Disclaimer: I don't own escaflowne. I do own my characters and the song "I
Cry".
Note: Nope, the character in the prologue is not Van or Dilandau, but keep guessing. And I don't like Celena. The character I like actually has one line in the show and that is "Damn". Any who, here is another fruit of my poetic talent, the song 'I cry', which is sung by my character Phoenix in this chappy. ^_^ happy reading.
"I Cry"
Do you hear their plee?
Do you feel their pain?
Can't you see,
Or to you its some game?
This world is dying,
Look in your heart for what's true,
My child, stop lying,
Or esle you'll never make it through.
The inocent die,
Their lives vain,
Please tell me why,
Why you don't feel their pain?
Please, hear my call,
My dear child, return to us soon,
Before to darkness the light falls,
And all hope is in rune.
These tears that are in my eyes,
Are what's left of my hope,
Why won't this world realize?
You are our hope.
I spread my wings,
And look to the skies.
Watching for you and waiting,
Till it comes my day to die.
Do you hear their plee?
Do you undrstand why?
Do you hear me?
For this world, I cry..........
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Legendary Warriors: Book I
Nescides
~~
Chapter 2
The Phoenix's Song
Hitomi stood infront of the rest room mirror for at least 2 hours. She stood there, staring at her tear stained face, not caring a bit if she missed her classes. Anything to get away from their laughter, yet anything to stay wher she was. She didn't want to go back that place. She didn't want to go back to the killing, the sorrow, the anger, yet those voices continued to hack at her mind.
'Please, Wing Goddess.........'
"No.........."
'Come back.......'
"I don't want to...."
'We need you.........'
"I can't.........."
'Van needs you...........'
Hitomi closed her eyes, and tried to force the voices away. "Go away," she growled.
'He shall surly die if you do not return......'
Hitomi's eyes shot open. ~Van's going to die?!~
'Yes, but with your help, you might be able to stop his death.....'
Hitomi stared strait into the mirror in front of her. "Who are you?" she asked the voices.
Hitomi's image in the mirror began to ripple, like the surface of a lake. Her reflection soon was replaced by the faces of a young girl and little boy. Hitomi jumped in shock, but then settled down.
The girl was about the age of 14. She was very thin and pale, and her light-brown hair reached past her waist. Her eyes stood out the most, for they were an gostly white, almost seemingly crystal like. They cast back Hitomi's refection like a mirror, and seemed to be staring straight into her heart.
The boy, on the other hand, looked less ghostly, and vaguely fimiliar. He was no older than ten years of age. He had waste length, dark-brown hair, which framed his tan face and lilac eyes. Those eyes of his. They seemed so sad, and had a tint of red to them. He must have been crying.
"We are the keepers of the Divine Prophecy," The pale girl said, barely moving her lips at all.
"Divine Prophecy? What's the Divine Prophecy?" Hitomi asked the two.
"The Divine Prophecy is a legend past down from a millenia ago that tells of you, the Wing Goddess' return to Gaea," the boy said.
"What do I to do with this Divine Prophecy?" Hitomi asked.
The girl shut her crystal-clear eyes, "The great spirt of the sea shall soon arise, and once again, it will be the Wing Goddess' choice whether or not if this world is to come to an end,"
Hitomi stared long and hard at the two. ~Sould I go, it seems like they really need me. And Van might be in danger.~ She thought to her self.
The crystal-eyed girl smiled. "I shall come for you when the Star of Ice awakens, till then farewell," She then disappeared, along with the young boy.
"Wait!" Hitomi cried, "What do you mean 'when the Star of Ice awakens'? When is that?"
Hitomi yelled loudly, but the voices never responded.
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The crystal-eyed girl rose from her postition before the giant crystal, a smile steadily creeping across her face. She walked over to the man sitting at the table, feet promped up on top of it. She bowed down onto one knee. "Lord Tyler," she said.
The dark figure looked at her. "What is it, Phoenix," he growled.
"Sir," she said with a tint of fear in her voice, "The Wing Goddess shall be in your hands soon,"
Tyler grinned, "Well done, Phoenix. When is she coming?"
"I will bring her here, when night falls in her world," the girl said.
Tyler's mood quickly changed. "That's to long, I want her here now,"
"I know your desire for the power of the spirit, my lord, but it is impossible for me to turn time," she said.
"I know, you can't turn time, you're only a Valkyre, and Valkyre's don't have that kind of power,"
Phoenix looked up into his eyes. "I do know that Lumerians can control time, arn't you a Lumerian, my Lord?"
"My father didn't teach me that power, but he did teach it to Devlin," Tyler said, looking twards the small boy who sat next to Phoenix. He was playing with a small charm that he wore around his neck.
"Devlin is still young, Lord. What if something went wrong? Why don't you ask your other brother, D-"
Tyler grabbed a lock of Phoenix's hair, and pulled her to the ground. "NEVER SAY THAT WEAKLING'S NAME IN MY PRESENCE!!!!!" he roared.
"I'm sorry, my Lord, I shall never speak of him again," she cried.
Tyler released Phoenix and looked up. Devlin was staring at them.
"What are you staring at, whelp?" Tyler growled.
"You want me to speed up time in the Wing Goddess' world, don't you?"
"That's right, so get to it,"
"Yes Lord Tyler," the small boy said, closing his eyes.
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Hitomi stared at her reflection. Was what she just saw real? Hitomi didn't know what to think any more. Ever since she went to Gaea, nothing surprised her anymore.
'Shan, nux, syer, ruh.......'
Hitomi spun around. "Who's there?"
'Yan, daru, sai isis.......'
Just then then the bathroom door opened, and in came the janitor. He looked up and saw Hitomi. "Well, little lady. What are you doing here at such a late hour?"
Hitomi was puzzled. "What do you mean?"
"It's 9:00pm, little missy. Shouldn't you be at home?"
~9:00pm, it can't be that late!~ Hitomi went to the door. "I was just leaving," she said.
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Hitomi stared at the ground as she left the school. It was like time itself sped forward while she spoke to those two strange people. They didn't even tell her their names. ~Just who were they?~
Little did Hitomi know, her every move was being watched.
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"Freak of nature at twelve o'clock," Gabriel chimed, her black hair blowing in the wind.
"Gee, what took her so long," Kyra grubled, "She has been in there for hours,"
The two have been sitting there since school ended. They were out of their school uniforms and in their usual atire. The two had a devious plan on how to embarass Hitomi. Kyra brought a few eggs with her to school. When the bell rang, they would hide on the school roof, right above the entrence, and egg Hitomi when she came out. But, Hitomi took longer than they had exected.
"Well, let's egg her," Kyra said, making a grab for the eggs.
Gabriel grabbed the outstretched arm. "No Kyra, let's have fun with her first," she said with an evil grin.
"I catch your drift," Kyra said grinning back.
The two gathhered up their belongings, and tailed Hitomi in the darkness.
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Hitomi looked around the school yard. It was very quiet and very dark that night. No animals were making a sound. Hitomi looked up. There wasn't a star in the sky.
A sudden sound made Hitomi jumped.
"Garrrrrgggg........."
"W-who's there?" Hitomi stuttered.
"GAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGGGG!"
Hitomi began to shiver. "Go away,"
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!"
A barrage of eggs began to hit Hitomi. She began to run twards a shrine that was across the street from the school.
Laughter could be heard when Hitomi was out of sight. Kyra and Gabriel emerged from some bushes, eggs in hand, and laughing their heads off.
"That was so much fun," Gabriel laughed.
"That girl is such a wuss, she cracks me up every time," Kyra said leaning on a pole for support.
"Hey, let's follow her and drive her insane some more," Gabriel suggested.
Kyra could only nod in agreement, and they took off after the teriffied Hitomi.
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Hitomi brushed passed from bushes when she ran, but stopped when she relized that what she heard was not a bunch of animals. "Kyra and Gabriel," she growled. The two covered her head to toe in egg. "I wish those two would just disappear and leave me alone,"
A sudden brisk wind picked up, and blew around Hitomi. When it settled down, Hitomi looked around. "That was strange," she said to herself. Her eyes wondered to the black skies, where a glimmer of light caught her attention. It was a blue star, the only star shining in the sky. "Would you look at that," she said.
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Kyra tried her best not to giggle, but couldn't help it. Gabriel would have to constantly hit her over the head to shut her up. They slowly neared Hitomi, who was staring at the sky. Kyra was fiddling with the egg in her hand, eager to throw it. A speck of white suddenly fell upon her nose. Kyra wiped it off, but two more fell in its place. "Stupid snow," she growled.
"Snow?" Gabriel asked. Specks of white came into vision. "It can't be snowing, its the middle of July,"
The snow began to fall quickly. Soon a cover of white dust covered the ground.
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"It's beautiful," Hitomi said, gazing at the star, blissfully unaware of the snow.
'Do you hear their plee?' a voice sang in the night.
Hitomi turned around, "What?"
'Do you feel their pain?'
Hitomi looked around, "Who's there?"
'Can't you see,'
"Kyra, Gabriel, if thats you, quit it!"
'Or to you its some game?'
~That voice..~ Hitomi thought.
'This world is dying,
Look in your heart for what's true,'
~That girl in the mirror.......~
'My child, stop lying,
Or esle you'll never make it through.'
Hitomi slowly walked in the direction from which the voice was coming from. ~She's calling......~
'The inocent die,
Their lives vain,
Please tell me why,
Why you don't feel their pain?'
Hitomi began to run and disappeared.
'Please, hear my call,
My dear child, return to us soon,
Before to darkness the light falls,
And all hope is in rune.'
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Kyra and Gabriel stared at each other. "Like, what's going on?" Gabriel asked.
"I don't kow, but I'm gonna find out," Kyra said following Hitomi.
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'These tears that are in my eyes,
Are what's left of my hope,
Why won't this world realize?
You are our hope.'
Hitomi came to a lake, and a lone figure stood in the center. It was the crystal-eyed girl. She smiled as Hitomi came into view.
'I spread my wings,
And look to the skies.
Watching for you and waiting,
Till it comes my day to die.'
Hitomi stood there, staring staight in those clear eyes.
'Do you hear their plee?'
The water in the lake began to ripple.
'Do you undrstand why?'
The water reared uo into the sky, casting a shadow over the shrine.
'Do you hear me?'
The wave came down upon Hitomi and swept through the trees.
'For this world, I cry..........'
The water then returned to the lake and nothing of the shrine was left. The shrine itself, and every living creature in the area was gone.
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Note: Okay this is the only story I will be updating, I am currently testing in school and will not be able to post any new chapters for any of my stories for two weeks, sorry, blame the school system. Dilly-sama will show up in later chapps. Tell me what you think of "I Cry,". I entered it in a poetry contest at my school and it won 3rd place. I've had it for awhile. I am also writing a fantasy story, and I'm gonna try to get it published. ^_^ Wish me luck.
Read Review.
No Flames
Dilandau: Aww..... but I like fire.......
Note: Nope, the character in the prologue is not Van or Dilandau, but keep guessing. And I don't like Celena. The character I like actually has one line in the show and that is "Damn". Any who, here is another fruit of my poetic talent, the song 'I cry', which is sung by my character Phoenix in this chappy. ^_^ happy reading.
"I Cry"
Do you hear their plee?
Do you feel their pain?
Can't you see,
Or to you its some game?
This world is dying,
Look in your heart for what's true,
My child, stop lying,
Or esle you'll never make it through.
The inocent die,
Their lives vain,
Please tell me why,
Why you don't feel their pain?
Please, hear my call,
My dear child, return to us soon,
Before to darkness the light falls,
And all hope is in rune.
These tears that are in my eyes,
Are what's left of my hope,
Why won't this world realize?
You are our hope.
I spread my wings,
And look to the skies.
Watching for you and waiting,
Till it comes my day to die.
Do you hear their plee?
Do you undrstand why?
Do you hear me?
For this world, I cry..........
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Legendary Warriors: Book I
Nescides
~~
Chapter 2
The Phoenix's Song
Hitomi stood infront of the rest room mirror for at least 2 hours. She stood there, staring at her tear stained face, not caring a bit if she missed her classes. Anything to get away from their laughter, yet anything to stay wher she was. She didn't want to go back that place. She didn't want to go back to the killing, the sorrow, the anger, yet those voices continued to hack at her mind.
'Please, Wing Goddess.........'
"No.........."
'Come back.......'
"I don't want to...."
'We need you.........'
"I can't.........."
'Van needs you...........'
Hitomi closed her eyes, and tried to force the voices away. "Go away," she growled.
'He shall surly die if you do not return......'
Hitomi's eyes shot open. ~Van's going to die?!~
'Yes, but with your help, you might be able to stop his death.....'
Hitomi stared strait into the mirror in front of her. "Who are you?" she asked the voices.
Hitomi's image in the mirror began to ripple, like the surface of a lake. Her reflection soon was replaced by the faces of a young girl and little boy. Hitomi jumped in shock, but then settled down.
The girl was about the age of 14. She was very thin and pale, and her light-brown hair reached past her waist. Her eyes stood out the most, for they were an gostly white, almost seemingly crystal like. They cast back Hitomi's refection like a mirror, and seemed to be staring straight into her heart.
The boy, on the other hand, looked less ghostly, and vaguely fimiliar. He was no older than ten years of age. He had waste length, dark-brown hair, which framed his tan face and lilac eyes. Those eyes of his. They seemed so sad, and had a tint of red to them. He must have been crying.
"We are the keepers of the Divine Prophecy," The pale girl said, barely moving her lips at all.
"Divine Prophecy? What's the Divine Prophecy?" Hitomi asked the two.
"The Divine Prophecy is a legend past down from a millenia ago that tells of you, the Wing Goddess' return to Gaea," the boy said.
"What do I to do with this Divine Prophecy?" Hitomi asked.
The girl shut her crystal-clear eyes, "The great spirt of the sea shall soon arise, and once again, it will be the Wing Goddess' choice whether or not if this world is to come to an end,"
Hitomi stared long and hard at the two. ~Sould I go, it seems like they really need me. And Van might be in danger.~ She thought to her self.
The crystal-eyed girl smiled. "I shall come for you when the Star of Ice awakens, till then farewell," She then disappeared, along with the young boy.
"Wait!" Hitomi cried, "What do you mean 'when the Star of Ice awakens'? When is that?"
Hitomi yelled loudly, but the voices never responded.
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The crystal-eyed girl rose from her postition before the giant crystal, a smile steadily creeping across her face. She walked over to the man sitting at the table, feet promped up on top of it. She bowed down onto one knee. "Lord Tyler," she said.
The dark figure looked at her. "What is it, Phoenix," he growled.
"Sir," she said with a tint of fear in her voice, "The Wing Goddess shall be in your hands soon,"
Tyler grinned, "Well done, Phoenix. When is she coming?"
"I will bring her here, when night falls in her world," the girl said.
Tyler's mood quickly changed. "That's to long, I want her here now,"
"I know your desire for the power of the spirit, my lord, but it is impossible for me to turn time," she said.
"I know, you can't turn time, you're only a Valkyre, and Valkyre's don't have that kind of power,"
Phoenix looked up into his eyes. "I do know that Lumerians can control time, arn't you a Lumerian, my Lord?"
"My father didn't teach me that power, but he did teach it to Devlin," Tyler said, looking twards the small boy who sat next to Phoenix. He was playing with a small charm that he wore around his neck.
"Devlin is still young, Lord. What if something went wrong? Why don't you ask your other brother, D-"
Tyler grabbed a lock of Phoenix's hair, and pulled her to the ground. "NEVER SAY THAT WEAKLING'S NAME IN MY PRESENCE!!!!!" he roared.
"I'm sorry, my Lord, I shall never speak of him again," she cried.
Tyler released Phoenix and looked up. Devlin was staring at them.
"What are you staring at, whelp?" Tyler growled.
"You want me to speed up time in the Wing Goddess' world, don't you?"
"That's right, so get to it,"
"Yes Lord Tyler," the small boy said, closing his eyes.
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Hitomi stared at her reflection. Was what she just saw real? Hitomi didn't know what to think any more. Ever since she went to Gaea, nothing surprised her anymore.
'Shan, nux, syer, ruh.......'
Hitomi spun around. "Who's there?"
'Yan, daru, sai isis.......'
Just then then the bathroom door opened, and in came the janitor. He looked up and saw Hitomi. "Well, little lady. What are you doing here at such a late hour?"
Hitomi was puzzled. "What do you mean?"
"It's 9:00pm, little missy. Shouldn't you be at home?"
~9:00pm, it can't be that late!~ Hitomi went to the door. "I was just leaving," she said.
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Hitomi stared at the ground as she left the school. It was like time itself sped forward while she spoke to those two strange people. They didn't even tell her their names. ~Just who were they?~
Little did Hitomi know, her every move was being watched.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Freak of nature at twelve o'clock," Gabriel chimed, her black hair blowing in the wind.
"Gee, what took her so long," Kyra grubled, "She has been in there for hours,"
The two have been sitting there since school ended. They were out of their school uniforms and in their usual atire. The two had a devious plan on how to embarass Hitomi. Kyra brought a few eggs with her to school. When the bell rang, they would hide on the school roof, right above the entrence, and egg Hitomi when she came out. But, Hitomi took longer than they had exected.
"Well, let's egg her," Kyra said, making a grab for the eggs.
Gabriel grabbed the outstretched arm. "No Kyra, let's have fun with her first," she said with an evil grin.
"I catch your drift," Kyra said grinning back.
The two gathhered up their belongings, and tailed Hitomi in the darkness.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hitomi looked around the school yard. It was very quiet and very dark that night. No animals were making a sound. Hitomi looked up. There wasn't a star in the sky.
A sudden sound made Hitomi jumped.
"Garrrrrgggg........."
"W-who's there?" Hitomi stuttered.
"GAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGGGG!"
Hitomi began to shiver. "Go away,"
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!"
A barrage of eggs began to hit Hitomi. She began to run twards a shrine that was across the street from the school.
Laughter could be heard when Hitomi was out of sight. Kyra and Gabriel emerged from some bushes, eggs in hand, and laughing their heads off.
"That was so much fun," Gabriel laughed.
"That girl is such a wuss, she cracks me up every time," Kyra said leaning on a pole for support.
"Hey, let's follow her and drive her insane some more," Gabriel suggested.
Kyra could only nod in agreement, and they took off after the teriffied Hitomi.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hitomi brushed passed from bushes when she ran, but stopped when she relized that what she heard was not a bunch of animals. "Kyra and Gabriel," she growled. The two covered her head to toe in egg. "I wish those two would just disappear and leave me alone,"
A sudden brisk wind picked up, and blew around Hitomi. When it settled down, Hitomi looked around. "That was strange," she said to herself. Her eyes wondered to the black skies, where a glimmer of light caught her attention. It was a blue star, the only star shining in the sky. "Would you look at that," she said.
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Kyra tried her best not to giggle, but couldn't help it. Gabriel would have to constantly hit her over the head to shut her up. They slowly neared Hitomi, who was staring at the sky. Kyra was fiddling with the egg in her hand, eager to throw it. A speck of white suddenly fell upon her nose. Kyra wiped it off, but two more fell in its place. "Stupid snow," she growled.
"Snow?" Gabriel asked. Specks of white came into vision. "It can't be snowing, its the middle of July,"
The snow began to fall quickly. Soon a cover of white dust covered the ground.
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"It's beautiful," Hitomi said, gazing at the star, blissfully unaware of the snow.
'Do you hear their plee?' a voice sang in the night.
Hitomi turned around, "What?"
'Do you feel their pain?'
Hitomi looked around, "Who's there?"
'Can't you see,'
"Kyra, Gabriel, if thats you, quit it!"
'Or to you its some game?'
~That voice..~ Hitomi thought.
'This world is dying,
Look in your heart for what's true,'
~That girl in the mirror.......~
'My child, stop lying,
Or esle you'll never make it through.'
Hitomi slowly walked in the direction from which the voice was coming from. ~She's calling......~
'The inocent die,
Their lives vain,
Please tell me why,
Why you don't feel their pain?'
Hitomi began to run and disappeared.
'Please, hear my call,
My dear child, return to us soon,
Before to darkness the light falls,
And all hope is in rune.'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kyra and Gabriel stared at each other. "Like, what's going on?" Gabriel asked.
"I don't kow, but I'm gonna find out," Kyra said following Hitomi.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'These tears that are in my eyes,
Are what's left of my hope,
Why won't this world realize?
You are our hope.'
Hitomi came to a lake, and a lone figure stood in the center. It was the crystal-eyed girl. She smiled as Hitomi came into view.
'I spread my wings,
And look to the skies.
Watching for you and waiting,
Till it comes my day to die.'
Hitomi stood there, staring staight in those clear eyes.
'Do you hear their plee?'
The water in the lake began to ripple.
'Do you undrstand why?'
The water reared uo into the sky, casting a shadow over the shrine.
'Do you hear me?'
The wave came down upon Hitomi and swept through the trees.
'For this world, I cry..........'
The water then returned to the lake and nothing of the shrine was left. The shrine itself, and every living creature in the area was gone.
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Note: Okay this is the only story I will be updating, I am currently testing in school and will not be able to post any new chapters for any of my stories for two weeks, sorry, blame the school system. Dilly-sama will show up in later chapps. Tell me what you think of "I Cry,". I entered it in a poetry contest at my school and it won 3rd place. I've had it for awhile. I am also writing a fantasy story, and I'm gonna try to get it published. ^_^ Wish me luck.
Read Review.
No Flames
Dilandau: Aww..... but I like fire.......