Well my life from this point on could get better or worse either way it's because of school. Now on with the fic.

Chapter 5: The First Encounter

Previously:

"Well, we do have the best parents in the world." she giggled.

It wasn't too long after that that Karis and the others showed up. Tyrell was a bit disappointed that the battle was already done, although Karis was more concerned with getting Matthew back home.

When the group got Matthew and Elizabeth home, Isaac and Jenna became really worried when they saw their son completely depleted of Psynergy.

"What happened?" asked Isaac.

"Dad, this is nothing. As for what happened, I was attacked by Blados and Chalis." answered Matthew, still reeling a bit from the battle.

"Who?" asked Jenna.

"They're two soldiers from Tuaparang, as well as being Dark Adepts. They've been following us since we were sent on the quest to get the Mountain Roc feather. We had thought that they were killed when they became the Chaos Chimera. Apparently, they're pretty tenacious." explained Matthew.

"Interesting." said a slightly surprised Isaac. "Sounds like a few adepts we used to know, right Jenna?"

"Thanks for the reminder." muttered Jenna, who honestly didn't want to think back when she was kidnapped by Saturos and Menardi. However, another thought came to her.

"Wait a second, you said they were Dark Adepts?" she asked.

"Yes. Apparently they come from the Umbra clan or something, but we didn't get to learn very much about it. Blados and Chalis never used a lot of dark psynergy in their battles with us." explained Matthew.

"Wow." said Jenna.

"Yeah but," started Karis, who sighed. "There is another Tuaparang soldier, and I think you might know him."

"We knew him by one name but the children know him by a different name." said Kraden.

"Who?" asked a confused Jenna.

"We know him as Arcanus. You knew him as..." started Tyrell.

"Alex. You knew him as Alex." finished Matthew. Right as he said that, Isaac instantly rose from his seat.

"WHAT, that's impossible!" growled Isaac.

"Isaac, calm down. It's possible he was hit directly by the Golden Sun remember." said Jenna.

Isaac clenched his fists and thought,' When I find him I'll kill him for everything he's ever done'.

Meanwhile in the Burning Island Cave, Alex was searching for the Daedalus summon tablet.

"Ah-ha, there it is." said Alex. He walked up to the tablet when a deep booming voice boomed around him.

"We are the guardians of fire. Show us your power if you are to be worthy."

"I'm not here for the tablet. I'm here to set you free." said Alex, as calm and collected as ever.

"Set us free? Don't make us laugh you fool. No one can control us and no one will set us free."boomed the voice.

"You're right and wrong. I am here to set you free to help me destroy the people who imprisoned you here. Now does that sound like a deal?" asked Alex. A few moments seemed to pass before he heard a response.

"Fine, you have a deal as long as we get revenge" boomed the voice.Then, five Ogre Titans dropped down from the ceiling, each bigger than the last and each carrying a bigger axe as well. Then, a huge pink demon with blue horns and wings wielding a large golden mace floated down to the ground.

"We are here to serve you." said Valukar, the pink demon.

"Yes, you shall serve me well. Now, go get some monsters to be your allies and return to me." ordered Alex. Everything seemed to be proceeding smoothly for Alex now, and he couldn't help but smile darkly.

Meanwhile, along the southernmost part of Angara, a family lives by themselves in peace.

"Michael! Sarah! Come on in it's time for dinner!" said the mother loudly.

"Coming mom!" replied two young teenagers.

One was a male who was about 15 years old. He had brown hair like his father with a sword at his side. His name was Michael. Along with him was a 13-year old girl with short blonde hair like her mother. Her name was Sarah.

The children ran inside and washed up before sitting down at the dining room table.

"Felix come on! It's time for dinner." said the mom.

"Sheba, I'm coming already." said a brown haired, clean-shaven man with an amused grin. This man was Felix, a Venus Adept who played a major role in the Golden Sun event. Calling him was his wife, Sheba, who was a Jupiter Adept with an ambiguous backstory.

Felix walked over to Sheba and gave her a light kiss on the lips, to which she happily kissed back, partially to Michael's chagrin. After that, they were all seated for dinner, but Michael had things to say.

"Dad, we got to ask you something, okay?" asked Michael with a serious look on his face.

"Ok, shoot." said Felix casually.

"When are we going to see Aunt Jenna and Uncle Isaac? You promised that we would go see them this month, and we're almost at the end." said Sarah with a pleading look.

Sheba giggled lightly as Felix sheepishly rubbed his head. He had been a bit stubborn when it came to seeing Isaac and the others. He hadn't seen them much, if at all, since the Golden Sun event.

"I guess I did promise, didn't I?" Felix chuckled a bit. "All right, we'll go tomorrow. That good enough for you?" he chuckled again.

"That sounds GREAT!" cheered Michael. Sarah clapped at the news happily as well.

"Okay, so after dinner go to your room and get packed for tomorrow. Got it?" said Felix. The whole family nodded in affirmation.

The very next morning, Felix and Sheba got up and woke up Michael and Sarah and head off for Kalay. As expected, both kids were all packed up and ready to go.

"Dad, how long do you think this will take?" asked Michael once they had left the house.

"We might get there in the afternoon if we make good time but we should be there at dinner time." said Felix.

"Awesome, I can't wait to meet everyone." said Michael.

That afternoon, Felix and his family arrived at Kalay. It had been quite some time since Felix had last seen it. It was a good feeling in a way, being close to the rest of his family, but he was so used to being on his own after what happened 30 years ago.

Felix walked up to a stranger and asked, "Excuse me but could you tell me where we might find Jenna right now?"

"Ya, you'll find her at her house now that she just got done with healing people for the day." said the man.

"So Jenna's still healing people? Typical." thought Felix with a chuckle.

"And do you mind telling me which house that is I haven't been here in a very long time?" asked Felix.

"Sure, it's the last house on the right. You can't miss it." said the man.

"Thanks." said Felix, as he directed his family to where they believed Jenna's house to be. Following the man's directions, it didn't take long at all to find it.

Felix walked up to the door of Matthew's house and knocked on it hard enough to get attention. To the family's surprise though, a little girl opened the door instead. She glared right at Felix who shivered a bit.

"Sheesh, this girl has the same glare as Jenna." he thought.

"Who are you?" asked the little girl.

"I'm Felix. This is Sheba, Michael, and Sarah." said Felix, "And you are...?"

"I'm Elizabeth, but everyone calls me Liz." said the girl.

"Elizabeth, who's at the door sweetheart." said a female voice.

"It's somebody named "Felix" mom." said Elizabeth.

"FELIX! Honey let them in. It's all right." said Jenna.

"Ok, come on in everyone." said Liz, opening the door wide enough for everyone to come in.

"That explains her looks." chuckled Felix to himself.

"Isaac, Matthew get down here! We've got family over!" shouted Jenna at the upstairs floors.

Felix chuckled a bit. His sister was the same as when he last saw her.

"Felix." said Jenna as she ran up and gave her brother the biggest hug she could give.

"Ah, it's good to see you too Jenna." said Felix.

"And Sheba, long time no see." said Jenna as she gave Sheba a hug as well.

"Way too long. I see you're doing well." smiled Sheba, to which Jenna nodded.

"What family, Jenna? My mom isn't coming over for an-FELIX!" said Isaac as he walked down the stairs and gave his brother-in-law a hug as well.

"Mom, Dad can you keep it down. I'm still trying to sleep." said a groggy Matthew.

"Matthew, come meet your uncle. Oh, and bring Thomas and Josh down as well. They should meet them too." said Isaac

"Ok, but I'm going back to sleep after I say hi." said Matthew.

"Why is he so tired?" asked Felix.

"He was just in a fight and used up all his Psynergy." explained Isaac. Felix nodded in understanding.

"Who was that and who are Thomas and Josh?" asked Sheba.

"That was Matthew. He's our oldest son. Thomas and Josh are his "students" to put it one way." replied Jenna.

"What? How old is he?" asked Sheba.

"He's 16 years-old." replied Isaac.

"Well Isaac, Jenna, this is my son Michael and my daughter Sarah." said Felix.

"Nice to meet you Michael and Sarah." said Jenna cheerfully. Isaac just shook their hands.

"Matthew, come on buddy! It's time to go!" shouted a voice outside.

"Tyrell, you don't have to be rude. He's exhausted from the battle, so cut him a break." said a female voice.

"Yeah Tyrell, give him a break." said another male voice.

"Come on Reif, I've going easy on him. Karis, you need to relax a bit. Matthew is probably fine." said the first male voice.

"You're probably right Tyrell. Let's go check up on him." said the female voice. Then, there was a knocking on the door and Elizabeth quickly made her way to the door and opened it up for the three people.

"Hi guys, come on in. Matthew is coming down in a minute." said Liz.

"Okay Liz." said Karis before noticing the increase of people in the room. "Oh you have company?"

"Yah, mom says they're family, but I don't know who they are." said Liz.

"Jenna, who are these people?" asked Karis.

Before Jenna could answer, Kraden blurted out, "Felix, Sheba is that you?".

"That voice. Kraden is that you?" asked Sheba. Kraden comes in the house and with a smile.

"Felix, Sheba it is you two. So good to see you after so long." he chuckled happily.

"Wait, Felix as in the Felix from the Warriors of Vale?" asked Tyrell in surprise.

"Yes that's me, and you are?" said Felix.

"I'm Tyrell, and these are my friends Karis and Reif" said Tyrell. Felix took notice of Tyrell's looks, as well as his brash demeanor.

"Tyrell, are you perhaps related to Garet?" asked Felix, feeling as if he already knew the answer. Tyrell gave a wide grin.

"Yep, he's my dad." Tyrell said proudly.

"Figures." said Felix before turning to Karis and Rief. "And you two?"

"Ivan is my dad, and Rief's mom is Mia." explained Karis, with Rief nodding at the mention of him.

"Wow, so everyone got married. I seem to have missed quite a bit." said Felix.

"At least you showed up for Jenna's wedding. She would have killed you if you hadn't shown up." grinned Sheba, much to Felix's embarrassment.

Suddenly, Matthew rushed right down the stairs, fully dressed now and Sol Blade at his side. Thomas and Josh were rushing right behind him. He seemed particularly agitated, something everyone else noticed.

"What's wrong Matthew? You seem tense." observed Karis.

"No time to talk right now. I just saw Arcanus outside." blurted Matthew before running past them, with Thomas and Josh following right behind. He did utter some quick "Hello's" before leaving though. Karis just sighed as she reached for her staff.

"Can he just leave us alone for more than a couple hours?" said Karis.

"Nice timing, I was getting bored." said Tyrell, as he pulled out his Herculean Axe. Reif sighed and pulled out his Clotho's Distaff. Tyrell lead the charge, rushing outside before Karis and Rief.

"Hey wait for me!" yelled Liz as she reached for her Battle Rapier.

"Where do you think you're going young lady?" said Jenna.

"To help big brother of course." defended Liz.

"No you're not. You're too young for this, understand?" ordered Jenna.

"But I already faced those guys that big brother fought earlier." retorted Liz.

"You got out of that alive because they didn't bother. Alex won't hesitate to outright kill you if you cross him. You are not to leave, understand?" said Jenna, a bit louder this time.

"Yes mommy." said a disappointed Liz, taking her hands off her Battle Rapier.

She so badly wanted to join Matthew out there. However, even she had to admit, she wasn't the strongest. Her psynergy training started much later in her life than it did Matthew, possibly because Jenna honestly wasn't fond of her fighting. But even so, she wanted to join Matthew in keeping the world safe.

Then, someone yelled outside, which was then followed by an explosion, rocking the area.

"MATTHEW!" yelled Jenna and Isaac. As they did, more explosions could be heard, along with the clashing of weapons.

"BROTHER!" yelled Liz, who instantly ran out the door.

"ELIZABETH, COME BACK HERE!" yelled Jenna as she followed Liz out the door.