A/N: Bishouji88 took the other play,Cyrano de Bergerac, so I'm going with a Middle Age legend, which I won't tell you it's name. So the play won't be Romeo and Juliet. I'm a little better than that, and out of respect to the other Escaflowne writer, I won't use her play, even if it's better than mine *growls* oh well, didn't get the idea up soon enough, I suppose. Look! Aya's trying to rant longer than her fic again! *sweatdrops* ahem, on with the show. I meant to say that this has escaflowne characters in high school.
I am not Iseult!
First Chapter: New Student
Scinean High sat atop a large hill in the midst of a very dead forest. Hitomi Kazaki shuddered to think of what it would look like at night, as it looked hideous in the morning sun's light.
She clutched her bag fearfully. It's just a new school. It's not an enemy camp that's going to slow roast me.. she trailed off as she saw the barbie like cheerleaders smiles. Well, maybe they'll try. But I can deal with it, right?
Van looked up from the basketball courts. He wiped his forehead, and saw the forlorn looking girl. He smiled. She's beautiful.. He turned to his friend Merle. "Go talk to her. I haven't seen her before, she must be new."
Merle nodded, and took off running for the top of the hill.
Hitomi took a step back seeing a seventh grader come running straight at her. What the—
Merle smiled, and started talking, her mouth working extremely quickly. "Hi, this is Scinean High, it's the high school in town. You're going here now, right?" she paused to see Hitomi's nod of agreement, and started, even faster.
"Scinean High's only scary at night, with the shadows of the trees, and the boys telling ghost stories. But you probably won't be out here at night alone since you'll probably find a boyfriend, especially since Van thinks you're pretty, you must be, so the others will, too. Besides, we're going to be friends, and you'll probably be friends or enemies with Millerna, and with Millerna there, since she'll probably be torturing you since you're almost prettier than her, you won't have time to think of how scary it is. What will frighten you is the school emblem which is of the Atlanteans. This school's so weird, they chose their mascot to be this really freaky ugly Atlantean knight. Personally, I think Atlantean knights would be a lot better looking. I've actually thought of what Van would look like as a knight, what do you think? I think actually that knights would be—what? Why are you laughing?"
Hitomi was cracking up, smiling, hugging Merle. "Thank you, I'm not scared anymore. And tell your Van thanks for getting me over the first ten minutes."
Merle blinked. "You're weird." She smiled, and talked in her normal, fast rate. "I'll tell Van, but like you probably noticed I'm a seventh grader and the Clovitseo Middle school is down the street a few blocks." As she was walking away, she kept yelling out a commentary. "Isn't it an even stranger name? Clovitseo? Were they high when they named it? I mean, why not just call us Roosevelt Middle, or name us after something we understand, like trees or flowers? We could be Rose Middle! Yeah, and Georgia could draw the mascot, a flower fairy! And then the High school would be the—" she had been walking backwards, and smashed into someone who appeared behind her.
Hitomi ran forward, and heard someone follow her. A masculine voice called out, "Merle?"
Hitomi smirked, turning. "How'd you know she was in trouble?"
The gorgeous black haired brown eyed basketball player answered back, "How could I not? Usually her voice fades away as she gets closer to the middle school."
Merle had crashed straight into a tall Senior with light blue hair. Van's fists tightened. Hitomi noticed, and looked at him, puzzled.
"Folken Strategos. He's been terrorizing all of us. He's the best chess player and strategist. We're cousins." (A/N: can't have them brothers, you'll see why later.)
Hitomi nodded, and set down the hill to talk to this Strategos. Van watched from the top of the hill.
Folken watched the little freshman approach. He was brief. "You're new."
Hitomi nodded, slightly out of breath. "Please put Merle down."
He raised an eyebrow, the only emotion on his face. "Why? She's the one who was screaming and not watching where she was going."
Hitomi sighed. "Look, she's sorry she did it, and I'm sorry, and from what I know of Merle, she likes to finish what she's saying, and doesn't always watch where she's going."
Folken dropped her. "Fine. That's your one break, kid. I'm not going to look at you again."
Folken walked up the hill, and strode silently past his cousin, neither boy looking at the other, pretending they weren't there.
Merle hugged Hitomi. "You're weird, but Folken scares me, and I don't know if he was going to give me a black eye or something." She looked at her watch and shrieked. "Iee! We're both going to be late, new kid! Run to whatever your first period is!" Merle took off flying down the street.
Hitomi walked back up the hill. Van held his hand out to her. "That was good. You lose the terrified new student air, Merle accepts you, and Folken listens to you. Though I have no idea why on the last one."
Hitomi shook it. "Well, you're the one who started it by telling Merle to come talk to me. So thank you, Van."
Both walked quickly to their classes, expecting to turn different corners at any moment. Van finally took her schedule from her.
Hitomi said, "Hey!" annoyed, but Van just laughed, and grabbed her arm.
"We're in the same homeroom, Miss Kanzaki."
Hitomi blushed slightly. I didn't tell him my name! Idiot, idiot.. She nodded. "Well then I guess you're off the hook."
Someone from behind them came up and shoved Hitomi down. "Well well, what do we have? A girl who wants to be a boy. Who cut your hair?"
Van growled, lifting Hitomi up.
"Leave. Her. Alone. Dilandau!"
A/N: eek, I did merle bad! *hangs head in shame* that's life, I guess. Oh well, she is thirteen and she's not a cat on earth, so I guess that's how it's going to do. And now you get to imagine Van and Dilandau's first confrontation. Will I break the storyline and have him damage his face, or wait 'til their second meeting, or am I following the storyline at all?
