The sorrows from within
Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with Escaflowne, although I wish I did. The only thing I own is Hope, and her past history.
" I am Van Slanzar De Fanel, King of Fanelia, and this is Allen Shezar, the heavenly knight of Asturia." Van motioned to the man with long blond hair. Hope just nodded to this and suddenly lost interest. She then returned her gaze to the window and the untamed wind.
Van was just about to ask her if she knew Hitomi but failed because of someone bursting through the door.
" M'lord, were under attack, The advisors think its Dilandau." The untrained soldier gasped.
Hope seemed to cringe at the sound of Dilandau's name being rolled off the young mans tongue. Allen noticed this and his trust in her deepened.
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Also I have to add this so no one gets confused. This is just going to be a short profile for Hope.
Name- Hope
age- 15
appearance- silver hair, red eyes, only wears black.
Im also going to make this similar to my other fic, she's going to know Hitomi, just differently.
Chapter 7: Intruders, The fighting never stops.
As the loud alarm sounded throughout the long corridors, you could hear the loud thudding of leather boots against the hard floor. Hope was a little scared if Dilandau, found her now. He looked pretty mad when she got out of the dungeon, but when she saved the two fighters, he had a look of rage in his eyes. Hope had seen that same look but in someone else's eyes. She shivered as she thought of the dangerous glare. Allen and Van were confused what to do, they didn't know if they should go and fight or stay here and make sure that there prisoner wouldn't escape.
( She still is known as a prisoner, since they don't know anything about her)
Hope got up and walked over and sat in the corner with her knees pulled up to her chest. Van and Allen were puzzled with what she did. She looked as if she was in deep thought and she was having some difficulty coming to a conclusion.
" Van stay here with her, and I will go and protect the castle." Allen said while running out the large door.
' ok' Van thought as he watched the brave knight take on the battle. Van then looked over at the girl in the corner. From where she sat she looked so small and helpless, and was scared of the threats of the world. She had her face angled towards the window, but she wasn't looking out it, she was looking in it, at herself. Hope raised her index finger and ran her nail along her shadow that was trapped in the clear sheet of glass.
" Your Van, right?" Hope asked, not taking her eyes off of her reflection.
" Yes indeed I am."Van answered, looking at her strangely.
" Can I ask you a question?" Hope dropped her finger from the glass.
" Sure." Van sat on the bed facing her.
" What do you think they want with me?" Hope said glancing towards Van to see his facial expression.
Van was a little taken back by her question. All he knew about her, was, that she was a prisoner in Zibach and she escaped.
" Ah... I don't know, but if you tell me a little bit about how you got here, maybe I could piece it together." Van offered his help, but he didn't know why. She could be a spy for Zibach, and plan to kill him, but he felt that she was alone and cold and had no one else to turn to.
" Well it was June 15th in my world," Hope said quietly, lifting her wrist, to see her watch. It was now the 18th. She had spent 2 days in that dungeon, and a day in this new kingdom. " And I was upset."
" what is June?" Van asked, not knowing what the word meant.
" June... It is a part of our system of knowing what time of year it is. And june is one month which is equivalent to around 30 days. Its really hard to explain." Hope said trying to think of an easier way to explain it.
"Please, continue" Van said looking at her still trying to figure out what June was.
" Well, it was raining that day, and I had no where to go. I was attacked by a guy from my school, and he left me in bad shape." Hope replied, but was interrupted by the king.
" You mean the other wounds you bear are not from Zibach, but from this guy?" Van asked, not knowing any one but Zibach, that could do anything like this to a girl of this age. Van was thinking hard on this and wondered what kind of guy could do that, and hoped that Hitomi would never meet a guy like that.
" Yes, it was a boy that had, probably twice the strength and twice the size advantage. But I'll get over it , he's done it before and I survived." Hope said brushing off the thought of Brock from her mind. She was just satisfied that she broke his nose.
"Ok," Van didn't want to get into this conversation about her past fights with this guy, but he felt bad for her. " Well what happened after this guy?" Van asked trying to change the subject a little bit.
" After Brock, I was losing a lot of blood and losing consciousness, and that's when I seen Dilandau. But it was strange, the first two times I seen him, he disappeared when I blinked my eyes. But it was the third time when he didn't disappear, and I was hit in the head. And they brought me here." Hope's expressionless face didn't change throughout the different parts of her story.
Now Van was thinking really hard. ' Why would they bring her here?' He asked himself.
" Can I ask you some questions?" Van asked her, wanting to know why she was brought here.
" Sure, this is your home, and Im here, so you can ask me anything." Hope returned her gaze to the window.
" Do you have any previous experience with fighting skills?" Van asked, thinking maybe they wanted her to be a warrior.
" If I had fighting skills I don't think I would have these wounds." She said gently, turning her head towards the young king. Her expression changed, she was once expressionless and cold, but now she had a small smile painted on her face. Weather or not it was for show, it made her seem like she had some feeling. Nevertheless the smile disappeared as fast as it had emerged, and the room went silent.
" Did anyone say anything to you while you were there?" Van asked trying to break the horrible silence
" Yes" was the simple reply she gave.
" Who?" Van was wondering who talked to her.
" Well, when I first got there, a man named Folken talked to me." Hope said remembering the tall blue haired man.
Time, to Van had stopped. It was his brother, the only family he had left besides merle.
" What did he say to you?" Van asked, his fists clenched and his eyes shut. Hope seen his reaction and suddenly was hit with some sort of vision.
~* In Hope's vision*~
She was standing alone in darkness. Everything was black, and there was no shed of light any where. All at once the scene changed. She was still in Fanelia, but everything was burning. There was screaming, and calls for mercy. Hope covered her ears, not wanting to hear those calls, for she had once heard them from one she had held onto so dearly.
' I don't want to see this any more, the screams of agony are to much for me to bear alone.' Hope said out loud but it had no sound. But what she didn't know was that Van could hear her.
~* Outside of Hope's vision*~
Van cluched Hope's shoulders and shook her, as if to wake her up from a nightmare. She had her hands covering her ears and was muttering that she didn't want to hear it. Van had once been pulled into one of Hitomi's visions, and helped her get out of her own prison. And that is what he wanted to do now.
~* Back in Hope's vision*~
she could still hear the screams of pain but they were dying out. Hope was standing there watching the innocent people of the small country die, and she couldn't handle it. She could always deal with it if something was happening to her, but she couldn't stand seeing others being hurt. As the flames grew closer to her everything went silent. Hope looked around and seen everything looked like it was frozen in time. She started to walk towards the city, and seen the frozen faces of terror. Then she seen one face, one face that she wouldn't want to see in a million years. IT was Dilandau, looking over the situation, and he was laughing. Hope looked disgusted, and just stared at him.
~* Outside of Hope's vision*~
Van watched as her face changed from scared, to sickened. He wondered what she was seeing, and was thinking how he could help. Before his mind could think, her breathing had stopped, and her body grew cold. His mind was racing, he needed a way to bring her out of her prison, before it was too late. Van remembered in one of Hitomi's lessons, on how to use the pendant, was how to get into ones mind. His hand dipped behind his red tunic and pulled out the small pink necklace. He held it in the palm of his hand and concentrated, while he had one of his hands on her head. While he was concentrating, everything went black and Van knew it was working. Then a wave of white and then red color flew by him, then everything stopped. Van was now face to face with his burning city, as it was nearly 3 years ago. He desperately searched for the dying girl.
~* Before Hope stopped breathing.*~
Hope started to circle the crazed Dilandau, searching his eyes for some sort of sickened man watching himself destroy peoples lives. But she found nothing, complete darkness and utter chaos. As she was stareing into the devils eyes, a white spot became known to Hope. She turned her head and seen a beautiful white dragon. Nothing she had ever seen had taken her breath away like this, it was a child's dream to see a dragon, and here it was right in front of her eyes. As her eyes adjusted she seen that there were two people riding the dragon. Hope blinked her eyes not believing what she was seeing. It was the young king and her friend from the hospital, it was Hitomi. While Hope was staring at the young couple, time had somewhat continued and Dilandau had moved. Not knowing this Hope didn't turn around, and Dilandau had drawn his sword. Before Hope could do anything a long steal blade had penetrated through her back and out the front. Her head snapped down towards the steal blade, and the eminence pain that followed.
~* Where Van is*~
Van seen the whole ordeal between Dilandau and Hope. He seen the dragon ( escaflowne ) and his younger self. As soon as Hope's body hit the ground, the burning country disappeared and the flames were swallowed into darkness. All that remained was the small limp body, in a puddle of crimson blood. Van ran over to the fragile girl and seen that the blade had disappeared, and that she was still alive. He turned her over and looked into her eyes and wanted to speak, but no words came to mind.
" You loved her, didn't you?" Hope asked, looking into the concerned kings eyes.
Van was taken back, the girl in his arms was bleeding heavily and still thought of others. Ones true heart that lies with others and not themselves is truly gifted.
" Who?" Van asked not thinking.
" You and Hitomi, I seen you on the dragon, the glow that was given off you guys was so bright you could have lighted up the sky." Hope said, as she put a small smile on her face. But unlike the last smile this one didn't disappear. Van now seen the warmth that could come from this girl.
" Yes I did, but I lost contact with her just about 3 years now, and Im afraid something happened." Van said still holding the bleeding woman.
" Nothing has happened to her, she's fine" Hope said, watching the Kings head snap towards her.
" You know Hitomi?" Van questioned.
" Yes, she works in a medical bay in a large hospital. Thats how I met her." Hope said, her smile slowly faded away and her head drooped down. Van took this as there was something behind this and it wasn't happy. Before either of them could utter a word the scenery around them changed, and they found them selves in Van's room. The room was quiet, and there was no noise coming from anywhere. The first thing Hope checked was if Van was ok.
" Are you all right?" Hope asked, as she didn't know if he had gotten any injuries.
" Yes Im fine, but we should be more concerned about your wound than anything else." Van said reaching down to where her wound should have been. But it wasn't there, there was no blood and no gash. Hope was inwardly happy, she didn't have to get bandaged up yet again.
" Why did you meet her in a medical bay?" Van asked, while picking her up and putting her on the bed.
"You'll learn soon enough, but not now." Hope answered.
Van couldn't stand waiting to know why Hitomi was working in a medical building. As Van's thoughts were going to burst through his ears, the blond knight came through the door.
" Allen, is everything all right?" Van asked, watching the blond knight enter the large room.
" Yes, Van, Everything is under control. Your advisors were right, it was Dilandau, and I know he'll be back." Allen replied, while glancing towards the small girl.
" All right, well sir Allen, you should get some rest." Van smiled at his friend.
" What about her? Should I take her to a room or what?" Allen asked staring at the red eyes woman.
" No, that's all right I want to ask her some more questions." Van said walking Allen to the door.
" Ok, good night Van." Allen spoke, while he walked towards his room.
" Good night" Van whispered.
Van slowly closed the large oak doors and locked it. Hope had pulled herself into a small ball and was rocking back and forth. Van sat on the edge of the huge bed and watched her, thinking of the best way to word his questions.
" Hope, please tell me why you met Hitomi in the medical bay? I love her and I can't stand the thought of her being there." Van pleaded with the young girl. His eyes held a certain glow that showed true emotion.
" M'lord, I know how much she means to you, and I would tell you, but it would take a lot of time. I will tell you tomorrow, but you need some rest, you don't want to fall asleep at your table." Hope said with a hint of sarcasm.
Van knew she was right, it would not be good if he all of a sudden fell asleep at the table. Hope seen Van get up and grab a pillow and a small blanket. She was confused.
" If you don't mind me asking, what are you doing?" Hope asked putting a weird look on her face.
"I don't have a room made up for you so your going to have to sleep in here." Van said setting up a small type of bed on the small couch.
" I don't want to be rude or nothing, but, would it be possible, for me to sleep on the couch, or the floor, or a chair. I don't feel comfortable sleeping on a big bed like this." Hope dropped her head in shame. She didn't want to look weak in front of her friends true love, but it wasn't easy for her.
" Sure, if that will make you feel better." Van said grabbing a larger blanket for her so she wouldn't get cold.
" Thank you, Van" Hope whispered, making her way towards the small couch.
Van fell asleep fast but Hope had more trouble to fade into a dreamless state.
Authors Note:
Heres another chapter, this one is longer that the others. I finally pasted my writers block for this fic. I hope you like it. Please R&R thanz
later days
Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with Escaflowne, although I wish I did. The only thing I own is Hope, and her past history.
" I am Van Slanzar De Fanel, King of Fanelia, and this is Allen Shezar, the heavenly knight of Asturia." Van motioned to the man with long blond hair. Hope just nodded to this and suddenly lost interest. She then returned her gaze to the window and the untamed wind.
Van was just about to ask her if she knew Hitomi but failed because of someone bursting through the door.
" M'lord, were under attack, The advisors think its Dilandau." The untrained soldier gasped.
Hope seemed to cringe at the sound of Dilandau's name being rolled off the young mans tongue. Allen noticed this and his trust in her deepened.
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Also I have to add this so no one gets confused. This is just going to be a short profile for Hope.
Name- Hope
age- 15
appearance- silver hair, red eyes, only wears black.
Im also going to make this similar to my other fic, she's going to know Hitomi, just differently.
Chapter 7: Intruders, The fighting never stops.
As the loud alarm sounded throughout the long corridors, you could hear the loud thudding of leather boots against the hard floor. Hope was a little scared if Dilandau, found her now. He looked pretty mad when she got out of the dungeon, but when she saved the two fighters, he had a look of rage in his eyes. Hope had seen that same look but in someone else's eyes. She shivered as she thought of the dangerous glare. Allen and Van were confused what to do, they didn't know if they should go and fight or stay here and make sure that there prisoner wouldn't escape.
( She still is known as a prisoner, since they don't know anything about her)
Hope got up and walked over and sat in the corner with her knees pulled up to her chest. Van and Allen were puzzled with what she did. She looked as if she was in deep thought and she was having some difficulty coming to a conclusion.
" Van stay here with her, and I will go and protect the castle." Allen said while running out the large door.
' ok' Van thought as he watched the brave knight take on the battle. Van then looked over at the girl in the corner. From where she sat she looked so small and helpless, and was scared of the threats of the world. She had her face angled towards the window, but she wasn't looking out it, she was looking in it, at herself. Hope raised her index finger and ran her nail along her shadow that was trapped in the clear sheet of glass.
" Your Van, right?" Hope asked, not taking her eyes off of her reflection.
" Yes indeed I am."Van answered, looking at her strangely.
" Can I ask you a question?" Hope dropped her finger from the glass.
" Sure." Van sat on the bed facing her.
" What do you think they want with me?" Hope said glancing towards Van to see his facial expression.
Van was a little taken back by her question. All he knew about her, was, that she was a prisoner in Zibach and she escaped.
" Ah... I don't know, but if you tell me a little bit about how you got here, maybe I could piece it together." Van offered his help, but he didn't know why. She could be a spy for Zibach, and plan to kill him, but he felt that she was alone and cold and had no one else to turn to.
" Well it was June 15th in my world," Hope said quietly, lifting her wrist, to see her watch. It was now the 18th. She had spent 2 days in that dungeon, and a day in this new kingdom. " And I was upset."
" what is June?" Van asked, not knowing what the word meant.
" June... It is a part of our system of knowing what time of year it is. And june is one month which is equivalent to around 30 days. Its really hard to explain." Hope said trying to think of an easier way to explain it.
"Please, continue" Van said looking at her still trying to figure out what June was.
" Well, it was raining that day, and I had no where to go. I was attacked by a guy from my school, and he left me in bad shape." Hope replied, but was interrupted by the king.
" You mean the other wounds you bear are not from Zibach, but from this guy?" Van asked, not knowing any one but Zibach, that could do anything like this to a girl of this age. Van was thinking hard on this and wondered what kind of guy could do that, and hoped that Hitomi would never meet a guy like that.
" Yes, it was a boy that had, probably twice the strength and twice the size advantage. But I'll get over it , he's done it before and I survived." Hope said brushing off the thought of Brock from her mind. She was just satisfied that she broke his nose.
"Ok," Van didn't want to get into this conversation about her past fights with this guy, but he felt bad for her. " Well what happened after this guy?" Van asked trying to change the subject a little bit.
" After Brock, I was losing a lot of blood and losing consciousness, and that's when I seen Dilandau. But it was strange, the first two times I seen him, he disappeared when I blinked my eyes. But it was the third time when he didn't disappear, and I was hit in the head. And they brought me here." Hope's expressionless face didn't change throughout the different parts of her story.
Now Van was thinking really hard. ' Why would they bring her here?' He asked himself.
" Can I ask you some questions?" Van asked her, wanting to know why she was brought here.
" Sure, this is your home, and Im here, so you can ask me anything." Hope returned her gaze to the window.
" Do you have any previous experience with fighting skills?" Van asked, thinking maybe they wanted her to be a warrior.
" If I had fighting skills I don't think I would have these wounds." She said gently, turning her head towards the young king. Her expression changed, she was once expressionless and cold, but now she had a small smile painted on her face. Weather or not it was for show, it made her seem like she had some feeling. Nevertheless the smile disappeared as fast as it had emerged, and the room went silent.
" Did anyone say anything to you while you were there?" Van asked trying to break the horrible silence
" Yes" was the simple reply she gave.
" Who?" Van was wondering who talked to her.
" Well, when I first got there, a man named Folken talked to me." Hope said remembering the tall blue haired man.
Time, to Van had stopped. It was his brother, the only family he had left besides merle.
" What did he say to you?" Van asked, his fists clenched and his eyes shut. Hope seen his reaction and suddenly was hit with some sort of vision.
~* In Hope's vision*~
She was standing alone in darkness. Everything was black, and there was no shed of light any where. All at once the scene changed. She was still in Fanelia, but everything was burning. There was screaming, and calls for mercy. Hope covered her ears, not wanting to hear those calls, for she had once heard them from one she had held onto so dearly.
' I don't want to see this any more, the screams of agony are to much for me to bear alone.' Hope said out loud but it had no sound. But what she didn't know was that Van could hear her.
~* Outside of Hope's vision*~
Van cluched Hope's shoulders and shook her, as if to wake her up from a nightmare. She had her hands covering her ears and was muttering that she didn't want to hear it. Van had once been pulled into one of Hitomi's visions, and helped her get out of her own prison. And that is what he wanted to do now.
~* Back in Hope's vision*~
she could still hear the screams of pain but they were dying out. Hope was standing there watching the innocent people of the small country die, and she couldn't handle it. She could always deal with it if something was happening to her, but she couldn't stand seeing others being hurt. As the flames grew closer to her everything went silent. Hope looked around and seen everything looked like it was frozen in time. She started to walk towards the city, and seen the frozen faces of terror. Then she seen one face, one face that she wouldn't want to see in a million years. IT was Dilandau, looking over the situation, and he was laughing. Hope looked disgusted, and just stared at him.
~* Outside of Hope's vision*~
Van watched as her face changed from scared, to sickened. He wondered what she was seeing, and was thinking how he could help. Before his mind could think, her breathing had stopped, and her body grew cold. His mind was racing, he needed a way to bring her out of her prison, before it was too late. Van remembered in one of Hitomi's lessons, on how to use the pendant, was how to get into ones mind. His hand dipped behind his red tunic and pulled out the small pink necklace. He held it in the palm of his hand and concentrated, while he had one of his hands on her head. While he was concentrating, everything went black and Van knew it was working. Then a wave of white and then red color flew by him, then everything stopped. Van was now face to face with his burning city, as it was nearly 3 years ago. He desperately searched for the dying girl.
~* Before Hope stopped breathing.*~
Hope started to circle the crazed Dilandau, searching his eyes for some sort of sickened man watching himself destroy peoples lives. But she found nothing, complete darkness and utter chaos. As she was stareing into the devils eyes, a white spot became known to Hope. She turned her head and seen a beautiful white dragon. Nothing she had ever seen had taken her breath away like this, it was a child's dream to see a dragon, and here it was right in front of her eyes. As her eyes adjusted she seen that there were two people riding the dragon. Hope blinked her eyes not believing what she was seeing. It was the young king and her friend from the hospital, it was Hitomi. While Hope was staring at the young couple, time had somewhat continued and Dilandau had moved. Not knowing this Hope didn't turn around, and Dilandau had drawn his sword. Before Hope could do anything a long steal blade had penetrated through her back and out the front. Her head snapped down towards the steal blade, and the eminence pain that followed.
~* Where Van is*~
Van seen the whole ordeal between Dilandau and Hope. He seen the dragon ( escaflowne ) and his younger self. As soon as Hope's body hit the ground, the burning country disappeared and the flames were swallowed into darkness. All that remained was the small limp body, in a puddle of crimson blood. Van ran over to the fragile girl and seen that the blade had disappeared, and that she was still alive. He turned her over and looked into her eyes and wanted to speak, but no words came to mind.
" You loved her, didn't you?" Hope asked, looking into the concerned kings eyes.
Van was taken back, the girl in his arms was bleeding heavily and still thought of others. Ones true heart that lies with others and not themselves is truly gifted.
" Who?" Van asked not thinking.
" You and Hitomi, I seen you on the dragon, the glow that was given off you guys was so bright you could have lighted up the sky." Hope said, as she put a small smile on her face. But unlike the last smile this one didn't disappear. Van now seen the warmth that could come from this girl.
" Yes I did, but I lost contact with her just about 3 years now, and Im afraid something happened." Van said still holding the bleeding woman.
" Nothing has happened to her, she's fine" Hope said, watching the Kings head snap towards her.
" You know Hitomi?" Van questioned.
" Yes, she works in a medical bay in a large hospital. Thats how I met her." Hope said, her smile slowly faded away and her head drooped down. Van took this as there was something behind this and it wasn't happy. Before either of them could utter a word the scenery around them changed, and they found them selves in Van's room. The room was quiet, and there was no noise coming from anywhere. The first thing Hope checked was if Van was ok.
" Are you all right?" Hope asked, as she didn't know if he had gotten any injuries.
" Yes Im fine, but we should be more concerned about your wound than anything else." Van said reaching down to where her wound should have been. But it wasn't there, there was no blood and no gash. Hope was inwardly happy, she didn't have to get bandaged up yet again.
" Why did you meet her in a medical bay?" Van asked, while picking her up and putting her on the bed.
"You'll learn soon enough, but not now." Hope answered.
Van couldn't stand waiting to know why Hitomi was working in a medical building. As Van's thoughts were going to burst through his ears, the blond knight came through the door.
" Allen, is everything all right?" Van asked, watching the blond knight enter the large room.
" Yes, Van, Everything is under control. Your advisors were right, it was Dilandau, and I know he'll be back." Allen replied, while glancing towards the small girl.
" All right, well sir Allen, you should get some rest." Van smiled at his friend.
" What about her? Should I take her to a room or what?" Allen asked staring at the red eyes woman.
" No, that's all right I want to ask her some more questions." Van said walking Allen to the door.
" Ok, good night Van." Allen spoke, while he walked towards his room.
" Good night" Van whispered.
Van slowly closed the large oak doors and locked it. Hope had pulled herself into a small ball and was rocking back and forth. Van sat on the edge of the huge bed and watched her, thinking of the best way to word his questions.
" Hope, please tell me why you met Hitomi in the medical bay? I love her and I can't stand the thought of her being there." Van pleaded with the young girl. His eyes held a certain glow that showed true emotion.
" M'lord, I know how much she means to you, and I would tell you, but it would take a lot of time. I will tell you tomorrow, but you need some rest, you don't want to fall asleep at your table." Hope said with a hint of sarcasm.
Van knew she was right, it would not be good if he all of a sudden fell asleep at the table. Hope seen Van get up and grab a pillow and a small blanket. She was confused.
" If you don't mind me asking, what are you doing?" Hope asked putting a weird look on her face.
"I don't have a room made up for you so your going to have to sleep in here." Van said setting up a small type of bed on the small couch.
" I don't want to be rude or nothing, but, would it be possible, for me to sleep on the couch, or the floor, or a chair. I don't feel comfortable sleeping on a big bed like this." Hope dropped her head in shame. She didn't want to look weak in front of her friends true love, but it wasn't easy for her.
" Sure, if that will make you feel better." Van said grabbing a larger blanket for her so she wouldn't get cold.
" Thank you, Van" Hope whispered, making her way towards the small couch.
Van fell asleep fast but Hope had more trouble to fade into a dreamless state.
Authors Note:
Heres another chapter, this one is longer that the others. I finally pasted my writers block for this fic. I hope you like it. Please R&R thanz
later days