Author's Note: I do NOT own any of these games, stories, etc. The only things I own, are the plot, and my characters, the voice, Alex, Mike, Kim, Kory, Sonny, Thomas, Susan, and her son.

Chapter Five:

Visions of the Future:

Alex's POV

"Why are you here?" I asked. "You need to leave, before I do something to you that I might regret. Oh wait, I won't do anything that I will regret."

"Alex," Thomas said. "I'm sorry."

"Don't you get it yet?" I asked. "When you went to fight with the Japanese, I said that you had died. I didn't care, and I still don't care about you. My brother is dead to me, and you are not him."

I walked right past him, and ignored all the cries from Sonic and Mario. I hefted the sword, and quickly turned around and threw it, and it landed right in the dirt, just below Thomas' crotch area. "And next time, I won't miss. Now leave!"

He sighed, and turned away from us, and walked to the river. "You don't get it do you, Alex. The world is falling apart. WWIII is about to end, and Kory has quit the Air Force. She thinks that you're dead. But something much bigger is going on."

"What do you mean?" Knuckles asked.

"The fate of all the universes is in his hands," Thomas said, looking at me. "But I don't think that he's ready for the truth yet."

"What truth?" I asked.

"The truth about me," said a voice I knew all too well. It was my grandfather.

"Grandpa?" I asked.

"Yes," he replied.

"What is Thomas talking about?" I asked.

"Do you remember about the Seven Sages?" Sonny responded.

"Yeah, what about them? Aren't they supposed to be in the Legend of Zelda game?" I asked.

"Yes," he sighed. "But they are real."

"So what you're saying, is-" I began, but paused.

"Is that I'm a Sage. Actually, I'm the Sage of Light. There are seven others," he finished.

"Eight Sages? I thought there were only seven!" I exclaimed.

"There were," Sonny agreed. Then he looked up.

"Hell no!" I cried out. "You are not going right now!"

"I have to Alex," he sighed. "I can't be away from the Sacred Realm for long."

"The Sacred Realm is real too!" I yelled.

"Yes," he replied. "If the Sages are real, then why not the Sacred Realm?"

"Good point," I said.

"I'll be back soon," Sonny said. Then he vanished.

"So do you believe me now?" Thomas asked.

"I believe Grandpa, but not you!" I snapped.

"If only Mom could see you like this," he sighed.

"Don't you DARE talk about Mom!" I yelled, bringing the sword up. I pointed it at his throat, and Sonic and Knuckles took a step forward. "You lost that right when you killed her!"

"If we must fight, then let's do it," Thomas said.

"Yes, let's," I agreed.

He brought out a sword of his own, and we both took our places. We stood about five feet apart, and stared at each other. He brought his sword up, and I mirrored him. I lunged, and he parried it. We fought like that for hours, both trying to get a cut in, but neither of us could even get the tiniest scratch on the other.

"Give up!" I said.

"Not until you believe that I want to help you!" he replied.

"Why should I believe it?" I asked. "You have done nothing but destroy mine and Kory's lives. You've made the world a worse place than it was, when our kids came into it.

"Now give me one, just one, reason I should trust you," I said softly, but everyone could hear it.

"Because," he sighed, letting go of his sword. I held mine up to his throat. "They killed my wife and son."

"Susan's dead?" I asked, dumbfounded. "How?"

"They killed them last night," he told me.

I slowly let the sword point drop from his throat, still in disbelief. I knew Susan very well. She, Thomas, and I had grown up together, and when they got married, I was happy for them. But then, a year later, he left her, and went to the Japanese. She and I had kept in contact, and I couldn't believe that she was dead. I had only talked to her the day I had come here.

I slowly walked away, and ignored all the people calling my name. I didn't want to talk to anyone. I just went up to the edge of a cliff, and stared out over the ocean. I couldn't believe what I had been told. Susan was dead. One of my closest friends, besides Kory.

.oOo.

Alex's POV

Later that night, I got ready for bed, and went to sleep.

Alex, if that is want you want to be called, let me show you something.

Who are you? I asked.

You will find out later.

What is it that you wanted to show me? I questioned.

This is what will happen if you don't trust Thomas.

I saw a dark red light in front of me, and looked past it. Then I could see what the voice meant. I saw a huge battle going on. I saw me, but I didn't even look anything like I did before. I saw Mike, my son, and Kim, my daughter, as well as Kory, and a lot of other people that I didn't know, fighting against many evil beings. A lot of these beings were winning, and I saw Kory fall, and soon after, so did Mike and Kim.

I then saw myself fighting someone else. A person that I knew, but I had never met before. I could tell who it was, by the way he looked. It was Satan, the Devil.

I turned to the voice, and saw a sight I never would have thought I would see. It was a bright light, and I felt as if I knew who it was, and I felt safe with them near me.

Who are you? I asked.

This is not the time to tell you who I am, Alex. This war will happen, no matter what, but the outcome depends on if you decide to trust Thomas or not. If you don't believe me, then let me show you something else.

What is it- I began, but stopped as the voice changed the scene again.

I saw Mike, my son, kneeling in the dirt, with a demon I knew all too well, from a series I watched when I was younger, pointing a sword at Mike's throat. It was Cole. I couldn't believe that he was alive!

The Charmed Ones are REAL! I asked.

Yes, they are. And that means that all the demons they fought are real as well.

Well, that's a given, I said sarcastically.

What's happening? I asked.

This is when Mike dies. Cole is the one who kills him. If you trust Thomas, this will happen, but the scene that you saw before, will not. In fact, you will win the last battle if you trust him. I can't promise you, but it's the most likely path. There are so many that I can see, but this is the most likely. But for you, there are only two paths. One to life, and one to destruction. That rarely happens. I don't know why, but I can see a lot of sadness that will happen to you. A kind of darkness surrounds you, but it doesn't touch you, like in other people. But…

But what? I asked.

Nothing. It's time to go back.

He brought me back into my sleep, and I dreamt about what he had shown me. I saw a dark being shoving me down a hole, that was too steep to get out of, and I screamed.

I woke up gasping, and sat up quickly in bed. I didn't know what most of the dreams meant, but I knew that no matter what happened in the past, I had to trust Thomas, no matter how much I hated the idea.

I walked out onto the balcony, and watched the sun rise. Wondering who would come today.

I watched as a young man, about seventeen years old came out of a building, and I noticed what he was wearing. He had on a tunic, a green one, with a green hat. A sword was strapped to his back, as well as a shield. I gasped when I saw him. I knew who he was. I had played too many games to not know.

I saw him as he stumbled on his feet, and I ran down to meet him.

Who is the young man in green? Who is this voice? Why does it imply that Alex's name is not real? Will these visions come true? Is Thomas REALLY on their side? Or is he just going to betray them later on? Is Satan really behind all of this? If he is, then who is teleporting all of these people?

So many questions, yet so few answers. Heh heh. Only I know all the answers. (So does God though).

Author's Note: Please read and review!

Muse: MICHAEL! Come here and get back to work! You still have to do the sixth chapter! I still don't like the cliffhanger that you've given these poor readers.

Me: Oh shut up, Muse. Or should I say, Baby Troll!

Baby Troll/Muse: Hey! You shouldn't tell people who I am!

Me: Who cares!

Muse: I do!

Me: Don't make me sic my pet dragon on you...

Muse: Oh that young thing? He's no problem.

Me: Not my pet, the other one.

Muse: You wouldn't.

Me: Try me.

Muse: Do your worse!

Me: Oh Volvagia!

Muse: Oh shit. *runs away*

Me: Bwahahahahahaha! *Then looks at readers, and sees them* Heh heh. Sorry. But please read and review. I would really appreciate it.