Chapter 4: Realized Enemy
Author's Notes: Sorry it took so long for me to add this chapter when I said I would later today...and... yeah. I had to finish my fudging art homework, and spent like hours trying to think up something to draw. (And no, I wasn't allowed to draw anime, and it would have really stunk anyway)
I don't own Escaflowne, or anything else, except the girl, whom will finally have...*dramatic pause* a NAME!!!!! But that's later in this chapter, and those of you who REALLY don't wanna be spoiled, if there are any out there, this is for your benefit. If there aren't...well, too bad.
Thank you very much, attitudetwinz, and yoarashi megami for reviewing. And, those of you who haven't... Oh, well. I guess if you haven't, you haven't! There's nothing I can do about it anyway, so it doesn't matter. But...I would still LIKE you to review...
And, if this can be called romance, then, yes, the sap has started! Don't expect that much of it in the rest of the story, though. In some parts, there's a lot, and in others, there is none whatsoever. (wait a minute, was that just a spoiler? Hmm...)
Dilandau's eyes opened as he felt a light feathery touch on his cheek. At first, his eyes opened slowly, but after he began to comprehend the image they saw, they flew open.
Such purple- violet eyes...He felt as if he was drowning in them...So close...Dilandau shook his head to clear his head from such muddy thoughts.
The owner of those dazzling eyes drew back, also apparently startled.
"Who-who are you," he stuttered. "Where am I?"
The girl bowed her head shyly, and answered back, "You are in my house. I found you nearly frozen in the snow."
Dilandau remembered now. The girl...she...was one in the snow...
"What is your name?", he inquired with the utmost politeness, a manner in which he was certainly not used to using.
"My name is Iris", she smiled. It was an attractive smile, Dilandau supposed. He rather liked it... She continued, And your name is-?"
"Dilandau Albatou."
"Hmm...Dilandau Albatou...", Iris furrowed her brow in concentration, while tasting the name in her mouth to familiarize it. "I do believe I've heard that name before..." the girl pondered.
Dilandau panicked. She couldn't have heard good things, he thought, so he decided to change the subject. "What about your parents? Do you live alone?" he asked.
Iris's eyes hardened. "They were killed, along with my brothers. I lost my whole family in one day," she said bitterly. "I live by myself now."
"What happened?" Dilandau questioned softly, which was another thing he rarely did: talk in soft tones.
"Every year my family visits Fanelia, where we have a summer house. This year, we went on the annual visit. Almost everyone was in the house, except my youngest brother, Cyril. He had run off, so my mother sent me to search for him. I looked all over, in all his favorite places to be, but I never found him.
When I returned, the house was on fire. They were burning, and I could hear screams of pain and terror. Not just that one house either, the whole city was burning...
I wanted to save them, but the roof had fallen in...It was too late...All I could do was watch my loved ones die right in front of my eyes...The fire was spreading quickly, so with one last tearful goodbye, I left on the horse I had taken with me to search for my brother. As I rode away, I took one last glance at the devastated city. It was all on fire, a mass of turbulent orange and red flames.
I found out afterwards that the person who killed my family was named-", Realization suddenly dawned in her eyes, "Dilandau Albatou."
Author's Notes: Sorry it took so long for me to add this chapter when I said I would later today...and... yeah. I had to finish my fudging art homework, and spent like hours trying to think up something to draw. (And no, I wasn't allowed to draw anime, and it would have really stunk anyway)
I don't own Escaflowne, or anything else, except the girl, whom will finally have...*dramatic pause* a NAME!!!!! But that's later in this chapter, and those of you who REALLY don't wanna be spoiled, if there are any out there, this is for your benefit. If there aren't...well, too bad.
Thank you very much, attitudetwinz, and yoarashi megami for reviewing. And, those of you who haven't... Oh, well. I guess if you haven't, you haven't! There's nothing I can do about it anyway, so it doesn't matter. But...I would still LIKE you to review...
And, if this can be called romance, then, yes, the sap has started! Don't expect that much of it in the rest of the story, though. In some parts, there's a lot, and in others, there is none whatsoever. (wait a minute, was that just a spoiler? Hmm...)
Dilandau's eyes opened as he felt a light feathery touch on his cheek. At first, his eyes opened slowly, but after he began to comprehend the image they saw, they flew open.
Such purple- violet eyes...He felt as if he was drowning in them...So close...Dilandau shook his head to clear his head from such muddy thoughts.
The owner of those dazzling eyes drew back, also apparently startled.
"Who-who are you," he stuttered. "Where am I?"
The girl bowed her head shyly, and answered back, "You are in my house. I found you nearly frozen in the snow."
Dilandau remembered now. The girl...she...was one in the snow...
"What is your name?", he inquired with the utmost politeness, a manner in which he was certainly not used to using.
"My name is Iris", she smiled. It was an attractive smile, Dilandau supposed. He rather liked it... She continued, And your name is-?"
"Dilandau Albatou."
"Hmm...Dilandau Albatou...", Iris furrowed her brow in concentration, while tasting the name in her mouth to familiarize it. "I do believe I've heard that name before..." the girl pondered.
Dilandau panicked. She couldn't have heard good things, he thought, so he decided to change the subject. "What about your parents? Do you live alone?" he asked.
Iris's eyes hardened. "They were killed, along with my brothers. I lost my whole family in one day," she said bitterly. "I live by myself now."
"What happened?" Dilandau questioned softly, which was another thing he rarely did: talk in soft tones.
"Every year my family visits Fanelia, where we have a summer house. This year, we went on the annual visit. Almost everyone was in the house, except my youngest brother, Cyril. He had run off, so my mother sent me to search for him. I looked all over, in all his favorite places to be, but I never found him.
When I returned, the house was on fire. They were burning, and I could hear screams of pain and terror. Not just that one house either, the whole city was burning...
I wanted to save them, but the roof had fallen in...It was too late...All I could do was watch my loved ones die right in front of my eyes...The fire was spreading quickly, so with one last tearful goodbye, I left on the horse I had taken with me to search for my brother. As I rode away, I took one last glance at the devastated city. It was all on fire, a mass of turbulent orange and red flames.
I found out afterwards that the person who killed my family was named-", Realization suddenly dawned in her eyes, "Dilandau Albatou."
