The Sorrows from Within
She needed to know why she felt this way, she wanted to know. So she walked up to a small lone daisy that was about to die, she lifted one finger and lightly touched it, she felt a tingly sensation and then the flower suddenly started to burn. She quickly pulled her hand back, and watched the flower turn to a shade of black that couldn't even be described. She needed to know if it was just nature or if it was the contact of her sin against other things. So she used her teeth to rip a piece of cloth off her shirt, she then out it on the ground and reached out her hand. Her fingers made contact, but nothing happened, she was very confused. She kept her hand there, and thought of it scorching like the flowers she turned to dust. When she thought of the power flowing through her fingers she got the same feeling she did when she touched the daisy.
" Now I think I know what's happening, I can't touch anything living with my skin, but if I concentrate on the feeling I had when it happened I can make it burn." Every thing still didn't make sense but it started to come a little more clear to her than before.
Chapter 13: New found power...
Hope sat there for a bit, not knowing what to tell King Van, and not knowing how to cope with this newly found power of hers. Then she thought about Dilandau and Folken, she knew they wanted her for something but she didn't know what, but now she has this new power.
" Maybe they knew I had this power from the start, and maybe they only wanted me for it. But wait, I was told I was given this power, so how would they know I would have it." Hope just kept confusing herself even further.
Her thoughts became to much for her so she decided to take a short walk to take some of these things off of her mind. She didn't know where just about anything was, she ws to busy thinking when Robin was showing her around to learn anything. Hope walked until her head hurt with the thinking she had done. As she walked through the lush green fields of Fanelia she seen a guy with raven black hair and a red shirt laying over a patch of woven grass, but Hope didn't recognize him.
' Oh no, I can't let any one near me, I don't know if I can touch people.' She started to speed walk in the other direction, but unfortunately the young man seen her.
" Hope, is that you?" Van called out.
She froze, she knew who it was now, it was King Van.
" Yes, its me," Hope didn't turn around just hoping that he would touch her.
" What are you doing out here, especially alone, I didn't think you would be well enough to go out, are you all right?"
" Im fine, just a little confused, but that's it." Hope slowly turned, meeting the eyes of the king.
" Well that's good, you sure had me scared, but Robin told me you were sleeping in your room, so I thought you would be ok." Van explained.
Hope didn't know Robin would tell that to his king, but then she thought that he knew she would want a little bit of time to herself.
" Yeah I was sleeping for a while but then I thought I would come outside a get some fresh air." Hope sat down not really thinking why she did it.
" Is something wrong?" Van reached out to touch her shoulder, but before he could reach her she pulled away.
" No, I just don't like any one touching me that's all." Hope said lowering her head down enough so she wouldn't have to see his eyes which would have been like all the others, judging her.
Van sat down beside her, not knowing what all to say since he didn't know what was going on.
The silence prolonged, the two people just sat there and watched the large sun set into the mountains. The thoughts lingered through the wordless air.
" Would you like to talk, since were going to be around each other a lot so we should get to know each other more.?" Van said turning trying to catch a glimpse of the girls eyes.
" I don't have much to talk about, there's nothing in my past I want to remember, and right now there's a lot going on that I don't even understand, but Im wondering how my future is going to turn out." Hope said looking at the shining light that curved around the jagged mountain side.
" I see, I don't have much of a past that I want to remember but there's still certain memories that I hold dear to my heart." He smiled at the thought of Hitomi.
" Well that's good, I haven't the slightest bit of memory I wish to take with me through my days." Hope slid over, making more distance between herself and Van.
Before Hope could move any more van grabbed her arm. She scrunched up her eyes hoping that nothing nothing would happen, wishing so had that it made her eyes water.
" What's wrong?" Van spoke, he didn't know why she was crying.
" You aren't hurt?" Hope said wiping away the small trickles of water that trailed down her face.
" No why would you think that?" Van asked, thinking this was getting really weird.
" Oh no reason," Hope stopped the question from proceeding, she noticed she hadn't touched the grass with her skin so Van wouldn't know what she was talking about. Also she thought why van didn't get hurt, why he didn't burst into flames like the flower did.
'I must have hoped hard enough for him not to get hurt that he didn't.' Hope thought, this come as a great relief to her, since now she could make sure that anything human that touched her wouldn't get hurt unless she wanted them to.
" Are you sure your all right, you not acting like yourself?" Van asked with nothing but concern running through his body.
" Im sure, I think im just alittle tired, do you still want me to stay in your room?" Hope asked, now that she was considered a guest she wanted to know if she had to stay in his room.
" Yes, Allen still doesn't trust you, and the advisors look to him for security measures, so I don't need any trouble from him." Van said trying to convince her.
" All right," Hope got up from the ground," Do you mind showing me back to your room, I still don't know my way around here?" Hope dropped her gaze.
" Yes, its no problem, I didn't know my way around here for about a month." Van smiled
The both made there way back towards the castle Hope made sure that she paid more attention to where she would have to go if she left the castle.
It took them about 20 minutes to get back to his room, since they didn't talk it seemed like an eternity.
" Here is it, I hope I didn't make the walk to complicated for you to remember. If you ever need a hand finding something you can call on Robin, although he was pretty shaken up from today." Van said walking to a dresser to get some cloths for him to wear to bed.
" Thank you." Hope was glad that Van was being so nice to her, but she knew she couldn't get to close, since every one she had ever gotten close to had left her.
" Your very welcome, do you still want the bed on the floor, or would you like the bed this time?" Van asked still not to sure why she would want to sleep on the floor on the first place.
" No im comfortable with the bed on the floor thanks, also your the king you shouldn't have to sleep on the floor." Hope laid herself on top of the covers of her bed. She knew she would just kick them off any way since it was still really warm.
" I don't mind if that's what making you sleep there, I would rather you on the bed and me on the floor, but its your choice." Van gave her a little bit of space, he got the hint not to close her into a space earlier.
" No I just can't sleep on a big bed like that." Hope stated, knowing that she had a deep secret that onlt the spirits knew.
" All right, but we should get some rest we might have a long day tomorrow." Van suggested in a monotone voice.
Hope fell asleep fast that night, considering she was thinking and all the things she had gone through today. Van's sleep didn't come on so easily...
Authors Note:
heres another chapter, I know it's not very long but at least I updated soon. R&R and let me know what you think of some of the new twists.
Later days
She needed to know why she felt this way, she wanted to know. So she walked up to a small lone daisy that was about to die, she lifted one finger and lightly touched it, she felt a tingly sensation and then the flower suddenly started to burn. She quickly pulled her hand back, and watched the flower turn to a shade of black that couldn't even be described. She needed to know if it was just nature or if it was the contact of her sin against other things. So she used her teeth to rip a piece of cloth off her shirt, she then out it on the ground and reached out her hand. Her fingers made contact, but nothing happened, she was very confused. She kept her hand there, and thought of it scorching like the flowers she turned to dust. When she thought of the power flowing through her fingers she got the same feeling she did when she touched the daisy.
" Now I think I know what's happening, I can't touch anything living with my skin, but if I concentrate on the feeling I had when it happened I can make it burn." Every thing still didn't make sense but it started to come a little more clear to her than before.
Chapter 13: New found power...
Hope sat there for a bit, not knowing what to tell King Van, and not knowing how to cope with this newly found power of hers. Then she thought about Dilandau and Folken, she knew they wanted her for something but she didn't know what, but now she has this new power.
" Maybe they knew I had this power from the start, and maybe they only wanted me for it. But wait, I was told I was given this power, so how would they know I would have it." Hope just kept confusing herself even further.
Her thoughts became to much for her so she decided to take a short walk to take some of these things off of her mind. She didn't know where just about anything was, she ws to busy thinking when Robin was showing her around to learn anything. Hope walked until her head hurt with the thinking she had done. As she walked through the lush green fields of Fanelia she seen a guy with raven black hair and a red shirt laying over a patch of woven grass, but Hope didn't recognize him.
' Oh no, I can't let any one near me, I don't know if I can touch people.' She started to speed walk in the other direction, but unfortunately the young man seen her.
" Hope, is that you?" Van called out.
She froze, she knew who it was now, it was King Van.
" Yes, its me," Hope didn't turn around just hoping that he would touch her.
" What are you doing out here, especially alone, I didn't think you would be well enough to go out, are you all right?"
" Im fine, just a little confused, but that's it." Hope slowly turned, meeting the eyes of the king.
" Well that's good, you sure had me scared, but Robin told me you were sleeping in your room, so I thought you would be ok." Van explained.
Hope didn't know Robin would tell that to his king, but then she thought that he knew she would want a little bit of time to herself.
" Yeah I was sleeping for a while but then I thought I would come outside a get some fresh air." Hope sat down not really thinking why she did it.
" Is something wrong?" Van reached out to touch her shoulder, but before he could reach her she pulled away.
" No, I just don't like any one touching me that's all." Hope said lowering her head down enough so she wouldn't have to see his eyes which would have been like all the others, judging her.
Van sat down beside her, not knowing what all to say since he didn't know what was going on.
The silence prolonged, the two people just sat there and watched the large sun set into the mountains. The thoughts lingered through the wordless air.
" Would you like to talk, since were going to be around each other a lot so we should get to know each other more.?" Van said turning trying to catch a glimpse of the girls eyes.
" I don't have much to talk about, there's nothing in my past I want to remember, and right now there's a lot going on that I don't even understand, but Im wondering how my future is going to turn out." Hope said looking at the shining light that curved around the jagged mountain side.
" I see, I don't have much of a past that I want to remember but there's still certain memories that I hold dear to my heart." He smiled at the thought of Hitomi.
" Well that's good, I haven't the slightest bit of memory I wish to take with me through my days." Hope slid over, making more distance between herself and Van.
Before Hope could move any more van grabbed her arm. She scrunched up her eyes hoping that nothing nothing would happen, wishing so had that it made her eyes water.
" What's wrong?" Van spoke, he didn't know why she was crying.
" You aren't hurt?" Hope said wiping away the small trickles of water that trailed down her face.
" No why would you think that?" Van asked, thinking this was getting really weird.
" Oh no reason," Hope stopped the question from proceeding, she noticed she hadn't touched the grass with her skin so Van wouldn't know what she was talking about. Also she thought why van didn't get hurt, why he didn't burst into flames like the flower did.
'I must have hoped hard enough for him not to get hurt that he didn't.' Hope thought, this come as a great relief to her, since now she could make sure that anything human that touched her wouldn't get hurt unless she wanted them to.
" Are you sure your all right, you not acting like yourself?" Van asked with nothing but concern running through his body.
" Im sure, I think im just alittle tired, do you still want me to stay in your room?" Hope asked, now that she was considered a guest she wanted to know if she had to stay in his room.
" Yes, Allen still doesn't trust you, and the advisors look to him for security measures, so I don't need any trouble from him." Van said trying to convince her.
" All right," Hope got up from the ground," Do you mind showing me back to your room, I still don't know my way around here?" Hope dropped her gaze.
" Yes, its no problem, I didn't know my way around here for about a month." Van smiled
The both made there way back towards the castle Hope made sure that she paid more attention to where she would have to go if she left the castle.
It took them about 20 minutes to get back to his room, since they didn't talk it seemed like an eternity.
" Here is it, I hope I didn't make the walk to complicated for you to remember. If you ever need a hand finding something you can call on Robin, although he was pretty shaken up from today." Van said walking to a dresser to get some cloths for him to wear to bed.
" Thank you." Hope was glad that Van was being so nice to her, but she knew she couldn't get to close, since every one she had ever gotten close to had left her.
" Your very welcome, do you still want the bed on the floor, or would you like the bed this time?" Van asked still not to sure why she would want to sleep on the floor on the first place.
" No im comfortable with the bed on the floor thanks, also your the king you shouldn't have to sleep on the floor." Hope laid herself on top of the covers of her bed. She knew she would just kick them off any way since it was still really warm.
" I don't mind if that's what making you sleep there, I would rather you on the bed and me on the floor, but its your choice." Van gave her a little bit of space, he got the hint not to close her into a space earlier.
" No I just can't sleep on a big bed like that." Hope stated, knowing that she had a deep secret that onlt the spirits knew.
" All right, but we should get some rest we might have a long day tomorrow." Van suggested in a monotone voice.
Hope fell asleep fast that night, considering she was thinking and all the things she had gone through today. Van's sleep didn't come on so easily...
Authors Note:
heres another chapter, I know it's not very long but at least I updated soon. R&R and let me know what you think of some of the new twists.
Later days