"Okaasan, will you tell these bozos that they don't have to announce me?"
Vanel's voice could be heard outside the door.
"It's alright guard. We're still working on protocol." Hitomi dismissed the man.
Millerna again was left speechless. "I'd like you to meet my son." Hitomi introduced him automatically, not even thinking about Van being right behind her. He placed his hand on her shoulder. "I mean our son." She quickly corrected.
- - -
Twilight hacker- I'm glad that you liked it. I haven't been able to see all of the Escaflowne series yet, although I would love to. However while I was watching it and everything I have read on the Esca series calls that war The Destiny War.
Fuzzie- I'm writing mostly from the series. I didn't like the movie too much. They made it seem like the only importance that she was to call forth Escaflowne itself. I might use a little of the movie but I'm using mostly the series.
Emely Raines- Thanks for the offer. If you have any pointers that I miss while you're reading it let me know in your review. I haven't seen all of the shows so I'm very likely to get something wrong. It was a shame that 27 took it off when they did.
Tramie- I know that you're reading this and I thank you so much for editing it. I'm sorry to have not mentioned it before. *bows head in shame* I like your Winged Love as well and I personally can't wait to edit that one. You already know that though. Well enjoy the editing and reading of it.
Chapter 6
"Van?" Millerna looked from the youth to the king.
"Yes." They both answered simultaneously.
Millerna paled at that. "You mean you're both Van?" She looked from the youth to the king. The young man looked like an exact replica of Van when he was young. Well, except for his eyes which were a mix of jade and red wine.
Vanel introduced himself. "Kanzaki Vanel." He kissed her hand in one smooth gesture.
Millerna looked at Van. "He's smoother than you ever were."
Van's eyebrows shot up. "Great, all I needed was a ladies man for a son." Lord Van glanced at his smirking son. "Millerna where is your daughter?"
"Here I am." She entered saying. "I'm sorry Lord Van."
She curtsied. She felt someone watching her back. She turned around to see who it was. "You!"
The adults stared at her surprised. "Najeh, now you be polite." Millerna reprimanded her daughter.
"This idiot ran into me while meandering down the hall. He claims he wasn't paying attention to where he was going." She ranted to no one in particular.
"Hey I wasn't." He defended himself.
"Were you paying attention to the pretty maids that walked by you, Mr. High and Mighty?"
"That's enough!" Her father came up behind her. "You just bumped into him in the hall and you're already at him." He paused. "Did you forget your manners?" He asked.
"I'm sorry father." She looked at the floor contritely.
"You will apologize to him and Lady Hitomi." He ordered her.
His daughter looked around to see a middle aged woman that she had never seen before, by Lord Van's side. King Dryden hadn't been paying attention to the young man that had been behind him as his back was turned.
"Milady, I'm sorry we don't seem to have met. I'm Princess Najeh of Asturia." She smiled graciously before she curtsied. "I'm sorry to have offended you."
"It's all right, my son has a tendency to be a little too umm..." She searched for the right word, "preoccupied." She chuckled at the young girl. 'Just like his father.'
"Why isn't that a surprise?" The princess sarcastically commented, before she turned around to apologize to a prince that no longer stood there. "Where'd he go?" She asked.
King Dryden turned around to find that the young man had disappeared. His mother had obviously seen him go from the disappointed look on her face. She shook her head before she excused herself, not quite sure of where he vanished to. "Oh Van, why do you have to run?" She asked in her mind. She didn't like it when he did this. Usually when he did a vanishing act he had a good reason, though she didn't like the reason that it happened today.
Hitomi shook her head to clear it. She had to find her son. She stood still and closed her eyes while she pictured in her mind the pink pendant. It swung back and forth until she saw what it was that she wanted to find. Vanel was hiding in some gardens that he had found. They had been hidden behind some trees that were somewhere around the castle. She went the direction that he probably was. She didn't find him but found an indention where he had been sitting.
-Vanel-
I entered the room where the princess and her family were. I saw the same thing except that it was more defined now.
I knew it was one of my visions again, except it wasn't like the others that I had. It was a happy memory or it seemed to be.
'A little girl laughed until she cried. She was talking to a little black and white looking kitten. The cat reminded me of Merle, kind of. It seemed to be silent as the sun streamed into the room lighting the blossoms that were by the window even more than they had been.
All of a sudden everything went dark and still; there was a mist that filled the room. "This child must cease to exist." A dark voice said.
"She mustn't ever meet The One." Another menacing voice said. There were no more words spoken. Vanel didn't know how he understood the language that they were speaking. It wasn't Gaian tongue, nor was it of Earth. There were only two beings. They were wearing the same robes as the ones that had attacked his mother. They each reached for the child. While one reached for her throat, the other reached over to silence her. It was too late, as a piercing scream came and filled the room, causing everything to go back to the way it had been.'
Vanel shook his head. "Why would the fates want me to see my mother and this girl suffer?" He smelled the familiar stench of the stables. 'I think I'll pay a visit to a certain healer.'
"Kanzaki Vanel! Where do you think you're going?" He heard behind him. He cringed when he heard his mother call him that.
"Okaasan, I need to see someone." He turned to her respectfully.
"All right, if you need me then you know how to contact me. Remember to be back before morning." She held her son's hand for just a moment.
"I will." He promised as he let go of her hand to feel one of the battery operated earpiece phones that they used when they were apart.
Hitomi watched her son ride off into the day. "Tell me what you saw when you get back because from the look in your eyes it wasn't good."
"Milady, did you wish to go riding?" A stable hand asked her from behind.
"No thank you. I was just thinking about it."
"Did the young Lord go for a ride?" The man had noticed the black gelding was missing.
"Yes."
"He has good taste." The stable hand checked the other horses.
Hitomi left thinking about her son. She knew that he would return before dawn and she knew that he had to go. That didn't stop her from worrying about him. He didn't tell her as much as she would like at times.
-Van-
I watched as Vanel's eyes went from mischievous to slightly glassy. He was better at keeping himself under control when he is having a vision. At least I think he is. Hitomi's eyes used to get really glassy before she would pass out.
I look over to see her forced smile. She was ready to run after him. She knows what is going to happen. I smiled at the guests amiably, while I tried to figure out a way for her to go to him. Princess Najeh was in the midst of apologizing to her.
Hitomi told her that it was all right and excused herself from the room. I assume she was going to find a way to follow him. I turned back to Millerna who still couldn't quite believe the resemblance between Vanel and I. She kept carrying on about it.
-Hitomi-
I was walking back to the gardens when out of the blue I was hit with a vision. 'Not now!' I think before I hit the ground.
'The women and children were running around in panic. The women were grabbing the children's hands left and right. I don't think that they were paying attention to whose they were getting. There was more of an urgency to get the children out of the streets. Sobbing mothers could be seen all over the roads as the children were taken from their hands by unseen people. There were younger women trying to help people out of the roads.'
-Normal-
"Lord Van! Lady Hitomi just passed out in the garden." A servant came running into the throne room.
Van ran out of the room as fast as he could. 'This can't be happening now! I just got her back!' He couldn't run to her fast enough.
Millerna ran out of the room following the king. Before she left the room, she had told Dryden to get her medical bag. "I'm coming Hitomi." She whispered.
Merle was passing with her furry bunch just as the king and Millerna ran past them. 'What's going on?' She began to outrun Lord Van and Queen Millerna.
"Mama, Mama! What's going on?" Her little kittens had stamina that she used to have and out ran her before they skidded to a stop. "Mama! It's Lady Hitomi."
- - -- - Sorry I wouldn't end it there but it seems to be a good place to end it. I can't wait to read the reviews on this.
"It's alright guard. We're still working on protocol." Hitomi dismissed the man.
Millerna again was left speechless. "I'd like you to meet my son." Hitomi introduced him automatically, not even thinking about Van being right behind her. He placed his hand on her shoulder. "I mean our son." She quickly corrected.
- - -
Twilight hacker- I'm glad that you liked it. I haven't been able to see all of the Escaflowne series yet, although I would love to. However while I was watching it and everything I have read on the Esca series calls that war The Destiny War.
Fuzzie- I'm writing mostly from the series. I didn't like the movie too much. They made it seem like the only importance that she was to call forth Escaflowne itself. I might use a little of the movie but I'm using mostly the series.
Emely Raines- Thanks for the offer. If you have any pointers that I miss while you're reading it let me know in your review. I haven't seen all of the shows so I'm very likely to get something wrong. It was a shame that 27 took it off when they did.
Tramie- I know that you're reading this and I thank you so much for editing it. I'm sorry to have not mentioned it before. *bows head in shame* I like your Winged Love as well and I personally can't wait to edit that one. You already know that though. Well enjoy the editing and reading of it.
Chapter 6
"Van?" Millerna looked from the youth to the king.
"Yes." They both answered simultaneously.
Millerna paled at that. "You mean you're both Van?" She looked from the youth to the king. The young man looked like an exact replica of Van when he was young. Well, except for his eyes which were a mix of jade and red wine.
Vanel introduced himself. "Kanzaki Vanel." He kissed her hand in one smooth gesture.
Millerna looked at Van. "He's smoother than you ever were."
Van's eyebrows shot up. "Great, all I needed was a ladies man for a son." Lord Van glanced at his smirking son. "Millerna where is your daughter?"
"Here I am." She entered saying. "I'm sorry Lord Van."
She curtsied. She felt someone watching her back. She turned around to see who it was. "You!"
The adults stared at her surprised. "Najeh, now you be polite." Millerna reprimanded her daughter.
"This idiot ran into me while meandering down the hall. He claims he wasn't paying attention to where he was going." She ranted to no one in particular.
"Hey I wasn't." He defended himself.
"Were you paying attention to the pretty maids that walked by you, Mr. High and Mighty?"
"That's enough!" Her father came up behind her. "You just bumped into him in the hall and you're already at him." He paused. "Did you forget your manners?" He asked.
"I'm sorry father." She looked at the floor contritely.
"You will apologize to him and Lady Hitomi." He ordered her.
His daughter looked around to see a middle aged woman that she had never seen before, by Lord Van's side. King Dryden hadn't been paying attention to the young man that had been behind him as his back was turned.
"Milady, I'm sorry we don't seem to have met. I'm Princess Najeh of Asturia." She smiled graciously before she curtsied. "I'm sorry to have offended you."
"It's all right, my son has a tendency to be a little too umm..." She searched for the right word, "preoccupied." She chuckled at the young girl. 'Just like his father.'
"Why isn't that a surprise?" The princess sarcastically commented, before she turned around to apologize to a prince that no longer stood there. "Where'd he go?" She asked.
King Dryden turned around to find that the young man had disappeared. His mother had obviously seen him go from the disappointed look on her face. She shook her head before she excused herself, not quite sure of where he vanished to. "Oh Van, why do you have to run?" She asked in her mind. She didn't like it when he did this. Usually when he did a vanishing act he had a good reason, though she didn't like the reason that it happened today.
Hitomi shook her head to clear it. She had to find her son. She stood still and closed her eyes while she pictured in her mind the pink pendant. It swung back and forth until she saw what it was that she wanted to find. Vanel was hiding in some gardens that he had found. They had been hidden behind some trees that were somewhere around the castle. She went the direction that he probably was. She didn't find him but found an indention where he had been sitting.
-Vanel-
I entered the room where the princess and her family were. I saw the same thing except that it was more defined now.
I knew it was one of my visions again, except it wasn't like the others that I had. It was a happy memory or it seemed to be.
'A little girl laughed until she cried. She was talking to a little black and white looking kitten. The cat reminded me of Merle, kind of. It seemed to be silent as the sun streamed into the room lighting the blossoms that were by the window even more than they had been.
All of a sudden everything went dark and still; there was a mist that filled the room. "This child must cease to exist." A dark voice said.
"She mustn't ever meet The One." Another menacing voice said. There were no more words spoken. Vanel didn't know how he understood the language that they were speaking. It wasn't Gaian tongue, nor was it of Earth. There were only two beings. They were wearing the same robes as the ones that had attacked his mother. They each reached for the child. While one reached for her throat, the other reached over to silence her. It was too late, as a piercing scream came and filled the room, causing everything to go back to the way it had been.'
Vanel shook his head. "Why would the fates want me to see my mother and this girl suffer?" He smelled the familiar stench of the stables. 'I think I'll pay a visit to a certain healer.'
"Kanzaki Vanel! Where do you think you're going?" He heard behind him. He cringed when he heard his mother call him that.
"Okaasan, I need to see someone." He turned to her respectfully.
"All right, if you need me then you know how to contact me. Remember to be back before morning." She held her son's hand for just a moment.
"I will." He promised as he let go of her hand to feel one of the battery operated earpiece phones that they used when they were apart.
Hitomi watched her son ride off into the day. "Tell me what you saw when you get back because from the look in your eyes it wasn't good."
"Milady, did you wish to go riding?" A stable hand asked her from behind.
"No thank you. I was just thinking about it."
"Did the young Lord go for a ride?" The man had noticed the black gelding was missing.
"Yes."
"He has good taste." The stable hand checked the other horses.
Hitomi left thinking about her son. She knew that he would return before dawn and she knew that he had to go. That didn't stop her from worrying about him. He didn't tell her as much as she would like at times.
-Van-
I watched as Vanel's eyes went from mischievous to slightly glassy. He was better at keeping himself under control when he is having a vision. At least I think he is. Hitomi's eyes used to get really glassy before she would pass out.
I look over to see her forced smile. She was ready to run after him. She knows what is going to happen. I smiled at the guests amiably, while I tried to figure out a way for her to go to him. Princess Najeh was in the midst of apologizing to her.
Hitomi told her that it was all right and excused herself from the room. I assume she was going to find a way to follow him. I turned back to Millerna who still couldn't quite believe the resemblance between Vanel and I. She kept carrying on about it.
-Hitomi-
I was walking back to the gardens when out of the blue I was hit with a vision. 'Not now!' I think before I hit the ground.
'The women and children were running around in panic. The women were grabbing the children's hands left and right. I don't think that they were paying attention to whose they were getting. There was more of an urgency to get the children out of the streets. Sobbing mothers could be seen all over the roads as the children were taken from their hands by unseen people. There were younger women trying to help people out of the roads.'
-Normal-
"Lord Van! Lady Hitomi just passed out in the garden." A servant came running into the throne room.
Van ran out of the room as fast as he could. 'This can't be happening now! I just got her back!' He couldn't run to her fast enough.
Millerna ran out of the room following the king. Before she left the room, she had told Dryden to get her medical bag. "I'm coming Hitomi." She whispered.
Merle was passing with her furry bunch just as the king and Millerna ran past them. 'What's going on?' She began to outrun Lord Van and Queen Millerna.
"Mama, Mama! What's going on?" Her little kittens had stamina that she used to have and out ran her before they skidded to a stop. "Mama! It's Lady Hitomi."
- - -- - Sorry I wouldn't end it there but it seems to be a good place to end it. I can't wait to read the reviews on this.