Chrono Trigger

Sealed Darkness

Chapter One

The New Headband

Copyrights Notice

Chrono Trigger and its characters belong to Square Enix. I DO NOT claim them as my own. This is just a story I wrote merely for fun. Please don't sue.

"Oh Crono, its beautiful!" Marle exclaimed. "Do you think Jikan will like it?"

Crono and Marle were in Guardia castle's throne room. Marle was seated upon her throne and Crono stood before her holding out a silver headband. In the center of the headband was a large red jewel and on the rest of the headband were lines carved into various patterns.

Fifteen years had past since the destruction of Lavos. Crono and Marle were now husband and wife, king and queen of Guardia kingdom, and had a twelve year old daughter named Jikan.

"Yes, Crono. She'll love it." Marle answered as she admired the beautiful headband.

"I hope so. Do you know where she is?"

"I think she's in her room."

"Alright. I'm going to go give it to her then." Crono turned away and headed toward the stairs leading to the tower where Jikan's room was located. He reached them and went up the stairs. He soon reached the top of the tower and walked down the hall. He stopped before a large wooden door and knocked on it. "Jikan? Are you in there?"

"Yes." A female voice answered.

"Can I come in?"

"Yes." Crono opened the door and entered the room.

Across the room was a girl seated at a desk a book in front of her. The girl had long spikily auburn colored hair with long bangs all over her face, and blue eyes. The girl looked up at Crono.

"What are you doing, Jikan?" Crono asked her.

"Reading." Jikan answered.

"Oh. What?" "History of Guardia Kingdom."

"For your studies?"

"Sort of. I'm reading it for fun too."

"Oh I see. Well, Jikan, I have a gift for you if your not too busy."

Jikan's face lit up.

"Really? What?"

"This." Crono held out the headband he had just shown Marle.

Jikan immediately got up and walked over to Crono. She looked down at the headband and as soon as she laid eyes on it smiled brightly.

"Oh its beautiful, Papa!" She exclaimed.

"Do you like it?"

"Yes, I love it! It so pretty!"

Crono smiled. "May I?"

"Yes, please!"

Crono took the headband and gently placed it on Jikan's head.

"There you go."

"Thank you. How does it look?"

"Beautiful."

Jikon dashed over to her life sized mirror and looked at her refection.

"I love it, Papa! Its so pretty..." She looked to Crono.

"I'm glad you like it."

"I love it. I'll never take it off."

"Madam!" A female voice yelled.

"Yes?" Another female voice responded.

The two voices were of two women who were in a pitch dark room. Nothing could be seen except their shadows. One shadow stood near the entrance of the room, and the other appeared to be seated on something at the other end of the room.

"Madam, your controller has been activated." The first voice said.

"What? My controller?" The seated shadow straighten.

"Yes."

"When did it activate?"

"Just a moment ago."

"I see...So someone has finally found it...Alright then." The seated shadow hopped down from where she was sitting. "Let's go to the control room. I want to see who activated it."

"Yes madam."

The two shadows left the dark room and entered a hallway. The hallway was dark as well, but slightly lighter then the room they had just left. You could see a little more then just shadows, you could see the women's features. The two women walked down the hallway and entered another room which was much smaller then the last. This room had the same amount of light as the hallway did. In this room was a large screen, a control panel as large as the screen, and some chairs before the control panel.

One of the women, the one being ordered by the other woman immediately sat down in one of the chairs. This woman appeared to be quite young, and was shorter then the other woman. She had short dirty blonde hair with long bangs all over her face, and blue eyes. She wore a short black dress with wide sleeves that ended near her elbows, black gloves, and black boots which ended below her knees.

The other woman stood next to her with her arms crossed. She appeared to be much older and taller then the other woman. She had long blonde hair tied in an up-ponytail with long bangs that fell past her chin on both sides of her face, and red eyes. She wore a black dress with short sleeves that fell past her shoulders a bit. This dress was similar to the shorter woman's dress except hers was slightly longer. She also wore black similar black boots expect hers ended near her ankles.

"Turn on the screen." The tall woman ordered.

"Yes, madam." The shorter woman responded as she pressed a button on the control panel. The large screen lit up. "You wish to see who activated the controller?"

"Yes, Show me."

The shorter woman pressed several buttons on the control panel.

"The controller should have a recording of whoever activated it. I'll just rewind it a second or two and then we can see who it was that activated it." The short woman pressed another button. "Alright...Here..."

An image appeared on the large screen. The image was of a young man with spikily red hair and green eyes. He was dressed in expensive looking clothing and wore a gold crown upon his head.

"That's who activated it?"

"Yes, I believe so."

"...I wonder who he is...He looks important..."

On the screen the man was leaning forward. This was just for a second.

"There you go." He said.

"Thank you. How does it look?" A female voice asked.

"Beautiful." The man answered.

Then the man suddenly disappeared from the screen.

"What happened?" The taller woman asked.

"I don't know." The shorter woman responded.

On the screen a large life sized mirror suddenly came into view. In the mirror the two women could see the refection of a young girl. The girl appeared to be quite young, and wasn't very tall. She had long spikily auburn colored hair, with long bangs all over her face, and blue colored eyes. She wore a dark blue long sleeved shirt, slightly lighter blue baggy pants with a sky blue ribbon tied around her waist like a belt, and tan sandals. Around her neck she wore a blue pendent on a gold chain, and on top of her head she wore a silver headband with a large red jewel in its center and lines carved into patterns.

"I love it, Papa! Its so pretty..." The girl said.

"Wait...That girl...She's wearing the controller!" the taller woman exclaimed.

The shorter woman nodded in agreement.

"Then...She's the one who activated it?"

"It appears so..."

"Hmmm....She looks young...Well I suppose its better then that man...I wonder who she is..." The taller woman looked to the short woman. "Do you have any idea?"

"No, I don't. But I can find out. I should be able to access her brain from the controller. That is, if it is working property."

"Alright. Do it then."

"Yes, madam." The shorter woman pressed several more buttons. As she did the girl on the screen disappeared. Text soon appeared in her place. The woman stared at the text on the screen a moment, and then pressed another button. New text appeared.

"This is the girl's profile." The shorter woman paused as she read some of the text. "Her name is Jikan Guardia."

"Hmm...Her and that man...They look like their important people...Can you find anything out about that?"

"I'll see if I can." The shorter woman pressed another button. The text from before returned. After staring at the screen for a minute or two she pressed another button, and new text appeared. She stared at it reading some of it. "She is related to King Crono and Queen Nadia Guardia of Guardia Kingdom."

"Guardia kingdom? She's royalty then..."

"Yes...It appears that she is."

The taller woman smirked slightly.

"Well, then, it seems I found a nice new body."