Okay, randomness over for this chapter. I hope you've all had a good laugh at chapter 13 because I probably won't make another one like it.
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As for this chapter, Piers will be reunited with someone special. In the meantime, you'll all be learning a little bit more about what's going to happen. This chapter is mostly foreshadowing of events ahead.

Chapter 15 will be a prank chapter and Chapter 16 will go straight into the plot. I have to keep the punch line to its best time.

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14. The Clan of Mercury

It was a dull car ride back home. Felix was driving this time. Jenna, Isaac and Garet were listening to their own music on their mp3 players, quite oblivious to each other. Piers had his thoughts hidden behind the tune the radio was playing.

All was quiet. Not a word was spoken all the way back to Vale.

Mia would arrive from Lemuria in the afternoon. It was agreed that they'd have everyone come to greet her at the airport. In the meantime, all they could do was sitting around and do nothing.

The car passed the sign which read 'Welcome to Vale!' as they sighed. None of them were anxious into actually going back home. This only symbolized their return to school. School…

None of them really wanted the holidays to end.

As Felix pulled into Piers' driveway, he recommended to all of them to unpack before they headed to the airport in the afternoon.

Everyone nodded and headed into their own direction.

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Jenna went up to her room with her duffle. This had been the weirdest holiday of her life. The strangest things had happened…and not to mention the nightmares had duplicated.

Since she was young, she'd always have the same dream. Over and over, she'd seen Felix drown in the river, her parents dying at the mercy of a huge boulder, and Isaac and Garet trying to help out as much as they could.

As much as the people in her nightmares looked like the ones that surrounded her, Jenna felt like they were not. Even herself as she'd seen in her dreams didn't feel like her. It was to Jenna a parallel reality from her own. Nothing was the same but all familiar. It was just something unexplainable. There was no point in trying to find the truth.

As she regained consciousness of the world outside of her thoughts, Jenna unpacked her duffle by throwing her belongings on the ground. Nothing was worth cleaning since she'd be looking for it later on.

"Do you need any help unpacking?" asked Felix's voice in the doorway.

"No, it's fine." she said, throwing a pair of pyjamas on the ground. Felix laughed.

"I did the same in my room." he said.

Jenna chuckled as she looked up to her brother. Felix fiddled around into his pocket and pulled out a ring.

"Where did you get that?" asked Jenna, remembering having lost that ring a bit before the Mayhem Moment.

"I found it in the janitor's closet." said Felix, throwing in to her.

Jenna caught it and stared at it for a few instants. Felix sighed. He felt like he had to ask her for the truth. As he opened his mouth to do so, Jenna's cell phone rang.

Felix swallowed back a rude swear word and left the room. Jenna picked up the call.

"Hello?" answered Jenna.

"…watch for the cold." said a voice on the other line.

"Pardon me?" asked Jenna, a bit panicked.

"Never get close to the cold!" exclaimed the voice.

"Garet?" asked Jenna. "Is that you?"

Jenna recognized his voice. Though it was like her dreams. Familiar yet nothing like his.

"It's far from over." said the voice, hanging up.

Jenna looked puzzled. She was somehow frightened by the mysterious caller. She shook her head and tried to forget the incident.

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Mia went up the airport escalator with apprehension. Though this time, she had someone counting on her as a guide. She could not allow her fears to control her.

"They must be waiting for us up there." said Mia, as the girl behind her nodded. "Piers will be so surprised to see you, Sukai!"

"I hope so, Mia." said Sukai.

"Don't worry, he's always thinking about you." said Mia.

"How do you know that?" asked Sukai.

"It's obvious when you live with the guy!" said Mia.

As they reached the top of the escalator, Mia scanned the area with her gaze. She quickly found her brother standing next to Sheba, Ivan, Garet, Jenna, Isaac, and Felix.

Piers waved at her but became as white as snow as soon as he saw Sukai. The girl he had been forced to leave behind in Lemuria. Mia had brought her back…

Piers instinctively smoothed out his hair nervously while thinking of the best manner to live through the situation.

Before he knew it, Mia and Sukai were in front of him.

"Su…kai?" he asked.

"Long time, no see, right Piers?" asked Mia, pleased with herself.

"Hello Piers." said Sukai in a nervous tone.

"Er…how have you been?" he asked awkwardly.

"I've been okay, you?" Sukai seemed to think of the scene more awkward than him.

"I think you two have a lot to catch up on." said Mia. "Why don't you go take a walk?"

"I'd like some fresh air…" said Sukai.

"I'd like some too." said Piers. The pair of them left towards the exit.

"We'll meet you at the car!" called back Felix.

Piers turned back towards his friend and nodded.

Mia turned to Garet and jumped to his neck. "I missed you!" she said.

Garet gave Isaac an eye look. It clearly explained that he wanted some privacy.

"Oh look! They're selling fries!" said Isaac. "Come on guys!"

Isaac drove the rest of the group away from the scene.

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Piers and Sukai didn't talk much. They often caught each other's eyes and smiled lightly.

"So, for how long are you going to be here?" asked Piers.

"I've really got no clue…a few months." said Sukai "Until things calm down in Lemuria…"

"What do you mean?" asked Piers, ignorantly.

"Conflicts between the Mercury and Mars clans are becoming more intense. Even the people of Lemuria fear the Proxians." said Sukai.

"Has it become that bad?" asked Piers.

"Imil is threatened to be destroyed." said Sukai.

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Once Mia and Garet had their private moment, they joined the others into their fry eating.

"So who was that girl that Piers left with?" asked Sheba.

"Oh, that's Sukai." said Mia, in a simple manner.

"You mean the girl he left behind in Lemuria?" asked Garet, remembering the brief mentioning of the girl by Piers.

"The very one!" said Mia. "She's part of the second royal family in Lemuria."

"Royal family?" asked Isaac, confused.

"Lemuria is under the control of two royal families. The Haras, my family, and the Freidas, Sukai's family." explained Mia. "Both of our families are very powerful and influential in Lemuria."

"So your grandmother is hoping that Piers and Sukai will get married to make one big powerful reign?" asked Felix.

"How did you figure that out?" asked Mia, surprised.

"Easy. Piers told me." said Felix, sticking his tongue out. "He also told me about Imil."

"That's right." said Mia. "Imil is a branch of the followers of Mercury. They protect the lighthouse."

"The Mercury Lighthouse?" asked Jenna, exited.

Mia nodded. "My father's family comes from Imil. You often see marriages between Lemuria and the city in the north."

"Just one question," said Ivan "if they protect the lighthouse, what do the Lemurians protect?"

Mia looked uneasy. "What is said we protect is an old myth. Nothing else."

"Does it have anything to do with the ancient power of alchemy?" asked Felix.

"Did Piers tell you that too?" asked Mia.

"No, that's just been stuck into my memory for a while…" said Felix.

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Piers gapped at what he had just learned from Sukai.

"Destroyed?" he repeated, uncertain.

"Once Imil is gone, the path to the lighthouse will be clear." said Sukai, nervously.

"What is the Mars clan plotting?" asked Piers.

"No one knows." said Sukai. "But it has something to do with the four lighthouses of Weyard."

"That doesn't explain why you're here…" said Piers. "If the threat is in Imil, isn't Lemuria safe?"

"Well there have been stories and rumors around the city." said Sukai. "The first is about Poseidon returning."

"Poseidon?" said Piers, gripping his hair. "Isn't that just a legend?"

"No one in Lemuria is sure what is myth or reality lately." said Sukai.

"Is there a second rumor?" asked Piers.

Sukai nodded. "The second one is the apparition of a dark haired character into the alchemy room of the palace."

"What do you mean?" asked Piers.

"According to the stories, a servant saw him looking around for something before evaporating. He was glowing gold."

Piers closed his eyes. Gold…the word brought a recollection. He saw in his head a girl…she was dressed in golden apparel…

Piers let out an angry sigh. The image was gone.

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Sol Sanctum was really a huge place. Everything room was locked by a key of desire, desperateness, and purity.

Inside a well hidden area, Felix was pacing. He had one hand entangled into his hazel hair while the other rested behind his neck. Events were repeating themselves. That was the only reason his spirit and the ones of his companions were woken from the eternal slumber of death.

The Wise One had given them life again. He had explained the situation. History was repeating itself.

Felix knew it had been a bad decision to seal away alchemy before his death. It hadn't been wise of him to do so. And now, he was paying gravely for his error. His reincarnation and the one of his friends were in danger. They would be caught in the vines of psynergy without knowing what they were into.

Proxians had found the morsels of the elemental stars. Though well concealed, they had managed to find them. For years and years they had worked on creating them anew. Their process was now almost completed.

He needed to find a way to give back the powers the adepts had back in the time when they were alive. But how much time would he have to do this deed?

And even if he managed, how long would it take for the reincarnations to control the use of their elements?

He needed to find a way for this all to work…he needed his and his companion's powers mixed with the ones of their Djinn. There were risks however. Revealing themselves to the modern world would only speed up the process which was already preparing.

Felix could take that risk. He'd do anything to fix the mistake he had made…

He suddenly heard footsteps behind him. Felix turned around and saw Isaac standing in a casual yet worried manner. The expression on his face was unreadable.

"Ivan's seal isn't strong enough to seal the memories of Keraeri." said Isaac.

"I was suspecting that." said Felix.

"Is the situation worse than you've told us?" asked Isaac, reading his preoccupied expression.

Felix nodded.

"You can feel the stars gaining strength, can't you?" he asked.

Isaac nodded dryly. "Once alchemy is unleashed…won't Weyard return to its original state?"

"I've got no clue, Isaac…" said Felix. "In my opinion, it will stay the way it is…only…"

"Only what?" asked Isaac.

"Alchemy is the drug of the power hungry." said Felix. "I fear our reincarnations will have to go through the exact same situations as us."

"We all knew it would happen…" considered Isaac.

"Casting the elemental stars takes more than just throwing it into the beacon." said Felix. "You need will, you need to have the reason to light them. Or else…"

"What would happen?" asked Isaac.

"If someone who only wants to gain power casts the stars, alchemy will be inversed."

"And what would that do?" asked Isaac.

"Alchemy is a strong power. It would destroy Weyard." said Felix. "The fate that awaits the world if Prox were ever to light the beacons."

"We cannot allow this!" exclaimed Isaac.

"No…" said Felix. "That's why we must find a way to return adepts their original powers. Before it's too late."

Well I've revealed enough for this chapter. Don't you think?

Will Felix and the others succeed in giving adepts their elemental strength back? Will their reincarnations be able to control it?

And while I'm at it, what's become of Alex?

You shall find out in chapter 16. Yes, I'm evil enough to write a pointless prank chapter in the middle of the story. Muahaha!

Miyu.Lara