A/N: Akemina here! Again! With her real debut Golden Sun fanfic! This is the fully-detailed story of how Jenna and Isaac feel about each other throughout their lives – including their first reunion in Mercury Lighthouse! With the appearance of Mystery Woman, 'Mia!'
Enjoy the prologue of 'Never Let Go'
-Akemina-
"This must be the ancient 'Elemental Star Chamber' I've heard SO much about!" Kraden jumped around as if he was a child eager about opening his Christmas presents. "Look! The Mercury Star!" (A/N: this is in random order I'm listing the stars so please bear with it!) The group spun around and looked towards where Kraden was pointing. "The Jupiter Star!" The group once again changed position. "Ahh… The Venus Star!" Kraden bellowed with excitement, pointing to the statue with the golden glow coming from it. "And finally, the Mars Star." Kraden nodded with satisfaction.
"What do the Elemental Stars do, Kraden?" Jenna, the auburn-haired Mars and fire adept asked the elderly scholar, who replied almost immediately.
"I'm glad you asked, Jenna. According to my studies, the Elemental Stars are meant to be cast accordingly into their matching Elemental Lighthouse. The Stars will light the Lighthouses, and when all the Lighthouses are lit, the power of each element will shine from the Lighthouse, creating a single beam. That beam, known as the Golden Sun, will fall onto Mt. Aleph and turn Mt. Aleph into the Stone of Sages, which is the source of Alchemy! In other words, when the Elemental Lighthouses are all lit, Alchemy will come back in Weyard!" Kraden grinned like an idiot, obviously approving of his explanation. (A/N: I know, a very WTF? moment, but yeah… it's Kraden, right?)
"Uh… Kraden?" Garet stood there speechless.
"Couldn't you have… you know…" Jenna stood there grapping like an idiot too.
"Said that in English the first time?" Isaac, the calm-natured Venus or earth adept finished his friends' statements.
"Huh? But I explained it perfectly! The Stone of Sages—"
"ENOUGH!" the three young adept all screamed at the same time, silencing the scholar.
"Well, enough of that," Kraden said, obviously in deep thought. "I would really actually like to study the Elemental Stars. Look! There are these rocks like stepping stones! They form a path to the Elemental Stars! Garet, Isaac, go and fetch me the stars!"
Jenna frowned. "Why can't I go with them?"
Kraden smiled shyly. "Well, you can't leave an old man like me alone, can you?"
Isaac glanced at his childhood friend. "Jenna, just stay here, okay?"
Jenna pouted. Isaac looked away before he gave in to the very pained, very adorable and very convincing look that was pasted upon Jenna's face.
"Jenna!"
Jenna sulked and stared at the ground.
"Well, don't just stand there, Isaac, Garet! Go before anyone else comes along!" Kraden shoved them towards the stepping stone.
"Wah!" Isaac almost lost his footing because of how roughly he was shoved.
"Kraden!" Jenna shrieked. "Isaac of fallen to his death then!" (1)
"What about me?" Garet pouted. "I was falling with him!" (2)
"Who cares about you? KIDDING!" Jenna crouched down as she laughed at her own joke… which was… only mediocre.
"Sheesh, Kraden. You're just as bad as Menardi and Saturos are about raiding Sol Sanctum!" Garet cried, making tears come to Jenna's eyes from laughing too hard.
Isaac and Garet took the Jupiter Star out of the pedestal. Only one more star until they could go back and out of Sol Sanctum and head back home. However, there was no comment from Kraden.
"What's going on?" Garet asked Isaac, looking around to see if something was wrong.
"I seriously DO NOT know!" Isaac replied in a tone that was slightly different to his usual. Was it full of confusion? Anger? Or maybe even… fear?
"I see you've collected three of the Elemental Stars!" a new voice sounded. It was the woman they met nearby Kraden's house! Menardi!
"Yes… the Elemental Stars…. now hand them over! We need them!" the man who followed Menardi, Saturos, hissed at the two young adepts.
"Why should we give 'em to you! For all we know you're probably the bad guys!" Garet retorted.
"Garet!" Isaac slapped his best friend on his shoulder. "Shut up!"
"OUCH! What was that for?"
"Stop with all your chitter-chatter! Hand over the Stars and go collect the Mars Star or your girlfriend," Menardi spat at Isaac, "and this old scholar will never see the daylight of Weyard again!"
Garet looked hesitantly at Isaac. "They've taken Jenna and Kraden hostage! Should we give them the Stars?"
"Yes, but on one condition. NO harm must come to Jenna or Kraden!" Isaac called over to Saturos and Menardi.
"Won't we need a guarantee for that?" Garet asked, his stupid mind obviously on the high.
"Good point…."
Menardi smirked as a man with a green mask came through the portal. The rest of his clothes were green and brown, and he had dark brown hair tied back in a ponytail. He was very familiar… so familiar it gave Jenna a fright. That's not… no… it can't… but…
"You'll be our guarantee, won't you Felix?" Menardi asked the masked man and he jumped.
Felix!
"Yes, what an excellent idea." Saturos smiled slyly.
"Remove your mask, hurry up!" Menardi was waiting for Jenna's reaction.
"What? Okay, I'll do it. I'll remove my mask." The masked man turned around, took off his mask and faced everyone again.
"Oh my Sol! What in Weyard…" Kraden looked horrified.
"!" Isaac and Garet stood there, looking at Jenna to Felix. Jenna to Felix. Jenna to Felix.
"Felix… it's… not… po-s… ib-l-e…."
Felix stared at the ground. "I'm sorry. I've caused you much grief, Jenna."
Jenna breathed in and out (as in like 'uh… sigh' you know dramatic, 'how could you!' sorta thing – if you watch the Korean drama My Girl (Dramacrazy), Park Si Yeon, playing Kim Sae Hun, does 'em really well. Btw, 'My Girl's awesome. You. Need. To. Watch. It. –it has subs-). Her face was pale. She looked exactly like a geisha – her face was just so white.
"We saved Felix from his death three years ago." Saturos smirked as he stole a glance at the horror-stricken Jenna. "We found him unconscious in the river. Since then, his been with us, training, waiting for this day. Give us the Stars!"
"We don't have a chose, Garet. Give them the Stars." Isaac shot Garet a don't-complain-look.
"Alright." With that, Garet started hopping towards the main platform. However, due to his surprise, a blue-haired adept appeared out of nowhere.
"Holy shit! Where'd you come from!" Garet yelped.
"Good question," Menardi hissed, "Why are you so late, Alex?"
The man call 'Alex' said, "I have my reasons. But anyway, I'll take the Stars from here."
"But!" Garet protested.
"It's alright. He's one of us," Menardi called from the main platform. Garet sulked, and handed over the Stars.
"..."
"There! You have the Stars, now let Jenna and Kraden go!" Isaac yelled from the statue that once held the Jupiter Star.
"Sorry," Menardi said snarled from the main platform. "The deal was that for us to have all the Stars. Doesn't that include the Mars Star? Until we get the Stars, you won't get your girlfriend or your grandpa back. Got that?"
Even in a situation like this, upon hearing that, both Isaac and Jenna turned beet red, both yelling at the same time;
"He's NOT my boyfriend!"
"She's NOT my girlfriend!"
"Better not be…" Felix's overprotective brother instincts kicked in as he glared at Isaac. Then, in turn, he looked at Menardi and Saturos. "WHAT! You. Said. That. You. Would. Leave. My. Friends. Out. Of. This!" he fumed at the Proxians.
"Yes!" Kraden butted in. "Do whatever you want with me, but leave Jenna out of this!"
Saturos glanced at Isaac. "There's no way out of this. Get us the Mars Star or –"
"O-okay," Isaac forced out. "But nothing must happen to Jenna or Kraden."
"Isaac!" Kraden stared at his student.
"Don't do it!" Jenna screamed.
"Sorry, Jenna," Garet smiled at his fellow Mars adept. Jenna shook her head, on the verge of tears. "Ready, Isaac?"
Isaac smiled. A forced smile. A bittersweet smile. The female Mars adept shook her head. "Sure. You bet, Garet."
Jenna broke down upon hearing those words. For the first time in her life, Isaac had not listened to her. But that was not important. What was important was that he was listening to Saturos and Menardi!
Everything was wrong. She felt sick seeing her beloved brother, who was presumed dead, come back as what you could call a traitor.
She was held captive by two Proxians with Kraden.
And…. Her best friends and crush was following the orders of those two Proxians!
The Mars Star was taken out of the pedestal. There was the usual rumbling, but however, this time it didn't stop.
"What's going on?" Menardi shrieked
"The Mars Star controls the lava of the 'dormant' Mt. Aleph! Without the Mars Star sealed away, Mt. Aleph's active again! The volcano going to explode! Sol Sanctum's to collapse!" Kraden yelped.
"Let's run before it's too late!" Saturos barked.
"What about this 'Jenna' and Kraden?" Menardi asked. There was silence, well, except for the rumbling of the 'dormant' mountain.
Suddenly Alex spoke; "Let's take this 'Jenna' and Kraden with us! If those two weaklings survive, they'll definitely come looking for them! And then we'll force them to hand over the Star."
"But you can't involve my friends or sister in this!" Felix cried out.
"If we leave Jenna here," Menardi said calmly, "she'll surely die. Is that what you want, Felix?"
"…"
"It's decided then. We can't afford to waste any time! Get out of my way!" With that, Menardi shoved Jenna towards Felix.
"Hey!" Felix barked. "Don't push my sister!" (A/N: one of my fav lines in GS)
It was Jenna's to teleport back through the portal. "Isaac…. Garet…."
"Jenna! Jenna!"
"I...isaac?"
"Jenna, hear me out. No matter how far apart we are, we'll never let go of each other, 'cause we have a link. Since that day."
FLASHBACK
"Jenna!" A seven-year-old boy called to his best friend. "Look what I got!"
A certain seven-year-old girl peered around her best friend to see what it was. "Wow!"
"I know." The boy beamed proudly. "It's a friend-ship chain! Well… it has an eternal Pysnergy stone pendant (A/N: don't Pysnergy stones always disappear after you use them? Well, this one last forever! So cool _…). So... I'm giving you the other chain. You're going to be a mage right? I heard mages use a lota Pysnergy so…" before he could finish, the young girl threw her arms around him.
"Thanks Isaac! I love it and appreciate it!"
"It's nothing! Get off me; I wanna put the chain on for you."
"Really?"
"Of course, silly!"
The boy looped the chain around the girl's neck and clipped the clasp together. "It looks great on you!"
"It does?"
"Anything looks good on Jenna," the boy said with a smirk.
"Isaac, can I put yours on for you as well?"
"Okay!"
The girl carefully clipped the clasp together and turned the boy around. "It suits you, Isaac!"
"Really?"
"Yup."
The boy and the girl yelled; "BEST FRIENDS FOREVER!" hi-fived each other and sprinted off to find their other best friend; proudly wearing their chains that no-one except for them knew about.
They didn't have a care in the world. Just two kids, playing happily with each other.
FLASHBACK
Jenna felt her chain on her neck. Only Isaac and she knew what they were talking about. "Yes," she whispered.
"I'm never letting go of you, Jenna."
"Nor am I of you, Isaac."
Jenna felt better as she said that. She knew Isaac and Garet would live, and come to look for her. Even if the reunion was to be a harsh one, their still would be a reunion. She knew it would end happy. She stepped through the portal.
She felt herself land back in the Sanctum, feeling uneasy as Alex teleported them out of Vale.
Jenna knew there would be many obstacles in the way to that happy ending. Many hard, what seems that can't be overcome obstacles. Jenna braced herself for them. Jenna would fight to win was deserved to be hers.
She knew.
How was that? Yes a bit long, but worth it! Haha. Thanks for reading my debut GS fic because reading it is like supporting me. This fic will be full on Valeshipping, with Mudshipping obstacles in between! *flames Mudshipping*
(1) Jenna's concerned about Isaac... duh... it's Valeshipping!
(2) Nobody cares about you, Garet. Especially Jenna, 'cos she's got Isaac.
Oh hail Valeshipping…..
Til next time!
Akemina-neechan _
Oh and yes, 'Don't push my sister' LOL…