Posted: 8-7-05

Chapter 6: The Legend of Anemos

AN: Hey look! It's the last repeat! And here's something from the original ANs that was important! The fact that I know you've all figured out what's going on. I mean, I didn't plan on it being that secretive. For the sake of the story the characters won't know for a while. But I won't say what just in case. Plus, it's just not right to put something in until it happens, you know? Also, I'm just bad at mystery-ish storylines. You don't even wanna look at "Fate." I'm surprised nobody's hunted me down for how ridiculously obvious that one is... Not because I own Golden Sun, which I don't. ...That was a pathetic segue into a disclaimer.

"She's going to be all right," Hama said, coming out of Sheba's room and into the main part of her house where Isaac and Ivan had been waiting anxiously. "I couldn't get anything from her mind, though. Whatever it was, she's completely forgotten about it."

"I'm sorry," Ivan replied, looking distressed. "I shouldn't have taken her into the crater. We were too far away from the village, and I had no idea what to do when she started..."

"Don't worry about it," his sister replied comfortingly. "You didn't know this was going to happen. Even I didn't see it's coming as clearly as would have been expected. There is obviously some force at work within Sheba that we do not understand."

"What do you mean?" Isaac asked.

"I cannot explain," she answered. "I am having problems understanding it myself. Let's give her some time to rest for now and we'll talk about it with her later." She left them and went into the village to inform the people on Sheba's condition, who were actually quite worried though they seemed very apathetic to her earlier.

The boys sat in silence for a while, Ivan still looking upset. "Cheer up," Isaac said. "Think of what could have happened if you hadn't been there?"

"I just can't shake the feeling that it's my fault, and if she's in trouble I couldn't forgive myself."

"She's going to be fine. Hama said we'll all sit down and talk about it later. Don't beat yourself up over it. Come on, let's go find Piers."

"I don't think I should leave," Ivan replied. "What if something happens again? Somebody needs to stay with her. You go."

"Go where?" Piers said, entering the large house. "What's going on, anyway? Hama looked like something was wrong when she went into the town square. But my boat is fine!"

"Great," Ivan replied unhappily. "Too bad Sheba isn't."

"Huh!"

"She started acting strangely and then she passed out," Isaac replied. "Ivan's the only witness but he's not sure what happened. And it wasn't your fault!"

"Well, how is she now?"

"She's resting in her room. Hama said that we'd talk about it once she woke up."

"Oh," Piers said, looking guilty for not being there at the time. "So, uh, what should we do now?"

"Wait here, I guess," Ivan answered, still looking gloomy.

"I know what we need to do," Isaac said, jumping in front of his two friends lines of vision. "We need to cheer Ivan up! What Sheba needs right now is rest. Come on, let's go find something to do. There are some good games here, right?"

"Yeah!" Piers replied with enthusiasm. "Let's go check it out!"

"But what about Sheba?" Ivan said, looking worried as they dragged him out the door.

"She'll be fine," Isaac answered. "Come on!" They went out of the house into the village as Sheba continued to sleep.

That night, after the boys had returned from doing who knows what and Hama had finished updating the villagers and checking on Sheba, they had all sat down in the main room of her home.

"She sure has been out for a while," Isaac commented.

"I'm sorry!" Ivan exclaimed.

"Quit apologizing! For the twenty billionth time, it's not your fault! I thought we had gotten you cheered up after that last escapade."

"Yeah, you sure seemed happy then," Piers added.

"Well, I was, but..."

"What were you doing?" Hama interrupted.

"Nothing!" Isaac quickly answered, giving her an odd look with the other two.

She sighed. Even though she could have easily found out, she didn't think she wanted to. "Well, as soon as Sheba comes around I can begin to explain why the ruins and the crater are here."

"Why don't you just start now?" Piers suggested.

"It's a very long and involved tale. It would be best if you all heard it at once."

Just then, they heard a shuffling noise from the next room. They all looked over to see that Sheba was now standing in the doorway with an odd look on her face. "What's going on?" she asked, talking a little bit softer than normal.

"You're awake!" Ivan exclaimed, leaping up from his seat and starting to dash over to her when he stopped himself. "Are you okay?"

"I... don't know. What happened? I can't really remember anything..."

"It's all right, Sheba," Hama interrupted. "If you'll all sit down, I'll tell you about the history of this area and why the ruins are so shrouded in mystery."

"If it's a mystery, how can you tell us?" Isaac asked with a slight grin as Ivan, who had resumed his seat rolled his eyes.

Hama stared at him coldly. "Never mind," he quickly said. "You can continue. I wanna know what happened today."

"That I cannot explain, for I am not sure myself," she answered. "But hopefully if I tell you about what happened here centuries ago, you may begin to understand the reason the people of this area act the way they do and why the ruins are so important."

"What's with the crater?" Isaac again interrupted.

"I'll get to that if you stop interrupting me," she replied harshly. Something told Isaac that he didn't want to cross her any more than she all ready was, so he kept his mouth shut again and let her get to the point.

"As you know, many ages ago, Alchemy was a free power in the world, much like it is again, but with a few changes. At it's peak, it was so powerful that nearly everyone in Weyard was an Adept of some kind, and merely being within a few yards of Mt. Aleph gave the person immense power from the Golden Sun. However, this power caused many problems, and wars ravaged the lands as many brave Adepts attempted to guard it from the greedy foes. Too many people wanted to gain the powers that the mountain could give them, and if even one person received it, the end of the world was surely imminent.

"The continents were all in one huge land mass at this time, and the leaders of the clans who protected the powers of each lighthouse, much like Mia or people of Prox, met around where Vault would be today to decide what should be done about this problem. Nereus, the benevolent king of the Mercury clan, Eurus, ruler over the guardians of Jupiter Lighthouse, Asura, who led the his people near the Venus Lighthouse in the lost town of Cythera, and Vesta, who was head of the Fire Clan of the North, all joined that day for one purpose; to decide what should be done about the terror that Alchemy now was.

"The debate lasted for many days, and as their conversations wore down, it was becoming clearer and clearer that the openness of Alchemy was not a safe thing. They realized that the easiest solution would be to some how extinguish the lighthouses and rid the world of the rays of the Golden Sun. Eurus, however, did not think this was such a good idea. His power of foresight enabled him to see the eventual decay of Weyard due to the light being sealed off. However, the others did not heed his word, and he eventually had to agree with the others that this was the best course of action.

"On a given day, the planned to use their abilities to seal the lights of the lighthouses in to small orbs and hide them on Mt. Aleph, where Alchemy's center currently was. They also planned to send representatives of each tribe to the foot of the mountain and make a civilization to guard it."

"Vale," Isaac involuntarily mumbled.

"Yes," Hama replied, unfazed by this interruption. "However, things did not work out exactly as they had hoped, although it was exactly as Eurus had foreseen. On the given day, each leader went to the top of his or her lighthouse and prepared to extinguish the Elemental Lighthouse. Each of them had brought their own Djinni, as there was only one for each element at the time, with them in order to close it off. However, as the leaders of each clan tried to use their powers to create the Elemental Stars, each Djinni spilt into eighteen separate ones in order to help contain the immense power of the lights. Eventually, the four went out, the Golden Sun faded, and Weyard immediately began to decay.

"It was at this point that their plans began to fall apart. Although Sol Sanctum was completely built and the Elemental Stars were successfully placed into them, the idea of the village of Adepts did not go exactly as they had hoped. For one, the continents began to separate right after the lighthouses were extinguished. Vesta immediately sent some of her people which allowed them to make it without worrying about the separating land, although the majority of them stayed in Prox, figuring out methods of survival with their weakened Psynergy. Nereus originally had intended for a few of his people to go, but he had very little left of the water from the Fountain of Hermes, which, as Eurus had warned him, would stop flowing when the lighthouse stopped shining. He decided to go with many of his people to an island far out at sea to maintain their old ways and the power of the water."

"You mean," Piers interrupted with sudden interest, "Lemuria?"

"Exactly. Nereus left some of his finest in Imil. However, their powers were not as strong as his, and only a rare few every hundred years or so gained the full power of Mercury. Unfortunantly, those with the special abilities usually let this go to their heads and many of them sought for more."

"So, you're saying that Alex had the full power of the Mercury clan?" Isaac asked, not worrying about interrupting her anymore.

"That is correct. With their powers in the unbalance, as they were without the Golden Sun, and the people of Lemuria becoming too lazy to keep them up, which depleted them in their blood line over the years, Mercury's power all but faded from the world. Even the Water of Hermes is not nearly as powerful as it once was, or still is in Lemuria. It was mostly a miracle that Mars survived as it did. Unfortunately, Venus was not nearly as lucky.

"The guardians in Cythera, being in line with the earth itself, quickly began losing their powers since Weyard itself was dying. Asura fulfilled his promise of sending some of his people to Mt. Aleph, and being so near the stars helped keep them alive and kept most of their weaker abilities in tact, but everyone of the Venus line quickly died out much like the world was."

"What happened to the Jupiter Adepts?" Ivan asked, for it appeared as if his sister was finished speaking.

"Patience," she replied. "I am getting to that. The city of Anemos was well aware of what was going to happen to Weyard due to the sealing of alchemy. They decided that the best way to keep themselves safe from this and to keep things in line for what was to come was to leave this world and to leave behind the clues in the sanctum. As they completed their tasks, Eurus left a few of the Jupiter Adepts behind in order to keep the power in the world, somewhat, and the rest of the city lifted of into the sky and now floats near Weyard."

"Wait," Ivan interrupted, trying to make sure he understood all of this. "You're saying they made the sanctum since they knew that we were going to save the world, left people behind in what's Contigo today, and the rest of them are on the moon?"

"Pretty much. However if the stories are true, the moon is the city of Anemos, although this tale is only a legend. The power of the Jupiter Adepts has only appeared to a rare few once or twice every several generations, which seems odd, but since Alchemy was nearly gone I suppose that can explain it."

"Hey, wait," Isaac began, "where does the Wise One fit into all of this?"

"No one is really sure where he came from or what his purpose is," Hama answered. "I can only make an uneducated guess from what you have gone through, and even then I am not sure of his true reason for interacting in this world."

"But what does this have to do with me?" Sheba asked, finally talking since Hama began her story.

"I don't know," she replied. "I was merely explaining why the ruins and the large crater exist just outside of town."

"...Okay," Isaac finally said. "And this will help us... how?"

"There is much more to the prophesy of the return of Alchemy than most people know," Hama suddenly said after a brief silence.

"Excuse me?"

"Although the Golden Sun shines freely and the power is once again upon the world, there is something else that must be done before Weyard is totally safe."

"You mean we have to do something else!" Ivan exclaimed, beginning to feel that way too much had been happening to him that day. "Well, what is it?"

AN: There ya go! Hope you liked my little history story there. It was really hard to work up, but once I figured out the details it wasn't too bad to write. Special thanks to my Big Book o' Greek Myths for the names of people and places, as I am not clever enough to make them up on my own. And that's not the official title of the book, that's just what I call it! Again, I know how obvious it is. I feel stupid for making them so stupid, frankly. And yes, a guy in Contigo says, well, thinks at least, that thing about Anemos being the moon. That's where I got it from. I totally gave Ivan my personality when it came to him feeling bad. Seriously. I still apologize for stuff I did over two years ago. Like not updating! Lol, anyway, review, and I'll actually start writing this again! ...I hope...