Okay. No one has entered any names. I'm a little disappointed. Still, I will continue. You can continue to send in names. I would appreciate it.

But enough about that. If I want, I can make them up myself. Please send, and if you don't, nah.

Yami Celcior: 'Okay, My one line of fame: Capito Celcior does not own Golden Sun. If he did, then he wouldn't be writing.'

Damn right I wouldn't. Okay, onwards.

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Chapter 5: Sounds bad.

The 5 adepts were walking for a few hours already. They had entered the woods were Alex had walked in. They couldn't see him anymore, but Garret was excellent in tracing footprints and stuff. He was an excellent tracker (Hey, I got to give him a few qualities.).

"He went. that way." Garret said. "The trail is clear."

"Couldn't he just douse his footprints?" Mia asked, since she was the water adept.

Isaac shook his head. "It would leave a trail of mud. And that is even easier to follow. Unfortunately, he's not stupid."

Jenna interfered. "Could it not be that he didn't notice us?"

"No, he knows all right. He showed himself to us. Why else would he have attacked that overgrown lizard."

Everyone agreed and they continued their chase until it was getting dark (again).

"Have you noticed that it seems as though he is leading us to Bilibin. Do you suppose he knows something about this irrational increase of the monsters?" Ivan asked.

"Gees, Ivan. Speak English, will ya?" Garret said. "But it wouldn't surprise me if that blue-haired freak had something to do with it. No offence.' He added, noticing the glare Mia gave him. It probably had something to do with the 'blue hair' thing.

"No, Garret. I don't think he would do that. What would he gain?" Isaac replied. "If I recall, Alex doesn't usually resolves to such blunt methods, and I don't see any motives."

"Don't talk about this now. We need to regain strength for tomorrow." Mia was the voice of reason. "But Isaac, tell me now. You promised."

"What?"

"You promised to tell me some more Healers and Destroyers tales." Mia reminded him.

He blinked, but then he recalled it.

"Okay, here goes." He moved closer to Mia. Ivan also sat down.

"You have both heard about the actions of both clans. The big story at least, but actually, they were sort of human too. Let's see."

He thought for a second, and continued his story.

"They lived in a kingdom. No, two kingdoms. One was ruled by the king and queen of Light. The other by the emperor and his wife. Both kingdoms lived in prosperity. But as many humans, the ones from the Shadow empire were jealous about Light, for they thought 'Hey, those Healers have it better then us and live differently. Lets kill them, take over their land and make rules that they have to obey (If any one is insulted by this, then the only reason is that you actually live like this!).' And they started a war.

But the people from the third nation were involved in it. For the battle was fought in their land. You see, the two other kingdoms live in the north, like two islands. The only connection between them is Weyard. So, they had to cross their land. And of those battles, I have information. The story's have been told for centuries. And now, I'll tell you one of my favourite story's."

And so, Isaac told some very interesting story's (It would take to much time to tell them all. Just imagine some amazing battle story's with action, love, romance, amazing sacrifices. You know; those mushy story's that sell so well.).

It was all ready very late when Isaac finished. "Now, I think it's time to rest." He looked around. Mia and Ivan were listening very intense. Garret and Jenna were somewhere further, talking to each other. They had already heard the story's.

"Let's sleep." Isaac said. And, to his surprise, Garret and Jenna did not complain. 'Must be later then I thought.'

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"Rise and shine." Mia woke them up. "It's time for breakfast and to continue the chase."

They all rose up, with the exception of Garret, who was still snoozing.

Ivan whispered something to Mia, who smiled, nodded and approached Garret in this particular order.

"Douse!" She grinned. A small cloud appeared, hovering just above the snoring fire adept. Then, it unleashed all of its contents, showering the unfortunate Garret.

"Blubblub. Hey, okay. Okay. I'm up. Brrr, what's water cold."

Everybody just couldn't hold their laughter. Especially Jenna, who was rolling over the ground.

"You should have seen your face. Oh, I can't remember when I laughed this much."

"Perhaps when he tried to set up a tent?" Isaac reminded her.

"Oh, yeah. Hahaha. I still laugh about that in my dreams."

After an hour all of the adepts had eaten, and Garret had changed his clothes. They continued their trip.

"See, the trail is still clear to follow." Garret noticed. He kept a close eye at the tracks. But then.

"O, oh. Eh, Isaac I think were in trouble."

"Why?"

"Cause these tracks are covered with other tracks. Monster tracks."

Isaac looked over and saw that he was right.

"What kind of monster?" Ivan asked. Garret didn't look up.

"Can't tell." He replied. Jenna smirked, not allowing such a chance to bug Garret escape.

"Why, haven't learned tracking that well then."

"No, cause these are not from one monster, but from probably, a few hundreds." They all looked shocked.

"A few HUNDRED!!!"

"Yep. Looks like Alex was behind those monster attacks after all."

"Or, they could be chasing him." Ivan pointed out. Isaac's face turned dead serious.

"We need to follow them." Everybody turned to him, convinced that he had lost his marbles.

"You can't be serious!"

"Are you insane?"

"Look at the tracks. So many monsters."

"I can't believe you're would actually mean such thing."

But Isaac started to follow the trail. "If we can't stop him, who can?"

"But Isaac." Ivan tried. No response.

"You know what. I think Isaac is right." They all turned Jenna. Before any one could say any thing, she followed Isaac. One by one, they started to follow their friends.

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Boring, isn't it. But, you'll just have to deal with it. There have to be some of those to. Don't worry, the next one will be better. R&R with suggestions to improve, new names and opinions.

Capito Celcior.