Disclaimer - I do not own Escaflowne, nor would I like to. I would have killed myself years ago for not making a second season.
Hitomi held her husbands hand. Silent tears were coursing down her face. "I should have been there…"
"It's ok" her husband chocked.
Breaking into helpless sobs Hitomi couldn't bear it. Why her? Why after all the happiness? She was helpless to stop what she knew would happen.
Finally he spoke up. "Hitomi listen to me…" but could not continue through a fit of coughs. Hitomi squeezed his hand until he again gained control. "You must take care of them, of our family and our people."
"But…. I can't …. not without you…"
"Hitomi you must. Neither of us can help what happened… please promise me."
"I … promise." Hitomi bent down and kissed him for the last time. "I love you so much" Hitomi whispered. "
"I love you too" and with that the King of Fanelia breathed his last breathe.
Hitomi cried heart-stricken cries of a little girl who had lost everything. Suddenly a hand touched her back. "It's ok mother, father is in a good place now" a little voice of the Prince Dylon called to his mother, who he knew was somewhere far away. The little boy of seven years old wrapped his arms around his mother and let her cry.
'I'll miss you father' was the prayer he sent.
"Hitomi you're not making any sense" Merle said softly "you need to start at the beginning, when you came back from the Mystic Moon." And with that the memories of the last eight years cam flooding back. Hitomi spun a tell full of happiness, love, and pain which would be later called Golden Love.
A/N- so this is the intro… I hope you like it… It was inspired by the death of one of my friends may you fly with angels in heaven Alex. Depending on some of the responses I get from you the reader I might continue… In a week or two if people really want, I'll update and you can have the story Hitomi tells. Lin