If I owned Golden Sun, I would be the happiest person in Weyard.
Chapter 4: Puzzling People in a Weird World
Isaac got up and looked around. The stable was separated into five large stalls. Four of them were filled with surprised mares and they were in the fifth. The others were still unconscious.
"Garet! Wake up. Ivan? Guys, now's not the tiime to sleep!" Isaac moaned. Finally, all 10 were up and on their feet.
"What is this place?" Kraden said, looking puzzled. They went out of the stable and saw, to their surprise, that they were in a large field surrounded by fences. Five kids were cantering around the field on horseback with a young female calling to them. And they were wearing strange clothes, without any armour.
"That's right Karanina! Head up, shoulders back! Lennard, your hold on the reins is still too tight! Loosen up! Well done, Farah and Julia, and... Philippe? What're you staring at?"
One of the boys on a golden gelding was staring at the Adepts and Kraden with his mouth open. The other four kids stared as well. The lady, who should be their teacher, was amazed.
"How did you get in here? Did Anna let you in?" She questioned. "And... Are you going to a costume party or something?"
"Uh... What is this place?" Isaac asked, completely confused by what was going on.
"This is the Welford Riding School, of course, and I'm a teacher, Lana."
"Welford Riding School? But we're supposed to learn at the age of five or so, right?" Garet said, surprised. Lana stared even harder.
"Are you foreigners? Your country must have some really good riders then, where are you from?" She asked.
"Umm... Vale?" Jenna said.
"Never heard of that. Which continent is it?"
"Angara?" Feizhi said.
"... Is there even such a continent?" Lana was looking like she swallowed something terrible.
"Duh! Look on the map of Weyard!" Sheba said, corssing her arms.
"W-Weyard?" Lana looked like she was going to faint. The curious students dismounted. "Are you aliens from another planet?"
"What are aliens?" Felix asked. Lana collasped.
"Miss Lana!" The children crowded around her. The boy called Philippe stared at the confused ten.
"Are you going for cosplay?" He asked. "And you're rehearsing for it?"
"What's cosplay?" Piers asked. "Gracious, this place has dozens of new vocabulary."
"Cosplay. Because you're dressed up like the characters of Golden Sun," Philippe said. The ten froze. Felix picked up the boy by the collar.
"What do you know about the Golden Sun?" He cried.
"Felix! Put him down!" Jenna scolded, grabbing the frightened kid away.
"I... I just know that it's a game!" He stammered. "About Alchemy, and the Golden Sun, and the main characters, Isaac and Felix! In fact, your costumes are pretty realistic, and your hair colour is totally what it should look like."
Completely baffled, the group took a step backward. How did this kid know about all this? Did Alex show up and talk to him?
"Guys, I hate to say this," Feizhi whispered, "But I think we're in trouble. There're some people behind us, and they don't look friendly."
Ivan turned. Nobody was behind them. A few seconds later, six men showed up.
"I'd like to praise your prediction skills, but as you said, they don't look friendly," Garet glared at the men clad in dark blue.
"This is the police! Surrender those dangerous weapons and raise your hands!" One of them shouted into a loudspeaker. All of them held a kind of metal thing in their hands.
"Whoa, what's going on now? Isaac, what should we do?" Felix asked.
"Let's try and make a run for it. Useless to try and fight." Isaac replied. With Kraden on Garet's back, the Adepts charged out of the field. The 'police' now had their weapon on the Adepts, and tiny containers were shooting out of it like balls out of a cannon, only faster and smaller.
"Quick, it might be as dangerous as cannons too!" Piers gasped and they flew off, going to goodness knows where and finally landing in a large garden with trees, flowers and bushes. Panting, the group looked around.
There was a large and spotless building near the garden. In the middle of the big garden were two fairly large ponds whose water was so clear it was transparent, and the bottom was covered with stone squares. On one pond was a piece of rubber that resembled a duck with a hole on its back. Near the pond was a weird looking white chair, and sitting on it was a teenage boy with light brown hair. He was reading a book with the title 'The Firebringer' when he saw the Adepts. The book dropped and he jumped up, staring openmouthed at them.
"Umm... Can I ask, what IS this place?" Isaac asked.
"Uh... In detail?" The boy looked surprised. "This is the Anders Mansion in New York, in the United States of America, on the planet Earth."
"Earth is a PLANET? What about Mars?" Garet interrupted.
"Mars is a planet too."
"I see. What's a planet?" Garet asked.
"O-okay, you aren't from around here. I could have sworn you guys were from Golden Sun, what with the clothes and those weapons and all..."
"One more time, what DO you know about Golden Sun?" Kraden asked.
"Hm? It's one of my favourite GBA games." The boy said. "I completed both versions."
"GBA?"
"Game Boy Advance. And the game is called Golden Sun, because the Golden Sun rose when Felix lit the lighthouse." The boy explained. "Gosh, you should play the game, it's really popular. I had an easy time fighting the Doom Dragon."
"You FOUGHT the Doom Dragon?" Now the Adepts were totally shocked and didn't know what to say.
"Umm... Yeah? Anything wrong with that? I'm Jeremy Anders, by the way. Where're you from?" The boy asked.
"We're from Vale, Imill, Contigo, Lemuria, Lalivero and Xian in the land of Weyard," Sheba explained.
"Okay, you're joking." Jeremy stared at them. "You sure? I mean, you guys are... Isaac? Garet, Ivan, Mia? Felix, Jenna, Piers? And Sheba, Kraden. And Feizhi!"
"Yes, and we're still wondering how you know our names and what this 'game' is all about," Mia replied.
"Okay. You're joking. You CAN'T be Adepts!" Jeremy said.
"Yes we can." Ivan closed his eyes. "You have a crush on a girl in your by the name of Helsa."
"Ack!" Jeremy looked totally shocked and his face was glowing like the Golden Sun. "Stop using Mind Read on me! I believe you! I believe you!"
Ivan opened his eyes and smiled.
"How do you know about Mind Read?" Kraden then asked.
"It's... a long story. I need to know, how come you're in New York?"
"I think he can be trusted," Felix explained about Alex and the magic circle.
"Gosh. And I thought Alex had been killed by Mt. Aleph collapsing." Jeremy sighed.
"Now, would you PLEASE tell us what this is all about?" Jenna asked.
"Well, on earth here, Golden Sun is a game on GBA, short for Gameboy Advance, which is a handheld computer, and a computer is a kind of electric machine." Jeremy explained. "The game itself shows about all your adventures, from when Saturos and Mernadi stole into Sol Sanctum, all the way to when you guys returned to Vale after the Golden Sun rose. The player controls what Psynergy, what djinn, what summon to use and when to use them."
"So this is some kind of biography about us in game form?" Isaac asked.
"Something like that, yes. Your story has got so popular that lots of fanfics about Golden Sun appears in Fanfiction.net!" Jeremy said, smiling.
"What's a fanfic?" Kraden asked. Jeremy sighed.
"Never mind. Back to serious business, you guys have to find Alex and his gang before he takes over Earth, right?" He asked. They nodded.
"But if we, as you say, appear in a game, then people who met Alex must have told him about that game, right?" Ivan said. "How come we haven't seen people shooting him, and WE get shot at?"
"Shot? Who shot you?" Jeremy asked.
"Some people in blue. Holding tiny versions of cannons." Kraden replied.
"That must be the police. The police have lots of authority; you have to be careful not to get caught by them. And as for Alex, maybe he already knew about Earth and changed to normal clothes. As in clothes normal for my people. I can't see anybody recognising him without his armour and stuff." Jeremy said.
"That's it!" Garet cried excitedly. "We can change into their 'normal' clothing, then we won't be recognised!"
"Great, I could provide the clothes!" Jeremy exclaimed. "Come on in, my parents are overseas, err... Out for a long period of time."
When the ten came out, they looked totally different. Isaac was wearing dark blue jeans with a white shirt and a blue jacket, along with his old scarf. On his feet were yellow and blue track shoes. On his back was the Sol Blade.
Ivan had a grey cap on his head and wore a violet sweater with khaki shorts. On his belt in a scabbard was the Masamune.
Garet wore a sea blue shirt with a crimson coat. At his side was the Fire Brand.
Mia had on a knee long aqua skirt and a sky blue blouse. Her hair still looked the same, and she held the Lachesis Rule in one hand.
Felix still had his funny ponytail, and wore a dark viridian long sleeved shirt with dull green trousers. The Tisiphone Edge was in his left hand.
Sheba was wearing a sleeveless pink blouse and a purple miniskirt. Her feet were stuck in red high-heeled shoes that made her look almost as tall as Ivan. Her arms were still hugging the Atropos Rod.
Piers' hair was no longer ornamented by that strange bandanna like thing. He had a long aquamarine cloak with an emerald green shirt and Prussian blue jeans. The Excalibur lay on his back.
Jenna's hair was in plaits. She was wearing a carmine blouse with long sleeves and amethyst coloured shorts and reddish brown boots. She was leaning on the Salamander Rod.
Feizhi wore a violet T-shirt with mauve overalls. The Nebula Wand was sticking out of her backpack.
Jeremy grinned. "Gosh, what would Golden Sun fans say?!"
"Now what?" Isaac asked, looking around at the others.
Ahaha... Right, they're on Earth! I'm not a New Yorker, they'll be flying to all my favourite countries, including where I'm staying. I'm not telling, at least not yet.
I will probably be putting up pictures of the adepts in the webpage I'm creating. When they're up, you can go and have a look! Please review, and thank you!
Chapter 4: Puzzling People in a Weird World
Isaac got up and looked around. The stable was separated into five large stalls. Four of them were filled with surprised mares and they were in the fifth. The others were still unconscious.
"Garet! Wake up. Ivan? Guys, now's not the tiime to sleep!" Isaac moaned. Finally, all 10 were up and on their feet.
"What is this place?" Kraden said, looking puzzled. They went out of the stable and saw, to their surprise, that they were in a large field surrounded by fences. Five kids were cantering around the field on horseback with a young female calling to them. And they were wearing strange clothes, without any armour.
"That's right Karanina! Head up, shoulders back! Lennard, your hold on the reins is still too tight! Loosen up! Well done, Farah and Julia, and... Philippe? What're you staring at?"
One of the boys on a golden gelding was staring at the Adepts and Kraden with his mouth open. The other four kids stared as well. The lady, who should be their teacher, was amazed.
"How did you get in here? Did Anna let you in?" She questioned. "And... Are you going to a costume party or something?"
"Uh... What is this place?" Isaac asked, completely confused by what was going on.
"This is the Welford Riding School, of course, and I'm a teacher, Lana."
"Welford Riding School? But we're supposed to learn at the age of five or so, right?" Garet said, surprised. Lana stared even harder.
"Are you foreigners? Your country must have some really good riders then, where are you from?" She asked.
"Umm... Vale?" Jenna said.
"Never heard of that. Which continent is it?"
"Angara?" Feizhi said.
"... Is there even such a continent?" Lana was looking like she swallowed something terrible.
"Duh! Look on the map of Weyard!" Sheba said, corssing her arms.
"W-Weyard?" Lana looked like she was going to faint. The curious students dismounted. "Are you aliens from another planet?"
"What are aliens?" Felix asked. Lana collasped.
"Miss Lana!" The children crowded around her. The boy called Philippe stared at the confused ten.
"Are you going for cosplay?" He asked. "And you're rehearsing for it?"
"What's cosplay?" Piers asked. "Gracious, this place has dozens of new vocabulary."
"Cosplay. Because you're dressed up like the characters of Golden Sun," Philippe said. The ten froze. Felix picked up the boy by the collar.
"What do you know about the Golden Sun?" He cried.
"Felix! Put him down!" Jenna scolded, grabbing the frightened kid away.
"I... I just know that it's a game!" He stammered. "About Alchemy, and the Golden Sun, and the main characters, Isaac and Felix! In fact, your costumes are pretty realistic, and your hair colour is totally what it should look like."
Completely baffled, the group took a step backward. How did this kid know about all this? Did Alex show up and talk to him?
"Guys, I hate to say this," Feizhi whispered, "But I think we're in trouble. There're some people behind us, and they don't look friendly."
Ivan turned. Nobody was behind them. A few seconds later, six men showed up.
"I'd like to praise your prediction skills, but as you said, they don't look friendly," Garet glared at the men clad in dark blue.
"This is the police! Surrender those dangerous weapons and raise your hands!" One of them shouted into a loudspeaker. All of them held a kind of metal thing in their hands.
"Whoa, what's going on now? Isaac, what should we do?" Felix asked.
"Let's try and make a run for it. Useless to try and fight." Isaac replied. With Kraden on Garet's back, the Adepts charged out of the field. The 'police' now had their weapon on the Adepts, and tiny containers were shooting out of it like balls out of a cannon, only faster and smaller.
"Quick, it might be as dangerous as cannons too!" Piers gasped and they flew off, going to goodness knows where and finally landing in a large garden with trees, flowers and bushes. Panting, the group looked around.
There was a large and spotless building near the garden. In the middle of the big garden were two fairly large ponds whose water was so clear it was transparent, and the bottom was covered with stone squares. On one pond was a piece of rubber that resembled a duck with a hole on its back. Near the pond was a weird looking white chair, and sitting on it was a teenage boy with light brown hair. He was reading a book with the title 'The Firebringer' when he saw the Adepts. The book dropped and he jumped up, staring openmouthed at them.
"Umm... Can I ask, what IS this place?" Isaac asked.
"Uh... In detail?" The boy looked surprised. "This is the Anders Mansion in New York, in the United States of America, on the planet Earth."
"Earth is a PLANET? What about Mars?" Garet interrupted.
"Mars is a planet too."
"I see. What's a planet?" Garet asked.
"O-okay, you aren't from around here. I could have sworn you guys were from Golden Sun, what with the clothes and those weapons and all..."
"One more time, what DO you know about Golden Sun?" Kraden asked.
"Hm? It's one of my favourite GBA games." The boy said. "I completed both versions."
"GBA?"
"Game Boy Advance. And the game is called Golden Sun, because the Golden Sun rose when Felix lit the lighthouse." The boy explained. "Gosh, you should play the game, it's really popular. I had an easy time fighting the Doom Dragon."
"You FOUGHT the Doom Dragon?" Now the Adepts were totally shocked and didn't know what to say.
"Umm... Yeah? Anything wrong with that? I'm Jeremy Anders, by the way. Where're you from?" The boy asked.
"We're from Vale, Imill, Contigo, Lemuria, Lalivero and Xian in the land of Weyard," Sheba explained.
"Okay, you're joking." Jeremy stared at them. "You sure? I mean, you guys are... Isaac? Garet, Ivan, Mia? Felix, Jenna, Piers? And Sheba, Kraden. And Feizhi!"
"Yes, and we're still wondering how you know our names and what this 'game' is all about," Mia replied.
"Okay. You're joking. You CAN'T be Adepts!" Jeremy said.
"Yes we can." Ivan closed his eyes. "You have a crush on a girl in your by the name of Helsa."
"Ack!" Jeremy looked totally shocked and his face was glowing like the Golden Sun. "Stop using Mind Read on me! I believe you! I believe you!"
Ivan opened his eyes and smiled.
"How do you know about Mind Read?" Kraden then asked.
"It's... a long story. I need to know, how come you're in New York?"
"I think he can be trusted," Felix explained about Alex and the magic circle.
"Gosh. And I thought Alex had been killed by Mt. Aleph collapsing." Jeremy sighed.
"Now, would you PLEASE tell us what this is all about?" Jenna asked.
"Well, on earth here, Golden Sun is a game on GBA, short for Gameboy Advance, which is a handheld computer, and a computer is a kind of electric machine." Jeremy explained. "The game itself shows about all your adventures, from when Saturos and Mernadi stole into Sol Sanctum, all the way to when you guys returned to Vale after the Golden Sun rose. The player controls what Psynergy, what djinn, what summon to use and when to use them."
"So this is some kind of biography about us in game form?" Isaac asked.
"Something like that, yes. Your story has got so popular that lots of fanfics about Golden Sun appears in Fanfiction.net!" Jeremy said, smiling.
"What's a fanfic?" Kraden asked. Jeremy sighed.
"Never mind. Back to serious business, you guys have to find Alex and his gang before he takes over Earth, right?" He asked. They nodded.
"But if we, as you say, appear in a game, then people who met Alex must have told him about that game, right?" Ivan said. "How come we haven't seen people shooting him, and WE get shot at?"
"Shot? Who shot you?" Jeremy asked.
"Some people in blue. Holding tiny versions of cannons." Kraden replied.
"That must be the police. The police have lots of authority; you have to be careful not to get caught by them. And as for Alex, maybe he already knew about Earth and changed to normal clothes. As in clothes normal for my people. I can't see anybody recognising him without his armour and stuff." Jeremy said.
"That's it!" Garet cried excitedly. "We can change into their 'normal' clothing, then we won't be recognised!"
"Great, I could provide the clothes!" Jeremy exclaimed. "Come on in, my parents are overseas, err... Out for a long period of time."
When the ten came out, they looked totally different. Isaac was wearing dark blue jeans with a white shirt and a blue jacket, along with his old scarf. On his feet were yellow and blue track shoes. On his back was the Sol Blade.
Ivan had a grey cap on his head and wore a violet sweater with khaki shorts. On his belt in a scabbard was the Masamune.
Garet wore a sea blue shirt with a crimson coat. At his side was the Fire Brand.
Mia had on a knee long aqua skirt and a sky blue blouse. Her hair still looked the same, and she held the Lachesis Rule in one hand.
Felix still had his funny ponytail, and wore a dark viridian long sleeved shirt with dull green trousers. The Tisiphone Edge was in his left hand.
Sheba was wearing a sleeveless pink blouse and a purple miniskirt. Her feet were stuck in red high-heeled shoes that made her look almost as tall as Ivan. Her arms were still hugging the Atropos Rod.
Piers' hair was no longer ornamented by that strange bandanna like thing. He had a long aquamarine cloak with an emerald green shirt and Prussian blue jeans. The Excalibur lay on his back.
Jenna's hair was in plaits. She was wearing a carmine blouse with long sleeves and amethyst coloured shorts and reddish brown boots. She was leaning on the Salamander Rod.
Feizhi wore a violet T-shirt with mauve overalls. The Nebula Wand was sticking out of her backpack.
Jeremy grinned. "Gosh, what would Golden Sun fans say?!"
"Now what?" Isaac asked, looking around at the others.
Ahaha... Right, they're on Earth! I'm not a New Yorker, they'll be flying to all my favourite countries, including where I'm staying. I'm not telling, at least not yet.
I will probably be putting up pictures of the adepts in the webpage I'm creating. When they're up, you can go and have a look! Please review, and thank you!