Curse of the Sages

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Chapter 7 - Web of Danger

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Well, here's another chap in this story of darkness. Maybe I should end it soon... Nah.

To the reviewers!!

Kyarorain - Did I put names down? I don't recall doing that... And did you pick up the "father" bit with Mia?

Rain child - Me? Something original?? Wha'd I do wrong? And what's with the songs, eh?

Elemental Adept - Thanks! And I'll try to work on the summery, if I get around to it...

Yuriko the Chaotic Slurpee - Interesting name... Have you beaten GS2 yet? Most of the story should make sense if you have. I can't think of why not, as this story hasn't suffered from my depresion as, say, Love Line... Please keep reading though!!! Thanks for the interest!

Aaaaaaaaaaand now - Disclaimer!!

Sheba - He doesn't own Golden Sun. Go away. But if you still want to read this psyco's work, here it is:

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Alex stared at the Venusians, pondering what sort of answer that the mysterious Alexi would cook up. Already they knew that they would need to somehow defeat the Wise One, but how does one kill a being of such magnitude? He himself had gone against it, and had paid a price for such arrogance. Glancing at his daughter's nuzzling form, he feared leaving her alone in this world. Alone, if they died...

A sudden dread creaped upon him. "Wait. If I understand this, our predecessors slayed generations before us. But... What happened to them?"

Alexi stared at the ground. "They were killed usually after the third generation when a group of people learned of their strategy."

Alex felt the blood drain from his face. "Does the entire original generation need to die to save the world...?"

His blue "ally" shook his head. I do not know, and believe me, I sympathize with you. But the only way we can protect Mia and the rest of the world is to destroy the Wise One. Only then will the cycle be over, and peace allowed to reign in."

"So," spoke Felix, "when do we leave?"

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Hama stared at the apature before her. The mouth of the cave was well hidden behind a veil of illusion, placed there in an age long since past. Though she had never ventured there, she knew what layed beyond the fake foilage. Someone had laced the walls with psynergetic psycic messages, telling where the roads went, where each led to. And this cave led to a chamber deep below the village of Vale. Where the signals were coming from, the need, the urge. She did not know what it was, but was determined to find out.

Crawling up a short incline, she cursed the limitations of her childish body. She wished that she had a body of an adult, if only to make the travel go faster. Running at full speed, hunger began to creep upon her. Having not eaten since the boat landed at Kalay's harbor, she was beginnig to succumb to the effects of starvation. Turning to the walls, she notice the existance of some vine-like plant crawling all over the cave, ceiling to floor. One glance at it kept her from tasting it, but she knew that she would need to eat soon, or...

She shook her head, purging the thoughts from her head. She needed to get to her goal, to see what it was that needed to be fixed, what the need was. Intuition told her that a being of great power was ahead, but for some reason, she sensed *two* powerful creatures ahead, both of them dwarfing the signal she got from the man that killed her parents, but one was... everywhere...

And it dawned on her that some of that power surged through the wall, no not the wall, but the vines...

Gasping as she realized what laid ahead of her, she didn't even have time to scream as the vines engulfed her small form...

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Okay, this was a filler chapter, largely to tide everyone over until I get back from my journey back to Georgia for the 4th... Won't be able to write again until Monday... Bummer... Maybe I should stay... Nah.

More will be revealed, as I know that I left a *lot* of things hanging here...

Sheba - Please Review, or I'll send this viney thingie after you.

[Squeezes Sheba Pwushie] I wuv Sheba Pwushie!

Sheba - ^_^U