Disclaimer: I sadly state that Escaflowne is not owned by me, nor created by me, and same with the characters and all other content it is owned by other people, but in the future it probably will be owned by me because my grandfather created Escaflowne and he is gonna... *lighting starts to flash* okay okay I'm lying…I am not inheriting Escaflowne… but maybe someday I will…never mind me READ THE STORY…O YEAH…PUH LEAZE REVIEW!

DESTINY: PART ONE

The Rose

A black rose in a vase,

Slowly dying, going to waste

Drooping, wilting, shriveling up

A sadly reminder of how his end came to be

You saved this world, protected me

A petal falling, falling to the ground

A quiet memory of your blood pooling around

As you died

Your black wings spread out

Metal arm holding your sword round about

Falling in a quiet haze

As I glance at the rose your memory unfolds you had budded, bloomed and now:

Petals are,

Feathers are

Slowly

Falling

Down

As

You

Died…Died

Like

This black

Rose.

-In memory of Folken, who was a good friend, and at the end of his life changed destiny and helped change Gaia…for the better.

Hitomi finished writing and quietly closed her notebook. She walked out into the open balcony in her room inside Van's newly built castle. Hitomi looked out into the night sighing as the breeze blew around her. 'Folken' she thought 'Oh Folken'. Hitomi sighed again. 'Great now I'm obsessing over a dead guy. She slowly remember how Folken had talked to her, asked her questions and gave her life for her, because she had loved Van. At first, Hitmoi thought she had loved Van, but now her love for him was different…it was of a friend, an older brother….but never as a boyfriend. Hitomi leaned up against the post her white gown billowing in the night as the breeze played with her shoulder length her. She had changed so much since she first came to guy five years ago. Hitomi, now nineteen wondered what it would be like if Folken had a come back. If he could have just kissed her one---

Hitomi didn't let her mind wondered farther. It wouldn't do her mind any good to dwell on another man when she was marrying Van in three days. Even if she didn't love Van like that…she knew she could grow to love him like that. She turned inside her room, and decided to visit the kitchens to see what leftovers they had stored.

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"Oh, Lord Van", please...we shouldn't be doing-" Van kissed her quiet. "You know I love you more than anything else, don't worry no one is going to find us."

Van continued kissing and stroking at moans of worry turned into moans of pleasure.

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Hitomi stopped mid-stride as she heard what seemed like a man's groan, and a women's scream. 'I know that scream'. "VAN!" Hitomi whispered hurrying to his chambers. "Oh mi god, I hope he's all right."

Hitomi burst into Van's chamber. "Van I heard yo-" Hitomi was speechless. On the bed lay Van and Merle, who seemed to be enjoying themselves as Merle was kissing Van on the neck. Van looked up and met Hitomi's shocked eyes. Merle gasped.

"Hitomi…what a surprise. "

"Yes, it is a surprise all right." Hitomi emerald eyes gently welled up. "Its surprise that you're a lying cheating bastard."

"Hit-"

"No…just leave me alone Van" Hitomi turned to flee out the door just as Merle's voice stopped her.

"I will not have you call my love by those names, it wasn't like you were doing you duty any, you never once let Van kiss, or come intimate with you, you should be thankful I was hear to relieve him of what he was not getting."

Hitomi turned around, "yes I'm sure your thankful, and I'm also thankful that I didn't marry this cad. I hope your happy with your little dirty cat mistress…to bad she isn't a dog…I would've had plenty of names for her then." Hitomi turned out the door and left.

"Why that little-" Merle began

"Hush" said Van kissing her. "Hitomi will get over it. She knows she has no place else to go…she'll marry me, now lets finish what we started." No more was said that night.

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Hitomi pulled out her gym bag and started packing. She knew Van thought she had nowhere to go and would not leave. 'We'll see about that, he could have Merle for all she cared.' "Oh God" Hitomi started crying. 'Where's an angel when I need one.' She finished packing throwing the last item inside the bag, her notebook of Destiny.

She sighed thinking of the silly name Yukari had given her notebook when she saw Hitomi writing her thoughts and dreams. She told her power of words was like the way she could be right about the future. Hitomi smiled threw her tears…she missed her friends on earth, but she wouldn't be happy there anymore. She stopped using her power, but right now she wished she had not given Van her necklace. It could have transported her to another country. She quickly dressed and walked out her room

Hitomi quietly tiptoed through the hallways of Van's castle. She safely made to the back door and walked out into the night. She silently crept passed the watch guard and threw her book bag over the low fence of the castle in the garden. She quickly climbed the fence (seeing how it paid off to ask one of the servants how to climb a fence), and she ran into the night. She stopped as she came into the forest and looked back at the castle. 'Goodbye and Good Riddance'. Hitomi turned back to embrace the night.

Well that one was part one…hope you enjoyed it.

*** The poem was written by me. Hehehe if some of the character's personality's are different…I thought what the heck…what happened if Van waz crazy bout merle…and he was a jerk…hehe… and then I wondered about alternative couples….like who am I gonna pair Hitmoi up with…hmmm…………