I don't own any of these characters which are the property of Square/Enix
Co. (But if they want to just give them to me I'd gladly accept! ;) )
Rated PG-13 for a romance between two men.
If you don't like this set up or are against this sort of relationship I'd recommend you go away and grow up, then return and enjoy the story.
Finally, I'm using the character's "real" names in the story so Glenn=Frog, Janus=Magus, Nadia=Marlie, R-66Y=Robo.
Knights Never Fall
By Gildedtongue
Glenn propped himself against a tree as both Ayla and Lucca slept. It's been about a week since he rejoined their party after they re-forged the fabled Masamune, the sword of Cyrus. He slowly fingered the hard leather grip on the hilt, feeling the grooves Cyrus' grip had embedded into it. Sure, Glenn had other swords that one might call more powerful, such as the Demon Hit, or the Rune Blade. But there was something about this blade that the transformed human would not let it go. Mainly that it belonged to his first and only love.
***
He was five when he first saw the soon to be hero of Guardia Castle. Other children were taunting, teasing and striking the young lad. He was, of course, rather small for his age, lithe, short, and scrawny. The other children called him 'Tadpole' or 'Tad' for short, an irony Glenn secretly laughed at in his later life. The children were dashing in circles about him when a tall, large built kid came out from the trees, dispatching the ruffians with a stick. It was Cyrus, at 10 years of age he looked as if he was already about to take on the enemies of the kingdom of Guardia.
"You shouldn't let them do that to you." the older child spoke to the quivering lad.
"But they're bigger than me! And, and I dun wanna hurt anyone, Cyrus." Glenn whimpered, recognizing the rather popular son of one of the lords in Truce town. Cyrus nodded, helping Glenn up. He hugged the shaking body until it finally emptied its vast supply of tears.
"What's your name?"
"Glenn, I'm from Porre." Cyrus nodded, smiling to the youngster.
"Well, Glenn, if ever you are in trouble again just call for me, I'll fight for you." The youth nodded quietly, wiping his cheeks dry as he looks about the forest.
"I guess they're gone.." Glenn looked back where Cyrus was and noticed that he too was gone.
***
The three friends, Glenn, Lucca, and Ayla, stood at the base of Death Peak, circa 2300 A.D. They held an item that would bring their companion Crono back to life, the Chrono Trigger . They navigated the windy mountain, clutching to every tree they found, eventually finding that Lavos had already started to reproduce to send his children to other planets that they may find the same fate as Earth. They made quick work of these lesser evils, as they were far less fearsome or awe inspiring as their sire.
They spent the night half way up the mountain. Again, Glenn took first watch, looking out for katana wielding crows or other such monsters. He rested against a tree as he started to daydream.
***
Cyrus and Glenn became fast friends after that day, talking, exploring the forest, and practicing their swordplay on the many imps and birds in Guardia forest. Cyrus was finally old enough to take up his sword for the king himself, and become a knight, his dream. Glenn, only sixteen at the time, was still waiting, but training as hard as any other his age to match the prowess of Cyrus.
"I give my oath to the King tomorrow."
"I know. You must be excited! Hey, in two years I'll be eligible for squiredom, think they'll let me be with you?" The young adult looked at the moss floor and chuckled to himself.
"If they don't, I'll demand that they do!"
They walked in silence for a bit more, the slow realization that this is the last day they have together like this sinking in. They walked over to the northern ocean and watched the tide come in quietly. Glenn broke the long silence.
"How dost the fair lass Penelope think about your knighthood? Is she happy or worried?"
"She's, well, Glenn? Can I tell you something, and will you promise to keep it secret?" The youngster nodded.
"Glenn, last night I.. we.. well, she took me out to this very forest edge and well.. asked if we could.. umm forgo the waiting until our marriage. And, well, I went with it."
Glenn nearly leapt out of his skin at this! Cyrus, the boy who knew the codes of chivalry and knighthood forward and backwards in his sleep, who could belch the Guardia National Anthem on cue and on key, who was the envy of every boy, and the idol of every lass, decided to sew some wild oats!
"Well.. erm.. it must had been enjoyable. I don't think I'd ever get that sort of offer." the lad slunk a bit, kicking the sand with a booted foot.
"Actually.. it wasn't.. it felt.. wrong. Not in the fact that we weren't married.. unlike my father, to me that's just a formality, but.." Cyrus looked into the woods again, "Glenn? Hath thou ever felt that you were just lying to yourself?" The soon-to-be knight walked off into the woods quietly, leaving the teen wondering what he meant by that remark.
***
"GlennFrog! RibbitGlenn!" the unofficial knight quickly woke up from the shaking and shouting of the amazon from a few aeons back in time.
"Ayla! I'm awake, I'm awake!"
"Glenn sleep at watch, bad frog!"
"I apologize. My thoughts were turned to the past, old lov, erm.. I'm sorry I fell asleep."
Ayla threw her head back laughing, "Ahhhh, So CroakGlenn have mate at home, make many babies. Strong like Glenn, maybe green too."
Glenn shook his head, "Nay, nay. My lover hath passed on, no children from this union," he croak-laughed to himself, "But I'm sure he'd like it."
Ayla blinked for a few seconds, cocking her head, "Glenn's mate is boy, Glenn is boy.. can't make babies.. Glenn hurt head?"
"Heh.. nay.. 'tis a long tale.."
Alya laughed, "Bet good tale, Alya have little to do, fire girl like stone, 'cept stone no make noise."
Both the frog and the cavewoman chuckled at the snoring that Lucca is emitting. Glenn sighed softly as he wrapped his brown cape around his body tighter, rather amazed that the woman clad in only a few blue furs seems entirely unaffected by the icy winds.
"What story? Who is Glenn's mate?" Ayla pried before Glenn started his story.
END CHAPTER ONE
Rated PG-13 for a romance between two men.
If you don't like this set up or are against this sort of relationship I'd recommend you go away and grow up, then return and enjoy the story.
Finally, I'm using the character's "real" names in the story so Glenn=Frog, Janus=Magus, Nadia=Marlie, R-66Y=Robo.
Knights Never Fall
By Gildedtongue
Glenn propped himself against a tree as both Ayla and Lucca slept. It's been about a week since he rejoined their party after they re-forged the fabled Masamune, the sword of Cyrus. He slowly fingered the hard leather grip on the hilt, feeling the grooves Cyrus' grip had embedded into it. Sure, Glenn had other swords that one might call more powerful, such as the Demon Hit, or the Rune Blade. But there was something about this blade that the transformed human would not let it go. Mainly that it belonged to his first and only love.
***
He was five when he first saw the soon to be hero of Guardia Castle. Other children were taunting, teasing and striking the young lad. He was, of course, rather small for his age, lithe, short, and scrawny. The other children called him 'Tadpole' or 'Tad' for short, an irony Glenn secretly laughed at in his later life. The children were dashing in circles about him when a tall, large built kid came out from the trees, dispatching the ruffians with a stick. It was Cyrus, at 10 years of age he looked as if he was already about to take on the enemies of the kingdom of Guardia.
"You shouldn't let them do that to you." the older child spoke to the quivering lad.
"But they're bigger than me! And, and I dun wanna hurt anyone, Cyrus." Glenn whimpered, recognizing the rather popular son of one of the lords in Truce town. Cyrus nodded, helping Glenn up. He hugged the shaking body until it finally emptied its vast supply of tears.
"What's your name?"
"Glenn, I'm from Porre." Cyrus nodded, smiling to the youngster.
"Well, Glenn, if ever you are in trouble again just call for me, I'll fight for you." The youth nodded quietly, wiping his cheeks dry as he looks about the forest.
"I guess they're gone.." Glenn looked back where Cyrus was and noticed that he too was gone.
***
The three friends, Glenn, Lucca, and Ayla, stood at the base of Death Peak, circa 2300 A.D. They held an item that would bring their companion Crono back to life, the Chrono Trigger . They navigated the windy mountain, clutching to every tree they found, eventually finding that Lavos had already started to reproduce to send his children to other planets that they may find the same fate as Earth. They made quick work of these lesser evils, as they were far less fearsome or awe inspiring as their sire.
They spent the night half way up the mountain. Again, Glenn took first watch, looking out for katana wielding crows or other such monsters. He rested against a tree as he started to daydream.
***
Cyrus and Glenn became fast friends after that day, talking, exploring the forest, and practicing their swordplay on the many imps and birds in Guardia forest. Cyrus was finally old enough to take up his sword for the king himself, and become a knight, his dream. Glenn, only sixteen at the time, was still waiting, but training as hard as any other his age to match the prowess of Cyrus.
"I give my oath to the King tomorrow."
"I know. You must be excited! Hey, in two years I'll be eligible for squiredom, think they'll let me be with you?" The young adult looked at the moss floor and chuckled to himself.
"If they don't, I'll demand that they do!"
They walked in silence for a bit more, the slow realization that this is the last day they have together like this sinking in. They walked over to the northern ocean and watched the tide come in quietly. Glenn broke the long silence.
"How dost the fair lass Penelope think about your knighthood? Is she happy or worried?"
"She's, well, Glenn? Can I tell you something, and will you promise to keep it secret?" The youngster nodded.
"Glenn, last night I.. we.. well, she took me out to this very forest edge and well.. asked if we could.. umm forgo the waiting until our marriage. And, well, I went with it."
Glenn nearly leapt out of his skin at this! Cyrus, the boy who knew the codes of chivalry and knighthood forward and backwards in his sleep, who could belch the Guardia National Anthem on cue and on key, who was the envy of every boy, and the idol of every lass, decided to sew some wild oats!
"Well.. erm.. it must had been enjoyable. I don't think I'd ever get that sort of offer." the lad slunk a bit, kicking the sand with a booted foot.
"Actually.. it wasn't.. it felt.. wrong. Not in the fact that we weren't married.. unlike my father, to me that's just a formality, but.." Cyrus looked into the woods again, "Glenn? Hath thou ever felt that you were just lying to yourself?" The soon-to-be knight walked off into the woods quietly, leaving the teen wondering what he meant by that remark.
***
"GlennFrog! RibbitGlenn!" the unofficial knight quickly woke up from the shaking and shouting of the amazon from a few aeons back in time.
"Ayla! I'm awake, I'm awake!"
"Glenn sleep at watch, bad frog!"
"I apologize. My thoughts were turned to the past, old lov, erm.. I'm sorry I fell asleep."
Ayla threw her head back laughing, "Ahhhh, So CroakGlenn have mate at home, make many babies. Strong like Glenn, maybe green too."
Glenn shook his head, "Nay, nay. My lover hath passed on, no children from this union," he croak-laughed to himself, "But I'm sure he'd like it."
Ayla blinked for a few seconds, cocking her head, "Glenn's mate is boy, Glenn is boy.. can't make babies.. Glenn hurt head?"
"Heh.. nay.. 'tis a long tale.."
Alya laughed, "Bet good tale, Alya have little to do, fire girl like stone, 'cept stone no make noise."
Both the frog and the cavewoman chuckled at the snoring that Lucca is emitting. Glenn sighed softly as he wrapped his brown cape around his body tighter, rather amazed that the woman clad in only a few blue furs seems entirely unaffected by the icy winds.
"What story? Who is Glenn's mate?" Ayla pried before Glenn started his story.
END CHAPTER ONE