Golden Sun III : The Other World
Nothing is ever as they appear to be…
Gyad : I bring to you the 7th rewrite of this fic. Pairings this time will be different. Characters will now be much more different. All of this applies to you only if you read my previous rewrites and hopefully you haven't. And here's the disclaimer. Golden Sun does not belong to me, never did and never will. If it did, this fanfiction just might be the story of Golden Sun III.
Chapter One : New Faces
What happened, and what will happen, was inevitable. Alchemy had been released after countless years of imprisonment. Alchemy had brought forth immeasurable riches and power to humanity in the past, but at the price of millions of lives. History repeats itself, and has begun its march on the inhabitants of Vale. Vale, the village that was sworn to protect Mt. Aleph and the power it held.
The survivors said moments before the destruction, a blue haired man came to Vale. His motives were unclear, however he had good intentions. He tried his best to lead the people of Vale away from their homes but many ignored him. Those that listened were the unharmed survivors.
The party decided that it was best for the villagers if they had shelter. The closest town to Vale was Vault. The distance between Vale and Vault was a reasonable distance. This distance was increased, due to a mountain range that divided the territory of Vale and Vault. It was impossible to get to Vault without taking the long path around the mountain.
It was around noon when they began their movement.
After a long day of walking, the town of Vault was now in sight now that they had pasted the mountain. Gleefully, they began increasing their pace towards Vault. What happened next surprised them all. A man leaped from atop the mountain and landed in front of everyone.
His height and appearance was of a male about Isaac's age. His face made the deepest impression of all. To the untrained eye, it looks like a normal face. However, looking past that, something in his eyes showed an enormous amount of hatred and anger. The man had a small grin, in which he used to hide his true feelings.
The man held a long sword in his right arm with a tight grip. The sword looked old and had thousands of dents all over it. It was the results of countless battles that took place in his past. The handle of the sword had cracks on it. A piece of cloth was stitched on it to keep the cracks from damaging the skin of the wielder.
The man examined each of his opponents carefully from a distance. He let a light chuckle as he finished examining those that he would do battle with soon. "So the eight of you are the infamous 'Golden Warriors'," said the man with a low tone. The warriors flinched at his slightly insulting comment. Each of them wanted to question his motives, but hesitated each time. "Anyways…" began the man again, but was interrupted by Garet's loud response. "Who are you?" asked Garet.
The man coughed and cleared his throat and began his speech again. "Anyways, my name is Thorn. I am from a foreign land, and I come here for a few reasons. I won't go in depth for my motives, but I will let you know why I am here exactly. I'm sure you're all assuming that I want a fight, and I assure that I don't." Thorn coughed again and released the grip on his sword. He pointed it at the eight warriors, and retracted it to place it in the sheath on his belt. Thorn continued "I have one simple request, one that you most likely will not agree on. I wish to for three of your companions to assist me for a short time."
Isaac made a fist with his hands as he heard what Thorn had just said. He had many things to say to him, but dared not. He stared coldly into Thorn's eyes and allowed him to speak.
"They will not be harmed in anyway, nor will they die. They will be treated with care. However, they MUST be cooperative," continued Thorn.
Meanwhile, in the background, the survivors of Vale were fleeting the scene, afraid of the upcoming battle between the nine warriors.
"Just why should we help you?" questioned Felix holding tightly on his sword. "Because," Thorn chuckled "If you don't, I'll take them by force, and go against everything I just told you,"
Silence surrounded the area like a plague. Neither member of Thorn's opponents made a movement, nor spoke a word. Thorn, on the other hand was making foolish movements and sounds, such as yawning, coughing and whistling. "So, made a decision yet?" asked Thorn making a sinister face.
Isaac scoffed at his opponent before giving his answer. He was clearly amused after thinking over the situation multiple times. "No, never, not a chance, not unless I die…" announced Isaac with total confidence. "Then I'll take them by force," said Thorn as he closed his eyes. The companions flinched at his confidence.
Who is he? What does he want with us? Where will he take us? When is this fight going to start? Why is he doing this? Is he really that strong? We can take him, after all, it's eight against one, and he's unarmed and blind for the time being.
Questions and words of doubt surrounded a few of the weaker members among the group.
"If you're going to stop me, I suggest you attack now, before I open my eyes again and draw my sword. I'm clearing giving you a huge handicap, so take good use of it." said Thorn. Thorn's eight opponents tightened their grip on their weapon to prepare for their upcoming battle. "But, that doesn't mean I won't fight back, so be cautious anyways. And, NEVER underestimate your opponent's power before entering combat. I simply will NOT leave here empty handed, or my name isn't Thorn…"
"Then we'll strip you of your name!" cried Garet, the Mars adept as he quickly ran towards his opponent. As Garet quickly ran across the dirt road, he prepared a fireball in his hands using the psynergy that Mars has given him. As Garet and Thorn's distance closed in, the tension among the seven other warriors grew. Thorn however, was perfectly calm in his blind state.
Garet's sword was directed at Thorn from the ground, which was an upward slash. He swung his sword at the ground about a couple of yards away from his opponent, which caused a loud clanking noise. His opponent heard this, and stepped away to the side. Garet's attack missed. His companions behind him groaned.
Thorn finally opened his eyes after successfully dodging Garet's attack. "Nice try…" muttered Thorn as he stared lowly at his opponent.
Garet's companions now charged into the battlefield to lend Garet some assistance. "It's an eight versus one battle, how do…" said Isaac, but was interrupted by Thorn. "…how do YOU plan to win?" asked Thorn slyly. "Like I said, don't underestimate your opponent. After all, I did manage to dodge your red headed companion's foolish attempt. And I haven't even drawn my sword yet…"
"Come, surround me, so I wo-can't dodge your attacks." said Thorn in a deep voice.
His opponents refused to take his advice anymore, instead charged at him from the front, one by one. Isaac and Felix, the two Venus adepts in the group, took charge. They were backed up by Garet, the Mars adept, and Piers, the Mercury adept.
Behind the four who charged at Thorn, were the lesser known, but equally as valuable members. Mia, the Mercury adept healer; stayed behind to heal anyone that was injured in battle. Jenna, the Mars adept; she wasn't that good of a fighter, so she mainly attacks from behind using Psynergy. Sheba and Ivan, the Jupiter adepts; they are the fastest among the group, but they have poor fighting skills. They rely on their Psynergy to guide the group across the land, as well as strike from far behind.
Isaac and Felix both attacked in similar ways as though they were in unison. His opponent however, swiftly dodged all their attacks.
He can see where and when we attack, and quickly dodge them before we even get close to him with our swords. We must fight back with Psynergy…
Felix raised his sword into the air, and formed a rock-covered sword from it. The sword doubled in length and width. He charged at his opponent with his newly forged sword with a bit of a confidence boost. He leaped into the air and performed a downward slash at Thorn. This time, Thorn didn't try to dodge the attack. Instead, he formed a fist with his hand and landed a blow to Felix's torso as he came into distance. The rocked-covered sword barely touched Thorn's shoulders, but missed as Felix's grip was released when he was struck. From there, Thorn raised his foot and kicked Felix's body into the air. He leaped into the air to attack Felix's immobile body once again, but as drew close, Felix disappeared.
Thorn was now slightly pissed at what just happened. Someone had cast Teleport on Felix's body. "Stop running, and start fighting! I've fought ten times as good as you guys when I was ten!" announced Thorn, who was now back on the ground.
Felix's body was now in the care of Mia. She was healing his small wounds. The bruises on his body was tiny and barely looked like he was hit hard, however Mia felt that Felix was in pain.
"You'll pay for hurting my friends!" announced Isaac as he charged at Thorn, followed by Garet and Piers. Thorn magically disappeared from where he stood and reappeared behind Garet and Piers. Thorn tapped their shoulders to surprise them and sent them flying into the distance.
"He's fast; could he be a Jupiter Adept?" Thought Isaac
Isaac smacked the ground with his hand; a huge pillar of rock from under where Isaac was rose into the air. He smacked the ground again, and the same thing happened, but under Thorn.
From the ground, Ivan and Sheba assumed their spell casting positions to lend a hand to Isaac. Sheba focused on attacking with Wind, while Ivan used Thunder spells. Combined together, the spells make a deadly combination.
A strong wind surrounded the pillar in which Thorn stood on. It limited his movements, as well as blinded him from the Thunder which would strike from above at various locations. Thorn however, kept his confident face.
"You can't stop me with a few spells!" cried Thorn as loud as he could to make his opponents hear him. A thunderbolt from the sky appeared and was aimed near where Thorn was standing. "You missed! Try again!" said Thorn taunting Ivan's aiming.
Suddenly, Isaac flew in through the huge tornado which surrounded the pillar of rock Thorn was on. Thorn almost instantly dodged his attack and slashed the back of Isaac as he passed by. A few seconds later, Isaac reemerged from atop Thorn and aimed at him from the top. Thorn was a bit surprised at how fast Isaac came from behind him to the top. Thorn blocked the attack with his sword and used his strength to push his opponent away. As Isaac's body ascended away from Thorn, multiple thunderbolts came from behind Isaac. Thorn was surprised at how close Isaac just avoided death because he pushed him away. He released a chuckle and slashed the thunderbolts away with his sword like it was nothing to him.
The heavy winds slowly scattered and the sky cleared up. Thorn waved his hand around to blow away the dust that was around him as he covered his mouth with his other hand. He looked around to look for his opponents, but they were nowhere in sight. Suddenly, 8 huge spires of rock shot up from the ground below where Thorn stood and immobilized him. With his arms unmovable, his sword was useless to him; Thorn dropped his sword.
"Admitting defeat?" Asked Isaac as he appeared behind where Thorn was standing. "Far from it, I'm just curious as to why you let your guard down," Replied Thorn "Surely a Jupiter Adept can't escape from spires of rock. Is that what you're thinking?" Asked Thorn
Isaac leaped away from Thorn and landed on the ground next to the pillar of rock where Thorn stood. It was surrounded by 8 huge pillars which Isaac had created using his Venus adept powers.
Thorn was right, that was exactly what he was thinking. He's definitely a Jupiter Adept, if he read his mind like that.
"I'm definitely a Jupiter Adept aren't I," Yelled Thorn, who was looking quite comfortable in his current state. "Let me tell you, don't ever underestimate your opponent." Thorn had said that twice since they met. "And most of all, never judge a book by its cover."
Thorn grabbed one of the spires near his arm and held it firmly with his hand. "Let me show you how a Jupiter Adept can escape." Said Thorn as the spire Thorn was holding onto completely shattered into a million pieces of small rock fragments.
"His strength, it's amazing…" Thought Isaac
Suddenly Thorn disappeared; followed by the collapse of the seven remaining spires. Isaac spun around and ran to avoid the falling boulders. While running, he felt something tugging at his leg. "Where do you think you're going?" asked a familiar voice
Isaac couldn't break free from Thorn's clutch and fell to the ground. He was moments away from being crushed to death by the falling boulders.
"Inferno!" yelled Garet and Jenna from a distance. A swarm of fireballs appeared from out of nowhere and struck the falling boulders, destroying them instantly. "Gale!" yelled Ivan as a blade of wind blew the remaining pieces of rock away.
Thorn finally released his grip on Isaac's leg and stood up. "You're so lucky Isaac…" said Thorn as he disappeared again.
"Who on earth is he…toying with us like that?"
"Let's get back to our deal, shall we?" said Thorn, who was now standing behind where the party hid from all along. "I'll borrow your friends, and they do some tasks for me, and I'll let them go. Sound fair?" Thorn placed his hand on the shoulders of Garet and Felix. "And if you refuse, I can't imagine what might happen." Said Thorn as his grip on their shoulders tightened, causing them to yell in pain.
Sheba tried to cast a teleport spell, but was stopped by Thorn's menacing fist pointing at her face.
"Stop…" said Isaac now standing in front of his fallen comrades. "Take me, not them…" begged Isaac as he fell to the ground
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