Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction ❯ The Story of Escaflowne ❯ Chapter 19: Him ( Chapter 19 )

Chapter 19: Him

As her blue eyes fluttered open, a sharp pain began to throb in her head. *What happened?* Was all she could wonder. Everything around her was nothing but a blur. *Where am I?*

When her vision cleared, she was startled by her surroundings. She was in 'her' bedroom. She pinched her arm and shook her head. *No way, I can't be home! Or, was Gaea just a dream?* So many questions flooded her mind.

"Sarah! You're awake!" her mother exclaimed joyously. She put down the tray of food and embraced her daughter in a tight hug. Try as she might, she couldn't hold back her tears. "Never leave us again." she cried.

That's when it hit her, Gaea was real! She smiled knowing it wasn't a dream but the smile soon faded. He was gone. *Perhaps it's for the best* she reasoned. *He wasn't the Dilandau I loved when I left.* However, she still missed the other Dragon Slayers and Folken.

"Don't worry mom, I wont leave." Sarah replied hoping to calm her mother.

"Are you feeling alright? Are you hurt? What happened to you?" Sarah remained silent and thought of her reply. She couldn't find the words to express what had happened nor did she believe her mother would believe her. "Alright, you don't need to tell me now . . .You don't have to go to school tomorrow. You can stay home if you like."

School, the word created many questions in her mind. One being, how far behind was she in her classes? Another was how did her friends reacted to her disappearance?

"What day is it?" she asking a monotone voice.

"It's Thursday." her mother replied a little confused.

"I think I will go to school tomorrow."

"Are you sure? You should really rest-"

"No, I need to see my friends." her mother sighed in defeat. Sarah was stubborn and would fight with her to the to the bitter end.

"Oh my god! Is that Sarah?!" the tall, short haired, teen asked in amazement as she looked at the blond clad in navy blue pants and a white golf shirt.

"Sarah!" Christal shouted in excitement.

Sarah just got a glance of her friends before Christal had tackled her with a hug.

"Where have you been?" the tall girl asked.

"Um, I'll ya later. I gotta go." she sighed heavily as she walked away from her friends. How was she to explain her adventures to them?

Through all of her classes she felt strange and uncomfortable. She felt awkward sitting in the desk, listening to the teacher lecture the class and just being around so many people who didn't talk about fighting and wars all the time.

As time wore on, she thought she was beginning to hallucinate. It seemed like every time she looked down a hallway or out a window she saw 'him' standing there. But every time she would look back, he was gone.

When the bell for lunch went she walked slowly from the third floor of the school to the basement to her locker. *Maybe I should have stayed home. I could barely keep my mind focussed and my eyes open in all of my classes.* As she approached her locker she saw it was already open. She was close to panicking but didn't. It was probably Jodi who opened it. And of course it was.

"Hey Sarah." she said meekly. She was afraid of saying something wrong so she tried to limit her vocabulary.

"Hey Jodi." Sarah replied as she took out all of her books and put them neatly into place in the locker. She took out her lunch bag and put in her bag then closed the locker.

"Do you want to talk about it or not?"

"Talk about what?" Sarah asked feeling unintelligent at the moment. Then it hit her. "Oh, that." she bit her lip. She really wanted to tell them but it was all a matter of would they believe her? "Ya, I'll tell ya guys in the caff."

As she sat among her friends in the cafeteria Sarah tried to tell them what happened. "Ok, when I was waiting for my mom to drive to Christal's this pillar or column of light surrounded me and took me away. At first I though I was being abducted by aliens but I wasn't. I ended up on some strange planet where the Earth and the Moon hang in the sky. The first person I met was-"

"Van Fanel, the soon to be king of Fanelia." Christal said interrupting her.

"Huh? how did you know?"

"I dreamt of everything that happened to you on Gaea." Sarah's eyes widened as she realised that Christal had known everything.

As time passed, they tried to forget about what had happened to Sarah. All she wanted was a normal lunch with all her friends. Sarah leaned back on her chair and listened to Christal tel some bizarre story that happened to her. it was beginning to feel like old times again.

"Sarah?" a masculine voice asked. Immediately she thought she was hearing things. It couldn't have been him. As she looked to the end of the table she saw him. He was standing there wearing his faded red tunic, black leather pants and knee high boots. For that one moment, it seemed like time had stopped.

Christal looked at the silver haired albino in astonishment. It didn't seem possible that he could really be there.

Sarah lost her balance on the chair and fell backwards which ended the awkward silence. Jodi, Heather and Chelsea burst out laughing when they saw Sarah fall.

"Sarah are you alright?!" Dilandau asked with much concern.

"Ow . . .that really hurt . . ."Sarah muttered as she rubbed her head and tried to stand up.

"Hey, um who are you and how do you know Sarah?" Megan asked him bluntly.

As Sarah looked at him she wondered what to do, how to react, and was it 'really' him? She looked deep into his eyes, searching them for the truth. They were no longer cold and blood thirsty. When he smiled that soft smile of his she knew it was him. He was the Dilandau who stole her heart.

When she realised this, she hurdled over the table and into his awaiting arms. When she was in his arms, she didn't care about anything else in the world but him.

All of her friends, except Christal, looked on confused. Jodi had a sly grin on her face a looked like she knew what was going to happen later. "Psst....Christal, what's going on?" Megan asked in a whisper.

"I'll tell ya later." she whispered back.

"No! Tell me now!" Megan demanded, still whispering.

"I'll hit you if you don't shut up!"

As much as Sarah loved being in his arms, she had to know something. "Dilandau, how did you get here? What happened with the battle?" he caressed her cheek with his hand and pressed his lips firmly against her's.

A/N: *sighs* I really enjoyed writing this fic. It's such a shame it's coming to an end.