(Isaac and Mia still embracing)

Link: Uhhhhhhhhhhhh.....how long are they going to be like that?

Who knows.... (Shrugs) Thanks to the people who reviewed and a note. For those who read these author notes-

Link: Which are completely uncalled for.

(Clears throat) Like I was saying, and are concerned for what I said-

Link: You mean about ki-

(Covers his mouth) I told you NEVER talk about that!

(Isaac and Mia look at us) Isaac: What was that?

Nothing!!! ^__^ Absolutely nothing!!! Nothing to concern yourself over!!!

(Link mutters something because my hand is still over his mouth)

Isaac and Mia: Riiiiiiiiiiggggggghhhhhhhttttttt.................... (They return to embracing each other and kissing)

Like I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, no need to worry...just yet....that'll happen in another story. That is if the next two are such a success as this one!!!

Link: Right, so.....

I believe that's all....oh disclaimer.

Link: She doesn't-(stops.) don't you think they would know by now tha-

Just say it!

Link: Fine, fine touchy!!! She doesn't own Golden Sun.

Chapter 6 Reunion

Isaac's group waited in the empty house at the edge of the town. Ivan was sitting closest to the door. He was twirling his Crystal Rod in one hand. Garet was pacing the floor, if he did it long enough he would create a nice divot in it, right through the multi colored rug. Isaac was standing at the edged of the rug with his angel in his arms. She was humming a lullaby that her mother used to sing before she passed away.

The door opened, revealing Felix and his group. They quickly filed in taking their place opposite of Isaac. Jenna glanced at Isaac and her again. The same feelings sprung anew.

"I'm glad you came Felix." Isaac said, as soon as they were all situated.

"All right, let's hear what he has to say for himself!" Garet stated, straight to the point.

"What can he say Isaac," Jenna answered, almost stumbling over his name. Her mind half concentrated half not. "Has Felix ever harmed you? Fought against you?"

Sheba spoke in Felix's defense now, "He's been avoiding you, but he never had any intention of fighting you or anything...."

Mia looked square at Felix, sizing him up. "He helped us out back at the Jupiter Lighthouse, don't forget."

"True," Ivan said. "Isaac and Garet have been worrying about Jenna nonstop. How could she run away like that?"

Picard took a step forward, drawing attention, "She was afraid that if we met, we would be forced to fight...She didn't want that."

Isaac bowed his head in shame for not even once considering that fact. "I know that, now..." He looked back up, "But that doesn't explain why you're doing this..."

Kraden cleared his throat all of the attention turned to him. "Felix betrayed his hometown, Vale...That's why he hasn't been able to face you, Isaac." The scholar walked to the front of the room, between the two groups, "Felix had hoped to play the villain alone, without getting Jenna or me involved..."

"He betrayed Vale? Kraden what are you talking about?" Garet asked.

"Have you forgotten Garet?" Kraden asked, mentally sighing at his slowness. "He conspired to steal the Elemental Stars and fire the beacons of the four lighthouses."

"That's what Saturos and Menardi were trying to do..." Mia spoke.

"Why were you helping them?" Ivan inquired.

Before Felix could answer his sister did, "Our parents' lives were at stake! We had to help!!"

Garet and Isaac gasped at the news. Garet was the fist to recover, "Parents? But...your parents died three years ago, in that storm..."

Kraden shook his head slowly, "That night, Saturos and his men had raided Sol Sanctum...The storm was their doing."

"Garet, you saw two strangers that night-Saturos and Menardi," Jenna explained further. "They were the only survivors of Saturos's raiding party."

Isaac and Garet were tossed into shock for the second time so far. Kraden continued, "They had failed to solve the mystery of Sol Sanctum. In doing so, they triggered the storm."

"Everyone thought that you were killed by that boulder Felix," Jenna led off topic. "I can't tell you how glad I was to find you alive!" She wrapped her arms around him for a quick hug, and then backed off.

"In fact, nobody was killed by the boulder that day!" Kraden stated with a large smile.

"So that means..." Isaac slightly frowned, deciding if what he heard really meant that...

Ivan spoke to confirm the statement Kraden just said, "Wait a minute...Did you just say nobody was killed by that boulder?"

Mia looked at Isaac's face. "But what about Isaac's dad? And Jenna and Felix's parents? I thought they'd died that day!"

"I'm not so sure now..." her love looked straight at Kraden.

"Yes! If Felix survived, Kyle and the others have as well..." Karden's smiled widened, if possible.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Mia looked to Felix now, "We could have worked together to save your parents, couldn't we?

Felix shook his head. "They were too powerful at that time."

Ivan nodded, "He's right. It would have been impossible."

"There's more to it than that. He had another reason to light the lighthouse beacons," Kraden said. His smile faded into a frown, "Unless the lighthouse beacons are all lit, Weyard will eventually be destroyed."

Isaac stared in confusion, "Destroyed? But...how? Why?"

Picard confirmed what Kraden said, "King Hydors, ruler of Lemuria, says that our world is steadily shrinking."

"What?!" Garet, Isaac, Mia, and Ivan, stared at them in shock.

"Elemental energy drives the growth of civilization. Without it, we and our world will wither." Sheba finished.

"All that because the lighthouses aren't illuminated?" Mia asked.

"According to my research, that seems to be the case." Kraden answered.

"But..." Garet enter the conversation, "once the lighthouses are all lit, you said the world would end anyway!"

"That might be true, too...But if we do nothing, the world will definitely end."

"Wait for the end of the world to come or wind up accidentally triggering it ourselves...What a choice..." Isaac's grip tightened around Mia's waist. The Mercury Adept responded by squeezing his hands.

"Nothing is certain. There is no way to prevent the world from reaching its natural end." Kraden added. "However, we can fight to save the world from withering away due to the actions of men."

"And, Felix, you knew this? You were helping them because you knew what was happening?" Garet asked.

Felix nodded. "At first I was only lighting the lighthouses to save our parents. Later, as I traveled and met Picard, I discovered more of the truth."

"How?" Ivan asked. Another questioned tugged at his mind. "Picard, are you really from Lemuria?"

"Picard was wrongly accused of a crime. We cleared his name, and in return he promised to take us to Lemuria."

"Yes," Picard answered. "I am a Lemurian."

"But why did you leave your home?" Mia asked this time.

"King Hydors sent me on a quest. A quest to see if our suspicions were true. Our hypothesis was that the world was slowly shrinking. We were able to confirm this by the map I had kept through my travels."

Isaac frowned at his fellow adept, "Felix, why did you wait so long to tell me? I would have helped you..."

Kraden shook his head once more, "You wouldn't have done it before, Isaac...It would have meant violating the sacred teachings of Vale."

"Now that we know all of this, shouldn't we be going?" a familiar voice to one and all rang.

"Hamma!" Mia smiled warmly.

"Hello again..." Hamma nodded in acknowledgement. Her violet eyes rested on Isaac and Mia briefly.

"Hamma! You...know Isaac? And his companies too?" Kraden blinked a few times.

"We met at the temple on the edge of the Lamakan Desert..." Isaac explained just as she said, "I'm Hamma, descendant of the Anemos."

All nine companies stared at her in disbelief. New respect flushed their eyes. "I was born in Contigo, and I inherited the power of the Anemos."

"Hey..." Garet said, "We just got into Contigo, and we found out this is where Ivan was born!"

"Yes," Mia nodded, "We also learned that he's got a sister!"

Sheba locked eyes with Hamma, "Sister...You don't mean..."

Hamma slightly frowned, but it was there in a flash and gone, "That would be me, yes."

Ivan took a step forward. Questions raced his mind that needed, wanted, answers. Hamma held a hand out. "Not now, Ivan...This isn't the time." She saw the deep sadness in his eyes because of her quick rejection. His violet eyes burned suddenly.

"Why not!?" He almost shouted. "Why tell me now of all times!? Why didn't you say anything at the temple!?" His sister remained silent so he continued, "You have said nothing over these past years. If you're not going to answer those questions I want, no, I deserve an explanation."

"Oh do you," Hamma raised a lavender eyebrow. "Do you really deserve my answer after that out burst? Do you deserve it when you have the fate of Weyard is resting in your hands and you reject it out of your mind for personal gains?"

A deadly silence fell over the house. The younger Jupiter Adept lowered his head in shame. She was right. He was being selfish when Weyard was the most important topic at hand. But he couldn't help himself....

Hamma slowly shook her head her eyes focused on his small frame. "Ivan, if I had come to you earlier you would be searching answers to questions unattainable at that time. You never would have met Isaac, and he in turn would never have gotten this far. In fact if you had never met Isaac, Garet, or Mia, Saturos and Menardi would have succeeded in lighting the three lighthouses in half the time that Agatio and Karst have."

She gave a small smile, "Ivan, I'm sorry I had to be harsh." Hamma walked closer to him. When she was in front of him, she rested her hands on his slim shoulders. Ivan looked up, his matching violet eyes on the verge of tears. "Listen, when this is all done how about you and I share two whole days and I'll tell you everything I remember of mother and father. Is that alright? Brother?"

Ivan stared at his one and only sister. "Brother..." two single tears rolled down his cheeks. "Yes," and he embraced her. Hamma returned it. She had long waited for this day when she and he would be reunited as family, not strangers, not friends, but family. Hamma slowly pulled away and turned to the others, one arm on her young brother.

"Three lighthouses have been lit..." the older Jupiter Adept started. "The elements have been thrown out of balance. Jupiter is growing stronger, and the north grows colder with every passing moment. You must hurry to Mars Lighthouse. Ignite its beacon, before all of Weyard freezes..."

Jenna was the first to speak, "Mars Lighthouse? Agatio has the Mars Star. He's on his way to light it now!"

Hamma was surrounded by blue rings as she used Psynergy to look at Agatio and the Mars Lighthouse. "I doubt they will be able to light the Mars beacon...."

Picard now questioned her, "Why's that?"

More rings of Psynergy wrapped around her. "There is a powerful force that does not want to see Mars rekindled. You will fail as well...unless you pool your strengths together and fight as one."

Kraden jumped, "This is bad. We have to go...now!!"

"I had hoped that you would feel that way..." Master Hamma smiled at the old man's energy. "I've prepared a gift for you, to aid you on your way to Mars Lighthouse. I must leave you now, but we will meet at the inlet." She turned to leave and flashed a smile at Ivan.

As soon as she was gone Jenna took the chance to pick up where they left off. "I'm sorry we left Venus Lighthouse without seeing you...I'm sorry for making you worry..." She saw Isaac and Garet nod to her apology. She quickly flashed a smile and turned to her brother. "Maybe when this is all over, we can all go on a trip together."

"Hey, Jenna, you sure seem calm, considering that we're racing to meet our enemies..." Sheba laughed, everyone's spirits lifting.

Mia gave a sigh, "I'm just relieved that we've sorted our differences..."

Picard gave a nod. "Me too...We could not have stood divided against a common foe."

"Yeah, I guess I'm a little happy that we're not going to have to beat Felix up." Garet frowned.

"And what's that supposed to mean!?" Jenna glared at him. "Are you saying you wanted to kill my brother!?"

Before the argument could take the path towards broken bones and burns Isaac cut them off. "Listen, this is your quest Felix...We're just doing what we can to help out..."

Jenna gave a huff of air and turned to Felix, "Aren't you happy?"

"Yes," Felix smiled at his baby sister.

"Everything's finally come together...This is how it was meant to be, Felix." Kraden reassured. "But Hamma's waiting for us. Let's go to our ship!"

As the nine made their way to the ship Sheba asked a question directed to Isaac and the others. "How did you get here anyway?"

"We came by the ship Babi gave us." Ivan answered.

"Babi?" Picard asked. "He gave away the Lemurian ship?"

"Yes, he gave it to us so we would find Lemuria for him." Isaac answered. "He was running dangerously low on drout."

"This is great we have two ships!" Jenna exclaimed.

"Well..." Ivan hesitated. "Not really."

"What!?" Felix, Jenna, Sheba, and Picard asked all at the same time.

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That was long!!!!!!!!!

Link: It's not that long.

Oh shut up....

Link: But it really wasn't!!

Hey I typed in front of my computer for thirty minutes with my Gameboy Advance's batteries running!!!

Link: Thirty minutes....yeah that's real long.....

Shut up. So, yeah sorry Felix didn't talk much. I hope I got the thing Babi needs right. You know the "drout" thing, potion....whatever it's called.....

Isaac: So what happened to the ship?

Mia: Don't know. The producers never put that in the game.

Isaac: I wonder why...

Link: Cheap? Maybe it was just too much graphics to do...or maybe-

Oh, stop on the theories would you? Besides, I'm on the job!! ^__^

Isaac and Mia: o__o That's what we're afraid of!!!

Hey come on!! I did a pretty good job with the whole Jupiter Lighthouse thing if I do say so myself.

Isaac: That's your opinion.

Hey!!!!

Mia: How much longer must we suffer!?

One or two more chapters.

Isaac and Mia: YAY!!! FREEDOM IS COMING!!!!!!!

Geez, aren't you guys sorry to leave... (Rolls eyes)