A Simple Task
By KayuraK
Disclaimer: I don't own Chrono Trigger, heck I don't even own the computer I'm using to write this. The truth is Squaresoft owns Chrono Trigger and my parents own the computer. If I did own Chrono Trigger I would own my own computer, heck I'd own my own house. I would also have money, which is another thing I don't have. This is my first Chrono Trigger fic so be lenient with me.
12,000 BC:
Magus searched thoroughly though the remains of the Ocean Palace. Nothing. Not even the remains of his mother could be found amongst the wreckage. He searched through the room where Schala had taken them before teleporting them to safety. Nothing.
If anything it made him hopeful. "Perhaps she made it out alive." He thought to himself, but the notion was too good to be true. His rations were running out and he was hard pressed to find anymore in this place. He had been searching for the last two weeks untiring since he had aided in the defeat of Lavos. He was running out of options. He knew that if she were here she would have long since died of starvation. He would have to search elsewhere.
After searching the corridors one last time he teleported himself out of the sunken ruins and onto the shore where he sat sulking not too long before. Sulking over the loss of revenge more than the loss of his sister at the time. "If only I could have found a way back in time to save her," he mumbled to himself, "but then again I don't know for certain that she died, I never found her body,"
He remembered when he returned to this time. Apparently it was right after the Epoch had left. He found Dalton's body near the wreckage of the Blackbird. Dalton no doubt tried to save himself by using a parachute. Unfortunately for him he must have opened it at too low of an altitude because it hadn't opened in time. He had been glad that Lucca and Marle hadn't been there. They surely would have vomited at the sight of it. He had taken a moment to spit on the formal general's prone body when he first arrived.
Magus wasn't as tolerant to cold as he used to be. Still, it was a lot warmer than it had been when he had first arrived. The fall of the Zeal kingdom had also marked an end for the ice age. The ground made a 'squish' sound beneath his feet as he walked. "Schala, where are you?" Magus asked aloud.
Further searches of the area villages and refugee camps yielded nothing. Interrogations of the few survivors from the Ocean Palace Disaster yielded little more information. One person had seen Schala, but that had been before Lavos had been awakened.
Losing hope, he headed back to the shore to teleport once more to the Ocean Palace when suddenly he heard a familiar 'Whoosh'. He looked inland and saw in the distance that 'hair'. That unmistakable mop that belonged to none other than Chrono was the first to jump out of the Epoch. Following Chrono was a being with glowing eyes that Magus surmised that it was Lucca. Obviously the glow effect was caused by the sun's glare off of her glasses. Following Lucca was a fair-haired girl with which by most men would be described as "Curvy". If asked, Magus would just describe he as an airhead.
(Disclaimer: My apologies to all Marle/Nadia Fans, but this is Magus we're talking about and he talks trash about everyone. I'm only keeping Magus IC so please don't flame me.)
Despite his misgivings of the trio he was glad to see them, or at least he was as close to glad as he got. Still it was a reasonable facsimile to being glad. He had been very lonely these last few weeks. It was strange how it never seemed to bother him before, and then suddenly he had the company of several vibrant young people with the same goal as he had, to destroy Lavos. They we're the closest thing to a friend he's had since his sister Schala. Perhaps if he should find Schala to be dead he could perhaps start a new life in 1000AD.
"Chances are," he thought to himself, "that I will spend the rest of my life searching for a ghost, but I owed Schala that much, don't I? She had been everything to me. I would trade my life so that she could live a happily…." His thoughts were interrupted by the tell tale voice of the princess-whatever-her-name-was, Marle or Nadia. Frankly he liked the name Nadia better than Marle.
"Magus!" the princess yelled art the top of her lungs, "we didn't expect to find you so fast."
"That's fine," Magus grumbled, "I didn't expect you to come looking."
"Hey Magus," Lucca said as she neared the shore, "we were wondering if you'd like to come with us for awhile."
Magus glared at her.
"You know, for kind of a vacation." Chrono piped in.
He'd been searching for weeks, but some how it felt right to go along. Then it hit him. Schala could have sucked through a time portal. She could be anywhere. It would explain why he couldn't even find a body.
"I'll go along."
"All Right!" The other three said in unison.
"But where am I gonna sit? There's only room for three in the Epoch."
"I didn't think of that." Mused Lucca.
"Me neither." Marle/Nadia chimed in.
"I've got it!" shouted Chrono, "Magus can take Marle's seat."
"Where am I gonna sit?" Marle looked a bit peeved.
"Where else!" the look on Chrono's face revealed his plan.
"Oh brother!" Magus thought. (If this were Anime he'd have sweat dropped)
Marle returned his smile and arm in arm Marle and Chrono walked back to Epoch.
"Oh brother," Lucca moaned, "Hey wait up!"
Magus could only watch as Chrono and Marle shared the same seat. He felt he'd never understand why those two couldn't keep they're hands off each other. All the while an aura of emptiness emanated from Lucca. It was obvious that she felt lonely when she saw the princess and Chrono together. "I wonder if I'd have ended up like that if Lavos had never been?" he thought absently. He shrugged it off with little strain as he focused on this break from his search. It was already obvious that he would never find her here in the aftermath of Zeal.
The Epoch picked up speed as it passed through the barrier of, finally slowing to a halt above Lucca's home. Lucca eased the Epoch to the ground, and soon they all piled out of the Epoch. Magus decided to wait until the rest had exited the ship before getting up. It helped to avoid physical contact. That was a plus. It became evident as of the moment he set foot off the ramp that it had rained heavily the night before.
Marle began to laugh uncontrollably. Chrono stifled a few giggles; Lucca didn't know what was so funny. Magus, well, Magus promptly pulled his foot out of the mud.
Marle was busting into fits of hysteric laughter as suddenly Magus' scythe 'accidentally' 'bumped' the back of Marle's legs causing her to fall face first into the muck. Chrono began to laugh as he pulled the no-longer-laughing-princess out of the mud.
"You did that on purpose!" Marle growled.
"Your point?" Magus actually smiled not ruefully, but as if he were actually enjoying himself.
Marle attempted to wipe some of the mud off only to find that she was rubbing in. "This was my favorite outfit!" Marle fumed, "You'll pay for that!"
"Relax Marle." Lucca cooed. "I'm sure it'll wash right out, after all it's only mud."
"Only mud!" Marle howled, "I'm soiled!"
"You fell lots of times when we were traveling." Chrono offered.
"Those were unavoidable accidents. This was on purpose!!"
"Calm yourself fair maiden." Frog said as he hoped around the side of the Epoch.
"What's he doing here?" Magus asked.
"We picked him up first." Marle said in an attempt to bruise Magus' pride.
"Then how did Frog ride home? Was it his turn to sit on Chrono's lap?" Magus asked sarcastically.
"Pardon?" Frog seemed a bit in the dark about the situation, whereas Lucca could barely contain herself. This was evident in the fact that she was doubled over laughing.
"Actually, me and Lucca went to get Frog because Marle had a royal dinner to go to." Chrono interjected, "We didn't think about it when we went to get you."
Drying a tear from her eyes Lucca asked, "So what do you want to do first, Magus?"
"Dry out my boots." With that, Magus walked towards Lucca's house sloshing all the way. When he got to the porch he sat down and took off his boots.
"Nice socks." Marle commented. "I always liked penguins!"
"Shut Up!" Magus roared, "It's not my fault that this was the only pair that was clean the day you kids busted in to my castle."
Frog pinched his nose. "That would explaineth the harsh scent the cometh from thine feet."
"Maybe we should bet you a fresh pair." Lucca offered.
"I'll be fine." Magus growled in such a tone that one would have to be a fool to bother him further. "I don't plan to stay in the area too long anyway."
"What!" Chrono sounded astonished; "We came all the way out there to get you so we could hang out."
"Hang out?" Magus looked puzzled as he conjured a weak fire spell to dry his boots and socks without burning them. "Sorry boy, my scythe doesn't bend that way."
"No silly," Lucca interjected, "he means to hang around with us, you know, stay with us for a while."
"Why?"
"Because we miss you." Marle beamed.
"I'm sure you miss me…every time you throw something."
"That is not true." Frog said as he deftly picked up a small pebble and tossed it at Magus.
Magus simply placed his hand out and stopped the pebble in mid air. He stared at it for a few seconds before he let it fall to the ground.
"The only reason I came here was because I believe that Schala might have been sucked through a time portal, and that if I was lucky she might be here. If not I would have access to a means to search other periods."
"You mean the Epoch." Lucca said softly.
"No, I mean the Tooth fairy." Magus said in the most sarcastic voice he could muster. "Of course I meant the Epoch!"
"What if we don't let you take it." Chrono challenged.
"I'll burn that bridge when I get there." Magus said as he refastened his boots and walked away.
"What did he mean by that?" Marle wondered aloud.
"I knoweth not, but it cannot be good." Frog mused.
By KayuraK
Disclaimer: I don't own Chrono Trigger, heck I don't even own the computer I'm using to write this. The truth is Squaresoft owns Chrono Trigger and my parents own the computer. If I did own Chrono Trigger I would own my own computer, heck I'd own my own house. I would also have money, which is another thing I don't have. This is my first Chrono Trigger fic so be lenient with me.
12,000 BC:
Magus searched thoroughly though the remains of the Ocean Palace. Nothing. Not even the remains of his mother could be found amongst the wreckage. He searched through the room where Schala had taken them before teleporting them to safety. Nothing.
If anything it made him hopeful. "Perhaps she made it out alive." He thought to himself, but the notion was too good to be true. His rations were running out and he was hard pressed to find anymore in this place. He had been searching for the last two weeks untiring since he had aided in the defeat of Lavos. He was running out of options. He knew that if she were here she would have long since died of starvation. He would have to search elsewhere.
After searching the corridors one last time he teleported himself out of the sunken ruins and onto the shore where he sat sulking not too long before. Sulking over the loss of revenge more than the loss of his sister at the time. "If only I could have found a way back in time to save her," he mumbled to himself, "but then again I don't know for certain that she died, I never found her body,"
He remembered when he returned to this time. Apparently it was right after the Epoch had left. He found Dalton's body near the wreckage of the Blackbird. Dalton no doubt tried to save himself by using a parachute. Unfortunately for him he must have opened it at too low of an altitude because it hadn't opened in time. He had been glad that Lucca and Marle hadn't been there. They surely would have vomited at the sight of it. He had taken a moment to spit on the formal general's prone body when he first arrived.
Magus wasn't as tolerant to cold as he used to be. Still, it was a lot warmer than it had been when he had first arrived. The fall of the Zeal kingdom had also marked an end for the ice age. The ground made a 'squish' sound beneath his feet as he walked. "Schala, where are you?" Magus asked aloud.
Further searches of the area villages and refugee camps yielded nothing. Interrogations of the few survivors from the Ocean Palace Disaster yielded little more information. One person had seen Schala, but that had been before Lavos had been awakened.
Losing hope, he headed back to the shore to teleport once more to the Ocean Palace when suddenly he heard a familiar 'Whoosh'. He looked inland and saw in the distance that 'hair'. That unmistakable mop that belonged to none other than Chrono was the first to jump out of the Epoch. Following Chrono was a being with glowing eyes that Magus surmised that it was Lucca. Obviously the glow effect was caused by the sun's glare off of her glasses. Following Lucca was a fair-haired girl with which by most men would be described as "Curvy". If asked, Magus would just describe he as an airhead.
(Disclaimer: My apologies to all Marle/Nadia Fans, but this is Magus we're talking about and he talks trash about everyone. I'm only keeping Magus IC so please don't flame me.)
Despite his misgivings of the trio he was glad to see them, or at least he was as close to glad as he got. Still it was a reasonable facsimile to being glad. He had been very lonely these last few weeks. It was strange how it never seemed to bother him before, and then suddenly he had the company of several vibrant young people with the same goal as he had, to destroy Lavos. They we're the closest thing to a friend he's had since his sister Schala. Perhaps if he should find Schala to be dead he could perhaps start a new life in 1000AD.
"Chances are," he thought to himself, "that I will spend the rest of my life searching for a ghost, but I owed Schala that much, don't I? She had been everything to me. I would trade my life so that she could live a happily…." His thoughts were interrupted by the tell tale voice of the princess-whatever-her-name-was, Marle or Nadia. Frankly he liked the name Nadia better than Marle.
"Magus!" the princess yelled art the top of her lungs, "we didn't expect to find you so fast."
"That's fine," Magus grumbled, "I didn't expect you to come looking."
"Hey Magus," Lucca said as she neared the shore, "we were wondering if you'd like to come with us for awhile."
Magus glared at her.
"You know, for kind of a vacation." Chrono piped in.
He'd been searching for weeks, but some how it felt right to go along. Then it hit him. Schala could have sucked through a time portal. She could be anywhere. It would explain why he couldn't even find a body.
"I'll go along."
"All Right!" The other three said in unison.
"But where am I gonna sit? There's only room for three in the Epoch."
"I didn't think of that." Mused Lucca.
"Me neither." Marle/Nadia chimed in.
"I've got it!" shouted Chrono, "Magus can take Marle's seat."
"Where am I gonna sit?" Marle looked a bit peeved.
"Where else!" the look on Chrono's face revealed his plan.
"Oh brother!" Magus thought. (If this were Anime he'd have sweat dropped)
Marle returned his smile and arm in arm Marle and Chrono walked back to Epoch.
"Oh brother," Lucca moaned, "Hey wait up!"
Magus could only watch as Chrono and Marle shared the same seat. He felt he'd never understand why those two couldn't keep they're hands off each other. All the while an aura of emptiness emanated from Lucca. It was obvious that she felt lonely when she saw the princess and Chrono together. "I wonder if I'd have ended up like that if Lavos had never been?" he thought absently. He shrugged it off with little strain as he focused on this break from his search. It was already obvious that he would never find her here in the aftermath of Zeal.
The Epoch picked up speed as it passed through the barrier of, finally slowing to a halt above Lucca's home. Lucca eased the Epoch to the ground, and soon they all piled out of the Epoch. Magus decided to wait until the rest had exited the ship before getting up. It helped to avoid physical contact. That was a plus. It became evident as of the moment he set foot off the ramp that it had rained heavily the night before.
Marle began to laugh uncontrollably. Chrono stifled a few giggles; Lucca didn't know what was so funny. Magus, well, Magus promptly pulled his foot out of the mud.
Marle was busting into fits of hysteric laughter as suddenly Magus' scythe 'accidentally' 'bumped' the back of Marle's legs causing her to fall face first into the muck. Chrono began to laugh as he pulled the no-longer-laughing-princess out of the mud.
"You did that on purpose!" Marle growled.
"Your point?" Magus actually smiled not ruefully, but as if he were actually enjoying himself.
Marle attempted to wipe some of the mud off only to find that she was rubbing in. "This was my favorite outfit!" Marle fumed, "You'll pay for that!"
"Relax Marle." Lucca cooed. "I'm sure it'll wash right out, after all it's only mud."
"Only mud!" Marle howled, "I'm soiled!"
"You fell lots of times when we were traveling." Chrono offered.
"Those were unavoidable accidents. This was on purpose!!"
"Calm yourself fair maiden." Frog said as he hoped around the side of the Epoch.
"What's he doing here?" Magus asked.
"We picked him up first." Marle said in an attempt to bruise Magus' pride.
"Then how did Frog ride home? Was it his turn to sit on Chrono's lap?" Magus asked sarcastically.
"Pardon?" Frog seemed a bit in the dark about the situation, whereas Lucca could barely contain herself. This was evident in the fact that she was doubled over laughing.
"Actually, me and Lucca went to get Frog because Marle had a royal dinner to go to." Chrono interjected, "We didn't think about it when we went to get you."
Drying a tear from her eyes Lucca asked, "So what do you want to do first, Magus?"
"Dry out my boots." With that, Magus walked towards Lucca's house sloshing all the way. When he got to the porch he sat down and took off his boots.
"Nice socks." Marle commented. "I always liked penguins!"
"Shut Up!" Magus roared, "It's not my fault that this was the only pair that was clean the day you kids busted in to my castle."
Frog pinched his nose. "That would explaineth the harsh scent the cometh from thine feet."
"Maybe we should bet you a fresh pair." Lucca offered.
"I'll be fine." Magus growled in such a tone that one would have to be a fool to bother him further. "I don't plan to stay in the area too long anyway."
"What!" Chrono sounded astonished; "We came all the way out there to get you so we could hang out."
"Hang out?" Magus looked puzzled as he conjured a weak fire spell to dry his boots and socks without burning them. "Sorry boy, my scythe doesn't bend that way."
"No silly," Lucca interjected, "he means to hang around with us, you know, stay with us for a while."
"Why?"
"Because we miss you." Marle beamed.
"I'm sure you miss me…every time you throw something."
"That is not true." Frog said as he deftly picked up a small pebble and tossed it at Magus.
Magus simply placed his hand out and stopped the pebble in mid air. He stared at it for a few seconds before he let it fall to the ground.
"The only reason I came here was because I believe that Schala might have been sucked through a time portal, and that if I was lucky she might be here. If not I would have access to a means to search other periods."
"You mean the Epoch." Lucca said softly.
"No, I mean the Tooth fairy." Magus said in the most sarcastic voice he could muster. "Of course I meant the Epoch!"
"What if we don't let you take it." Chrono challenged.
"I'll burn that bridge when I get there." Magus said as he refastened his boots and walked away.
"What did he mean by that?" Marle wondered aloud.
"I knoweth not, but it cannot be good." Frog mused.