Lord Cynic: "... what are you doing?"

The Mini's were on a treasure hunt.

Mini Garet: "What he said."

Mini Jenna: "3 steps east... 4 steps north... ah! 10 steps east again, and we're there!"

Lord Cynic: "... wait a minute." (Takes the map) "That's directions to the toilet!"

Mini's: OO;;;


Mini Ivan: "Lord Cynic has no affiliation with Golden Sun or its creators. If he did... I wouldn't be so short."

Lord Cynic: "Darn straight!"


Chapter 3 - Night One

Mia had resigned herself to a long night of Isaac-watching slash Isaac-sitting, and was rocking on a chair outside his bedroom, sipping a cup of tea. Dora had gone out for a late night, so Mia was in no danger of waking up Isaac's mother.

Now and then, she listened intently for signs of Isaac's sleep talking, but he was silent in his sleep. Also, she had to occasionally douse herself to keep herself awake.

Eventually she toppled backwards off her chair, and although she didn't physically damage herself, she wondered if she woke Isaac up. All was silent though, so she breathed a sigh of relief and resumed her idle rocking.


A strange thumping, which was coming from the stairs, attracted Mia's attention, and she crept over to see who, or what it was. Mia was surprised to see Jenna climbing the Mt. Everest of stairs, dragging a dozing Garet.

"Jenna, what are you?... Why is he... H-Huh?" Mia was bewildered.

"Oh, don't mind us," Jenna said casually. "I slipped out of the house while Felix was watching The Bold and the Beautiful -" Jenna giggled to herself, "- And Garet's family was more than happy to let him visit Isaac. They said it saved them from his thunder snoring for a night."

"Then why is he asleep?" Mia asked, pointing to the sleeping Mars Adept. Jenna sighed and rolled her eyes.

"He fell asleep on the way. I have to drag him most of the way here."

Mia was about to comment on this when bickering could be heard coming from the bottom of the stairs. She and Jenna peeked at the foot of the stairs to find the young Jupiter Adepts arguing over something.

"Ssh!" Jenna called from upstairs, and Ivan and Sheba stopped their argument. "Get up here and shut up."

Ivan raised an eyebrow, but he and Sheba obliged and joined the other Adepts outside Isaac's door. Garet was still sound asleep, and a wide smirk grew on Sheba's face.

"You mind if I wake him up?" she asked. Jenna looked down at Garet, then shrugged.

"Go ahead."

"Excellent," Sheba said in a Mr. Burns manner, and everyone got a little scared. She took in a deep breath and prepared to blast Garet with a really, really, really, really... really, really, really loud shout.

However, Jenna realised what Sheba was up to so before she could say anything, Jenna whispered, "Flare."

A small flame lit up and zoomed straight for Garet.

"YOOWWW!" Garet shot straight into the air and shocked Sheba, who jumped back and landed on Ivan's foot.

"Argh!" Ivan hopped painfully on the spot, holding his squashed foot.

"Sssh!" Jenna and Mia put fingers on lips furiously, and eventually everyone became quiet.

"Did we wake him?" Mia asked nervously, but she got her answer when Isaac burst through the door, riding his bike.

"So, Bit Cloud, we meet again!"

"Uh..." Words of intelligence from Garet.

"You think you can defeat me?... oh yeah? We'll see who gets the last laugh! My Saber Tiger will destroy your Liger Zero!"

And with that, Isaac darted downstairs on his bike - or tried to. As soon as he got to the last step, his 'Saber Tiger' 'tripped' - in reality, the left back wheel of his bike got stuck on the step. He tumbled down the stair and landed in a heap.

"Isaac!" Once again, the others had to rescue Isaac from his own mess. Carefully, they lifted the bike off the unconscious Isaac, then lifted his limp body up the stairs.

"So, who's gonna place him back onto his bed?" Mia asked. Again, she got her answer, with the sadistic faces of her friends.

"Seriously though," Jenna said, "If Isaac wakes up and finds us here, he'll freak."

"Okay, fair enough." Mia sighed and tries to lift Isaac by his arms, but struggled.

"Um, here," Garet said. He started to glow, and Mia stepped aside. Soon, Isaac was floating in mid-air.

"Let's give the Venus boy some air space, people," Ivan whispered. The others obliged and sidestepped to let floating Isaac a clear road.

A few tense moments later, Isaac was back on his bed. This left someone to cover him up. Mia sweatdropped nervously.

"Do I have to do it?" she asked. Jenna nodded, and Mia sighed.

So, Mia tiptoed into the darkness of Isaac's room, wondering how Garet managed to 'Move' Isaac onto the bed in the first place. However, light from outside told Mia that the door was still open. Of course! Garet could see! ... wait, Garet's eyes were closed. How would he... never mind.

Inside, Isaac was still motionless on the messy blankets strewn on the bed. Mia approached the bed; cautious of certain situations she'd find herself in if Isaac woke up. Silently, she laid the first blanket on top of his still body. Next, she placed a doona cover on top of the blanket, then she looked around. It was a suitably chilly night tonight, so she decided to place a third doona cover on top of the previous two.

She looked nervously at Isaac's face. What if he woke up? she wondered, but the others were urging her to escape while she could. Quickly but quietly, she backtracked again through Isaac's room, but not before smiling to herself.


"What took you so long?" Garet asked as Mia rejoined them.

"It's cold, so I put extra covers on him."

"Worried little Isaac's gonna be a little cold?" Ivan sneered. For the first time, Mia glared at him.

"Do you remember when we first met in Imil?" she asked him. He and Garet nodded. "That cold was terrifying, and really dangerous. If I wasn't there to care for the sick people, they'd die." She lowered her voice. "Like my grandparents would've."

"But," Garet said, "When Saturos and Menardi lit the lighthouse, the fountain with healing powers flowed again. You don't need to worry anymore."

"Yes, but don't you see?" Mia said, upset. "People everywhere were ill. The cold was really scary, even for me. What if I'd fallen victim to it and couldn't heal myself? Then everyone would've died!" She was becoming hysterical.

"We understand what you mean," Jenna said, before Garet could speak again, "But what does the Imil illness and tonight have in common?"

Mia calmed down a little. "I guess I was just worried. I care for all of you, and it worries me to think of horrible diseases that the cold could inflict on you. Except," she added, as Jenna and Garet had opened their mouths to speak, "for you two, Jenna and Garet. I know you're Mars Adepts, you can protect yourselves against the cold. And since I'm a Mercury Adept, I'm immune to it. Still, I'm afraid of what could happen if you got struck down with a disease. I can't heal pneumonia, you know." (A.N.: "Yeah, you're seeing deja vu. She said something like that to Isaac in Dragon Empress's "Seven Days", but don't kill me!")

Everyone nodded, and Ivan shivered slightly.

"I s'pose it's getting to me. I'd better... wait. Garet, use Flare."

Garet's eyes widened.

"What!"

"You heard me. Before I turn into an ice cube."

Garet shrugged, closed his eyes again and whispered, "Flare." Soon, Ivan was smokin'.

"Ah... that's better..." Ivan looked around at everyone's sweatdropping faces. "What?"

"Nothing..." they chorused. They spent the rest of the night around Garet's Fireball, just in case.


Mini Ivan: "Why do you need directions to the toilet?"

Lord Cynic: "... don't ask."

Mini's: "We won't..." (They look at him strangely)