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Not a Tear Shed

Many things in Isaac's life changed that day. Jenna introduced him around and he soon became best friends with Garet, something that he never saw coming. As he came more out of his self imposed shell of solitude, he became greatly loved by the town of Vale, who saw him as a wise, caring young boy, if not a little on the quiet side. Jenna, Garet, Felix and Isaac started their own little group, always going everywhere with each other, though it was always wondered if Felix came on his own accord to watch over his sister. Isaac had impressed Felix when they first met by being the first person not intimidated by his threats about his sister. He and Isaac actually became friends very fast. But the world had more in store for Isaac than a quiet peaceful life in Vale.

* 4 years later *

"Isaac, wake up we have to go!" Isaac opened his eyes sleepily, but was immediately awake after a huge flash of lightning lit up his room. He jumped out of bed ready to go.

"Wait, don't forget this" His mother used her Psynergy to grab his tunic and yellow scarf that she had made for him and given him for his last birthday. He smiled in thanks and followed her outside.

They found his father waiting for them outside, saying he would help the other villagers to the plaza, with his mother insisting she should come and help him.

"No Dora, you must take Isaac to the plaza" his father insisted.

"Isaac can take care of himself and go the plaza, can't you dear?" Isaac nodded to his mother,

His father sighed in defeat, knowing the arguing with his wife would be futile and motioned for her to follow him and adding "be careful son" to Isaac.

Left alone to his thoughts, isaac began to head south, he looked up at the dark sky, the cold rain wetting his face, though he didn't mind he liked the cold. As he began to walk down a flight of stone steps, he was interrupted by a loud noise and looked up just in time to see a boulder careening off a cliff to his left and barley jumped out of the way as it crashed right where he had been standing. Isaac took a moment to collect himself after his near-death experience and surveyed the boulder now blocking his path. 'shit' he thought to himself, 'well I can't move this boulder, I guess i'll have to circle back around and take the long way'.

As Isaac moved north, now trying to navigate a new path to the he heard someone groaning, with the obvious sound of struggling accompanying it. Isaac quickly surveyed the area, only to find his friend Garet struggling to pull a chest of his possessions. Isaac sighed, shacking his head at his friend, who just kept proving time and time again that he wasn't not the brightest candle in the shop.

"Garet, what are you doing?" He asked his friend.

"Good, Isaac come help me save my stuff!" Garet answered, still struggling to pull the heavy chest.

Isaac shook his head again, "shouldn't you be trying to save your own life instead of your items, like they say 'a lost possession can be replaced, a lost life can't'".

Garet pondered this for a moment, realizing his friend was right, he dropped the rope he was using to pull the chest in defeat, "yea, you're right Isaac, as always".

Isaac pointed to Garet's machete and told him to grab it. He looked at me questioningly.

"I have a feeling we're going to need it". Isaac answered solemnly, Garet shrugged and grabbed it.

"Ok, let's go, Isaac you lead the way," Garet motioned to Isaac to go. Isaac and his new teammate headed north until they found a bridge leading to the other side of the river, as they crossed a loud noise interrupted their thought and they looked up to see a huge boulder falling of off Mt. Aleph. They saw the village elders, aided by some of the towns people trying to use Psynergy to stop the boulder from causing damage until the rest of the town was safely at the plaza . One of the elders saw them and encouraged them to keep going, " Keep going boys, its just a little farther".

Isaac and Garet exchanged worried glances and hurried off. A they progressed southward, Isaac noticed his companion's worried glances into the river, that while normally calm, was now raging with fury, Isaac put his hand on his friends shoulder to comfort him.

As the pair were coming up to another set of stairs, Isaac heard the same loud crashing sound, he yelled to Garet who backed away just in time to see a boulder crash right where he had been standing, "Shit! That almost crushed my foot".

Isaac sighed, "great another boulder blocking yet another strait-forward way to the plaza, I guess we will have to use the side path near Kraden's house".

"Well Isaac I guess we should go back then..." Garet turned motioning Isaac to go ahead of him.

When they arrived on the side path, the boys heard someone groaning around the bend in the path. They reached a man who was laying next a fence with a boulder crashed into it. Isaac reach out his hand to help the man up. He was shock to find his hand was completely numbed from the cold rain relentlessly falling from the ominous sky above him. The man thanked him, and warned the two about how monsters had been released thanks to the boulder.

After the man ran off, the two continued their walk through the small side path.

"I don't know what that guy was talking about, we haven't run into a single monster," Garet's voice was loud, trying to surpass the now torrent of water falling from the sky.

"don't say that Garet, you'll end up jinxing us!" Isaac yelled back.

Isaac saw the end of the path, and sighed with relief, thinking that they were in the clear after all.

Then his legs started to feel strange, it was tingling sensation but it quickly grew into stabbing pain. He looked down and saw a vermin shoving it's sharp fork-like weapon into his leg. Isaac grabbed the little creature and threw it against a nearby tree. His wound was bleeding lightly, but the rain quickly washed it away. He heard more noise behind him and saw three more vermin coming at them, while the first as throwing itself at Garet. 'of course, now monsters are ambushing us' he though as he drew his machete .

He brought his weapon to bear just as two vermin jumped at him, their weapons held high. He thrust his sword into the bodies of one of the foul creatures, its blood splattering onto his face as its body went limp. He spun around to meet the other, it slashed his face, leaving a long red mark in it's path.

"Shit!" he yelled as the creature landed. He grabbed it and threw it at the third vermin who was holding both it and it's dead brothers weapon and running for him. The vermin stopped it charge to late and found its brother on top of it. Isaac looked around frantically for his machete, which he had dropped after being stabbed in the face. Some how it had wound up 30 ft away behind the vermin. Isaac turned and saw the vermin getting ready to charge him again. He knew what he had to do, he waited until they had gotten close enough, ran at them and jumped over them, sliding on the wet ground to his sword. This move had obviously stunned the vermin as they just stood there, look at his with a confused look on their faces. Isaac smiled and ran at them. The vermin, expecting another jump, positioned their weapons over their heads in order to catch him in the stomach. Isaac stuck down hard on the first vermin, sending mud splattering everywhere, blinding the second vermin. He grinned as he came up behind it, grabbed it and impaled it with its bother's own weapon.

Isaac heard a triumphant laugh, and looked over to see Garet finishing off the one vermin he had been fighting. Isaac rolled his eyes as he walked up to Garet who look at him questioningly. Isaac looked down at himself seeing he was still covered in mud, though the rain was doing its job of washing it away.

"I was having a little bit of...trouble while you were playing with the ONE vermin" Isaac answered in response to his friends' questioning gaze.

"well how many vermin were YOU fighting over there" Garet responded a tinge of annoyance in his voice.

"Three." Isaac answered emotionlessly.

"Oh..." Garet became a little solemn, "well lets keep going then". Isaac nodded in agreement, trying to ignore the stinging in the wound on his face as the icy rain assaulted it. As they came out of the side path in front of the boulder he look down into the river, a sense of foreboding surrounded it, though Isaac couldn't place the feeling, he shivered , though he was numb enough not to be cold.

As they continued forward, they heard shouts coming from down the next flight of stoney steps. The pair ran down the steps, and saw a horrible sight. The dock next attached to Jenna's house was filled with people, including Isaac's parents, and Felix was holding on for dear life to small piece of wood as the river raged around him.

Isaac saw as his mother and Jenna were sent to find someone with enough Psynergy to help Felix. He saw his mother run towards them, and she hurriedly ordered them to go to the plaza and help Jenna. Isaac and Garet nodded in agreement, and ran off to follow Jenna. As they were running, Isaac cast a momentary glance into the river and meet eyes with Felix, who forced a smile at him. Isaac nodded in acknowledgment and hurried off toward the plaza.

After a small time of running through the rest of Vale, the two finally arrived in the plaza, where they saw a small convergence of people, with them was Jenna and the mayor who was consequently Garet's grandfather. Three men passed Isaac and Garet, presumably to go aide the elders with holding the boulder.

The boys ran up the small convergence, hearing something about how no one had any Psynergy. Isaac spied a man using the large Psynergy stone in the center of the plaza to recharge.

The mayor assigned Jenna, Garet and Isaac along with the man who had recently recharged to go back and assist Felix. Jenna gave a small smile of thanks to Isaac as they left the plaza. Isaac rushed his group, knowing that time was running out before Felix either drowned by the force of the river, or that the boulder would crush him. They reached the bridge over the river, Jenna checked to make sure her brother was still hanging on. Isaac looked to see that His mother and father were on the dock with Jenna's parents, shouting words of encouragement to Felix over the huge downpour. They rush down the bridge, Isaac saw his mother light up when she saw him return with help, it would be the last he would ever see from her.

As they reached the coast of the river a huge crash was heard from above, Isaac looked up and saw the huge boulder falling, no longer held back by Psynergy. It bounced on the raised earth above them, Isaac could see exactly where it was going to end up, time slowed down for him, he watched every movement of the boulder as it came closer towards it's destination, he felt someone trying to push him back, but he resisted. He could see the emotions on all of their faces as the boulder was launched off of the waterfall and fell. He saw his parents looking up at it their faces frozen with fear. He saw Jenna staring wide eyed at her parents, then her brother and back to her parents. He saw people running in fear, trying to get away from the edge of the river, not wanting to get swept away. The last thing he saw in his new sense of time was the boulder impacting the dock, destroying it and sweeping Felix away, and then it was over.

The rain was still falling, though he hardly noticed it. Isaac looked at Jenna, who was still in shock, obviously barely grasping reality at that point. He heard questioning whispers, asking if they should go and find help. Isaac knew there was nothing anyone could do. He saw Jenna start moving slowly to towards the river in a trance-like state. His arm shot out and grabbed her breaking her trance, she looked at him and he shook his head at her.

Tears were forming in her eyes as reality began to come back to her. She fell into his arms, fighting to hold back her tears, he led her away from the scene into a secluded spot and she let her emotions take control as she began sobbing into his shoulder. He said nothing, only stroked her hair in an attempt to comfort her and kept his arms around her in an effort to protect her from the freezing rain that still assaulted them. For two hours they remained alone, the only sound was Jenna's crying as Isaac cradled her in his arms, she occasionally looked up at him and was met with a pair of blue eyes, filled with compassion and care as he let her express her grief openly. After she stopped crying she gazed at the sky in silence leaning her head against his shoulder. After a few minutes, she squeezed his had as a sign that she was ready to leave and he helped her to her feet and supported her as they left.

As they were walking she leaned close to Isaac and whispered, "thank you".

* 2 days later *

The service for their parents was short and tear filled. Many people offered their condolences to Jenna, who never left Isaac's side during the whole ordeal. Some tried to offer condolences to Isaac, who only nodded in response, His eyes frozen over.

After the service it was decided that Jenna would live with her grandparents. Isaac was more difficult, as he had no more family left. But as it happened, Kraden was a family friend, and agreed to let Isaac live with him. For the rest of the day, Isaac and Jenna wandered aimlessly around Vale, sometimes going to the spot they had met at, where Jenna would start crying and Isaac would hold her until she felt ready to go out again. The day ended after what seemed an eternity with Jenna and Isaac parting with an embrace. As she approached her new home she realized that from the time the boulder had crashed to the time they parted, Isaac had never shed a single tear.

Well that concludes the second chapter of my first story, hey at least I didn't give up after the first chapter right?

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