The Vision of EscaFlowne
Awakening of Wing Goddess
Sixteen
She was furious at how the dragon which was loved and protected by her other half, somehow managed to continuously dodge her attacks. She clenched her fist so tightly that her nails begun to dig in to her skin, which caused the skin to crack and bleed. Blood, who knew that she could bleed? The thought amused her as she took one glance at the dark wet black stuff, coming from the tiny nail marks in her hands. She became furious as the bright light continued to surround the dragon who seemed to completely disappear. "Who would have thought." She thought out loud to herself. "That damn bitch is still alive." A sneer appeared on her lips as she watched. She needed the stone yes, but she could start her work with out it. She knew that the Queen of Fanelia would come and bring it to her. She would begin her work even though she was not yet at full power. The stone that the king held would help her complete her task with out fail, but she would let the Fanelian queen bring it to her. She disappeared in to the blue light and was gone.
…….
The light had hurt at first but then the pain eased. It was warm and felt safe. Safe, that was something that Van Slanzar de Fanel had not felt in a long time. To his earliest memories, he had always been guarded for fear that some assassin may decide to come along and kill him. It was a problem with being born in to a royal family even though it had its advantages. Even though he loved his people dearly, he had still feared assignation or attack; not so much in his past few years of life, but in his youth he did. He opened his eyes which widened as he spotted the familiar figure standing before him. "Hitomi…" He uttered in shock at seeing his wife with wings like his own, and woree a dress that he had never seen before. The style was similar to what his mother wore, but the colors where different.
"Give me the pendant Van." Hitomi said gently. "Don't worry," She said. "Your stalker is no longer on your trail."
"But…" Van said in protest. "Will I see you again?" He asked meekly as if afraid to ask.
Hitomi smiled a sad smile. "Yes." She said. 'But not of this world.' She added and held out her hand. "Van, I need the pendant." She said. "The Wing Goddess is going to start soon and I need that to stop her."
Hesitantly, Van handed Hitomi the burning pendant since he knew that she had to have it, and as soon as he dropped the pendant in to her hand, it cooled. He felt as Hitomi grabbed hold of his hand and pulled him in to a kiss which he didn't want to end. When he opened his eyes after the kiss ended, she was gone. "Hitomi…" He wished that he could have stopped her since he knew that she was going in to grave danger. The sky had darkened to a pitch black and the two moons seemed to have disappeared. Thunder could be heard and lightning lit up the dark sky in flashes of bright light. There was nothing that he could do but look up at the sky and wait.
……..
Hitomi found herself floating above Gaea, the sight of it was beautiful, other then the fact that there was a raging storm brewing in its mist. She could see that it was covered in a black mist and hidden from the sun's light. She always thought that the Wing Goddess needed the pendant to complete her work but things seemed to be proven differently.
She screamed at suddenly feeling a sharp pain aimed for her back. She turned around to find the Wing Goddess smirking at her.
"Did it hurt?" The Wing Goddess asked. "Oh, I'm sorry, that was rather rude of me." She smirked and her eyes trailed to the pendant which was now around Hitomi's neck.
Hitomi looked at her other self and studied the woman's features. Her face was the same and it felt like she had another twin but that was as close where the similarities went. She said nothing, having nothing to say and just looked at the woman before she finally spoke. "I'm not going to let you continue with the destruction of Gaea." Hitomi said sharply. "I'm not going to let you destroy it!"
The Wing Goddess laughed. "Funny, it's already begun." She said laughing. "And why shouldn't I destroy it? The damn draconians destroyed me just because I wanted to live, an innocent child of merely ten years of age destroyed just because some crazy lunatic made a prophesy about me." She said coldly. "Do you know how it feels when you're ten years old and your father kills your mother just because she's trying to protect someone whose cursed?" She asked. "Someone with a power that the Draconians thought was frightening?"
"My parents locked me away because of my power and used me as a tool of war for ten years." Hitomi said. "Just because I'm a seer, so yes, I know what it feels like to be feared." She said calmly. "However, that doesn't mean that you have to destroy Gaea just because you're feared! Not every one on Gaea is like…"
"My parents?" The Wing Goddess asked and laughed. "Humans are weak and I don't know why you bother to stand up for them. They used you as a tool of war did they not?" The Wing Goddess asked. "What good is there in human kind or any living being to save your highness?" The Wing Goddess said somewhat mockingly. "You have no idea to the pain I went through. No one deserves to live!"
"Not every one is like that!" Hitomi insisted.
"Oh yes, that's right, you have a damn Draconian as your husband." The Wing Goddess said with disgust. "I despise Draconians above all other creatures!" She hissed and sent something else at Hitomi. "But I won't be feared any longer, there will be none alive to fear me. Now, your precious alliance is fighting against one another, and the enemy as well. People are screaming and trying to find a safe haven for themselves. Humans are selfish."
"I know that you've been hurt but do not take it out on these people!" Hitomi pleaded.
"Why? What then if I let them live? They'll kill me again and use you as a weapon of war? What's the point in living if that's what you call life?" The Wing Goddess asked coldly. "NOW!" The Wing Goddess, Tsubasa, said sharply. "GIVE ME THE DAMN PENDANT!" Her hand reached toward the reached towards the pink stone but Hitomi was quicker.
"I don't know about you," Hitomi said as the pendant lit up. "But I have something worth saving. I have someone worth saving back on Gaea. I'm not doing this for my people or my friends, I'm doing this for Van." She said softly as the pendant gave a soft glow. She smiled. "He'll be mad at me for leaving him even though I promised him I wouldn't, but this is for him." She continued. "You might not know what love is, and even though our love was shortly lived, it was a wonderful experience. In better times our love might have been something more, but this is how it is, you and I will disappear and Gaea shall live."
"You'll kill yourself for a man?" Tsubasa asked. "Pathetic." She spat. "But I will not die!"
"You will and just so you don't die alone, I shall die with you." Hitomi said and smiled sadly. "Van'll understand someday."
"Damn you wench!" The Wing Goddess hissed as the light got brighter. "I will not perish!"
"I have tried to reason with you but you still insist on destroying a place where I have come to love. I will not allow that and therefore, you will cease to exist."
"Bitch! Give me that…" The Wing Goddess shouted and reached forward to grab the pendant, but as soon as the Wing Goddess touched the pendant, she disappeared.
Hitomi's job did not end there, the people had to understand that this war was wrong and that they didn't need to fight any more. She wanted peace, and even though it was up to the people wanted to fight, or where willed to fight; she wanted it to stop. The images of her friends appeared in her face at that moment, Yukari, Amano, Allen, Dryden, even Millerna was still her friend even though the queen had betrayed them; her brother Mamoru, Folken, Eriya, Merle, and Van. The light surrounded Gaea and the darkness surrounding the planet disappeared.
…….
People stopped fighting as they saw the light and stared at it in awh. "Tomi, you did it." Yukari said smiling weakly.
"Hitomi?" Amano asked somewhat confused having had been one of the few who didn't know that Hitomi was the Wing Goddess.
"Oi!" Mamoru shouted running towards Amano. "Amano!"
"King Mamoru!" Amano shouted back at the king who was ridding towards them in the air ship. Once the king landed he ran to the knight.
"Have you seen Van?" Mamoru asked forgetting to add the honorable part to Van's name since he had gotten so use to calling Van just Van.
"No, why?" Amano asked.
"Hitomi she…"
"What about Hitomi?" Amano asked.
……..
Clearly in the sky, something with wings could be seen falling from the sky. Every one just stared up at it, every one but Van. "Hitomi!" Van shouted and threw off his shirt and flew towards her falling figure. 'Don't be Hitomi…' He pleaded fearfully, afraid that she didn't make it. She had promised him that she wouldn't die but if she died, he… he didn't know what he would do with out her. "HITOMI!" He shouted louder as he took flight not caring who saw his wings. Hitomi, Hitomi was the only thing that mattered.
He pushed himself harder to get to her, not knowing why she wasn't moving. His eyes widened as he caught her, and tears started to swell in his eyes at her unmoving body. "Hitomi, come on Hitomi, don't leave me." He pleaded. "Hitomi…" His voice sounded weak and broke off as the tears came trickling down his eyes. She had promised, why would she promise that she would come back to him alive when she was now dead in his arms? He cried.
THE END
Goodness, I'm so evil. I can't believe that it's finally over! Yes! Poor Van, he never even knew. Thank you all for all of your kind reviews! Even though this story went down hill from what it originally was meant to be, you have stuck through this thick and thin or at least those of you who are still reading this and are very angry at me at the moment.
Thank you all so much!
-Darkia-
