Author's Note: I'm feeling slightly ambitious right this second, and so this story is born. I should warn you now—updating will be sporadic, as I'm working on another story as well. But I feel fairly certain no one else has attempted this yet, so here goes.

The Adept's Guide to Weyard, Prologue: Where It All Began

The idea had seemed so simple at the time—one day, when they were done with the whole 'saving-the-world' thing, they would travel the world once more. This time though, they would do so to enjoy themselves and see old friends again.

But five years had passed since they'd returned to the rubble that was Vale, and still no fantastic trip. Sure, the new Vale was more magnificent than the original, and life was peaceful and happy. Sure, all eight of them had kept in touch over the years. But five years was long enough, and Jenna was fully inclined to be childish if it would convince Felix and Isaac that it was finally time to take that trip.

"Feeeeeeeeeeelix!"

"Really, Jenna. We've got plenty to do here. Leaving right now is hardly the best choice," Felix protested stiffly, casting a look at Isaac that clearly said, 'HELP ME OUT HERE!'

Jenna chose to ignore it.

"Oh please. Vale's only building project is a new fountain, the elders aren't mad at you, and Garet's so bored that he's taken to setting things on fire just so he has something to fix around here. Right, Isaac?" She shot her childhood friend her most winning look, and between her pretty (and almost threatening) smile and Felix's glare, the poor boy looked ready to bolt.

"Jenna does have a point about Garet," he offered as an attempt at neutrality. "Besides, it would be fun to go and see everyone again, right?"

"Yeah, Felix, you're just afraid Vale can't survive without you here to protect it." A bit of a low blow, but boredom made Jenna desperate.

"N-no I'm not!" Felix sputtered, and focused his frustrated on Isaac, "And you, you've got to have some of your own opinions, or you'll never survive more than three dates with Jenna!"

Now it was Isaac's turn to stammer awkwardly, though it went unnoticed as Jenna immediately resumed squabbling with her brother. Why Felix continued to protest when Jenna was obviously going to win was beyond him.

So, while the two continued to argue, he took the opportunity to think of ways to tell his parents about the inevitable trip. After all of the near-death events amongst his family, both his mom and dad were reluctant to let him travel much farther than Vault these days, in spite of the fact he was twenty-two, and far more skilled in Psynergy than either of them. Even that hardly seemed to matter much these days, as most of the monsters were either extinct or hiding in the deepest recesses of the forests. Most of their armor and supplies had been sold after the events at the Mars Lighthouse, but some of the most powerful items had been kept for (mostly) sentimental reasons, and they could probably be prepared to leave within a few days, so long as Garet stayed focused on the task at hand.

As Isaac moved on to wondering whether Garet would immediately demand they visit Imil first or not, he was pulled out of his thoughts by a rather forceful Jenna,

"C'mon, Isaac! We have to tell Garet we're leaving soon!" The triumphant smile on her face was enough to distract him from feeling pity for a defeated-looking Felix.

He didn't think much on how odd it was that Felix was reluctant to travel, as Jenna was still gripping his hand as they raced for Garet's house, and he couldn't quite wipe the silly grin off his face by the time they reached their friend's house.

"Hi, Kay! Is Garet here?" Jenna smiled brightly as Kay answered the door.

"Unfortunately, yes. The oaf nearly burnt my garden again," she snapped (though it was obvious she was still fond of her silly brother), and soon enough they heard the Fire Adept's footsteps pound through the house.

"Who's at the door, Kay?"

"It's us, Garet!" Jenna called, and soon their tall, red-headed friend met them at the doorway, grinning at his two best friends.

"So what's the occasion? Prank on Felix? Visit to places forbidden by the elders? Near death experiences?"

"Nothing like that," Jenna replied casually, and grinning all the wider, "We're just letting you know that you need to be packed up and ready to leave by the end of the week."

"Wha-what?"

"We're going on a trip," Isaac explained, "to visit every place we saw during our mission."

"Really!?"

"Yep."

"Wow. So that means Felix agreed to go too?"

"After Jenna 'persuaded' him by whin—OW!"

"That's great!" Garet exclaimed, not particularly sympathetic towards Isaac's punched shoulder, and Jenna had done the same thing to him almost as often.

"So it's official then!" Jenna remarked, grinning just as widely as before.

"Guess so," Garet agreed, "I can't believe we're actually taking the trip after all these years."

And so, after a long and well-deserved stay in their hometown, Isaac, Garet, Jenna, and Felix left early in the morning a few days later, sent off by their families and a few friends. Their provisions were fairly light, but since they were stopping off in Vault, there was no need to load up just yet. Garet thought it was a shame that they didn't have the Djinn for company, and Jenna was quickly getting bored of all the walking, but none could deny that all four were excited—even Felix.