Author's Note: I would like to state that I don't own these characters.
None of them. NADA! Not even one of those unimportant characters that no
one likes, okay? Wait... I do own Kelke Peatsar, he is mine, but I could
lend him out to you by special request. And a small, non-existent fee.
Everyone else belongs to Square. Yay. For them. Please don't flame me, but
reviews are our friends. I am open to criticism, being it good or nasty.
(But not TOO nasty...) Beware of plot holes. They hurt if you fall into
them. I know they're there, but artistic licence, okay? And now, please
enjoy! OR ELSE!!!
Of Cats, Hair and Good Evil Wizards
Magus stood near the steps at the End of Time, cloak and hair flowing in the non-existent breeze. He gazed out at the void darkly. Maybe he pondered the mysteries of the void, maybe he plotted his revenge, maybe he was just zoned out. The others didn't know, and they didn't really care.
Whatever he was doing, he was so absorbed in it he didn't notice the movement until it was too late. He turned, but Ayla had already fastened her teeth to his arm.
"Ow!" he shrieked and zapped her.
She scampered back a bit and looked back at the main group, where the others were laughing. "Frog lie!" she accused, "Magus not tasty!"
"Scram," growled the angry evil wizard. Ayla ran back to the others.
Somewhat gloomily now, Magus resumed looking at the void until another movement caught his eye. The Epoch! The others were back! Finally, something to do!
Lucca was the first to jump up on the steps. She stumbled and almost fell. Magus took a few steps back and made no move to steady her. Surprisingly, Crono was next.
'Isn't he dead?' thought Magus with some irritation.
The next, and last, to jump up was Marle, the annoying princess. She stood Crono in front of Magus and said happily, "We saved Crono! Isn't it great?"
For a moment Magus was quiet. He was trying to think of something nasty to say. Finally he turned to Crono and said matter-of-factly, "You got whacked, 'cuz you're weak."
The others just stared at him. "Going my way?" he inquired as if he didn't really care.
"No!" Marle spat.
He turned back to the void. "The weak always strive to be weaker..."
Angrily, Marle strode on. Crono and Lucca followed.
Magus was aware of some meaningless chatter going on in the group. The old man, Gaspar, was telling them something. After a while Crono walked past, with Marle and Frog.
"The useless," announced Frog as he walked past Magus, "never do end up doing anything." Magus saw fit only to ignore this comment. The stupid frog would pay for it later.
Crono led the way into the Epoch, and they went off to 1000 AD to go and talk to Marle's father for no apparent reason. He was very happy when they saw him. Having been freed from the evil impostor chancellor and having their own real chancellor back, the King was often very happy for no apparent reason these days.
"Nadia!" he greeted his beloved daughter cheerfully. "You've been adventuring a lot. Thank you, Nadia, and Crono and... was the other one that clever inventing girl? When you see her, please thank her for me. Thank you all so much, again, for getting me off that trial!"
"Anything for my father," said Marle. She was just grateful they had managed to prove that they still had the Rainbow Shell in the castle and therefore save her father.
"If that's the case, how about spending a few days with your poor old dad and telling him about some of your adventures?" asked the king hopefully. "Come on, it wouldn't be so bad, would it?"
"Well..." Marle glanced at Crono. "Something might come up, and I'd have to be there..."
"Please?" the king almost begged.
"Okay," Marle consented, for she really did love her father.
Crono and Frog wandered off and went back to 600 AD for a look. They discovered a sunken desert by accident, killed a few nasty-looking little monsters, found a pretty blue rock, literally ran into a nasty sand skeleton and barely managed to run away with their lives.
"Desert monsters," announced Frog, "are vulnerable to water. I am not yet strong enough. It would be best to have someone stronger with the water- magic, and healing besides. Marle would be an excellent choice, I fear."
"We'll go back to the others and work out a way to tell her," Crono decided, absently throwing his sword up and catching it as it fell down. "After all, bursting in there and demanding her back is somewhat rude. We should talk to Lucca... show her this rock, and see if she has a plan."
They found the Epoch and went back to the End of Time. They healed up before they did anything, then chatted to Lucca.
"In the desert, we found this." Crono showed her the rock. "Ah! How pretty!" She examined it for a while. "I think it invokes a triple tech," she said finally. "It could be very useful. Who is it for? You?" Instantly the rock went dull. "Me?" she guessed, and it glowed brightly. It went dull for Frog, Marle and Ayla but glowed for Pintu. "That's everyone, isn't it?" asked Lucca, briefly confused, then she glanced to her left. "Oh. Magus."
The rock glowed. Everyone looked at it, then at Magus who hadn't actually noticed. "Magus?" demanded Frog, "dost thou imply he can work with others of our team?"
"He won't like it, but we can force him to," grinned Lucca somewhat nastily, throwing the rock up and down. "He might have to be trained up a bit first, but."
"We also found a skeleton, vulnerable apparently to water, and we need Marle," Crono told her. "We don't want to just spring it on her... and I'd like to give her a choice, if she'd like to come with us or stay with her father. How should we get a message to her?"
"The castle has a lot of servants, right?" Lucca asked, as if that was her reply. To Crono's relief she went on. "If we... borrow... the kitchen, we can... I don't know, do something to someone's food so Marle has to come to the kitchen and see what's going on. We'd need someone to bring their meals to them, someone Marle will recognise but her father won't. Not you, Crono," she said instantly when he tried to speak. "Not me, because I think he knows me. Frog is too noticeable, so is Robo. They'd cause a bit of a distraction. We don't want attention." She considered. "Ayla could pass, but she wouldn't know what to do and she'd try to eat everything." She grinned. "Which leaves..."
"Going my way?" queried Magus carelessly when Crono stopped to talk to him a few minutes later.
Of Cats, Hair and Good Evil Wizards
Magus stood near the steps at the End of Time, cloak and hair flowing in the non-existent breeze. He gazed out at the void darkly. Maybe he pondered the mysteries of the void, maybe he plotted his revenge, maybe he was just zoned out. The others didn't know, and they didn't really care.
Whatever he was doing, he was so absorbed in it he didn't notice the movement until it was too late. He turned, but Ayla had already fastened her teeth to his arm.
"Ow!" he shrieked and zapped her.
She scampered back a bit and looked back at the main group, where the others were laughing. "Frog lie!" she accused, "Magus not tasty!"
"Scram," growled the angry evil wizard. Ayla ran back to the others.
Somewhat gloomily now, Magus resumed looking at the void until another movement caught his eye. The Epoch! The others were back! Finally, something to do!
Lucca was the first to jump up on the steps. She stumbled and almost fell. Magus took a few steps back and made no move to steady her. Surprisingly, Crono was next.
'Isn't he dead?' thought Magus with some irritation.
The next, and last, to jump up was Marle, the annoying princess. She stood Crono in front of Magus and said happily, "We saved Crono! Isn't it great?"
For a moment Magus was quiet. He was trying to think of something nasty to say. Finally he turned to Crono and said matter-of-factly, "You got whacked, 'cuz you're weak."
The others just stared at him. "Going my way?" he inquired as if he didn't really care.
"No!" Marle spat.
He turned back to the void. "The weak always strive to be weaker..."
Angrily, Marle strode on. Crono and Lucca followed.
Magus was aware of some meaningless chatter going on in the group. The old man, Gaspar, was telling them something. After a while Crono walked past, with Marle and Frog.
"The useless," announced Frog as he walked past Magus, "never do end up doing anything." Magus saw fit only to ignore this comment. The stupid frog would pay for it later.
Crono led the way into the Epoch, and they went off to 1000 AD to go and talk to Marle's father for no apparent reason. He was very happy when they saw him. Having been freed from the evil impostor chancellor and having their own real chancellor back, the King was often very happy for no apparent reason these days.
"Nadia!" he greeted his beloved daughter cheerfully. "You've been adventuring a lot. Thank you, Nadia, and Crono and... was the other one that clever inventing girl? When you see her, please thank her for me. Thank you all so much, again, for getting me off that trial!"
"Anything for my father," said Marle. She was just grateful they had managed to prove that they still had the Rainbow Shell in the castle and therefore save her father.
"If that's the case, how about spending a few days with your poor old dad and telling him about some of your adventures?" asked the king hopefully. "Come on, it wouldn't be so bad, would it?"
"Well..." Marle glanced at Crono. "Something might come up, and I'd have to be there..."
"Please?" the king almost begged.
"Okay," Marle consented, for she really did love her father.
Crono and Frog wandered off and went back to 600 AD for a look. They discovered a sunken desert by accident, killed a few nasty-looking little monsters, found a pretty blue rock, literally ran into a nasty sand skeleton and barely managed to run away with their lives.
"Desert monsters," announced Frog, "are vulnerable to water. I am not yet strong enough. It would be best to have someone stronger with the water- magic, and healing besides. Marle would be an excellent choice, I fear."
"We'll go back to the others and work out a way to tell her," Crono decided, absently throwing his sword up and catching it as it fell down. "After all, bursting in there and demanding her back is somewhat rude. We should talk to Lucca... show her this rock, and see if she has a plan."
They found the Epoch and went back to the End of Time. They healed up before they did anything, then chatted to Lucca.
"In the desert, we found this." Crono showed her the rock. "Ah! How pretty!" She examined it for a while. "I think it invokes a triple tech," she said finally. "It could be very useful. Who is it for? You?" Instantly the rock went dull. "Me?" she guessed, and it glowed brightly. It went dull for Frog, Marle and Ayla but glowed for Pintu. "That's everyone, isn't it?" asked Lucca, briefly confused, then she glanced to her left. "Oh. Magus."
The rock glowed. Everyone looked at it, then at Magus who hadn't actually noticed. "Magus?" demanded Frog, "dost thou imply he can work with others of our team?"
"He won't like it, but we can force him to," grinned Lucca somewhat nastily, throwing the rock up and down. "He might have to be trained up a bit first, but."
"We also found a skeleton, vulnerable apparently to water, and we need Marle," Crono told her. "We don't want to just spring it on her... and I'd like to give her a choice, if she'd like to come with us or stay with her father. How should we get a message to her?"
"The castle has a lot of servants, right?" Lucca asked, as if that was her reply. To Crono's relief she went on. "If we... borrow... the kitchen, we can... I don't know, do something to someone's food so Marle has to come to the kitchen and see what's going on. We'd need someone to bring their meals to them, someone Marle will recognise but her father won't. Not you, Crono," she said instantly when he tried to speak. "Not me, because I think he knows me. Frog is too noticeable, so is Robo. They'd cause a bit of a distraction. We don't want attention." She considered. "Ayla could pass, but she wouldn't know what to do and she'd try to eat everything." She grinned. "Which leaves..."
"Going my way?" queried Magus carelessly when Crono stopped to talk to him a few minutes later.