AH! I just now noticed that I didn't put a disclaimer on my first chapter of part II. : sweatdrops nervously:

Disclaimer: I do not own or have created EscaFlowne. This is my disclaimer for the entire fic! (I'll go back and put it on the first one to…)


The Vision of EscaFlowne

Awakening of Wing Goddess

Ten


Three days passed since that day and night time fell on Gaea. It was the night before the dawn of battle and as the sun rose the next morning, Gaea's fate would be set. The war would take place and the cursed goddess would awaken sometime during it. All soldiers had been moved to the front line and along with them Van. Silence and fear hung heavily upon the women, children, the elderly, and the few men that where left back in Palas. Everyone was on edge, especially Millerna and Dryden because it was near Millerna's due time. Any day now, Millerna could go in to labor and any day now her child would be born in to a world of war, one that the queen had hoped to avoid at all cost.

A cloudy sky threatened rain but it did not fall. The full moon which would have been out, could not be seen for the dark grey clouds covered it. What would have been an enjoyable mid-spring's night was one filled with anxiety and fear. Everyone knew that at the crack of dawn that the last battle of Gaea would officially begin.

Hitomi Kanzaki de Fanel, Queen of the fallen country of Fanelia, sat on the balcony of the bedroom that she shared with Van and looked up at the dark sky.

She was standing somewhere in the battlefield but away from the soldiers at a command post or something of the sort. She jerked her head up toward the surprisingly clear sky and watched as the sky turned blood red even though the sun and moons had completely disappeared. What on Gaea was happening? This was different then her previous visions.

She now found herself floating above Gaea and in to the heavens themselves. The sky looked completely dark, even the stars where gone. No light could be seen for miles around. It was worse than being locked up in the dungeon as a child because at least then she had the light from the fire and the light shining through her window. Cold chills shivered down her body causing goose bumps to rise on her skin. She rubbed her exposed arms as if trying to warm them. It was no use.

The sound of hysterical laughter could be heard coming from somewhere with in the darkness. That was when she saw her, the woman who would bring Gaea's destruction and no one could do a damn thing about it. Her green eyes bore in to the black ones, somehow they felt familiar, how was that possible? It wasn't was it? She watched as the woman's long dark black hair, darker than Van's somehow blew behind her. (Because in space, there is no wind!) Her dark black dress was fitting. It was tight and showed the woman's stomach and she had leather arm bracelets (Not sure what it's called.) A pair of black wings sprouted from her back. The single white wing, the one that reminded Hitomi of Van's wing, was now completely gone. Was this a warning that there was no hope for Gaea? "Are you the Wing Goddess?" She managed to ask but only got a crooked smile.

She watched as the woman in front of her suddenly holds something in front of her that Hitomi couldn't see. A purple (I know I said pink at first but I realized that purple would be better because purple is "dark".) light suddenly engulfed what the woman was holding in her hands. Hitomi tried to rush forward to stop her but it was of no use. It was already too late. Her eyes hastily moved to Gaea which shown with the same light that came from the thing that the Wing Goddess was holding in her hand.

Hitomi's mouth dropped open in horror as Gaea burst in to nothing more than rubble.

………

"It's near time!" Dornkork said laughing hysterically as he gazed through his machine. "Time for it all to be mine!"

……….

Van looked up at the cloudy sky as they waited at camp for the morning to come. He knew that he should have been resting like the other soldiers but with Hitomi's vision about the Wing Goddess, he couldn't help but worry that he may never see Hitomi again and that the last night that they spent together three nights ago, would be their last.

Flashback

He looked down at his wife's sleeping form, sleeping soundly after their night of love making as if it would be their last night together. His wings stretched wide for her because he knew that she liked them. Thinking that she was asleep, he bent down to her sleeping form and kissed her forehead not wanting to wake her for a good night's kiss. When he looked at her once more, green eyes stared in to his. "Did I wake you?" He asked and she smiled.

"No, I was just resting my eyes." Hitomi answered which made him smile for a while. "I don't want to fall asleep because I know that when I wake up, you'll have to leave." She said.

He chuckled and folded in his wings so that he could lay down. Loose feathers surrounded them in random places. Once he was against the soft pillows, Hitomi's head rested on his chest and his arm went around her slender form which was only covered by the covers. "Don't stay up on my account Hitomi." Van said even though he wanted her to. He wasn't going to be selfish and make her suffer from being tired the next day. "Do you remember when we first met? Who would have thought that we would end up like this a year and a half later?" He asked chuckling.

"At war and in Palas?" Hitomi asked knowing what he meant but wanted to hear him say what she already knew in her heart.

Van grinned. "No, like how we as a couple are now."

"I would." Hitomi answered which made him look at her with a bit of a shocked expression. "And a vision didn't tell me anything about our love life either so you can't go blaming it on that." She said and laughed.

That was right, she had loved him almost since the very beginning of their awkward marriage. "Try to get some sleep, I'll wake you before I go." Van promised.

"Promise?" Hitomi asked almost childlike.

"Promise." They kissed and fell asleep.

………

He was about to leave with Allen in the others to where Asturia had set up camp. Zaibach and Tier where still nearing where the battle was to take place. He held Hitomi's hand as they walked through Palas and rode on the same horse to get to the departing fleet. He was to meet Mamoru and ride his airship with him to where Asturia had set up camp. Most of the alliance was already there.

"Van, I want you to take this." Hitomi said and took off the pendant that was around her neck and enclosed it in Van's hand.

"But…" He protested.

"I want you to give it back to me when you return." Hitomi practically demanded which caused Mamoru to laugh. "AND YOU!" She shouted and pulled him down to her height. "You better come back to or I'll personally make sure that you are dead this time!"

"Yes ma'am!" Mamoru said in a mimicking tone of voice which caused him to get punched in the arm.

"You two better look out for one another!" Hitomi hissed. "Or…" She was silenced by a kiss.

'Thank you Van!' Mamoru thought and looked away feeling awkward at the young couple in front of him.

Van looked at Hitomi and smiled. "I'll come back, don't you trust me?" He asked.

"It's not that I don't trust you, it's someone else I don't trust."

"Yeah, we'll take good care of one another!" Mamoru said and suddenly grabbed him around the neck and started to rub the young king's head hard.

"Stop that!" Van ordered and grabbed hold of Mamoru's arm and made it to where his brother in law's arm ended up in an arm lock. "I'm not a kid!"

Mamoru laughed. "Alright, alright!" He said and when Van let him go he kissed Hitomi on the cheek. "See you later, little sister." With that they boarded the airship and it was off.

That was the last time he had seen Hitomi. He wondered how she was doing now and if she was sleeping. He grasped hold of the pendant in his hand and eventually fell asleep thinking of her.

………

The night before the day of the final battle ended all too soon. All of the soldiers where woken up hours before sunrise to get ready for battle. Getting in to his guymelef, in to EscaFlowne, he walked forward. They waited where they where stationed and when the sun rose in to the eastern sky, the battle had begun!


I finally put Mamoru back in there! I know that I kind of killed him and a few other people off in these past five chapters but I didn't really know where to place them with out dragging it on with useless information. There are only a couple of chapters left to this fic but I'm not sure how many still. Ten at the most I believe. Thank you for all of your wonderful reviews and please review!