Curse of the Sage

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Chapter 1 - End of the Beginning

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Well, I've gotten another neat idea, and I finally found time to write it. This is another post-GS2 story, yet this time, it's not based on sketchy info from late 2002... It is, though, a secondary story, and will be updated from time to time, but will pick up speed after Love Line and the Battle Arenas are done. Thanks!

Please let me know what you think in your review, as I really have high hopes for this story.

And Dragona, please review it, as your opinion is more valued than you give it credit for...

And this is Isaac/Jenna Garet/Mia Felix/Sheba, and I have no plans to change any of them... Unless someone suggests a good idea of who should change and how.

Be warned - Some things in this story are not what they seem...

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Everything seemed fine...

Upon his twentieth birthday, Isaac learned of a dark secret - one that had been kept from him: he was immortal.

It had not been his choice, though... The Wise One had cornered him and revealed to him what had happened at Mars Lighthouse three years ago, and that once he reached twenty-five, he would literally stop aging.

At a loss for words, Isaac eventually told his beloved Jenna a week later, after formulating the words to use. Her reaction was one of shock, but to his surprise, she accepted it. His friends also seemed to accept the immortality pretty well, although Garet was somewhat jealous.

But then the worst began to happen. Garet and Mia died together when an avalanche crushed them during a travel to Imil. Then Piers died, sacrificing his life so that King Hydros would not be crushed by the colapsing palace. Sheba then passed away, victim of a rare form of influenza, leaving her lover to live with a heavy heart. Ivan then died of natural causes just before his seventy-sixth birthday...

Jenna's passing was the hardest, not wanting her to go. It tore at him, eating him from within, the rage of loosing his love, and being cursed to live eternally...

Unexpectidly, Felix survived along with Isaac, having retained an appearance of a man of 35. The Wise One determined that some of the power from the Stone of Sages poured into Felix when he threw the Mars Star into the Lighthouse. And then the Wise one informed them of their new task: exterminate all who would abuse Alchemy.

At first they protested; nearly anyone could theoretically abuse Alchemy, they argued. But the Wise One explained his reasoning - certain individuals would bring about the end of the world, and the power of the Stone of Sages could seek them out. Then, once found, the people would be exterminated.

Isaac and Felix, the last of the Igniters of the Lighthouses, were cursed to kill for eternity...

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Well, that was short... But then, almost all of my first chaps are short...

Sounds sick, eh? Well... Just mind that this is just the first chapter; more to come... And remember - things are not what they seem...

Sheba - REVIEW!!