Creature Changers
Sorry for the long delay in update, I have been busy working on other stuff. Which includes The Mediator, so mudshipper lovers, and non-mudshipper lovers if you're interested, I've nearly finished plotting it.
On the subject of pairings, I've decided to hold a poll. Go to http/ daidairo. 250free. com/ GSPoll. html. Take out the spaces and vote for either mudshipping or valeshipping. The poll will be closed on 30th September 2005, so vote before then. ONLY ONE VOTE EACH! The pairing chosen for Creature Changers will be the one with the higher number of votes. I will write another fic with the pairing that has lesser votes. Meaning, if valeshipping loses, Creature Changers will have mudshipping, The Mediator will be mudshipping, and I will post a oneshot featuring Valeshipping. If mudshipping loses, Creature Changers will be valeshipping, and The Mediator remains mudshipping, and there will be no oneshot. So copy and paste the url and take out the spaces, and vote!
EDIT: I LEFT OUT THE DISCLAIMER! So I'm going to write now...
I don't own Golden Sun. And this time I really don't have the word 'DisclaimeX' here.
Isaac: Your 'edit' note has it.
AAAAAAAAACCCCCKK! Oh crap, oh crab, oh gyaaaaaaaahhhh!
Isaac: Gyah doesn't rhyme with crap or crab.
BE QUIET. I HAVE NO IDEAS.
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Kodoku: Well, since some people like cliffhangers and some don't, I decided to just put cliffhangers in. Because after all, a cliffhanger makes someone review and demand for a chapter more than a proper ending, doesn't it? I didn't know what to name my chapter, so I told the truth: it is crappy. Hopefully this chapter isn't as bad. As for the 7th-grader... Wow. I just pressed the X button randomly and you can derive a four-letter name from it. And the Mars Djinni thing... I should really give up on my cliffhangers. Or maybe I should purposely twist my story so that the readers who were right at first will be wrong. XD
savinglifelessness: Like said in Kodoku's response, I give up. Yes, it's Jenna's Mars Djinni. You readers are out to guess what my cliffhangers are supposed to be, aren't you? XD
a MErcury adept: Most of your questions are answered as this chapter is now up. Sorry for the delay, but like said in notes above I have been working on many things, including another fic. You didn't try to guess who yelled the final line! Many of the others (looks at reviewers stated above) guessed it was a Mars Djinni. Useless to try to hide it now.
raitei: It's been some time since I've heard from you! Yes, yes, yes, AGAIN I SAY THE LAST LINE IS YELLED BY A MARS DJINNI. XDXD Well, it's Felix after all. He's made to be serious, and I could tell he was really the overprotective kind. Maybe I got his character wrong, and he's OOC. If so, please warn me! As for the pairings, I've already put up above about the poll. Go vote for mudshipping if you want! The Mediator is not a oneshot. I plan to let it run for quite a couple of weeks in fact, depends on how much I can put in. Thank you for your support, I love reviews! I live on reviews XD
ZofL: Well, if we follow your logic, Isaac is calm and patient too. The 'opposites attract' thing would work with valeshipping too. So yeah, you probably need a better reason. But for now I'll accept it. Only of course, it's probably valeshipping or mudshipping now. If you really want your pairing in Creature Changers, you could try writing a debating essay and sending it to me. If I find it logical and I agree, I'll do it. As to the other creatures, the other readers are waiting for them too! Continue reading to get your answer.
Ponie: You actually have time to check everyday? Don't you have homework? I do, and it takes longer to type than to read and review, you know. XD Yes, I did say that Alex is evil. And I can say it again (grins widely) ALEX IS EVIL! XDXD I didn't mean "Alex is evil. He should die". Of course I didn't. Alex is so bishy... Ahem. Anyway, I was surprised you liked Imilshipping because you didn't seem like that sort. You seemed more like a mudshipping type to me, you see. Proves how wrong I was. Right, so you still prefer valeshipping. Head to the top and go to the poll!
blackarrow92: Thank you for the compliment. The few implications of valeshipping can be taken the other way, actually. Like the part where Sheba teases Jenna and she goes red; people say it's because it's true. But it could also be because Jenna doesn't like Isaac that way and she feels embarrassed. There are different ways to view it, really.
The Shadowess: I like all djinn. They're all cute and I don't think any one is better than the others. Eheh, I think I've mentioned it, but I didn't have enough space to put in more storyline thanks to the amount of crap I typed up. I'll hopefully have a plotfilled chapter this time round. XD I like the way you put your favourite guys. I must say I pretty much agree, except the angsty part. I like them to have an angsty past, but it wouldn't be cool if they went around dripping about their past. I'm sorry, I don't like yaoi, somehow I find it... indecent? Unnatural? I'm sorry, but I'll respect your likings. This fic isn't a valeshipping one yet, check above to learn about the poll. Well now, I can't remember when I posted chapter 8, but it's only on the second page of Golden Sun, so it's not that long yet! Poor Ivan got stabbed. XD
guy: Read my response for blackarrow92 above. I'm using the same example. All the 'hints' can be taken differently. Thank you for the review.
Yuja: Thank you! I do agree with what you said, and I do want to write what I want. But I know there are people who have been eagerly following my fic and waiting to see what pairing would appear. I don't want to disappoint people, I hate to do that. You can't please everyone, though, hence my decisions above. I'll let logistics and fate decide. Thank you for your review!
crazybutfun: Oooh, you changed your name. I'm continuing now!
Mercury Gold: (beams) Thank you! I tried to make the characters as believable as possible, according to their personalities from the games. I'm glad you enjoyed the previous chapters, I hope you enjoy this too!
Shiny Milotic: Yes, yes, I'm sorry. I can see I need to say that the previous chapter doesn't count as a chapter because no plot progresses. Thank you for the cookie! But I'll have to keep it for later, my throat hates anything that isn't 100 healthy and if it's hurt, I won't be able to sing in choir. Thanks anyway!
hope: Uh, I didn't notice the three. XD You say you don't see a reason why they must be together? I'm surprised to hear that coming from you. If no reason is needed, any one can be with anyone. 'Djinns' is not the plural by the way, go and play your GS again! XD How the djinn are included will be revealed in later chapters. Um, I'm not sure if the other readers read your review. As for cookies... Maybe they just like cookies?
Princess Viv: Don't cry! You don't have to apologise either! This fic will always be here for you to read! ... At least, until Fanfiction . net takes it off. I keep thinking about what will happen to our fics and accounts after we die or something. I'm posting Chapter 9 now, but even if you can't read it yet, it'll mean that when you're free, you have a lot to read! ---
lunarwolvesshadow: XD I got the idea of the lip reading from school, when my friend couldn't read what I was trying to say and thought I wanted to go swimming in the canteen when I was asking her to meet me at the locker. Garet a lion... well, that's a choice. But I want my mythicals! (embraces the word 'mythical') Sphinxes are cousins of lions anyway. As for gryphon... Heheh, I won't be a spoiler. Read on!
Trixie's girl: That's a whole lot of question, and I'm not sure if I understood everything due to lack of punctuation and grammar... -; Isaac and Jenna would depend on the poll above. Dora is rather hasty when it comes to her son, the first chapter should've shown that she worries easily. As to Isaac showing in public... do you mean changing? Because he isn't invisible... If it's changing, I'm not sure yet. I MUST have mentioned before that Creature Changers had no planning whatsoever. Not much anyway. Jenna and Garet will also depend on the poll. Isaac and Jenna again as well. Garet will AGAIN depend on the poll. Mia hasn't appeared yet, but I am planning on having her in.
...I have a response that is too long. Next time if I talk too much, I might move my responses to the bottom. People get tired of scrolling down, I heard. I don't mind myself, but still... No matter how many reviews I get, I'll definitely continue to take time to read and reply!
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Chapter 9: Poor djinn, poor kids; What'cha Gonna Do When They Come For You?
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Isaac looked at Jenna's backpack. It seemed as if the clear voice had come from there. Jenna's face looked sheepish as she unhooked one strap from her shoulder and brought the backpack to her front. She unlatched the opening and unzipped the bag. (A lot of words starting with 'un' here...) A bright red creature flew out.
It had shiny blue eyes and a yellow tummy. The rest of its body burned a fiery red colour that changed tones and hues with the light; like fire. It was staring at Flint and Ground.
Flint and Ground stared straight back.
Then a shriek rose from all three creatures and they flew towards each other, hovering around in an excited manner. Isaac could tell that if they had arms, they would be embracing each other wildly.
"That's a Mars djinni," Dora said, awed.
"Uh huh. Shine," Jenna replied, smiling at the companion who had snuck away in her backpack. "I didn't know you had djinn too."
"We usually don't talk about Flint and Ground. You probably know that djinn have been... mistreated by people," Isaac replied. "It's not that we don't trust you or anything..."
He trailed off as Jenna looked down, a familiar bitter expression clouding her face.
"Yes. I know."
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"So then we stayed with the Gaias, and we're still here!" Ground explained happily.
"Well, so you guys don't remember your past either. I wonder what really happened," Jenna said, spooning carrot soup into her mouth.
"Maybe we'll never know," Isaac said, placing his cutlery neatly on the wooden table. "What about you and Shine?"
"Shine was thrown out of the empty hut she used to inhabit with another Venus djinni when some people moved in. So Felix and I took them in," Jenna replied. "It wasn't just the fact that we were sorry for them, or that we wanted to be friends. It was also because we knew how it felt to be chased away because we're different."
The bitter look again. Isaac piled the plates and bowls on the table together and took them to the kitchen, balancing them with as much skill as Garet showed (Refer to Chapter 6), and dropping the stack pell mell into the sink.
"Is it okay for me to ask what happened?" he asked quietly.
Jenna nodded her head slowly. She picked up Shine, followed Isaac, Flint and Ground up the staircases to Isaac's room. Remembering Felix's words (See Chapter 8 for details), Isaac obediently kept the door open as he sat down on his bed. Jenna sat down on the red plastic chair and placed both palms on the back of the chair.
"My parents died when I was about four. They were driving on a slippery road during winter and... the car skidded and crashed into a tree. Felix and I survived, but... they didn't."
Isaac did not know what to say, so all he came up with was a soft "Oh."
"Friends of our parents, Iuhis and Nitsua Krohmyo, took us in," Jenna continued, leaning her chin against her hands. Her lips trembled slightly. "We lived with them until I was about eleven. Felix and I... we really thought they were nice. They took us in when we had no one. Though they didn't seem to love us, they certainly cared, and we even thought that they did love us, that they just didn't want to show it."
"And?"
"When I turned eleven, and Felix was thirteen, they... we... found out that Felix and I are Changers."
Isaac swallowed. It was to do with Changing again.
"They... they don't like Changers?" he asked quietly.
"No, they don't," Jenna swallowed. When she looked up, her face was calm. "They chased me and Felix out, threatening to send the police after us if we dared to hurt them or their children in any way."
She gave a bitter, hollow laugh. "If only they knew what Kraden is threatening to do to Changers who assault normal humans."
"We are normal!" Isaac objected. "We just... have a..."
"Gift? Or a curse?" Jenna shook her head. "No one has ever been able to determine what changer abilities really are."
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"ALL RIGHT! LOGISTICS SOLVED!"
"You'll stay to dinner, won't you, Jenna?" Dora asked, smiling as Jenna folded a piece of paper filled with mathematical statements and squashed it into her backpack.
"I'm sorry, Ma'am, but no," Jenna replied. "I've been staying too long already."
"I'll see her home, would that be okay?" Isaac asked.
"Yes, of course. Come again another day, you're too skinny and need feeding up!" Dora called as the two walked out.
Isaac chuckled. "She thinks everyone is underweight."
"Except us, except us," Ground said, flitting up and down. "She thinks we have too much to eat because of our bulging tummies."
"Ground's always hungry, tummy or no," Flint remarked, settling onto one of Isaac's shoulders. "I'm amazed he hasn't exploded yet."
"Who knows what the eating capacity of a djinni is. What I find weird is, where does the food you guys eat go to?" Jenna asked. "We humans pass out waste, but I have never seen a djinni use a toilet."
"Come to think of it..." Isaac had never even seen the exit point on a djinni.
"We don't," Shine replied, looking puzzled. "We feel hungry, and we eat, but that's it."
"Maybe one day we'll X-ray them," Jenna said seriously. "Then we'll learn loads."
"That's exactly what they had to escape from, isn't it," Isaac sighed. He turned the corner.
Jenna frowned. She patted his shoulder comfortingly. "One day, we'll find all the djinn. And none of them will be hurt again."
"You'll be hurt if you don't do as we say."
The statement was an order. Isaac and Jenna froze. All three djinn dived down, out of sight. A beam of light shone onto them, and a torch soon came into view. Four men followed, one of them belonging to the hand that held the torch. All of them were dressed in black clothes, with a black mask covering their nose and mouth.
"What do you want?" Isaac asked as calmly as he could. He had faced something similar back in Vale, and empty hands saved him from being injured previously. Now, however, he had his identity crystal on. It would definitely be seen as a valuable item.
"Turn out your pockets and put you bags on the ground. NOW."
"And if we don't?" Jenna thrust her chin out defiantly. Two guns were raised immediately.
"Be good now."
Jenna hissed. Her right hand clutched her left arm, and Isaac guessed what she was trying to do.
"No, Jenna!" he whispered. "No changing outside school! And no attacking is allowed!"
"But..."
"Stop whispering!" the click of a gun silenced both changers. Slowly, silently, they emptied their pockets and laid their belongings on the ground.
As one of the masked men leapt forward eagerly, two tiny blurs flew forward, stabbing him furiously in one eye. A third one knocked the torch off, hiding the changers from view.
"HEY!"
"What..."
"Where's the torch!"
"OUCH! MY EYE!"
"They've got the GUN!"
Something grabbed Isaac and Jenna and pulled them behind a red postbox. Ground flew past the two, heading for the men. The torch was retrieved soon and the masked men picked themselves up. Cursing, they reached for the items left lying on the ground. But one tiny creature was there before them. His blue eyes were gleaming eerily.
"You won't get them from me! They'll stay to the ground until their owners come back! You hear me, hear me!" Ground yelled. His eyes shone brightly. The items on the ground glowed as well. The man hesitated, then seized Isaac's identity crystal in his hand. But the crystal stayed rooted to the ground. Surprised, he tried to pry it up from the ground. The crystal refused to budge.
"Damn it... Peter! Get the stuff!" The man holding the torch cursed, waving one hand at Shine. "Get AWAY, you irritating beast!"
"Isaac, the djinn!" Jenna tried to move, but Isaac kept his hand firmly on her arm.
"No, it's dangerous!" Isaac insisted, pulling her back. He had never before seen Ground's eyes glow. He had no idea what to do. And he just wanted to wait and see. He felt his heart thumping wildly, but with each beat he felt more lost than before.
One man raised his gun and fired. Jenna screamed, ducking and pushing Isaac down. The bullet soared over their heads, lodging itself into a thick trunk.
Then chaos broke out. Shine and Flint glared at the robbers, their faces twisted with fury. Eyes shining like Ground's, both djinn charged towards the cowering men. As they flew forward, a bright barrier surrounded the two and they suddenly stopped. The barrier quickly became opaque, hiding the two djinn from view. It grew out of shape, forming a shape similar to a rearing lion. Then suddenly, the barrier was a rearing lion. It charged towards the men faster than the djinn had, and the axe the lion was holding was brought down with a crash.
Loud screams pierced through the air. Isaac did not know what was going on anymore; his eyes were closed and his fingers were grasping the post box so tightly until they bled. The sound of people scrambling and running filled his ears. He didn't dare to move.
When Isaac finally opened his eyes again, he looked around him. Jenna was leaning against the post box, her hands over her ears with her eyes just as tightly closed as Isaac's. Trembling, he touched her lightly on the shoulder and she looked up, eyes wide.
"What... what happened?" she whispered. Isaac shook his head. Gulping, both of them turned slightly, fearing what they would see.
Lying on the road was one of the masked men. He was unconscious, but there was not a single injury on his body.
"Is... he still alive?" Jenna asked. Isaac shook his head again. Cautiously, he moved forward. Ground raised his head from where Shine and Flint lay.
"Isaac, they're not waking up," he cried miserably. Isaac picked up the djinn, anxiously scanning them for injuries. Their eyes opened as his fingers touched them.
"We're fine," Shine said, breathing heavily.
"We just need to rest," Flint added, his eyes half closed. Isaac hugged the two creatures.
"I'm sorry," he whispered. "I... I didn't mean for this to happen."
"Don't be sad," Ground crept up, too tired to fly. He placed his head on Isaac's shoe. "It's not your fault."
"We did it for you. We wanted you guys to stay away. You didn't desert us," Flint added softly. "So don't be upset, okay...?"
"But..."
"Next time," Jenna took Shine from Isaac and held her against her cheek, "you will not put us away. We're not deserting you. Ever." She looked at Isaac, tears threatening to fall. "We have to talk to Kraden. Next time, I will change."
Isaac nodded. He lifted Ground into his arms. "We better get them home."
"What about him?" Jenna nodded towards the still unconscious man.
Isaac hesitated. He did not want to have any trouble. Kneeling down in front of the man, he pulled of his mask. After a few seconds, he nodded and stood up.
"The police will deal with him," he said. "I don't want anymore trouble. We can be witnesses if they can't find the other culprits, but otherwise..."
"I agree," Jenna interrupted. She grabbed her belongings and crammed them into her backpack. "I want to go home."
Still shaken, the two turned and headed home with their djinn.
The moment Isaac entered his house, Dora shrieked.
"What happened! Ground? Flint!"
Isaac laid them on the sofa, his hands trembling.
"It's all my fault," he whispered, his throat dry.
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Well, I intended on writing more, but it's really late and my mom is chasing me to sleep. Yet I really wanted to post this chapter up! And yes, I am aware that despite the word count, this chapter is short. The reviewer responses took up too much space, so I'll try to cut down next time!
Sheba: (poking her head out) Liar. Those are just excuses.
... Well, sorry! Now go away! I need to sleep so that I can work up inspiration for the next chapter! I promise it'll be longer! I promise!
Daidairo
