Hey! Sorry it took so long to update! And thanks to the reviewers! ^_^ Yeah, my internet stopped working cause my modem was broken.. you have NO idea how sad that was. And don't worry!! Alex is for SURE in this story.. how could I NOT include him??
And I know it may seem to really focus on Harry's group.. (at least it does to me) but don't worry! This IS focused on Golden Sun.
Disclaimer: Yes, I forgot it in the last chapter, but I don't on GS or HP.
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Professor McGonagall found it hard to concentrate on her work that day. Which was quite a change from usual, since she was not easily distracted. She snorted as she thought of Snape's reaction. Sure, he had been through a lot with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, but all the same. There had to be something they could do, and it seemed that both she and Dumbledore were fairly certain that Voldemort was not alone in whatever he was planning. That sudden surge of magic and power.. what spell could Voldemort have been casting?? Classes started tomorrow, and most of the students were already arriving and trying to make themselves at home at Hogwarts again. It was always tiresome -- although she would never admit it. The first years coming in, the ongoing rivalry between Griffyndors and Slytherins.. what was probably the rising of the dark lord. Some days...
"Professor! Have you seen Neville's ---" McGonagall looked down at a flushing Ron Weasly.
"Well, nice to see you too after a long summer Ronald Weasly." She watched as he blushed somewhat embarassed, "And no, I haven't seen whatever it is Neville has lost now." Nodding his understanding, he quickly rushed out of the room. She sighed. It was going to be a long year.
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"Malfoy, stop!" Hermione yelled as he was about to step on Neville's missing wand. He cast her a furious glance before looking at the ground, a sudden smirk overcoming his face.
"Oh my, what a shame it would be if someone stepped on this and it accidentally broke." Malfoy said, his voice gaining a sudden smoothness to it and the smirk never leaving.
"Malfoy, don't you dare."
"Ohhh, and the great, invincible Harry Potter is going to stop me." He gave the glaring Harry a sneer. Crabbe and Goyle were standing near the wall watching the exchange, snickering every so often between bites of packaged food that they had brought along. However, unfortunately for whatever Malfoy was planning, as the insults were being shot out Neville had come running into the room and had tripped on Goyle's foot, tumbling into Malfoy. This, however, inadvertantly saved his once-missing wand.
"Oh!! There it is! Thanks for helping you guys!" His round face gave out what could have been a million thanks to Harry, Ron and Hermione before rushing off clutching his wand to do who knows what. Malfoy, after stumbling, stared after the boy looking angry and flustered. Ron tried his best not to laugh, but his efforts were in vain as he suddenly burst out in laughter. Harry became alert when Malfoy's hand twitched towards what must have been his wand, but the other boy quickly stomped off towards the Slytherin dorms.
"That was great!" Ron exclaimed once Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle had disappeared.
"Oh grow up, it wasn't that funny. Neville was tripped, and nearly had his wand crushed on the floor." Hermione said somewhat scoldingly.
"Oh come on! The year hasn't even really started yet! Besides, Neville could have gotten a new wand if his had actually broken.. which it DIDN'T." Harry groaned at Ron's retaliation. He had just witnessed one fight, and didn't want to to be involved in another.
"Uhh guys? I think I'm going to go outside and fly on my broom a bit." Harry commented neutrally, hoping for a clean escape. Hermione and Ron's attention didn't flicker until they heard Fred and George's voices.
"Practicing for Quidditch already, eh Harry?" Harry nearly jumped a foot in the air upon suddenly hearing them and realizing that they had appeared behind them.
"Uhh.. sure.. but it's mostly just to get flying again. It's been a whole summer."
"Sure, whatever you say Harry!" George said, giving him a good natured slap on the back. Ron's eyebrows rose curiously as Harry seemed to get more nervous by the second and quickly rushed off to get his broom and probably run outside. His attention quickly turned to his brothers as they began saying something about him.
"So our little brother is a fifth year..." Fred began, looking thoughtful. Ron was immediately suspicious.
"I know.. how time passes. Say, Fred, do you suppose he'll be asking Hermione out anytime soon? I mean they're always together.." Both Ron and Hermione had turned a bright shade of crimson, and by now had ran halfway down the long hallway leaving Fred and George to laugh to themselves.
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"Geez, you guys hardly say anything!" Jenna complained loudly. "I mean, I've known almost ALL you guys since forever.. and we've been walking for how long now?? And you DO know I'm dying from boredom?" Isaac and Felix had been deep in thought, and every so often had been caught glaring at each other. Ivan and Mia had been travelling in silence as well, but for Ivan that was normal. He had always been very quiet. Mia however..
"Well Jenna, you haven't known me since forever. There has to be something we can talk about." Mia smiled at Jenna's look of pure shock and relief.
"Well.. yeah!" Jenna quickly shuffled next to the mercury adept, eager for any form social interaction. Hey, if they had to be walking until their toes fell off, might as well not walk until their toes fell off in boredom.
"So how long have you known Isaac and Garet?"
"Oh a long long time. We'd always play together as kids, me, Felix, Isaac and Garet.." Jenna's tone became sadder. "And they were always there for me after.. the accident." Felix, who had been listening, felt the guilt rise up in his chest and continued staring at the ground. After a long silence in which Jenna composed herself, and finding the lack of talking very awkward, decided to make Mia do some talking and find out about the only girl in their group now that Sheba had disappeared somewhere. "So, where are you from?"
"Me?" Mia seemed taken aback. After receiving an obvious 'duh' from Jenna she continued. "I'm from Imil. It's way up north. It's where I grew up and have lived all my life as the town's healer."
"Up north?? Wow, it's really cold up there. How do you heal all of the people who freeze up there?" Mia smiled at Jenna's slightly ignorant and very blunt question.
"Well, there are the occassional travellers who aren't prepared for the cold, but for the most part everyone is used to it. And I've been healing for years. It was hard, most people I had to heal were those with sickness. There was this horrible flu that came around every winter.. but I had an apprentice." Mia glanced at Jenna, who was listening very intently, then at Isaac whose interest seemed to have peaked.
"Did you always have an apprentice to help you?" Isaac, who had not said anything for what seemed like and was probably hours, unexpectedly asked.
"... No, but most of the time yes. Before, my father was the healer and I helped him. I had no need of an apprentice." Mia was sure Isaac was just using this opportunity to find out more about Alex, a subject which Mia had closed often. However, she was sure that Felix and Jenna weren't aware that she knew him, and she also knew that Isaac would never tell them on purpose. Besides.. it was time that she told Isaac and Ivan a bit about him. If he was an enemy... they should know, right?
"So why did you get one? Was it a him or a her? When did you meet them? How did you meet them?" Mia blinked at Jenna's sudden outburst of questions. Great. She just HAD to go and offer Jenna someone to talk to. Now look what she had gotten herself into.
"Well, my apprentice was a him. I met him when we were about 12. Some of our villagers found him wandering a circle around the outskirts of Imil, with what seemed like rags on although he didn't seem cold. They asked him if he was looking for someone and he replied 'the walls of Imil and the Armor of the God of Rivers'. I guess the villagers were kind of spooked and hesistantly led him to the entrance of the gates, not entirely sure what he meant. From then on I often saw him wandering the streets, sometimes the only person not smiling on bright days even though he was a kid like me. I'd never met anyone like him, and I tried talking to him numerous times, although he'd always slightly glare at me or look right through me with distant eyes." Mia paused thoughtfully, and seemed to be reliving her story. Jenna was thoroughly entranced, and waited impatiently for Mia to go on.
Isaac and Ivan exchanged looks which Felix caught.
/Mia certainly is telling us a lot about Alex. She has never told us much about him before./ Ivan told Isaac in his mind.
/Well, she needed time. Felix and Jenna as well as the rest of them don't know that she knew Alex. Only those who were on top of Mercury Lighthouse after we battled Saturos know that. Besides, it'll be good for her to open up, and it will give us more information./
/Sure Isaac.. I just hope she doesn't get too upset and is telling us this on her own will and not because it was forced out of her./
/....../
"Well, you were probably such a good healer you didn't need him around for long, right?" Startled, Mia looked in Isaac's direction. Sure, it was a compliment.. but it sounded very uncharacteristic of him. Anyway, didn't he want to know more about Alex? Looking closer, she realized that he was looking at her with concern and he gave her a slight nod. He giving her a way out? What she didn't notice was the slight tug at Ivan's lips as he tried to hold back a smile.
/Looks like you agree with me. That was very nice of you./
/...../
Mia shook her head at Isaac. "Shall I continue?" She almost smiled as Jenna's head flew wildly up and down, and her patience was barely controlled. "Anyway, Father taught me a lot about our tribe's duty to the Mercury Lighthouse. How it was our job to guard and protect it. So I was surprised when late one night I went to my favourite spot and found A--" she stopped herself quickly. ".. found my future apprentice sitting there gazing out to the lighthouse. I'll leave out our conversation.. but after that talk he came around more. He quickly became my best friend and was very eager to learn how to become a healer. This surprised me -- as a child I had always thought about learning how to heal to be chore but he didn't seem to think so. He respected my father greatly, and my father trained him to help me out and become Imil's second healer. It was lucky he did, because after Father died.. that's when things got hard."
Felix had listened to the story rather intently, and he got the impression that this story was of some significance. He had seen the way Isaac and Ivan had suddenly become more attentive, and even tense at some times. They knew something that he and Jenna didn't.. but what could it possibly be? It was a story of Mia's childhood.. and how she found her apprentice. Of what importance was this? Felix was determined to find out.
Jenna, on the other hand, was totally thrilled with the story. She could sympathize, sure, but there was certainly no boredom left in her. "Wow.. so how'd you meet up with Isaac and Garet?"
"Oh, they came into Imil in search of you and the others. We helped each other get to the top of the Mercury Lighthouse."
"I knew they'd find me.. they --" Jenna began, casting a grateful look at Isaac before Ivan cut in.
"Uhh.. you guys? I know that Picard and Sheba were lighting the Jupiter Lighthouse and all..." Here Isaac became slightly tenser at remembering the conflict and tried to restrain the urge to take Felix down right then and there. "but Garet was with us. So where is he?" The sudden realization dawned on them.. they were missing Garet! He had been at the battle.. so then could he possibly have been sent somewhere else in.. well, wherever they were? All 5 adepts stared at each other in nothing less and nothing more than a shocked silence.
Where was Garet??
(O_o What great friends.. it took them HOW long to realize he was missing??)
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"ISAAC?!! IVAN!! MIA!!" Garet yelled in exasperation. "JENNA?!" ... "Felix??" He added as an afterthought. ANYONE would do. He had seen them covered in a green glow and sink through the floor.. but where WERE they?! He had been running around the lighthouse frantically after it had been lit and sent out a tremendous force that shook the entire structure massively. Surprisingly, even though he was looking around very alertly for his friends he didn't notice the two forms in front of him and crashed right into a thin frame.
"Owwww..." he muttered to himself. He got up sluggishly and blinked, looking at who he had just plowed down. "SHEBA!" Behind her he saw Picard, someone he had never known or met until just earlier. "Oh!! Sorry!" He apologized quickly and held out his hand to help her up, which she took.
"Garet, right?" Picard asked almost casually.
"The one and only.." He knew he shouldn't be so friendly with these two.. they of course were the ones who lit the lighthouse.. and could possibly be the cause of the others' disappearance. But why would they want to make Felix and Jenna disappear? Ok, so his conspiracy theory didn't really make sense, but none of his logic rarely ever did. Right now, however, he was just too happy to see other people around and not be alone in running around cluelessly around the maze of a lighthouse. Right.. the others... "Ok, well, wewerefightingandthenyoulitthelighthouseandIsaac,Ivan,Mia,Jenna,andFelixgotsuckedintoagreenportalthinganddisappeared!" (I hope you can translate that.. I know it's a lot of words squished together.. O_o)
Sheba and Picard stared at him uncomprehendingly. "What??" Picard asked, in clear confusion.
"We were fighting and then when the ligthouse was lit a green glow sucked the others in! I've been trying to find them ever since!" Garet replied, getting impatient.
"A green glow? I don't think that has anything to do with the ligthouse. I mean, that has never happened before." Sheba said thoughtfully.
"Well it obviously has now!" Garet replied, getting nervous as the fact that the others were gone sunk in.
"Hey, calm down." Picard said, as he watched Sheba try to think and contact Felix and Jenna mentally.
"Calm down? CALM DOWN?! You've got to be kidding me! How can I calm down at a time like this?"
"I can't contact them.. they must be far away. Something must have happened .. but what?" Sheba said worriedly.
"Well, it was a green glow.. maybe it was that Alex guy you know." Picard suggested.
"ALEX?!" Garet exclaimed, suddenly looking very enraged.
"Er.. Picard.. I don't think it could have been Alex. I don't think he is able to teleport that many people, and he has a BLUE glow, not green. Plus, why would he transport all of them? It makes no sense." Sheba analyzed logically. How Garet hated logic.
"WHAT?! Listen, we didn't even know he could teleport in the FIRST place, and he's never tried to teleport that many people, so how do we know that he can't? Besides, who knows why that adept does anything he does anyway? He's against us, yet with you.. then somewhat with you and yet not.. then he helps out those two fire adepts that took Saturos and Menardi's place? But at the most crucial stage of battle turns against them and helps us. Who knows why he does ANTYHING he does?! If YOU do, I'd like to hear it."
"... Garet does have a point, Sheba." The Jupiter adept 'hmph'ed. Yes! Score one for Garet logic. The first time it's paid off.
"We should stick together, until we find the rest of our parties. I don't know Alex, so I have no opinion on that matter, however I'm fairly sure that they're no longer in this lighthouse. Shall we leave?" Count Picard to be the reasonable, level-headed one.
"....."
".. whatever."
Picard sighed as he was met with Sheba's usual quietness and what seemed to be a peeved Garet. He hoped that they'd find the others soon.. for his sanity's sake.
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FINALLY!! DONE!! Gaaaah, these chapters take a long time to write.. and I'm only on my second one. O_o Please review!!
And I think it's a little weird how I wrote first about Harry, then about all the GS ppl.. but that's ok, right?? And I know!! Alex has only made one appearance so far, but I decided to mention a little bit of his past here. There'll be more later when he comes in.. but that's for later. And they're meeting Hogwarts soon!
Please R+R! ^_^
And I know it may seem to really focus on Harry's group.. (at least it does to me) but don't worry! This IS focused on Golden Sun.
Disclaimer: Yes, I forgot it in the last chapter, but I don't on GS or HP.
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Professor McGonagall found it hard to concentrate on her work that day. Which was quite a change from usual, since she was not easily distracted. She snorted as she thought of Snape's reaction. Sure, he had been through a lot with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, but all the same. There had to be something they could do, and it seemed that both she and Dumbledore were fairly certain that Voldemort was not alone in whatever he was planning. That sudden surge of magic and power.. what spell could Voldemort have been casting?? Classes started tomorrow, and most of the students were already arriving and trying to make themselves at home at Hogwarts again. It was always tiresome -- although she would never admit it. The first years coming in, the ongoing rivalry between Griffyndors and Slytherins.. what was probably the rising of the dark lord. Some days...
"Professor! Have you seen Neville's ---" McGonagall looked down at a flushing Ron Weasly.
"Well, nice to see you too after a long summer Ronald Weasly." She watched as he blushed somewhat embarassed, "And no, I haven't seen whatever it is Neville has lost now." Nodding his understanding, he quickly rushed out of the room. She sighed. It was going to be a long year.
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"Malfoy, stop!" Hermione yelled as he was about to step on Neville's missing wand. He cast her a furious glance before looking at the ground, a sudden smirk overcoming his face.
"Oh my, what a shame it would be if someone stepped on this and it accidentally broke." Malfoy said, his voice gaining a sudden smoothness to it and the smirk never leaving.
"Malfoy, don't you dare."
"Ohhh, and the great, invincible Harry Potter is going to stop me." He gave the glaring Harry a sneer. Crabbe and Goyle were standing near the wall watching the exchange, snickering every so often between bites of packaged food that they had brought along. However, unfortunately for whatever Malfoy was planning, as the insults were being shot out Neville had come running into the room and had tripped on Goyle's foot, tumbling into Malfoy. This, however, inadvertantly saved his once-missing wand.
"Oh!! There it is! Thanks for helping you guys!" His round face gave out what could have been a million thanks to Harry, Ron and Hermione before rushing off clutching his wand to do who knows what. Malfoy, after stumbling, stared after the boy looking angry and flustered. Ron tried his best not to laugh, but his efforts were in vain as he suddenly burst out in laughter. Harry became alert when Malfoy's hand twitched towards what must have been his wand, but the other boy quickly stomped off towards the Slytherin dorms.
"That was great!" Ron exclaimed once Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle had disappeared.
"Oh grow up, it wasn't that funny. Neville was tripped, and nearly had his wand crushed on the floor." Hermione said somewhat scoldingly.
"Oh come on! The year hasn't even really started yet! Besides, Neville could have gotten a new wand if his had actually broken.. which it DIDN'T." Harry groaned at Ron's retaliation. He had just witnessed one fight, and didn't want to to be involved in another.
"Uhh guys? I think I'm going to go outside and fly on my broom a bit." Harry commented neutrally, hoping for a clean escape. Hermione and Ron's attention didn't flicker until they heard Fred and George's voices.
"Practicing for Quidditch already, eh Harry?" Harry nearly jumped a foot in the air upon suddenly hearing them and realizing that they had appeared behind them.
"Uhh.. sure.. but it's mostly just to get flying again. It's been a whole summer."
"Sure, whatever you say Harry!" George said, giving him a good natured slap on the back. Ron's eyebrows rose curiously as Harry seemed to get more nervous by the second and quickly rushed off to get his broom and probably run outside. His attention quickly turned to his brothers as they began saying something about him.
"So our little brother is a fifth year..." Fred began, looking thoughtful. Ron was immediately suspicious.
"I know.. how time passes. Say, Fred, do you suppose he'll be asking Hermione out anytime soon? I mean they're always together.." Both Ron and Hermione had turned a bright shade of crimson, and by now had ran halfway down the long hallway leaving Fred and George to laugh to themselves.
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"Geez, you guys hardly say anything!" Jenna complained loudly. "I mean, I've known almost ALL you guys since forever.. and we've been walking for how long now?? And you DO know I'm dying from boredom?" Isaac and Felix had been deep in thought, and every so often had been caught glaring at each other. Ivan and Mia had been travelling in silence as well, but for Ivan that was normal. He had always been very quiet. Mia however..
"Well Jenna, you haven't known me since forever. There has to be something we can talk about." Mia smiled at Jenna's look of pure shock and relief.
"Well.. yeah!" Jenna quickly shuffled next to the mercury adept, eager for any form social interaction. Hey, if they had to be walking until their toes fell off, might as well not walk until their toes fell off in boredom.
"So how long have you known Isaac and Garet?"
"Oh a long long time. We'd always play together as kids, me, Felix, Isaac and Garet.." Jenna's tone became sadder. "And they were always there for me after.. the accident." Felix, who had been listening, felt the guilt rise up in his chest and continued staring at the ground. After a long silence in which Jenna composed herself, and finding the lack of talking very awkward, decided to make Mia do some talking and find out about the only girl in their group now that Sheba had disappeared somewhere. "So, where are you from?"
"Me?" Mia seemed taken aback. After receiving an obvious 'duh' from Jenna she continued. "I'm from Imil. It's way up north. It's where I grew up and have lived all my life as the town's healer."
"Up north?? Wow, it's really cold up there. How do you heal all of the people who freeze up there?" Mia smiled at Jenna's slightly ignorant and very blunt question.
"Well, there are the occassional travellers who aren't prepared for the cold, but for the most part everyone is used to it. And I've been healing for years. It was hard, most people I had to heal were those with sickness. There was this horrible flu that came around every winter.. but I had an apprentice." Mia glanced at Jenna, who was listening very intently, then at Isaac whose interest seemed to have peaked.
"Did you always have an apprentice to help you?" Isaac, who had not said anything for what seemed like and was probably hours, unexpectedly asked.
"... No, but most of the time yes. Before, my father was the healer and I helped him. I had no need of an apprentice." Mia was sure Isaac was just using this opportunity to find out more about Alex, a subject which Mia had closed often. However, she was sure that Felix and Jenna weren't aware that she knew him, and she also knew that Isaac would never tell them on purpose. Besides.. it was time that she told Isaac and Ivan a bit about him. If he was an enemy... they should know, right?
"So why did you get one? Was it a him or a her? When did you meet them? How did you meet them?" Mia blinked at Jenna's sudden outburst of questions. Great. She just HAD to go and offer Jenna someone to talk to. Now look what she had gotten herself into.
"Well, my apprentice was a him. I met him when we were about 12. Some of our villagers found him wandering a circle around the outskirts of Imil, with what seemed like rags on although he didn't seem cold. They asked him if he was looking for someone and he replied 'the walls of Imil and the Armor of the God of Rivers'. I guess the villagers were kind of spooked and hesistantly led him to the entrance of the gates, not entirely sure what he meant. From then on I often saw him wandering the streets, sometimes the only person not smiling on bright days even though he was a kid like me. I'd never met anyone like him, and I tried talking to him numerous times, although he'd always slightly glare at me or look right through me with distant eyes." Mia paused thoughtfully, and seemed to be reliving her story. Jenna was thoroughly entranced, and waited impatiently for Mia to go on.
Isaac and Ivan exchanged looks which Felix caught.
/Mia certainly is telling us a lot about Alex. She has never told us much about him before./ Ivan told Isaac in his mind.
/Well, she needed time. Felix and Jenna as well as the rest of them don't know that she knew Alex. Only those who were on top of Mercury Lighthouse after we battled Saturos know that. Besides, it'll be good for her to open up, and it will give us more information./
/Sure Isaac.. I just hope she doesn't get too upset and is telling us this on her own will and not because it was forced out of her./
/....../
"Well, you were probably such a good healer you didn't need him around for long, right?" Startled, Mia looked in Isaac's direction. Sure, it was a compliment.. but it sounded very uncharacteristic of him. Anyway, didn't he want to know more about Alex? Looking closer, she realized that he was looking at her with concern and he gave her a slight nod. He giving her a way out? What she didn't notice was the slight tug at Ivan's lips as he tried to hold back a smile.
/Looks like you agree with me. That was very nice of you./
/...../
Mia shook her head at Isaac. "Shall I continue?" She almost smiled as Jenna's head flew wildly up and down, and her patience was barely controlled. "Anyway, Father taught me a lot about our tribe's duty to the Mercury Lighthouse. How it was our job to guard and protect it. So I was surprised when late one night I went to my favourite spot and found A--" she stopped herself quickly. ".. found my future apprentice sitting there gazing out to the lighthouse. I'll leave out our conversation.. but after that talk he came around more. He quickly became my best friend and was very eager to learn how to become a healer. This surprised me -- as a child I had always thought about learning how to heal to be chore but he didn't seem to think so. He respected my father greatly, and my father trained him to help me out and become Imil's second healer. It was lucky he did, because after Father died.. that's when things got hard."
Felix had listened to the story rather intently, and he got the impression that this story was of some significance. He had seen the way Isaac and Ivan had suddenly become more attentive, and even tense at some times. They knew something that he and Jenna didn't.. but what could it possibly be? It was a story of Mia's childhood.. and how she found her apprentice. Of what importance was this? Felix was determined to find out.
Jenna, on the other hand, was totally thrilled with the story. She could sympathize, sure, but there was certainly no boredom left in her. "Wow.. so how'd you meet up with Isaac and Garet?"
"Oh, they came into Imil in search of you and the others. We helped each other get to the top of the Mercury Lighthouse."
"I knew they'd find me.. they --" Jenna began, casting a grateful look at Isaac before Ivan cut in.
"Uhh.. you guys? I know that Picard and Sheba were lighting the Jupiter Lighthouse and all..." Here Isaac became slightly tenser at remembering the conflict and tried to restrain the urge to take Felix down right then and there. "but Garet was with us. So where is he?" The sudden realization dawned on them.. they were missing Garet! He had been at the battle.. so then could he possibly have been sent somewhere else in.. well, wherever they were? All 5 adepts stared at each other in nothing less and nothing more than a shocked silence.
Where was Garet??
(O_o What great friends.. it took them HOW long to realize he was missing??)
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"ISAAC?!! IVAN!! MIA!!" Garet yelled in exasperation. "JENNA?!" ... "Felix??" He added as an afterthought. ANYONE would do. He had seen them covered in a green glow and sink through the floor.. but where WERE they?! He had been running around the lighthouse frantically after it had been lit and sent out a tremendous force that shook the entire structure massively. Surprisingly, even though he was looking around very alertly for his friends he didn't notice the two forms in front of him and crashed right into a thin frame.
"Owwww..." he muttered to himself. He got up sluggishly and blinked, looking at who he had just plowed down. "SHEBA!" Behind her he saw Picard, someone he had never known or met until just earlier. "Oh!! Sorry!" He apologized quickly and held out his hand to help her up, which she took.
"Garet, right?" Picard asked almost casually.
"The one and only.." He knew he shouldn't be so friendly with these two.. they of course were the ones who lit the lighthouse.. and could possibly be the cause of the others' disappearance. But why would they want to make Felix and Jenna disappear? Ok, so his conspiracy theory didn't really make sense, but none of his logic rarely ever did. Right now, however, he was just too happy to see other people around and not be alone in running around cluelessly around the maze of a lighthouse. Right.. the others... "Ok, well, wewerefightingandthenyoulitthelighthouseandIsaac,Ivan,Mia,Jenna,andFelixgotsuckedintoagreenportalthinganddisappeared!" (I hope you can translate that.. I know it's a lot of words squished together.. O_o)
Sheba and Picard stared at him uncomprehendingly. "What??" Picard asked, in clear confusion.
"We were fighting and then when the ligthouse was lit a green glow sucked the others in! I've been trying to find them ever since!" Garet replied, getting impatient.
"A green glow? I don't think that has anything to do with the ligthouse. I mean, that has never happened before." Sheba said thoughtfully.
"Well it obviously has now!" Garet replied, getting nervous as the fact that the others were gone sunk in.
"Hey, calm down." Picard said, as he watched Sheba try to think and contact Felix and Jenna mentally.
"Calm down? CALM DOWN?! You've got to be kidding me! How can I calm down at a time like this?"
"I can't contact them.. they must be far away. Something must have happened .. but what?" Sheba said worriedly.
"Well, it was a green glow.. maybe it was that Alex guy you know." Picard suggested.
"ALEX?!" Garet exclaimed, suddenly looking very enraged.
"Er.. Picard.. I don't think it could have been Alex. I don't think he is able to teleport that many people, and he has a BLUE glow, not green. Plus, why would he transport all of them? It makes no sense." Sheba analyzed logically. How Garet hated logic.
"WHAT?! Listen, we didn't even know he could teleport in the FIRST place, and he's never tried to teleport that many people, so how do we know that he can't? Besides, who knows why that adept does anything he does anyway? He's against us, yet with you.. then somewhat with you and yet not.. then he helps out those two fire adepts that took Saturos and Menardi's place? But at the most crucial stage of battle turns against them and helps us. Who knows why he does ANTYHING he does?! If YOU do, I'd like to hear it."
"... Garet does have a point, Sheba." The Jupiter adept 'hmph'ed. Yes! Score one for Garet logic. The first time it's paid off.
"We should stick together, until we find the rest of our parties. I don't know Alex, so I have no opinion on that matter, however I'm fairly sure that they're no longer in this lighthouse. Shall we leave?" Count Picard to be the reasonable, level-headed one.
"....."
".. whatever."
Picard sighed as he was met with Sheba's usual quietness and what seemed to be a peeved Garet. He hoped that they'd find the others soon.. for his sanity's sake.
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FINALLY!! DONE!! Gaaaah, these chapters take a long time to write.. and I'm only on my second one. O_o Please review!!
And I think it's a little weird how I wrote first about Harry, then about all the GS ppl.. but that's ok, right?? And I know!! Alex has only made one appearance so far, but I decided to mention a little bit of his past here. There'll be more later when he comes in.. but that's for later. And they're meeting Hogwarts soon!
Please R+R! ^_^