CW: Sorry about the late update, people. I haven't been around on for a while, so I didn't see the reviews. And I have to say, I feel very touched that people actually care if I update. (sniffle) I promise that as soon as I finish Chapter 3, I'll post it. Kay?
Three years later...

A blonde teenager was sitting on the roof of his cottage, admiring the beautiful view of the peaceful city of Vale.

Okay, so he was being forced by his mother to fix the holes in in the roof from the storm three years ago. Wait a minute. They JUST decided to fix the roof after three years? Wow, they're lazy.

So anyway, Isaac was toiling away on the roof while Dora sat on a lounge chair drinking lemonade and telling him to hurry up. The nerve of some people.

While this excitement is going on, you may want to know what everyone's favorite town idiot is doing. And if you don't want to know what everyone's favorite town idiot is doing, that's just too bad for you, because I'm going to tell you anyway. So there.

So, Garet (AKA everyone's favorite town idiot)decided to practice his Psynergy for whatever reason. And what better place to practice his Psynergy than his homicidal sister's flower bed?

While Garet was making his death wish, who should decide to visit him but Jenna, the angsty girl who really only lost her sanity and common sense the day of the so-called tragedy?

Well anyway, Jenna heard Garet yell, "Hyaa!" and she jumped. Well, wouldn't you jump if you heard someone yell "Hyaa!"? But then she seemed to realize that the screech had come from Garet, and giggled.

Um, mood swings?

Jenna walked over to where Garet was, and the two Mars Adepts shared a completely meaningless conversation, resulting in the two of them going to visit Isaac. Poor guy.

So let's see. Where are we? Oh yeah, Isaac's on the roof, Dora's telling him to get her more lemonade, and Garet and Jenna have just shown up at Isaac's house. Jenna yells, "MA'AM!", simply because Jenna can't speak without yelling.Then Jenna and Garet decide to go on the roof, too, because straw roofs are great places to hang out. They're REALLY sturdy.

Four people are standing on a straw roof. Nothing bad can happen right?

Wrong.

Because not only are the people of Vale pessimists, but they're also kinda clumsy. So Garet, King of Clumsiness that he is, decides to step on a particular part of the roof that Isaac JUST fixed.

Here's the simple equation: Heavy Garet + Patched Straw Roof Hole in said Straw Roof.

Get it?

Well, as Garet stepped on that particular spot, Isaac cried out, "!"

But as of that point, Garet couldn't understand the language of Dot, so he didn't understand Isaac's cry of "!" which probably meant, "DON'T STEP THERE, YOU IDIOT!" and stepped on that spot. And incidentally, his foot happened to land in Isaac's bedroom.

"Oh, Garet, watch where you step, dear," Dora said, albeit a bit late.

Isaac groaned. "I'm gonna be fixing this roof for the rest of my natural life..." he thought.

Ignoring her son, Dara asked the Fire Adepts, "Why are you two here today? Are you three going somewhere?"

Isaac grimaced and made frantic gestures for Jenna and Garet not to tell the truth, but alas, no one listens to poor Isaac.

"We're going to Mt. Aleph with Kraden!" said Jenna cheerfully. Wow...between her and Garet, it's a miracle that Vale hasn't burned down yet.

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?" Dora screeched rather, erm, loudly. "MOUNTAIN CLIMBING WITH KRADEN!" She turned dangerously on her son. "HOW DARE YOU NOT TELL ME OF THIS? I KNOW WHAT THIS IS! THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW MY AUTHORITY!" And so she continued to rant, for at least twelve hours and thirty-six minutes. She finished with, "WELL, I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU! IT WON'T WORK! AND DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY IT WON'T WORK? IT WON'T WORK BECAUSE YOU'RE GROUNDED! YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE THIS HOUSE UNTIL YOU'RE FORTY-SEVEN! DO YOU HEAR ME!" The Mars Adepts' faces looked something like O.o, while Isaac's face looked more like X.X.

All of a sudden, the Mystic Fairy of Plot Continuation appeared. "which one of you is Dora?" it asked in a high-pitched sugary voice of DOOM. Yeah, of DOOM.

Dora snarled at the fairy.

"Oh, okey-dokey. I have a note from the authoress telling you that you can't ground Isaac until the end of the story. Or else." And with that, it poofed away in a cloud of sparkly pinkishness.

Dora had a complete change in personality. "What I meant to say," she began sheepishly, "was that you three are gonna have a great time climbing Mt. Aleph! And don't worry about the roof, Isaac," she said, although the roof was the last thing on Isaac's mind at that point. "I'll finish fixing it." Which, by the way, she never did. The same two holes were always still in that roof . Wow.

Anyway...after that fascinating conversation, our three favorite Valeans--(gets attacked by the PGBHVA)---I mean, our three favorite 17-year-old Valeans (glares at PGBHVA) started to make their way to Kraden's house. Because what fun would mountain climbing be without an old man slowing you down?

Thirty-eight point five feet from Kraden's house, the trio ran into the Mystery Folk. These people just don't learn their lesson, do they? I mean, you'd think they'd stay away from Vale after a bunch of people from their town died after coming there, but whatever. Proxians just have strange intentions, I guess.

For example, after having a short conversation with the younger Adepts, the Mystery Folk (who at this point I'm just gonna call Saturos and Menardi, because if you don't know who they are, you should be playing the game and not reading this story.) just let the three walk past and go to Kraden's, even after they were eavesdropping. Didn't they try to kill Isaac and Garet for eavesdropping? Oh well.

So after sharing a sentimental (well, it didn't contain the word "DIE!", at any rate) conversation with the Proxians, the three made their way to Kraden's for some fun filled mountain climbing. Yay.


TO BE CONTINUED IN CHAPTER THREE...