Summary: Hitomi is having miserable time on earth. Four years have passed since she left Gaea. When a misfortune happens at home she is brought back to Gaea. But she is not alone; her younger brother is with her. Many things happen to Hitomi and Van that tries to separate them. Will there love last?

Author notes: this is my first time writing an Escaflowne fanfic. I hope you enjoy it. I'm sorry if my summary was bad but writing a summary is kind of hard for me. So here is the first of many chapters to come.

Chapter 1 Back to Gaea

Hitomi was sitting in her room on a nice Saturday evening. She had light brown hair with bright green eyes. Her hair reaches the top of her shoulders. It curves around her face to make her beautiful. She was wearing a long blue skirt with a black blouse. She was a little bit taller and had a slender figure. The sun was peaking through her window next to her bed. She still has visions even though she stopped telling peoples future. When she got back home from Gaea everyone thought she when crazy. She was forced to go to a psychologist to get better. She pretended to be all better just to get out of there but in her heart she knows that it really happened. It has been four years since she last saw Van. She still loves him so much.

"Why do I have this bad feeling" Hitomi asked herself as she got up from her bed. "What is going to happen?" Suddenly she remembers Van the way he looked like the last time she saw him when she left. "Why do I still remember you Van?" "I know that I will never see you again." "I need to run around for a bit to clear my head."

Hitomi quite track once she returned. She was mostly seen with a frown on her face. Amano moved away and Yukari also moved away two years ago. She doesn't really have any friends anymore. Most people think that is the reason why she is so sad.

As she walked down stairs her mom walked up to her with a worried face. "Hitomi, dear can you please go out and find your brother Koutarou?" "It's getting late and he is no where to be found." "It's getting dark and he's been out since this morning."

"Sure mom" Hitomi said as she puts on her tennis shoes. "Might as well" she muttered to her self.

Koutarou lives for annoying Hitomi. He gets into all kind of trouble. Usually he tries to make Hitomi walk straight into a prank of his and gets her to take the blame. But since she returned he stopped the pranks and just teases her instead. He is kind of freaked out about how his sister changed so much.

Hitomi walks around the block calling her brothers name outShe walked for about ten minutes. After that she decided to give up. It was hopeless to find him this late. It was about eight thirty and the sun had already set.

Hitomi p.o.v.

I was getting so annoyed. This was the fourth time this week. I know that it is summer but does he have make my life a living a nightmare. I should head home, maybe he is already home anyway.

Just when I was about to leave I heard foot step coming from ahead of me. Sure enough it was Koutarou. He saw me and ran to where I was standing. He stood there in front of me one of breath. He had dark brown hair and the same green eyes I have. He wore blue jeans with a dark green shirt. He is three years younger then me. When I saw him his face was as white as a ghost.

"What happen to you" I yelled. He gave me a look that said I' m glad you're here.

"I just called home and no bodied answer" he said between breaths

"So why in such a rush this time" I said sarcastically. He was super late four times so why does this matter.

"My friends mom got a call on her cell phone and told me to run on home" he said as he gave me a look that said what is going on.

"Well it is late nothing will go on" I said with a fake smile.

"Stop those fake smiles" I know that you are really sad.

I ran ahead of him towards home. He soon got the message that I won't talk about it. He seems to be the only one who can read my act. But either way he still thinks I'm crazy.

As we were insight of our house we couldn't believe our eyes. Our house was in flames and near by was a group of strange men with a can that looks like something flammable. They saw use and headed towards us.

"May be they know what happen here" he said with a little fear in his voice.

"No" I said fearful as I saw that what they wore was from Gaea. "Koutarou ran on when I give the signal."

"What did you say" he said he confuse. "What signal?" "Run where?" "WHY!"

"Follow me and don't look back" I said as I saw them coming closer. "They most likely want to hurt use."

"WHA" he said but was cut of as I ran as fast as I could as I dragged him behind me.

We ran so far that Koutarou was starting to complain. He was never a good runner anyway. I could tell that they were following use. I saw the school up ahead and thought about Gaea. I thought of Van and knew that there was nowhere else to run.

"Sis you idiot you lead use to a dead end" Koutarou said as we stopped at a fence.

"Sorry I wasn't paying attention" I said as I let go of his arm.

They slowed down when they saw us trapped. They then circled us. I couldn't see there faces because they wore cloaks. There were about five men.

One of them said, "So it looks like you are trapped.

"We should finish the job you know" another one said

With that one statement said they stared to attack. Koutarou tried to fight them back all on his own but was unsuccessful. I couldn't stand seeing my brother getting hurt so I took a big stone that was on the ground and knocked two unconscious. Blood spilled from atop there heads. The other three started to beat me up instead. The hit me until I was on the ground. I could see some bruise starting to form on my right arm. Koutarou took the same stone I had and knocked two more on unconscious. The rock was on the ground twenty feet away from me. The last person took out a knife and tried to stab me but Koutarou kicked him in the sided. The man fell down to the ground. He was able to cut my left ankle pretty badly until he fainted. I was bleeding so badly and had a lot of scrapes. Koutarou had only a few scratches.

"Are you okay sis" he asked as he held out his hand.

"I think so" I answered him. I grabbed his hand and tried to stand up but because of my ankle I fell down. "It hurts too much to stand."

One of the men I knocked unconscious woke up. He looked around to see the others out cold. He ran straight towards out ready to fight. Suddenly a bright blue pillar formed around us and lifted us up into the skies into Gaea.

Van p.o.v.

I was walking around the castle grounds. It has been four years since I last saw the love of my live disappeared. I would do any thing to get her back. Life was so boring without her. Allen said that she will probably never come back so just move on. But I can't. I was wearing black pants and a red sleeveless shirt. My hair was still messy and I looked around the peaceful scenery with my amber eyes. It has been one year sense Fanelia was rebuilt. I was taking a walk because I was being told to find a wife once again. I was about to head back on in side when I saw a pillar of light. It landed near where Escaflowne was.

"Could it be…?" I thought. With thatI ran as fast as I could. When I got there I was shocked at what I saw. I had to act fast.

Authors note: So what did you think? Was it a good start? Please review. If I don't get some reviews I will not continue. I will put up the next chapter once I get about six or seven reviews. See you then. If you like Card Capture Sakura or Harvest Moon I have a fic on them.