Disclaimers: I do not own Escaflowne but Celena will steal it and kill
Allen in order that he does not reveal their family connection to ANYONE
This Chapter: Celena makes an appearance although she denies being related
to Allen. Whoever would admit that? It's a wonder why Allen's father
abandoned him. ^_^
Chapter Five
Pursuing Hitomi
Princess Eries sat calmly on the Crusader, smiling knowingly as she watched the passing scenery. She could not wait till they got too Freid. Allen had no idea of what she was planning for him.
Being the secretly evil princess that she was, Eries did not feel even the least bit guilty that she and Millerna, the last children of the Asturian Royal Family, had abandoned their father, or that she had left behind a posse of poisoned guards.
Catching sight of something glittery outside, Eries laughed quietly to herself. Gaddes and Kio saw it too, they just grinned, nudging their comrades. Millerna sat in a corner, muttering to herself, occasionally throwing the odd glare at Allen who was admiring his reflection in the hatch door. Merle was licking herself, humming happily.
Just a few more hours until they reached Fried.
"Van, where exactly are we going?" Hitomi asked Van after they had been flying for a few hours or so.
"To the Plains of Asgard, where the Mystic Valley is said to be. Balgus told me that the gate to Atlantis lies in the Mystic Valley," Van replied directly.
"What! We're going all the way to Atlantis NOW?" her arms were aching from holding onto Van. She needed a break.
Van laughed. "I hope that was a joke. It'll take days, even weeks to get to the Plains of Asgard. We'll be stopping soon at Doonsday Town. It's a pretty rough place but we can handle it."
"Thank God!" Hitomi said, slumping forward.
"Hitomi?" Van turned round to look at her and saw she had fallen asleep on him. He smiled, deciding to let her rest. After all, she deserved it.
The Dragonslayers had been tailing the Crusader for hours now. The Crusader had stopped for an overnight break, Dilandau and his men were not very far. They were hoping to get a chance of attack on Allen whilst he was sleeping, before anyone else did. Maybe Dilandau would get to try out that new detonation device of his.
Miguel, Dallet, Viole, Gatti, Chesta and Guimel were camped round and open fire, roasting marshmallows and plotting evilly. Every now and again Dilandau heard an evil chuckle, as Miguel (a hot Dragonslayer!!) examined a bottle of anti- hair grow, eyes darting to Viole occasionally. The longhaired Dragonslayer just glared back warningly. Dilandau sighed. He had raised them so well.
A soft sound caught his ear and the pyromaniac looked up to see a figure watching him. It was a girl, one with really short hair and carrying a sword. Huh, a sword? Interesting.
"Good evening lady, may I help you?"
The girl stepped forward, eyes travelling over to the rather hot Dragonslayers.
"You're the Dragonslayers right, the ones who work for Zaibach?"
"Um." Dilandau tilted his head thoughtfully.
"And who also like to torture.Allen Schazaer." The girl shuddered.
Dilandau smiled brightly. "Yep, that's us. Do you require any service of us? We do it free of charge you know, from the goodness of our hearts."
The girl twisted a lock of her blond hair, a sharp-toothed grin on her face. "Actually, I was wondering if I could join you. That is, if it's not too much trouble. I feel like doing something useful with my life and changing the world forever."
"Then you've come to the right place," Dilandau grinned. "Listen up boys, we have us a new recruit!"
The boys crowded round the new girl in interest. Viole leaned forward, inspecting her closer.
"Hey, don't you think her eyes are kind of like Allen's?" he said, squinting at her.
"Don't you think you're hair is kind of like Allen's?" The girl shot back. Dallet grinned eagerly and reached for his sword, whilst Miguel looked eager to test the contents of his bottle.
"I take that back," Viole said hastily. "And my hair is NOT like Allen's. It is way shorter.
"You still look like a girl," Dilandau muttered quietly.
Viole looked at him sharply. "What did you say?"
"I said that's no way to talk to a girl," Dilandau said, glaring at him.
"Less arguing, more plotting!" the girl demanded.
"What's your name anyway?" the *cute* Chesta asked.
"Celena Sch.Celena," the girl said quickly. "What are you looking at?" she asked Viole angrily.
"Yo, chill guys." Said Gatti the peacemaker. "I've just been informed where that Allen Schazaer forgot to bring his hair net. You know what that means."
In his quarters on the crusade, Allen glanced out into the dark night, looking for anything suspicious. Lately Zaibach had been tracking them everywhere. No matter what Allen did the Dragonslayers somehow managed to keep up with HIM- the great Allen Schazaer.
Allen had his suspicions; Dilandau always seemed to attack him. But when he suggested this to anyone else, they just laughed, saying Zaibach were allies of Asturia, why would they want to attack a Knight Caeli? Since nobody else seemed to worry about Zaibach's latest attacks Allen decided he wouldn't either. Little did he realise that the whole of Earth, Gaea and Atlantis were secretly plotting against him.
Allen tried to sleep on his side, careful not to trap one strand of his precious hair. Allen seemed oddly exposed without his hair net to keep his precious locks safe. Somehow he felt as though something bad would happen if he didn't wear it at night to protect his hair.No that was just stupid.
Enough thinking about him, there was another important subject to think about. How to get *his* Hitomi back was one, the need to install a proper mirror in the pilot room being the other. The hatch door did have its uses but somehow Allen managed to get his hair tangled up. Oh well, at least nobody noticed.
"Did you see his hair?" Millerna said gleefully, facing the Crusade members and her friends eagerly. "Who did that anyway? I only tied one LITTLE knot in his hair."
"Uh, I may have contributed several times." Merle offered, batting her eyelids innocently.
"I only did it once." Kio said. Millerna looked at him. "Okay fine, I did about ten. There, happy now?"
Mr Mole rubbed his grubby hands together. "Ohhhh, that was fun indeed."
Eries laughed. "I don't think he suspects us yet. Then again he hasn't suspected us for the last seven years when we realised what a jerk he was." The secretly evil princess looked around. "Hey, where's Gaddes?"
Merle smiled secretly. "He went to inform Him."
"Ah," everybody grinned. Kio yawned.
"Shouldn't would be getting some rest now? I'm shattered."
Merle started filing her nails with the red nail file around her neck " Suit yourself but I personally want to be around when Dilandau comes to do business."
Chapter Five
Pursuing Hitomi
Princess Eries sat calmly on the Crusader, smiling knowingly as she watched the passing scenery. She could not wait till they got too Freid. Allen had no idea of what she was planning for him.
Being the secretly evil princess that she was, Eries did not feel even the least bit guilty that she and Millerna, the last children of the Asturian Royal Family, had abandoned their father, or that she had left behind a posse of poisoned guards.
Catching sight of something glittery outside, Eries laughed quietly to herself. Gaddes and Kio saw it too, they just grinned, nudging their comrades. Millerna sat in a corner, muttering to herself, occasionally throwing the odd glare at Allen who was admiring his reflection in the hatch door. Merle was licking herself, humming happily.
Just a few more hours until they reached Fried.
"Van, where exactly are we going?" Hitomi asked Van after they had been flying for a few hours or so.
"To the Plains of Asgard, where the Mystic Valley is said to be. Balgus told me that the gate to Atlantis lies in the Mystic Valley," Van replied directly.
"What! We're going all the way to Atlantis NOW?" her arms were aching from holding onto Van. She needed a break.
Van laughed. "I hope that was a joke. It'll take days, even weeks to get to the Plains of Asgard. We'll be stopping soon at Doonsday Town. It's a pretty rough place but we can handle it."
"Thank God!" Hitomi said, slumping forward.
"Hitomi?" Van turned round to look at her and saw she had fallen asleep on him. He smiled, deciding to let her rest. After all, she deserved it.
The Dragonslayers had been tailing the Crusader for hours now. The Crusader had stopped for an overnight break, Dilandau and his men were not very far. They were hoping to get a chance of attack on Allen whilst he was sleeping, before anyone else did. Maybe Dilandau would get to try out that new detonation device of his.
Miguel, Dallet, Viole, Gatti, Chesta and Guimel were camped round and open fire, roasting marshmallows and plotting evilly. Every now and again Dilandau heard an evil chuckle, as Miguel (a hot Dragonslayer!!) examined a bottle of anti- hair grow, eyes darting to Viole occasionally. The longhaired Dragonslayer just glared back warningly. Dilandau sighed. He had raised them so well.
A soft sound caught his ear and the pyromaniac looked up to see a figure watching him. It was a girl, one with really short hair and carrying a sword. Huh, a sword? Interesting.
"Good evening lady, may I help you?"
The girl stepped forward, eyes travelling over to the rather hot Dragonslayers.
"You're the Dragonslayers right, the ones who work for Zaibach?"
"Um." Dilandau tilted his head thoughtfully.
"And who also like to torture.Allen Schazaer." The girl shuddered.
Dilandau smiled brightly. "Yep, that's us. Do you require any service of us? We do it free of charge you know, from the goodness of our hearts."
The girl twisted a lock of her blond hair, a sharp-toothed grin on her face. "Actually, I was wondering if I could join you. That is, if it's not too much trouble. I feel like doing something useful with my life and changing the world forever."
"Then you've come to the right place," Dilandau grinned. "Listen up boys, we have us a new recruit!"
The boys crowded round the new girl in interest. Viole leaned forward, inspecting her closer.
"Hey, don't you think her eyes are kind of like Allen's?" he said, squinting at her.
"Don't you think you're hair is kind of like Allen's?" The girl shot back. Dallet grinned eagerly and reached for his sword, whilst Miguel looked eager to test the contents of his bottle.
"I take that back," Viole said hastily. "And my hair is NOT like Allen's. It is way shorter.
"You still look like a girl," Dilandau muttered quietly.
Viole looked at him sharply. "What did you say?"
"I said that's no way to talk to a girl," Dilandau said, glaring at him.
"Less arguing, more plotting!" the girl demanded.
"What's your name anyway?" the *cute* Chesta asked.
"Celena Sch.Celena," the girl said quickly. "What are you looking at?" she asked Viole angrily.
"Yo, chill guys." Said Gatti the peacemaker. "I've just been informed where that Allen Schazaer forgot to bring his hair net. You know what that means."
In his quarters on the crusade, Allen glanced out into the dark night, looking for anything suspicious. Lately Zaibach had been tracking them everywhere. No matter what Allen did the Dragonslayers somehow managed to keep up with HIM- the great Allen Schazaer.
Allen had his suspicions; Dilandau always seemed to attack him. But when he suggested this to anyone else, they just laughed, saying Zaibach were allies of Asturia, why would they want to attack a Knight Caeli? Since nobody else seemed to worry about Zaibach's latest attacks Allen decided he wouldn't either. Little did he realise that the whole of Earth, Gaea and Atlantis were secretly plotting against him.
Allen tried to sleep on his side, careful not to trap one strand of his precious hair. Allen seemed oddly exposed without his hair net to keep his precious locks safe. Somehow he felt as though something bad would happen if he didn't wear it at night to protect his hair.No that was just stupid.
Enough thinking about him, there was another important subject to think about. How to get *his* Hitomi back was one, the need to install a proper mirror in the pilot room being the other. The hatch door did have its uses but somehow Allen managed to get his hair tangled up. Oh well, at least nobody noticed.
"Did you see his hair?" Millerna said gleefully, facing the Crusade members and her friends eagerly. "Who did that anyway? I only tied one LITTLE knot in his hair."
"Uh, I may have contributed several times." Merle offered, batting her eyelids innocently.
"I only did it once." Kio said. Millerna looked at him. "Okay fine, I did about ten. There, happy now?"
Mr Mole rubbed his grubby hands together. "Ohhhh, that was fun indeed."
Eries laughed. "I don't think he suspects us yet. Then again he hasn't suspected us for the last seven years when we realised what a jerk he was." The secretly evil princess looked around. "Hey, where's Gaddes?"
Merle smiled secretly. "He went to inform Him."
"Ah," everybody grinned. Kio yawned.
"Shouldn't would be getting some rest now? I'm shattered."
Merle started filing her nails with the red nail file around her neck " Suit yourself but I personally want to be around when Dilandau comes to do business."