A/N: I know it has been awhile since I've last updated this story… But I have fallen back in love with the Golden Sun games and have decided to revise each chapter of this fiction.

I really couldn't believe how awful my grammar was when I began this story as well as the constant plot holes I've discovered from rereading my atrocious chapters. My, my, I need to revise a lot! It's safe to read only up to what chapter I had last revised. Read beyond that then… I will not hold responsibility for the loss of your brain cells. Don't say that I didn't warn you.

(If you want to compare my revised chapters with my original works for the heck of it, I'd regret to send it to you upon request.)

Chapter 1

It was early morning and my parents were still asleep.

Excellent!

I quickly got dressed and quietly tiptoed down the stairs while carrying my boots. The rumbling sound of my father's snore was the last thing I heard before gently closing the door behind me. Letting out a sigh of relief, I grinned in triumph but quickly shivered at the chilly air. The sun was starting to rise and before long, everyone in Vale would be awake.

I slipped my boots on and jogged as quietly as I could to our meeting place; the bridge near the Healer's Sanctum. Garet was already waiting there, looking half asleep. Once he saw me coming, the redhead raised a hand and waved.

"Now we have to wait for Jenna and Felix," he said with a yawn. He leaned against the wooden post and sat down, crossing his legs and resting his head on his fists. I joined him.

Garet, Jenna, Felix and I all planned to sneak into Sol Sanctum so we could get a look inside. We were never given permission to enter so we had to find another way. So this was what we could come up with: Sneak into the Sanctum in the early morning. That was the best plan we have ever came up with.

Silently, we waited for the siblings to arrive while yawning from the lack of sleep every so often. Sigh, I was getting impatient. "Do you think they forgot?" I asked with a wide-mouthed yawn.

"You're too impatient, Isaac," said a feminine voice from behind; causing me to jump in surprise. I looked at the speaker, already knowing who it was. Jenna was looming over me and right behind her was her older brother, Felix. She had her long violet hair tied in a ponytail as always while Felix had his long, dark and messy hair covering half his face. "I had to practically punch Felix awake!" she continued.

She said that a little too loud. We all hushed her and looked around for anyone who might have been awake to spot us.

Felix hushed her in haste, "Not so loud! You want us to get caught?" His tone was slightly bitter, most probably due to Jenna having to force him to wake up.

I climbed to my feet and dusted my hands. "Good. We're all here," I began before turning towards the dark-haired boy, "Now, Felix, lead the way."

He looked at me with a shocked expression. "What!" he cried a little too loud.

Garet, Jenna and I quickly motioned him to quiet down.

"Why me?" he continued, after glancing cautiously to the village. "It was your idea to sneak into the Sanctum, so you should lead!" he pointed out.

"No way am I leading!" I protested in a whisper, "Garet, you lead then."

He was about to say something but Jenna interrupted: "Uh uh! No way! Isaac, you can't pick Garet, he makes the worst decisions!" she shrieked, having forgotten to keep her voice low.

Felix, Garet and I silently hushed her.

"I make the worst decisions?" the redhead repeated, shaking his head and looking annoyed. "Well, if I make the worst decisions," he muttered sarcastically, "then I pick Isaac to be the leader."

"Me too," agreed Jenna.

I opened my mouth to protest but stopped. They were all staring at me as if I had no other choice. I could have argued – no, I couldn't have argued. Whatever Jenna decided was always what we decided. I learned that the painful way.

Frowning slightly with a sigh, I threw my hands in the air in defeat. "Fine! Follow me…" I groaned.

We carefully walked up the stairs leading to the Healer of Vale. I led the way with Garet right behind followed by Jenna and taking up the rear was Felix who would warn us if anyone was approaching.

I walked past the Healer's Sanctum and scouted for meditating monks. There was no one which must conclude that we were really early. Usually the monks could be seen meditating in front of the Sanctum in the morning.

Excitement took over my nerves. Neither of us had ever dreamed of entering the sacred Sol Sanctum. The closest point I've reached was the single tree by the river before the monks would send me away. In fact, it was the closest all four of us had ever made it. But today, we will go farther.

I walked up the stairs and stopped on the last one. Standing at the top, with his back turned to us, was the Healer of Vale. Immediately I tensed up in fear of getting caught although I did not think he knew we were behind him. I motioned everyone behind me to stop and head back down before he noticed us.

Before I took the first step down, I heard him speak my name. I froze on the spot. So did the others.

"Isaac, you know it's dangerous to enter the Sanctum," said the wise old man. He turned around and faced us. Tired, kind grey eyes looked upon each of our faces. "Felix, Jenna, and Garet, you all as well know better than to go to such a dangerous place on your own."

"Uh…" I tried to give a good reason to why we were climbing the stairs to the Healer's Sanctum but could not form the words.

Garet somehow found the courage to speak truthfully, "We just wanted to see what's inside."

The Healer slowly shook his head."I know you are very curious about what's inside," he said, waving a finger at us. "But your curiosity may get you hurt. Now you better get back home before your parents find out that you were trying to get into the Sanctum."

"You won't tell them?" asked Jenna.

With a smile, the Healer answered, "I won't as long as you stay away from here."

"We will," we chorused with relief. Not wanting to feel any guiltier from getting caught, we ran back down without looking back.

"Let's meet there after breakfast," Garet announced before entering his home. With silent nods, the rest of us agreed and hurried home.

Later that morning, after dragging myself out of bed, I ate a quick meal and left to meet my friends at our designated meeting spot. How the fence before the village's storage cave became our special place was due to the beauty of the nearby forests. And… because the four of us had hidden little trinkets that we each considered a precious treasure deep inside the cave when we were small.

'Someday, we'll find them again,' Jenna had said after placing her little ring in the poorly dug hole. 'When we do, we'll remember the fun times we had in here!'

Yeah, that was the day before the Mayor proclaimed the cavern to be too dangerous for us children (especially his grandson) to play around in and had sealed the fence shut with a weak barrier. Only Psynergy could unlock the seal which the four of us were unable to use to a decent level even to this day. (The best thing I could do was make grass grow… in a pot of dirt. A small pot of dirt. Although a small feat compared to what my parents could do, it was a great achievement for me since none of my friends could pull something like that yet.)

Adults were only allowed to enter the cavern ever since then and our treasures would forever remain hidden within. As Jenna had said, we will someday retrieve our treasures after many years had passed.

I spotted a red-haired boy crossing the wooden bridge in a sleepy daze.

"Garet!" I shouted, making the boy turn around. Upon noticing me, he paused to wait for me to catch up before forming a fist in the air. Making a fist of my own, I punched his knuckles in a friendly matter as a sign of greeting between us.

"Man, I'm tired!" he moaned. He let out a big yawn which also made me yawn. "I couldn't get back to sleep. All the excitement I had kept me awake."

I grinned at him. I too had trouble sleeping but didn't want to admit it.

We approached our meeting spot and saw the siblings already there. "Hey guys," Jenna greeted cheerfully.

I blinked tiredly, wondering how she could be fully awake after this morning's excursion.

With a yawn, Garet and I returned her greeting.

There was a smirk from the dark-haired boy. "Couldn't go back to sleep you two? Me and Jenna fell back to sleep once we got home," he said.

Garet heaved a heavy sigh, trying to suppress a yawn. "That's because everyone in your family are heavy sleepers," he stated, resting his hands behind his head.

I laughed. Unexpectedly, Jenna punched me in the shoulder and kicked Garet in the shins. "And you're not, Garet?" she asked in a threatening voice.

The redhead yelped and rubbed his leg in pain. "Ow! Hey! Why'd you kick me for?"

"For calling me a heavy sleeper which I am not. Felix is the only heavy sleeper in the house. I had a hard time getting him to wake up this morning for breakfast," she explained, crossing her arms.

Giving his sister a sullen glare, Felix snorted, "I like to sleep in late in the morning, you know."

"Lazy," Jenna retorted.

"Hmph," was the brother's only reply.

Leaving the hot sun for the cool shade in the trees, we rested on the grass to decide what to do for the rest of the day.

We couldn't come up with anything fun. The only recurring idea I had was sneaking into Sol Sanctum. I sighed, "It's too bad we couldn't get into Mt. Aleph. I bet there would have been pretty cool stuff inside."

"Maybe when we learn to use Psynergy we could go in there," said Jenna. She stood up. "The Healer must be right about it being dangerous. Once we learn to use our Psynergy to defend ourselves, we might be given permission to go to Sol Sanctum!" she finished, smiling with anxiety at the thought.

I sighed again, "But that'll take forever! It took my dad years to learn how to use his Psynergy. Besides, he won't teach me until I'm fifteen."

"That's the same with my parents," Garet piped in.

"Now that I think about it, Mom and Dad said that when Felix and I are ready, they would teach us," the girl recalled, her smile growing beyond its usual limit. "And right now, I think I am ready! What about you, Felix?"

He shrugged, obviously not interested, "I don't know. It's a lot of work."

"So what if it's a lot of work? You get to use Psynergy and see Sol Sanctum!" his sister cried. "Come on! We get to see Sol Sanctum ourselves!" Without letting her older sibling say another word, she grabbed Felix's arm and dragged him with her.

Left forgotten, I lay in the grass and sighed again. I didn't want to wait until I was fifteen to begin my Psynergy training. I begged my father a few times to teach me but he refused. He kept telling me that I was too young.

'Too young'? Ha!

I would be turning fourteen in a month. I was well mature for my age. At least… I thought I was. Drawing in a deep breath, I sighed at the unfairness between my parents and Jenna's.

"What's up?"

I turned my head and looked at the older boy lying beside me. Garet was roughly the same age as me; about three months older. So eventually, he would reach age fifteen before I would, making me feel quite envious. "It's too long," I told him.

"We still got about a year," he replied, staring up at the leaves above him wearily as if falling asleep. "I can't wait."

"Neither can I," I groaned impatiently. "Let's go ask my dad if he'll teach me." Sitting up, I brushed grass off my clothes and headed straight for home.

Garet followed right behind shortly after. "You asked him so many times. I don't think he'll let you," he stated with a yawn.

"It doesn't hurt to try again."

It didn't take long to find my father working outside with an axe in hand. Swiftly and accurately, he chopped pieces of firewood with great ease. He stopped once he saw me and Garet approaching to give us a smile.

Returning the smile with an innocent grin, I came up to my father and spoke to him in my most polite voice, "Dad?"

He looked at me, a hint of suspicion flickered over his expression before raising his eyebrow, "Yes, Isaac?"

I nervously scratched the back of my head as I continued, "Um… Could you teach me how to use Psynergy?"

There was a long pause.

"Isaac."

"Yes?"

Father rested his axe over his shoulder and stared at me firmly. I kept my big grin on my face, hoping that he would not refuse this time.

"How old are you?" he asked suddenly.

I blinked. "Almost fourteen. But –"

"And how old did I say you had to be?"

Slowly, my grin disappeared.

"Fifteen. But I'm –"

"You're not fifteen yet. So you still have a year to go. Now how many times do I have to say that again?"

"But I'm –"

"How many times must I repeat myself?"

There was a long pause as disappointment took hold of me. I stared into his brown eyes with a small pout and he gave me a tiny smirk. Finally, I just shrugged, knowing well that Garet was right.

"Just wait until you're fifteen, son," said my father as he brought his axe forward and continued chopping wood.

"But I don't want to wait!" I fumed. "I'm ready right now! Felix and Jenna can learn it when they're ready! So why can't I?"

Once again, Father stopped in mid-chop on a log he was on and glanced up at me, "Because that is their parent's rule. This is my rule so wait until you're fifteen." He returned to his labour. Feeling upset and angry, I turned around and left with a deep frown. Garet followed.

The older boy let out a whistle, "Man, your dad's really strict on his rules. Same with mine."

"Hmph," I huffed, annoyed at how many times Father repeatedly denied my request.

When it was time for lunch, I asked my mother if I could eat over at Garet's for I did not want to face my father for the rest of the day.

Shortly after the meal, the two of us went to Felix and Jenna's home and heard the news: their parents were going to teach them Psynergy the next day. I glowered at the siblings in jealousy but when Jenna invited Garet and I to come and watch, I felt a little better.

The girl was evidently happy. With her auburn eyes sparkling so brightly, she skipped to everyplace we went. Felix, on the other hand, didn't appear as happy as Jenna but I knew by the look of his face that he was hiding his excitement.

By evening, storm clouds had covered the peak of Mt. Aleph and darkened the sky. It was strange… It had been a clear day with hardly any clouds or wind. Thunder could be heard and rain began to fall, breaking up the wooden sword duel between Felix and Garet while Jenna and I watched.

Saying quick goodbyes, we all departed for home. I was anxious that evening for I could not wait to see Jenna and Felix practice their Psynergy skills the next day.