Disclaimer: I do not own Escaflowne, I'd be rich if I did.

{AN: AU (Alternate Universe) Okay this is my very first ever fanfic, so please be understanding. I don't mind flames just be decent with your criticism please. This story will have some of the same ideas in it as the Escaflowne seires but not all. I will have some OOC (out of character) going on.

"text" Character is talking

'text' Character is thinking

text Vision or dream

{AN text} Authors Notes

text Telepathic talking

Chapter 1: The Seeress

"Hitomi, time to get up!"

Grumpily Hitomi gets herself out of bed. "I'm up, Mom." 'Man it is just to early to have to get up.' Hitomi makes her way to her bathroom to take a nice warm shower. There is just no other way to wake up in the mornings. She gets out and puts on her school uniform for the day and gets her bag with all of her stuff for school. Going down stairs to the kitchen Hitomi greats her mother and grandmother with a quick, "Morning, Mom. Morning, Nana." She grabs a bagel and heads out the front door to walk with her best friend Yukari.

"Morning, Hitomi." Says a 17-year-old girl with shoulder length red hair and brown eyes.

"Hey Kari, what's up girl?" Hitomi responds to the other girl's greeting. "So, how was your big date with Amano last night? Did he take you some place romantic or is he just another typical guy without a clue?" Asks Hitomi with a sly smirk on her face. Yukari blushes. So Hitomi knows something happened.

"Well, he took me to this really nice Italian restraunt and it was just so beautiful. There were candles and this really nice soft music. Oh, Hitomi he is so not like most guys. He was so attentive and we just could talk about anything and everything. He didn't even try to make any big moves on me either, what a gentleman he was the whole night." Yukari sighs dreamily.

"So, I take it that things were good?" Hitomi teased her friend. Yukari just smacked her arm. They were at the train stop waiting to go to school.

"Hey, Hitomi can you do a tarot reading for me later?" A girl at the train stop asked. "Yeah, how about after lunch?" "Great thanks!"

Every one knew if you needed something along the lines of fortune telling or if you lost something you went to Hitomi, she was the school "psychic" and she was liked for it too. Hitomi had been using tarot cards since she was 12 and she had been finding missing object since she was 4. She even sometimes had really eerie visions that prevented bad things from happening, but most people didn't know about that only her family and Yukari. Hitomi also had some telepathic abilities with her family. And to top things of she could usually feel and see peoples auras and feelings at least in a general way.

"Hey, Kari?"

"What?"

"Do you ever feel like you just don't fit in or belong here?"

"What? No, what's up Hitomi? Why do you ask?"

"I'm not sure Kari it's just that lately I have been kind of feeling like I'm not quite where I belong and especially with my gifts."

"What are you saying that you don't like who you are or something?"

"No, no! Don't get me wrong, I love my gifts! It's just that I feel there is this pull from some place else that is calling to me. I know strange just forget I said anything."

"Ok, Hitomi. I'll chalk it up to stress because of finals this week."

Later at track practice

Hitomi ran down the steps on her way to the track field she was running late today because of a test paper she had to finish up. She reached the track just as the boys' team was starting their last couple of runs for the day. Amano was on the boys' track team so of course Yukari was at the track and then also she was the girls track team manager. "Hitomi, why in the world are you late?" Yukari asked her best friend.

"Sorry, Kari, I had to finish a test paper for Chemistry." Hitomi said.

"Oh, well ok." Yukari said.

"So, did I miss much?" Hitomi asked with a sly smirk while nudging Yukari in the side.

"Wh-What are you talking about?" Yukari blushes a little knowing full well that Hitomi was talking about Amano.

Hitomi just busts out laughing at her friend when she sees the blush on her cheeks.

Yukari smacks her friend on the arm. "Come on no time for your fooling around get ready for practice."

"Alright already." Hitomi says

Hitomi sets her self up to the track grabbing hold of the pendant her grandmother gave her when she was about 12 and she started to do tarot readings. It was her good luck charm. She gets set waiting for the start to signal. When the gun fires she is off like a flash. She is running only concentrating on the end of the track. When all of a sudden she sees....

Vision: There is a guy standing in the track field with strange clothes and a sword out. He turns around to face Hitomi and she runs right through him. Next she sees a beautiful city before her like the kind from around the medieval days with a castle and wall and everything. Then she sees this city surrounded by giant robot type things starting to destroy everything, and kill any one in their way. Next she is on the ground and all of a sudden it starts to collapse and she is falling when a bright light appears above her and she sees angel wings coming down to reach her and she can only make out the form of a man with dark hair reaching to her.

Hitomi is still running she had slowed down but she still finishes the run first. She nearly collapses after the finish line though. 'Wow, that all just happened in the blink of an eye. What was that? Who was that? Where was that? I have got to talk to Nana today'

"Hitomi are you ok?" Her coach and Yukari come over.

"Yeah, I think I'm just a little dehydrated. I'm going to sit out the rest of practice if that's ok?" Hitomi says.

"Not a problem, Hitomi. Just take it easy." Her coach says.

Later that night at the Kanzakie home

"Nana, can I talk to you?" Hitomi asks her grandmother.

"Sure little one." Nana always called Hitomi little one it was her special nickname. "What seems to be on your mind?"

"Nana, I've been having these strange dreams and this feeling that is almost a sort of pulling or tugging on my soul? Also today at track practice I had a vision of a guy in really strange clothes with a sword. I nearly passed out after my run but I didn't tell anyone."

"Well little one, it sounds like you may be leaving us soon. You know that if you do have to leave we love you and want what is best for you. I want you to know that if you find love while you are away from us to not turn your back on true love, we will be fine here without you." Nana had told Hitomi long ago about her own adventures in a different world know as Gaea. Nana had fallen in love with a young man on that world but had thought that she had to leave him behind and return to Earth. She had regretted it, even though she found Grandpa and had cared for him it was not the same as her first true love. So Hitomi knew a little about the special world of Gaea.

"Thank you Nana for listening." Hitomi was thinking that she should be ready for just about anything. So she went up to her room and started to pack her camping backpack. In it she had her basic gear of air mattress, blanket, fire kit, two skinning knives, a tent and wet stones(for sharpening the knives). She also added two sets of boots, some jeans, a couple of shirts, some nightgowns, some under garments, and a dress with dress shoes. Hey, you never know what you will encounter or what you will need. She just wanted to be prepared. With all that done she set her bag aside and got ready for bed. She was going to have to talk to Kari and let her know what was going on, she didn't want to leave with out talking with her.

Vision/Dream: She was in a beautiful country with giant trees and inspiring landscapes. She saw a village bellow a huge castle. All of a sudden out of nowhere she saw giant robot looking things with swords and flamethrowers start to destroy the village and castle. Then the scene changed to her falling and she sees a white light above her and an angel comes swooping down and saves her. All that she can see of her angel is that it is a man with medium length dark hair.

Hitomi wakes up with a gasp. 'Wow, that same vision again. It was so realistic. I wonder what it means?' Hitomi glances and the clock and it reads 5:55 a.m. 'Well I might as well start my day I'm already awake.'

At the train station

"Hey, Kari I need to talk to you ok?" Hitomi said to her best friend.

"What's up, Hitomi?" Yukari could hear the seriousness in her best friends voice.

"Remember our talk yesterday morning?"

"Yeah, you were talking about not belonging here or something like that." Yukari said.

"Yeah, well the thing is I have been having some visions lately and dreams too. They seem to be telling me I will be leaving soon and I just wanted to talk with you so that it doesn't come as a total surprise when I have to leave, especially if I don't get a chance to say good bye." Hitomi told her friend.

"Whoa, Hitomi you're serious huh?" Yukari was a little taken aback.

"Yes, Kari I am."

"So is that why you have the extra backpack?" Yukari asked.

"Yes, I have a few items in it that I thought I might need just in case. I just feel that what ever it is it's going to be soon." Hitomi told her friend.

"Hitomi, I don't know what to say? If you leave I'm going to miss you. I have always known that you are special and that there are great things in- store for you. Well enough about that you're here now and I'm going to enjoy you while you are." Yukari said very cheerfully. That was Yukari always upbeat and cheerful about things no matter what.

"Ok." Hitomi laughed at her friend and her light spirits.

"So what are you doing after track or is it swimming today?" Yukari could never keep up, even though she was the track manager, because Hitomi switched back and forth between the two sports and the coaches didn't seem to mind because she was such a great team member.

"It's track today swimming is tomorrow." Replied Hitomi. "Nothing after track though. Why what's on your mind?"

"We are going to the mall for a little extravaganza since you will be leaving soon." Yukari stated firmly.

"Alright, Kari if you say so." Hitomi said reluctantly. Going to the mall with Kari was like trying to tame a tornado, wild and nonstop.

At the mall

"Kari, can't we stop yet? I have a new swimsuit, a new formal dress and shoes plus all accessories. I have two new shirts and jeans plus two skirts. I can't take any more!" Hitomi groaned to her friend.

"You are such a wimp. Where is your energy that you exert at track and swimming?" Yukari exclaimed?

"Back at the track. Where I just spent 2 hours running and training." Hitomi moaned.

Yukari burst out laughing and soon Hitomi was laughing with her. They did sit down at a little ice cream shop in the mall though. To Hitomi's ever lasting delight. As they were sitting there Amano came up to them.

"Hello Hitomi, Yukari." Amano said.

Hitomi could feel a very warm and loving aura coming from Amano directed toward Yukari. She knew that this was a good thing and could just tell that they would do well together. "Hi Amano." She said.

"Hello Amano." Said Yukari with a slight blush.

"Do you mind if I join you two lovely ladies?" He asked.

"Not at all please have a seat." Hitomi said after she realized that Yukari was a little to tongue-tied to reply.

"So what are you lovely ladies doing now?" Amano asks.

"Well we have just been shopping a bit for Hitomi. I think we were getting ready to walk on home though." Yukari said having recovered from her shyness.

"Walk? It's already 7:00 p.m. Why don't you let me give you a ride home?" Amano said.

"That would be really nice of you Amano." Replied Yukari. As she gets up and gets ready to go.

Hitomi gets up and starts to gab her bags when she realizes she forgot her camping bag back at school. "Oh, man! Kari, I forgot my backpack at the school. Amano, do you think we could stop by and get it?"

"Yeah, not a problem." Amano says.

They reach the school and proceed to go around to the track field and the gym in the back. When they get there they are able to get Hitomi's backpack because the night janitor is there. They all head back going across the track when out of nowhere a bright light appears. As Hitomi is walking on the track the light touches down and all of a sudden Hitomi sees a guy turn towards her and she runs right into him. She lands on the ground and looks up.

'It's him, the guy from my vision! Wow, he is really built. What am I thinking? Well I have to admit he is rather nice looking. Alright enough of this!' "Who are you?" Hitomi is able to say still a bit startled.

"Are you ok Hitomi?" Both Yukari and Amano ask. Amano gives her a hand up since he is closer to her.

The guy who looks to be around 19 or 20 years old looks at all three of them with a bit of an arrogant air about him. Hitomi notices the aura of power and strength and even a hint of royalty perhaps. "I am Van de Fanel of Fanelia." The guy says to them. Then all of a sudden the guy tenses up. "You should leave now, unless you want to become a meal for a land dragon."

"What are you talking about there are no such things as dragons?" Amano says.

However right as he says this again out of nowhere there appears this giant land dragon. The dragon had dark brown scales all over the top but the under side had a lighter brown coloring. At this point the three highschool students are a bit taken aback.

"Run!" Van says.

So that's what they did they ran across the street up steps to the temple near by. As they reached the top they thought they had evaded disaster but to their surprise there was the dragon jumping down but Van was also there. Van distracted the dragon and three youths all hid in the temple. Hitomi stood there watching when all of a sudden she had another vision

Vision: Van is standing by the dragon preparing for the final blow to the chest with his sword when all of the sudden the dragons tail whips around to pierce Van in the chest.

Hitomi gasps for breath and looks up, there is Van still fighting. 'Good I have time to warn him.' She runs out of hiding to see Van getting ready for the final blow and she yells. "Watch the tail!"

Van hears the yell and is able to jump back just in time. He then slits the dragon from tail to chest. Next he goes up to the dragon and opens its chest and pulls out this huge red stone looking thing. The dragon proceeds to steam and evaporate leaving only the stone in Van's hand not even any blood.

"Are you ok?" Hitomi asks Van.

"I'm fine." Van says a little testily. Hitomi starts to take offence with his tone and attitude but then he says, "Thank you for your warning." It was just a whisper heard by Hitomi and Van.

Yukari and Amano come running out of their hiding places. "Are there any more of those?" Yukari asks a bit shaken still. Amano hears her voice quiver and reaches out to hold her. She gladly cuddles into his arms.

"Where am I?" Van asks a little puzzled.

"You're in Tokyo of course." Amano tells him.

"This must be the Mystic Moon." Van says in awe and wonder.

"...?"

"What did you say?" Hitomi asked. She knew that people of Gaea called Earth the Mystic Moon, but only her family knew about that.

Just then the stone in Van's hand starts to glow and Hitomi's pendant also. Next a bright white light starts to appear around Van and Hitomi and they begin to float into the air.

"What's going on?" Amano yells.

"Hitomi!" Yukari cries out.

"Don't worry Kari remember our talk? Take care of Mom and Nana for me sister of my heart. Amano take care of Yukari you guys are a great couple." Hitomi says.

Mom, Nana, I'm leaving to Gaea take care. I love you both. Hitomi communicates with her family. She can faintly hear we love you from the both of them. However the more important thing is the feeling of love and support she receives from them through her connection.

{AN: So is it a good start should I continue? What do you like/ not like about it. Please let me know. I will update with another chapter if you like this one. This story is going to be rated PG-13 for violence and suggestive material. It may be upgraded depending on how I feel later.}