Fan Fiction / Zoids Fan Fiction ❯ Fated Dreams ❯ the fortuneteller ( Chapter 1 )

The blade liger could be seen walking through a forest. The occupants of the blade liger were none other than Van and Fiona.

"What exactly are we doing out here Van? There isn't anything out here as far as I can see. What was the mission that we were sent on anyways?" asked Fiona from the backseat of the blade liger.

"There have been complaints of some bandits around here recently. We have been sent out here to deal with them before it gets out of control," said Van keeping his eyes on the path that was in front of him.

"Where are the bandits then. We have gone over this place for the past few hours and there have been no sign that anyone has been around here," said Fiona taking a look over the area. "Plus it is almost nighttime," she continued.

"I think that that might not be a bad idea," said Van as he brought the blade liger to a halt.

The two of them hopped out of the blade liger and Van immediately left in order to look for firewood.

"Wood, wood, where can I find some wood?" Van asked himself as he looked around the ground for any wood that might be of some use to them. "There is some," said Van seeing a large batch underneath a tree. He picked up enough so that they would be set for a while or at least for the night.

Nearby a pair of amber eyes kept their eyes on Van. They were watching his every move all the way to when he headed back to the camp.

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Fiona couldn't help but let out a shiver as a light breeze came by on the already cold night. "Where is Van? It shouldn't take this long for him to find a little bit of firewood.

As if on cue, Van came walking out of the trees with a bunch of firewood in his hands.

"It is about time because it is freezing out here," said Fiona with her arms wrapped around her in order for her to try to heat herself up a little bit.

"Sorry about that. I had a little trouble trying to find the firewood. With all of these trees I found it strange that there was little wood on the ground. It could just be that those bandits took most of it," said Van as he placed the sticks in a circle and attempted to light them on fire. "Stupid matches," muttered Van when he was unable to get them to light up after about ten tried.

"Here. Let me try," said Fiona as she took them and lit the first one without any problems. "See? It wasn't all that hard," said Fiona with a smile on her face.

"Yeah, no problem," said Van with an amused look on his face. "Why don't you try and get some sleep. We are going to have a busy day tomorrow trying to track down those bandits," said Van seeing how tired Fiona looked.

"I guess that I will try," said Fiona as she pulled out a sleeping bag and laid it out on the ground. She got into it and was about to fall asleep when a rustling sound caught both hers, and Van's ears. "What was that?" asked Fiona quickly sitting up.

"I don't know, but I will go check it out," said Van standing up. He only took a few steps when Fiona had gotten up as well.

"Wait for me," said Fiona as she ran after Van and stood right behind him. Van looked towards her for an explanation. "I don't want to be alone if it happens to be those bandits," Fiona explained with a smile on her face.

"Ok then. Just stay close," said Van as he pulled out his father knife.

They walked towards where the rustling sound came from. There was no noise but it was still worth a try to be able to see if it was what they thought it was. Looking behind the bush they saw that there was nothing there.

"I could have sworn that I had heard something in here," said Van looking in every direction. Fiona did the same thing.

"Maybe it was just an animal," said Fiona trying to think of any reason why the both of them could have heard something.

"That has to be it," said Van. "Come on. Lets head back to camp," said Van as he started to walk back with Fiona right by his side.

They had just gotten back when they noticed that someone was already there. "Who are you?" asked Van in a demanding voice. However as soon as Van said this the figure suddenly disappeared. Van rubbed his eyes thinking that they were playing tricks on him. "Did you see that Fiona?" asked Van still rubbing his eyes.

"I think I did," said Fiona unsure of what had happened.

They both walked to where the campfire was and took a look around but there was nothing in sight. "There is something wrong with this place. First we are hearing things and now we are seeing things," said Van trying to clear his head. "Come on," said Van taking Fiona's hand and turning around to get back to the fire. He ended up tripping over something and he fell to the ground with Fiona. He looked up when he was able to sit up. What met him though was the sight of some amber eyes staring directly at him. Van freaked out and stumbled back right after he had seen this. "Who, who are you?" asked Van trying to calm down from the shock of this person suddenly appearing out of nowhere without even the slightest noise.

Fiona was just as freaked out by the person's sudden appearance. They both took a good look over the person to see that it was an old lady. She had graying hair and bright amber eyes. She was awfully short and only reached up to Van's waist. She wore a purple robe that ended at her feet and glasses on her eyes.

"Hello young man," said the woman in a rather raspy voice.

"Um, hello," said a rather shaken Van. "Um what are you doing at our camp?" asked Van getting to his feet.

"I am just a traveler, but you took some of the firewood that I had saved up," said the woman looking at Van with a piercing gaze.

"It was just on the ground. How was I supposed to know that it belonged to you?" asked Van as they walked towards the camp.

"I am sorry about that ma'am," said Fiona with a slight bow. "We didn't know it belonged to you like my friend said," said Fiona with a smile.

"You sure are quite the polite young woman. I like you so I guess I will forgive you. On one occasion though," said the woman looking back to Van.

"What is it? If it is anything big then forget it because there is stuff that we have to do," said Van looking at her suspiciously.

"Nothing much. I would just like to be able to read your futures for the two of you. You see I am a wondering prophet. I enjoy doing my job because of the type of money that I get out of it, but for the two of you I guess I can make an exception and do it for free," said the woman smiling a toothless smile.

"Thank you. That sounds like it would be a lot of fun," said Fiona with a bright smile.

"Thanks, but we don't have the time to do this. We have some business to attend to with some bandits around here," said Van seriously.

"Bandits did you say?" asked the woman looking at Van with very little surprise in her eyes.

"Yes bandits. They have been causing trouble around here lately and I have been sent to take care of them," said Van seriously.

"Those guys were all talk but at the mention of trouble they ran like the cowards that they are," said the old woman with amusement in her voice.

"You know about them?" asked Van a little surprised. `Duh. How could she not? Especially if she has been around here for a while, but why is it that she doesn't seem at all affected by them?' Van asked himself looking curiously at the old woman.

"Yes. I had a run in with them about a week ago. I had just come into this place passing through and they tried to rob me. I instead ended up reading their fortunes. I predicted their defeat in a week by a man most likely you since you came at just the right time, and they ran off like cowards. I haven't seen anything to say that they have been here since," said the old woman with amusement on her face once again.

"Well I'll be," said Van impressed by what the woman had been saying. He looked towards Fiona to see that she was just as impressed.

"So how about I read your fortunes now," said the old woman with a smile on her face. "It will be charge free like I said, so if you don't have any money then you don't have any worries," said the woman.

"Sure I think that that might be fun. Wouldn't you say so Van?" asked Fiona smiling as well. She looked at Van and saw that he had an annoyed look on his face

"I don't believe in this type of stuff," said Van defiantly. "It is taking guesses and probably unlikely to happen," he continued.

"Come on. It could be fun. Aren't you even the least bit curious as to what will happen in your future?" asked Fiona putting on a pleading face.

"I don't believe in it but I will do it if you want it that bad it," said Van with a sigh.

"Yay," said Fiona happily. "Then lets get this started," said Fiona happily as she looked at the old woman but she saw that she was staring at Van.

"You aren't the first one that has thought that about my fortune telling," said the old woman with a smile. "I once had a man that I came across say the same thing, but I made a believer out of him by predicting his future and it ended up happening," said the old woman. "In fact for some reason you greatly remind me of that person that I met many, many years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if you were just as stubborn about believing in my line of work," said the old woman. "You have some doubts. What is it?" she asked looking at Van.

"What about the bandits. You predicted that I would defeat them but they ran off before I could do anything. They didn't go by your prophecy so how can they be true?" asked Van with a grin wanting to see how she would get out of this. `Let's see her get out of this,' thought Van happily.

"The future holds many possibilities. I merely told them one. They chose to change it afterwards by making sure that they avoid that possibility. I can show you the possibilities for different actions like what would happen if you were to do one action then I could tell you what would happen if you were to take a different course of action. It is all up to you to decide how your future is going to go though," said the old woman. "There are good possibilities, bad possibilities, and there are some that are up to you to decide if it is going to be good or bad," she continued.

Van was upset that she managed to get out of his little trap. He looked at Fiona to see her begging face. "Fine, alright. I will do it," said Van with a sigh of defeat. Fiona was jumping up and down with joy upon hearing this. "I guess I have no other choice. Plus it is going to be for free so I guess that it wouldn't be too bad," said Van.

"Thank you," said Fiona happily giving Van a hug. Van couldn't help but smile at how happy Fiona looked at that moment.

"By the way what is your name?" asked Van looking at the old woman.

"You can just call me Madame Yuki," said the woman with a toothless smile. She got up off the ground and started to walk towards the woods. "Come with me Van Flyheight and Fiona Alisi Lynette," said the Yuki smiling without them seeing.

"How did she? I don't remember ever telling her our names," said a shocked Van as she watched her walking away.

"She must be good to know that if we didn't even say anything about it," said Fiona just as stunned. "Come on Van. We should try and catch up before we lose sight of her," said Fiona grabbing Van's hand and pulling him along after Yuki. s.