Title: Chrono Trigger: In Time's Grasp Date: 9/8/02 Author: Me Chapter One: The Beginning of Unwanted Events



Hey, I am new at this fan fiction stuff so don't go criticizing me about everything in my story, give me some help and some ideas that could help me out and make me better, and please, be nice (lol), its only my first time, I hope you like my first story!











INTRODUCTION



Finally, Lavos has been defeated and everything is at peace. Everybody has gone back to their own time period and everything is like this whole event never happened. But this event has happened, Crono, Robo, Lucca. Marle, Frog, and Magus all know it happened, that was probably and IS the most memorable experience in their life. But now, they act like it never happened and go on through out their lives without a care in the world. How about we take a look at Magus. His mother, Queen Zeal, has fallen and Magus is now the rightful ruler of Zeal, but there is a problem, there is no Zeal. But yet there is on. There is one.. Magus decides to turn the earth into the new Zeal Kingdom, inviting earth dwellers and the possessors of magic to be members and coexist as a whole. But even with this great event filling his cold and bottomless heart with joy, there is still something missing. Something very, very dear to Magus. Schala. Magus still has not found Schala yet and he is starting to think that he never will...

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The New Zeal Kingdom. Enriched in economy and happiness and everyday that passes buy, the greater the kingdom becomes. The ruler of the revamped Zeal, Magus, takes pride in this city for he built it with his very hands. Inside the castle, Magus contemplates his search attempts to find Schala. As he sits at the table inside his bedroom, Several thoughts cross his head of her where abouts. "Is she in Crono's time looking for me thinking that I am still there?" Is she in the future helping out those who are in need?" But he knows those questions have been answered with an emotion filled no. Magus gets up and out of his room taking as much time as a sloth does, pacing over to the balcony of his palace. He steps out and leans on the banister, gazing up at the stars. It is midnight and yet there are still people outside celebrating. Celebrating about life in general. Celebrating just because they can celebrate.

"Look at them," Mumbles Magus. "Look at all of them out there, having the time of their lives, not knowing how much sadness their ruler is dealing with right now. Foolish humans, they know nothing about their ruler besides he the fact that he is the son of Zeal and the brother of Schala, they will never realize anything but an empty wine bottle". Speaks Magus in an angry, frustrated tone. As he speaks, a servant walks onto the balcony and hands Magus a bag, a bag with a giant diamond in it, obviously of some importance.

"The time machine is finally built and operation your highness." States the Servant. "All you need to do is insert that diamond into the slot and step onto the top step and you will be transported to the desired time period."

"And did you make more of these for different time periods?" Questions Magus as he takes the diamond out of the bag and examines it for a little bit.

"Yes your highness we did, and for your information, you might not want to drop that diamond, because if it breaks, then its gone forever, we don't have enough resources to make a copy." Warns the servant.

"Alright then," smirks Magus, "I'll make sure to be extra careful with it then." Magus then tosses it up in the air and spins around and catches and then lets out a cocky laugh. This frightens the Servant and he scatters off into the depths of the palace as Magus starts toward the room with the time machine. Magus is nervous. Nervous that this time machine may not work, and will throw him into the darkness of time. It was his idea to make one and even at the time he was unsure of it. But at this time, Magus has nothing going for him and will do anything to find his beloved sister Schala, even if it does mean his own demise.

Magus steps into the hallway that leads to the room with the time machine, it seems that it's taking him hours to go down the hallway, but its only taking him a few seconds, not that long. As he thinks about all the events now and in the past, it makes things seem longer than they are it always has with Magus. Magus opens up the door and walks into a cold room full of people getting ready to send Magus to Crono's time. In the center of the room is a giant pillar surrounded with multi colored blinking lights. As magus walks up to this monster it seems to get taller and taller each closing step until he is finally right up next to it looking up at it. Magus then looks down to the ground and closes his eyes and takes a deep, deep breath.

"I'm ready". Speaks Magus. "I am ready to enter this machine and see where it takes me"

A man dressed in a green jump suit then walks up to magus and extends his hand. Magus, puzzled, doesn't know what to do.

"May I help you?" Inquires Magus"

"Well you can help me out by giving me that diamond and then stepping into the time machine, matter of fact that will help a lot come to think of it." Retorts the man.

"You don't need to get sarcastic about it, here's the diamond. If this machine doesn't work and in god's chance I make it back, there will be hell to pay and your head will most likely be the result of it, so in other words, I hope this thing works." Speaks magus. With that statement Magus cautiously walks into the opening of the pillar and then turns around and the door slowly shuts on him. The inside of it is white. Everything is white, sort of a white emptiness. All of a sudden, Magus hears this loud buzzing and the inside where he is being stored and then all of a sudden it begins to vibrate, then spin around around violently as if he was in the heart of a hurricane. Magus soon passes out and when he awakens, he is in Crono's world, inside a forest of sorts.

"Aw, where am I?" Questions Magus as he rubs his head. "This place looks familiar. Could this be the woods that leads to Guardia Castle? Hmm. I guess those men did do something right. Well no time to loose now, I must find the boy named Crono, I know he could help me in my search for Schala.." Exclaims Magus.

Magus trudges along through the woods and finally reaches the hometown of Crono. But when he enters the town, he notices that something has made it here before he has, and whoever did beat him here, wasn't a friendly person. For Magus's eyes showed him a town which has been ransacked and damaged. The people around the town are walking all around cleaning the roads and buildings up, wondering who it was that blazed through their town.

"What the hell happened here." Wonders Magus. "Whoever did this, had to have had a reason doing so." Says Magus.

Magus then thinks long and hard then pauses, pauses with dread and fear as he slowly looks up with eyes wide open.

"Crono! No!" Shouts Magus, as he runs towards the house of Crono

to be continued...