Memories
Ceciline was nervous when she stepped off the airplane. She had started to
e-mail Hitomi last week. She knew the girl was nice and all but she still
had her doubts. Damn instincts, she thought bitterly.
"Hey! Hey Ceciline!"
She looked up when she heard her name called. Two girls, one with dark red hair and brown eyes and another with honey-brown hair and emerald eyes jumped and waved at her. She recognized Hitomi, but she didn't know her friend. She lugged her bags over to meet her "family".
"Hello Hitomi!" Ceciline said as she smiled. Her friend giggled.
"Hello Ceciline," Hitomi said back. "This is my friend, Yukari."
Greetings were exchanged before they all left. Upon reaching familiar territory, the girls dropped Ceciline's baggage off at Hitomi's house before they hit the town. They stopped at an ice-cream parlor then they went to a café. There they picked up Yukari's boyfriend, Amano. The two were introduced and the continued on their rampage.
Hitomi and Ceciline returned home late that night. Hitomi arranged a bed on the floor for Ceciline for the night as the girl brushed her teeth. Then the girls switched places: Hitomi occupied the bathroom while Ceciline changed in Hitomi's room. As she was settling down, she distinctly heard two voices. And one of them sounded rather masculine. Hitomi entered the door, her green eyes glazed over and a smile on her face. Ceciline's silver ringed green eyes followed the girl's movements. She couldn't take hearing the voices anymore so she asked Hitomi what she thought was an obvious question.
"Who's the guy you're talking too?"
Hitomi immediately turned her now focused eyes on Ceciline. They glazed, she heard the voices again, and then she refocused her eyes on Ceciline.
"So," Ceciline said feeling uncomfortable, "who were you talking to?"
"He'll be here in a minute," Hitomi replied.
True to her word, a blue column of light shone in the yard next to her window. Squinting her sensitive eyes against the bright light, she thought she saw a figure. The light disappeared and a new scent invaded her sensitive nose: the scent of the earth, growing things, rain...and the dusty smell of feathers? This was something that she had never smelled altogether on someone. A soft tapping brought her attention out of her contemplating. She looked to the window following Hitomi. She opened the window revealing the creature of her curiosity.
A boy with raven hair, eyes the colour of cherry-wood, and a complexion that spoke of being out of doors a lot met her eyes. But what really made her eyes widen was the fact that he was shirtless and had white wings. He did something and they disappeared in a warm glow. Sudden recognition hit her hard. Her mother's voice spoke in her mind.
"There is another planet in the sky. That's where I come from, Ceciline, the Earth's Shadow.
Anyway, on this shadow planet, there is another race that ran along the shadowfox's called Draconians. They are a winged race and for some reason are despised. They smell like the earth, growing things, rain and the dusty smell of feathers. I heard a rumor that a daughter of one of the Draconians is in love with a king. Maybe some day you'll meet him...."
"Ceciline?"
"You're a Draconian," she whispered, barely audible to even her sensitive hearing.
!(*$^&!($*%)@#$^*!($#%&!(#^@)$!
Hitomi had called Ceciline's name hoping she would come out of whatever she had gone into. But what she said caused her to catch her breath and Van to tremble slightly.
"You're a Draconian."
Van, calmly, turned walked to Hitomi's bed, and sat down. Hard. Hitomi on the other hand just plopped herself down on the floor with one question in mind.
"How?"
Hitomi watched as Ceciline turned her silver ringed green eyes on Van.
"What's your name?" she asked softly. Yes, she had said it softly, but it was a command nonetheless.
"Van," he responded. "Van de Fanel."
"Would like to know my name?" she asked.
Van nodded his head.
"Ceciline is my first name, but I'll tell you this so you can try and guess my last:
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Running through the woods.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Catch to beg a boon
Shadowfox, shadowfox
At least sixteen of age.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Experience gained with age.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Give them what they crave.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Then they return us to our domain.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Running through the woods
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Conspiring under the moon.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Running pointless, yon and hither.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Running through the woods.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Catch us to beg a boon.
Do you know my last name yet?" Ceciline asked when she finished.
"You're name is Ceciline Shadowfox," Van whispered. Ceciline smiled, showing off her slightly too long eyeteeth that could be classified as fangs.
"Would you like a boon?" Ceciline asked in earnest.
"Not at this time," Van replied, relaxing some. "Thank you for asking though."
Hitomi, finally over her shock of someone from across the Pacific Ocean knowing what a Draconian was, asked Ceciline a question.
"How do you know about Draconians?"
"My mother," she replied simply.
"Who was your mother?" Van asked intrigued.
"My mother was Fir Shadowfox."
"Oh," was Van's reply.
After the surprise, the three finally got small talk going. They had fun talking and laughing and playing games, sometimes having to explain to Van first. Finally van said that he had to leave and get some sleep. He had a long day of meetings and another one in line. He mumbled something to Hitomi, Ceciline unable to catch it with her enhanced hearing. Hitomi nodded and Van disappeared in the column of light.
"Hey! Hey Ceciline!"
She looked up when she heard her name called. Two girls, one with dark red hair and brown eyes and another with honey-brown hair and emerald eyes jumped and waved at her. She recognized Hitomi, but she didn't know her friend. She lugged her bags over to meet her "family".
"Hello Hitomi!" Ceciline said as she smiled. Her friend giggled.
"Hello Ceciline," Hitomi said back. "This is my friend, Yukari."
Greetings were exchanged before they all left. Upon reaching familiar territory, the girls dropped Ceciline's baggage off at Hitomi's house before they hit the town. They stopped at an ice-cream parlor then they went to a café. There they picked up Yukari's boyfriend, Amano. The two were introduced and the continued on their rampage.
Hitomi and Ceciline returned home late that night. Hitomi arranged a bed on the floor for Ceciline for the night as the girl brushed her teeth. Then the girls switched places: Hitomi occupied the bathroom while Ceciline changed in Hitomi's room. As she was settling down, she distinctly heard two voices. And one of them sounded rather masculine. Hitomi entered the door, her green eyes glazed over and a smile on her face. Ceciline's silver ringed green eyes followed the girl's movements. She couldn't take hearing the voices anymore so she asked Hitomi what she thought was an obvious question.
"Who's the guy you're talking too?"
Hitomi immediately turned her now focused eyes on Ceciline. They glazed, she heard the voices again, and then she refocused her eyes on Ceciline.
"So," Ceciline said feeling uncomfortable, "who were you talking to?"
"He'll be here in a minute," Hitomi replied.
True to her word, a blue column of light shone in the yard next to her window. Squinting her sensitive eyes against the bright light, she thought she saw a figure. The light disappeared and a new scent invaded her sensitive nose: the scent of the earth, growing things, rain...and the dusty smell of feathers? This was something that she had never smelled altogether on someone. A soft tapping brought her attention out of her contemplating. She looked to the window following Hitomi. She opened the window revealing the creature of her curiosity.
A boy with raven hair, eyes the colour of cherry-wood, and a complexion that spoke of being out of doors a lot met her eyes. But what really made her eyes widen was the fact that he was shirtless and had white wings. He did something and they disappeared in a warm glow. Sudden recognition hit her hard. Her mother's voice spoke in her mind.
"There is another planet in the sky. That's where I come from, Ceciline, the Earth's Shadow.
Anyway, on this shadow planet, there is another race that ran along the shadowfox's called Draconians. They are a winged race and for some reason are despised. They smell like the earth, growing things, rain and the dusty smell of feathers. I heard a rumor that a daughter of one of the Draconians is in love with a king. Maybe some day you'll meet him...."
"Ceciline?"
"You're a Draconian," she whispered, barely audible to even her sensitive hearing.
!(*$^&!($*%)@#$^*!($#%&!(#^@)$!
Hitomi had called Ceciline's name hoping she would come out of whatever she had gone into. But what she said caused her to catch her breath and Van to tremble slightly.
"You're a Draconian."
Van, calmly, turned walked to Hitomi's bed, and sat down. Hard. Hitomi on the other hand just plopped herself down on the floor with one question in mind.
"How?"
Hitomi watched as Ceciline turned her silver ringed green eyes on Van.
"What's your name?" she asked softly. Yes, she had said it softly, but it was a command nonetheless.
"Van," he responded. "Van de Fanel."
"Would like to know my name?" she asked.
Van nodded his head.
"Ceciline is my first name, but I'll tell you this so you can try and guess my last:
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Running through the woods.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Catch to beg a boon
Shadowfox, shadowfox
At least sixteen of age.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Experience gained with age.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Give them what they crave.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Then they return us to our domain.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Running through the woods
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Conspiring under the moon.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Running pointless, yon and hither.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Running through the woods.
Shadowfox, shadowfox
Catch us to beg a boon.
Do you know my last name yet?" Ceciline asked when she finished.
"You're name is Ceciline Shadowfox," Van whispered. Ceciline smiled, showing off her slightly too long eyeteeth that could be classified as fangs.
"Would you like a boon?" Ceciline asked in earnest.
"Not at this time," Van replied, relaxing some. "Thank you for asking though."
Hitomi, finally over her shock of someone from across the Pacific Ocean knowing what a Draconian was, asked Ceciline a question.
"How do you know about Draconians?"
"My mother," she replied simply.
"Who was your mother?" Van asked intrigued.
"My mother was Fir Shadowfox."
"Oh," was Van's reply.
After the surprise, the three finally got small talk going. They had fun talking and laughing and playing games, sometimes having to explain to Van first. Finally van said that he had to leave and get some sleep. He had a long day of meetings and another one in line. He mumbled something to Hitomi, Ceciline unable to catch it with her enhanced hearing. Hitomi nodded and Van disappeared in the column of light.