Born Of The Moon
Chapter VI
Stairway To Heaven
"So what's your king's homeland like?"
We had reached the track field tem minutes earlier and had just been walking around since then. "It sounded like a nice place while it thrived with life."
I took in a deep breath of the fresh air. We were right by a forest but the smell of the fresh trees didn't dare compare to the wonderful aroma Fanelia had. "The smell around here is pretty fresh, but you can still pick out the different smells of pollution. Gaea is a place which isn't as evolved as our earth is yet. Fanelia especially wasn't a place that would accept new age machinery. They were a happy people just they way they were. Fanelia had such a beautifully rich smell. It's obviously nothing compared to any place we could find around here."
I sat down on the lowest bleacher and rested my chin on my palms. "I really can't believe I'm going back. You have no idea how excited I am."
"You have a weird and calm way of showing it." Yuhan laughed as h crossed his arms. "Do you think that he'll have Fanelia back to how it was before it was burned to ashes?"
I closed my eyes and tried to picture the old Fanelia. "If he hasn't I'd be very surprised. He was the kind of person who, when started something, finished it as well and as fast as he could. I wouldn't be surprised if Fanelia was ten times greater than before. I also wouldn't be surprised if it was a richer country either."
My watch read eight-thirty pm the next time I looked at it. The sun had long since been set and stars were beginning to speckle the sky with their brilliance. What set the eerie mood of the evening was the full moon that was rising just in front of us.
"It's not that I've never seen a full moon before but holy shit, it's creeping the hell out of me right now. It almost looks blue."
Another half an hour passed and still, nothing happened. I felt Yuhan's eyes on me as he spoke. "You do realize that you're pacing, right, Hitomi?" I stopped and looked at him- sitting on the bleachers.
"I am not."
"Them why is there a single line of dirt that's cleared right where you stand?"
I saw the distinct line of cleared dirt in front of me. I started to both laugh and cry. "I don't know why I'm nervous. I just don't know why! I shouldn't be. It's not like I'm going somewhere I've never been before! I should be happy! I'm going to see the man I love! I'm going to see him for the first time in four years! I should be ecstatic for god's sake! I should be running around acting like a gitty little school girl! I should be happy!"
After my little outburst I immediately fell to the ground, crying like there was no tomorrow. Like I was going to be left on the earth forever and was never going to get to see the man of my dreams ever again. "I don't even know why I'm crying."
I adjusted my legs so that I was now sitting with them crossed. Yuhan soon joined me. "Maybe something's happened."
"Yuhan! Don't say that!" I hadn't had any bad visions since Folken had visited me so I had no reason to think something bad had happened.
"I didn't mean to upset you." He placed an arm around my shoulders and pulled me close. "I'm sure he'll be coming for you soon."
Again, we began to talk and my watch now read eleven-forty-seven pm. The moon was almost directly above us and I was getting restless.
"It'll probably happen soon. I know it will!"
"Hitomi Kanzaki! What on earth are you doing?!" A deep voice yelled through the night.
Both Yuhan and I froze. My parents were running towards us. "Get into the car!" my mother yelled.
"No!" I was backing away slowly, having Yuhan in front of me.
"Get away from her, boy. I knew you were no good for her! You dragged her out here in the middle of the night, and god only knows what you were going to do to her if we hadn't of come!"
My mother stepped out of the car and ran to catch up with my father. "Hitomi, what are you going out here at this hour?!"
"How did you find me?" I asked, annoyed. Why in hell did they have to be here right now?
"Miyasi was driving behind you while on the way to work. She told us you were headed this way when she got to the restaurant."
"You can never trust me, can you?!" I yelled, turning my back to all of them and beginning to walk down the track.
'Hitomi . . .' I gasped as Folken's voice rang in my mine. He was coming. As soon as his voice was heard, I felt a static charge travel throughout the air around me.
My parents were heading back to the car as I called Yuhan over to me.
"I wanted to give you something for coming with me tonight, and well, basically being there for me when no one else was." I fidgeted with the zippers on my bag before finally being able to pull out the blue box. I handed it to him and clasped his hands over it.
"As you said to me when you gave me that card, only open this if you ever feel discouraged."
"He's coming for you. Van is coming for you very soon, isn't he?"
I let my head fall as I sighed. "No, not him. His brother."
The weak charge I had felt earlier was much stronger now and I knew that the lightning bolts would start to touch down.
"Stay close to me, Yuhan. You don't want to get hit."
"Hit . . . hit? Hit by what? Your psycho father?!" he began to panic. Just as I had predicted, lightning began to dance all over the field. "By lightning. Come on now."
I screamed when lightning hit my parent's car, but I quickly remembered that the rubber in the tires would protect them. Too bad that I had a larger problem than worrying about them at that point. I had become immobilized by the beam of light that was slowly descending towards me.
"Yuhan!" I reached out to hug him before I was taken away. I looked into his eyes one last time. I smelt his hair one last time. I felt his body against mine one last time and I spoke to him. One last time.
"Thank you."
I felt a hand on my shoulder as I slowly let go of Yuhan. Bathed in the warm blue light was myself and a black winged angel. I took Folken's arm, not looking directly at him just yet. I could hear my parents yelling for me, but I wasn't about to go back to them now. Not when I was this close to going back.
"I'm sorry. Goodbye."
"Folken's mouth was at my ear as he spoke. "Are you ready to go back now?"
"Yes."
Yuhan still hadn't let go of my hand. I figured he wouldn't let go until I was lifted away. Ever so subtly, my feet started to lift from the track field. Yuhan seemed to be scared of the light but he decided to enter into the column regardless. Just as I was barely touching his
fingertips . . .
"I promise, I'll never forget you! I promise it, Yuhan!"
I awoke what seemed like eons later in complete darkness. The air around me was cold and it also felt thick and heavy. I wasn't stuck in any sort of fog, so why did the air feel like this?
'Hitomi . . .' My senses became more alert as I heard someone speak my name.
'Your searching . . .' This voice that spoke resembled Folken's once again. 'Is done almost completely in vain. Fair Hitomi, you have made your choice.'
The air lost its thickness as the floor seemed to break. Too bad I couldn't see what the floor was even made of, or looked like. I fell with the debris which I still couldn't see, and as I tried to scream, no sound came. I shut my eyes tightly, waiting for the moment when I would hit the ground and die. There didn't seem to be anything I could do. Surprisingly, it never came. Although I didn't open my eyes, I could feel someone take a hold of my hand, then another arm slid around my waist.
'Open your eyes, Hitomi. You're safe now. I'm here with you.'
I drew in a breath immediately as I heard my king's deep voice speaking to me. As I finally reopened my eyes, I found myself and Van in the heart of what seemed like a rainforest seated near a lake. His hair was wet from the dew that was falling from the trees, and his skin was slick with sweat from the humidity. It wasn't one of those dripping sweats that a lot of the male athletes I knew had after running. Oh no, this was one of those . . . arousing sweats.
"V-Van . . ." I knew I had to be blushing by now. That was just a given. I was already leaning back so I was now laying down on the warm, grassy ground. All of the wet trees smelt amazing, but were nothing compared to the man who leaned above me.
'Thank you for understanding.' he whispered as he brushed a hand over my cheek. I understood something? What?
"You thank me for understanding what, Van?"
'Thank you . . ."
Unfortunately for me, I didn't get anytime to respond to that because my lips had been sealed in a loving kiss, it was just perfect. As I ran short of breath I reluctantly pulled away, still staring into Van's deep auburn eyes.
'Thank you so very much, Hitomi. I will be seeing you soon. Come here with me.'
He took my hand and guided me over to the crystal clear lake. 'Look into it.'
I did as I was told, and inside, I saw the direct reflection of myself.
"Van? What am I looking at?"
He smiled his sheepish smile, and responded simply by saying; 'You'll see it.'
I watched as a few ripples of water rushed by, blurring the crystal reflection, and just like the last time I had been with Van, my features morphed into that of another woman's. My hair became longer and developed wavy curls, and my face became much more paler, like a porcelain doll's. Eyes now reflected as bye as the sky above us, and I could feel the tears burning behind my eyes once more.
"Van, can you tell me who this is? Who is she?" Before I could even turn around, I felt a hand shove me by my waist and
the next thing I knew, I was face first into the water without air. Then everything went black, but not before I could see Van
looking down at me from above the water . . .
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*takes deeeeeeep breath* I am soo sorry this chapter took so long! ACK I just found out that exams are coming up SOON!
As in NEXT WEEK soon! I might not have the next chapter up but let's just say I know what's going to happen and I'm
predicting that no one's really going to like it...mwahahha. Fear not though, I have all of June to post more chapters, but
then my net is cut for 2 months! *BAH* but that will give me time to write this entire story out for all or you! Sorry this
note is so long but I hope to receive more reviews! They make me happy and push me to write more faster! See you all and
wish me luck! LOL I think I'm going to need it!
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