Shimmy: Ah yes now we will see…

Sheba: See what?

Shimmy: What happens next of course!

Sheik: Are you going to start the story?

Shimmy: Yeah, yeah. Keep your hair on!

Disclaimer: When it snows in hell that will be the sign that I actually own Golden Sun. Since it doesn't snow in hell… I don't!

7 years after Alchemy is restored…

All was quiet on the Eastern Sea of Weyard. Nothing stirred beneath the waves as creatures hid, shaking, in the reefs. Even the sea serpents who would normally enjoy a sunny day like today, would not surface for fear of something more terrible than even themselves. Not even the noisy seagulls who usually flocked around ships whenever they passed, kept to their nests. And Piers was sure that if Poseidon were alive today even he too would cower in his watery domain. Piers turned the wheel of his ship and pondered over what he had noticed in the past week. It had only started recently, the cats all cowering in their beds, the dogs yelping in their sleep. The wild animals disappearing. The fish that wouldn't come out of the reefs. It was an endless list. Some plants wouldn't even grow in the soil. Something was going on and Piers was determined to find out. The problem was bad for the crops and he didn't want his people to starve. His destination was Vale, where he hoped to find some answers. But first…. Piers squinted into the distance and could just make out the tall tower known as Venus Lighthouse. He thought it would be good to stop in Lalivero and see Sheba. If the inquisitive little Wind Adept didn't know about this already, she would be as determined as he to find out what was going on. And of course, if she already knew, she would have already rushed to Vale he was sure. Piers smiled. How Sheba would berate him if she knew he had thought of her as little! As she had constantly reminded their companions, she could take care of herself. And Piers had no doubt she could. Getting on the bad side of Sheba was almost as bad as getting on the bad side of Jenna. He himself had been on the receiving side of one of the Jupiter Adept's Plasma attacks. But then he'd rather take a Plasma from Sheba than a flurry of Fumes from Jenna any day. Piers frowned suddenly as a thought came to trouble him. Wouldn't Sheba have sensed something already being a Jupiter Adept? He knew however modest she might be, that she was a fair powerful Adept. If she had seen or sensed anything she might already have left… was that smoke? Piers did a double-take and felt a surge of panic as he saw again the thick black smoke coming from the direction of Lalivero. Instinctively he reached a hand in his pocket and pulled out the Hover Jade he and his former companions had retrieved from the Shaman Village. He poured his Psynergy into the gem, ordering it to lift his ship from the water. The wings on the side of his ship flapped and the ship began to move faster, now it didn't have the resistance of the waves. As he sped to Lalivero he began to pray, to any gods that were listening, that Sheba would be okay. The girl was only 21 years old! She had so much more of her life to live! As he got closer his mouth went dry. The whole town of Lalivero was completely destroyed. Not a building was left standing. It like Jenna had come to Lalivero in one of her tempers and destroyed the entire village. Piers landed the ship at the docks and scrambled off the ship, running into what was left of Lalivero. The sight was even worse up close. Corpses littered the ground. Yet there were still many barley alive. An old woman lay beside her dead husband, breathing shakily. Piers rushed over to her and cast Pure Ply. The woman opened her eyes and looked at him blearily.

"Came out of nowhere it did," the old woman said softly.

"What was it?" Piers asked, "What happened?"

"There was just a loud boom," she had tears in her eyes, "And you looked up and there was two creatures fighting in the sky. The biggest one knocked the other one out of the way and pointed down at us and the whole town just exploded. They was using powers I never seen before."

The old lady was sobbing uncontrollably.

"If only the child of the gods were with us now this wouldn't have happened!" The old woman was shouting now, "It's all that fool Babi's fault!"

"What do you mean?" Piers asked, horrified.

"The child of the gods was kidnapped 7 years ago and was never returned." The old woman got to her feet, assisted by Piers. His mind was working fast. Sheba never came back to Lalivero? So she had lied about going back to Lalivero? Had she gone to look for her family? Or maybe she never made it back to Lalivero? Had she been killed by bandits on the way home? Why had none of them have gone to Lalivero to make sure she had come home safe? But if the others had, why didn't they tell him? His first instinct was to rush to Vale and inform his friends of this. But he couldn't, not yet. He had to help the people of Lalivero manage this tough situation. It went against his code to leave the people like this. He had to search for survivors and heal them.

Earlier that day…

Two creatures fought in the skies above Lalivero. The first had the figure of a man but the face seemed inhuman. Horns curved out of his head, clashing with his long blue hair and bat-like wings sprouted from his back. Claws grew from his fingers in place of fingernails but the strangest thing about him was his lower half which was that of a dragon. The second creature had a cat-like face and long, droopy ears. It had a long tail, which ended in a diamond shape and golden eyes, the colour of honey. It teased the other, playfully dodging the fireballs that were being sent at it. The dragon/man, frustrated, sent a stream of water at it instead, catching it off guard. The small creature was hit by the water but seemed unharmed. It gave an angry cry and began to glow a golden colour. When the glow faded a dark-haired human woman floated in the air before the dragon/man. Finally he spoke.

"I suppose you still think you can defeat me?"

"I don't think," she said, "I know." She held out a hand and spires appeared above the dragon/man and dropped. He dodged most of them and charged at her. Instead of moving she floated there, waiting. When he was close enough she rose quickly and moved into the clouds but was hit by icy spears that blasted her. She dropped and slammed into the earth below. Thorny vines rose from the earth where she fell and lashed at him. He concentrated and the vines burned met by a scream of pain and anger from the womanl as she rushed at him golden light gathering in her outstretched hands. Coldly he pointed at her. Lightning streaked across the gap and hit her, knocking her away. Then, sneering, he pointed at the town below. There was a loud explosion and Lalivero was engulfed in flames.

Shimmy: Ah yes, that is the end of this chapter.

Tetra: Duh!

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