Isaac's Memories
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN GOLDEN SUN!!! If I did, the third game would be out.
Isaac was on the boat, on the top of the bunk he shared with Garet. The sea heaved, and Isaac was thankful that there were no windows in the ship.
Garet below him was fast asleep. Ivan was paging through a book in the single bed opposite them. Mia had her own room, but Isaac knew she was probably outside enjoying the storm. Mercury Adepts.
He himself didn't like the sea. Venus Adepts belonged on land, not water. He wished he could feel the earth under his feet.
But to save Jenna, to save Weyard, he would bear it. He longed for the simple days, the days before Jenna was kidnapped, even before the storm that changed his life forever...
When I first used Psynergy, I didn't realize I was using it. All I knew was that I wanted Garet to come over and play...
I was about six years old...
Mother had agreed, with me pleading, to let me stay at home for about half an hour-alone! I had never gotten that privilege before. She relented only with this warning, "Isaac, don't try to get outside. Do not answer the door! If one of your friends come, tell them you can't play. We will lock you in. I think you'd be safe in Vale, but still...you have to wait a few years before that."
I was only slightly disappointed by this. After all-I was staying home alone! Alone! With nobody else!
As soon as they left, I heard a knock at the door. Remembering what she had said, I glanced out the small window. I could only see a little of the person, but one look at that flaming red hair and I knew it was Garet.
"I can't let you in!" I shouted, but he couldn't hear me. Grinning, he held up a small sword! I knew he had been wanting one, but I never thought his wish would come true. I had to let him in. I pulled on the door...and realized that they had locked it from the outside. I glared at the lock, hoping that, by some miracle, it would break. I pulled one last time...and the door swung open, tossing me across the room. Gulping, I was pretty sure that my parents would notice...and they did when they came home. Was I in trouble! Mother scolded me, but I knew she was secretly happy that I'd finally showed signs of Psynergy.
My eight birthday was a grand affair. I invited my two best friends, Felix and Garet, and even Felix's little sister Jenna, tagged along...
Eight! Freedom! I was the second of my friends to turn eight-Felix was two years older and I envied him. He had even begun to learn Psynergy, unlike me. But Garet was a few months younger that me, so I guess I'm glad to be at least the second oldest.
Anyway, as I was saying, the day I turned eight was very exciting. And it was that day that we decided we would be...
"Explorers!" Jenna exclaimed.
"Explorers?" scoffed Garet.
"Good idea," said Felix unexpectedly.
I stayed out of the discussion. I knew Jenna and Garet could never agree on anything. I also knew that whatever Jenna thought of, we ended up doing.
"What will we explore?" Felix asked sensibly.
Everyone looked at me, for some reason.
"Uh...um..."
Jenna, with a look of an idea dawning, exclaimed, "Everything! Everywhere!"
"Well, we have to start somewhere!" Felix pointed out.
Feeling like they were expecting
me to say something, I said, "We can, um, explore...the
cave."
I hadn't really thought about that before I said
it. The cave was a place we never dared to enter. We weren't...not
allowed to go in, exactly, but...
Jenna's face fell. Then brightened. "I guess...I'll ask Mother and Father...maybe if I'm with Felix..."
She ran off to her house.
Garet shrugged. "I guess I have to ask, too. I'm almost eight, after all, so they better say yes!"
I rolled my eyes. Just as Garet was galumphing back to his house, Jenna returned, face flushed and out of breath.
"They said yes...but I have to be back in two hours."
"All right, that's a lot of time...that is, if Garet ever gets back! He's been gone...five minutes. Almost.
Finally, Garet came back, a triumphant expression on his face. "They said yes. It took some fighting, though."
We headed up to the cave, Jenna racing ahead, Felix ambling behind her, Garet and I trying to keep up.
After that exploration, there was always another. And another. Of course, during the storm, a boulder fell on the gate, sealing it forever. Until we got Lift, anyway.
Jenna...Felix...Sheba...Kraden...where are they? Somewhere...somewhere far away...
The accident changed everything. Was that truly the start? Or did it start the first time we tried to sneak into Mt. Aleph? Maybe if we'd been successful, we wouldn't have gone the second time, with Kraden, when Jenna was kidnapped along with Kraden. But you can't second-guess everything, Isaac. Just go to sleep. Hope for another day, with another chance to catch up with them. Ignore the sea. Imagine you are home in Vale...
