Serac: NA doesn't own Golden Sun.
Nightmare Alex: Thanks Serac. Looks like things are back to normal.
A shiny new GBA carrying-case for QueenDragonGoddess and The Faction's Lord, because they remembered I'm alive!
TFL, Me and great chapters. . . hmmmm. . . I dunno. I just write what my brain tells me!
QDG, Mia is pretty broken up right now, and not quite emotionally stable enough yet to rebuild any relationships. However, things can always change. . . Just be on the lookout incase.
Nightmare Alex: Enjoy the new chapter!
Serac: And I'll make sure he updates soon!
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Golden Sun: The Alchemy Wars
Chapter XV: The Stage Is Set
"Land ho!" the lookout yelled from atop the crow's nest.
"Good!" Isaac yelled back. "Prepare to dock!" he commanded.
"Well Mia, it seems that we have finally arrived" he commented.
"Mmmmm hmmmmm. . ." Mia mumbled distantly.
"Mia, are you ever going to speak to me again?" Isaac joked.
"What? Oh yes, I'm sorry, it's just. . ." Mia trailed off.
"I know, you are thinking about Garet, right?" Isaac turned serious. "Mia, you can't keep beating yourself up over that. It was my fault. I. . . I forced you into it."
"You know that's a lie" Mia answered. "I chose for myself. I-I just made the wrong decision. . ."
"That hurts" Isaac responded, sounding wounded.
"That's not what I meant!" Mia snapped. "And you know it!"
Just then the boat hit land. "Sorry to cut the conversation short, but we have some business to attend to" Isaac said. "Just look at Anemos, I think I can see buildings on it!"
"You're right!" Mia gasped. "This is becoming more dangerous then I thought! We have to go! Now!"
They ran off, leaving the army of Tolbi to take care of the boat, and then make their way to the city.
Around the same time at Lunpa, Felix was trying to relax. The news in Lunpa was even worse then the news in Vault. Apparently this Mars Adept leading the army of Imil actually had some strength.
"A LOT of strength" he corrected himself.
"You can say that again" Sheba replied. "He stopped an entire river!"
"How did you know that you never read the n- HEY!" realization dawned on Felix. "Stop reading my mind!"
"Sorry" Sheba giggled. "I forgot that people don't like that. Besides, it's faster than reading the news."
"Yeah, well, it's about time to get moving anyway. We have to move fast to meet that army in Bilibin now" Felix planned. "By cutting out the river, they saved twelve hours! Now we won't have any time to set up defenses. It'll be a straight battle, unless they stop."
Sheba snorted at the last option. "Like that'll happen."
"Well, considering they haven't even stopped to sleep, much less eat" Felix commented. "It's like they are being driven by a machine. What kind of a slave driver is this guy? And how powerful must he be to keep all these warriors in this condition?"
"Felix, he can't be that strong despite what he did to the river. . ." Sheba tried to think. "I mean, we could probably take on the whole army, after all, people can be easily scared by a strong display of Psynergy. Or maybe they don't even realize that they have superior numbers because of their fear."
"Could be. . ." Felix mused. "Oh well. Time to get going."
"LET'S GO VALE! WE'RE OFF TO BILIBIN!" he yelled at the army. "NO TIME TO STOP AND CHAT, OR ELSE THEY'LL GET THERE FIRST!"
Upon hearing the last sentence, the army quickly took off at a steady run.
"Maybe you made them go a little TOO fast" Sheba suggested, panting. "We have to keep up with them now."
"Well," Felix tried to speak, "at least we know we'll make it to Bilibin on time." He smiled, but Sheba just shook her head.
In Kolima, all was chaos.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY YOU WORMS!" Dark Garet's unnaturally sinister voice boomed across the landscape. The people of Kolima had been prepared for a fight, and had prayed to Tret, the ruler of Kolima forest, to grant them strength.
And so, responding to their pleas, Tret had sent an army of living trees to assist them.
Dark Garet, noticing that his left flank was weakening, had ordered his soldiers to fall back slightly. It didn't work, the soldiers didn't back off.
"LIQUIFIER!!!" Millions of heat lances blasted through the left flank, skewering trees, Kolimean warriors, and Imil soldiers with no discrimination. The left flank was effectively wiped out. No Kolima defenders or Imil soldiers still remained.
"I SAID TO GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Dark Garet roared at the rest of the army. Taking note of what had happened to the left flank, the rest of the people of Imil wisely decided to turn and flee.
"HEAT SLASH!!!" Dark Garet swung his Darksword with all his might, channeling his destructive Psynergy into it. What emerged was a gigantic heat wave, which cut all in it's path cleanly in half while burning them to ashes.
Nothing now remained of Kolima. The houses, made of trees, had been burnt to ash. There were no more Kolimeans to defend the ash piles either.
"Milord," a soldier started to speak, "we suffered several casualties, mostly fr-"
He was cut off as Dark Garet grabbed his head, his palm completely covering the soldier's face.
"WHEN HAVE I EVER CARED?!" Dark Garet shouted, as smoke began to billow from his hand, and the smell of burning flesh drifted through the air. "DO NOT BOTHER ME AGAIN!" he boomed, dropping the soldier, all that was left of his head was a blackened skull.
"NOW MARCH!!! MARCH TO BILIBIN!!!" he commanded, and the soldiers, terrified by the spectacle, took off immediately.
Inside of his head, Garet had given up on fighting his darker side. It was too strong now that it had surfaced, and now that it was free, for every soul it killed it grew stronger. Garet's thoughts drifted away to Mia a lot these days. Should he have run off like that? he wondered to himself. And did she still love him? he asked.
Searching deep inside of himself, he knew that he still loved her. But, trapped inside his own body, with his dark side controlling him made it nearly impossible to ever imagine them together again. Nonetheless, he still vowed to himself every day, while his dark side mocked him, that somehow, he would try.
The royal army was gathered, the Sentinels were prepared, and Anemos was ready to attack. Only two hours remained until landing, and then just one hour until the invasion force would be launched. A dark day indeed was dawning for the world.
Far south, in Tundaria Tower, Alex monitored the progress of his pawns. Just then, he detected an enormously powerful ripple of Psynergy behind him.
"ALEX!" the voice blared. "I AM HERE TO SETTLE WHAT STARTED THREE YEARS AGO!"
"Wise One," Alex answered, not even having to turn around to know who it was, "I suggest you turn back."
"No Alex. You will be stopped once again."
"Then forgive me for changing your mind!" Alex whirled around, throwing solid blasts of ice at the Wise One.
"Alex," the Wise One laughed, "did you not forget? You cannot defeat me!"
"Oh?" Alex smirked. "I think you forgot who I am!" The room temperature dropped to absolute zero.
"I am not the same Alex that you knew before Wise One. . ." suddenly, Alex disappeared.
"Do not run Alex!" the Wise One cried. "I shall find you!"
"Who said anything about running?" The Wise One spun around just in time to see Alex's hand grip his one eye.
"Goodbye Wise One" Alex channeled his Psynergy through his hand and straight into an ice lance.
The Wise One's eye bulged in disbelief, and an ice spike began to grow out of his back. "And now you are gone" Alex cackled in delight. "You shall never interfere with my plans again!"
Just as the Wise One's eye closed in death, Alex detected one last burst of Psynergy, a message, screaming through time and space to be delivered to Isaac.
"It matters not." thought Alex to himself. "No one can stop me now. He turned and looked out to see Anemos make it's landing upon Weyard, and smiled at the smoke billowing up from Angara. With the world in such a state, his plan was proceeding perfectly.
In Contigo, the army stood ready, alongside the Tolbian army. Isaac and Mia stood in the back with Hamma, as Anemos made it's landing. Then, when the smoke cleared, with a mighty war cry, the two armies rushed for the city of Anemos.
In Bilibin, Felix's forces were finished preparing their defenses. They sat in silent anxiety, until the first blue-haired head came over the horizon. With a bone chilling shout, the entire Imil army emerged, running forward with only one purpose. . . to destroy.
Nightmare Alex: Thanks Serac. Looks like things are back to normal.
A shiny new GBA carrying-case for QueenDragonGoddess and The Faction's Lord, because they remembered I'm alive!
TFL, Me and great chapters. . . hmmmm. . . I dunno. I just write what my brain tells me!
QDG, Mia is pretty broken up right now, and not quite emotionally stable enough yet to rebuild any relationships. However, things can always change. . . Just be on the lookout incase.
Nightmare Alex: Enjoy the new chapter!
Serac: And I'll make sure he updates soon!
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Golden Sun: The Alchemy Wars
Chapter XV: The Stage Is Set
"Land ho!" the lookout yelled from atop the crow's nest.
"Good!" Isaac yelled back. "Prepare to dock!" he commanded.
"Well Mia, it seems that we have finally arrived" he commented.
"Mmmmm hmmmmm. . ." Mia mumbled distantly.
"Mia, are you ever going to speak to me again?" Isaac joked.
"What? Oh yes, I'm sorry, it's just. . ." Mia trailed off.
"I know, you are thinking about Garet, right?" Isaac turned serious. "Mia, you can't keep beating yourself up over that. It was my fault. I. . . I forced you into it."
"You know that's a lie" Mia answered. "I chose for myself. I-I just made the wrong decision. . ."
"That hurts" Isaac responded, sounding wounded.
"That's not what I meant!" Mia snapped. "And you know it!"
Just then the boat hit land. "Sorry to cut the conversation short, but we have some business to attend to" Isaac said. "Just look at Anemos, I think I can see buildings on it!"
"You're right!" Mia gasped. "This is becoming more dangerous then I thought! We have to go! Now!"
They ran off, leaving the army of Tolbi to take care of the boat, and then make their way to the city.
Around the same time at Lunpa, Felix was trying to relax. The news in Lunpa was even worse then the news in Vault. Apparently this Mars Adept leading the army of Imil actually had some strength.
"A LOT of strength" he corrected himself.
"You can say that again" Sheba replied. "He stopped an entire river!"
"How did you know that you never read the n- HEY!" realization dawned on Felix. "Stop reading my mind!"
"Sorry" Sheba giggled. "I forgot that people don't like that. Besides, it's faster than reading the news."
"Yeah, well, it's about time to get moving anyway. We have to move fast to meet that army in Bilibin now" Felix planned. "By cutting out the river, they saved twelve hours! Now we won't have any time to set up defenses. It'll be a straight battle, unless they stop."
Sheba snorted at the last option. "Like that'll happen."
"Well, considering they haven't even stopped to sleep, much less eat" Felix commented. "It's like they are being driven by a machine. What kind of a slave driver is this guy? And how powerful must he be to keep all these warriors in this condition?"
"Felix, he can't be that strong despite what he did to the river. . ." Sheba tried to think. "I mean, we could probably take on the whole army, after all, people can be easily scared by a strong display of Psynergy. Or maybe they don't even realize that they have superior numbers because of their fear."
"Could be. . ." Felix mused. "Oh well. Time to get going."
"LET'S GO VALE! WE'RE OFF TO BILIBIN!" he yelled at the army. "NO TIME TO STOP AND CHAT, OR ELSE THEY'LL GET THERE FIRST!"
Upon hearing the last sentence, the army quickly took off at a steady run.
"Maybe you made them go a little TOO fast" Sheba suggested, panting. "We have to keep up with them now."
"Well," Felix tried to speak, "at least we know we'll make it to Bilibin on time." He smiled, but Sheba just shook her head.
In Kolima, all was chaos.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY YOU WORMS!" Dark Garet's unnaturally sinister voice boomed across the landscape. The people of Kolima had been prepared for a fight, and had prayed to Tret, the ruler of Kolima forest, to grant them strength.
And so, responding to their pleas, Tret had sent an army of living trees to assist them.
Dark Garet, noticing that his left flank was weakening, had ordered his soldiers to fall back slightly. It didn't work, the soldiers didn't back off.
"LIQUIFIER!!!" Millions of heat lances blasted through the left flank, skewering trees, Kolimean warriors, and Imil soldiers with no discrimination. The left flank was effectively wiped out. No Kolima defenders or Imil soldiers still remained.
"I SAID TO GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Dark Garet roared at the rest of the army. Taking note of what had happened to the left flank, the rest of the people of Imil wisely decided to turn and flee.
"HEAT SLASH!!!" Dark Garet swung his Darksword with all his might, channeling his destructive Psynergy into it. What emerged was a gigantic heat wave, which cut all in it's path cleanly in half while burning them to ashes.
Nothing now remained of Kolima. The houses, made of trees, had been burnt to ash. There were no more Kolimeans to defend the ash piles either.
"Milord," a soldier started to speak, "we suffered several casualties, mostly fr-"
He was cut off as Dark Garet grabbed his head, his palm completely covering the soldier's face.
"WHEN HAVE I EVER CARED?!" Dark Garet shouted, as smoke began to billow from his hand, and the smell of burning flesh drifted through the air. "DO NOT BOTHER ME AGAIN!" he boomed, dropping the soldier, all that was left of his head was a blackened skull.
"NOW MARCH!!! MARCH TO BILIBIN!!!" he commanded, and the soldiers, terrified by the spectacle, took off immediately.
Inside of his head, Garet had given up on fighting his darker side. It was too strong now that it had surfaced, and now that it was free, for every soul it killed it grew stronger. Garet's thoughts drifted away to Mia a lot these days. Should he have run off like that? he wondered to himself. And did she still love him? he asked.
Searching deep inside of himself, he knew that he still loved her. But, trapped inside his own body, with his dark side controlling him made it nearly impossible to ever imagine them together again. Nonetheless, he still vowed to himself every day, while his dark side mocked him, that somehow, he would try.
The royal army was gathered, the Sentinels were prepared, and Anemos was ready to attack. Only two hours remained until landing, and then just one hour until the invasion force would be launched. A dark day indeed was dawning for the world.
Far south, in Tundaria Tower, Alex monitored the progress of his pawns. Just then, he detected an enormously powerful ripple of Psynergy behind him.
"ALEX!" the voice blared. "I AM HERE TO SETTLE WHAT STARTED THREE YEARS AGO!"
"Wise One," Alex answered, not even having to turn around to know who it was, "I suggest you turn back."
"No Alex. You will be stopped once again."
"Then forgive me for changing your mind!" Alex whirled around, throwing solid blasts of ice at the Wise One.
"Alex," the Wise One laughed, "did you not forget? You cannot defeat me!"
"Oh?" Alex smirked. "I think you forgot who I am!" The room temperature dropped to absolute zero.
"I am not the same Alex that you knew before Wise One. . ." suddenly, Alex disappeared.
"Do not run Alex!" the Wise One cried. "I shall find you!"
"Who said anything about running?" The Wise One spun around just in time to see Alex's hand grip his one eye.
"Goodbye Wise One" Alex channeled his Psynergy through his hand and straight into an ice lance.
The Wise One's eye bulged in disbelief, and an ice spike began to grow out of his back. "And now you are gone" Alex cackled in delight. "You shall never interfere with my plans again!"
Just as the Wise One's eye closed in death, Alex detected one last burst of Psynergy, a message, screaming through time and space to be delivered to Isaac.
"It matters not." thought Alex to himself. "No one can stop me now. He turned and looked out to see Anemos make it's landing upon Weyard, and smiled at the smoke billowing up from Angara. With the world in such a state, his plan was proceeding perfectly.
In Contigo, the army stood ready, alongside the Tolbian army. Isaac and Mia stood in the back with Hamma, as Anemos made it's landing. Then, when the smoke cleared, with a mighty war cry, the two armies rushed for the city of Anemos.
In Bilibin, Felix's forces were finished preparing their defenses. They sat in silent anxiety, until the first blue-haired head came over the horizon. With a bone chilling shout, the entire Imil army emerged, running forward with only one purpose. . . to destroy.