Chapter 2: A Story to end All Stories
By: The Fallen Angel
Author's note: all info that has not been created by me belongs to Squaresoft and the makers of Chrono Cross.
1022 AD:
"I can't believe that we have been in hiding for over fifteen years." A man was pacing back and forth across the floor of what appeared to be a room in a castle.
"Relax, Crono," a woman was sitting on a bed. "It is better than being dead."
"You are right about that, Marle," Crono said. He sat down on the bed next to Marle. "I just want a better life for our children."
Two children came running out of a corridor. "Mom! Dad!"
"What is it?" Crono asked them. "What happen?"
The girl of the pair, had long black hair, braided and hung behind her back. The boy had light blonde hair, and pale blue eyes to match. "Kuria pushed me," a young boy said, rubbing his arm.
"No I didn't! He pushed me!" a young girl replied.
"Yes, you did!" The two twins started fighting again.
"Stop it you two," Marle said. She started murmur a few word and placed her hands together, "Furia, Kolda, Iciagh." A beam of blue light came from the palm of her. The beam of light hit right into middle of the twins.
Crono and the twins looked at Marle. "Wow, honey. I thought that all of our magic was gone."
"I thought that all of it was gone, too."
"How did you do that Mom?" the boy asked. He walked over to the bed.
"I don't know, Derth. I just said the words and out came the ice. I don't even know the words." Marle shifted her feet to over the side of the bed.
"This could mean that our magic is coming back." Crono walked over to his wife.
"Can you teach us how to do that, Mom?" Kuria asked.
"I don't know if I can do it again, Kuria. I'm sorry," Marle laid back down on the bed.
"Are you feeling alright, honey?" Crono inquired.
"I just feel tired, that's all."
"Then why don't you get some rest, okay?"
"I think that would be nice." Marle slowly fell asleep.
"Come on you two. Let's leave your mother alone." Crono led the two children out of the room.
They went down a hallway, lighted by many candles. "Where are we going?" asked Derth.
"I want to show you two something." Crono continued to walk down the stone hallway. Crono lead them to place where the twins had never been before. He pressed a button open a room.
"What is this place, Dad?" Kuria was interested in this new place.
"This was a room where the King before me honored the most heroic people in his kingdom." Crono walked into room. "This is what I wanted to show you." Crono picked up a cloth over a sword.
"What is it?" Kuria ran into the room.
"It was my sword, Rainbow." Crono picked it up. "It was forge out of a rainbow shell, the"
"The hardest material ever found," Derth interrupted. Crono glared at him. "Sorry, Dad."
"As I was saying, I got just after your mother and I cleared her father in a trial."
"What was the trial about?" Kuria seemed interested now.
"The chancellor claimed that the king stole the national treasure, the Rainbow Shell." Crono sat down on the ground. "Lucca, your mother and I found out that an ancestor of an enemy of ours was posing as the chancellor and he was the one pressing the charges. We defeated him and saved your grandfather. Melchior made a sword for me out of it and a sunstone."
"What's a sunstone, Dad?" Derth and Kuria were sitting on the ground, quiet and patience, waiting for another story.
"I'll tell you that later. For now," Crono looks out a small window. "I think that I will go get dinner. You two take care of your mom, alright." Crono carried his sword and a bag out of the treasury.
* * * * * *
"This must be the place." Chronos was looking at a sheet of paper, standing in front of a ruined castle. "This is not what I was expecting, but people and places changes over the course of nineteen years. And Gaspar said something about Guardia falling to the Porre army, so this should be expected." Chronos walked up the stairs of the great ruined castle.
"All this is wrong," Chronos was staring at the forest. "The world should not be in this much despair. Have I been gone that long?" The forest was dead and rotting. Eyes stared out of the forest and watched the fallen angel cross the stairs of the broken castle. "I don't think that this is a good idea. I know that the king and queen are still alive, but where?"
A beast came running out of the forest. It attacked Chronos, nearly knocking down. He dodged the beast and countered with his sword, slicing the beast in half. "Poor creature."
"Hey," a man came running out of the forest right behind the creature. "Why did you do that?" The man had feral red hair and wore a blue tonic with orange shorts. He held a bag over his back and a rainbow colored sword in the other hand.
"The beast attacked me, I was defending myself," Chronos replied. "Is that a problem in this country?"
"No, it's just that supposed to be my family's dinner." The man was crouched over the dead animal.
"A thousand pardons, your highness," Chronos bowed before the man. "I will then prepare you your dinner as an apology."
"Why did you bow at me? I'm not a king." The man was surprised and quickly replied, trying to hide something. Chronos stood up and walked over to a pillar.
"You are clearly the only person around here for miles, those meaning that you do not wish to leave your home or your family. Also, you replied fasted enough to make a person think that you were lying when you replied back to me. Also, I guessed." Chronos was leaning against a pillar outside the castle.
"Who are you?"
"I am he who can walk among the dead. He who death fears himself. I am he who carries the fate of the world in his palm. I am Chronos, The Gallant Angel. At your service, my liege." Chronos stood up straight and stared into the setting sun. "Now, are you going to tell me who you are Crono?"
"How do you know?" Crono was confuse and rubbing his head.
"That is not important now. What is important is whether you and your wife are alive and in good health." Chronos was walking down the stairs to the fallen king.
"My family is alive and well, but will not be if I cannot get them some food." Crono stood up the man, staring into his eyes.
"Not that many people can stand up to and hold their ground against me. Those who do aren't standing for long." Chronos eyes glared a dark red and gazed over. Crono did not back down. "Now that I got that out of my system, will you show me where your family is? I promise you that they will be feed." Chronos began to walk up the stairs.
"But wait," Crono ran after him, "you still haven't explained who you are?"
* * * * * *
Chronos and Crono walked into the great hall of the castle. "This place is huge. Where is your family?" Chronos stopped in the middle of the room. The castle was falling apart. There were still decorations from a party a long time ago.
"How can I trust you?" Crono stopped next to him. He turned and looked at him.
"I have given you no reason to not to trust me."
"You have given me no reason to trust you."
"Touché." Chronos turned to Crono. "I offered to feed you family. And I offer you my sword for any cause that you may have."
"Well, thank you."
"Will that do? I bet your family is getting hungry."
"Think it will do. Follow me." Crono walked toward stairs leading down to the treasury. Chronos followed him.
"How long has this place been, well, damaged and ruined?" Chronos was looking around at the castle. There were decorations hanging around the pillars and walls. "Was there a party here or something?" He asked as if he knew the answer already.
"Yeah. Just before Porre invade Guardia, we had an anniversary party for the queen and I. The Porre army crashed the party when we were cutting the cake. Luckily, our children were in the treasury. We were able to make it down there and we have been hiding there ever since."
"How long has that been, since you have gone into hiding?" They passed numerous candles lighting the hallway.
"About twelve years."
"You mentioned some children. When did you have them?"
"About two years before the invasion. The Queen had twins, a boy and a girl." The candles flickered.
"That has to be nice."
"What?"
"I mean to have a family. I have never really had to chance to get married, have children, or even enjoy a normal day."
"I see. Well, we're here." Crono had stopped at dead end.
"Here?" Chronos was leaning against the wall.
"Yes, here. But you seemed to know that already, didn't you?"
"Maybe." Chronos stood up and pressed a stone. He opened up a room. Inside was a bed with a woman sleeping on it. "That is your wife, correct?"
"Yes, how did you know that?" Crono was dumbfounded. He was still standing in the hallway.
"Where are you children?" Chronos walked into the room. He found another corridor. "Down this hallway, I suspect?'
"I didn't know," Crono was holding his head. "I need to seat down."
"Here," Chronos motioned his hand, causing a chair to move across the room to where Crono was standing Chronos turned around to face him. "You look like to you need to."
Just as Crono was sitting down, two children came running from the corridor. They nearly ran into Chronos while trying to get to their father. "Daddy! Your home!"
"Yours?" Chronos was still standing in the doorway.
"Yes, they are," Crono was hugging his two children. "It is good to see you two."
"Dad, who is this man?" the girl asked her father.
"And where is dinner?" the boy asked.
"This man is Chronos and he has is going to get our dinner." Crono said. "Speaking up which, where is the dinner that you have promised us?"
"Think that it should be prepared and set for us in the main hall." Chronos was looking at his wrist. "If you want the food warm, I think we should go now. You don't need to wake your wife up, she will be awake in three.two.one.now."
The woman on the bed rose up and stretched. "Honey, when is dinner going to ready?"
"It is ready now, thanks to Mister Chronos here." Crono pointed to the man standing doorway.
"Well thank you, Mister Chronos," the woman extended her hand.
"You're welcome, but please, just Chronos." Chronos shook her hand. "What is your name? Your husband hasn't mentioned it."
"Marle," she said.
"Well, Queen Nadia, King Crono, the prince and the princess, your dinner awaits you." Chronos bowed and walked out the door leading the way.
"You forget to tell him that I didn't like to be called by my formal name," Marle said, placing her hand on her hips.
"Whoops," Crono stood up and followed Chronos. He stopped and turned to his children. "Come one kids, dinner is ready." The twins followed their father. "Come on honey," Crono motioned to his wife. Marle got up and followed her family.
* * * * * *
The great hall was decorated beautifully. Banners were hung from the ceiling. There was a table in the middle of the room that had an only a table cover on it. "What happen to this place?" Crono was staring up at the ceiling, seeing a beautiful painting on it.
"What, you mean the redecoration? This is just one of the many things I can do, and I wished to show you." Chronos was leaning up against one of the pillar with ribbon wrapped around it.
"How did you do this?" Marle walked in carrying Derth, who had gotten tried form the walk.
"That is not important right now. But if you wish to know, I will explain it over dinner. Please seat down." Chronos motioned the king, queen and the twins to sit down at the empty table.
"Where is the food?" The girl asked looking around.
Chronos closed his eyes and began to mumble something. He waved his hand across the table. As soon as he did this, food appeared. "Turkey perfectly basted, a pork roast to die for, fruit and vegetable extremely fresh, and so much more. This is what I give you. Please enjoy." Chronos took a seat at the table.
"How did you do that? I've seen a friend do similar things but never on a grand scale like this." Crono look in awe by what he had seen. His family was helping themselves to what ever they could fit on their plate.
"This is not a grand scale." Chronos was pouring himself some wine.
"Is there anything to drink?" The boy said with a mouth full.
"Derth!" Marle scolded him.
"Sorry mom," he replied, after swallowing his food.
"It's all right, I know that you haven't been able to eat something like this for a long time. Yes there is. What would you like?" Chronos placed his wine glass down.
Marle answered for Derth. "Milk would be fine."
"As you wish, you highness." Chronos waved his hand in the air. Derth's glass filled with milk as soon as Chronos did this.
"Wow." Derth took a sip of the milk. "This is great. Thanks."
"Your welcome. Can I get anyone else something to drink?"
"Yes, please," Kuria spoke up for the first time.
"I take it milk for her too." Chronos waved his hand again, filling her glass with milk.
"My wife and I will take some wine, please," Crono said. Chronos waved his hand a finally time, filling the king and queen's glasses with red wine.
"Now you wanted to ask me some questions, am I right, King Crono?" Chronos took a sip of his wine.
"Yes, I did. How did you do all this? You have fix the castle, provide food for my family and all of it was done out of thin air." The king looked up from his plate. "There is only one person that I know who could have done this and he is missing. You certainly don't look like him. But even then, he would be exhausted and you are perfectly fine. I want to know why and how."
"The why is the easy part. Explaining how is going to be a bit hard." Chronos stood up. "So let me began. There are four gods that rule the universe. Each of them pertaining to a certain element: fire, water, light, and shadow. I worked for them as part of the Holy Guard of the Gods, once as a leader. I told you my title earlier, but for your family's sake I will say it again." Chronos was walking around the table. He stopped at the head of the table. "I am Chronos, the Gallant Angel, protector of all that is righteous and good, ruler of the sky. The gods have forsaken this planet; I feel that we should not destroy what we have created, so I quit. I quit the most powerful job to save a race that was going to die anyways."
"What do you mean?" Marle was working on her second helping. "Is the human race going to wiped out?'
"Not for along time if I have anything to say about it. You and your friends have stopped the end of the world once, as have another group of teens. But the world will still end even without Lavos. Anyways," Chronos waved his hand again, making the room disappear. Darkness appeared in the absent of the room. The only things left were the table, the chairs and Marle, Crono, Derth, and Kuria. "I have decided to chose the champions of the human race and prepare them for a war against the Holy Guard. Of course I would make sure that none of you would die, but I do intend to win. I have chosen you two as two of my warriors, and wish for you to join my army. You magic would be very helpful."
"I sorry to disappoint you but, we no longer have magic," said Crono.
"That is not much of a problem. That brings us to how. You believe that magic comes from the elements in the universe: water, fire, light, and shadow." Chronos made the black disappear and created a mini universe. Chronos was floating in the shadows. "That is partially right. The other half is your hopes, your dreams and beliefs. Without that, magic is not possible. I am an embodiment of hope, and my magic is powered by the hopes, beliefs and dreams of humans. It is also what keeps the world and me alive. It is a paradox."
"How? I mean, I know what a paradox is but how is your existents a paradox?" Kuria was look around at the universe evolve and change.
Chronos sighs, "The people of the world have hopes and dreams. With the hopes existing, they power me. Without hope, the world would die of despair. Now I exist because of the hopes and dreams of people. I am the reason why there are such things. Without me there would be no hope. The world will not die as long as there is hope, me, and I will not die as long as the world exists. A paradox." Chronos was playing with different colored lights. "I did all of this by your hopes and wants and dreams. Does that answer your question?" Chronos slowly floated down to nothing and walked over to the table. "Interesting, isn't it?" The castle reappeared back in its ruined condition. The table was gone and so were all the decorations.
"I think it is." Crono said. He and his family were amazed by what they had heard and what they had seen.
"Now answer my question: will you help me save the human race?" Chronos was sitting in his chair. "I promise to help you if you help me. I will give you until tomorrow to answer me. Until then, sleep well and dream strong." Chronos clapped his hands and disappeared.
"What do you think?" Marle asked her husband.
"Let's sleep on it," Crono said. "Come on kids, bed time."
By: The Fallen Angel
Author's note: all info that has not been created by me belongs to Squaresoft and the makers of Chrono Cross.
1022 AD:
"I can't believe that we have been in hiding for over fifteen years." A man was pacing back and forth across the floor of what appeared to be a room in a castle.
"Relax, Crono," a woman was sitting on a bed. "It is better than being dead."
"You are right about that, Marle," Crono said. He sat down on the bed next to Marle. "I just want a better life for our children."
Two children came running out of a corridor. "Mom! Dad!"
"What is it?" Crono asked them. "What happen?"
The girl of the pair, had long black hair, braided and hung behind her back. The boy had light blonde hair, and pale blue eyes to match. "Kuria pushed me," a young boy said, rubbing his arm.
"No I didn't! He pushed me!" a young girl replied.
"Yes, you did!" The two twins started fighting again.
"Stop it you two," Marle said. She started murmur a few word and placed her hands together, "Furia, Kolda, Iciagh." A beam of blue light came from the palm of her. The beam of light hit right into middle of the twins.
Crono and the twins looked at Marle. "Wow, honey. I thought that all of our magic was gone."
"I thought that all of it was gone, too."
"How did you do that Mom?" the boy asked. He walked over to the bed.
"I don't know, Derth. I just said the words and out came the ice. I don't even know the words." Marle shifted her feet to over the side of the bed.
"This could mean that our magic is coming back." Crono walked over to his wife.
"Can you teach us how to do that, Mom?" Kuria asked.
"I don't know if I can do it again, Kuria. I'm sorry," Marle laid back down on the bed.
"Are you feeling alright, honey?" Crono inquired.
"I just feel tired, that's all."
"Then why don't you get some rest, okay?"
"I think that would be nice." Marle slowly fell asleep.
"Come on you two. Let's leave your mother alone." Crono led the two children out of the room.
They went down a hallway, lighted by many candles. "Where are we going?" asked Derth.
"I want to show you two something." Crono continued to walk down the stone hallway. Crono lead them to place where the twins had never been before. He pressed a button open a room.
"What is this place, Dad?" Kuria was interested in this new place.
"This was a room where the King before me honored the most heroic people in his kingdom." Crono walked into room. "This is what I wanted to show you." Crono picked up a cloth over a sword.
"What is it?" Kuria ran into the room.
"It was my sword, Rainbow." Crono picked it up. "It was forge out of a rainbow shell, the"
"The hardest material ever found," Derth interrupted. Crono glared at him. "Sorry, Dad."
"As I was saying, I got just after your mother and I cleared her father in a trial."
"What was the trial about?" Kuria seemed interested now.
"The chancellor claimed that the king stole the national treasure, the Rainbow Shell." Crono sat down on the ground. "Lucca, your mother and I found out that an ancestor of an enemy of ours was posing as the chancellor and he was the one pressing the charges. We defeated him and saved your grandfather. Melchior made a sword for me out of it and a sunstone."
"What's a sunstone, Dad?" Derth and Kuria were sitting on the ground, quiet and patience, waiting for another story.
"I'll tell you that later. For now," Crono looks out a small window. "I think that I will go get dinner. You two take care of your mom, alright." Crono carried his sword and a bag out of the treasury.
* * * * * *
"This must be the place." Chronos was looking at a sheet of paper, standing in front of a ruined castle. "This is not what I was expecting, but people and places changes over the course of nineteen years. And Gaspar said something about Guardia falling to the Porre army, so this should be expected." Chronos walked up the stairs of the great ruined castle.
"All this is wrong," Chronos was staring at the forest. "The world should not be in this much despair. Have I been gone that long?" The forest was dead and rotting. Eyes stared out of the forest and watched the fallen angel cross the stairs of the broken castle. "I don't think that this is a good idea. I know that the king and queen are still alive, but where?"
A beast came running out of the forest. It attacked Chronos, nearly knocking down. He dodged the beast and countered with his sword, slicing the beast in half. "Poor creature."
"Hey," a man came running out of the forest right behind the creature. "Why did you do that?" The man had feral red hair and wore a blue tonic with orange shorts. He held a bag over his back and a rainbow colored sword in the other hand.
"The beast attacked me, I was defending myself," Chronos replied. "Is that a problem in this country?"
"No, it's just that supposed to be my family's dinner." The man was crouched over the dead animal.
"A thousand pardons, your highness," Chronos bowed before the man. "I will then prepare you your dinner as an apology."
"Why did you bow at me? I'm not a king." The man was surprised and quickly replied, trying to hide something. Chronos stood up and walked over to a pillar.
"You are clearly the only person around here for miles, those meaning that you do not wish to leave your home or your family. Also, you replied fasted enough to make a person think that you were lying when you replied back to me. Also, I guessed." Chronos was leaning against a pillar outside the castle.
"Who are you?"
"I am he who can walk among the dead. He who death fears himself. I am he who carries the fate of the world in his palm. I am Chronos, The Gallant Angel. At your service, my liege." Chronos stood up straight and stared into the setting sun. "Now, are you going to tell me who you are Crono?"
"How do you know?" Crono was confuse and rubbing his head.
"That is not important now. What is important is whether you and your wife are alive and in good health." Chronos was walking down the stairs to the fallen king.
"My family is alive and well, but will not be if I cannot get them some food." Crono stood up the man, staring into his eyes.
"Not that many people can stand up to and hold their ground against me. Those who do aren't standing for long." Chronos eyes glared a dark red and gazed over. Crono did not back down. "Now that I got that out of my system, will you show me where your family is? I promise you that they will be feed." Chronos began to walk up the stairs.
"But wait," Crono ran after him, "you still haven't explained who you are?"
* * * * * *
Chronos and Crono walked into the great hall of the castle. "This place is huge. Where is your family?" Chronos stopped in the middle of the room. The castle was falling apart. There were still decorations from a party a long time ago.
"How can I trust you?" Crono stopped next to him. He turned and looked at him.
"I have given you no reason to not to trust me."
"You have given me no reason to trust you."
"Touché." Chronos turned to Crono. "I offered to feed you family. And I offer you my sword for any cause that you may have."
"Well, thank you."
"Will that do? I bet your family is getting hungry."
"Think it will do. Follow me." Crono walked toward stairs leading down to the treasury. Chronos followed him.
"How long has this place been, well, damaged and ruined?" Chronos was looking around at the castle. There were decorations hanging around the pillars and walls. "Was there a party here or something?" He asked as if he knew the answer already.
"Yeah. Just before Porre invade Guardia, we had an anniversary party for the queen and I. The Porre army crashed the party when we were cutting the cake. Luckily, our children were in the treasury. We were able to make it down there and we have been hiding there ever since."
"How long has that been, since you have gone into hiding?" They passed numerous candles lighting the hallway.
"About twelve years."
"You mentioned some children. When did you have them?"
"About two years before the invasion. The Queen had twins, a boy and a girl." The candles flickered.
"That has to be nice."
"What?"
"I mean to have a family. I have never really had to chance to get married, have children, or even enjoy a normal day."
"I see. Well, we're here." Crono had stopped at dead end.
"Here?" Chronos was leaning against the wall.
"Yes, here. But you seemed to know that already, didn't you?"
"Maybe." Chronos stood up and pressed a stone. He opened up a room. Inside was a bed with a woman sleeping on it. "That is your wife, correct?"
"Yes, how did you know that?" Crono was dumbfounded. He was still standing in the hallway.
"Where are you children?" Chronos walked into the room. He found another corridor. "Down this hallway, I suspect?'
"I didn't know," Crono was holding his head. "I need to seat down."
"Here," Chronos motioned his hand, causing a chair to move across the room to where Crono was standing Chronos turned around to face him. "You look like to you need to."
Just as Crono was sitting down, two children came running from the corridor. They nearly ran into Chronos while trying to get to their father. "Daddy! Your home!"
"Yours?" Chronos was still standing in the doorway.
"Yes, they are," Crono was hugging his two children. "It is good to see you two."
"Dad, who is this man?" the girl asked her father.
"And where is dinner?" the boy asked.
"This man is Chronos and he has is going to get our dinner." Crono said. "Speaking up which, where is the dinner that you have promised us?"
"Think that it should be prepared and set for us in the main hall." Chronos was looking at his wrist. "If you want the food warm, I think we should go now. You don't need to wake your wife up, she will be awake in three.two.one.now."
The woman on the bed rose up and stretched. "Honey, when is dinner going to ready?"
"It is ready now, thanks to Mister Chronos here." Crono pointed to the man standing doorway.
"Well thank you, Mister Chronos," the woman extended her hand.
"You're welcome, but please, just Chronos." Chronos shook her hand. "What is your name? Your husband hasn't mentioned it."
"Marle," she said.
"Well, Queen Nadia, King Crono, the prince and the princess, your dinner awaits you." Chronos bowed and walked out the door leading the way.
"You forget to tell him that I didn't like to be called by my formal name," Marle said, placing her hand on her hips.
"Whoops," Crono stood up and followed Chronos. He stopped and turned to his children. "Come one kids, dinner is ready." The twins followed their father. "Come on honey," Crono motioned to his wife. Marle got up and followed her family.
* * * * * *
The great hall was decorated beautifully. Banners were hung from the ceiling. There was a table in the middle of the room that had an only a table cover on it. "What happen to this place?" Crono was staring up at the ceiling, seeing a beautiful painting on it.
"What, you mean the redecoration? This is just one of the many things I can do, and I wished to show you." Chronos was leaning up against one of the pillar with ribbon wrapped around it.
"How did you do this?" Marle walked in carrying Derth, who had gotten tried form the walk.
"That is not important right now. But if you wish to know, I will explain it over dinner. Please seat down." Chronos motioned the king, queen and the twins to sit down at the empty table.
"Where is the food?" The girl asked looking around.
Chronos closed his eyes and began to mumble something. He waved his hand across the table. As soon as he did this, food appeared. "Turkey perfectly basted, a pork roast to die for, fruit and vegetable extremely fresh, and so much more. This is what I give you. Please enjoy." Chronos took a seat at the table.
"How did you do that? I've seen a friend do similar things but never on a grand scale like this." Crono look in awe by what he had seen. His family was helping themselves to what ever they could fit on their plate.
"This is not a grand scale." Chronos was pouring himself some wine.
"Is there anything to drink?" The boy said with a mouth full.
"Derth!" Marle scolded him.
"Sorry mom," he replied, after swallowing his food.
"It's all right, I know that you haven't been able to eat something like this for a long time. Yes there is. What would you like?" Chronos placed his wine glass down.
Marle answered for Derth. "Milk would be fine."
"As you wish, you highness." Chronos waved his hand in the air. Derth's glass filled with milk as soon as Chronos did this.
"Wow." Derth took a sip of the milk. "This is great. Thanks."
"Your welcome. Can I get anyone else something to drink?"
"Yes, please," Kuria spoke up for the first time.
"I take it milk for her too." Chronos waved his hand again, filling her glass with milk.
"My wife and I will take some wine, please," Crono said. Chronos waved his hand a finally time, filling the king and queen's glasses with red wine.
"Now you wanted to ask me some questions, am I right, King Crono?" Chronos took a sip of his wine.
"Yes, I did. How did you do all this? You have fix the castle, provide food for my family and all of it was done out of thin air." The king looked up from his plate. "There is only one person that I know who could have done this and he is missing. You certainly don't look like him. But even then, he would be exhausted and you are perfectly fine. I want to know why and how."
"The why is the easy part. Explaining how is going to be a bit hard." Chronos stood up. "So let me began. There are four gods that rule the universe. Each of them pertaining to a certain element: fire, water, light, and shadow. I worked for them as part of the Holy Guard of the Gods, once as a leader. I told you my title earlier, but for your family's sake I will say it again." Chronos was walking around the table. He stopped at the head of the table. "I am Chronos, the Gallant Angel, protector of all that is righteous and good, ruler of the sky. The gods have forsaken this planet; I feel that we should not destroy what we have created, so I quit. I quit the most powerful job to save a race that was going to die anyways."
"What do you mean?" Marle was working on her second helping. "Is the human race going to wiped out?'
"Not for along time if I have anything to say about it. You and your friends have stopped the end of the world once, as have another group of teens. But the world will still end even without Lavos. Anyways," Chronos waved his hand again, making the room disappear. Darkness appeared in the absent of the room. The only things left were the table, the chairs and Marle, Crono, Derth, and Kuria. "I have decided to chose the champions of the human race and prepare them for a war against the Holy Guard. Of course I would make sure that none of you would die, but I do intend to win. I have chosen you two as two of my warriors, and wish for you to join my army. You magic would be very helpful."
"I sorry to disappoint you but, we no longer have magic," said Crono.
"That is not much of a problem. That brings us to how. You believe that magic comes from the elements in the universe: water, fire, light, and shadow." Chronos made the black disappear and created a mini universe. Chronos was floating in the shadows. "That is partially right. The other half is your hopes, your dreams and beliefs. Without that, magic is not possible. I am an embodiment of hope, and my magic is powered by the hopes, beliefs and dreams of humans. It is also what keeps the world and me alive. It is a paradox."
"How? I mean, I know what a paradox is but how is your existents a paradox?" Kuria was look around at the universe evolve and change.
Chronos sighs, "The people of the world have hopes and dreams. With the hopes existing, they power me. Without hope, the world would die of despair. Now I exist because of the hopes and dreams of people. I am the reason why there are such things. Without me there would be no hope. The world will not die as long as there is hope, me, and I will not die as long as the world exists. A paradox." Chronos was playing with different colored lights. "I did all of this by your hopes and wants and dreams. Does that answer your question?" Chronos slowly floated down to nothing and walked over to the table. "Interesting, isn't it?" The castle reappeared back in its ruined condition. The table was gone and so were all the decorations.
"I think it is." Crono said. He and his family were amazed by what they had heard and what they had seen.
"Now answer my question: will you help me save the human race?" Chronos was sitting in his chair. "I promise to help you if you help me. I will give you until tomorrow to answer me. Until then, sleep well and dream strong." Chronos clapped his hands and disappeared.
"What do you think?" Marle asked her husband.
"Let's sleep on it," Crono said. "Come on kids, bed time."