AN: Now it's actually proofread. I hate mistakes.
Yamato woke up and went to Takeru's room. Yamato looked at his brother. He hated waking up alone. The one good thing about not having a soul mate was the fact Takeru didn't have one either. That meant that the two of them could stay together. He felt out of place with his friends Taichi and Sora. It was seven years ago that they had found out that they were soul mates. Yamato had lost his parents only three years before and felt like he had lost his friends. He believed that it was only a matter of time before he found his soul mate. However, after a year had gone by, he went to Luana to ask why he hadn't found his soul mate yet. Luana had told him that for reasons that no one was quite sure of he did not have a soul mate in the valley. Two years later she had told Takeru the same thing after his friends Hikari and Iori had found each other.
Yamato quietly got up and went to go wash up for the day. He didn't want to wake up his brother yet. When he walked back into the room Takeru was sitting up in bed.
"Good morning. Did you sleep well?"
"Yes. What are you going to do today?"
"I guess the usual. Study with Kia and then…"
"And then sit around and be sad."
Yamato sat down beside his brother. "I don't have a mate to go and play with."
"Neither do I. But I still find ways to have fun."
"I just have trouble having fun with this hole in my heart."
"You will always have me. I promise Yamato."
Yamato hugged his brother. "And I will always thank you for that. Now get ready for today."
Takeru smiled at his brother. "And then you will think about playing with us today?"
"I will think about it."
Takeru bounced out of the room. Not having a soul mate was not as depressing for him as it was for his brother. He had known that he would have his brother. He saw himself and his brother together helping out the Fay as Luana and Kia did. He knew that they had taken them in after their parents had died because the Council had asked them. He believed that the reason for this was the Council wanted them to become mages like they were.
Takeru washed up and went back to his bedroom where he found Yamato staring out the window. "Yamato, let's go get breakfast and see what Kia wants to do today."
Yamato got up and went with his brother into the main room. There they found Kia and Luana putting out breakfast. They had the usual for breakfast, cheese and fruit.
"Good morning," said Luana. "Did you two sleep well?"
Yamato and Takeru both nodded. "What are we going to do today?" asked Takeru as he and Yamato sat down at the table. Luana looked at Kia. Kia sighed and said, "Something different. We all need to talk after breakfast."
"About what?" asked Takeru.
"We'll talk about it later," said Kia, "after breakfast."
Breakfast seemed to pass forever to the two impatient Fay. This was different from usual. The normal routine was for the two boys to get up have breakfast and then study with Kia until lunch. After lunch the two usually went to see their friends until mid-afternoon when they came back to the house to study some more. After dinner usually Takeru and Yamato spent time together or with their friends. They knew that most of their friends spent most of the day playing. All of the Fay learned what they needed to know from their parents or friends of their parents. It was not unusual for a child to not want to do what their parents did and go to someone else. However usually the Fay only spent two to three hours a day studying. Playing and loving were the most important things to the Fay, not work or studying. Yamato didn't mind all of the studying, it kept his mind off of being alone. Takeru enjoyed playing with his friends, but since his friends learned that they were soul mates, he started spending more and more time with his brother.
After breakfast the four Fay went into Kia's study. Kia sat down in her favorite chair. Luana went to stand behind her. Takeru and Yamato sat down across from them. "There are some things that I know about you two that I haven't shared with you. The time has come for me to share them with you."
"What do you know? I mean…," Yamato looked at Takeru. "Are you saying that we aren't Fay or something?"
"No not that. That is not the case at all!" Luana looked lovingly at the two boys. "You will always be part of the Fay. In fact we need you."
"You need us? I'm only 17 and Takeru's only 14. We haven't seen enough years for you to need our help. You know so much more than us."
"But only you two can do what must be done. Only you two have the power to mend the bridges," replied Kia
"Mend the bridges? Didn't you say that they were closed? The Council decided that going outside of the valley was unsafe. They said that the humans were learning too much and they didn't want us to be hurt."
"The real reason the entire Council voted to seal the valley was the magic bridges were collapsing. There was a fear that some Fay would be trapped outside the valley with no way home. We may have liked visiting Vallen but the Fay always returned home within a few days. So the valley was sealed away in order to make sure that no one left and was trapped. It was known that there was a prophecy about two Fay who would be able to mend the bridges," answered Kia.
"A prophecy??" Takeru asked.
"Yes. A prophecy was found that said that there would be two Fay without a link to the valley who would go to Vallen and find a way to unite us forever," answered Luana.
"And you two are the only Fay in the valley who do not have parents. We originally thought that was enough to fulfill the prophecy, but we also were concerned about what would happen if you found your soul mates and had to leave the valley. However, when it turned out that you didn't have soul mates in the valley, we knew that you two would be the ones to help," continued Kia.
"That still doesn't make me happy to know that I don't have a mate. Even if I can help everyone. Even if we can find a way to help, we will still be alone." Yamato looked at Kia. "I know that it's hard for anyone to understand, but we still will have no one at the end of the day."
"You're wrong about that," Luana knelt down in front of the two boys. "You do have someone. They just don't live here."
"Huh?" asked Takeru.
"You two don't have soul mates in the valley, that's true. But you two do have mates. They just live in Vallen," responded Luana.
"It's actually quite simple. You two are the Fay of Prophecy. You have no ties to the valley. Your ties are to Vallen as you will have to go there to find your mates. And while you are there, you will have to find a way to fix the bridges so that you will have a way home," finished Kia.
"This sounds way too…," started Yamato.
"Way too convenient?" finished Kia. "Yes, it is very simple. But that is the way it is."
"There are some problems however," said Luana. "We don't believe that the humans have soul mates. They seem to try out many different people before mating. The other thing is that we don't believe that they understand anything about magic. So we don't know how they can help us fix the bridges."
"How do you know that we have soul mates in Vallen?" asked Yamato.
"When you did not find your mate at the proper time, I scried to find them. I found both yours and Takeru's in Vallen," responded Luana.
"So how will we find them?"
"Soon after I found them I made amulets that should help you locate them. I cannot be sure that they will work because no one has done this before, but it's the best that I can do."
"So when do we leave?" asked Takeru.
"I would think that the best time to leave would be tomorrow morning. That way you will have time to say goodbye to your friends," answered Kia.
"So both of you go and find your friends. This might be the last day in a long time if you agree to go."
Takeru looked at Yamato. Yamato was looking down at his lap. He was thinking hard about what they were being asked to do. He was unsure that they would be able to do what no mage or council member could do. But the idea of finding his soul mate, the other half of himself, was very enticing. He looked up at the two Fay that he had put his trust in since the week of his parents' death. "No Fay has ever lived outside of the valley?"
Kia and Luana shook their heads. They seemed to understand that Yamato needed time to work this out. He sighed and looked at his brother. Takeru was sitting and waiting patently for his brother to answer.
"Takeru, do you want to go?"
"I want to, but I won't go without you. I promised that you would always have me. I can't see me doing this alone and I can't see you going alone either."
"I really do want to find my soul mate. But what if they don't accept me?"
"But what if they do?"
"That means putting our trust in a bond that we don't even know the humans understand."
"And if they do? They do fall in love. Maybe they just don't listen to their hearts as easily as we do. Maybe all we need to do is to get them to listen."
Yamato looked at Luana and then Kia. "I guess that it's settled. We will leave in the morning."