Disclaimer: I do not own Escaflowne, though if I did it would still be on fox, but I do own the character Ashley, she ish my baby.
Haned Megami se Tenshinranman soshite Kyuui
Chapter Seven
It was about midday before Ashley woke up, which was weird because normally if she missed breakfast the guys came to see if she was ok. Though she didn't mind, she really didn't get to sleep last night, she was really upset that they were mad at her. She could actually care less about Dilandau, even though she actually did, but it worried her that someone could actually be mad at her.
She was laying on her bed, the covers scrunched at the foot of her bed, her arms under her head, one leg bent upward, while the other one rested on top of it. She just looked like she was staring at the ceiling, but in truth she wasn't really looking at it, she was just staring off into space not really seeing anything. She kept playing over how mad their faces looked, and how they tried to fake happiness just to make her happy. Maybe that prank was roo much for them, after all some things from Earth aren't common on Gaea, and it could cause trouble.
Sighing she rolled over onto her right side staring at her pale blue painted walls. This was upseting, and even though they assured her they were fine, she was here dwelling on it.
' Ya know what, I should make it up to them.' Ashley thought to herself as she rolled off her bed, her feet softly padding on the carpeted floor to her armour. Picking out a pair of black leggings, her knee high black boots, a pure white spagetti strap tank top, and a long sleeve, buttoned up, see through top, she threw the outfit on, including bra and underwear for those of you who are picky.
Brushing her hair out she took out a silver hair clip and pulled the top peices of her hair back and clipped it. Letting her heart-shaped bangs once again fall into and around her eyes. Yawning slightly she checked herself out in the mirror and went to her bedroom door, unlocking it and putting the key in her shirt pocket, which was buttoned up, she opened the door and went out, quietly shutting it behind her. Walking over to Viole's room she knocked on the door, she waited for about ten seconds....thirty seconds ....two minutes before knocking again. Blinking, she knew he wasn't there.
" Must be in the training room." Ashley mumbled to herself and skipped to the training room. Walking into the opened room she found it empty, frowning she began to think. " The throne room!!" She exclaimed before blinking, ' what could possibly happen?' Ashley told herself as she slowly made her treck to the throne room.
Finally making it there she sighed, pausing outside the large black doors she pushed it open just enough to slip her small body through. Once inside she was met with a wave of releif, everyone was in here, Dilandau on his chair idly watching his dragon slayers all the while talking to her brother Folken. Running to a large, and I mean large black metal pillar she hid behind it and strained her ears to hear what they were saying.
" Folken, what do you plan to do with the dragon?" Dilandau asked annoyingly.
" I plan to do nothing, it is Lord Dornkirk who wishes for his presence." Folken answered, Ashley blinked, who the hell was the dragon, did that mean they kidnapped a dragon? For it's power? Energist? labor? What could they possibly want with a dragon.
Blinking Ashley boredly tuned out their chat and walked out the room, not caring who saw her. She wanted to find the dragon, she wanted to free it actually. Nothing should be caged up like some wild animal, yes it is a wild animal but what's the purpose of being wild if you can't run free?
" Ok, if I were a dragon, kept prisoner, and needed by dornkirk where would I be?" Ashley thought to herself, putting her forefinger on her rosebud lips an idea struck her.
"The dungeons, duh but the dungeons here are regular rooms..." She trailed off. She spotted a dragonslayer coming out of the room. She didn't even notice she had begun to walk away from the doorway.
" Hey, you!! come here." She called out, she dragonslayer nodded and headed over to her.
" Yes?" her asked, Ashley smiled sweetly and played with a lock of her violet hair.
" Can you please take me to where the dragon is?" Ashley asked innocently, the dragon slayer nodded and Ashley squeeled. The boy began to walk down the hallway with Ashley close behind, trying to remember how to get in and out.
Ashley really didn't have to walk very far, the dragon's cell was in between hers and her brothers lab. Which, made her wonder, why put a wild, rabid, large, animal in a small room.
' Maybe it's a baby!!' she squeeled at the thought and waited for the dragon slayer who brought her there to leave.
Counting to ten after her 'escortee' left she turned the doorknob very slowly, cracking the door open she slipped inside and hurriedly shut the door. Turning around she couldn't exactly see, but she could make out lumps of the objects in the room. Walking slowly across the room, her hands out in front of her, she came across the bedside table. Feelings around the top of it she found the lamp with a couple of matches underneath. Striking a match she watched as the glowing fire started to grow as she placed it against the wick of the oil lamp. Once it had caught fire she placed the glass over it and looked around the room.Blinking she was only met by a confused guy with jet black hair, crimson colored eyes like her brothers, he was short, though taller than her.
" Man, and I thought there was a dragon in here." Ashley mumbled and snapped her fingers in a dissappointed way. Though perking up at someone new, though she did recognize him from somewhere. " Soooo, who are you?!?" She exclaimed, more like cried as she hopped up on the bed next to him. She was sitting there with her legs indian style just staring at his blank but unnerved face.
"Why are you here?" Came the boys cold reply. Ashley did a double take and finally recognized the voice.
' This is that guy who was with Hairspray man and that girl Hitomi.' Ashley smiled which made him look at her funny.
" I am here, actually because I over heard my brother talking about some dragon, but when I asked someone to take me to it they led me here..." She trailed off as she began to think.
" You mean, you don't know?" The boy asked her.
" Know what?" Came her confused reply, it was semi-dark in the room, it didn't have any windows in it, and no over head flouresant lights.
" Nothing, so what is your name?"
" Oh, sorry my name is Ashley!! What's yours?"
" My name is Van Fanel King of Fanelia." Van stated his name proudly, Ashley blinked and did a double take for the second time.
" You mean, you're Van Fanel....but..you don't look like him...or me. Well your eyes match his but..that is soooo weird." Ashley said more to herself than anything else.
" What do you mean?!?" Van demanded a little confused by what she was saying.
" Folken didn't tell you?" Ashley glared as Van answered with a 'no'. " That krod, anyways I guess I get to explain to you."
" Explain what?!?" Van asked, he was getting really confused.
" Van, my birth name is Kurai Murasaki de Fanel."
It had been fifteen minutes and still no sign of Ashley, no one had seen her. This began to worry Folken. What if she was with Van? No, that couldn't be a possibility, someone would have had to of told her about Van being here. But, who? Everyone was calling him 'the dragon'. She couldn't possibly have known anything, besides where could she haave heard it from, everyone was with him. Except for.. he sent that dragonslayer out to fetch some parchment for him.
" Shit." was Folkens only statement as he rose from the maroon couch he was sitting on.
" That's not true!" Van yelled at her, the girl blinked before scrunching up her nose. Somehow he remembered that from somewhere.
" Well, then explain to me this brother, why would Folken tell me other wise, it was proven by blood test." Ashley retaliated, after wards she stuck out her tongue to him.
' Good, this will make my job easier, if she really is my sister, and what Hitomi says she can't stand to see people in trouble.' Van thought as he starred into the innocent violet eyes that were darker than usual, since the darkness of the room has caused her pupils to dialated wider.
"Well how do you know he wasn't lieing to you?" Van inquired, Ashley rested her right elbow on her right knee and held her head up in the palm of her hand. She reavverted her gaze as she thought about this.
" How do I know you aren't lieing to me? The same way I know he isn't lieing to me, it's like a sixth sense I have." Ashley said, it was soft, calm, and made him feel bad for half way deceiving her.
" Well, then the only way that we would really know if you are my sister is if you have wings or not." Van said, Ashley perked up and blinked.
" Wings?" That one word was spoken the same time the door of the room burst open, in the light of the doorway stood Dilandau. Ashley smiled as Van glared, Dilandau glared and smiled, though his smile was wicked, not innocent like Ashley's.
" Well, well, well, if this isn't a touching sight." Dilandau stated, his voice sent shivers down Ashley's spine, she didn't really like it but learned to live with it.
" Yeah, yeah, yeah, you aren't exactly something made by Michael Angelo either." Ashley retorted, Dilandau shook his head confusedly before turning his attention to Van.
" Aw, finally get to meet your sister, it's a shame though."
" What's a shame?" Van asked him, his voice was cold, not like before, colder.
" That the reunion wont be for long." Dilandau said, he advanced near them but another shadow loomed in the doorway.
" Dilandau, stop." Folkens deep voice boomed throughout the room, echoeing off the steel walls and penetrating Ashley's whole being. Dilandau's eyes turned to slits as he huffed and walked out the room. Folken turned and watched him walk down the hallway with that little sashe like he normally does before walking into the room and shutting the door behind him. Turning to his two siblings, one glaring like there was no tomorrow and the other smiling at him like nothing bad could possibly happen.
" Ashley, I wish you have come to me first so that I could personally escort you here." Folken spoke to her like a five year old child.
" Hey, I"m fourteen, not five. I can walk to a room that's like right next door to mine if I wanted to. Not like it'll somehow kill me." Ashley huffed, crossed her arms angrily and glared at her older brother.
" So, your one year younger than me?" Van asked.
" Well actually, nine months younger than you but still I was born the next year, January thirty-first." Ashley stated proudly.
" Oh." Was Van's uninterested reply.
" Ashley, I'm sure Van is very hungry, could you please go down to the mess hall and ask one of the cooks and prepare a plate for Van." Folken asked, his crimson eyes boring into Van's own, totally mirroring him. Ashley rolled her own violet orbs and hopped off the bed. Walking to the door she opened it, stepped out, and began to make her trek to the mess hall totally unware of the silver haired presence behind her.
Ashley got the food from the chef, whom was really happy to give it to her, for some reason he seemed afraid. Shrugging the thought out of her head she head back to her newly other found brothers room. Laughing slightly at the weird things that had been going on sice she had come here. First, she's on a flying ship, then she's on a world with two moons one of which is Earth. She ends up dieing the first night there, she's been kissed more times than her freind Cara in a two day period. She now has two brothers, both of whom are fighting for two different sides in a war she has no idea about. Shaking her head she lit her face up like a one thousand watt light bulb as she opened Van's door.
" Sorry Ashley, but Van fell asleep." Folken said as Ashley reavvereted her violet eyes to the limp form on the bed.
" Oh, what did you try to tell him jokes or something?" Ashley joked, Folken rolled his eyes as he shook his head and walked passed her out the room. Ashley shrugged as she set the food on the nightstand next to his bed.
Walking back out the room, she felt and eerie presence following her, she didn't like it but it felt familiar. Shrugging to went into her room and felt complused to fall asleep. Laying down on her unmade bed she quickly fell asleep, though she was totally unware that this was actually a vision she was going into.
~Vision~
Ashley saw herself run into Van's bedroom to see him already up and readying himself for something. She saw herself looking worriedly at her older brother, though leading him down a hallway. She stopped abruptly with Van by her side as she was on the edges of a large battle. Dragonslayer after Dragonslayer being cut down to size by Allen's crew, Van's crew.
The vision shifted leaving her to float around in darkness, then it flared to life, she was standing with Van. Allen had her arms behind her back, she tried to kick away with all her might. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Dilandau but thought nothing of it. Until she saw Hitomi scream something, but she couldn't hear any words. Dilanda charged Van from behind, he turned around just in time to slash Dilandau's cheek. Ashley felt herself scream in horror and in pain. She felt like it had happened to herself, though it didn't. She began to struggle again, only to have someone knock her out from behind
~End Vision~
Ashley woke up abruptly, she was sweating profusely and crying hysterically, but why? The dream was so real, so...painful, so much blood, so much fighting it hurt her. Why was this happening? Why did she dream that Van, Allen, and Hitomi had kidnapped her? Should she be wary of her own brother? Whom could she trust? These were only little examples of what was actually running through her head.
Frowning slightly Ashley got up from her bed and walked out of her room, having freaking visions did make a person hungry, and it was lunch time. Smiling to herself she began to skip down the hallway to the mess hall.
Once there it was utterly weird, no one was there, frowning slightly she went to turn around when the Vione shook hard to the right making her fall on her face. Getting back up she ran to the main door and looked around, straining her ears she heard the faint sounds of swords clashing. An image flashed through her mind of her earlier vision, and knew it was all true.
Breathing heavily in recognition, Ashley took off into a dead run down the hallway. Sliding on the cold, metallic floor she stopped in front of her brother's 'cell' door. Her stomach was doing flips as she unlocked the door and ran inside. There her brother was try to untie his binds, blinking Ashley pushed all memory of the vision in te farthest depths of her mind and shut the door. Walking over to his bed she sat down and without a word began to untie his binds. He looked at her as she did this with confusion. As if sensing this Ashley looked up and answered the awaiting answer.
" There is a battle not to far from here, I can't let something happen to you." Ashley exlpained, Van nodded his face solemn, but inside he was screaming 'yes, yes, she bought it.' over and over again.
When she was finished the two siblings ran down the hallway, Van leading her. They stopped in the melef bay, Ashley had her hands on her face in horror. Everything that happened in her dream was happening now, everything. Ashley's violet eyes widened as she realized something she didn't know. She could predict the future, so that meant that everything she saw with her mother, was going to come true.
" NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" was the only thing Ashley could make out, she was horrified, she could see everyone's deaths, everyones injuries. She didn't even, couldn't even warn them, her hands and body becam spastic. Trying to grasp onto something she clasped her head in her hands and yelled once again.
" STOP THIS DAMN IT!!" Ashley's voice echoed through the utterly quiet melef bay, where only moments ago a battle had started. Ashley was now crying for some unknown reason. " Stop....please...no...my ...fault..all...my...fault..." Was all Ashley whispered to herself. Almost falling to her knees Van caught her and helped her to her feet. Suddenly she felt a tight grip on ehr wrists, pulling them tightly behind her. Her eyes were wider now as she thought about her dream.
' Oh my god...' Ashley thought, she saw Chesta get red in the face as he ran towards her, but someone from Allen's crew got in front of him and they began to fight, which made everyone else start up again. Ashley; still crying; was being led like a dog to the edge of the melef bay where the floating ship, the Crusade, was sitting just outside. Ashley glanced to her left and immediatly saw Dilandau, a slight ounce of hope entered her features, which caused Hitomi, whom she didn't notice to look over to Dilandau. Dilandau had his sword raised and ready to strike the unsuspecting Van.
" Van, look out!!" Hitomi cried, Ashley growled as Van ducked and glared at the jezabell Hitomi.
From above them on a catwalk, Folken threw Van a sword and left, Van took the scene and sliced Dilandau's cheek. Ashley screamed in horror, Dilandau was so close to her that the blood from his cheek splashed onto hers. Ashley struggled, then rememebered Allen knocking her out, moving her head to the side so he couldn't, Ashley back kicked him square in the nuts.
Allen squeeked a little and let her go before up chucking everything he ate for lunch. He was holding his private area as he glared up at the smiling Ashley who in turn glared at her. Though he began to smile, as she felt someone karate chop her at the base of her neck. Ashley tried not to let the darkness have its way, but soon she couldn't hold onto unconciosness much longer. Falling semi-lifelessly to the ground, she was caught by Van at the last minute, before she blacked out.
Ashley groaned as she felt the bright rays of the sun hit her eyes, she heard a wooden chair creak as someone stood up, she felt the wall to her left so she rolled over onto that side, she was now facing the wall. The door creaked somewhere to the right and she heard two male voices, whom she didn't recognize. One, very mature yet young deep male voice told another one to " Get the boss, the girl's awake." Ashley snorted slightly as she heard him shut it, yet she could tell he was outside. Sitting up Ashley glanced around the room for some sort of a plan, if Van and Allen were coming she knew she'd be able to use some magic on Allen, but brute force, or her lack of, would ahve to be used on Van. Van was Draconian, which she found out from Folken, which made him immune to spells cast by the people of Earth. She didn't know any spells from Gaea, so she couldn't do anything to him, but a sheild around herself would work, or a bubble around him would too.
A floor board outside her door snapped her to the current situation, jumping upa nd sprinting lightly across the room she stood behind where the door would open. Hoping they wouldn't open the door any wider than they had to she waited as they opened it and stepped it. Closing her eyes she whispered some words(( just to let you know, I am a wiccan, and witches don't need to know real spells they can make the words up on spur of the moments)) " Just because I'm a girl, Doesn't make anyone want to hurl, I only want to take flight, so get me the fuck out of here to night, I summon thee sword of great fire, to free me from such unwanted desire." She felt hte familiar leather hilt of a long sword, smiling to herself she watched until they ran all the way in and slammed the door shut. Swinging the sword up she caught the blonde Austurian knight by surprise she had her sword to his throat. His powdery blue eyes wavvered to her own peircing violet ones, which were glaring into those of Van's ruby ones.
" Why the hell did you kidnap me?" Ashley calmly asked.
" We needed you." Was Van's blank answer.
" Needed me?!? I can't do didly squat for you, you got Hit on me, or whatever the fuck her name is." Ashley said this a little too uncalmly, glancing at the turning doorhandle she glared at it and watched as the door disappeared leaving a metallic wall of the ship. " Ok, now to get rid of Finesse boy." Ashley muttered, finally getting an idea she smiled.
" Just because he'es pretty, doesn't mean he's very witty, so to this we do, without a clue. Put him a bubble!" Ashley hyperly said, and Allen was encased in a light violet glowing bubble, which was floating around in the air.Throwing the sword up in the air, Ashley stuck her hand out and the tip of the blade went into her hand, becoming her energy again.
" Ok, now big brother, tell me why you've suddenly deceived me." Ashley said. She could hear people trying to get into the room, most wondering why the hell the door was gone.
Haned Megami se Tenshinranman soshite Kyuui
Chapter Seven
It was about midday before Ashley woke up, which was weird because normally if she missed breakfast the guys came to see if she was ok. Though she didn't mind, she really didn't get to sleep last night, she was really upset that they were mad at her. She could actually care less about Dilandau, even though she actually did, but it worried her that someone could actually be mad at her.
She was laying on her bed, the covers scrunched at the foot of her bed, her arms under her head, one leg bent upward, while the other one rested on top of it. She just looked like she was staring at the ceiling, but in truth she wasn't really looking at it, she was just staring off into space not really seeing anything. She kept playing over how mad their faces looked, and how they tried to fake happiness just to make her happy. Maybe that prank was roo much for them, after all some things from Earth aren't common on Gaea, and it could cause trouble.
Sighing she rolled over onto her right side staring at her pale blue painted walls. This was upseting, and even though they assured her they were fine, she was here dwelling on it.
' Ya know what, I should make it up to them.' Ashley thought to herself as she rolled off her bed, her feet softly padding on the carpeted floor to her armour. Picking out a pair of black leggings, her knee high black boots, a pure white spagetti strap tank top, and a long sleeve, buttoned up, see through top, she threw the outfit on, including bra and underwear for those of you who are picky.
Brushing her hair out she took out a silver hair clip and pulled the top peices of her hair back and clipped it. Letting her heart-shaped bangs once again fall into and around her eyes. Yawning slightly she checked herself out in the mirror and went to her bedroom door, unlocking it and putting the key in her shirt pocket, which was buttoned up, she opened the door and went out, quietly shutting it behind her. Walking over to Viole's room she knocked on the door, she waited for about ten seconds....thirty seconds ....two minutes before knocking again. Blinking, she knew he wasn't there.
" Must be in the training room." Ashley mumbled to herself and skipped to the training room. Walking into the opened room she found it empty, frowning she began to think. " The throne room!!" She exclaimed before blinking, ' what could possibly happen?' Ashley told herself as she slowly made her treck to the throne room.
Finally making it there she sighed, pausing outside the large black doors she pushed it open just enough to slip her small body through. Once inside she was met with a wave of releif, everyone was in here, Dilandau on his chair idly watching his dragon slayers all the while talking to her brother Folken. Running to a large, and I mean large black metal pillar she hid behind it and strained her ears to hear what they were saying.
" Folken, what do you plan to do with the dragon?" Dilandau asked annoyingly.
" I plan to do nothing, it is Lord Dornkirk who wishes for his presence." Folken answered, Ashley blinked, who the hell was the dragon, did that mean they kidnapped a dragon? For it's power? Energist? labor? What could they possibly want with a dragon.
Blinking Ashley boredly tuned out their chat and walked out the room, not caring who saw her. She wanted to find the dragon, she wanted to free it actually. Nothing should be caged up like some wild animal, yes it is a wild animal but what's the purpose of being wild if you can't run free?
" Ok, if I were a dragon, kept prisoner, and needed by dornkirk where would I be?" Ashley thought to herself, putting her forefinger on her rosebud lips an idea struck her.
"The dungeons, duh but the dungeons here are regular rooms..." She trailed off. She spotted a dragonslayer coming out of the room. She didn't even notice she had begun to walk away from the doorway.
" Hey, you!! come here." She called out, she dragonslayer nodded and headed over to her.
" Yes?" her asked, Ashley smiled sweetly and played with a lock of her violet hair.
" Can you please take me to where the dragon is?" Ashley asked innocently, the dragon slayer nodded and Ashley squeeled. The boy began to walk down the hallway with Ashley close behind, trying to remember how to get in and out.
Ashley really didn't have to walk very far, the dragon's cell was in between hers and her brothers lab. Which, made her wonder, why put a wild, rabid, large, animal in a small room.
' Maybe it's a baby!!' she squeeled at the thought and waited for the dragon slayer who brought her there to leave.
Counting to ten after her 'escortee' left she turned the doorknob very slowly, cracking the door open she slipped inside and hurriedly shut the door. Turning around she couldn't exactly see, but she could make out lumps of the objects in the room. Walking slowly across the room, her hands out in front of her, she came across the bedside table. Feelings around the top of it she found the lamp with a couple of matches underneath. Striking a match she watched as the glowing fire started to grow as she placed it against the wick of the oil lamp. Once it had caught fire she placed the glass over it and looked around the room.Blinking she was only met by a confused guy with jet black hair, crimson colored eyes like her brothers, he was short, though taller than her.
" Man, and I thought there was a dragon in here." Ashley mumbled and snapped her fingers in a dissappointed way. Though perking up at someone new, though she did recognize him from somewhere. " Soooo, who are you?!?" She exclaimed, more like cried as she hopped up on the bed next to him. She was sitting there with her legs indian style just staring at his blank but unnerved face.
"Why are you here?" Came the boys cold reply. Ashley did a double take and finally recognized the voice.
' This is that guy who was with Hairspray man and that girl Hitomi.' Ashley smiled which made him look at her funny.
" I am here, actually because I over heard my brother talking about some dragon, but when I asked someone to take me to it they led me here..." She trailed off as she began to think.
" You mean, you don't know?" The boy asked her.
" Know what?" Came her confused reply, it was semi-dark in the room, it didn't have any windows in it, and no over head flouresant lights.
" Nothing, so what is your name?"
" Oh, sorry my name is Ashley!! What's yours?"
" My name is Van Fanel King of Fanelia." Van stated his name proudly, Ashley blinked and did a double take for the second time.
" You mean, you're Van Fanel....but..you don't look like him...or me. Well your eyes match his but..that is soooo weird." Ashley said more to herself than anything else.
" What do you mean?!?" Van demanded a little confused by what she was saying.
" Folken didn't tell you?" Ashley glared as Van answered with a 'no'. " That krod, anyways I guess I get to explain to you."
" Explain what?!?" Van asked, he was getting really confused.
" Van, my birth name is Kurai Murasaki de Fanel."
It had been fifteen minutes and still no sign of Ashley, no one had seen her. This began to worry Folken. What if she was with Van? No, that couldn't be a possibility, someone would have had to of told her about Van being here. But, who? Everyone was calling him 'the dragon'. She couldn't possibly have known anything, besides where could she haave heard it from, everyone was with him. Except for.. he sent that dragonslayer out to fetch some parchment for him.
" Shit." was Folkens only statement as he rose from the maroon couch he was sitting on.
" That's not true!" Van yelled at her, the girl blinked before scrunching up her nose. Somehow he remembered that from somewhere.
" Well, then explain to me this brother, why would Folken tell me other wise, it was proven by blood test." Ashley retaliated, after wards she stuck out her tongue to him.
' Good, this will make my job easier, if she really is my sister, and what Hitomi says she can't stand to see people in trouble.' Van thought as he starred into the innocent violet eyes that were darker than usual, since the darkness of the room has caused her pupils to dialated wider.
"Well how do you know he wasn't lieing to you?" Van inquired, Ashley rested her right elbow on her right knee and held her head up in the palm of her hand. She reavverted her gaze as she thought about this.
" How do I know you aren't lieing to me? The same way I know he isn't lieing to me, it's like a sixth sense I have." Ashley said, it was soft, calm, and made him feel bad for half way deceiving her.
" Well, then the only way that we would really know if you are my sister is if you have wings or not." Van said, Ashley perked up and blinked.
" Wings?" That one word was spoken the same time the door of the room burst open, in the light of the doorway stood Dilandau. Ashley smiled as Van glared, Dilandau glared and smiled, though his smile was wicked, not innocent like Ashley's.
" Well, well, well, if this isn't a touching sight." Dilandau stated, his voice sent shivers down Ashley's spine, she didn't really like it but learned to live with it.
" Yeah, yeah, yeah, you aren't exactly something made by Michael Angelo either." Ashley retorted, Dilandau shook his head confusedly before turning his attention to Van.
" Aw, finally get to meet your sister, it's a shame though."
" What's a shame?" Van asked him, his voice was cold, not like before, colder.
" That the reunion wont be for long." Dilandau said, he advanced near them but another shadow loomed in the doorway.
" Dilandau, stop." Folkens deep voice boomed throughout the room, echoeing off the steel walls and penetrating Ashley's whole being. Dilandau's eyes turned to slits as he huffed and walked out the room. Folken turned and watched him walk down the hallway with that little sashe like he normally does before walking into the room and shutting the door behind him. Turning to his two siblings, one glaring like there was no tomorrow and the other smiling at him like nothing bad could possibly happen.
" Ashley, I wish you have come to me first so that I could personally escort you here." Folken spoke to her like a five year old child.
" Hey, I"m fourteen, not five. I can walk to a room that's like right next door to mine if I wanted to. Not like it'll somehow kill me." Ashley huffed, crossed her arms angrily and glared at her older brother.
" So, your one year younger than me?" Van asked.
" Well actually, nine months younger than you but still I was born the next year, January thirty-first." Ashley stated proudly.
" Oh." Was Van's uninterested reply.
" Ashley, I'm sure Van is very hungry, could you please go down to the mess hall and ask one of the cooks and prepare a plate for Van." Folken asked, his crimson eyes boring into Van's own, totally mirroring him. Ashley rolled her own violet orbs and hopped off the bed. Walking to the door she opened it, stepped out, and began to make her trek to the mess hall totally unware of the silver haired presence behind her.
Ashley got the food from the chef, whom was really happy to give it to her, for some reason he seemed afraid. Shrugging the thought out of her head she head back to her newly other found brothers room. Laughing slightly at the weird things that had been going on sice she had come here. First, she's on a flying ship, then she's on a world with two moons one of which is Earth. She ends up dieing the first night there, she's been kissed more times than her freind Cara in a two day period. She now has two brothers, both of whom are fighting for two different sides in a war she has no idea about. Shaking her head she lit her face up like a one thousand watt light bulb as she opened Van's door.
" Sorry Ashley, but Van fell asleep." Folken said as Ashley reavvereted her violet eyes to the limp form on the bed.
" Oh, what did you try to tell him jokes or something?" Ashley joked, Folken rolled his eyes as he shook his head and walked passed her out the room. Ashley shrugged as she set the food on the nightstand next to his bed.
Walking back out the room, she felt and eerie presence following her, she didn't like it but it felt familiar. Shrugging to went into her room and felt complused to fall asleep. Laying down on her unmade bed she quickly fell asleep, though she was totally unware that this was actually a vision she was going into.
~Vision~
Ashley saw herself run into Van's bedroom to see him already up and readying himself for something. She saw herself looking worriedly at her older brother, though leading him down a hallway. She stopped abruptly with Van by her side as she was on the edges of a large battle. Dragonslayer after Dragonslayer being cut down to size by Allen's crew, Van's crew.
The vision shifted leaving her to float around in darkness, then it flared to life, she was standing with Van. Allen had her arms behind her back, she tried to kick away with all her might. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Dilandau but thought nothing of it. Until she saw Hitomi scream something, but she couldn't hear any words. Dilanda charged Van from behind, he turned around just in time to slash Dilandau's cheek. Ashley felt herself scream in horror and in pain. She felt like it had happened to herself, though it didn't. She began to struggle again, only to have someone knock her out from behind
~End Vision~
Ashley woke up abruptly, she was sweating profusely and crying hysterically, but why? The dream was so real, so...painful, so much blood, so much fighting it hurt her. Why was this happening? Why did she dream that Van, Allen, and Hitomi had kidnapped her? Should she be wary of her own brother? Whom could she trust? These were only little examples of what was actually running through her head.
Frowning slightly Ashley got up from her bed and walked out of her room, having freaking visions did make a person hungry, and it was lunch time. Smiling to herself she began to skip down the hallway to the mess hall.
Once there it was utterly weird, no one was there, frowning slightly she went to turn around when the Vione shook hard to the right making her fall on her face. Getting back up she ran to the main door and looked around, straining her ears she heard the faint sounds of swords clashing. An image flashed through her mind of her earlier vision, and knew it was all true.
Breathing heavily in recognition, Ashley took off into a dead run down the hallway. Sliding on the cold, metallic floor she stopped in front of her brother's 'cell' door. Her stomach was doing flips as she unlocked the door and ran inside. There her brother was try to untie his binds, blinking Ashley pushed all memory of the vision in te farthest depths of her mind and shut the door. Walking over to his bed she sat down and without a word began to untie his binds. He looked at her as she did this with confusion. As if sensing this Ashley looked up and answered the awaiting answer.
" There is a battle not to far from here, I can't let something happen to you." Ashley exlpained, Van nodded his face solemn, but inside he was screaming 'yes, yes, she bought it.' over and over again.
When she was finished the two siblings ran down the hallway, Van leading her. They stopped in the melef bay, Ashley had her hands on her face in horror. Everything that happened in her dream was happening now, everything. Ashley's violet eyes widened as she realized something she didn't know. She could predict the future, so that meant that everything she saw with her mother, was going to come true.
" NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" was the only thing Ashley could make out, she was horrified, she could see everyone's deaths, everyones injuries. She didn't even, couldn't even warn them, her hands and body becam spastic. Trying to grasp onto something she clasped her head in her hands and yelled once again.
" STOP THIS DAMN IT!!" Ashley's voice echoed through the utterly quiet melef bay, where only moments ago a battle had started. Ashley was now crying for some unknown reason. " Stop....please...no...my ...fault..all...my...fault..." Was all Ashley whispered to herself. Almost falling to her knees Van caught her and helped her to her feet. Suddenly she felt a tight grip on ehr wrists, pulling them tightly behind her. Her eyes were wider now as she thought about her dream.
' Oh my god...' Ashley thought, she saw Chesta get red in the face as he ran towards her, but someone from Allen's crew got in front of him and they began to fight, which made everyone else start up again. Ashley; still crying; was being led like a dog to the edge of the melef bay where the floating ship, the Crusade, was sitting just outside. Ashley glanced to her left and immediatly saw Dilandau, a slight ounce of hope entered her features, which caused Hitomi, whom she didn't notice to look over to Dilandau. Dilandau had his sword raised and ready to strike the unsuspecting Van.
" Van, look out!!" Hitomi cried, Ashley growled as Van ducked and glared at the jezabell Hitomi.
From above them on a catwalk, Folken threw Van a sword and left, Van took the scene and sliced Dilandau's cheek. Ashley screamed in horror, Dilandau was so close to her that the blood from his cheek splashed onto hers. Ashley struggled, then rememebered Allen knocking her out, moving her head to the side so he couldn't, Ashley back kicked him square in the nuts.
Allen squeeked a little and let her go before up chucking everything he ate for lunch. He was holding his private area as he glared up at the smiling Ashley who in turn glared at her. Though he began to smile, as she felt someone karate chop her at the base of her neck. Ashley tried not to let the darkness have its way, but soon she couldn't hold onto unconciosness much longer. Falling semi-lifelessly to the ground, she was caught by Van at the last minute, before she blacked out.
Ashley groaned as she felt the bright rays of the sun hit her eyes, she heard a wooden chair creak as someone stood up, she felt the wall to her left so she rolled over onto that side, she was now facing the wall. The door creaked somewhere to the right and she heard two male voices, whom she didn't recognize. One, very mature yet young deep male voice told another one to " Get the boss, the girl's awake." Ashley snorted slightly as she heard him shut it, yet she could tell he was outside. Sitting up Ashley glanced around the room for some sort of a plan, if Van and Allen were coming she knew she'd be able to use some magic on Allen, but brute force, or her lack of, would ahve to be used on Van. Van was Draconian, which she found out from Folken, which made him immune to spells cast by the people of Earth. She didn't know any spells from Gaea, so she couldn't do anything to him, but a sheild around herself would work, or a bubble around him would too.
A floor board outside her door snapped her to the current situation, jumping upa nd sprinting lightly across the room she stood behind where the door would open. Hoping they wouldn't open the door any wider than they had to she waited as they opened it and stepped it. Closing her eyes she whispered some words(( just to let you know, I am a wiccan, and witches don't need to know real spells they can make the words up on spur of the moments)) " Just because I'm a girl, Doesn't make anyone want to hurl, I only want to take flight, so get me the fuck out of here to night, I summon thee sword of great fire, to free me from such unwanted desire." She felt hte familiar leather hilt of a long sword, smiling to herself she watched until they ran all the way in and slammed the door shut. Swinging the sword up she caught the blonde Austurian knight by surprise she had her sword to his throat. His powdery blue eyes wavvered to her own peircing violet ones, which were glaring into those of Van's ruby ones.
" Why the hell did you kidnap me?" Ashley calmly asked.
" We needed you." Was Van's blank answer.
" Needed me?!? I can't do didly squat for you, you got Hit on me, or whatever the fuck her name is." Ashley said this a little too uncalmly, glancing at the turning doorhandle she glared at it and watched as the door disappeared leaving a metallic wall of the ship. " Ok, now to get rid of Finesse boy." Ashley muttered, finally getting an idea she smiled.
" Just because he'es pretty, doesn't mean he's very witty, so to this we do, without a clue. Put him a bubble!" Ashley hyperly said, and Allen was encased in a light violet glowing bubble, which was floating around in the air.Throwing the sword up in the air, Ashley stuck her hand out and the tip of the blade went into her hand, becoming her energy again.
" Ok, now big brother, tell me why you've suddenly deceived me." Ashley said. She could hear people trying to get into the room, most wondering why the hell the door was gone.