"Is this how you do it Master Matthew?"
"Yes that's it. Now focus all that energy into a Whirlwind," a deep voice said "Even though I'm an Earth Adept".
"Nonsense. You still know about this more about this far than I do," replied a young girl as she successfully made a whirlwind and threw it before it could disappear.
"Nice job, Teressa!" cheered a younger voice.
Teressa is a thirteen year old, female Wind Adept. She has brown hair, light brown eyes, and tan skin. She has a black shirt with colorful patterns. A small opening was held together by two strings that had one silver bead on each string. It somewhat revealed her chest, but not too revealing. Her shirt had a soft light-blue, short-sleeved, unzipped, jacket over it. Her sky-blue jeans had two rows of two silver rings attached on the outter sides. Her brown boots held some of her jeans inside of it. Her medium length hair was tied in a low ponytail, held by a white rubber band. Her arms were covered by black, fingerless gloves, that had fifteen skinny pink lines on the wrist area. A braclet of jewels were in the color of yellow, purple, orange, and blue was over one of her gloves. She can be a little loud, talkative, and pressured in situations, but would still set a good example of a great leader. The identity of her true parents are still unknown.
"Thanks Jody!" Teressa responded.
Unlike Teressa, Jody has short blonde hair, light skin, and teal-green eyes. She had a white shirt with hearts on it. A purple cape covered her shoulders, and was held by a blue vest. A colorful braclet was on her wrist. She also had black pants, and white sneakers. Her elemental power was Earth, the opposite of Teressa's element. The power she inherited from her departed mother. She's been Teressa's lifelong friend for as long as they can remember. She left her father, Amiti, in order to train with Matthew, Karis, and Teressa. Even with her training, she still needs to work on her psynergy. None the less, she's happy to train with her sister-like friend.
"Hey! Maybe I can master my Growth psynergy!" Jody insisted.
"I triple-dog-dare you to do it!" Teressa replied
Jody started to adjust her hands to a position facing the small shrub in front of her. She started to focus all her energy onto the small plant. Then after a while the plant started to grow. Jody opened her eyes and stopped before it got to big. Then to her surprise a arm went over her shoulder.
"Congrat's Jody!" Teressa complimented, "Now we're both Adepts!".
They both started cheering about how they mastered their psynegy. Matthew stood there smiling at the two girls as they kept on jumping with glee.
Since Matthew wasn't affected by the Golden Sun, it was easy to see that he has aged. Though, the Apollo Lens did have a similar affect like the Golden Sun, so he looked more like he was in his late thirties. Due to the changes in Weyard, he has removed his yellow scarf. He only had a brownish-red shirt with a dark-blue vest over it, regular jeans, and brown boots, simliar to that of Teressa's. Neither him nor his wife, Karis, has thought about having a child. At least until they found Teressa. Even with their efforts, they never found her true parents, so they decided to take her in. Though, sometimes they can be a little overprotective.
They all heard footsteps and turned to see a woman with lime-green hair and violet eyes. She wore a simple white blouse, with brown pants and white boots. She was in her fourties, but because she was also affected from the Apollo Lens, she seemed to look around her late thirties. Her hair was held in a low pony-tail, barely passing her shoulders.
"Glad you can join us, Karis," Matthew said to his wife.
She replied, "I just wanted to give the girls their gifts in recognition of mastering their psynergy. Their first weapons".
This got the girls even more excited. Karis handed Teressa her first weapon, the Magic Rod. It was a little taller than Teressa, but she couldn't be happier. Teressa started to twirl the rod until it fell. She quickly picked it up, chuckling sheepishy, rubbing the back of her head. The rest laughed at her silly antics. Then Matthew gave Jody a different kind of weapon, the Hunter's Sword. Jody put in the sword carrier on her waist. All was well until...
"Hey do you guys feel that?" Teressa asked.
There was a rumbling in the ground. Since Matthew and Jody were Earth Adepts they sensed some trembling in the ground, but they weren't the only ones who felt disturbances. Karis and Teressa felt something different in the air, as if something in the wind was telling them that trouble was brewing in... Both veteran Adepts felt a similar grim feeling. But the girls felt of it more as something new.
"Guys! Look!" Jody yelled pointing at the sky.
The rest looked up to see a giant shadow that was created from a giant aircraft. Matthew and Karis stood there in shock, Jody felt nervous, but Teressa... a familiar feeling came over her. It felt as though this similar thing has happened before. It wasn't long until they saw some kind of pod fall out gently near the Abandoned Mine. Then the aircraft disappeared, leaving the group to think about what they saw.
"What was that?" Jody asked.
"I don't know," Teressa replied, "But whatever it was, I have a feeling that it's not going to be very good".
Matthew and Karis nodded. For they knew what it was that they all wtinessed. Then, they both approached the young girls with blank, but serious expressions. Both girls became stiff and stood straight. Whenever one of them have that look, something important was going to happen. And not the good kind.
"Me and Karis are going to investigate the Abandoned Mine," Matthew said, "Alone".
They couldn't believe what Matthew just said. Two of Weyard's greatest warriors, were going to just go and invesigate a mysterious object, by themselves.
"We need you both to stay here" Karis continued, "Keep the doors locked, don't answer the door if you hear anything, call us if there's something wrong, OKAY?!".
They may be upset about not going, but when it comes to Karis making rules and over reacting about them, then it makes things harder to be concerned about any kind of situation. ANY. The Adepts were about to leave until-
"Wait!".
They both turned and looked at Teressa. Her face showed a lot of determination, as she approached her soon to be adopted parents.
"Please let me and Jody come," she asked.
Matthew and Karis were surprised. They both pondered about this. Teressa and Jody just mastered one psynergy move. Not to mention they're very young. And they're not their children. If anything happens to them then...
"Alright".
Karis was shocked at what her husband just said. But he nodded at her as if he were telling Karis that the girls should come. She nodded in agreement, understanding what he meant.
"But be careful. When Matthew and I were in the Tanglewoods it wasn't easy," Karis told them.
So the group headed off into the forest. Unaware of the danger that is lurking...
The forest was dark, even though it was barely 3:00. The scenery sent chills up Teressa and Jody's spines. But they continued to trek on the monster infested forest.
"Wait".
The group stopped their tracks and turned to Matthew.
"We need to know who'll the leader will be," he explained, "And I think we all know who it should be".
He smiled as well as Karis and Jody. They looked at Teressa. She was confused at first, but then it hit her.
"Hey why are you all-...Me...?" she asked pointing to herself.
They all nodded. She couldn't believe it. Everyone around her wanted Teressa to be the leader. Sure she has some of the things it takes to lead a group of people, but can she handle it? Teressa crossed her arms, thinking to herself. A few seconds later she unfolded them.
"Okay. I'll do it," she answered.
"Good," Matthew replied.
"Matthew, don't you think they'll need a little help?" Karis questioned, "And you know I'm not talking about us".
Matthew nodded, "You're right. Teressa, Jody, you'll need to use some Djinn".
First they master their psynergy, then they are allowed to help with an investigation, and now Matthew and Karis are going to lend them Djinn. Teressa got Karis's first Djinni, Gust. And Jody got Matthew's first Djinni, Flint. After going over the basics of Djinn, they walked on heading to the Abandoned Mine. And then...
"RAAAAAAWWWWWRRR!"
Three monsters appeared right before them.
"Now Teressa and Jody! Fight!" Matthew commanded.
The girls charged at the monsters with their weapons ready.
"Jody! I'll take on these two! You handle that one!" Teressa yelled while fighting the two monsters in front of her.
"On it!" the blonde replied.
"Whirlwind!"
"Growth!"
The plant like monsters took major damage from the Whirlwind especially the one that was defeated, while the wolf monster was wrapped around by entangling vines, but bit them off after falling to the ground, Even though they were still standing, but that won't stand in the way of the rookie Adepts. They eached sent their own signal, indicating on what to do next.
"Gust!"
"Flint!"
And with that the monsters were defeated. The girls seemed a little tired, but they both high-fived for their first victory in a battle.
"Good job, girls," Karis congratulated.
"Now let's continue pressing foward," Matthew said.
So they all continued following Teressa, whom was leading them to the Abandoned Mine that was just up ahead of the group.
Just like the Tanglewoods, the Abandoned Mine gave the rookie Adepts the creeps. But something else bothered Teressa. An eerie feeling started to form in the pit of her stomach. She held it in, in hopes of it to go away. But with every single step, the eerie feeling felt bigger and bigger. Finally they reached into the heart of the mine. There a man in a shadow stood in front of where used to be a giant corrupted flower.
"This world shall be put into an end. Sol and Luna will be used as one. And this place will no longer exist. Along with the destruction of Adepts," the mystery man said as if he sensed the group behind him.
Sol and Luna...? World to an end...? Destruction of Adepts...? What in the world is this guy talking about? Teressa started to walk towards the man so she can ask him questions. Matthew was about to stop her until the man shot a dark orb at the girl. Luckly, she dodged the attack, but they all became furious.
"Hey!" Jody yelled, "What was that about?! Why'd you try to hurt my friend?!"
The man just started to laugh hysterically. Matthew and Karis drew their weapons, but was stopped by two younger people.
"Masters Matthew and Karis. Let us handle it," Teressa told them.
The grown-ups nodded. The girls need to know how to fight, and one against with this man might help. They drew their Rod and Sword, prepared to fight whatever this man might got. Good thing there was enough space.
"Okay, Jody. This is a serious battle," Teressa said, "Let's give it everything we got".
"Right," Jody replied.
And with that the battle started.
"Whirlwind!"
"Growth!"
"Shadow Orbs!"
The girls defended the attack, but they still took some damage. This guy was serious business, but that won't stop the girls from fighting. The Whirlwind and Growth combination did give him some injuries. He shot more orbs causing even more damage to the unseasoned girls.
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" they screamed in pain while the two seasoned Adepts continued to watch the battle.
Then Teressa and Jody used the most powerful unleashes their weapons had, but the man deflected it sending the girls to fly back and hit the wall. Thankfully, the man did take some damage. Karis was about to help, but Matthew stopped her. This wasn't their battle. It was Teressa and Jody's.
"Let's finish this!" they both yelled.
"GUST!"
"FLINT!"
The man screamed in agony and fell to the ground in defeat. Both girls huffed in exhaustion. Matthew walked toward the felled man.
"What was the big idea hurting my apprentices?! If anything we're to have happen to them I-" his sentence was cut off as the man suddenly disappeared.
Everyone's eyes became wide. Only one type of people-other than Alex-can teleport. Dark Adepts. Matthew and Karis have told the girls about the powers of Dark Adepts. Teressa believes that they might have once been regular Adepts until their heart became fully corrupted along with their element. It's logical, but Saturos, Menardi, Agaito, and Karst were corrupted, but all were Fire Adepts. Either way, all them had grim looks on their faces.
"... We need to get back at the cabin..." Matthew suggested.
"WHAT?! THE TUAPARANG ARE COMING BACK?!"
Teressa and Jody have heard of the Tuaparang and the Keepers of Light's encounters with them, but they never expected that they would return in this way.
"Right. We'll need to find out what they're goals are," Karis explained, "So we'll send you both on a journey to find out what they're up to and stop them".
They both exchanged glances at each other. Are they really prepared for this? But then again the small quest was successful. Teressa then walked to the giant window to check the view of Mount Aleph. Her whole life has been a mystery, and now this...
"I hope you girls understand-"
"We're more than ready Master Matthew," Teressa cut him off.
Jody continued, "I'm sure it will be fine while we're gone. Maybe we'll even get better in combat!".
Matthew nodded, "Well it's getting late. You both should rest. And one more thing... Jody do you mind having Teressa continue being leader?".
"Of course I do! Why wouldn't I?" Jody responed in glee.
"Good," Karis said, "Now goodnight you two".
"Good night" they both responded.
(just so you know Matthew gave Teressa the yellow scarf that night)