Curse of the Sages

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Chapter 4 - Alex Good or Alex Bad?

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Wow. I got some rather... unusual feedback from that last chapter... And before I go on, I'd like to say that the last chapter went just as I had planned before I got reviews for the chapter before it. And are they really dead...?

Sheba - Yeah... I mean, read the text!

Uh, re-read the last chap, my friend.

Sheba - ???

I OWN NOT GOLDEN SUN OR NINTENDO OR THIS WEBSITE!!! DOES ANYONE REALLY READ THIS LINE?! DOES ANYONE THINK I OWN THESE?? PLEAZE!!

Sheba - What do you mean, "are they really dead?"

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Now for the reviews!!

Rain Child - Uh, yeah... And what story got banned?? And what reason did they give you??? And what's creepy is what I'm going to do to Naomi.... Oh, I'm saying thoughts again... Thanks!

Selena - Wouldn't he? He did, after all, seemingly pit the parents of Isaac and Jenna against the crew without feelings... And where did it say that he wished to save people?? Just because he tells them to vacate the Lighthouses?? And if I remember the text that appeared in Sol Sanctum at the beginning of GS1, the Stone of Sages could grant immortality... And the Wise One could probably manipulate the energy anyway... I'm sorry that this story has this affect on you, but I'm glad to see that one of my reviewers is taking the time to write as much as you have. And is Mia truly dead? And check out this chapter!!

Kyarorain - Uh, what? "'Mia' was actually Alex?" Where did you get that?? Alex was holding a baby Mia! And where did it say that Felix killed Sheba? And I try to write things that make people think (something that many stories and movies lack these days...)

Empress Dotdotdot - Yeah, both you and Rain Child were right... And are they really killing the others? Where did I say that? Hmmm... but Isaac killing Jenna... There's an idea.... nah. Goes against my current plot...

And with Sheba still asking the same question-

Sheba - What do you mean, "are they really dead?"

I will get to the story.

Sheba - What do you mean, "are they really dead?"

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Felix heard the sharp intake of breath next to him as he stared at the form three meters away from him. He had to admit, it was hard not to. To see Alex here, someone that he knew in this changing world... What-

"So, we meet at last."

*What a way to greet a person,* thought Felix.

"I expected to see you, you know."

"How?" inquired Isaac. "And how are you even here?!"

Alex smiled. "When I tried to get the power of the Stone of Sages, I was infused with a surge of energy. Unknown to me, I had gained immense powers. But the Wise One caught me before the power was mine to control. When Mt. Aleph was plunged into the ground, I was paralyzed. I couldn't even turn my head. In a desperate attempt, I tried to teleport away. To my surprise, I found myself inside a cave - a cave in *Imil*." He paused, allowing the thought to sink in. "The cave was one that Mia and I used to visit when she used to teach me. When I was able to move, I found that I was in a part of the cave that I had not been in, due to the lack of light. But I found that because of the breach of the seal, writings and runes were awakened, lit by some form of psynergy. Guess what they said?"

Felix stared, puzzled by the story, with a silent friend by his side...

"They told of a story, written by an ancient adept that had discovered an interesting secret. It seems that at some point at an indefinite amount of time ago, the great civilizations of Weyard were at their peaks. But then the Prox Empire set out to rule the world. Several cultures fell in weeks, but a group of eight pushed them back, hoping to prevent the end of the world. But then they made an error - they sealed alchemy. As the world sunk, most of Prox's lands fell, then others collapsed. When Prox itself was threatened, they sent warriors to find a way to awaken the sleeping power. Can you guess the names of those warriors?"

Felix felt the lump in his throat triple in size. "Saturos and Menardi."

Nodding, Alex continued. "Yes. And they raided a certain chamber to get the keys to the door. Vale. And then two teens were sent after them..."

"...And then the power was awakened," continued Isaac. Felix stared at the Mercurian.

"But... What does this have to do with us?"

"Ah," spoke Alex. "This," he said as he raised Mia a bit, "this is what it is all about. After the power was awakened, the 8 warriors parted ways. Soon, the cycle repeated, and the psynergetic life of the lands were sealed and released. The Wise One then decided to have two warriors kill all of the reincarnations of the 8 warriors, to prevent the cycle. But there was another adept that survived: Alexi. He was the one who wrote the tablets and text that I found. He even tells that we are repeating the cycle yet again, because there is now no way to stop it."

"So, Sheba is now dead," asked Isaac.

"As is Ivan and Hama." Felix turned to Isaac, who seemed to hesitate as he nodded.

"You... *did* it, didn't you?"

"Uh, well..."

Felix looked down. "Then I probably should tell you... I didn't kill Sheba."

Alex paled. "You didn't kill them?"

Felix shook his head. "I teleported Sheba to Lalivero..."

"And I took Ivan and Hama to a nearby settlement, one where two Jupiter Adepts lived..." commented Isaac.

"...And then you came here to...kill her, but wouldn't, would you?" realized Alex.

"And in doing so, may have saved the world," spoke a fourth voice.

The three turned to see a man standing nearby, a trident held within his grasp. Long aqua hair flowed over his azure cape, his cold blue eyes staring at the three "teens" and one baby. "I am Alexi."

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I told you so.

Sheba - That was a bunch of-

Oh, pleze. Where did I state that I actually killed them? Just because one told the other that he did? Come on, Sheba. You may be pretty, but your brain needs to be fixed.

Sheba - Oh, really?

[Sizzle] .................................................

Sheba - REVEAL YOUR OPINIONS!! REVIEW!!!