Disclaimer Addition: Camelot and Nintendo own the character Tret, not me.
Author: I really messed up the last one, sorry about that. I've been a bit busy lately and school's coming up Wednesday, so it may take me a while to update my stories.
"The ground's trembling again. I take it Alex is coming?" Ledria asked, looking to Yonka for answers.
"Either that or something he sent. All of you guys have seen battle, but not me. I'll take this one. I suggest you all stand. Guard the entrance to Kilika." Yonka said as she walked forwards, drawing her large chackram.
"Everyone get behind the gate! Quickly now!" Carthrandour yelled, taking many large steps backwards.
"Oh come on Carthrandour, she can't be that strong!" Detherion said, making a large mistake. "Whoa!" he said as he jumped back, a small, black dagger shot into the ground right in front of his feet, digging a hole so deep that the bottom couldn't be seen.
"Shut up Detherion, you idiot. Oh wait, you've never seen me fight, have you? Never mind the idiot part. But please do shut up." Yonka said, smirking slightly. The ground about twenty feet in front of Yonka suddenly lurched upwards like the sudden formation of a small hill. "Interesting, it must be a Venus type. Well, time to have some fun!" she said to herself.
"She's gonna have some trouble with that. The last time one of them surfaced, it took twelve Mars Adepts to send it back into the ground. All but one died. She's going up against a fully-grown Florina Wyrm. I wish her, and all of us, great luck. We're gonna need." An old man said behind Ledria.
"Trust me, she's gonna kill it. She's an amazing warrior, I have complete confidence in her abilities." Carthrandour said, smiling. Detherion and Ledria are gonna get quite a shock, they've seen her fight before. This should be interesting.
"Come on out you worthless coward! I'll take you on all by my lonesome!" Yonka called out when the rumbling stopped. The hill burst open, sending rocks and dirt everywhere. A large pillar-like thing erupted forth from the hole, rising far higher then anyone else there. The living pillar stopped rising, and showed its face to its assailant. A hideous worm-like face stared at Yonka, practically laughing at her.
"Your move, shitface." Yonka said boldly. With a huge roar, the Florina lunged forwards, its mouth open hungrily. Leaping to the side, Yonka sent several short swords, much like the dagger she sent at Detherion's feet, slicing through the thing's sides, merely angering it.
"Interesting, a worthy challenger! You'll make a nice meal!" the worm bellowed in its deep, raspy voice.
"Me, your meal? I don't think so! You'll find out quickly that I'm too tough for you to chew!" Yonka yelled back, her eyes turning pure black, sparkling like a cloudless midnight sky. Her fists erupted in black flames, and her hair danced behind her like a strong breeze was blowing towards her.
"We might want to make a shield around the town. She's gotten pissed off now!" Carthrandour recommended to Detherion and Ledria.
"Alright." Ledria replied.
"Sure, why not?" Detherion agreed.
"Good, quickly!" Carthrandour said. As the worm continues to lunge at the shielded Yonka, the other three begin creating a Psynergy barrier around Kilika and the forest.
"You're going down you ugly son of a bitch." Yonka said, her voice dark and dangerous. Raising her hands above her head, the sky opened up, millions of black lightning bolts racing through the Dark Wormhole, barreling through the air like cannon shells. Each one hit her chackram, causing it to emit small bursts of black lightning every so often. More and more bolts struck the weapon, and it began to turn as black as her eyes. The worm was distracted all this time, trying to evade small balls of the same lightning that struck her weapon. "And now, Florina Wyrm, you die." She said as she released the energy from her chackram, sending millions of spikes piercing into the worm's thick hide, making it scream out in agony.
"God damn! I'm not gonna piss her off anytime soon!" Detherion said loudly, making Yonka smile even wider.
"You insolent little fool! I'll crush you into a puddle of blood!" the worm yelled, getting back up.
"Oh no! She's awoken its fury! Gaia help us!" the old man said, his eyes wide with horror.
"I assure you, nothing will happen to your homes. If she does fail, then the three of us will take her place, battering at the worm until it's dead. Although I highly doubt that will happen.
"Hahaha! You, crush me? I thought I was to become your meal! I told you I was too tough for you to chew! And I don't think you're gonna be doing that either!" Yonka yelled as she summoned up even more energy.
"Where does she get it all?" Ledria asked in amazement.
"Yonka is a bit different then us three. She is a Battlemage. She is incredibly adept at close quarters combat and Psynergy. I have a little Battlemage blood in me, but I could never do something like that unless something gave me insane amounts of energy. Even then, the exertion would probably kill me. Look what happened when I summoned Luna during the day!" Carthrandour explained, sharing only what they needed to know.
"So, you're a Battlemage huh? Well then, take this!" the Florina yelled, a ball of yellow energy forming in its mouth.
"Oh no you don't!" Yonka cried out, sending a huge ball of Darkness striking into the Florina's side. Summoning more energy, she began to glow with a dark light. "You've been able to survive this long, I've gotta give you that. Most things haven't seen as many of my attacks as you have. But I'm tiring of this quickly. You've gotten boring. Bye!" she said, confusing the huge worm. Yonka then took all of the energy she had summoned and it disappeared. "Now, you will be the first thing to ever make me use this on. You should be proud of yourself." She said as she closed her eyes.
"What the Hell are you talking about, should be proud? If I am killed, I should be ashamed, not proud. And I'm not gonna let you use your most powerful Psynergy!" the Florina said, lunging forth one final time.
"FURY OF THE STARS!" Yonka screamed, her eyes bursting open so she could aim. The energy she gathered returned, and with it, much, much more. The immense amounts of energy was concentrated in her hands, forming a large, broad bladed sword, with many more behind her. She threw the swords with all of her power and dexterity, sending the blade straight through the Florina's face. She continued her ferocious barrage, sending sword after sword flying into the unfortunate worm, ten or eleven thrown every second. The worm was dead after the fifth sword, and yet it was still in the air, juggled by the force of the assault.
"Oh my god. She killed a Florina worm by herself! SHE KILLED A FLORINA WORM! Alone she has done what the Twelve could not! She is incredible!" the old man exclaimed. Detherion and Ledria just stood there, awestruck.
"I told you she was damn powerful Detherion! Yonka, that was amazing! Where did you learn how to do that?" Carthrandour said, walking out towards Yonka.
"I'm surprised it came to that. I had to use a move I just learned in order to kill my first victim. Man, that drains you quite quickly! And I'm not sure where I learned it, just sorta picked it up. Anyway, we need to see the mayor, remember?" Yonka answered. She clutched at her stomach. "Damn I'm hungry. It's been a while since we've eaten. Can we afford some food?" she added.
"I though you got it when you went to buy supplies. And how should I know, you're the one with the money still, remember?" Carthrandour said, smiling. It's obvious that she couldn't use that without repercussions. I don't think she'll be able to use Psynergy for a bit.
"Oh yeah. Kinda forgot during the fight. That thing was pretty big. I wonder what would have happened if I had gotten hit. Not like it happened anyway. Anyway, yeah, we can get some food. We might want to get quite a bit extra so we don't run out before we get to Imil. Come on, let's go." She replied, walking towards the inn.
After an hour, the four went to see the mayor in the largest tree. (For those who haven't played the first game all the buildings in Kilika resemble trees.) They met up with the mayor shortly after entering. "Excuse me, perhaps you could tell us the way to Imil?" Ledria asked as soon as she saw the mayor.
"Yes, but it won't help you much. The tree spirits in Kilika forest have awoken again. Some of the more powerful ones have become evil and have sealed off the Biliban Cave entrance. Even that Alex guy tried to break through, and he couldn't. If you want to go to Imil, you'll have to help those spirits rest in peace. It's the forest where Ledria was found. She said she fought one who called himself Biliban, we have confirmed it to be an illusion of the spirit Tret, although a very real illusion. Vale's most accomplished scholar, Kraden, couldn't even figure out what it really was, the exception being the fact that it wasn't the real Tret. I'm not telling you until that barrier is taken down. To touch is instant death to any who do not the power of the Golden Sun, or so Kraden has said and proven. If you to go to Imil so badly, then take out those spirits." He said somberly.
"So, if we kill the spirit Tret, the barrier comes down? Sounds simple enough. Ledria, you've fought him, was he hard?" Carthrandour said, simplifying everything.
"Oh yes, and if that was just an illusion, then we might all need to work together to take the real thing down." She replied.
"Well then, we should get going. The sooner we get to Imil the better. And I'm not trying to sound like the leader so don't start snapping at me Yonka." Detherion said, turning to face her.
"Who said I was gonna? You two make me seem like an asshole when I'm really not. The only times I've ever done that were bad days, and today's definatly not a bad day. I've mastered a new attack, and I've showed you guys that just because I've lost pretty much everything, doesn't mean that I'm a miserable fighter. I just have one thing to say: I'm gonna get to fight more, even if I have to steal your kills Detherion." Yonka said, smiling. "And I agree, we should leave now. We've got the supplies, so let's go." She added.