Where there's light...
Disclaimer: I do not own Golden Sun or any of the characters, I just like the games.
Wasabe? I just got a bunches of reviews from one reader (many thanks to her!) and am feeling much better about continuing this story. My apologies for the misspelling of "Tret" (I could've sworn it was Trent, oh well.) Still, moving on to part two of the Lemurian saga...
Chapter Six: The Second Revelation (part two of two)
The fully reunited party of eight strolled up the steps to King Hydros' palace. The place looked much better and more well-kept, and the overall atmosphere was just more cheerful. Picard went ahead of the group and up the stairs to the throne room. He disappeared inside for a minute or two, then popped back out. "King Hydros will speak to us," he said.
So they entered the room, the King sitting gravely on his throne. The group courtsied the King, then Ivan spoke up.
"Great and honorable King of the Lost Civilization, Lemuria, we adepts from beyond the sea have come with tidings of darkness. A great evil is spreading across Weyard, due to an ancient prophesy from the Lost Age. Because of this prophesy, demons are feeding off the energy of the four elements, and if we do not do something quickly, Weyard shall surely be plunged into darkness for all time! We ask for your guidance, as we hope you have lived long enough to know of this prophesy."
The King quickly replied. "Yes, this prophesy was true. What do you adepts, though you have grown, hope to do against this power? This evil is far greater than even the power of the Wise One. What hope do you have against power greater than a god?"
Garet whispered to Isaac. "You hear that? Stronger than the Wise One! What chance do we-" "Shh!" Isaac silenced him.
"We don't know," Ivan started again. "We defeated one of the demons, who was almost a match for us. Maybe, with your wisdom, you could help?" Ivan asked again.
The King sighed heavily, suddenly causing an outburst from Jenna. "Listen! We don't care how strong this thing is! We'll kill it, simple enough! Just tell us what to do and stop making it worse!" "Jenna! Quiet!" Felix snapped. Suddenly Felix's good mood seemed shattered. His calm and friendly demenor had twisted into a very angry and berserk face. Jenna quickly looked down.
Picard spoke up. "Forgive them, my Lord. They are stressed from this event, and their patience is thinner than they would like." The King sighed again. "It's not their fault, it is quite understandable, really." The King got off the throne and shuffled to the middle of the room. "I'm sure four of you remember this?" Felix, Jenna, Sheba and Picard all nodded.
"This is a map, to those who don't know. But it has something else. Within it lies a document, an ancient scroll over four-thousand years old. Contained in it is a riddle that can be used to push back the dark." The King glowed a deep blue hue and the projector in the middle of the room lit up. A large projection of some very strange foreign writing appeared.
"It's complete gibberish! What does it say?" Mia asked.
"This is the old language of Weyard, very rare nowadays and only found on the oldest of ruins. Now this-" the King waved his hand and the words suddenly took on a form the adepts could understand, "Is what it says:"
And the ancients said: If thou wishest to cast away the Dark Lord, then carry out these requirements:
The Dark one's minions numbered five are coming for thee. Purify them and draw upon their power.
A holy weapon burns with dark, as well. Unite the two with a shot from the One!
Then defeat the Chaos for temporary peace.
Earth, Fire, Water, Wind, Light and Dark,
One to give the message of light to all.
"What...does it mean?" asked Isaac.
"The ancients created this poem with the very idea that no one could solve it. However, I was there when this scroll was made, and I will tell you if you are sure you can use the information!"
The eight adepts looked at each other, then nodded.
"Alright then. The first line is simply a warning, not important to the rest. The next line describes how you must defeat the demons in the land. There are five of them: a demon of water, earth, wind, fire and darkness. Judging from the demon that attacked you, it was the wind demon, drawing on its "symbiotic" element for power.
The third line tells what to do after killing the demons. Where the Golden Sun had shone, a sacred spear, the Gungnir, will appear. Carrying this spear, you must travel to another dimension to fight the Goddess of Light and the King of Darkness. Something must be done with the spear then, but I cannot remember. Then, unfortunately, I cannot remember the rest.
"But now you have a clear course, I believe! Your first task will be to destroy the four other lesser demons. I believe they will be in the Lighthouses, fire in the Venus house, earth in the Mars house, water in the Jupiter house, and darkness within the sacred Ankhol Ruins. Then collect the Gungnir from the ruins of Mount Alef. After that I'm not certain, but the Wise One may help you from there."
The eight tried to absorb this information. "So first we destroy the demons, eh?" Felix's grin suddenly came back. He unsheathed his sword, the Sol Blade, from its scabbard. "Then if we're ready, let's go!"
Sorry to end it kinda short, but it's such a good place to stop! I promise that later entries are going to be longer, like almost chapter three or four longer. Anyway, R&R, and thanks for reading!