"Dio?"
He slowly turned looking her in the eyes, she saw a look in his eyes she never saw. Noticing the mark on his forehead and that blank stare she knew he wasn't the one she fell in love with....
"I know your the same person I always knew...It's not fair! Why did you leave me?" Her gray eyes welled in tears as they fell to her feet. This was just a dream, he was no longer with them...or with her.
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Her eyes shot open, tears suddenly fell from her eyes in the pain of him gone. Remembering the look on his face as the vanship collided with a lash of wind, those eyes actually revealed consciousness .
As if he awoke from a dream....
Her hands turned to fists, the anger that rose in her chest was unbearable, she should have never ignored his sadness.
Lavie looked from the glass window with Al at her side, her small feet on the tips of her toes so she could see the rose petals dwindling in the skies....
As she admired the red petals floating down to the area where Princess Sophia stood a vanship went off course, snapping back from the admiration of the scenery she looked up. The gray vanship that held Dio and Lucciola swerved around frantically .
"Dio...?" How foolish was she, the red in the sky gave the sign to begin a war... a battle between each ship. Already Delphine had joined two ships on her side, the Silvana only had one ally. For a moment Lavie wished to be in the vanship with Claus and fire at Delphine.
She bit her lip hard, feeling warm blood trickle down her lip, she hated the Guild's ruler, Delphine.
"Lavie look! Claus is coming back! Look at all the petals on his ship!" Al bounced with excitement in her eyes, pressing a small finger against the clear glass. Alvis didn't understand, even if she did, still, it would mean nothing.
"Rose petals..." Her eyes met the white rose resting against the wood beside his etched name. A feeling inside her spoke to her, she wished to think the same, but it wasn't true. That voice came in her mind, telling herself, that Dio was still alive.
She huffed thinking how foolish her thoughts were, even if he was alive, where was he now? Not one Gil member that she thought of survived, the Guild fell with their Queen.
"Please...give me a sign..," A familiar sound caught her ear, looking up slowly a man held a tube that contained a letter. Claus looked down at the message in his hands, then looking right at her.
The message was for her...
Lavie didn't rush herself, her bare feet enjoying the cold feeling of dew on her feet from the blades of grass. Claus stood right before her, a gold tube rested in her outstretched hands.
' A top class message, but why is it for me?' She opened it, the scroll slipped from the tube, she unraveled it slowly. Cursive lettering was on the parchment in rich black ink, her eyes met the bottom, no name addressed the person's name.
Though the letter was short she read each word carefully, making sure she read every word. Now the letter seemed more than a message, but a sign to her... that could never be fully revealed.
This is of what she had read:
The skies are calm now, they have never seemed so free, don't you think? My life is happy now, and I never thought I would meet anyone like you...or the Silvana
Lavie felt herself fall to her knees, the letter shook in her hands, tears welled in her eyes and she smiled. Something that had never come upon her face for so long, this happiness bubbled inside her.
Was this truly a letter from her Dio? Could it be possible he was alive, out there in the skies?
Her gray eyes shone with the brilliance of the skies, holding dear to the parchment never would she worry...both were safe...and
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Hazel eyes looked at the skies and caught the messenger vanship fly overhead, the wind caught up and his white hair blew freely in the breeze. A smile warmed the emptiness on his face, a cheery laugh came from his lips and he turned, looking back at the skies knowing she was safe...
My dear Lavie...
-The ending of Memories of You, I hope you loved the ending, I truly made it a part of what I thought could happen, seeing the Grand Stream DVD over and over in the horrible anticipation for the next released DVD is unbearable! I just couldn't let my lover die! My dear Dio Elaclaires. . I hope you enjoyed my first Last Exile story!-