Another chappy!
Misty: Yay!
Wa-ha-ha be prepared.
Misty: Be scared.
And aware.
Misty: of the glare.
And let us share.
Misty: With great care.
In the lair.
Misty: With a mare.
That is fare.
Misty: That makes people stare
And eat a pear.
Misty: And make it tear.
With bears.
Misty: That are very, very, very, hungry!
Misty! It''s supposed to rhyme!
Misty: Why?
Because . . . because I said so!
Misty: You know what?
What?
Misty: We don''t own Golden Sun! Harry Potter! And Orchid doesn''t own Pokemon either!
Chapter 22–– Sagebrush
Misty: It is NOT chapter 22
Why not?
Misty: Because chapter 8-21 would feel left out!
Fine, fine, fine.
Chapter 8––Guardians of Sol
He didn't know what to think. What was he to do?
"Don't worry," Sheba smiled weakly. "Everything will turn out okay."
"How can you be sure?"
"Well, lets just say, there is so much you don''t know and understand," Ivan responded truthfully.
"I know that!"
"Come on," Jenna cut in. "Lets talk about this later, when there is no one who can eavesdrop.
"You're correct, Jenna," Sheba stood from her seat. "Later everything will be explained. Lets go have some fun for now though! I still want to go on the ferris wheel!"
"There's all in the world for explaining," Ivan jumped up. "But only 2 more hours of Lagoon!
"Don't worry Alex," Jenna reassured. "We''ll figure out some way to get your memory back."
* * *
It didn't seem very long before they were lading back onto the buses, bags filled with cotton candy, prizes, toys, souvenirs filled the shelves and everyone sat talking happily about their day. The nine Adept sat near one another, laughing at jokes and eating down the last of their candy they had bought.
"Cotton candy!" Ivan laughed in a high pitched voice. "I like cotton candy."
"You know," Felix said nervously. "I think you should stop giving him that stuff. It's as if he were drunk or something."
"Yay, yay, I'm drunk!" Ivan stuck another handful into his cotton candy bag
"You''re right!" Picard stole the bag of fluffy purple sugar from him.
"Hey! That''s my candy! Picard stole my candy!"
"Wow Ivan," Jenna mocked. "You DO have a brain."
"Yay, yay, I have a brain! Wow, that rhymed."
Sheba, who was sitting next to him smacked him across the head. "Cool it buddy!"
"Ow . . ."
"Good job Sheba," Garet grinned widely. "I want to smack Ivan to!" He stood up and smacked the Jupiter Adept in front of his head.
"Ow. My head is spinning," Ivan smiled crookedly. "Weee!"
"Stop that you guys! His voice is getting on my nerves!" Mia stuck her tongue out at Ivan who began laughing in a high pitched voice.
"Okay guys, quiet down." The teacher appeared on the bus holding a list of names in her hands. "I need to take role so we don't forget anyone."
"Ooh, ooh I'm here!" Ivan began raising his hand and jumping up and down.
"I know you're here Ivan," the teacher glared and the Jupiter Adept sunk in his seat as Sheba smacked him.
"Wow, that's fun," she laughed.
"Hem hem!" the teacher tried to get their attention, but all the students began screaming hysterically.
"AUGH!!! THE UMBRIDGE CALL!!!" (Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix)
"I knew there would be a day she would come and terrorize our school!"
"A niffler! Does anyone have a niffler?"
"Wa-ha-ha she''ll never last in our school!"
"Please don''t fire Ms. Feizhi!"
"Now is when you need skiving snackboxes!"
The teacher gave an annoyed glare as everyone began calming down and began checking names to mark that they were there.
* * *
The bus ride was soon over, and the nine of them trailed down towards Isaac's house that was only a block away from the school. Sheba had only whispered a small amount to the group leader when he decided to have a meeting. Garet whined, not knowing the reason for going, and thoroughly hated sitting around and doing
"Everything will be explained," Jenna poked him.
"Why can''t we just do it here?"
"There might be eavesdroppers you dolt!"
"Thank Jenna," he said sarcastically and suddenly tripped. "Ow."
"Clutz," she walked past him along with everyone else.
"Wow, I feel loved."
Isaac's house was soon in sight. It was a dull yellow with white doors and windows. From what Alex could see, the walls inside had been painted a light green color. The nine filed in the back door and up some wood stairs. They soon entered a room that the Mercury Adept quickly recognized. It was the same room he had seen from the vivid memory Karst had given him. The same bed, walls, and the trunk at the end of the bed.
Without a word, Felix walked over to the single window in the room and closed the heavy blinds. Picard closed the door behind him and locked it as Mia flicked on the light. Quickly, Isaac pulled a key out from around his neck and held it tightly in his hand. Silently they all sat down in the empty space, leaning against the bed and walls.
"Okay, so what is going on here?" Garet asked
"We have received new information from our secretary, Miss Sheba," Isaac stood. "She has only told me that we needed to hold this meeting. I have no idea why we are here though. Would you like to explain?"
Sheba stood in her spot as Isaac took his seat. "I would indeed like to tell you all why we are here. It is in behalf of our dear friend Alex. Early yesterday, his memory was taken. With Ivan at my aid, we found it was no coincidence this afternoon. Lady Karst from Prox High has in fact stolen it. In return for Alex''s memory, she requests the last two stars."
Isaac, Felix, Garet, and Mia exchanged nervous glances as Alex spoke up. "Wait!" The Mercury Adept shook his head. "She only said they were stones."
"She told you that to make you think they were not very important when in fact they could rule the fate of Weyard."
"What?" he looked wildly around. His own mind was a bargaining for the worlds fate?! "I don''t understand."
"Just wait a moment," Sheba instructed. "With every ones agreement, Jenna, Ivan, and I wish to tell Alex what the stars are, and what role we play in this story."
"Alex has always been our friend," Jenna said. "He knew before, and he should know now. He should know why he was the one to suffer this loss."
Everyone nodded in agreement, thinking deeply.
"Does anyone oppose this decision?"" Sheba looked at everyone in the circle. She sighed with relief when no one raised their hand. "So, where should we start?"
"I shall do the telling," Isaac volunteered. The Venus Adept sighed and leaned up against his bed, trying to think of a way to tell the story.
"It all started about a couple hundred years ago," he began. "Alchemy was loose upon the world, an ancient magic that can manipulate the building blocks of reality. A person that could master this power could attain anything he could ever want. Many people realized that great power, so the decision was made: it was to be sealed.
"But not everyone was happy with this and were angry at the elders, so they fled, only taking few belongings and their families with them. They hid on the foot of Mount Aleph where they built the Sol Sanctum to protect the sealed magic. And so for generations, the people forgot about the powers, and turned into the people that walk around us now. The nine of us are the last of our kind, the very last that are able to use the power of Alchemy, the last descendants of those Elders that fled all those years ago."
"But what happened to the rest of them?"" Alex asked.
Isaac sighed and ruffled his hair. "It was only two years ago that all of us were living quietly in the mythical village Vale. One night, all that changed when people from a place called Prox came to our home and tried to steal the powers of Alchemy. Our home which was built off that power crumbled, and our village turned to rubble. Without the power, Mount Aleph erupted because there was nothing left to support it.
"We were the only ones that survived that night. Everyone else was killed by the wrath of the Sanctum because we were not able to protect the magic it held within it. . ." Isaac stopped a moment as if remembering the horrible night. Everyone was silent around him, pained at what their memory long ago.
"It was not long after that the Wise One visited us. He told us to go after that power, we were the only ones who could stop Alchemy from being released. And so, that is what we did. The people of Prox were able to light two of the lighthouses before we could take back. That is what the stars are. They are the last seals of Alchemy, and if the last lighthouses are lit with those stars, who knows what may happen. . ."
Misty: Wow . . . it was serious!
Yeah, isn't that amazing?
Misty: Really amazing. How did you manage that?
I was listening to the sad songs on the Gladiator sound track.
Misty: Ohh. . . . who could've figured?
Misty: Yay!
Wa-ha-ha be prepared.
Misty: Be scared.
And aware.
Misty: of the glare.
And let us share.
Misty: With great care.
In the lair.
Misty: With a mare.
That is fare.
Misty: That makes people stare
And eat a pear.
Misty: And make it tear.
With bears.
Misty: That are very, very, very, hungry!
Misty! It''s supposed to rhyme!
Misty: Why?
Because . . . because I said so!
Misty: You know what?
What?
Misty: We don''t own Golden Sun! Harry Potter! And Orchid doesn''t own Pokemon either!
Chapter 22–– Sagebrush
Misty: It is NOT chapter 22
Why not?
Misty: Because chapter 8-21 would feel left out!
Fine, fine, fine.
Chapter 8––Guardians of Sol
He didn't know what to think. What was he to do?
"Don't worry," Sheba smiled weakly. "Everything will turn out okay."
"How can you be sure?"
"Well, lets just say, there is so much you don''t know and understand," Ivan responded truthfully.
"I know that!"
"Come on," Jenna cut in. "Lets talk about this later, when there is no one who can eavesdrop.
"You're correct, Jenna," Sheba stood from her seat. "Later everything will be explained. Lets go have some fun for now though! I still want to go on the ferris wheel!"
"There's all in the world for explaining," Ivan jumped up. "But only 2 more hours of Lagoon!
"Don't worry Alex," Jenna reassured. "We''ll figure out some way to get your memory back."
* * *
It didn't seem very long before they were lading back onto the buses, bags filled with cotton candy, prizes, toys, souvenirs filled the shelves and everyone sat talking happily about their day. The nine Adept sat near one another, laughing at jokes and eating down the last of their candy they had bought.
"Cotton candy!" Ivan laughed in a high pitched voice. "I like cotton candy."
"You know," Felix said nervously. "I think you should stop giving him that stuff. It's as if he were drunk or something."
"Yay, yay, I'm drunk!" Ivan stuck another handful into his cotton candy bag
"You''re right!" Picard stole the bag of fluffy purple sugar from him.
"Hey! That''s my candy! Picard stole my candy!"
"Wow Ivan," Jenna mocked. "You DO have a brain."
"Yay, yay, I have a brain! Wow, that rhymed."
Sheba, who was sitting next to him smacked him across the head. "Cool it buddy!"
"Ow . . ."
"Good job Sheba," Garet grinned widely. "I want to smack Ivan to!" He stood up and smacked the Jupiter Adept in front of his head.
"Ow. My head is spinning," Ivan smiled crookedly. "Weee!"
"Stop that you guys! His voice is getting on my nerves!" Mia stuck her tongue out at Ivan who began laughing in a high pitched voice.
"Okay guys, quiet down." The teacher appeared on the bus holding a list of names in her hands. "I need to take role so we don't forget anyone."
"Ooh, ooh I'm here!" Ivan began raising his hand and jumping up and down.
"I know you're here Ivan," the teacher glared and the Jupiter Adept sunk in his seat as Sheba smacked him.
"Wow, that's fun," she laughed.
"Hem hem!" the teacher tried to get their attention, but all the students began screaming hysterically.
"AUGH!!! THE UMBRIDGE CALL!!!" (Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix)
"I knew there would be a day she would come and terrorize our school!"
"A niffler! Does anyone have a niffler?"
"Wa-ha-ha she''ll never last in our school!"
"Please don''t fire Ms. Feizhi!"
"Now is when you need skiving snackboxes!"
The teacher gave an annoyed glare as everyone began calming down and began checking names to mark that they were there.
* * *
The bus ride was soon over, and the nine of them trailed down towards Isaac's house that was only a block away from the school. Sheba had only whispered a small amount to the group leader when he decided to have a meeting. Garet whined, not knowing the reason for going, and thoroughly hated sitting around and doing
"Everything will be explained," Jenna poked him.
"Why can''t we just do it here?"
"There might be eavesdroppers you dolt!"
"Thank Jenna," he said sarcastically and suddenly tripped. "Ow."
"Clutz," she walked past him along with everyone else.
"Wow, I feel loved."
Isaac's house was soon in sight. It was a dull yellow with white doors and windows. From what Alex could see, the walls inside had been painted a light green color. The nine filed in the back door and up some wood stairs. They soon entered a room that the Mercury Adept quickly recognized. It was the same room he had seen from the vivid memory Karst had given him. The same bed, walls, and the trunk at the end of the bed.
Without a word, Felix walked over to the single window in the room and closed the heavy blinds. Picard closed the door behind him and locked it as Mia flicked on the light. Quickly, Isaac pulled a key out from around his neck and held it tightly in his hand. Silently they all sat down in the empty space, leaning against the bed and walls.
"Okay, so what is going on here?" Garet asked
"We have received new information from our secretary, Miss Sheba," Isaac stood. "She has only told me that we needed to hold this meeting. I have no idea why we are here though. Would you like to explain?"
Sheba stood in her spot as Isaac took his seat. "I would indeed like to tell you all why we are here. It is in behalf of our dear friend Alex. Early yesterday, his memory was taken. With Ivan at my aid, we found it was no coincidence this afternoon. Lady Karst from Prox High has in fact stolen it. In return for Alex''s memory, she requests the last two stars."
Isaac, Felix, Garet, and Mia exchanged nervous glances as Alex spoke up. "Wait!" The Mercury Adept shook his head. "She only said they were stones."
"She told you that to make you think they were not very important when in fact they could rule the fate of Weyard."
"What?" he looked wildly around. His own mind was a bargaining for the worlds fate?! "I don''t understand."
"Just wait a moment," Sheba instructed. "With every ones agreement, Jenna, Ivan, and I wish to tell Alex what the stars are, and what role we play in this story."
"Alex has always been our friend," Jenna said. "He knew before, and he should know now. He should know why he was the one to suffer this loss."
Everyone nodded in agreement, thinking deeply.
"Does anyone oppose this decision?"" Sheba looked at everyone in the circle. She sighed with relief when no one raised their hand. "So, where should we start?"
"I shall do the telling," Isaac volunteered. The Venus Adept sighed and leaned up against his bed, trying to think of a way to tell the story.
"It all started about a couple hundred years ago," he began. "Alchemy was loose upon the world, an ancient magic that can manipulate the building blocks of reality. A person that could master this power could attain anything he could ever want. Many people realized that great power, so the decision was made: it was to be sealed.
"But not everyone was happy with this and were angry at the elders, so they fled, only taking few belongings and their families with them. They hid on the foot of Mount Aleph where they built the Sol Sanctum to protect the sealed magic. And so for generations, the people forgot about the powers, and turned into the people that walk around us now. The nine of us are the last of our kind, the very last that are able to use the power of Alchemy, the last descendants of those Elders that fled all those years ago."
"But what happened to the rest of them?"" Alex asked.
Isaac sighed and ruffled his hair. "It was only two years ago that all of us were living quietly in the mythical village Vale. One night, all that changed when people from a place called Prox came to our home and tried to steal the powers of Alchemy. Our home which was built off that power crumbled, and our village turned to rubble. Without the power, Mount Aleph erupted because there was nothing left to support it.
"We were the only ones that survived that night. Everyone else was killed by the wrath of the Sanctum because we were not able to protect the magic it held within it. . ." Isaac stopped a moment as if remembering the horrible night. Everyone was silent around him, pained at what their memory long ago.
"It was not long after that the Wise One visited us. He told us to go after that power, we were the only ones who could stop Alchemy from being released. And so, that is what we did. The people of Prox were able to light two of the lighthouses before we could take back. That is what the stars are. They are the last seals of Alchemy, and if the last lighthouses are lit with those stars, who knows what may happen. . ."
Misty: Wow . . . it was serious!
Yeah, isn't that amazing?
Misty: Really amazing. How did you manage that?
I was listening to the sad songs on the Gladiator sound track.
Misty: Ohh. . . . who could've figured?