This story is set in an alternate universe where Isaac was the one who fell into the river and was crushed by the boulder instead of Felix. Garet is also different but everything else will largely remain the same.
It will focus mainly on Jenna and her journey.
"Jenna dear."
"Five more minutes Mother"
"Jenna please, you must wake up! There is a terrible storm brewing and we must go help evacuate. Get Isaac and Garet and get to the plaza. You must hurry."
"Oh and don't forget your cape."
The horrible wind is howling outside, it threatens to knock Jenna over as she stands, she will not be stopped though. One foot after another she reaches Isaac's house. The door is ajar and she walks in. The fire is out and the rooms are pitch black.
"Isaac, Isaac please, where are you? My mother says that we have to go to the plaza" But the house is completely silent save for the wind and the rattling of the rain against the roof. She heads for Kraden's house, knowing that the boys would have likely gone to fetch the old man. Walking up to the house, she finds Isaac, Garet and Felix all unconscious on the ground.
"Felix! Wake up. What happened here?"
"Huh? Jenna… Jenna? There were two weird people… with scales. Took us down, please tend to Isaac, as usual he tried to be a hero and took the worst of the attack."
After rousing them, she ran up the hill to find that Kraden's house ransacked and ravaged. She didn't have time to deal with all of this. She could feel disaster coming and they needed to be at the Plaza. She squared her shoulders and walked down the hill with Isaac on her back, Felix was carrying Garet.
"Jenna, is that you?" Isaac was beginning to come to but was not fully himself yet.
"Yes Isaac, it is me. It's going to be fine. I'll get you to a healer don't worry."
"Hmm… Jenna, you smell nice." Burying his face in her auburn hair.
Now Jenna was the strong type of girl, she was determined and loyal to a fault and woe to the people who had to face her wrath. But Isaac had a way of unnerving her, making her weak at the knees, giving her butterflies and the like. And this particular comment was so out of place, so outlandish; Jenna actually lost her balance and tripped over herself. She crashed and rolled down the hill, finally coming to a stop by the banks of the raging water. Isaac however was not so lucky.
"Isaac NO! Hold on I'll get help!"
Felix was left helpless as he watched his little sister fall over and throw his best friend into the sweeping waters. The barely conscious Isaac managed to surface, holding onto a wooden post. Jenna was scurrying around, frantically looking for someone, anyone with even a drop of Psynergy left. She sprinted hard and fast, to the Plaza where Jenna's Mother and Father stood in a group with Kyle and Dora.
"Please help me Mother, Father. Isaac fell into the water. Come quickly."
"Oh Isaac, hold on, we will get you out." says Dora, who is nearly in hysterics.
"Dora, please stay here with Jenna and Felix. We will get Isaac." Reassures Kyle, who is well aware of how worried Dora can be for Isaac and his safety."
"Does anybody here have a rope or a wooden plank to reach out to Isaac?"
"No, Kyle do you have any Psynergy left?"
"No I'm tapped. I used it all while evacuating the others."
Thud…
Jenna is pacing around furiously. Isaac had to be alright, he just had to be. The rain is pounding the ground, forcing it to turn into mud. Her boots get stuck in the mud and she gets even more frustrated with herself.
Thud…
"This is all my fault."
Thud…
Garet catches Jenna's eye. He shifts slightly as he comes out of his comatose state. His bright red hair is plastered to his face with rain and sweat. His bleary red eyes are slowly focusing, coming to reality.
Thud…
Felix is sitting next to Garet, unable to do a thing. He watches helplessly as the adults try to think of a way to save Isaac before he falls unconscious. His dark brown eyes dart around in their sockets, desperate to escape this nightmare.
Thud…
Jenna suddenly feels very cold.
"Isaac!" Garet suddenly jolts awake; his eyes are wide and searching, searching for his friend.
Thud…
A shadow looms over the house. Jenna looks up to see a massive boulder crushing everything in its path.
Thud…
She watches as Garet jumps to his feet unsteadily. She watches as he jumps into the deadly waters. She watches as the boulder crashes down onto her house. She watches as her entire life is destroyed right in front of her. She watches as her Mother, her Father, Garet, Isaac and Kyle are taken away from her. She watches on as her drive to live is quite literally crushed in an instant.
A ten year old Isaac wanders the dense forests. His makeshift wooden sword is belted to his hip as he tries to make full use of what little height he has. His long, yellow scarf billows in the wind around him, almost camouflaged in the unruly blonde hair.
He is searching. This is their favourite game. Jenna and Isaac would take turns hiding in the woods while leaving clues for the other to find. Eventually, they would be found and then it was the other's turn to hide. They hours and days would melt away while they were in their own, private little world that only included each other.
He was following a trail of long, bright red hair. He would not miss the sight of the hair for the world. This was taking much longer than usual. Jenna was an impatient girl; she could not stay still for more than a few minutes. So it was worrying for Isaac that he had been searching for well over an hour.
Isaac goes to the end of the trail to find a hollow log that was empty. Empty.
He is worrying in full force now. He backtracks furiously until he hears faint cries for help. He races after the source and almost falls into a deep ditch in the forest floor. There is a person inside.
"What took you so long you dummy! I was starting to think that you forgot about me!"
Isaac was actually grateful that Jenna was down inside that hole unable to get to him, while he was completely safe on top.
"I could never forget about you Jenna."
"Why were you inside that hole anyway?"
"Well you see, I was trying to trick you, laying a false trail for you to follow for hours while I go back home and relax a bit. But as you can see I kind of… sort of… fell down a ditch. Could you please help me Isaac?"
"Um… let me think about that… No. You were going to ditch me and run. Give me one good reason why is should help you now."
"If you don't help me, I won't be your friend anymore."
There could truly be no worse threat and so Isaac helped Jenna out of the hole immediately. Jenna stood up and cringed as she extended a bloody leg to Isaac.
"Whoa Jenna, that is a nasty scrape you've got there."
"Yeah it happened when I fell down the hole."
"Let me see if I can help you."
"How can you? You can't do Psynergy yet."
Isaac didn't respond, instead he scrunched up his eyes and concentrated so hard that Jenna expected a Grand Gaia to appear. Instead a very feeble Cure ran through her body, healing the cut and wiping the scar away. Isaac unsteadily got to his feet and beamed at Jenna.
'Oh what would you do without me here to save you Jen?"
"Shut up Isaac."
And with that, Jenna sent Isaac packing, back to his house. After Isaac was well out of sight Jenna allowed her façade to fade away. Her shoulders hunch and her gaze falls to the floor.
"What would I do without you Isaac?"
"No more. No more of this. I promise you Isaac. One day, I will be the one to save you!"
With this promise firmly implanted in her mind, Jenna started walking down the wandering path that lay ahead of her.
Hope you enjoyed the first chapter.
Sé onr sverdar sitja hvass!
