Behold!

Chapter three is under way…

If you don't like romantic scenes, you probably won't like this chapter. But then why are you reading this fic anyway? Besides, there are enough people who like it (like me), so :P !

BTW, I'm not born in an English speaking country, meaning English is my secondary language. If you find grave grammatical mistakes, please notify me so I can change that. I'm constantly revising the whole story, but mostly I only replace a single word which I think sounds better. If I ever make drastic changes, I'll let you know.

Anyhow, on with the fic!

Chapter 3

(Will's POV)

We walked on for a while, until the sky started to grow more orange with each passing moment. The village or town Bubble had mentioned was now visible on the horizon, but still a ways off. "Let's rest a little." I suggested, pointing at a big tree in front of us, standing lonely in the middle of the landscape. "We could watch the sun set..."

"Wow, didn't know I was travelling with a romantic!" Kara turned to me, looking surprised. "What do you mean by that?" I asked, feeling strangely tense inside. Did I say something wrong?

"I mean this is a great idea. Come on!" With that, she took me by the hand and started running towards the tree, dragging me along.

We sat down and leaned against the trunk. Apparently Kara wanted me to keep her hand, she didn't remove it from mine. I decided to stroke it gently with my other hand, following some inner inspiration. She sighed and placed her head on my shoulder.

Silently we watched the orange disc of light descend more and more towards behind the horizon, painting the sky in a variety of yellow, orange and pink shades. "We could never see something like this at home..." Kara said all of a sudden.

"Yeah, it's beautiful…" I could feel she was worrying about getting back to our world. "Don't worry, we will find a way back." I said, shifting slightly and putting an arm around her. "The game cartridge brought us here, so maybe it will bring us back also. We might just need to recharge those batteries…"

"They were much stronger than normal batteries, right?" Kara asked anxiously.

"I'm sure of that. Opening a portal into another dimension must take massive amounts of energy. You know, the first pair I used was my own. They were too weak, and got depleted in an instant. The ones I used after that have been included in the package…"

"This means whoever gave you that thing knew it would bring you here…" Kara said excitedly, sitting up, "…and that means it must indeed have been the real Alex I saw! This would also explain why he didn't mind me seeing him using Psynergy! In our world, even if I were able to see it, nobody would've believed me, so it didn't matter, and Alex couldn't know I'd end up here as well! I bet he doesn't even know I'm here now!"

"If Alex, uh… wishes to inflict unnecessary bloodshed on us, this might be an advantage!" I paused, then asked: "But what would he gain from bringing us here? I could imagine that he somehow has the power to travel between our worlds, since he has basked in the Golden Sun's light, but I can't see any sense in bringing us here."

"Don't know, maybe he just wanted to test his powers, you know that's exactly like Alex, but if he really plans something involving us, we are bound to meet him sooner or later anyway." She rested her head on my shoulder again. "Do you think our parents will worry about us missing?" she asked.

"They probably will, but I guess that can't be helped. We should worry about that once we're back. At least our chances to get those batteries recharged aren't as bad as they probably were in our world." I patted her arm reassuringly and she looked somewhat relieved.

Then, from one moment to another, she went all stiff and tense. "My arm…"

Oh no! I had touched her injured arm! "Sorry Kara, I didn't mean to -"

"It didn't hurt, Will." she interrupted me quietly. "In fact, it hasn't hurt for quite some time!" She tried to rip the handkerchief from her arm, but I stopped her. "We might need that again, let me remove it."

I carefully removed the bloodstained piece of cloth from her arm. We both gasped: There was no wound!

"How is this possible!" Kara asked in disbelief.

"It seems that you unconsciously used your Psynergy to heal yourself!" said Bubble, who had apparently been sitting on Kara's shoulder all the way! I had almost forgotten about him when we sat down under this tree! He hopped down on Kara's lap to examine her arm. "Good job! Looks like you mastered Ply Psynergy!"

"I don't think one could call that mastered, I can't even control it!" Kara complained.

Maybe she could, if she can recall the moment when she did it…Gas said in my head.

Hey Gas, please come out here so Kara can hear what you say! I told him.

You have to release me… wait, here's how you do it…

Suddenly a new knowledge was there in my mind and I used it instantly to put my Djinni on standby. He appeared in a purple flash of light. Kara jumped, but I soothed her, saying: "Gas has an idea."

"Alright," she said, breathing deeply, "just warn me early next time around…" She turned to the Jupiter Djinni. "Kara, do you remember when it was that you healed your arm and how it felt? It might help you to truly master this Psynergy."

"It must have been when we had just left the battlefield. It hurt so much and I wanted it to stop… After that, the pain gradually went away, but I didn't notice it… Yet I'm sure this helps. Thank you, Gas!"

"I want Psynergy, too!" I said. "Kara, can't you teach me?"

"Sorry, but our kinds of Psynergy differ too much. If you were a Venus Adept, I could probably help you to learn Cure Psynergy… Besides…" she bent closer to me and whispered in my ear: "… I think you already used some Psynergy…"

She glanced at our Djinn, who were obviously very intent on following our conversation. Gas was trying to listen, but he wasn't very successful, because Bubble kept asking him: "Whaddidshesaywhaddidshesay?"

Kara turned back to me, coming even closer and whispered, her voice barely audible: "I was feeling your presence in my mind… when we just talked, leant against each other…"

"You mean… I used Mind Read?" I whispered back.

"Technically yes, but it was not like in the game… you didn't intrude my mind… you merely approached me… forming a connection… it felt good…"

As Kara spoke, I could feel the very bond she was describing forming between us once more, and the desire to put my arms around her and embrace her became incredibly strong, so strong that I finally realized it didn't come from me alone!

"Look, he's blushing!" I heard Gas' voice at the border of my consciousness. "Ignore them…" Kara whispered, affectionately rubbing her cheek at mine. "It would be much worse with the little buggers in our heads…"

"A Cloak Ball would be nice now…" I mused, imagining a picture of two kissing people's outlines in the shadow of a tree.

Kara suddenly started to shake uncontrollably with silent laughter. "I wonder what Babi would do if he knew of our intentions concerning the use of his sacred artifact…" she burst out, giggling like there was no tomorrow. I broke into laughter as well: "You're starting to sound like Alex!"

The two Djinn had no clue what was going on.

"Now you made her cry!" said Gas disdainfully, indicating the tears of laughter running down her face. Kara heard this and burst into a new fit of laughter, sending salty drops of water flying everywhere. "You're so insensitive!" Bubble scolded him. "You always have to make things worse than they are already!"

A long time later, we had managed to calm down somehow and were holding our sore stomachs. "Are you okay again?" Bubble asked cautiously, causing Kara to choke.

Gas was shocked: "Can't you see that they're suffering great pain!" I couldn't help it; I started laughing all over again, begging: "Oh stop, please have mercy!"

"We'll leave you alone for a second," Bubble decided, grabbing Gas' neck with his tail. "we are going to wait over there until you have recovered from this strange affliction. Kara, remember what Gas said earlier when you try to heal yourselves!" He waved with the Jupiter Djinni attached to his tail. Then he walked away with a look of severe worry on his little Djinni face, leaving us lying on the ground in a wheezing heap, gasping for air.

Kraden's Journal

Adepts

(Game Concept)

Wielders of Psynergy are called Adepts; each Adept is linked to one of the four elements. Usually only techniques from the corresponding element can be mastered. By joining with Djinn from other elements, Adepts can obtain abilities different from their kind, but they will always be better at Psynergy from their natural element.
The origin of Adepts, long ago, is shrouded in mystery and even today scholars have only vague ideas how the gift is passed on. It seems clear that children of parents who were Adepts often possess the ability as well, but sometimes a person whose parents were both Adepts ends up powerless while somewhere else the ability suddenly manifests in a person surrounded by a village of non-Adepts. In recent years Adepts have been growing scarcer throughout the known world; even the villages of Adepts scattered over Weyard have shown an alarming trend of bringing forth less and less Adepts, giving a bleak outlook for the future of Alchemy. Fortunately, the recent rise of the Golden Sun should save us from such a fate, if we want to believe the old legends.

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Chapter 4 has just been finished, BTW, but I won't upload it yet, because I always have this bit of extra formatting to do. When I write this story, I'm working on a single document which I have to cut to pieces now… sniff

If anybody of you wants to see the original file, which includes little pictures of Will and Kara (and maybe others, later…) on top of the chapters to indicate the POV; and different colors for the various character's telepathic voices, just mention it in your review and be sure to include your e-mail address! -gets ready for an onslaught of requests-

See you next time around!

Quizer