Happy new year to all my readers! Outlaws has 11 chapters and it's still spanking good! Sorry about the slow updates, I've been really busy even when I'm on holiday. Thing is I started to write a few more fan fictions on Golden Sun. I can count an Outlaws sequel in there too…but shhh I can't say anymore than that.

Well you'll be happy about this chapter because you'll finally find out what's with Alex, Keraëri, and why the old characters are coming back all of a sudden. This is the chapter where all of the answers are found. Talking about answering…I've got my reviewers to answer to.

savinglifelessness- Thanks. Felix will/might kill her. But that's planned for chapter 12 or 13…anyways, they're coming back but only for this chapter and a few ahead. Thanks for reviewing!

Vaun Harkinian- A popular question. Yes, they're coming back as spirits but only for a few chapters. You'll find out why as you read this chapter.

unicornmaddy: I had a very nice Christmas, thank you. I checked out that story you asked me to look at. It's pretty good but I only have time to read three chapters of it. Thanks for reviewing!

Midnight Moon: Thanks. I'm lacking in updating speed these days…sorry. I hope to get this chapter in before mid January XD.

Lemurian-Girl- Well it stopped for a few seconds. Enough to make his heart stop working and making him pass out. And that's a hidden power of Ivan…I think. It might not be possible but everything is possible when you're an author I guess. Thanks for reviewing.

guy- Nice guess, I really could have used that but you're far from the real answer. Good thing is, you'll find out in this chapter. Thanks again for reviewing!

Mr.Finger Doodle- Corny, dramatic, maybe. Sorry about my lack of humor. My writing reflects my mood and I've been a bit down these months…And what a question! OF COURSE I finished the two Golden Suns. Twice even. What makes you think I didn't…?

Star wars makeover- Yep they're the original characters from the game. And they'll appear later…perhaps. I don't know, I'm just writing this as it flows. Thanks for reviewing!

Disclaimer: Me, yes me here, the one that's typing, does not own Golden Sun. But I do stalk Camelot to make a golden sun 3. Won't happen though…

11. Nothing changes in one thousand centuries

Felix woke up to find snow falling on his window. It hadn't stopped snowing for three days. Christmas was close, the shopping was done, and he was taking Piers, his sister and the two buffoons to their cottage on Mt. Aleph that very afternoon.

He got up and headed for the bathroom to take a shower. When he was fully dressed, he went downstairs. Jenna was in front of the television, eating a pizza leftover for breakfast.

With a quick glance, he saw that the house was a total pig house. Dirty clothes, DVD and CD boxes, text books, empty cups and Felix's boxers littered the living room.

"Just a thought, maybe we should clean this place before we leave?" he said.

"Dora is coming over to help today." said Jenna.

"Alright…I'm going to Piers' for a while."

"You're going outside with drenched hair! No way!"

Jenna climbed upstairs and got her hair blower and made Felix sit down while she dried his hair.

"Jenna…it's not necessary."

"Not necessary! You could get the flu, a cold, the tuberculosis!"

"Why do you remind me of Dora all of a sudden…?"

"I just don't want you sick, you're supposed to take us to the cottage remember?"

Everything was silent. Felix had to hold in his laughter. Jenna was passing the hot air on his long hair before grabbing an elastic and properly tying it in a ponytail.

"There. You can go now."

"Thanks mum." teased Felix.

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Piers let Felix in so he could help him pack his things. Having never been on a ski trip, he didn't know what to bring.

"So Mia left last night?" asked Felix as he helped him fold a few blankets.

"Yeah, grandma sent a private jet to come and get her." said Piers.

"Why?" asked Felix.

"She heard about the kidnapping." said Piers simply.

"I see. You wouldn't believe how much Jenna is acting like a mother lately…"

"It's normal. Mia acted like a mother when we lost our parents." said Piers quietly. "She doesn't smile much anymore…and I remember that my mother never smiled much either…"

Piers became silent. Felix knew he had hit a nerve.

"Look, you can't have a cottage trip without bringing a whole bunch of hot chocolate." He said to warm up the atmosphere.

"Felix, what were your parents like?"

"I never really knew them much. My mother looked a lot like Jenna and my father…he was a lot like me. They liked to get out of Vale. I guess these trips were the only thing that kept their marriage together."

"I see….let's go get that hot chocolate."

Felix didn't want to put the discussion further so he followed Piers in the kitchen.

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"So we've got Angel Sanctuary, Inuyasha movies, .hack DVDs, and Spirited Away. I think we got everything for a marathon." said Isaac.

"Yeah I think so. Let's go. Jenna's waiting."

Isaac and Garet left the video store and headed to Jenna's house.

"Did you get them?" asked Jenna.

"Yeah, we got everything." said Garet.

"Great! I think we got everything that we need to bring."

Garet and Isaac had left their bags in Jenna's living room a week ago. They were all ready for the trip.

"We just need to wait for Felix and Piers. They went to the grocery store." said Jenna.

"You don't need to wait anymore." said Felix. Piers and he had just entered the house.

"Awesome!" said Garet as he jumped for the grocery bags.

"Hey! Don't touch that. It's for the trip!" warned Felix.

Too late. Garet had already dived for them and knocked one down. The whole contents of the grocery bag fell on the floor. And in the many things was a very noticing box of cherry flavored condoms.

Seeing it, Isaac picked it up.

"Are you planning to screw anyone?" he asked holding it up.

Felix blushed bright pink and took it from Isaac's hands to hide it from sight.

"Felix?" said Jenna.

"I bought them for Alex…" he lied.

"Right…" said Isaac.

"Anyhow! We should get going. I'll go warm up the van." said Piers.

"Van?" said Garet who was still on the floor.

"Yeah. I didn't tell you? We're using my early Christmas present from my grandmother." he answered.

"Yeah! Let's go! Let's go!" said Garet. Clearly, he was very hyper.

Piers and Garet left the house.

"She should get going…" said Isaac.

"True. Coming Felix?"

Felix merrily nodded and left with them.

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Garet's hyperness did not subdue during the trip. Garet kept singing "Ni no da" which appeared to be a random song.

"Ni no da da da Ni Ni no da Ni no no no da! Ni no da! Ni no da!" sang Garet happily.

"Can either of you shut him up?" asked Piers while looking in his mirror.

"Here…Garet." said Isaac. He gave him his mp3 to listen to. "I'll only give it to you if you promise not to sing along."

"I promise! Gimme! Gimme!"

Isaac sighed and gave Garet his mp3. Making sure it was on full blast, he turned to Jenna.

"It's worst than I thought. Last time he was this hyper it was because his grandfather died…"

"What's that supposed to mean?" said Piers.

"Well whenever Garet's sad, he pretends to be really happy." said Jenna. "Like now, for instance."

"What's he sad about?" asked Felix.

"Isn't it obvious? He misses Mia!" said Jenna.

Piers braked which made everyone jump. Except for Garet who was moving his head to an Ayumi Hamasaki song.

"Sorry." he said as he kept going. "So he really misses her, huh?"

"Well, we know it's bad when he starts to sing 'Ni no da'." said Isaac.

"Let's just hope he doesn't take out Himo-chan…" said Jenna.

"What's Himo-chan?" asked Piers.

To answer Piers' question, Garet took out a stuffed reindeer and put Isaac's headphones on its ears.

"That" said Jenna.

The rest of the trip was quite silent in Piers' van.

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Felix pushed open the door of the cottage. It was huge.

"Okay, here's how it works: There are four bedrooms. We each get one. The biggest is mine. The second biggest is Jenna's. The rest of you need to race to get a room alone. The two others need to share one. Any questions?" he said.

"Yeah…I hope there are two beds in the shared room, right?" said Isaac.

"Two double beds." said Felix.

Isaac sighed in relief.

"Okay, ready…one, two, three, GO!" said Felix.

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"I can't believe I lost…" said Isaac.

"Cheer up. At least we have separate beds! And look Himo-chan is happy!"

He made the stuffed reindeer dance.

"Garet, I know you miss her." said Isaac.

"Her who?" said Garet.

"Mia!"

"Oh…she'll come back."

Isaac jumped on his bed and sighed. Just then, Jenna knocked on the door.

"Can I come in guys? You're not changing or anything?" she asked.

"No you can come in." said Isaac.

As soon as Jenna opened the door, Garet tackled her.

"JENNA!"

"Hi Garet…can you get off me?"

"Yeah, can you get off her?" asked Isaac.

Garet jumped up and jumped on his bed.

"Comfy…" he said.

Jenna went to join Isaac on his bed, being careful no to cuddle with him…Garet was already sad enough.

"Isaac-san, can I check my Weemails on the compshmuster?" said Garet. In case you didn't catch that, it means that he wants to check his e-mail.

"Help yourself." he said.

Garet opened the laptop and closed it again, this time looking gloom.

"What's wrong?" asked Jenna.

Garet didn't answer. He left the room.

"I don't think Mia sent him anything." said Isaac.

"No…I'm worried about him…" said Jenna.

"I am too. Then again I'd be like that if you left for a few weeks…" said Isaac.

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"WAKE UP! THE SLOPES ARE WAITING!"

Just a few seconds ago, Isaac was peacefully snoozing away in his bed. He opened his eyes to find Garet on top on him and shaking him back to consciousness.

"I'll get up as soon as you get off of me…" said Isaac. He always hated to get up.

Garet jumped off of the bed and pulled open the curtains. The sunlight went directly in Isaac's eyes.

"Garet, close that thing immediately!" said Isaac through gritted teeth.

"Nope! You need to get up. I'll meet you at the breakfast table!"

Garet bounced out of the room. Isaac got out of bed a dressed. He rubbed his eyes and went inside the kitchen.

"Morning!" said Jenna when she saw him come in. Isaac took a seat next to her, aware that Felix was watching them.

After breakfast, the group headed to the mountain.

"Okay, you three can go ahead." said Felix. "Jenna, take the walkie-talkie and call if there's a problem."

"Okay, can we go now?" asked Jenna.

Felix nodded and the three Outlaws headed for the slopes

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"Wheee! Himo-chan is snowboarding!" exclaimed Garet as he held up his stuffed reindeer in the air.

"Garet! Watch out for that…" Jenna screamed.

Garet, who was not looking where he was going, had bumped into a pine tree. In addition, the snow on top of the tree fell on him.

Isaac couldn't help himself, he started to laugh. Jenna stared at him and started to laugh too.

Garet got out of the snow a few minutes later, laughing also. If only the others had been here to see this.

"Should we go down that slope?" said Isaac when they had finally stopped laughing.

"Yeah!" said Jenna and Garet.

The Outlaws sped down the slope in an almost perfect manner. What they didn't know however, was that there was a canyon of black ice at the bottom of their slope.

Jenna hit it first. She slipped off of her snowboard and rolled unto it. Isaac and Garet heard a crack and a scream.

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Felix and Piers had gone to the more difficult hills. Piers was proving to be very good for his first time snowboarding.

"Are you sure you've never done this before?" asked Felix at the bottom of the slope.

"Yeah." he answered. "I guess I discovered myself a talent…"

Piers went silent.

"Felix! FELIX!"

Isaac's voice came from the walkie-talkie on his waste.

"Isaac? What's going on?" asked Felix.

"It's Jenna…she's unconscious!" said Isaac.

"What? Where are you?" asked Felix, growing worried.

"In a canyon, we ran in some black ice!" said Isaac.

"Give off a signal." said Felix.

"Signal? I didn't bring a signal!"

"What? Use anything that can be seen in heights!"

Felix and Piers heard Garet's voice. It wasn't hyper anymore. It was serious.

"I brought some smoke bombs, Isaac." he said.

"Use them Garet!" said Felix.

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Back in the canyon, Garet had taken all of his smoke bombs and tied them up together. He then took his lighter and lighted them up. Isaac and Garet ran for cover and coated their noses with their sleeves.

There was a bang and the whole area filled with smoke.

"Okay, we see it. We're hurrying there now." said Felix's voice in the walkie-talkie.

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Felix and Piers used their snowboards at full speed to get to them. They slowed down as they went down into the canyon. They quickly caught sight of Isaac and Garet on the ice.

"Don't move…the ice might break…" said Piers. "I did this before. I'm coming for you guys."

Piers took off his snowboard and crawled on the ice. The wind started to pick up. He tried his best to stay steady.

"I think she broke her kneecap." said Piers as he got closer to Jenna.

"Yeah we heard something crack." said Isaac.

Another large crack could be heard.

"Like that for instance?" said Piers.

Garet looked beneath him. The ice was breaking underneath their feet.

"Watch out!" yelled Felix. He jumped for them. The ice broke and all five of them fell in a dark hole.

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They landed in someplace strange. There were four statues on tiny islands. Close to them was a lighted door. The rest seemed to be covered by ocean. They seemed to have fallen inside an old temple.

Jenna regained consciousness.

"Where are we?"

"Shh! I hear people talking!" said Felix.

"Keraëri, you're not strong enough!" said a voice.

"I will always be stronger than you, Alex." said another.

"Alex?" said Piers.

"But…mistress…you cannot…"

"I have the full power of alchemy. Of course I can."

"Please don't…."

"I have no need for you anymore."

They heard Alex scream and fall to the ground. Suddenly, eight shadows appeared in the doorway.

All five of them were surprised to see themselves exactly the way they were, but dressed in a medieval manner. If Sheba, Ivan and Mia had been there, they would have been as surprised as them.

The eight beings hadn't seen them. They walked to the shadowed corner where Alex had fallen.

(A/N: Okay, you might get a bit confused with the next scene. Only the game characters are talking. Not the Outlaws characters.)

"Who are you and how dare you disturb the ancient Sol Sanctum?" said Felix.

"I am Keraëri and I've come to claim something as mine." she said.

"You will claim nothing here!" said Isaac.

"How ignorant…have you no idea who I am?" said Keraëri. "I am the Golden Sun."

The eight gasped and stepped back into the light. The five intruders caught sight of them again.

"Long ago, when you ignited the four elemental lighthouses, a Golden Sun would arise from this mountain. I am that Sun. The fool, Alex claimed that power. I was told to reside in the first human body I would see. He was that human."

Keraëri walked towards them as she spoke, making the adepts back up. She was basically all in gold. Her hair was gold, her eyes and her clothes.

"My role was to be his power but the Wise One interfered. He said that Alex was unworthy and that the power of ultimate alchemy resided in a boy named Isaac. I was forced to live in the shadow of Alex. But now I am free. You, Isaac have my psynergy and I want it back!"

"It does not belong to you anymore! It was the will of the Wise One that Isaac would gain the ultimate alchemy!" said Jenna, throwing herself in front of Isaac.

"She can't do it…" said Isaac. "To be able to gain it back she would have to eliminate the living part of me. The human Isaac."

"By luck I have let him in." said Keraëri. She pointed to the group of five in the corner.

"You can always try to kill him, I won't let you touch him!" said Isaac.

The human Isaac got up. He walked to face Keraëri. Even though the others were confused, he understood.

"It's me that you want, not my friends. Let them go." He said.

"I think not. This is the best way to get rid of those eight adepts once and for all." said Keraëri.

The ground started to shake. In the middle of the stone floor appeared a great crevasse. A giant floating rock with one eye came out of it.

"You've escaped, Keraëri." he said.

"You hadn't planned it, old fool." said Keraëri.

"As a matter of fact, I did." said the Wise One. "I will not let you harm the adepts. I think the best way to get rid of you is to turn you human. There will not be a Golden Sun, thus no conflict."

"No…you won't…" she said.

"I have the power to do so." said the Wise One. He closed his eye and muttered a strange incantation. Keraëri screamed. There was a blast of golden light, followed by a shower of golden stars.

Ivan stepped forward and closed his eyes.

"You will forget everything you've seen today…you will wake up in your beds and have no recalling of what happened." He said. Isaac saw the eight adepts fade before he lost consciousness.

Okay I rushed the ending a bit but I couldn't wait to post this. Not much to say…hope you liked the chapter and please press the shineh review button for me.

Miyu.