Oh my goodness! I have returned! If you haven't checked out my profile, I will give you a tl;dr
I just had the sudden urge to write again and decided to start writing my thoughts and ideas about Golden Sun again. I love this game and this series so much, I truly hope that Camelot completes it. If not, I hope my stories and ideas will quench your thirst.

Happy reading!

A gentle breeze blew through the autumn trees making them sway back and forth whistling a quiet tune. The setting sun painted the sky in vibrant reds, oranges, and yellows. Clouds of pink and peach spotted the evening sky. Forest animals frolicked about the forest ground, settling in for the evening. A mountain range can be seen off in the distance casting a shadow in the valley below. A golden sphere of light sat delicately atop the mountain peak. It was difficult to spot against the evening sky, but hints of golden rays streaked the sky revealing it was there glowing. A group of travelers were making their way through the forest to the clearing. They were rather an odd bunch; not a group one would see traveling about the area.

They were led by two young men, one with spikey blond hair and the other with long brown hair pulled back in a loose ponytail. Following behind them was a girl with auburn hair pulled into a high ponytail and holding hands with an older lady with the same auburn hair pulled into a bun and an older man with shaggy brown hair. The young girl smiled as she could see the clearing just up ahead. She turned around to shout to the others behind her.

"It's just up ahead! Almost home to Vale." She chimed looking back ahead with a gleeful smile.

"It's about time! Piers why couldn't we just fly the ship over here. Why the walk?" Said a boy with oddly spiked reddish hair. He was walking closely behind the girl next to him was a man with vibrant blue hair.

"Well, Ivan and Sheba are tired from carrying the ship from Prox to here. Plus Jenna's parents wanted to walk to Vale." Retorted the blue-haired man.

A boy with golden hair came up from behind and wrapped his arm around the spikey red heads' neck. "Yeah Garet. Take some pity on Sheba and me. And it is a good way to end our journey. You and Isaac left Vale on your own two feet and we should all return on two feet."

Garet pulled Ivan's arm off his neck and shook his head. "I guess…" He sighed and hung his head down. Ivan and Piers laughed and looked up ahead as the two leaders approached the clearing.

"We're here everyone!" The blond leader shouted. From behind him, an older man with dirty brown hair wrapped his arm around the blondes' neck and pulled him in close. "We are home son." He said. The two along with Garet rushed to the clearing to get the first sight of the village they call home. Of Vale. They stood atop of the cliff that peaked out from the forest clearing and looked ahead to the mountain range and to the valley below. The smile on the blondes' face fell as he stood there looking at nothing.

There was no village. There were no houses. There were no signs of life down by the village. All there was to see was destruction. Mount Aleph, which the village of Vale nestled at the base, had crumbled and sunk into the earth taking Vale with it. The land was broken and shifting around the fallen peak. The blond knees buckled and he fell to the ground staring at what was Vale.

"Mom…" He muttered. His thoughts raced of his mother whom was still at Vale. He felt a hand on his shoulder and he looked up to his father who wore a worried expression.

"It will be okay Isaac. I am sure Dora is fine. They could have escaped before… Before this happened." He tried to reassure.

Garet did not say anything. All he could think about was his family. Did they escape? Are they buried alive? Was there anything he can do to find them or even rescue them if they were trapped beneath the earth? Isaac could see the worry written across Garet's face. He stood up and tried to reassure his friend as his father just did to him.

"Maybe they are okay. I mean…" He tried to say something, but his words were failing him. He couldn't think of anything. "I mean… The others were able to escape from the lighthouses, maybe… maybe the Wise One sent a message to them as well." He muttered. That was all he could manage. Isaac's mind was beginning to go blank. He had to start moving and trying to get down there or he was going to start losing it.

"Oh come on Garet. Stop being a big baby!" The auburn girl yelled from the clearing.

"Jenna!" cried Isaac.

Garet turned on his heels, face red with anger. "How could you say something like that Jenna! You of all people should know how it feels to lose family!" He shouted, eyes brimming with tears. "You just got yours back, but my family is gone! GONE!"

He stared down Jenna only to see her giggling. What the hell was wrong with her? Why was she saying those kinds of things to him? Tears began to fall down his cheeks, clouding his vision. Blinking a few times to clear his vision and wiping away the tears that fell, he finally noticed someone standing next to Jenna. She had the same reddish hair as he did, pulled back into a low ponytail. She was a petite girl and stood out from the rest of the group. She had no battle scars and no weapon on her. Garet blinked a few more times to clear his vision before realizing who was standing before him.

"Kay…" He choked out. It was his older sister. She was standing there next to Jenna, whom was grinning from ear to ear. Garet stepped forward and reached out to his sister. Kay ran forward leaping into his outstretched arms. Garet wrapped his arms around her and squeezed her tight.

"You're alive!" He shouted. Kay nodded her head and pulled away wiping the tears from her face.

"Yes. We are. We're alive." She choked out.

"We? Mom? Dad? Aaron? What about grandma and grandpa?"

Kay nodded her head. "We're fine." She turned towards the blond and his father. "All of us." She said to them. Isaac breathed a sigh of relief. His mother was alive.

"Where is everyone? How did everyone manage to escape? What happened?" Isaac asked.

"Some of us are at a makeshift camp just to the east of here. We have been waiting for you to return. We go out and search the area every day trying to see if you guys had come back. I was just making my way back to camp when I spotted Mia in the distance. Everyone else is staying in Vault. As for how we escaped, I don't know how to explain it. The healer gathered everyone into the town square and told us the Wise One spoke to him and that we needed to leave. That was when the first light beam came to the top of Mount Aleph and the tremors started. Mom and Dad went back to the house to gather a few possessions while Aaron and I helped people evacuate." Kay explained.

Kay held Garet's hand in hers and pulled him towards the direction of the makeshift camp. "Everyone is waiting. Let's go to the camp and we can finish talking there. It is getting dark and if we wait too long, it is hard to find our way back." She said. The group followed for a few miles before reaching the camp at the end of the cliff. There were a few tents propped up in a half circle with a small group of people around a fire. It looked like they had just finished eating, tins bowls and cups were piled up next to the fire, and everyone was talking amongst themselves.

"Mom! Dad!" Garet exclaimed as he released Kay's hand and ran towards his parents whom were among those sitting around the fire. Two people with red hair looked up to see their son bounding towards them. The leapt up and raced towards him meeting his embrace.

"Oh Garet. You're safe. You're safe and you are home." His mother said putting emphasis on the last three words spoke. Garet buried his head into her neck and nodded his head.

"I am home Mom." He whispered.

Isaac stepped into the camp looking around for his mother. His father was behind him also looking.

"Dora?" He spoke aloud. The rest of the group was moving into the camp and were being greeted with cheers and warm hugs. Jenna and the long brown hair boy, Felix, were with their parents talking amongst the group. Piers, Ivan, and an older man, Kraden, were being greeted by the village elder which happened to be Garets' grandfather. A girl with blue hair pulled into a ponytail, Mia, was pulled over to Garet and was now politely bowing to his parents. The last member of the group, a young girl with sandy blonde hair cut into a bob style named Sheba, went over to Jenna and her family and they were talking and giggling away. Other villagers were coming forward and chatting. But there was no sign of Dora anywhere. Maybe she was not there. Kay had said a few others went on to stay at Vault, she may have gone with them.

"Isaac?" a soft voice spoke behind the two men. They turned around to see a woman with blonde hair wrapped up in a bun. She had emerged from one of the tents and slowly crept towards them. She noticed a man she had not seen in many years. A man she thought she had lost in a horrifying tragedy that was only the spark to the turmoil that caused her son to leave on a difficult journey. "Is it… is it really you? Kyle?" She muttered.

A smile came to Kyle's face as he saw the love of his life standing before him. Springing forward, he pulled Dora into a tight embrace. "It's me. I'm alive." He whispered into her ears. Dora let out a cry and tears formed in her eyes. She motioned her son over and the three embraced for what seemed like an eternity.

Jenna looked on as she watched her friends reunite with their families. She smiled as she watched the friends she made along her journey celebrate the end. In that moment, she was the happiest girl in all of Weyard. After all the struggles, the danger, and the fighting, Jenna was starting her life once more.

If only it lasted.

The biggest struggle with this prologue was starting it. I went back to my previous GS fic to get some inspiration and ended up laughing. I almost started this fic just the same as my previous one. Hope you enjoyed it! Updates every Tuesday CST. No specific time, but I will try to upload them around late morning or noon.

Now I want to leave you with a question you can or cannot answer. I like to get to know my readers.
What is your favorite Golden Sun character and why?
Mine? Mine is Jenna. I just connected to her so well. It may even stick out in my fic as I might write her thoughts or favor her more. I just adore her!