Nightmare Alex: Hello there! Another update already, not as action oriented as the first few, but still, you just have to get some things out of the way.
Serac: Yeah, this one is booooring.
Nightmare Alex: IT'S NOT THAT BAD!!!
Serac: Whatever. . .
Nightmare Alex: Well anyway, today is. . . CHOCOLATE CHIP DAY!!!
Serac: YAY! CHOCOLATE CHIPS FOR ME!!!
Nightmare Alex: NO, once again, there are no chocolate chips for you. Anyway, today's winners are. . . elven-princess-ithilien, and returning winners EchoKazul, QueenDragonGoddess, and The Faction's Lord! Each lucky reviewer will receive a 3 pound bag of Nestle Chocolate Chips. Use them as you will! *Hands out chocolate chips* And it seems that I will be out of town for a while, so no updates for the weekend probably. Unless, I find a way to get to a computer. . . And I don't know how much longer I can keep updating every 1 to 2 days. I have I feeling I will settle into about 3-7 day patterns. Oh, well, read on for the new Chapter 7!
P.S. EchoKazul: Yea, it doesn't look like it's going to happen does it. However, ya never know, I change my mind all the time, like when I decided to kill Jenna after all. So maybe there is a chance.
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Golden Sun: The Alchemy Wars
Chapter VI: A New Quest Begins
Ivan, Sheba, and Felix turned around as they heard the doorknob twist. Mia and Garet stepped through the doorway.
"Did you guys get him?" Ivan asked quietly.
"Sure did, and I'm ready to go!" Isaac said, following Mia and Garet into the house. "So did The Wise One leave already?"
"Yes, The Wise One left just a few minutes ago. We think we have our priorities straight now" Felix answered.
"All right, let's hear 'em" Garet said eagerly.
"No problem," Sheba spoke up, "#1. Alex must be stopped. Destroyed if necessary, but definitely stopped."
"Dead is a requirement on that one" Isaac interrupted bitterly. "He has to pay."
"All right then," Sheba continued, "#2. We must destroy the Lemurian and Proxian armies. They are both greedily pursuing the power of Alchemy for themselves, whatever their motives, and that just can't be allowed to happen."
"What of the Contigan and Tolbian armies? Or the Izumian army? Are they threats?" Mia questioned.
"No, not at all, at least not yet" Ivan replied. "They are all just fighting to defend themselves, as are the rest of the small factions. Only the Lemurian and Proxian armies need to be to be destroyed. #3. Anemos must never return."
"Whaaaaaaaaaaat? Anemos? You mean the moon, right? Isn't that Anemos?" Garet said, confused.
"Yes, Anemos, where we are beginning to expect I came from Garet" Sheba explained. "The Wise One didn't tell us exactly why it couldn't come back, but he told us that we can't let it happen. And that's it, so far."
"So all we have to do is kill Alex, destroy two massive armies, and keep a giant magic city from returning. Piece of cake" Garet said sarcastically.
"Hey, if it were easy, what would be the fun in it, right?" Isaac said jokingly. "Seriously though, this is a tall order. Do we have a plan yet?"
"Only a basic one," Ivan explained, "since we can't find Alex, we will have to try and complete objectives two and three first."
"No way! Alex comes first!" Isaac said, stubbornly refusing to do anything else first.
"Hello, Weyard to Isaac!" Garet teased. "We can't just explore at our leisure looking for Alex while two huge armies are wasting the land!"
"Oh, right, sorry, I uh, just got a little carried away there" Isaac said sheepishly. "My mistake really, but we can at least keep our ears open for rumors of Alex while we are trying to fulfill our other objectives right?"
"Sure, that wouldn't be a problem at all Isaac" Felix said, obviously just as frustrated that they couldn't go after Alex right away as Isaac. "So we have an idea. We'll pursue the Lemurian army first, since it's the closest. When we hear about Alex, we will decide whether to go after him right away, or stay with the Lemurian army to finish the job."
"Sounds good then" Garet yawned. "Why don't we get up early tomorrow morning and gather all of our materials, then say goodbye and get to it."
"Agreed" everyone said at once.
And with that they all left. Felix took off to his house, Ivan and Sheba planning to spend the night at his house, trailed behind. Garet and Mia went upstairs, and Isaac walked slowly toward his humble abode.
At his house, Isaac quickly fell asleep. He found herself in a world made of nothing, with grey stone at his feet, and a seemingly endless sky of gray clouds. "What's going on? Where am I?" Isaac questioned aloud.
"Isaac, help me!" a voice called out.
Isaac whirled around, and in the distance, saw Jenna, chained to a massive rock sticking out of the landscape.
"Please, Isaac, save me!" she cried yet again.
"He can't help you. Not now, not ever" Alex replied coldly, suddenly appearing a few feet from Jenna.
"Alex! Don't worry Jenna, I'll stop him! ODYSSEY!" Isaac cast his magic as he got within range. Alex was hit, then knocked to the ground, but to Isaac's surprise, got back up as though nothing had happened.
"You are a fool Isaac. Do you really think you can destroy me? I, who possess almost all the power of the Golden Sun, I, who am just as powerful as any God, I, who is blessed with immortality? You stand no chance against me, you never did. And this girl will be the first to know" Alex said, his voice icy and malicious. He approached Jenna, and removed his sword.
"NO!" Isaac leapt forward, running at full speed toward Alex.
"Don't bother me!" Alex said angrily, whirling around. "Stay where you are!" he said, raising his hand. Isaac was frozen in his tracks, unable to move anything, no matter how much he willed himself to.
"Now then, where was I? Ahh, yes. Luna Blade, DEATH'S EMBRACE!!!" Alex's sword glittered with power.
"NO!" Isaac watched as slowly, the figure of the Grim Reaper drifted out from the blade, and then, faster then the eye could see, swung his scythe right through Jenna. He watched, horrified, as Jenna dropped to the ground, no physical damage done to her, but dead all the same. "NOO!"
"And you are next, my admirable adversary" Alex said, turning upon Isaac. "Luna Blade, DEATH'S EMBRACE!!!"
The Grim Reaper appeared before Isaac, and swung his scythe in a perfect arc.
Isaac awoke in a cold sweat. "Oh, it was just a dream. . ." Isaac quietly renewed his vow to destroy Alex, and avenge Jenna.
Gazing through the window, he noticed it was morning.
He looked at how high the sun had become, it looked like it was only a little while till noon!
"Oh no, jeez am I late!" He got dressed and opened his closet to look for his equipment. He found it was all missing.
"AAAAHHHH!!!! Where is my stuff!?!?!?" He ran over to Garet's, and was relieved to see his gear sitting on a table.
"There you are sleepyhead" Garet greeted. "We got your stuff together for you, all of us were just about to go over and wake you up."
"So, are we setting off now?" Isaac asked.
"Yep. All of the townsfolk are waiting for us to go down, to say goodbye" Mia answered.
"Well, then, let's be off, shall we?" said Felix.
And with that the group marched off toward the Gate of Vale, the only landmark that had been left standing after the forming of the Golden Sun. They all said their goodbyes, and as they walked beneath the gate, a strange feeling came over them.
"Déjà vu, eh Isaac?" Garet said, remembering the start of their quest long ago.
"Yeah" Isaac laughed. Finally, they were underway. The new quest had begun, and the fate of the world once again stood in the balance. . .
Serac: Yeah, this one is booooring.
Nightmare Alex: IT'S NOT THAT BAD!!!
Serac: Whatever. . .
Nightmare Alex: Well anyway, today is. . . CHOCOLATE CHIP DAY!!!
Serac: YAY! CHOCOLATE CHIPS FOR ME!!!
Nightmare Alex: NO, once again, there are no chocolate chips for you. Anyway, today's winners are. . . elven-princess-ithilien, and returning winners EchoKazul, QueenDragonGoddess, and The Faction's Lord! Each lucky reviewer will receive a 3 pound bag of Nestle Chocolate Chips. Use them as you will! *Hands out chocolate chips* And it seems that I will be out of town for a while, so no updates for the weekend probably. Unless, I find a way to get to a computer. . . And I don't know how much longer I can keep updating every 1 to 2 days. I have I feeling I will settle into about 3-7 day patterns. Oh, well, read on for the new Chapter 7!
P.S. EchoKazul: Yea, it doesn't look like it's going to happen does it. However, ya never know, I change my mind all the time, like when I decided to kill Jenna after all. So maybe there is a chance.
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Golden Sun: The Alchemy Wars
Chapter VI: A New Quest Begins
Ivan, Sheba, and Felix turned around as they heard the doorknob twist. Mia and Garet stepped through the doorway.
"Did you guys get him?" Ivan asked quietly.
"Sure did, and I'm ready to go!" Isaac said, following Mia and Garet into the house. "So did The Wise One leave already?"
"Yes, The Wise One left just a few minutes ago. We think we have our priorities straight now" Felix answered.
"All right, let's hear 'em" Garet said eagerly.
"No problem," Sheba spoke up, "#1. Alex must be stopped. Destroyed if necessary, but definitely stopped."
"Dead is a requirement on that one" Isaac interrupted bitterly. "He has to pay."
"All right then," Sheba continued, "#2. We must destroy the Lemurian and Proxian armies. They are both greedily pursuing the power of Alchemy for themselves, whatever their motives, and that just can't be allowed to happen."
"What of the Contigan and Tolbian armies? Or the Izumian army? Are they threats?" Mia questioned.
"No, not at all, at least not yet" Ivan replied. "They are all just fighting to defend themselves, as are the rest of the small factions. Only the Lemurian and Proxian armies need to be to be destroyed. #3. Anemos must never return."
"Whaaaaaaaaaaat? Anemos? You mean the moon, right? Isn't that Anemos?" Garet said, confused.
"Yes, Anemos, where we are beginning to expect I came from Garet" Sheba explained. "The Wise One didn't tell us exactly why it couldn't come back, but he told us that we can't let it happen. And that's it, so far."
"So all we have to do is kill Alex, destroy two massive armies, and keep a giant magic city from returning. Piece of cake" Garet said sarcastically.
"Hey, if it were easy, what would be the fun in it, right?" Isaac said jokingly. "Seriously though, this is a tall order. Do we have a plan yet?"
"Only a basic one," Ivan explained, "since we can't find Alex, we will have to try and complete objectives two and three first."
"No way! Alex comes first!" Isaac said, stubbornly refusing to do anything else first.
"Hello, Weyard to Isaac!" Garet teased. "We can't just explore at our leisure looking for Alex while two huge armies are wasting the land!"
"Oh, right, sorry, I uh, just got a little carried away there" Isaac said sheepishly. "My mistake really, but we can at least keep our ears open for rumors of Alex while we are trying to fulfill our other objectives right?"
"Sure, that wouldn't be a problem at all Isaac" Felix said, obviously just as frustrated that they couldn't go after Alex right away as Isaac. "So we have an idea. We'll pursue the Lemurian army first, since it's the closest. When we hear about Alex, we will decide whether to go after him right away, or stay with the Lemurian army to finish the job."
"Sounds good then" Garet yawned. "Why don't we get up early tomorrow morning and gather all of our materials, then say goodbye and get to it."
"Agreed" everyone said at once.
And with that they all left. Felix took off to his house, Ivan and Sheba planning to spend the night at his house, trailed behind. Garet and Mia went upstairs, and Isaac walked slowly toward his humble abode.
At his house, Isaac quickly fell asleep. He found herself in a world made of nothing, with grey stone at his feet, and a seemingly endless sky of gray clouds. "What's going on? Where am I?" Isaac questioned aloud.
"Isaac, help me!" a voice called out.
Isaac whirled around, and in the distance, saw Jenna, chained to a massive rock sticking out of the landscape.
"Please, Isaac, save me!" she cried yet again.
"He can't help you. Not now, not ever" Alex replied coldly, suddenly appearing a few feet from Jenna.
"Alex! Don't worry Jenna, I'll stop him! ODYSSEY!" Isaac cast his magic as he got within range. Alex was hit, then knocked to the ground, but to Isaac's surprise, got back up as though nothing had happened.
"You are a fool Isaac. Do you really think you can destroy me? I, who possess almost all the power of the Golden Sun, I, who am just as powerful as any God, I, who is blessed with immortality? You stand no chance against me, you never did. And this girl will be the first to know" Alex said, his voice icy and malicious. He approached Jenna, and removed his sword.
"NO!" Isaac leapt forward, running at full speed toward Alex.
"Don't bother me!" Alex said angrily, whirling around. "Stay where you are!" he said, raising his hand. Isaac was frozen in his tracks, unable to move anything, no matter how much he willed himself to.
"Now then, where was I? Ahh, yes. Luna Blade, DEATH'S EMBRACE!!!" Alex's sword glittered with power.
"NO!" Isaac watched as slowly, the figure of the Grim Reaper drifted out from the blade, and then, faster then the eye could see, swung his scythe right through Jenna. He watched, horrified, as Jenna dropped to the ground, no physical damage done to her, but dead all the same. "NOO!"
"And you are next, my admirable adversary" Alex said, turning upon Isaac. "Luna Blade, DEATH'S EMBRACE!!!"
The Grim Reaper appeared before Isaac, and swung his scythe in a perfect arc.
Isaac awoke in a cold sweat. "Oh, it was just a dream. . ." Isaac quietly renewed his vow to destroy Alex, and avenge Jenna.
Gazing through the window, he noticed it was morning.
He looked at how high the sun had become, it looked like it was only a little while till noon!
"Oh no, jeez am I late!" He got dressed and opened his closet to look for his equipment. He found it was all missing.
"AAAAHHHH!!!! Where is my stuff!?!?!?" He ran over to Garet's, and was relieved to see his gear sitting on a table.
"There you are sleepyhead" Garet greeted. "We got your stuff together for you, all of us were just about to go over and wake you up."
"So, are we setting off now?" Isaac asked.
"Yep. All of the townsfolk are waiting for us to go down, to say goodbye" Mia answered.
"Well, then, let's be off, shall we?" said Felix.
And with that the group marched off toward the Gate of Vale, the only landmark that had been left standing after the forming of the Golden Sun. They all said their goodbyes, and as they walked beneath the gate, a strange feeling came over them.
"Déjà vu, eh Isaac?" Garet said, remembering the start of their quest long ago.
"Yeah" Isaac laughed. Finally, they were underway. The new quest had begun, and the fate of the world once again stood in the balance. . .