DISCLAIMER: The Escflowne characters and world belong to others. Heero the artist and Aston brother who died as a baby belongs to me.. The song Miss Independent belongs to others also.

NOTES: This is a kind of sequel to Rainy Day Man.

Miss Independent

Miss independent
Miss self-sufficient
Miss keep your distance

Miss unafraid
Miss out of my way
Miss don't let a man interfere, no

She was the quiet composed princess. She could look after her self. She could look after a kingdom. She made people keep their distance. Unlike her sisters who every one complement for their beauty she was complemented for her wits, for being cool, calm and collected no matter what.

Miss on her own
Miss almost grown
Miss never let a man help her off her throne
So, by keeping her heart protected
She'd never ever feel rejected
Little miss apprehensive

Unafraid of the council. Over the years people had ask for her hand but they wanted Austria not her so she said no. She never let people interfere not her father, the council, Millerna no one. She didn't always do the morally right thing but she did do the best for Austria. So life was okay.

Said ooh, she fell in love
What is the feelin' takin' over?
Thinkin' no one could open my door
Surprise...It's time
To feel what's real
What happened to Miss Independent?
No more the need to be defensive
Goodbye, old you
When love is true

Then Allen comes back all knight in shinning armor. The old repressed feelings were back love, hate. She loved three men in three different ways in her life. Allen who she loved even after the mess with her sisters. Her father who she loved as a only a daughter can love even if he loved stunning Marlene and endearing Millerna more. Last but not least she loved Heero unconditionally even more then Allen but it was a different kind of love. Made up of trust, loyalty and secrets.

Misguided heart
Miss play it smart
Miss if you want to use that line you better not start, no
But she miscalculated
She didn't want to end up jaded
And this miss decided not to miss out on true love

The memory of the last time she saw him still was as clear as yesterday.

'So you really going." "Eries I must just as you must stay here and be a princess.' "A prisoner." "Eries." "A prisoner who lives in a beautiful spacious elegant prison but its still a prison just a different sort." "But." "You must go and I must stay for Millerna and my father and Asturia." "Three things. For you and your prison. Learn from the past. Do not come to the end of your life to find you have not lived. For many come to the point of leaving the space of the earth and when they gaze back, they see the joy and beauty that could not be theirs because of the fears they lived. That's an old saying. Two for you and Allen another old saying. Where there is great love there is always miracles.  And last but not least just for Ma Princesse De Glace. You are everything that is, your thoughts, your life, your dreams come true. You are everything you choose to be. You are as unlimited as the endless universe. " "You are sweet." "Bye, you always be my Princesse De Glace." "Bye."

So, by changing her misconceptions
She went in a new direction
And found inside she felt a connection
She fell in love.
What is the feelin' takin' over?
Thinkin' no one could open my door (open my door)
Surprise...It's time (yeah)
To feel what's real
What happened to Miss Independent?
No more the need to be defensive
Goodbye (goodbye), old you (oh you)
When love, when love is true

There were also three women she loved. The mother she adored who died giving birth to a brother who day a few days after her mother. Her beautiful older sister Marlene who loved and died tragically. And last but not least her young sister Millerna the image of Marlene but more naïve.

When Miss Independence walked away
No time for love that came her way
She looked in the mirror and thought today
What happened to miss no longer afraid?

It took some time for her to see
How beautiful love could truly be
No more talk of why can't that be me
I'm so glad I finally feel..

She had survived the death of a mother, sister and a brother a few days old. She had survived a war and she keep one surviving for a father, sister, country and for herself. For love of a father, sister, country and a man.

What is the feelin' takin' over?
Thinkin' no one could open my door
Surprise (surprise), it's time (yeah)
To feel (to feel) what's real
What happened to Miss Independent?
No more the need to be defensive
Goodbye (goodbye), old you
When love, when love is true...

 Quote by Clearwater

 Quote by Willa Cather

 My ice princess (French) in the story is in a Santef (Heero's country) language

 Quote by Shad Helmstetter