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Don't make me send you to therapy with Yami.

Isaac: NO! Anything but that!

Then shush. Now, to answer your reviews.

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Story time boys and girls. Now let me tell you a tale of stuff and things....

Leggy: Guess what. Oracle doesn't own Golden Sun and never will. Let's celebrate!

One of Those Days

Sheba's mind strayed through a strange world. It was so unlike her own yet strangely the same. The land was barren and destroyed by battle, any sign of foliage had long been terminated and there was no one around but her. Using her mental Jupiter powers, she tried to pick up any sign of life, hopefully something human, so she could ask it where she was.

Before she could even begin to concentrate, an enormous amount of energy coursed through her unsuspecting mind. It didn't hurt her, but she wasn't used to such a large amount of power. It drove her to her knees and reduced her to a quivering pile of clothes and flesh. Her hair covered her pretty face as she lowered her head onto the oddly warm floor. Taking a chance, she looked up through her layers of hair and was amazed to see a strange scene form before her.

Nine huge forces of energy transformed into the bodies of nine warriors were fighting in the air. As she looked closer, she recognized some of the warriors; one was definately Felix and battling beside him was Jenna, the group of four people she'd seen at the top of the Venus Lighthouse, a strange red-haired woman and herself. They seemed to be fighting a lone man who was surrounded by a blinding blue light. She was sure she knew this man, but the light around him distorted her vision and she had to close her eyes.

Sensing a change, she opened them again and gasped as tears flew freely down her face. The eight warriors were gone and in their place stood millions of people, ready to go to war. She knew they were adepts, she could sense their power even from such a distance away.

This was what would happen after they lit the final two lighthouses if they didn't stop the evil forces from getting their first, she knew it.

The image before her disappeared and the next thing she knew was she was sitting bolt upright in a small room. Sweat had dampened her golden hair and her breathing was heavy, but other than that, there was no evidence that she'd been in that other world apart from her memory.

It took her awhile to remember where she was until she recalled entering a town late last night and being escorted by several guards to a mansion who informed them that the lord of this unknown town wished to speak to them.

In the bed on her left, Jenna was sleeping soundly and through an open door to her right she could just see Felix, breathing gently. Everything was peaceful once more. Late morning sunlight streamed through a dust-covered window, covering the delicately carved furniture in the tiny room in a bath of golden light.

Sighing, Sheba thought about her short journey to the beautiful continent called Indra knowing with a heavy heart that they wouldn't be staying on for long. Their quest meant no stopping for anything. Lighting the lighthouses was much more important.

Why did she have to be connected to all of this? That dream she'd had, was it a dream? Or was it a vision of the future that her developing powers had produced? These thoughts confused her deeply and she sighed again.

"What's wrong Sheba?" asked a friendly voice.

Spinning around in her bed, she saw Jenna watching her from her own bed, awake at last. Sheba wasn't sure if she should tell Jenna about the dream. If it was real, they could all be in terrible danger and she couldn't let Jenna become worried if it was only a dream. She would bear the burden herself.

"Jenna, something's coming. I don't know what it is, but I do know it isn't good," she said simply.

Jenna was about to say something and Sheba knew it was something important, something she'd been wanting to say for a long time, when there was a loud noise from outside the door that led off down some unknown corridor. It sounded as if someone had run right into the door. The handle was turned roughly and in rushed a very familiar, odd couple.

"Isaac! Garet!" Jenna yelled happily, jumping out of bed to hug her old friends. Sheba smiled as the reunited trio shared hugs, questions and several punched to the head. She slowly turned her eyes to the floor. She had no one to rush to her, no one to pull her into a tight grip that comforted her. Only loneliness that she'd experienced since she'd been very young.

"Sheba?! Are you alright?" A small figure appeared in the doorway. She knew this was Ivan because she'd seen him before at the Venus Lighthouse. He'd tried to help her and for this she felt a rush of gratitude towards him.

He crossed the room and held her hands in his. Looking at her with his deeply intelligent eyes, he asked her the same question again.

"Are you alright?"

"I'm fine," she replied, smiling at his sudden protectiveness.

He blushed and let go.

"I don't know if you know, but I'm Ivan."

"I know."

Isaac and Garet broke their uncomfortable silence by dragging Ivan forward to introduce him to Jenna before doing the same to Mia. Soon, everyone was chatting happily about how they first met the others and what Garet was like as a child.

"Always there. He just wouldn't leave me alone. Then, he'd turn up suddenly looking rather scared and it turned out that he'd done something awful and got me in to trouble for protecting him!" Jenna complained while punching him gently in the arm. "Though, he was always able to make me laugh."

"That's our Garet," said Ivan.

"So, is it true? Has Kraden died?" Jenna and Sheba's eyes misted when Isaac asked the dreaded question. It was Jenna that finally answered though her voice shook when she did.

"Yes. We were staying in a cave not far from town and it collapsed while we were sleeping. There was nothing we could do. He was dead when we found him."

Ivan and Mia, despite the fact that they had never actually met the scholar, knew this was a sensitive subject and kept quiet while their friends thought back to the times they'd shared with their old teacher.

To their shock, a door leading out of the room was suddenly pushed open and Felix stood in the doorway, his eyes half open and his already messy hair sticking out at all angles.

"How can two girls make so much noise?" he asked, running his hand through his hair in a vague attempt to straighten it. He stopped the instant he saw the visitors.

"Morning Felix," said Jenna, very timidly while glancing at Isaac and Garet who were both eying Felix with looks of mistrust.

"Urm...hi. How did you guys find us so fast?"

"Well, we were in town and heard that a group of travelers had stopped here for the night, so we thought we'd investigate," Ivan explained since the others were too angry to answer.

"And you'd be?"

"Ivan."

Felix smiled at him weakly then turned back to his old friends.

"Well, it's great to see you again, Isaac, Garet. I really missed you guys."

"Is that all you can say?!" Garet's cry startled even himself. Jenna put her hand on his shoulder to calm him, but he shrugged her off and advanced menacing on her brother.

"What do you want me to say?"

"An explanation might be nice."

Felix sighed and sat down on the end of Jenna's bed. Unable to meet his friend's eyes, he gazed at the floor, not sure how to start.

"Well, I guess this whole this began after I was swept down the river that fateful night with my parents and your father, Isaac. After meeting you two when they'd escaped from the Sol Sanctum, Saturos and Menardi found the four of us and took us back to their hometown of Prox. Their plan had failed. They hadn't successfully stolen the stars, so they took us instead thinking that they could use us as hostages. When I woke up, Saturos knew I had some talent in the use of Psynergy and decided to train me as a warrior before taking me with Menardi back to Vale. We had no idea that you were going to be there. If we had, I would never have let them take Kraden or you, Jenna. I am eternally sorry for that. Can you forgive me?"

"I already told you," Jenna said, moving into her brother's arms, "I forgave you ages ago." They shared a smile before Felix continued.

"Well, as we traveled, I talked to Saturos who seemed more willing to share his plans than Menardi did. He told me why the beacons need to be lit. If they aren't, Weyard is doomed to be destroyed. Gaia Falls at the very edge of the world will corrode, the seas will rise and flood the world, and eventually, all the continents will shrink then disappear. We need to light them."

Isaac turned to his friends. Mia wore an emotionless expression, grabbed his hand and gripped it rather tightly. Ivan looked deep in thought, but kept glancing at Sheba which made Isaac think that he was using their mind powers to speak in private. Garet on the other hand retained the look of mistrust.

"Felix, are you sure?"

"Surer than I've ever been in my life. Kraden would probably back it up with facts and figures, but as he is no longer here, that the basic idea of what will occur." Isaac suddenly felt an urge of sympathy and trust towards Felix. He'd been kidnapped and forced to go along with this, and now he had to convince his friends that what they'd been doing was wrong and that they'd have to complete the work of those they were supposed to stop. It was a little too much for Isaac to handle.

"I...believe you Felix and I'll do everything in my power to help."

Garet was startled out of his silence to cry out at his friend.

"Isaac, are you crazy?! Felix comes along and sprouts a crack pot story about the world ending and you suddenly believe him?! After everything he put us through?!"

Isaac gravely looked Garet straight in the eye and nodded. Able to do nothing but gape, Garet sat down heavily on Sheba's bed with his head in his hands.

"Isaac. All that time ago, I swore to the town elder, my grandfather, your mother and you that I would do whatever it was that you decided to do, and to this day I've kept that promise." He looked up at his waiting friend and everyone else in the room. "I'm not about to break it."

"Does that mean..."

"Yeah, I'm sticking with you."

Felix looked relieved and grinned at his sister who flung herself onto the bed beside Garet and hugged him.

"Oh! Thank you Garet!"

Next, Isaac turned to Ivan and Mia.

"What about you two?"

"I'll follow you to the ends of the earth, Isaac," Mia said simply, her eyes closed and a strained look on her face. Having been sworn to protect the Mercury Lighthouse from being lit, she found going against her word very difficult, but looking at the facts, she knew there was no other way.

Isaac gave her hand a grateful squeeze.

"I'm with you too, Isaac," said Ivan who was still looking at Sheba thoughtfully.

"Alright, at least we all agree on something. Know, does anyone know where the other two lighthouses are?" Garet asked over Jenna's shoulder.

"We do."

Everyone turned to see where the new voice had come from. Standing in the doorway that led further into the mansion were two figures. On the left stood a bulky man with broad shoulders that took up most of the doorway and a shock of flame red hair. Unusually, his skin seemed to be tinged green. The other figure was a girl, smaller than her friend, but looked just as dangerous. Her skin looked more reptilian than human and was tinged red. Her own red hair stood out around her face, which was contorted into a twisted smile. They both were decked in various kinds of armour and weapons, apparently ready to fight.

"Now, are you going to hand over the Jupiter and Mars stars, or are we going to have to take them by force?" the girl asked, flashing sharp teeth whenever she spoke.

"I don't think so!" Isaac and Felix both answered together.

"Then force it is," said the man while cracking his knuckles menacingly. They grabbed their weapons and prepared to strike.

YAY! The gangs back together!

Isaac: WHAT?!

What?

Leggy: What?

Isaac: You're just gonna end it there?!

Urm...yeah.

Isaac: Without having a fight?!

Yeah.

Isaac: I hate you!

Too bad. Next chapter, the fight and an unexpected journey. Review and it will come faster. Oh and Sorian, please send me reviews that say more than 'update soon' cause that's not really a review now is it. Au revoir!