I didn't invent Golden Sun.
Chapter One
Slash, block, slash, block, always the same. The boy could never get past his older brother's sword. Being two years younger was not an advantage. He was small and rather week physically but his mental attacks were a powerful force to be reckoned with. "Whirlwind!" he yelled. His older brother Isaac dodged the attack with ease. "Nice try, Ivan" he said with a grin. Ivan smirked and replied with another whirlwind. Isaac hopped quickly to the side but the whirlwind caught him by the foot and held him in the air. Ivan grinned at his older brother and let him down. "You're improving, Ivan" said Isaac. "All this training makes me hungry!" Ivan said suddenly. Isaac replied "Yeah, let's get some food!"
One hour later both boys were finished eating and looking out to sea. "Tolbi is such a beautiful place!" said Isaac after a while. "Collosso is coming up!" Ivan responded excitedly "someday I want to be in Collosso myself." Isaac grinned at the boy and said "We had better get back to work training then." Ivan was eight years old, but he already had big ideas for what he wanted to do when he got older. "I want to join the army..." Ivan said dreamily. Isaac laughed. "Well, Ivan, don't you think we had better get back to training now?" Ivan hopped up and picked up his wooden short sword.
"Quake!" yelled Isaac. 'Where did he go?' thought Isaac as he looked around. "Ivan!" he yelled, fearing that he had killed him. "Behind you!" answered Ivan. Isaac turned to see a large whirlwind heading towards him. Isaac jumped out of the way just in time sending another quake at Ivan. Ivan fell flat on his face and dropped his wooden shortsword. Isaac rushed over to him and grinned. "I win." he said. Ivan muttered and stood up. "Hey look at that shiny thing over there!" yelled Ivan and pointed. Ivan rushed over to where he was pointing and shouted excitedly "It's a gold coin! Wow! We can spend the night in the inn tonight instead of outside!" Isaac and Ivan were very poor and had no parents. They had little food and what they did have was mostly from begging. Isaac thought for a second and then replied "We can sleep in the inn or have a good meal, or maybe even buy some new clothes!" Ivan wanted new clothes badly, as his old ones were simply rags several years old and too small. "I think we should get new clothes." Ivan answered. Isaac and Ivan headed for the shop in town. "Hi we want new clothes" said Isaac. "Why if it isn't Isaac and Ivan!" the tailor said "Come on in!" Isaac and Ivan looked over the clothes and selected some. "I'll take this blue cape and grey tunic" Isaac said thoughfully. "And I'll take this purple cape and green tunic" Ivan followed. They paid for the clothes and the tailor said "Here, I know you are poor, take this little bit of money but don't tell anyone." The tailor smiled happily and handed Isaac a few coins. "Wow!" yelled Ivan "Now we can sleep in the inn and get a good meal too!" Isaac grinned down at the boy.
The two boys had put on their new clothes so they went to the inn to reserve a room. "Are there any empty rooms, sir?" asked Isaac to the man at the desk. "Why yes, there is one empty room." answered the man. "Would you like to stay? It's one gold coin a night for one person." Isaac replied "Yes, my brother and I want to stay." Isaac handed two coins to the man who gave him the key to the room. Once up in their room, the two boys discussed what to do with their remaining coins. "We should get helmets, so we can train better." said Isaac after a while. "Maybe full sets of armor!" replied Ivan happily. Both boys drifted off to sleep with that happy thought on their minds.
The next day Ivan was awakened by Isaac. "Let's go buy some stuff!" he said excitedly. "And guess what? The inn serves free breakfast!" he finished. "Huh?" asked Ivan. "Free breakfast!" Isaac replied happily. "We get bacon and eggs! That's something we almost never get!" Ivan yawned sleepily and got up. He slipped into his clothes and grabbed his wooden sword from where it was resting against the wall. Rubbing his eyes he followed Isaac slowly down the stairs, but about half-way down he smelled the food. "Mmm, smells good!" yelled Ivan. Ivan tore down the stairs and rushed over to the kitchen where the food was. He scooped himself a big pile of eggs and put a few pieces of bacon on his plate. Then he rushed over to the herbs and sniffed them. "Mmm, these smell delicious!" he said excitedly. By this time Isaac had made it to the kitchen and started scooping himself some food. The innkeeper came over and gasped at the amount of food on Ivan's plate. "Heavy eater, are you?" he asked with a grin. Ivan's large plate was totally covered in food. Ivan grinned sheepishly and said "Well, I don't get a good meal like this every day!" Isaac and Ivan finished their meals and thanked the innkeeper, and then left the inn to go to the blacksmith's shop.
At the blacksmith's shop, they each picked out armor and helmets. Afterwards Isaac counted the remaining money and exclaimed "We can still afford shortsword, I think!" The blacksmith answered "Shortswords are four coins each, and longswords are nine coins." Isaac thought for a moment and then stated "We have fifteen coins. We'll take one shortsword and one longsword." Isaac handed over the money and selected a rather small longsword. Ivan glanced over the shortswords and immediately selected one. "I'll take this one! It feels great to my hands!" he exclaimed. "Right" replied the blacksmith "that'll be thirteen coins please." Isaac handed over the coins, thanked the man, and the boys left the shop.
The next year, Isaac and Ivan had collected a large sum of money and decided to move to a different city, and perhaps find work and eventually enroll in the army. The tailor told them of a city called Kalay across the ocean. "Kalay? Is it as big as Tolbi?" asked Ivan. The tailor chuckled. "Atleast as big" he answered "maybe even bigger. But you'll have to cross the ocean, and that's pretty expensive these days." The tailor gave them instructions of how to get to the docks, and they set off.
Isaac groaned as another vermin appeared. "Don't these things ever give up?" he muttered. Ivan grinned and fried the vermin with a small zap. After another hour of walking and fighting, the docks were finally in sight. "There they are!" shouted Ivan. Ivan rushed ahead of Isaac but was stopped when a large nasty looking bear appeared before him. Ivan gasped and stumbled backwards to the ground.
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Chapter One
Slash, block, slash, block, always the same. The boy could never get past his older brother's sword. Being two years younger was not an advantage. He was small and rather week physically but his mental attacks were a powerful force to be reckoned with. "Whirlwind!" he yelled. His older brother Isaac dodged the attack with ease. "Nice try, Ivan" he said with a grin. Ivan smirked and replied with another whirlwind. Isaac hopped quickly to the side but the whirlwind caught him by the foot and held him in the air. Ivan grinned at his older brother and let him down. "You're improving, Ivan" said Isaac. "All this training makes me hungry!" Ivan said suddenly. Isaac replied "Yeah, let's get some food!"
One hour later both boys were finished eating and looking out to sea. "Tolbi is such a beautiful place!" said Isaac after a while. "Collosso is coming up!" Ivan responded excitedly "someday I want to be in Collosso myself." Isaac grinned at the boy and said "We had better get back to work training then." Ivan was eight years old, but he already had big ideas for what he wanted to do when he got older. "I want to join the army..." Ivan said dreamily. Isaac laughed. "Well, Ivan, don't you think we had better get back to training now?" Ivan hopped up and picked up his wooden short sword.
"Quake!" yelled Isaac. 'Where did he go?' thought Isaac as he looked around. "Ivan!" he yelled, fearing that he had killed him. "Behind you!" answered Ivan. Isaac turned to see a large whirlwind heading towards him. Isaac jumped out of the way just in time sending another quake at Ivan. Ivan fell flat on his face and dropped his wooden shortsword. Isaac rushed over to him and grinned. "I win." he said. Ivan muttered and stood up. "Hey look at that shiny thing over there!" yelled Ivan and pointed. Ivan rushed over to where he was pointing and shouted excitedly "It's a gold coin! Wow! We can spend the night in the inn tonight instead of outside!" Isaac and Ivan were very poor and had no parents. They had little food and what they did have was mostly from begging. Isaac thought for a second and then replied "We can sleep in the inn or have a good meal, or maybe even buy some new clothes!" Ivan wanted new clothes badly, as his old ones were simply rags several years old and too small. "I think we should get new clothes." Ivan answered. Isaac and Ivan headed for the shop in town. "Hi we want new clothes" said Isaac. "Why if it isn't Isaac and Ivan!" the tailor said "Come on in!" Isaac and Ivan looked over the clothes and selected some. "I'll take this blue cape and grey tunic" Isaac said thoughfully. "And I'll take this purple cape and green tunic" Ivan followed. They paid for the clothes and the tailor said "Here, I know you are poor, take this little bit of money but don't tell anyone." The tailor smiled happily and handed Isaac a few coins. "Wow!" yelled Ivan "Now we can sleep in the inn and get a good meal too!" Isaac grinned down at the boy.
The two boys had put on their new clothes so they went to the inn to reserve a room. "Are there any empty rooms, sir?" asked Isaac to the man at the desk. "Why yes, there is one empty room." answered the man. "Would you like to stay? It's one gold coin a night for one person." Isaac replied "Yes, my brother and I want to stay." Isaac handed two coins to the man who gave him the key to the room. Once up in their room, the two boys discussed what to do with their remaining coins. "We should get helmets, so we can train better." said Isaac after a while. "Maybe full sets of armor!" replied Ivan happily. Both boys drifted off to sleep with that happy thought on their minds.
The next day Ivan was awakened by Isaac. "Let's go buy some stuff!" he said excitedly. "And guess what? The inn serves free breakfast!" he finished. "Huh?" asked Ivan. "Free breakfast!" Isaac replied happily. "We get bacon and eggs! That's something we almost never get!" Ivan yawned sleepily and got up. He slipped into his clothes and grabbed his wooden sword from where it was resting against the wall. Rubbing his eyes he followed Isaac slowly down the stairs, but about half-way down he smelled the food. "Mmm, smells good!" yelled Ivan. Ivan tore down the stairs and rushed over to the kitchen where the food was. He scooped himself a big pile of eggs and put a few pieces of bacon on his plate. Then he rushed over to the herbs and sniffed them. "Mmm, these smell delicious!" he said excitedly. By this time Isaac had made it to the kitchen and started scooping himself some food. The innkeeper came over and gasped at the amount of food on Ivan's plate. "Heavy eater, are you?" he asked with a grin. Ivan's large plate was totally covered in food. Ivan grinned sheepishly and said "Well, I don't get a good meal like this every day!" Isaac and Ivan finished their meals and thanked the innkeeper, and then left the inn to go to the blacksmith's shop.
At the blacksmith's shop, they each picked out armor and helmets. Afterwards Isaac counted the remaining money and exclaimed "We can still afford shortsword, I think!" The blacksmith answered "Shortswords are four coins each, and longswords are nine coins." Isaac thought for a moment and then stated "We have fifteen coins. We'll take one shortsword and one longsword." Isaac handed over the money and selected a rather small longsword. Ivan glanced over the shortswords and immediately selected one. "I'll take this one! It feels great to my hands!" he exclaimed. "Right" replied the blacksmith "that'll be thirteen coins please." Isaac handed over the coins, thanked the man, and the boys left the shop.
The next year, Isaac and Ivan had collected a large sum of money and decided to move to a different city, and perhaps find work and eventually enroll in the army. The tailor told them of a city called Kalay across the ocean. "Kalay? Is it as big as Tolbi?" asked Ivan. The tailor chuckled. "Atleast as big" he answered "maybe even bigger. But you'll have to cross the ocean, and that's pretty expensive these days." The tailor gave them instructions of how to get to the docks, and they set off.
Isaac groaned as another vermin appeared. "Don't these things ever give up?" he muttered. Ivan grinned and fried the vermin with a small zap. After another hour of walking and fighting, the docks were finally in sight. "There they are!" shouted Ivan. Ivan rushed ahead of Isaac but was stopped when a large nasty looking bear appeared before him. Ivan gasped and stumbled backwards to the ground.
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