The Music box
Chapter one
AN: Well here goes, I haven't written a fanfic for age so I may be a bit rusty, hope you like.
I do not own Chrono crusade only the characters I made up myself, also this is not set in 1920's America it is more medieval or something like that LOL '-.-
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There they all laid, in their hundreds, thousands maybe. Men, women and children lay dead drowning in their own blood in front of us, a whole village wiped out and it was all our doing.
I just stood there, eyes and mouth wide open. Aion my twin brother comes up beside me and places a hand on my shoulder.
"Looks like the "Peace bringer" wasn't here" He laughs
I shake his hand off in disgust. "What is so funny, Aion, because of us innocent lives are lost!"
Aion lets loose another laugh "Don't tell me you still feel for these pathetic humans, Chrono" he exclaims.
I didn't replay, only glared at him hard.
"Anyway I hear the "Peace bringer" maybe in another village not far, from here" Aion explains, making his way to the front of the group.
The others in the group of sinners nodded in agreement, there are six of us, me, Aion, Rizelle, shader, Viede and Genai. They all mounted onto their horses, when without a second thought I stood in the way of their path.
"What are you doing, Chrono!" Aion hissed
"This isn't right, we don't even know if the "Peace bringer" really is there, and if it isn't, more innocent lives will be gone" I explained
"So what if some puny humans die" Rizelle spat
"Some? If we keep on with this killing spree, "some" will turn in to some hundred" I exclaimed.
"Demons born without horns are considered imperfect and it is their duty to become perfect" Viede said coldly.
The demons he was talking about was me and Aion, we were born without our horns and were looked down upon in our homeland, even our own mother and father abandoned us for the sake of their honor.
I sighed; I couldn't help but feel this was wrong, I have always felt like this, ever since I was younger…ever since I met her.
Flashback… 16 years ago
I remember running through the forest, a stream of blood flowed down my face. I had gotten this because I had tried to steal food.
I ran and ran until I felt myself trip over a tree root and land face first into a puddle of mud. I struggled to lift myself back up and when I finally did I wiped away the mud from my face with my sleeve, the wound to my face was now stinging because mud had also gotten into it.
I staggered over to a tree far away from the puddle and sat down, leaning my back on its hard bark. I then tucked my head into my knees and started to cry.
The sound of footsteps echoed in my ears and the scent of flowers reach my line of smell. It soon came to my attention that someone was leaning over me and I was right.
There stood at girl at the age of 10 no older than me at the time, she had white hair and blue eyes, she wore a long waving white dress and she was holding out a yellow flower, as if trying to give it to me.
"Nothing like a flower to brighten up someone's day, that's what my mummy used to say" she giggled
I just stared at her in total shock; her voice was like that of an angel. Her blue eyes caught hold of the wound on my face. She sighed and shook her head, before reaching into her dress pocket and pulling out a white hanky and knelt down beside me.
"Here, let me clean you up a bit" she offered
She reached out to clean my face and I flinched, she giggles. "Don't worry; I'm not going to hurt you" she said, her eyes softening
I decided to trust her and I let her clean my face, I sighed in relief and closed my eyes as she gently washed my face. She giggled again and I felt myself blush.
Next she tore a new bit of cloth from her dress's sleeve and wrapped it around my now clean wound, so it looked like I was wearing a head band.
"My name is Mary by the way" She said softly as she tied the cloth
"M…My name is Chrono" I replied nervously
She smiles "Chrono, that's a nice name…"
End of flashback…
I still have that piece of her white dress she used to cover my wound; of course I have washed it since then. I stared down at it in my hand as we travelled to the next village to slaughter some more innocent villagers over something that might not even exist…a fairy tale.
I kept on thinking about her, the way she was always so nice to me even after she found out I was a demon… she excepted me for who I was, and not for what I was, a human, a mortal enemy to demons had become my only best friend and had been there for me and shown me feelings that I didn't think was possible because my own people never showed me them…and now I was killing her kind.
I felt a shadow loom over me and I quickly tucked the bit of clothe back into my pocket.
"We are here" Aion notified
I looked to where Aion was looking, and found we were standing on top of a hill, looking over a small village of about 20 huts; I could see market stools, villagers and their animals. The adults were buying clothe, jewelry or food and the children playing games like Tag or knights and thieves. My heart sank to my boots at the thought of invading such a peaceful village.
"Here is the plan, Chrono you find the leader of the village, I'm guessing he lives in that huge hut at the far end and when you do tell him where the "peace bringer" is" Aion explained, pointing to the huge looking hut at the end of the line of much smaller huts.
"-While you do that, me and the other sinners will attack the villagers to see if they are hiding what we are looking for, do you understand?" he then added
The others nodded and before I had time to protest they were making their way down, weapons in hand to the startled villagers below.
I followed. Rizelle and Viede were busy destroying market stools and trashing huts, while Aion and Genai were clearing me a path before going off in their own direction. I blasted the door of the giant hut right of its hinges, and walked inside.
The hut was dark, the only light shining through was from a small window on the far right, The beam of light beamed down onto a wooden table with a bowl of freshly picked fruits in the middle of it, around the table was four chairs, A kitchen area was in the corner of front wall and a dried fire place in the far left, that was also where I found the leader of the village, huddled in the corner with his wife and two children, a look of pure fright written all over their faces.
There was silence between us as I peered down at the family, while the family peered up at me. We could only hear the sound of crashing and smashing and the sound of the villagers screaming, I could also hear the sound of my brother laughing along with Rizelle.
"Go" I whispered
"W-What?" the leader spoke, confused
"Go" I repeated "Get your family out of here while you still have a chance, and get help"
"But, what about my villagers?"
"I'll deal with that, just get yourself out of here" I replied
"But how do I know you won't kill them and eat them!" the leader asked
I shook my head "I-I can't, something changed me" I explained
There was another silence until the leader finally understood.
"I understand, thank you demon" he nodded, gratefully
The leader and his family were just about to make their escape, when in came Aion and the others.
"Well done, Chrono. Well done, you have found the leader" Aion laughed
"What? No Aion I…"
"Now tell me, where the "Peace bringer" is" Aion demanded, ignoring me
"The what?" the leader asked
"Tell me where it is, old man, or your wife dies" Aion growled
He then quickly snatches the leader's wife, she screeches in fright and in pain by the way Aion held her; he had wrapped his clawed hand on the wife's throat.
"Ivy!" The Leader exclaimed
"Mummy!" The children shouted, holding out their hands, their father had to hold them back to stop them from running to their mother.
"Aion, what are you…?" I began in total shock
I moved forward to free the woman but Viede and Jenai were holding me back.
"Silence Chrono" Aion snapped
He turned towards the leader, irritation and desperation planted on his face.
"Now tell me where the "Peace bringer" is" Aion demanded, getting angry
The woman whined in fright, her pleading eyes fixed on me, I peered back defeat on my face. What could I do?
"I don't know what you are talking about" The leader exclaimed
Aion growled "Don't play dumb with me human" Aion's grip got tighter around the woman's neck, she let out another whine.
"Please let her go, I am telling you I don't know what you're talking about!" the leader pleaded, tears started to form in his and his children's eyes.
"Aion, stop this I think he is telling the truth!" I shouted
"I said SILENCE CHRONO!" Aion shouted, making the children whimper in fright
"No one is going to tell me? Then fine… the woman dies!" Aion exclaimed
"NO PLEASE!" the leader pleaded
Aion just ignored him, and gripped the woman tighter, turning his hand into a blade and putting it to the woman's throat, she screamed. I couldn't take it anymore with all my strength I sent Viede and Jenai flying into the wall and with my own sword I struck Aion, not to hard but hard enough for him to let go of the woman who fell back into her husband's hands. Aion crashed to the floor but quickly picked himself up again, a trail of blood trickled from his cheek bone.
"CHRONO, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!" Aion shouted, he charged at me and I was ready but he halted for a second as he heard the sound of the alarm and people shouting.
"Shit!" Jenai exclaimed "It's the Magdalene order!"
The Magdalene order are a bunch of demon exterminators lead by a stuck up nun named Sister Kate and her assistant named Father Remington. Their goal was to stop at nothing to make sure all hells creatures were destroyed. And they do pack a punch since I have done battle with one of them before the one named Remington but that was a long time ago.
"Quick, get to the woods" Viede exclaimed as he blasted a hole into the back wall, we all ran out of the hole and took to the sky, leaving our horses behind, I looked down and saw little dots that were actually the people from the Magdalene order coming to the leader's hut and aid the family. In some way I felt glad that the alarm was sounded before Aion did any more damage for no lives were lost. But I knew I was going to feel it when we landed and I was right.
We landed in a spaced out area of the woods far away from the village and was well hidden, I leaned against a tree to get my breathe when I heard Aion's angry footsteps and growls before he, using his full strength struck me across the face, sending me face first into a nearby rock.
"YOU BASTARD!" He shouted "WHAT THE FLAMING HELL WERE YOU DOING?"
"Aion, I…"
Before I had a chance of finishing my sentence he pinned me against a tree. Anger printed on his face.
"You and your emotions. Ever since you met that stupid brat!" Aion spat
"Don't call her a brat!" I snapped
"Why…Why Chrono…why do you care about these humans, when they only want to see us demons dead, just like our own kind just for the sake of their honor against the pursuers?" Aion asked, dropping me from my grip. I began to chock and rubbed my sore neck before saying.
"No Aion, your wrong… sure the humans prefer us dead but only because they are protecting themselves and their children, because us demons are a lot stronger than them, but not all of them agree with it, and Mary was prof of it however our own kind did nothing like this not even to their own off spring, and you and I both know that very well!" I cried
"That's why we need the "Peace bringer" so we can finally be excepted" Aion exclaimed
"But, we don't even know if it exists…it is just some stupid fairy tale and you know it" I spat
Aion who had been turned away from me span around and tried to strike me again with his hand blade but I managed to block just in time. I struck back and like me, Aion blocked, soon our swords were locked in battle. It was Rizelle and Viede who stopped the fight.
"Stop this. We need to move!" Rizelle shouted
"Fine, get out of my sight Chrono, if you want to join the humans in their own miserable existence, then be my guest!" Aion cried
"Aion, what are you doing, Chrono is your brother!" Jenai said
"Brother? I have no brother; all I see is this human loving freak of nature!" Aion spat
At that moment my heart broke in two, a lump formed in my throat, my own flesh and blood and only family I had left had just disowned me.
"I'll go if that's what you truly want, but just to let you know you have just proven my point" I cried and with that I took off into the sky not looking back.
I didn't know how far I had flown all I knew was that I was far, far away from Aion and the others. I stormed through the forest lost in deep thought when something snapped me back into reality; it was the sound of someone crying.
The sound leads me to another opening, and there I saw her, a young girl around the age of 10, with golden, blonde hair I couldn't see her facial features because she had buried her head into her knees, one of her knees were bleeding. I could see she was shaking and most likely scared.
I didn't know what lead me to do this, but now I think about it, it's because she reminded me of me back when I met Mary. I morphed into my human form as in not to alarm her and before I went to her I saw a white flower to my right and picked it, to give it to her.
I slowly approached her, she didn't seem to notice me, I crouched down and reach out my hand holding the flower.
"Nothing like a flower to brighten up some ones day, well, that's what someone, told me" I said gently
The girl looked up, slowly; I could now see she had teary ocean blue eyes and held what looked like a wooden box in her lap, her eyes widened and she seemed unable to speak. I looked down to her bleeding knee, it looked painful
"Here let me clear that up for you" I said again in a calm soothing voice
I then took out the bit of white cloth Mary had given me and my own hanky (I haven't used it) and reached out to clean her leg. She hesitated and tried to move away but failing.
"Please I won't hurt you" I told her with a soothing smile
There was silence as she looked deep in my eyes, I really wanted to help her and soon she hesitantly reached out her leg to let me clean it. She watched me do this with wide eye and a finger in her mouth, I wiped away the blood with my hanky and wrapper her wound with Mary's cloth.
"My name is Chrono, by the way" I introduced tying the cloth
"M…My name i…is Rosette" she sobbed
"Rosette, that's a nice name" I smiled
"T…Th…Thank you" Rosette replied
After I was satisfied, I looked over to the box she had in her lap.
"What's that you got there?" I asked
Rosette didn't reply she just gripped the box tighter and held it closer to her as if trying to protect it, I laughed.
"Don't worry I'm not going to take it" I assured her
She still seemed unsure but still let me look at it, it was a box of polished wood, and it had a picture of what looked like an outline of an angel that seemed hand painted on the lid.
"It used to be a music box, that belonged to my mummy, but the boys at the orphanage broke it" Rosette explain sadness in her youthful voice.
I looked up from the music box and stared at Rosette "You're an orphan?"
She nodded "My mummy died, when I was five, I'm ten now, and that music box is all I have left of my mum and now it is broken" She began to silently sob
I gave her a sympathetic look, I could tell she had been close to her mother when she was alive and so yet again I let my emotions get the better of me and decided to take a look myself.
"Let me see what I can do" I said
Rosette wiped her eyes as I opened the lid, it was like looking inside a huge puzzle with bits of cogs and bolts, there also laid an angel made from marble in a praying pose balancing on a single spring. I smiled this was going to be easy, because like I Said before it was basically like a puzzle and it wasn't long before I was fitting the last piece of the puzzle which was the angel.
"There you go, all fixed" I exclaimed
Rosette let lose a cheerful giggle her eyes were open wide and gleaming with joy, her wide smile reach from ear to ear.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you" she cried and before I knew it she had wrapped her arms around my neck in a tight hug, I only laughed and when she finally let go I handed her music box back.
"Now let me wind it up, so you can hear its soothing melody" Rosette exclaimed
She turned the box to its back, but soon her giant smile fell. "Oh-no the key is missing" she said sadly.
I got up from the ground, "Well it must be around here somewhere, we just need to look for it" I said determined not to make her start crying again.
Rosette looked up and smiled "You're right, Mister Chrono lets go look" she then took my hand, which surprised me, and lead me to another area of the woods. But she soon stopped, let go of my hand and started to run back to where we once were. She seemed to be looking for something.
"What you doing Rosette?" I called
"I can't forget this…" She replied, she then held up the white flower I had given to her and threaded it through her hair…
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AN: Well there you are, what do you think shall I continue I have it all planned out so let me know. Thanks
TTFN {Tar tar for now}