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By Hero Isaac
Chapter One: Damsel From The Skies
Welcome to the world of Weyard, home of the Elemental Lighthouses and Alchemy. This world was slowly rotting away, thanks to the seal on Alchemy. However, eight heroes have rose to the task of lighting the Elemental Lighthouses with the Elemental Stars, stolen from Sol Sanctum in Vale, a town on Angara.
It hasn’t even been a week since that day. Our heroes have returned to Vale to find that it has been buried under the ground. Many of the townspeople have died.
Now, Isaac, Felix, Jenna, Garet, Sheba, Ivan, Mia, and Picard, our eight heroes, have risen to the task of rebuilding Vale. Ok, Kraden helped a little.
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“Hold on, Shana!” Dart called. The blue and purple swirling vortex was just about to pull his best friend, Shana, into the next dimension.
“I’m trying, Dart!” Shana cried. Her hand was clasped tightly to his.
“I’m not strong enough, Shana! I can’t pull you up!”
“Dart! Where did this portal come from?”
“I don’t know, but I saw a huge flash from the heavens as it appeared!”
Shana tried her hardest to hold on to Dart’s hand, but it was no use.
“My hand’s slipping, Dart!” Shana cried. “I can’t hold on!”
“You have to, Shana! I can’t lose you again!”
“I’m sorry, Dart.” Shana’s grip slipped, as she fell into the portal, away from Dart.
Dart stared at the portal as he saw his best friend fade from his view. He shook his head. “Shauna. I can’t lose you! Not again!” He said as he jumped into the portal after his girlfriend.
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Meanwhile, back at Vale, a blue and purple, swirling vortex opened in the sky.
“Hey,” Isaac said. “What’s that?” he put down the wood he was carrying to build houses and pointed at the vortex.
“It looks like a vortex.” Sheba said.
“It is a vortex.” Kraden said.
“Oh, boy,” Garet yawned. “Here comes another lecture. Wake me when it’s over.” Garet sat down by the nearest tree and started to snore.
“This vortex looks similar to the one in the book of Alchemy. It is said that this vortex and transport things, and people, between Weyard and the world beyond Gaia Falls.”
“There’s a world beyond Gaia Falls?” Jenna said excitedly. “Tell me more!” She jumped up and down anxiously awaited Kraden’s next lecture.
“Garet,” Isaac called. “This is cool. You really should listen.”
Garet opened one eye and yawned. “Fine.” She said, slowly getting up to listen to Kraden’s boring lecture.
“This world beyond the falls is called Willard. It is a magical place where there is no Alchemic Seal. It is a luscious world with many advanced civilizations. Almost everyone there is an Adept, so you can imagine things are more fun. There were even different types of Adepts besides Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Mercury. Anyway, because this portal has opened, it means that us lighting the lighthouses has put Willard is danger. We must be ready for whatever comes out.”
Our heroes pulled out their weapons and readied for battle. They were ready for anything, except for what was really coming out.
“AHHHHHHHHHHH!”
Out of the sky fell a girl. Not just any girl, though. It was Shana!
“Help me!” Shana screamed.
“Look!” Ivan said. “It’s a girl!!”
“Yeah,” Isaac said. “We gotta help her!”
“That portal isn’t too far away from here. It should be around where you found Flint, Isaac.” Kraden told them as the group rushed out to help Shana.
Isaac ran out of the village and saw Shana lying on the ground. He rushed over to her and put his ear to her heart. “She’s alive.” Isaac said. “She has a pulse. Garet, help me get her to the sanctum.”
Garet and Isaac rushed the girl to the sanctum. “I’ll stay here with her,” Isaac said. “You guys should get back to work.”
“Alright,” Garet said. He walked out of the sanctum looking back with a worried look on his face.
Isaac stroked Shana’s beautiful blonde hair. Shauna opened one eye. “Oh,” Isaac said, noticing that the girl was coming to. “Hey, sleepyhead.”
“D…Dart?” she stammered.
“Dart? Who’s Dart? No, my name is Isaac. You fell out of the sky.”
“The sky?” Shana said surprised, sitting up quickly. Isaac pushed her back down. “You really need to get some rest. I’ll bet you’ve had a long day.”
“I was separated from my best friend.” Shana said.
“This Dart person?”
Shana nodded.
“Well,” Isaac said. “I have some work to do rebuilding my town, so I guess I’ll see you.” Isaac got up and began to walk towards the door. He stopped and turned around. “If you need anything, ask the great healer, he’ll help you.”
“Isaac…” Shana said before Isaac could leave. Isaac turned around and smiled. “Yeah?”
“I’m Shana.”
“Nice to meet you. When you feel better, I’ll introduce you to my friends.”
“OK.” Shana said. She laid back down and drifted off to sleep.
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This post has been edited by Hero Isaac: 05 August 2007 - 11:23 AM