Do I have to? Fine. I don't own Chrono Cross or any of its characters. I own any original characters that are in here though.
Chapter 1: The Revelation
Serge walked through the small village of Arni pondering the dream he just had. It was so vivid, so realistic, and so utterly confusing. Serge's thoughts were interrupted as a shrill voice cut through the midmorning silence. "SERGE!" Serge sighed. It was Leena, his best friend and unofficial girlfriend. Not that he didn't like Leena, but it was just he really didn't want to talk to anyone right now. Not until he figured out this dream. Unfortunately, Leena had no idea about this and came over anyway. "So Serge. When do you want to meet today?" Their meets consisted of a small sparring match and then a 'date' afterwards. There was another thing that confused Serge. Up until two years ago, Leena was seemingly destined to be an average housewife. And now, well, she just wasn't. Now she was a fighter. She fought with a simple frying pan, but she was, actually, very good at it. Serge wondered what changed her. It was an instantaneous change. Right after that little fainting spell the Serge had on the beach. "Serge! Are you gonna answer me, or are you gonna stare into space all day long?"
"Oh! Sorry, Leena. Anyway, we could do it now if you want. Just let me go home and get my Sea Swallow." Leena grinned in satisfaction. "Okay then, but don't keep me waiting long." Serge ran to the house him and his mother shared. From there he ran into his bedroom and reached under his bed. After fishing around a little bit he found what he was looking for. He pulled a long, black box out from under his bed and opened it. Inside of it were the two parts of his Sea Swallow. He smiled. He always loved this weapon. He screwed the two parts together and ran outside of the house. "Took you long enough! Weren't you ever taught that it isn't nice to keep a lady waiting?" Leena asked. "Yep. And when I meet one, I'll make sure never to do that." Serge replied with a mock sneer. Leena's eyes widened. "WHAT?! You've just earned yourself a good bashing in the head, Serge!" Serge laughed and Leena joined in a few seconds later. "Come on, let's go to Opassa Beach." Leena said shortly after. Serge nodded in agreement, and they started toward the beach.
The frying pan and the swallow met in a muffled crash. Even though Leena's frying pan was uncovered, Serge's swallow was covered with a thick cloth to protect Leena from injury just in case Serge got a lucky hit. Unfortunately Serge wasn't having very much luck today. They held their positions for a few seconds longer and then they jumped back, both breathing hard. "I'll beat you this time, Serge!" Leena said in between breaths. They stayed like that for a few more seconds and then charged at each other again. At the last second, Serge leaped into a flip up and over Leena's head. From there he just simply pushed Leena down onto the sand and the covered blade of the swallow to her face. "Not today, Leena. Not today..." Leena growled in response. "You cheated, Serge. You tricked me." Serge helped her up. "All's fair in love and war." Leena blushed at that statement. Serge sighed. Leena had taken it wrong, just like half the other things Serge says. "Come on, we're done for today." Serge said after a few awkward moments.
Serge and Leena sat down on the beach. In the far distance, Gaia's Navel could be seen. A cool breeze blew through trees and over the beach, a relief to the two teenagers. A wave crashed onto the beach a little bit further down. Leena sighed. "It's always so peaceful here. It'd be a great place to have a wedding..." Oh great. Leena's hinting again. Serge thought. Serge pretended to not catch the hint. "Serge..." Serge didn't say anything. Another wave crashed onto the beach, and he was intrigued by familiarity of this scene. "Serge?" Still no reply. "SERGE!" Leena took out her pan and lightly bashed Serge's skull in with it. "OW! What was that for?!" Leena smiled sweetly. "Because, dear, it had to be done." She batted her eyelashes. Serge mumbled something about knowing where she sleeps and let it go. Another wave crashed onto the beach, and with it was a strange looking amulet. "Serge?" Serge stared at the amulet; there was something so familiar about it. "Serge..." Leena said in a low voice. Serge still stared at the amulet. It was a purple color. "SERGE!" Serge got up, and ignoring Leena's calls, walked over to the piece of jewelry. He picked it up. It felt warm in his hands. Serge fell to his knees as the warmth spread throughout his body. FLASH! "So, mate. What d'ya say we team up for a little while?" A flash of blond. "Now don't you go trying anything just because I'm cute and all." The flash of blond was forming a person now. It was still too blurry to see who it was though. "I'll kick yer arse so hard, you'll kiss the moons!" the picture was now coming into focus. "This is yer day of reckoning, Lynx!" The picture now came into focus. It was a beautiful girl with blond hair and cerulean colored eyes. She was wearing the amulet. She's the girl from my dream! Serge thought. "Serge..." The girl said. "Serge... Wake up, Serge!" Wake up? I am awake. "SERGE!" SLAP! Serge awoke to the sound (and the feeling) of being slapped across the face by a very worried Leena. "Serge! You're okay!" Serge groaned. "Wha–What happened?" He asked. "You fainted! You had me so worried!" Serge got up slowly. "Ugh. I feel like the Earth Dragon just sat on my head." Leena giggled at that statement. Serge noticed that the amulet was gone. "Hey! Where's the amulet?" He asked. "Huh? What amulet?" Serge looked at her in question. "You know. The amulet I got up to get before I fainted." Leena looked worried again. "Serge... There was no amulet. You just got up, walked down to the shore, and blacked out." Serge thought about this for a moment. "I think we should head back home, Serge. You look exhausted." Serge nodded in agreement. "Now that you mention it, I could use a nap right about now." The sun glinted off an item a few feet away. It was a dagger. Serge bent down to pick it up. "Serge? What are you doing now?" Serge tuned Leena out and picked up the dagger. It was the same color as the amulet. It felt cold in his hand, unlike the amulet. There was dried blood on it. FLASH! Serge saw himself run forward with the same dagger in his hand. He was running at a girl, the same blond haired girl from before. Look out! Serge tried to call out, but it was too late. The other Serge hit the girl full force and stabbed the girl with the dagger. The girl's eyes widened in pain and surprise. The other Serge slowly, painfully, pulled the knife out of the girl's stomach. She looked at him for a moment and then fell to her knees. A roar was heard. The roar sounded like it came from a big cat. Serge looked down at his hands and gasped. They were covered with huge, black gloves, but that's not what surprised him. His arms were covered with dark brown fur! He then realized that the roar came from him. What's going on?! The other Serge began to speak, but Serge couldn't hear him. There was another sound drowning him out. It was a song. A simple song that seemed to mean so much to Serge. The song grew louder and louder. It was almost unbearable now. It kept on growing louder. Serge tried to cover his ears, but he couldn't move his arms. And then a shrill voice pierced the song, "SERGE!" Serge snapped out of his trance. "What is up with you today?" Leena demanded. Serge noticed that the dagger was still in his hand, only the blood was gone. Leena continued. "First you black out on the beach, and then you claim that you saw an amulet, and then you go off into your own little world after you find a stupid knife!" Serge didn't say anything. He was wondering the same thing. After Leena had a few moments to vent, she finally said, "Come on. Let's just go home. I think you really need to rest." Serge nodded in agreement. "Okay, let's go." We got all of our things and walked home, eager to get away from the place called Opassa...
"Okay. You go home and sleep, Serge. You really need it." Serge watched Leena walk home. What is going on with me? He asked himself. Serge walked into his house and up to his room. He then sat down on his bed and looked at the dagger in his hand. There wasn't a single blood spot on it. He sighed and put the dagger on his dresser. "I must be going insane." He started to take apart his Sea Swallow, but he stopped when he noticed something. The former feather shaped blades had changed. The blades looked more like flames of fire now. He looked at it intensely, trying to see if this would disappear or if it would change back to normal. It didn't. "What's going on here?" He asked no one. Master... There was a voice inside of his head. "What?! What was that? Where are you?!" Master... "WHERE ARE YOU?!" Serge demanded. FLASH! "Master..." Serge was in a place of complete blackness. Standing in front of him was a gigantic beast. He stumbled back in fear. "Master..." The beast said. Serge stumbled back further. The beast simply looked at him. "Maybe it'd be better if you showed him a less frightening form." Another voice this time. A feminine voice. "Hmm... You're right, Doreen." There was a bright flash, and the beast was replaced by to yellow dwarfs. There was another female dwarf standing behind them. "There. Is that better?" Asked the female. Serge's eyes were wide with fear. When he didn't answer, she sighed and said, "Maybe I should explain. My name is Doreen, and these two," She motioned towards the two dwarfs, "are Masa and Mune."
"Greetings, Master." Masa and Mune said simultaneously. "And you are the Chrono Trigger and our Master." Serge snapped out of his trance. "What? What do you mean Chrono Trigger? What do you mean Master?" Doreen shook her head, "She really did erase your memory, didn't she."
"What?! Who's 'she', and what do you mean 'erase my memory'?" Serge asked. Doreen sighed. "She is Schala Zeal. Princess of the great civilization of Zeal." He motioned for her to continue. "Zeal was a country of great power, the power of magic. The queen of Zeal, Schala's mother, used to be a just ruler and a loving mother, but she was taken by greed. The greed for power. In her greed she discovered something. A presence so powerful, that it could possibly be used to give eternal life. This presence was known as Lavos. It was an alien beast from unknown origins. It lived off of the planet itself. It was a parasite.
"But when the queen found it, she paid no attention to why it was there, all she paid attention to was the fact that it had great power. She came up with the theory that it could grant eternal life. So she had her scientists build a machine called the Mammon Machine. This machine was supposed to control Lavos' power. Schala knew the truth though. Lavos was evil, and it couldn't be controlled. So she sought help from five strangers from the future and one from the past. These strangers were known as Crono, Marle, Lucca, Robo, Frog/Glenn, and Ayla. Crono was also the Chrono Trigger of that time. Anyway, the Six and Schala worked together to stop the queen from unleashing such a great evil upon the world. They failed, and the queen in anger bonded Schala to the horrible beast." She paused for a moment to gage Serge's reaction. He gave her none. "Crono also died in this battle, but he was able to be brought back to life by using the time egg. And from there the Six plus one more, a wizard and Schala's brother Janus, traveled to the future and killed Lavos there. You see, Lavos was connected to all of the time lines, so if a person killed it in one place, it would die in all places.
"Enter parallel universes. By killing Lavos, this set off a chain reaction that led to the creation of parallel universes. And to make things worse, they didn't actually kill it. They defeated it, and killed that form of it, but that wasn't the true Lavos."
"Okay, you lost me there" Serge said. Doreen sighed. "Maybe it'll be easier if I just did this." She came over and touched Serge's forehead with her hand. He felt a slight shock, but other than that, nothing. She backed up and waited. Serge then heard something. It was a song. It was the same song as before. Just like before, it got louder and louder. It grew so loud, he had to cover my ears. That didn't help, it didn't even muffle it at all! It had grown so loud that he fell to my knees. "Stop! Stop it!" He screamed, but it didn't stop. Doreen's voice pierced the song, "Listen to it, Serge. Let it speak to your mind and your heart." Serge closed his eyes in pain. It felt like his ears would explode. And then, nothing. The song ended. Only to be replaced by an extreme pain. He felt every cut, slash, and bruise that he had gotten on his adventure all at the same time. He screamed in pain. It was unbearable. Scars began appearing on his skin. And then everything stopped. He breathed in quick bursts. The pain was completely gone other than in his mind. He stared at his newfound scars. "What? What happened to me?" He asked Doreen. "It's not over yet, Serge." She replied. Serge eyes widened as this time instead of pain, memories overwhelmed him. Memories of every conversation, fight, and emotion that he had during his adventure that had been erased from time. He was still on his knees for a long time after this ended. Tears were flowing down his face. He was so confused. "I–I forgot... I forgot everything!" He cried. "Serge, it's not your fault. You had no choice." Serge shook his head. "No. I could have remembered, if only I had fought it!" There was a long moment of silence. "Why, Doreen? Why have you chosen to tell me all of this?" He finally asked. "Because. Because it is time for the Chrono Trigger to rise again. There's another evil brewing, Serge... and..." A pause, "And what?" Serge demanded. "And... and it has Kidd..." Serge stopped. "No... It can't..." Doreen nodded slowly. "It does have her, and you need to save her." Serge stood up, a determined look on his face. "Okay. Who is this evil, and how am I going to save her?" Doreen looked uneasy. "We don't exactly know who he is... He has been doing a good job of hiding from us." Serge's eyes narrowed. "But we have been able to find out where he is." Serge waited. "He... Uh... Seems to be at the Fort Dragonia. He wants you to come to him." Serge nodded. "Fine. Let's go." Doreen's eyes widened. "No! You can't go yet!" Serge looked annoyed. "First you need help. Glenn. He has the only other holy weapon on this planet other than us. We will need the Einlanzer too." Serge sighed. "Fine, but how am I going to get him to remember?" Masa, Mune, and Doreen grinned, "Leave that to us." Doreen said. "Fine. I have one more question, will the others be able to remember also? I mean like Leena and everybody." Doreen shook her head. "Only the people who were either dead in one world or just not there will be able to remember. Anybody who had both counterparts will not be able to remember." Serge sighed. "Fine. Let's just go." Doreen grinned. "I thought you'd say that."
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