Golden Sun - Love Line

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Chapter 11 - Falling For Her

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Well, another day, another dollar. Or debt, if you go by my title puns...

Anyway, I thought of this chapter while thinking of a way to get Felix and co. into the script, and ran into a problem:

Last chapter, Isaac and crew had already left in Babi's "borrowed" Lemurian ship, but this chapter opens before that event, so keep this in mind, lest ye be confused...

MIKAA OWNS GOLDEN SUN IN HIS DREAMS, NOT IN THE SO-CALLED REALITY THAT WE INHABIT. BUT IN HIS MENTAL REALM...

And now, a word to our spon...er, I mean reviewers -

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand now - the story!!

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Felix cursed silently as yet another blast of fire shot mere inches above his head, proving to him yet again that Garet hadn't completely mastered his usage of his element. Hiding on the stairs just below the arie of the Venus Lighthouse, Felix sat with a shaking Sheba next to him, hoping that Saturos and Menardi would end this fight soon so as to end the quest, and go home.

Staring at the shivering form next to him, he saw that Sheba had tears streaming down her normally sun-bright face. Her hands held his tunic, while the side of her face was nestled against his shoulder. Putting his left arm around her, he held her closer.

She turned to look at him, but all he could do was smile, for talking might aleart Isaac and crew as to their location. *And I can't let that happen...*

He suddenly felt his mind being invaded, and quickly derived that Sheba was attempting to read his mind. But he knew that it would be for naught, as he was trained to subconciously place mental barriers around certain information. Seeing the realization in her face, Felix simply pulled her closer, then peeked up to see how the battle faired -

- only to witness the Fusion Dragon grabbing one of the Lighthouse's statues, hurling it towards a running Jupitarian, who was between the beast and Felix.

Quickly ducking, he held Sheba closer as the debris flew overhead, missing by mere centimeters. Sheba wrapped her arms around him, and despite the feeling of safety in that grip, he wrested free to see the fight again, but instead of a giant beast, two Proxians stood, dazed from leaving their transformation. And they soon were too close to the edge...

Realizing what had happened, Felix grasped Sheba's arm, and began to ascend the stairs to the top of the Lighthouse agian...

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Darkness. The sounds of shaking boulders and metal rang in the air. Screams as the water mage fell over. Shreaks as a wind mage slipped...

Awaking from his dazed state, Felix saw where Sheba had stood mere moments before, her presence replaced by a hand at the edge...

*Oh, no.*

Rushing, he ran to the hand, grasping it with all of his might. "Hang on, Sheba!"

Her other arm hanging in the air, she turned towards him. "I can't! but... Thank you, Felix..." And with that, she plunged towards the ocean below.

Realizing that if Isaac caught him he'd be skrewed, and his new friend had just fell towards her death, Felix made a rash descision -

- He jumped.

Winds and debris followed his fall, hoping to sever his lock on the goddess of Lavertio. He knew that if she died, then he would fail his parents, his sister, his Sheba...

...did he just think that?

Contact. Choppy waves of icy water smacked him around as he looked for signs of Sheba, but found only a small piece of her clothes...

Realizing it as his one chance of finding her, he grasped at the cloth, only to get a handful of Sheba, unconcious from the impact. Gathering her in his arms, he swam towards the nearest beach, dragging Sheba along.

As he pumped his arms at a feverous pace, he glanced at her. Her tears had long since vanished, and with the water sloshing around them, she seemed even more... beautiful...

His mind approached the road to darkness, but he threw in his last ounce of strength and hit the beach, welcoming the darkness to his mind...

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Residing deep within the frozen halls of the Mars Lighthouse, the Wise One pondered the transpiring events. He recalled a simmilar group ages ago, back when alchemy was running wild through the world. The group of 8 had rallied together to prevent the Fire Clan of the North from proceeding with their plans to rule Weyward, but were stopped with massive losses.

Knowing that such a horrible incident could arise again, the 8 fueled their psynergy to create a being that could deactivate the Lighthouses and seal the power, to guard it forever. However, in creating such a being, they died, their minds absorbed with their psynergy into a nearby rock, creating the Wise One.

Having all of their minds in his conciousness, he sealed the powers of fire, water, wind, and earth in a mountain near a small village called Vale. Seeking the united clans that defeated Prox, the Wise One assigned them with the task of protecting various parts of the seal.

But soon afterwards, he realized the true price for sealing alchemy - the end of Weyward. As soon as the seals were in place, the soon-to-be-called Gaia Falls began it's millenial thirst to devour the world.

But the Wise One knew that he couldn't intervene. The 8 had willed that their creation never interfear with the life of Weyward, and he had to wait for those who would realize the plight of life.

And as soon as the four travelers entered the inner sanctum, he realized that his wait was over. Isaac was fueled by the rage of both betrayal and the lost of his love; Garet over betrayal and no love; Ivan to find his past; Mia, to try to fulfill a mission that she carried out despite her father; Felix, for his parents; Sheba, for her own past, and possibly her newly bonded friend; Jenna, for both her parents and Isaac's father; Kraden, for his hunger for knowledge. These individuals held the world in their hands, and would soon alter history forever...

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I couldn't help the last part here, as it just was an idea.

Sheba - No, you just wanted to make it longer!!

Uh, how'd you get here?

Sheba - I was hired by Dragona to... punish you for Lost Story... and the comment you made to her last chapter.

Uh, see ya!

Sheba - REVIEW!!!