Serac: *stares blankly* . . . *drools*
Nightmare Alex: Right, well, I finally got my computer back online after Serac broke all of the djinn free, and uhhh, he's experiencing a hangover from the sugar. So, I do not own Golden Sun or anything else that is legally bound to it.
Serac: Golden. . . Sun. . . *drools some more*
Nightmare Alex: Okay then, I will now give out the prizes! King Size Butterfingers, five each, for The Faction's Lord and QueenDragonGoddess!!! *Hands out Butterfingers*
Nightmare Alex: QDG, glad you know you feel loved again.
TFL, while this may be dangerous, I will do the same that I did to my djinn, namely, teleport away! I do share a few characteristics with my namesake ya know. Besides, that would down my computer again, and then I wouldn't be able to continue my story. Heres the next chapter!
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Golden Sun: The Alchemy Wars
Chapter XIII: Anemos in Chaos, and Tolbi in Ruins
Stalfas sat on his throne, bored to death with his life. He was the king of Anemos, and yet, he never had to do anything. Since the city had flown away so long ago nothing had happened. He longed to just go play a game, or do something, have a crisis, solve a problem. But Anemos was fine, perfectly, perfectly fine.
And it was horribly boring.
"Skylar" he called one of his 20 elite guard stationed in the throne room. "Skylar, do you want to play, chess, perhaps?"
Skylar nodded vigorously, he was an intelligent young lad, and very gifted with his Psynergy. He loved to play chess, and the king was his greatest rival.
Just as the board had been set up, a sudden flash of light caused all of the guards to stumble back, clutching their eyes. A few seconds later, a pair of feet landed on the chess board.
"Pardon me, good king, but I'm afraid I must hold conference with you" a voice came, but the blinded Anemians could not see who it was.
"Who are you?" the king bellowed. "Tell me who you are and what you want, or I will have my guards behead you!"
"No need for that, good king. My name is Alex, and I am here to bring you exciting news" Alex spoke calmly, letting no hint of his true plan get across in his voice.
"News?" the king laughed. "What news could you bring me that would be exciting? Anemos is perfect!"
"I bring news from the world below" Alex responded, a smug look on his face.
"Th-the world. . . below?" the king uttered the words in disbelief. "How did you get here?"
"It is a simple trick" Alex said, then vanished. "It" his voice came from behind the king, then he vanished again. "is just a simple teleport." The king looked around, trying to find this strange new man.
"I'm above you" Alex gave himself away. The king looked up, and found Alex floating above him, just as he had said.
"Incredible!" the king gasped.
"No, not at all incredible. What is incredible is what is going on down below" Alex got back to his point. "War! War, my good friend, has begun in the world below. Alchemy's power has been rekindled, and now the many peoples of Weyard wage war to claim it for themselves."
"War?" the king's mind raced. War? It was so exciting, and so new. But you can't rush into these things. "So what do you want of me?"
"If you came back down, you could crush them!" Alex exclaimed. "You still have a handful of functioning Sentinels, correct? They are immune to Psynergy, correct? So they can be your front line, and the troops will accompany them! The world is yours for the taking. All I'm asking for is that you help me find my greatest enemy. . ."
"Alex, is it?" the king clarified. Alex nodded his head. "While it may be true that we have superior power, as you say, I cannot simply go to war without knowing the risks. I shall have to say no."
"Then I shall have to disagree" Alex replied, his voice cold and calculating. "I will change your mind."
Alex waved his hand, and the king was frozen from his feet to his neck. Alex closed his eyes, and concentrated, finding the king's mind.
"Guards!" the king yelled. "Help!"
"Conceited fools!" Alex whirled round, and froze them all solid with a wave of his hand. He then went over and shattered each one with a rap from his Luna Blade. "Now, shall we continue?"
Alex started his mental assault anew. GIVE IN TO ME! his psychic voice roared through the king's brain.
"NOOOOOOO!" the king fought with all his might. "Never, not to be used. . . for. . . war. . ."
You are finished, old man. I have you now! Alex tightened his telepathic grip.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! the king screamed, only to realize that he was not talking aloud.
"Much better good king. You will now call an emergency, and land Anemos back where it should be, as well as activate the Sentinels. I will be back to check on you." And with that, Alex teleported away once again.
Must. . . RESIST. . . the king fought on as he watched, horrified as his body obeyed the wishes of Alex.
Before he knew it, Stalfas, King of Anemos, had just declared war on all of Weyard.
A mile or so from Vale, Felix laid with his back against a tree, under the shade, resting, watching the clouds go by.
"Sheba" he finally said, "do you think we should be going now?"
Sheba looked at him. "I think it imperative that we not let our enemies get ahead of us."
"Okay then, Vale is only a little while away, let's go!" Felix got up. "I'm sure they'll give us a warm welcome, and the army should still be on standby. . ."
And with that, they raced off into the distance, eager to get to Vale.
In Tolbi, or what was left of it, Isaac and Mia confronted Iodem.
"Iodem" Mia spoke, "I'm sure you realize the importance of what we say. If we can have your army and the Contigans under one banner, we will be a mighty force. We need you."
"I cannot do that to my people!" Iodem replied coldly. "I will be condemning them to death, they've already fought the Lemurians, they kicked our asses!"
"Damn it! You're just like Hammet! And you know what happened to Kalay, under this kind of attitude?" Isaac asked nastily. "No, wait, I'll tell you. They were caught in a sneak attack, the soldiers killed, and the women and children murdered. Nothing is left of Kalay, because of that attitude which you've chosen to adopt!"
"Fine, but what you see is what you get" Iodem gave in. "Look around, our city is in shambles, nothing is right. Our army is broken and disheartened."
"All that can change" Mia said. "We just need a stop in Contigo, and all of those problems will be fixed!"
"So it's a deal?" Isaac asked incredulously.
"Yes" Iodem answered. Isaac jumped for joy, but Mia's thoughts secretly strayed from the subject. What had happened to her Garet? She couldn't forget about him, even if he did hate her now. She still loved him, but the feeling that something terrible was going to happen was unshakeable.
And in the sky above, the Anemian Sentinels were inspected by the guards, and Anemos plummeted toward the place where it once rested on Weyard. . .
Nightmare Alex: Right, well, I finally got my computer back online after Serac broke all of the djinn free, and uhhh, he's experiencing a hangover from the sugar. So, I do not own Golden Sun or anything else that is legally bound to it.
Serac: Golden. . . Sun. . . *drools some more*
Nightmare Alex: Okay then, I will now give out the prizes! King Size Butterfingers, five each, for The Faction's Lord and QueenDragonGoddess!!! *Hands out Butterfingers*
Nightmare Alex: QDG, glad you know you feel loved again.
TFL, while this may be dangerous, I will do the same that I did to my djinn, namely, teleport away! I do share a few characteristics with my namesake ya know. Besides, that would down my computer again, and then I wouldn't be able to continue my story. Heres the next chapter!
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Golden Sun: The Alchemy Wars
Chapter XIII: Anemos in Chaos, and Tolbi in Ruins
Stalfas sat on his throne, bored to death with his life. He was the king of Anemos, and yet, he never had to do anything. Since the city had flown away so long ago nothing had happened. He longed to just go play a game, or do something, have a crisis, solve a problem. But Anemos was fine, perfectly, perfectly fine.
And it was horribly boring.
"Skylar" he called one of his 20 elite guard stationed in the throne room. "Skylar, do you want to play, chess, perhaps?"
Skylar nodded vigorously, he was an intelligent young lad, and very gifted with his Psynergy. He loved to play chess, and the king was his greatest rival.
Just as the board had been set up, a sudden flash of light caused all of the guards to stumble back, clutching their eyes. A few seconds later, a pair of feet landed on the chess board.
"Pardon me, good king, but I'm afraid I must hold conference with you" a voice came, but the blinded Anemians could not see who it was.
"Who are you?" the king bellowed. "Tell me who you are and what you want, or I will have my guards behead you!"
"No need for that, good king. My name is Alex, and I am here to bring you exciting news" Alex spoke calmly, letting no hint of his true plan get across in his voice.
"News?" the king laughed. "What news could you bring me that would be exciting? Anemos is perfect!"
"I bring news from the world below" Alex responded, a smug look on his face.
"Th-the world. . . below?" the king uttered the words in disbelief. "How did you get here?"
"It is a simple trick" Alex said, then vanished. "It" his voice came from behind the king, then he vanished again. "is just a simple teleport." The king looked around, trying to find this strange new man.
"I'm above you" Alex gave himself away. The king looked up, and found Alex floating above him, just as he had said.
"Incredible!" the king gasped.
"No, not at all incredible. What is incredible is what is going on down below" Alex got back to his point. "War! War, my good friend, has begun in the world below. Alchemy's power has been rekindled, and now the many peoples of Weyard wage war to claim it for themselves."
"War?" the king's mind raced. War? It was so exciting, and so new. But you can't rush into these things. "So what do you want of me?"
"If you came back down, you could crush them!" Alex exclaimed. "You still have a handful of functioning Sentinels, correct? They are immune to Psynergy, correct? So they can be your front line, and the troops will accompany them! The world is yours for the taking. All I'm asking for is that you help me find my greatest enemy. . ."
"Alex, is it?" the king clarified. Alex nodded his head. "While it may be true that we have superior power, as you say, I cannot simply go to war without knowing the risks. I shall have to say no."
"Then I shall have to disagree" Alex replied, his voice cold and calculating. "I will change your mind."
Alex waved his hand, and the king was frozen from his feet to his neck. Alex closed his eyes, and concentrated, finding the king's mind.
"Guards!" the king yelled. "Help!"
"Conceited fools!" Alex whirled round, and froze them all solid with a wave of his hand. He then went over and shattered each one with a rap from his Luna Blade. "Now, shall we continue?"
Alex started his mental assault anew. GIVE IN TO ME! his psychic voice roared through the king's brain.
"NOOOOOOO!" the king fought with all his might. "Never, not to be used. . . for. . . war. . ."
You are finished, old man. I have you now! Alex tightened his telepathic grip.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! the king screamed, only to realize that he was not talking aloud.
"Much better good king. You will now call an emergency, and land Anemos back where it should be, as well as activate the Sentinels. I will be back to check on you." And with that, Alex teleported away once again.
Must. . . RESIST. . . the king fought on as he watched, horrified as his body obeyed the wishes of Alex.
Before he knew it, Stalfas, King of Anemos, had just declared war on all of Weyard.
A mile or so from Vale, Felix laid with his back against a tree, under the shade, resting, watching the clouds go by.
"Sheba" he finally said, "do you think we should be going now?"
Sheba looked at him. "I think it imperative that we not let our enemies get ahead of us."
"Okay then, Vale is only a little while away, let's go!" Felix got up. "I'm sure they'll give us a warm welcome, and the army should still be on standby. . ."
And with that, they raced off into the distance, eager to get to Vale.
In Tolbi, or what was left of it, Isaac and Mia confronted Iodem.
"Iodem" Mia spoke, "I'm sure you realize the importance of what we say. If we can have your army and the Contigans under one banner, we will be a mighty force. We need you."
"I cannot do that to my people!" Iodem replied coldly. "I will be condemning them to death, they've already fought the Lemurians, they kicked our asses!"
"Damn it! You're just like Hammet! And you know what happened to Kalay, under this kind of attitude?" Isaac asked nastily. "No, wait, I'll tell you. They were caught in a sneak attack, the soldiers killed, and the women and children murdered. Nothing is left of Kalay, because of that attitude which you've chosen to adopt!"
"Fine, but what you see is what you get" Iodem gave in. "Look around, our city is in shambles, nothing is right. Our army is broken and disheartened."
"All that can change" Mia said. "We just need a stop in Contigo, and all of those problems will be fixed!"
"So it's a deal?" Isaac asked incredulously.
"Yes" Iodem answered. Isaac jumped for joy, but Mia's thoughts secretly strayed from the subject. What had happened to her Garet? She couldn't forget about him, even if he did hate her now. She still loved him, but the feeling that something terrible was going to happen was unshakeable.
And in the sky above, the Anemian Sentinels were inspected by the guards, and Anemos plummeted toward the place where it once rested on Weyard. . .