AN: And so I'm back. I think Chocotaku gets a shout-out at this stage for interviewing… a mere month after I released my last chapter. I'm going to try my hardest to get this story out ASAP… because I think I need to disregard some exams and get my fanfiction updated ;)
And back to the main storyline! I nearly forgot what the heck I was writing about, hahaha.
If you may have noticed, I removed a paragraph from Chapter 9, because it simply just doesn't work out with what I'm writing. Potentially later on, but I have to stop re-introducing elements as I see fit.
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Sleeping rough never appealed to Matthew, but certainly not when the world was collapsing and about to be wiped out.
He forgot about sleep that night, and tried focusing on the prophecy instead. They never have one meaning, huh?
He closed his eyes and thought about the first two lines. "When the shadow rises, the world will disintegrate away…" he whispered to himself… obviously the prophecy was referring to event that merely happened six months ago. A lifetime ago, he thought. With what was going on, he nearly forgot about all of that.
But did it have another meaning? There were too many unanswered questions at this stage. Probably due to some crap fanfiction writer who can't keep his mind on one thing, he chucked to himself.
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"Can he not make fun at my expense," I muttered.
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The world was already slowly fragmenting away. He heard about the Gaia Falls expanding, extending past the original boundaries they were etched in. What more could possibly happen before he realised what was going on?
You know, instead of pondering about the prophecy, maybe you should start thinking about where Karis is, he chided himself. Then he stopped. OH SHIT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M EVEN HEADING!
"If you really want to know where Karis is, you could always come with me," a reasonable voice said in his ear.
Matthew jumped up and was ready to pull his sword out, until he saw Alex's smiling face. Is this guy really a criminal? I mean, I don't think he's an egomaniac, but at the same time, he did kidnap Mia and Karis…
Alex turned away. "I know of the prophecy as well. And trust me, thirty years kills the fire for revenge and the thirst of ruling the world."
"But why… why would you ever want to rule the world? Why would you want the power of the Golden Sun?" Matthew asked. I'm always curious about this part. He didn't seem like "the ultimate villain". What would he gain out of it?
"I simply wanted to preside over a world of peace, and deal justice to the criminals and ensure the peaceful deserved a chance at living a good life," Alex replied. "I know that may sound unconvincing, but believe me, it's what was in my heart all this time."
Alex began walking away, and Matthew had no choice but to follow.
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Karis awoke from her slumber to see… why is he here?
She pretended to be asleep while Alex and Matthew were still chatting.
I need to figure out what is going on, as she tossed and turned, carefully listening in to the blue haired man and the blond haired teenager.
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Matthew paled after his last sentence. "Wait, so you allowed the Apollo Lens to fire… because if we didn't fire it, the entire continent would have collapsed?"
"Pretty much. I found my mistake after allowing Blados to ever enable the damn thing. It's just a giant conspiracy, revolving around a criminal mastermind, let's just leave it at that." Alex growled at the thought of the criminal mastermind. "And trust me, she fooled me as well."
Matthew was now confused. "She?"
Alex nodded. "Yeah. She. And a sheep."
Matthew looked puzzled for a moment, and then understanding dawned on his face. "Then we're…"
"Understand that she's the mastermind of this, but not of the entire thing. The whole damn thing is a conspiracy, and she's just a puppet. She's been corrupted by the psyenergy vortexes," Alex explained.
Matthew assumed his puzzled face again. "Okay, you're losing me. So Sheba is some crazy evil mastermind, but she's not at the same time?"
"As I explained, Sheba is a good person, not unlike yours truly." Alex indicated at Karis, who was still "sleeping". Matthew blushed for a moment. "However, with the sudden influx of psyenergy vortexes, the energy managed to corrupt Sheba… and maybe more of your parents. Who knows?"
"There is a cure right? Please tell me there is." Matthew slumped. The thought of any of his father's friends being corrupted and doing something against their very nature frightened him. Secretly, he was petrified. Something that could turn him into a weapon against the very same people he protected…
"Thankfully, there is a cure. And there is also prevention, in case you were worried about being inflicted by the same thing." Alex pulled out a pink necklace. "This necklace does not only reflect the corruption wavelengths…"
"Wavelengths?" Matthew interrupted.
"Yes, wavelengths, it's something that's complicated, so I won't give the lecture now. It just… prevents bad thing. Cures bad thing. That basic enough for you?" Alex explained.
"Why is it pink, and not any other colour?" Matthew questioned.
"Well, I have no idea." Alex coughed. "Might be some lame-ass author trying to impose his colour senses on us. Thank god he didn't bleach my hair pink."
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"Pink is a good colour though!" I yell out indignantly. I'm furious here. Pink is a good colour. Would have bought pink coloured earphones, if there were any pink coloured earphones at the store.
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"Anyway, take it. And take another five, while you're at it." Alex handed six necklaces over to Matthew, who promptly walked over to Karis.
Karis, who was feigning sleep, felt her heart beat quicker as Matthew approached her.
He's going to be the death of me, said the non-fangirl side of her brain.
He's so hot, said the fangirl side of her brain.
Matthew took the pink crystal off the chain, and infused it into Karis's pendant with his psyenergy, and gently put the fused product around her neck, and then ever-so-gently kissed her on the cheek. "I love you, Karis," he whispered.
Karis couldn't take anymore. She simply hugged Matthew and dragged him onto the bed.
"So you were feigning sleep Karis," Matthew mumbled as he was being smothered by Karis's clothes.
"Because you two are probably going to have a really long and heartfelt session of making out, I'm going to walk out. Oh, and I'm predicting that the author is just going to make you two something that makes both of you really hormonal, and then he'll interrupt with something that turns both of you off really quickly. Anyway, I'm out." Alex walked out of the room and closed the door. He shook his head. "Kids these days… you'd think that they would have some sense of decency."
He walked over towards the room next door, where Mia was sitting there in shock. "So… that's what you wanted all along? Just to protect everyone?"
Alex sighed. "Yeah… and somehow along the way, I lost track of my goal. This time though, I'm not going to."
Mia walked over to Alex and hugged him. "I'll go back and explain to the others with Matthew and Karis. I'm sure Isaac will understand… Garet, not so as much."
Alex laughed. "Alright." He disentangled himself from Mia. "Take care, alright?"
As Alex was about to leave the room, he said "I wouldn't bother going into that room for two hours. The kids needs their privacy, you know."
As the door closed, Mia blushed as she thought of what "the kids" would do together unsupervised.
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Strangely enough, Matthew and Karis were lying on the same bed, holding each other. There wasn't any need for words. All they needed was each other.
"Hey Matthew… you know, if I only had you…"
"… I could face my deepest fears without flinching. I would be able to accomplish the greatest challenge. If I only had you by my side, all the time."
Matthew slightly tightened his hug on Karis. "Maybe I should buy you a pocket figurine modelled in my likeliness off Ebay, and then give it to you. I'll always be by your side, if you keep me in your pocket."
Karis laughed. "Oh, if it were only that simpled."
Matthew let go. "We should probably get up and gear up. I need to figure out how to tell my parents about this entire story."
Karis grumbled for a bit, but decided to jump out of bed regardless. She'd have plenty of time to smother Matthew later. And maybe go further. Who knows?
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"Shit… to be brought down… from in-within…" Isaac gurgled, before collapsing and staining the carpet with blood.
She walked after Isaac, and opened a portal which poured dark essence on him. In one hour, not only would Isaac's wounds be healed, but he would serve the greater legion. They always needed a strong warrior, and why not recruit the hero that saved the world all those years ago?
She cleaned her blade, and slowly walked back into the living room, where most of the others had been corrupted already, save for Jenna, who was not present in the house at the time. Undoubtedly, Ivan most likely warned Jenna away before he succumbed to the shadow essence. But no matter.
Corrupted Sheba smiled with malice. Jenna could not do anything by herself. Karis, Mia were captured by Alex. And Matthew would be floating around somewhere, trying to rescue Karis. Nothing could now stop the conspiracy.
### End Chapter 10 – Explanation and Elephants
AN: Okay, looks like this story is actually going somewhere (yay). I'm actually going through these, making sure any rough areas are somewhat cleaned up so they aren't as rough.
Personally, I actually don't have a favourite colour… okay, I'll be honest, grey and black are probably my favourite colours, followed by blue, white and pink. And yes, I am a guy. I find pink an awesome colour. Come at me, bro ;)
About the way this story is headed… I'll say it now to not disappoint people later. Yes, there will be romance (lots of romance, I'll heap Dawnshipping, Valeshipping, Windshipping, and whatever other canonical ships there are. That's right, Dawnshipping is now canonical because I called it. Come at me again if you disagree :D), but there will not be as much action as you might like. Unfortunately, and believe me I would love to write about Matthew "charging in with a sword, swinging it right to smash a shadow beast and then left to kill another shadow beast that was about to attack Karis", but that's just too mainstream. I'm looking to write more of a psychological drama-ish kinda thing, because they're more interesting.
But that, my dear reader, is also for you to tell me what you want. Sure, if you want Matthew using det charges and guns, leave a review stating "I want Matthew to shoot stuff up". (I'm going to be a bit more conservative with my language here.) If you want action, leave a review/PM stating "I want some hack n' slash". If you want psychological drama, leave a review/PM stating "KaRath, go fully emo and do some heavy psychological drama that would get a thesis for a pHD in psychological". If you want just pure romance from here on in, leave a review/PM stating "finish the story in 500 words and just write 50000 words where Karis and Matthew just make out" (hey, let's be honest, you wouldn't have come to read this if I didn't reel you in with the promises of Dawnshipping and making out ;))
Anyway, please leave a review, and I do hope you still enjoy reading my stories. I'm going to try and update this more frequently, so yeah. Hope you enjoyed it, and I will c u fish next time!
