Well this is my first fanfic for anything and I hope you enjoy it.

The basic premise of this story is the main Quest of GS and GS: TLA (with a few changes to work with the story as it continues past the main quest) Following Isaac's group.

These first few chapters are pre GS and help explain a little about my version of Isaac's childhood before the storm

Disclaimer: Golden Sun and is owned by Camelot and Nintendo

A Clear Day

The ten year old Isaac had climbed up to his secret spot above where the children of Vale were playing, carefree and happy. He sighed as he sat down against his favorite tree and allowed himself a momentary glance sat the other children. He sighed again, wondering why it was he would not go down and socialize like his parents always encouraged him to do, and why everyday he went to this rocky outcropping on the side of a rock wall, secluded from the other children hidden in the shadows of the trees and the large rocks around him. He knew he was not the most outgoing person, but he didn't see the harm in it, in fact he found his solitude quite refreshing.

Isaac was, for a child of ten, a very bright individual and an amazing artist, but was very shy and had never been very open about himself even to his parents, who were unaware that their son was such an amazing artist as he was very self-conscientious about his art and had not even told them.

He brushed aside some of his unruly blonde hair and moved a large rock in front of him to reveal a small bound book full of drawings that he made next to another small bound book full of his thoughts. He smiled to himself, knowing he was one of the only children in Vale who could write legibly. He grabbed the drawing book and looked around for a new subject. He spied a small flower growing on a boulder and set himself to work, his small hands moving gracefully along the page. As he sketched the flower he smiled at himself, thinking that it was beautiful day to draw; indeed the sky was a beautiful crystal blue color matching his own eyes. As he spent more time on his subject, he became totally immersed in it and was not able to hear the figure approaching behind him...

...

Jenna was fuming as she stormed off from the small grass hill where the children of Vale were playing. She was angry at her meat-headed friend Garet. He had been teasing her and in her anger she had tried to smack him in the back of the head, only to find herself rolling off the hill after a small misstep. Garet, laughed at her inability to hit him and walked off. Jenna knew she should go somewhere alone to "cool off" as her brother always told her to do. While wondering around Vale trying to find a nice quiet place to go she spotted a small rocky outcropping on a rock wall near the area where the other children, though it looked like it required a little climbing to get to, she though it looked like the perfect place to go to be alone. She ran off towards it and in no time was slowly working her way up to the little secluded spot. When she made it to the top, Jenna paused to catch her breath, it was a hard climb for the ten-year old girl to make but as she looked around, she knew it was worth it. The outcropping was quite small, it had a small tree growing near the edge, grass and flowers covered its surface and rocks with a few small boulders were scattered around, she could see the grassy hill where the other children were playing. She walked up to the small tree, and stopped as she saw him. She didn't know this boy, though he was obviously the same age as her. He was about the same height as her , with spiky golden hair and crystal blue eyes, while wearing a small blue tunic with blue cotton pants. He was leaning against the tree and looked immersed in his drawing. He did not even notice her presence.

"...hi" Jenna said uncertainly, wondering if she should be disturbing his hard work.

Isaac was startled and turned his head so abruptly that he almost hit it on the tree. He hadn't expected anyone to find him in his spot, no one ever had before, and it made him sad, because he knew he would have to go and find a new spot! He was even more saddened by the though, as he really liked this spot. He realized that the red-haired girl was waiting for a response.

"...umm...h-hello..." Isaac answered softly, averting his eyes, he was not used to meeting other people, it was this kind of encounter he had always tried to avoid after all.

Jenna smiled to herself at his answer, now she had an idea of why she didn't know him, he was obviously very shy and as such had hidden here . She made a resolution to herself to become his friend and stuck out her hand, "my name's Jenna, what's yours?"

Isaac, getting over the shock of someone finding his spot, remembered her. She was friends with the spiky-haired loudmouth named Garet. Isaac also knew that she had a terrible temper and her overprotective brother made her someone who he would normally be intimidated by. He also knew that if he didn't answer her, he would wind up getting pushed off of the small outcropping, which wasn't an appealing prospect to him, so he timidly shook her hand and said, "it's...umm....I-Isaac".

He was nervous, there was no doubt. He had played situations like this a million times in his head, and they never seemed to end in any pleasant manner, he hoped he would get through this without suffering any bodily harm.

Jenna on the other hand was trying to think of more she could do to keep their conversation going, as he looked ready to bolt away at any second. She looked for a moment and saw his drawing book he had left open on the ground and snatched it up to look at it, what she saw stunned her. Isaac's artwork was very pretty.

He saw her grab his drawings. 'Stupid!' He though to himself, now the brown eyed girl was looking through his art work and by the expression on her face he was ready to hear...

"Wow, these are really pretty!" Jenna said, her attention focused on his small book of drawing, turning from the flower he had been working on to a drawing featuring a bird perched on a tree in amazing detail.

...nothing like that, he thought that maybe she was just being nice and murmured something about how he thought they weren't very good at all.

Her head snapped up at this comment, "You don't really think that do you, I haven't seen any grown-ups who can draw like this! Surely your parents like them, right?" She gazed at him questioningly. He averted her gaze again, and told her he had never shown anyone his drawings, her questioning look only intensified, "why not?"

"I...just don't think they are that good, and I don't want to bother my them by having them look at them..." Was his reply, a sad look in his eyes.

Jenna bit her lip, why was it that he though so lowly of himself, she wanted to think of a solution that would help cheer up her new friend. She realized the solution was simple, just go with him to show his parents, that way maybe she could give him some confidence.

"Well Isaac that's stupid! Come on I'll show you." she exclaimed as she pushed him forward to indicate he should climb down.

"but..." he started to protest but an angry flash in Jenna's eyes immediately silenced him, and he started climbing down in defeat. Once they reached solid ground she demanded to know where he lived, grabbed his hand and pulled him along with her as she sped off to her new destination, pleased with herself for thinking of this brilliant plan.

Isaac on the other hand was wondering why this girl had suddenly taken such an interest in his life, had she not just met him only a small time ago?

...

Isaac's mother, Dora, was tending to dinner. She was, as she did everyday, worrying about her son, who had become something of a loner, a sad existence and she felt for her son everyday he came

home alone with no stories of fun and games as most children had. He came home silent everyday sharing few words with his parents eating and leaving to go sleep so the cycle could continue the next day. She shed a few tears thinking about her son, wondering if his future would be as lonely as his present.

She heard a knock at the door, wondering who it was, as they didn't get many visitors where they lived. She opened it to find a red-haired girl about Isaac's age standing there look up at her. What surprised Dora the most was that behind her was none other than her son.

Isaac could see is mother was shocked that he was at at the door, not alone, but with someone.

'well' he thought to himself 'at least now she won't pester me everyday to go and meet new people'.

Jenna introduced herself to Isaac's mother. After a short conversation, Jenna revealed why she had brought Isaac.

"I think Isaac has something he wants to tell you about" she said as she turned to Isaac, who started to look very nervous about the prospect of revealing his drawing to his mother, he took a deep breath, and with an encouraging smile from Jenna gave his drawing book to His mother. Jenna smiled to herself at her accomplishment in helping her new friend.

Well that was the first chapter of my story

Troubles of a Hero

So please review and the next part will be coming shortly