Return to Eden
Two ships flew back from the land once known as the Brink, heading for the land once known as the Wasteland. One ship held three sisters, eager to reunite with two they thought of as their parents. The other carried two brothers and two friends, knit as close as family. Both had traveled a great distance already, but what they saw as they approached made all gasp in shock.
Before, the oceans had been sluggish as they girted the land, barely splashing as they shifted around the stony shores. Now, waves crashed against stone outcrops, white froth gliding up sandy beaches that came to a halt in verdant grasslands, painting the continent green as far as the eye could see as what had once been isolated oases were now spraying fountains, the water shooting into the sky like the Eco flowing out of the vents. What had once been barely survivable and a brutal taskmaster to those who thrived there was now a blooming paradise.
"Did...did we really do all that?" Shining gasped out, shocked.
"I...I knew stabilizing the planet and reactivating the Eco Vents would have an effect..." Keira managed to say. "But this? It's...it's phenomenal-"
"Look!" Jak called out, pointing straight ahead. A massive tree rose out of the forest behind Haven city, tall enough to be visible from the edge of the continent, its branches protectively shading acres as blossoms bedecked its boughs.
"...some homecoming, huh?" Daxter managed to say. "It...it really does look like Sandover came back, doesn't it? The area around Samos' old hut is even a flooded inlet with rocky islands again!"
"We did it, Jak," Keira spoke up warmly, turning shining eyes and a wide smile to him. "We saved the world."
"Yeah..." Jak murmured softly, wrapping an arm around her. "Let's...let's go see everyone..."
The two ships parted as they crossed the continent. The sisters steered their ship into the tunnels to the Planetary Defense System, where their 'parents' - Gol and Maia - still worked away to correct their past mistakes. Their reunion would happen in its own time. Jak landed his own ship just outside Spargus. "Everyone will be waiting for us in there," he confirmed to himself. He turned to the others worriedly. "I think you three should go on ahead. Give everyone some idea of what all has happened." He smiled at Keira. "This was your Spirit Journey, after all."
Keira smirked softly. "You want time to brace yourself for how people will see you differently now?" At Jak's nod, Keira leaned in and kissed him. "You just wait here until you're ready then. But no running off, alright?"
"Promise," Jak confirmed, sitting back as the trio made their way into the city.
Samos was the first to greet those who returned. "Keira, there you are," he greeted warmly as she entered the city. "Look at you! A full Sage at last. I'm so proud of you." He pulled her into a warm embrace, then stepped back to turn to the others. "And from the look of you, Shining, you're learning a bit more control of the darkness inside you...but your journey isn't quite yet complete."
"No, not yet," Shining admitted. "There's somewhere I still need to go."
"Not alone, you won't," Daxter stated firmly. "We'll go with yo-whoammph!"
Daxter's interrupted speech was due to Tess having tackled him to the ground, her short limbs wrapped tight around him as she locked limbs with him, her tail wrapping around his intimately. "Oh my snukki-wukkikins, how I missed you!"
Daxter chuckled, returning the embrace. "Heh. Missed you too, sweet cheeks. But I also miss breathing!" Tess merely giggled and tightened her embrace.
"Hmph," Samos grumbled under his breath as he stared at Daxter. "Seems you've really come into your own as well. Can't say I'm surprised or happy."
"Oh, go suck a lemon old man!" Daxter groused back.
Samos rolled his eyes. "But where's Jak? Didn't he come back with you?"
"Yes," Damas agreed as he raced up onto Shining's back. "I am eager to be reunited with both my sons."
"Jak's...changed a bit," Keira explained softly. "He...completed his journey as well. It...changed how some people saw him. He wants to get ready for what it will mean amongst those he knows well, and who know him well."
"Really?" Samos asked grumpily. "After everything that's happened to him, now he's worried about how we'll see him? Seriously, when is that boy going to grow up-" His voice came to a choked halt as Jak stepped through the city gates.
Jak was once more in his Sage Mode, but it was even more prominent than before. In the disturbed Eco flows of the Brink, The shape of Jak's power as a Sage was at best an afterimage that all were aware of and those with Eco Affinity could glimpse. But here, where the Eco now flowed freely and life flourished, his body underwent one last metamorphosis. His muscles were more plainly defined as the power left his chest bare. Bands of the six colors ran along his arms as his staff blazed with light. Markings in the six colors shaped a pattern of wisdom and strength, and his hair now ran back from his head to halfway down his back, waving in the air as it shimmered like an aurora from white to black, red to blue, yellow to green, and back again. Every plant in his vicinity turned towards him as he walked as though he himself were the life-giving sun.
"...I'd say he did," Damas spoke up, his voice bursting with pride.
"That he did," Samos muttered as he joined those gathered in bowing. But it wasn't a bow to a god, or to one who held the power of the world in their hands. It was the bow Jak had earned, the bow they had already awarded to him, to a role he was now truly ready for.
A bow to a king.
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I AM HAPPY AND TOTALLY NOT CRYING!!!
Yeah, that's the best example I can think of with the land being restored and the King claiming his throne.
*Cries manly tears* (T_T)
Now... how will they get to Equestria and how will Twilight react to her new BBBFF???? And will he curbstomp Chrysalis when she tries to mind rape him????
Seriously, you're getting me extremely hyped for the return to Equestria! I can't wait!
NICE!
And so, it soon comes to an end. Unless you're adding another adventure like you did for "Another Hatchling."
7722924 You mean that you're shedding liquid pride?
Is it wrong that the first thing that I thought of when I read the description of Jak's new form is Super Saiyan 4?
Hail to the conquering heroes! Now, a chapter or two of how things are going, then back to Equestria. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the great work. Deus tecum.
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Of course you are not crying. However, you might be leaking liquid pride. Too much of a loss of such a precious fluid can lead to several debilitating ailments. Such as...
Sudden Desire to Save World
Rip Demons & Tear Monsters & Hug Bunnies
Onset of Calling Out Actions
Amorous Prowess Aura (or Animal Electromagnetism)
And worst of all, the possibility of having your name forcibly changed by the Powers That Be to Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster!
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I was thinking more along the lines of this
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but more colorful.
7723117 That works.
Though, if you don't mind my asking, where is that from, it looks familiar, but I can't place it.
Jak is now awesomeness incarnate. Even Rainbow Dash could learn a thing or two from him...
Poor Daxter not getting any praise from Samos.
7723117 Ah, Yusuke's demon form...
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That's Yusuke Urameshi from Yu Yu Hakusho, right after he awakens his continent-crackingly powerful demon heritage.
7723179 Ah, that explains why I didn't recognize him. Never watched Yu Yu Hakusho. I might do that after I finish Fairy Tail.
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Eh, in broad terms, I guess. I picture it as more wild and energetic than Celestia's calm, gentle flow, to go with his more... proactive style of leadership. ("I'm making a better world, and I will drag you kicking and screaming into it or else remove you from it entirely.")
The hype is real.....
How can this get anymore epic than this......
I feel like this is a crossover with something?
7723027 I am oddly okay with those...
7722974 Eh, I was thinking more in the terms of Sombrero rather than Chryssi.
7723145 Or Dartz from Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged.
7723327 mmm... well.
The action and flair are top-notch. His word-crafting isn't that great, and there are some other points of contention I won't discuss in a public forum.
The stories taste vaguely like... food from a family joint turned diner.
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HERESY!!
THE GREAT HOLY TATSUROU IS FAR GREATER!!!
7723620 *you feel your sins crawling on your back*
7723748 They are crawling away.... as i'm the one they fear
7723759 I was talking to that other guy.
7723777 oh. Then perhaps click on his comment so he'll know
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7724894 'Cause Tatsurou usually gives us only one part of the story in Equestria (epilogue) and it's quite short with one vilain to show. But I agree both might be actually better.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good work.
7725026 Eh. I'm a heretic and a sinner. And worse. Never claimed otherwise. Won't change the fact that the stories aren't the be-all end-all. They're solidly'good'
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And considering that 90% of everything is Crap, that's high praise.
Dang, they really did rework the whole world, and not just the Brink. Nice work, kids.
If the sisters (sorry for forgetting the names) view Gol and Maia as their parents then wouldn't the blue sage instantly recognize Daxter and, rather than threaten him, as if maybe he knew other beings like himself and ask him to make contact? Also, Gol and Maia bathing together and later adopting these three seems to be implying a wee bit o' incest.
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One, she was being cautious in her approach regarding Daxter, as explained by her in the chapter after the wager was made.
Two, they weren't bathing together. Maia was bathing and Gol was in the same house and reacted to the loud crash and her angry shout.