Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction ❯ Veils of Destiny ❯ Twists and Turns ( Chapter 4 )

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Author's Notes: Why do I always post the disclaimer? Absolutely no idea what so ever. So apparently this story sucks but the reviewer didn't tell me why it sucked so I have absolutely no idea what so ever on how to improve. Plus I really only had one review for the last chapter so if no one is going to review I'm just going to stop writing. I'm also very sorry I couldn't get this out sooner. I gave it to my editor but my editor's computer went funny so she couldn't proof read it. Anyway so I apologize in advance for any grammatical errors and such. Hopefully I can post a revised version later.

Chapter 4: Twists and Turns

Sayoran held on to Sakura's backpack. He hung on for dear life, both his and Sakura's. He held but panic seized him as he felt his hand slip. He had to hold on, they had to stop sometime, they couldn't go accelerating through the darkness forever. They had to stop but the speed of the trip pried his hands away from Sakura and he found himself slipping into oblivion.

Sakura felt the strain on her back release. She suddenly went cold. Now she was alone with the general with no one to save her except herself. They stopped almost as soon as Sayoran let go and Sakura wished Li could have held on for a couple more seconds. It took her a while to regain her land legs after spinning through the air for a long time. She looked around and found herself in a huge floating fortress like the ones at the battle but this one was more lavish and extravagant. The general pushed her down a flight of stairs. They came to a dimly lit chamber filled with rows of barred doors. The general threw her into the nearest one and turned the key. "Lady Gemad will see you later." He smiled and left her turning out the light. Sakura heard his fading footsteps and thought she heard a squeaking sound. She crawled up on the bench and sat in the fetal position silently praying that there weren't rats in the darkness.

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"So are their any abnormalities" Kero asked Setsuna as they walked through the space time continuum.

"No all the checks are in place nothings been disturbed. I'm not sure how Lady Gemad's general came in. We'll have to check another angle. Let's return to the shrine."

"Yes," Kero said in a sad tone. "I guess we'll return empty handed."

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Makoto, Mamarou, Minako, Ami, Haruka, Michiru, Hotaru, and Yue landed with a thump. Minako picked herself up, dusted herself off and looked wildly around. "Where is Usagi?" she asked mild hysteria creeping into her voice.

Yue looked at her calmly, "She appears to be missing along with Hitomi."

Minako slanted her eyes at the silver-eyed moon guardian "How can you be so calm and collected at a time like this. Our princess is missing and she's the only one who's been here before and we were suppose to protect her."

"She's not my princess," Yue answered. "Besides she's with Hitomi she'll be all right and your wrong because Hotaru has been here before so she has an idea of where to go. Anyway I'm here to look for Sakura."

"You could try to get along with us you know." Makoto said, scowling profoundly.

"I could." Yue said.

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It seemed to Usagi that she had been falling for a very long time so when she finally hit ground she was very relieved. She glanced up fully expecting to see her senshi, so when she saw the glint of cold steel in her face she was very surprised.

"Look what we got here." the man on the end of the sword said.

"It's that girl Lady Gemad has us looking for." Another one answered.

"Well lucky for us she fell right into our laps." the first one said glancing at her appraisingly.

"Yeah, well boys I guess we have an unexpected guest."

Usagi glanced at them with utter disdain as they circled around her. As soon as the man in front of her dropped his sword she rushed at him but someone grabbed her from behind and pushed her to the ground. She struggled and madly clawed and kicked and her attacker. The man grabbed her arm yanking it behind her back and slammed her face into the hard dirt. "Okay," he whispered in her ear. "We can either do this the hard way or the easy way, understand?"

Usagi nodded biting her lip trying to fight the salty teas that threatened to spill. The pressure on her back lessened and the man pulled her up. 'At least,' thought Usagi 'I'll be seeing Sakura sooner then I imagined.'

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Hitomi gazed up at Earth and sighed. She had been walking north for what seemed like hours and still hadn't reached a settlement. She silently hoped Usagi had landed with the rest of the group. It wouldn't help Sakura or Van for that matter if they were all lost. Her stomach growled and she silently chided herself for not taking any supplies. 'Perhaps', Hitomi though after careful reflection, 'we were to rash to come to Gaia. Maybe if we had thought about a battle plan before we left Gaia this wouldn't have happened. At least we would have supplies. I don't even think anyone had the present sense to bring a first aid kid along'. 'Stop it Hitomi,' she chastised herself. 'If wishes were horses all beggars would ride'. "I wish I had a horse," she said. 'Great now I'm talking to myself. At least if I had my pendant I wouldn't be wandering all disorientated through these woods.'

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Beads of sweat formed on Van's brow and he violently shook from side to side. Yukari gently placed a cool towel on his forehead while talking to him in a soothing tone. He had been fine a moment before but now his body was rapidly disintegrating. A tremor went through Van's body and he laid still. Yukari gently picked up his wrist and not finding a pulse she screamed.

"Van...Van...VAN, a voice called.

Van looked around in the gray mist. "Who are you? Where am I?" Even as he said this he had a vague feeling he had been here before.

"Van, it's me, your brother Folken," the voice answered.

"Brother?"

"Am I so different?" his brother asked stepping out of the shadows, staring quizatively at Van.

Van reached towards Folken. "But your dead," he said as his hand passed through empty air.

"Yes." Falcon answered.

"Am I dead?"

"You are in the shadowland."

"How do I get out?"

"You've been here before and escaped."

"Yes but Hitomi was there to guide me out," Van said without patience, "She's not here and besides if she was she no longer has her pendant."

"Find your own way out," Falcon said as if stating the obvious. "If you can't you will not be able to save the ones you love."

"I don't know I can't do it anyways. If I'm here that means they've already overcome Escaflowne. They have Sakura and the pendant. It's over."

"Are you giving up?" Falcon asked casually.

Van looked startled. "No."

"Good. For a moment I wasn't sure."

"Brother," Van asked tentatively, "How am I to get back without Hitomi to guide me?"

"Guide yourself back."

"How, when I'm here I need someone on the other side to show me the way."

Falcon smiled, "Use the power of your will."

Van's eyes opened wide, "But......." he watched as Falcon faded from view becoming one with the mist. "Come back, I need you, I can't do this, I've let Fanelia down."

You're a good King Van." Falcon's voice echoed around him. "Follow your heart Van, it's what makes you a good king. Rule wisely and well, I will always be with you."

Van awoke to Yukari's screams.

A/N: Yeah I know that was short. Why was it so short you ask? Well I'll tell you why. I lack motivation (ok so I had some writers block too but that's besides the point). Why do I lack motivation? I'll tell you why, because I got hardly any reviews. You know writers feed off reviews it's like ambrosia to them. Please review. If I know people are reading this story then I am more likely to post my next chapter sooner. Oh yeah and it will be longer too I promise. Okay so I don't promise but if I receive a lot of reviews I'll try extra hard to make it longer, more enjoyable and full of description.