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Parts of this chapter are kinda mushy. *facepalms and whimpers*Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
Disclaimer: This is a fan fiction, therefore I am a fan of Golden Sun, not the owner of it!
Think you could tell this to Chris Paolini?
*Chapter 6*
Sometime after midday, Mia stopped to rest on a large stone in a small forest clearing. Immediately, small forest creatures cluttered around her just like in a Disney movie. She clutched her knees as she rubbed at her eyes--they were tired and red from all the crying she’d done since last night. Writing that letter had been beyond difficult She still hadn’t completed her Hooked on Phonics course, and even now it was taking every ounce of her will to press forward and not run back to the ship. Only the memories of her confrontations with Jenna made it possible to keep going. She glanced up to check the sun’s position. Isaac would’ve found her letter by now. He must be so angry with me, not to mention devastated, she thought. I hope he can forgive me. She looked down at her ring--her one memento of their time together. She had meant to return it, but hadn’t been able to bring herself to take it off. It had too many fond memories wrapped around it.
The sound of footsteps behind her snapped her out of her thoughts. She jumped to her feet and whirled around to see what was there. An enemy? A wild animal? No, it was... Superman!
"Isaac?" she asked in stunned disbelief. ”I-if this is about the severed heads under my bed, I can explain.”
"Mia!" he exclaimed softly. Thank goodness she’s all right, he thought. They were barely a few yards apart but it seemed like a thousand miles. Cue the Vanessa Carlton song. He didn’t think that her bright aqua eyes had ever looked so sad, and he fought off all temptation to run to her and never let her go initiate the makeup sex. Clearly, this was difficult for her too.
"You...you shouldn’t have followed me," she said, avoiding his gaze. "It only makes this harder on both of us." Writing the letter had been hard enough - being as drunk as she was, it was hard to keep her script legible - , but seeing him face to face was completely unbearable. His eyes looked so hurt and betrayed. More than anything, she wanted to take back what she'd said in that letter.
"Why’d you do it, Mia?" Isaac asked. "You said in your letter that it wasn’t anything I did. If it’s not me, then what is it?"
She shook her head. "Just go away. Don’t make any sudden movements this any more difficult than it already is." There was a huge lump stuck in her throat. She lowered her voice. "Please don’t make me hurt you again." Who’s seen Air Bud? This totally reminds me of the part where the kid yells at the dog to make it go away because otherwise the bad guy will find the dog. Or something.
"I can’t let you leave like this, Mia. You’re hiding something from me - my porno magazines, and I won't let you go without telling me what it is where they are. I think you owe me that much."
"The truth would only hurt you more," Mia said. "I burned them. Just go back to the ship and forget about me."
"You expect me to forget about you just like that?" he implored. "Those were my favorite issues! It doesn’t work that way. You can’t fall in love one moment and then forget all about it the next! Unless... You don’t think we’ll be using the amnesia plot device in this fic, do you? I don’t care what your secret is--it can’t hurt me anymore than losing you. So why don’t you just tell me what it is?"
Mia shook her head again and backed away a few steps. "I’m so sorry for hurting you, Isaac. I only wish my sexual healing powers could make it go away for you."
“Yeah, me too.” He sighed. "Never mind that. What about you? I can see this secret eating away at you. Please, let me help you!"
"Oh, Isaac," she said with a faint smile. "You’re so good to me, even after I broke your heart. I truly don’t deserve you." No, you don’t. Go die.
"Will you stop thinking about what I deserve and think about what I want? Which is a pony, by the way. I want an explanation, that’s all." He lowered his voice. "And if possible, I want you back. I love you, Mia. Tell me, what can I do to get you back? I’ll do whatever it takes--anything at all! Yes, even if it means biting the head off of a live chicken."
She turned her back to him and rubbed at her eyes. "You don’t have to do anything," she whispered barely audibly. "I want nothing more than to stay with you always. I’d run to you right now and never let go of you if I could." *stabs at her waffles* Send some of that sap over here. You’ve got more than enough. I hate dry waffles.
"Really?" Isaac asked. She felt the same way! About dry waffles? He slowly approached her from behind. Surprise buttsex! "What’s stopping you?"
"Just go away. You’re better off without me."
"I don’t believe that, and I don’t think you do either. You’re still wearing the ring I gave you, which tells me that you still believe in our promise." No, she just needs to pawn it to support her crack habit. He got close enough to touch her and gingerly took her hand. She resisted at first No means no!, but soon found herself intertwining her fingers with his. She started to cry. Is finger-twining that painful?
"Isaac, I can’t do this! Please just let me go and forget about me."
Her hand was trembling as if out of fear. "I don’t understand. What is it that’s got you scared enough to run from me?" My money’s on reverse vampires.
"Leave me alone!" she sobbed, yanking away her hand. Cooties! Her will told her to run away and not look back, but her heart desperately told her to stay put. She didn’t know which one to obey, and after a moment she collapsed to her knees and just cried. What had she done to deserve this? Was having to reject Isaac in person her punishment for not standing up to Jenna? Sure was, ya wimp.
"Mia!" Isaac said in concern. He’d never seen her this upset. It was as if her spirit had been ripped to shreds. With a razor blade? What on Angara had hurt her so deeply? He wanted to find out so he could beat the source to a pulp. Unsure of what to do, he followed his instincts and held her tightly. She didn’t resist at all. Finally, she slumped over, dead. They stayed locked in that embrace for quite awhile until Mia got her tears under control. Then she promptly pushed him away. How’s that for ingratitude?
"I hate seeing you like this," he said. Close your eyes? "Can’t I do anything to help you?"
"Just go away," said Mia miserably. "If you love me as much as you say you do, you’ll let me go." As the saying goes, if you love someone, you have to set them free. Let Mia go free, Isaac, and go back to the boat to commence a hot threesome with Garet and Ivan.
Isaac clenched his fists. "If I ever find out what hurt you like this, I swear I will destroy it! ISAAC SMASH! This is the cruelest injustice I’ve ever witnessed! And I’ve witnessed many an injustice! I watch Judge Judy."
She visibly shuddered, and he noticed this reaction and thought it a bit odd. He looked at her a moment and realized something that he hadn’t before. Mia… was a demon!
"Wait a minute," he said. "You keep saying that I didn’t do anything to drive you away. Does that mean it was something someone else did?" Ding ding ding! I think we have a winner!
Mia edged away a bit. "Don’t make me say it! You know I like charades better. Just leave it alone. The answer will only hurt you more!"
"I’m right, aren’t I?" he pressed. He thought a moment. Who would want to drive Mia away? Certainly not Garet or Ivan, since they were her friends too. Then it hit him. The one person who might be interested in pushing her away. The one person who had already expressed some dislike of her. The one person with the ability to put the fear of the gods into anyone if need be. Azula?
"Jenna..." he whispered in shock. "It was Jenna, wasn’t it?" Mia stayed silent but he knew he was right. He fumed, smacking his forehead for his stupidity. "How could I have been so blind? I should’ve picked up on this sooner!" Seriously? Yeah, you should have. He took her shoulders. Hey, give those back! "What did she say to you, Mia? Tell me everything!"
"No, Isaac--it’s in the past. Dredging it up won’t help at all." She bowed her head. "Do you understand now?" Considering how you didn’t actually tell him anything, I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t.
"Yes, all too well. Jenna used to say that she wouldn’t let me fall for someone she didn’t approve of. She would also wait up for me when I went out on dates, and if I came home a minute after eleven, boy, did she ever chew me out! I never thought that she was serious!" He gently lifted up Mia’s chin so that their eyes met. "Why didn’t you tell me? You shouldn’t have had to put up with that."
"I didn’t want to make you take sides. Jenna’s your friend and I didn’t want to come between the two of you. It wouldn’t have been right." Threesome. Bam. All solved!
"What’s not right is her making you feel like you couldn’t stay." He embraced her again. "I’m so sorry, Mia! I should’ve been there to protect you!" Really? You should have. Seriously, Isaac, I am disappointed with you.
Mia returned his embrace, feeling both guilty for having stolen the embrace in the first place and relieved that the truth was out. A huge weight lifted from her. ”Finally!” Mia exclaimed. “That thing was really heavy!” "You must be mad at me for hiding this from you."
"No, not at all," Isaac said. "I’m mad at Jenna for interfering in h4x0ring our relationship. Mia, if I talked to her and got her to leave you alone, would you come back?"
"I don’t want you sacrificing your friendship with her for my sake. Instead, you should sacrifice it to the dark gods of the north."
"That won’t happen. I swear that we can make this work, but you’re going to have to trust me and let me help, OK?"
"I do trust you," she said. "If you promise to go easy on Jenna, then I’ll gladly come back."
They both smiled broadly and shared a long kiss, happy to be reunited. Behind them, something rustled in the thicket and two figures entered the clearing.
"This is like a scene from a romance novel," came a voice. Whoa, where’d the other sporker come from? >_> Isaac and Mia sprang to their feet and spun around to see who was there.
"Alex!" Mia exclaimed.
"Felix!" Isaac cried at the same time.
"Hello, Isaac," said Felix. "Long time no see. Didja miss me, sweet cheeks?"
Isaac crossed his arms and stood protectively in front of Mia. "Fee-lix! Not in front of my girlfriend! What are you doing here? And where’s Kraden?"
"The old man’s not important worthy sage is relaxing at his temple where his followers are ministering to his every want," Alex said. "We’re here for something far more valuable - that pimpin’ ho of yours." He vanished in a flash of blue light and reappeared behind them. "You’re looking lovely as ever, Mia. How are you anyway?"
Mia stood back to back with Isaac, frowning at her former apprentice. "I was fine until you showed up. What do you want?"
"We’re on our way to the next Lighthouse," said Felix. "But we seem to be missing a few key components, such as my sister and Sheba and plutonium for the flux capacitator. You wouldn’t by chance know where they are?"
"So what if we did?" Isaac asked.
"Don’t make this difficult," Felix said. "I left Sheba and Jenna behind at Idejima while we went to investigate. When we returned, they were both gone. It’s impossible to leave an island without a boat, and I know that Jenna wouldn’t go with just anybody. She’s a slut like that. My guess is that they’ve both joined up with you."
"We’re not about to tell you where they are," said Mia. ”You have to guess. Who’s up for charades?”
"They always insist on doing things the hard way," Alex scoffed. "Won’t you help us as an old friend? It’s not like we’re going to hurt either of them." He smiled. "You should join us, Mia. I’d hate to see such a pretty face ravaged by battle."
"I don’t understand what you’re trying to accomplish, Alex," she said. "Then again, I think there’s a pharmacy at the bottom of Altmiller Cave, so what do I know? What good will come from igniting the Lighthouse flames?"
"You wouldn’t understand," said Felix. "These matters are beyond your comprehension. If you’re not with us, you’re against us, and I’m willing to fight you if that’s what it comes to."
"Do you really think you can match me?" Isaac asked. "I helped defeat Saturos and Menardi. Even you said that you were no match for me, Felix!" That’s it, Isaac! Defend your ho!
"True, but don’t you think I might’ve learned a few tricks in the past weeks?" He drew his sword. "Are you really prepared to test your confidence, Isaac? You don’t stand a chance!"
Isaac reached for the Gaia Blade. "You don’t scare me, Felix. I’ll do whatever it takes to stop you."
"You’re a fool," Felix said. He cast a powerful earth attack, one that Isaac had never seen before. It took him by complete surprise and blew him and Mia several feet away. Mia hit her head on a tree root and was knocked senseless. OH SNAP!
"Mia, get up!" Isaac said, shaking her, instead of, you know, casting Revive or doing something else that would actually be useful. Felix cast the same earth attack again. It was like a tremendous orb of golden energy crashing down all at once. Isaac rose and cast Ragnarok, but Felix dodged the shot. So he tried Stone Spire instead, and a bunch of rock fragments fell from the sky. One of them grazed Felix’s right shoulder, but Alex got by unscathed. He called up a geyser and blasted Isaac and Mia further into the woods.
"This is so messy," Alex said, healing Felix’s wound. "Must these things always end in violence?" He tossed his hair and smirked. “Let’s make love, not war,” he said, winking at Isaac.
Grabbing Mia, Isaac ducked deep into the thicket, hoping to elude them for a moment. He had to get back to the ship and find the others.
"No use hiding in there," Alex continued. "You’ll only delay the inevitable."
"I thought you wanted to fight, Isaac?" Felix implored, creeping into the thicket. "Come on out of there and we’ll settle this properly."
Cautiously, Isaac took a few steps back, not realizing that he was on the edge of a steep embankment. He lost his footing and tumbled down the hill with Mia still in his arms, coming to land in a collection of sharp nettles. D’oh!Felix and Alex heard his pained cry and looked down the embankment.
"That’s gotta hurt!" Alex laughed. *laughs along with Alex*
Felix snickered a bit. "I must say that’s something I would’ve expected of your clumsy friend Garet. Do you surrender?"
"Never!" Isaac called from below. How hilariously cheesy.
"Pathetic," Felix said. I’ll say. He crossed his arms and suddenly had an idea. "Change of plans, Alex. Are you pondering what I’m pondering?"
"Oh?" Alex asked, sounding quite intrigued. “I think so, Felix, but where are we going to find sentient hotdogs? Narf!”
"Since they’ve taken a few members of our group, we’ll have to compensate for the shortage," said Felix. "Are you catching my drift?"
Alex grinned. "This will work perfectly. Let’s see how long our pursuers can last without a healer."
Before Isaac could react, Mia’s motionless form suddenly disappeared from beside him. He looked up the embankment and saw her reappear in Alex’s arms. “Accio hottie!” Alex cried.
"Give her back!" Isaac demanded.
"Your girlfriend will be safe," Felix said. "If you want her back, meet us at the next Lighthouse and we’ll work out a deal. Until then, Isaac."
"No!" Isaac cried. He pried himself free of the grasping thorns, but the three of them disappeared in a flash of blue light before he could reach them. Mia was gone without a trace.
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Another plot twist! (I am so cruel to be doing this to poor Isaac and Mia!) Wondering what happens? Well, you’ll just have to wait for Chapter 7, so there!