Nightmare Alex: Ahhh, that was a relazing break for a day or so, but back to work. Another chapter already!
Serac: Jeez, are you some kinda machine or something?
Nightmare, now now, you're just mad 'cause reviewers like my story. Anyway, today is PIE DAY!
Serac: YAY PI-
Nightmare Alex: There are no pies for you already. Jeez, get it through that little head of yours. Alright then, today my delicious pies go to: Syko Monk, Wolfy 129, and repeat offenders, I mean reviewers, EchoKazul, The Faction's Lord, and QueenDragonGoddess. Enjoy your pies as well as the new chapter.
P.S. The Faction's Lord, Sol is associated with Venus and Mars, Luna more with Jupiter and Mercury, so I guess it still fits.
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Golden Sun: The Alchemy Wars
Chapter VII: Hammet's Mistake, the Fall of Kalay
The Adepts traveled quickly, arriving in Kalay in just five days. Ivan and Sheba had thought that they could enlist the help of Hammet and the Kalay soldiers to help them in their quest to destroy the Lemurian and Proxian armies.
"So, you've heard what's going on in the world," Ivan explained to Hammet, "and now you've heard our plans. I guess the question is, will you help us?"
"It is not an easy thing to go to war" Hammet sighed. "I don't know. Nobody has caused us any harm thus so far. I don't see why it is so important to destroy them if they do not bother us."
"Don't you see?" pleaded Garet. "They haven't messed with you 'cause you don't have an army, and you guys aren't their kind of adepts. You're an Earth Adept kind of town. If you don't fight them now, they'll just solidify their power by destroying the other armies, then they will take over your city, and you'll have no chance at stopping them."
"But right now you have a great chance, the armies are not unified, and if we combined our army and yours, we could overpower them!" Sheba added.
"I. . . I still am unsure. It is not as clear as what you make it to be. You say that we could be more powerful, but how long before the armies are unified, and all of their factions are finally brought together?" Hammet questioned. "It is not so easy to condemn my villager's lives. They look to me for leadership, much like your Elder. Did your Elder want you to form an army?"
"That's beside the point Hammet, we need to know if we have your support or not" insisted Mia.
"Then for now I must answer no" Hammet replied. The Adept's faces fell.
"Then our stop here was in vain" Ivan commented. "We shall stay the night, but tomorrow we make for Tolbi to see if they have come back to their city after their defeat."
"Ivan, please, do not be angry" Hammet pleaded. "I am sorry that I cannot help you, but I do not know if it is best to get involved in this struggle."
"You are a fool, Hammet!" Ivan retorted. "You cannot see what lies in front of your face. By not taking any sides, you are condemning the entire world, not just your people! Your doom will come quickly. I can already see it in my dreams. I hope you make it out alive, Hammet. Then you will see just what you have done to your town."
"Ivan! IVAN!" Hammet called, but it was too late. Ivan walked out, fuming, ignoring the other's calls.
"We're sorry, Hammet, Ivan was really counting on this" Sheba explained. "You would do wise to think of what he said. We will leave now. If you change your mind, tell us."
And with that, they left. As they walked to the inn, different ideas were zooming through everyone's heads.
Ivan could only think of how worried he was for Hammet, he knew that unless they called together their armies, Kalay was doomed.
Isaac wondered what had become of Alex, all other thoughts far from his mind.
Garet and Mia feared for Kalay. They feared that if they did not form an army, that they would become the forced slaves of whatever new force took them over. Not a pretty idea at all.
Sheba was not afraid for Kalay, nor for Hammet. All that occupied Sheba's mind was worry for Ivan. She had never seen him so angry, especially at a friend. She could only wonder what Ivan was thinking, or could she? She had an idea, she could mind read him in his sleep!
"But should I really?" she wondered aloud.
"What was that, Sheba?" Ivan muttered.
"Nothing, Ivan. Don't worry about it." Sheba decided to give her plan a try later that night.
Felix was in a far away world, thinking of Jenna, and how much he missed his sister.
As soon as the group reached the inn, they went to their respective rooms and quickly fell asleep.
All but Sheba, that is. After she was sure no one else was awake, she carefully crept out of her room and went down the hall to Ivan's. Being careful not to squeak the notoriously rust covered door, she silently entered. She approached the bed, and just as she was about to mind read Ivan, he awoke with a start.
"NO!" he yelled, then, regaining his senses and spying Sheba, "What are you doing in here? It doesn't matter, Sheba, quick get the others!"
"What, why?" Sheba asked in confusion.
"I saw it in my dreams, the people of Imil, they are coming. They're here already!" Ivan explained quickly.
"What?! How can you be sure?" Sheba demanded.
"Quickly, look out the window at the peak of the hill!" Ivan responded.
Sheba turned her gaze to the hill, and saw tons of Mercury Adepts slowly crawling upon the unsuspecting city.
"Oh no" she whispered. "I'll get Garet and Mia. You get Isaac and Felix"
They departed and woke the others. After looking out the windows themselves, they suited up for battle.
"OK, look. We are going to try to leave the city without having to fight" Felix explained. " We'll go out the back door here, and head for the exit to the Karagol Sea. Ready?"
Everyone nodded.
"Alright, lets get moving."
They made for the back door, and just as they were about to open it, they heard a rustling outside. Backing up against the wall, they waited for another noise. In a matter of seconds, the door was blasted off its hinges by a freezing blast of ice.
War cries broke up all around the city, followed by screams of pain and fear.
Mercury Adepts poured into the inn.
"Never mind, it looks like we're gonna have to fight our way out!" yelled Garet.
The group quickly dispatched of the paltry soldiers, and exited. Outside, the scene was chaos. Civilians were running everywhere, and others were starting to pick up their weapons and fight. The numbers of the enemy were overwhelming, though, and not enough civilians were fighting. The city was doomed. Garet led the Adepts through a series of alleys.
Isaac heard a cry break out from the door beside him, and turning to see what it was, lost sight of the group.
"Garet! Mia! Ivan! Sheba! Felix! Where are you?" he called.
"Stop guys, I thought I heard Isaac!" Mia commanded. "Wait here!"
Mia backtracked, and found Isaac calling out once again.
Just as Isaac turned to face her, she saw a soldier approaching from behind.
"Duck!" she yelled, hurling spears of solid ice right at Isaac.
"AAAHHH!" Isaac ducked, the spears passing so close that he could hear them whistle by. Turning round, he was thankful that he had.
"Thanks Mia" Isaac breathed a sigh of relief, then spied a soldier closing in on her.
"ODYSSEY!" Isaac unleashed his might upon the soldier, and Mia barely jumped out of the way in time.
"You all right Mia?" Isaac noticed she was limping slightly.
"You could have given me a little more warning. . ." she said.
"Sorry, there was no time. I couldn't stand to lose you, not after Jenna. . ." Isaac trailed off.
Mia looked at him oddly for a second, then they found the rest of the group.
"Jeez, I was worried. Mia, you're limping!" Garet said.
"Nothing major, I had to jump out of the way so Isaac could save me" she replied.
"Alright then, whatever you say. The gate's right there!" Garet pointed. "Let's get out of here!"
As the group left the town, Ivan looked one last time, upon his nightmare that had come to life. He saw the royal palace on fire.
"I'm sorry Hammet" he said under his breath. "I'm sorry I couldn't save you."
And so the group set out for the Karagol Sea, like so long ago.
Serac: Jeez, are you some kinda machine or something?
Nightmare, now now, you're just mad 'cause reviewers like my story. Anyway, today is PIE DAY!
Serac: YAY PI-
Nightmare Alex: There are no pies for you already. Jeez, get it through that little head of yours. Alright then, today my delicious pies go to: Syko Monk, Wolfy 129, and repeat offenders, I mean reviewers, EchoKazul, The Faction's Lord, and QueenDragonGoddess. Enjoy your pies as well as the new chapter.
P.S. The Faction's Lord, Sol is associated with Venus and Mars, Luna more with Jupiter and Mercury, so I guess it still fits.
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Golden Sun: The Alchemy Wars
Chapter VII: Hammet's Mistake, the Fall of Kalay
The Adepts traveled quickly, arriving in Kalay in just five days. Ivan and Sheba had thought that they could enlist the help of Hammet and the Kalay soldiers to help them in their quest to destroy the Lemurian and Proxian armies.
"So, you've heard what's going on in the world," Ivan explained to Hammet, "and now you've heard our plans. I guess the question is, will you help us?"
"It is not an easy thing to go to war" Hammet sighed. "I don't know. Nobody has caused us any harm thus so far. I don't see why it is so important to destroy them if they do not bother us."
"Don't you see?" pleaded Garet. "They haven't messed with you 'cause you don't have an army, and you guys aren't their kind of adepts. You're an Earth Adept kind of town. If you don't fight them now, they'll just solidify their power by destroying the other armies, then they will take over your city, and you'll have no chance at stopping them."
"But right now you have a great chance, the armies are not unified, and if we combined our army and yours, we could overpower them!" Sheba added.
"I. . . I still am unsure. It is not as clear as what you make it to be. You say that we could be more powerful, but how long before the armies are unified, and all of their factions are finally brought together?" Hammet questioned. "It is not so easy to condemn my villager's lives. They look to me for leadership, much like your Elder. Did your Elder want you to form an army?"
"That's beside the point Hammet, we need to know if we have your support or not" insisted Mia.
"Then for now I must answer no" Hammet replied. The Adept's faces fell.
"Then our stop here was in vain" Ivan commented. "We shall stay the night, but tomorrow we make for Tolbi to see if they have come back to their city after their defeat."
"Ivan, please, do not be angry" Hammet pleaded. "I am sorry that I cannot help you, but I do not know if it is best to get involved in this struggle."
"You are a fool, Hammet!" Ivan retorted. "You cannot see what lies in front of your face. By not taking any sides, you are condemning the entire world, not just your people! Your doom will come quickly. I can already see it in my dreams. I hope you make it out alive, Hammet. Then you will see just what you have done to your town."
"Ivan! IVAN!" Hammet called, but it was too late. Ivan walked out, fuming, ignoring the other's calls.
"We're sorry, Hammet, Ivan was really counting on this" Sheba explained. "You would do wise to think of what he said. We will leave now. If you change your mind, tell us."
And with that, they left. As they walked to the inn, different ideas were zooming through everyone's heads.
Ivan could only think of how worried he was for Hammet, he knew that unless they called together their armies, Kalay was doomed.
Isaac wondered what had become of Alex, all other thoughts far from his mind.
Garet and Mia feared for Kalay. They feared that if they did not form an army, that they would become the forced slaves of whatever new force took them over. Not a pretty idea at all.
Sheba was not afraid for Kalay, nor for Hammet. All that occupied Sheba's mind was worry for Ivan. She had never seen him so angry, especially at a friend. She could only wonder what Ivan was thinking, or could she? She had an idea, she could mind read him in his sleep!
"But should I really?" she wondered aloud.
"What was that, Sheba?" Ivan muttered.
"Nothing, Ivan. Don't worry about it." Sheba decided to give her plan a try later that night.
Felix was in a far away world, thinking of Jenna, and how much he missed his sister.
As soon as the group reached the inn, they went to their respective rooms and quickly fell asleep.
All but Sheba, that is. After she was sure no one else was awake, she carefully crept out of her room and went down the hall to Ivan's. Being careful not to squeak the notoriously rust covered door, she silently entered. She approached the bed, and just as she was about to mind read Ivan, he awoke with a start.
"NO!" he yelled, then, regaining his senses and spying Sheba, "What are you doing in here? It doesn't matter, Sheba, quick get the others!"
"What, why?" Sheba asked in confusion.
"I saw it in my dreams, the people of Imil, they are coming. They're here already!" Ivan explained quickly.
"What?! How can you be sure?" Sheba demanded.
"Quickly, look out the window at the peak of the hill!" Ivan responded.
Sheba turned her gaze to the hill, and saw tons of Mercury Adepts slowly crawling upon the unsuspecting city.
"Oh no" she whispered. "I'll get Garet and Mia. You get Isaac and Felix"
They departed and woke the others. After looking out the windows themselves, they suited up for battle.
"OK, look. We are going to try to leave the city without having to fight" Felix explained. " We'll go out the back door here, and head for the exit to the Karagol Sea. Ready?"
Everyone nodded.
"Alright, lets get moving."
They made for the back door, and just as they were about to open it, they heard a rustling outside. Backing up against the wall, they waited for another noise. In a matter of seconds, the door was blasted off its hinges by a freezing blast of ice.
War cries broke up all around the city, followed by screams of pain and fear.
Mercury Adepts poured into the inn.
"Never mind, it looks like we're gonna have to fight our way out!" yelled Garet.
The group quickly dispatched of the paltry soldiers, and exited. Outside, the scene was chaos. Civilians were running everywhere, and others were starting to pick up their weapons and fight. The numbers of the enemy were overwhelming, though, and not enough civilians were fighting. The city was doomed. Garet led the Adepts through a series of alleys.
Isaac heard a cry break out from the door beside him, and turning to see what it was, lost sight of the group.
"Garet! Mia! Ivan! Sheba! Felix! Where are you?" he called.
"Stop guys, I thought I heard Isaac!" Mia commanded. "Wait here!"
Mia backtracked, and found Isaac calling out once again.
Just as Isaac turned to face her, she saw a soldier approaching from behind.
"Duck!" she yelled, hurling spears of solid ice right at Isaac.
"AAAHHH!" Isaac ducked, the spears passing so close that he could hear them whistle by. Turning round, he was thankful that he had.
"Thanks Mia" Isaac breathed a sigh of relief, then spied a soldier closing in on her.
"ODYSSEY!" Isaac unleashed his might upon the soldier, and Mia barely jumped out of the way in time.
"You all right Mia?" Isaac noticed she was limping slightly.
"You could have given me a little more warning. . ." she said.
"Sorry, there was no time. I couldn't stand to lose you, not after Jenna. . ." Isaac trailed off.
Mia looked at him oddly for a second, then they found the rest of the group.
"Jeez, I was worried. Mia, you're limping!" Garet said.
"Nothing major, I had to jump out of the way so Isaac could save me" she replied.
"Alright then, whatever you say. The gate's right there!" Garet pointed. "Let's get out of here!"
As the group left the town, Ivan looked one last time, upon his nightmare that had come to life. He saw the royal palace on fire.
"I'm sorry Hammet" he said under his breath. "I'm sorry I couldn't save you."
And so the group set out for the Karagol Sea, like so long ago.