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Golden Sun: The Fight for the Stars
Chapter 11: Trickery
Mia rested with Megan at her side in Lola and Lulu's bedroom while the others sat in the small living room of Lola and Lulu's house downstairs.
Lola and Lulu had changed into new clothes once they had arrived home. Their long, black hair was in a tight plait hanging down their back. Now they wore identical, black dresses, which went down to their knees, and a black cloak with a hood, which had the sign of Luna in silver embroidered into it. A black belt went round their waists. On their hands and feet were black, leather shoes and gloves. They also now had their weapons with them: long, thin, silver staffs, which made a round circle at the top, and a moon was carved out of the wood in the middle of the circle.
"So, what do we do now?" Ivan asked.
"Well, we need to locate the Luna star." Isaac said. His eyes kept moving back to the staircase, his mind obviously on Mia.
"Actually, there is no need for that." Lola smiled. Everyone stared at her, who was sitting beside her twin sister.
"What do you mean?" Piers frowned.
"We have the Luna star." Lulu replied. As she said these words, and the others looked at her in a mixture of relief and disbelief, Lola began to search through her pockets.
"You have it?" Sheba asked. "But how?"
"As you know, we are the guardians of the Luna lighthouse, and it was our duty to protect and look after the ancient building." Lulu continued, Lola still trying to look for something. "We were assigned to be the guardians when we were around eight years old, the time our Luna psynergy was beginning to develop quick. We were young, and it was a great privilege. But only last year, on the day of our sixteenth birthday, the mayor of this town came forward and entrusted us with the Luna star. He said since we were the guardians of the lighthouse, we should also wield the star too. He trusted that, as we were the ones who were supposed to prevent the lighthouse from being lit, we would never betray him, or our town, Lunara."
Isaac nodded. He absorbed the information immediately, and at this sudden intake of knowledge, he thought of Mia's former apprentice and boyfriend, Alex. His face clouded with anger, and maybe something more showed in his look. He remembered the pained expression on Mia's face when she had realised Alex had betrayed her in Imil, and it made Isaac enraged and sad. Alex may have been a deputy guardian kind of person to the Mercury lighthouse, but he was certainly not to be trusted. However, Alex was dead now.
"So, we got that straight." Jenna said, breaking Isaac's thoughts.
"Damnit." Lola cursed. Everyone turned their gazes on her to find Lola in a spot of annoyance, her hands searching through her black dress.
"What's the matter?" Garet asked.
"I can't find it." Lola muttered.
"Can't find what?" Aaron piped up from his corner of the room.
"The star." Lola was very agitated and it was plain to show as her annoyance built up in her emotions.
"Calm down Lo." Lulu placed a hand on her twin's shoulder.
Suddenly, all fourteen black Luna djinn appeared in a whoosh, emerging in front of their owners. They blinked in unison.
"I bet they have it." Lulu sighed.
"Are you looking for your black ball?" Calista squeaked.
Lola raised an elegant, black eyebrow. "It's not a ball, Cal, it's the Luna star, and it is VERY important! Now where is it?"
"Oh…okay." Calista turned to the other djinn. "Erm, who has got the ball?"
"Not the ball, the Luna star." Lola was glaring at her djinn.
"Not me." Shadow raised his hands in the air as in sign of "I'm innocent".
"Nor me." Star said.
"Hey, don't look at me!" Devil squealed. "I have nothing to do with this. Just cos I'm the naughtiest here, doesn't mean I have it!"
"Does anyone even have to ask me?" Raven sighed, and flew into the air and landed on a beam on the ceiling. A low "djinn nowadays" was heard and then silence.
Skyla broke the stillness. "Well, I think I saw some of us playing with it before, but…"
"We weren't involved. Well, I wasn't anyway!" Charcoal interrupted hastily.
Onyx groaned. "Fine, I admit, I started the game, but it was only for fun. Afterwards, I gave it to Demon."
Demon bounced over to his companion's side. "Hey! You did not! You gave it to Shade!"
"Yeah, you did." Shade vouched for Demon. "But then I gave it to Jet."
"I gave it to Vortex." Jet yelped quickly before Lola could scold her.
"I had it before, but I can't remember who I gave it too." Vortex smiled sheepishly.
"That leaves Viper and Black." Lola look angrily at the two djinn.
Viper seemed bored. Black remained expressionless. "Wasn't me." Both shrilled at the same time.
Lulu arched her eyebrow now. "Black, Viper, the truth."
"Hello?!" Viper burst out. "Why the hell would I even want a thing like that? For god's sake, if anyone has it, it's him!" he pointed at Black.
Black was indignant. "Hey! It wasn't me!"
Suddenly, a loud squeak was heard, and everyone averted their stare on a small, aqua blue djinni sitting on the base of the stairs. "Hi everyone." It was Fizz, Mia's leading djinni.
"How's Mia?" Isaac immediately asked.
"She's doing fine." Fizz smiled. (N/A: can djinn smile??) "But I'm here to give you something I found this morning." She put out a small djinni hand and a round black orb appeared, the size of an orange.
"The Luna star!" Lola and Lulu exclaimed.
"See!" Black yelled in Viper's face.
"Thank Luna!" Lola rushed forward and retrieved it from the Mercury djinni. "Thanks. Where did you find it anyway?"
"In your room, actually." Fizz replied. "I went into the dormitory to tidy up on the ship before we left the ship when I found that thing under one of your beds. I forgot to return it after Mia was injured. Sorry."
"Oh yeah, we were playing in that room, weren't we?" Onyx laughed in a low, nervous giggle, earning a glare from Lulu.
After that, Fizz went back upstairs, the Luna djinn disappeared and Ivan and Sheba decided to take a closer look at the black orb.
"Now we have the star, what will we do?" Felix asked, his question more or less directed at Isaac.
"Well…I think we should check if the Luna lighthouse is okay, since I know you two are desperate to take a look after yesterday night's encounter delayed us." Isaac's eyes landed on the twin Luna adepts, who nodded. "After that, I think we shall have to wait till out enemy strikes. The Sol Lord probably has a Luna adept to open up the Luna lighthouse, but he needs to star to light the lighthouse itself…That means he will try to get to Lola and Lulu…" he trailed off, deep in thought.
"Maybe someone else should look after it now." Pyra offered her suggestion. All turned to face her. "The person our enemy least likely knows and thinks will have the Luna star." She explained her plan.
"That is a good idea." Ivan nodded, his eyes turned away from looking at the Luna star. "But who?"
Isaac looked at the ceiling, now all eyes upon him. He hated making decisions like this. Whoever he chose to keep the star would be placed in a considerable amount of danger if the Sol Lord realised he/she had it. Finally, after a long wait, Isaac looked at his group. "I think, you, Pyra, should have the star."
"Me?" Pyra was stunned and shocked. "Why me?"
"I have my reasons." Isaac sighed. "But I think you're the best candidate since you are strong enough to look after yourself and, well, I want to see how you do…"
Pyra blinked, then gained her composure. "Well, if you're sure about this…" Isaac nodded and Sheba gave Pyra the orb. "I will do my best to keep it safe." She smiled at Isaac, and tucked it into her robes.
Isaac turned to the Luna adepts. "I hope you don't mind this decision I have made." Lola shook her head
"Okay, now what?" Kay asked, sitting beside Justin and Aaron. "We go to the lighthouse, we check on it, we return, we let this evil git come to us and "pow", we kill him?"
Isaac half nodded. "Well, yes and no. I don't think the fight will be that easy, Kay. You saw what those assassins back there last night did to Mia," his look darkened at the mention of the joint attack on his girlfriend, "And I bet you anything that they were allied with this Sol Lord. Not to mention that the last guy I was fighting was a Sol adept himself. I think that we won't be able to extinguish our biggest enemy that quickly. I am almost certain we will pull through when the time comes, but we won't be able to defeat him. Fate will let us meet in the final lighthouse."
There was an uncomfortable silence, broken by Sapphia. "Well, we had better get ready then, no?"
Everyone nodded. "We shall go to the lighthouse this afternoon after a quick lunch." Isaac stated, and began to make for the stairs; he was intent on checking up on Mia.
"Isaac, wait!" Ivan was making his way towards him. "Can I talk to you for a moment please?"
"Well…okay." Isaac nodded and followed his younger friend outside.
"I would read your mind, Isaac, but I don't like to intrude on other's privacy, especially not yours, and you would probably realise if I did mind read you." Ivan smiled and said as he and Isaac stood outside. "But I need to know something." He became more serious now. "Why did you choose Pyra to be the one to keep the Luna star? I was just confused, since I thought you would choose someone less strong and someone not needed as much in the battle."
Isaac wasn't surprised at Ivan's question. Ivan had a curious and inquisitive mind, and he was more mature than teenagers his age. He thought with the mind of an adult, which was hardly to be said of Garet, even though he was two years or more older than Ivan. "I chose Pyra because I wanted to test her." Isaac replied.
Ivan cocked his head to one side, puzzled. "Test her?"
Isaac's expression was grave and serious. "I am worried about who is and who isn't on our side, Ivan. I am worried for everyone's safety, especially Mia's. I am going to use this opportunity to see if Pyra is really loyal to us, if she is really on our side." Isaac took a breath and continued. "Giving her the Luna star was a hard decision, Ivan, because it is a gamble. If she is with us, she will keep that star safe, but if she is working against us, then she will probably give the star to someone, and that someone might be the Sol Lord himself. If she is an enemy, it is almost certain we have lost the star, along with an ally…but it a risk I shall have to take."
Ivan nodded. "This is indeed a risk. I big one."
Isaac smiled sadly at his companion. "Ivan. I may be the leader, and you may all think I am strong, but I hate making these decisions. What do you think?"
Ivan looked at the starry night for a moment, then replied, "I think…do what your heart tells you to do. Follow your heart and your instinct. I, myself, do trust Pyra at the moment. She has been nothing but helpful and kind, and is now also a great friend of Felix's, I have come to notice. He is close to her, and she too has feelings for him…but maybe her mind conceals something I cannot read."
Isaac smiled slightly about the Felix and Pyra issue, "I am glad she does not seem like an enemy. I have taken a great liking to her myself. But she is the only one I don't trust fully in this group. Even Lola and Lulu appeal trustworthier to me. Their djinn, the Luna star, this house, the fact we found them shipwrecked. But Pyra, she just appeared out of nowhere, with her tale to tell. I just don't know…I won't worry about Justin and Megan. It would be stupid to suspect those two. Kay and Aaron would never betray their brother, they only came on this journey cos they thought it would be fun. Sapphia is Piers' wife, and we already know her well. No way could she be a traitor." Isaac was ticking everyone off his list.
"Well," Ivan began to walk towards the door, Isaac following him. "we shall not worry for now. Let's have lunch and be on our way to the lighthouse. I don't know why, but I have a feeling we will need to use our wits today. Something will go wrong, I am almost sure of it."
Isaac frowned and the two entered the house, both resuming large smiles as though the conversation was never held between them. Ivan turned to Isaac. "I think you should go see to Mia now. I have taken enough of your time."
Isaac shook his head and smiled. "No problem Ivan. I was glad we had that talk, it has cleared much up." Ivan nodded and made a beeline for Sheba, who was in the kitchen helping Sapphia to cook because Mia will injured. Isaac himself walked up to Mia's resting room and knocked gently.
"Come in." he heard Megan's voice, and opened the door, closing it carefully behind him. Isaac saw Mia lying on the bed, her eyes staring out of the window, lost in space. Megan was sitting beside her, sewing somebody's clothing.
"Hi." Isaac smiled. Megan looked up and Mia turned away from the window. Her face lit up.
"Hey Isaac." Mia grinned, though her face was pale.
"Hi." Megan greeted.
For the next fifteen minutes, Isaac told the two girls what was to happen. After he had finished, Mia began to talk. "Isaac, I am coming with you."
"What do you mean?" Isaac's eyes widened.
"I mean that I have to be there on the day of the battle." Mia was determined to make her point.
"But he could strike at anytime!" Isaac referred to the Sol Lord. "You might not be ready at that time!"
"I don't care." Mia stubbornly resisted.
"Mia, don't be stupid." Megan tried to coax her, "Isaac's right. You could get really hurt, and might never recover!"
"But I have to be there!" Mia was close to crying. "I have to be there for everyone else, for my friends, for the sake of the world!"
"But you can't help the world or any of us if you don't rest and get better." Megan interrupted before Isaac could answer. She held Mia's hand and squeezed it. "Mia, we just don't want you to get hurt." Megan stood up and made for the door. "I'm going to get you some dinner now, okay?"
Mia turned to look at her former apprentice. She saw how much she had grown from being a playful, mischievous girl to a mature one. She smiled at her, nodded, and Megan departed.
"She's growing up now, isn't she?" Isaac voiced her thoughts.
"Yeah." Mia sighed softly. "Time flies."
After lunch in the afternoon…"We're nearing the lighthouse." Lola said, her twin by her side and the others following them.
"Good." Aaron panted.
Lola and Lulu opened the door to the lighthouse and everyone entered. The gloom embraced them. "Ah! I'm blind!" Garet cried, about to run around frantically.
Jenna grabbed his hand, not letting him escape and get lost. "Stupid oaf!" she scolded. "This is the Luna lighthouse, what did you expect, stupid! You're not blind, it's called darkness!"
Garet calmed down. "Oh yeah." He smiled sheepishly.
There were giggles from two certain Jupiter adepts somewhere. Garet growled and wanted to throttle Ivan and Sheba, but it was so dark, he couldn't see them. Slowly, the group advanced. Garet and Jenna were the last ones through the door, and Garet forgot to close the door of the lighthouse.
The group walked forward, and finally, after what seemed like eons, Isaac and co. found there way to the top, which was a lot brighter. The sunlight shone in a few places, lighting the area and giving a minimum amount of warmth.
Suddenly, a small bundle came into Lola and Lulu's view, since they were at the front of the pack. "Look!" Lola exclaimed, her twin and her running over. The others followed them hastily.
They reached a small girl, her hair matted and caked with mud, hiding the true colour of her hair; her skin grimy and her clothes were black and in rags. Deep wounds covered her body; scratches, gashes, cuts. Her eyes were closed, and she was barely breathing. "Oh my gosh!" Lulu cried, and she crouched down to heal her with Heal Purge, along with Lola.
"Oh, the poor girl." Sheba said, clinging onto Ivan's arm, thinking back to the young adept she and Ivan had seen in their premonition. She looked so much like her. Sheba closed her eyes when the memory rushed back to her, and tears threatened to leak.
Isaac's eyes narrowed. He didn't have a good feeling about this, but decided to stoop to the Luna twins level and question them. "How is she?" he asked gently.
"We're trying to heal her." Lola's brow creased with concentration. "I'm glad we're in this lighthouse. Our powers have doubled. We can use Heal Purge twice as fast."
"Good." Isaac rose again, and along with the others, waited.
Ivan stared at the girl, his eyes unblinking. He was getting a bad signal from this small, injured girl. But there seemed to be nothing wrong with her; she was innocent…wasn't she? Was she an enemy? Was this a trick? Thoughts ran through Ivan's mind, until his brain felt the overload, and he decided to stop. He was so preoccupied and disturbed, he hardly noticed Sheba.
"We're done." Lulu said, withdrawing her hands, Lola imitating her twin's movements.
"Let's take her back to your house." Jenna spoke up. "She looks like she needs rest and a good clean."
Isaac nodded his approval. "Yes, Jenna's right. Garet, I think you should carry her." Garet stepped forward, bent down and picked the girl up.
Ivan suddenly got a pang of "wrong move, wrong move, stop now, stop now" signal. He knew something was terribly wrong, and he had to stop it. "Isaac, n---" Ivan started, but then began to clutch his head, his face distorted with pain.
Everyone turned to see the young boy. Sheba was pale, shocked and scared. "Ivan!" she shook his shoulders, facing him. "Ivan, speak to me, what's the matter?"
Ivan uttered a few pained words that sounded like "I don't know" and then he cried out in pain. A loud, piercing shriek. Everyone flinched.
"What the hell?" Piers cursed, him and Sapphia's eyes were wide open with surprise and worry.
Sheba was desperate. "Ivan, snap out of it, please!" Suddenly, Ivan twitched and fell. Sheba cried, but luckily, Felix was there in time to catch the boy, who had fainted.
"What happened to Ivan?" Kay asked, eyes deeply concerned, and showing a little terror. She didn't like to show her fear, which was why it was well concealed.
"I think it is a type of attack." Pyra said. She looked serious. She paused. "Psynergy." Isaac and co. looked at her.
"But who?" Isaac grabbed for information, his mind whirling.
Pyra was blank, however. "I have no idea. I don't know what type of psynergy it is, or what it does. But it was strong enough to wipe Ivan out."
Silence. Isaac was stunned. If this was psynergy, he didn't want to see the summons of the person behind this. But who had done it? Certainly none of them…or was it? He frowned hard.
Sapphia eventually broke the silence. "We have to get moving. The girl and Ivan need to be taken care of. We can see the lighthouse is fine. Let's go." Everyone nodded, and made for the door. Sheba was by Felix's side, eyes tearful and watching Ivan in Felix's arms, never casting them away to look at anything else.
No one's mind wondered how the young girl had turned up in the Luna lighthouse.
Back at the house…Justin had joined Megan and Mia after they had returned, telling them all that had happened. Isaac had also visited Mia, but had then returned to the living room for a meeting.
Kay, Aaron, Lola and Lulu were watching over the newcomer girl, cleaning her up and healing her. She was making a quick improvement, and was situated in the spare guest room.
Sheba and Sapphia were in Lola and Lulu's parent's bedroom, trying to wake Ivan up, but with no avail.
The rest of the group were downstairs after Isaac had come back from checking up on Mia. Then the meeting was underway.
"I am concerned about what happened to Ivan." Pyra spoke first.
"Yes." Isaac frowned. Ivan was one of his closest friends, and even though he was younger than him, Ivan was like an advisor to him sometimes.
"Does anyone have an idea what was going on? Or what attacked him?" Piers asked.
Everyone drew a blank again. "This is serious." Pyra broke the silence. "This may be the one of Sol Lord's attacks, but if so, how did he even get near us? Or it could be a warning from him, telling us that he shouldn't be underestimated, but as usual, he wasn't near us at the time, was he?"
"Except the girl we found." Felix said slowly. Everyone turned to look at him.
"But the girl was unconscious at the time." Garet protested. "And even if she wasn't, how could a girl of around eight years old do that to Ivan? He was in so much pain, he fainted! The person who had done that must be pretty strong!"
"True…" Jenna backed her boyfriend up.
"But," Felix countered, "I did notice that, when we found the girl, Ivan in particular hung back, his mind wondering and staring very intently at our find…he was troubled, and just as he was going to tell you something, Isaac, he began to feel pain. He was never able to continue talking, never mind finish his sentence. I was right next to him."
Everyone hushed, worried. "Felix." Jenna addressed her brother calmly. "We can't just suspect this girl immediately. I mean, Garet is right, she is way too young to use strong, effective psynergy. And she was injured badly at the time. I say we stick with the girl for now, hope she gets well, and then question her for information."
Isaac nodded. "We shall do as Jenna suggested. It seems the most sensible way. I'm sorry Felix."
Felix showed barely any emotion. As usual. "That's okay." He replied. "Jenna is right."
The next day…In the morning, Ivan still had not awoken. But luckily, the little girl they had rescued was beginning to near consciousness. Lola noticed this as she tended to her, and immediately called for Isaac. He came with Garet, Felix and Jenna. Lulu opened the door for them.
"How is she?" Isaac murmured, glancing at the girl, whose now clean hair shone. It was surprisingly silver.
"I think she's about to wake up any second now." Lola replied, sitting down beside the bed.
As she spoke, the young girl groaned. The five teenagers held their breath. She tossed for a few seconds, her brow furrowed, and then she slowly opened her eyes, revealing bright, silver orbs that matched her flowing hair. "Where am I?" she said at once, beginning to sit up; she was frightened.
Lola pushed her down again. "You're fine. Rest, little girl. You are safe. Don't worry now."
The girl visibly relaxed, and lay down as she was told obediently. Isaac came nearer. "Hi. I'm Isaac." he said gently. "These people are Lola, Lulu, Garet, Jenna and Felix." He motioned at each person in turn with his hand. "You're in safe hands. You're lucky we found you in the lighthouse."
The girl stared at him with her eyes. The silver orbs penetrated Isaac, and sent shivers down his side. But he shrugged it off. "Thank…you…" the girl whispered through her parched lips.
Lulu immediately handed Lola a cup of cold water from the bedside table. Lola gently put it to the girl's mouth. "Here." She said. "Drink."
The girl sipped at it gratefully. Then, when she had drunk her fill, she began to talk, staring at the ceiling. "My name is Silvia. I am eight years old, and I lived on an island close to Lunara, called Khezhis." Isaac turned to look at the Luna twins, who nodded in agreement that the island certainly existed. "…but that's all I really remember…" Silvia trailed off, tears welling up into her eyes. "I can't remember anything at all." With that, she broke into tears, and pulled the covers closer to her so she was shielded from being watched.
Lola placed a hand on Silvia's shoulder and soothed her. "Shush now, don't worry, we are here to help you."
Downstairs five minutes later…"That's it." Isaac finished re-telling everything to the others in the living room.
"Khezhis does indeed exist." Lulu vouched for Silvia.
"We didn't get much out of her though." Felix frowned.
"She said she had lost her memory, right?" Piers asked.
Isaac nodded. He glanced at Pyra, who was suddenly very quiet and withdrawn. He frowned. Isaac wasn't the only one to see this. Felix's attention was on her as well. Her eyes seemed to be glazed over.
"We'll talk to her when she is fully recovered. Meanwhile, Ivan, I have heard, still has not awoken again…" Isaac trailed off. Everyone remained silent.
The next morning…"Ivan's awake! Ivan's awake!" Sheba was screaming, rushing down the stairs, her face flushed, and there was a huge smile on her face.
"Really?" Isaac stepped out of Mia's room.
Everyone except Mia and the young girl, who was sleeping soundly, went to see Ivan. He was pale, his blonde hair tousled, and his eyes sleepy, but he seemed fine overall. Sheba was sitting beside him.
"Ivan?" she asked quietly, touching his hand.
Ivan held her hand tightly, looked up at everyone and smiled. Felix frowned, but everyone else grinned with relief. "Hey." Ivan said softly.
Later…Ivan sat in the living room, Sheba, as usual, by his side. "Do you remember anything that happened?" Felix asked the young Jupiter adept.
Ivan shook his head slowly. "No…I just remember such pain and then I blacked out…" Sheba patted his arm sympathetically, and he smiled at her.
Felix frowned even more. He continued his gruelling questioning; making everyone feel puzzled at his behaviour. "We found a girl in the lighthouse. You remember that?"
Ivan remained silent for a few seconds, thinking. "No…not really…"
"You looked at her, like you had something to suspect." Felix persisted. "Then you felt that pain, and then dropped unconscious."
Ivan looked up at the older Venus adept, his eyes showing confusion. "Why would I suspect an eight-year-old girl?" he said softly. Felix and Ivan stared at each other, neither one breaking eye contact. Ivan's eyes flashed for a second.
"Felix!" Sheba sniffed, "Don't keep asking Ivan questions. He has been through enough. He needs rest." She clutched his arm. Ivan turned away from Felix, and looked at Sheba, smiling.
"Yes…Sheba." Felix stared at Ivan. "His eyes…his behaviour…" his thought. "What has happened?" he glanced over Pyra. She was silent, her eyes averted to her hands on her knees constantly. "What is going on? What is wrong with this picture?"
Everyone looked up as there was a creak of a stair. They turned to see Silvia stepping down. Her hair swayed behind her, and was as long as her knees. She smiled. There were a choruses of "hi" or "hello", and Lola patted the floor space between her and Lulu. Silvia sat down. Felix, standing in the corner, had his eye constantly on her, his eyes giving nothing away.
Silvia was introduced to Ivan, and then Isaac began questioning, but politely asked how she was first. "I'm feeling great, thank you." Silvia smiled.
"Well Silvia," Isaac began. "Are you sure you don't remember anything?" she shook her head, her eyes once again filling with water.
"But," she gulped, "I remember my mommy…" she burst into tears. Lola and Lulu comforted her.
When she had ceased crying steadily, Isaac resumed his conversation again. "You have a mommy?" he asked gently.
"Y-yes." Silvia blubbered. "That's something I do remember…and I remember the locket with a picture of me and her…She gave it to me…and now I don't know where it is!" she was wailing again now. "It's the only thing I have that reminds me of mommy! I need to get it back, it is so precious! I'm sure I left it in the lighthouse!" she looked at everyone pleadingly, the tears falling fast down her round cheeks. When she made eye contact Felix, something glimmered in her silver eyes, showing a mischievous spark. He frowned when she turned away.
"Oh, you poor thing." Lulu sympathised, hugging the youngster. Everyone except Felix was looking with empathy at Silvia.
"I'm sure we can go back to the lighthouse and look for it for you." Jenna suggested. Felix groaned. It had to be his own sister who had to propose to do the thing he didn't want to do most. Typical.
"Would you do that for me?" Silvia looked up from Lulu's embrace, her eyes filled with hope.
"Or is it really hope?" Felix thought darkly.
"Sure." Isaac nodded. Felix groaned even more. And now the leader had to go and agree with his sister. He knew protesting wouldn't come to any use. He was suspecting an eight-year-old girl looking for a locket. And what was he suspecting her of? Even Felix didn't know. "We'll go this afternoon." Felix heard Isaac say. "After lunch."
"Great." Felix thought. He knew this was a mistake. But why?
In the lighthouse in the afternoon…"We're here." Lola announced as the group once again entered the top of the lighthouse. From Isaac and co., Mia and Megan were once again missing, but they had Silvia with them.
"We are?" Felix could hear the little girl's anxious voice in the dark. She was holding Lola and Lulu's hands.
The group walked in hurriedly, and everyone began to search the floors, looking for something that fitted Silvia's description of her locket. "Where's this locket of yours then?" Lulu asked Silvia.
"I'm sure I left it somewhere around here!" Silvia ran off, her hand slipping away from Lola and Lulu's.
"Silvia!" Lola exclaimed.
"Come back!" Lulu yelled.
"What happened?" Isaac shouted, coming over from where he was exploring.
"She got away!" Lola replied helplessly.
"NO!" Felix was bellowing, and he was running after the little girl, trying his best to keep up with her surprisingly fast legs. "We can't let her escape!" he bawled to the others. He continued sprinting.
Through the hazy darkness, Felix could just make out the small figure in front of him disappear through the mist, and into a part of the lighthouse he hadn't even seen. Seconds later, he heard the footsteps of his companions approach from behind. "Where is she?" Isaac said breathlessly.
"I knew it." Felix was cursing.
"What?" Jenna's eyes were wide.
"Silvia is no friend." He growled.
"What do you mean?" Lola was shocked at his accusation.
"She is an enemy. I am sure of it." He turned to Ivan, and shook him hard. "Ivan, damnit, wake up, wake up!"
Sheba stared at Felix with horror. "Felix!" she screamed, trying to grab his arms and pull him away from Ivan. "Stop!" but there was no need. Ivan's eyes glowed a bright silver, and he pushed both of them away, sending them crashing into Jenna and Garet. "Ivan?" Sheba whispered, staring at him.
Ivan raised his hands to the top, and yelled, "Spark Plasma!" he electrocuted Aaron, and he slumped to the ground. Garet and Kay rushed over. He wasn't badly hurt, but there were minor injuries. Sapphia was ordered to heal him.
"Ivan, what the hell do you think you're doing?" Isaac was overwhelmed at his attack on the youngest member of their group.
"That is not Ivan." Felix helped a stunned Sheba to her feet. Everyone stared at him.
"Have you figured something out, Felix?" Piers asked his best friend.
Felix nodded. "Ivan here is being controlled by something, or should I say, someone." He turned around and pointed an accusing finger at the black fog, which Silvia had disappeared into.
"Are you saying Silvia is doing this?" Lulu asked, her eyes wide open.
Felix nodded grimly. "Yes, I am sure of it." Suddenly, Sheba broke free of Felix's grasp, and ran towards Ivan. "Sheba, no!" Felix's voice echoed around the grey walls.
"Ivan!" Sheba screamed, crying helplessly and clinging to him, hugging him. "Please Ivan, wake up!" she shook him, stared at his silver eyes and hoped and hoped. Ivan didn't speak. Instead, he whispered, "Whirlwind." The blast of cold air blew Sheba away, and was caught by Felix. She sobbed into his chest. "Oh, what's happened to you, Ivan?" she cried.
"You like what I did to your friend, no?" a harsh, loud voice laughed evilly. Everyone turned around to see Silvia again.
"Silvia!" Isaac stepped forward. "You betrayed us. Who are you really?"
"My name is Silvia, though." The girl smirked. The voice just didn't suit an eight-year-old girl. "But…I'm no little, helpless child." As she spoke these words, Silvia changed in a glow of silver light. Her body grew taller, her legs becoming thin; her arms stretched out; her hair grew even longer. After the light faded, Isaac and co. were starring at an older version of the girl they had knew only seconds before. Only she was much thinner, with longer hair, still down to her knees though, and horrible, cold eyes.
"What do you want?" Isaac bellowed.
"Nothing." She smirked. "Just your Luna star."
"Well, you can't have it." Lola yelled.
"Who said I was going to get it from you?" Silvia stared at Lola with her piercing eyes.
Everyone's eyes widened. She knew who had it. "Come and get it then." Lulu said boldly.
"I don't need to." Silvia smiled triumphantly.
Everyone turned to stare at Pyra as she took out the Luna star from her pocket. "Pyra, you were our foe all along then." Isaac spoke bitterly. A gamble lost. Pyra remained silent.
"No." Felix spoke. Isaac faced his friend, confused. "She is also being controlled." Isaac glanced at Pyra's eyes, and saw them, not red, but silver. He groaned.
"Go, my puppet!" Silvia was shrieking and laughing. "Go and drop that Luna star!" Pyra began to make towards the place where she was ordered to drop it.
Everyone surged forward, but Ivan blocked them. Silvia cackled. "Watch your friends turn against you!"
Isaac turned to Silvia, eyes burning with undisguised hate. "Tell me, are you working for the Sol Lord?"
She laughed. "Well, of course. Who else would I be working for?"
"And what have you done?" Isaac raged.
"I might as well tell you." She smirked, her eyes riveted on Pyra, who was inch by inch nearing the threshold. "I am the Sol Lord's second hand man. Or should I say, woman. Silvia. That is my name, it is the truth. I am a Luna adept." At those words, Lola and Lulu glared even more disgustedly at her. "You children are no match for me!" she sneered at the twins. "My powers far surpass you! I was the one that tricked you as a little girl. My powers, you see, are well developed. I was the one that caused little Ivan, here, great pain, when he began to suspect me. I was the one that put Pyra under my control. I was the one that out Ivan under my control too. My power is limitless!" she laughed insanely, throwing her head back and letting her hair tumble in the light wind.
"You are sick!" Jenna seethed.
"I don't care." Silvia smiled cruelly. "In less than half a minute, my task will be completed. But while we're at it, I shall fight you, yes, all of you! I want to kill you all now! But to be fair, I shall stop Pyra with her task of lighting this lighthouse until our battle is over."
"Are you sure you want to fight us?" Isaac was the one to smirk this time; out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Pyra had ceased walking altogether. That was good. But could they defeat Silvia?
Silvia stepped forward, step-by-step. "Let's go." She whispered, her lips curling upwards. Isaac yelled a war cry, and flung himself into battle, followed by everyone else, except Sheba. She ran to Ivan's side again, trying relentlessly to awake him from his trance.
Isaac unsheathed his Sol Blade and swung it at Silvia, who dodged it, and then she leapt out of Garet's sword's way too; she possessed grace and agility that none of them had ever experienced. In her hands, two twin katanas appeared mystically, and she. One out.
Isaac began to give orders again. "Sapphia, healing position. Mia's not here, you'll just have to do." He whispered as he passed her. She nodded and stepped back. She made her way over to Kay, and began to heal her. Kay stood up, thanked Sapphia and began to fight again. Sapphia began to use psynergy on Silvia, keeping to the fringe of the group, but the Luna adept avoided every attack. No one's weapons had even touched her yet. It was ten against one. It was supposed to be an easy fight, but the statistics meant nothing.
Lola and Lulu, their mental and physical strength improved greatly by the environment they were in, attacked together, trying to use their joint attack. "Devil Maelstrom!" they both cried, summoning a very powerful, black ball the size of a football. Silvia merely used her own Luna psynergy to protect herself.
"Aurora Shield." She calmly said, and a silver bubble sheen wrapped itself around her, and the attack just flew past, not even hurting Silvia one bit. Lola and Lulu were stunned. While they were open, Silvia took advantage. She leapt at the twins. But Felix was there to stop her. His sword clanged as one of her katanas made contact with it, but the other katana was not to be stopped. It found its target. Felix's thigh. He, however, gritted his teeth, and forbid his cry of pain from escaping. He stumbled, and knew he was going to need medical attention before he would be ready to get out there again.
Piers was suddenly there to cover for him, so Felix hobbled quickly away, while Isaac and the others began to attack again, but Silvia was quicker. "Serenitia." She whispered. As Isaac ran towards her, his weapon raised, a bright light surrounded the room, lighting everything up. Isaac threw his head back, and saw a large, female summon, making its way to them. Before he knew it, everyone was enveloped in the white light.
Princess Viv: Well, that is finally finished! Yes! School is soon opening again…so updates will be soooo infrequent! I am sorry, please bear with me!
Chapter 12: Alex's love