"Wow," commented Marle as she looked out her single window in her chamber. She slowly leaned against the windowsill and breathed the cool morning air. "The sky looks so beautiful." It was true as well. The whole sky seemed like a painter's dream; it was filled with several shades of orange, pink, purple, and light red that spilled over the horizon. The sun was only beginning to peer over the treetops bringing a new wave of red orange. This only emphasized on the scene's true beauty giving it a quiet peaceful and angelic look. Finally a warm breeze was swiftly making its way through the window giving a slight soothing and comforting feeling.
'I wonder if Crono is awake yet,' she silently thought to herself as she turned away from the solitary opening to the outside. Wiping a single strand of hair away from her face, Marle closed her eyes and thought about the events that had taken place a few weeks ago. Crono and herself were walking through Nadia Square when suddenly Crono fell to the ground as he cried out in pain and clutched his chest. No one else was around, and she tried healing him, but nothing seemed to help him. His eyes were squeezed shut as he slowly curled up in ball. Eventually, no noise or sound of pain escaped him, as he lied motionless on the cobblestone ground. Luckily he wasn't dead, but he didn't wake up either. For two weeks he had been in this state with no explanation of how or why this had happened. Everyday Marle would go visit him hoping that one day he would wake, but so far that day had not come, and Crono had a fever that seemed to skyrocket over a matter of days. So far things didn't look to well.
Marle sat down on her bed and placed her chin in her hand. It was only around six o'clock at this time, so there was really nothing to do but think. There was no real reason for her to be up this early, but recently she always got up just around the time the sun did. She slowly started to remember the dream she kept having that always made her wake the early. In the beginning, it was always so peaceful, and it was always what she wanted, but then near the end it started to get so frightening and so real that it would awaken her with sweat coming down her face and tears pouring out of her eyes.
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A small wedding was held in Nadia Square where everyone in the Kingdom of Guardia attended. This day was special not only because of the weather, but because of the couple that was getting married. Nadia Bell began to ring merrily as the new King and Queen finally walked into the plain sight of the people. Everyone began to cheer widely as Marle and Crono now faced the people of their kingdom. She squeezed his arm lightly and blushed a bright crimson red as Crono gently smiled down at her.
Marle thought he looked so handsome as well. Even though he looked very uncomfortable in the outfit that he had to wear, but he tried not to show it. He was wearing a simple lighter version of his normal tunic with a long white cape flowing behind him. He didn't know how Magus and Glenn could get used to those things, but he managed. That wasn't the thing that bothered him most though. The thing that bothered him was the headset that he had to wear for the whole ceremony. It was a small version of a normal regal crown with a wing on the side of his head. It wasn't nearly as nice as his normal headband, and the only way it stayed on his head was because of his mass of spiky red hair that sat atop his head. Marle always thought that the way he tried not to fiddle with his crown.
Marle, on the other had, wore a simple white gown and a small headset over her hair. Her long strawberry blonde hair sparkled in the sun as everyone cheered and threw rice at them. Marle linked arms with Crono and slowly walked in the crowd of people. Lucca, Glenn, Magus, Robo, and Alya were all there to see them get married. Lucca forced Magus to come, so he seemed pretty neutral about the whole occasion. Alya was hugging Glenn tightly in his new human form as she still cheered widely for the newlyweds.
"Congratulations!" shouted Lucca from the crowd. She ran up to the couple and hugged them both tightly. "You two finally tied the knot! So Crono, how does it feel to be king?" Crono shifted slightly and got a really worried look on his face. Marle and Lucca giggled slightly as Crono flashed a small nervous smile. "Well, I'll be on my way. Cya later!" stated Lucca as she blended back in with the crowd.
When Marle and Crono finally got out of the mob of people, they calmly walked through Nadia Square. "Well, my love," Crono began, "what do you wish to do now?" He said that in the most soothing and comforting voice in the world. Marle blushed a bright crimson just at the mere sound of it. She looked up at him and smiled warmly.
"Well, I thought maybe you and I could-" A loud rumble cut her sentence short. What was once Nadia Square was now the ruins in 2300AD. Epoch was close by and Lucca was no where to be found. The skies were all darkened over with large storm clouds that hovered above the sky like birds of prey. Every so often a flash of lightning would harshly strike the ground leaving a crater marking where it had hit.
Marle was dressed in her normal white jump suit with her crossbow and arrows strapped to her back. She quickly looked around, and then her head shot upward when a bolt of lightning signaled an on coming down pour. Pelts of watered rained from the sky beating the ground mercilessly. She soon became frantic and looked all over for Crono, but he and no one else was found.
She began to run through the sheets of rain searching for some sort of shelter. It wasn't long before she stumbled upon a lone figure squatting down in the thick rain. As she approached the figure, thunder violently shook the land. Falling to her knees, she looked up and saw that Crono was the one squatting down. Before she could call out his name, he was struck with a bolt of black lighting that seemed to not only hit the outer surface, but the surface within as well.
She got up on one knee and screamed in shock when she saw what was lingering above her. It was indeed Crono, no mistake about that, but he seemed so empty, so cold. Instead of his normal tunic he wore, he was dressed in black armor with a silver sheath on his side. His hair, except for two spikes in the front, was all tied back. But these were not the major differences. His eyes were the things that caught most of her attention. Instead of their normal pale green, they were a sickening blood red that seemed to glow with each flash of lightning. His face also seemed colder and shallower than his normal happy go lucky smile.
Crono reached down and grabbed Marle's neck. Holding her a foot off the ground, Crono glared at her and bared his teeth. She didn't even get time to struggle, for within seconds he tossed her to the side like and over used rag doll. She hit the ground hard on her right hand side and let out a sharp cry of pain. Marle rolled over, onto her back and held her side, which was now bleeding because of a jagged cut. Tears streamed out of her eyes, and she looked up to see Crono running at her with his black version of the Rainbow Sword. Blood dripped though her fingers as she prepared for him to make the killing blow, but it never came.
A bright flash of white light filled her view….
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"Princess Nadia!"
Marle looked up startled as she heard someone call out her name. Small beads of sweat had formed on her forehead after remembering the horrifying night encounter. She wiped her forehead quickly and turned around to face the voice that had called to her. She had almost forgotten that she was still in her castle. After all the travels with Crono, she had gotten used to a life that wasn't as regal as she was accustomed to. Every now and then she would forget where she was when she got lost in thought. It wasn't a very rare occurrence, so everyone was slowly but surely getting used to her little daydreams.
Marle let out a small sigh of relief when she saw that it was only her trusty handmaiden. She was fairly young woman, only about the age of 27 or so. She had deep brown eyes as well as long chestnut hair that she often wore in a long braid that hung down her back. She was a very petite woman, only being about 5 feet tall, but she was very smart and very wise for her age. She wore a very modest dress that matched the color of Marle's eyes perfectly.
The maid was holding a tray of food that was supposed to be Marle's breakfast. She rested down on her bed and bowed slightly.
"The King said that he was sorry that he couldn't attend breakfast with you, so he sent this tray instead," stated the woman very politely.
"Thank you, Alma. Your service is well appreciated," declared Marle with a gracious small on her face. Marle was still lost in thought when she received the food, so she could only play around with it and eat small bites at a time. Alma stood by her waiting for Marle to finish, but seeing that this was getting no where, Alma reminded Marle of an important fact that she had forgotten.
"Princess, you'd better hurry up and get ready," ushered Alma softly. "Mistress Lucca will be here very soon to escort you to see Master Crono." Alma bowed her head in respect. "How is the young lad doing now anyway?" Marle looked away sadly, and sighed to herself.
"He still hasn't awoken yet, I'm afraid," she stated softly as she looked up at Alma. The maid simply nodded her head in understanding and briskly walked out of the room. Before she left, Marle called out her name.
"Thank you, Alma," Marle said quickly. Alma smiled at the young princess and left the room silently. Marle continued to eat her food slowly, and she eventually got ready to go visit her fallen comrade.
'I wonder if Crono is awake yet,' she silently thought to herself as she turned away from the solitary opening to the outside. Wiping a single strand of hair away from her face, Marle closed her eyes and thought about the events that had taken place a few weeks ago. Crono and herself were walking through Nadia Square when suddenly Crono fell to the ground as he cried out in pain and clutched his chest. No one else was around, and she tried healing him, but nothing seemed to help him. His eyes were squeezed shut as he slowly curled up in ball. Eventually, no noise or sound of pain escaped him, as he lied motionless on the cobblestone ground. Luckily he wasn't dead, but he didn't wake up either. For two weeks he had been in this state with no explanation of how or why this had happened. Everyday Marle would go visit him hoping that one day he would wake, but so far that day had not come, and Crono had a fever that seemed to skyrocket over a matter of days. So far things didn't look to well.
Marle sat down on her bed and placed her chin in her hand. It was only around six o'clock at this time, so there was really nothing to do but think. There was no real reason for her to be up this early, but recently she always got up just around the time the sun did. She slowly started to remember the dream she kept having that always made her wake the early. In the beginning, it was always so peaceful, and it was always what she wanted, but then near the end it started to get so frightening and so real that it would awaken her with sweat coming down her face and tears pouring out of her eyes.
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A small wedding was held in Nadia Square where everyone in the Kingdom of Guardia attended. This day was special not only because of the weather, but because of the couple that was getting married. Nadia Bell began to ring merrily as the new King and Queen finally walked into the plain sight of the people. Everyone began to cheer widely as Marle and Crono now faced the people of their kingdom. She squeezed his arm lightly and blushed a bright crimson red as Crono gently smiled down at her.
Marle thought he looked so handsome as well. Even though he looked very uncomfortable in the outfit that he had to wear, but he tried not to show it. He was wearing a simple lighter version of his normal tunic with a long white cape flowing behind him. He didn't know how Magus and Glenn could get used to those things, but he managed. That wasn't the thing that bothered him most though. The thing that bothered him was the headset that he had to wear for the whole ceremony. It was a small version of a normal regal crown with a wing on the side of his head. It wasn't nearly as nice as his normal headband, and the only way it stayed on his head was because of his mass of spiky red hair that sat atop his head. Marle always thought that the way he tried not to fiddle with his crown.
Marle, on the other had, wore a simple white gown and a small headset over her hair. Her long strawberry blonde hair sparkled in the sun as everyone cheered and threw rice at them. Marle linked arms with Crono and slowly walked in the crowd of people. Lucca, Glenn, Magus, Robo, and Alya were all there to see them get married. Lucca forced Magus to come, so he seemed pretty neutral about the whole occasion. Alya was hugging Glenn tightly in his new human form as she still cheered widely for the newlyweds.
"Congratulations!" shouted Lucca from the crowd. She ran up to the couple and hugged them both tightly. "You two finally tied the knot! So Crono, how does it feel to be king?" Crono shifted slightly and got a really worried look on his face. Marle and Lucca giggled slightly as Crono flashed a small nervous smile. "Well, I'll be on my way. Cya later!" stated Lucca as she blended back in with the crowd.
When Marle and Crono finally got out of the mob of people, they calmly walked through Nadia Square. "Well, my love," Crono began, "what do you wish to do now?" He said that in the most soothing and comforting voice in the world. Marle blushed a bright crimson just at the mere sound of it. She looked up at him and smiled warmly.
"Well, I thought maybe you and I could-" A loud rumble cut her sentence short. What was once Nadia Square was now the ruins in 2300AD. Epoch was close by and Lucca was no where to be found. The skies were all darkened over with large storm clouds that hovered above the sky like birds of prey. Every so often a flash of lightning would harshly strike the ground leaving a crater marking where it had hit.
Marle was dressed in her normal white jump suit with her crossbow and arrows strapped to her back. She quickly looked around, and then her head shot upward when a bolt of lightning signaled an on coming down pour. Pelts of watered rained from the sky beating the ground mercilessly. She soon became frantic and looked all over for Crono, but he and no one else was found.
She began to run through the sheets of rain searching for some sort of shelter. It wasn't long before she stumbled upon a lone figure squatting down in the thick rain. As she approached the figure, thunder violently shook the land. Falling to her knees, she looked up and saw that Crono was the one squatting down. Before she could call out his name, he was struck with a bolt of black lighting that seemed to not only hit the outer surface, but the surface within as well.
She got up on one knee and screamed in shock when she saw what was lingering above her. It was indeed Crono, no mistake about that, but he seemed so empty, so cold. Instead of his normal tunic he wore, he was dressed in black armor with a silver sheath on his side. His hair, except for two spikes in the front, was all tied back. But these were not the major differences. His eyes were the things that caught most of her attention. Instead of their normal pale green, they were a sickening blood red that seemed to glow with each flash of lightning. His face also seemed colder and shallower than his normal happy go lucky smile.
Crono reached down and grabbed Marle's neck. Holding her a foot off the ground, Crono glared at her and bared his teeth. She didn't even get time to struggle, for within seconds he tossed her to the side like and over used rag doll. She hit the ground hard on her right hand side and let out a sharp cry of pain. Marle rolled over, onto her back and held her side, which was now bleeding because of a jagged cut. Tears streamed out of her eyes, and she looked up to see Crono running at her with his black version of the Rainbow Sword. Blood dripped though her fingers as she prepared for him to make the killing blow, but it never came.
A bright flash of white light filled her view….
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"Princess Nadia!"
Marle looked up startled as she heard someone call out her name. Small beads of sweat had formed on her forehead after remembering the horrifying night encounter. She wiped her forehead quickly and turned around to face the voice that had called to her. She had almost forgotten that she was still in her castle. After all the travels with Crono, she had gotten used to a life that wasn't as regal as she was accustomed to. Every now and then she would forget where she was when she got lost in thought. It wasn't a very rare occurrence, so everyone was slowly but surely getting used to her little daydreams.
Marle let out a small sigh of relief when she saw that it was only her trusty handmaiden. She was fairly young woman, only about the age of 27 or so. She had deep brown eyes as well as long chestnut hair that she often wore in a long braid that hung down her back. She was a very petite woman, only being about 5 feet tall, but she was very smart and very wise for her age. She wore a very modest dress that matched the color of Marle's eyes perfectly.
The maid was holding a tray of food that was supposed to be Marle's breakfast. She rested down on her bed and bowed slightly.
"The King said that he was sorry that he couldn't attend breakfast with you, so he sent this tray instead," stated the woman very politely.
"Thank you, Alma. Your service is well appreciated," declared Marle with a gracious small on her face. Marle was still lost in thought when she received the food, so she could only play around with it and eat small bites at a time. Alma stood by her waiting for Marle to finish, but seeing that this was getting no where, Alma reminded Marle of an important fact that she had forgotten.
"Princess, you'd better hurry up and get ready," ushered Alma softly. "Mistress Lucca will be here very soon to escort you to see Master Crono." Alma bowed her head in respect. "How is the young lad doing now anyway?" Marle looked away sadly, and sighed to herself.
"He still hasn't awoken yet, I'm afraid," she stated softly as she looked up at Alma. The maid simply nodded her head in understanding and briskly walked out of the room. Before she left, Marle called out her name.
"Thank you, Alma," Marle said quickly. Alma smiled at the young princess and left the room silently. Marle continued to eat her food slowly, and she eventually got ready to go visit her fallen comrade.