Hullo thur! So, anyway, my new story. It's gonna be good...and possibly long. Enjoy!

Golden Days of Love

Chapter 1

Feizhi unclasped her leather canteen and took a long sip of water to quench her parched throat. She squinted her eyes at the sun and gazed out upon the land around her. The morning light dazzled the land of glittering dew drops as her father's entourage ambled at a leisurely pace through the hill-ish terrain of Eastern Angara.

It was a new spring and the first one after the return of Alchemy to Weyard. It was more beautiful than any spring that Feizhi could remember, and she concluded that it was through Alchemy's influence on nature that the land looked as splendid and alive as it did.

Insects swayed above tall grass of the sloped fields on either side of her as breezes blew across the sea of yellow-green. Deer grazing off in the distance raised their heads to watch the passerby momentarily before bending down again to graze some more.

The trees had bloomed with such intensity that it almost hurt the eyes to look upon so much colour and detail. The cherry blossoms especially, looked incredibly unique in their stunning brilliance of a thousand light pink petals; some of which were shaken loose from the gentle breezes and fell with delicate spins like pink snow.

A few stray petals found themselves caught in Feizhi's light purple hair which was tied back in two loops and a braid. Her father who rode beside her on his own horse smiled lovingly at her and, Feizhi, catching his look smiled back with rosiness under her green eyes.

"Beautiful, just beautiful," he exclaimed in the Xianese language.

"Yes, it most certainly is," Feizhi agreed staring out at the passing landscape.

"I wasn't talking about the land," her father said looking back at her with another loving smile. Feizhi looked back at him smiling this time with a blush.

"Do you think Isaac will find me just as beautiful?"

"I should think so, especially now that his quest is over. He will have the time to love you and marry you, and hopefully even move to Xian."

"Well, Master, I care not where he lives; I will go with him wherever as long as we are together."

"We are not having a training session Feizhi, so please, call me father."

"I'm sorry Father; I'm just so used to calling you by that. We train so much."

"It is rather improper, but don't worry, we do train quite often. I did the same with my father." They smiled at each other and then looked forward at the road.

Ahead, the road dipped down into a small forest. Minuscule forests and sloping fields were everywhere in the wilderness of Eastern Angara and they were home to many animals and beautiful wildflowers. Of which, Feizhi's father snagged a newly blossomed yellow flower off a dangling tree branch and gave it to his daughter. She blushed once again and placed the flower behind her ear.

"There now, even more beautiful."

"Thank you Father." Feizhi continued to smile and then looked away pretending to look upon the scenery. I hope Isaac feels the same way. The memory of when she had first fallen in love with him played in her mind for the millionth time….

Feizhi ran to Hsu. His legs were trapped underneath a boulder and his face was beet red.

"Hsu, are you okay? Can you feel your legs?"

"O-oh F-feizhi," he wheezed. "It's good you're here. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to see you one last time…"

"Hsu, don't say things like that! You'll be okay." Hsu's eyes were beginning to glaze over and he was mumbling indiscernible words in delirium. "Master Hama, we must move this boulder off of Hsu before he suffocates!"

"The boulder is too heavy Feizhi. I don't think there is anything we can do…"

"Master Hama!" A voice shouted from behind them and the sound of footfalls came after. The travelers from before had followed them. "Let me try to lift it." It was the taller blonde-haired boy who spoke.

"Isaac? You came all the way here to help a complete stranger?" Hama said feigning surprise. "Perhaps there is hope for Weyard yet…" she mumbled sarcastically.

Isaac took his sheathed sword off his back and gave it to his red-haired friend. He then took off his gloves and gave them also to his red-haired friend to hold. He studied the boulder as he walked up to it.

"Will you really be able to lift it?" Feizhi asked with a mixture of worry, hope, and disbelief. Isaac nodded and then gave her a reassuring smile.

"Yes, I believe so." It was that look, that smile, that reassuring twinkle in his brave blue eyes that Feizhi was instantly hooked by. She continued to look at him with an amazed, punch-drunk expression as he rolled up his sleeves exposing skinny arms that were toned with nothing but muscle. He cracked his fingers and prepared his stance by widening his legs.

"You might want to stand back." Feizhi nodded awkwardly still hypnotized by his eyes and smile and backed away to stand beside Master Hama and Isaac's companions. The redhead leaned toward her to say something.

"Don't worry; Isaac's got this in the bag." He flashed her a confident smile that could not even compare to Isaac's wonderful smile.

"Got what in what bag?"

"Just watch." Feizhi frowned perplexedly at him, but decided to ignore the odd boy and his foreign sayings. She turned her full attention back to Isaac.

Isaac thrust his hands out to the side, palms out and then swooped them downward in front of him bending his knees slightly and then brought his hands up following his chest, palms up. He did it again, this time widening his feet to sturdy his stance. He did once more and then a yellow-green aura appeared around his body and began to grow little by little.

Feizhi couldn't believe what she was seeing. By the looks of everyone else, she figured they couldn't see it. But then again, Feizhi had the feeling that they did see the aura and had probably seen it many times before, which would explain why they did not look very amazed.

She looked back to Isaac. His arms, palms up, were angled downward in front of him. They were ever so slowly rising and spreading away from each other with each second. The aura's light was increasing and had begun to shimmer and radiate off Isaac in flaring loops.

As Isaac raised his arms, the boulder parted with the ground. A slight scraping sound was heard as it lost complete contact with the soil. Hsu gasped for air with pain as he was freed from the terribly heavy burden.

When the boulder was higher than Isaac's head, he switched his stance by sliding his left foot behind him and having his right side face the boulder. He then drew back his left hand very carefully as if he were balancing the boulder on his right hand alone, and indeed he was.

He then pushed his left hand forward and hence the boulder moved forward too, away from Hsu.

"Feizhi." Master Hama uttered shortly as she quickly went to Hsu. Feizhi followed, not entirely snapping out of her awe as she did so. They both grabbed one of Hsu's arms and, as gently as they possibly could, dragged him away from the boulder.

Isaac however had already levitated the boulder out of harm's way and was currently trying to let it back down to the earth without dropping it. When it was mere inches away from the ground, he let go of his hold and concentration to let it rest upon the soil once more. It made a thunderous thud as it hit the ground and caused a tiny tremor. Cheers came forth from his friends which he smiled modestly to.

"Hsu, Hsu can you hear me?" Master Hama said in a stern voice. "You're going to be fine." Having to break her hypnotic awe on Isaac eventually, Feizhi held her friend's head in her lap.

"Hsu? It's okay, Isaac lifted the boulder. He saved you! You're going to be alright." Hsu couldn't really say anything being so exhausted, but he smiled wryly and lifted his chubby fingers to touch Feizhi's cheek and then fainted. Isaac walked over drenched in sweat and breathing some what heavily.

"Will he be alright?"

"Yes, thanks to you." Feizhi looked at him with a thankful smile and admiring eyes that were ready to slip into hypnosis again. Isaac flashed a smile back. Her stomach did a flip and she was gone…

"Good! Now let's get him back to Xian to mend those injuries. Garet, come here and help me." Garet nodded and then gave the shorter blonde boy Isaac's sword and his own. Feizhi had been looking at Isaac with such a daze that she did not realize what he was doing until he had done it. She nearly fainted, herself, from what she saw.

Isaac had taken off his tunic and scarf revealing his rather muscularly toned bare chest. Feizhi averted her gaze to hide her fierce blush and embarrassment, but couldn't stop herself from staring out of the corner of her eyes.

"Please! Sir Isaac, must you…be so bold?!"

"My apologies, but I am very hot." Isaac gave his tunic and scarf to the blonde boy giving him more stuff to carry. "And please, just call me 'Isaac'." he said with another smile that melted her heart.

Garet came over and then they lifted Hsu with his arms draped across their shoulders. They began the walk down the Alpine Pass back to Xian with the short blonde and the blue-haired girl following. Master Hama and Feizhi were left by the boulder.

Feizhi kept on staring at Isaac's strong back. She was amazed that he still had energy and strength to spare to carry Hsu back to Xian after lifting such a tremendously heavy boulder. Let alone lift a tremendously heavy boulder!...with his mind! Master Hama broke her thought amazement.

"Isaac is quite strong, isn't he?"

"Mm…"

"And he's quite the catch, isn't he?"

"Yes, he most certainly is…"Feizhi answered back in a drone-like voice. Hypnotized!

"But what about Hsu?"

"What about Hsu?! I mean…uh…" Hama burst out in laughter. "You were playing with me! Even though you know I'm still digesting everything that just happened, all that I saw! He lifted a boulder with his mind for Sol's sake!"

"Yes, and he looked rather stunning with his tunic off."

"Master Hama!" Feizhi's cheeks instantly burned red.

"Hahaha-hahaha-haha…! Come Feizhi. Let us head back to Xian and mend your friend's injuries." Feizhi watched her go for a moment. It annoyed her that she knew what Feizhi was thinking and was so open and obscene about it. But she knew that Hama was right. Feizhi was head over heels for Isaac.

As Feizhi came out of her memory trance she noticed her father looking at her inquisitively.

"Feizhi, are you okay?" Her cheeks must have been red.

"Yes father I am. I just can't wait to see Isaac again!"

So, yeah tell me what you think. It's gonna be good, I'm tellin yuh. I have the next chapter already written and ready to be posted, however, I'm gonna release it after I've completed chapter 3. So, good luck with patience.

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Thank you for reading. Now review.

-TLotW