The Vision of Escaflowne AU 
Author:Jessica Hernandez-Loera 
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Part 3a and 3b 

Sorry, I wanted to write part 3 but I know I won't be able to finish 
it so this is only part 3A. Enjoy! 

Disclaimer: I don't own Escaflowne but I do own any character that 
appears in my fanfic that didn't appear in the series. 

' Where am I?' Van wondered as he opened his eyes. He tried siitng 
up but found it kind of difficult. 

" You're finally awake huh?" he heard someone say not to far away 
from him. 

Van looked towards the owner of the voice and saw the girl who 
appeared at his school. 

Van gasped as he saw her. She had on the most beautiful gown he had 
ever seen. It was green, to math her eyes, and white. It was very 
elegant with little gold stars all over the it. On her head was a 
simple tiara with one heart shaped ruby in the middle. Van blushed at 
the sight of her. 

He clicked back to reality once he remembered what happened." Where 
am I?" 

Hitomi smiled a smile that made Van blush." You're in Fanelia. This 
is the castle of the royal family." 

" Fanelia? Where on Earth is that?" Van asked. His bed was next to 
the window and when he gazed at the sky, he gasped. Right there, 
hanging in the sky with its partner the moon, was Earth." What is 
Earth doing in the sky?! How come I can see it?! Aren't we on Earth?!" 

Hitomi walked over to the window to see why Van was freaking out. 
She looked up at Earth." That's the Mystic Moon. Why do you call it 
Earth?" 

Van opened his mouth to answer but was interupted." Leave him alone 
sister. He seems very tired. You should let him rest." 

Van looked towards the door where the voice had come from and 
discovered that it belonged to a man. He was tall, with silvery hair 
that was spiked in front. His eyes were red and skin creamy, like his 
Hitomi's. 

" I'm sorry brother. I was just curious," Hitomi answered him as 
she bowed. 

" Well, a princess shouldn't be so curious. You should always 
maintain manners." 

" Princess!?!" Van yelled. 

The man walked up and stood next to Van's bed." Yes. This is Hitomi 
Fanel, Princess of Fanelia and my sister. And I am Folken Fanel, 
prince of Fanelia and future king." 

Van was shocked. He stared wide eyed at Hitomi which caused her to 
blush. 

Hitomi bowed again." Well, if you'll both excuse me. I need to go 
see mother." She departed from the room. 

" You'll need to forgive my sister. She went off on a dragon hunt 
by herself. It's a rather long story and I'm sure you don't want to 
hear it." 

Van calmed down." I do want to hear it." 

Folken smiled and nodded." You see, here in Fanelia, the dragons 
and the humans live together in peace. That peace was broken one day 
when Kiro killed another one of his fellow dragons. He was a dragon 
himself and the price for killing another of your own kind is death. I 
was going to go after him when he escaped but Hitomi beat me to it. 
She dissapeared the next day and took some armor, a sword, and some 
food. After she left, our mother got a little sick. Now that she knows 
that Hitomi is back, she's feeling much better. Anyways, now she 
returned and told us that she succeded in killing Kiro." 

" Wait a minute. You say that you live here with the dragons in 
peace. Do you have some way of communicating with them?" Van asked. 

" Yes. We can speak to the dragons with our minds. Why?" 

" That would explain why I sensed that Hitomi was telepathically 
talkiing to the dragon. She was communicating with him." 

Folken nodded." Yes." He turned around to leave but before he did 
he glanced at Van from behind his shoulder." The servents will attend 
to you. Once they are done, come downstairs. Mother and Father would 
like to meet you and ask questions." Then he was gone. 

Well there is part of part 3. I'll have the rest out later. Please 
review. Bye! 

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Hey all you out there who are enjoying my fic. Here's the rest of part 
3. Enjoy! 

Disclaimer: I don't own Escaflowne but I do own any characters that 
appear in my fanfic that don't appear in the series. 

Once the servants had finished attending Van, he was finally ready 
to see the King and Queen. Van was dressed in a knights suit. It was a 
blue silky shirt with black pants. Van felt rather silly wearing these 
clothes since he was so used to wearing his regular school uniform. 

Hitomi appeared out of nowhere in a new dress that was even more 
elegant than the last. It was blue, probably to match Van's shirt, and 
like the other one, it had little stars all over it. 

" Hey. Are you nervous about meeting my parents?" Hitomi asked. 

Van raised and eyebrow." Is there any reason I should be?" 

" No. I was just curious." 

Finally, they entered a room that was probably as big as Van's 
house back on Earth. It had a long rug that led up to four chairs. The 
two in the middle were big while the other two off to the side were 
smaller. On the wall in the back was a symbol. It was of a unicorn. 

Trumpets sounded and the people in the room stood still and kept 
quiet. 

" Anounncing his royal majesty, Goau Fanel, King of Fanelia!" 
someone off int the distance shouted. Out off to the side, appeared a 
man with black unruly hair, and a black mustache. He walked over to 
the four chairs and sat in one of the big ones. 

" And introducing her royal majesty, Varie Fanel, Queen of 
Fanelia!" As the introduction was over, a woman with long black hair 
that reached the floor, came out and sat down next to the man. 

Hitomi nudged Van to walk up and bow. Van did as told and bowed in 
front of the king and queen. 

" First of all," said the king, " I would like you to forgive our 
daughter Hitomi. She shouldn't have been going off on her own in the 
first place." He turned towards Hitomi." Dear, say your sorry to him." 

Hitomi blushed at the way she was being treated but she listened 
to her father anyway. She bowed in front of Van." I'm sorry for 
involving you in MY quest to kill Kiro. I shouldn't have involved 
you." 

" It's okay your majesty. She didn't involve me actually. I was the 
one who got in the way," Van commented, trying to defend her. 

Hitomi realized this and smiled at him. She mouthed a thank you. 

" Still, she disobeyed her mother and I. She needs to be punished 
for her behavior," the king ordered. 

Van didn't know what to say or do but he knew he couldn't argue 
with royalty. 

" Van," said the queen, " Would you tell us where you are from? Our 
daughter never got the chance to." 

Van looked at Hitomi. She had a look that said it was okay to tell 
the truth. Van turned back to the king and queen." Your majesties, I 
am from you I guess you call the Mystic Moon." 

The king and Queen gasped, looked at each other, then began to 
laugh quietly. 

" You are joking, right?" the king asked. When the king saw the 
look on Van's face he knew that Van wasn't joking." You're quite 
serious I see." 

" I am totally serious your majsety." 

The king looked at Van a little while before he nodded." Well then, 
we'll need to figure out some way to get you home." 

Van was going to thank him when someone came rushing through the 
two big doors.He looked rather old with his white hair and wrinkly 
skin. Although he looked old, he also looked rather srtong for someone 
his age. He also had a scar over his left eye. The scar was so big 
that the man couldn't even open his eye it seemed. 

" Your majesty! I have some news! Someone is attacking Fanelia!" 
the man shouted. 

The king and queen rose." Are you sure?" Goau asked. 

" Yes your majesty. I am not sure who it is because somehow the 
enemy has made themselves undetectable." 

The king went wide-eyed." B-but that's impossible! An invisible 
enemy?!" 

" Yes. I have already sent troops to attack them. I don't know how 
much longer we can hold them off though. Without being able to see 
them we can't attack them." 

" Alright. I will go and join the fight." The king turned to his 
wife." Take Hitomi and Van to a safe place. Folken and I will see to 
it that these enemies are stopped." 

" Alright. Please be careful." 

The king smiled at her then he went off running. 

The queen turned towards Van and gasped." Hitomi, where is she?!" 

Van looked all around but discovered that she was not in the room. 
Who knows how long she had been gone. 

" We need to find her!" the queen shouted." Guards!" 

In a matter of moments two guards appeared." Find my daughter! I 
have no idea where she has gone to," the queen ordered. 

The guards listened and ran off to look for her. 

" Van, please come with me. I need to get you to a safe place." 

Van nodded and followed her through the castle. 

Once they reached the room that would keep them safe, they heard 
loud footsteps not to far away. Van ran towards the window and gasped. 
Out in the distance he saw the exact same giant that he saw in his 
dream. It was fighting the exact same red giants that were in his 
dream. 

The queen caught him staring." That's Escaflowne. My husband is 
fighting with it. Do you have guymelefs on the Mystic Moon?" 

Van shook his head." No, I've never seen anything like it." 

Silence hung in the air for a couple of seconds." Well, don't 
worry. I'm sure my husband will get rid of those invisible enemies." 

Van turned away from the window to look at her." What about your 
daughter Hitomi? Do you think they'll find her?" Van didn't mean to 
sound so untrusting, it was just that he was worried about her. It was 
strange, although he hadn't known her for very long, he still felt 
like they were the best of friends. 

" Of course they'll find her. I trust my soldiers." 

Van looked sad as he turned to look out the window again. 

A noise was heard coming off from the distance and Van began to get 
scared. 

" What is that?" Van asked. 

" Someone must have found the secret hiding place. That's not 
possible though. Nobody except the royal family knows about this 
place." 

The sound got louder and louder until it was right outside the 
door. The knob began to turn slowly until the door was opened 
completly. In the door frame stood a little catgirl with shoulder 
length pink hair and and orange dress. 

" Your majesty!" the catgirl shouted. 

The queen's face lit up." Merle! You found us! I'm so glad your 
alright!" 

Merle ran and hugged the queen." Some guards found me napping and 
told me about the attack. I quickly knew where you would be." 

The queen leaned away from Merle." Did they find Hitomi yet?" 

Merle's face turned sad." No, there's no sign of her yet. The 
soldiers have the intuition that Hitomi is dead." 

That caused the queen to become hysterical." No! It's not true! 
Hitomi is alive! I just know it!" She broke down and began to cry on 
Merle. 

Van couldn't believe what he had just herad. Hitomi had to be alive. 
She just had to be. 

Merle turned to look at Van." Who are you?" 

" My name is Van Kanzaki. I come from the MYstic Moon." 

The catgirl went wide-eyed. 

More loud noises could be heard from off in the distance. Van ran 
to check what was going on. Outside, he saw the big white giant turn 
into a flying dragon. Van gasped as he saw the pilot of the big giant. 
It was none other than Hitomi. 

I'm going to stop here because my back hurts from leaning over the 
computer. Sorry, I'll have part 4 up probably by Monday at least. I'll 
also have the next chapter of " The new kid" up by that time. Please 
be patient. Also, please review and I'll see all of you later. 

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