Chapter one: The clock tower's curse
AN: Well here is another crazy idea of mine, hope you like, remember I don't own Chrono crusade.
The old, deserted clock tower stood near the edge of the cliff, northern winds howled through its shattered windows and through the open holes in the roof and battered clock face, causing the cogs inside to move ever so slightly.
A car parked up in the broken, cobbled driveway…
"So this is one of the famous clock towers, which is in connection with the strange disappearances" Rosette said getting out of the car followed by Joshua.
"Yep this is the place" Joshua replied
"And they call this place scary, I mean it is a little, but I've seen scarier" Rosette complained
"Well according to the locals, it's the most haunted place in the whole village, as they say that this tower is cursed, as it is said that when the clock tower chimes twelve times, a little girl is heard singing, and that is how the tower lures you in the song hypnotising you, and you are never seen again" Joshua explained
"Oh the same old story" Rosette exclaimed
"And that's not it, they also say that when you are taken by the strange girl, you find yourself in a deserted hospital, where you see the most ungodly sights, that never end, until you have gone mad, it is then said that a strange creature comes up to you, and takes form of your deepest and darkest fears, and it tortures you until you are no more" Joshua added
There was a sudden uncomfortable and awkward silence between Rosette and Joshua, none of them dared speck as they were to busy taking in the horror they'd just heard and said.
Rosette started to laugh nervously "Oh well…lets get on with the mission, it's getting cold out here" she said
Joshua nodded and they both nervously entered the tower, dreading what was inside…
…..
It wasn't as bad as what Rosette had expected it wasn't even that cold, the room was completely empty, and pitch black, the only light was from a small arched window on the western wall, and a small dirty carpet in the middle of the floor, a single staircase lead upwards, winding its way to another door, it stunk of damp and of something rotten that Rosette couldn't recognize.
"Well this is…different" Rosette said not quite sure what to make of it
Joshua nodded before saying "Well, according to farther Remington's instructions, we are to wait here and set up a barrier, then wait until the first chime, and then go up into that room there" he said pointing to the door near the staircase
Rosette sighed as she knew this was going to a long night…
It didn't take them long to set up three of the barriers, and they were to do the forth, when Rosette heard what sounded like footsteps and laughter, which was coming from upstairs.
"You hear that Joshua?" Rosette asked
"Yeah" Joshua replied
"I knew it was just kids mucking about, I'm going up there, and giving them a piece of my mind" Rosette exclaimed walking over to the stair case
"No rosette, not until we have finished the barrier!" Joshua called over
But it was no use the time Joshua had finished his sentence Rosette was half way up the stairs.
As soon as Rosette entered the room, a sudden coldness washed over her, the room was empty! But the sound of laughing could still be heard, Rosette thought the kids could be hiding.
She looked around the room, it was the same as the room down stairs, except that there was another wooden door on Rosettes far left, and a larger window was behind her which was covered by an old, dirty, tattered certain, but what was in front of her shocked rosette the most, there stood another door but this one looked like a gate you would normally find in a rich persons home, it also had three locks, and it was made of solid gold, in front of that on the left hand side stood a dusty piano.
"…Okay this is odd" Rosette thought to herself
She began to walk over to it, but she was not sure why it was like it was dragging her to it, she halted about five centimetres in front of it and without thinking she started to raise her hand to touch the cold metal when…
"What in the world do you think you doing?" Joshua cried forcing himself through the door
Rosette jumped at the sound of his voice, and swung around to face him
"J-Joshua I…"
Rosettes sentence got interrupted by the sound of laughter that echoed around the room Rosette's eyes darted corner to corner to see who the laugh belonged to, but to her surprise there was no one else there, just then the piano started to play by itself, it played a ghostly tune and the clock tower began to chime but only once before the sound of a distant singing was herd it sound like a girl and she sang…
"Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry, merry king of the bush is he-e laugh, Kookaburra laugh, Kookaburra guy your life must be.
Little doggie sits in the middle of the prairie, the desert is hot, and very, very scary, bark, little doggie bark, little doggie, short your life maybe.
The little white dove sings to be free, she fly's over the open seas, fly little dove, fly little dove reach that golden key".
The singing stopped and another eleven chimes were sounded making a total of twelve chimes altogether.
It was then Rosette felt herself swaying, as a sudden blue ball of light appeared out of nowhere, Rosette's eyes widened as she found herself irresistibly drawn towards it…
"Rosette get away from there!" Joshua called
But as much as Rosette wanted to she couldn't, it was as if something was pulling her in, she was paralyzed, she couldn't take control of her own body, panic seized Rosette by the throat the rumours were true! And now she was about to become lost to the tower for good, if only she had listened to Joshua…
"NOOOO!" shouted Joshua
Rosette suddenly felt a great force pushing her to her left, causing her to fall, knocking her out of the blue lights trance, she was free again to control her own body, but that victory didn't last, as just as she spun around to see who had pushed her out of the way, she saw Joshua back down with the fixed expression of fear on his face as the blue light engulfed him…
"J-JOSHUA...!"
…..
Rosette shot up with a start, sweat was pouring down her face as she struggled to slow down her breathing, her heart felt like it was about to burst out of her chest at any moment, she began to look around her it was broad daylight and she could hear birds singing outside she found herself in a bed, she then realised she was back at the church.
"Oh, you're awake how are you feeling?" asked a soft voice
Rosette looked over, to find that the voice belonged to her best friend, Azmaria, who had just walked through the door
"W-What happened, how did I get here?" Rosette asked still in a daze
"We got yours and Joshua distress signals, from when you were in the clock tower, but when we got to you we found you were out cold…" Azmaria explained
"How about Joshua? Did he make it out?" Rosette asked
Azmaria shook her head "I'm sorry Rosette, but Joshua seemed to have disappeared, we tried looking for him, but it was no use he was nowhere"
"So they just gave up on him!" Rosette cried raising her voice
"Calm yourself Rosette" came a masculine voice, it was farther Remington!
"R-Remington?" Rosette said a little embarrassed and shocked that Remington had heard her shout like that
"I can see that you are fully recovered, by the way you have shouted, so maybe you should get yourself sorted out, and met me in Sister Kate's office, and then when can sort this mess out" Remington replied firmly but calmly
Rosette just nodded and with that Azmaria and Remington made their way out of the room, Rosette let out a long and tired sigh, before dragging herself over to the bathroom to have a wash…
…..
Rosette made her way to the office about 15 minuets later and knocked on the door.
"Enter!" Called a voice
Rosette opened the door, and walked in, to find Farther Remington on the sofa, reading a news paper, and Sister Kate was sitting at her desk writing reports
Remington put down his newspaper "Oh Rosette, please take a sit"
Rosette took a sit opposite Remington
"First things first, you are probably wondering about what happened to Joshua, well we have come to a conclusion that he might have been taken" Remington explained
"Taken, taken by who!" Rosette cried
Remington put up a hand, as in to tell Rosette to calm down
"You have heard about the clock towers curse, haven't you?" Remington asked
"Yes, Joshua told me about it when we were in the tower…wait you don't think it was the tower do you? That's ridiculous, how could a…." Rosette didn't get a chance to finish her sentence before Remington butted in
"You saw it for yourself, didn't you? You saw how the blue light engulfed him!" Remington exclaimed a hint of anger in his voice
Rosette hung her head low, Remington was right, she did, and just thinking of it to re-live the memory brought a tear to her eye.
Remington sighed "But while you have been asleep we have worked out how we could get him back and the others before him" he said more calmly
"Really?" Rosette asked with delight "How?"
"I am sure that you have seen the golden gate, which sits at the back second room of the clock tower?" Remington asked
"Yes, I remember seeing that" Rosette replied getting more excited
"Well, we think that, that is a connection to finding Joshua but the gate is locked and need three keys to open it, the crown key, the sun key, and the golden key" Remington explained
"Yeah, I remember seeing three locks" Rosette exclaimed
"We have managed to locate the keys and have found them hidden the two other clock towers which are also linked to the clock tower's curse and the first key, which is the crown key, is located in the clock tower where Joshua disappeared" Remington explained
Rosette raised a eye brow "And how did you find all this information so quickly?" she asked
"Luckily we had someone who was being kept in solitary confinement, knew all about clock tower's curse and with a bit of persuading he kindly told us" Remington replied
"But we only keep demons in solitary confinement" Rosette exclaimed
"I know, oh and he shall also be your new partner" Remington added
"WHAT!" Rosette cried just as the door opened
"Oh and here he is now" Remington said
A strange boy who looked around rosettes age, with scarlet eyes and long purple hair, and pointed ears, and a strange black collar around his neck, came over to Remington's side he looked over to Rosette with a blank emotion on his face, Remington placed a hand on the boy's shoulder the boy looked over to Remington's hand and snorted.
"Rosette meet Chrono, Chrono meet Rosette" Remington introduced them
Rosette was dumbstruck "S-So this is my new partner?" She asked
"You better believe it toots" Chrono replied
Rosette couldn't believe her ears; did he just call her toots? "Hey don't call me that, Farther I can't work with him he is a demon he is dangerous!" Rosette exclaimed
"Don't worry we have him tamed, you see that collar on his neck, well whenever he tries to be sneaky, press this button here on this watch here, and watch what happens" Remington explained before taking out a strange watch and pushing a red button.
"AHHHH!" Cried Chrono falling to the floor holding his neck as if he was in pain
"A hundred volts go through him" Remington explained
Rosette was shocked, a hundred volts? Wouldn't that kill him?
"Isn't that dangerous to him?" Rosette asked
Remington shock his head "No, remember he is a demon it would take a lot more to kill it" he replied
"That might be so, but it still bloody hurts" Chrono cried rising to his feet and confronting Remington
"Well you should do as you are told then" Rosette replied
"B-But I didn't do anything!" Chrono protested
"Enough of this tomorrow will be your first mission together, so get some rest" Remington exclaimed handing the watch over to Rosette and walked out of the room
"It looks like it's just me and you toots" Chrono smirked
Rosette sighed, it looked like the only way to get Joshua back was to work with this annoying demon, so as they say
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade…
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AN: Well here is chapter one I musty say its not the best chapter I have ever written but I promise it will get better so tell me what you think.
Quick note: I don't own the first verse of the song in this fanfic but I do own the second and the third verse as I made them up myself.
TTFN ^^