Here's the next chapter. It's a bit quick at the beginning, but it slows down a little after the arrival at Ayuthay. you might wonder how I managed to complete this so quickly, well here's the answer: It makes a month that I've finally finished the story, but I only decided yesterday to publish it.

I want to thank Sentinel07 for the reviews. I hope to get more in the near future!

Okay, I'm done boring you all! Let's get on with the story!

I don't own Golden Sun. :(

"Matthew are you sure it's this where?" Tyrell asked

Matthew squared his shoulders. "I think so. If I remember well, Harapa is right after theses ruins."

The three teens walked into the ruins which was possibly remains of an old palace.

"Tyrell, leave him alone. It's also our responsibility." Karis reminded him. She looked at Matthew. The earth Adept was worried. Certainly because of the responsibility of Weyard was on his shoulders.

There was a light on the other side of the tunnel. "Over there!"

The three teens raced out of the ruins. They were met by the sun shining down on them. Tyrell smiled. "Come on! We're almost at Harapa!" he followed the trail, running. Seeing Matthew and Karis follow him by walking, he stopped. "Come on! We haven't got all day!"

The three companions reached the city of ruins which had nothing to do its nickname at the first sight, because it's was entirely modern and with lots of lights. However, behind, there is a majestic palace of ruins. The group entered the city.

"The news of the invasion of Bibilin has spread uncontrollably fast." Karis said.

There was movement of panic, though it was under control. People were talking about the attack without pause. Some troops were walking up and down the city, fighting hard, and successfully, to keep order in the city.

"Why should this place panic? The barrier that is powered by the ruins is protecting the city. It because of this that no one has ever launched a successful attack on this place. The people here risk nothing." Tyrell said

"The Turaparang are incredible when it comes to war. I doubt that the barrier will protect the city forever. They will manage to get past it somehow." Matthew explained. "I just hope that Passaj and Ayuthay will support it as they supported each other during the war against Kaocho."

"They will Matthew, they will." Karis reassured him. "These cities are powerful. They won't give in so easily."

The three Adepts walked across the panicky city, and continued towards the famous city of Ayuthay.

"Don't forget that Amiti is an excellent leader. He brought both Passaj and Ayuthay to victory." Karis added.

"When?" Tyrell asked.

"Well, after the end of the eclipse, Kaocho tried to get their hands on the cities, and Amiti and Bogho united the two cities. Together, they crushed Kaocho, which has never entirely recovered of the blow they received."

"Good old Bogho." Tyrell said

"When did you know so much?" Matthew asked.

"About a week or two, I went to Passaj with dad to get some information on the Alchemy Forge. I heard a lot about this fight. I also ran into Amiti and Rief there."

"Did they change?"

"Rief hasn't but Amiti did." Karis looked at Matthew in a very irritating way. "He's changed a lot. Dreamy eyes, handsome look on his face, and –"

"ALL RIGHT WE GET THE PICTURE!" Matthew cried, annoyed.

Karis laughed. "I was joking. No seriously, he didn't really change. He's just gone a bit more mature."

Tyrell snorted. "He should've."

"Hey, you were no better. You jumped in the pond which was filled of-"

"I didn't know."

"And you also-"

"I GOT IT KARIS! Or should I say, Wild A-"

Matthew literately covered his friend's mouth with his hand. "You'll argue later. In the meantime, let's hurry to Ayuthay."

Tyrell glared at his leader. When Matthew released his mouth, he hissed, "Wild Ape"

"AND IF I HEAR A SINGLE INSULT, I PROMISE THAT YOU'LL WISH THAT YOU NEVER WERE BORN!" Matthew cried angrily.

The Adepts finally reached the city of Ayuthay. The pond was guarded by two soldiers, who happily let their old heroes pass. Tyrell, Matthew and Karis climbed on the raft, and the wind Adept blew whirlwinds, choosing the direction that would bring them to the castle. When they reached it, the three of them walked towards the stone door.

Matthew knocked. The small, metal, rectangular visor opened. There was a pair of eyes that peered through.

"Your business in Ayuthay?" the person behind asked.

"We're here to see King Amiti." Matthew replied. "It's important."

The person wasn't as kind as the soldiers that were protecting the pond. "His Majesty doesn't waste his time with people like you. If you have something to say, tell me and I'll tell him."

"It regards him and us." Matthew said coolly.

"Are you deaf? I said-"

"What's the problem?" said another voice inside

"There are people outside who want to talk to His Majesty. But they don't seem to understand that-"

"That's enough. Let me talk to them." the other voice snapped.

Another pair of eyes looked through the visor. "It's okay. I know them. Let them in."

"But-"

"Read my lips. 'Let-Them-In'" The whisper was more final than any scream

The doors slowly parted, allowing the three travelers to enter. Inside, they found a fat man who was smiling. Matthew recognized him as being King Paithos's adviser.

"Sorry for the rude entry. It looks like that some soldiers have changed since the recent events. But let's leave that aside. You wanted to talk to Amiti?"

"Yes" Matthew confirmed, "And it's very important. It mustn't wait."

The man nodded. "Follow me."

Matthew gestured at his friends to follow him. They entered the beautiful castle of Ayuthay.

Amiti was sitting on his throne, wearing his ayuthayian clothes. He was looking at a map with another soldier, and was pointing as if suggesting a strategy.

"Your Majesty, some visitors would like to talk to you." the advisor announced.

Without leaving his head from the map, Amiti gestured at him. "Tell them to wait."

"They say it's important."

"I said, tell them to wait. Whatever they want to say can wait."

Tyrell narrowed his eyebrows. "Is this how you treat old friends?"

Suddenly, Amiti raised his head and turned around. "Guys!" he exclaimed.

The young king raised his arms. "I never thought I'd see you again!"

Matthew laughed. "Looks like our last good bye wasn't forever."

The guard turned to face the water Adept. "So for the strategy?" he asked, unsure.

The king looked back at the soldier. "Oh, right." He turned back to his friends. "Sorry, but I have to stop the advance of the Turaparang. If you have something to say, could it wait?"

Karis shook her head. "I'm sorry Amiti, but it can't. Besides, it concerns the Turaparang."

Amiti turned to face his soldier. "Just a second. What is it?"

"The Turaparang are heading for the Apollo Sanctum. We need to protect the weapon. Isaac and Garet have sent us to meet you so we could regroup. We've got barely one month until those monsters reach the holy area."

Amiti nodded understandingly. "I'll help. I'll send some troops to Morgal stop the attack and help them."

"What makes you think that Morgal is going to be the next target?" Matthew asked. "I mean, why shouldn't it be Kalay?"

"The entrance of the endless wall is in the far east side of the continent. So the quickest way to it is by crossing Morgal." Amiti explained.

There was a silence. "You will come with us." Matthew said. He was ordering him, but it also sounded like a question.

"Don't worry pal, I'm with ya." Amiti answered. He turned to the soldier. "I'll take care of the rest of the strategy myself. Go get my weapons as well. And give the orders to send some troops to Morgal. The queen is aware of their arrival."

Tyrell raised his hands. "Hey, wait. We were also supposed to meet Karden and Rief here. If they haven't arrived, I guess we have no choice but to wait for them."

Amiti thought. "I gueeesssss so. But I have no idea when they'll be here. It could take days. A waste of precious time."

Matthew shrugged. "We haven't got much of a choice."

"Mm."

"Anyway, we'll stay at the Inn until Rief arrives. It shouldn't take so long. You could continue preparing that strategy of yours, whatever you wanted to do."

"What will you three do?"

They thought.

"I don't mind looking around. I heard on the way here that the Koacho generals have escaped during the eclipse and that they died. I'd like to see their bodies. Who knows? There might be some information on the Turaparang." Matthew suggested

"I'll go with you. Ever since this event ended you were always…let's say, a bit too confident." Karis said.

"I could I see your strategy? I'm good at this kind of thing. Whenever Matthew and I played games involving this, I always win." Tyrell said

Amiti rolled his eyes. "As long as it doesn't have anything that makes my soldiers jump into a lake filled with piranhas."

"WILL YOU GUYS DROP THIS THING?"

"Nope." Karis, Matthew and Amiti laughed

A pair of eyes flashed. A grin appeared. The young warrior about to die…

Matthew and Karis walked around the castle, until they saw the two bodies of the generals from the high tower. The ground was dark brown, suggesting that they must've lost a lot of blood when they died. As the two adepts came closer, they could see that the bodies had slowly started to deteriorate. The skin was brown and the armor had begun to rust. Their hands were half gone. Matthew took a few steps closer to the corpses. Karis followed, not as brave as him. She carefully peeked over his shoulder, as if the bodies were about to spring to life.

Matthew gently moved Ku-Tsung. He turned his pockets inside-out. The only things in them were rotten food rations and a gun powder bomb. He looked more closely, and saw how the general had died. Whatever had hit him, it had made a clean hole through his heart, taking out everything in it, so the people who looked in the hole could see from the other side. Matthew took Ku-Tsung's spear (or is it an axe?) and layed it in his hand.

He noticed Karis shiver.

"What's wrong?"

"I have no idea how you manage to touch these things. Only looking at them makes me feel sick."

"You wanted to come."

"I wasn't expecting these guys to be so…disgusting."

Matthew looked back at the general dressed in blue.

Karis looked distractedly at Ku-Embra. This red-dressed general had died seconds before his brother. She peered closely at him, and screamed.

Matthew spun around, and saw Karis scramble away from the corpse. He drew his Sol Blade, and dove in between her and the dead body. Seeing no response, he looked at the terrified girl. "What's the problem?"

"It-it's a-a spi-der." she stammered, pointing at the hand of the general. An extremely small spider was crawling on his palm.

Matthew looked in confusion at his friend, who was gripping his shoulder and hiding behind him. "Make it go away!" Karis ordered him, terrified

"You weren't afraid of the Turaparang when they ambushed us." Matthew half asked, half reminded her

"No."

"You weren't afraid of Blados or Chalis."

"No."

"You weren't afraid of the lizard in the Dream Tree."

"No."

"You weren't afraid of the monsters in the eclipse"

"No."

"You weren't afraid of the Chaos Chimera."

"No."

"But you're afraid of a spider?"

"So?"

Matthew flicked the little live thing away. "I'll never understand you girls."

He sheathed his sword, and tossed it to her. "If anything happens, just slice it with this."

"Isn't this a bit extreme? Killing a spider with such a powerful weapon?"

"I suppose that the next time it will be an ant."

Ignoring Karis's glare, he turned Ku-Embra's head. His throat had been sliced, and the spine was almost entirely visible. Feeling a bit sick, he put his hands into the warrior's pockets. He found the same thing as in his brother's; useless stuff.

He turned his gaze back to the old corpse. He just noticed something; the eyes were all black.

Intrigued, he peered closer to have a better look. Karis, who had looked over his shoulder was suddenly shouting

"MATTHEW! IT'S A TRAP!"

Matthew saw it but it was too late. Something emerged from the eyes of the dead body, and dashed straight at Matthew. It took the form of a Foul Glutton. Matthew turned to escape, but he wasn't fast enough. He felt the monster sink its teeth deep in the flesh between the shoulder and the scruff of the neck.

Matthew screamed in pain. Karis drew the Sol Blade, and, with difficulty due to the weight, stabbed the monster. The Foul Glutton immediately vanished, sending beams of dark energy all over the place. The wounded teen took full blast of a beam. He fell to his knees, rubbing his scar.

Dropping the weapon, Karis hurried next to her wounded friend. "Are you ok?" she asked, worried.

Matthew was breathing heavily. "I feel weird." he replied.

Grabbing his Sol Blade, he sheathed it and began to use it as a walking stick.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Karis repeated the question, helping him up. The earth Adept nodded. "The wound doesn't seem too bad." Karis reassured him. "It'll go away with time."

Matthew staggered to the entrance of the city. Karis threw another look at the two corpses, and hurried after him.

Matthew and Karis reached the throne room. Tyrell and Amiti were arguing.

"What's the point of placing our army here? They're obviously going to attack here." Amiti growled

"What proves that? They could attack here like they could attack here. All right, let's say that they do attack here, this small town will still be under our control. It'll force them to turn there backs here, which we'll take advantage of, and crush them from the inside and from the outside."

"But this is suicidal! There's about a two percent chance of success!" Amiti cried

"Maybe, but I've countered all your objections." Tyrell said firmly. "Besides the battle hasn't even started, as long as we haven't lost, there's a chance of victory."

"Are we interrupting something?" Matthew asked.

The two teens turned, startled to their friends. They obviously hadn't heard them coming.

"No, don't worry Matt. Amiti and I were arguing over a strategy…did you find anything special from the bodies?" Tyrell explained

"Nothing. They didn't contain any information or anything suspect." Matthew replied, ignoring Karis's surprised glance.

Amiti looked at his friends. "Are you two okay? You both look a bit shaken"

"We're fine." Karis replied. "It's just the bodies that made us look a bit sick. They're disgusting and they really stink."

"And someone freaked me out because of some spider smaller than a pebble." Matthew added cheerfully. He felt Karis's nails dig into his arm. He didn't show any sign of pain or whatsoever. He coughed loudly "I think it was a tarantula."

The two boys looked at Matthew in complete confusion. "A tarantula the size of a pebble?" Tyrell asked

"Yep."

Tyrell nodded, pretending to understand, though he had no idea what Matthew was talking about.

"Who was the person?" Amiti asked

Matthew felt Karis's nails dig deeper in his limb. He wanted to say, 'I don't know him', but it came out as an "uhhh."

"Never heard about that guy." Amiti said. "I wonder who he is."

Matthew heard a sigh of relief coming from Karis, and felt his breath become easier as she stopped hurting him.

Just at that moment, the advisor returned. He bowed to the young king. "Your Majesty, two visitors would like to see you."

"Who are they?" Amiti demanded

"They call themselves Rief and Kraden."

A grin grew on everyone's face. The next they were aware of was that they were running towards the entrance.

"Amiti!" the advisor cried, running after him, "you're a king now! You're not supposed to be running!"

The air was hot and dry, the sand sticking to his clothes like tar. He was in the battle between the Turaparang and some resistant Bibilin inhabitants who were supported by the Warriors of Vale.

The guilty and terrified warrior, looked around, trying to ignore the deafening cries the battle was making. A few soldiers threw spears at him. He knocked them aside. The cadaver was lacerated; blood seeping out of its multiple wounds… the same blood as that on his hands and sword;

the blood of his own father…

Matthew woke up, panting and drenched with sweat. His head and his heart were pounding loudly in his ears. He was lying in the bed in the inn of Ayuthay. He tried to shake the dream away, but it returned whenever he shut his eyes. Sitting up on his bed, he looked around. His friends were sleeping in their own beds. Matthew got up, and left the room.

In the lobby, Kraden was writing letters with Karis. His pigeon was standing patiently beside him.

Flint, Matthew's djinn that the earth Adept had summoned earlier, was reading some sort old ruined paper aloud. "Hey I just learned something! Fire is weak to water!" he joked.

He looked up and saw his friend with his round turquoise eyes.

Kraden looked up, and saw the young earth Adept. "Oh, hi Matthew. Is something wrong? You look very pale."

Matthew shook his head. "Nightmare." he explained simply. "I need fresh air."

Kraden nodded. He watched Matthew leave, and then returned to his writing. He, then looked at Flint, who was had jumped off the table, and was hurrying after his master.

"Where are you going?"

"I want to make sure Matthew is ok. He's been acting weird since you arrived." Flint responded. He tried to catch with him, but seeing that the door was shut, he stopped.

"I'll help." Karis said, getting up.

"No, no it's ok." Flint said. He jumped through the window, sending pieces of glass all over the place.

The two humans sighed.

Matthew walked towards the Alchemy Well. It was the middle of the night so no one was around. The blue lights dimly lit the inside of the castle. The lights that came from under water lit the paths beautifully.

He reached the temple where the ancient machine lay. Inside, the machine was nicely lit. Matthew was expecting it to a lot of noise, but to his astonishment, it was very quiet, as if it was trying not to wake everyone up. Matthew walked up towards the place where the Luna Mask had been placed. He caressed it with his gaze. Then, turning away, he put his head under the fountain of water, which was right beside the mask.

"You've should've said fresh water, not fresh air." someone said behind him, making him jump.

Matthew turned, and saw Flint walk towards him. He sighed in relief, and returned to what he was doing.

"If you're thirsty, just take a glass and fill it up. No need to put your head under the waterfall."

"Flint."

"Yes buddy?"

"Be quiet."

"Okey dokey." the Venus Djinn replied. He walked right up to Matthew, and tried to look up in his face. Not easy with all the water splashing down on him. "What's wrong Matthew?"

"This is the fifth time someone's asked me the same question. You're all getting on my nerves."

"I think I'm gonna up the number by one every time you don't answer me."

"Flint."

"What's wrong Matthew?"

"Stop it."

"What's wrong Matthew?"

"Flint, seriously!"

"What's wrong Matthew?"

"FLINT!"

"What's wrong Matthew?"

Matthew dove, trying to catch the djinn. Flint dodged him, and pushed him in one of the pools. There was a loud splash. Soaked, Matthew shook his head, and climbed on fours. Except that that never happened, because Flint jumped on his head, pushing it down underwater again. Matthew tried to catch him, but Flint simply jumped off him. Matthew climbed out of the pool. He looked around; hoping to find his victim, but Flint had disappeared.

"What's wrong Matthew?"

"WHERE ARE YOU FLINT?"

"What's wrong Matthew?" Flint echoed

Matthew began to search the entire temple, but the Venus Djinn was nowhere to be found. He searched the area where the Sand Prince once slept, but Flint wasn't there. He searched the outside of the temple, but Flint wasn't there either. Matthew sighed. Maybe he had just wandered off. He walked inside the Alchemy Well. Except for the quiet chugging of the machine, there was no noise.

"What's wrong Matthew?"

Matthew looked to his right, and saw a small brown, living thing sitting in a pool. The earth Adept dove at him, and the two of them struggled for a few moments in the pool, but Flint escaped Matthew's grip and ran away, giggling.

Matthew coughed and hauled himself out of the water, and found himself looking right at Karis, who was looking at him in complete disbelief.

Embarrassed, Matthew looked at his feet.

"What's wrong Matthew?" she asked

"I'm going to murder the next person who asks me that."

"No seriously. Kraden heard you shouting at Flint, and since I was already awake, he sent me know what was going on."

"Nothing's wrong. Flint's so irritating."

"So you jumped in the pool?"

Matthew turned red with embarrassment. "I, uhhh…tried to catch him. He was hiding in there, so I went after him."

Karis shot another look of disbelief at him. "In the pool?"

"FORGET ABOUT THE FREAKING POOL!"

Karis raised her eyebrows. "Why did you come here in the first place? I thought you wanted fresh air."

"I came here to soak my head."

"Why?"

"I needed to think straight. I don't know why, but it sometimes helps me." Matthew talked randomly. He honestly didn't know why he had actually done this.

Karis obviously didn't believe him, "You boys have the weirdest ideas. Now could you mind not doing any noise, you might wake up the entire city."

"Alright, alright, drop it." Matthew replied, slightly annoyed.

Karis grinned. "What's wrong Matthew?"

The earth Adept grabbed the laughing girl, and began to force her into one of the pools.

The wind Adept did a quick, but unexpected twist, pushed, and Matthew over balanced and fell in the water. He disappeared from under the surface.

He didn't come back up.

Concerned, Karis peered in the water. Suddenly, two arms caught her, and pulled her in.

Karis looked around in the water. After a few moments of confusion, she was Matthew climbing out of the water. She grabbed his cape. She heard a yelp, and the teen fell backwards in the water. Karis swam to the surface, gasping. Matthew appeared from behind, swinging one arm around her neck, and placing his hand on her mouth. Karis tried to fight back, but suddenly stopped

"Enjoying yourselves?" Flint asked.

The two Adepts looked at the djinn, embarrassed. They untangled themselves, and climbed out the water.

"I always knew Matthew had a love interest, but I never thought it would be Karis."

"Who did you think it was?" Karis asked, suddenly very interested.

Flint thought a moment. "Tyrell."

Karis burst out laughing, while Matthew grabbed the grinning djinn, and they crashed back into the water together

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