Hero of the Day

Chapter 2: Behind The Disguise

I blinked and reopened my eyes. That girl was grabbing my arm and pulling me up. I was on one knee, and I assume I fainted for a few minutes.

"Hey…" She started to say something.

"What happened?" I interrupted.

"…Are you okay?" She pulled me to my feet.

"Yes, I'm fine!" I'm sure my sides were horribly bruised and my head kind of hurt. "What about you? What happened!"

I looked around to try and answer that myself. There was so much blood smeared on the path and trees that I didn't even see it at first.

"Uhh… What the hell-" I noticed that there were no bodies or anything and all four of the guys were gone.

"I… I think someone knocked me out as well. When I came to…" The girl started to explain; "One of the guys was standing next to me, except his hood was off. He had strange eyes… Colored a more piercing blue than the ocean. He said something, but I didn't make it out completely. Then he ran off. I didn't see the other guys or what happened… Then I saw you."

"…" I walked over and examined the blood. "Whose blood is this? You aren't hurt are you?"

"I'm okay… I don't know where you came from but thanks. My name's Jenna, you probably didn't know me, I haven't gone to school before. Is it always this hard to walk home?" Jenna brushed herself off.

I turned away from the lake of blood and to Jenna, "Oh… Nice to meet you then, I'm Isaac. And no, this path is usually pretty serene."

A few moments later, Jenna and I started walking back towards Vale. A school in the middle of the woods seems strange but it's to accommodate for people from Vale, Vault and Kalay, so I guess it compromises walking distance.

We returned to the to Vale but something seemed wrong. Just something in the air didn't feel right at all.

"Something happened." I stated right away. "There's no one outside."

We walked quickly through Vale. Towards the west side we saw a few men in armor slumped over. They were people of Vale, and they weren't moving.

"Oh my god…" Jenna examined them. "They're all dead… But they died fighting. Look, they have swords scattered. Some kind of militia must have been called."

"But… Against what?" I shook my head. "This doesn't make any sense. Why would anyone attack our peaceful town… Someone's going to pay dearly."

All of a sudden Jenna started running. "I gotta check out my house!"

"Wait up! I'll come too." I ran after her.

We explored her house but it was empty. Then it hit us. People must have come to steal information or something more from Sol Sanctum, resting behind our village. We ran straight to the cliffs and climbed up to the sanctum. We went inside and there were three sages killed! They didn't appear to be murdered for no reason, there must have been another struggle. On the ground was Kraden, he was no sage but he must have been studying some inscriptions within the walls. He moved a little.

"Isaac, and Jenna is it? Is that you?" Kraden muttered.

"Yeah, what is going on?" I asked right away.

"Vale was attacked, then the attackers came into the sanctum. We all tried to fight them off but they overpowered us. It appears they have left on their own free will by now." He explained. "I have a pretty good idea who it was too."

"Who? Who would do this? Who would even know about this?" I asked him.

Kraden cleared his throat, "If you remember, about four years ago, a group of Vale citizens was banished from the village. They tried to sneak into the inner chambers of the sanctum to find out about the powers of Sol. They also attacked various villagers whom they thought could help them. They must have returned for revenge… and maybe even to steal something from the inner chambers. No one was looked to see yet."

Jenna frowned.

"What's the matter?" I asked her.

"Nothing…" She answered. "Umm… Yeah I think I remember that. What are we going to do?"

"You won't believe this!" A group of villagers came running from inside the sanctum. "Those traitors found away into the deepest chamber and stole the elemental stars… and scrolls pertaining to the lighthouses and the ultimate powers of the Golden Sun."

I did remember that, but barely. "Who exactly where the people banished? Do you know Jenna?"

Jenna frowned again, "How… How dare he! He's gone to far this time… I'm going to hunt him down. Come on Isaac you can help me." She yanked on my arm.

"Wha-" She dragged me towards the edge of town.

A/N: Still no reviews, but I guess writing to myself is cool too :D Hm, I didn't really like chapter one much but this one I do a bit more. Several subtle things… Anyway uh Golden Sun and characters do not belong to me but those two young kids do. I own them. Jenna: Review! You aren't seriously going to deny Jenna are you?