ann: Van loves Hitomi- how else would he act? ;)
Annie: I hate spiders, but I'm glad you liked the scary, hairy thing. Strange isn't bad, believe me. I'm no Nacy Normal myself. :)
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Hermionezclone: I'm happy you've been reading it too!
maeko14: Many people want Kaitlyn to meet her demise but I still enjoy hearing it!
Inda: Van isdeffinately the 'save the day' type of guy but who doesn't want a guy who will protect you? Especialy from spiders. My bf has that job. I freak about spiders. ;)
reiniku: I love your insanity- it matches mine. :) Thank you for your review.
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jossi-31: I love that movie! I didn't even think of that till you mentioned it. The spider thing wasn't all that original- I got the idea from the book Faerie Wars and it's sequel The Purple Emperor by Herbie Brennan. Just the whole spider with mind power thing. Other than that it was all me. ;)
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Van sat upon his throne, Hitomi on the throne next to him. The Queen's throne had been empty for fourteen years or so but now Fanelia would have a new Queen.
The room was less than half full but the laughter was loud and happy. Everyone seemed to be having a great time. Everyone with the exception of Karth who had taken his leave as soon as he could with a red face and Kaitlyn who was standing stubbornly at the back of the group next to the four peice orchastra.
Lord Christopher, one of the twins, had an easy smile but Van could see just by the way the younge man was standing that he was born to swing a sword. Van made a mental note to takl to Pennin later about the younge Lord. Maybe Callan the land Christopher's father controlled wouldn't mind if the younge man became a Fanelian knight.
Van's thoughts of training and sword play were chased from his mind by Hitomi's hand coming to rest on his.
He smiled at her and was once again amazed at how beautiful she was. Her eys were shining and her cheeks were flushed from all the excitement.
"I love you." she smiled at him, "And I am so happy right now."
"I love you too." Van squeezed her hand and stood, gently pulling her up with him, "Lets see how well those dancing lesson's sunk in." he laughed when Hitomi playfully thumped his arm.
"What you realy mean is, let's see if I can manage not to crush your feet, am I right?" Hitomi asked, raising an eye brow at him.
"Of course not, my love." Van grinned at Hitomi and raised his hand to signal the musicians to play.
The exact song Van had in the music orb in his room started playing and Hitomi remembered to step on the 4th and not the 3rd of the count. Within seconds she was no longer thinking about the count or the many people around them. She felt like she was floating in Van's arms and she couldn't help but beam up at him as they stepped and spun.
"Can we dance to this song on our wedding day?" Hitomi asked.
"We can dance to this song anytime you want you." Van kissed her hair line and watched in amusement as she blushed.
The song ended and Hitomi slowly became aware of her surroundings once again. She walked with Van's hand in her own back towards the throne. It was then that she noticed Kaitlyn had moved into the group of dancers. If she had been dancing Hitomi never would have seen her but as it was Kaitlyn stuck out like a sore thumb on the dance floor because she wasn't dancing. She just stood there staring at Hitomi as Hitomi stared back.
Kaitlyn was the first to look away. The dark haired Lady turned on her heel and walked out of the room entirely.
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"You are an idiot!" Kaitlyn's voice carried but she didn't care. There was no one around to hear her anyways. Everyone was at the celebration.
"Shut your mouth!" her father hissed and looked around to see if there was anyone in the shadows of the hall they were currently walking down.
"You just had to bring that stupid creature, didn't you! Without it we still would have found a way to stop the King from Marrying someone else, but no! You have to try to be clever and at the same time prove just how stupid you are!"
"You can't talk to me that way!" Karth finaly shouted, "I am your father and you owe me respect."
"Respect for what? Your idiotic, complicated plans that never work? I think not. I mean, you should have know that the spider would feel her ability to See and want to hunt her and her alone!"
"The thought did cross my mind." Karth glared at his only child, "But what was I suppose to do? Once the spider had his sight set he wasn't going to leave willingly. Even if I managed to take him all the way back to the northern side of the mountain he would have come back."
"How can you be so sure?" Kaitlyn stopped walking and turned on her father with her fists on her hips, "How do you know that would happen?"
"Because, from what I've heard the Seer is very strong up here." Karth tapped his temple, "Rumors have it that she lost her ability to tell the future when the war ended but it seems that she has gained other talents along the years. How else could she have thrown the spider off course and held it against the wall?"
Kaitlyn stood there thinking about the mornings events and the scene in the Library. The spider had been thrown. Somehow in her shock and anger Kaitlyn had misplaced that memory. She hadn't thought of anything other than the fact that her father had screwed up once again.
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Rosie stood back.
Karth and Kaitlyn were getting closer and there was only one place for her to hide.
Moving silently and quickly Rosie ducked into the King's bedroom and closed the door as gently as she could. They were close and not bothering to keep their voices down. From the sound of it they were having one hell of a fight.
"Something has to be done and done now!" Kaitlyn said loudly and Rosie heard a thump and guessed that Kaitlyn had stomped her foot, "It's not fair!" she whined, "It should be me! Not some freak from one of the moons."
"I'm not realy sure there is anything we can do anymore." Karth said in a more even tone, "I was told they have been sharing a bed."
Rosie heard Kaitlyn stomp around the hall.
"Then we make him think she betrayed him, took another to her bed." Kaitlyn also sounded calm now but Rosie shivered at the tone. There was a calm insanity in that voice.
"And how do we do that?"
"We have enough money to make any younge man say what we want him to."
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Hitomi walked up behind Van and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Tonight was lovely." she said into his shirt, "But Kaitlyn is planning something. I can feel it. I don't think Marlen is apart of it any more."
"I know he isn't. He came to me after the celebration and confessed. I think he wants me to trust him." Van placed his hands over Hitomi's.
"How can you trust a liar?" Hitomi asked.
"I don't trust him. I don't want him in my home. I'm going to send him away. Karth too." Van was quiet for awhile, running his fingers over Hitomi's knuckles, "Rosie brought me some information and I no longer want to play these games. I want him and his evil daughter out of my home and away from the one's I love."
"We can deal with it tomorrow." Hitomi turned Van away from the window and kissed him, "Let's go to bed. Karth's plans will wait till daylight."
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The morning sun was cool and the floor felt frozen beneath Hitomi's bare feet.
Hitomi squinted and blinked against the sun streaming through one of the windows she walked past.
It was early and Hitomi wanted a drink. The pitcher next to the bed had been only a quater full when she had reached for it, thankfuly. Hitomi had grabbed at the handle and missed, knocking the jug over.
Van, laughing, had told her that Rosie would go get more when she came up but Hitomi was thirsty now.
She walked, wearing her robe and nightgown towards the kitchen. She knew where it was but had never been there. Rosie had been taking very good care of her lately.
A small buzzing at the back of Hitomi's mind told her that the kitchen was full of people already staring breakfast and gossipping over their coffee.The rooms around her were also begining to 'buzz' with movement. Everyone was waking up and getting ready for the day.
Maybe it was the nearness of all those other people that let one slip past Hitomi's sense's. There was a moment, maybe half a second for Hitomi to think, 'I'm being followed' before she was pushed against the wall with someone holding her there.
"What do you want!" Hitomi all but yelled when she saw that it was Kaitlyn holding her shoulders.
"I want to know how you did it." Kaitlyn growled, her usualy perfect hair was a mess and her dress was wrinkled beyound repare.
"Did what?" Hitomi pushed Kaitlyn's hands away from her, she could feel people gathering. They were after all in one of the more populated halls.
"How did you get Farren to confess?" Kaitlyn shieked and grabbed at Hitomi again, "I only just spoke to him last night and already he has told of our plan!"
"I guess you trust all the wrong poeple." Hitomi shoved Kailtyn away and Kaitlyn fell backwards over the hem of her destroyed dress.
"It should be me!" Kaitlyn's voice was rough and nowhere near the voice she usualy used when speaking, "You shouldn't have come back! No one wants you for a queen." Kailtyn pulled herself to her knees and continued yelling, "That spider should have killed you like it was ment to!"
Hitomi looked up to see most of Fanelia's guest staring down at Kaitlyn in shock. In the middle, directly behind Kaitlyn stood Van. He didn't look shocked. No, he looked mad as hell.
"The carriage is waiting for you." Van said quietly, "I think you should leave now before I decide to have you killed for attacking the Queen-to-be."
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A/N: I don't realy like this chapter, but I dislike having Kaitlyn in my head even more. I had to get rid of her! Tell me what you think. REVIEW!
Next Chapter: Wedding plans! (and Hitomi gives the council a piece of her mind) :)