I DON'T OWN ESCAFLOWNE OR ANYTHING IN IT ONLY MY OWN STUFF

Chapter 4 - Knock OUT -

Hitomi's Perspective

Hitomi was now scurry about the room as fast as she could collecting things here and there and in the process changing into cloths that she had taken from her maid.

Instead of having her usual elaborate lay out of white and pink or white and blue or some combination that was "fit for a lady" she was now clothed in a simple tan colored dress with a white apron. She wanted to make sure that no one could identify her as "The Princess" because if she was found out then she would be pointed at and talked about and then rumors would start which would be one whole scandal that wasn't true and plus she would get in BIG trouble if her parents knew she left without her body guards.

She stopped at the window and looked out trying to spot the carriage. She knew the direction in which it went so that was good enough for her. She stepped out onto the balcony and she spread her wings out prepared to take flight.

"Oh I better hide this if not someone may see it" she hid her pendant in her dress so no one would be able to see it because her dress went to her neck unlike the usual deep U cut that many people wore. It was her favorite pendant it was light blue and it was set in silver which was perfect because her favorite color combination was blue and silver.

She slowly departed from her balcony trying to be as ambiguous as possible. She was sure that no one had seen her so she started to descend near a thicket of trees.

Now let's see which way it was thought Hitomi as she stood there looking in all directions…

Aha this way! Hitomi started to walk towards a clearing and soon found her self walking on a gravel road which she was sure would lead her in the right direction. She examined the rode and noticed that there were fresh tracks which meant that she was not too far behind.

She walked for about 7 or 8 minutes before she came to a halt. She spotted the carriage riding along the path towards who knows where. She made sure to stay back so as to not be seen. She was about to cross the path and she was half way to the other side when the carriage started to turn, Hitomi froze in her tacks OH NO! Where do I hide anywhere I go I will be seen… but anywhere is better then just the middle of the rode… maybe I will just busy myself with something!

Hitomi hesitated as she quickly decided to "work" on a canopy of vines that she had spotted near by. As she is pretending to pluck grapes she spots the carriage and it was stopped not to far from where she was

OH NO he must have seen me… he probably recognizes me and has stopped to interrogate me! What do I do?!?! If anything happens just act cool. She stood there transfixed, with her arm stretched-out, about to take a grape, just starring at the captivating boy that was climbing down from the carriage. What Magnificent WINGS! Déjà vu swept over Hitomi before she was brought back to reality abruptly, bye the Boy's beautiful voice.

Van's Perspective

"You! What are you doing here?" asked Van in complete awed bewilderment

Van walked closer as if scared that something horrible may happen…

He tiptoed ever closer and all of a sudden took a leap of faith!

"GOTCHA" yelled van as he was kicked!

HOW the hell did you get out… thought Van ….

"How could I be so stupid I forgot to put you back in your pin," Van struggled as he kept hold of the goats' horns as tightly as he could….

"Calm down lil guy I don't want to hurt you…" Van said as the Goat let out one final blow to get his attacker off of him.

The goat nailed Van right in the stomach sending him flying a few feet.

Van just laid there as he tried to recover the air that had just been blown out of him, He sat there absorbed in the situation and collecting information on his surroundings. He slowly revived and noticed movement in the corner of his eye. He quickly stood up.

Probably another sheep or goat…. Just my rotten luck!

What on earth… Van stood there not able to move from his spot for he was, he was staring at a girl who was….. Gorgeous!

Van hesitated before he spoke "umm can I help you with something miss?"

The girl didn't respond she seemed to be frighten

All of a sudden there was a rush of blood to his head. Van started to feel dizzy as he fell to the ground and the last thing Van heard, before he was engulfed in darkness, was the yell of the girl and footsteps from a different direction coming closer.

Hitomi's Perspective

That must have hurt I mean wow! Poor guy! Hitomi stroked the boys hair as she sat there cleaning his wound. The boy slowly stirred as he turned his head to face Hitomi, he slowly opened his eyes. Those eyes are so captivating! Hitomi gazed at the boy with admiration Oh NO, what am I going to tell him when he gets up?!? I guess I will just tell him what happened in due time.

After the boy had taken in his surroundings he jumped up and slowly tried to back away but soon found it a futile effort.

"Calm down! I'm not going to hurt you! And please don't move around you will just hurt yourself more" Urged Hitomi as she tried to calm him down.

"What happen? And who are you?!? And why does my head hurt? Why do I have bandages?" yelled the boy; He slowly calmed down seeing that he was getting nowhere.

"Well first is first," what should I tell him my name is... should I try my luck with a fake name or not? "I am Hitomi Kanzaki, and you got hit in the head and then hit in the stomach a couple of times after you were knocked out. So don't move to much you have a few broken ribs…" Hitomi paused "what's your name?"

He just sat there looking at me like I was some weird thing that popped out of the sky.

"My name is Van Fanel, uhhh what exactly happened?"

I wasn't sure where to start but I guess I'll start with the knockout…

"Well you see after you were kick by the goat you found me right…. Well while u were facing me….. Umm this man, I don't know who he was but he walked up behind you with like a cane or something I don't know what but yeah… that's why I didn't say anything and…"

"…and he hit me on the head….alright… But that doesn't explain the broken ribs…" interrupted Van

"Yeah you see it was the guys fault" I replied "He beat you to a pulp!"

"WHERE IS HE? HOW DID HE GET AWAY??" Van replied, looking around to see if he could spot any evidence of the culprit, apparently annoyed with me.

"I don't know where he is, I was too scared to anything I just wanted him to stop and go away…. I'm sorry I just wanting him to leave wishing he would stop and he then he did." He isn't going to understand….how do I explain what happen! This is going to be hard! Thought Hitomi

"What do u mean "he just did" how did he just stop all of sudden did someone stop him" Van glared at me as he asked his questions

"No he disappeared…there was a really bright light and then he was gone…"

"WHAT? You can't just disappear…" Van replied as he contemplated over the possibilities

I don't even know…. I hope he stops asking questions soon

"What time is it do u think…. Is it past noon?"

"Umm you have been out for like 2 hours so last time I checked it was noon… the sun was directly over not to long ago…"

"Look thank you for everything but I HAVE TO GO! I am in such big trouble!" replied Van as he tried to get up, making it half way up with the help of his hand until it gave out and he fell.

"I don't think you can make it on your own… would u like me to help?"

With that Hitomi grabbed Van's arm and pulled him up and allowed him to use her as a support. They slowly walked towards Van's carriage and Hitomi helped him up as she followed him and took the reins of the horses as she commanded them to move.

"Which way do we go?" I asked Van who was leaning against me.

"Don't worry the horses will find there way back home." With that said Van fell asleep as we rode towards an unknown destination (well at least to me)

Authors Rant

Yeah I know it took a while to right but I have been working on it as much as I could… I don't have a lot of spare time….AND I HAVE FINALS AND LOTS OF END OF THE YEAR WORK! SO STRESSFUL! But I hope this chapter wasn't to weird especially with the whole POV thing cuz I know I am weird about that but I am working on it… I just don't like really using "I" the whole time but I get the if its her POV I should but I don't want to so I guess you could say its my own weird POV thing…. Lol ionoo! R&R with comments, corrections, rants, annoyances. It doesn't matter… Live and Learn