The Forgotten Journals
The Chrono Trigger Phenomenon
Chapter 3: A battle of blood
"No… don't make me fight them! I won't do it!"
"You will do as I say! Your life depends on it!"
"Take my life if you must! I would rather die than see myself go up against any one of my friends!"
"You're rather resistant to this spell, probably from the way that you were given your magical powers… no matter, you will do as I say eventually… after all, you had no problem going against Magus."
"That is different, and you know very well why."
"Of course… but let me cast this spell on you… and bring Magus here this time…"
"I would rather…"
"Do it, or the next time I attack your princess, no magic will be able to revive her!"
"You wouldn't…"
"Funny, they all said the same thing when I murdered Magus' father…"
"This is…"
"Well? Have you decided?"
"Fine! Get it over with… but if at any moment you cause me to go after Marle, I will immediately leave, whether you want me to or not."
"Yours has got to be the strongest mind I have ever tried to control… no where in any of the texts does it say to reason with the subject… but I require your skill, and there is no other way… go now, and if you fail this time, I will bring your princess here!"
"Allow her to be subjected to your torture? Cast the spell! I will do whatever it takes to see her safe!"
"Interesting…"
Glenn stepped out of the dark portal, finding himself in the entrance to the castle he attacked with Crono and Robo.
Lucca stepped out next, "Look's like you've been practicing… I'm impressed."
"Yeah, didn't you tell me that you've been working with Spekkio?" Marle was soon to follow.
Tyler stepped out next, putting a hand to the hilt of his sword, "This would have been useful, instead of some airship… good thing no one I knew got airsick anyway…"
Janus stepped out last, the portal closing behind him, "… an airship?"
Tyler nodded, "Yeah, about like the Epoch, but made to hold more people. It was… well, comparable to two floors of this castle, coupled with the ability to outrun gigantic explosions."
Lucca shook her head in awe, "It must have held many people on it…"
He nodded, "Yes, it held nearly the entire group of people that survived the explosion…"
Marle suddenly had a thought, "By the way, Janus, why are you so sure that the man who attacked you was wielding the Masamune?"
He stated, "I felt the presence of Masa and Mune within the blade, but they were not responding to my call… it feels as if they are… incapacitated."
Lucca shook her head, "Slight technicality there, blue, but how can there be more than one Masamune?"
Janus chuckled, "Lucca, you are smarter than that… time travel should be able to explain it, correct?"
"You sound so sure of yourself…" Tyler stated with a grunt.
"You'll understand when the time comes…" Janus trailed off.
Glenn nodded, "Aye, Janus has known of many things pertaining to the blade that can bring his downfall… Janus? Are you all right?"
He stopped, as Janus' eyes became masked with worry.
"He's back."
Out of a deep black portal strode what everyone in the group gasped in fear at.
The man sported a black helmet, completely covering his face, while all that could be seen was a bright emerald glow coming from his eyes. The rest of his body was adorned with black armor, sporting the Guardia crest on his chest.
And then he brought his sword out.
The blood red sword glowed with unholy energies, as it seemed to warp the very area in which he stood. A feverish red light started to fall on him as he slowly brought the sword to a defensive position.
Janus slowly stepped forward, bringing his scythe in front of him.
"So, you've returned… I figured, you're just as persistent as your ancestor…"
Lucca raised her gun in fear, though her target seemed focused only on Janus.
"You… know him?"
Janus nodded grimly, "We all do… but I'll leave that up to you to figure it out. One of such a high caliber of intelligence of yours shouldn't take too long…"
The black knight charged at Janus, causing him to fly back in fear of getting struck again. Tyler stepped forward, brandishing his light blue sword, while Glenn stayed back and concentrated on magic.
"Think you have the guts to face me, dark one?"
The knight's voice came out raspy, as if it struggled to keep control of itself.
"I have no quarrel with you… only with the one who put a curse upon my family…"
Tyler scoffed, "If you quarrel with him, you quarrel with me. Back off before you get hurt."
The red blade met the blue one, as both held their ground.
"Pretty good strike dark one, but it's time to get serious…"
Their blades met faster and faster, as both of the warriors picked up speed. Suddenly, the one in dark launched himself into a combo, moving faster than should have been possible in all the armor he wore. He spun around Tyler, swinging his sword at a speed faster than the human eye could see, and finally kicked Tyler to the side, where he fell near Glenn, who uttered a healing spell to bring him back up.
The dark knight chuckled, "So
it's magic now, eh? I'll show you some
real magic…"
"Power of lightning… gather and expand…" The dark knight slowly rose to the air as Janus felt power lightning emanations gathering into the room, he looked to Marle, who wore her Prism Dress with a grim look. He realized she would be safer from the spell than many of the others in the room.
He practically whispered the name of the spell, as a green dome slowly began to expand and fill the room, crushing the group against the wall. Janus grimaced as he felt the magic slowly try to tear apart his body…
And then it was over, with Tyler looking extremely angry.
"You dare to cast a spell like that in here… to harm everyone? So be it… I think I know something to counter your paltry magical ability…"
He raised his hand, as Janus felt an immense power build up in the room.
"Magic… without an element? Such power could be catastrophic in the wrong hands…"
Tyler grinned, shouting out the words of the spell, words that had passed down since the earliest days of magical knowledge on his planet.
"Power of magic, power of light! Give me the strength to aid my fight! Give power to destroy and power to aid, strength that is lost, and strength that is paid. Take away feelings of hate and lust… ashes to ashes… dust to dust! Ultima!!!"
He directed the fullness of the magic into a small blue dome, as it expanded and threw the dark knight to the other side of the room.
"Hah! If you can't handle the blitz, stay out of the sphere!"
Tyler suddenly stopped, looking oddly to the others as he realized he had no idea where he got his last words.
The knight took this as an opportunity to charge forward in an attempt to cleave his magical proficient opponent in half, unfortunately, he found trouble when he found his sword blocked by the most infamous of swords on the planet.
"Stop this madness, dark knight, and see what you are doing!"
The dark knight shook his head, suddenly shouting out, "I have to capture Janus so Dark Novalon doesn't go after Marle!"
"Crono?"
Marle lowered her crossbow, a tear forming on her once stoic face.
He lowered his head, looking at his hands, "I… cast Luminaire on you… didn't I? And…"
He looked into Glenn's eyes, suddenly stepping back in shock.
"But… impossible! The curse of the family… never existed? He tricked me…?"
Glenn nodded, "Janus removed it, from the bidding of Marle, or so I gather."
Crono stepped back one more step, "But… that's impossible, the reason why I did not speak much above a whisper at all was because of the curse… the one that gave me a frog's croak every so often during my speech… I was ostracized because of it… I was…"
He shifted his gaze, turning to Lucca, "That's how it was, wasn't it?"
She shook her head, "Likely… but history has changed due to Janus' change of mind… Crono, as far as I remember, you were the most popular guy in Truce. Every single soldier I knew tried to do with a sword what you found natural… and of course, there was the fact that you were out every couple of weeks… polishing the statue in the middle of Leene Square…"
He nodded, "To make it look as good as it did 400 years ago when it was put up… and I in it's very…"
"Bravo, you managed to break out of my spell once again."
Crono turned sharply, a snarl forming, "Leave this place, dark one!"
The Wizard slowly walked forward, raising a hand as Crono suddenly found himself in the air, unable to move. He was slowly tossed in a black gate that opened behind him, and promptly disappeared from view.
"A pity… he is a better swordsman than I am… no matter, I can do this myself."
As Dark Novalon stepped forward, a blue dome enveloped him, as Tyler yelled out the spell of Ultima once more. So much power was added to the spell, that dust kicked up, obscuring the view of everyone.
Though, when it cleared, the Wizard looked no worse for the wear.
"Bravo, you managed to slightly bring pain. I'm rather surprised someone here knows how to get somewhat through my magical defense…"
The Wizard brought out a sword pulsating with demonic energies as he took a step forward.
"Unfortunately, it will take much more than that to stop me, forgotten warrior…"
Tyler held out his sword, unafraid of the dark power gathered in the room.
"I'm ready, for whatever you've got."
The Wizard chuckled as he swiped his sword through the air, causing the dark energies in the room to push the group back against the far wall.
He slowly walked forward, turning his gaze to Marle, who stared on in fear.
"Oh, and I'm sure the princess and I will get to know each other very well… far better than that meaningless love that your redheaded hero feels for her."
Tyler uttered a guttural noise as Glenn slowly raised an eyebrow, turning his head to Marle, who stared back at the Wizard, with a heated anger written upon her very features.
"For your information…" she began, "I happen to love Crono very much, and I know his reasons for not wanting to tell me right away… but you… are far worse than any evil being that I have ever set my eyes upon…"
The Wizard chuckled again, taking another step forward, and causing the group to be shoved back against the wall.
"You know not the pleasure that the dark side of magic could bring you…"
Tyler broke away from the magic holding him to the wall, yelling loud enough to cause the Wizard to stop his spell.
"You! You are worse than… Se… Sey… Seymour! You are worse than anything the Maester ever was! And he was the leader of a religion that was nothing more than a lie to cause people to give their lives up in order to save the world… the summoners… everyone… and you are worse! I have not felt such evil in all my life… not since the very corrupting presence of the summoner Yevon! You deserve no less than the deepest fires of hell for all the sins you have committed!"
Janus shook his head in awe, "It looks like he's remembered a lot again…"
Dark Novalon brought up his sword again, bring more of the dark energies back into the room.
"Tough words from someone who can't even hurt me… you speak the words of a fool, son of Jecht."
The man stood, his dirty blonde hair billowing from the wind that was trying to push him back. He pointed his blue sword back at the dark one, his unwavering gaze bringing strength within the others who were otherwise rendered powerless from the constricting spells cast upon them.
"My name is Tidus. And you are a fool to underestimate the power of light."
Marle turned her gaze to the window, watching as a small bright light slowly made it's way to the horizon.
The dark magic wavered slightly, as the light suddenly began to fill the room.
Janus slowly shook his head, "Well, my castle's ruined now…"
The full force of the light overcame the area, obscuring everyone's vision, though above the noise of the magical spell came the pained screams of the Dark Wizard.
And then it stopped; the dark one shakingly brought himself to a standing position, as another black-cloaked wizard suddenly made his presence known.
"Well, fancy seeing you here in this part of the universe. I was wondering if you would show up here in a later time."
The dark one turned, and cringed as he saw his nemesis standing in defense of the ones he was trying to take down.
The man stood tall, a black cloak billowing around his form, the image of a cross giving off a faint light from the middle of the back of the cloak. In his right hand, he held a sword pointed diagonally at the ground, which gave off a brighter light than the cross. And like the other wizard, the hood of the cloak hid his face, but Marle, Lucca, and Janus knew him regardless, as he had spent his time in the Kingdom of Zeal as the former advisor to the king.
"Novalon…" Janus slowly spoke, his voice in obvious reverence.
"Well met, Janus… well met indeed. I'm surprised you're still standing after what I've known this troublemaker to pull off." Stated the Light Wizard.
"Curse you…" the dark one began, "if any of you wish to see your warrior again, come to my dark fortress, and fight the army in which I have created for my utmost of emergencies! I'm sure it will decimate any offensive you may think to accomplish."
And he leapt behind yet another dark portal he created behind him, leaving the rest to ponder his words.
Janus slowly walked up to the wizard, as Marle and Lucca turned to the one they had previously called Tyler.
"Uh… Tidus?" Marle began.
"My memory is back, at least I think it is… I will try to tell you my entire story later…"
Novalon turned to him, putting a hand up to his unseen chin.
"I'm quite surprised to find you here, actually… Tidus, you're meant to be on Spira with High Summoner Yuna… she has been quite worried since your… disappearance…"
He grimaced, as Lucca could see in his eyes what she had seen previously when she met him. He was obviously in love with this Yuna person, just as obvious as she had seen Crono be in love with Marle.
"Sir Novalon…"
The Light Wizard turned to the blue haired one who spoke to him.
"What is it, Janus?"
"What do
you recommend to be our next course of action?"
Novalon smiled, though he knew no one could see it, "Why, I was actually here to see the one known as Spekkio… I suppose we could stop there first before determining a plan of action to save Crono."
Marle looked up at him with pleading eyes, "You… are going to help us?"
The wizard nodded, "Of course, I can't allow my nemesis to cause any more problems on this planet… it's bad enough that I wasn't able to save Kajar…"
His last statement cause Janus to look down at the ground in sadness, "No one expected you to save my father… Schala told me you had merely learned your magical powers in the very same year…"
He nodded, "Melchior saw who saved the rest of the people… a man who he said claimed to be my own master, who taught me my abilities… I'm sure I felt his presence then… if so, it was a blessing that he had come even at that time…"
He stopped himself, "But no matter, we must head to the end of time, I need to speak with the General…"
"Uh… who?" asked Marle.
Novalon slowly shook his head, "Of course he wouldn't have told you, he barely remembers his own past himself… no matter… I will restore him to his former power… giving you the strength to destroy Lavos is penance enough…"
"Enough for what?" Janus asked.
"Far more than you could ever imagine…" he stated, as he slowly made his way around the wreckage of the castle, to where the Epoch stood nearby, untouched by the flying derbis.
He continued, "Well, what are we waiting for?"
"You failed me…"
"Looks like you failed yourself too, I'm not surprised considering who you were going up against."
"Perhaps there's a trick yet that will keep those weak feelings of yours to interfere with my spells…"
"I've been through worse, I can take anything you can throw at me… do it."
"Oh I will… I will indeed…"
Authors Note:
This has to be the quickest chapter I've written yet. Well, the stranger Crono saved is now known (bet you weren't expecting that… or maybe you were) and now a few original characters of mine (by the way don't use Novalon or Dark Novalon, they're mine, feel free to use Crono and the others though). Thanks to my only review… perhaps more will turn up…
"Many a good person has fallen by my hand, many a soul sent to the final judgement… me? I know where I fall, I know all too well, and no matter how hard I try, I cannot fight the power that binds my mind… I only wish that I may be free of this mortal life of mine so that no more innocent lives will be taken…"
- Dark Novalon (in the same RPG I am writing in RPG Maker)