Dear People,

Just to say my story is no longer a G or what ever it was. It's PG-13 now, coz there's going to be some swearing (but not a lot).Any one who feels tempted to send flames, please do. I find them very amusing, though I would prefer constructive critisim. Thank you to the two people who reviewed my story, I was v. happy to read your comments.

Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Love From,

The Very Evil Daughter Of Lord Voldemort, Juliet Riddle

P.s Thank you Angel of Light for correcting my spelling!

Chapter 2-

Hitomi stared at the boy, numb with shock. "What?…" She said weakly, hoping to have misheard. The boy peered at her suddenly pale face and looked concerned. "Are you alright, Miss?" He asked worriedly. "I'm…fine. Just fine." Hitomi answered, her voice trembling. "King Von…who? Who is he marrying?" She looked as though she were struggling to keep her temper, and she sounded strained. Yet, inside, she didn't feel anything- she was completely numb, drained of any emotion. "He's marrying Princess Leeana of Paymere, Miss. In three days time." Hitomi stumbled away from the boy, "Thank you," she choked on the words before walking with a slight difficulty in the opposite direction of the palace. The boy stared after her, wondering who she was.

Merle hummed happily to herself, searching for something pretty to buy from the market. "Ohhhh, what's that?" She asked as she picked up a disc with a hole in it. It was silver, but in the light it made lots of pretty colours like a rainbow. "It's from the Mystic Moon, Miss. It would make a lovely necklace, don't you think?"

"Hmmm. Do you know what the people on the Mystic Moon used it for?" Merle asked, carefully turning the disc over and inspecting it at all angles. "No, Miss. Not for sure." Merle sighed. "I bet Hitomi would know," Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a familiar figure. She turned her head so that she could see better. "Hitomi!" the cat-girl exclaimed. She dropped the disc and rushed towards Hitomi, knocking over stalls and confetti stands. "Hitomi, Hitomi! Over here!…"

Hitomi heard someone call her name. She stopped, and glanced over her shoulder. Merle! She felt a surge of panic. She didn't want to talk to Merle, or see Von, or anyone she'd ever known on Gaea. She just wanted to leave and forget this ever happened. Forcing her legs to move, Hitomi broke into a run. Merle's annoyed shouts could be heard just behind her, but Hitomi ignored them. "Hitooooomiiiii! Wait up, you stupid girl!" Hitomi felt a clawed hand grab her elbow and she was forced to skid to a halt. She turned round to face an angry looking Merle. "What is wrong with you, you stupid girl?!" Merle demanded. "Did you have to run off?" Hitomi felt an huge bubble of anger rise up inside her. "Shut up, Merle!" She said savagely. Merle looked shocked, stunned into silence. "You're one to talk about running off! My back is turned for barely a year and already Van's gone off with someone else! I did everything for him and he just forgot about me! He used me!" Hitomi was shouting at the top of her lungs and a fairly big crowd had gathered, but she didn't care. She paused for breath. "Hitomi! It's not like that, you don't under"-

Hitomi didn't let her finish. "Is she prettier than me? Can she save Gaea better than me? Huh!" She laughed bitterly, her anger almost gone. "She maybe a princess but there are more important things! Like love. And trust. Tell him, Merle. Tell him I loved him, and that he could have had it all, but he wanted it to be this way." Hitomi now spoke quietly, her anger had disappeared and left only sadness. "Oh, Hitomi, please"-

"No, Merle. I don't want to hear you make excuses for him." Hitomi now sounded strangely calm but she was shaking and she had butterflies in her stomach. "I'm going home, now. I never want to see you, Van, or anyone else from Gaea ever again. I'm going to forget Van just as he forgot me and then I'm going do useful things with my time- like find a decent boyfriend. Good bye, Merle. Have a nice life." Hitomi closed her eyes and willed the bright light to come again. When she opened her eyes it had come, and had surrounded her. She felt herself being lifted off the ground. "Hitomi! Wait!" Merle cried. Hitomi shook her head, and was gone. "Hitooooomiiii!" Merle wailed, in vain; Hitomi was gone, and it was her wish never to come back. "Lord Van!" She thought suddenly. "I have to tell him!" She ran to the palace, shouting, "Lord Van! Lord Van!!!"

Van Fanel, King of all Fanelia, sighed and looked out of the window. "I don't want to marry her, Allen." He said. "You have to. If you don't, the king of Paymere will declare war on Fanelia. Do you really want to see Fanelia in ruins once again?" Allen asked. He felt sorry for Van, and for Hitomi, but the lives of many people could be destroyed and he couldn't let that happen. "Hitomi and Fanelia are the two things I love the most! How can I choose between them?" Van said despairingly. "Fate has already chosen for you. Hitomi is on the Mystic Moon and you are on Gaea. You could never be together, even without this. You might be married to another, but it doesn't mean you don't love her."

"I can't do that to Hitomi," Van looked at Allen in anguish."What she doesn't know can't hurt her. It may not be very gentlemanly, but it will be better if she doesn't know. Besides, the wedding is three days away. You can't back out now." Allen said reasonably, though, he himself disliked the advice he was giving. "She's not all that bad, you know. She's pretty for one. And eductated." Van scowled. "I don't love her," he said darkly. "No, but maybe one day you will grow to love her, and you'll be happy. You'll be able to have children, a family- all the things you can't have with Hitomi."

"Hitomi and I could have a family. We'd be happy."

"And ask Hitomi to leave her mother and father? Remember what it was like to lose your family, Van. Could you really do that to her?"

"Then I'd go to the Mystic Moon." Van insisted, with his usual stubborness. "What about Fanelia? Van, see sense." Von opened his mouth to say something when Merle flew in. "Lord Van!" She shouted. "Merle! What are you doing here?" Van asked her, surprised. Merle gasped, and waited a second to get her breath back. "Hitomi! She was here and she's found out!"

"Hitomi's here?!" Van exclaimed, jumping to his feet. "Where?"

"What did she find out, Merle?" Allen asked. "About the marriage! Hitomi was so upset…she's gone now."

"Oh no…" Von moaned, and sitting down, he buried his face in his hands. "Lord Van?" Said Merle anxiously. He lifted his face from his hands. His face was pale. "What did she say?" He spoke in almost a whisper. "She said…er…" Merle nibbled a claw, trying to remember. "Oh yeah! She said to tell you that she loved you, and you could have had everything, but you wanted all this to happen. She didn't let me explain. I'm so sorry, Lord Van." Van groaned, and once again covered his face. She put an arm around him to comfort him, but he pushed it away. She whimpered, half offended and half unhappy for Van. "I'm sorry, Merle," he said huskily. "What else did Hitomi say?" Allen asked. "Ahhh…she told me that she never wanted to see any of us again. She said she was going to forget any of this ever happened, like Gaea never even existed."

Allen looked shocked. "Hitomi…" He murmered sadly. Van lifted his head and stood up. "I've got to tell her," He said determinedly, once more a King. "I've got to tell her the truth!"

"Lord Van, please don't leave!" Merle cried. "Van! Don't be a fool! Leave the poor girl be. She hates you now. Let her get over it, and let her get on with her life." Allen said sternly. "What?! Allen, No! She has a right to know!" Van thundered, and turned his back to walk swiftly out of the room, but Allen placed himself in front of Van, and blocked his exit. "You'll just hurt her even more. I can't let you go, Van." His face hardened and his voice was commanding. It annoyed Van to be told what to do. "Get out of my way!" He spat, trying to push past Allen, but Allen stepped back into his path. Van pushed him so that he stumbled, and made to run past, but at the last minute Allen grabbed him from behind and pulled him to the floor. "Allen! Get off me!" Van shouted. "Leave him alone!" Merle shrieked in the background. Allen dodged his kicks and locked his arms and legs. "I'm sorry, Van," He muttered. "Guards!" Allen shouted. Several guards came. "The King is not feeling himself today"-

"Why you son of a …" Van shouted, still struggling to get free.

"Could two of you please take him to his chamber and make sure he doesn't harm himself"-

"I'll harm you if you don't get off me!"

"Tie him up if need be"-

"How dare you, Allen Schazar! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"

"While you," Allen inclined his head in the direction of a dark-haired soldier, "go and get a Healer. And hurry."

The guard ran of to get a Healer, and the other two in one graceful movement each grapped Van's arms and legs. Allen got off him and they man- handled the swearing, shouting King to his room.

"Lord Van!" Merle cried.

"Merle!" His shouts could be heard as the guards carried him away. "Scratch his eyes out! Poison his drink! Get Gekos to kidnap him! Merle! Meeerrleeee!"

Merle sniffed, tears in her eyes. "Lord Van…" She struggled not to cry. Instead she turned her attention to Allen, who stood gazing after Van. She felt her unhappiness quickly turn to anger. "Allen!" She hissed at him, her cat-self more pronounced as she got angrier. "How could you do that to him? What is wrong with you? Are you crazy? You're supposed to be his friend! Why do you want to stop him from seeing Hitomi?" She growled at him, showing him her claws. He looked surprised by her outrage. "He's a king, you owe him respect, you…you…traitor!!" She swiped at him with her claws, leaving 5 long scratches on his arm. "Ow! Merle!" Allen exclaimed, seeing his blood gush out of the wounds. "Serves you right! Meeewww!!!" She ran off, hissing and spitting.

When the Healer came, she gave Van a herb that made him sleep for 3 days, and when he woke it was the day of his wedding.

The groung was rushing forward at a tremendous speed, and as she thought she'd be smashed, the light went and Hitomi was kneeling on the grass, breathing heavily. It was night, just as she had left. She stood up slowly, because she felt she couldn't trust her legs to hold her weight. She felt awful. She was tired from her anger, and there was a deep loneliness in her heart, a terrible sence of loss- not just as though she'd lost Von, but a part of her very being. She looked at the temple, and remembered the feeling of happiness she'd had when she was transported to Gaea. 'Huh! I shouldn't have bothered. What a jerk!' She thought bitterly. Better go home now. She turned round. Even her heart froze for a moment, before pumping adrenaline into her blood stream at a fearsome rate. Her eyes wide with fear gazed into those evil blood-red eyes and Hitomi knew it wasn't a trick of the light and she wasn't dreaming. "Dilandou." She whispered.

Once again, I leave ya hangin'! Ha ha! Don't worry, I'll update soon (or at least I'll try) so you won't have very long to die of suspense! Please remember to review, or Lord Voldemort will pay you a visit! (he's my dad by the way, as you've probably guessed already)

Love From, J.R