"...and that's how you infuse magic into a weapon." Chrono said as he soared above the clouds.
"Cool." Nino said smiling.
Jaffar turned and saw Emerald, Pent, and Louise walking over to them.
"What are we going to do now?" Pent asked.
"We have to get to the cave right now." Chrono said.
"We meant about Eliwood." Emerald muttered.
Chrono turnned his head over to see that everyone that was talking to him looked over to Eliwood, who was staring out to oblivion while Hector and Lyn tried their best to cheer him up without much success.
"Right now, Eliwood has to realize that now, the world is in danger. I know that it's cruel, but right now we have to order things out." Chrono muttered looking at Louise and the others.
"Ok. But you have to get Eliwood out of his mood now." Louise replied.
"Ok. I'll see what I can do." Chrono muttered as he turnned his head over to the three lords.
Lyn and Hector tried to get Eliwood to speak. Neither had any lasting effect on the red head.
"Anything?" Chrono asked as he looked at the two non depressed lords.
"Nothing. Ninian being taken must have hit him harder then we realize." Hector said.
"Let me talk to him." Chrono muttered.
"I hope you have better luck then we have." Lyn said as she and Hector left Eliwood.
"Eliwood." Chrono muttered.
"Chrono, can you promise me something?" Eliwood asked.
"Ok. I guess. But why me?" Chrono replied.
"Because I feel that you are the only one who can bring Ninian back. After we get to the cave, can you help me plan out her rescue?" Eliwood asked.
"Eliwood, I don't know what to say. I won't promise anything. But instead, let's take this one step at a time. Who knows, we might be able to find a way to save Ninian." Chrono said.
Eliwood smiled a bit as he listened to Chrono.
"Thanks." Eliwood replied.
Chrono turned his head back to Emerald, Jaffar, Nino, Pent and Louise.
"Do me a favor and make sure that Eliwood does not do anything rash as soon as we land." Chrono muttered.
"Ok. I'll keep an eye on him." Pent said.
"I see the cave now!" Nino exclaimed looking over the side of Chrono.
"Ok guys, hang on tight." Chrono replied as he started his decent.
The decent was quick as Chrono landed in a field infront of the Cave. Everyone dismounted Chrono before he turnned back into a human. Eliwood, Lyn, and Hector looked around and saw Athos standing infront of the cave.
"Athos." the three lords said as they ran over to him.
Chrono walked over to Athos before stopping cold in his tracks.
"Chrono?" Emerald asked.
"What's wrong?" Lyn and Nino asked.
"That cave...it burns horribly." Chrono groaned in pain as he stepped back a bit.
"That must be the lingering energies of Durdal." Athos mused.
"Chrono, wait out here." Hector said.
"Ok. I'll wait out here. Nino, Jaffar. Go with them." Chrono said.
"Ok." Nino replied as she and Jaffar followed the three Lords into the cave.
"Let me sit down." Chrono muttered as he sat on the ground.
"Let me get you some water." Emerald muttered as she ran off.
"Durdal. Why does that name sounds familiar?" Chrono muttered to himself.
Chrono shut his eyes and decided to get some sleep while waiting for the Lords, Nino and Jaffar to get back.
'
'.....hrono' a voice called out.
'Wha?' Chrono mumbled.
'Chrono, wake up.' another voice stated.
Chrono groaned as he woke up. He stood up and saw two people he did not know. A man and a woman. The man had almost the same look as Eliwood in both clothing and looks. The woman was robed in priestess robes and stood infront of him.
"Who are you?" Chrono asked.
But that did not come out of his mouth. What was actually said was, 'Roland, Elimie. I'm glad you got here.'
'Yeah. I heard that your armies made a weapon out of your energy.' Roland said.
'They did. They said that it is their trump card against the Scourge army. I managed to sneak two of them out.' Dream Chrono replied as he pulled out an Axe and a sword.
'What you want us to do?' Elimie asked.
'Us dragons are blinded by power and we strive to become the dominating race in Elibe. I don't know why, but I have a feeling that humans are fated to survive as the dragons fade away. I want you to only use the weapons to strike down the army of the dragons, not the civilians in the dragon camp.' Dream Chrono muttered.
'But why? I would kill myself before hurting you or someone from your race.' Roland said.
'You have no choice. He's coming soon and he will arrest me for betrayal if I'm lucky. They are testing a new ritiual and they are willing to try it on me if they get a chance. It can possibily turn me into a monster. If that happens, you might have to kill me. Do me this last favor.' Dream Chrono muttered.
'What is it?' Elimie asked.
'Live. Marry each other and live to the fullest.' Dream Chrono replied as he handed the two weapons.
A sudden snap was heard and everyone turnned to the source. It was then that a platoon of Draklings rushed toward them.
'Run.' Dream Chrono muttered as he walked forward to the platoon.
Roland nodded and grabbed Elimie by the wrist and ran. The platoon surrounded Dream Chrono and advanced on him. The surroundings started to grow faint as the platoon captured him and dragged him away. The last thing Chrono heard was Elimie screaming, 'Chrono'
"Chrono! Chrono!!!" A voice yelled.
Chrono woke up quickly and saw the three lords, Nino, Jaffar and Athos.
"What?" Chrono muttered.
"We just got back Chrono." Lyn said as she held a sad smile.
"How did it go then?" Chrono asked.
"We have Durdal. But Roland asked us to hand you this." Athos said as he pulled out a piece of paper.
'The man in my dream.' Chrono thought as he took the note and item.
He opened the note and started to read it.
Chrono,
I don't know how long it will be when you get this. But I can say that your fear is well founded. The weapons has to be sealed away and I only wish that you could help us seal it. We fullfilled our promise to you. Elimie and I have a healthy baby boy and we named him 'Ostia'. I hope you are well and if you are reading this after we are gone, then I just want to say sorry.
Roland and Elimie
Unconuciously, Chrono's eyes teared up.
"Why am I crying?" Chrono mumbled.
"Look out!" Nino called as everyone looked up and dove out of the way.
"Are you kidding me? Negral already got a dragon out?!" Hector muttered.
"Let's me talk to it." Chrono muttered.
"Look out!" Eliwood yelled.
Chrono turnned around and dove out of the way as Eliwood ran toward the dragon and slashed it. The dragon cried out in pain before hitting the ground in pain.
"What did you do?!" Chrono demanded as he walked over to Eliwood.
"I don't know. The sword just controlled me." Eliwood said.
"That's what I expect from Durdal." A voice said.
Everyone turnned to see Negral and Koumori out infront of them.
"Negral! Koumori!" Lyn hissed as she drew her sword.
Negral casted a quick spell and everyone but Chrono froze in spot.
"What did you do?" Chrono asked looking at Eliwood to Emerald.
"We didn't do anything. It's Eliwood who brought this upon himself." Koumori stated.
"What?!" Hector yelled.
"Ever wondered why we only went for Ninian and Nils? Why was it only them? I can say this now. The dragon gate can't be opened by mere humans." Koumori stated.
"You don't mean?!" Lyn started looking at the dragon that Eliwood slashed near dead.
"That is Ninian. The girl you killed." Negral laughed as he warped away.
"Chrono, I will leave this message to you. We got her dragonstone before she fled from the Dreaded Isle. Come back to the Isle if you don't want Dragons to attack again." Koumori said as he warped away also.
The dragon morphed back into Ninian's human form while the magic that was holding them faded. The three lords ran over to Ninian with Chrono, Emerald, and Athos.
"Lord Eliwood." Ninian whispered as she held a wound near her stoumach.
"Ninian." Eliwood muttered as he picked Ninian up from the ground.
"Hold still." Chrono said as he pulled out his staff and started chanting for a healing spell.
"Don't. Please....Lord Eli...wood. Stop....Neg...ra...l...." Ninian said.
Then everything when quiet. Lyn and Emerald cried as Hector and Chrono stood quietly with a stony expression on their face. Athos' face truly looked like his age in sorrow and he started to say a prayer. Through it all, Eliwood took the death the hardest as he was reduced to tears as he cried out, "Ninian!"
Chrono stepped back over to Athos and Emerald and whispered.
"Do you know any spells that can bring back the dead?" Chrono asked.
"I don't know. I'll search for it. head back to Ostia for now." Athos replied.
Emerald and Chrono nodded as they gradually got everyone to pack up and walking.