I have started to write this one as soon as I updated last chapter. I hope
you aren't mad at me for letting you wait so long.
Please forgive me.
Okay, enough about that, lets get going.
'Ik bezit geen Golden Sun kopierechten. Als ik dat wel deed, dan zou ik nu niet achter mijn computer zitten.'
I understand if you wouldn't be able to read this. And if you do, congratulations: You know Dutch. My country's first language. (We have three language zones in Belgium.)
Translation: 'I do not own Golden Sun copyrights. If I did, then I wouldn't be sitting behind my computer right now.'
I will use Dutch for ancient languages in Weyard. Just so I know what they mean, and I dont use the same word for two difrent things, or Vice versa.
~~~
Chapter 9: Attack on Vale part 2
The monsters had stopped attacking, all because Celcior played his instrument.
Isaac saw Mia and the others run towards him.
"Isaac, what's going on. The Battle. . ." They saw Celcior standing at the edge of the wall.
They all recognized the tune. Sheba had read their minds. Only Piers was unaware of this.
"What's he doing, and why are we not fighting?"
"Ssshhh." Jenna urged him to stay silent.
"Celcior, no!" They turned to see Celestia running towards him. "Be careful."
"Celestia. What's going on!" Felix demanded. She looked frightened.
And then she fell down and started crying. "You wouldn't understand."
Mia rushed forward and sat down. She removed Celestia's hands from her face, and looked into her eyes. "Try us, then you'll know."
Celestia looked in Mia's eyes. "I can't. All you need to know is that he's risking his life."
Garret didn't understand. "What do ya mean. The monsters have stopped attacking us, including Celcior."
"No, If one is deaf or immune and attacks, Celcior can't defend himself like this. Once he stops, all of the monsters will snap out of the trance."
"Then we must attack them now!"
"No! You can't. They'll be distracted, and stop listening. As long as they only hear him play, they wont attack. Leave him, and heal everyone. He can't keep this up forever."
Everybody hurried to the medic staff to get treated.
----
"What's going on? Why aren't my beautiful creatures attacking?" The monster leader demanded to know.
"It seems that a young man is influencing them, my lord." The young lady replied. She was the only other human in the 'gang'. She looked like she was only 19. Black haired and small in appearance. She was armed with a small sword and a dagger.
She looked at her master. A man who looked like he was 45 or something. He was small, with silver-gray hair. Armed with an ax, he slammed his hand down on the table.
"Damn. How is this possible, Tasha? What is he doing?"
"The boy is playing an instrument. Some kind of flute, to be exact, My lord."
The man grinned. "And my monsters listen to the music, am I correct?"
She nodded. "Then we must make sure they don't hear it any more." The man continued.
"What should I do, master?" She asked. He pulled something out of the chest he had next to him. It was some kind of tiara with two cushions at the end. "Put these on. Make sure the earplugs cover your ears. Then go to the monsters. Make sure that they return to us. We can prepare our next attack from here."
"As you wish." She took the ear-covering tiara, and hurried herself to the battlefield. 'Great, no one is there, except the boy, and a lone guard. He wont notice me.'
Darkness fell, and she began to put her masters plan in action. One by one, the monsters retreated, after hearing the new orders. They would cover their ears, or growl to break the trance.
It was a waste of effort.
The guard couldn't see it. He only saw Celcior falling back, exhausted from maintaining the music.
"Great job, kid. I don't know how you did it, but I'll bring you to your girlfriend" The guard said.
"Thanks." It was the last thing he said, before he fell asleep. The guard called for a second one to help him. Together they carried him to the center of the camp.
Piers was the first one to notice them coming. He was still doing some last healing.
"Hey, Celestia, Isaac. Guys, he's here." They all came out.
"Let him sleep." Celestia whispered. "He needs the rest."
They laid him down on a bed and covered him with a blanket.
It was quiet outside. A group of guards were making sure the enemy wouldn't attack without notice.
Isaac was thinking. They had lost quite a few people, and even more where wounded. Still, the battle had gone better then they had expected. Then, he remembered something.
"Say, Mia. Where you or Piers at the wall during the battle?"
"Why, at the end, yes. Right when we heard the music."
Isaac shook his head. "No, no. I mean, during the battle. We where attacked by one of those Fire Lizards. We couldn't beat it, but then an Ice attack dealt with it."
Mia looked at him odd. "An Ice attack? We don't have any Water adepts in Vale other then me and Piers. Oh, wait. I bet Celcior is a Mercury adept then."
But Isaac, once again shook his head. "No, he used fire based psynergy, I saw it. You think someone is helping us on the other side? Or Celestia?"
"No, she was with us all the time. She did do some cure spells, so she's an adept too."
Sheba entered the conversation. "They are mysterious, aren't they. Mia, you told me she could read those ancient texts on the Mercury Lighthouse's walls."
They looked at Celestia, who was sitting by Celcior's side. "Let's ask her tomorrow. For tonight, let's hope we won't endure a new attack." They all want to sleep.
----
"Good morning, Ivan." Piers had entered the inn's dinning room. Ivan was up and eating already.
"Morning Piers. Sleep well?"
He shook his head. "I was worrying about an eventual attack." Just then, Isaac came out of the kitchen, clutching a carton of milk, a bowl and a box of special prepared grains. "Hey, Piers."
Piers looked at the grandfather of all cereals and looked disgusted. "How can you eat that stuff? Its garbage!'
"Hey, Breakfast Grains!" Garret was running down the stairs. He took the grains out of Isaac's hands before the poor boy could even make a remark and poured it contents in the bowl which, Isaac noticed, had too left his hands.
"Uhm, Garret?" Isaac tried, but the fire adept was already stuffing his face. Isaac returned to the kitchen, getting a new bowl.
He was only gone for two minutes, and when he returned, he noticed the box to be empty.
Isaac glared at his friend. "Garret? Did you just ate the box?"
"I did." He answered proudly.
"All of it?"
"Yes."
"Were you aware of the fact that I would have liked some too?"
"Aha." He confirmed.
"And it just happens to be the last box. Did you know that?"
"Yup."
Isaac jumped over the table and started to strangle his once not-so-pale- looking friend.
"Isaac, stop!" Ivan shouted. He looked over to Piers, who observed the fight with interest.
"Aren't you going to help them? I'm not strong enough."
Piers chuckled. "And miss all of this? Not a chance."
Ivan tried to stop Isaac verbally, the last chance he had. "Isaac, stop. He's your friend."
"No! He... must...DIE!!!"
Garret was struggling for breath, and just when he was going to give up, Isaac stopped.
"Thanks Isaac. I knew you wouldn't kill him."
"You are right. We have the monsters for that."
It wasn't long, before the other 4 adepts joined them at the table. The rest of breakfast was peaceful.
A noise was heard upstairs. They hurried up the stairs.
"It's coming from Celcior's room." They opened the door and saw the window open with Celestia in looking out of it. Celcior's bed was empty.
"What happened?" Mia ran to the young woman.
"He couldn't lie still. He wanted out. I couldn't stop him. Don't worry, he'll come back."
"But, its freezing out there. Its autumn!"
Celestia sighted. "He likes it. He once told me he enjoyed the tree's last dance."
"The last dance of the tree's? What the hell is that?" Garret asked.
"He says its 'when the tree's are wearing their most glamorous costumes, the golden ones, and they dance on the rhythm of the wind. Losing their magnificence along, as they tire themselves. Preparing for their rest, on their last nights.'"
Mia sighted. It seemed as though Celcior cared for nature even more then for humans.
"Well, we need him when the monsters attack. So he better be here before they do." Isaac said. Enjoying walks in the forest was not an option when your village is under attack.
----
Celcior was walking in the forest. He didn't have long. Soon, the fight would start over again.
As he approached a clearing in the forest, he saw one big tree standing alone in the center of it.
"Hello, forest king. How are your people doing? Enjoying your dance?"
As if answering, the trees swayed with the wind. As it blew through the leaves, it made a musical noise.
He sat down on the roots of the oak and looked up. The sky was blue, not a cloud to be seen.
Soon, he feared, he would be hated by yet an other village. Unless he could end the war without resorting to the final method. Maybe it could.
----
"To the wall." Isaac yelled. The warriors gathered.
"Look, Isaac." Ivan said. "They are coming."
As they looked over to the field, they could see the monsters coming up for a new attack.
"Where is Celcior? We need him now."
"No, we need to fight first. He can only post-pone the fight." Felix informed the guardians.
Celestia came running to the wall. She was accompanied by Mia and Piers and some other healers.
"Has he returned yet?" She asked.
"No, not yet. He better comes here soon, or there won't be a village left to defend."
The monsters charged right at them.
"FIRE!!!"
The fight begun, again. Now, however, they didn't have as much men to defend themselves.
And the monsters were just as plenty as the day before.
----
Celcior woke up. He looked at the sky.
The sun had moved quite a bit.
"Oh, no. I'm late." He jumped up and began to ran.
----
"Aaagh." Yet another man was hit by an Ice Spike. The Ice monster was attacked by Garret immediately, and the man was brought down to be healed.
Mia used a Ply spell, and her fellow healers bandaged the man. She moved on to the next.
"Aaargll" Another man fell down from the wall. He had burns all over his face, and an arrow in his stumach. His neck was cut open.
"I can't heal him. I'm sorry." Mia said. Ply wouldn't do the trick. She left the poor man, as she started to cry.
She heard something behind her and turned around.
The man was perfectly fine. She didn't see anyone near him.
"Mia, help!" It was Isaac. He was hit. And drained, so he couldn't cast cure.
"Isaac!" It didn't look good. He needed help, but she was too far away.
Celestia was running up the stairs already.
"Isaac, you're hurt badly." She looked at his wounds.
"No water, no fire and earth psynergy can... Oh no." She looked at her hands and began to chant.
'What is she doing' Mia thought. 'You don't chant for psynergy.' But then, a light encircled Celestia, and she trusted her hands forwards. The light shot out to Isaac, and started healing his wounds.
An arrow hit her straight in the back, and she fell down. It had pierced Celestia's hart.
"No!" Mia and Isaac heard the voice. Celcior was standing at the exit of the forest. "Celestia!"
The boy ran as fast as he could to the place where Isaac was holding Celestia.
She was bleeding badly.
"Celestia, are you all right."
"C...Celcior." She was so weak. Mia came too. And the other adepts. Celestia had saved Isaac, and maybe signed her death sentence.
"NO, Celestia." He clenched his hands into fists, and looked down. He gritted his teeth, and closed his eyes.
"I was a fool. I should have given in."
"No." He looked up. Celestia looked so weak. "You can't, it will..."
Her head fell down. She had no strength left.
Ivan came to Celcior. "What are you talking about. What did you want to give in to." He attempted to read Celcior's mind, but the boy shoved him away.
They looked at him in surprise. He rose up and they saw his eyes. They were red.
His hair turned black, and he grinned, exposing sharp fangs.
"I'll kill them. I'll kill them ALL!" He jumped over the wall, and the adepts hurried themselves to the edge.
He somehow seemed to float down.
He landed on the ground and immediately he was attacked.
~~~
Well, that was something. Do you understand already?
Next chapter will be up soon, if I get enough reviews. I hope I get three at least.
Please, R&R.
Your author. Capito Celcior
P.S.: Ik hoop dat jullie nog veel Fanfics lezen, en je amuseren. (Dutch)
Please forgive me.
Okay, enough about that, lets get going.
'Ik bezit geen Golden Sun kopierechten. Als ik dat wel deed, dan zou ik nu niet achter mijn computer zitten.'
I understand if you wouldn't be able to read this. And if you do, congratulations: You know Dutch. My country's first language. (We have three language zones in Belgium.)
Translation: 'I do not own Golden Sun copyrights. If I did, then I wouldn't be sitting behind my computer right now.'
I will use Dutch for ancient languages in Weyard. Just so I know what they mean, and I dont use the same word for two difrent things, or Vice versa.
~~~
Chapter 9: Attack on Vale part 2
The monsters had stopped attacking, all because Celcior played his instrument.
Isaac saw Mia and the others run towards him.
"Isaac, what's going on. The Battle. . ." They saw Celcior standing at the edge of the wall.
They all recognized the tune. Sheba had read their minds. Only Piers was unaware of this.
"What's he doing, and why are we not fighting?"
"Ssshhh." Jenna urged him to stay silent.
"Celcior, no!" They turned to see Celestia running towards him. "Be careful."
"Celestia. What's going on!" Felix demanded. She looked frightened.
And then she fell down and started crying. "You wouldn't understand."
Mia rushed forward and sat down. She removed Celestia's hands from her face, and looked into her eyes. "Try us, then you'll know."
Celestia looked in Mia's eyes. "I can't. All you need to know is that he's risking his life."
Garret didn't understand. "What do ya mean. The monsters have stopped attacking us, including Celcior."
"No, If one is deaf or immune and attacks, Celcior can't defend himself like this. Once he stops, all of the monsters will snap out of the trance."
"Then we must attack them now!"
"No! You can't. They'll be distracted, and stop listening. As long as they only hear him play, they wont attack. Leave him, and heal everyone. He can't keep this up forever."
Everybody hurried to the medic staff to get treated.
----
"What's going on? Why aren't my beautiful creatures attacking?" The monster leader demanded to know.
"It seems that a young man is influencing them, my lord." The young lady replied. She was the only other human in the 'gang'. She looked like she was only 19. Black haired and small in appearance. She was armed with a small sword and a dagger.
She looked at her master. A man who looked like he was 45 or something. He was small, with silver-gray hair. Armed with an ax, he slammed his hand down on the table.
"Damn. How is this possible, Tasha? What is he doing?"
"The boy is playing an instrument. Some kind of flute, to be exact, My lord."
The man grinned. "And my monsters listen to the music, am I correct?"
She nodded. "Then we must make sure they don't hear it any more." The man continued.
"What should I do, master?" She asked. He pulled something out of the chest he had next to him. It was some kind of tiara with two cushions at the end. "Put these on. Make sure the earplugs cover your ears. Then go to the monsters. Make sure that they return to us. We can prepare our next attack from here."
"As you wish." She took the ear-covering tiara, and hurried herself to the battlefield. 'Great, no one is there, except the boy, and a lone guard. He wont notice me.'
Darkness fell, and she began to put her masters plan in action. One by one, the monsters retreated, after hearing the new orders. They would cover their ears, or growl to break the trance.
It was a waste of effort.
The guard couldn't see it. He only saw Celcior falling back, exhausted from maintaining the music.
"Great job, kid. I don't know how you did it, but I'll bring you to your girlfriend" The guard said.
"Thanks." It was the last thing he said, before he fell asleep. The guard called for a second one to help him. Together they carried him to the center of the camp.
Piers was the first one to notice them coming. He was still doing some last healing.
"Hey, Celestia, Isaac. Guys, he's here." They all came out.
"Let him sleep." Celestia whispered. "He needs the rest."
They laid him down on a bed and covered him with a blanket.
It was quiet outside. A group of guards were making sure the enemy wouldn't attack without notice.
Isaac was thinking. They had lost quite a few people, and even more where wounded. Still, the battle had gone better then they had expected. Then, he remembered something.
"Say, Mia. Where you or Piers at the wall during the battle?"
"Why, at the end, yes. Right when we heard the music."
Isaac shook his head. "No, no. I mean, during the battle. We where attacked by one of those Fire Lizards. We couldn't beat it, but then an Ice attack dealt with it."
Mia looked at him odd. "An Ice attack? We don't have any Water adepts in Vale other then me and Piers. Oh, wait. I bet Celcior is a Mercury adept then."
But Isaac, once again shook his head. "No, he used fire based psynergy, I saw it. You think someone is helping us on the other side? Or Celestia?"
"No, she was with us all the time. She did do some cure spells, so she's an adept too."
Sheba entered the conversation. "They are mysterious, aren't they. Mia, you told me she could read those ancient texts on the Mercury Lighthouse's walls."
They looked at Celestia, who was sitting by Celcior's side. "Let's ask her tomorrow. For tonight, let's hope we won't endure a new attack." They all want to sleep.
----
"Good morning, Ivan." Piers had entered the inn's dinning room. Ivan was up and eating already.
"Morning Piers. Sleep well?"
He shook his head. "I was worrying about an eventual attack." Just then, Isaac came out of the kitchen, clutching a carton of milk, a bowl and a box of special prepared grains. "Hey, Piers."
Piers looked at the grandfather of all cereals and looked disgusted. "How can you eat that stuff? Its garbage!'
"Hey, Breakfast Grains!" Garret was running down the stairs. He took the grains out of Isaac's hands before the poor boy could even make a remark and poured it contents in the bowl which, Isaac noticed, had too left his hands.
"Uhm, Garret?" Isaac tried, but the fire adept was already stuffing his face. Isaac returned to the kitchen, getting a new bowl.
He was only gone for two minutes, and when he returned, he noticed the box to be empty.
Isaac glared at his friend. "Garret? Did you just ate the box?"
"I did." He answered proudly.
"All of it?"
"Yes."
"Were you aware of the fact that I would have liked some too?"
"Aha." He confirmed.
"And it just happens to be the last box. Did you know that?"
"Yup."
Isaac jumped over the table and started to strangle his once not-so-pale- looking friend.
"Isaac, stop!" Ivan shouted. He looked over to Piers, who observed the fight with interest.
"Aren't you going to help them? I'm not strong enough."
Piers chuckled. "And miss all of this? Not a chance."
Ivan tried to stop Isaac verbally, the last chance he had. "Isaac, stop. He's your friend."
"No! He... must...DIE!!!"
Garret was struggling for breath, and just when he was going to give up, Isaac stopped.
"Thanks Isaac. I knew you wouldn't kill him."
"You are right. We have the monsters for that."
It wasn't long, before the other 4 adepts joined them at the table. The rest of breakfast was peaceful.
A noise was heard upstairs. They hurried up the stairs.
"It's coming from Celcior's room." They opened the door and saw the window open with Celestia in looking out of it. Celcior's bed was empty.
"What happened?" Mia ran to the young woman.
"He couldn't lie still. He wanted out. I couldn't stop him. Don't worry, he'll come back."
"But, its freezing out there. Its autumn!"
Celestia sighted. "He likes it. He once told me he enjoyed the tree's last dance."
"The last dance of the tree's? What the hell is that?" Garret asked.
"He says its 'when the tree's are wearing their most glamorous costumes, the golden ones, and they dance on the rhythm of the wind. Losing their magnificence along, as they tire themselves. Preparing for their rest, on their last nights.'"
Mia sighted. It seemed as though Celcior cared for nature even more then for humans.
"Well, we need him when the monsters attack. So he better be here before they do." Isaac said. Enjoying walks in the forest was not an option when your village is under attack.
----
Celcior was walking in the forest. He didn't have long. Soon, the fight would start over again.
As he approached a clearing in the forest, he saw one big tree standing alone in the center of it.
"Hello, forest king. How are your people doing? Enjoying your dance?"
As if answering, the trees swayed with the wind. As it blew through the leaves, it made a musical noise.
He sat down on the roots of the oak and looked up. The sky was blue, not a cloud to be seen.
Soon, he feared, he would be hated by yet an other village. Unless he could end the war without resorting to the final method. Maybe it could.
----
"To the wall." Isaac yelled. The warriors gathered.
"Look, Isaac." Ivan said. "They are coming."
As they looked over to the field, they could see the monsters coming up for a new attack.
"Where is Celcior? We need him now."
"No, we need to fight first. He can only post-pone the fight." Felix informed the guardians.
Celestia came running to the wall. She was accompanied by Mia and Piers and some other healers.
"Has he returned yet?" She asked.
"No, not yet. He better comes here soon, or there won't be a village left to defend."
The monsters charged right at them.
"FIRE!!!"
The fight begun, again. Now, however, they didn't have as much men to defend themselves.
And the monsters were just as plenty as the day before.
----
Celcior woke up. He looked at the sky.
The sun had moved quite a bit.
"Oh, no. I'm late." He jumped up and began to ran.
----
"Aaagh." Yet another man was hit by an Ice Spike. The Ice monster was attacked by Garret immediately, and the man was brought down to be healed.
Mia used a Ply spell, and her fellow healers bandaged the man. She moved on to the next.
"Aaargll" Another man fell down from the wall. He had burns all over his face, and an arrow in his stumach. His neck was cut open.
"I can't heal him. I'm sorry." Mia said. Ply wouldn't do the trick. She left the poor man, as she started to cry.
She heard something behind her and turned around.
The man was perfectly fine. She didn't see anyone near him.
"Mia, help!" It was Isaac. He was hit. And drained, so he couldn't cast cure.
"Isaac!" It didn't look good. He needed help, but she was too far away.
Celestia was running up the stairs already.
"Isaac, you're hurt badly." She looked at his wounds.
"No water, no fire and earth psynergy can... Oh no." She looked at her hands and began to chant.
'What is she doing' Mia thought. 'You don't chant for psynergy.' But then, a light encircled Celestia, and she trusted her hands forwards. The light shot out to Isaac, and started healing his wounds.
An arrow hit her straight in the back, and she fell down. It had pierced Celestia's hart.
"No!" Mia and Isaac heard the voice. Celcior was standing at the exit of the forest. "Celestia!"
The boy ran as fast as he could to the place where Isaac was holding Celestia.
She was bleeding badly.
"Celestia, are you all right."
"C...Celcior." She was so weak. Mia came too. And the other adepts. Celestia had saved Isaac, and maybe signed her death sentence.
"NO, Celestia." He clenched his hands into fists, and looked down. He gritted his teeth, and closed his eyes.
"I was a fool. I should have given in."
"No." He looked up. Celestia looked so weak. "You can't, it will..."
Her head fell down. She had no strength left.
Ivan came to Celcior. "What are you talking about. What did you want to give in to." He attempted to read Celcior's mind, but the boy shoved him away.
They looked at him in surprise. He rose up and they saw his eyes. They were red.
His hair turned black, and he grinned, exposing sharp fangs.
"I'll kill them. I'll kill them ALL!" He jumped over the wall, and the adepts hurried themselves to the edge.
He somehow seemed to float down.
He landed on the ground and immediately he was attacked.
~~~
Well, that was something. Do you understand already?
Next chapter will be up soon, if I get enough reviews. I hope I get three at least.
Please, R&R.
Your author. Capito Celcior
P.S.: Ik hoop dat jullie nog veel Fanfics lezen, en je amuseren. (Dutch)