Ike's story. His journey. :D I own nothing!


Another summer day
has come and gone away.
In Paris or Rome...
but I wanna go home
let me go home.

"It was fairly warm there, when I arrived," began Ike. "To this day, I still don't know the name of the continent I went to. It was beautiful in the summer- there were flowers everywhere, and the breeze smelled of lilies in some places. And there were roses... beautiful blue ones. You would have loved the flowers. And in the summer, there was... some sort of holy time. There were pilgrims out on the road, travelling, all to the same place. Sometimes I stayed with a pilgrim group for a few days, but never for very long, because I wasn't going to the same place they were.

Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

"The place they were headed... I think it was a mountain of some sort. I saw it from a distance... it was quite beautiful. And it was easy to find lodging, there were very cheap inns, or people would let you stay the night if you helped them with household chores, so I was never left without a bed, or at least a pallet. I finally reached their capital city... the entire continent is a kingdom, ruled by a man they hailed as a god. Fairly peaceful, since they had none to make war on.

And I've been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you
Each one a line or two
"I'm fine baby, how are you?"

"They knew of Tellius there. There is a place that would have let me send you a letter. I tried... but I couldn't think of anything to write, and the place closed before I could finish the letter. I would have written... I'm sorry, you must think I'm an idiot now..."

"Of course not," said Sanaki. "I would have liked a letter, but it doesn't matter now. Go on, what else did you see in the capital city?"

Well I would send them but I know that it's just not enough.
My words were cold and flat,
and you deserve more than that.

"The capital was interesting. I saw a cathedral, at the back of the city. It payed homage to a sun God, a moon Goddess, and their Star-children. It was a grand cathedral, and there were letters stuck in all the cracks in an old wall. When I asked one of the priests about that, they said the letters were for... what were their names... Meraci, the Moon Goddess, and Oruin, the Sun God. Those were all prayers, those letters. It was incredible, and some of the letters were more than eighty years old. There were many places to see, but I left the capital before seeing them all. It was too busy, to big, and reminded me too much of here. So, soon I moved on. It was early fall then, the weather was just starting to get chilly.

On the road, I met a man, not much younger than me. He said his name was Roy, and we travelled together for a while. We became great friends, and he's a brilliant swordsman. We sparred a lot. When I asked him why he was on the move, he said he couldn't stay very long in any one city, that he had made some enemies and didn't want to stir up old quarrels.

Another aeroplane,
another sunny place.
I'm lucky I know,
but I wanna go home.
I've got to go home.

"We travelled together for some time, but then, as always, we parted ways. I travelled alone again. But before we said goodbye, he told me that while I was in the country, to watch out for a group called... oh, I don't remember... what was it? Ah, yes, he called them Nanos. I didn't really understand what he meant, but I remembered it.

Let me go home
I'm just too far from where you are
I wanna come home

"So I travelled alone some more. I stayed in a little, hospitable town who needed help with their harvest for the winter. Some bandits attacked the town, but the town had a militia and I had Ragnell. Naturally, the bandits didn't take much away from that battle. The people of the town offered me a place to stay, a home. One of the men of the village wanted to wed his daughter to me. She was a friendly girl, but I still remembered, still missed you. So I said no, and was on my way again.

And I feel just like I'm living someone else's life,
it's like I just stepped outside
when everything was going right.

"After a while, I came upon another city. It wasn't the capital, but it was... sort of the centre of the country anyway. It was certainly the most alive. It smelled at times, and was dirty and disgusting, the back streets were dark and full of idiot thieves. It was, I must say, never boring.

And I know just why you could not
Come along with me
'Cause this was not your dream
But you always believed in me

"I got a job for a few months there, to get some travelling funds. It was over, and I was about to be on my way again. I got a letter, delivered to me by a little marketplace boy. It was from Roy. In it he said that the Nanos had finally caught up to him, that he couldn't escape this time. Now he explained why he was being hunted. He knew all about them, and they didn't like that. They worked through secrecy, but Roy had the power to tell the world and have them destroyed, and plus he had something they wanted. His sword. He said the Sun God blessed it and gave it the power of fire, and to open doors no key could. He said he needed my help. He had left his sword in a vault in the city, and he had sent me the key and code to open it. He wanted me to destroy it.

"From talking to the little boy and some research, I found where Roy was being held. So I broke him out. 'Come back to Tellius with me' I said. 'you'll be safe there.' But he didn't want to. He said he would take his sword and go far, far away, further than Tellius, somewhere he wouldn't endanger anyone. So we went to the harbour. Roy's sister had a ship that she gave him, and we sailed to another place, somewhere far away. Roy liked it there, and he greatly loved a girl we met there. So that was where he stayed. He told me to take the boat and return to Tellius. I wanted to, very much. I missed my home and had enough adventure, and I missed you greatly. But I had somewhere to go first.

Another winter day
has come and gone away.
In even Paris and Rome,
I wanna go home
Let me go home.

"I returned to the continent with the Nanos on it. I took all the secrets that Roy had told me he had discovered about them, and wrote them in a letter to a powerful mage, Roy's uncle, who had given him the sword and was an enemy of the Nanos. Then I turned my prow toward Tellius, toward home.

And I'm surrounded by
A million people, I
Still feel all alone.
Oh, let me go home,
oh, I miss you, you know.

"It was a long sail. I had to operate the boat by myself, and there was a storm on the way, and my boat broke. I stopped at an island to repair my boat and replenish my supplies. Then, I came straight back to Tellius and came to see you. I had brought you a gift... but it sank when my ship was broken."

"That's alright," said Sanaki. "It doesn't matter. I'm just glad you've returned."

Let me go home,
I've had my run,
baby, I'm done,
I gotta go home.
Let me go home,
it will all be all right,
I'll be home tonight.
I'm coming back home.

They leaned against each other, savouring the peace of being together at last. Story told, Ike was quite willing to let Sanaki do the talking.

"Ike," said Sanaki. "These nanos. What did they really do, besides kidnap your friend?"

"That's the thing. They were-"

Ike's words were interrupted by a low voice from behind the two of them. "I'm sorry, but that information is not available to you at this time, lady Sanaki." The hooded person turned to Ike. "I can see you love her. We will leave her alone if you co operate, but should you choose to fight, she might get... injured in the struggle. Surrender, and I won't have to hurt anyone."