Alchemy Destinies
By: The Digital One
Chapter two's up, huzzah! The chapter takes place on Mia's birthday, and Alex gives her a present ^_^ Aww… well, anyway, enjoy this story.
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Chapter Two: Personable Horde
Twenty people, all with light blue eyes and blue hair walked through a damp forest somewhere in Angara. There was much groaning, complaining and stumbling between these people. Mia herself was having difficulty walking through the moist mud, especially with the special ankh her dad game her the day he disappeared.
"Lars, can't you ask Erik to stop already?" Mia's mother said wearily to an old man with highlights of blue in his colorless hair. "I don't see why we have to travel, when we were just fine in the place we've lived in for decades."
"Why are we traveling, anyway? I liked Crib!" complained Mia's older brother, Luke. Crib was the nickname he gave to the land they used to live in, a cold, yet cheery place.
"Dunno, ask Erik," Alex, a teenaged male with shoulder-length hair shrugged. Erik was their leader, a middle aged man with his blue hair tied into a pony tail.
"He wouldn't tell me, he said it was a surprise," Mia piped up.
Luke smirked. "Oh, and is it a present for your birthday, birthday girl?" Luke said scornfully.
Mia just glared at Luke, and kept on walking.
"Sheesh, Luke, don't pick on your sister like that!" Alex said to Luke.
"Sorry, Alex," Luke frowned sarcastically.
"Hardy har har," Mia rolled her eyes. "Look can we drop this matter?"
Luke stared at her oddly, as if she was trying to keeping a secret from him. Mia faltered at his gaze, and tripped on a tree root sticking out of the earth.
"Mia, are you okay?" Alex reached out to help Mia up. Mia swiped all the dirt off of her skirt the best she can, blushing. Alex handed Mia her ankh, his eyes like a mist covered ocean after a storm, shining.
"Yea, I'm fine, Alex, thank you…" Mia said softly. Luke smiled at her.
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"Okay, guys… after we get out of this forest, we'll find a dry patch of land, and settle there," Erik said loud enough for the entire clan to here.
"Why can't we rest here?" Mia's mother complained. "My legs feel like they're made out of led!"
"This forest is really… weird…" Erik looked around the sky, almost completely covered with bare tree branches. "I don't feel like staying here overnight. We are getting out of this forest before the sun sets." He said, looking at the fourteen others. "Any objections?"
No one said anything. Erik smiled.
"Great! Now let's move out!" Erik continued walking in the same direction, and with audible groans coming from the clan, they slowly followed Erik.
Mia's mom looked toward Mia, and put her hand on Mia's shoulder. "I'm sorry Mia. For your birthday, you have to tramp through these… disgusting, irritating, annoying, tediously long, boring… woods. I'll make it up to you tomorrow, hmm?" She smiled at Mia, attempting to cheer her up.
Mia gave a weak smile. "That's okay; mom… life is like that… I shouldn't be complaining, anyway. I'm acting immature for being a year older, anyway."
"No, you weren't complaining. You are acting very mature like that," she smiled again. "I've just kept an eye on you all day… we've been walking through fields, all sorts of things, to finally reach this horrible forest at the end of the day. I've never could have endured a birthday likes yours today. Mia, I love you more than anything… you're my daughter, and the single worse thing besides having a bad birthday would be having to see your child go through a bad birthday…"
Luke, who was nearby, looked sarcastically taken aback. "Mom! You don't love me more than Mia?" He covered his eyes with his dirty hands, pretending to cry. "I've been with you longer than Mia has!"
Alex sniggered. Mia just walked past them, groaning, and walked next to Erik.
"Erik, do you know how to get out of this forest?" The forest was getting darker minute by minute. Though she didn't want to admit it, by the age of fourteen, she still was afraid of the dark. Mia walked closely next to Erik, feeling security.
"Well, if you look at the trees…" Erik pointed up to the sky. "When the sky opens up a little more, we know we're heading toward the end of the forest. Mia looked up. With the sun setting, it was impossible to tell.
"Well, it looks like the sky's opening up, mm, Erik?" Mia said hopefully.
"To tell you the truth, I'm not sure…" Erik squinted, and turned his head at any noise.
"What if we head out the same direction?" Mia asked.
"Well, we won't go back into this damned forest at nighttime! We'll attempt again in the morning." Erik looked at Mia, while talking. "Of course, we have no way of telling if we'll make it out of here… we might be forced to…" Erik paused. "Well, Mia, wasn't this just a horrible day? Especially for the day you were born? How old are you now, anyway, ten?"
Mia looked down to the ground, and let a tear drop from cheek. "I'm fourteen, now…" Mia pretended to scratch her cheek to wipe away the tears from her eyes.
"Really? You're fourteen already? Well, looks can be deceiving, but you are much more mature than a fourteen year old," Erik's face, lighted by darkness, widened, showing a smile. Mia forced a smile.
"Damn it. Erik! Can't we just stay here just for a nighttime? You do not know how tired I am!" Mia's mom yelled over the distance. Mia could see Luke and Alex laughing at something, apparently the only clan members smiling.
"Be patient! If we still can't find anything by approximately an hour, we'll give up and rest, okay? I really don't want to stay in this forest, I can tell there's something lethal hidden in it," Erik replied.
"Psccch! Riight! You've said that an hour ago!" Kevin, a young man with short hair sneered.
"We wouldn't want to be killed, now do we?" Erik spat. Mia could tell he was getting impatient. "If you want to be left behind, be my guest!" Erik walked away from further conversation. Mia walked down to her mother, and just remained walked side-by-side with her.
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"Hehe, he's returned!" Luke whispered to Alex. Something glowing was in Alex's cupped hands. Alex sniggered.
"What did it do to you, Luke?" Alex asked.
"It sprayed water on me… erg… but I guess it was in a playful way," Luke said. "I feel much better than I did when he sprayed the water on me."
"Riight…"
"No, I swear to god!" Luke whispered in the highest volume a whisper can be.
"So, Fizz, do you cure people with your waters?" Alex said to the glowing thing in his hands.
"Ha, see? It nodded!" Luke said softly. "Told you, Alex!"
"How do you know if it said yes or not? It could have been vice-versa to him!" Alex said.
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah, liar!"
"Well, you wait and see, I'll ask Fizz to spray water to soothe my mom!" Luke said.
"Haha, you are so gullible with your own beliefs!" Alex sneered. "Go on, you can take the blame!" Alex raised his hands to Mia's mother's neck.
"Hey! What in the world are you talking about?" Mia suddenly turned around.
"It's a surprise," Luke said quickly.
Alex put his hands in his pockets. "We were talking about… a gift to give you! Right, Luke?"
"Yes."
Mia shook her head. "Really? Why were you planning to squirt 'soothing' waters on mom, huh, Luke?"
Luke looked at Alex. "Whatever are you talking about? We never said that. You must be going deaf."
Alex smiled. "He did want to squirt something at your mom, Mia," Alex got out the glowing thing out of his pockets and raised his hand. A glowing, blue creature was in Alex's cupped hands.
"I unleash Fizz!" Alex yelled silently. Before Mia's mom or Fizz could react…
BOOM.
A great rumbling came from deep in the forest. Everyone paused, eyes darting in every direction. Mia clutched onto her ankh tightly. Them booms became louder and louder.
"What is making that infernal racket?" Lars, the woman Mia's mom was talking to earlier, said, his eyes filled with terror.
"Maybe… a volcano!" A young child said, holding onto her mother's blouse.
"Don't be silly Bill, a volcano in this forest? Really… Even if it was a volcano erupting, we can use our water powers to cool the lava down," her mom replied.
"Stand your ground," Erik said slowly. Sweat was trickling down his face. For an odd reason, the sky lighted up into a dark orange hue.
"How come the sky's fading?" Bill whined. Erik wiped the sweat off his face.
"It must be a monster," Erik stammered. When it appears, run in that direction!" Erik put a shivering finger up toward where the sky was opening. Everyone nodded. Just then, an ape, about 7 feet tall, shadowed the area where the clan was standing. Its fur was matted, and was blue with dark stains on its coat. He looked at every single clan member, and gave a large roar.
"RUN! DON'T JUST STAND THERE!" Erik bellowed. As soon as he finished his sentence, he sped away from the ape. Everyone else followed.
But the ape wasn't easily fooled. It beated on its chest, yelling, and running toward the clan members, its eyes turning red.
"Unless you want to get trampled, attack!" Erik held up his hand, and icicles flew out of his hands. He ape covered its face, and then kicked Erik swiftly in his chest. Erik fell back, his arm twisted and bleeding.
"ERIK!" The mom of Bill yelled. She ran up to Erik, giving him an herb, and using Ply, an ancient healing art passed down to Mercury clan members.
"I'm okay, my right arm is damaged! It's nothing; I could still use my water powers!" Erik painfully put up his left arm, and shot several small icicles at the ape, while other clan members used the staffs and maces to attack the Ape, or using the ice attack Erik was using. The ape quickly injured other clan members, while Bill's mother came rushing toward them, treating them all hastily.
"Still try to fight with your powers!" She tried to encourage. Mia never had the courage to hit the ape, or attack it with her water powers, she just dodged punched and kicks delivered by the ape. Alex soon helped out with healing, with the small, blue creature with the pink tail he was holding earlier.
Every adult was injured, while only kids remained to attack. The children tried tapping the ape with little sticks, and running off when the ape turned. Other older children threw rocks at the ape. Mia, not having the guts to try to attack the ape, ran off to where Alex was treating her mother.
"Will she be okay?" Mia said, her eyes watering from fear.
"Only time will tell," Alex got the blue creature, and it sprayed water on Mia's mother.
Erik finally gathered the strength to get up. He walked toward where Alex was, and tapped him on the shoulder, his face red.
"Alex! You have to help the children defeat the ape! Once I muster all my strength, I will help you, too! Let your pet heal anyone that's injured! And Mia… help Alex! Mia, I know…"
Erik never finished his sentence. The ape unexpectedly lifted him up off the earth with his massive paw, and threw him hard onto the ground. The last sound that came from Erik was a cracking sound… of every single bone in his body. Mia looked at Alex. He was trying to wake up the knocked out children, and no one was left to attack the beast. The blue creature went darting from person to person, spraying water on each victim of the ape. Mia stood up, took a deep breath, and ran toward the ape, holding out her treasured ankh.
The ape saw what Mia was doing. It quickly jumped out of place, preparing to attack an already injured clan member, a young boy. Mia couldn't stop in time, and her ankh went through the stomach of a fellow clan member. The man, surprised, gasped for his final breath, and fell on to the ground, to be silent forever.
Mia was shocked. She killed someone! Not just anyone, but a clan member! Mia didn't take the ankh out of his body. Instead, she sat down in front of the one she murdered, and wept.
"Damn it, Mia! There's no time to waste! We have to escape, there is no way we'll kill this beast!" Luke's face was drenched in sweat, and he had a wound on his forehead. "Almost everyone died here – we can't afford to lose anymore lives! Let's escape!"
Mia took one final glance at the man she killed. She wiped her eyes dry, and ran to catch up to Luke. Luke was holding a young, four-year-old girl that suffered serious injuries. Alex and Bill's mother also held knocked out children.
"Mia, that ape is trying to maim the ones already dead! Try to save someone… or some people, it's a rare opportunity to save a life," Luke said. Mia rushed, and grabbed the only child remaining on the ground, alive, but knocked out. She fled from the scene of havoc, and ran out of the forest.
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The sky was now a bright red color by the time the remaining clan members got out of the forest, and the survivors were walking across a large field. Mia walked slowly, crying to herself. Her mom wasn't with her, she left her ankh, the only thing she can remember her father by, and she slew a clan member! Mia wasn't the only one crying, most of the six other survivors, out of twenty, were shedding tears, even Luke was. The girl that Mia was holding stirred, opening her eyes. She looked at Mia, frightened.
"Mom! I had a horrible dream! There was a big, giant, blue monkey chasing us!" the girl hugged Mia. "Oh, mom, thank goodness that was a dream. I couldn't bear with it if that really happened."
Mia smiled painfully at the girl, hugging her tightly back. "What if it did really happen?"
"Oh, I dunno..." The girl put her forehead against Mia's chest. "Ow! Mom! I have a cut on my forehead!" The girl began crying.
Luke suddenly walked next to Mia, and rubbed the girl's head, doing ply.
"Megan, I'm afraid…" Luke looked painfully at Mia. Mia nodded slowly, and Luke took in a deep breath.
"This was no dream. Your cut came from the big giant ape, and you parents, as well as ours, were slew," Luke said.
"But isn't she my mom?"
"Umm, she's a survivor of the ape attacks. Her name is Mia."
Megan began crying, but wiped away her tears.
"Look, Megan. We are all sad, but it's a privilege to live. Even though we had to leave others behind, at least we all didn't get killed. One decision can change the movement of the stars," Luke took Megan away from Mia, and hugged her.
Megan looked at Luke, and then smiled at Mia. "Thank you for saving me. You changed the movement of the stars!"
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The same afternoon, the sky faded into its regular blue color. Lars said it was an eclipse of the lining up of the moon and sun. Why the sky turned bright yellow in the middle of the night was still a mystery. Mia dropped the matter, and concentrated on the day to turn out as good as it can get. The clan found a spot on the road to picnic; a sunny patch of land with a huge boulder, and several fruit trees besides it. The clan members settled on the boulder, or sat on a mat to eat.
"Damn, why do we eat only fruits?" someone complained.
Luke bitterly bit into an apple. "Well, it's as good as it gets. Eat it, or eat dirt, if you want. At least we can't die of scurvy."
"Is Erik with us?" Bill, chewing greedily on an apple, asked.
"I'm afraid that he died," Alex said. Mia smiled to herself, relieved to see that Alex was alive and well with them.
"Then who's with us?" Bill finished the apple and tossed it off the rock.
"Hmmm, I am, Mia, Alex, you, your mom, Lars, and Megan," Only seven out of… twenty people! We should be thankful that we're living," Luke said. "Oh, and don't forget Fizz! He's the only reason most of us are living right now!"
"Fizz?" Bill got another apple from the tree.
"Alex's pet… umm, crab?" Mia said, looking at Alex feeding the creature an apple.
"No, it's a djinni, a mercury djinni," Alex said to Mia. "He's quite attached to me, but we agreed, that for a late birthday present…" Alex stammered. "Fizz will be your new pet!" Alex handed the djinni over to Mia, whom was shocked.
"Alex… thank you!" Mia was hugging the creature tightly.
"No problem," Alex said. "I'm your friend, and I would like to show it to you."
Luke smiled at Mia. "I think you deserve a present like that either way, I mean, what a terrible birthday you had!"
Bill finished his apple, and asked another question. "Who is our leader now? I mean, Erik is dead…"
Alex smiled. "What about Luke? He sure's responsible!" Luke scowled at him.
"Actually, that would be a good idea…" Lars said.
"I nominate Luke, too!" Mia shot her hand up in the air.
"Well… why not?" Luke beamed. "I guess it'll be fun."
"Luke, you punk! I love the way you're sooo unassuming!" Alex punched Luke playfully in the ribs.
"Congrats, Luke," Lars said, smiling.
"Huh! Imagine Luke a leader! Bah, I wonder if pigs can fly now…" Alex said.
"Alex, you know you want to be the leader!" Fizz taunted from Mia's pocket.
"That's not true!" Alex was blushing. "Luke would be a perfect leader!"
"Thank you, Alex," Luke said coldly.
"No problem! Let's see what our new leader commands!"
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I did write a Golden Sun fic called 'To Lumeria' for this site. When I thought twice about the plot, I realized it SUCKED. I had no vision on what would happen, and I made my story up as I went. Jez' if you're wondering, I thought I'd say that. Next chapter will be on Saturos and Mernardi, Felix won't be featured until a long time.
By: The Digital One
Chapter two's up, huzzah! The chapter takes place on Mia's birthday, and Alex gives her a present ^_^ Aww… well, anyway, enjoy this story.
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Chapter Two: Personable Horde
Twenty people, all with light blue eyes and blue hair walked through a damp forest somewhere in Angara. There was much groaning, complaining and stumbling between these people. Mia herself was having difficulty walking through the moist mud, especially with the special ankh her dad game her the day he disappeared.
"Lars, can't you ask Erik to stop already?" Mia's mother said wearily to an old man with highlights of blue in his colorless hair. "I don't see why we have to travel, when we were just fine in the place we've lived in for decades."
"Why are we traveling, anyway? I liked Crib!" complained Mia's older brother, Luke. Crib was the nickname he gave to the land they used to live in, a cold, yet cheery place.
"Dunno, ask Erik," Alex, a teenaged male with shoulder-length hair shrugged. Erik was their leader, a middle aged man with his blue hair tied into a pony tail.
"He wouldn't tell me, he said it was a surprise," Mia piped up.
Luke smirked. "Oh, and is it a present for your birthday, birthday girl?" Luke said scornfully.
Mia just glared at Luke, and kept on walking.
"Sheesh, Luke, don't pick on your sister like that!" Alex said to Luke.
"Sorry, Alex," Luke frowned sarcastically.
"Hardy har har," Mia rolled her eyes. "Look can we drop this matter?"
Luke stared at her oddly, as if she was trying to keeping a secret from him. Mia faltered at his gaze, and tripped on a tree root sticking out of the earth.
"Mia, are you okay?" Alex reached out to help Mia up. Mia swiped all the dirt off of her skirt the best she can, blushing. Alex handed Mia her ankh, his eyes like a mist covered ocean after a storm, shining.
"Yea, I'm fine, Alex, thank you…" Mia said softly. Luke smiled at her.
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"Okay, guys… after we get out of this forest, we'll find a dry patch of land, and settle there," Erik said loud enough for the entire clan to here.
"Why can't we rest here?" Mia's mother complained. "My legs feel like they're made out of led!"
"This forest is really… weird…" Erik looked around the sky, almost completely covered with bare tree branches. "I don't feel like staying here overnight. We are getting out of this forest before the sun sets." He said, looking at the fourteen others. "Any objections?"
No one said anything. Erik smiled.
"Great! Now let's move out!" Erik continued walking in the same direction, and with audible groans coming from the clan, they slowly followed Erik.
Mia's mom looked toward Mia, and put her hand on Mia's shoulder. "I'm sorry Mia. For your birthday, you have to tramp through these… disgusting, irritating, annoying, tediously long, boring… woods. I'll make it up to you tomorrow, hmm?" She smiled at Mia, attempting to cheer her up.
Mia gave a weak smile. "That's okay; mom… life is like that… I shouldn't be complaining, anyway. I'm acting immature for being a year older, anyway."
"No, you weren't complaining. You are acting very mature like that," she smiled again. "I've just kept an eye on you all day… we've been walking through fields, all sorts of things, to finally reach this horrible forest at the end of the day. I've never could have endured a birthday likes yours today. Mia, I love you more than anything… you're my daughter, and the single worse thing besides having a bad birthday would be having to see your child go through a bad birthday…"
Luke, who was nearby, looked sarcastically taken aback. "Mom! You don't love me more than Mia?" He covered his eyes with his dirty hands, pretending to cry. "I've been with you longer than Mia has!"
Alex sniggered. Mia just walked past them, groaning, and walked next to Erik.
"Erik, do you know how to get out of this forest?" The forest was getting darker minute by minute. Though she didn't want to admit it, by the age of fourteen, she still was afraid of the dark. Mia walked closely next to Erik, feeling security.
"Well, if you look at the trees…" Erik pointed up to the sky. "When the sky opens up a little more, we know we're heading toward the end of the forest. Mia looked up. With the sun setting, it was impossible to tell.
"Well, it looks like the sky's opening up, mm, Erik?" Mia said hopefully.
"To tell you the truth, I'm not sure…" Erik squinted, and turned his head at any noise.
"What if we head out the same direction?" Mia asked.
"Well, we won't go back into this damned forest at nighttime! We'll attempt again in the morning." Erik looked at Mia, while talking. "Of course, we have no way of telling if we'll make it out of here… we might be forced to…" Erik paused. "Well, Mia, wasn't this just a horrible day? Especially for the day you were born? How old are you now, anyway, ten?"
Mia looked down to the ground, and let a tear drop from cheek. "I'm fourteen, now…" Mia pretended to scratch her cheek to wipe away the tears from her eyes.
"Really? You're fourteen already? Well, looks can be deceiving, but you are much more mature than a fourteen year old," Erik's face, lighted by darkness, widened, showing a smile. Mia forced a smile.
"Damn it. Erik! Can't we just stay here just for a nighttime? You do not know how tired I am!" Mia's mom yelled over the distance. Mia could see Luke and Alex laughing at something, apparently the only clan members smiling.
"Be patient! If we still can't find anything by approximately an hour, we'll give up and rest, okay? I really don't want to stay in this forest, I can tell there's something lethal hidden in it," Erik replied.
"Psccch! Riight! You've said that an hour ago!" Kevin, a young man with short hair sneered.
"We wouldn't want to be killed, now do we?" Erik spat. Mia could tell he was getting impatient. "If you want to be left behind, be my guest!" Erik walked away from further conversation. Mia walked down to her mother, and just remained walked side-by-side with her.
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"Hehe, he's returned!" Luke whispered to Alex. Something glowing was in Alex's cupped hands. Alex sniggered.
"What did it do to you, Luke?" Alex asked.
"It sprayed water on me… erg… but I guess it was in a playful way," Luke said. "I feel much better than I did when he sprayed the water on me."
"Riight…"
"No, I swear to god!" Luke whispered in the highest volume a whisper can be.
"So, Fizz, do you cure people with your waters?" Alex said to the glowing thing in his hands.
"Ha, see? It nodded!" Luke said softly. "Told you, Alex!"
"How do you know if it said yes or not? It could have been vice-versa to him!" Alex said.
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah, liar!"
"Well, you wait and see, I'll ask Fizz to spray water to soothe my mom!" Luke said.
"Haha, you are so gullible with your own beliefs!" Alex sneered. "Go on, you can take the blame!" Alex raised his hands to Mia's mother's neck.
"Hey! What in the world are you talking about?" Mia suddenly turned around.
"It's a surprise," Luke said quickly.
Alex put his hands in his pockets. "We were talking about… a gift to give you! Right, Luke?"
"Yes."
Mia shook her head. "Really? Why were you planning to squirt 'soothing' waters on mom, huh, Luke?"
Luke looked at Alex. "Whatever are you talking about? We never said that. You must be going deaf."
Alex smiled. "He did want to squirt something at your mom, Mia," Alex got out the glowing thing out of his pockets and raised his hand. A glowing, blue creature was in Alex's cupped hands.
"I unleash Fizz!" Alex yelled silently. Before Mia's mom or Fizz could react…
BOOM.
A great rumbling came from deep in the forest. Everyone paused, eyes darting in every direction. Mia clutched onto her ankh tightly. Them booms became louder and louder.
"What is making that infernal racket?" Lars, the woman Mia's mom was talking to earlier, said, his eyes filled with terror.
"Maybe… a volcano!" A young child said, holding onto her mother's blouse.
"Don't be silly Bill, a volcano in this forest? Really… Even if it was a volcano erupting, we can use our water powers to cool the lava down," her mom replied.
"Stand your ground," Erik said slowly. Sweat was trickling down his face. For an odd reason, the sky lighted up into a dark orange hue.
"How come the sky's fading?" Bill whined. Erik wiped the sweat off his face.
"It must be a monster," Erik stammered. When it appears, run in that direction!" Erik put a shivering finger up toward where the sky was opening. Everyone nodded. Just then, an ape, about 7 feet tall, shadowed the area where the clan was standing. Its fur was matted, and was blue with dark stains on its coat. He looked at every single clan member, and gave a large roar.
"RUN! DON'T JUST STAND THERE!" Erik bellowed. As soon as he finished his sentence, he sped away from the ape. Everyone else followed.
But the ape wasn't easily fooled. It beated on its chest, yelling, and running toward the clan members, its eyes turning red.
"Unless you want to get trampled, attack!" Erik held up his hand, and icicles flew out of his hands. He ape covered its face, and then kicked Erik swiftly in his chest. Erik fell back, his arm twisted and bleeding.
"ERIK!" The mom of Bill yelled. She ran up to Erik, giving him an herb, and using Ply, an ancient healing art passed down to Mercury clan members.
"I'm okay, my right arm is damaged! It's nothing; I could still use my water powers!" Erik painfully put up his left arm, and shot several small icicles at the ape, while other clan members used the staffs and maces to attack the Ape, or using the ice attack Erik was using. The ape quickly injured other clan members, while Bill's mother came rushing toward them, treating them all hastily.
"Still try to fight with your powers!" She tried to encourage. Mia never had the courage to hit the ape, or attack it with her water powers, she just dodged punched and kicks delivered by the ape. Alex soon helped out with healing, with the small, blue creature with the pink tail he was holding earlier.
Every adult was injured, while only kids remained to attack. The children tried tapping the ape with little sticks, and running off when the ape turned. Other older children threw rocks at the ape. Mia, not having the guts to try to attack the ape, ran off to where Alex was treating her mother.
"Will she be okay?" Mia said, her eyes watering from fear.
"Only time will tell," Alex got the blue creature, and it sprayed water on Mia's mother.
Erik finally gathered the strength to get up. He walked toward where Alex was, and tapped him on the shoulder, his face red.
"Alex! You have to help the children defeat the ape! Once I muster all my strength, I will help you, too! Let your pet heal anyone that's injured! And Mia… help Alex! Mia, I know…"
Erik never finished his sentence. The ape unexpectedly lifted him up off the earth with his massive paw, and threw him hard onto the ground. The last sound that came from Erik was a cracking sound… of every single bone in his body. Mia looked at Alex. He was trying to wake up the knocked out children, and no one was left to attack the beast. The blue creature went darting from person to person, spraying water on each victim of the ape. Mia stood up, took a deep breath, and ran toward the ape, holding out her treasured ankh.
The ape saw what Mia was doing. It quickly jumped out of place, preparing to attack an already injured clan member, a young boy. Mia couldn't stop in time, and her ankh went through the stomach of a fellow clan member. The man, surprised, gasped for his final breath, and fell on to the ground, to be silent forever.
Mia was shocked. She killed someone! Not just anyone, but a clan member! Mia didn't take the ankh out of his body. Instead, she sat down in front of the one she murdered, and wept.
"Damn it, Mia! There's no time to waste! We have to escape, there is no way we'll kill this beast!" Luke's face was drenched in sweat, and he had a wound on his forehead. "Almost everyone died here – we can't afford to lose anymore lives! Let's escape!"
Mia took one final glance at the man she killed. She wiped her eyes dry, and ran to catch up to Luke. Luke was holding a young, four-year-old girl that suffered serious injuries. Alex and Bill's mother also held knocked out children.
"Mia, that ape is trying to maim the ones already dead! Try to save someone… or some people, it's a rare opportunity to save a life," Luke said. Mia rushed, and grabbed the only child remaining on the ground, alive, but knocked out. She fled from the scene of havoc, and ran out of the forest.
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The sky was now a bright red color by the time the remaining clan members got out of the forest, and the survivors were walking across a large field. Mia walked slowly, crying to herself. Her mom wasn't with her, she left her ankh, the only thing she can remember her father by, and she slew a clan member! Mia wasn't the only one crying, most of the six other survivors, out of twenty, were shedding tears, even Luke was. The girl that Mia was holding stirred, opening her eyes. She looked at Mia, frightened.
"Mom! I had a horrible dream! There was a big, giant, blue monkey chasing us!" the girl hugged Mia. "Oh, mom, thank goodness that was a dream. I couldn't bear with it if that really happened."
Mia smiled painfully at the girl, hugging her tightly back. "What if it did really happen?"
"Oh, I dunno..." The girl put her forehead against Mia's chest. "Ow! Mom! I have a cut on my forehead!" The girl began crying.
Luke suddenly walked next to Mia, and rubbed the girl's head, doing ply.
"Megan, I'm afraid…" Luke looked painfully at Mia. Mia nodded slowly, and Luke took in a deep breath.
"This was no dream. Your cut came from the big giant ape, and you parents, as well as ours, were slew," Luke said.
"But isn't she my mom?"
"Umm, she's a survivor of the ape attacks. Her name is Mia."
Megan began crying, but wiped away her tears.
"Look, Megan. We are all sad, but it's a privilege to live. Even though we had to leave others behind, at least we all didn't get killed. One decision can change the movement of the stars," Luke took Megan away from Mia, and hugged her.
Megan looked at Luke, and then smiled at Mia. "Thank you for saving me. You changed the movement of the stars!"
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The same afternoon, the sky faded into its regular blue color. Lars said it was an eclipse of the lining up of the moon and sun. Why the sky turned bright yellow in the middle of the night was still a mystery. Mia dropped the matter, and concentrated on the day to turn out as good as it can get. The clan found a spot on the road to picnic; a sunny patch of land with a huge boulder, and several fruit trees besides it. The clan members settled on the boulder, or sat on a mat to eat.
"Damn, why do we eat only fruits?" someone complained.
Luke bitterly bit into an apple. "Well, it's as good as it gets. Eat it, or eat dirt, if you want. At least we can't die of scurvy."
"Is Erik with us?" Bill, chewing greedily on an apple, asked.
"I'm afraid that he died," Alex said. Mia smiled to herself, relieved to see that Alex was alive and well with them.
"Then who's with us?" Bill finished the apple and tossed it off the rock.
"Hmmm, I am, Mia, Alex, you, your mom, Lars, and Megan," Only seven out of… twenty people! We should be thankful that we're living," Luke said. "Oh, and don't forget Fizz! He's the only reason most of us are living right now!"
"Fizz?" Bill got another apple from the tree.
"Alex's pet… umm, crab?" Mia said, looking at Alex feeding the creature an apple.
"No, it's a djinni, a mercury djinni," Alex said to Mia. "He's quite attached to me, but we agreed, that for a late birthday present…" Alex stammered. "Fizz will be your new pet!" Alex handed the djinni over to Mia, whom was shocked.
"Alex… thank you!" Mia was hugging the creature tightly.
"No problem," Alex said. "I'm your friend, and I would like to show it to you."
Luke smiled at Mia. "I think you deserve a present like that either way, I mean, what a terrible birthday you had!"
Bill finished his apple, and asked another question. "Who is our leader now? I mean, Erik is dead…"
Alex smiled. "What about Luke? He sure's responsible!" Luke scowled at him.
"Actually, that would be a good idea…" Lars said.
"I nominate Luke, too!" Mia shot her hand up in the air.
"Well… why not?" Luke beamed. "I guess it'll be fun."
"Luke, you punk! I love the way you're sooo unassuming!" Alex punched Luke playfully in the ribs.
"Congrats, Luke," Lars said, smiling.
"Huh! Imagine Luke a leader! Bah, I wonder if pigs can fly now…" Alex said.
"Alex, you know you want to be the leader!" Fizz taunted from Mia's pocket.
"That's not true!" Alex was blushing. "Luke would be a perfect leader!"
"Thank you, Alex," Luke said coldly.
"No problem! Let's see what our new leader commands!"
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I did write a Golden Sun fic called 'To Lumeria' for this site. When I thought twice about the plot, I realized it SUCKED. I had no vision on what would happen, and I made my story up as I went. Jez' if you're wondering, I thought I'd say that. Next chapter will be on Saturos and Mernardi, Felix won't be featured until a long time.