Sorry 'bout the huge delay, Piers fans. The Marching Band season during high school kept me from updating. Now I'm back, and I have a few things to say before you read the latest intallment of Piers' story. First and foremost, I had a very happy birthday, and I would like to thank Chammurian Lailan for being the only one to wish Piers and myself a happy birthday. Secondly, I'm not telling how old Piers is. I promised. Lastly, I'm now accepting anonymous reviews. Enjoy!

Chapter 4: Outsiders Arrive in Lemuria

Many years passed since I met with King Hydros and that memorable birthday. I continued to train my body and Psynergy to flush out some of the grief I was feeling over the loss of my father. But, I knew deep down Father had gone to a better place, somewhere more peaceful. At the time, there was a huge storm going on in the outside world and also in Lemuria. The storm had threatened to flood all of Weyard. One day, during the storm, I was sitting at the window just daydreaming when a high-pitched yet oddly familar voice brought me back to earth. "Is everything all right, Piers?"

I looked down to the floor of my room to see my Djinn sitting there. "Oh, I'm all right." I said to Spring, the Djinni who had spoken.

Little did we Lemurians know that this storm would change the course of our history forever! Eventually, the so-called "great flood" came to Lemuria, and washed up on our shores two men. I was the one who found them. It happened one day, when the rain had finally let up, I was out for my usual walk along the Lemurian Coast, when I saw the two men lying on the beach. I rushed over, for fear they would be dead. I checked their pulse. They were alive, but barely. I quickly rushed to King Hydros' Palace. "I have to see the king, it's urgent!" I said to the guards.

"You may pass, Piers." The guards said.

"Thank you!" I said, rushing to the throne room.

I soon reached the throne room. "Piers, my boy, what's wrong?" King Hydros asked.

I proceeded to tell the king about the men I found on the Lemurian Coast. "Take me there." he said, after I had finished my story.

So, I led the king and few of his soldiers to the shore where I had discovered the two men. They were still unconscious when we got there. King Hydros ordered the soldiers to carry the men back to the palace, where they would receive medical attention. As the soldiers carried the men to the palace, I got a good look at them. One of them dressed as if he were some great sage. He wore an unusally colored robe and had long purple hair, along with a small goatee of the same color. The other was dressed as if he were some great warrior. He had a sword and sheath on his belt. He had long black hair with few streaks of gray in it and a pencil thin mustache of the same color. Why they would be traveling together -or so I assumed- I couldn't comprehend.

We soon arrived at the palace. The soldiers took the men to one of the king's many guest bedrooms. I turned to folllow them, but King Hydros held me back, saying, "Hold on, Piers. I would like a word."

"Of course, your highness." I said.

"Piers, you have a very kind heart." the king said. "Not many Lemurians in your situation would have informed me about those two men."

"Thank you, your highness." I said.

"Also, I want you to come back tomorrow and check on them and find out who they are." King Hydros advised.

"Certainly, your highness." I said.

"Thank you, Piers." The king said. "That is all."

I decided to head back home, as it was best that the men I found got the medical attention they deserved. As I was going home, word of the two men had spread like wildfire throughout Lemuria. How word could have traveled so fast in such a short time is beyond me. A lot of people were surrounding me, bombarding me with questions. Questions like, "Who are those men you found?" or "Are they Adepts, like us?"

To every question that was prompted to me, I always answered the same thing: "I don't know."

They continued their questioning until I reached my house. I mumbled to Mother something going to sleep, and went into my bedroom. I do not even remember falling asleep. The next thing I know, my uncle is knocking on my door and saying, "Piers, it is time to get up."

I open my eyes and I see my carpet. My uncle's voice sounds again. "Piers? Are you all right?" he asked.

"I am fine!" I say, flipping over onto my back. "I am getting up!"

Then I hear a sigh of relief. "Well, hurry up, Piers." my uncle said. "Breakfast is on the table."

"Okay." I said.

I got up, changed my clothes, and headed to the kitchen. "Good morning, Mother. Good morning, Uncle." I said.

"Good morning, Piers." my mother and uncle said in unison.

"I am sorry that I went to sleep so early, but I was just really tired." I explained.

"That's okay, Piers." my uncle said. "I could see it in your eyes."

I nodded and sat down to proceed to wolf down my breakfast. "Slow down, Piers, dear." Mother admonished.

"Yeah, where is the fire, buddy?" my uncle asked.

"King Hydros wants me to find out who those two men are." I explained as best I could, considering I was shoveling many eggs in my mouth at once.

"Okay." my mother and uncle said.

I finished up my breakfast and rushed out the door and off to King Hydros' Palace. I soon arrived in the guest bedroom to find the men looking a lot healthier than when I had found them. I learned they were Babi and Lunpa, each from the continent of Angara. Lunpa was quite famous, based off of the fact he called himself "Lunpa, the Righteous Thief". But, how a thief could be righteous, I probably would never understand. He was also a talented swordsman, and he gave me quite a few pointers on my swordplay. Since then, I had no trouble trusting him. Babi, on the other hand, took more time for me to trust him. He was facinated with everything he saw in Lemuria, especially the Lemurian Springs. He loved it so much, he said was going a fountain just like it when he got back to his homeland.

But, Babi was most notably facinated with our Psynergy powers. He was so intrigued he wanted to learn how to be an Adept. Babi picked me to teach him Psynergy because I had saved his life. I asked King Hydros if he could permit it. King Hydros saw no harm in it, so I proceeded with Babi's Psynergy lessons. He was surprisingly a fast learner. After 5 weeks, he was satified and stopped learning Psynergy. Then, he learned that we Lemurians live much longer live than any normal person, Adept or otherwise.

That caused trouble. Next thing anyone can remember is Babi, full of ambition and greed, stole King Hydros' precious Cloak Ball and every last vial of our precious Lemurian Draught, a special potion that causes us Lemurians to age more slowly. After that he stole one of our ships and fled Lemuria for good, leaving his companion Lunpa behind. Ever since then, we Lemurians rarely trusted people from the outside world, regardless of how kind they were. Not that many people in the outside world could know about Lemuria, let alone can find or even reach it anymore. The townspeople blamed me for Babi's motives, but then they realized I could not of known about them either so eventually the stopped. But several years later, more rumors would be circulating throughout Lemuria, rumors about something completely different...

So, how'd ya like that? Now, I've a got a question for all you "Golden Sun" fans of the female gender: If there was a live-action "GS: TLA" movie, could you picture Orlando Bloom as Piers? Let me know in a review! Until then, I'm working on Chapter 5.