Vokteren: Finally I can continue on this story. I am really sorry that it
has taken us so long time to update.
Pikachu: I hope you're not too angry with us. I hope this chapter is going to not be too bad.
Vokteren: Before we start with individual response we just want to thank all seven that has put us on their favorite list. Thank you, Lord Slasher, Skits, Zero Quickblade, thebossinschool, Procne, ice-phoenix-chan and Nightmare-chan22. Thanks a lot.
Paul: Thanks for liking it. Pokemon in the story may seem farfetched in the beginning, but later on I hope their purpose becomes clearer.
Procne: Thanks for liking my story and for pointing out my grammar errors. I hope grammar is better in this chapter.
Thomas 1: Do you really think it is amazing? Thanks. The pokemon in this story is unfortunately already set, but perhaps they may appear in the sequel. Remember that you can request a character of your own in our stories.
Thomas 10: Thanks for yet a review. We're really happy that you like our story. Are you really our number one fan? That is nice.
Ice-phoenix-chan: Thanks for thinking this as the best pokemon crossover you've seen. That makes me happy. I couldn't find the grammar error you pointed out. Could you please be more specific? Do you really think others should read this if they want Action/Adventure stories?
Pikachu: We've edited earlier chapters now and changed hitted to hit and added a disclaimer to last chapter. If they haven't appeared please tell.
Vokteren: We would really appreciate any kind of help you readers may give us.
Pikachu: Disclaimer. "We do not own Golden Sun or Pokemon, Aspen is Procne's character and the Lifechildren are our own creations."
"Speech" ¤Thought¤ [Telepathy] (A/N: Author Note) (P/N: Pika Note)
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Rainbow dashed through the forest, trying to find Aspen. She had heard her scream and was worried about her. Finally she found her. However she wasn't alone. An Ape, a beast that roams Mogall forest, was there to. The beast almost glowed with range as it tried to hit Aspen with his powerful fists. Aspen did her best to avoid them, but wearing a dress and not being used to dodging things gave her a disadvantage.
"Aspen" Rainbow cried as the monster used a full force fist and hit her straight in her chest. Aspen got knocked back into Rainbow, but Rainbow didn't mind. She was more worried about Aspen than herself. "Aspen, are you all right?"
Aspen held her hands on her chest in pain, but was able to give of a nod. Rainbow sighed in relief before turning to the ape. Aspen heard her mumble something to the Ape. She opened her eyes and saw the beast relaxing slightly, before punching Rainbow into a nearby tree. Aspen gasped. However Rainbow got back on her feet after the blow that would knock a normal child out. Again Rainbow got up and seemed to talk to the Ape, again the beast punched her. This time she landed by Aspen's mystical box. The lid of the box shot open because of the force of Rainbow's impact.
Aspen couldn't stand it any longer. Rainbow was obviously in a lot of pain because of tears flowing from her eyes. Aspen rose to her feet, despite the massive pain in her chest. She looked straight into the eyes of the Ape, who had now turned his attention back towards Aspen. The ape returned the gaze and locked her in a gaze competition.
Rainbow looked at Aspen and the Ape who was trying to get the other one to act first. Rainbow was currently torn at the middle. One part of her wanted to end this fight here and now before one or both of the fighters got seriously wounded, another part of her told her that she should not interfere. It was the logical side that won. It won because one day Rainbow couldn't be there and protect Aspen, and that day could come soon or it could be far away. But she decided to play safe on that one.
Instead of looking at the two opponents, Rainbow turned her attention to Aspen's box. Inside it she could see four beautiful gems, gleaming in the sparse sunlight that flowed through the thick leaf roof. One of the gems pulsed with red energy, another one sparkled with a calm, blue light, the third was a beautiful smooth gemstone bathed in purple light and the fourth shone in a bright green light. The green one shone even stronger than the three others. She reached out to touch it, however when she did so, her mind got filled with another beings thoughts. The sight was so much for Rainbow that she fell down and cried in psychological pain.
Aspen gasped when she saw Rainbow collapse with a cry of pain. Aspen thought this was because the Ape had harmed her with his punches. Her anger took over her physical control. "How dare you hurt my friend?" She shouted in a sharp, powerful voice that made the beast back a little. "When someone hurts my friends they get hurt back." Her voice was now cold and angry.
The green Emerald started shining brightly as Aspen's appearance started to change. Her hair changed to green pointy vines. The same happened to her arms and her legs. Her face became yellow as small hairs sprouted from her face, at the same time her eyes got darker and seemed to lose the connection they had to her soul. Her clothes seemed to melt into her body as leaves started covering her upper body. She had transformed into something not human.
"Feel fear." She said as her green vine hair burrowed itself underground and came up around the Ape's body, holding his arms pressed into his side and pressing from his feet to his neck. "It will be a pleasure to squeeze the life out of your pathetic body." Aspen had completely changed. From a kind, shy girl to a dangerous plant.
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Rainbow's heart was at the verge of breaking from sorrow. She saw sorrow and destruction, made by her own hand. All the pain she could see was her doing and it hurt. More than any physical pain could. Rainbow wanted this torment to end. She couldn't live with herself if this was true. The worst thing was that she couldn't even control her own body. She could only watch as people fled from whatever she currently was. Right before her heart literally broke, she was returned back to the present.
There she could see plant-Aspen and the Ape. The Ape was struggling to keep itself alive, while plant-Aspen only smiled manically at the squirming, pained creature. Rainbow was shocked. "Aspen." She called out. Plant-Aspen turned her gaze towards Rainbow. "Aspen what are you doing?"
"I am repaying the pain this creature has caused." Aspen replied in an icy voice.
"Please Aspen. Please stop." Rainbow pleaded.
Aspen eyes glowed slightly before they again reflected her soul, however she did not let go. "I can't do it. I can not let this being loose." Her voice was slightly more compassionate, but still icy. "Besides, I enjoy watching the life flow out of him."
"Aspen. Please don't do it." Rainbow's eyes cried and her voice was barely a whisper. "If you don't stop I must do something."
"And what are you going to do? I don't think you'll harm me in any way." Aspen laughed manically, but her eyes didn't match the rest of her body. Rainbow realized that something in Aspen had taken the control over her body from her soul.
"I won't harm you." Rainbow said. "You will harm me." She whispered. "I cannot stand and watch you lose yourself to whatever is controlling you. SELFLESS SACRIFICE." Rainbow shouted. Her body glowed in a golden light, before it flowed towards the Ape. When the light made impact with the creature's body, Rainbow cried out in pain. The Ape however, relaxed and did no longer struggle in pain.
Her bare arms and legs started to get bleeding wounds as if someone was stabbing her with something pointy. ¤Like my thorns¤ Aspen thought. The words Rainbow had said and what was happening now was saying enough. Rainbow was taking the damage for the creature. Instead of harming the Ape, Aspen was now harming her friend. ¤What am I doing?¤
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Aspen closed her eyes...and fell. She fell into darkness as she realized what she was doing. Her mind and soul was together again, but her body was still not in control. She had to fight her own hatred and anger towards this creature in order to stop her onslaught on her friend. She opened her eyes and found herself in a dark nothingness. She looked around and saw light coming from above her. However below her, in a deeper darkness, cries of help sounded.
Aspen looked up and down. The way up was by far the most tempting. However the cries of help from below pierced her heart. What was she going to do? She could go up and out of this place, or she could go down and see if she could help whoever was in the need of help. She decided for the latter. How could she ever atone what she was doing now if she fled from everyone needing her help. She flew down towards the darkness.
The area around her got darker and darker, until she couldn't see anything. She closed her eyes and tried to feel her surroundings. Suddenly she didn't move anymore. She opened her eyes, and immediately wished she hadn't. Rainbow lay on the ground, her arms, legs and chest dark crimson from all the blood she had lost. She was still awake and in a lot of pain. The Ape still struggled to free himself, but for every move he moved, Rainbow got a new bleeding wound.
"I can't be doing this." She shouted. "I have to stop." The green emerald that had started the change in the first place now shone even brighter green. A shadow was flowing out of the stone and disappeared as it reached sunlight. At the same time, Aspen started changing again. The vines binding the Ape disappeared and her body returned. After the change she looked just like she did before the shadow in the emerald took control over her body.
"Good work Aspen." Rainbow coughed up blood as she spoke. "You fought your own anger and hatred and won before it caused irreparable damage. Few have done it and survived the struggle." Rainbow got up on her feet. "Please don't feel sorrow for what happened now. Instead be happy that you could fight your own harming emotions."
"Rainbow, I'm so sorry." Aspen barely whispered from where she stood, before she fell to her knees. "I harmed you and someone else in cold blood and I liked it. In fact I loved it. I am dangerous."
Rainbow struggled herself onto her feet and went between the crying Aspen and the paralyzed Ape. She sat down and spoke in her usual gentle voice. "Neither of you please don't feel fear or sorrow. Permit me to heal the wounds my inaction has inflicted. Allow my emerald tears to wash away your pain."
Rainbow closed her eyes. Tears began flowing from her eyes and down to her chin. The tears started to glow green as they floated from her chin and onto Aspen and the Ape's body. The Ape's wound closed and his fear began to fade as he fell asleep. The same happened to Aspen. Her eyes felt heavy as the dark sorrow that haunted her heart melted away. The last thing she heard before she fell asleep was Rainbow saying. "Sleep and let your heart at peace. I will be by your side when you awaken."
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The four adepts and their pokemon companions have finally reached Daila. After sailing from Ankhol ruins where they almost got to Jenna and her party, they finally reached the continent Jenna had sailed to. The town of Daila was the only town north of the Dekhan plateau. Piers's ship wasn't there, but they decided to stop by anyway. They had sailed so much that they needed to take a break.
Pikachu, Skitty, Vaporeon and Torchic had to wait in the ship as usual. But at least the human adepts had left their Djinn in the ship. They were currently playing hide-and-seek. That takes some time when "it" has to find thirty-one "hiders".
Mia and Ivan were in Daila sanctum. Mia wanted to learn how the Great Healer of Daila operated. Ivan was there because he rather wanted to be with Mia than Irritating Isaac and Grumpy Garet as he called them. He didn't blame them however. He understood that it has to be frustrating to always be sooo close to finally getting Jenna back. He sighed.
"...And that is how you can clean a wound using salt water." The Great Healer said.
"That was really interesting Mr." Mia said. "Do many come to you for your help?"
Ivan yawned. How could someone be that interested in healing? He started to look around the room. It was really nice. In the back was a big statue that he couldn't make out what was supposed to look like. He had seen it many times, however this time he saw that it seemed to have a hollow socket.
"Excuse me." He interrupted. "Was there something in that statue that could be removed from it? It seems to be a hollow hole in the middle of it."
"Why yes it was, in fact what was inside it was claimed recently." The old man replied.
"Really? What was it and who took it?" Mia and Ivan said in unison.
"It was a blue jewel called the Sea God's Tear. It is needed to climb the tower that is close to our town."
"I see. But who took it?" Ivan asked.
"Well, let's see. It was a group of five. One had brown hair and a leather jacket in different colors. Another one looked strong, had turquoise hair and was dressed like a man of the sea." Mia and Ivan gasped. "Then there was a girl with cinnamon hair, red and brown clothes and a little problem with her attitude. Then there was a blonde girl with white clothes and a beautifully crafted staff."
Ivan and Mia were already running to their ship. They didn't need that old man to remind them of the last of the members of the group. It had to be Jenna, Kraden and the others. When they reached the ship the got the Djinn and the pokemon together quick and made them start looking for Isaac and Garet. They found them quickly and soon, a group with thirty-six members was headed for The Tower of The Sea God.
As they entered the cave under the tower they became aware of the two paths they could choose. In order to communicate with each other, Pikachu and Ivan were placed on separate paths. Together with Pikachu were Isaac, Garet and Vaporeon. Ivan, Mia, Torchic and Skitty traveled together. Using a rope that was bound between two knots in the ground, Pikachu's team traveled the path to the left. Ivan and his companions traveled to the right.
On the right path, Ivan, Mia, Torchic and Skitty eventually came to a dead end. It was lighted up by torches that seemed to burn with a never ceasing fire. There was also a slightly strange part of the wall. Ivan went over to it and used Reveal, but didn't find anything. He tried to push it. But even with Mia, Torchic and Skitty helping, he couldn't budge it an inch. After trying for a while they finally gave up.
"There has to be something behind this wall." Ivan stated.
[I agree, but how to move it?] Torchic said.
[I don't have any ideas, what about you Mia?] Skitty said.
"I'm totally blank too. Perhaps we should contact Isaac." Mia leaned on the wall. Suddenly a bright light shone from her chest, a light in the form of an ice crystal. The light hit a place on the wall that was the exact same emblem. As the light pulsed from the shocked Mia's chest, the door slowly opened with a creak.
"Okay. What was that?" Ivan said, just as shocked as his three friends.
"I don't know. Let's find out." Mia replied, dragging Ivan after her as she walked into the chamber.
[Wait for us. We want to see this too.] Skitty said.
They walked into the chamber, half expecting some kind of trap to activate under their feet. However no such thing happened. With Torchic's flame to guide them, it didn't take long before they reached the center room. In the room, a blue ice crystal was floating in the air above a blue glowing piece of the floor.
"Wow. Look at that thing. It's beautiful." Ivan said.
[I agree. It is really beautiful.] Skitty said.
[I want it.] Torchic said as she leaped for the crystal.
"No, Torchic wait. I don't think you should." Mia tried.
Too late. When Torchic touched the blue crystal a blue light engulfed her body. She screamed in pain as a booming voice loomed from above. "Only the daughters of water may touch the key of ice. You, daughter of fire, is not worthy the key of ice."
Torchic was thrown back into Ivan. She shivered and was really cold to touch. Ivan, Mia and Skitty did their best to bring back heat into the small chicken's body, however she was still ice cold after ten minutes of rubbing.
[Brrrrr. I'm freezing] She said as her teeth rattled like a mouse in front of a cat.
"I tried to warn you. Things that glow and float in the air are usually dangerous unless you know how to handle them." Ivan said.
Mia had given up trying to get some heat into Torchic's shivering body. Instead she looked around at the strange words carved into the wall. She hadn't seen them before. Strange. She got over to the nearest one and looked over them. She had never seen any writing like this before, yet it felt strangely familiar. She reached out and touched the wall. Just as the tip of her finger reached the wall, a wave of information flooded into her mind. The shock lasted only a second, but now she knew that she was a "daughter of water" and that she had an important duty to do when the time was right.
Mia got up and took the crystal. At the same moment as her hand clasped around the crystal, a blue light flowed between her and the jewel. The others gasped as the voice again spoke up. "Finally a daughter of water has claimed the key of ice. Take care of the key until you meet the master of joy. She, like you, is a daughter of water. Take care, angel of Mercury." The voice faded.
The others were too stunned to speak, so Mia took the lead and got them to the interception where they had parted up with Garet and his group. There, Ivan got a message from Pikachu, saying that she and her group had barely missed Jenna and the others this time and that they was to meet at the entrance. Just after Ivan had told his friends the message he got, Isaac and his group appeared in a flash of psynergetic light. Retreat. Isaac silently led them back to their ship. Jenna was out of reach now and the only thing they could was to try and reach up with her again. Neither he nor anyone else noticed Torchic's rapidly decreasing fire psynergy and body temperature.
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Pikachu: We are finally finished with yet another chapter. I hope it wasn't too bad. Again we saw more to Aspen and Rainbow than the original crew. I apologize if you don't like that.
Vokteren: I'll be adding the quiz now. Also I wonder why no one is trying to answer the quiz. Even though you don't want to add a character you still should save up points. I might add new "merchandise" to my point trade service.
Quiz Answer: Sheba joined Felix, Jenna and Kraden because she knew that Felix eventually would reach Jupiter Lighthouse. She hoped to find the answers of her existence and her origins there.
Quiz: I'm looking for a person. This person stole something valuable from a water adept. He used it in a ceremony. Who was that person?
Pikachu: I hope you're not too angry with us. I hope this chapter is going to not be too bad.
Vokteren: Before we start with individual response we just want to thank all seven that has put us on their favorite list. Thank you, Lord Slasher, Skits, Zero Quickblade, thebossinschool, Procne, ice-phoenix-chan and Nightmare-chan22. Thanks a lot.
Paul: Thanks for liking it. Pokemon in the story may seem farfetched in the beginning, but later on I hope their purpose becomes clearer.
Procne: Thanks for liking my story and for pointing out my grammar errors. I hope grammar is better in this chapter.
Thomas 1: Do you really think it is amazing? Thanks. The pokemon in this story is unfortunately already set, but perhaps they may appear in the sequel. Remember that you can request a character of your own in our stories.
Thomas 10: Thanks for yet a review. We're really happy that you like our story. Are you really our number one fan? That is nice.
Ice-phoenix-chan: Thanks for thinking this as the best pokemon crossover you've seen. That makes me happy. I couldn't find the grammar error you pointed out. Could you please be more specific? Do you really think others should read this if they want Action/Adventure stories?
Pikachu: We've edited earlier chapters now and changed hitted to hit and added a disclaimer to last chapter. If they haven't appeared please tell.
Vokteren: We would really appreciate any kind of help you readers may give us.
Pikachu: Disclaimer. "We do not own Golden Sun or Pokemon, Aspen is Procne's character and the Lifechildren are our own creations."
"Speech" ¤Thought¤ [Telepathy] (A/N: Author Note) (P/N: Pika Note)
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Rainbow dashed through the forest, trying to find Aspen. She had heard her scream and was worried about her. Finally she found her. However she wasn't alone. An Ape, a beast that roams Mogall forest, was there to. The beast almost glowed with range as it tried to hit Aspen with his powerful fists. Aspen did her best to avoid them, but wearing a dress and not being used to dodging things gave her a disadvantage.
"Aspen" Rainbow cried as the monster used a full force fist and hit her straight in her chest. Aspen got knocked back into Rainbow, but Rainbow didn't mind. She was more worried about Aspen than herself. "Aspen, are you all right?"
Aspen held her hands on her chest in pain, but was able to give of a nod. Rainbow sighed in relief before turning to the ape. Aspen heard her mumble something to the Ape. She opened her eyes and saw the beast relaxing slightly, before punching Rainbow into a nearby tree. Aspen gasped. However Rainbow got back on her feet after the blow that would knock a normal child out. Again Rainbow got up and seemed to talk to the Ape, again the beast punched her. This time she landed by Aspen's mystical box. The lid of the box shot open because of the force of Rainbow's impact.
Aspen couldn't stand it any longer. Rainbow was obviously in a lot of pain because of tears flowing from her eyes. Aspen rose to her feet, despite the massive pain in her chest. She looked straight into the eyes of the Ape, who had now turned his attention back towards Aspen. The ape returned the gaze and locked her in a gaze competition.
Rainbow looked at Aspen and the Ape who was trying to get the other one to act first. Rainbow was currently torn at the middle. One part of her wanted to end this fight here and now before one or both of the fighters got seriously wounded, another part of her told her that she should not interfere. It was the logical side that won. It won because one day Rainbow couldn't be there and protect Aspen, and that day could come soon or it could be far away. But she decided to play safe on that one.
Instead of looking at the two opponents, Rainbow turned her attention to Aspen's box. Inside it she could see four beautiful gems, gleaming in the sparse sunlight that flowed through the thick leaf roof. One of the gems pulsed with red energy, another one sparkled with a calm, blue light, the third was a beautiful smooth gemstone bathed in purple light and the fourth shone in a bright green light. The green one shone even stronger than the three others. She reached out to touch it, however when she did so, her mind got filled with another beings thoughts. The sight was so much for Rainbow that she fell down and cried in psychological pain.
Aspen gasped when she saw Rainbow collapse with a cry of pain. Aspen thought this was because the Ape had harmed her with his punches. Her anger took over her physical control. "How dare you hurt my friend?" She shouted in a sharp, powerful voice that made the beast back a little. "When someone hurts my friends they get hurt back." Her voice was now cold and angry.
The green Emerald started shining brightly as Aspen's appearance started to change. Her hair changed to green pointy vines. The same happened to her arms and her legs. Her face became yellow as small hairs sprouted from her face, at the same time her eyes got darker and seemed to lose the connection they had to her soul. Her clothes seemed to melt into her body as leaves started covering her upper body. She had transformed into something not human.
"Feel fear." She said as her green vine hair burrowed itself underground and came up around the Ape's body, holding his arms pressed into his side and pressing from his feet to his neck. "It will be a pleasure to squeeze the life out of your pathetic body." Aspen had completely changed. From a kind, shy girl to a dangerous plant.
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Rainbow's heart was at the verge of breaking from sorrow. She saw sorrow and destruction, made by her own hand. All the pain she could see was her doing and it hurt. More than any physical pain could. Rainbow wanted this torment to end. She couldn't live with herself if this was true. The worst thing was that she couldn't even control her own body. She could only watch as people fled from whatever she currently was. Right before her heart literally broke, she was returned back to the present.
There she could see plant-Aspen and the Ape. The Ape was struggling to keep itself alive, while plant-Aspen only smiled manically at the squirming, pained creature. Rainbow was shocked. "Aspen." She called out. Plant-Aspen turned her gaze towards Rainbow. "Aspen what are you doing?"
"I am repaying the pain this creature has caused." Aspen replied in an icy voice.
"Please Aspen. Please stop." Rainbow pleaded.
Aspen eyes glowed slightly before they again reflected her soul, however she did not let go. "I can't do it. I can not let this being loose." Her voice was slightly more compassionate, but still icy. "Besides, I enjoy watching the life flow out of him."
"Aspen. Please don't do it." Rainbow's eyes cried and her voice was barely a whisper. "If you don't stop I must do something."
"And what are you going to do? I don't think you'll harm me in any way." Aspen laughed manically, but her eyes didn't match the rest of her body. Rainbow realized that something in Aspen had taken the control over her body from her soul.
"I won't harm you." Rainbow said. "You will harm me." She whispered. "I cannot stand and watch you lose yourself to whatever is controlling you. SELFLESS SACRIFICE." Rainbow shouted. Her body glowed in a golden light, before it flowed towards the Ape. When the light made impact with the creature's body, Rainbow cried out in pain. The Ape however, relaxed and did no longer struggle in pain.
Her bare arms and legs started to get bleeding wounds as if someone was stabbing her with something pointy. ¤Like my thorns¤ Aspen thought. The words Rainbow had said and what was happening now was saying enough. Rainbow was taking the damage for the creature. Instead of harming the Ape, Aspen was now harming her friend. ¤What am I doing?¤
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Aspen closed her eyes...and fell. She fell into darkness as she realized what she was doing. Her mind and soul was together again, but her body was still not in control. She had to fight her own hatred and anger towards this creature in order to stop her onslaught on her friend. She opened her eyes and found herself in a dark nothingness. She looked around and saw light coming from above her. However below her, in a deeper darkness, cries of help sounded.
Aspen looked up and down. The way up was by far the most tempting. However the cries of help from below pierced her heart. What was she going to do? She could go up and out of this place, or she could go down and see if she could help whoever was in the need of help. She decided for the latter. How could she ever atone what she was doing now if she fled from everyone needing her help. She flew down towards the darkness.
The area around her got darker and darker, until she couldn't see anything. She closed her eyes and tried to feel her surroundings. Suddenly she didn't move anymore. She opened her eyes, and immediately wished she hadn't. Rainbow lay on the ground, her arms, legs and chest dark crimson from all the blood she had lost. She was still awake and in a lot of pain. The Ape still struggled to free himself, but for every move he moved, Rainbow got a new bleeding wound.
"I can't be doing this." She shouted. "I have to stop." The green emerald that had started the change in the first place now shone even brighter green. A shadow was flowing out of the stone and disappeared as it reached sunlight. At the same time, Aspen started changing again. The vines binding the Ape disappeared and her body returned. After the change she looked just like she did before the shadow in the emerald took control over her body.
"Good work Aspen." Rainbow coughed up blood as she spoke. "You fought your own anger and hatred and won before it caused irreparable damage. Few have done it and survived the struggle." Rainbow got up on her feet. "Please don't feel sorrow for what happened now. Instead be happy that you could fight your own harming emotions."
"Rainbow, I'm so sorry." Aspen barely whispered from where she stood, before she fell to her knees. "I harmed you and someone else in cold blood and I liked it. In fact I loved it. I am dangerous."
Rainbow struggled herself onto her feet and went between the crying Aspen and the paralyzed Ape. She sat down and spoke in her usual gentle voice. "Neither of you please don't feel fear or sorrow. Permit me to heal the wounds my inaction has inflicted. Allow my emerald tears to wash away your pain."
Rainbow closed her eyes. Tears began flowing from her eyes and down to her chin. The tears started to glow green as they floated from her chin and onto Aspen and the Ape's body. The Ape's wound closed and his fear began to fade as he fell asleep. The same happened to Aspen. Her eyes felt heavy as the dark sorrow that haunted her heart melted away. The last thing she heard before she fell asleep was Rainbow saying. "Sleep and let your heart at peace. I will be by your side when you awaken."
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The four adepts and their pokemon companions have finally reached Daila. After sailing from Ankhol ruins where they almost got to Jenna and her party, they finally reached the continent Jenna had sailed to. The town of Daila was the only town north of the Dekhan plateau. Piers's ship wasn't there, but they decided to stop by anyway. They had sailed so much that they needed to take a break.
Pikachu, Skitty, Vaporeon and Torchic had to wait in the ship as usual. But at least the human adepts had left their Djinn in the ship. They were currently playing hide-and-seek. That takes some time when "it" has to find thirty-one "hiders".
Mia and Ivan were in Daila sanctum. Mia wanted to learn how the Great Healer of Daila operated. Ivan was there because he rather wanted to be with Mia than Irritating Isaac and Grumpy Garet as he called them. He didn't blame them however. He understood that it has to be frustrating to always be sooo close to finally getting Jenna back. He sighed.
"...And that is how you can clean a wound using salt water." The Great Healer said.
"That was really interesting Mr." Mia said. "Do many come to you for your help?"
Ivan yawned. How could someone be that interested in healing? He started to look around the room. It was really nice. In the back was a big statue that he couldn't make out what was supposed to look like. He had seen it many times, however this time he saw that it seemed to have a hollow socket.
"Excuse me." He interrupted. "Was there something in that statue that could be removed from it? It seems to be a hollow hole in the middle of it."
"Why yes it was, in fact what was inside it was claimed recently." The old man replied.
"Really? What was it and who took it?" Mia and Ivan said in unison.
"It was a blue jewel called the Sea God's Tear. It is needed to climb the tower that is close to our town."
"I see. But who took it?" Ivan asked.
"Well, let's see. It was a group of five. One had brown hair and a leather jacket in different colors. Another one looked strong, had turquoise hair and was dressed like a man of the sea." Mia and Ivan gasped. "Then there was a girl with cinnamon hair, red and brown clothes and a little problem with her attitude. Then there was a blonde girl with white clothes and a beautifully crafted staff."
Ivan and Mia were already running to their ship. They didn't need that old man to remind them of the last of the members of the group. It had to be Jenna, Kraden and the others. When they reached the ship the got the Djinn and the pokemon together quick and made them start looking for Isaac and Garet. They found them quickly and soon, a group with thirty-six members was headed for The Tower of The Sea God.
As they entered the cave under the tower they became aware of the two paths they could choose. In order to communicate with each other, Pikachu and Ivan were placed on separate paths. Together with Pikachu were Isaac, Garet and Vaporeon. Ivan, Mia, Torchic and Skitty traveled together. Using a rope that was bound between two knots in the ground, Pikachu's team traveled the path to the left. Ivan and his companions traveled to the right.
On the right path, Ivan, Mia, Torchic and Skitty eventually came to a dead end. It was lighted up by torches that seemed to burn with a never ceasing fire. There was also a slightly strange part of the wall. Ivan went over to it and used Reveal, but didn't find anything. He tried to push it. But even with Mia, Torchic and Skitty helping, he couldn't budge it an inch. After trying for a while they finally gave up.
"There has to be something behind this wall." Ivan stated.
[I agree, but how to move it?] Torchic said.
[I don't have any ideas, what about you Mia?] Skitty said.
"I'm totally blank too. Perhaps we should contact Isaac." Mia leaned on the wall. Suddenly a bright light shone from her chest, a light in the form of an ice crystal. The light hit a place on the wall that was the exact same emblem. As the light pulsed from the shocked Mia's chest, the door slowly opened with a creak.
"Okay. What was that?" Ivan said, just as shocked as his three friends.
"I don't know. Let's find out." Mia replied, dragging Ivan after her as she walked into the chamber.
[Wait for us. We want to see this too.] Skitty said.
They walked into the chamber, half expecting some kind of trap to activate under their feet. However no such thing happened. With Torchic's flame to guide them, it didn't take long before they reached the center room. In the room, a blue ice crystal was floating in the air above a blue glowing piece of the floor.
"Wow. Look at that thing. It's beautiful." Ivan said.
[I agree. It is really beautiful.] Skitty said.
[I want it.] Torchic said as she leaped for the crystal.
"No, Torchic wait. I don't think you should." Mia tried.
Too late. When Torchic touched the blue crystal a blue light engulfed her body. She screamed in pain as a booming voice loomed from above. "Only the daughters of water may touch the key of ice. You, daughter of fire, is not worthy the key of ice."
Torchic was thrown back into Ivan. She shivered and was really cold to touch. Ivan, Mia and Skitty did their best to bring back heat into the small chicken's body, however she was still ice cold after ten minutes of rubbing.
[Brrrrr. I'm freezing] She said as her teeth rattled like a mouse in front of a cat.
"I tried to warn you. Things that glow and float in the air are usually dangerous unless you know how to handle them." Ivan said.
Mia had given up trying to get some heat into Torchic's shivering body. Instead she looked around at the strange words carved into the wall. She hadn't seen them before. Strange. She got over to the nearest one and looked over them. She had never seen any writing like this before, yet it felt strangely familiar. She reached out and touched the wall. Just as the tip of her finger reached the wall, a wave of information flooded into her mind. The shock lasted only a second, but now she knew that she was a "daughter of water" and that she had an important duty to do when the time was right.
Mia got up and took the crystal. At the same moment as her hand clasped around the crystal, a blue light flowed between her and the jewel. The others gasped as the voice again spoke up. "Finally a daughter of water has claimed the key of ice. Take care of the key until you meet the master of joy. She, like you, is a daughter of water. Take care, angel of Mercury." The voice faded.
The others were too stunned to speak, so Mia took the lead and got them to the interception where they had parted up with Garet and his group. There, Ivan got a message from Pikachu, saying that she and her group had barely missed Jenna and the others this time and that they was to meet at the entrance. Just after Ivan had told his friends the message he got, Isaac and his group appeared in a flash of psynergetic light. Retreat. Isaac silently led them back to their ship. Jenna was out of reach now and the only thing they could was to try and reach up with her again. Neither he nor anyone else noticed Torchic's rapidly decreasing fire psynergy and body temperature.
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Pikachu: We are finally finished with yet another chapter. I hope it wasn't too bad. Again we saw more to Aspen and Rainbow than the original crew. I apologize if you don't like that.
Vokteren: I'll be adding the quiz now. Also I wonder why no one is trying to answer the quiz. Even though you don't want to add a character you still should save up points. I might add new "merchandise" to my point trade service.
Quiz Answer: Sheba joined Felix, Jenna and Kraden because she knew that Felix eventually would reach Jupiter Lighthouse. She hoped to find the answers of her existence and her origins there.
Quiz: I'm looking for a person. This person stole something valuable from a water adept. He used it in a ceremony. Who was that person?