Very clever fanfic. It makes it so that characters from two eras which are hundreds of years apart end up meeting. The main Zoid in here, called The War Wolf, is very believable. Tim Seltzer, seltzer@seltzerbooks.com
Sakura's Disclaimer: This goes for all chapters,so I don't have to write this dislaimer again...I don't own Zoids and don't get paid for writing this.Thank you.
My head pounded severely as I finally came to.I felt like I had been asleep for years.Then again,I also felt like I had gotten run over by a unit of Dibison.
I opened my eyes slightly as I suddenly felt a cool cloth touch my aching forehead.My vision was fuzzy at first,but everything soon came into focus.
"I-it's you!"
I stuttered upon seeing the blonde headed girl once again.
She looked at me for a second,then said,
"Just relax.You need to rest after what happened."
But I was restless.I had to find out who this girl was and why I kept seeing her.I sat up on my elbows,then got to sitting up straight.
"Lay back down.You don't need to be up like that."
She told me.But my response was,
"Who are you?"
She looked at me for a long second before finally replying,
"Sakura.Sakura Solo."
"Solo."
I thought to myself in repeation of her last name.
"You did say you were alone,did'nt you?Your last name proves it.I wonder if that's your real name though."
"And your name would be?"
She gave me a questionative look,waiting for my answer.
"Van Flyheight."
I said,leaning back in the bed.
"Van."
Sakura repeated me,then pulling my covers up to my neck.
"That's a nice name."
I looked up at her again and asked,
"So,where am I exactly?"
"Starscape City Memorial Hospital.You've been lying here a couple of days now.I was starting to get worried."
"Starscape City?Never heard of it.Is that in Imperial or Republican territory?"
Sakura looked at me like I was a complete lunatic.
"Where do you come from?"
She asked.
"The Wind Colony."
I replied nonchalantly.Sakura raised an eyebrow.
"Colony?Don't you mean 'Wind City' or something?Or does Zi really still have some colonies left?"
We were both apparently getting really confused at this point.I scratched my head in thought before thinking to ask what year it was.Sakura gave me another one of those looks that called me a lunatic and answered,
"It's the year 2003.Why?"
My heart began racing at this point.Before I had gotten pulled out of my own world and brought into this one,the year had been 1703!How did I end up 300 years into the future?!
Sakura blinked in confusion,but seemed to get herself somewhat together and said,
"What I want to know is why you fell out of the sky like that."
I began trying to explain to her what had happened.It was'nt easy,but I thought I had done a pretty good job once I had finished my story.I did'nt really expect her to believe it,of course.But what was I supposed to tell her except the truth?
She blinked in utter confusion for a minute,apparently dwelling her thoughts on what I had just said.Then,to my surprise,she lunged forward and hugged me.I wondered if she had lost it or something until she said,
"You must be the one,then!The one I've been praying for for so long!"
It was my turn to be utterly confused now.What the heck was she talking about?
Then I realized what she meant.I remembered seeing her reflection in the pond,where she had been asking the Lord for a friend in her prayer.Was I that friend?Was I the one she had been praying for?
There was no other explanation for it.I had to be the one.Otherwise,how did I get here?It could'nt have been sheer coincidence.
She let go of me and sat back in her chair.Was it just me,or was she about to cry?It definately looked like it.
"She really does just want a friend."
I thought to myself,looking at her aqua eyes.The look in her eyes just screamed the fact that she was about the happiest person alive.
"Well,whether this was God's specific purpose for bringing me here or not,"
I continued my thoughts,
"I'll be her friend."
End of Chapter 2
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