Disclaimer: I don't own Golden Sun (2) or any other persons/places/things associated with it. That's all owned by Camelot. I created the story line you are reading from the deep, dark recesses of my mind. Pretty cool huh?

A/N: Well, here is another chapter for all you loveable fans. By the ways, thanks to Hawki for a little bit of inspiration for this chapter. And of coarse, thanks to all who review!

Chapter 13: The Brothers of Mischief

The rest of the group was awakened and everyone had a similar reaction to the new Lemuria. They docked the ship and began searching the glorious city for life. The glow that encased it, however, masked the truth behind the city walls.

"This place sure has changed," remarked Kraden as they passed through the once proud gates into the city.

The glorious world was empty. The beauty and awe that the city once possessed was now replaced by an eerie silence. Slowly, they made their way to the upper levels of the city, hoping that at the Palace, life would still linger.

"This doesn't feel right," Ivan said. "It's so… empty."

"It's creepy," replied Jenna.

They came to their seventh pair of stairs, and as they climbed, they were greeted at the top by two guards.

"In the name of King Conservato… Halt!"

Sheba and Jenna stared at each other.

"King… Conservato?" Sheba whispered.

"What happened to Hydros?" Jenna whispered back.

Felix showed his surprise for only a moment and then instantly masked it before the guards caught on. 'We're in trouble…' he thought. 'I hope Isaac remembers the old days…'

"We've come seeking an audience with the king," he replied. "We are in need of his guidance."

"Wha?" began Garet but was silenced by Isaac.

"Shhhh!" he whispered back. "Let Felix and I handle this…" He turned back to face the guards. "We've come seeking knowledge on how to silence the Lighthouses."

"Wait a second… I know you!" said the one guard. "You're that Isaac… and you're Felix!"

Felix nodded, "We are… what of it?"

The guards raised their weapons, "Traitors to the crown! You were the ones that ignited the beacons!"

Isaac raised his hands in submission, "Please, we are aware of the damages we have done. That is why we are here, to undo the evil we have unleashed."

The group stared at Isaac, not wanting to believe what was happening. All but Felix looked at him in confusion.

"We beg of you, we did not know what we were doing, and now we ask for the help of the one man who can turn the tides of battle against this evil."

The guards lowered their weapons and talked to each other silently.

"You seem trustworthy enough… Very well… We will allow you to enter, but be warned, if you do any harm to those of us who are left, we will extract greater harm on you."

"You have our word. No harm will come into this magnificent city with us," replied Isaac.

The group walked passed the guards in silence, unsure as to what had just happened. Felix and Isaac walked farther ahead, while the group hung back to discuss the event.

"What just happened?" asked Sheba.

"I'm not sure…" replied Ivan.

"Do you think they've been infected by the curse, Saturos?" asked Garet

"I don't think so…" was his reply. "They almost seemed as if they had planed the little conversation."

"But that's impossible, there's no way they could of done that!" remarked Kraden.

The group walked a little further, and caught up with Felix and Isaac. They stopped in what looked like a small courtyard that overlooked the city below them. There were stone seats and a small fountain in the area and Isaac judged it would be a good place for them to rest.

"Everyone, stay here. Felix and I are going to do a little reconnaissance. We'll be back soon."

Everyone nodded as the two boys disappeared around the building. They sat for awhile, still unsure as to what to believe.

"Ohhh… I know what they were doing…" said Jenna, a childish smile on her face.

"You do?" asked Mia who was concerned for Isaac's sudden change in his demeanor.

"Don't worry Mia," Jenna chuckled, "you're boyfriend is alright."

"What about Felix?" asked Menardi.

"He's just fine too," Jenna replied, laughter in her voice. "You see, back when we were kids… My brother and Isaac were… quite the troublemakers."

Everyone's confusion to her statement prompted her to continue.

"When we were younger, Garet and I use to play together all the time. This left Felix and Isaac alone, so one day they paired up and found that, together, they were pretty clever in terms of mischief. In time, it became their favorite pastime to tease and bewilder the other villagers. They always did harmless stuff, and regardless of how the people reacted, they always got them to smile before the end of the day."

"So what does that have to do with what we just saw?" asked Garet.

"I'm getting to that!" Jenna shot back. "Anyway, they would some times have competitions against each other to see who could do what to whom and if they could get away with it. But whenever one of them got caught, the other was always there to bail him out. This continued on throughout their younger years and now they trust each other with their lives. It's like I have two brothers instead of one."

"You still haven't told us what this has to do with now," grumbled Garet.

"Oh shut it!" barked Jenna.

Everyone chuckled.

"Would you please continue Jenna?" asked Ivan.

"Sure," she happily replied. "There were times when bullies from Vault would come over to harass us, or some villager would try to do harm to them for their harmless little deeds; I only know this because I watched it happen once. Whenever they were confronted like that, they were always able to turn the tables with their wordplay. Regardless of the situation they were in or even how much fake evidence was brought against them, they always came out on top."

"Interesting," Saturos mused, "I never thought of Felix and Isaac as brothers." He paused, his face looking towards the ground, "And we took him away from that..."

"Actually, I think you helped them."

"What makes you say that Jenna?" he replied.

"It's true they were separated and they were forced to be enemies for a time, but I think they always knew deep down that something else was going on. That's why they never fought each other whenever they happened to meet. Because of the past events, if it is possible, I think they trust each other even more. Sometimes, they even know how the other person would react to a given situation and then act based on what he thought the other felt."

"I agree with that," added Mia. "When Isaac was fighting Alex, Felix wanted me to stay close, so that I wouldn't get hurt. He even said that if he had allowed me to get hurt somehow, he figured that he would be the one in serious trouble and not Alex."

Everyone smiled at the thought.

"Now that you mention in Mia, I have noticed Felix protecting or helping you whenever Isaac isn't around." Kraden lowered his voice… "You don't think… he… well… likes you?"

Mia was a bit surprised by Kraden's boldness, but smiled. "No, I know he doesn't like me that way, maybe as a sister, but not like Isaac does. He treats me as a very good friend, and I don't think he wants to see Isaac miserable if something were to happen to me. Brothers, look out for brothers I suppose."

"Good," replied Sheba, "I don't want to watch his heart break for a third time…"

"What?" asked Menardi.

Sheba lowered her voice, "Don't tell him I told you, but for a time… he… had a thing for me…" She blushed a little as Ivan smiled. "And from judging his reaction to your tale about Karst, there must have been something between them too. Poor guy is losing no matter where he turns."

Everyone felt sorry for Felix and would have continued too had Garet not started laughing.

"Hey!" yelled Jenna, "this isn't funny!"

"Don't worry about Felix guys," he chuckled. "I know of a certain someone who has been looking at him since we began rebuilding Vale." He laughed a little more, "And I even caught him looking back a few times… Of coarse they would never admit it, but I think given some time and maybe a little… encouragement… they would."

Jenna's angry look disappeared while being replaced with a devious grin. "Ohh.. you mean… your sister?"

Garet's smile got bigger, "Yup."

Isaac and Felix were on their way back to the group. They had searched that particular level of the city for inhabitants. Once found, Felix distracted them with idle talk while Isaac probed their minds for clues on Conservato's rise to power.

"Just like old times huh?" asked Felix, a slight grin on his face.

"Yeah," replied Isaac with his own grin, "It's good to see we still got it."

They chuckled for a bit as they remembered their past adventures together. After a moment or two, the memories were put back in their places, and their minds refocused to the task at hand.

"So, what is there to learn?" asked Felix.

"Quite a lot actually," Isaac replied. "It would seem that there was some sort of disaster here, weird thing is, there minds are veiled, even more so then normal. No one seems to know for sure how Conservato came to power, although I'll say this, most of them don't like it. From what I can tell, this has happened recently, and mostly everyone here, wishes it didn't."

"Good… that will make this slightly easier."

"Hopefully," replied Isaac, "something still bothers me though."

"What?"

"Piers wasn't in any of the recent memories I looked at. Some remembered a figure known as the 'Lost One' but even those memories are clouded, as if someone tried to erase them. Same goes for Hydros."

Felix frowned, "You mean no one remembers Piers or Hydros directly?"

"Yeah," replied Isaac, "it's almost as if they weren't even born. I hope their alright."

They continued walking down the long, forgotten streets. They neared the area where their friends were, and were about to call out to them, when Felix stopped abruptly.

"Do you sense it?"

"Someone is following us…" Isaac murmured.

"Wait!" called a man stepping out of the shadows. "I mean no harm… You said you were looking for Piers didn't you?"

"We are," replied Felix. "Wait… Aren't you his uncle?"

"I am… I know you don't I?" Piers' uncle stared for a moment, "Felix! Oh am I glad to see you. You've come at a very bad time, Conservato is"

"We know," Felix cut in. "Isaac, I'll go get the others, stay here and guard him in case something comes up."

Isaac nodded as Felix ran towards the group.

"Well, anyone else have any ideas for getting these two together?" asked an excited Jenna.

Garet, Jenna, Ivan, Sheba and Mia were all talking frantically about how they could get Felix and Garet's sister together.

"Hey, how about I push a stone onto her flowers, but say Felix did it, cause he wanted her to notice him?" laughed Garet.

Kraden, Menardi and Saturos were sitting on the stone benches admiring the view while shaking their heads and listening to the group. No one noticed however, that Felix heard that last comment and was hiding in the shadows.

"This is great!" chuckled Jenna, "Felix won't know what hit him!"

"Yeah!" replied her boyfriend, "Finally after all these years of being knocked on the head by her, I have something to finally get her back!"

Felix took it upon himself to suddenly 'appear' and Saturos was the first to acknowledge his presence.

"Standing in the shadows Felix?"

The devious group froze stiff, their faces turning a slight white.

"Planning a mutiny are we?" chuckled Felix.

"No, we're just thinking about… stuff!" Jenna blurted out in an attempt to relieve them of their situation. To her horror, Felix's smile grew.

"That's okay then. I know I heard my name, and you mentioned something about Garet's sister… Oh well, no use stressing over it." His smile turned into a grin that would rival Jenna's. "I'll just ask Isaac to find out what you all are planning."

This time, Kraden's group laughed. No one had thought about Isaac's mind reading ability and the thought of Felix finding out what was said, and then taking his revenge on them was a terrifying idea.

Felix laughed and turned to leave.

"Come on everyone. Isaac is back with Piers' uncle. He may be able to tell us where Piers is and what hashappened to this place.

The group was quick in their journey to the house that Piers' uncle resided in. The room wasn't much different from that of his old home. Slightly bigger, and now only one bed, but the floor was still covered with the bottles and other ornaments that the old home use to have.

"I'm so glad you came Felix," he said. "We're in one heck of a fix here."

The group gathered around the man, and he took notice of Saturos and Menardi.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"These are friends of ours," replied Isaac.

"I am Saturos of Prox"

"And I am Menardi, also from the land of Prox."

"Nice to meet you. My name is Prier, I am Piers' uncle."

The Mars adepts bowed, and Prier turned towards Felix.

"Things are not well here, as you know, Conservato is now the king."

"How did this all happen?" asked Kraden.

Prier motioned everyone to sit on the floor as he took his own seat.

"Well, it all started when Lemuria, quite literally, rose out of the water. We don't know why it happened, but it did. During the chaos that followed, he somehow tricked Hydros into giving up the throne, or maybe he just took it by force… I don't know."

"What of the other Senate members" asked Felix, "surely they would be in an uproar over Conservato's actions?"

"I'm sure they would be," replied Prier, "that is if any of them were still alive."

Felix, Jenna, Kraden, and Sheba wore shocked faces, while the others just looked confused.

"What's a Senate?" asked Garet, who had no clue why they reacted that way.

"It would be a waste of time to tell you Garet," replied Sheba. "All you need to know is that it's a bunch of older people who argue with the king and have their own little building."

Garet crossed his arms in defiance, while the others chuckled.

"How did they all die?" asked Isaac, which ended the laughter.

"The Senate building, the one where all the Senate members meet and discuss matters was destroyed in the earthquake that accompanied the rising of Lemuria." Prier shook his head. "I don't understand how though, the building was built mimicking the architecture of ancient Lemuria and built using the same tools. I don't see how it could just fall while nothing else did."

The group fell silent for a moment, thinking of anything that help would explain things.

"By any chance," began Saturos, "did Conservato supervise its construction?"

"Oooo, good question Saturos," commented Kraden.

Prier stared into space for a moment before coming up with an answer.

"Yes, I believe he did… Wait, that means… He would know how to destroy it if he really wanted too…"

"Do you think he did it on purpose?" asked Felix.

"I don't know, ever since Piers returned, Conservato wanted to get rid of him, but Hydros wouldn't have it."

"Speaking of Piers, where is he?" asked Jenna. "Is he alright?"

"Yes, I believe so," replied Prier. "Both he and Hydros are being held somewhere in the castle. I think Lunpa is there too."

The group sat in silence for a moment, contemplating what they were going to do.

"What about the guards?" asked Isaac. "We ran into two of them earlier, seems like Conservato has them on his side."

Prier frowned, "Actually, that's something else that has been bothering me. Before Hydros lost the throne, the soldiers were all for him, but then Conservato comes along and instantly, they support him instead. Two totally opposite people, in terms of personalities and political backgrounds, and the soldiers act as if it's the same person that's commanding them."

"That is odd," remarked Kraden, "perhaps some type of delusion psynergy?"

"Maybe," replied Prier, "but I have no way of finding out."

"Just one more thing, Prier," said Isaac. "How is that you remember all of this, and yet no one else seems to?"

Prier smiled, "That, I believe is the one piece of evidence we currently have against Conservato. You see, water that comes from the fountains is supplied by water from the palace. Every Lemurian drinks from the fountains…Except for me."

"Perhaps some kind of ancient delusion potion?" asked Kraden.

"Maybe… I heard that King Hydros knew all sorts of different types of potions and how to make them. If Conservato somehow got Hydros to tell him what potions do what, then I don't even want to think about what Conservato could then do." Prier seemed to stare off into space, looking for more to say. "I'm sorry, but that's all I know."

"That's alright Prier," said Isaac as he stood, "you have told us everything we need to know. Come on everyone, let's go have that meeting with the King."

The trip to the castle was short, Prier's new house was just a level below the castle. They walked up a flight of stairs and found themselves walking through the Lemuria they use to know. Lunpa's tower was standing tall in the distance, while the palace lingered past the fountain. Just as Prier had said, the Senate building was gone, nothing more but a pile of ruble. As they neared the palace, guards seemed to appear out of no where.

"Stay calm everyone," muttered Felix. "Let Isaac and I handle the talking."

Everyone nodded once as they were now surrounded by guards. One of them stepped forward to stop them, just before the entrance.

"You are Isaac, the accursed one, no?"

"Accursed one?" asked Isaac. "As much as I don't like that title, yes I am he."

"You and your companions are wanted in milord's chamber. Show respect when speaking to the King."

"We will," responded Isaac and the doors to the palace swung open.

A/N: yeah, i know, I created a name for Piers' uncle. You would too if you made a dialogue between him and anyone else.