The Really Crazy Lemurian...Thing! Chap. 2

Disclaimer: I do not own Golden Sun.

SamoraSomara: Okay, I'm gonna warn you right now that it gets sad in this chapter, and you might cry a little at certain parts. Other than that, enjoy! Also, I think this will be the only sad chapter but not the only emotional one.

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After countless minutes of searching (2 to be exact), Sammi found it. She looked up in the air and saw the dreaded Floating Pirate Ship hovering above her. She whistled, and her Jupiter Djinni, who was called Bob (she didn't know his real name 'cause Djinn can't talk), took her up to the deck of the Floating Pirate Ship, where Emilee was lying, all tied up. Her big brother was no where in sight. Sammi would have asked Emilee where he was, but since Emilee was gagged, she couldn't talk. Suddenly the cabin door burst open and Picard (Emilee's big brother) ran out and untied his sister.
"Big brother..." said Emilee, "Sammi came to save us..."
"Well, you're a crazy little runt, aren't you?" said Picard, grinning at Sammi. Then he got serious again as he continued, "Listen. We've gotta hurry. The evil Floating Pirate is coming!"
At that very moment, the evil Floating Pirate burst out of the cabin door and said, "So ye thought ye could escape, did ye?"
"Well, actually, we did," said Picard calmly, while Sammi and Emilee were tremling and nodding their heads as they smiled weakly, trying to look innocent.
"Well, yer not gonna," replied the Floating Pirate menacingly, as the two young girls tried to become invisible (Picard was not afraid, but the girls were).
Just then, Sammi's mother appeared on a flying cat named Kelsey (Kel for short).
"Mrs. Somara!" yelled Picard, "Take Emilee to safety!"
Mrs. Somara looked at her daughter, worried. She did not want to leave little Sammi behind.
"Mom!" yelled Sammi, "I think Picard is right! Emilee must be saved! Just take her and go!"
Sammi's mother reluctantly agreed, and Kelsey took Emilee and her to safety. The Floating Pirate got closer to the two remaining prisoners (Sammi and Picard, for those of you with short-term memory) and said, "You let her escape, but that is something you will never do!!!" Sammi whimpered and hid behind Picard.
"It looks like the only hope we have is to jump," said Picard, seeming nervous for the first time. Sammi slowly nodded her head, still trembling with fright.
"I'll go first," said Picard.
"But-" Sammi said, about to protest, but it was too late. He had already jumped. Sammi looked over the edge and saw a cloud of smoke rise, just like in Loony Toons.
Sammi gasped, then screamed, "NO! PICARD!"
The Floating Pirate was getting closer now. He got like one foot away, then jumped and yelled, "BOO!"
Sammi screamed in fright, and in the confusion, she fell over the edge of the Floating Pirate Ship. Luckily for her, Bob caught her in mid-air and carried her to safety. Bob dropped her next to her mother. Emilee and her mother were there too, and so was Shari. They all seemed to be fighting back tears.
"Did he..." she said, but her voice trailed off. She just couldn't finish that sentence. To her, it seemed so...final.
Emilee bit her lip and nodded her head.
"He...he fell with so much force...that he went right through the ground," said Shari between sobs, and then the ground magically changed back...so it looked like he had never even fallen. In fact, it's...it's like he never existed at all..."
Sammi whimpered a little (hey, what did you expect? She's only like, five years old or something), then said, "Even though Emilee was his real sister...he was...like a brother to me, too...." at that point, she burst into tears.

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Two Days Later.....

As Sammi's mother tried to brush little Sammi's hair, the mirror changed its image. It now looked like one of those portals to the Other Realm. The image was that of a young boy sick in bed. Sammi realized that it was the same boy she had seen playing outside through the other portal a few days before. The red-haired lady was by his side, helplessly looking at her son. Sammi recognized the illness as Ka'ilira, a deadly disease that the inhabitants of the Other Realm could not cure. Lemurians, however, could cure the disease easily using Psynergy. A few days ago, she had experienced the grief that comes from the death of a friend for the first time. She knew how much it hurt other people, and she despartely wanted to help the boy in any way she could.
"Mommy," she said, "Isn't there anything we can do to help?"
"Yes," replied her mother, "But it is very dangerous...Why do you want to help this person? You don't even know him!"
"If I don't do anything, he'll die! It's only natural to want to help!" she said in a very emotional voice, "He's got friends and family, just like us, of this I'm sure! When Picard died, it tore apart my world, and I felt like things would never be right again. I blamed myself for his death, because if I had jumped first, then I would have been the one who died, and he would still be alive! I tried to stop him, I tried to jump first, he did it because he wanted to protect me! Why, I asked myself, over and over, did he die, while I lived!? But now I know. It was my destiny to come out alive. The tragedy taught me what pain and sorrow felt like. It IS my destiny to help those in need, and keep them from suffering the way we suffered. I know this because last night, Picard came to me in a dream. He told me that I had a great destiny, and that was why I survived. He knew it, too! That is why he went first. I will fulfill my destiny, because that is what Picard would have wanted. That is why I must help."
"Your intentions are noble, Sammi," her mother said, "But I can't let you go."
"I don't care what you say!" yelled Sammi, "I'm going anyway!"
"You might get trapped in the Other Realm!" her mother protested.
"If it is my destiny to be trapped there," Sammi replied, " 'Tis what I will do."
"Are you sure?" asked her mother.
Sammi smiled confidently, then said, "Bring it on."
The next thing she knew, she was in the room she had seen through the portal. The red-haired lady turned around and stared at her.
"What are you doing here...?" questioned the woman.
"There is no time to talk," Sammi replied, "Your son is very ill."
"Yes, I know," the woman said softly, "Is there anything you can do to help?"
"Yes," replied Sammi. She walked up to the boy, who was about her age, and started to cast a healing spell, concentrating all her energy on the young boy. Slowly, his fever subsided.
"You saved him!" the red-haired lady said, relieved, "You saved my son's life, and for that I will be forever grateful."
"No problem," Sammi said. As she waved goodbye, she was teleported back to Lemuria.
"That was very kind of you to do that, Sammi," said her mother, "If this is indeed the path you are destined to take, I am sure you will walk it well."
"I remember how we felt..." Sammi replied, as she walked slowly toward her bedroom, fighting back tears.

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How did you like it? Not what you expected, eh? I predict I will get a bunch of angry reviews for this chapter, but before you go on about how I'm a "cruel heartless person", just let me tell you that even kind, caring people have these kind of dreams. They're called nightmares. Heartless? I don't think so. I cried as I wrote this. If you know who the red-haired lady and the little boy are (a crucial part of the story), please do not give it away. It's a secret, and very important in the later parts of the story. The next chapter takes place ten years later. Yes, in the first part of my dream I was five. By the way, if you want to know if Kelsey (the flying cat) exists, yes. She is rubbing against my legs purring as I write this. As always, plz review!