DISCLAMER: I DO NOT own Escaflowne, BUT I DO OWN Gatiste!

Title: Promise Me

Summary: "Van, promise me that we'll be friends no matter what happens even if we go to war against each other! Promise Me we'll always be friends!" Hitomi said staring into the pink sky. "I promise you Hitomi, We'll always be best friends!" Hitomi is princess of Gatiste, a small country next to Fanelia. Van is Price of Fanelia. As they get older a war brakes out between the two countries. But when Van's father tells Van to kill Hitomi and end the war, what will he do. (I'm bad at summaries!)

Author note: I'm updating faster and hank you SabineballZ for reviewing. (and yes I said HANK you, get it t-hank you. I just find it cuter. Oh, and no, I'm not a girly girly, cause I'm reading this and say to myself "wow that make me sound ----- never mind back to the story.

Chapter Seven: Oh La La

Merle walked slowly down the path to her home. The birds chirped and rays of light shined though the leaves of the trees.

She started to skip and sang a little sang to herself, "Win dain a lotica

En vai tu ri

Si lo ta

Fin dein a loluca

En dragu a sei lain

Vi fa-ru les shutai am

En riga-lint." Merle was close to the house now and she could see the pig cooking and a cow in a pen with a fatter pig. She continued to sing, "Win chent a lotica

En vai tu ri

Si lo ta

Fin dein a loluca

Si katigura neuver

Floreria for chesti

Si entina." She opened to door to see Van sitting at the table and Hitomi cutting vegetables.

"Hello, Merle," Hitomi turned her head and smiled warmly.

"How was your day?" Van continued what Hitomi was going to ask.

"Fine," the little girl replied happily, "I see you got a caw and a pig."

"Yes, so now we don't have to buy it."

"Oh, and what's that for?" Merle pointed to the cotton mattress laying against the wall next to the desk.

"For you, if you want it?" Van questioned meekly.

Hitomi jumped in, "Well, Merle, we bought you a mattress for you because, well, you hogged the bed last night and that bed is kinda small," Hitomi gave a weak smile, not sure if it's ok with a pink haired girl.

"Wow! My own bed!" Merle jumped up and down.

Hitomi and Van smiled. "Ok, Merle go put your school things away."

Merle bounced up to the desk placed her bag on it and sang, "La la la la la la la la la...

Fontina blu cent

De cravi esca letisimo

La la la la la la la la la...

De quantian

La finde reve Win dain a lotica

En vai tu ri

Si lo ta

Fin dein a loluca

En dragu a sei lain

Vi fa-ru les shutai am

En riga-lint." Van looked up at Merle, "Where have you heard that song?"

"My mother sang it to me, but I never found out what it meant. She died," Merle mumbled sadly and looked at her feet, "Why?"

"I know that song."

"You do," her eyes light up.

"Yes, it means, In the darkness, the dragon wakes. To a cold heart the dragon takes. With you at my side, the dragon sleeps. On dragon wings our wishes leap."

"Oh, wow, soooo, um what does that mean?" Merle stared at him with big eyes.

"What do you mean 'what does that mean' I just told you?" Van's jaw dropped.

"Well, what is the dragon thing about?"

Van gulped, he really didn't want to explain it to the eight year old. You kinda had to live or have been to Fanelia.

"Well-"Van started hesitantly, but Hitomi saved him, "Merle why don't you go see if the pig is done cooking."

"Okay," Merle floated out of the house.

Van relaxed and looked at Hitomi as she smiled at him warmly like she always did.

After dinner they helped Merle with her homework and they built Merles bed.

"There," Van said smacking the last nail into the bed frame.

"You have your on bed now. . .but it seems a little tight in here. . . ," Hitomi added quickly then she turned to Van, "What about if we added a new room?"

"Yeah, great idea Hitomi," Merle cheered and yawned, "Wow, I'm tired. Good night." She crawled into her new bed and fell asleep instantly.

"Yes, it is late," Hitomi agreed with Merle.

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Oh, I'm so sorry, nothing happened in this chapter and I know I told you that they get together but I HAVE NO IDEA how they will!!! Oh, please give me some ideas if you have any. At least I updated quickly. I finished this like two days ago but I can't think of how they star loving each other. Thanks to the people who R&R help me!!

And, I'm going to put all my progress and updates in my bio/profile whatever it is. Well, I put what I'm doing with my stories there and I don't feel like typing it over thank you.