Creature Changers

Well, I like updating quickly too. But that's not so possible nowadays, with my computer still 'MIA'. Using my brother's laptop helps me to continue typing properly, as I can't use MSN on that, can't play my games… I suppose that would speed up updates too. Sort of.

Disclaimer: I don't own Golden Sun. I do own Blue Moon. Or rather, Blue Moon Farm from Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town. Might as well say I own Harvest Moon. But I don't… This is out of point again. Please ignore.

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raitei: Eheheh… I won't promise continuous fast updates. I wanted to do the school, but I was afraid that readers might not be interested, what with the genre being action and all. Kraden as a turtle is believable. I mean, turtles always look so old and wise, and Kraden is old and wise (though a bit eccentric). This is a spoiler, but since most people have already guessed, the main GS cast are mythicals. Yup, Mr Lim is chinese (I do live in Singapore) and I'm chinese myself. Loved to have him last year, but this year I got someone else. Thank you for your support!

Princess Viv: Ahahahha! I thought of that last minute. Poor poor Piers. Yes, I'm striving for light-heartedness, but the more I write the more serious it's becoming… Thank you for your sympathy, I hope it gets fixed soon too. Sadly yeah, reviewers tend to review only fics they like. Thank you for the compliments, and I'll try to update again soon! …Or maybe I should do both Mudshipping and Valeshipping… receives stares What? I'm not thinking of making Isaac a two-timer, don't worry! …Hmm…

crazy-but-fun: Thank you! I'll definitely continue this one!

savinglifelessness: XD I love most stories I read too! Or rather, I love nearly all books. Can't say the same for fanfics… or maybe I just choose the wrong fics… Thank you!

Shiny Milotic: You still haven't told me if you were previously a Feebas! Well. Felix isn't so much in trouble. And something else that part is supposed to emphasize is that Felix and Jenna are siblings. Then again, most Golden Sun players would expect that even from an AU. Hey, having you nagging wouldn't be so bad, means I get a review for every chapter, right? grins evilly, then goes back to normal Just kidding. In the beginning it might actually seem like windshipping, but I probably won't do it, since I see no reasoning in windshipping. Depends, but Felix/Sheba still rocks! I suppose if I want War of the Elements and Legend of the Stars reviewed, I'd have to do lighthouseshipping… That's not blackmail, it's bribery! XD

Malteser99: Thank you! I'll keep on writing!

Kodoku: Jenna is a XXXXXX. You'll have to read to find out! Heh heh, orange juice was last minute. Random indeed, but I did like that production of Camelot… ACJC, you rock!

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Chapter 6: Kindness Repaid by Voices

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Jenna stared at Isaac in shock, who stared back in amazement.

"Felix is your brother?" he asked.

"Never mind about that, what about him whacking Briggs Kaek?" Jenna asked impatiently.

"Well… Briggs and two of his friends tried to start a fight," Isaac explained. "Felix managed to scare them off with his hooves."

"Oh boy. He'll be in trouble if Briggs reports," Piers sighed, wiping his face with a piece of tissue.

"Trust me, he'll be in even more trouble now that Jenna knows," Garet muttered darkly. All three boys stared at Jenna, who was staring at her half empty plate, fuming.

She stood up suddenly, knocking over her glass of juice. The remainder splashed onto her toast. Flinging her school bag over one shoulder, she marched out of the canteen.

Piers dumped the tissue onto his plate, put that on Jenna's, put both on Isaac's empty one, then piled everything on Garet.

"Isaac, quick! We've got to stop the two of them!" he yelled, darting between the crowd and racing for the canteen doors.

Isaac eyed Garet and the pile of towering plates. Garet balanced the plates unsteadily as he piled glasses on top.

"Go on!" he yelled, hopping backwards. Isaac nodded and rushed after Piers. As the two squeezed out, they heard several loud, resounding crashes and a loud "Yikes!"

"Oh no…" Piers groaned, darting towards the staircase. "Garet lost his touch! Come on, Isaac!"

"But Garet…"

"He'll manage. Quick!" They flew up the staircase to the fourth floor. As they cleared the last step on the flight, another din was heard.

"How could you…" BAM! BAM! "… have been…" BAMBAM! THUD! "… SO RECKLESS!" CRASH!

Stiff with fear, Isaac and Piers turned slowly. Outside the library, Felix lay against a brown table with several encyclopedias on top of him and a broken vase beside him. In front of him, Jenna was standing with both hands on her hips, panting.

"You don't understand, I was…"

"You could have been reported, you could have been KILLED, you…"

"He's just a gorilla, he won't…"

"That's not the POINT!" Jenna picked up a dictionary and flung it at Felix, who dodged and winced as the book slammed into the table. Hard. The spectators in the library were peering out with much interest, and cheered when Jenna raised a large porcelain flowerpot.

"Oh no!" Piers ran towards Felix and pulled him out from underneath the heavy books. Isaac held Jenna back with one hand and kept the other on the flowerpot.

"Jenna, wait! Don't just jump to conclusions!" he pleaded. "This was all my fault, I was the one being targeted and I should have been the one fighting!"

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah! If it weren't for Felix I'd have been the one fighting! And… I'm not too experienced at it so…" Isaac looked away and sighed. "Don't blame Felix. Please."

Everyone held their breaths as they watched Jenna. Slowly, she lowered the flowerpot. Pushing Isaac gently aside, she walked over to Felix, who was leaning against Piers.

"Don't. Do. That. Again," she said quietly, looking him in the eye. "Understand?"

Felix stared straight back at her. "Jenna, you know me. If anything like that happened again, I'd do it again."

Jenna sighed. "Yes, I do know. Fine, but I'm going to kill you when that happens." She hugged her brother.

"Somehow I doubt if it'll be Isaac," Piers muttered. He looked sideways at Isaac. "If I trust my instincts, that boy won't need any more protection."

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"Afternoon!" Agatio barked.

"Good afternoon, Sir!"

"Sit." Agatio scanned the classroom. He frowned as his eyes landed on Isaac.

Isaac gulped. Agatio would know by then that his creature was a mythical.

"What are you waiting for? Take out your books!" Agatio barked. "We will be starting on Chapter One today!"

His class scuttled to grab their books.

"Remember to get a notebook for taking notes," Dave mumbled. "Mr Char wants us to take down everything he says."

"Which is why we always take down a lot of crap and rubbish," Garet muttered.

Isaac snorted. As Agatio's fierce, dark eyes turned on him, he hastily changed it into a cough.

"Mr Gaia! You think my history lesson is a joke?" he demanded.

"No, sir."

"Stand up when I'm talking to you!"

Isaac stood up. For some reason, he felt like Agatio was picking on him.

"Who ruled Tolbi during the Jade Wars?" Agatio asked.

"King Jonathan," Isaac replied quietly. Don't lose the temper, good temper, don't run away… don't get lost… Keep it…

"And what was the cause of the Jade Wars?"

"Tolbi, Vale and Kolima were competing to see who had the best piece of jade. There was a superstition about jades, saying that the person holding the biggest and purest piece would be ruler of the world. So they began to fight over their pieces of jade," Isaac replied.

"Sit down." Agatio could find nothing wrong with Isaac's explanation.

"He's picking on you!" Garet whispered furiously.

"I know. But he's a teacher," Isaac whispered back.

"No talking! Open your books to page eight!"

"Bah. I prefer Miss Bolloska from last year."

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"Do page five to fifteen of your workbook by the next lesson! Dismissed!" Agatio shouted.

Talking furiously and complaining loudly, 9A filed out of the classroom.

"That is a LOT of work!" Garet groaned. "I'm no good at History!"

"History is okay," Isaac said. "It's the dates that get me."

"Dates..." Garet thumped up the staircase. "Are..." he flung down his school bag outside Miss Malvonite's classroom. "Evil!" He punched his locker.

"Calm down! That's my locker you're punching!" Isaac yelled hastily, seeing a dent appear on the metal. "Yours is below!"

"So it is." Garet opened his locker and sighed. "How am I going to finish this?"

"Well, you just have to start early," Isaac said. He ran through the homework he had to do in his mind. "Hm, there's nothing we need to pass up by tomorrow."

"Really? No history tomorrow? Then history can wait!" Garet whooped.

"But it's a lot. You should really start now..."

"See ya!" Garet slammed his locker shut and ran out. Isaac shook his head, amused.

He left the school and began to head home. He knew Crystalia pretty well by then, and needed no map to get around.

Remembering Dora's instructions to 'buy some bread before you head home', he turned the corner and walked towards the brightly painted bakery.

It was a fairly large shop, with different buns and cakes in the display window. Arranged around the shelves in the shop were the products to be sold. Removable plastic covers helped to keep the food warm.

"May I help you?" the baker asked good-naturedly. She was rather like a bun herself; fat, round and soft looking. Isaac wondered if she would taste good, then knocked himself on the head for being an ass.

"I'd like a roll of Barnaby's Bread," he replied. She's not a bun! Don't be impolite!

"Right here!" The woman placed a package in front of him. "Is this what you want?"

Isaac nodded and paid for the bread. Nodding goodbye, he walked out of the shop, whistling.

"Noooooooooooo! Don't touch her!"

Isaac froze. He turned and ran. Looking around wildly, he headed in the direction of the scream.

He came to a stop at a children's playground. The source of the shrill voice was a small girl. She was holding a tiny Pekinese not much bigger than her. The sources of her fright were three boys standing in front of her. With them was an extremely large Alsatian.

"Edward just wants to play," one of the boys said sneeringly. "Go on, leave the dog. You can go home if you do."

"No! Pandora is mine!"

"Pandora wants to play with Edward, see?"

The Alsatian growled, baring rows of teeth. The little girl shuddered.

"Leave me alone!" she called imploringly. "I'll call my mummy!"

"You call her and Pandora is as good as dead," another one of the boys said threateningly.

"This is a waste of time. Just tell Edward to get the dog. We'll sell her off at the black market. Ignore the girl," the third boy said.

"NO! You can't take Pandora! MUMMY!" the girl screamed.

"EDWARD! GO!"

Edward leaped, landing heavily in front of the girl. Snarling, he reached for Pandora. The girl cried even louder and held Pandora away. Edward changed his mind and aimed his teeth for the girl's arm.

"That's it! Make her drop the dog!"

Edward lunged. Before he could sink his teeth into the girl, he was knocked off in midair and he landed on the concrete ground with a thump. Getting to his feet, he growled at the obstacle that had blocked his attack.

Bright blue eyes glared back. Forgetting he could not talk, Isaac attempted to tell the bullies off. It came out as a loud, shrill cry, of course.

"A dragon!"

"E-E-Edward... G-Go!"

Edward leaped. Isaac knocked him away again, slashing him slightly on the nose. Edward howled and bounded off as fast as he could go.

The three boys howled as well. If a dog couldn't win, three boys couldn't. They ran off as well, tripping over each other.

Isaac turned to the little girl. She was looking at him with wide fearful eyes.

"Go away!" she cried. "MUMMY, HELP!"

Surprised and somewhat hurt, Isaac tried to explain. Before anything more than a cry came out, a woman in ridiculously high heels ran out and hugged the girl.

"What... what are you? Go away! I'll call the police!" she screamed. Anyone could see that her daughter had inherited her screaming talent.

Calming himself down, Isaac changed back. The girl screamed even louder. Her mother was too shocked to scream anymore. Her dropped jaw released no sound.

"I was just trying to help," Isaac explained. "Really. She was being bullied by some boys, you see."

He took a step forward. The woman found her voice.

"You're a Changer!" she screamed. "GET AWAY FROM US!"

Isaac moved back. Dropping his head, he sighed. He collected his bag quietly from the bench nearby and headed home.

He hadn't meant to frighten the girl. He just thought that the dog could be taken care off. But seeing her bullies run off had caused her even more anxiety.

"What now?"

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Not much of a cliffhanger or an ending this time. Yes the disclaimer is lame, I'm running out of inspiration and energy. I'm so tired I could scream myself.