Golden Sun: Nightmares
Yeek! I'm so sorry about the long wait, but as you know, school is a big pain in the butt...
Fury: You're pathetic...
How so?
Fury: You leave your fans hanging with an evil cliffhanger, and then you make up a gay excuse saying that school is a pain in the butt.
...It's...not that gay...Anyway , I think I should tell you that considering that a little bit of people like this story, (YAY!) rather then updating whenever I feel like it, I will TRY and update every month, or whenever I finish a chapter! :D
Fury: Evil…
Disclaimer: Don't own Golden Sun...Yadda, Yadda...Do I really have to explain to you guys the reason why I don't own Golden Sun??
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Chapter 5 "Sorrow."
"What do you mean that they can't fix the boat?" asked Jenna, looking worried. All the other's expressions were fixed with worriness.
Felix took a deep breathe, and explained, "The man I went to said that the crack was just too big!" Felix then looked extremely worried. "And if we don't find a way to beat Isaac to Contigo, then it's all over!"
"No!" Ivan said, looking very frightened about Contigo's fate. "We can't give up! There has to be a way to fix the boat!"
Felix shook his head sadly. When he looked up at Ivan, his eyes held the feeling of sadness, and regret. "There's nothing we can do…I'm sorry…"
"Did you say that you need a boat that needs fixing…?" whispered a soft male voice. They looked towards the doorway, and saw a young boy who looked to be around Ivan and Sheba's age. His hair was brown, and lay flat across his forehead. His eyes were a bright blue, which seemed to contain sadness a young boy such as himself should never experience.
He looked around all of them, blinking at them. "Did you say you can't find anyone to fix your boat…?"
They all were a little surprised by the boy's sudden appearance, so they didn't answer. Mia was the first one to break the awkward silence. "Yes, as a matter of fact, we do."
The boy's face was overtaken by joy, and sheer relief. "Really?" he asked in a happy tone.
Mia looked at Felix, looking to see what Felix would say to the boy. Felix peered critically at the boy, and said, "Why are you so happy to know we need someone to fix our damaged ship?"
The boy was a little unsure of what to say, and then said simply, his face being overtaken by sadness, "We need the money. My sister is really sick, and we have no money to pay the healer. And we're trying to get money anyway we can." His face lit up again. "But if no one can fix your boat, my father would be happy to fix it for you!"
Felix was about to say something when Picard cut him off. "We would be most grateful if your father is able to fix our ship. When will he be able to fix the boat?"
The boy's mouth broke into a grin. "He can begin now if you want!"
Picard smiled at the boy warmly. "That would be great! And it would be even better if he was able to fix the boat by Sol's rising." The boy smiled again, and said, "Of course!" before running off to find his father.
"Why did you accept that boy's offer?" asked Felix, glancing at Picard. Ivan, Sheba, Mia, and Jenna also looked quizzically at Picard. He smiled at them.
"The boy had such kind eyes." He said simply. "He didn't look like he wanted to take our money without doing a good job. He really looked sad when he spoke of his sister being ill as he said she was."
"Looks can be deceiving…" Felix muttered under his breath.
"You're such a worrier, Felix!" Jenna said, pointing her fork at him. "You need to lighten up, like Garet!" Felix glanced at Jenna with narrowed eyes. Jenna laughed, and popped a small piece of meat into her mouth.
"I agree with Felix." Ivan said suddenly. "At a time like this, we really shouldn't be trusting people around these areas. Isaac could be bribing them with power to get them to do anything he wants."
"Ivan does raise a good point…" Mia said quietly, munching on a piece of lettuce. "For all we know, Isaac could be manipulating them with power and immortality."
"But right now…" Ivan said, setting down his fork. "I'm willing to do anything to save Contigo and Hamma. Even if means trusting enemies to do it…"
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"Mia…?" whispered a voice. Mia gave out a small sleepy groan, and pulled the blankets over her head. "Mia…!" said the voice, still in a whisper, but slightly angered. "Wake up…!"
Mia groaned again, and sat up, and stared blearily at Jenna's face. Even in the dim light flowing in through the window, Jenna's crimson eyes shone. "What is it?" asked Mia groggily, stifling a yawn.
A grin floated across Jenna's face. "Great news!" she said, sounding very joyful. "They fixed the boat! Isn't that great?"
Mia suddenly grew awake. "Really?" she asked, now sounding excited. "They fixed the boat in such a small time limit?" Jenna nodded. "Felix sent me to wake you up, and told me to tell you that we're leaving right away."
"Great!" Mia said. She threw off the covers, and grabbed her robes off the chair, and asked, Jenna, "I'm going to change. Do you mind leaving?"
Jenna shook her head slowly, and said, "I have to talk to you…" Mia looked slightly confused by Jenna's answer, and asked again, "What is it you want to talk about?" Jenna smiled sadly, and waved a hand towards the bathroom. "You go change. I'll wait here."
Mia still didn't move when Jenna said that. Now she was even more curious! Jenna smiled at Mia's concerned face.
"It's nothing!" she said, dismissing Mia's concern. "I just need to ask you something!" She got up, and pushed Mia lightly towards the bathroom door. "Now you just go on and change!"
Mia reluctantly obeyed, and walked into the bathroom, and shut the door quietly. As she began to change into her usual dress attire, she began to wonder about Jenna's question. What was it that Jenna wanted to talk about?
As soon as she was done, she walked out, pulling her hair into its usual ponytail with the same white ribbon. "Okay." She said as soon as her hands left her hair. "What is it you wanted to ask?"
"Do you…" Jenna said, pausing as she tried to find the right words. "Love Isaac…?" Mia froze in the middle of twirling her aqua hair around her finger. "W-What…?" she stammered, blushing furiously.
Jenna looked sadly at Mia. "Do you…?"
"I already told you." Mia said, blushing-if even possible-even brighter. "Before we left Vale." Jenna smiled again. "I know. But do you still love him?"
"Of course." Mia said, looking slightly taken back. "How could I not?"
"What if what Sheba and Ivan said that Isaac might be doing all this on his own, and not doing what Alex tells him." Jenna asked, pressing Mia further into the question. Mia nodded. "Oh." Jenna said simply.
She stood up, and walked towards the door, passing Mia without a glance. "I just wanted to know…" With that, she opened the door, and walked outside to where the boat was.
Mia stared at the door, even after Jenna had left.
What was that all about…?
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Jenna walked to the boat, her eyes a flurry of anger, frustration, and confusion. Why did Mia have to love someone she loved? Why was it that when she found someone, someone else loved him? Why?
She bent, and picked up a rock on the ground. She played with it absently in her hands, while these angry thoughts played over and over in her head. She suddenly grew so angry, she flung the rock into the sea.
"Why?" she screamed, her anger and sadness building up in her chest. "Why did it have to be like this?" She sank to her knees, and let tears trail down her chin and onto her dress. "Why…?"
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"He really did a great job." Picard said, admiring the newly fixed hull. "Your father is quite good with boats." The boy laughed, and said, "My father always wanted to be a captain of a ship, but when my mother died, and when my sister suddenly grew sick, he didn't have enough time to do what he wanted to do."
"Well," Picard said taking out a pouch that clicked softly as the coins hit against each other. "Here's the money for the repair. Tell your father that we're happy with the job." The boy took the money gratefully, and said, "Thank you!"
He took the pouch and ran towards the town, skipping as he went; he seemed very happy to have his money.
Picard laughed after him, satisfied with the job done on the boat. The hull looked like it had been built 3, 000 years before. "Picard." Said Felix, coming up from behind him. "How's the ship look?"
Picard glanced at Felix, and said, "It looks as good as new." Felix looked towards the ship's hull as well. "You're right. That's boy's father did a great job."
Picard nodded. "I paid the boy for the job." Picard said, turning to pull on a rope which was whipping against the side of the ship. "That's good." Felix said, turning to help Picard with the rope.
Normally, with just one person pulling on the rope, it would have taken about a half an hour just to get the plank down slowly. But with two people, it was done in a matter of minutes.
"Looks like the boy's father did a good job with the ship." Said Ivan coming up behind them along with Sheba, Mia, and Jenna.
"Yes." Picard said, starting to climb up the plank leading to the ship. "He certainly did. I also paid him."
"That was kind of you!" Mia said, climbing up beside Picard. He smiled at her, and she smiled at him. Behind them, Sheba and Ivan pretended to gag. Mia shot them a glare that seemed to freeze their very bones.
Jenna barely regarded them, clearly upset about something. As the rest of them were sent into a fit of laughter, Mia lagged behind, and stepped into Jenna's walk. "You're upset about something, aren't you?"
"No." Jenna said briefly.
Mia smiled in amusement. "I know you better then that Jenna. Something is clearly upsetting you!"
At this time, they had already reached the top of the plank, and that was where Jenna exploded with anger. "Can't you just leave me alone?! You're so nosey about everything1 You just always have to be involved in everything!"
Everyone of them heard everything Jenna said, and they were all shocked.
"Jenna!" Sheba said, looking disgusted by Jenna's behavior. "She's just concerned!" Ivan nodded in agreement with Sheba. Jenna glared at Sheba. "And you're always sticking up for everybody! And you can't even defend yourself! You always have to have someone protecting you!"
Sheba fumed. "Excuse me?!"
"Jenna!" Felix said, coming up behind her, looking angered by her. "You shouldn't do this! You know that this can break up the team!"
Jenna growled, and then stomped towards the cabin leading down into the rooms below deck. They all stared after her, all of them completely shocked.
"That was…" Picard said, his yellow-grey eyes filled with shock and confusion.
"Weird…" Ivan said, finishing Picard's sentence. "Indeed." Picard said, agreeing with Ivan's statement. Felix said, sighing in frustration, "We can't worry about her bad mood right now. We need to get to Contigo! Now!"
They all nodded in response, and Picard hurried to pull up the plank. Mia was still in shock, but broke her paralysis by helping Picard with the plank. Picard turned to her, saying, "You don't seemed upset about Jenna…"
"But I am…" Mia said, struggling to get a good grip on the slippery rope. "I don't understand why she's so upset, and why she got so angry!" Picard smiled again, and continued speaking while he tied the rope around a pole. "You shouldn't let her anger upset you. She is, after all, a Mars Adept. Mars Adepts are more prone to anger quicker, and be in especially bad moods. "He brushed his hand off on his blue jacket, and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Don't let it distract you." With that, he took the wheel, and began to steer the ship off the ground, and towards Gondowan Cliffs.
Mia gathered her arms around her body, protecting it from the chilly wind whipping through the ship.
I just wish I was like that, Picard…
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"Are you done?" asked Alex, folding his arms, and frowning at Isaac.
Isaac smiled, and threw a bloody head onto the ground. "Yes." He sheathed his stained Sol Blade into its sheathe. He suddenly sneered. He glanced behind himself, and said, almost laughing.
"I hope Ivan enjoys the present I left him…"
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They were travelling for a few hours when Mia went downstairs, Jenna's comment still obviously on her mind. What did I do to make Jenna so angry? Is it what Picard said? That Jenna is just in a bad mood, and her Mars anger just got away with her…?
She walked into her room, and lay down on the bed, her body making it sag almost to the floor.
There came a knock at her door, and she called, "Come in." She sat up, and was surprised to see Jenna standing in the doorway, looking guiltily at the floor. "Hi…Hi Jenna…" she said timidly, afraid that she would throw off Jenna's anger again.
"Hi Mia…" Jenna said softly, her voice barely heard. "I…" She looked up at Mia with tearful eyes. "I'm sorry about what I said…I didn't mean it. I know that you were concerned. I guess I just had too many things on my mind, so I wasn't thinking straight."
Mia looked warmly at Jenna. "It's alright Jenna. I should know that you weren't in a good mood. I should have had it figured out by the time you asked me if I loved Isaac." She said, looking at Jenna with aqua eyes.
Jenna looked confused.
"You love Isaac, don't you…?" Mia asked, the statement coming out of nowhere. Jenna looked a little shocked. "How-How did you know…?"
Mia looked like she was wise queen for a moment there. "I could see it when you looked at me. Eyes can reveal the most things about as person." Jenna looked more shocked, but then a smiled cracked over her face. "I guess I should know that someone like you would know that…"
She turned, and then glanced back at Mia. "I'm sorry." As soon as she said this, she disappeared up onto the deck. Mia smiled. "I knew it…"
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They traveled through the Gondowan Cliffs no problem, but then came the long journey up the side of Gondowan, and then they had to float up a river to get Contigo. This process could take up to 4 days.
"I hope we get there in time…" Ivan said softly, looking out onto the vast ocean, letting the wind lift his golden hair. Sheba came up beside him, also letting the wind carry her short hair around her face. "We all hope that…" Sheba said, looking out as well.
"We're almost there." Felix called from the front of the ship. "We should arrive there in 2 days. But that's only if we don't stop for anything."
"Great." Ivan said, who continued to stare at the ocean.
Hamma just has to be alright…
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"We're here." Picard announced as they turned a bend that led to Atteka Island. Ivan ran to see the port as they rounded the bend, but was immediately shocked by what he saw. "No…" he whispered, his body numbing with shock.
"He can't have beat us!" Sheba cried, covering her mouth with shock. "It's not possible! We took nearly 4 days!" Felix brought the ship to a stop, and landed softly in the shallow water. Picard climbed down hurriedly from the crow's nest, and untied the plank. The plank fell with a deafening crash.
Ivan hurried down, and splashed towards the sandy beach. Mia was close behind him. Ivan stopped short, and stared at the crimson sand around him.
Bodies. Tons and tons of bodies, that were bloody, and cut up.
"No…" Ivan said in a whisper, his voice trailing off. Mia walked up beside him, and bent to inspect the crimson sand. She took a little pile into her fingers, and felt moist blood leak out of the sand, and onto her fingers. "This recently happened…" she said, confirming her inspection.
"How could he have gotten here so fast?" asked Jenna, looking around in shock. "He didn't even have a boat to begin with!"
Felix looked around. "This is bad. If Isaac was able to get here before us, he might as well already be in the Celestial Lighthouse."
"I thought he said he didn't know where the Lighthouse was." Said Picard, looking quizzically at Felix. "He even told us." Felix shook his head. "That might be so, but it might be that Alex knows where it is, or the Wise One told him where it was, but he made a promise not to tell where it was."
"That's true…" Sheba said. "It might be that Isaac was forbidden to tell anyone about where the Celestial Lighthouse is…"
"Then we should hurry." Said Felix, turning to go up the plank. "Wait…" said Ivan, turning to stop Felix from going any further. "I want to see if there are any survivors in Contigo...I want to know if Hamma survived..."
"We don't have any time to waste, Ivan…" Felix said sadly. "I know that you're worried about Hamma, but there's no way we'll be able to go to Contigo, and then back to the ship again without wasting about 2 days of the journey."
"Then I'll stay here!" Ivan said, suddenly angry. "You can all go to the Celestial Lighthouse! I don't even know why I came with you!"
"We can't leave you here alone, Ivan!" Jenna cried, looking at him with a worried look. "There's no way you'll survive alone!"
"I don't care!" Ivan said, glaring at them. "I just want to know if Hamma is alright!" Mia suddenly spoke up. "I think there might be a way to get to Contigo without wasting any time."
"How so?" asked Picard.
"If we get Ivan to cast Teleport, we'll be able to check up on Contigo, and then we can go to Prox." Sheba looked happily at Mia. "Good idea! I never realized that we could do that too!" Mia beamed.
"Great idea." Felix said. He turned to Ivan. "Cast Teleport, and we'll check up on Contigo, and then we'll head towards Prox." Ivan nodded, and closed his eyes. A soft violet glow pulsed from his outstretched palms.
"Teleport!" A bright flash of purple light surrounded them, and everything around them dissolved into white.
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The town of Contigo materialized in front of their eyes. They all looked around, and were frightened by what they saw. Ivan looked around in horror. "No! Hamma!" He took off running towards the center of the ruined town.
Bodies were strewn all over the town. Some of them sprawled over boxes, roofs of houses, some were burning, and some of them were missing limbs. "He couldn't have done this all, could he have…?" whispered Mia, walking around the massacre behind Jenna.
They continued to walk, their boots clicking on the slate, cutting through the thick silence around the town. All that was heard was their boots clicking on the slate, and the crackling of fire.
They found Ivan standing in the center of Contigo, staring at something. "My Sol…" Picard said, his eyes filling with shock. For, in front of Ivan was Hamma…Dead…
Her throat had been slit, and her wrists were tied together, her body hanging from a large building that loomed over all of the other houses. Behind her was a message written in blood. It read:
'I hope you enjoy my present, Ivan…'
I feel so evil towards Hamma and Ivan…
Fury: What do you mean, FEEL? You ARE evil!
I thought you were supposed to stop me from writing evil cliff hangers…
Fury: Yeah I know…But there is something called a break…
And laziness…
Fury: Hey!
Please Review! It's not much to ask for! Oh yeah, and if you like this story, I suggest you go and read Net Strife's story! It's in my Favourite Stories section, so go check it out! (I'm really sorry Net Strife, but I have shamed myself by forgetting the name of your story…Sorry!) And trust me, it's not as bad as this story!
Little section for answer to Reviews!
Net Strife: Yeah…I know that I kind of confused that little part in the last section, but I think that maybe it will all tie up in the end! :D
Well…That was pretty much the only question there was, so I'm just going to go now…
Fury: Yeah right. You just forgot the names of your Reviewers, and you're too lazy to go and check!
Ignore him…Until the next chapter! Bye!