A/N: sorry for the late update...writes block attacked me again.
Chapter 13 "You wanted to know?"
Everyone gasped, Kari was crying; now on her knees. She kept repeating to herself that it was a lie, that it wasn't true.
Zaron knelt down and placed his hands on her shoulder.
"Kari, my love I will and have never lied to you, please don't cry." Zaron wiped away her tears.
"All my life has been a lie?" Kari's voice was quiet like when you begin you lose it during a bad cold. Zaron shook his head.
"No. Oh no. Your father wanted your memories erased of me to stop the past repeating; you read the old text from two hundred years ago. He loved you; he didn't want to lose you."
Hitomi felt like crying, everything that Kari had been through was because of love, was love that fickle? All these people claimed they were doing what was right for her, just because they loved her. Did love give them the right? Was it so easy to blame everything on this fickle human emotion?
"It still can't be true, that I'm…I'm" Zaron stood Kari up, and held her in his arms.
"I'm so sorry." Whispered Zaron. He slowly removed a blade from his sleeve and stabbed Kari in the back.
She screamed out in pain as Zaron let go of her. Allen stepped forward as Kari turned to look at him, her eyes were wide and full of shock and pain, she took a deep breath in and stood stark still. Everyone watched intensely as the scars on Kari's face slowly disappeared, her hair went back to pure white and two round marks appeared on her forehead.
Kari called out to Allen as a pair of large, white wings sprouted from her back. They opened out to their full span, then slowly they withered away and Kari collapsed into Zarons arms.
Zaron picked her up and addressed the group.
"You will find the gate way open and your journey back to Gaea faster, I advise you return to Asturia." And he walked off behind the angel monument Allen ran after him only to find he was gone.
Zaron was right the walk back into Gaea was faster, Allen walked ahead, Hitomi clung to Vans arm till the path way became to narrow.
The crusade crew were waiting for them, they were all happy to see Allen but he was not in the mood and walked off to the crusade.
"Erm…what happened?" Gaddess asked.
"Nothing." Answered Van.
Everyone was so solemn, they stayed in silence.
To the dismay of Chid they dropped him off at the Castle in Freid, Millerna told him his place was with his people and that if they had any new of Kari they would send note.
Again Allen stayed in his room. Van became ever so angrier, saying it was a lie and an illusion, sometimes he would just fall to his knees and cry, and Hitomi and Merle would comfort him.
Millerna was concerned, why had Zaron told them to go to Asturia? Was he planning an attack?
Dryden seemed the only happy one among the group, after the crew had been told what had happened that is. He was over the moon at this news and believed it all. He said that the Zandrions were capable of the most amazing things but to change the blood of a Draconian to the blood of a Zandrion, he was so astounded.
Van had often snapped at him saying that he should give it a rest, and keep his nose out of other peoples business.
"This has nothing to do with you, so keep out of it!" Van yelled at Dryden, Hitomi tried to calm him down.
"What's going on?" Allen had heard all the shouting, and come out to investigate. He had two large leather clad tatty books in his hands.
"Dryden, butting it to my business." Van said, and then realizing what he had said turned to Allen. These matters concerned Van, but it was Allen that had loved Kari, and believed that he knew a great deal of things about her, if anything it was Allen's business.
"I'm sorry Allen I didn't think." Van said lowering his tone.
"Here." Allen held out the books to Van. He looked at them, "Kari's life in a nutshell, you wanted to know." Van took them carefully off of Allen and he turned to go back into his chambers. Millerna was going to say something but Dryden stopped her.
Van took the books into a study like room, he laid them down on the table and everyone crowed into the room, those who could not fit sat outside listening.
He opened the larger of the two books and found it was a scrap book; Gaddess who was sat in the room was the first to speak.
"Hey I recognize that," he moved closer to the table and flipped through the pages of photos and other random objects till he came to one of a much younger Allen and Crew plus a few other people all stood together. Many held their swords over their shoulders and had headscarf's covering the lower part of their face. Allen was stood in the front, his sword unsheathed.
Gaddess laughed.
"The bandits' gang?" Hitomi stared at the photo it was in black and white or more correctly shades of brown. She spotted Kari on the end dressed like all the others, like a boy which was uncommon in Gaea.
"Kari often dressed in our clothes and came with us, it was just a bit of fun for her, and anything she took she took from those that were what she called it 'evildoers'" Gaddess laughed again. "She would read their minds, man she was good with a sword."
Van looked down at the picture of the boy, rogue, Kari. She had most of her face covered probably to hide her girlish features, but you could tell it was her by the eyes.
They flipped through the pages often coming across pictures of the crew and other people fooling around. Van stopped at a page that was of the cottage it was a double spread and had a picture of the cottage alone, a picture of Kari stood in front, one picture was of Allen, Kari and Marth stood in a line smiling, but the one that caught his attention was one of Allen and Marth kissing Kari on each cheek, she stood between them he eyes closed. He studied this picture for a long time. This had been Kari's family, Allen and Marth; it was really all they had, the three of them. Just each other.
Dryden not that interested in the scrap book had taken the smaller book and found out that it was journal, Marths journal. It was completely written in Zandrion, but it was modern Zandrion and easy to read.
After going through the scrap book they did not really find much of importance until they noticed the leather had been cut away from the wood in which it had been wrapped around, Was this Allen's doing?
Van pulled the leather away to reveal, around ten more photos, he began to look through them, they were of Kai and Zaron looking very happy together. At least that was cleared up, they had been an item.
Van gasped and dropped the remaining photos, leaving only one in his hand; he just stared at this photo. Dryden looked up from his reading.
"Van what is it?" Hitomi took the small quite tatty photo from his hands and he sat down the same look on his face, the look of complete shock and sorrow.
"Hitomi?" Millerna placed her hand on Hitomi's should and looked at the photo.
It was of a very rich family, Royalty. A man stood in regal clothing shaggy dark hair, a woman stood next to him her hand resting on his arm like those of a wedding couple, indicating they were married. Two children stood in front, the oldest looking one judging by his height was stood by his father; he had the same shaggy hair but lighter. His fathers hand resting on his shoulder. The other child stood by the woman holding her hand, the child was a little girl most likely no older than five. She had long light coloured hair and like her mother she had two oval shaped marks on her forehead.
It took a while for Millerna to recognize the family, but for Van it was instant he knew the faces of his deceased parents and his brother Folken.
So it was true?
"Hey, everyone I think you should listen to this." Dryden sat up and read aloud the entry.
"Kari has become ill, the people of Zandria are worried, my father is worried. Kari has become ill only twice in her life here on Zandria, but when she does it is awful. Those around here suffer visions of her past life, the past life that my father took from her.
The Elders can not remove the slither of human blood within her which causes her to have these illnesses; Marius is the only one that can calm her down from her ravings, I hate to hear them, I hate to be near her when she is in this state. How Marius puts up with the pain of her human/Draconian life I will never understand, I love my sister dearly but I can't help but wonder why I wasn't born with my other half, with the bringer.
I worry for this divide, though she has some of my blood is it enough? She has all ready fallen in love with a human man, such feelings are impossible among us and her feelings are so deep, though she loves the chosen one, a tale all too familiar, I believe such feelings came forth from the betrayal of this humans heart.
My father plans to erase these memories of the chosen one to save her life but I worry, in doing this will he aid in the feelings she has for the human? Marius also shows his concern, he has watched Kari grow from the moment my father brought her back from Fanelia, and I hate to say itthat he loves her more than anyone.
It is common that we fall in love with our child mentors as the ageing process stops, Marius hit his limit at the age of twenty-five, Kari is seventeen at this moment, we are unsure when she will hit her limit if ever."
Dryden stopped, so it was true they had a picture, Marths own words.
Kari was a Draconian.
The lost princess of Fanelia.
Princess Karie Allatino de Fanel.
A/N: Well did anyone see that coming i bet someone did ...u will have to tell me if i did… Please review... oh and yes the final spelling for Kari with a e on the end is not a typo... its only been Kari because her real name was Karia ... u no shortened... n coz Karie is just like Varie... Vans mom
Disclaimer: I do not own Escaflowne or anything to do with it. But i do own Kari n a few other ppl that turn up like poker n maria(the list is very long ish) so plz dont use them wiv out asking (y ne one would i have no idea)