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.
Sorry I haven't updated in a while, my hard drive crashed on my computer and it erased everything. Also I just want to let you know that author- Japanimejo, and myself will be starting another fic soon, it may have a lot of twists to it since two authors are writing it. So I thought I should let ya'll know about it, so you can keep your eyes open. This might be a short chapter, I'm not sure.
~* recap on what happened last chapter*~
"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.
Chapter 8: sleep allows the sleepless beings to haunt you, but it may be a good thing.
Hope tried and tried to get some rest, she knew that she was going to have a hard day tomorrow but that didn't help. She tossed and turned but finally she slipped into a state that allowed her to shut her eyes and not see anything in that dark realm too.
On the other hand Van was in a less empty space, although it looked that way. Van was standing in a pitch of darkness, as black as a black hole in space. Van looked around but his eyes refused to focus, and adjust to the darkness.
" Is any one there?" Van yelled, wanting to know if he was alone in this swell of dimness.
After about 10 minutes a small light appeared at a distance, and Van felt an instant pull towards it. A soft melodious voice was floating from the warm radiant light
" Who's there?" Questioned Van as he heard the words of the song. The song seemed sad and isolated in a way, it was one of those songs that make you want to cry.
" Ah, Lord Van you finally made it, I've been waiting for you." A gentle voice drifted by Van's ears.
" Who are you? And why would you have been waiting for me?" Van threw out more questions, over looking that the mysterious woman knew his name.
" I am Yuri, Hope's mother, and the reason I have been waiting for you is that you are the only person that can help her." As the Soft voice became louder, a form started to materialize. Before Van there was a tall beautiful woman, with long slivery hair, but what caught Van was her eyes. They were nothing like Hope's.
'she must have gotten them from her father' Van thought. " What do you mean, help her?" Van asked out loud this time, wanting to know why the young girl would need help.
" My daughter has been sad and secluded from every one since she was 12, the only friend she had was when she was 14, and that was Hitomi. And she needs some one, that will help her through it and not leave her, and that's why I visited you." The delicate voice stated.
" But why did you visit me, why didn't you visit your daughter yourself?" Van looked puzzled." But wouldn't she have you when she was a child?" Van was thinking why she wouldn't have just talked to Hope.
" Because she has not seen me in 3 years, and her seeing me might just add onto her stress. See she had lost me when she was 12, and I was the last of the family she had. She has had to take a lot through the years since she was 6 and seeing me wont help." Yuri's smile faded, and she turned her body towards were the small light once been. She waved her hand and suddenly they were both in Van's sleeping courtiers. She walked softly over to Hope's side and sat down. Van was watching as the Woman walked and she didn't really walk she sort of hovered.
" Oh," Van said, now knowing that this girl must feel the pain that he did as a child." I didn't know."
" I know, Van Fanel, and I don't know if she would have told you," Yuri whispered as she brushed away a strand of hair from Hope's eyes.
" Do you know why she knew Hitomi from a medical bay?" Van asked once again his thoughts drifted towards Hitomi.
" Yes I do Lord Van, and you will to," As Yuri turned the scenery changed, and now they were on the ranch that Hope once lived. The scene looked just like what her dream was when she was in the dungeon of the vione, Oh wait it was....... ditzy moment. " What I'm going to show you is Hope's past, and the only way your going to help her is if you know what she went threw. This is when she was 6." Van watched as the whole scene played out, and how considerably strong she was for her age. But it was still sad, having her dad murdered, Van knew how loosing his father felt.
" That was her father wasn't it?" Van asked the question that he already knew the answer too.
" Yes it was, this dream plagued her the most, since it was the first loss she had. That day was June 15, that's when it stared to rain." A small tear was shed for her lost husband, but she knew he was all right now. " The next one is also with Hope' but still she looses so much for her age, and I know that you lost a lot at a young age that's why I chose you, I knew you knew the feeling and also you know Hitomi."
The scene changed and now they were in a small town, no longer on the small ranch.
( I will explain what happens, since you only know what happens to her father.)
Hope was 9, she looked older and more mature than what she did when she was 6.
' Her maturity must have grown twice as fast with the first blow.' Van thought as he watched.
Hope was sitting under a large weeping willow, and she was leaned against it so she could see the drive way. She watched the gates as if she was transfixed and if she took her eyes off of them, the moment wouldn't come. Then as if that moment was stopped in time, her eyes lit up like the star on the top of the christmas tree. A car pulled up and drove to the front of the house. A tall young man stepped out, but was quickly knocked to the ground by a small excited girl.
" Oh hello Hope," He said picking up the girl in his arms. " I'm glad to see you too."
" I'm not only glad Shenji, I'm excited, cause I have so much planned. I've already done my chores, can we please do something together just us?" Her eyes became teary like and she tried to not squeeze him to hard.
" Yeah we can, I just have to say hi to mom" Shenji spoke up as he gave another small hug to his younger sister. Just as he put Hope down there mother walked out of the house, wondering what all the commotion was about.
" What the?... Is that you Shenji?" His mother asked as if in shock.
With a slow nod he walked up to his mother and gave her a warm hug.
" Yeah its me mom" He said smiling at her.
" What are you doing back, your not supposed to be done this year until June 25, its only June 15th." She said wondering but still was glad that her boy was home.
" I know, I got to leave early cause I finished everything and now Im home for good." he spoke really loud so his younger sister would hear.
" WHAT?!?!?!," Hope screamed, as she tore up the stairs in her nicely fitted dress. " Your coming home for good, YAY!!" She ran up to him and jumped up and gave him the biggest hug she could.
" Yes, yes I am," He flashed Hope the biggest grin he could have fit on his face before his face started to hurt.
" And my what a lovely dress your wearing, should you really be running around in it." But before he could say anything more Hope was off towards her room. She ran as fast as she could before her mother could give her trouble.
All Shenji could do was laugh, but then he was wondering what his younger sister could have been planning for them to do that day. He knew that he didn't really tell his family that he was coming home early but Hope always had the edge to know what was coming, most of the time anyway.
As fast as she had left Hope was back again but this time wearing pants and a baggy t-shirt.
" So are you ready Shenji?" Hope asked almost ready to bounce off the walls if she wasn't waiting for him.
" Yeah just hold on a sec, I want to change too, I know you to well than to go out in clean dress cloths." He said with a small giggle. By that time the three of them were giggling. There mother didn't say much after that, she was just taking in all the laugher around the house again.
Hope sat on a nearby bench and waited, to her it felt like a year before he came out of his room. But when he did he was wearing just about the same thing as Hope, pants and a baggy shirt.
" YAY, your ready, lets go." Hope was racing towards the door but before she left she gave her mother a small kiss on the cheek.
Authors note:
Sorry Im going to leave you there for now, but Im writing more very very soon. Okie please let me know if you like my story cause if you don't I don't have a point to write for. Well please R&R and leave me any ideas or tell me something that you would like happen. This is still a work in progress story and has a long way to go.
Thanz Later days
bye bye for now
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.
Sorry I haven't updated in a while, my hard drive crashed on my computer and it erased everything. Also I just want to let you know that author- Japanimejo, and myself will be starting another fic soon, it may have a lot of twists to it since two authors are writing it. So I thought I should let ya'll know about it, so you can keep your eyes open. This might be a short chapter, I'm not sure.
~* recap on what happened last chapter*~
"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.
Chapter 8: sleep allows the sleepless beings to haunt you, but it may be a good thing.
Hope tried and tried to get some rest, she knew that she was going to have a hard day tomorrow but that didn't help. She tossed and turned but finally she slipped into a state that allowed her to shut her eyes and not see anything in that dark realm too.
On the other hand Van was in a less empty space, although it looked that way. Van was standing in a pitch of darkness, as black as a black hole in space. Van looked around but his eyes refused to focus, and adjust to the darkness.
" Is any one there?" Van yelled, wanting to know if he was alone in this swell of dimness.
After about 10 minutes a small light appeared at a distance, and Van felt an instant pull towards it. A soft melodious voice was floating from the warm radiant light
" Who's there?" Questioned Van as he heard the words of the song. The song seemed sad and isolated in a way, it was one of those songs that make you want to cry.
" Ah, Lord Van you finally made it, I've been waiting for you." A gentle voice drifted by Van's ears.
" Who are you? And why would you have been waiting for me?" Van threw out more questions, over looking that the mysterious woman knew his name.
" I am Yuri, Hope's mother, and the reason I have been waiting for you is that you are the only person that can help her." As the Soft voice became louder, a form started to materialize. Before Van there was a tall beautiful woman, with long slivery hair, but what caught Van was her eyes. They were nothing like Hope's.
'she must have gotten them from her father' Van thought. " What do you mean, help her?" Van asked out loud this time, wanting to know why the young girl would need help.
" My daughter has been sad and secluded from every one since she was 12, the only friend she had was when she was 14, and that was Hitomi. And she needs some one, that will help her through it and not leave her, and that's why I visited you." The delicate voice stated.
" But why did you visit me, why didn't you visit your daughter yourself?" Van looked puzzled." But wouldn't she have you when she was a child?" Van was thinking why she wouldn't have just talked to Hope.
" Because she has not seen me in 3 years, and her seeing me might just add onto her stress. See she had lost me when she was 12, and I was the last of the family she had. She has had to take a lot through the years since she was 6 and seeing me wont help." Yuri's smile faded, and she turned her body towards were the small light once been. She waved her hand and suddenly they were both in Van's sleeping courtiers. She walked softly over to Hope's side and sat down. Van was watching as the Woman walked and she didn't really walk she sort of hovered.
" Oh," Van said, now knowing that this girl must feel the pain that he did as a child." I didn't know."
" I know, Van Fanel, and I don't know if she would have told you," Yuri whispered as she brushed away a strand of hair from Hope's eyes.
" Do you know why she knew Hitomi from a medical bay?" Van asked once again his thoughts drifted towards Hitomi.
" Yes I do Lord Van, and you will to," As Yuri turned the scenery changed, and now they were on the ranch that Hope once lived. The scene looked just like what her dream was when she was in the dungeon of the vione, Oh wait it was....... ditzy moment. " What I'm going to show you is Hope's past, and the only way your going to help her is if you know what she went threw. This is when she was 6." Van watched as the whole scene played out, and how considerably strong she was for her age. But it was still sad, having her dad murdered, Van knew how loosing his father felt.
" That was her father wasn't it?" Van asked the question that he already knew the answer too.
" Yes it was, this dream plagued her the most, since it was the first loss she had. That day was June 15, that's when it stared to rain." A small tear was shed for her lost husband, but she knew he was all right now. " The next one is also with Hope' but still she looses so much for her age, and I know that you lost a lot at a young age that's why I chose you, I knew you knew the feeling and also you know Hitomi."
The scene changed and now they were in a small town, no longer on the small ranch.
( I will explain what happens, since you only know what happens to her father.)
Hope was 9, she looked older and more mature than what she did when she was 6.
' Her maturity must have grown twice as fast with the first blow.' Van thought as he watched.
Hope was sitting under a large weeping willow, and she was leaned against it so she could see the drive way. She watched the gates as if she was transfixed and if she took her eyes off of them, the moment wouldn't come. Then as if that moment was stopped in time, her eyes lit up like the star on the top of the christmas tree. A car pulled up and drove to the front of the house. A tall young man stepped out, but was quickly knocked to the ground by a small excited girl.
" Oh hello Hope," He said picking up the girl in his arms. " I'm glad to see you too."
" I'm not only glad Shenji, I'm excited, cause I have so much planned. I've already done my chores, can we please do something together just us?" Her eyes became teary like and she tried to not squeeze him to hard.
" Yeah we can, I just have to say hi to mom" Shenji spoke up as he gave another small hug to his younger sister. Just as he put Hope down there mother walked out of the house, wondering what all the commotion was about.
" What the?... Is that you Shenji?" His mother asked as if in shock.
With a slow nod he walked up to his mother and gave her a warm hug.
" Yeah its me mom" He said smiling at her.
" What are you doing back, your not supposed to be done this year until June 25, its only June 15th." She said wondering but still was glad that her boy was home.
" I know, I got to leave early cause I finished everything and now Im home for good." he spoke really loud so his younger sister would hear.
" WHAT?!?!?!," Hope screamed, as she tore up the stairs in her nicely fitted dress. " Your coming home for good, YAY!!" She ran up to him and jumped up and gave him the biggest hug she could.
" Yes, yes I am," He flashed Hope the biggest grin he could have fit on his face before his face started to hurt.
" And my what a lovely dress your wearing, should you really be running around in it." But before he could say anything more Hope was off towards her room. She ran as fast as she could before her mother could give her trouble.
All Shenji could do was laugh, but then he was wondering what his younger sister could have been planning for them to do that day. He knew that he didn't really tell his family that he was coming home early but Hope always had the edge to know what was coming, most of the time anyway.
As fast as she had left Hope was back again but this time wearing pants and a baggy t-shirt.
" So are you ready Shenji?" Hope asked almost ready to bounce off the walls if she wasn't waiting for him.
" Yeah just hold on a sec, I want to change too, I know you to well than to go out in clean dress cloths." He said with a small giggle. By that time the three of them were giggling. There mother didn't say much after that, she was just taking in all the laugher around the house again.
Hope sat on a nearby bench and waited, to her it felt like a year before he came out of his room. But when he did he was wearing just about the same thing as Hope, pants and a baggy shirt.
" YAY, your ready, lets go." Hope was racing towards the door but before she left she gave her mother a small kiss on the cheek.
Authors note:
Sorry Im going to leave you there for now, but Im writing more very very soon. Okie please let me know if you like my story cause if you don't I don't have a point to write for. Well please R&R and leave me any ideas or tell me something that you would like happen. This is still a work in progress story and has a long way to go.
Thanz Later days
bye bye for now