Rain Child: Well, this is it. The end of my longest ongoing story ever. I'd like to personally thank everyone who ever reviewed, but you're here to read the ending, not my little bits of thanks to everyone! If I receive enough questions, I'll include some explanatory notes after this, but other than that, its finished now.
Isaac: And she doesn't own Golden Sun-that would be Camelot and Nintendo. She doesn't even own a learner's permit either! How pathetic!
Rain Child: Shut up Isaac. Anyways, Happy 4th of July everyone and without further ado, my epilogue!
Epilogue Of Unrequited
Morning dawned simply, with golden rays of light streaming into the hilly area surrounding the village. As Ivan traded watches with Hama, he signed a letter and took it with him to send off to Xian. Yawning in his reasonable exhaustion, he finished sending the letter and trudged up the inn stairs, and collapsed onto the bed upon reaching his room. Elements he was tired! While both he and Sheba saw no need to really guard the two Adepts, Garet had insisted they do so for his sons' safety.
"Even if they can't stand..." he muttered sleepily before closing amethyst eyes and submitting to his body's demand for sleep.
Sheba gently woke a snoring Felix from his dreams, who stirred a few times before blearily opening his eyes in a boyish fashion rarely displayed by the Venus Adept.
"Huh?" He yawned, as Sheba reminded him,
"Meeting at the Sanctum regarding the Adepts that attacked, remember?"
"Oh-" he yawned again, "Yeah."
Rolling out of bed, he commenced to dress and followed his wife out the house and onto the sanctum, still trying to stay awake. Not only was he tired, but his muscles were sore as well. 'Never again am I skipping training...' he thought bitterly as they were joined by an even more exhausted Ivan, and then finally Picard.
"Morning."
"Is it?"
"Yep."
"Where're Isaac and Jenna anyways?"
"They should be giving the kids to Kay to watch," Ivan supplied for the others, "They'll be here soon enough."
As they reached Garet's house, Felix knocked on the door to find himself face to face with Mia-Garet and Picard supporting the two teens behind her.
"We ready then?" Mia asked, looking back towards her husband and the Lemurian.
"Yep," Garet huffed, complaining as they continued up, "Man am I tired! I haven't had to fight like that in years!"
The others just nodded as they reached the Sanctum.
"Thanks Kay!" Jenna called as they left, trying to appear less tired than she really was as she and Isaac left Garet's sister's home and followed slowly behind their friends.
"You still awake Isaac?" She asked, giving a half effort towards a tease before giving it up as he simply nodded.
"Well, I guess we'd better get going then. They're going to wonder where we are."
"All right." Isaac answered, though made no movement towards going faster. Entering the Sanctum shortly after the others, who took little notice as they stood with the others, and the Great Healer began...
"We hail from Anemos," Kentar began simply, using a stick for support.
Moira just nodded, adding, "You see, Gaia Falls, they—"
"Stopped flowing," Finished the Mars Adept, who then continued on,
"But they only stopped long enough for our city to return to Weyard."
"Anemos has been crumbling away in the sky for centuries," Moira added, "And our way of technological life is almost completely gone-much like Lemuria I would guess," She looked at Picard, who nodded in agreement.
"But that's besides the point," snapped Kentar.
"Because the lighthouses are not being kept up by their cities as they were supposed to, plagues have begun. Perhaps you have received word from Atteka that there was a bad hurricane about a year after you returned here?"
They nodded, having forgotten his.
"Well, this disturbance was caused when our city landed alongside them. Things are very...different from the stories we are taught as children. Sickness quickly spread in Contigo as the Adepts there continued to neglect their lighthouse duties. They are small plagues, effecting only Adepts who do not visit their proper lighthouses to care for them. That is why it wasn't reported to you. The people don't realize that Adepts will die out if not taught as your responsibilities direct!"
"Wait a second, you're saying that Adepts could die out if the Lighthouses aren't cared for? Why?" Felix interrupted, voicing the confusion of the Valeans and their companions.
"Like any other buildings, the lighthouses can fall into disrepair. Did you not notice that parts were crumbling? Only the Mercury Lighthouse is visited frequently enough to keep the Imilians safe."
Here Mia breathed a small sigh of relief that neither of her former students were in any danger.
"Then Anemos was struck with a large plague that our scholars claim is retribution for failed caretaking of the lighthouses. That's your job-to visit your proper lighthouse once a year to care for it. If you did as the Wise One was to instruct you then no one would have died!"
Guilt and confusion hit the Adepts as the teenage girl by the name of Moira began to break down, all earning another furious glare by her friend. But Ivan then asked the Great Healer,
"Did the Wise One ever mention that?" But the Great Healer did not respond, as his wrinkled face was even more riddled with skin then before as he closed glassy eyes.
"The Wise One sends his apologies for not telling you. He has been held up by several more pressing matters, and—"
"More pressing then peoples' lives?" Garet burst, falling silent as Mia gave him a reproachful look.
"More pressing matters such as keeping Weyard safe from dire consequences of the power hungry." The Great Healer continued, having not heard the man's outburst at all. Opening his eyes, he added,
"Moira and Kentar, you are dismissed. Gentlemen, would you please escort them to their confinement room?" He motioned to two monks, who nodded and took them out.
"So...all we have to do is visit the proper lighthouses once a year?" Isaac asked the Healer, who shook his head.
"You are to visit and cast the first psynergy spell you ever learned. I recommend you leave as soon as the children are ready to travel." He explained.
"And before you do that, you might want to return the two Anemos Adepts to their home. And Sheba, they wish to talk to you."
Sheba nodded and took her leave, soon followed by the others.
"You two wanted to talk to me?" Sheba asked as she entered the room and sat down in a chair across from them. Kentar nodded, holding a mirror in his hand.
"Yes. You see, you're a descendant of the Anemos. How else would you fall from the sky? It's a miracle you survived. Even larger of a miracle that you still bear the same name as the one you were given at birth. Sheba."
The Jupitar Adept sat still, utterly surprised, but believing. It did make sense. And that would mean her vision had been correct in the long run- exploring with Felix would reveal the truth. But just in case,
"Why should I believe you?" She asked coldly, trying to keep her voice emotionless.
"Cast Reveal upon yourself and look into this mirror." Moira instructed, taking the mirror from her companion and handing it to Sheba. The mirror looked ordinary enough-wrought silver embellished with hints of purple. Nodding, Sheba closed her eyes momentarily and sighed as the psynergy welled up and flowed around them in a circle. Looking into the mirror, she noted with surprise that a mark was upon her forehead-but when she looked at the others, they had no mark.
"Only the mirror reveals our heritage." Kentar explained as she handed him the mirror and stopped casting the spell.
"I...see..." She finally answered, and left the room silently.
"How are you doing Picard?" Hama asked nervously as she sat down next to him with lunch for them both.
"Tired, but I think I understand what Moira and Kentar were trying to explain." Picard told her, "And I'm afraid it means once I'm done visiting Imil I'll have to go back to Lemuria."
"Well I'll go with you." Hama volunteered, flushing pink.
Picard just smiled. "That would be nice."
Jenna set down a glass in front of Isaac as she sat down beside him. Smiling sleepily, she asked her husband,
"Feeling any better?"
"A little. I guess all these years of doing nothing have caused our discipline to slip a bit." He replied wryly after taking a sip of the cold liquid. The couple sat in peaceful silence for several minutes, watching the clouds with a calm that was abnormal for Jenna. Predictably, she broke the silence.
"...Isaac?"
"What is it Jenna?"
"What was it you were going to tell me yesterday?"
"Oh, that?" Isaac replied, blushing, "I was going to tell you, tell you that, well, umm..." He trailed off as he looked Jenna in the eye. She neither looked away nor asked him to continue, almost as if she was...afraid? Blinking slowly, he finally spat it out.
"There was something I've been meaning to tell you Jenna. You see, I-I thought that when I met Mia it was like, I'd finally found the girl I had dreamed of for years...and with you not there and Garet talking about you all the time-I though he was still in love with you, you know," He stammered, suddenly uncomfortable.
"I guess I'd forgotten about you or something, but it seems my heart knows better than my head because I guess I always knew somehow that I...I was in love with you, Jenna. Not Mia."
Jenna smiled, "I know Isaac. Or I think I did. But you do know I love you as well, right?"
Isaac nodded, giving his wife a smile as he took her hand. Jenna merely commented,
"Guess we're still a bunch of silly Adepts, huh?" Rolling sapphire blue eyes, he kissed her gently.
Well, thus concludes my ongoing sad story with its happy ending! I'll miss working on this story a good deal and hope you all enjoy it too!
Over and out!
-The Rain Child