Normally I like to have fics finished before I put them up, but I couldn't resist. It may not seem dark at first, but I'll try. I have more written, but this is enough for now. I hope you enjoy it.
Lest I forget, I do not own Golden Sun!
Piers sailed his ship uneasily into Lemuria's port. With the Lighthouses lit, would he even be allowed back into his homeland? He hoped King Hydros had calmed things done. He landed and disembarked. He walked slowly done the ramp and unto the familiar ground.
"Hark! Who goes there?" A voice cried out as Piers neared the door to Lemuria.
"It is me! Piers!" The Mercury Adept called. He heard a murmur, and then.
"Come with us! King Conservato wishes to meet you!" the sentry shouted in reply. Before Piers could protest, he was suddenly grabbed and dragged off.
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"These monsters are too easy," Isaac sighed. He was outside Vale, bored to death. He thought fighting something would help. It didn't. These monsters proved no threat.
"Now Duhallan, he was a monster," a new voice said, slicing through the boredom. Isaac turned around and saw his fellow Earth Adept, Felix.
"What brings you to these parts?" Isaac asked, putting his sword back into it's sheath.
"Same reason as you I suppose," Felix shrugged, casting a Gaia at an approaching Rat, who turned and scurried off. Felix turned back towards Isaac.
Isaac just gave an agreeing nod and sat down on the cool earth. Felix sat down in front of him.
"Actually, there was another reason I'm out here. I need to talk to you about something," Felix sighed. Isaac's eyebrow shot up. What did Felix mean?
"It's about Jenna," Felix continued, answering Isaac's unasked question. Isaac's eye opened slightly. What was to come, a rant, you better not touch her…hurt her and die and miserable death?
"What about Jenna?" Isaac said slowly. His hand nervously twitched. Not even The Sentinel had sent such chills down his spine.
"Take good care of her. She's prone to some violent explosions. The best thing to get her out of those rants is to totally and completely agree with her," Felix advised.
"What!" Isaac asked incredulously. This was not what he expected.
"I can't keep protecting my sister forever. Besides, I know you. You'll never let anything happen to her," Felix confessed. Isaac was stunned. Clearly Felix had been working up the courage to tell him this for a while.
"I'm, I'm not sure what to say…" Isaac said after a few moments. Felix gave a slight grin.
"What did you expect? Threats?" Felix asked, "'Cause I certainly can give them if you want. Satorus taught me some good ones."
"That's okay. I'm just a little shocked," Isaac answered sheepishly. Felix shrugged his shoulders.
"Let's head back to Vale. Garet and Mia are heading off to Imil for a bit," Felix suggested. Isaac nodded in agreement.
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"Now why are you going off to Imil with Mia?" Ivan asked Garet for what had to be the hundredth time. Garet had a medium sized bag slung over his shoulder, tied to the sheath of his sword.
"Because someone has to protect her," Garet said, his right eye twitching slightly.
"Mia's strong enough to get Imil on her own," Ivan pointed out, clearly oblivious to what Garet has trying to hint.
"Sheba…Could you please shut him up?" Garet asked the female Jupiter Adept who was with them. The three were at Vale Gate, waiting for Mia. The villagers were coming to wish them bye and to come back soon.
Sheba nodded her head in agreement and dragged Ivan off to a stump. She sat him down and began to explain in rapid speak to the blond boy. When she was down, Ivan sat there for a few minutes, mulling over everything he had heard.
While the Wind Adept was thinking this over, Isaac and Felix entered the town.
"Where's Jenna?" Felix asked. She had been there earlier.
"One of her Djinn found some sugar," Garet explained,
The rest gave a sympathetic moan and winced slightly at the thought of several hyper Mars Djinn. All except for Sheba, who was glancing over in the direction of the ruins of Sol Sanctum. Something seemed to be bothering her, but before anyone could question her; Mia showed up.
"Hello!" Mia smiled happily, joining her fellow Adepts. She carried a bag in her right hand.
"I can take that for you," Garet offered, holding out his right hand.
"That's okay. It's not heavy," Mia declined. Her staff was tied to her back, much like Garet's sword was.
"You guys could leave now if you wanted," Isaac pointed out. A small silence ensued.
"No! Bad Coal! Bad!" Jenna's voiced yelled, piercing the silence. She soon came into view, her hair a ragged mess and slightly burnt. She was carrying a struggling Mars Djinn in her arms.
"Halt!" Ivan yelled, freezing the Djinn. Coal stopped squirming.
"Thank you," Jenna sighed, giving a quick nod and grateful grin to the Wind Adept.
Ivan smiled back to the older Adept and mumbled a quick, "Welcome."
"You know, we did think about leaving before everyone assembled here," Mia spoke up. The other Adepts, excluding Garet of course, raised their eyebrows.
"It's not like we're going to be gone for long. Mia just wants to visit everyone and make sure Imil is okay. It is fairly close to Mercury Lighthouse after all," Garet explained.
"Unless something's wrong, we'll be back in a week or two," Mia ensured.
"So are you two going or not? I think I see Garet's family coming," Sheba said, standing on tiptoes and looking out at the distance.
Garet and Mia shared a quick glance. They both nodded and ran off.
"Don't forgot to wear clean underwear!" Ivan yelled out to Garet with a malicious grin. His friends all looked at him like he was insane, or evil; probably both.
"Garet's mom told me to say that if he left before they got here," Ivan explained.
"Oookay," Isaac said, not entirely sure he believed his small friend.
"I'm not explaining it to them…" Sheba said, and walked off as Garet's family came.
"Where are Garet and Mia?" Garet's grandfather asked.
"They left," Ivan said simply, and then to Garet's mom, "I gave him the message."
"Thank you very much Ivan!" Garet's mom squealed. Ivan just gave a quick nod. Soon they dispersed. Isaac went to try and figure out what to say to Jenna. Ivan wondered who was going to stay up late with him and make shadow puppets on the wall. Felix headed off to find Sheba, who had disappeared. Finally, Jenna, who was still holding the frozen Mars Djinn, opened her eyes in surprise as the Halt wore off.
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"Good. You're not dead."
"What did you expect. I got most of the Golden Sun."
"Most?"
"The Wise One's fault. He imbued part of the Golden Sun to the Mars Star. Isaac has the rest."
"Give me what you have. Get around the other end of Sol Sanctum and wait for me. I have a plan."
"As you wish."
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"Get this thing out of my room!" Jenna shrieked. Felix opened his eyes slightly in the dim gloom of right before dawn.
"Absolutely," Felix yawned on instinct, and turned around in his bed. He was about to fall asleep again when his door was rudely slammed open. A very angry Jenna stormed in and threw something at her brother. It never hit. The bird, carrying an envelope, zoomed around the room. Felix, now fully awake, shot out of bed and grabbed the bird in midair.
"Wait…This is Piers' uncle's bird…" Felix said. He took the letter off the bird's leg. The bird chirped happily and stood on the dresser by the boy's bed. Felix skimmed the letter and gasped.
"What is it?" Jenna asked, brown eyes alight with curiosity. She read the letter which Felix had dropped, due to grabbing his clothes and changing in a haste. She too gasped.
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"We should warn Prox!" Isaac yelled as he looked over the letter. The five Adepts had gathered when they heard the news. The Elders of Vale were also there. In fact, everyone was there.
"Read it again!" Someone yelled from the crowd. Felix grabbed the letter and took a deep breath.
"To Piers' Traveling Companions,
I must warn you, for no one else will! Conservato has taken over Lemuria and killed King Hydros! He has declared war upon Prox and Vale. If Piers is still there, please, keep him there! Conservato will capture him should he return. I would give more information, but this is all I know. Please do not send my bird back, for he will not be able to return in these conditions.
Piers' Uncle," Felix finished, reading through the letter.
"War…we can not survive this," an Elder stated flatly after a minute of silence.
"We can. They have declared war on Prox as well! We can join forces!" Isaac yelled. A murmur was heard through the crowd.
"But they defiled Sol Sanctum and nearly destroyed Vale with that boulder!" another Elder exclaimed.
"They were trying to save their hometown and the world! Who else here wouldn't have done the same?" Jenna asked. Another murmur was heard.
"But how do we relay the message to them?" the Third Elder asked.
"The Teleport Lapis," Ivan answered, holding it up.
"How much longer till Garet and Mia get to Imil?" Sheba asked.
"They'll probably be there sometime tomorrow. Felix and me will head to Prox to tell them. Tomorrow we'll go to Imil and get Garet, Mia will probably be willing to help as well," Isaac said. Ivan handed him the Teleport Lapis and the two Earth Adepts teleported off.
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"So you dare to have returned Piers? Did you think the people of Lemuria would have taken kindly to the lighting of the Lighthouses?" Conservato asked Piers, who had been thrown rather roughly upon the throne room floor.
"You're a traitor," Piers spat, standing up, his hands giving off a bluish glow.
"You'd attack a fellow Lemurian? I doubt you have that in you," Conservato sneered, motioning for the guards.
"You're right, I wouldn't hurt a fellow Lemurian. But I can't see any but myself!" Piers yelled. He turned on his heels quickly and cast a SuperCool, knocking the two guards back. He then turned over to Conservato.
"If you betray the King, you are not a Lemurian," Piers said coldly, his hands glowing with the power of Mercury.
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"Why don't we attack Lemuria first?" Felix suggested. Prox was of no help, their Adepts were not very powerful. Ivan was in Imil, waiting for Garet and Mia to get there. Today being the day after the letter came, Isaac and Felix were brainstorming ideas.
"That's not a bad idea. Piers is probably there, we could help him," Isaac said. The two Earth Adepts mulled over this idea.
"Bring the fight to them! Let's do it!" Felix said after a minute.
"We'll go tomorrow, that way we can be ready," Isaac agreed. Felix said he'd get Jenna and Sheba and tell them. Isaac went to gather necessary supplies, and spread the news.
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"Where are they?" Ivan wondered for the fifth time. He had been waiting by the entrance of Imil for over three hours. Garet and Mia had yet to show up.
"Mr. Ivan, how long are you going to be out here?" a little kid, scarcely older then four, asked the Jupiter Adept.
"Till Garet and Mia return," Ivan replied, tapping his foot impatiently. Finally, not wanting to wait any longer, he strode off into the wilderness.