Harry Potter - Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Fated Dragon ❯ Feelings ( Chapter 2 )

 

 

Chapter 2: The Fated Dragon

 

On Gaea…

 

Standing on his balcony, leaning against the cool glass pain, Van stared up at the diamond studded sky, eyes making his inner turmoil known to those eternal beings up above.

 

Lost, misplaced, traversing time

Appearing in a place nothing like mine

 

His eyes filled with tears and his heart full of regret, Van thought of the happenings that day, wondering how things spun out of control so quickly.

 

Only a baby, gurgling out loud

Crying, screaming, gathering a crowd

 

`I can't believe it, she's gone. Just like that. After all those things that we went through together. Zaibach, Folken, Issac and Dilandau, they couldn't separate us no matter how hard they tried.'

 

Amongst them all, a woman appears

Silk gown, tiaras, jewellery on ears

 

Smiling ironically up at the orb of blue and green, daring it to taunt him, rub its victory in his face, `But now, it seems that Hitomi's desire to go back home has accomplished what they had tried time and time again, and failed. To separate us.'

 

Behind her, like a cape

Snow white wings, nothing like Hades

 

`Hitomi was my pillar during the war. She was the one who kept me sane. She was a constant in my life ever since the first time we'd met, even though I didn't realise it then. Van finally realised the truth of some of the sayings Hitomi brought with her to the mystic moon. “Humans don't know the meaning of the word `cherish'. Not until they've lost something precious to them.”'

 

Surrounds, engulfs, protecting her

Illusionary feathers quelled my fears

 

`And to think I thought so highly of myself then. Thinking that that couldn't possibly, didn't, apply to me. How foolish. When I didn't even realise the girl standing right next to me, the importance she held in my life.'

 

Tears dried up, adoption was made

A new heir, fears quickly fade

 

`But now, she's gone. And when I look back, everything seemed pointless. Everything we'd went through. It seemed so empty and hollow. Devoid of the meaning it once held, because not even all the experiences and memories could keep us together in the end…'

 

Two for successor, one for throne

Fate had chosen,and I was alone

 

Turning his burning gaze away from the mystic moon, his heart laden with anger, for that place took his Hitomi away from him.

 

Father passed on, brother failed

Mother heartbroken, lonely and frail

 

But try as he might, he just couldn't bring himself to hate it. Not when the very beginning of the journey with Hitomi happened on that very planet. Clutching the red pendant Hitomi entrusted to him, Van made a silent promise to her, `I swear we would meet again, even if I've to leave my kingdom in the care of someone else. I promise. I will not lose you.'

 

I ascended the throne, a new rule begun

One fraught with wars, trials, had finally come

 

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On the Mystic Moon AKA Earth

 

An angel descended, from the heavens

A golden halo, distracted by her

 

When the light had faded from her line of vision, she realised she was back on Earth. Back at the tracks she was on when Van came for her.

 

My life she saved, she came with me

A vision she brought, people flee

 

`This is where I belong. My place, my home, where I was born. But then, so why? Why am I feeling so empty? It's like a part of me is missing, torn apart.' Hitomi stood up, eyes brimming with unshed tears.

 

Through the wars, she accompanied me

My love, my life, my only lifeline

 

“I don't understand. I should be feeling happy to be back home, right?” she muttered to herself, “So why am I crying? I am back home with my family, my friends. Wasn't this what I wanted? What I had wished for during the war?” Tears fell like beads from a broken necklace, rolling down her cheeks.

 

Naiveté like clouds, wisdom like sea

My heart, my soul, my greatest find

 

Standing on the tracks, looking at the dark silhouettes of her friends running towards her `But I know the answers to all these questions, don't I. I know, that somewhere deep down inside that I will never again fit in with my friends and my family like I used to. Nothing would ever be the same.'

 

Through them all she stood by me

Laughing, crying, anchoring me

 

`Before, I might have confided in my friends and even my family. But not this time. This time it's different. So many things have changed. Things can never be like before, not after everything I have seen and experienced on Gaea. Everyone here seemed so naïve to the horrors of war, what it would cause.'

 

When the war ended, she knew herself

Every fibre she'd seen and felt

 

Looking at both her friends as they fussed over her, wondering if she was alright, Hitomi mused, `Even my family and friends. Even though I know that they care about me and would do everything in their power to help me. They would still never understand how it is like to be fighting and seeing people fight in the front lines. Watching people die, knowing that you could have done something about it, but only at the cost of your life.'

 

She knew she was leaving, and left she did

Other than words, necklace and dreams

 

Gazing sadly at the friends, she reassured them that she was fine before walking away from the tracks, unusually silent. But not before giving one last knowing look at the yellow moon, framed by the dark velvet sky.

 

Nothing was left, nothing remained

Everything seemed lost, memories fade

 

`My heart now seemed to have a gaping hole in it. A void that could only be filled by Van. I knew, I realised, that no matter how much I tried to forget, I will never forget about the experiences that I've gone through on Gaea, with Van. For it had made too big an impact on me already. But I still left. For I felt something calling me back to Earth, and I knew I had to respond to its call, even at the expense of my friends here, and love, on Gaea.'

 

An offer I've got, I can't refuse

A chance to see her, dreams come true

 

Hitomi walked away, her friends trailing not far behind. `So all I can do now is hope, and continue walking towards the future. Praying that everything will turn out right…'

 

A bargain with Fate, no strings attached

Back to Earth, my dear homeland…

 

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A/N: Okay… Finally done. This the re-edited version of chapter 2. The underlined words is the poem I wrote for this story. Initially, I wanted to post it up separately, but in the end, seeing as this chapter is so short, I decided to add in the poem to lengthen it a bit. Hope you like it!

 

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