gaia09: Okay, I'm off to Chapter 4!
gurly08: Okay, go crazy.
gaia09: Okay... ehem.. WOOHOO!
Chapter 4: The Reason Why
"SHEBA! PLEASE STOP! HAVE MERCY!"
"AAARGH! NO! NEVER!"
"How many times did we tell her to have mercy?"
"Uuuhhh... about forty times already."
"Pant, pant, pant, Whew! I'm tired" Ivan panted. His blonde hair was already all over his face.
He looked at Sheba, who was never tired of chasing them.
"Oh well. You live, you learn" Ivan decided. "Huh?". He suddenly noticed on how the way Sheba was acting.
Hmm... why didn't she attacked me. I stopped but... the heck! Why isn't she attacking me. Well at least I can have some more time to think on how to stop her. How? How? How? How! Gosh! How in the world can I--. His thoughts were interrupted by someone.
"Funny, isn't it?" Mia chuckled. "What do you mean Mia?" Ivan asked.
"The way they're acting. It reminds me of the children in Imil" Mia smiled.
"But, aren't you worried about Garet?" Ivan asked again.
Mia looked at Ivan. "What do you mean?"
Ivan pointed at Garet and Sheba. "Everybody was tired so they all rested, well exept for Garet and Sheba. Just look at them. Sheba chasing Garet". Mia shrugged. "Remember..."
Flashback
Sheba stopped at the nearby river.
"Stop! Or else this goes to the river!" Sheba warned. "Try me!" Garet challenged.
Garet quickly snatched the scrapbook.
Much to their surprise, the Sheba that they knew who always kept her balance lost balance and splashed in the river!
Garet gulped.
They knew that Sheba would get angry so they ran away with the scrapbook.
End Flashback
Mia smiled. "Well, you live, you learn" Mia chuckled.
Isn't that what I said. Oh well Ivan thought.
They saw Sheba walked towards them.
"Hi!" Sheba said cheerfully.
"You're not going to hurt us, are you?" Ivan said fearfully.
"Heck no!"
"Okay, now that it is all over, let's say that we can go check the scrapbook now!" Jenna said happily.
"Well, actually Jenna, it's time for me to go. It's four o'clock p.m. and my mother is expecting me to come back by 4:05 p.m. Sorry" Isaac said taking the scrapbook from the ground.
"Aaawww..." Jenna complained.
Two hours later...
Isaac sat near the river. He flipped through the pages of the scrapbook.
Rustle
"Who's there?" Isaac turned around.
"Good evening, Isaac" Mia said as she came out of the bush. Isaac smiled.
"Tell me that you told that excuse for that Isaac" Garet joked.
"Wow! How wonderful! Isaac can read in the dark! Cool!" Sheba said happily.
"Sorry to bother you Isaac" Felix said.
"Can you really read in the dark?" Piers asked Isaac.
Ivan was speechless when he came out the bush.
"No. I can't really read in the dark" Isaac smiled.
"So... can we continue with the scrapbook thingie now?" Sheba said.
"Yeah, only if we just have light" Isaac said.
"Got it right here". Jenna came out holding a ball of fire on her hand.
Isaac smiled wider.
"Just be careful not to hold it near the pages" Isaac warned.
Jenna looked at him. "Oh... ok".
"Look! Look closely at that girl over there" Isaac pointed.
Everybody leaned closer.
"Hey! That looks like... Jenna!" Sheba screamed.
Jenna turned red.
"Shush! Someone might hear you, Sheba!" Jenna whispered.
"I still remember those days..." Isaac sighed.
Flashback
"Brother! Brother! Where are you, brother?"
Those were the words that Isaac was hearing now and he's trying to find out where it came from.
"Brother! I'm scared! Please show yourself now!"
Okay, now Isaac was scared by that.
"Brother! Brother! I'm scared! Where are you?"
Isaac, being young as he was, was growing scared because of the voice.
He tried to reply to the call.
"Where are you? Who are you? Please show yourself!" Isaac tried to shout.
"Brother? I-i-i-is that you?" the voice stammered.
Isaac heard the voice at about his left. He ran to the left.
Isaac huffed and puffed while trying to search for the voice.
Finally, he found it. It was a little girl.
The little girl was about his age. She had long magenta hair, dark red violet eyes and pinkish dress.
The little girl shivered in fear.
"Wh-wh-who are you? Your not my brother. Who are you then?" she asked.
"I'm Isaac. Are you lost too? What's your name?" Isaac said as he tried to come close to her.
"I-I-I-I'm J-J-J-Jenna" she stammered. "And yes, I'm lost too".
"I'm lost too. My mother told me that this forest was so big so I have to be careful about getting lost. I was asked to pick mushrooms and I got lost. What's your story?" Isaac smiled.
Jenna started to cry.
"I went with my brother to find an antidote for daddy and we got separated by a hideous monster! Now I'm lost and I don't know how to get out! For all I know that I will be safe with brother!" she cried.
Isaac let out a hand before Jenna.
"We're getting out of this forest together then" he smiled.
"B-b-but, how about my brother?" Jenna tearfully said.
"We'll find him first" Isaac said.
"Brother!"
"Jenna's brother!"
"Where are you?"
"Hello! Jenna's brother!"
"EEEEEK!"
Isaac turned around to see a monster before them.
"AAAAH! It's that creepy monster again!" Jenna screamed.
Isaac gulped.
"Isaac! Do you know how to defeat this monster?" Jenna asked.
Isaac shook his head.
"AAAAH! We're done for!" Jenna screamed again.
"YOU STAY AWAY FROM MY SISTER!"
Both of them turned around to see a guy heading towards the monster.
He slashed the monster and was covered with monster blood.
Eeew!
"Darn it!" he said, wiping off the blood.
"Brother! Where have you been?" Jenna said as he hugged the guy.
Isaac twitched his left eye.
"Oh hi, Isaac!" the guy waved.
"F-F-F-Felix! You're Jenna's sister?" Isaac asked.
"Didn't I tell you before that I have a little sister?" Felix asked.
"You know him, brother?" Jenna asked.
"Yeah. I saved him from a monster. Now let's get the heck out of here" Felix smiled, grabbing Jenna by the wrist.
"How about daddy's antidote?" Jenna asked.
Felix held out a leaf, then they all headed to Vale.
End Flashback
"Hmm... how cute!" Mia smiled.
"You let Felix fight all the battles for you?" Sheba asked Jenna.
"Hey! I was nine by then!" Jenna said.
"Wow! It's already eight! I didn't know that it was late already" Isaac yawned.
"Hey! Maybe we can put up a camp here" Piers said brightly.
"Good idea, Piers! I'll be setting the fire" Garet said.
"Let me help! I'm also a Fire Adept too!" Jenna said excitingly.
"Okay then. I'll be asking my parents and Garet's parents" Isaac said closing the scrapbook.
"I'll ask our parents, Jenna. While you help Garet" Felix stood up.
So off Isaac and Felix went.
Five minuits later...
"They approved!" Isaac said.
"So did mom and dad" Felix smiled.
"Yay!" Jenna screamed.
gaia09: Okay, the pairings that I'm planning are... ehem... IsaacxJenna, IvanxSheba and last but not the least, GaretxMia. These will be for the next chapter. Last chapter, so I can have time for the other fic, The Tale of the Four Scepters: Book 1. The part 1 of the fic.