"Van, please hurry!" pleads Hitomi. (Dilandau continues to kill Zongi) "We're not going to make it."
Hitomi has a vision of her being ingulfed by the wax, but just before she's completely covered, she manages to call out for Van. "No stop it!" she cries, and comes close to fainting. She falls back against Van.
"Hitomi!" he shouts.
"It's Escaflowne," says Dilandau. "This is my lucky day. Chesta! Gadi!"
"Hitomi, come on, snap out of it!" says Van. Chesta, Gadi, and Dilandau are shooting fire at Escaflowne.
"Enjoying the fireworks, Van?" says Dilandau, laughing maniacally.
"Hitomi?" Van looks down at Hitomi, who is kinda dazed.
"Just... picture them... in your mind."
"You mean in the middle of a fight?" asks Van, incredulous.
"If
anyone can do it," says Hitomi, putting her hand over Van's, "I know you
can."
"Come down here!" shouts Dilandau.
"Concentrate." says Hitomi. "I know you can do it."
"Gotcha!" says Van. He attacks Dilandau. The two fight, (yes, the escaflowne dragon is able to hold a sword) Van blocks all of Dilandau's takes, still holding onto Hitomi.
"It's her!" says Dilandau, disgusted, "The troublemaker from the mystic moon!"
Van suddenly realizes what's going on.
"He wants you!" he tells Hitomi. After butting Dilandau in the "stomach" of his guymelef, the dragon soars away. Dilandau screams that he's not done with them, and tries to fly. He doesn't have enough power.
By the time they reach Freid again, it's morning. (It takes them THAT long??) Van is sighing because they lost the only proof they had that Plactu was a Zaibach spy.Vorus says that Van and Hitomi proved themselves by returning. Millerna comments on how much Chid and Allen look alike.
A guard whispers to Vorus that the Duke has returned.
"Good news!" says Vorus, "I've just learned the Duke has returned."
"My father's back?" says Chid, excited. Chid's father... thinks Hitomi. I wonder what he's like...
We find that the Duke of Freid is kind of grumpy. He doesn't look anything like Chid (hmm, wonder why), and he's disappointed that Allen left his country. Freid was aware of Zaibach's intentions.
Millerna steps up, saying that she left her country too. Duke Freid sighs, and asks Allen to be part of the guards.
The guards are preparing their guymelefs. Millerna is bandaging Allen's wounds. He is deep in thought, thinking of Marlene.
"Allen," says Millerna. "I don't care about Asturia OR Freid... Just as long as you're safe." She "hugs" him. Moleman is spying on them. There is a quick "Meow!" as Merle jumps up in front of Moleman.
"What do you think you're doing?" she asks.
"Nu-Nothing?" says Moleman. Merle opens the "door" to where Allen and Millerna are, and asks if Allen has seen Hitomi. He hasn't, and Merle apologizes for disturbing them.
Hitomi is standing on the balcony looking down. She has the vision of Zongi dying again. "Why do I keep seeing it??" she demands. She hears a "meow", quite similar to the one that Moleman heard.
Merle is sitting against the wall.
"I never get tired of watching you," she says. "You're crazy." (the look on Merle's face when she says this is priceless. I wish I had a pic of it!!) Merle says that Van wants to see her.
Meanwhile, Van is in the guymelef room with Allen's crew. They're sharpening his
guymelef's
sword. "The boss' isn't as beat-up as this, your Highness," says one of
them, in a mocking tone. Van says that he's not as good as Allen. Gadus
says that the other guy is lying, the boss' has a couple of knicks on it.
"Lord Van!" says Merle, jumping up to hug him. Hitomi is walking slowly behind her. As she nears Van, Merle hisses at her.
"Hitomi," says Van with a smile.
"You wanted to see me?"
"That's right, I wanted to ask for your help."
"Oh?"
"You see, you've been able to predict attacks, and see invisible enemies. I was hoping we could use that to predict where Zaibach is going to attack from."
"That's a great idea, your highness," says one of the men.
"Yeah, this little lady will be our goddess of victory." They laugh, happy.
"NO! No way." says Hitomi.
"Hitomi..?" asks Van, concerned.
"I won't! I don't want to see it! I won't be used as a tool. I keep having these horrible visions. I.... "
"Hitomi," says Van.
"Just stop counting on me!" she shouts. She runs from the guymelef room.
She
sits by a little fountain, staring down into the water. There is a scene
where two classmates are asking Hitomi about the future. "Do my boyfriend
and I belong together?" "When will I know he's the one?" "Ya, your predictions
almost always come true."
Fortune telling... thinks Hitomi sadly. it was just a game!
Millerna is wandering around the palace's property and sees what looks like a little house. The lights are on and the door is a bit open. (The music playing in the background is called "Fanelia", and it's from the original version). Duke Freid is inside, staring at a large portrait of Marlene.
"Excuse me, Duke Freid?" says Millerna. He turns around. "What is this place?"
"It's a villa that Marlene came to often when she was alive. Please, feel free to use these rooms to ring your stay here. I'm quite sure Marlene would have liked that." He leaves the villa. Marlene runs her fingers over the bookcase, and comes across a music box. "I remember this," says Millerna. She plays it. (the tune you hear is Yakusoku wa Iranai, the opening theme for the original version). Millerna is brought to a flashback.
"You're leaving, aren't you, sister?" says a kid Millerna sadly.
"Oh Millerna," says Marlene.
"Princess Marlene, it's time to go," says a much younger Allen. (He has SHORT hair!! O_O!!)
A ship flies into the air. "Goodbye my sister! Please be happy!" the little Millerna shouts from the crowd below.
"Oh, my sister," sighs Millerna. She taps one of the men on the music boks, and his head folds in. The music box turns around revealing a secret compartment. There is a book there. "Ohmigoodness what's this...?" says Millerna. She reads from the book.
Yellow, 32 moon. Uncle Nuava brought me to a tournament today. I think he's worried that I spend too much time in my room. Unfortunately I'm not the least bit interested in fighting. But there I saw a knight of Asturia. A young prodigy of the sword. His name is Allen Schezar.
"Ohmigoodness, this is Marlene's diary!" gasps Millerna. "Green, the 12th moon. The blond youth has been named a knight of Kenori. In all of Asturia, only 12 knights at any one time may have that honor. A knight of the heavens. The name suits him perfectly. He's received guard duty, and has left for the castle at palace. It looks as if my hints to father have worked. "Oh my sister..." "Red,___moon. I have been betrothed to the Duke of Freid. This is the fate of women and knights born of the blood. I like him, but I'm in love with Allen... The diary continues to be read by Millerna, page after page... It has to be. The child is the result of that night. (or did she say "Knight"?) I can't tell the duke. What will he say? I can't hide it forever..
"Chid was conceived by the forbidden love of Allen and Marlene! No..."
Van is practicing his bow and arrow. Merle is watching him. He never gets it. He keeps thinking of Hitomi.
"Hitomi?" says Chid. He approaches her quietly. "Are you having trouble sleeping?"
"Oh, Prince Chid. I can't put my finger on it... but I feel if I went to sleep, I'd never wake up." Chid sits down next to her. He says that he understands, he's trying to live up to Mother and Father's expectations.
"You know something? People have an amazing ability."
"Huh?"
"That's right, my grandmother told me all about it. You should keep thinking 'I wish I were', or 'I want to be'. If you say those things, your wishes will come true."
"Your wishes will come true?"
"If you keep thinking, 'I wish I were', then you'll work toward that goal, and you'll try your hardest. If you wish hard enough, your wish will eventually reach the stars, and they'll give you the last of their power... the power of the stars."
Van shoots his arrow again, and gets it right on target.
Meanwhile, Dilandau is plotting.
"Everyone stand by for battle!" he says. (In the exact same scene as in episode 2)
Van, my brother, thinks Folken. This was meant to be...
To be continued...