I don't own Escafowne. I might not make this a long story.

Hitomi was able to sneak past the guards at the gates she ran into an ally changed into a bat, flew over the city strait to the palace. Hitomi found Van in his study looking over map she sat on the windowsill of large window. Hitomi's heart was crushed at the sight of Van he was so handsome with his black hair and brown eyes warring his red shirt and brown pants. tears came to her bat eyes she changed back to her human form reached for her katana and put her hood up.

She jumped from the windowsill and kicked Van in the head gently he stumbled back into a bookcase making a loud crash. Van shook his head a little as he got up he looked at his attacker she was dressed in all black and a hood covering half her face she was very pale. She pushed Van's desk to the door blocking it.

"Give me the pendant?" She said in a dark voice.

"No. Hitomi hasn't contacted me in weeks I know you know where Hitomi is tell me?" He demanded.

"I Know where Hitomi is, I know that she is on Gaea and I know that she longs to have you hold her. Now give me the pendant? I don't wont to hert you," said the figure.

"Over my dead body." Said Van taking a sword from a display.

"Very well."

Hitomi pulled out her katana from under her cape. Van charged her she blocked easily she could fill his breath worm her cold skin smell his hair it was agony for her to fight Van. She knocked his sword out his hand tripping him Hitomi put the tip of her katana to his neck. She saw the gold chain that held her pendant. Hitomi picked up the chain with her katana removing her pendant from Van's neck she put the pendant in her hand and turn to leave.

"What have you done with Hitomi?" asked Van

She turns to face him and said. "You have no idea the agony Hitomi is going through right now." Then turn and jumped out the window. Van brought his wings to fallow her but when he reached the window he saw nothing.

"NOOOOOO!" Van screamed Van heard a whisper on the wind. "I'm sorry Van I have to do this." Said the whisper. "Hitomi?" Van whispered.

Not a moment later the guards bashed in. "You highness are you all right?" asked a guard. "Yea." Said Van still starring out the window. "Could it be you Hitomi? She needs me. That woman in black knows where Hitomi is and I'm going to find out." Thought Van. In raged at the thought of his Hitomi being held prisoner.

Hitomi ran through the empty streets trying with all her might to out ran what she had just done she had attacked the love of her life her reason for living how could she do such a thing? It had started to rain buckets the wind removing her hood showing her face Hitomi was getting soaked to the bone but she didn't care the rain seemed to symbolize her filling's. She couldn't go home to earth she had all really been dubbed as a missing person and if she were to just show up saying "I'm Home" it would raise too many questions.

Finely she finely stopped just outside the city couldn't run anymore she cursed Xerxes for forcing her to do this. She fell to her knees and cried when she herd people talking in the distance's thanks to her vampire hearing Hitomi jumped into a tree.

"Remember King Van wont's her alive." Said someone.

"Van sent soldiers after me, and why shouldn't he? I did attack him after all but why didn't come too?" Thought Hitomi.

Hitomi waited for them too pass before getting out if the tree. Hitomi went north hoping to find a small village she could hide away in. the next day she felt the sun she allmost forgot what it felt like. When she was walking along the path with her hood up to make sure no recognized her. As if on command a white horse came walking down the road and the rider was Allen. "Why me?" Hitomi thought. She hoped he would ride on by and not notice her but no Allen remained the playboy she remembered.

"Good afternoon my lady." Said Allen sitting atop his horse

"Hello." Said Hitomi.

"What is a lady such as your self walking alone on the dangerous path?"

"I'm heading to the next town to see my grandmother. I must get going my grandmother will be worried" She lied praying he'll buy it.

"And where are you headed?"

"To Fanelia the king summoned me a few day's ago."

"Than I shell not delay you any longer."

"Good day Miss." Said Allen riding off.

"Thank god he bought It.," thought Hitomi.

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"Your highness Allen Schezar has arrived." Said a guard at the door.

"Thank you send him in."

"Greetings Van."

"Allen the first reason I sent for you was I wont to ask you for your help but now I need your help for another reason."

"What Van?"

"Last night I was attacked by a woman in black and she stole Hitomi's pendant I believe she or someone she works for has kidnapped Hitomi and I ask you for your help in finding her."

"This woman you speak of did she ware a hood over her face?" asked Allen an image of the woman he meet on the road flashed in his mind.

"Yes have you seen her?" asked Van with anger and hope in his eyes

"Yes heading north she told me she was heading to the next town if we hurry we might catch her."

"Guards get the horse we're heading north." Van yelled

Moments later Van and Allen were riding north they searched and searched with no sign of the lady in black finely after hours of searching. Van and Allen gave up and headed back to Fanelia images of Hitomi chained to a wall in some dark cell ran through his mind it killed Van to think of Hitomi like that. Weeks past Van sent soldiers to continue the search Allen returned to Asturia. Hitomi thought that Allen would tell Van that she heading north when she came to a fork in the road she went east. She found a nice little farmhouse far enough away from Fanelia so Van wouldn't find her but close enough so she could keep an eye on him. Even though she couldn't be with Van she would watch over him.

Hitomi stood at her window looking toward Fanelia the Mystic Moon hanging over the wonderful city shining beautifully. Hitomi had a felling that evil was coming an evil that she knew when a blue light distended from the sky. Hitomi knew who was coming all of her fears started coming back and bigger then ever but what scared her most was Van running there looking for her and finding Xerxes Hitomi turned into a wolf and tore off toward the light.

As Hitomi feared Van had seen the light and was now running toward it. As Van reaches the field he finds nothing few footprints in the grass but that's all. Hitomi arrived a few minuets after Van relived he wasn't dead or being sucked on. Suddenly the hairs on Hitomi neck stood up she sensed Xerxes. He was close very close she looked around the trees for him he was sitting in the top of one starring at Van, Hitomi knew exactly what he was thinking she had to do something she changed back to her human form.

"Van?" She whispered

"Hitomi?" Van said.

"I'm over here Van please hurry I'm in Fanelia come quick Van." She said.

Van turned his horse and ran down the road as fast as he can. Hitomi looked back at Xerxes but he was gone to Fanelia to get lunch if you will. Hitomi try's to follow Xerxes but loses him is fog Hitomi runs to Fanelia to stop Xerxes she will not let the people she's love be killed.





Ok I did it do you have any idea how long this took me? But I'm lost now I have no idea what to do next? If any of you have idea's please tell me. I know it's short.