I do not own or have created EscaFlowne or any of that. Though I wish that I did since I am such a huge fan. Sorry for the long wait, I didn't know how to start out the next chapter after the 1st since well writing more then one story at once can be rather confusing. Please tell me what you think about my fic and that if you have any comments on spelling, grammar errors please tell me if you would like to. Please enjoy.

P.S. Just to let you know I started this idea about two years ago and discontinued it then because I had no idea of where it should go. So just as a warning, this could really go anywhere.

Fading

For the next few days, Hitomi did not dream; and if she did dream, she couldn't remember them. All she knew, was that she did not see Van or anyone else again while she slept. For those same few days, she also thought about Gaia, the mysterious place to where many different creatures lived, and humans as well. A place not even known to the humans on Earth knew that it had existed even though they had discovered many different solar systems, and planets with in these solar systems as well as their own. She was glad however by this fact that the humans on Earth didn't know that it existed. If they did, she was afraid that Gaia wouldn't remain as pure as it seemed. Humans here on Earth would bring machines, and other things that polluted Gaia's pure air and clean waters. Humans did accidentally do these things, with their technology that did this. Hitomi didn't want this to happen to Van's home, as it had happened to her own.

'It's been too long.' She thought as she and Yukari sat outside one day and had a picnic together. 'It's been too long since I've seen him.' She thought and looked up as someone's shadow suddenly blocked the sun from her view.

"Hello Hitomi." The familiar face of Almando greeted her as he sat down. "Hi Yukari, sorry that I'm late. I couldn't get away from a few girls." Almando said which made Hitomi laugh. "So typical." She realized that this was the first time that she had laughed like this, in the past few days.

"Don't laugh while you're eating Hitomi, other wise you'll choke." Yukari said and just as she said it, Hitomi seemed to do it. "Hopeless aren't you?" Yukari asked with a half sarcastic sigh.

Almando was laughing at her now, it was his turn to laugh at her since she had rudely laughed at him earlier. "See, you should listen to Yukari once in a while Hitomi." Almando said in a mocking tone of voice. "Other wise bad scary things will happen." This time it was more spooky sounding.

"Almando shut…." Before she could finish her sentence, Hitomi dropped the sandwich that she was eating in her hands, letting it fall on to the blanket beneath them, and the whole world start to disappear.

"Hitomi! HITOMI!" She faintly heard her friends cry but couldn't respond at all. "What's happening to me?" She cried as she saw her body start to fade away, now realizing that it wasn't the world around her disappear, but she herself was disappearing. "Almando, Yukari, HELP!" She cried out to her friends as she saw them as they held a body that currently wasn't hers, but one that looked like hers.

"Hitomi, wake up Hitomi." Almando said over and over again at the girl who looked exactly like she did. It was her, and it wasn't her, but how could that be? There was only one Hitomi.

"Come on Hitomi, I was only joking!" Yukari cried as she kneeled next to Almando who was now shaking Hitomi's body. "Wake up, please wake up Hitomi."

"Hitomi damn it! Wake up!" She heard Almando frantically call her name as more of body began to disappear. "I'M RIGHT HERE!" She shouted at the top of her lungs and suddenly realized that she could no longer see them. She gasped as the darkness surrounded her: being somewhat frightened by it. Then she saw it, the light with an angel flying through it, their single arm was stretched out toward her. It was just like Van, on that day when he saved her from falling at the Dragon Grave Yard. "Van, is that you?" She asked the angel as she grabbed hold of the angel's strong hand, and seemed to drift off in to the darkness, a different type of darkness then the one that was once surrounding her, couldn't remember anything beyond that point.

When Hitomi woke up the next time, she realized that she was in a bed, but it couldn't have been her own, could it? The last thing that she remembered was her fading away somehow and that the angel with the white light had saved her. Finally, Hitomi opened her eyes and instantly sat up, noticing that the room wasn't her own. It was defiantly different, so where was she? She wasn't at home, so maybe she dreamed up the whole thing? After all it was sometimes hard to tell the difference between her visions and reality. "Is this place real?" She asked the dark room and reluctantly got out of bed. She put her shoes on which where next to her bed on the white marble floor and headed toward the door. As she headed toward the door, they opened once her hand was on the door knob which made her jump back. A young woman, (who was slightly older then Hitomi) with short brown hair, and blue eyes stared at her.

"You're finally awake." The woman said happily as she stared at Hitomi who stared at the woman back.

"How long was I…. asleep?" Hitomi asked, after having had to find the right words in this situation.

"Not very long ma'am, no more then a week as of today it is a week come to think of it." The woman answered. "It's good to see you awake, I'll have breakfast made for you since it only ended just an hour ago."

Hitomi stared at the woman for some time longer only this time she was in shock. 'A week.' Hitomi thought to herself. 'The only time I sleep that long, and not even then is when I'm really sick.' Hitomi thought and remembered that she had only slept for four days the last time she was sick. "Can you tell me where I am?" Hitomi asked the woman who seemed to be so helpful so far.

"You do not know where you are?" The woman asked rather confused.

"Not here no. This building." Hitomi said knowing that the woman must have thought that she was crazy now.

"Oh, you mean this building, ma'am. This is no building." The woman replied.

"Then what is this place?" Hitomi asked trying not to get impatient.

The woman smiled strangely as she answered. "This ma'am, is Fanallia's (Please tell me if I spelt it wrong! I'm not sure since this is from memory.) palace, ma'am, King Van brought you in, and was very frantic, I admit that I have never seen him in such a manner before."

'So it was Van.' Hitomi thought. "I'm sorry, I haven't introduced myself yet." Hitomi said rather embarrassed.

"No, no need to, Van told all of his servants who you are and a few of us remember you from when you where here the last time all those years ago." The woman explained. "You are Hitomi Kanzaki am I correct? The girl from the Mystic Moon."

"Yes, I think so." Hitomi suddenly said not being able to remember all of it. "What's wrong?" She asked herself out loud. "I'm from the Mystic Moon aren't I? Why can't I remember it?" She asked and suddenly fell to the floor.

"Miss. Hitomi." The woman said and at that moment another woman popped her head through the door. "Our guest has awakened at last." The voice said.

"Go!" The first maid ordered the second. "Go get King Van at once. I don't care if he's in a meeting now go!"

"Yes ma'am!" The second woman said quickly and moments later, Hitomi could hear her feet running down the hall, going somewhere.

"Why, why can't I remember it? I know that I was there, but why can't I…." For some odd reason she gave a loud scream, and once again everything went dark.

Thanks for reading and sorry that its so short. I'll try to make the next chapter longer. Well please tell me what you think.