I DO NOT OWN ESCAFLOWNE
Chapter Three: The Tarot Cards
Italic someone's thought
"Quotes" someone's words
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It took about a second for Hitomi to make up her mind: She was going home.
She decided that she was not going down that easy. She would not allow fate to win the round!
Hitomi wasted no time in packing a small duffle bag. She didn't take much. Two pairs of jeans and a pair of slacks, and four shirts and a coat. She noticed a little to late that the bag she was using had her gym cloths and sneakers in it.
After she was packed she rummaged in her closet till she found the old deck of Tarot Cards. She slipped on her flip-flops and put the duffle bag on over her head.
Hitomi glanced at the time. He had said two hours till the ceremony started. She had a half an hour left. She would go home, she would do it.
Hitomi plopped down in the floor of her bedroom and flipped out the cards. She did it over and over again, never reading the cards. She closed her eyes tight and thought of the pendent that was currently around Van's neck.
Every second ticked by with the swing of it. She reached out her hand and flipped the last card over. The pendent pointed forward to her hand.
Slowly, Hitomi's opened her eyes and looked down. First was the reversed Fool. Second, the Lovers and third, the Star. Hitomi stared, then glanced at the clock. Her time was up, it was now or never.
Her brain quickly ran through what each card meant. The reversed Fool: It could indicate that you missed chances and possibilities because you didn't allow yourself to be. The Lovers: It could mean that you both long to experience nearness and the joy it would bring. The card also stands for the fact that we are responsible for our own lives through choice. The Star: This represents inner peace, peace of mind.
That was the Fool for the past, the Lovers for the present and the Star for the Future.
It spoke to her, told her what she must do. Hitomi gathered up the cards and shoved the in the duffle bag.
She stood in the middle of her room and closed her eyes.
Every single bit of what she was she put in to her only thought, Van. She needed to get to him. Nothing could stop her. She had to get to Van. She pictured him clearly in her mind and faced all her energy on him.
A light breezes flowed past her, catching her attention. I need to focus on Van! She scolded herself. If it distracts me again I will shut the stupid window.
Wait. My room has no window!
Hitomi's eyes flew open! She was standing on the doorstep facing what looked to be a church.
She looked around, shocked. She had done it!
Someone shouting got her attention. She looked behind her and spotted two guards running at her. She really couldn't care at that moment; she had to stop a wedding.
Hitomi grabbed the door handle and pulled the massive mahogany door open. The door creaked and groaned in an unbearably loud manner. She could hear it echoing inside! She got the door open big enough to walk through easily and stepped inside.
It took a minute for her eyes to adjust to the sudden change of light but when her eyes came in to focus she realized that the church was crammed packed full of people, and they were all staring at her.
She spotted Van, in all his glory, standing at the alter with one hand holding a brunettes left hand and in the other, a ring. Hitomi gulped then spoke with a voice of complete confidence that startled her.
"Is it to late to say I object?" Her voice echoed around the huge room. The crowd began to mumble. Hitomi locked her eyes onto Vans and she saw him smile at her.
Van dropped Trisha's hand.
"Hitomi!" Van said rather loudly, so it echoed as well.
The mumbles started to get louder. He took a few uncertain steps away from the alter and Hitomi took a few steps toward him.
But the runner in Hitomi could not hold back, and she started at him. Seeing her start to run at him made Van start to run as well. When they reached each other Hitomi flew into Van's open arms. He picked her up and spun her around and brought her down to met his lips in a kiss they had both missed out on seven years ago.
When the kiss was broken Van turned to the council members. "This wedding is off." Van's look silenced any objections, a fire raged in his eyes.
Van looked over to Merle. It was only then when Hitomi saw all of her old friends smiling at her. His voice softened and his eyes turned gentle at her, "We will meet you at the castle."
He took Hitomi's hand then and ran to the door that Hitomi had walked threw just moments before. When they were back in the sun, Van wrapped his arms around Hitomi's waist and spread his wings to fly the rest of the way home.
The End
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What do ya think? Ok then… ya, I know that it was a little Deus ex Machine but hey, that's what an epilogue is for. So… ya, tomorrow then is the end… well it's been fun. TTFN Cnm
