Golden Sun: The Alchemy Wars
Chapter I: Ill News and Dreams Shattered
It had been three years now since the day atop Mars Lighthouse. Vale was once again a beautiful village, surrounded by lush forests, with quaint old country-style houses, and a temple over the spot where Mt. Aleph once stood.
"No no no Isaac, I can't have that bouquet, it has to be this one!" Jenna protested.
"Why, why does the bouquet have to be that one?" complained Isaac, "why not that one?" he said, gesturing at one two rows above it.
"She wants our bouquets to match, silly" Mia butted in. "After all, it is a dual wedding."
Isaac turned and whispered to Garet "Do you understand any of this?"
Garet just shrugged his shoulders in that I-dunno kind of way, and went back to trying to figure out what to wear. Isaac sighed, obviously exasperated. "All right, all right, jeez, maybe it would have been easier if Garet and Mia's wedding was on a different day" Isaac said.
"How could you say that Isaac?" replied Jenna. "After all, we agreed a long time ago to have our weddings as a dual service."
"Fine, fine, I was just thinking about it" Isaac defended himself. "Garet, have you heard from all the people we invited yet?"
"Well, Isaac, almost all of them R.S.V.P-ed back. Ivan and Sheba said they would be happy to come, as well as Hamma, Feihzi, Hammet, and Iodem. I'm surprised that Iodem is coming, really. I thought he might still be a little angry that we couldn't save Babi, but he said he has no problem with it. In fact, he would be happy to come back, after all, we did help out a lot" Garet answered.
"Yes, yes, that's all very good and all but, what about Piers?" questioned Isaac.
"I dunno, we haven't heard from Piers since two years ago, shortly after he visited. He was talking about the Senate, remember, and how unruly Conservato and the rest of the Senate was getting? He said he was going to try and keep them from doing anything drastic. I bet you he's been terribly busy" Garet said, his voice slightly strained.
There was an awkward moment of silence. No one had heard from Piers for so long, which was unusual, they had received some kind of letter, or maybe a visit about every three weeks up until his last one.
"Hey guys, how's it going? Anything I could do to help? My little sister can only get married once, ya know" Felix's voice suddenly broke the silence.
"Nah" came Garet's answer, "I don't need any."
"None here either" both of the girls replied unanimously. Felix looked at Isaac. "All right, you can help me out" Isaac said slowly. "Cool" came Felix's reply.
Three hours later, they were all out walking in evening, making conversation as they roamed about. Suddenly a voice broke the silence.
"Isaac, Isaac!" it cried, "something terrible is going to happen!" The group turned about to see two shadowy figures running towards them in the distance.
"Show yourselves, who are you?" Felix called. As the shadows came nearer, it was all too obvious who they were. The blonde hair, the purple eyes, the not-quite-as-impressive-as-the-rest-of-the-group physique, which was made up for with their invaluable spells and intelligence.
"Ivan, Sheba, what is wrong?" Isaac yelled. Ivan and Sheba made it to the group, and all at once words came flying out of both of their mouths.
"Whoa, whoa whoa. We can't understand a word you're saying, calm down" said Garet coolly. "Sheba, tell us what happened."
"A-All right" faltered Sheba. "I had a dream one night, a dream that all of the members of us, you know, Ivan, Piers, you guys, and me were dying off one by one. Even Kraden succumbed. In fact he was the first. I thought that my dream was a sign, because I do not dream often, and you know us Jupiter Adepts, the future somehow appears to us in the weirdest ways. But then in the morning when I told Ivan and Hamma of my dream, both of them had the very same one that night! A dream by one Jupiter Adept might just be a dream, but three of us? We decided to check up on everyone, and warn them of our vision. We used our newly constructed boat to go out to sea, and we headed for Lemuria. We thought that we could find Piers, and then use our old boat to fly here faster then we could sail and then walk. But, when we got to Lemuria, it was a mess! The whole place had been trashed, and when we got to the gate, two huge Water Adepts blocked our path! We asked if we could receive entry, and he responded that Lord Conservato did not want anyone entering Leumuria because of the king's recent death. Then we said we were special friends of Piers, thinking we could gain entrance. But they responded unexpectedly. 'You are friends with Piers! Piers is dead! By Conservato's orders, all who are Piers' friends and family must die!' We ran away, and then sneaked inside at night. We mind read Conservato in his sleep, and he is creating a Lemurian army!!! He plans to claim the power of Alchemy for himself!"
The group sat in shocked silence. Finally, Isaac spoke up.
"First Kraden died, he died about three months ago, from old age. Then Piers died. Who next?"
She answered, her voice a whisper "Jenna."
Chapter I: Ill News and Dreams Shattered
It had been three years now since the day atop Mars Lighthouse. Vale was once again a beautiful village, surrounded by lush forests, with quaint old country-style houses, and a temple over the spot where Mt. Aleph once stood.
"No no no Isaac, I can't have that bouquet, it has to be this one!" Jenna protested.
"Why, why does the bouquet have to be that one?" complained Isaac, "why not that one?" he said, gesturing at one two rows above it.
"She wants our bouquets to match, silly" Mia butted in. "After all, it is a dual wedding."
Isaac turned and whispered to Garet "Do you understand any of this?"
Garet just shrugged his shoulders in that I-dunno kind of way, and went back to trying to figure out what to wear. Isaac sighed, obviously exasperated. "All right, all right, jeez, maybe it would have been easier if Garet and Mia's wedding was on a different day" Isaac said.
"How could you say that Isaac?" replied Jenna. "After all, we agreed a long time ago to have our weddings as a dual service."
"Fine, fine, I was just thinking about it" Isaac defended himself. "Garet, have you heard from all the people we invited yet?"
"Well, Isaac, almost all of them R.S.V.P-ed back. Ivan and Sheba said they would be happy to come, as well as Hamma, Feihzi, Hammet, and Iodem. I'm surprised that Iodem is coming, really. I thought he might still be a little angry that we couldn't save Babi, but he said he has no problem with it. In fact, he would be happy to come back, after all, we did help out a lot" Garet answered.
"Yes, yes, that's all very good and all but, what about Piers?" questioned Isaac.
"I dunno, we haven't heard from Piers since two years ago, shortly after he visited. He was talking about the Senate, remember, and how unruly Conservato and the rest of the Senate was getting? He said he was going to try and keep them from doing anything drastic. I bet you he's been terribly busy" Garet said, his voice slightly strained.
There was an awkward moment of silence. No one had heard from Piers for so long, which was unusual, they had received some kind of letter, or maybe a visit about every three weeks up until his last one.
"Hey guys, how's it going? Anything I could do to help? My little sister can only get married once, ya know" Felix's voice suddenly broke the silence.
"Nah" came Garet's answer, "I don't need any."
"None here either" both of the girls replied unanimously. Felix looked at Isaac. "All right, you can help me out" Isaac said slowly. "Cool" came Felix's reply.
Three hours later, they were all out walking in evening, making conversation as they roamed about. Suddenly a voice broke the silence.
"Isaac, Isaac!" it cried, "something terrible is going to happen!" The group turned about to see two shadowy figures running towards them in the distance.
"Show yourselves, who are you?" Felix called. As the shadows came nearer, it was all too obvious who they were. The blonde hair, the purple eyes, the not-quite-as-impressive-as-the-rest-of-the-group physique, which was made up for with their invaluable spells and intelligence.
"Ivan, Sheba, what is wrong?" Isaac yelled. Ivan and Sheba made it to the group, and all at once words came flying out of both of their mouths.
"Whoa, whoa whoa. We can't understand a word you're saying, calm down" said Garet coolly. "Sheba, tell us what happened."
"A-All right" faltered Sheba. "I had a dream one night, a dream that all of the members of us, you know, Ivan, Piers, you guys, and me were dying off one by one. Even Kraden succumbed. In fact he was the first. I thought that my dream was a sign, because I do not dream often, and you know us Jupiter Adepts, the future somehow appears to us in the weirdest ways. But then in the morning when I told Ivan and Hamma of my dream, both of them had the very same one that night! A dream by one Jupiter Adept might just be a dream, but three of us? We decided to check up on everyone, and warn them of our vision. We used our newly constructed boat to go out to sea, and we headed for Lemuria. We thought that we could find Piers, and then use our old boat to fly here faster then we could sail and then walk. But, when we got to Lemuria, it was a mess! The whole place had been trashed, and when we got to the gate, two huge Water Adepts blocked our path! We asked if we could receive entry, and he responded that Lord Conservato did not want anyone entering Leumuria because of the king's recent death. Then we said we were special friends of Piers, thinking we could gain entrance. But they responded unexpectedly. 'You are friends with Piers! Piers is dead! By Conservato's orders, all who are Piers' friends and family must die!' We ran away, and then sneaked inside at night. We mind read Conservato in his sleep, and he is creating a Lemurian army!!! He plans to claim the power of Alchemy for himself!"
The group sat in shocked silence. Finally, Isaac spoke up.
"First Kraden died, he died about three months ago, from old age. Then Piers died. Who next?"
She answered, her voice a whisper "Jenna."