Hello my reader(s).
I am back, with what I am now christening as my weekly update. For the next four weeks look forward to one update a week.
Ed:How long do you think that will last?
Anise:I dunno, I do know that Jade locked the casino so that she couldn't visit it until her next update.
Ed:In that case, this will last awhile.
Disclaimer Time!
Jade:Miathewateralchemist does not own Golden Sun, Tales of the Abyss, or a PS3. Because if she did, she wouldn't be able to write with the ashes of a computer.
Whee…Oh yes, and if you were wondering, Jade is coming in as the same place as Ivan. Bet you can't guess who Mia will be.
Oh, and also, I kinda messed with the timelines a bit. So during that storm thing, Luke and Guy had both been in Vale for a month, it has been a year since then.
Jenna walked past the house briskly, but when she saw Luke was working on the roof, she decided to go visit Guy's house first. As she walked up, she found Guy practicing his Psyenergy in the backyard. "Hey there, Guy!" Jenna screamed, causing Guy's attention to be drawn away from his task of moving a stump onto his sister's flowers. When Guy saw how close she was to him, he quickly backed away. However, Jenna kept on pursuing him around his backyard. Finally, after fifteen minutes, they both gave up. "I swear I will get you over your fear of women one day Guy, you just wait!" "Sure," he said to himself in a yes-I'll-believe-that-when-I-see-it tone.
"So what did you come over for Jenna?" Guy questioned, making sure there was enough distance between the two.
"Oh, don't you remember? Today's the day we're supposed go to Mt. Aleph with Kraden." Jenna responded.
"Oh yeah, in that case, we should get Luke?" Guy replied.
"Yes, we should."
Luke gasped for air as he used what little Psyenergy he had to move the piece of roof over the open patch. He kept telling himself, "I wish I still had my Artes, I could easily fix this, or better blow this house away with all this trouble its been causing me." "Good job Luke, your almost done!" his foster mother exclaimed.
"Hello, Ma'am!" Jenna shouted, walking onto the roof.
"Oh hello, Jenna. Luke is almost done, he will be with you in a moment." Dora replied.
The Venus Adept sighed as he used Move to place the one last piece of roof in place. "Hey Jenna," he said as he realized she was now on the roof, "where's Guy, though?" he finished. "Oh him, he's down there," she said as she pointed down to Guy who at this point was relaxing on the side of the house.
Luke sighed, "Guy, why don't you come up here?"
Guy thought for a second and finally responded, "Nah, I think I'm going to stay right here where the nice psycho ladies can't reach me."
Jenna finally broke the long silence, "We should get going to Kraden's house, he'll be expecting us soon."
"That's today?" Luke said.
After another long pause, Guy broke the silence, "We should leave now."
And with that, the three teenagers headed off to Kraden's house.
As they walked towards the scholar's house they heard voices talking. Jenna shushed as she grabbed both of them and pulled them towards a bush.
"They seem to know very little of Sol Sanctum's mysteries," the first voice said.
That voice…where have I heard it before? Luke said to himself.
"The elders of Vale must not permit even Kraden to enter it," he finished.
"Kraden…can we use him?" a female voice inquired.
"His knowledge is no meager thing; we can use him."
"If he doesn't go willingly then we can always…" the woman's voice stopped mid-sentence.
"What is it Menardi?" the man's voice questioned.
"You there…in that bush, come out now!" the woman shouted, pointing towards the bush they were in. Luke felt a chill run down his spine with that last sentence.
"It's no use hiding any longer!" the man's voice bellowed.
Oh this is just great, Luke thought to himself, I remember last time, and fifth fonons hurt!
"Were you kids eavesdropping on us?" the Venus adept gulped, this was it, he'd lived a lousy life.
Luke thought for a second, "No…we had to get this sword that my friend dropped in a bush." he finished, maybe that would work.
"I guess we should take your word for it," the woman's sneer reminded Luke of someone else, but he couldn't remember whom at the moment.
"Hey, you were the ones sneaking around!" Jenna shouted, causing Luke and Guy to gulp.
"Sneaking…who are you to accuse me?" the man sneered.
"So Kraden's engagement was with you…" the woman reasoned.
"Yeah…we're off to see him right now." Jenna said with a hint of fear in her voice.
"And this appointment is enough to drive us away?" the man questioned.
"Yes…no…what I mean is that…maybe?" Luke fidgeted; he couldn't fight well in his current state. Based on their previous abilities he could have easily wiped the floor with them if he could use artes and the Key of Lorelei, but all he had was a few low-level earth spells and the Key was only for EXTREME emergencies.
"Go." The man said plainly, catching all of them off-guard.
"But Saturos…" the woman started.
"Menardi, I believe we have no reason to delay these children any farther."
"Come on Luke, lets go." Guy said after a long pause.
"Yeah," Luke responded as they hurried off.
-------------------(The Strange Pair)---------------------
Jenna: Who were those two?
Guy: Well, they were definitely strangers.
Luke: …
Jenna: Were they even human?
Guy: I don't know they looked more like dragons to me.
Jenna: Whats a dragon?
Guy: It's a type of monster, you really have to see one for yourself to know what it is.
Luke: …
Guy: Wow, look at Luke, so deep in thought.
Jenna: This is a rare sight.
Luke: …Asch!
Jenna: Whaaaaat?
Guy: Okay, what about Asch?
Luke: That woman's sneer, it reminded me of Asch.
Guy: Now that you mention it, they are quite similar. All we need to do now is find her replica so she can join our side and collapse an entire town.
Luke: Hey…That's mean!
Jenna: What are you two even talking about?
Guy: Nothing, it's a long story, and I don't feel like explaining.
Jenna: Whatever, let's go to Kraden's.
End of extremely short chapter.
Word count:1,096
See you people next week, or sooner if I feel like it.