Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction ❯ A New Life ❯ Prologue ( Prologue )

A New Life

Disclaimer: I don't own Escaflowne and never will.

Introduction:

All my life I considered myself to have a normal life. I had normal, well actually they weren't so normal, friends. I was your typical teenager except for the fact that I hated pop music and all those flashy trends started by those pop stars. Okay, so I wasn't exactly typical or normal but I still lived a normal life with my family and friends.

However, that all changed in one day. It happened two years ago in May, about two months before school was out. I was in grade ten and couldn't wait for summer vacation to start. But that year summer vacation would come early as I learned about a little family secret which forever changed mine and my brother's life.

Prologue

Iris sat in her fifth period History class bored out of her mind. She rested her cheek on the palm of her right hand and watched the clock tick away slowly. *Will this class ever end?* she wondered. She shut her sapphire eyes and rested them for what felt like a second. As the last bell rang, her eyes shot open with shock and surprise.

Not caring how long she had slept in class, she gathered her books into her bag and darted out of the classroom with her fellow classmates. She made a quick stop at her locker and dropped off most of her books. While she at her locker she also grabbed the hair brush from the top shelf and quickly ran it through her somewhat messy blond hair.

Once Iris was finished at her locker, she headed out the front doors of the three story school and went to her bus. She sat a few seats up from the back in her regular seat. The ride was the same, long and bumpy.

As she walked home, silently she cursed her older brother Ian. "Lucky bastard, get's out of school after third period." she muttered bitterly as she walked around the corner to her street. *Well, at least it's Friday and I have the weekend to relax* she let out a sigh of relief and began to walk up the front steps of her house.

As Iris turned the door knob she instantly got a strange feeling like something important was going on behind the closed door. Slowly she opened the door saw many strange people inside. In the living room to her right sat a few older looking men talking. Their clothing was beyond strange. They looked like characters from some Shakespearian play.

Iris tried to ignore what she had seen and continued down the hallway only to stop when she came to the kitchen. More strange people stood there talking. They were mainly young women wearing the same dress, deep red velvet dresses with square cut neck lines which had golden trim. One of the women caught sight of Iris and bowed her head in respect.

Iris walked away slowly very confused. *okay where the fuck are my parents?* She walked down the hallway to her parents room and found it empty. She quickly figured they were outside so she walked through the bedroom to the door leading outside. There she found both of her parents and her grandfather. "Mom . . ." she began.

Iris's mother turned around and her face had mixed emotions and was unreadable. "Come with me. I need to tell you something." Iris followed her mother inside the house to her bedroom. She gestured for Iris to sit down on the bed as she was about to explain what was going on. "Alright, you may not believe this but I'm telling you any ways." she paused and looked at her daughter. "You're not really from this world, well I am but you, your brother and father are all from another world called Gaea."

"Another world? Ok mom, where's the hidden camera?" Iris asked with a smirk. Her mother on the other hand wasn't laughing or smiling at all.

"Darling, Gaea is another planet where your father was born and raised." The entire concept of being from another planet was just unbelievable for Iris. "You father is the crown king of Zenada which is a country on Gaea." she noticed her daughter's disbelief and sighed. *This is going to be a long night.*

It was early morning in the Zenad house hold and everyone was wide awake. Iris sat at the kitchen table holding her cup of tea and staring at nothing particular. Even her own grandfather had told her about Gaea. When her father was a young teen, he ran away from the castle and ended up on what they called the Mystic Moon or Earth. Through all of Gaea's history, the royal family of Zenada had the power to move between both worlds. It was a gift bestowed upon them by the Atlantians after the creation of Gaea.

When Iris's father, Dagan, landed on Earth he met her mother, Rita. Both of them were fifteen years old and it was love at first sight. Iris's grandmother passed away from grief of losing another child.

Yes, there was an unknown uncle to Iris. He was the heir to the throne and died earlier that year when Dagan ran away. It was his brother's death that made him run away. His brother was assassinated during the coronation ceremony just after his twentieth birthday. When Dagan had heard of his mother's death, he had to return home but he vowed that he would never leave Rita. So Dagan spent his teen years and even adulthood travelling between both worlds.

"Why . . ." Rita looked at her daughter confused.

"Why what honey?"

"Why didn't you tell me this earlier? Why did you wait until I was a teen? Why did you raise us here? Why did you let me finally find friends I can honestly trust when you knew one day I'd have to leave them? Why . . .?" tears welled up in her eyes and rolled down her cheeks. She took one last sip of her tea and set it down on the table before going to her room.

They were to leave Earth in one week. Iris didn't want to go but she had no choice really. However, her and her parents came to an agreement that in the summer she could visit every Saturday and from September to June she could visit one Saturday a month. Iris had reluctantly agreed. *Well, at least I still get to see my friends.*

Iris spent the entire day with her friends and tried as best as she could to explain what was going on. None of them believed her at first but who would? "I know it sounds crazy but once you step foot in my house, you'll know it's real." Iris sighed as she opened the front door of her house. Her friends followed closely behind. The advisors and handmaidens from Gaea were at her house again. The advisors sat with Iris's parents in the dinning room and the handmaidens were gathered in the kitchen preparing dinner. "Now do you believe me?" Iris didn't exactly sound too enthusiastic but more upset and depressed. Reluctantly her friends nodded.

The week had passed so quickly and Iris was leaving Earth. A few of Iris's and her brother Ian's closest friend gathered to say good bye. Iris hugged her friend Melody tightly. "I'll miss you so much." she whispered almost breaking into tears. Slowly Iris broke the hug and backed away. At that instant, a bright pillar of light surrounded the family and they were all whisked away into the heavens.

"Good-bye Iris . . ."

A/N: ok, there's the prologue. I wanted to try a new romance couple since I've pretty much done a romance with everyone else. No, it's not with Van or Allen or Dilandau( I have 2 that involve him uploaded at another site and I think I need a brake from Dilly.) but rather someone else and you'll just have to wait to find out.

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