Chrono Sphere
By A-chan
Disclaimer: I do not own Chrono Cross, or any of its characters. They belong to Square. So dun sue me, you won't get much, anyway. Otch, April, Erica and Pup are my creations. Yes they are, yes they are, hee! I've got a creative mind, finally ^___^ Okay, I'll shut up so you can read now…
~Italics~: Flashback
Chapter 5: Childhood Memories
~*Note: This chapter is here so you can get to know how hard A-chan's life was in her past and hopefully it'll help everyone understand her a bit more.
"Yeah, so I'm an idiot, but oh well," Serge said. "So, are ya comin' to get Kiki with me?" he asked.
"Nah, I think I'll stay behind for awhile," Glenn said. April, seeking her chance to be alone with Glenn, smirked. She stood up.
"I'll stay, too," April said. Marcy snickered and signaled the others to continue without them. Glenn was about to change his mind and go with them, but he knew it was too late. April gave Marcy a "thanks" look and watched them continue. She glanced at Glenn, then sighed.
"What?" he asked.
"Some childhood memories just spoiled my actions… oh well," she said.
"Childhood memories? So, you have some bad ones, too, eh?" he asked. She nodded. "Feel like telling me?"
"Why not?" she sighed.
~April holds a tennis ball in her hand.
"Celeste? Are you ready? I found the ball!"
"April! There you are! I've been looking for you!"
Just then, there was a loud crash.~
"Well, y'see, I had a rather large family. My mother had 3 brothers and 2 sisters and 3 aunts and uncles. My father had 4 brothers and 1 sister. So that means I had quite a few brothers and sisters and cousins and stuff. Well…" April started.
~April has a worried look on her face.
"Celeste! What was that?" April asks. Celeste looks around.
"I don't now. Let's go take a look!" Celeste says. The two sisters run through some trees and bushes and hear loud shouts ahead.
"What are Mommy and Daddy fighting about?" April asks. Celeste peeks through some bushes behind the house and finds three people quarreling about something.
"It's not just Mom and Dad, Little-chan, its Kon, too," Celeste says.
"Kon? He's bad! What's he doing here? Why is he here!?" April asks, worriedly asks.
"I don't know, Little-chan… but let's find out," Celeste says, still spying behind the bushes. April firmly grasps the tennis ball in her hands. Just then, a small pink creature runs up to her.
"April, April! It's bad, it really is!" it says.
"Huh? What's wrong, Quikko? What's really bad?" April asks.
"It's Kael! Kael's dead!" Quikko shouts. Celeste looks at Quikko and exchanges looks with April.~
"My parents were fighting with a long time rival. His name was Kon. Dun ask me where he gets his name, but, anyway, he wanted revenge for a stupid game that he lost between him and my mother! Aaarrh, it makes me sick, thinking about it," April said, lurching over.
"Are you okay?" Glenn asked.
"Sorry, it's just that I do… I do get sick to my stomach just thinking about it… it's just… so stupid. And because of that stupid game that he lost, he decided to get revenge by killing my parents, and killing everyone in my family, including myself. He succeeded in that task, except for killing me. I'm the last one alive in my family," April said. "When Kael died, it all started… then Ellis… then my parents… after awhile, it was just me and Celeste. We decided to head to Termina. Celeste said that I had two brothers there. So, I guess you could say that he really didn't succeed in killing everyone except for me, because I out of those two brothers, I have one left. After we got to Termina, Kon hunted us down, and killed Celeste. Two boys, by the names of Gl--…!?" April suddenly stopped.
"What is it?" Glenn asked.
"Two boys… by the names of Glenn and Dario… I just now noticed this… you were one of the ones that saved me! Your Home World self must be related to me, while in Another World, we have different parents!" April shouted. Glenn looked a bit confused.
"I have a… sister?" Glenn said to himself.
"In Home World you do! So then, the only one I have in Home World is Dario… but that's okay I guess… I've got all of my friends… anyway, after Celeste was killed, and I escaped from Kon, I ran away to Lizard Rock, where I continued to live for the rest of my life… all of this ruckus started 13 years ago… when I was 5…" April said. She sighed. "I'm sorry to bore you with this stuff, Glenn… I just felt I had to tell someone… it's a relief to get it out of yourself, sometimes."
"I know… I've had a similar experience. My mother… I never actually knew her. My father died when I was young, and my brother died around 4 years ago," Glenn said.
"Gee… I guess we've all got childhood problems…" April softly said. Just then, Serge and the others came running back into Lizard Rock with Kiki.
"So, did you two play nice?" Marcy teased.
"Aw, quit it, Marcy. You know we're not like that. Sheesh, and we just met… not even an hour ago?" April said.
"Well, what exactly happened?" Erica asked, being extremely curious.
"Nothing. We just… talked," Glenn simply said. Marcy rolled her eyes.
"Like, darn. I was hoping to hear something more interesting. Oh well. We're ready for Termina, I guess. I heard Fossil Valley is supposed to be extremely bad, weather-wise and critter-wise this time of year," Marcy said.
"Yeah… that sucks. Oh well. It's about midday, so we shouldn't have much trouble right now," Serge said.
Okay, so I admit it, I didn't know where to end it, so I figured this would be as good of a place as any. Do any of you actually like this story yet?