ME: Well, I think the prologue was quite well received. And I will apologise now for my poor sentence construction.

CHIBI CHAO: Get on with it!

ME: Don't shout at me! I can hurt you badly if I want to!

CHIBI CHAO: (Cowering.) I'm sorry.

ME: You'd better be.

RIGHT, DISCLAIMERTIME. NO, I DON'T OWN GOLDEN SUN, WHAT ON EARTH MADE YOU THINK THAT?

ME: Alright then, chapter two!

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When Isaac woke the next morning, the first thing he noticed was that he still wasn't in his own bed in Vale. Apparently, he hadn't been a very good guide for Mia and Sheba last night, and their taking the lead had resulted only in roundabout routes and major headaches. (Sheba was dangerous when she was angry.) Gingerly, he rubbed the bump on his head.

"Ouch." He muttered, careful not to wake the others. Not like it would anyway. If his fellow adepts could sleep through Garet's snoring and Felix's 'night-terrors', they could sleep through almost anything.

And so, with a stretch and a yawn, he grabbed his bag and made his way to the patch of bushes behind where he'd been sleeping, intending on eating his breakfast before everyone else woke up and devoured the good stuff. He pushed apart the bushes, and then promptly dropped the bag in surprise.

For there was Vale, in all it's morning glory.

"Guys, guys! I've found it!" He yelled excitedly, and not to mention loudly. Ivan, being the lightest sleeper of the crew, sat up sleepily and rubbed his eyes.

"Found what, Isaac?" He murmured.

"Vale!" Ivan's sleepiness vanished almost instantly, and he stared up at his friend in disbelief.

"What? You mean, you've actually found it?" He said excitedly, getting up for a look. Isaac rolled his eyes.

"Calm down there, Ivan. It's not like we've just discovered Lemuria for the first time or something."

"No, you're right. Lemuria was easier to find."

Isaac chose to ignore this last comment, and concentrated his energy instead on waking up the others. And as soon as they were all awake, some muttering things like, "Blonde idiots with nothing better to do than wake me up." (Garet.) Or "Stupid morons who date my sister." (Felix.) And even the occasional, "I will become the queen of the universe." (Sheba.)

Isaac grinned at them all. "Guess what's behind that bush Ivan's standing at." He said. The others shrugged.

"Food!"

"Um, a...dinosaur?"

"Is this a trick question?"

Isaac slapped his forehead. "No, this is not a trick question, Garet. It's Vale!" It took a while for these words to settle in. Then:

"No way!"

"Really? Well done, Isaac!"

"Is this a trick question?"

Hmm, Garet clearly hadn't fully woken up yet. And Ivan, being the 'good friend' he was, decided that the best way to wake Garet was to pour some ice cold water over his head. So, he walked over to Mia and whispered something in her ear. She grinned wickedly, which was really scary, seeing as she'd never had an evil side before. Then...

*SPLASH!*

Garet's yelp of pain and surprise was loud enough to wake the dead, and then he turned on Mia with a look of mixed anger and surprise.

"What the Hell did you do that for?!" He yelled, Mia cringed and immediately pointed to Ivan.

"It was his idea!"

Ivan went pale as Garet's hands ignited in flames.

"You! I should've known! Gaah, Ivan, I'm going to kill you!" He made to charge after Ivan, but Jenna grabbed his arm.

"Garet! I want to go down into Vale now! You can kill Ivan later, I promise." She said, once again holding his arm in the now patented 'Jenna death-grip'. Garet growled menacingly at Ivan, but complied with Jenna's wishes.

Well, at least it woke him up.

And so, all of them together, united as a group (For a change.), walked down the path and into the town of Vale at last.

A couple of hours later:

Isaac wandered around the town plaza, trying vainly to avoid his mother. Their return to Vale had been well received, no one could deny that. But now it seemed like Dora wasn't going to let her son out of her sight ever again. And to make matters worse, when he asked her if Mia could stay with them for a while, his mother had went all sentimental and starting planning weddings and baby showers and other such embarrassing things. Mia had found it all incredibly amusing, and tried her hardest to convince his mum that there was nothing between them. Isaac was too mortified for words by that point.

And speaking of mortification...

"Oh my God! Dad!" Garet's horrified voice echoed for miles around and Isaac couldn't help by smirk. Even if his welcome home had been embarrassing, it was nothing compared to what Garet had been put through by his family.

Firstly, his mother had burst into tears, saying in a loud voice how her 'baby' was all grown up. Then his sister had approached him and whacked him over the head, demanding angrily to know why the Hell it had taken him so long. His younger brother wasn't very pleased either, and complained that because Garet was back he would only get half as much attention.

And now, we get to his father.

With a hairline that receded and a waistband that expanded, Garet's dad gave off the impression of a once very powerful man gone slightly off as he reached middle age. And that was exactly what he was. Just another one of those fifty-something guys going through a mid-life crisis. So, in a vain attempt to deny the facts, he decided that the best way to look better yourself is to make someone else look bad. And who better to pick on than your teenage son?

So, Garet's dad found it incredibly amusing to embarrass him at every opportunity, and the opportunities had increased when he found out that Garet and Jenna were an item.

Flashback-About an hour earlier:

"So Garet." He said, while accompanying the adepts up to Isaac's house, where Ivan, Mia and Sheba were staying. "You and Jenna done it yet?"

Isaac just couldn't help it. He had laughed like there was no tomorrow while watching his best friend go bright red and almost faint in shock.

"D-Dad!" Garet had spluttered, panicking as he realised that Felix was standing only a few feet away, listening closely. "That's none of your business!"

"So that's a no then?"

"I didn't say that!" Garet was beyond red by then, and now turning a lovely shade of purple. His father had laughed and slapped one of those massive arms around his shoulders.

"See, I always knew you had it in you, my boy! Now, the best way to please a woman is to..."

"Dad!"

End flashback.

Isaac grinned at the memory. Oh, how Garet was going to suffer!

"Hey, Isaac!"

Isaac turned around to see Ivan hurrying towards him.

"Hey, Ivan. What's going on now?"

"Your mum's looking for you." Ivan said, once he'd caught up. "She wants to see you now."

"Why?"

"Dunno, she didn't say."

Isaac shook his head. "It's probably another one of her daft ideas about me and Mia getting married." He said. Ivan grinned.

"And I'm sure you're hating every moment."

"Just what is that supposed to mean?"

"Yeah, like you don't know!"

"What?! Ivan!" Isaac yelled, as Ivan turned on his heel and walked off in the opposite direction. "Tell me!"

"You've got 'till Sunday, Isaac." Ivan said, as he sauntered off. "You've got until Sunday to tell Mia how you really feel."

"If not, what happens on Sunday?" Isaac's voice sounded small.

"She goes to back to Imil."

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ME: Ah, poor Isaac. What ever will he do now? Review, or you'll never find out!