This is my first fanfiction on Escaflowne so please be gentle o.o; This story is about Hitomi, who lives in London in an apartment by herself for 7 years since her father had died when she was 8 and her mother died at giving birth. Soon a man comes and tells her that she had inherited 20 million pounds and a estate in America, moving there she encounters strange things.

Disclaimer: I do not own Escaflowne so don't sue me!!! (Although Van is pretty hot wont mind in owning him sometime ^.^;)

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Chapter 1

It was a hot night in July; there was no trace of wind to be found to make the night cooler. Flowers were bloomed with an array of colors, shapes, and sizes. Trees whose leaves were as green as the color marker. Even though it was 10 o'clock at night, the city streets were still as busy as ever, just like when the sun was up. Lights everywhere lit up the city making it bright again. Fountains still spraying up water as young lovers sit next to it, holding each other tightly afraid to let go of the ones they love in fear of begin taken from them. This was the city of London.

Off the main and busy roads, down a peaceful street set a huge but beautiful apartment building. A beautiful but old stone road lead up to it, leading in front of the building and expanding into a huge circle that held a huge fountain in the middle and still there was enough room for cars and such to get around it. The walkway leading up to the main entrance was lined with beautiful flowers and shrubs. The apartment building looking to hold over a thousand people, housed one person in particular, a girl was long deep honey brown hair and piercing emerald green eyes. Her name was Hitomi Kanzaki.

That night, Hitomi was in her living room. Earlier that day she had went out to do some shopping with her friend Janet and before she decided to head back home from her long day at the mall, she decided to stop by the closest video store by the apartment building she was living at to see if there was anything good to watch. She ended up finding a few movies that looked good. So, here she was now, curled up into a blanket in her cozy living room watching one of the scary movies that she rented.

Hitomi was so into the movie and when the music started to sound scary, a sudden knock was heard at the front door. The knock scared Hitomi so bad the she felt like she leaped 10 feet off of the couch and her heart was pounding so fast it felt like it would explode. She finally calmed down and leaned over to the glass coffee table, grabbed the remote and pushed the button to pause the movie. She sighed and pulled the blanket off her and pushed herself off of the couch. Walking across the bare hardwood floor, which was very cold on her warm feet, making her walk a bit faster, she finally reached the door. She pushed herself up on her tiptoes and looked out the little peephole to see who was knocking, seeing a man in a black suit standing there and she placed her hand on the door to try and get a better look at him, but was startled when he knocked again. She sighed and backed away from the door, opened it some, and looked at the man that was standing there.

The man smiled at her and took off his hat, then nodded his head to her, putting the hat back on. He had long hair and light brown eyes, he kept smiling and nodded to her, his black hat not doing any good on him and just made him look silly. A loud cough interrupted her thoughts and she blinked a few times, feeling a bit weird for staring at him. His smiled widened and he licked his lips and introduced himself to her.

"Hello Miss," he said, the smile still playing on his lips.

"My name is Dryden Fassa. I am looking for a Miss Hitomi Kanzaki. May I ask if she is she in?" He asked in a deep voice, as he wiped the sweat from his brow.

"I am she, can I help you, Mr. Fassa?" She stood there looking at him and trying not to stare. Her hand was on the door holding on to it, as if she was waiting for him to do or say something wrong so she could shut the door in his face.

"Oh yes, I am here to deliver something to you. " He said and then pulled a big yellow envelope from the inside of his coat and held it out to her so she could take it from him.

Hitomi looked at the envelope and blinked, wondering what was inside of it but then taking it from his grasp. Her fingers ran along the paper of the envelope and she pulled up the two pieces of metal that opened the flap, and she pulled it open. She saw many papers in the envelope and wondered what they were for. She closed it back up and then looked back up at him and asked, "What's this?" somewhat confused, looking up at him.

He brought his hand to his mouth and coughed to clear his throat once again, and then he said, "This is your part of your Great Uncle, William Blood's will."

"Great Uncle.?" She asked in more confusion than she already was in from seeing all of those papers.

"Yes, William Blood was your father's uncle. Thirty days ago your Great Uncle William Blood died, and since you are the only living relative to this day, all his possessions now belong to you. As you will see, he has it written in his will."

She looked at him still confused but now a bit shocked. She nodded her head and moved aside to let him in. He thanked her and stepped inside her apartment, taking his hat off and setting it down on the couch, then taking a seat next to it. He looked around at the room he was in and hummed. It wasn't a bad place actually for an apartment; it was cozy and had over- stuffed white chairs that made the room look even cozier. Hitomi walked into the room behind him and set the envelope down on the glass coffee table. Before she took a seat across from him she looked over at him and asked if he would like anything to drink. He shook his head but smiled at her and said "No thank you, Miss." She nodded and sat down across from him.

Hitomi reached over to the coffee table and picked up the envelope, then opened it once again. She pulled out all the papers and set them down on the table, then grabbed one and started to read it. Dryden looked at her and watched her read the will of the man calmed to be her great uncle. He cleared his throat and began to talk.

"Miss, William Blood has left you over 20 million pounds and his whole estate in America."

Hitomi looked up at him from the paper in her hand that she was reading.

"America? Where in America?"

"Louisiana. the city where the estate is located is called New Orleans. It's a very large home. Your great uncle had a great plantation back in the old days. He and his children always brought the food home." He said as he licked his dry lips looking at her.

Hitomi then spoke up. "How come I never knew about this great uncle of mine?"

Dryden looked at her, thinking she was getting too nosey for business that wasn't even hers.

"I'm sorry miss, but I don't know why. Here is your plane ticket for tomorrow afternoon to take you to your new home." He set the ticket on the table and put his hat back on.

"There will be people here in the morning to pack up your things for you, and you have already been signed into a school there. Good night miss."

He walked to the door and opened it, walked out and closed it behind him. Hitomi sighed and leaned back into the couch and looked at the ticket on the table.

"Hitomi... come... come home..." Came a raspy whisper from out of nowhere.

Hitomi jerked her head up at the noise. The raspy whisper came back and said the same thing again.

"Hitomi.come.come home."

Her eyes moved towards the ticket. Hitomi got up and turned off the lights and walked to her room for the night.

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So? What do you think of my story so far? Sound good? Review please!!!