Sorry for not updating for a while… I've been painting my room, etc, so I've been busy. I've also been having crazy brainstorms for another subject, and I can't stop writing fanfiction for it, so it's rather frustrating! Anyway, thanks for your reviews! I've reached over one hundred! Mwahahaha!

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Golden Sun: The Fight for the Stars

By Princess Viv

Chapter 15: The Sol Lord

Previously…

"Where am I?" the Mercury adept stared around at her surroundings anxiously, "I swear I wasn't here before…" Many large trees enclosed her, and she could barely make out the blue sky.

"That's because you weren't! I transported you here!" a feminine voice cried out, laughing mockingly, the sound seemingly coming from all directions, and answering the questions Mia's mind had asked.

"What the… Ah! … Ah…" Mia gasped as her head throbbed suddenly and sent a shock of pain through her.

"You're mine, Mia!"

There was sudden blinding silver light, lighting up the green forest in which the mystery person had transported Mia. As the light faded, the patch of ground which Mia had stood on a second ago was empty…

Mia had gone.

"Isaac! Garet!"

Turning around abruptly at the anguished voice that was gradually getting louder, Isaac and Garet found themselves face to face with a very distressed Jenna, auburn hair flying astray from her tied back, high ponytail, her flushed face stained with tears dried long ago.

"Jenna?" both eighteen-year-olds exclaimed in surprise at the sight of their childhood friend, who was dishevelled and scruffy, and seemed completely delirious, a fact that alarmed the duo very much, especially Garet, who immediately embraced her tightly.

"Where's everyone else?" Isaac frowned with worry as the spiky red head took his now sobbing girlfriend into his arms, trying to soothe her, but to no avail, "And what's wrong? Are you okay?" Jenna never cried… unless something terrible had occurred. Suddenly, Isaac felt his heart freeze as his mind began to wonder about the endless possibilities to why his childhood friend was sobbing.

"M-Mia! Mia!" Jenna wept into Garet's chest, soaking his tunic, having obviously lost her self-control; if her boyfriend had not been there for her to lean against, her body would have probably fallen to the ground with exhaustion.

"Mia?" Isaac jerked his head up harshly, hearing his loved one's name, his eyes widening, "What about Mia? Jenna, what's happened?" he took his friend by the shoulder and pressed her on for more information, his mind suddenly in hyper mode; his brain was fighting hard not to shake Jenna to death with impatience for more about the situation, his anxiety now having rocketed sky-high.

"She's… Mia's gone, Isaac! Gone!" Jenna cried out, her hands balled into tight fists, her eyes tightly shut; the eighteen-year-old grabbed a napkin from her tunic and quickly wiped away some of her wet tears from her pale face, trying hard not to lose it completely.

"W-What?" Isaac spluttered, blue eyes widening even more, his brain not processing nor understanding what it was Jenna had said; the teen felt as if something had gripped his entire body and he couldn't breathe – his mind could not believe her words either. It was as if time had stopped.

"She… She's gone!" The sobbing teenager choked while Garet slowly wiped her tears away from her cheek for the third time with his hand, "We can't f-find her…"

"She could have just got lost, you know, Jen," Garet spoke up while Isaac's shoulders temporarily sagged with relief at his best friend's remark, hoping that was the case – come to think about it, why would Mia just disappear into thin air? How was that even possible? Anyway, that wasn't like Mia… Maybe she just needed some time alone…

Jenna shook her head frantically, trying hard to blink away her salty tears, "No… No… You don't understand! We thought so too, but that was half an hour ago! We began to search for her, b-but we never found her. B-But then…" the adept paused for breath, her breathing coming in heavy pants, slurring a few of her words, "but then, we found this note on the ground!" Hurriedly, the Mars adept gave Isaac a piece of scrunched up paper.

Taking the note quickly and unravelling it, almost fumbling with the great need to know what was written upon it, Isaac began to read aloud the words for Garet's benefit, "I have taken your little friend, you useless adepts. And I'm afraid you will not get her back… well, at least not alive, anyway."

"What!" Garet exclaimed at the words, while Isaac paled quickly, shaking his head, his blue eyes, dazed, not able to believe what was happening – this wasn't possible. Was this all true? And if so, why? Why his Mia? What had she done? Who had done it?

"And it's a-all my fault!" suddenly, Jenna relapsed back into a huge fit of tears, something uncommon for the usually fiery and temperamental fire adept. Her sudden behaviour shook Garet immensely, who was used to having his crazy girlfriend comfort him, not him comfort her.

Having managed to regain a clear mind after a few faltering seconds, the leader of the group breathed out deeply and turned once again to Jenna, who was now trembling softly into a silent Garet's chest. Now with a logical brain functioning again, Isaac assessed the situation slowly, turning it over and over again in his mind. Finally, he came to the conclusion that Mia was, unfortunately, missing. For one, the red haired girl was extremely hysterical, two, the note Jenna had brought was… was out of the ordinary, and three… Mia was also an enemy of the Sol Lord, who, Isaac figured, would had probably done this because he probably wanted his blue haired, blue-eyed girlfriend captured, or worse still…

"Killed…"

"Whatever's happened," Isaac began firmly, his blue eyes firing with grim determination, ignoring his building sense of dread in his stomach and clutching the note very tight, screwing it into a ball of paper, "We will get to the bottom of this!" As hope reared its little head in the golden haired teen's mind, Isaac prayed that Mia was all right – because he felt if she was lost forever, he would lose hope altogether…

"Mia…"

(A/N: I apologise if Jenna is rather OOC in your opinion here. Please forgive me, and I hope you overlook this problem.)

"Isaac…"

Waking up with a sudden jolt, Mia blinked, her blue eyes adjusting to the bright sunlight streaming in through a window built high up in one of the stonewalls she was encased in. Gazing around at her surroundings, confused, the water adept tried to remember what had happened to her, since there seemed to be a large, gaping hole where her memory had once been.

"Where am I? How did I get here?"

Suddenly, Mia remembered the incident clearly as it all flooded back into her throbbing mind, and she frowned with anxiety, a sense of deep dread filling her churning stomach…

Flashback…

"Where am I?" the Mercury adept stared around at her surroundings anxiously, "I swear I wasn't here before…" Many large trees enclosed her, and she could barely make out the blue sky.

"That's because you weren't! I transported you here!" a feminine voice cried out, laughing mockingly, the sound seemingly coming from all directions, and answering the questions Mia's mind had asked.

"What the… Ah! … Ah…" Mia gasped as her head throbbed suddenly and sent a shock of pain through her.

"You're mine, Mia!"

End of flashback…

Clutching her head gently now with a pale hand, the Mercury adept sighed loudly, trying to remain calm, despite the fact she had no idea where she was, or even when it was! "I'm sure that voice belonged to Silvia… She must've captured me!" Hurriedly, the teenager threw away the clean, white covers to the side, and jumped swiftly out of the comfy bed, landing lightly on the stone floor.

"Where am I?" Mia spoke aloud, her normally soft voice laced with slight fear and worry, even though she was trying not to panic; the sounds of her voice bounced and echoed loudly in the small stone room, filling her own drumming ears. She gazed around her environment frantically, trying to find a way out. The girl was enclosed in a small, round room, with only a bed in the centre; the whole place was made of hard stone; she ran her slender fingers over the cold rock walls, searching for any gap or hole.

Suddenly, from out of nowhere, a loud, booming male voice filled the Mercury adept's ears, and she winced with the volume of the sound, her emotional eyes widening with surprise, "Do not even think about escaping, Mia of Imil. You will never find a way out."

"Who are you? Why am I here? Let me out!" Mia yelled stridently, turning her head to look up at the stone ceiling; the only source of light emitted from the high window, which the girl definitely could not reach. Subconsciously, she hit a tight fist against the unbreakable wall with frustration and anxiety, her scared feelings flooding her common sense.

"To answer your questions, I am the Sol Lord, you are here because I want you to be here, and I will certainly not let you out." The unknown and deafening voice emanated, his tones mocking and scornful, chilling poor Mia to the bone.

"So, you're that evil guy!" the water adept called back, speaking to thin air with a voice that sounded much braver than she felt. "So it probably was Silvia who captured me… Oh Mercury, what am I to do? Our own enemy has captured me! How did this happen? What will… what will Isaac do? What will the Sol Lord do to me?"

"Evil?" the contemptuous voice belonging to the so acclaimed Sol Lord laughed piercingly at Mia's remark, and then sneered derisively, "I am not evil. I am just doing what I think is correct."

"And what's that?" Mia felt herself tremble slightly, and even though she had already guessed the answer to her question, the need to hear the reply from the villain himself was great.

"That the world belongs to me, and I should rule it!" the Sol Lord replied almost cheerfully, and laughed maniacally, making the Mercury adept contained in the small room wince again with the pressure piercing her delicate ears.

"What… What do you want with me?" Mia asked quietly when the roaring laughter faded away gradually. Sitting down on the soft bed she had slept in earlier, the teen placed both pale hands on her lap, and closed her blue eyes tight, trying not to panic again, even though she was thoroughly frightened by her situation.

There was a slight pause before the enemy replied, his tone indicating he was smirking, which horrified Mia greatly, though she hid it well, "Well, Mia, darling… You have proved to be most… how shall I put it? Irritating. That will do." A small, but audible cruel laugh escaped, "Yes… your presence has been most… disturbing to my, well… plans. I needed to get rid of you… Don't worry, though, my dear Princess… I shall not kill you just yet – you are far too useful, and so, so beautiful, don't you think? We'll see what I'll do with you… It won't be long…"

Ignorant of what was happening meanwhile with a worried Isaac and his remaining group scouring the town of Sunka, and poor Mia held captive far, far away, a rather cheerful Pyra and a silent Felix made their way towards the residence of the Mars adept's old friend.

"How far until we reach your comrade's house?" Felix asked after an hour of walking non-stop through the large villages of Sunka; though the earth adept was not at all tired, he wished to hurry back to meet with the group again, since he felt something was wrong, and usually, his gut instinct was proved to be correct; the adult also wanted to retrieve the information as quickly as possible, and find the Sol Lighthouse speedily, before their enemy got there first; he would not forgive himself if they managed to fail in their quest to save all of Weyard.

"Hm… we're almost there! Now stop complaining, Felix! Whoever thought that you weren't whiny?" Pyra laughed heartily, flicking back a strand of loose blood red hair back behind her ear; Felix rolled his brown eyes, and smirked slightly at her comment.

"I am not whiny." The Venus adept retorted immediately, smiling, crossing his arms defiantly against his broad chest, beginning to walk a little faster so his mischievous companion could not keep up, "Neither am I complaining. I am not a child like Aaron, or Kay. I'm just… slightly impatient."

"So, you admit you're impatient now, do you?" the tall, red haired lady grinned, keeping up with Felix's sudden fast change of pace, and winking cheekily at her friend, who sent her a fake glare of anger, though inside, he was laughing joyously at the fact she was being so open and happy.

"Yes, I admit, I am impatient to get there." Felix confessed quietly, and turned away to look at the clear blue sky, obviously annoyed Pyra had gotten the truth out of the usually stoic adept, though actually trying to hide his true, contented feelings from her.

"It's not normal for Lord Felix to be impatient now, is it?" Pyra found herself smirking broadly at his reply, and skipped ahead of him quickly, suddenly feeling childlike and carefree. "It's so fun teasing you, you know, Felix… Aw, come on now! Be a good sport, and stop sulking already! Talk to me!"

Turning back to look at a slightly huffed Pyra, Felix found himself smiling softly again, and the red head froze as his handsome face came into view, "I'm not sulking, Pyra. Don't worry." The Venus adept reassured, finding her accusation rather amusing, "I don't sulk. I was just… thinking."

Regaining her posture, the twenty-year-old female smiled in return, and relaxed visibly, her annoyed gaze disappearing in a second, and replaced with her happy features again, "Thinking about what?" she asked, curious, grinning.

"…" The Venus adept suddenly grew silent and stared at the stony grey ground, obviously not wanting to reply to her question. "Nothing much." He finally replied firmly.

"Oh, come on!" Pyra exclaimed, pouting a little to try to persuade Felix to answer her, and disappointed he had not replied straight away, "It's obvious you're hiding something – I'm not stupid you know. Anyway, I – Hey! Look, Kent's home! We're here!" Suddenly, the tall Mars adept grinned and pointed at a small, humble dwelling just off the busy main town where the bustling shops were open every day.

"Finally." Felix muttered, running a gloved hand through his light brown locks, which was, as usual, tied in a low ponytail, and splayed down his back and over his shoulders. Truth to be, he was relieved the fire adept had interrupted herself before she could coax an answer out of him.

A laugh issued from Pyra's mouth as they neared the house of her old friend, having already completing forgotten to find the answer to her asked question, "Felix, Felix. You are impatient. I'd never had thought that."

"There are many things you don't know about me… yet." Felix smirked, and replied softly, Pyra only just catching the answer, making another large smile spread cross her pretty face.

"I'm sure I have much to learn in the very near future." The red haired girl smiled gently at her best friend, who blinked, slightly surprised at her touching answer, but then returned the small gesture.

"Look, Felix, we're here. So, you can stop complaining now." Pyra smirked playfully; both young adults stood in front of a small, wooden door, and the Mars adept knocked gently, awaiting an answer.

"Okay, okay, just get off my back, Pyra." Felix raised his hands, indicating that he had surrendered, and smiled a little, "Argument over."

Just then, the door opened to reveal a tall, muscular man, probably in his mid twenties, with dirty golden blonde hair, very alike to Isaac's spiky locks, but a little browner, and amber brown eyes, which reflected an overwhelming sense of kindness; as both orbs settled themselves on both adepts in front of him, his tanned face split into a large beam, which reminded the silent Felix of a bright sun. "Pyra! My girl, it's good to see you again!" Spreading both arms wide, the man suddenly embraced Pyra tightly, almost pushing all the breath left in the young woman.

"Master Kent, it's good to see you too." Pyra smiled brightly when her old friend released his bear-like grip on her; she placed a hand on Felix's shoulder, who stood beside her, his almost emotionless face showing a tiny hint of a smile, "Let me introduce you. Master Kent, this is my very good friend, Felix. Felix, this is my old friend who I told you about before, Master Kent."

"Pleased to make your acquaintance, sir." Felix bowed a little before the older man, who took his hand and shook it enthusiastically, another large smile plastered across his young features.

"Wonderful to meet you too, old chap. Please, just call me Kent. You too, Pyra – how many times do I have to tell you? Just plain Kent – I just can't get used to your 'Master' business." Ushering both adults inside quickly, Kent closed his door with a bang, and steered them into his cosy little living room, which was slightly messy, but comfortable.

"I guess nothing has changed much since the last time I stayed here." A smile twitched at Pyra's lips as she surveyed the minute room as old and happy memories filled her head, giving her comfort that maybe some good did come out of that horrible storm after all, and that there were some cheerful times in her life.

Mia had been in that small, cramped, inescapable room for what seemed like centuries – she had lost track of the time long ago; her mind was only focused on one thing – on getting out of this place. However, if any plan was meant to generate in her mind, it had obviously not arrived yet.

"Let me see. I'm stuck in a stone room, as small as a box, with only one bed, in the middle of who-knows-where, my fate in the slimy hands of biggest and greatest enemy, and I can't get out of here… Oh, and no one knows where I am." Mia felt like wanting to cry aloud with frustration, fear and anxiety, but forcing herself to contain her emotions, the young girl remained lying in the small bed, waiting. Just waiting.

It had been a while since the "mighty" Sol Lord had spoken to her, and she was slightly glad that he had shut up, and left her alone to peace and quiet. However, a small part of her felt even more alone than ever, left with all this solitude; so hushed, that she would've probably heard a pin drop – but there was nothing here. Nothing.

Sighing, Mia rolled over, so her chest was now against the white bed covers instead of her back; having long ago disposed of her blue cloak, which lay on the one of the corners of the bed, the Mercury adept was only clad in her aquamarine dress; her thick boots were to the side, lying on the floor.

Suddenly, there was a blinding flash of extremely bright light, which caused Mia to flinch and close her sky blue eyes for a few seconds; as the vivid rays faded, she slowly opened her dazed orbs; since she was facing the stone wall, she quickly turned her body around to check her surroundings, and found herself face to face with a black cloaked figure, standing right beside her bed, unmoving, but oozing threat.

Mia gasped loudly at the sudden appearance of the mystery person; she immediately remembered the conversation she had had with Isaac after she had awoken from the long slumber caused by the assault of the Sol Lord's servants, and realised with a shock that this person was probably…

"You're the Sol Lord." Mia whispered after a small, tense silence, her scared eyes glued on the cloaked figure, who had not moved an inch; she could not even detect nor hear his breathing.

A low chuckle emitted from the figure, and the Mercury adept comprehended that this was indeed a male person from the voice, which sent a batch of shivers down her spine, causing her to start shaking slightly from fear. She also recognised it as the voice which had spoken to her earlier, "I am, my darling Mia, I am indeed the Sol Lord."

"Who are you really?" Mia found herself asking, her pale lips quivering as the figure leaned closer and closer to her; quickly, she scrambled away, but a hand suddenly shot out quickly and grasped her shoulder, causing her to gasp in surprise and slight pain.

Mia stared down at the bronzed arm that held her shoulder tightly, obviously not wanting to let go. The water adept immediately stopped struggling, knowing it would just hurt her further, and there was nowhere she could run. Now the tan-skinned hand moved upwards, and in a flash, it had grabbed Mia's chin, and was turning her head towards the hood of his dark cloak. "My dear girl… This is who I am."

Slowly, while one strong hand pulled a frightened and frozen Mia's face ever nearer to where his face was meant to be, the Sol Lord's other hand appeared, and proceeded to stretch towards the top of his cowl. Gradually, his hand pulled off the hood which concealed his features, and as it fell down, Mia's blue eyes widened at the sight that greeted her, her pretty face right up against the face which had been revealed.

"No!"

Mwahaha! Must stop there, my dears! I'm sorry if that's disappointing, but I guess you'll have to live with it. Once again, please review – I hope to update as soon as possible, but then again, the number of reviews may force me to feel the need to update faster… (laughs) See you, and till the next time!

Princess Viv