Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction ❯ The Second Vision of Escaflowne ❯ The Grand Ball ( Chapter 9 )

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The Second Vision of Escaflowne
By: Asturia's Angel

(The Vision of Escaflowne is owned by Bandai copyright 1996
I do not own the show or the official characters…only my original characters belong to me..)


Chapter 9

"Good Morning Dena." Cerena said as she opened up the windows to let in sunlight. Dena woke up with a start, then stretched out and said, "Good morning to you too Cerena…. ugh…I'm still tired…c'mon…" she plopped herself on her bed, "five more minutes…" "No Dena…not 'five more minutes'…don't you know what today is?" "No…" Dena said. Suddenly Milerna came bursting in through the door. "Today's the ball! Oh joy! Oh happy day!" Then she stared at Dena. "Well don't just lay there! Get up!" "Oh god…" "Servants!" Milerna called clapping her hands. Suddenly two handmaidens came in towards Dena. "Wha-? Hey! Let go of me!" Dena yelped as she was lifted away from her bed. "That's why I said you weren't getting '5 more minutes'…" Cerena shouted to Dena, "I didn't want you dragged away…" "Oh you're going too!" Milerna said clapping for more servants, "I'm having all the women who aren't royalty being specially prepared for this event!" "Oh c'mon!" Cerena said as she was taken away. "Lets see…" Milerna said, "Now for that cat girl!"

Cerena and Dena were immediately taken to a guestroom in the castle to be prepared. "What are you going to do to us?" Dena asked curiously. "First we wash you." They both said. They put Cerena in a nice hot bath while they put Dena in a big barrel with scalding hot water. Dena screamed as they set her in the water. "Milerna said you've never washed since you've gotten here…" "That's not true," Cerena said, "she took a bath when she first got here!" "Well you need to take baths everyday to stay clean!" one said. "We can't afford that!" Cerena said. "Oh…" they said. Dena had tears rolling down her face, "This water is sooooooo hooooottttt… owwwwww…." Prince Chid walked by when he heard Dena crying. "What the-?" He opened the door and was shocked at what he saw. "What is going on here?" he asked. Cerena and Dena immediately screamed when they saw Chid. "I'm not looking…" Chid said annoyed. Then he turned towards the handmaidens. "How could you treat this girl like this?" he said angrily, "She is one of my guests of honor! She saved my life!" The handmaidens stared at him for a moment. "Well? What do you have to say for yourselves??? " Chid said angrily. Suddenly Allen came running up. "What happened?" he asked concerned. "AAAHHHH!" Dena shouted as she tried to cover herself in the water. "OWWWWWWW!!!!! This water is too damn hot! Owwwwww…." "Why aren't you in a decent bathtub like Cerena is Dena?" Allen asked confused. "How should I know?" Dena asked in pain beyond belief, "Milerna just had these people take me out and get my ready for the ball tonight…" "And have you washed as if you were a dog?" Allen asked getting pissed. "What the hell am I in anyway?" Dena asked. She looked on the outside of her bath and realized she was in a barrel. "MILERNA!!!" She shouted angrily, "IF YOU WEREN'T A RICH LITTLE PRINCESS I'D KILL YOU BY NOW!! ARGGHHH!!" "What's going on here?" Milerna asked innocently. "Milerna!" Chid and Allen said ticked off. "What is this?" Milerna asked to her handmaidens, "get that girl into a decent bathtub!" "Milerna…" Chid said, "we know what happened." Milerna stomped her foot and said, "That rat needs to learn she can't always get what she wants…" "Milerna," Allen said concerned, "What is wrong with you all of a sudden? You haven't acted nice to Dena ever since she got here! When I first introduced her to you, you just blew her off not giving a damn! Then you go through my stuff without permission! And you read my journal!" "Allen has a journal!?" Dena thought aloud, getting ideas. Allen got his angry look off his face. Then he looked down on the ground. "I'd appreciate it if you didn't read it either Dena…" Allen said blushing a little. "Of course Allen! I'd never read your journal!" Dena said with a smile. "Oh really?" Cerena said with a snicker. "Shut up Cerena." Dena murmured. Allen then turned back to Milerna and continued; "Now you're treating Dena like she's a animal or something and washing her in a barrel! Why don't you do something about all this? Like get a clue!" "What?!" Milerna said getting angry. She slapped Allen across the face. "I thought you were a true gentlemen but I was wrong!" then she stormed off. Allen thought for a moment and then shouted, "I thought you were a sweet, angelic princess but I was wrong!" Milerna stopped for a moment and looked at Allen with a sad face. "Dena's more like a princess than you are!" Allen shouted again. Dena squeaked at what Allen said. Milerna was pissed beyond belief. "Humph!" she said as she left. Then Allen blushed and left.

Moments later, two other handmaidens came in and gave Dena a towel and took her to a separate room. They did many things to prepare her for the ball. First they gave Dena a special lotion to relieve her skin from all of the damage the hot water gave her and then they got her dressed. There were many layers of clothing they had to give her. First they had to put on a tight girdle on her. Dena showed sweat drops as they put it on her as tight as it could go. "Oww…." She said. Then they added on more and more layers of clothing on her. Eventually they reached the main part of the dress and she was finished. After that, they took Dena to get her makeup and hair done. They put tons of Eye makeup on her and powder until she looked like a whole new girl. They also added lipstick on her, which made her seem even more like whole new girl. They finally finished by adding three-inch hair lift to Dena's hair and put in a special lotion to make it stay. "Tada!" all of the handmaidens said as they showed Dena her beautiful new look. "Wow!" Dena said as she saw how different she looked with makeup on and her hair with three-inch bangs. But then, when she got to her dress she gasped. "Ugh!" Dena said. It was a purple dress that was obviously too worn out and shattered to wear. The skirt had a big rip on it; there was also a big hole in it that showed off some of the layers of her dress. "Oh god! I can't go out like this!" Dena said humiliated. "There was nothing else left. Cerena and Merle have the good dresses." One of the handmaidens said. "Damn!" Dena said pounding the bed, "Well…tell Cerena and Merle for me that I'm not coming…" They all looked at each other. Then they looked at Dena and said, "Are you sure miss?" "Yes." Dena said, "Just go…"

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The orchestra began to play, as everyone arrived, a beautiful, snappy tune that everyone could dance to. "Oh my. What beautiful music!" one Lady said as she went out to the dance floor with a Lord. "Everyone's here I think!" Milerna said cheerfully, "Everyone…except…" she looked around for Dena. But she was nowhere to be found. "Oh my!" Milerna said, "Where is Dena?" One of the handmaidens went up Cerena and Merle. "I have a message from Dena," she said, "She's not coming." "What?" Merle and Cerena both said. "Oh my! I wonder why she didn't want to come…" Milerna said turning around going towards her throne. "Heh heh…" Milerna thought to herself, "Now Allen will only dance with moi tonight! Ha ha ha!" Then she sat down on her throne, when she noticed that Chid was gone. "Oh." Milerna said surprised, "Where is Chid?" "Oh Chid said he had something to do for a moment." Eries said, "He'll be back soon." "Oh." Milerna said.

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Dena put her head on the windowsill and sighed, as she looked at her home, the Mystic Moon. "What am I doing here?" Dena said, "even if I am a Draconian…even if my mom isn't really my mom…or is she one too…and she's never told me before…" Suddenly Dena began to dream…

"Dena!" one of her best friends named Katherine said as images of her face began to appear before Dena's mind, "Hey Dena! You wanna hang out at the mall after school? All of your friends are going! There could be cute boys! Dena?" Then Katherine disappeared with her short, golden hair blowing in the wind.

"Dena?" one of Dena best friends named Daniel called out, "Hey! Maybe we can go play soccer or something after school? You're one great athlete! Dena?" Then he walked off with the wind blowing in his short, blonde hair.

"Dena?" Two of Dena's other best friends, Heather and Amanda, called out, "You wanna go to the pool? Jeremiah might be there! Dena! Where are you?" "I'm right here!" Dena said as she suddenly appeared in her dream.

"Dena? Dear!" Dena's mother called, "I need you to do the dishes! Maybe afterwards we can watch some talk shows. Dena?" "MOM!" Dena shouted as she ran after mom. She grabbed onto her mother but went right through her. She walked off and disappeared too.

"Dena…" a familiar voice said behind her. Dena turned around and saw Jeremiah. He looked exactly the same way he did two long years ago. "JEREMY!" Dena cried as she grabbed him and cried into his shoulder. "I'll be fine for now…" Jeremiah said. "For now?" Dena asked, "What do you mean-?"

Suddenly she was in the middle of a huge disaster place. It was burning everywhere and it was black outside. She could see lots of big fighting machines in the distance fighting hard. One of them suddenly turned into a dragon
And flew towards the night sky with who looked like Merle, Van, Cerena, and three Japanese teenagers on board.
"Where's Allen?" Dena said aloud. "Please don't go!" someone suddenly shouted grabbing her hand. She looked down and saw Jaquan daLarzas. "JAQUAN!" she screamed slapping his hand off her. He put her hand to the side and felt something. She looked at it and saw it was a sword. "Why do I have a sword?" Dena asked all of a sudden. Then she noticed what she was wearing on her hands. "Why am I wearing gloves?" She began to take a look at herself and realized she looked totally different than before. Her breasts were bigger, her dress was totally different, and her hair was longer. She took out a mirror and looked at her face. It looked so much more like…like an adult…" "Please forgive me!" Jaquan said grabbing Dena's hand. "What do you want from me now?" Dena said annoyed, "Stupid little…" "Please help me…" he said crying, "I want to remember my past…"he continued," I don't want to be like this anymore…I don't want emperor Diamenn controlling my life! My other slayers have changed back to their original selves too! But I was too stubborn…" "What can I do to help you?" Dena asked with tears in her eyes knowing this was actually her love Jeremiah asking for help. "Take out this." He said pointing to something weird and black in his neck. "This?" Dena said reaching her hand out to his neck. "DENA!" another familiar voice shouted, "What are you doing?"

"Dena!" two familiar voices suddenly shouted.


Dena woke up and saw Cerena and Merle next to her. "Merle?" Dena said smiling. "Mhmm." Merle said smiling. "Cerena?" Dena said smiling again. "Yep. It's us!" she said smiling. Dena smiled and hugged them both. "You guys are the best." Then she let go of them; "You came to me even during the grand ball!" "Oh don't worry about that!" Merle said, "It's not that great anyway!" "Yeah…" Cerena said, "besides, I don't want to watch that bitch Milerna dance with Allen all night when you could!" "Huh?" Dena asked blushing. "Yes." Cerena said, "I bet he'd love to dance with you if you'd just-ick! What is that you're wearing?" "This was the last dress Milerna had available so this is all I have to wear…" Dena said getting back to her misery. "Oh really?" Chid said with a grin. He clapped and two handmaidens came behind Chid with some new clothes. "Y-you're kidding right?" Dena said. "It's another thing I'm doing for you to thank you for what you did." Chid said smiling. "That's," Dena said with her voice shaking, "That's so sweet of you…" she walked up to Chid and hugged him "You're the best!" she said. Cerena and Merle gasped and blushed. They had a funny feeling that she wasn't supposed to do that. "I'm glad you're happy!" Chid said after a quick moment smiling, "be down at the ball within fifteen minutes." He said with a wink leaving. The handmaidens turned the lamp back on and closed the door.

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"Chid," Eries said when Chid got back, "it's almost time." "'Aunt Eries," Chid said, "I'd like for Dena to arrive and have a dance or two with someone here at the ball…" "Oh Allen you mean?" Eries said to Chid, "I think Allen's worn out from dancing with Milerna…" she pointed towards Allen and Milerna who were dancing together.

"You know you still want me Allen…" Milerna said into his eyes. "No I don't." Allen said. "I'm you're princess Allen…and I always will be…" "Shut up and keep dancing," Allen said annoyed, "unless you'd like to stop…" "No! No no…" Milerna said, "keep dancing my dear…" Allen sighed as he danced even longer with Milerna.

"I've had enough of this," Eries said, "Allen must be exhausted now…Milerna!" "Yes?" she asked pausing for a moment. "Come up now…you've danced long enough." Milerna frowned, but then looked at Allen and put out her hand towards him. Allen knelt down and kissed her hand. "Princess." He said in a monotone voice. "Allen." She said smiling to him. Then she went up to sit next to Eries and Chid.

"Oh god…" Dena said getting worried as she got closer and closer to the ball, "I'm late so…I'm going to cause a big scene…" "Stop worrying so much!" Cerena said reassuringly hugging her as they walked into the ballroom. "Me and Merle are right behind you 100 percent!" Suddenly Dena had a flashback of her last school dance:

"Don't worry Dena!" her friends Katherine, Heather, and Amanda said, "We're right behind you!"
"But…" Dena said, "I'm scared…" "Me too." Jeremy said as he held her hand. "But together we'll go to the dance floor and dance…" then they went out to the dance floor.

Dena came back to Gaea and looked all around her. She saw that there was a beautiful orchestra playing magnificent music and many Lords and Ladies, and knights, and princes and princesses. Milerna looked all around her and suddenly saw Dena. "What?" she shouted. Everyone in the orchestra, all of the Lords and Ladies, Allen, and all of the Princes and Princesses raised an eyebrow and looked at her. "What…what is this?" she said angrily pointing to Dena, "This is an uninvited guest! And if she has been invited, she has certainly come very late!" Dena's heart began to pound as everyone turned and looked at her. She grabbed her left hand nervously and put it into her right hand as she looked all around her for a familiar face…scared out of her mind. Suddenly she saw Allen. Allen smiled at her, telling her that it was going to be all right. Dena smiled back at Allen. "This is not an uninvited guest!" Chid said as he soon recognized her, "this is in fact, a guest of honor! This is the lady who save my live!" "She's a Lady?" one of the princes said, "of what country? Or of what kingdom?" "I am not of royalty." Dena said. Everyone gasped. "I was just invited by Prince Chid to the ball tonight because I saved his life." Everyone gasped again and began to whisper to each other many things. Dena looked around nervously when suddenly Milerna laughed and said, "Well…everyone knows that only royalty can come to balls child. So I'll just call the guards." "No!" Allen said. Everyone gasped yet again as they forwarded their attention towards Allen. Allen walked over towards Dena and held her hand, as he knelt down and kissed it. Then he got up and said, "This girl is a guest of honor," he began, "She didn't need to be born of royal blood in order to be here tonight…" then he looked at Dena as he continued, "She didn't need to wear make up…" Then he put his hand on her cheek as he looked at her. He smiled and continued, "She really didn't need to wear such a pretty dress…" Allen said as he looked at her elegant dress. Then he looked angrily at Milerna and said, "And not only that, she doesn't have to be selfish like you are to win a man's heart…" Milerna gasped and then grunted. "Hey!" the prince who asked Dena a question earlier said getting up, "You are not disrespecting my fiancée'!" Everyone gasped as they all recognized who it was; Dryden Fassa. "D-Dryden?" Milerna asked. Then she grinned and said, "Dryden-sama!" "My lovely Milerna!" Dryden said as he ran up to her. Suddenly everyone heard an evil laugh.

Who laughed the evil laugh? Find out in the next chapter of…

The Second Vision of Escaflowne

(The Vision of Escaflowne is owned by Bandai copyright 1996
I do not own the show or the official characters…only my original characters belong to me..)