Saving Alchemy

Author says:

Certainly for the first time in two years, our heroes can relax. So too can I, then again, that's what I've been doing for these few weeks during the holidays. Anyway, chapter 2 coming up.

Chapter II: First Strike

"Felix! Wake up! Felix!" Isaac hollered at the front door.

"Yes?"

"Whoa! You scared me there!" Isaac said after turning around to see Felix who was standing behind him.

"Need something?" Felix asked.

"Yeah, about those trees Ivan felled, I need help bringing them home."

"Sure, but first, why do you smell so singed?"

"Coz Garet doesn't like being woken up early in the morning."

Felix could not think of what to say. The sun was already up by the time Felix and Isaac were done. When they returned to Vale, Isaac looked at the town, the residents who have lived there for many years, including himself, Felix, Garet, Jenna, Kyle, Dora. Vale also had some new residents, namely Ivan, Sheba, Mia and Piers. The feeling of having his family and friends living in one village together was overwhelming, to say the least, that happiness within him could not be described in words.

Everyone was already up when Isaac got home.

"Isaac, breakfast is ready!"

"Okay Mom!"

In his heart, he wished that Vale could forever be so peaceful, as he fell deeper into his thought,

"Isaac, why are you eating your spoon?" Isaac was immediately brought back to reality.

As Isaac left his house, Ivan came up to him,

"Isaac, wanna spar with me? I need so see how good I am against different elemental adepts."

"Okay, let's go"

"Wait up! If you guys are sparring, it will be a good match I don't wanna miss!"

"Hurry up then Garet!"

Meanwhile, Felix went to Vault, Mia went to Imil and Piers went to the market.

Sheba was with Jenna hanging out some clothes.

"So Jenna, Garet likes you, but you like Isaac, is that right?"

"Sheba!" Jenna replied with a flustered look.

"Haha, so it is true! Although, I don't know how you managed to not tell them after these two years, or how they did not notice anything.

Jenna turned away, she was really embarrassed now.

"Alright alright, sorry, I am too nosy and shouldn't stick my nose in your private matters."

"It's ok, it's painful keeping it in without telling anyone for so long, at least we've talked about it in the open, I feel better now." Jenna said with a smile.

"Guys! There's something terribly wrong at Imil!"

Everyone, including Felix and Piers who have long returned before Mia came screaming, gathered around her.

"What's wrong?" Isaac asked.

"Imil! There is no snow or water there at all! The entire place has completely dried up!"

"Let's go!"

The eight of them rushed to Imil to find that what Mia said was true. The snow was gone, the ice was gone, where the waterfall once was, only the cave in it remained.

"What about the Mercury Lighthouse?"

"It's still functioning properly."

"Guys! Look at this!" Garet called to the rest.

"The entire place is dry and withered!"

"Yes, and I also sense some form of magic here. If I my guess is right, water energy is being sapped from the area, and the Lighthouse is being used to channel the energy!"

"Isaac, do you know what you're talking about? Someone absorbing the energy of pure alchemy?"

"There has to be a way to stop it, but how?"

"I don't know, but let's evacuate the villagers first! They could be sucked dry by this force if they stay here!"

They group split up and went to each house in the village

"AHHH!"

"No…"

"Gross"

::You have to be kidding::

"What the…"

"…"

"Oh my"

"Ugh"

Felix was right, the villagers could have been sucked dry, and they were, but what remained of them was worse than they expected, all that was left of the villagers were skeletons.

"Why aren't we being sucked dry as well?" Garet asked.

"We're adepts, and also, I hold part of the Golden Sun's power within me, this power is protecting us now, same as how our psynergy protected us from Tret's seeds in his forest before, remember?"

"Yeah, it just came on without us controlling it."

"We need to figure out how to stop this."

As Isaac finished his sentence, a strange light engulfed the heroes.

"What's going on?!"

"Heroes of Weyard. We, the Elemental Gods of Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Mercury need your help."

Looks like our heroes won't be able to relax again, what exactly is going on? That, on chapter 3