Golden Sun: Nightmares
Hey! Changed my name! After trying to figure it out for a while, I finally managed to figure it out! ^_^ Anyway, their in the Lighthouse now, and I have to say, I did NOT enjoy it… **Sigh** But oh well…If you want to know why I changed my name, go check my profile! ^o^
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Chapter 7 "Celestial Pathways."
The stairs were even longer then they had imagined, and the monsters even stronger then they had thought. Once, Ivan almost fell off, but if it hadn't been for Picard, he would have fallen to his death.
"These monsters are really strong!" Mia panted as she cast Glacier, killing a monster. "I don't think we're going to be able to make it!"
"Don't say that!" Sheba cried, blasting another monster away with a Tempest attack. "We have to believe we can make it!" Jenna cast another Cool Aura tiredly, and said, "We should get going! If we waste too much time on these things, we won't make it on time!"
"Right!" Felix yelled, pounding his Fire Brand into the head of a monster. "We'll make a run for it! Ignore any monsters that come close, except if they attack you! Let's go!" He took off at a sprint, his olive cape flowing around him, along with small wisps of clouds.
Ivan took off after him, killing a monster with a Spark Plasma. Picard came after him, and Sheba followed Picard. Jenna followed Sheba, and Mia came right after her, hot on her heels.
They could all feel the pounding of feet on the stairs. The whole staircase rumbled and shook with each step of the monsters after them. Mia looked back wildly, and saw that at least 3 dozen monsters were coming after them, all of them spewing fire and ice every which way.
"The Lighthouse is right ahead!" Felix called from the front. "We'll be there in a few moments! Don't worry about the monsters! We'll lock them out!"
Mia nodded, still not convinced.
Felix ran through the door, allowing Picard, Sheba, Ivan, Jenna and Mia in. He pushed on the door, and everybody else jumped in to help. The doors shut with a bang, and both Picard and Mia used ice spells to seal the door. The door shook under the weight of the monsters banging themselves against the doors, but the doors didn't give; they seemed to be made of a very strong, durable stone.
"That was close..." Sheba said, panting. All the others were also breathing hard from using their Psynergy, and from the long run up the stairs. "I didn't think we would make it..." Jenna said/ She looked around, and exclaimed, "This place is really big...!"
And indeed it was.
The walls and floor were pure white, glowing like soft moonlight drifting through a blackened forest. One every slab on the floor, was a design of every element; first came fire, then earth. Then wind, and then water. On the ceiling were drawings of every statue they encountered in the Lighthouses. Long columns of black marble stretched up high, and branching out onto the cieling like black trees. Red orbs floated on the ceilings, each of them seemed to contain the very sun in them. Blue fog flowed around their feet, and purple light emmited from the walls.
"This is bigger then the other Lighthouses!" Ivan exclaimed, staring down the long hallway that stretched out in front of them. The hallways ended in darkness, and they were a little nervous about going down there.
"We better move." Felix said, taking the lead. He started to continue down the hallway, his boots clicking softly on the floor. They all followed, the shaking of the door slowly fading as they walked further.
The hallways darkened, the light of the red orbs fading, but the walls that emmited white light was enough to keep them from falling on their faces.
The hallways were vast, and kept on branching off into other directions, but they kept straight, afraid to go off the path they were following; it seemed very easy to get lost here. It became darker as the white light coming off the walls began to fade, giving off less and less light. Eventually, the light diminished.
Jenna lit a small flame in her hand, trying not to get it damp from the small drops of water that fell from the cieling.
A large door adorned with emeralds around the doorway, soon came into view, the emeralds sparkling in the flame. As soon as they stepped in, the whole room was plunged into darkness. The only light was Jenna's flame, and even then, it was still pitch black. Mia was a little nervous, especially when she heard liquid splashing around her ankles, and she didn't even want to think about what it was.
Before Mia knew, the ground suddenly gave way under her feet. She let out a cry of surprise, and heard frantic cries of, "Mia!" The wind whistled in her ears as she fell, but it stopped when she felt a hand grab her around the wrist.
She blinked in the dim light, and saw Sheba's face in the light.
Sheba pulled on Mia's wrist, and Mia pulled her other arm to the top as well, and she felt Felix's hand wrap around her wrist as well. They soon pulled her up to her feet, and Mia let out a sigh of relief. "That was close! I thought I was dead!"
"It was a good thing Sheba was close to you. Otherwise, you would have been falling to your death!" Ivan beamed at Sheba. Sheba blushed.
"We should be careful." Picard warned. "There could be holes all over the place." He turned to Jenna. "Why don't you send a flare into the air, and then we'll be able to see better." Jenna nodded, and sent a flare into the air. The room was flooded with light. As they could see, there were holes all over the floor, and most of them were very well hidden within the darkness. Water flowed from the holes lapping onto their ankles. At that time, the flare went out with a bang.
Jenna lit another fire, and said, "You're right, Picard. There are tons holes here. We should be careful if we don't want to fall."
"I have an idea." Ivan said. "You should, every few seconds, send a flare into the air. During the time the flare lights up the sky, we'll run, avoiding the holes."
"That's a good idea, Ivan." Felix said. He turned to Jenna. "You're going to have to do this if we want to get through." Jenna nodded, and sent another flare into the air. During the time the flare lit up the room, they ran, avoiding the holes. They were able to reach the end within minutes, and there was no one who fell through.
As soon as they stepped through the other doorway, light blinded them, and they were surprised that it was so bright in this room, and in the other room, no light even flashed through the doorway.
It was then that they noticed that the air around the doorway was shimmering, as though there was a barrier there. As they turned to see what they were facing next, a sudden fireball bounced off the wall, nearly crashing into them all. They jumped in surprise, and Jenna even gave a shout, without realizing it.
In front of them, was a giant head of a dragon, like the ones they had encountered in Mars Lighthouse, except this was moving! The head swiveled around on a platform, its eyes glinting with malice. Fire streamed from its mouth, preparing for a new attack.
Before it hit them, Picard sent out, Shade. The little creature protected them with a large net of bubbles. As soon as the fireball hit the barrier, there was a large blast of light, and the fizzing of water evaporating.
They weren't hurt, but they were a little shaken by the intense heat of the fireball that seeped through the barrier.
"We have to hurry." Felix growled. He looked angrily at the dragon's head. "But this is blocking our path!" Ivan spoke up, "Why can't we just Shade protecting us? So even if we get hit by the fireball, it won't be able to hurt us."
"That's a good idea," Picard said. "but I don't know how many attacks this barrier can take…"
"We have to consider these carefully. "Mia said. "We can't afford anyone to get hurt now, or even worse, killed." Jenna nodded. "We can run across and have Shade protect us."
"But we must hurry." Picard said. "Shade's power could give any moment."
As soon as he said this, they all began to run like they had never run before. Even when Isaac, Garet, Ivan and Mia had to run away from the boulder in the Altin Mine, they hadn't run as fast as they did right now.
Another fireball whizzed by them, but missed them since they were running. Likely they weren't hurt by any of fireballs. When they reached the end of the room, they were all panting from the run they had just done.
"That was close…" Jenna panted, closing her eyes trying to catch her breath. "I hope none of the other rooms will be that hard!"
"Let's get going." Felix said, looking grimly at them; they didn't know why though. They continued again, ignoring any growls they heard in the shadows. They were more worried about what was to come, rather then what was in the shadows.
As they came to another room, they could feel a small breeze coming from within. As they stepped through, they were almost taken off their feet by the strong winds blowing over them.
They were outside, on the balcony, but rising up in the middle of the floor, stretching from one side to the other, was a tornado. It was pitch black, with long swirls of silver and lilac. It pulled everything around it, even monsters which went to close to it were pulled in.
"Wow…" Jenna breathed, trying to keep herself from being blown in as well. They all hung on to the doorframe, clutching tightly so they wouldn't be pulled in with the monsters.
"How are we going to get through?" cried Sheba over the roar of the wind. Her voice was picked up by the wind, and was carried off away from their ears, but they were able to catch Sheba's mouth moving. "This tornado covers the whole floor!"
"Didn't we use water to stop the tornadoes in the Suhalla Desert, Ivan?" called Mia. Ivan nodded in response knowing that his voice wouldn't be heard over the wind.
"And how do you plan to do that?" asked Picard, glancing at Mia with a soft, concerned face. "You won't be able to do it alone."
"I can use Sleet." Mia answered, letting go of the door frame with one hand, but making sure she hand a firm grip with her other hand. She lifted a hand, and called out over the wind, "Sleet!" A small animal, a complete duplicate of Picard's creatures, leaped out, and began to spray the tornado with a strong blast of water, which sprinkled spray on them. The tornado began to falter, and they thought they heard a roar, but it must have just been the wind. At last, Sleet gave another blast of water, and cut the tornado right through the middle, making it disappear, and leaving in its place, a large dragon.
It was a large, silver dragon, with dark, violet eyes. On its forehead was a large horn that was pitch black. On its throat was a large chain that wrapped around its claws and its feet. Long wings shot out from its back, flapping relentlessly, which created a strong wind. It roared, and shot into the air.
"Do you think we have to fight it?" asked Sheba. But by the looks of it, the dragon had taken flight. So they considered running across the balcony; there was a great chance that it would come back and attack them.
"We should take our chance." Felix said, taking off across the balcony. Nothing happened to him, so they followed him closely behind. As soon as they were half way across the balcony, there was a great roar, and the dragon swept over them, letting out a jet of fire.
It consumed the other half of the balcony in front of them, shutting off any chance they had to get away. The dragon landed with a loud crash, and advanced on them, its eyes shining with hunger.
It let out another roar, and leaped at them, snapping its giant jaws at them. They all leaped out of the way before the dragon's head crashed into where they had previously been standing.
Jenna let out a flurry of Dragon Fumes, and both Sheba and Ivan let out a barrage of Spark Plasmas. Felix let out Meld, and both he and Picard cut through the dragon's hide. It let out a roar of pain, and stumbled back, black blood trickling down its body.
It flew into the air, and gathered up a charge of flames.
The whole balcony was consumed with flames, melting the supports holding up with a large crack. They were all protected by Shade, who Picard had let out before the flames consumed everything. They all felt the ground shift under them, and the ground groaned under them. They heard a loud snap, and the balcony gave way.
The ground gave way to darkness, but both Sheba and Ivan had a good idea. They sent a flurry of messages in each other's mind, and both let out a Tempest attack. The eight tornadoes combined into one huge tornado, and they felt themselves stop.
Jenna let out a long breath that she had been holding. "That was close…"
Felix noticed that they had managed to stop right beside a balcony, and noticed that it was higher then the one that they had just recently been on. "Looks like we managed to get higher then we were." He said, leaping off the wind and onto the sturdy balcony.
Picard followed him, along with Jenna and Mia. Sheba and Ivan came up last, and slowly made the tornado disappear. "Where are we anyway?" asked Mia, noticing that they hadn't realized where they were.
Sheba looked towards the heavens and noticed that there was a long thin beam of silver light leading from the floor above them. "We're almost there!" she exclaimed pointing towards the beam. They all cheered, surprised they were able to get so far in such a short period of time.
"We need one more floor, and we should get there in no time!" Mia said, already half way towards the door. They followed her quickly, not caring if monsters growled at them. They appeared at the top of the Celestial Lighthouse just in a few moments, and noticed that in front of them was Alex. He smirked at them coldly. "How good to finally see you again…"
"Alex…" Mia said coldly.
He smiled, and said, "I'm surprised you were able to get past all the puzzles in such a short amount of time…"
"Just shut it, Alex!" Jenna growled, brandishing her Tisiphone Edge. Alex laughed in amusement. "Do really believe you will be able to defeat me?" he asked in a low, taunting voice. Their fists tightened on their weapons, clenching their teeth in slight anger. Alex went into a battle stance, whipping out his own sword.
"Stop this foolishness, Alex." Said Isaac quietly, coming from behind Alex. "You know you won't be able to defeat on your own."
"I thought I would relieve of some unwanted trash." Alex smirked towards Isaac. He stared Alex down, and said, "I need no help defeating these pathetic excuse for fighters. Especially not from you, Alex." He finished coldly.
Alex clenched his teeth, but gave in by sheathing his sword, and stepping away from them. Isaac glanced at Alex coldly one last time, before turning to the others. He smiled in amusement. "I'm surprised you got this far. Who knew you would be able to even reach the second floor."
He unsheathed his sword; the blood clinging to it was still fresh, and dripped quietly onto the marble floor. "If you want to live, you better leave now." Nobody moved, so Isaac sighed. Mia thought she saw a look of hurt cross his face, but whatever she saw, was erased almost immediately from existence.
Isaac assumed a battle stance, as did everyone else.
The battle for all of Weyard's safety was about to begin…
If you would all refrain from any bodily harm…
Fury: HOW WOULD THEY EVEN TRY TO CONTAIN THEMSELVES?? YOU JUST LEFT THEM WITH AN EVIL CLIFFHANGER!!
It's all part of the story. You do have to end the story, SOMEWHERE!
Fury: **Growls in anger**
Uh oh…He's getting angry…Anyway, please review, cause if you don't, Fury will get very angry with you. Right, Fury?
Fury: I would this for you, because…
**Sigh** Please review…
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Note: This story is drawing to a close, so you can expect 3 more chapters, including the epilogue, and then you can say, BUH BYE to the story!