Hero of the Day
Chapter 4: To Bid You Farewell
I took the keys from the keeper and thanked her. The tag on the key chain said '208' which meant it was upstairs.
"Oh great… We get to walk more…"
I readjusted the pack strap over my shoulder. I had that short sword attached to my waist still, I had totally forgot about it. No one had said anything even though a good two feet of it was visible. Could that possibly be commonplace around here? Jenna had the same sword as me, attached in the same way. Those were the only two in all of the Vale shop… Vale must be a bit more secluded.
"So? We only had to walk around seven miles, and besides sounds like you could use it…" Jenna answered.
We saw lots of people coming down from their rooms and heading across the hall. I poked around the corner to see what was there. There was giant dining hall; this must've been the complimentary dinner the keeper had mentioned.
"Hey Jenna, want to get something to eat? My treat." I pointed to the giant hall.
"Didn't she say it was free-" complained Jenna.
"Exactly! Let's hurry before the tables are all full." I started to walk into the room.
"I am pretty hungry…" Jenna followed after me.
We sat down at a round table fairly close to the room entrance. The table was nice decorated with white tablecloth and a small glass vase with a single rose in it. Seemed strange for a free dinner, a night's stay didn't even cost that much… Strange town.
A waiter walked over to table wearing a suit, "Can I get you a drink, sir?"
I almost laughed but just smiled, "…Just a pop, whatever kind you have."
"And for you, ma'am?" He smiled at Jenna
"…A soda" Jenna answered.
Within a few seconds the waiter returned and placed the drinks then walked away.
I started to take a sip of my coke when Jenna said something.
"Isaac…" She started.
"…Yes?" I looked up at her.
"Why didn't you use psyenergy when we were in the woods earlier… Those guys beat you up pretty bad, I didn't know at the time you were an adept?" She just looked at me strangely…
She was right though… I hadn't simply forgot about my earth abilities but I've always thought to not use them on people that aren't adepts. That thought had become so second nature that when I watched from the trees I basically did forget about my powers…
"I… sort of forgot about them. Well not exactly but, I always try not to use them on non-adepts but I regret not using them at a time like that…" I frowned.
For some reason she smiled, "Glad it wasn't just me… You see, I was intending to use my psyenergy when I first ran up to the four guys but as I approached them and tried to, something seemed to suppress my psyenergy… All of a sudden I felt weaker than ever."
"Really? Who could have powers like that-" There was a loud noise; I looked over towards the hallway where the noise came from and saw someone lying on the ground with a blue baseball hat on and also a waiter carrying a tray was on the ground. I turned away from the scene.
"Wow, what kind of moron-" That guy had gotten up and ran over to our table! He pulled a chair over from an empty table and sat down on one of the sides, between Jenna and I. He was wearing a tan jacket and blue jeans. He had a blue baseball hat and the brim was covering his eyes, he had red hair coming out of the sides…
He lifted the brim and I could see his face. Oh god, it was my friend from Vale, Garet. How did he find us?
"Isaac! What's goin' on man? Why'd you leave town?" He turned towards Jenna. "Whoa, hey there! Are you Isaac's friend? I don't believe I've ever seen you around Vale… I'm Garet."
"Hi?" She stared blankly at Garet. "Yeah… I don't really know anyone around town. I just meant Isaac today…"
I laughed but kind of felt sorry for Jenna. At the same time though, I was glad to see Garet. We were pretty good friends for a long time in Vale, I was actually worried a bit when I didn't see him in Vale, he hadn't gone to school today… "Garet… how'd you find us?"
"Nice to see you to." He laughed and looked around. Lots of people were staring at him. He was soaking wet and wearing a hat at a nice dinner party. Then again, Jenna and I were just wearing school clothes… "I was in Vale looking for you and had heard some Mar's adepts came and stole things from the sanctum. Then I felt your psyenergy off this way and then I saw a huge display of Mars psyenergy in the sky. I thought those people had kidnapped you, but I guess you're just fine huh." He grinned.
"Wait a sec! You were the Mars adept!" He turned and kind of yelled his question to Jenna. For the third time everyone just stared at our table. I'm surprised we hadn't been thrown out yet…
Jenna immediately looked at me. I shrugged and nodded yes to her silent question of whether Garet was an adept or not.
"Yep, sure am." She smiled. "What about you?"
Garet immediately looked at me. I shrugged and nodded yes to his silent question of whether Jenna was telling the truth or not.
"Wow… I didn't know there was another Mars adept in Vale." Garet smiled. "Or an adept at all… 'sides Isaac here."
Our waiter returned and asked what we wanted to eat. We hadn't even looked at the menus during all that. So all three of us just ordered a hamburger, and Garet demanded a coke even though he wasn't here before and didn't even pay for a room… We talked about random stuff at first. Then Jenna mentioned that her parents were out of town for the last few weeks and she also said she had a brother but didn't say much more about him. Our food came and we ate it, continuing on in the same fashion.
"That was good! I'm sure glad I didn't pay for it!" Garet put his arms up still wearing that dumb hat.
"…" Wow I'm sure everyone here hates us now.
"Well guys, I'm going up to the room. Can I have the keys Isaac?" Jenna asked.
I pulled the keys out of pocket and tossed them to her as she stood up. "I'll be right behind you."
Jenna walked down the hall and up the stairs. I started to go and totally forgot about Garet…
"Hey Isaac, what about me… I need somewhere to sleep to…" He complained.
I sighed. "Can't you buy a room?…"
"No money!" He exclaimed.
I shrugged, "Fine follow me upstairs…"
I walked up to the room with Garet following and opened the door. Jenna was sitting on one of beds looking through her stuff. "Oh… I forgot about your friend…" She said.
He frowned. "Sorry… I don't want to feel like a free loader…"
"Naw, its fine." I said. "In fact, you can even have you own bed."
"Why don't you have your own bed instead? I mean you did pay for it…" Garet responded.
"I'll take my own bed." Jenna said. She laid down. "Night guys."
"…" Garet and I complained simultaneously. "This really sucks…"
I laid down on the far edge towards the middle of the room, on the bed and turned off the lights. I fell asleep almost instantly, somehow.
I woke up from the light shining through the curtains. It must've been around 7. The door creaked and Garet walked in eating something. "I went downstairs and got a muffin… They are good." He sat down on the corner of the bed, still wearing that lame hat.
I noticed the light in the bathroom was on. I waited for about 10 minutes and nothing happened. I didn't even hear any noises. I knocked softly, "Jenna, you alive in there?"
Garet still eating his muffin, "Girls always have to take forever… she's probably not even doing anything."
There was still no answer. I slowly turned the knob. "What the… it's not locked." I opened the door and Jenna was not in there. Actually, all her stuff was gone…
A note was taped to the mirror.
That took longer that usual to update… everything seem good so far though?
Jenna: Hey… don't use these, you aren't even a good writer and you stole the idea from Mene
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Jenna: You don't own Golden Sun… just throwing that out there
…Thanks
Jenna: And, I left you! …how about adding in some tears or something?
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Jenna: Word is you had a dream about me? Weirdo…
Yeah… sorta but I left a part-
Jenna: …
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Jenna: No one is going to like the story now that I'm gone though…
Ego much?
Jenna: Takes one to know one…
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