Chaptere au Six

A Good Night's Sleep and the Company Completed

IOE: ('My Immortal' by Evanescence playing. Yeah, I play music while I write. It prevents writer's block.) Hey, guys. Ignira here, updating the fic. Hopefully, this will arrive on time. Fehize: Thanks for reviewing again. Hey, who doesn't love Love Shacks and cursing chicks? (Bakes cupcakes for everyone who reads this)

Feizhi: (sings along to My Immortal and tries to dance sensually)

Flotsam: (gets stepped on)

IOE: I hate apologizing for late updates. So, yeah, school started. Suckiness major.

Disclaimer: I do not own Golden Sun, nor did I in the last chapter. Nor do I own Evanescence, Mars rest its soul, or the song 'My Immortal.' Damn, I love that song. And I'm not responsible for any injuries that little Flotsam may sustain.

Anyway, here's the fic. Please enjoy and review.

"Uuuuugh…."

"Echhhh…"

Felix turned the corner of the cabin to see Jenna and Garet both leaning over the side of the ship, faces green. He felt bad for them; those two usually got seasick. It wasn't because they were Mars Adepts, as Felix remembered Saturos and Menardi enjoying sailing more than walking.

His mind wandered, remembering them, traveling with them, and fulfilling his promise to the end to protect Sheba. It had been the last time he'd seen them before they had died.

And then he realized.

"Jenna, you're supposed to be look-out!" he scolded, and turned to the ladder that led up to where his sister was supposed to be.

"Ugh…Ivan's covering for me…." she said.

Just then, Ivan and Master Hamma emerged from the cabin.

"Felix, I was wondering…" Ivan started to say.

Felix turned back to his sister, who's head still remained over the ocean.

"…after we get Sheba…"

"Or maybe it was Hamma…I forget…."

"?"

"She's right there."

"…Where do we start looking for the Order of Olympus?"

"Mia?"

The Mercury Adept turned around from the rail on the other side of the ship she had been gazing over.

"Yes?" she asked, blinking.

Felix crossed his arms.

"Jenna, you're a little old to be doing this," he said, and turned to Ivan and Hamma.

"Let's try Kalay to see if they went through there. If not, then Vault. If not Vault, then Lunpa. If they haven't been seen in any of those, then your guess is as good as mine," he said.

Ivan sighed, and turned to his sister. They blinked at each other silently. Felix understood that they were telepathically communicating. Hamma shook her head. Ivan frowned.

"We can't use psychic ability to track them-scrying-it's too powerful for our skill. Once we get Sheba, we may be able to, though." he said.

Felix nodded.

"Alright, then."

And he headed to the ladder leading to the Crow's Nest (A/N: I think that's the name for the lookout's post). He started to climb the ladder, but then Jenna tried to run to him and say something. However, he heard a wretching noise, and she returned to her previous spot. He continued climbing up the ladder, and reached the little basket look out's stood in.

Splsh!

Felix blinked, and looked down to the ship.

"Did you hear that?" he called.

"There's a boy in the water!" cried Mia, and pointed. Hamma and Ivan rushed to her side of the boat. Felix pulled out his spyglass and put the small lens to his eye, peering down to where Mia had pointed.

The Adepts, except for Piers, who was busy steering the ship, and the seasick Mars Adepts, gasped, to see briefly the form of a blue and silver-haired boy come to the surface, and started to say:

"Gi-"

But he saw that he had been spotted, and stopped. He began to tread water instead, realizing that he had been caught. He groaned, and reached his left arm down, then muttered something.

A force of water forced it's way out of the sea, propelling the boy onto the ship.

He groaned again as he landed on his backside. Felix recognized the boy as Nathaniel, the youth from Lemuria.

Felix shook his head and put down the spyglass. He climbed down the ladder to the deck of the ship. He walked over to Nathaniel, who was helped up by Hamma.

Nathaniel didn't look too pleased that he was caught. His eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and his mouth was frowning.

Piers turned the side of his head to see what was going on, and then let go of the wheel. He stormed to Nathaniel, who lowered his head.

"Nathaniel, what are you doing here? I told you to stay home! Do you know how worried they must be at home? You just didn't think, did you? You thought 'To Hell with it, I've gotta do what I want!' You aren't even an adult! You have no respect for your elders-"

Mia laid a hand on the Lemurian's shoulder.

"Piers, if I may, you may be taking it a little far," she said carefully. Piers took a deep breath, and turned to Ivan.

"Ivan, if you would please teleport Nathaniel back to-"

Kssshhht! Clunk!

Jenna and Garet stood, and began to dance. The rest of the Adepts looked around. The ship had hit a beach, and was now sitting in the middle of sand.

Felix chuckled.

"That's what happens when there's no lookout."

Piers shook his head.

"That's odd. I didn't see any land, and I've been watching the ocean."

Jenna squinted. Felix noticed that she looked perfectly healthy now.

"I don't recognize this place. Where are we, Piers?" she inquired. Piers looked around, and walked into the cabin. Felix looked around now, too. There were plentiful fruit trees, and an immensely thick fog a little bit past them.

"He must be looking for maps," said Ivan, explaining why Piers had disappeared. The others nodded.

"You wanna check it out, Jenna?" asked Garet, and point at the land with his thumb.

Jenna frowned.

"It looks a little…creepy," she said.

"Aw, c'mon, we're Fire Adepts, and we've seen worse. Besides, I'll be with you," he said, hitting his ribs with one arm.

Jenna rolled her eyes.

"I feel so-o-o safe," she said. Garet gave her a look. He took her hand.

"Come on, let's look," he said. Jenna shrugged and went with him. They hopped over the edge of the boat and started walking.

"Better not disappear or something!" Felix hollered after them. Jenna and Garet laughed.

Hamma turned to Nathaniel.

"Jenna knew you'd snuck on board, didn't she?" she asked. Nathaniel nodded.

"But then she got seasick, and I had to stay up there hoping nobody'd come up. I had to sit in that thing, so I couldn't see land even if I wanted to." he said.

"Hmm," said Hamma.

"I think I'll help Piers with the maps and such; he must have an awful lot of them," said Mia, smiling, and she walked into the cabin.

"I'll see if they need any help," said Hamma, and she followed Mia.

There was silence.

"So, lucky you're here, eh? Mercury Adept?" Felix asked casually to Nathaniel.

Nathaniel shrugged.

"I guess. It's just that no one else can perform my type of Mercury Psynergy, and I can only use things connected with the sea. I must be rare or something."

The door to the cabin opened, and Hamma, Mia, and Piers emerged from it. Piers was carrying a large sheet of parchment.

"Apparently, we're where we need to be. I was going to go maybe a league or two past this and we wouldn't have known. Thankfully, I let go of the wheel long enough for it to steer itself here. There is now a peninsula jutting out from where Lalivero is. We can just walk there. It won't be far," he said, and set down the map on the floorboards.

It was a large shape with unfamiliar writing on it. Felix assumed that the writing was Lemurian. Piers pointed to the edge of the shape.

"That's where we are. And Lalivero is here," he said, and pointed to a part of the shape not too far away from where Piers had pointed to before.

"Ah, okay. So that would mean Garet and Jenna are heading in the right direction anyway," said Ivan, and the others nodded.

"Right," said Piers, rolling up the map, "Now all we have to do is walk straight."

He put the map away and joined the others.

Nathaniel brightened.

"Does this mean I'm coming, too?" he asked excitedly.

Piers sighed heavily and nodded. Nathaniel beamed.

"Okay, let's go!" he said, and jumped off the boat. He stood and waited for the others, who climbed over the edge carefully.

Nathaniel walked ahead of them with a cheerful stride. Felix couldn't help but smile at seeing Nathaniel's enthusiasm.

Suddenly, Garet and Jenna came into view. They ran from the fog to them. They stopped a few feet away from Nathaniel to catch their breath.

"Lalivero…" panted Garet. Jenna pointed to the fog.

"That way," she said.

"We know," said Felix and Hamma with amusement.

The Mars Adepts fell over and continued panting.

Piers threw back his head and laughed long and hard, his musical, clear laughter ringing.

"Flare," panted Jenna, and a flash of flame flew at Piers. Nathaniel started to laugh, and Piers laughed even harder.

The Mars Adepts caught their breath and stood up. They glared at Piers and Nathaniel.

"That was not funny," they said together. Piers and Nathaniel stopped laughing, and the company eventually started walking.

"It's not too far from here," said Jenna, as they entered the fog.

"We know," said Felix and Piers, who both chuckled a bit. Felix had almost forgotten the constant antics he and his friends went through. The feeling that it was just like old times was a very happy thought. Felix smiled.

Garet stopped and pointed towards the sky.

"Look," he said, and everyone did so. They gasped.

Babi Lighthouse had been finished.

Isaac lay awake, staring at the gloom of dark. Kiri had probably fallen asleep in the next room. The Venus Adept, meanwhile, couldn't find sleep. He had rolled over and over, and was certainly tired, but sleep refused to come. He sighed, and thought about the day's events.

He had met an odd cult. They said weird things. Hammet arrived, along with Ivan, Hamma, and a huge load of workers. He, Felix, Jenna, and Garet had tea with Ivan and Hamma. Garet had told him about his feelings for Jenna. The cult had showed up and tried to kill Isaac. Jenna had given Isaac an unwanted kiss. Isaac ended up in Erutun and met Kiri and Carver. The Wise One had appeared….

Isaac reflected on what the Wise One had said. What had he meant? What was so special about Isaac?

He went over the possible explanations in his head. He could have been some orphan kid found in the woods and adopted by his parents…but that was too unrealistic and made no sense. There could be some ancestor that was special in some way, but that sounded ridiculous, too.

Or something could have happened when the Golden Sun rose. Something in Isaac gave him a feeling that might be it. But why? How? Why not have something happen to his friends?

He rolled over and took a deep breath. That couldn't be it, then. Moonlight poured from the window onto his back. He stared into the darkness at the old wood, closed his eyes, and let sleep find its way to him.

Ivan stared up at the large, completed Babi Lighthouse. It was enormous. It started with one wide circle as a base, and then the layers above it got smaller. Each layer had windows. At the top was a large gap with a roof over it, presumably where the beacon was supposed to be.

He frowned, and bowed his head in pity for the Lalliveroans forced to work on the structure, even though the one who wanted it built for selfish reasons was dead. He blinked. If Babi was dead, why was it finished?

Once the beacon was in there, they might be able to find Lemuria and harass the Lemurians, but then again, they had no Lemurian boats. Very few mortals had surpassed the whirlpools. Lemuria was safe.

"Wow," breathed Mia. Felix nodded.

"What is that? It's huge," said Nathaniel, blinking at it.

"That is Babi Lighthouse, said Piers, an icy edge to his voice. Nathaniel frowned at the name 'Babi.' Babi wasn't a popular figure in Lemuria.

"It is constructed to pierce the fog protecting the Sea of Time in order to find us," said Piers, his voice now fully icy. He and Nathaniel stared angrily at the Lighthouse.

Ivan understood how they felt. He and Felix stepped forward at the same time. The others looked away from the lighthouse, and began to walk, too. Suddenly, Garet's head smacked into a tree that appeared out of the fog.

He cursed and clutched his head. Jenna, Nathaniel, and Piers laughed. Ivan smiled.

"It's so funny because that's the second time! I think it's the same tree!" Jenna said, bending over and clutching her sides.

"Pfft," said Mia, and she put a hand over her mouth to muffle and discourage laughing. She giggled a bit.

Ivan smiled. Garet roared at his friends to 'cut it out,' so they managed to stop.

Suddenly, laughter rang out through the fog. It echoed everywhere, eerily. The partial GS Crew froze, eyes wide.

Jenna pulled out her Masamune, ready to strike. Ivan looked around for the source of the laughter, preparing to use Psynergy. He saw his other friends ready. Nathaniel looked a little scared but mostly excited. Ivan could tell by his eyes.

A terrible force of wind suddenly came out, pushing itself into their faces. Mia cried out, and the wind stopped. More sinister laughter followed.

Suddenly-

"BOO!"

A short, blonde-haired girl leapt on Mia, who screamed as loud at she could and swung her sword over her head. The little girl cackled and jumped off the Mars Adept's back in time and landed in the middle of the group.

Sheba laughed, her laughter ringing everywhere as it had a minute ago.

Mia put her hand to her chest, as though she'd almost had a heart attack, and hyperventilated. She managed to smile and catch her breath.

"Sheba!" exclaimed Ivan, relived that it was his friend. Her voice echoed in his head as she smirked at him.

Hi Ivan.

Long time no see. He replied, smiling, remembering all of the telepathic conversations they used to have.

"God, you were so scary!" said Garet, laughing. Sheba smirked again and raised her eyebrows.

"I've learned a few tricks. Come on home, it's not far," she said, running forward.

"Hey!" called Ivan, running after her. Nathaniel, Garet, and Jenna ran, too, but Hamma, Felix, Mia, and Piers just walked after them.

For a few seconds, it was just more fog, and then, all of a sudden, it was clear, and Ivan saw that they had run into a dirt road leading to Lalivero. Sheba continued running, dust flying from her sandals, and the Mars Adepts, Nathaniel, and Ivan followed.

Sheba stopped right in front of Faran's house, beaming at them. They stopped and panted to catch their breath. Jenna gave Sheba a hug.

"Feels like its been months! Oh, wait, it has. Sorry," she said, and broke from the embrace.

"It's fine," she replied, "I understand. How have you been? Oh, and Babi Lighthouse is nearly finished, you know," She pointed. Jenna nodded.

"Been great, well, except…we need your help. Isaac's gone missing." She then explained what had happened in Vale, and why they had decided to get her, Mia, and Piers.

When Jenna had finished, Piers and the others had already caught up.

Sheba's happy expression was gone.

"That is very wrong. I'm leaving now. Just wait while I tell Faran and pack," she said, determination now on her face. Felix nodded, and Sheba went inside the house.

Nathaniel looked around, amazed to see a desert town for the first time.

He looked at Piers.

"Who's Faran?"

"He's Sheba's foster father," Piers answered.

"Can I explore?" Nathaniel asked. Piers nodded, and cleared his throat. Nathaniel walked off, and out of sight.

Felix turned to Ivan.

"Remember this place? It really has been a long time since I've been here…better not let the locals see me, though. They might still think I'm a kidnapper or whatever," he said. Ivan nodded.

"I'll give you the heads up if one comes," he said.

"I know you will," said Felix seriously, looking over at a house nearby.

There was quiet for ten minutes or so, and Sheba emerged from the house with a backpack on her shoulders.

"I'm ready," she said, and looked at her friends curiously.

"Who was that boy who was with you?" she asked.

"Nathaniel," replied Piers, looking around for the boy, "He's my teenaged fan club."

"Ah," said Sheba, So how old is he?"

Felix smiled and rolled his eyes.

"Fifteen," said Piers with a gentle smile, and then actually turned to Sheba.

"I can't find Nathaniel," he said.

"I can feel his aura," said Sheba. Ivan realized he could feel the aura as well. It was coming from the northeast.

"I don't know why he's over there, but he's in the dig site, where they're trying to see if they can dig out a special rock for the Lighthouse Star." she said.

Piers frowned.

"I smell trouble. Do you know if they've found anything?" he asked.

Sheba shrugged.

"Where is the dig site?"

Sheba and Ivan pointed together. Piers briskly walked in that direction.

Sheba looked at the others.

"Why's he with us?" she asked.

"Snuck on the boat," said Jenna.

"Know anything about him?"

Felix shook his head.

"I think Piers mentioned an aunt, but that's all," he said.

"Ah," said Sheba, and gazed into the distance, over at the hills and plains, and forests.

IOE: There we go. (Stretches) Another chapter, another mile away I am from having a life.

Feizhi: (dancing to the song playing now)

Flotsam: (plugged into a life support museum)

Hsu: (sighing, head in hands)

IOE: Please review; I really want feedback. Man, I just realized I never really wrote about what the characters look like and what they do with their bags. Bad writer! (Smacks self) Anyway, see you soon! .