turned pale and fell on her knees, knowing she would suffer if the Fanelian prince and his wife-to-be pressed charges, considering that Fanelia was a much bigger country than her home of Bazram.
"Get out, and never return to Fanelia!" Daren told her.
"If you don, you'll be sorry!" He held onto his wife-to-be protectively. With that, Princess Siara Nania Bazra, jewel of Bazram, the rejected princess, and she stormed out in a huff.
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Meanwhile, back in Varomi's room...
"Oh Varomi, I'm so sorry, but the engagement's been broken off, will you ever forgive me?" A happy tear rolled down her cheek, and Leo wiped it away with his hand.
"Varomi, I love you."
"I love you too."
"Varomi Arlene de Fanel, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife, and Princess of Asturia, please..."
She covered his mouth with her hand and whispered, "Yes." And they kissed.
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"Finally!" Ria whispered.
"It took long enough! Being the Fanel family matchmaker is a full time job!"
"Yeah, but you've already made a lot of good matches, including ours..." Ria's husband, Tavu, whispered in her ear.
"I guess you're right." She replied as they engaged in a long passionate kiss.
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A/N: Well that had a large mix of different things, hope you liked it, please review! Arigatou and Sionara! ^_^
~Trunks Gal~
A/N: OK, last chapter was sad, sorry. I like sadness and mush, but then my endings always seem to be happy, so go fig! R&R! Enjoy! ^_^
Chapter 26: Conflicting Loves
"Stay with me, Mira. I don't want you to be lonely anymore..." He said with pleading eyes.
"Nice try Fanel, but it's not that easy to win my heart."
She smirked looking at his disappointment, "So when are we allegedly, going to talk to Duke Chid? Or was that a lie too?"
"Now," He said, now it was his turn to smirk as Duke Chid entered the room.
"Nhar de Freid." She said respectfully falling to one knee, while Daren remained in a standing position. Chid and Daren were good friends, and Chid didn't expect him to fall into a bow whenever he entered the room.
Chid was in his twenties now, and quite handsome, fortunately, he didn't have his father's long girlish locks, his hair didn't look much different from when Van and Hitomi first met him.
"So, Daren, what did you 'summon' me about?" He playfully asked his younger friend.
"I thought you might like to meek your long lost cousin, Mira."
"But...how?" Chid asked, his eyes wide with disbelief.
"Aunt Eries is a spinster, Aunt Milerna has Leo, and my father's family in outer Freid hate me, because they want the throne."
"Uncle Allen didn't have family in Freid..." Mira commented, realizing her mistake too late.
"Why are you bringing up your Uncle Allen?" Chid asked, this was far too confusing for him.
"Chid, there's something you should know." Daren started leaning against the wall, his eyes closed.
"Your father was not the late Nhar de Freid, but rather the late Knight of Caeli, Allen Schezar."
"That's not possible" Chid stuttered, taking a step backward.
"Chid, you needed to know the truth." Daren coolly replied.
"Mira is your late father's late sister's daughter."
"Mira Albatou." She said still on one knee, afraid of his reaction.
Chid deduced this information quickly.
"Albatou? My own wretched uncle destroyed my country?" He asked in contempt.
"It appears so." Said Daren, being the calmest presently in the room.
"But still, I do have a lovely cousin." Chid remarked, as Mira blushed. He gave her a hug, happy to find more family. Daren was happy he had brought them back together.
"I hope to see you again soon, Cousin Mira, but I must return to Freid now. Goodbye to you both." And he ran towards his awaiting airship.
"That was an experience." Daren commented. Mira nodded her head in agreement.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Three years passed, and with it grew Daren and Mira's love, but others were not so fortunate...
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A lone knight marched towards the Fanelian castle. A princess happened to be looking out the window at this time and ran down the winding staircase and through the castle entrance. She leaped into the knight's arms, as he spun her around in the rain. When they were both drenched, they headed back inside to the parlor.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Princess Varomi, it's so very good to see you." The brown haired knight said, staring into her beautiful eyes.
"Yes, indeed, I assume you are a Knight of Caeli now?"
"Yes Milady, I am now a Knight of the Heavens."
"I am so very happy for you."
"Princess Varomi, I have missed you dearly." He said, kissing her hand.
"And I you, Prince Leonzar."
"Why are we being so formal?" He asked.
"I don't know." She shrugged.
"Anyways, it's great to see you Leo."
Leo looked hesitant, "Varomi, there's something I need to tell you... I'm..." Then Princess Siara walked up and wrapped her arms around her husband-to-be.
"How could you Leo? How could you?" She whispered, a tear trailing down her cheek.
"Oh c'mon Var, my parents arranged it..."
"You swore! You swore!" She screamed between sobs, as she raced back to her chambers.
"Varomi! Come back!"
He made an effort to go after her, but Princess Siara said, "We need to discuss plans for our wedding." She had a satisfied smirk on her face as only one thought crossed Leo's mind, 'Varomi...'
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"I thought that he loved me," She whispered, crying into her pillows.
"What a player..."
"Why am I crying over him?" She wondered aloud.
"It's OK to cry over someone you love," A soft voice whispered in her ear.
"M-Mira..." She stuttered.
"I had the exact same problem at your age."
"Y-You did?" The girl with the tear-stained cheeks hesitantly asked.
"There was this boy that I met at the market, when I lived in Zaibach. His name was Argel. He was smart, kind and handsome. I eventually fell in love with him. He came from a very important family, and one-day when I went to visit him, I saw him with a girl in his arms, kissing her. He said it was an arranged marriage, but he didn't try to struggle out of it. He broke my heart, and I never spoke to him again. But then, a few years later, I met your brother and I'm engaged to marry him next month." She smiled at her last statement, with a dreamy look in her eyes.
"I'm glad your story will have a happy ending, Daren's a wonderful man... But I'll be Varomi, the spinster princess of Fanelia, that seems to be cursed with the worst luck on all of Gaea." She said dramatically, falling over on her bed in a play faint.
"Relax Var, you're far from a spinster, you just turned fifteen. And even if you never marry, you'll always have a home here. It's not like you're a peasant; royalty will always care for you. I'm just lucky to have Daren." Mira replied, twirling her silver hair around her finger.
Suddenly, Leo burst into the room and caught Varomi up in his arms.
"I'll leave you two alone." Mira said, going off to "take care of" Princess Siara.
Mira found the princess red in the face, looking ready to vent out her rage on the nearest bystander.
"Can you believe what that baka of a man just said to me?!"
"He said he loved that whiney Princess Varomi and to crawl back under the rock I came from. To me! Princess Siara Nania de Bazra, Jewel of Bazram!"
"I believe it." Mira coolly replied.
"What did you say?!" The angry princess roared.
"I said, I believe it. He obviously has no feelings for you, why should he for a spoiled selfish pig of a princess?"
Princess Siara looked like she was going to strangle the silver-haired girl.
"How dare you speak to ME like that you filthy commoner!"
"Don't you dare lay a finger on her." Daren commanded, stepping out of the meeting room.
"Prince Daren." She said in a flirty tone, curtsying.
"I was dealing with a useless peasant milord, who seems to have forgotten her level in life." She said mockingly, kicking some dirt at Mira.
"That 'peasant' happens to be my fiancée." Daren angrily replied. Princess Siara turned pale and fell on her knees, knowing she would suffer if the Fanelian prince and his wife-to-be pressed charges, considering that Fanelia was a much bigger country than her home of Bazram.
"Get out, and never return to Fanelia!" Daren told her.
"If you don, you'll be sorry!" He held onto his wife-to-be protectively. With that, Princess Siara Nania Bazra, jewel of Bazram, the rejected princess, and she stormed out in a huff.
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Meanwhile, back in Varomi's room...
"Oh Varomi, I'm so sorry, but the engagement's been broken off, will you ever forgive me?" A happy tear rolled down her cheek, and Leo wiped it away with his hand.
"Varomi, I love you."
"I love you too."
"Varomi Arlene de Fanel, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife, and Princess of Asturia, please..."
She covered his mouth with her hand and whispered, "Yes." And they kissed.
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"Finally!" Ria whispered.
"It took long enough! Being the Fanel family matchmaker is a full time job!"
"Yeah, but you've already made a lot of good matches, including ours..." Ria's husband, Tavu, whispered in her ear.
"I guess you're right." She replied as they engaged in a long passionate kiss.
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A/N: Well that had a large mix of different things, hope you liked it, please review! Arigatou and Sionara! ^_^
~Trunks Gal~