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Beforehand: No, I do not own the characters of Chrono Trigger, or anything of the like. Chrono Trigger and all its
glory belongs to its respective owners. I make no claim.
_______________________
Someday, Someway ...
Chapter I: It Starts
As Written By: Kaioh, Michiru
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...
"So you'll try to locate Schala?"
Don't answer. Don't look back. I pulled my cape up to my nose and around myself.
"Magus?"
Maybe I should answer, maybe I should thank them. Maybe I should- ... Too late.
I'm cold. The wind is howling. The black wind is beckoning me, taunting me. "Don't worry," she told me.
Then she gave me this. It's all I have left of her now. This damn amulet.
"You were right," I said into the wind. "It protected me when you couldn't ... I'll find you, I swear it ..."
Placing the amulet back around my neck, I wandered around the the snow, recognizing the Last Village. Leave it
to the powers that be to dump me in the cursèd year twelve-thousand BC. Was this one final reminder of the past
that I always tried to deny? I wallked into the Commons, seeing the Village leader. I sparked his attention as I
drew nearer.
"Oh, it's you again. What brings you back?" The old man asked.
His guess seemed as good as mine. I tossed my cape around my shoulder and eyed the surroundings before
answering. There was a child playing and his mother running after him. It was obvious that some of the better
dressed ones had survived the collapse of Zeal. At least now they would learn to live civilized without Magic.
Then again, who was I to talk, really?
"Where is Melchoir?" I asked flatly.
"No one's seen a wink of him since you all left."
"Damn," I cursed in a hushed tone, and turned to leave.
I managed to take one step forward and then was knocked over by a quick force. I rose to my feet quickly, prepared
with scythe in hand to deliver a memoire to the one that had taken me down. Yet instead, I was greeted by the face
of a small child, eyes as big as saucers, staring at my weapon choice.
In a second I put my toy away, brushing myself off.
"I-I-mmuh soooorry muh-mister ..." the little boy stuttered, most likely still shaken by the size of the blade.
"You should watch where you are going, child."
Suddenly, a purple striped animal jumped into my arms.
"You see, I was just playing with the kitty and-"
"Alfador!" I cried, holding the feline above me and chuckled. Instantly, I realized that I had an audience. "I mean,
-ahem- where did you find this cat?"
"He fell from the sky. Is it yours mister?"
I nodded, petting the cat's head as I cradled it. "Long ago, yes." Reluctantly, I placed my old furry friend down. "But
I have a long journey ahead of me now." Why was I telling this boy so many things? Probably because he wouldn't
understand ... I simply started to walk away ... Yet a mewing at my heels kept me at a slower pace.
"Take the cat with you, mister. It can keep you company," the little boy said with a big grin.
I reached down, scooping Alfador into my arms again. "That would be nice, wouldn't it, Alfador? To have company."
He only mewed as we walked out of the village.
Maybe I would be back.
The sun was beginning to rise and my fatigue was getting to me. Alfador and I sought shelter in a cave a little ways
off from the village.
"Now why does this seem familiar, hmm?" I asked myself, stepping in from the cold. Then I saw why.
Incased in a small pyramid of energy, slept a time portal.
"Finally! A stroke of good luck!" I bent down near the sealed gate, touching the barrier around it. I pulled my hand
back quickly, being shocked. "One step ahead, three steps behind ... "
I yawned. Alfador curled into a ball beside me. I was too tired to use my magic to break the seal now. I hadn't slept
for about four nights in a row. I was somewhat amazed myself as to how I kept going.
"You're right, boy. Sleep now. We have an eternity to find out where to go ... "
Sitting myself down next to my cat, I wrapped my cap around the two of us. "Sleep now ... " I yawned again.
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"There's nothing left, brother."
That voice. That haunting voice. "Schala?"
The haze surrounded me as I stepped out of the cave. I could barely see my own feet. I walked straight ahead.
"Schala, keep talking, where are you?"
"There's nothing ... "
She stood with her back to me.
"What are you talking about Schala? What are you saying?" I seemed desperate for answers.
She turned her neck only slightly so that she could see me, then she gasped, and collapsed.
In was there in a second, to catch my sister before she hit the ground. "Speak, say something," I pleaded with her.
Her eyes opened into tiny slits, glistening tears creasting in her eyes. "Turn back. Give up. There is nothing left ... "
she whispered, "I want you to be safe ... happy ... always, Janus."
That name sent a shiver down my spine. "I will not rest until I know that you'll be all right," I said in a definate tone.
"Why? Just stop ... There's nothing to fight for anymore ... "
"You're wrong."
Her eyed widened somewhat. "What? What is there left? There is nothing ... "
"There is you."
She looked at me. Her lips were quivering, her tears streaming down her cheeks. "Brother ... I-"
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I awoke with a start. My heart was racing. That dream ... So real ...
Alfador's ears perked. He stood up and ran around me. "Crazy thing," I muttered, and watched to where he ran.
He stopped near the time gate and started pawing at it. Great, that was all I nedded, having my cat lost in the
depths of time.
I picked him up. "I truly doubt that you want to go in there," I said with a slight sigh, gazing at the gate.
It seemed only then that is dawned on me.
The gate was open.
"What in the name of ... " A sparkling object underfoot called to me. I set Alfador down, he mewed. I picked up the
object. It was a pendant ... "Schala?" It must have been. Crono would hardly have been so irresponsible as to drop
that of Marle's.
"There was something more to that dream, my friend," I spoke to my feline companion. Picking him up again, the
gate finally reacted. "It starts." I spoke, stepping into the unknown ...
Beforehand: No, I do not own the characters of Chrono Trigger, or anything of the like. Chrono Trigger and all its
glory belongs to its respective owners. I make no claim.
_______________________
Someday, Someway ...
Chapter I: It Starts
As Written By: Kaioh, Michiru
_______________________
...
"So you'll try to locate Schala?"
Don't answer. Don't look back. I pulled my cape up to my nose and around myself.
"Magus?"
Maybe I should answer, maybe I should thank them. Maybe I should- ... Too late.
I'm cold. The wind is howling. The black wind is beckoning me, taunting me. "Don't worry," she told me.
Then she gave me this. It's all I have left of her now. This damn amulet.
"You were right," I said into the wind. "It protected me when you couldn't ... I'll find you, I swear it ..."
Placing the amulet back around my neck, I wandered around the the snow, recognizing the Last Village. Leave it
to the powers that be to dump me in the cursèd year twelve-thousand BC. Was this one final reminder of the past
that I always tried to deny? I wallked into the Commons, seeing the Village leader. I sparked his attention as I
drew nearer.
"Oh, it's you again. What brings you back?" The old man asked.
His guess seemed as good as mine. I tossed my cape around my shoulder and eyed the surroundings before
answering. There was a child playing and his mother running after him. It was obvious that some of the better
dressed ones had survived the collapse of Zeal. At least now they would learn to live civilized without Magic.
Then again, who was I to talk, really?
"Where is Melchoir?" I asked flatly.
"No one's seen a wink of him since you all left."
"Damn," I cursed in a hushed tone, and turned to leave.
I managed to take one step forward and then was knocked over by a quick force. I rose to my feet quickly, prepared
with scythe in hand to deliver a memoire to the one that had taken me down. Yet instead, I was greeted by the face
of a small child, eyes as big as saucers, staring at my weapon choice.
In a second I put my toy away, brushing myself off.
"I-I-mmuh soooorry muh-mister ..." the little boy stuttered, most likely still shaken by the size of the blade.
"You should watch where you are going, child."
Suddenly, a purple striped animal jumped into my arms.
"You see, I was just playing with the kitty and-"
"Alfador!" I cried, holding the feline above me and chuckled. Instantly, I realized that I had an audience. "I mean,
-ahem- where did you find this cat?"
"He fell from the sky. Is it yours mister?"
I nodded, petting the cat's head as I cradled it. "Long ago, yes." Reluctantly, I placed my old furry friend down. "But
I have a long journey ahead of me now." Why was I telling this boy so many things? Probably because he wouldn't
understand ... I simply started to walk away ... Yet a mewing at my heels kept me at a slower pace.
"Take the cat with you, mister. It can keep you company," the little boy said with a big grin.
I reached down, scooping Alfador into my arms again. "That would be nice, wouldn't it, Alfador? To have company."
He only mewed as we walked out of the village.
Maybe I would be back.
The sun was beginning to rise and my fatigue was getting to me. Alfador and I sought shelter in a cave a little ways
off from the village.
"Now why does this seem familiar, hmm?" I asked myself, stepping in from the cold. Then I saw why.
Incased in a small pyramid of energy, slept a time portal.
"Finally! A stroke of good luck!" I bent down near the sealed gate, touching the barrier around it. I pulled my hand
back quickly, being shocked. "One step ahead, three steps behind ... "
I yawned. Alfador curled into a ball beside me. I was too tired to use my magic to break the seal now. I hadn't slept
for about four nights in a row. I was somewhat amazed myself as to how I kept going.
"You're right, boy. Sleep now. We have an eternity to find out where to go ... "
Sitting myself down next to my cat, I wrapped my cap around the two of us. "Sleep now ... " I yawned again.
____
"There's nothing left, brother."
That voice. That haunting voice. "Schala?"
The haze surrounded me as I stepped out of the cave. I could barely see my own feet. I walked straight ahead.
"Schala, keep talking, where are you?"
"There's nothing ... "
She stood with her back to me.
"What are you talking about Schala? What are you saying?" I seemed desperate for answers.
She turned her neck only slightly so that she could see me, then she gasped, and collapsed.
In was there in a second, to catch my sister before she hit the ground. "Speak, say something," I pleaded with her.
Her eyes opened into tiny slits, glistening tears creasting in her eyes. "Turn back. Give up. There is nothing left ... "
she whispered, "I want you to be safe ... happy ... always, Janus."
That name sent a shiver down my spine. "I will not rest until I know that you'll be all right," I said in a definate tone.
"Why? Just stop ... There's nothing to fight for anymore ... "
"You're wrong."
Her eyed widened somewhat. "What? What is there left? There is nothing ... "
"There is you."
She looked at me. Her lips were quivering, her tears streaming down her cheeks. "Brother ... I-"
____
I awoke with a start. My heart was racing. That dream ... So real ...
Alfador's ears perked. He stood up and ran around me. "Crazy thing," I muttered, and watched to where he ran.
He stopped near the time gate and started pawing at it. Great, that was all I nedded, having my cat lost in the
depths of time.
I picked him up. "I truly doubt that you want to go in there," I said with a slight sigh, gazing at the gate.
It seemed only then that is dawned on me.
The gate was open.
"What in the name of ... " A sparkling object underfoot called to me. I set Alfador down, he mewed. I picked up the
object. It was a pendant ... "Schala?" It must have been. Crono would hardly have been so irresponsible as to drop
that of Marle's.
"There was something more to that dream, my friend," I spoke to my feline companion. Picking him up again, the
gate finally reacted. "It starts." I spoke, stepping into the unknown ...