A/n: I dun own Golden Sun or anything, so duns sue me~ the only peoples I own are Amiko and Kanata from this fic.

Prelude: The Storm

IC: My name is Isaac, a 13 year-old boy. I was lying in bed asleep.

"Isaac, wake up!" My Mother called. I still lay asleep. "Isaac, wake up! The Mt. Aleph Bolder will fall at any second!" I finally woke up. I jumped out of my bed. My Mother shook her head. "You forgot something!" My Mother used something, mainly called Psynergy. She took his Tunic and put it on him. "Don't forget your Tunic! It's pouring outside!" We both started for the stairs. We stopped, my mother making sure. "Do you have everything?" I nodded. "Good, a lost possession can be replaced; but a lost life can't." We went downstairs, where my father came in.

"Dora, Isaac, hurry, there isn't much time." My Father informed and went back outside. My mother and I continued for the Door. The flame that lit the room burnt out. We stopped for only a second, and continued outside.

"Kyle... Will they be able to stop the bolder?" My mother asked. My father went over to check.

"I don't think so... Not for long, anyway..." My father turned to face us. "You two go on ahead and take the refuge in the plaza." "Aren't you coming?" She asked. My father shook his head.

"I need to help evacuate the other villagers." My mother looked at me then my father.

"Let me help you, Kyle!" She declared.

"It's too dangerous, Dora. Please, just take good care of Isaac!" My mother shook her head.

"Isaac is old enough to get to the plaza on his own." My mother faced me. "You can find your way, can't you, Isaac?" She asked me. I nodded. "You know the way -- just go south to get to the plaza. Be careful!" My mother reminded me. They went to get the others safely to the plaza. I went on ahead, down the closest set of stairs. But as soon as I set my foot on the first step, a bolder blocked my way. I ran behind the house and up the stairs. Seeing Garet, my best friend, pulling his things.

"Ugh.. Hrnghhh.." He moaned. I walked over towards Garet. "Isaac, what do you want? I'm trying to save my things!" I sighed. "Garet, you don't need those!" I informed him. He continued to pull on the rope. I tried to talk to him again.

"What, you want me to just dump my stuff?" I nodded. He stopped pulling on the rope. "You think I should forget these things and save my own life?" I nodded.

"You know, your right. OK! Let's get out of here!" Garet made me leader and I continued across the bridge. Loud sounds could be heard from above. We stopped.

"Ahhh! The Boulder! It's falling!" Someone complained. We looked up ahead. Two elders and two villagers were holding back the enormous bolder.

"Ugh... Ughnn... It's too heavy! We can't hold it for long!" The Villager complained again.

"If our Psynergy runs out, Vale will be destroyed!" The second Villager complained. The first villager stopped for a moment. He spotted us.

"Hurry, boys! Run!!! It's just a little farther!" He called to us.

"C'mon Isaac, run! The Boulder is coming!" We nodded and continued on. I backtracked my steps, looking for a pathway to the Plaza. "Isaac, we'd better hurry!" Garet said, tugging my tunic. I nodded and followed after Garet.
As we went past the Sanctum, I saw Amiko, one of my friends, though she was only 4 years old, she was very strong when it came to Psynergy. Garet stopped, went behind me, and pushed me along. "Come... on, Isaac! I don't want to get crushed!" I looked back at Garet.

"Alright Garet! I'm going, I'm going!" I said, finally moving on ahead.

* * * *

At the entrance of Mt. Aleph, 14-year-old Kanata, a Cross-Adept, made her way into the Sol Sanctum. Her Glacier-colored hair darker a hue as the rain poured down the harder at the entrance. Kanata looked back one last time at the chaotic village of Vale. Her purple eyes shown brightly, she knew that she was needed, seeing that, possessing all four elements of Earth, Wind, Water and Fire, she was very important. Kanata sighed and ran inside the opened door day.
Inside it was dank, and mostly dark. The only light of the first hallway was of the dim light that came from the stormy image outside the doorway. Kanata un-tied her Tunic and laid it on the floor near the door. "I hope that Saturos isn't behind all of this.." She murmured to herself. Kanata rinsed all the rainwater from her hair, first of all, taking it down. "Whenever it rains, it pours harder here.." Kanata sighed. She quickly put her hair back into a ponytail, and advanced onward.

* * * *

Garet ran on ahead of me, seeing that he wanted to get to the plaza before it happened.

"Isaac, can't you go any slower?" Garet asked. I knew he didn't mean exactly that. But, seeing how the ran was now pouring, the wind blew semi-hard every 30 seconds, and running to find a new path that wouldn't be blocked by a small bolder wore me tired. I kept running, trying to keep the same pace at Garet.
Soon, we came to a large staircase that leads do wards, near of where the Plaza itself was located. I went down first, followed by Garet. By the time we had gotten down, I notched that my Mother, Father, my friends Jenna and her parents out on a small deck at Jenna's house. Garet took a glance at the rushing river and saw our friend, Felix, hanging on to his life.

"Oh no! My brother!" Jenna cried.

"Hang on, Felix." My father called over to Felix. Mother turned to Jenna.

"Felix will be alright. We'll find a way to save him..." Mother comforted. A wave then went over Felix, causing him to go underwater. "Noooooo! Felix!!" Jenna cried. Both Jenna's mother and herself hid behind her Father so they couldn't see the scene. Father sighed. "The rope won't reach... We should use Psynergy. Do you have any left?" he asked, directing the question to Jenna's Dad. He shook his head.

"No, I've used all mine up. What about you, Kyle?" He asked. Father shook his head.

"I'm drained from helping the other villagers..." He said a bit disappointed. Just then, it seemed the Mother got an idea. She then looked around her, then at my father.

"We have to get help." She said. He nodded.

"Can Felix hang on long enough for us to find help?" He asked.

"There's nothing else we can do for him here, is there?" Mother asked. All fell silent for a moment. Then, Father spoke, breaking the silence.

"Then go get help, but be as quick as possible!" He agreed. Mother nodded. "Jenna, can you go to?" Her father asked. Her mother nodded.

"You'll find help, right?" Jenna's mother pleads. Jenna nodded.

"Your brother's counting on you, Jenna." Mother informed. Jenna nodded. "Alright, let's get going!" She said, going on to the back door and out of the house. Jenna followed. They stopped at the front door outside.

"I'll look up north... You head for the plaza, alright?" Mother asked. Jenna nodded.

"Yes, ma'am. We're looking for anyone with any Psynergy left, right?" Jenna asked, making sure. They both nodded, heading off. Mom had come up to us, and took seeing us by surprise.

"Isaac!" She said. She came closer. "You saw what happened?" She asked. I nodded.

"Everything." I said. She nodded.

"I have to go get help before Felix drowns!" She said, in a rushed voice. "Then again, I don't suppose... Could the two of you help me?" She asked us. Both Garet and I nodded. "Jenna has gone to the plaza to get help. Go join her." She said, before heading off once more. I watched her ascend the stairs, and then we headed off. We ran, up the stairs that lead to the bridge, and around to cross it. Only then did a Vermin and a Bat stop us. Garet and I withdrew our Short Swords. I attacked the Vermin while Garet attacked the Bat. It only took a couple swings of our swords to get them out of the way.

"Lots of monsters now that kid mentioned it.." Garet said, sheathing his sword. "Isaac, you got a cut on your arm!" Garet noted. I took a look at my arm, and saw a cut, as well as a bite.

"I'll be fine. C'mon, we've got to hurry!" I said, sheathing my sword. Garet nodded. We ran on, seeing damaged houses as we went along the trail to the main part of the Plaza area. We zigzagged along as we went down one, two, three set of stairs. This led us to the area where our Inn, and Weapon stores were. We weaved around people, making our way to Jenna, who was talking to the Garet's Grandfather, the Mayor of Vale.
"...Go aid the elders! The Boulder is too heavy for them to hold much longer." The Mayor ordered too men. They nodded and headed off. Garet and I stepped up.

"Grandpa! Jenna!" Garet cried. Jenna turned around to Garet's voice.

"Garet, Isaac... You came to help me?" She asked. We nodded. "Jenna told me about Felix. Is that why you're here?" He asked. I nodded.

"Good boys! Jenna could use a hand."
"Great! I'm all charged up!" Said a voice. A man climbed off the Psynergy stone and jumped over.

"How are you? Have you restored you Psynergy?" Mayor asked. The guy nodded.

"Enough to save Felix thanks to the Psynergy Stone." He commented. Mayor nodded, and then turned towards Jenna.

"OK, Jenna, you heard him. Now hurry back!" Jenna nodded. Then, he turned to us, "The path may be blocked by fallen rocks. You two can show them the way!" We nodded.

"...Thank you Isaac." Jenna said.

"No thanks, Jenna. Let's just go and save Felix!" Jenna nodded, and we headed off. We again weaved in and out of the townspeople, and up the three sets of stairs that we'd come down before. We got to the bridge and stopped.

* * * *

Kanata hurried and ran down each hallway, cutting the monsters there in half with her Scythe as she went along the path. Kanata came to a room with tiles that were floating on the water.

"Out of all the places, why is this one here?" She asked herself. Quickly, she jumped on each one, in the correct order in order to get a jewel from the chest on the other side. She ran back, went to the other side and walked up to the Dragon's Head. Carefully, she placed the Dragon's Jewel in its left eye. The ground shook for a moment then stopped. Kanata grinned as she heard a click. She then went back the way she came. At the end of the hallway, there was a new path. Kanata ran through the door and came to a room with 7 white statues. She ran off to the far right, and pushed the last one over to the side, to reveal a hidden passage. Hurriedly, she went through. She sensed someone was here, but they had to have left already. Kanata turned away.

"I go and check and they leave. How rude..." Kanata clapped her hands twice and held them up. "REATREAT!" She called out, and she glowed white and disappeared. She came back to the entrance, ran out of the Sanctum, with her Tunic on once more. She saw that the six mean weren't able to hold it. They were about to drop it.

"Hold on!" Kanata yelled. She held out her hand, and used her Psynergy to hold it back. One of the two elder peeped through the small opening and saw Kanata. "Hurry and go to the Sanctum. Tell Amiko she needs to protect Isaac and the others! He's at Jenna's house!" Kanata cried. He nodded and hurried off.

* * * *

Inside the Sanctum, Amiko, a close friend to Jenna, Isaac, Garet and Kanata, her semi-long blonde hair moved in front of her face. She again placed it behind her ears. Just then, the door to the Sanctum opened. Amiko looked up to see whom it was. It was the elder that Kanata ordered to fetch Amiko.

"Miss Amiko, I've been told that you need to assist Isaac and his friends. Amiko nodded.

"They're at Jenna's house, and hurry!" The elder cried as Amiko ran into the storm.
Hurriedly, Amiko went across the wet bridge, trying not to slip, and went off through the area where Mr. Kraden lived. Careful to avoid any interference, Amiko took out she Short Sword, and sliced each Monster that came into her way. She took out a Vermin and went out of that passageway. She curved in and out as she came down the stairs, now coming to be my mother was.

"Miss Dora!" Amiko called as she came to a stop.

"Amiko... But, weren't you...?" Dora asked, who still seemed confused.

"One of the Elders told me that Kanata said for me to protect all of you if the Bolder falls!" Amiko cried.

"Besides, help's here and we can't afford to wait." Amiko said, pointing up at us. Mom looked this way, and hurriedly came towards us.

"Well, I couldn't find anyone who could help.." Mom said disappointed. "How about you?" She asked. All three of us nodded. The guy went over and showed himself.

"You're just in time." Mom said.
Amiko hurriedly went inside Jenna's house and came out on the small Dock-like area.
"Then my brother is still.." Jenna asked, still worried. Mom turned towards Felix, who fought against the water.

"Felix is all right. He's hanging in there." She comforted. Jenna sighed. "Come down here so we can save Felix." Mom said. We all nodded and curved around and down the stairs. Just at that moment, we heard crashing noises coming towards us.

"Amiko!! The boulder!!" Garet cried. Amiko looked up, and quickly as she could, she held up her hands.

"PSYNERGY SHIELD!" Amiko cried, and with all her might, she used her Psynergy to hold back the bolder, which was now going against the shield.

"Hurry and get out of the way!" Amiko said to my Father and Jenna's parents. They all nodded and hurried in and out of the house in one piece.

"What about Felix?!" Jenna cried.
"I got 'em!" Came a voice from about. I looked up and saw Kanata.

"Kanata!" Garet and I called. Kanata smiled and jumped into the freezing river. Not soon after, her head popped up.

"Felix! Grab my hand." Kanata called out.

"But.." Felix managed to say.

"No buts. C'mon!" Kanata grabbed Felix's hand and to swore they went. Felix coughed of all the water he'd swallow while he waited. "You alright?" Kanata asked. Felix nodded.

"Yeah, fine." Kanata smiled once more and stood up.

"Move!" she yelled as she held out a hand. The Ghostly hand grabbed the boulder.

"Amiko hurry and get out of the way!" Kanata said. Amiko left down the shield and nodded. She then quickly went inside the house, and came outside as Kanata had let the boulder drop.

"Amiko, Isaac, Garet. Let's go and check to see if anyone has been hurt." We all nodded, and departed. Amiko, Garet and I left for the plaza, while Kanata went back north, since that was where the Boulder stuck first. Once more we weaved around and went up the bridge. Off we went, down to the plaza to check on the townspeople.
As we went, we heard voices, and stopped dead.

"Only the two of us survived..." Said a deep voice. Not after a minute or so, it seemed that a woman's voice poke as well.

"How could we have anticipated Sol Sanctum would unleash such fury?" She asked.

"It's a miracle that even the two of us were spared..." Said He.

"That switch... It much have been a trap," said She.

"But to think it could conjure up a storm this powerful!" He commented.

"...Another demonstration of the awesome powers of Alchemy.." She agreed.

"Regardless, we must not fail the next time we challenge Sol Sanctum." He informed.

"Next time, we shall certainly..." Just at that moment, Garet stepped on Amiko's foot.

"OUCH! Garet watch it!" Amiko snapped.

"Uh-oh.." I said, looking up, to see two people staring down at us. One had semi-deep blue skin, and looked the scariest. The other had semi-dark red skin and had long yellow hair.

"Were you just eavesdropping on us just now?" The blue one asked. Slowly, I nodded.

"Isaac.." Both Amiko and Garet said in unison.

"Ah, Amiko... how nice to see you again? Now that Kanata isn't here, who will protect you?" The red one asked.

"I will!" Amiko snapped.

"Isaac.." Garet nudged me. "...They look scary... Are you sure you want to talk to them?" Garet asked. I merely shrugged.

"I don't know, Garet..." Was all I could muster as a reply.

"You must forget everything you've heard." She stated.

"H-How?" Amiko asked a bit frightened. "Don't worry... we'll help you forget!" He commented.
"Not so fast, Saturos!" Came Kanata's voice. "Urg.. Kanata... you may have come at the right time, but you little friends here need to forget what they've heard." Saturos commented.

"I won't let you harm my friends!" Kanata called back.

"Kanata... you may be strong as well important, but you're just as young as they are! And Young ones always get scared.." She agreed.

"Menardi, I've known the both of you long enough to not be scared!" Kanata commented, advancing towards us. Just then, a battle between all of us began.

"You guys hurry and go off to the plaza. I'll deal with them." Kanata said, her Scythe in hand.

"Kanata please, you have to let us help!" I plead.

"Isaac it isn't safe, please go and hurry!" Kanata said, fighting of Saturos.

"Isaac, let's go." Garet beckoned. I nodded and slowly made my way away from the scene.

"Not so fast." Menardi said, in front of the three of us. Amiko and I withdrew our Short Swords.

"You're kidding? Fine, one hit would take you out!" Her hands began to glow red.

"INFERNO!" She yelled as hundreds of fireballs came from her hand, and made contact with both Garet and Amiko.

"Garet! Amiko!" I cried. They were down, Kanata had her hands full, and now I was alone. Amiko's sword wasn't far from herself. Even the though of using two wouldn't improve my chances. I gripped my sword and charged at her. I merely cut her! I landed on my feet and turned back. There was a small scrape of her face.

"That will cost you, kid, more then your friends... your LIFE!"
"No!" Kanata yelled, pushing Menardi out of the way. They both crashed on the ground.

"Go, Isaac now! Don't look back!" Kanata said, fighting off both Saturos and Menardi. I nodded, turning away, and didn't look back. I turned a near-by corner and feared the worst for my friends...
Kanata was pushed away and off of Menardi. Menardi stood up, and accompanied Saturos.

"Big mistake to take us on. Now you'll pay." Menardi said.

"You talk tough, but can you fight as well as you talk?" Kanata asked as she got up.

"Let's do this.." Saturos said. Menardi nodded. First, Menardi held out her hand, the Saturos put his behind hers.

"SURPREME INFERNO!" They yelled in unison.

"Frost!" Kanata yelled in a rushed voice. The fire ad deflected from the icy effects of her Frost, and she was luckily saved.

"I'm tired of this. Let's finish this now!" Saturos charged towards Kanata, how had no time to dodge the attack. Kanata took in the assault, and her left side was wounded. Menardi smirked.

"Time flies, but both of you will forget everything!" Menardi held up her hand, and red steam encircled Kanata, and the area I was at.

"EXPLOSION!" She cried. The earth below us exploded, and we were knocked out cold in the process. We landed, however near Garet and Amiko.. Of they went, Saturos and Menardi, left the village of Vale.