Ze Fifth Chapteer
Lemuria, Lallivero, and Ethan
IOE: Hello! Been a while. Um, this didn't update on schedule because of my Seattle trip. Anyway, we encounter our first "boss", so to speak, in this chapter, and I'm very excited about it because I love to write for perverts.
Ivan: (eyetwitch) Perverts? Bosses? Is Feizhi in this chapter?
Feizhi: Drop dead or you'll be zapped.
Hsu: No zapping.
Feizhi: Shut up. Where's Flotsam?
IOE: Somewhere safe. Now, please enjoy this chapter, and thank you for reviewing my story, Fehize (gives cookies). Disclaimer: I do not own Golden Sun. Please enjoy, cause this is my baby.
After a few minutes of waiting, Mia joined her friends at the gate. She was so frustrated that someone would try to kill Isaac. In fact, Mia couldn't remember the last time she'd been frustrated at something, having always been patient and kind.
But why would they do this? she thought, searching for some sort of reason for them specifically targeting Isaac, instead of Isaac and Felix, or all of the Adepts involved in saving Weyard.
"Uh…Mia, are you planning on coming?" asked Garet. Mia's mind came back to the world, and saw that her companions were all standing together. Ivan was holding the Teleport Lapis.
Her cheeks flushed.
"I'm terribly sorry!" she exclaimed, and rushed over to them.
Ivan muttered 'Teleport,' and they were swallowed by the swirling colors. The colors quickly disappeared, and Mia suddenly felt an odd sensation in her legs. She looked down. Everyone was standing in the magical fountain in Lemuria Plaza!
"Ivan!" Jenna and Garet said together angrily.
"I'm sorry," the Jupiter Adept said, "I meant to land us in front of the fountain."
"Well, this is quite an interesting way to enter Lemuria, I must say that," said Master Hamma, walking to the edge of the fountain. Mia chuckled and followed her.
They were out of the fountain. Mia, Jenna, and Hamma wrung their robes and skirts out, while Felix and Garet stared at Ivan as though he had just stolen something. Suddenly, Mia heard a chorus of hearty laughter.
Jenna glowered.
"I hope that jackass falls off a cliff," she said.
A familiar man with blue hair was headed towards them, still laughing.
"Shut up!" roared Jenna.
Piers managed to stop laughing.
"I'm sorry," he said, "but nothing amusing has occurred for days, and that was funny to see."
"We understand," said Hamma, smiling serenely.
"Yes, so, what brings you to Lemuria? Visiting?" asked Piers, half smiling. Mia noticed a gold badge pinned to his chest. She also noticed that he was dressed in fine clothing, but kept the bandana around his head.
"We can explain later," said Mia gently, "but what's that, Piers?" She pointed to the badge.
Piers grinned.
"When I returned to Lemuria, its glory was already beginning to restore itself. Look around, can you see?" he asked.
The Adepts looked around, and sure enough, Mia noticed that the people looked lively again. A man, for example, was walking east, with a book in his arms and a hum in his throat. Mia also noticed that the buildings seemed less old and crumbly, but now saw that they seemed newer, and almost shone in the sunlight. The dusty gray they had once been was more like silver now.
"Yes, and then what?" asked Jenna, now interested.
"Well, King Hydros summoned me immediately and I told him about all of the things we'd seen and done after leaving Lemuria, and he was very interested. So, to reward me for my efforts, he made me Town Hero, and his personal advisor. He said that if I ever saw you all again, he had a special reward for you as well," he said.
"Wow. That's really great, Piers," said Garet, grinning. Jenna and Mia nodded, smiling.
"Do you want to see him now?" asked Piers. The Adepts looked at each other, shrugging.
"Great! Let's go!" he said eagerly, leading them to the palace.
Once the Adepts saw the palace, they all gasped at once. The palace was no longer gray at all. In fact, it was a strong blue, with golden statues everywhere of all sorts of creatures; Mermaids, humans, gulls, fish, and other creatures. Each statue was spewing water into its own private pond, filled with gold fish.
"How-" Felix started to say, but Piers answered the question he knew Felix was going to ask.
"Master artisans and Adepts worked night and day on this. It is absolutely beautiful, isn't it?" he asked.
"I'm moving here. Now." Jenna said. Piers chuckled, and led them inside. The guards smiled and nodded to them as they passed.
Finally, they reached the throne room. The guard let them pass when Piers explained that the King had ordered him to bring the "Saviors" (Piers explained that Lemurians had taken to calling his friends by that) to him as soon as they entered Lemuria.
Kind Hydros was staring at the staircase, deep in thought, when Piers cleared his throat a bit. Hydros turned around, and his face brightened upon seeing the Adepts.
"Piers! Jenna, Felix, Mia, Ivan, Garet, and…" his face fell.
"Master Hamma, sir," said Hamma, curtsying. The King nodded, and bowed himself.
"They just arrived," explained Piers. Hydros nodded.
"I'm terribly sorry for the water that's followed us. I made a mistake when I teleported us here," said Ivan apologetically.
King Hydros smiled.
"It is fine. But now, I wish to reward you for not only saving my city, but for saving all of Weyard." he said, and clapped his hands three times.
Several servants came out of doors from upstairs, eight of them, carrying chests, which they set down in the middle of the room. The 'thud'-ing sound the chests made echoed throughout the large room.
Hydros raised his eyebrows.
"Wait…there are eight chests, yet only seven of you." said he, surveying the Adepts.
Piers turned to his friends.
"Yes, where are Sheba and Is-" and then it dawned on him.
"Something bad has happened," he said. The Adepts nodded anxiously.
Felix sighed, and took the time to explain what had happened. When he finished, Hydros and Piers looked very solemn.
"That is terrible. I will leave Lemuria to assist you immediately," said Piers, who then turned to King Hydros, "King Hydros, I plead for your permission to leave Lemuria. I think that it would be best to enjoy your generous gifts during less…woeful circumstances."
"He's so super serious now. I think I'm going to get a headache from all those big words," Jenna whispered to Garet, and they both held back laughter. Mia smiled nervously.
Hydros nodded.
"Of course. My servants shall take care of your belongings straight away. Please make yourselves comfortable, meanwhile," he said, and turned to the servants, who nodded, and carried away the chests.
Moments later, they returned with chairs, and set them down in the room. The Adepts sat in them, with Hydros' encouragement. Hydros then apologized, as he had to attend to matters elsewhere in the palace.
"So…" Garet said nervously, twiddling his thumbs.
"Do you live in the palace now, Piers?" asked Master Hamma.
Piers nodded, smiling.
"King Hydros is very kind, and he's taken quite a liking to me. I…I think…" he said, swallowing. Something was upsetting him.
"What's wrong?" asked Ivan.
"I think he's going to adopt me," he said quietly.
"That's wonderful!" said Mia. She knew that Piers' mother's heart had given out while he was away, making him an orphan.
"But, Piers, you're a grown man." said Garet bluntly. Felix, Ivan, Master Hamma, and Mia smiled nervously. Jenna pulled Garet close.
"You idiot, stop being an insensitive ass!" she hissed through gritted teeth.
"What?" he asked slowly. Jenna smacked her face and let go of Garet.
Piers cleared his throat.
"Well, in Lemurian culture, I'm not…technically a man yet…." he said.
"Oh, so you're not too old then, eh?" Jenna asked, with a smirk. Felix coughed.
"Um…it's not entirely age…."
"Then what-"
"Isn't it a beautiful day?" Ivan asked quickly, changing the subject.
"Absolutely beautiful." said Piers, gazing out the windows with admiration.
"Piers," said Felix, glancing at the servants working to organize the bags they;d brought down, "Is all of this necessary?"
He nodded.
"If we're going to use my ship, yes. A lot of those things are maps and such. New islands have sprung up out of the ocean since the Golden Sun rose. We also think that some of the continents have already expanded." he said.
"Incredible," said Mia, blinking in amazement, thinking about new islands like Apojii being closer to her home.
Felix sighed.
"Well, alright," he said. Piers smiled.
A servant timidly bowed before them.
"Everything is ready, sir. We are about to carry them to the ship." she said.
"Please, allow me, and don't bother with cleaning the ship or anything. Your services here are no longer necessary." Piers said kindly. The servant bowed, and rushed off with the others elsewhere.
Piers rose, and walked over to the luggage, taking three bags in his arms.
"Let me get that, Piers," said Hamma, rising and heading to the bag. Piers nodded thanks, and headed out the door. Mia, Hamma, and the rest followed.
As they walked through the streets of Lemuria, people stopped to wave or bow to them, and Mia noticed that once they passed, people whispered excitedly to each other.
Suddenly, Piers stopped.
"He's coming," he said quietly.
"What? Who?" asked Jenna.
Suddenly, Jenna's question was answered with a cry from not to far away.
"Piers! Piers! Piers, Piers, Piers!"
Mia turned to see a boy somewhere in early adolescence zooming from atop a hill down to them, dust and disgruntled people in his wake.
The boy stopped right before Piers. Mia could now see that the boy had short, thick blue hair with silver streaks, and a scar on his cheek. The boy had a defiant look on his face.
Piers sighed.
"Nathaniel, I am in a hurry," he said.
"I can see that. Piers, let me come with you!" the boy, Nathaniel demanded.
"Absolutely not. Leave." Piers said sternly. His golden eyes flashed a bit.
"No. I'm not a kid; I can do what I want." Nathaniel said, returning Piers' stern glare.
"You are a child. Please step aside," said Piers, taking a step forward. Nathaniel sighed, and stepped aside, and the company continued forward.
"At least tell me what you're doing!" Nathaniel called after them.
"I won't be able to make you stay at home if I do." Piers called back, continuing down a flight of steps.
"Oh, let him go, Piers. The more Mercury Adepts the better." said Jenna, shrugging.
"He's a child of fifteen and-"
"Fifteen? Ivan and Sheba were sixteen when they joined us, right, Ivan?" asked Garet, looking at the Jupiter Adept.
Ivan did not answer. Instead, he scowled.
"Garet, Jenna, I think Piers knows what he's doing. Just leave it," he said.
They made it to the ship, and climbed aboard. The ship seemed a little less grand than it had been before. Mia guessed that it was just because it hadn't been used for a while.
They climbed aboard, and Piers opened one of his bags, pulling out a very familiar black orb.
Red energy erupted from it, and the ship seemed more alive. The wood on the door to the cabin shifted a little bit, which Mia found to be eerie. Piers put the orb near the head of the ship, and then walked inside the cabin, setting down his bags.
"I'll be navigating," he said, emerging from the cabin.
"I'll be look-out." Jenna said suddenly.
"Alright, then. Let's head to Lallivero, Piers!" called Felix.
Piers took his position, turned the ship, and they were off.
Meanwhile, Isaac and Kiri were carefully making their way towards the thing Isaac saw.
Kiri stopped, and squinted.
"It's a wooden door," she said.
"What? A wooden door?" asked Isaac, squinting as well.
It was true. Sure enough, there was a wooden door. There was a sign on it, but Isaac couldn't understand the writing.
"Kiri, what does the sign on it say?" he asked.
Kiri squinted harder. It almost looked as though her eyes were closed.
"'Ethan of Illzero's Fabulous Love Shack.' Isaac, what's a Love Shack?" she asked innocently.
"Um, Kiri, maybe we should take a different tunnel. This one seems…dangerous…." said Isaac.
"What? Alright, but can you hold the torch? My arm's getting tired." she said.
And then there was a growl. Isaac and Kiri whipped around to see a large shape in the dark, too far away from the torch's light to be seen.
"Um…Isaac…what is that?" asked Kiri. There was another growl, and the shape leaped. Kiri screamed, and ran for the door.
Isaac flipped around.
"Kiri!" he ran after her.
Kiri dashed to the door and shoved it open, dashing inside. Isaac was right behind her, and slammed the door shut.
Isaac looked around.
The room was dim, lit only with candles giving off a strange scent. The room was also small, and on the wall opposite of the one Isaac and Kiri were in front of, there was an enormous canopy bed, filled with pillows and lovely sheets.
"Kiri, get out of the way of the door. That thing is going to break through this door at any moment," ordered Isaac, and Kiri silently obeyed.
Isaac pulled out his sword, and moved four feet away from the door, ready to attack. He heard the giant beast charging. It was getting closer and closer…and then…
There was a loud whimper, and the sound of enormous feet walking away. Isaac sighed with relief, and then looked at Kiri. A bit of her clothing poked out from under a long, magenta tablecloth covering a small table.
"Kiri-"
A door Isaac hadn't noticed opened. A man, taller and possibly older than Isaac, dressed in a white robe, had entered.
He had shoulder-length, deep blue hair (which was wet) and indigo eyes. The man blinked when he saw Isaac. He smiled.
"Ah, my dear, have you ventured here? Probably brought here by my men living in these caves. Please believe they will be reprimanded for their behavior. But, please, you are tired. Feel free to rest of my comfortable, warm bed," he said, gesturing to it.
Isaac made a face of discomfort.
"I take it you're the descendant of Illzero. Is there a way out of here?" he asked.
Ethan made a look of horror, realizing that Isaac was, in fact, not a woman.
"Filthy queer! Leave this place at once! I ought to-"
"What did you call me?" asked Isaac, brandishing his sword.
"So you wish to fight, eh? I am Ethan of Illzero! I have inherited the mighty Illzero's powers! You haven't a chance!" Ethan laughed. He extended his arm.
Isaac readied himself, waiting for Ethan to call a spell, but he didn't.
Suddenly, an enormous force of water threw Isaac against the wall, pushing, pushing, pushing. Isaac realized the water wasn't relenting, and he couldn't breathe or move. This was what it was like to drown. And it was much worse than when the man had attacked him earlier.
"-stream!"
The water fell to the ground, and Isaac gasped for air. He turned to see that Kiri had emerged from under the table, and used her Psynergy to push Ethan into a wall using Jetstream.
"Uranus bitch!" he screamed, and lifted his arm, but Isaac called:
"Clay spire!" and two stalagmites fell on Ethan.
Ethan cried out, and extended both arms.
The wooden door burst open, and water from the room he had come from came to the room and charged towards Isaac and Kiri.
But Isaac was ready. He ducked under the water and leapt on Ethan, putting his sword to his throat.
"Stop the water stuff. It's annoying." he said, growling.
Ethan eyed the sword, and then Isaac. He nodded. And kicked Isaac with enough force to throw him off.
"Jetstream!" called Kiri, and the force of air came back.
"Mother Gaia!" called Isaac.
The two Psynergies gave Ethan a terrible beating. He panted.
"You're good," he said. He spread his fingers out and groaned.
An enormous force of water came, and shattered the door. Wooden splinters flew everywhere. Isaac covered his eyes.
"Isaac, the room's filling with water! We've gotta get out of these tunnels!" Kiri cried, and she was correct. The room was filling with water at an alarming rate. She dashed for the door Ethan had come from, but he lifted his hand, and some water pushed her away.
Isaac took a deep breath. The door Ethan had come from might not be a way out. But there was a hole in the tunnel they had come from. Isaac could only pray that the beast had left the tunnel. He sunk below the water's surface and swam towards the place where the wooden door had been. He reached the door way, and attempted to fight the relentless current of water that Ethan was using to flood his own love shack. He ran out of breath, and rose, pushing past the stream of water. He called for Kiri.
"No!" cried Ethan, realizing that Isaac had left the room, and headed towards the doorway.
"Jetstr-aah!" Kiri must have been struck by water.
Isaac charged back into the room. He saw Ethan swaying back and forth. Isaac realized he was getting tired. He would soon use up all of his energy and faint. What he was doing wasn't exactly Psynergy, and thus probably drew on his own strength. Isaac saw Kiri, lying face-down in the rising water. Isaac dashed for her, but Ethan wasn't going to give up.
The water, now stinking of fish, rose and smacked Isaac in the face. He tasted salt from the saltwater.
Isaac used the flat side of his sword to hit Ethan on the head. Ethan's eyes rolled back into his head, and he fell over, unconscious. The water stopped rising, and began to drain out of the doorway.
Isaac seized Kiri, and found her staff lying nearby. He picked that up, too, and headed into the tunnel again. He saw a hole in the ceiling, and stood under it. It was night now, and moonlight spilled through the hole. Isaac lifted Kiri, and pushed her through the hole, and onto the ground above. Then he shoved her staff through the hole. Isaac then sheathed his sword, readied himself, and jumped. He reached out his arms in midair and grabbed a hold of the edge of the hole. He climbed to the surface, and looked around. About a sixth of a league away were lights, a town.
Isaac decided that he and Kiri would see if there was an inn there. He knelt over Kiri and put his hands over her chest.
"Revive," he whispered, and golden light flowed from his hands into Kiri. Her eyes fluttered open.
"What are you doing?" she asked, blinking.
"Waking you up. You fainted." he replied.
"Oh," she said, and looked around.
"Where are we?" she asked, and yawned.
Isaac stood up.
"Above the caves. I knocked Ethan out, grabbed you and your staff, and then got us through a hole in the tunnel we came through. Come on, let's head to that town over there." Isaac said. He lent Kiri his hand, and pulled her up, and then bent down to get her staff, which he handed to her.
Slowly, they walked in the direction of the town.
"Isaac?" asked Kiri, yawning again, "Is a Love Shack a fancy room?"
"Um…yeah…." Isaac said, looking away.
"Oh."
IOE: And thus the chapter ends! This one was fun to write. Well, guys, school is tomorrow, and school means more organized for me. The updates should be just about every week, except from when I go to San Francisco. Well, I hope you enjoyed it! Please read and review!
Flotsam: (And save me!)
Feizhi: AHA! I SHALL FIND YOUUUU! (zooms off)
Hsu: (sweatdrop)
Ivan: I have better things to do than this. (walks away)