AN - Thanks for the reviews!! They mean a lot.
SabineballZ - I'm really sorry that I didn't update, I'll be updating more offten so I won't fall behind anymore! I hope you will keep reviewing! :D
Kaurin - I'm glad you like my fic! I don't know if Mamoru is his official name, but that's what I've been told. Ya, Hitomi still has her power of vision, I'll fit it in some how. And you'll find out more about Hitomi and Mamoru's past right away. And I'll never be annoyed at your questions! I love reading them! Keep reviewing! :D
Sara - I'm happy you enjoy reading my fic! Don't worry I'll never let it die! This is my first fic I ever wrote so I'm going to keep writing. :P
Disclaimer - I'm not the owner of Escaflowne!!!
Chapter 2-The Dream
"Hitomi, it's wate. Can we pwease stop?" Mamoru complained, looking up at his big sister. They've been walking for hours in the direction the man had said. Well, Hitomi's been walking, Mamoru's been carried most of the time.
"Fine, we'll stop for the night. But we have to continue first thing in the morning." Hitomi said as she took off her robes to relax. Underneath her robes she wore a dark green skirt (a bit longer than the one on the series) and a light green spaghetti strap shirt. Green always brought out her eyes.
"Kay." Mamoru took off the back-pack he was crying and got out two blankets.
Hitomi helped him spread them out, then they went looking for firewood and berries. After they got back Hitomi started a fire and got dinner ready. Since they also had bread and other fruit she bought in the last town they passed through, they had more than enough food to eat. When they were finished eating, they settled in for the night and fell asleep under the stars.
*** "Where am I?" Hitomi asked, looking around, but all she could see was darkness all around. "Mamoru? Where are you?" Hitomi started walking around the dark world, looking for her little brother. After walking for a while she started to run, calling for him. "Mamoru! This isn't funny! Come here!" She was running as fast as she could when she tripped over something. "A rock" Hitomi said, trying to hold back the worried tears forming in her eyes. She looked closer at the rock, as she did she saw two tear-drop shapes painted on it. One blue and one green. The shapes almost seemed to be coming out of it. But when she reached out to grab them all she felt was the hard surface of the rock. That was when she heard the soft sounds of someone whimpering. "Mamoru!?" Hitomi yelled, standing up. But it was too dark, she couldn't see anything.
'Mamoru where are you? If anything happens to you . . . . . I don't know what I'd do.' Hitomi thought, tears now rolling down her cheeks.
"Don't cry child." A woman's voice said. The voice sounded familiar to Hitomi, but she didn't know where she had heard it from. "Crying only makes your heart darker and filled with more pain." As the woman said this, the world became even more dark until she couldn't even see her own hand in front of her face. Also the whimpering became more distant.
"No! Mamoru, come back!" Hitomi yelled, as she tried to hold back her sobs. "Where am I and where's my brother?"
"You don't know?" The woman said appearing in front of Hitomi. She wore a long white dress with a vail over her face. "This is your heart and your brother is waiting for you in the center."
"But why is my heart full of darkness? I thought only people with evil inside of them have darkness in their hearts."
"This darkness is different. This isn't the darkness of evil or hate, but is for hiding memories of your past." The woman explained.
"My past?" Hitomi said, looking more closely into the darkness. She now saw figures that she couldn't see before. They were just a dark blur, so she couldn't make them out. "How can I see my past in this darkness."
"I can't tell you that. But I can help you start your quest."
"Quest?"
"To help you figure out who you are of course." And at that moment there was a bright light coming from the rock with the two tear-drop shapes on it. Then a beam of light shot from the rock and disappeared into the darkness. Another beam of light shot at Hitomi's chest. The impact made her fall backwards on to the ground. When the light faded Hitomi put her hand where it hit her, expecting there to be blood. Instead there was a green tear-drop shaped pendant hanging around her neck.
"What is this?" Hitomi asked the mysterious woman in the vail.
"That pendant is the last tear your mother shed for you and your brother before she left. The one that your brother has is the last tear your father shed." The woman said trying to hide her emotions. "Follow the pendants and you will find what you are looking for, they will also light your way when you are lost." And with that she disappeared.
"Wait! What do you know about my parents? Why are you in my heart?" Hitomi was full of questions that she wanted to be answered.
"You will find out soon enough." The woman's voice echoed in the darkness.
"Wait!" Hitomi called, but she was gone. Hitomi looked into the darkness but couldn't see the figures anymore, she was able to see her hand again though. "The darkness slightly cleared" When she looked up she saw a little blue light in the distance. "What's that?" She asked herself, slowly walking towards it. As she came closer her pendant started to glow.
"The one your brother has . . . . ." The woman's voice echoed in her mind.
"Mamoru?" Hitomi started running towards the light, hoping to see her brother. As she had hoped, there was her brother, asleep on the ground with his blue pendant slightly glowing around his neck. "Mamoru. I found you." Hitomi said as she picked up her little brother and cradled him in her arms. "I'm so glad you're safe."***
"Hitomi, wake up. It's mowning, we gotta go." Mamoru said, shaking Hitomi.
"Huh? Morning?" Hitomi said as she sat up, trying to recall what had happened.
"I got ya some bewies fow bweakfast." Mamoru handed the breakfast to his sister.
"Thank-you, Mamoru."
'Was it just a dream?' Hitomi wondered as she ate.
"You got one to, huh? Mines bwue!" Mamoru said as he took the blue pendant out of his shirt to show Hitomi.
'The pendants! I forgot about them.' Hitomi thought as she examined hers more closely. She saw that they were jewels, hers was an emerald and Mamoru's was a sapphire.
"Did daddy give yours too?" Mamoru asked with a smile on his face.
"What are you talking about, Mamoru?"
"Well, he didn't say he was daddy but he looked a lot like you Hitomi. You have the same green eyes, same nose and he smiles like you do."
'What is Mamoru saying? Did father really give him the pendant? Was it mother who I was talking to? What does all this mean?' Hitomi's mind was racing with all these questions so fast that her head hurt.
"Hitomi, you okay?" Mamoru asked with concern in his eyes.
"Ya, I'm okay. And father didn't give you that pendant, it was just a dream." She said trying to convince herself more than her brother.
"But-"
"I don't want to hear it any more!" Hitomi interrupted him in a stern voice which made Mamoru be quiet. "Now, can you pack up while I go wash up?"
"Mm-hm. Den are we going to Fanawia?"
"Yes." Hitomi then started to walk into the forest leaving Mamoru to pack up the blankets. She stopped in front of a spring with clear blue water. She then removed her clothing and stepped in the spring. She never got to have a nice bath with all the fancy soaps and bath oils, she just washed herself in any pond or body of water she could find. (Not in public, of course) As she bathed she thought about what Mamoru said about their father. "Can't be." She said aloud continued bathing without giving it another thought.
Hitomi and Mamoru's parents both mysteriously disappeared a couple of months after Mamoru was born. When they weren't found they were presumed dead. Hitomi was ten years old at the time, but lost her memory, so no one ever knew their parents. She was diagnosed with amnesia and was told that she would never regain her memory from before she was ten. Ever since then she has taken care of her little brother and has and always will protect him, since he is the only family she has. Even though he too has the same abilities and magic powers as Hitomi, she still considers him a little kid who needs to be taken care of and who needs guidance. And even though Mamoru is only five, he knows everything Hitomi does and can do almost everything she can.
As Hitomi was drying off and getting dressed, Mamoru spoke with her through their "mind talk". Hitomi, you done yet? Let's go! He said impatiently.
I'm coming. Hitomi replied. They use their ability to speak with each other telepathically a lot. It comes in handy when Mamoru gets lost.
"Come on, let's get going." Hitomi said as she just walked right by Mamoru.
"Wait fow me, sis!" He called, running to catch up to his big sister. They walked for about two hours before they were able to see the top of the Fanalian castle. "Dare it is, Hitomi!"
Right after Mamoru said that, a blaze of fire exploded around the castle. The two started running in the direction of the city. But as they came nearer they stopped dead in their tracks. The city and the castle were burning to the ground, and it was all because of one blood red guymelef who kept laughing an yelling, "BURN! BURN!"
AN - So what do you think so far? Well, now you got a little more to work on with Hitomi and Mamoru's past. If you still have questions please don't hesitate to ask, cause I might miss an important bit of information! I promise that more characters will be in the next chapter. Well, I hope to get some more reviews! Ja ne!
SabineballZ - I'm really sorry that I didn't update, I'll be updating more offten so I won't fall behind anymore! I hope you will keep reviewing! :D
Kaurin - I'm glad you like my fic! I don't know if Mamoru is his official name, but that's what I've been told. Ya, Hitomi still has her power of vision, I'll fit it in some how. And you'll find out more about Hitomi and Mamoru's past right away. And I'll never be annoyed at your questions! I love reading them! Keep reviewing! :D
Sara - I'm happy you enjoy reading my fic! Don't worry I'll never let it die! This is my first fic I ever wrote so I'm going to keep writing. :P
Disclaimer - I'm not the owner of Escaflowne!!!
Chapter 2-The Dream
"Hitomi, it's wate. Can we pwease stop?" Mamoru complained, looking up at his big sister. They've been walking for hours in the direction the man had said. Well, Hitomi's been walking, Mamoru's been carried most of the time.
"Fine, we'll stop for the night. But we have to continue first thing in the morning." Hitomi said as she took off her robes to relax. Underneath her robes she wore a dark green skirt (a bit longer than the one on the series) and a light green spaghetti strap shirt. Green always brought out her eyes.
"Kay." Mamoru took off the back-pack he was crying and got out two blankets.
Hitomi helped him spread them out, then they went looking for firewood and berries. After they got back Hitomi started a fire and got dinner ready. Since they also had bread and other fruit she bought in the last town they passed through, they had more than enough food to eat. When they were finished eating, they settled in for the night and fell asleep under the stars.
*** "Where am I?" Hitomi asked, looking around, but all she could see was darkness all around. "Mamoru? Where are you?" Hitomi started walking around the dark world, looking for her little brother. After walking for a while she started to run, calling for him. "Mamoru! This isn't funny! Come here!" She was running as fast as she could when she tripped over something. "A rock" Hitomi said, trying to hold back the worried tears forming in her eyes. She looked closer at the rock, as she did she saw two tear-drop shapes painted on it. One blue and one green. The shapes almost seemed to be coming out of it. But when she reached out to grab them all she felt was the hard surface of the rock. That was when she heard the soft sounds of someone whimpering. "Mamoru!?" Hitomi yelled, standing up. But it was too dark, she couldn't see anything.
'Mamoru where are you? If anything happens to you . . . . . I don't know what I'd do.' Hitomi thought, tears now rolling down her cheeks.
"Don't cry child." A woman's voice said. The voice sounded familiar to Hitomi, but she didn't know where she had heard it from. "Crying only makes your heart darker and filled with more pain." As the woman said this, the world became even more dark until she couldn't even see her own hand in front of her face. Also the whimpering became more distant.
"No! Mamoru, come back!" Hitomi yelled, as she tried to hold back her sobs. "Where am I and where's my brother?"
"You don't know?" The woman said appearing in front of Hitomi. She wore a long white dress with a vail over her face. "This is your heart and your brother is waiting for you in the center."
"But why is my heart full of darkness? I thought only people with evil inside of them have darkness in their hearts."
"This darkness is different. This isn't the darkness of evil or hate, but is for hiding memories of your past." The woman explained.
"My past?" Hitomi said, looking more closely into the darkness. She now saw figures that she couldn't see before. They were just a dark blur, so she couldn't make them out. "How can I see my past in this darkness."
"I can't tell you that. But I can help you start your quest."
"Quest?"
"To help you figure out who you are of course." And at that moment there was a bright light coming from the rock with the two tear-drop shapes on it. Then a beam of light shot from the rock and disappeared into the darkness. Another beam of light shot at Hitomi's chest. The impact made her fall backwards on to the ground. When the light faded Hitomi put her hand where it hit her, expecting there to be blood. Instead there was a green tear-drop shaped pendant hanging around her neck.
"What is this?" Hitomi asked the mysterious woman in the vail.
"That pendant is the last tear your mother shed for you and your brother before she left. The one that your brother has is the last tear your father shed." The woman said trying to hide her emotions. "Follow the pendants and you will find what you are looking for, they will also light your way when you are lost." And with that she disappeared.
"Wait! What do you know about my parents? Why are you in my heart?" Hitomi was full of questions that she wanted to be answered.
"You will find out soon enough." The woman's voice echoed in the darkness.
"Wait!" Hitomi called, but she was gone. Hitomi looked into the darkness but couldn't see the figures anymore, she was able to see her hand again though. "The darkness slightly cleared" When she looked up she saw a little blue light in the distance. "What's that?" She asked herself, slowly walking towards it. As she came closer her pendant started to glow.
"The one your brother has . . . . ." The woman's voice echoed in her mind.
"Mamoru?" Hitomi started running towards the light, hoping to see her brother. As she had hoped, there was her brother, asleep on the ground with his blue pendant slightly glowing around his neck. "Mamoru. I found you." Hitomi said as she picked up her little brother and cradled him in her arms. "I'm so glad you're safe."***
"Hitomi, wake up. It's mowning, we gotta go." Mamoru said, shaking Hitomi.
"Huh? Morning?" Hitomi said as she sat up, trying to recall what had happened.
"I got ya some bewies fow bweakfast." Mamoru handed the breakfast to his sister.
"Thank-you, Mamoru."
'Was it just a dream?' Hitomi wondered as she ate.
"You got one to, huh? Mines bwue!" Mamoru said as he took the blue pendant out of his shirt to show Hitomi.
'The pendants! I forgot about them.' Hitomi thought as she examined hers more closely. She saw that they were jewels, hers was an emerald and Mamoru's was a sapphire.
"Did daddy give yours too?" Mamoru asked with a smile on his face.
"What are you talking about, Mamoru?"
"Well, he didn't say he was daddy but he looked a lot like you Hitomi. You have the same green eyes, same nose and he smiles like you do."
'What is Mamoru saying? Did father really give him the pendant? Was it mother who I was talking to? What does all this mean?' Hitomi's mind was racing with all these questions so fast that her head hurt.
"Hitomi, you okay?" Mamoru asked with concern in his eyes.
"Ya, I'm okay. And father didn't give you that pendant, it was just a dream." She said trying to convince herself more than her brother.
"But-"
"I don't want to hear it any more!" Hitomi interrupted him in a stern voice which made Mamoru be quiet. "Now, can you pack up while I go wash up?"
"Mm-hm. Den are we going to Fanawia?"
"Yes." Hitomi then started to walk into the forest leaving Mamoru to pack up the blankets. She stopped in front of a spring with clear blue water. She then removed her clothing and stepped in the spring. She never got to have a nice bath with all the fancy soaps and bath oils, she just washed herself in any pond or body of water she could find. (Not in public, of course) As she bathed she thought about what Mamoru said about their father. "Can't be." She said aloud continued bathing without giving it another thought.
Hitomi and Mamoru's parents both mysteriously disappeared a couple of months after Mamoru was born. When they weren't found they were presumed dead. Hitomi was ten years old at the time, but lost her memory, so no one ever knew their parents. She was diagnosed with amnesia and was told that she would never regain her memory from before she was ten. Ever since then she has taken care of her little brother and has and always will protect him, since he is the only family she has. Even though he too has the same abilities and magic powers as Hitomi, she still considers him a little kid who needs to be taken care of and who needs guidance. And even though Mamoru is only five, he knows everything Hitomi does and can do almost everything she can.
As Hitomi was drying off and getting dressed, Mamoru spoke with her through their "mind talk". Hitomi, you done yet? Let's go! He said impatiently.
I'm coming. Hitomi replied. They use their ability to speak with each other telepathically a lot. It comes in handy when Mamoru gets lost.
"Come on, let's get going." Hitomi said as she just walked right by Mamoru.
"Wait fow me, sis!" He called, running to catch up to his big sister. They walked for about two hours before they were able to see the top of the Fanalian castle. "Dare it is, Hitomi!"
Right after Mamoru said that, a blaze of fire exploded around the castle. The two started running in the direction of the city. But as they came nearer they stopped dead in their tracks. The city and the castle were burning to the ground, and it was all because of one blood red guymelef who kept laughing an yelling, "BURN! BURN!"
AN - So what do you think so far? Well, now you got a little more to work on with Hitomi and Mamoru's past. If you still have questions please don't hesitate to ask, cause I might miss an important bit of information! I promise that more characters will be in the next chapter. Well, I hope to get some more reviews! Ja ne!