Chapter 2

"Is he alive" Said a voice.

"I don't know, poke him with a stick." Said another voice.

I started being poked with a very sharp object, I hope that's a stick, cause if it's a dagger, then I'd better not startle them.

Slowly I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw were two hazy objects, and a really thick mist around me. Quickly, the two objects ran away.

"W-Wait, h-how are you?" I said with a bit of fear. Can you blame me, I fainted while playing a video game, some one poked me with a dagger I believe, and I'm not in my room any more, wouldn't you be scared?

Slowly I got up from the ground, still a bit dizzy but I don't know why. I looked at my surroundings. As I said before my surroundings were very hazy because of the fog, usually I love the fog, always full of mystery, and danger, but right now I just want to go back home in my nice warm bed.

Silence. Usually the calm before the storm, or in this case, the silence before the kill. I started to regain more conscience, but my sight was still impaired by the fog.

"Please come out, I don't mean you any harm!" I yelled out into the wild. I knew someone was out there, I just didn't know who, or if they were harmless.

Out of the mysterious fog, two creatures emerged. One seemed human like, the other looked like a huge rat, but floating. As they walked closer, I finally could make them out. The person was a girl, she was at least 5 feet, straight purple hair down to her neck, fine clothes, looks like she fights, and some type a katana around her waist. The creature with her was a Jupiter Djinni, the only thing strange with it was that its eyes were a green color. Actually it was more yellow green, but that's not the point.

"H-Hello, my n-name is N-Natasha." She said. Obviously she was as nervous as anything, but I replied with the best of my ability.

"H-Hi, I'm Xero. W-Where am I?" I asked.

"You're in the land of Imil, don't you know your way around Angara?" She now seems more confident, so I better be confident too.

"Angara? Are you saying that I'm in Weyard?" I asked.

"Where else would you be?" She then looked down toward her Djinni, she must be talking to it.

"What's his name?" I asked.

"Y-You can see Cloud? How is that possible if you aren't an adept?" She seemed confused.

"Me, an adept, that's not possible." Wait, would this be the reason why I can conjure elements like fire, and water? Am I really an adept, what other reason can explain that I can see her Djinni?

"Wow, so there's another adept in Imil, this is so exciting!" She said with excitement.

"We're in Imil? That would explain the snow and fog." I said.

"Would you like to come into my fathers home, it's almost supper time and you look like you haven't had a decent meal in days." Natasha asked.

"Yes, I would really appreciate it." I said.

So we walked through the forest until a Bear like monster met us. The only thing different about this one and a Bear from my world is that his eyes were darker than the night sky, his claws were thicker and longer than any I have seen, his hair were like porcupine quills, just ready for puncturing.

"Do you know how to fight Xero?" Natasha asked.

"Not really, but I never thought I'd be in a situation like this." I said.

Without hesitation she pulled out her sword and went into a stance, none that I have ever seen. I wanted to ask her if she knew how to wield sword, but the bear came charging at us. Quickly both of us jumped to the side. I went left and she went right.

As I was standing I heard some rustling in the bushes. I turned my head to see what it was. All I saw was a blur of light blue, I then turned my attention to the ground. It was a Bo Staff. The cloth seemed to be the texture of mythril, but in the color of bright red, my favorite color. Also it wasn't made of wood, even thought it looked like greatly constructed by human hands, it had the feel of cold metal, but as light as a sheet of paper.

I quickly picked it up and helped Natasha with the bear.

"I thought you said you didn't know how to fight?" She said tiredly. The fight must be exhausting her.

"Well I do know how to defend myself, but hurting others in a fight is another story. Just tell me where its weak spot is and I'll try to immobilize it." I said.

"To weaken it, you must punch its stomach, but even with that staff you can't get close to it." She said.

"We'll see." I said with a bit of hope. With some speed, I ran up to the bear, and hit its stomach. I did weaken the beast, but not enough for him to stay down.

"Natasha, I think we have a problem." I said, but she wasn't anywhere to be seen.

"Natasha, where are you?" I said into the air.

Before I knew it, the bear was upon me, but fell to the ground. I saw Natasha behind it, and her blade was tainted with a bit of blood.

"You didn't." I said.

"Don't worry, he'll live for another fight. I'm not strong enough to slain him. We'd better get going before he regains conscience."

I quickly agreed with her and we ran to the town of Imil. Of course I didn't know where I was going, so I just followed.

As we were walking, Natasha kept making glances toward me, and at the times when I caught her looking at me, she quickly looked forward again. If there's anything I knew in this world, that girls were a completely different species. I didn't understand one thing about them, but I felt a nice connection with her, I don't know how she felt, but I think she felt the same way.

After what seemed like hours, we reached a small town. I guess this was Imil. And farther back I saw the lighthouse. The top was lit with a marvelous bluish light.

"Hey, Natasha, how long has it been since the Wise One told everyone to flee from the lighthouse."

"I think it's been at least seven warm times since then." She said.

"Seven warm times? You mean summer?" I asked.

"Summer, what's summer?"

"I'll tell you later."

We finally reached her house, it's medium sized, I'd say about the size of Isaac's house. When we walked inside I was given another cold-hearted stare from everyone. There were two adults who seemed to be the parents, and a young little girl, I'd say at least three years old.

"Mother, Father, I found this boy in the forest, where the great light appeared. He doesn't mean any harm, nor can he inflict any harm." Natasha said.

Slowly the advanced toward me, and looked into my eyes with much concentration. Then her father spoke.

"It is all right family, he means no quarrel with us."

I was so relieved. I didn't think he would accept me, but still Natasha mentioned a light where I was I wondered what she meant. Before I could ask her,the little sister came over to say something.

"Aw you 'ere to take sista away?" She asked.

"What do you mean?" I turned toward Natasha and her parents.

"C'mere, we'll discuss it during dinner." Said the father.

"Natasha, go take our guest to your room and make him feel comfortable." Said the father. So she grabbed my hand, and we ran toward her room. If I didn't know any better, I'd say she likes me. Nah, that's not possible, I mean, I'm just a geeky kid who knows a thing or two about karate, nothing else.

As we went upstairs, Natasha's sister came to follow us, who knows why. We entered her room, and I was surprised beyond anything. I believed to see a terrible room because of the time period they were in. If I was mistaken, I believed it was similar to our 1400's. But their room was anything but prehistoric. They had nicely made beds with colorful sheets, a huge bowl filled with water on the wall which seemed to be a mirror, the floor was very clean, and everything seemed to be in place.

"Well, it's not much, but its home to Lauren and me."

"Your room is very nice, I bet it cost a fortune." I said with amazement.

"Not really." She said.

We sat there with some silence, until Natasha told Lauren to leave, she reluctantly ran out of the room with a grin on her face, and left us to be.

"So why don't you tell me more about yourself Xero, how did you make it here without any weapons, or proper armor." She asked.

"Well, I just received this weapon when we met that bear, and for getting here, my guess is as good as yours. But what about that light you were telling your parents about, what's that all about?"

"I was sparring with my partner Xeal. He's an adept like us. As we were sparring a light brighter then the sun appeared near the cave. Both of us wanted to venture out to see what it was, but Xeal's guardian told him to stay. So I went to see what it was, and I found you." She said.

"But it still doesn't make sense, I'm not from this world."

"What do you mean? Are you saying you come from beyond the Gaia Falls?"

"No, I mean, I'm not from this world all together. I'm in a world called Earth, and Weyard is just a game."

"A game, you mean like sparring?" She said with enthusiasm.

"No, here let me show you." I pulled out my Nintendo DS from my pocket, somehow I must've put it there. I opened it up and put in the Golden Sun game, but this time I put in the first game.

"O my, what is this magic?" She asked.

"This is called a Nintendo DS. In my world we have a great number of technological advances, that's why I'm so surprised to be in this world of yours. Or perhaps it's because that I'm literally playing my game." I tried to explain.

"This is all very baffling, I do not really understand."

"Don't worry, if possible I'll take you to my world and I'll show you everything I know."

"That would be great!" She said with excitement.

Again silence became a great friend. And then, my body took over again. It wasn't like before, more like my subconscious taking over.

We were on her bed just sitting next to each other. Slowly and nervously, my hand ventured to her hand. She quickly retracted it, and placed her hand on mine. My face must've been redder then a rose cause I was definitely blushing with embarressment.

We looked into each other's eyes. She had the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen. They were a purple color like her hair. I seemed to drift into her gaze, and her to mine. Soon enough we were leaning toward each other, our eyes closing, just inches away, until…

"Natasha! Time fo supper!" We heard her little sister scream.

Quickly we pulled apart, and just smiled at each other with embarrassment.

Once we sat down at our seats, her Father just smiled and started passing the food around. We ate our fill. It was a great feast, best one I had in ages. Once we were done. We started to talk about the conversation we had earlier.