A/N: Hmm...what is there to write? I don't particularly know...um...this is Alex/Mia? Does everyone know that? And...maybe a tiny bit of Isaac/Mia, but I don't really like Isaac, so I might mess that up...Oh whatever, just read!

Disclaimers: I don't know who invented the game...was it me? Could it have been oh so famous me? Okay, just kidding. Golden Sun belongs to all those nice companies who made it, and I'm just a poor little writer.

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Stories around the fire

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Prologue

Mia sighed unhappily as she threw another stick into the fire. No reason offered could help her comprehend why they were stopping in the middle of nowhere instead of traveling a bit farther to find a town. As it stood, she would much rather stay in an inn that in this...place...

"Life is sooo unfair! They wouldn't care; they're all guys! But me? I am a girl. I need things that girls need. My goodness!" she mumbled grumpily under her breath.

"Oh, cheer up Mia, and stop moping!" Garet shouted happily from across the merry fire, earning himself a lovely glare from the mercury adept.

Isaac smiled at the transaction. Not that he wasn't scared of an angry Mia, but he knew how to calm her down, at least...

"Well then, why don't we tell stories!"

...or so he thought.

"STORIES?!?! IF WE HAVE THE TIME TO SIT AROUND HERE TELLING STORIES, I DON'T SEE WHY WE JUST CAN'T WALK TO THE NEXT TOWN AND SLEEP AT AN INN!!!"

Isaac sweatdropped.

"But...uh...well...there's no campfire!"

"YOU DO THIS TO ME FOR A SILLY...SILLY...CAMPFIRE?!?!"

"Mia, Isaac, Garet, everyone...let's just all calm down. Since we're here already, and our tents are set up, why don't we just try to be content with what we have?" Ivan cut in.

Mia huffed angrily, but Isaac smiled his thanks at the young boy.

"So, story time?" Garet asked, grinning.

"No. I'm going off to sleep!"

"Oh, come on, Mia, you could tell us about your brother you know."

Mia looked up in surprise.

"Brother? Didn't know I had one."

"Well, even if you don't view him as your brother anymore...Alex, you know?"

"..." Isaac sighed in despair at Garet's lack of sensitivity.

"How about-" Isaac interrupted, rather unsuccessfully.

"I stopped viewing Alex as my brother a long time ago...before he went with those people, you know..."

This caught the attention of everyone, and they all turned to stare at her. What was she talking about?

"Maybe in the beginning, when I first met him, I thought him as a brother...I don't know...I can't really remember that well...it was so long ago. But I know that even before he left and abandoned me, I stopped seeing him as my brother."

Isaac held his breath. He hoped he wasn't going to hear what he thought he was...

"So you hated him before he left?" Garet asked, quite cluelessly.

This time, both Isaac and Ivan felt like whacking Garet on the head, but Mia gave him a watery smile.

"Not quite...I suppose I could tell you my story..."

"About your brother?"

"Um...actually, he never was my brother."

"What?! But you guys look so much alike!!"

"Our hair? All mercury adepts' hair are blue, you know."

"Oh. So you're not related?"

"Nope."

"Wait a minute...then how do you know each other at all?"

"That's what I was going to tell you, before you interrupted me."

"Oh."

"Can I begin now?"

"Yes...no, wait, I have more questions!"

"Garet, shut up," Ivan interjected wisely.

"Questions after the story," added Isaac.

"Fine...be that way. Everyone, ignore Garet!"

"Okay."

"No! I didn't mean it!"

"Can I begin my story now?!?!"

"Yeah, go ahead."

"Sooo...it started when..."

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End of Prologue

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A/N: I finished the prologue! All within fifteen minutes! I'm sooo good! Oh, and remember to review if you want to read chapter one. I need at least 6 reviews to write it. Actually, it's pretty much written, but I need 6 reviews to post it. Okay? Good little girls and boys! (Are any boys reading this? It's romance, you know? But I suppose some boys might...ano, don't get offended, anyone!)