So so sooo sorry that I haven't updated sooner but I've had trouble getting motivated. Then I was real busy with other things so I just haven't had the time. I have to admit I seriously thought about quitting all together but I like writing too much to just stop. So here's the long overdue chapter 16. If it's a bit short it's only cos its just a filler chapter until I can get back into the swing of things.

Disclaimer: Once again I have need to tell you that I DON'T own Golden Sun.

A New Sun

Chapter 16: Road to Jupiter

By NeoBlitz

It had been a few hours since the adepts had a showdown with the elders of Sereath. They had left Zale to go his own way and they headed towards Jupiter Lighthouse where they would meet Isaac and co.

The road they chose is filled with pitfalls and traps, obviously placed to stop people from reaching the lighthouse. Off in the distance they could see the lighthouse in all its glory. They eagerly anticipated meeting their old friends and hearing about their journey so far. But they never forgot their own part in this quest. It wouldn't be long until they would share the information they had been sent to deliver.

Now the adepts were walking up the road in almost silence. The road had been devoid of fiends for the most part. There had been one or two stray Pegasi and some lesser fiends but they were dispatched with relative ease.

"Ugh! I hate this road, it's way too quiet. Please can we talk about anything!"

There a few laughs at this. Daray had been saying almost the exact same thing the whole way up the road. Truth was not even Daray could manage to hold a conversation when they were so close to fulfilling their goal.

"And what will we talk about?" Kith asked.

"Anything! How about how we're going to make it to the top of the lighthouse. I doubt it will be easy to climb after the difficulty we've had on this road." Daray blurted out.

Daray ran ahead of the group a little and started to walk backwards while waiting for the conversation to pick up.

"He does have a point. Making our way to the top of the lighthouse will be no easy feat, especially since we don't have any Jupiter psynergy to solve the puzzles with." Lilithan said.

"I always just assumed we'd find Isaac and Garet before we entered the lighthouse and from there we'd all go together. Didn't you?" Nerrissa said.

There was a brief silence as everyone thought about this. They hadn't really put much thought into what they would do if they didn't make it to the lighthouse at the same time as Isaac and co. As they looked ahead they noticed they were much closer to the lighthouse than they had realised.

"See so we do need to talk about this. We're not just going to have every puzzle solve itself before us." Daray said.

They walked in silence for a few minutes until suddenly there was a loud crashing sound. When they looked around they discovered a huge pit in front of them on the road. When they got closer to it they could make out the image of Daray at the bottom lying on his back.

"Daray are you alright down there?" Lilithan shouted down the hole.

"Yeah." came Daray's muffled reply. "But I can't see a thing down here. I could do with some light."

"That's my cue." Nerrissa said.

She began to radiate a warm golden light as she began to use her psynergy. The sun seemed to shine a beam directly on her as the glow began to get more intense.

"Illuminate!"

Suddenly there was a flash of light down in the hole and the whole pit was lit up. Daray got to his feet now that he could see and he looked around at his surroundings in awe.

"Hey guys you should see this place." he said.

"Why? It's just a pit that someone dug to trap people." Alexis said sceptically.

"It's more than that. There's a passageway along here, but there's some sort of marking on the wall preventing you from getting through. Maybe we could solve it together. Jump down here."

They all exchanged glances before finally jumping one by one into the pit with Daray. When they were all down Daray pointed at the wall. On it there was a tablet with some obscure language written on it.

"I know that! It's an old tongue of Jupiter, my grandparents thought it to me when I was younger. It says 'Look with the eyes of truth upon this slab and change the world''. I think it means to use 'Reveal' the Jupiter and Neptune psynergy." Lilithan explained.

"So use it then." Daray said letting his impatience get the better of him.

Lilithan fell silent and began to radiate a dark blue colour as she tried to use the psynergy.

"Reveal!"

There was a brief flash and when it cleared the slab was gone and in its place a lever. The adepts exchanged glances before Kith pulled down on the lever. For a second nothing happened, then there was a rumble as the door opened up. Behind it was a passageway lit up with purple torches that stretched for quite a way.

"So should we go down this way?" Nerrissa asked.

"It could be another way into the lighthouse, it does kind of head that way." Alexis pointed out.

"I think you're right. I say we go this way." Daray said.

There were no objections so the five adepts walked down the passageway. There were no traps here, the adepts assumed it was because this path was most likely made for Jupiter adepts to go to the lighthouse. The closer they got to the lighthouse the closer the torches were to each other. After a while of walking they came upon a door.

"This must be it, the way into the lighthouse." Lilithan said.

"What's that in the corner? That purple shining thing." Daray pointed into a corner.

Lilithan approached it and picked it up. As soon as she touched it a gust of wind picked up around her. It then died down again leaving Lilithan feeling stronger than before.

"I think that it just gave me some new psynergy. I can feel Jupiter's power flowing through my veins." Lilithan said.

"Great, maybe that new power can help us navigate the lighthouse and reach the top." Nerrissa said.

End of chapter 16.

Okay that's it. New chapter to come soon, or at least sooner than this one came after the last one. I've kind of got a feel for this story again so it should be easier for me to pick it up again. Please review so I know my hard work was worth it.