Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction ❯ The Story of Escaflowne ❯ Chapter 1: A New World ( Chapter 1 )

The Story of Escaflowne

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

*text* mean thoughts. I've tried to get the italics to work but they just wont :(

Chapter 1:A New World

Sarah walked home from her bus stop as usual. She ignored her fellow school mates and kept her mind focussed on her evening plans. She looked down at her watch which read 3:05 pm. As she looked up from it she tucked a lock of her golden blond hair behind her ear and continued on her way. *Only one more hour!* She thought delightfully.

She walked up the front steps of her house, unlocked the door and went in. She slipped off her shoes, tossed her bag aside and walked to her room which was just down the hall of the bungalow home.

Once Sarah was in her room she opened her closet and took out her navy blue duffle bag and quickly began to pack. She packed her brown bell bottom pants, a blue halter top, a pair of socks, her pajamas and pillow. Next she went into her bathroom and grabbed her personal hygiene products and packed them as well. *Now to pack the fun stuff!*

Sarah went back to her room and looked through her closet and pulled out a maroon hand bag with a long thick black shoulder strap. She walked over to her desk and grabbed a black wallet along with a set of keys, a discman and a few CDs. Sarah then went to her bed and knelt down to open one of the drawers underneath it. She pulled open the middle drawer and took out her set of tarot cards which were wrapped neatly in a black cloth. *Christal and everyone else will kill me if I forget these.*

Sarah looked back at her alarm clock which read 3:30 pm. *shit I wont have time to change out of my uniform!* She sighed as she looked at herself in the mirror. She wore a blue and gold plaid kilt, a white french style blouse with the letters RMC above her left breast and to finish it off, she wore a pair of knee high navy blue socks. *Well I'll just change at Christal's then and mom should be waiting in the driveway now.*

Sarah grabbed her duffle bag and hand bag as she dashed out of her room to the front door where she slipped on her blue running shoes and walked out the door. She walked towards the stone driveway where she then put down her duffle bag and waited for her mother.

Just as the silver Grand Prix drove into the driveway something strange happened to Sarah. She found herself bathed in a bright column of light that reached the heavens. It was inly seconds afterwards that she felt weightless. She shut her eyes and shielded them from the brightness of the light and let out a scream of fear as she was lifted from the ground leaving only her duffle bag behind.

Sarah awoke to the warmth of a campfire burning nearby and the sounds of crickets chirping. Her royal blue eyes fluttered opened weakly and adjusted to the low light. She shut her eyes again let out a quiet moan as she tried to sit up. *Where am I? What happened?* Sarah wondered as she rubbed her forehead.

"Good, you're awake." a male's voice sounded from behind her. She turned around quickly to see a boy, no a teenaged boy wearing khaki beige pants and some strange looking armour. His unruly raven black hair covered his eyes for the most part but behind them Sarah could just barely see his warm brown eyes.

"Wh-who are you?" she stuttered to ask. He looked at her confused.

"Where are you from?" he asked Sarah suspiciously.

"Hey I asked you first." her eyes narrowed into a glare.

"Van Fanel of Fanelia." he sounded so serious and yet proud at the same time. "Now, who are you and just where are you from?" Van demanded.

"I'm Sarah and I'm from London." he looked at her confused once again.

"London? Just where on Gaea is that?" Sarah's eyes widened. *I'm . . .I'm . . .not on Earth?*

"Uh it's on Earth which is where we are, right?" he lifted an eyebrow even more confused.

"Earth? What is Earth?" a deep sinking feeling formed in her stomach. "Excuse me? What is this Earth you speak of?" Sarah's eyes lower and drifted to her lap. *this has got to be some dream, it just has to be!* Van grew aggravated by her refusal to answer. "What the fuck is this Earth!" he yelled. Sarah's head snapped to look at him. That was when she saw it.

"That's Earth . . ." she answered as she pointed to the blue moon in the sky. Van turned and looked in horror.

"You're-you're from the Mystic Moon!?" he said in disbelief.

"Well if that's what you call Earth then yes I am from the Mystic Moon." he ran a gloved hand through his unruly hair in either disbelief or amazement. "Is something wrong?" Sarah asked feeling afraid. He looked up at the blue moon and back at Sarah.

"How? How did you get here?"

"I wish I knew. All I remember is this strange pillar of light surrounding me then I woke up here." Van paced for a moment then stopped and looked back up at the sky.

"We should be going soon." Sarah stood up weakly and fixed her kilt.

"Going where?" she asked curious.

"Fanelia. We should be able to make it by sunrise if we leave now." Van kicked some dirt onto the fire and extinguished it. Next he pick up his sword which laid on the ground by Sarah. "Well, come on, we don't have all night." Sarah followed him through the thick forest in the darkness of the night. Their only light was that reflecting from the two moons in the sky. Their journey however came to a stop when hey reached the centre of a large field with long grass. They were surrounded by what looked to be some strange beasts.

Van eyed the beasts in frustration looking for someway out. he found it. His tense face relaxed and his mouth curved into a smile. The pack leader stepped forward spoke with Van. *phew, thank god they know each other* Sarah thought to herself as her body relaxed. The pack leader of the wolfmen, Rhum, offered Van and Sarah a ride to Fanelia and Van accepted the offer from his old friend.

With the help of Van and Rhum, Sarah managed to climb up onto the massive yaks. Rhum sat in front of the two and steered the animal. Sarah shifted uncomfortably where she sat as she watched the other wolfmen walk beside them. During the ride to Fanelia, Sarah fell into a blissful sleep which was rudely interrupted when the sun rose. It wasn't too long after that, that they arrived in Fanelia.

The large city gates opened and a large crowd of people gathered to greet the guest. *whoa, what's with all the people?* Sarah wondered in awe as she looked at the large crowd. *It looks as if everyone in Fanelia has shown up but why?* Van jumped down from the Yak and walked forward but was stopped when what looked to be a cross of a cat and a girl came running from the crowd and jumped on Van. "Lord Van!" she cried as she hugged him and began to lick his face.

"Merle, it's good to see you too but please stop. Everyone's watching." Merle stopped but licked him one more time on the cheek.

"I'm just so happy you came back Lord Van! I was so worried." Sarah sighed at the sight. *ok first a wolfman then a cat girl. What's next? A talking dog?* She sighed again and began to climb down the yak.

"Lord Van." a deep voice rang out as four large men in armour emerged from the crowd. Merle looked towards the men and immediately backed away from Van and joined the rest of the crowd. Van reach into his pocket and pulled out a round and jagged pink jewel and held it high about his head.

"I, Van Fanel have completed the right of dragon slaying and have returned with this Dragu-energist." the four men in armour looked in awe and bowed to him.

"We four leaders of Fanelia Samurai confirm it Prince Van." the one with grey hair spoke. Sarah looked at Van with widened eyes. *he's a prince? No way . . .*

After their 'little' greeting, they were escorted to the castle and Sarah was shown to a spear room. She sat down then laid down on the queen size bed. *This has got to be a dream, it has to be. There is no way it can be real. If Gaea really existed then it should be visible to Earth.* she sighed as she sat up. *how will I ever get home?*

"Don't be too familiar." a young childish voice sounded from the window. Sarah looked over and saw the cat girl sitting on the window sil. She glared at Sarah. "Don't get too close to Lord Van. I don't want a foreigner like you taking liberties with him."

"Okay, I wont. Who said I was going to?" Merle's eyes narrowed as she jumped down from the window sil. She noticed the maroon bag sitting on the desk and decided to take a look through it. "Hey! What the fuck do you think you're doing!?"

"Just looking foreigner." she replied as she opened up the beg and started to take some things out. after she had emptied the bag she turned her attention to Sarah and saw her holding a neckless with a pink stone attached. She snatched it out of Sarah's hand and look at it more closely.

"Hey that's mine!" Merle was fascinated by the stone as it swung back and forth.

"Pretty stone . . . I think I'll keep it." Merle then ran out of the room.

"Hey!" Sarah yelled as she ran after her. "Hey! Get back here you brat! That's mine!" Merle then ran on all fours and her speed increased. "Don't underestimate a soccer player!" Sarah ran at full speed after the cat who proved to be too much for. She stopped to catch her breath and heard the sounds of metal hitting metal. Curious, she peeked through the open door to see Van duelling with a tall and bulky man, one of the four samurai leaders Vargas.

Vargas looked to the doorway and saw Sarah Standing there. "We seem to have a guest."

"Oh I didn't mean to interrupt anything. I'm sorry."Van looked her way.

"Oh it's you." Van said like it was nothing of importance, more of annoyance. *When I get my chance I'll slap him so hard that he wont know what hit him!*

"That's the thing I hate about you foreigners, no manners." Merle commented as she sat against the wall grinning victoriously.

"Hey you're the one who stole my pendent!" Sarah yelled nd as she did, Merle jumped up, tossed Sarah the pendent and ran up to Van while squealing 'Lord Van!' "Little bitch." Sarah muttered under her breath.

"I've heard your story. As soon as the coronation is over, we'll do our best to find a way to get you back to the Mystic Moon." Sarah looked up at Vargas as he approached.

"Really?" she looked at him with hopeful eyes.

"A samurai of Fanelia never lies." *I'm going back! Yes!!*

*I don't see why I get to be so close? Like I would have expected to be with all the other people during the ceremony.* "King of Fanelia, Van Fanel. I present this to you as a symbol of kingship." the old Priest spoke as he handed Van a sword. Van stood from his kneeling position and took the sword. Everyone turned their heads at the sound of a soldier yelling.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Women and children, escape to the mountains in the back! All men, prepare for battle! Let me through!"*What, an enemy attack!?* Sarah looked towards the city and saw smoke. *why does this look familiar?*

Chaos was on the verge of breaking out. people were panicking and running in every direction. Vargas spoke with the three other samurai leaders on what to do. Van then walked up to him. "Vargas what should I do?" he asked.

"Go to the shrine and take your guest the Lady Sarah. If necessary escape with the Escaflowne." Vargas ordered. Van nodded and ram towards Sarah.

"Come on!" he shout to her as he grabbed her by the wrist.

"Huh!? Where are we going?"

"To the shrine." *This is becoming way to familiar but where did I see it before?* Once inside the shrine Van took off the coronation armour walked to the centre of the shrine. There he pulled out the energist and looked at it. He then cut his thumb on the blade of his sword and let the blood drip onto the energist before holding high above his head. "I am the new King of Fanelia, Van Fanel! With my blood, I'm willing to make a contract with you, Escaflowne. Sleeping dragon, awaken now." a purplish pink light filled the room as the large bolder above Van began to crack and break. Once it was shattered, an enormous suit of armor fell and landed in front of Van. *Now I remember . . .I saw this in my dream last night . . .*

Van jumped up onto the leg of the Escaflowne and put the pink energist into the left breast plate. It began to glow then the cockpit opened up and Van hopped inside. "What are you doing?!" Sarah yelled as she ran up to the giant machine. The cockpit closed and the giant machine stood up.

"I'm going to fight in Escaflowne." he answered just before the face mask closed. He looked around and Saw Sarah just standing there. "What are you doing!? Hide yourself now!" he yelled just before the wall to the shrine was broken by an invisible giant. Sarah took heed to his word and ran. *where is it?* she wondered as she looked around. She then noticed something moving to Van's left so she ran back to warn him.

"Van! To your left!" she yelled. Liquid metal was shot from the invisible giant but Van deflected it and chopped it apart. He then struck the giant with his sword to reveal another guymelef. Sarah then saw another invisible giant behind Van, ready to attack. "Van! Behind you!" she yelled but he could turn to fight. Sarah covered her eyes in fear with her hands. She winced at the sound of steel hitting steal and debated whether to open her eyes or not. Slowly, she removed her hands from her face and saw Vargas fighting the giant guymelef.*He's fucking nuts!*

"Lord Van! Escape with the Lady Sarah Now!" Vargas Shouted as he jumped from the Escaflowne to the attacking guymelef.

"I wont turn my back on my enemy!" Van yelled back. *Men and their egos . . .*

"Lord Van! Go now!" Vargas shouted again. Van, reluctantly obeyed. He walked towards Sarah in the Escaflowne and picked her up then headed out of the shrine. When they reached to outside world, to Van's horror, Fanelia was in flames. He looked back to where Vargas was and yelled to him. "It's over Vargas! Withdraw!" That was when Sarah saw it or sensed it.

"Vargas! Look out!!" she shouted her warning but it was too late. A bit of liquid metal in the shape of a spear was shot through his body and he fell from the enemy guymelef to the ground. Sarah looked in horror at the sight and clasped a hand over her mouth.

"Lord Van get out of here with the Escaflowne and someday revive Fanelia . . .and the people of Fanelia . . ."Vargas took his last breath. *No, no, no! This is a dream! It has to be!* she squeezed her eyes shut and tears rolled down her cheeks. Her pendent then began to glow and the strange pillar of light surrounded both Sarah and Van, whisking them away into the heavens.