Disclaimer: I still don't own Golden Sun.

A/N: Lord Destoyer, I think I can work that in. I'll try.

"A Jupiter Djinni!" I exclaimed, pointing at the small bluish-purple creature. She didn't seem to notice us, facing the wall. Broken pillars blocked our path towards the Djinni and onward.

Ivan studied the fallen pillars carefully. "It's a puzzle. Push, um, that one." He pointed at a pillar. Garet moved it effortlessly.

"That one, freeze the puddle, Mia, um, that one down, that one over, and that one down."

We raced over to the Djinni. She turned as she heard us coming. "Oh, my! Adepts! I never thought I'd see the day!"

I smiled cautiously, hoping she'd join without a fight. "Yes, I'm Isaac, this is-"
"Isaac!" she shrieked. "Isaac?! As in, Isaac who saved Kolima! The same Isaac from Vale? Oh, and this must be Garet! Ivan! Mia! Omigosh, I just have to get a souvenir!" With that, she pounced on my head wildly.

I batted the crazed Djinni off with my blade. Flint, save me! Please!

Flint popped out, ready to attack. The Djinni stared at him admiringly. "Flint! Oh, I've heard stories about you, too! I hear you've won a whole ton of fights!"

Flint puffed up with pride. "Yup, I was their very first Djinni!"

"Flint!" I hissed. "Attack her!"

Flint looked confused. Then his tiny brain clicked. "Oh, right. Sorry, Squall." He knocked her aside gently.

She smiled sweetly. "Don't worry about it." Squall sprang upon Garet's head, trying to grab a single red hair off his head.

Garet looked scared, trying to hit the Djinni with his axe without chopping his head off. Mia dashed over and knocked the Djinni off his head, only to have Squall transfer to her blue hair.

Ivan's saber found its job-unfortunately, Mia did lose a few aquamarine hairs that Squall gathered up eagerly.

"Ramses!" I shouted, not bothering to keep my attack secret. She threw her stubby Jupiter Djinni hands up in the air.

"I give up! Wait...this means...I can join you, if you'll have me! Oh, please, please, please..."
While the Djinni was still "please"-ing, Gust popped out. "Squall!" she shrieked. "Oh, these are great and noble knights!"

"I know!" Squall squealed. "I have heard about their noble quest! It's fantastic!"

Ivan's eyes were growing wider and he was backing away slowly. I joined him. "What?"
His face was pale. "She's...she's almost worse than Gust..."

Breeze, Zephyr, Smog, and Kite materialized next to us and Garet leaned against the wall. The Djinn scurried over to the others.

"Good! A Jupiter Djinni! Squall!" exclaimed the prejudiced Breeze. I rolled my eyes.

Mia walked over to us, choosing to lean next to Garet on a stone pillar.

"Who?" Kite wondered. "Small?"
"Squall...you look different..." Zephyr muttered.

"Squall, I'm surprised you survived this long," Smog said dully.

The Mars Djinn popped out. "No, no, no..." chanted Forge, sinking down with each "no".

"A Jubider Jiddi?" Fever asked. "Who is idt? Oh, hi, Squall."

"Hey, Squall!" Corona called.

"Squall! Why haven't I heard from you?" cried out Scorch, sounding aggravated.

"Oh, hey, Squall. Ignore Forge." Ember advised as she joined the gaggle of Djinn around Squall.

Next my Djinn popped out. "Hi again, Squall!" squeaked Flint.

Ground appeared behind him. "Yeah, hi!"
"Hello, Squall." Granite greeted.

"H-hi, Squall..." stammered Sap.

"Omigosh! Squall!" Quartz shrieked, joining her friends.

"Hey, Squall!" Vine exclaimed. Quartz, Ember, Corona, Scorch, Gust, and Squall formed their own group, secluding themselves from the rest.

Finally, Mia's Djinn appeared.

"Squall!" wailed Fizz. "I was so sure you'd died!" Oh, no! I thought. She's been talking to Smog!

"Squall." stated Sleet.

Mist yawned. "Hi, Squall!"

Hail joined the group along with Fizz. "I saw the fight. You did pretty well...of course, I did better."

Lastly, Spritz popped out. He joyfully raced over to Squall. "Squall, it's you!"
"I've been hearing stories about you, Spritz!" marvelled Squall. "Have you changed to a warrior Djinni?"
The end of Spritz's spiky tail turned red, a probable indication of embarrassment. "No," he muttered, scraping the floor with his clawed foot.

"But he's a fantastic healing Djinni!" piped up Gust.

Spritz stole a look at her. "You really think so?"
"Of course you are!" Corona assured him. "You're one of the better ones! You can heal everyone!"

Spritz preened himself a little, smiling at the praise. Garet, grinning, turned to say something to Mia.

"She's gone!" he gasped.

"I'm okay!" Mia's muffled voice came from below us. "Actually, I think I broke an arm, but I haven't been eaten by monsters, at least. I'm going to try to get out. You see that pillar I was leaning on is gone, too? It fell in the gap and I fell along with it."
I looked over at her. "Yeah, your arm looks broken. I'll help." I cured it quickly, glad for a use of my newfound healing skills.

"Thanks," she thanked, as the three of us pulled her out. "Now we can cross!"

The Djinn disappeared suddenly, rejoining us. I very carefully stepped over the gap, gesturing to the others. After all four of us had crossed, I started down the stairs.

Another dimly lit room. Garet's flame ball followed us faithfully, lighting up the maze-like paths.

When I had just spotted the stairway, I heard a banging noise. Turning, I faced the golem. Swinging my blade, I restored it to dust in a few quick swipes. I shook my head.

"They're getting too easy," I remarked.

Mia shot me a warning look that I could barely see in the light of the ball. "Don't get too cocky, Isaac,"

I shrugged off her warning. "I'm not!" I stepped down the stairs before she could say more on the subject.

This room was another lighted one. Huge flames burned mystically on the walls, and I guessed that we were near to the stones the voice had spoken of. We carefully worked our way around the room.

Sure enough, in the next room rested the five stones. I concentrated on what the voice had told us. Rotate the rocks on the left and right sides. Ivan was already working on turning the leftmost stone. I turned the right stone, and, just as the invisible person had said, a wheel of colors appeared on the wall. They spun faster and faster, finally stopping on yellow.

I concentrated. Yellow was...

"The fourth one, left to right." Ivan spoke up.

I turned to him, surprised. "Did you-"

His tanned cheeks turned pink. "Yes..."

Shrugging, I moved the rock. The wheel of light spun again, landing on red.

I remembered that one. Furthest to the right. I moved it. All of the lights began to flow outward, revealing a door.

"Whoa," murmured Garet as I carefully and quietly stepped through.

Inside, on a stone table, was a red chest. I opened it and pulled out the large diamond-shaped vial. A very small amount of red liquid rested in it.

"Do we have to go all the way back?" complained Garet.

I shook my head. "Retreat..."

We made our way without hinderance back to the invisible person. Gently, in case we might be too late, I called out. "Um, hello?"
"You..." He cleared his throat. "You came back...Please, give me the draught."

Ivan uncorked the crystal vial carefully. "Here it is."

Hands we couldn't see grabbed the vial quickly. I heard the noise of him greedily guzzling the draught.

When he was done, he exclaimed happily, "You've saved my life! Thank you!"

Suddenly, the edges moved, and he walked into the light. Gray hair, stern dark eyes, a proud nose, thin lips, a gray beard, rich clothes, and an ornate cane. In short, the man depicted on a statue in the palace. The man the soldiers were looking for. Lord Babi of Tolbi.

I took several steps back. I had forgotten almost completely about the original reason we came to the cave.

The regal-looking man cleared his throat again, aware of four pairs of eyes staring in awe. "Yes, thank you for your help. I shall be fine. My sudden appearance seems to have startled you."
I cleared my own throat and tried to look responsible. "Yes, sir...I mean, yes, m'lord."

Babi nodded solemnly. "I would have revealed my identity sooner, but I could not even move."
"How did you become paralyzed while you were invisible?" asked Mia, the healer as always.

"And that ability to conceal yourself...are you an Adept?" ventured Ivan.

"An Adept?" Babi repeated, baffled. "What are you talking about?"

"You used Psynergy to conceal yourself, didn't you?" accused Garet.

"Only an Adept could do that," I added. Perhaps Babi did not know of the Adepts and Psynergy, although a scholar of Alchemy such as himself ought to have heard about them.

Babi seemed to lose his regality, blushing and stammering as much as any of us. "Oh, um, yes, indeed, er, I was using, erm, Psynergy to, um, conceal myself."

Ivan poked us. "Something seems wrong. Should I mind read him?"

I nodded almost imperceptibly.

Ivan walked over to Babi. "I shall peer into your heart," he announced.

Babi looked a little nervous as Ivan stood next to him. After a few minutes, Mia impatiently wondered, "What's the matter?"

"That wasn't Psynergy Lord Babi was using to conceal himself," explained Ivan. "It was the power of an ancient civilization!"

Babi angrily turned to Ivan. "I said nothing of the sort! How could you know that?"

Ivan simply blinked, waiting for it to reach Babi.

Babi, understanding, turned back to us. "I suppose that would make you four Adepts. Does that mean...are you Lemurians?"

"Lemurians?" I repeated. "What on Weyard are Lemurians?"

"Adepts but not Lemurians!" puzzled Babi. Ivan rejoined us.

"So I was wrong..." pondered Babi.

"I believe you are searching for these Lemurians, correct?" Ivan asked.

Babi cringed and nodded.

"Lord Babi, you're the ruler of Tolbi!" stated Garet. "You can have anything you want! Why would you want to find these Lemurians?"

Babi sighed and massaged his wrinkled forehead. "Even the ruler of Tolbi has his...limitations. Every year I grow older, and more frail."

"And you regret growing older?" probed Ivan.

"I understand your desire to remain young," spoke up Mia. "But there's nothing anyone can do about it."

Garet froze. "Wait a second! Isaac, do you remember when we were in Sol Sanctum?"
I rolled my eyes. "Of course I do, Garet, that was only a month or two ago!"

"Remember? Kraden said Alchemy could thwart death itself!" Garet seemed very excited.

Babi's dark eyes widened. "What was that?" he questioned. "Did you say you know...Kraden?"
How did he know Kraden? "Yes," I admitted. "Why?"

Babi's thin lips opened as he began to speak, but before he could utter as much as the first syllable, a voice called out, "Babi!"

The two guards that had been speaking to Iodem stood there. "We've been searching everywhere for you!" declared one.

"Iodem said we might find you here!" agreed the other.

Babi cringed.

"You're...not glad we found you?" questioned one.

"No, it's not that," Babi assured them.

"What are you doing in a cave such as this, m'lord?"

"I have my reasons," he said mysteriously.

"We're just glad we found you. The trials are over. You must not tarry!" one declared.

"I must speak more with these people!" protested Babi.

"Who are they?" wondered one in a dismissive tone.

"I owe my life to them." Babi declared. The guards turned skeptical eyes on us.

"Pardon our rudeness," one apologized. "You have our gratitude. We must grant you a reward."

Babi turned back to us. "I have not heard your names yet."

"Isaac of Vale," I began.

"Garet of Vale," he added.

"Ivan of Kalay,"

"Mia of Imil."
Babi considered for a moment. "Say, I have an idea! Why don't you enter Colosso? You have some...interesting, er, strengths."
"But they have not cleared the trials!" protested one soldier.

Babi turned a fierce glare on them. "I believe that saving my life qualifies them quite suitably! Are you going to argue?"

"No, m'lord." one agreed.

"I look forward to seeing you battle!" declared Babi. All three exited the cave.

"Should we do the finals?" Garet asked me.

I looked at him in surprise. "Of course! Retreat..."