A milky moon hung low in the sky. Van gazed gently upon it with his deep
brown eyes. "Oh, Hitomi." his eyes wandered longingly towards the Mystic
Moon. "Earth. What Hitomi used to call it." He sighed. "What are you doing
right now? Do you think of me, as much as I think of you?" He yearned for
her. The pain he felt with her gone made him physically ache for her.
"Why." he asked, tears filling his eyes, black hair swaying with the wind.
"Why did I ever let you go?"
Merle passed by the balcony the Van stood on. 'Yet another sleepless night for Lord Van." she thought to herself. The wind ruffled his hair and the moonlight illuminated his lonely face. 'Oh Lord Van.' Merle had long ago given up trying to cheer him up. After two years, they had all changed drastically. They were all older, stronger, but one thing still remained the same as always. Van's pain. Van's loneliness. When his father died, then his mother's disappearance. Solstice leaving, and then Folken working for Dornkirk. Now, the fact that he may never see Hitomi again. The second love lost, along with many other tragedies. 'Poor Lord Van.' She began to walk away, but then stopped to look at him once more. 'I miss you.' Merle then sulked into the darkness.
Hearing footsteps, Van slowly turned around only to see the same familiar tail bouncing away. 'I'm sorry Merle.' A tear fell, he had caused her so much pain the last two years. She had still stuck by him through it all though. She had grown to be such a beautiful cat women. Long curly pink hair, a slender frame. She would never be happy though, not with him like this. He had said she could leave so many times before. All she did was look him in the eyes each time and stubbornly say, "No, Lord Van. I am not giving up on you that easily. I'm your sister." Merle and that stubborn look she always got, he smiled. But a second later he was once again filled with his sorrow. His regret. He was once again sucked back into his world of darkness. So he turned his eyes to the moon. La Luna.
Suddenly, Van caught a glimpse of something quite strange. A massive silver- yellow cloud rose up from the surface of the moon. It was large enough to see from where he was sulking on the balcony! Gripping the railing, he gasped "What?!" His eyes surveyed the scene questioning. He couldn't tear them away.
Then before his eyes, he saw streaks of red, yellow, and orange rise up from the enormous cloud. He backed away from the railing. "They're. They're headed for Gaea!" He didn't understand. Van needed to find out what had just occurred.
Van whirled around and made a break for the door. Just as he turned the corner. BOOM!!!
"Ouch!" Merle squealed. "Merle! I'm sorry!" Van helped her up, flicking a bit of hair out of his eyes. "Van!!!" She replied breathing hard. "What is it?" he gazed compassionately. "It's.. There." she breathed. "there was a message. From the Elders of Gaea. They need to see you. Now!"
"Bring us the Princesses!!" Everything was torn apart. Chaos was the only know thing at this moment in time on the moon. Giant metal monsters stormed the streets of Steal. No one could run. No one could hide. Everyone was left in the rubble that once was the prized city of Steal.
"Bring us the Princesses!" The guymelefs screamed. When no answered their wishes, they burned the citizens' homes, smashed buildings, and stepped in innocent people with a "Squish." under their metallic feet.
The scene inside the palace was much like the scene outside it. Servants running. Solstice's little sisters crying. She couldn't understand what was playing out before her eyes. She stood at the window and watched in wonderment at the destruction. How could someone destroy something that took 100 years to make? Solstice had no idea what would happen next. She feared for the lives of her family. But mostly for the lives of her people. She knew they were the heart and soul of Steal.
Suddenly her father, King Orion Stoy, grabbed her arm. "Come Solstice. You and the others must leave at once!" She started at her father. He had aged so very much in the last 30 minutes. He had bags under his eyes, his wrinkles were accented and his gray hair had grown limp. But most of all, she could see the midnight in his eyes. The fear of what could, and had happened.
"Father? What is happening? Why do they want us? Give them me if it will stop the pain Steal is going through.." He drew her close and kissed her milky pale forehead as the palace shook from the force of the attack. "My dear sweet Solstice. No we cannot do that. Come I have planned for this already."
"But father. why?"
"Because this family is different. You are different. Special. In more ways then one. Come, my little angel. Come, you must go to Gaea."
She took her father by he hand. "Gaea." she whispered. Memories flooded her vision. Van. Fanelia. Merle. Folken. She had not been to Gaea in seven years. Since she was ten. 'Van.' she though softly. "But why father! What is happening?" King Orion did not answer.
They walked through the halls; they passed windows and bright blasts of red exploded from them. Tremendous "Booms" erupted at them scaring Solstice so terribly. She fell against the walls, covering her ears, pearly tears streaming down her face. Their once beautiful home was falling apart. Was slipping from her fingertips. To think she would have been queen soon. Now that was no longer.
King Orion led her through a passage way behind a portrait of her grandfather, Sosoman. It was so dank, and black. Only torches lit the way and Solstice tripped many times. She could hear the "drip drip" of water in the background. The scurry of rats at her feet. "Father." she whispered. "Shhhh." was all he would reply.
"Bring us the princesses!" was now just a faint sound in the background. As they ventured farther, Solstice saw all her family was in the passage way as well. All eight of her siblings, and her mother were in a long, large cavern that was lit with torches. She still hadn't figured out what had happened. 'How will we all get to Gaea?' she wondered. Suddenly, she saw eleven individual ships in the background. "What?" she whispered. The ships glimmered silver in various sizes, each with a marking of Steal. "Quick my dear." Her mother reached for her. "Get in." Queen Aurora forcefully pushed her daughter into the vessel. "But mother! Where is Nova?" Her eldest sister simply replied from the background. "Don't you worry about me, Solstice. I'll be fine."
Queen Aurora began to close the door of her ship. "Mother." tears filled her eyes. 'Will this be the last time I see her?' Solstice reached out to touch her beautiful mother. Her raven black hair, and pale, rosy cheeks. White green eyes, filled with midnight. "Mother! What is happening!?" she screamed. But all her mother could manage was "I love you Solstice."
With that the door was closed and Solstice was in the dark lonely sky, her home to the back of her and Gaea in front. She thrashed about the ship cutting her hands. Silver blood oozed out. She was so different from everyone else. Even in her own family. 'What had happened!' Tears streamed down her milky face, she had lost all her strength and will. All she heard behind her, was an explosion.
"Hitomi. Earth to Hitomi.." Osaka waved his hand in her face. She shook her head, long waves of brown flowed down the length of her face. "Sorry." She replied. She had zoned out to a better time where she had Van near her. But that wasn't present day a time. Nope. She was at lunch, eating cafeteria food. Well not eating. Playing with.
"It's ok." Osaka smiled. "All you have to do is go out with me tonight." She looked at him gravely. Her green eyes narrowed. "You have to stop that. You know the answer already." With that Osaka lifted his hands up as a surrender. "Fine, ok. I'll stop. But what were you thinking about before I brought you back?"
'Van, Fanelia, Merle, Folken, Gaea, Van.' she though. But she replied "Nothing."
With that, she left and walked out to the courtyard. 'Seventeen and nothing to show for it.' She though. Looking up at the sky. 'I wish I could see Van.' As the wind ruffled her school uniform around her slender body, and her hair flew in the breeze, she had no idea how soon her wish would come true.
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Author's note: Hey guys this is my first fic so please be honest. You can flame all you want I WON'T CARE! If you don't like it then don't read it. Vote for your couple:
Solstice/Van or Hitomi/Van?
Please tell me!
Merle passed by the balcony the Van stood on. 'Yet another sleepless night for Lord Van." she thought to herself. The wind ruffled his hair and the moonlight illuminated his lonely face. 'Oh Lord Van.' Merle had long ago given up trying to cheer him up. After two years, they had all changed drastically. They were all older, stronger, but one thing still remained the same as always. Van's pain. Van's loneliness. When his father died, then his mother's disappearance. Solstice leaving, and then Folken working for Dornkirk. Now, the fact that he may never see Hitomi again. The second love lost, along with many other tragedies. 'Poor Lord Van.' She began to walk away, but then stopped to look at him once more. 'I miss you.' Merle then sulked into the darkness.
Hearing footsteps, Van slowly turned around only to see the same familiar tail bouncing away. 'I'm sorry Merle.' A tear fell, he had caused her so much pain the last two years. She had still stuck by him through it all though. She had grown to be such a beautiful cat women. Long curly pink hair, a slender frame. She would never be happy though, not with him like this. He had said she could leave so many times before. All she did was look him in the eyes each time and stubbornly say, "No, Lord Van. I am not giving up on you that easily. I'm your sister." Merle and that stubborn look she always got, he smiled. But a second later he was once again filled with his sorrow. His regret. He was once again sucked back into his world of darkness. So he turned his eyes to the moon. La Luna.
Suddenly, Van caught a glimpse of something quite strange. A massive silver- yellow cloud rose up from the surface of the moon. It was large enough to see from where he was sulking on the balcony! Gripping the railing, he gasped "What?!" His eyes surveyed the scene questioning. He couldn't tear them away.
Then before his eyes, he saw streaks of red, yellow, and orange rise up from the enormous cloud. He backed away from the railing. "They're. They're headed for Gaea!" He didn't understand. Van needed to find out what had just occurred.
Van whirled around and made a break for the door. Just as he turned the corner. BOOM!!!
"Ouch!" Merle squealed. "Merle! I'm sorry!" Van helped her up, flicking a bit of hair out of his eyes. "Van!!!" She replied breathing hard. "What is it?" he gazed compassionately. "It's.. There." she breathed. "there was a message. From the Elders of Gaea. They need to see you. Now!"
"Bring us the Princesses!!" Everything was torn apart. Chaos was the only know thing at this moment in time on the moon. Giant metal monsters stormed the streets of Steal. No one could run. No one could hide. Everyone was left in the rubble that once was the prized city of Steal.
"Bring us the Princesses!" The guymelefs screamed. When no answered their wishes, they burned the citizens' homes, smashed buildings, and stepped in innocent people with a "Squish." under their metallic feet.
The scene inside the palace was much like the scene outside it. Servants running. Solstice's little sisters crying. She couldn't understand what was playing out before her eyes. She stood at the window and watched in wonderment at the destruction. How could someone destroy something that took 100 years to make? Solstice had no idea what would happen next. She feared for the lives of her family. But mostly for the lives of her people. She knew they were the heart and soul of Steal.
Suddenly her father, King Orion Stoy, grabbed her arm. "Come Solstice. You and the others must leave at once!" She started at her father. He had aged so very much in the last 30 minutes. He had bags under his eyes, his wrinkles were accented and his gray hair had grown limp. But most of all, she could see the midnight in his eyes. The fear of what could, and had happened.
"Father? What is happening? Why do they want us? Give them me if it will stop the pain Steal is going through.." He drew her close and kissed her milky pale forehead as the palace shook from the force of the attack. "My dear sweet Solstice. No we cannot do that. Come I have planned for this already."
"But father. why?"
"Because this family is different. You are different. Special. In more ways then one. Come, my little angel. Come, you must go to Gaea."
She took her father by he hand. "Gaea." she whispered. Memories flooded her vision. Van. Fanelia. Merle. Folken. She had not been to Gaea in seven years. Since she was ten. 'Van.' she though softly. "But why father! What is happening?" King Orion did not answer.
They walked through the halls; they passed windows and bright blasts of red exploded from them. Tremendous "Booms" erupted at them scaring Solstice so terribly. She fell against the walls, covering her ears, pearly tears streaming down her face. Their once beautiful home was falling apart. Was slipping from her fingertips. To think she would have been queen soon. Now that was no longer.
King Orion led her through a passage way behind a portrait of her grandfather, Sosoman. It was so dank, and black. Only torches lit the way and Solstice tripped many times. She could hear the "drip drip" of water in the background. The scurry of rats at her feet. "Father." she whispered. "Shhhh." was all he would reply.
"Bring us the princesses!" was now just a faint sound in the background. As they ventured farther, Solstice saw all her family was in the passage way as well. All eight of her siblings, and her mother were in a long, large cavern that was lit with torches. She still hadn't figured out what had happened. 'How will we all get to Gaea?' she wondered. Suddenly, she saw eleven individual ships in the background. "What?" she whispered. The ships glimmered silver in various sizes, each with a marking of Steal. "Quick my dear." Her mother reached for her. "Get in." Queen Aurora forcefully pushed her daughter into the vessel. "But mother! Where is Nova?" Her eldest sister simply replied from the background. "Don't you worry about me, Solstice. I'll be fine."
Queen Aurora began to close the door of her ship. "Mother." tears filled her eyes. 'Will this be the last time I see her?' Solstice reached out to touch her beautiful mother. Her raven black hair, and pale, rosy cheeks. White green eyes, filled with midnight. "Mother! What is happening!?" she screamed. But all her mother could manage was "I love you Solstice."
With that the door was closed and Solstice was in the dark lonely sky, her home to the back of her and Gaea in front. She thrashed about the ship cutting her hands. Silver blood oozed out. She was so different from everyone else. Even in her own family. 'What had happened!' Tears streamed down her milky face, she had lost all her strength and will. All she heard behind her, was an explosion.
"Hitomi. Earth to Hitomi.." Osaka waved his hand in her face. She shook her head, long waves of brown flowed down the length of her face. "Sorry." She replied. She had zoned out to a better time where she had Van near her. But that wasn't present day a time. Nope. She was at lunch, eating cafeteria food. Well not eating. Playing with.
"It's ok." Osaka smiled. "All you have to do is go out with me tonight." She looked at him gravely. Her green eyes narrowed. "You have to stop that. You know the answer already." With that Osaka lifted his hands up as a surrender. "Fine, ok. I'll stop. But what were you thinking about before I brought you back?"
'Van, Fanelia, Merle, Folken, Gaea, Van.' she though. But she replied "Nothing."
With that, she left and walked out to the courtyard. 'Seventeen and nothing to show for it.' She though. Looking up at the sky. 'I wish I could see Van.' As the wind ruffled her school uniform around her slender body, and her hair flew in the breeze, she had no idea how soon her wish would come true.
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Author's note: Hey guys this is my first fic so please be honest. You can flame all you want I WON'T CARE! If you don't like it then don't read it. Vote for your couple:
Solstice/Van or Hitomi/Van?
Please tell me!
