*Sigh* After my vacation, I feel so relaxed. Here's chapter six!

Thank you to Suh (again). Yes, Piers is hot...I love Piers. And I'm serious about Alex. He's not going to die, and he's not entirely evil. It's just the only person who's been talking about him up until now is Mia, and Mia doesn't really like Alex. Alex is just aware of the full picture...and Mia isn't. I'm not saying anymore.

Thank you Dark Star Dragon! I just love reviews so much!

And let's not forget Wild Fox of the Wastland who read every chapter and reviewed for each one! All I can say is Felix/Sheba fans will be pleased...I'm not sure about everyone else...Don't hate me, I'm working on another AU fic, and I'm sure it'll please a number of other fans!

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Chapter Six: Venusian Dream

            Isaac wandered the halls of the palace late at night. It wasn't more than a few weeks ago, when he and Jenna were racing, yet again, down these very same halls. It wasn't more than a few days ago, when, in the very same marble arch he stood under, he betrayed her. Isaac still remembered his harsh words and the sickening sound of a slap that left a red mark on her face. He remembered the shock on her face and the tears that streamed from her eyes. If he could take it all back he would, but right now, he couldn't.

            "It was for the best," he said leaning on the archway, "If she had stayed any longer the people would have killed her. We couldn't protect her anymore."

            Isaac closed his dark blue eyes. 'But I wanted to,' he thought. He heard footsteps behind him.

            "You're thinking about Jenna too," Felix said leaning on the opposite side of the arch, "She can excuse you over time. She might never forgive me."

            "You didn't hit her, you didn't throw her out of the country."

            "I may as well have. I did nothing to stop it, I didn't even explain why we had to get rid of her. And what's worse, when she called for me to help her, I turned my back. And my mother..."

            Isaac turned to his friend with a look of sympathy and understanding. "Your father treated her harshly, didn't he?"

            "Harsh is an understatement."

            Isaac and Felix walked on together in silence.

            "We as man claim such superiority, but we treat our own flesh and blood with harshness if they're different," Isaac said, "It really makes us the barbarians."

            "My words exactly. It's a pity we are so war like, I wish we weren't. I wish we could have peace," Felix said.

            "It seems every time we try, something goes wrong."

            "Why can't it just work? Just once? So many have died, we don't need anymore. We've had enough retribution and revenge for tens of thousands of years. Why can't we just stop?"

            Isaac could hear the earnestness in Felix's voice, and he knew he was expecting an answer. Isaac struggled for a moment with the question and then said, "I believe it's been such a part of our lives for so long, we'd feel strange without it."

            "Then why can't we unite for a common good against something?"

            Isaac knew the answer to that one, "Because there is nothing to fight."

            Felix sighed in exasperation.

"Alright fine, to hell with peace and all that, I just want my sister back!" he cried.

            Isaac stared at his friend. Felix wasn't one to have sudden outbursts like that. Hurting his family hadn't been something he'd enjoyed much at all and it was starting to show.

            "You need something to take your mind off your family," Isaac said, putting his hand on his friend's shoulder, "Why don't we go play some chess?"

            Felix nodded, but Isaac could tell that it would not be enough.

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            Dora climbed up the ladder in the library with careful ease. She pulled a book from the top shelf and slowly climbed down. She sighed as she handed it over to her husband Kyle. He always liked to start his mornings with a good book and a cup of coffee.

            "It's times like this I miss Jenna, she'd fly right up there and get that book for me," she said quietly, "and she was always so polite."

            Kyle sighed as he sat down and opened the book.

            "I know Dora. I hated to watch them go, but it was either that or they stayed and ended up dead," he said flipping through the pages. Dora looked over her husband's shoulder.

            "What are you looking for?" she asked gently.

            "Something to take my mind off of Jenna and her mother," her husband replied.  Dora nodded thoughtfully.

            "Well, you shouldn't read a book about slaying dragons," she told him.  Kyle stopped turning and slammed the book shut and stood up abruptly. He held his hand out to Dora.

            "Let's just go have breakfast," he said. Dora took up his invitation and the two walked out arm in arm.

***

            Jenna was drinking her tea, at breakfast when suddenly she sneezed. Garet stared at his friend with a devious look.

            "What?" she asked gruffly.

            "Someone's talking about you," he said.

            "How do you know?" Jenna asked with a skeptical look on her face.

            "Whenever you sneeze out of the blue like that someone is talking about you."

            "Says who?"

            "I don't know," Garet said, "some old legend."

            Jenna rolled her eyes and finished her tea. She secretly hoped that that someone was Isaac.

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            Isaac was so tired he could barely keep his eyes open at breakfast. He and Felix had stayed up the whole night. They finished their game of chess and then they started to sword fight. 'I knew we shouldn't have started fighting,' Isaac thought, 'We always get carried away with it and take hours to finish one duel.' Felix was sitting at the other end of the table, trying not to fall asleep in his cereal, which he had barely eaten. As Isaac tried to drink his coffee a travel worn person appeared at the dining hall entrance.

            "War in the southeast!" the man cried and then collapsed. Isaac jumped up and ran to the man's side. He slowly helped him up as Felix snapped to attention and stood up to interrogate the man.

            "What happened to make them fight?" Felix asked.

            "The Jupiter bombed a Mercurian ship," the man answered. Felix bit his lip.

            "It's odd the Jupiter always make the first move, or they know when the other side is going to attack...why?" he inquired. An old man at the end of the table stood.

            "I know why," he said confidently. Felix remembered him as Lord Babi.

            "Then tell us Lord Babi, how do they know what to do in war?"

            "They have an oracle. She fell from the sky, and she can predict the future."

            Felix stared at the old man in disbelief.

            "How do you know?" he asked quickly.

            "How do I know? Young man, I've lived among every race in Weyard, so I've been around. Every Jupiterian knows about her. I've even seen her. And she told me to tell you something, Prince Felix."

            "She knows about me?" Felix said in amazement.

            "She knows everything! She wants you to come and take her."

            Felix was silent. Isaac was also in disbelief, but he managed to come out of it.

            "I think we should kidnap her, it would limit the Jupiter's foresight, and get their soldiers and citizens in a state of confusion," Isaac suggested. Felix's father agreed.

            "So it's settled, we will kidnap the oracle."

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So? What do you think? ...I know what you're thinking...yes I am an Isaac/Jenna fan. *ducks blows from Isaac/Mia fans* But I like Isaac/Mia too! I just like Isaac/Jenna better. Don't hate me! I don't hate you! Next chapter, we peer into the life of Mia a little more...I think. Review, or Isaac will have Judgment destroy your house!  Okay, maybe not, but please review.

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