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Disclaimer: You think I own Golden Sun? If I did, Isaac and Mia would be so obviously in love, and so would Garet and Jenna. But alas, I don't....
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Jenna sat on a tree branch, still pondering Garet. That goofy, stupid, lovable Mars Adept. She shook her head to clear her thoughts. Menardi had just been messing with her head-and feelings, that's all! Once she had convinced herself of this, she jumped down from the tree and started walking towards the inn, still thinking about Garet. The more she pushed him out of her head, the more he came in....
"AGH! You big stupid oaf! Get out of my head RIGHT NOW!" Jenna screamed. All talk in the town ceased to stare at the crazy red-haired girl screaming to herself. Jenna turned beet red as she realized what had happened.
"Ah...practicing for a play..." she explained.(AN.The classic excuse! ha ha ha!) The crowd nodded and murmured in agreement before returning to what they had been doing. Jenna, still red, returned the inn to find the others waiting for her.
"Took long enough! What were you doing?" Felix asked. Jenna hesitated before answering.
"I went for a walk..."
Felix nodded. Saturos looked around.
"Good...everyone's here. Let's go eat then," he said, starting to walk up the hall towards the staircase. Suddenly there was the sound of a door being thrown open, and everyone turned to see a haggard-looking Kraden.
"Saturos! You didn't wake me up! I'm starving too!" the scholar complained. The blue Adept shrugged.
"Uh...forgot. Oh well. Come on then."
The scholar grumbled before joining the trek downstairs. As soon as she reached the bottom, Jenna noticed the delicious smell of the meal that she hadn't noticed in her rush to join the others.
"Ah, good, you've made it. Please follow me." A young blond woman said sweetly. She led them to a large table and waited for them to sit. When they did, she hurriedly took orders and, ten minutes later, placed plates down in front of the group. Jenna attacked her food and listened to other people's conversations. One in the next table over, occupied by a young couple, immediately caught her attention.
"So young Isaac and Garet set off, huh?" the man was saying.
"Yeah, Liz said they left yesterday. She rode here, that's why she got here so quickly. But she said that they're going off to find their friend Jenna and that old kook Kraden.(Triad, I too love Kraden-bashing!!! Doesn't everyone?) She said they'd probably be here by noon tomorrow."
"Ah, Jenna. That fiery red-head?"
"The same one. Seems Garet was really enthusiastic about finding her."
The man chuckled. "Yes, well, everyone knows that-" Jenna was awoken by a poke in the arm. She blinked and glared at Felix. Her brother backed up a step. Jenna's glares do that to you.
"What? We're all finished. You were lost in your own little world."
Jenna shook her head and stood up, still glaring. Felix sighed and followed Menardi up to the rooms. As Felix turned to her to say good night, Jenna quickly punched him in the arm.
"Ow! What was that for?" he asked, rubbing his arm.
Jenna stuck her tongue out. "For everything. Good night, big brother."
Felix rolled his eyes. 'She still hasn't changed.' "Good night, baby sister."
Jenna rolled her eyes at him and went into the room. Menardi remained in the hall, talking to Saturos. The red-head collapsed onto her bed.
'What was that guy gonna say? Everyone knows what?'
"So where were you all that time?" Jenna's thoughts were once again interrupted.
"I already told Felix. You must've heard."
Menardi rolled her eyes. "What I said really got to you, huh kid?"
Jenna narrowed her eyes at the word 'kid'. "No! Why would that have bothered me?"
Menardi snorted. "Right. Anyway, we leave right after breakfast tomorrow. We'll stop in Bilbibin(Is that how its spelled? I forget ^_^;;) for a night, but then we're setting a fast pace for Mercury Lighthouse."
Jenna nodded, then a thought struck her. "Why are you lighting the lighthouses? Kraden said that lighting them would bring about the destruction of the world."
Menardi gave a derisive laugh. "Kraden is an old fool and idiot. Yes, it may do that, but so would leaving them unlit. You see, Weyward, our world, is crumbling away. And it's all because those damned idiots thought it'd be a good idea to seal alchemy! But they didn't think it through...and that's why we're trying to light the lighthouses."
Jenna blinked, surprised. "What do you mean...crumbling away?"
"Gaia Falls gets a little bigger larger each day. It's consuming our world."
"So...you don't want the power or anything like that?" Jenna asked.
Menardi rolled her eyes. "No. We're just interested in saving our world. That was our mission, and we must fulfill it."
Jenna nodded. "Okay...I understand now. You're not evil and you don't want to destroy the world. But..." Jenna paled. "Isaac and Garet don't know!"
Menardi nodded. "No, they don't. Hopefully, they're wise enough to not pursue us."
"But what if they do?"
"We were ordered to eliminate anyone that stands in our way."
Jenna turned even paler. "But...no...you wouldn't..."
Menardi suddenly looked angry. "When saving our world, sacrifices must be made! You *must* understand that! Yes, if they get in our way, we *will* kill them! Now go to sleep!" With that, she buried herself under the covers and closed her eyes. Jenna soon heard her breathing becomes slower, and guessed she was asleep.
"But..." Jenna turned towards the window of the room. "I don't want Garet to die..."
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Jenna awoke the next morning to her brother's gentle shaking. She sat up and blinked at him sleepily.
"Come on. We're leaving soon," Felix said, his face still solemn. Jenna nodded and stepped onto the cold wood floor. She fumbled for her boots as Felix waited patiently. Finally she stood up. Felix nodded.
"Good. Grab your staff and we'll go." He quickly turned and started walking out to the hall. Jenna hurried after him, grabbing her staff and noting that Menardi must have woken up before her. She stopped outside the door and surveyed all the people that had been waiting for her.
"Good. Let's go." Saturos said as soon as she stopped. Jenna blinked at the suddenness, but nodded and followed the others out of the inn and Vault.
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It had been an hour since they left Vault, and Jenna had a gnawing pain of hunger in her stomach. Saturos had set a fast pace, as Menardi had said, and it was taking a toll on her. Jenna groaned as she saw another hill to cross over, when she heard a rustling in the tall grass next to her. She looked to see what it was, raising her staff defensively, as a Spirit leapt out at her and pushed her down. As she fell, Jenna cried out and swung with her staff. It hit the monster square in the middle, and it was thrown back into a tree. Jenna scrambled up, panting. She lowered her staff when it didn't move and started to turn.
"Well that was- ARGH!" Jenna was hit with its Rumble attack and winced as a wave of pain washed over her. Felix started to help her, but was held back by Saturos.
"Wait," he murmured. Jenna stabilized herself and turned back towards the Spirit, who was now cackling gleefully. Jenna narrowed her eyes angrily. She held her staff out towards the monster.
"BEAM!" she yelled, as the fire Psynergy collected itself, then blasted towards the Spirit, which screamed and writhed with pain, then crumbled into dust. Jenna lowered her staff, still breathing hard.
"Very nice, Jenna dear." Jenna turned to see the group watching her, and quickly reddened. Then she turned angry.
"Why didn't you help me?" She growled at them. Menardi smiled and shrugged at her.
"You handled it very well on your own. Good job. Now we've wasted enough time. Let's go." the other female said, starting up the hill. Jenna frowned, but followed after the rest of the group. Kraden somehow got next to her and began talking away.
"An amazing display of Psynergy, Jenna. Brilliant, really. And Beam, did you already know that?" Kraden chattered on, while Jenna pointedly ignored him. Finally she got sick of him talking, and 'accidentally' bonked him on the head with her staff. Kraden crumpled to the ground like a sack of potatoes.
"Jenna!" an annoyed voice yelled behind her. Jenna merely smiled to herself and walked on, letting Alex and Felix take care of the annoying old man.
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Not much longer, but I just wanted to get this chapter up... ^_^;;
Jenna: Don't worry, we'll make sure the next chapter's much longer, right?
Sango, Minagi, and Seto: Right!
Shizuru: Rrrriiiiight....
Review PLEEEEAAASE!!!
Jenna: What NOW?
I got reviews from Midnight C AND Triad!!!
Shizuru: Gee, you must be really special, huh?
-_-;; I sense sarcasm.
Sango: You are SO observant.
I know! ^^
Seto: That was sarcasm too.
Oh....
Jenna: Just do the disclaimer already!
Disclaimer: You think I own Golden Sun? If I did, Isaac and Mia would be so obviously in love, and so would Garet and Jenna. But alas, I don't....
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Jenna sat on a tree branch, still pondering Garet. That goofy, stupid, lovable Mars Adept. She shook her head to clear her thoughts. Menardi had just been messing with her head-and feelings, that's all! Once she had convinced herself of this, she jumped down from the tree and started walking towards the inn, still thinking about Garet. The more she pushed him out of her head, the more he came in....
"AGH! You big stupid oaf! Get out of my head RIGHT NOW!" Jenna screamed. All talk in the town ceased to stare at the crazy red-haired girl screaming to herself. Jenna turned beet red as she realized what had happened.
"Ah...practicing for a play..." she explained.(AN.The classic excuse! ha ha ha!) The crowd nodded and murmured in agreement before returning to what they had been doing. Jenna, still red, returned the inn to find the others waiting for her.
"Took long enough! What were you doing?" Felix asked. Jenna hesitated before answering.
"I went for a walk..."
Felix nodded. Saturos looked around.
"Good...everyone's here. Let's go eat then," he said, starting to walk up the hall towards the staircase. Suddenly there was the sound of a door being thrown open, and everyone turned to see a haggard-looking Kraden.
"Saturos! You didn't wake me up! I'm starving too!" the scholar complained. The blue Adept shrugged.
"Uh...forgot. Oh well. Come on then."
The scholar grumbled before joining the trek downstairs. As soon as she reached the bottom, Jenna noticed the delicious smell of the meal that she hadn't noticed in her rush to join the others.
"Ah, good, you've made it. Please follow me." A young blond woman said sweetly. She led them to a large table and waited for them to sit. When they did, she hurriedly took orders and, ten minutes later, placed plates down in front of the group. Jenna attacked her food and listened to other people's conversations. One in the next table over, occupied by a young couple, immediately caught her attention.
"So young Isaac and Garet set off, huh?" the man was saying.
"Yeah, Liz said they left yesterday. She rode here, that's why she got here so quickly. But she said that they're going off to find their friend Jenna and that old kook Kraden.(Triad, I too love Kraden-bashing!!! Doesn't everyone?) She said they'd probably be here by noon tomorrow."
"Ah, Jenna. That fiery red-head?"
"The same one. Seems Garet was really enthusiastic about finding her."
The man chuckled. "Yes, well, everyone knows that-" Jenna was awoken by a poke in the arm. She blinked and glared at Felix. Her brother backed up a step. Jenna's glares do that to you.
"What? We're all finished. You were lost in your own little world."
Jenna shook her head and stood up, still glaring. Felix sighed and followed Menardi up to the rooms. As Felix turned to her to say good night, Jenna quickly punched him in the arm.
"Ow! What was that for?" he asked, rubbing his arm.
Jenna stuck her tongue out. "For everything. Good night, big brother."
Felix rolled his eyes. 'She still hasn't changed.' "Good night, baby sister."
Jenna rolled her eyes at him and went into the room. Menardi remained in the hall, talking to Saturos. The red-head collapsed onto her bed.
'What was that guy gonna say? Everyone knows what?'
"So where were you all that time?" Jenna's thoughts were once again interrupted.
"I already told Felix. You must've heard."
Menardi rolled her eyes. "What I said really got to you, huh kid?"
Jenna narrowed her eyes at the word 'kid'. "No! Why would that have bothered me?"
Menardi snorted. "Right. Anyway, we leave right after breakfast tomorrow. We'll stop in Bilbibin(Is that how its spelled? I forget ^_^;;) for a night, but then we're setting a fast pace for Mercury Lighthouse."
Jenna nodded, then a thought struck her. "Why are you lighting the lighthouses? Kraden said that lighting them would bring about the destruction of the world."
Menardi gave a derisive laugh. "Kraden is an old fool and idiot. Yes, it may do that, but so would leaving them unlit. You see, Weyward, our world, is crumbling away. And it's all because those damned idiots thought it'd be a good idea to seal alchemy! But they didn't think it through...and that's why we're trying to light the lighthouses."
Jenna blinked, surprised. "What do you mean...crumbling away?"
"Gaia Falls gets a little bigger larger each day. It's consuming our world."
"So...you don't want the power or anything like that?" Jenna asked.
Menardi rolled her eyes. "No. We're just interested in saving our world. That was our mission, and we must fulfill it."
Jenna nodded. "Okay...I understand now. You're not evil and you don't want to destroy the world. But..." Jenna paled. "Isaac and Garet don't know!"
Menardi nodded. "No, they don't. Hopefully, they're wise enough to not pursue us."
"But what if they do?"
"We were ordered to eliminate anyone that stands in our way."
Jenna turned even paler. "But...no...you wouldn't..."
Menardi suddenly looked angry. "When saving our world, sacrifices must be made! You *must* understand that! Yes, if they get in our way, we *will* kill them! Now go to sleep!" With that, she buried herself under the covers and closed her eyes. Jenna soon heard her breathing becomes slower, and guessed she was asleep.
"But..." Jenna turned towards the window of the room. "I don't want Garet to die..."
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Jenna awoke the next morning to her brother's gentle shaking. She sat up and blinked at him sleepily.
"Come on. We're leaving soon," Felix said, his face still solemn. Jenna nodded and stepped onto the cold wood floor. She fumbled for her boots as Felix waited patiently. Finally she stood up. Felix nodded.
"Good. Grab your staff and we'll go." He quickly turned and started walking out to the hall. Jenna hurried after him, grabbing her staff and noting that Menardi must have woken up before her. She stopped outside the door and surveyed all the people that had been waiting for her.
"Good. Let's go." Saturos said as soon as she stopped. Jenna blinked at the suddenness, but nodded and followed the others out of the inn and Vault.
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It had been an hour since they left Vault, and Jenna had a gnawing pain of hunger in her stomach. Saturos had set a fast pace, as Menardi had said, and it was taking a toll on her. Jenna groaned as she saw another hill to cross over, when she heard a rustling in the tall grass next to her. She looked to see what it was, raising her staff defensively, as a Spirit leapt out at her and pushed her down. As she fell, Jenna cried out and swung with her staff. It hit the monster square in the middle, and it was thrown back into a tree. Jenna scrambled up, panting. She lowered her staff when it didn't move and started to turn.
"Well that was- ARGH!" Jenna was hit with its Rumble attack and winced as a wave of pain washed over her. Felix started to help her, but was held back by Saturos.
"Wait," he murmured. Jenna stabilized herself and turned back towards the Spirit, who was now cackling gleefully. Jenna narrowed her eyes angrily. She held her staff out towards the monster.
"BEAM!" she yelled, as the fire Psynergy collected itself, then blasted towards the Spirit, which screamed and writhed with pain, then crumbled into dust. Jenna lowered her staff, still breathing hard.
"Very nice, Jenna dear." Jenna turned to see the group watching her, and quickly reddened. Then she turned angry.
"Why didn't you help me?" She growled at them. Menardi smiled and shrugged at her.
"You handled it very well on your own. Good job. Now we've wasted enough time. Let's go." the other female said, starting up the hill. Jenna frowned, but followed after the rest of the group. Kraden somehow got next to her and began talking away.
"An amazing display of Psynergy, Jenna. Brilliant, really. And Beam, did you already know that?" Kraden chattered on, while Jenna pointedly ignored him. Finally she got sick of him talking, and 'accidentally' bonked him on the head with her staff. Kraden crumpled to the ground like a sack of potatoes.
"Jenna!" an annoyed voice yelled behind her. Jenna merely smiled to herself and walked on, letting Alex and Felix take care of the annoying old man.
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Not much longer, but I just wanted to get this chapter up... ^_^;;
Jenna: Don't worry, we'll make sure the next chapter's much longer, right?
Sango, Minagi, and Seto: Right!
Shizuru: Rrrriiiiight....
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