Angel of Darkness
Disclaimer: I do not own Chrono Trigger or its characters. I do however own the character Guile.
Chapter 3
Crono was inside the knights' training room sparring with a knight he knew as Guile. He had met Guile a little while after he and his mother had moved into the castle after he married Nadia. He still found it hard calling her Nadia now. He only called her that whenever they had to meet with delegates from other countries or whenever the rulers of those nations visited themselves. He still called her Marle in private though.
Crono was almost hit with a strike from Guile's wooden sword. Crono dodged in the nick of time and quietly cursed himself for letting his mind wander. Crono countered by slashing at Guile at an upward angle and then he came down again in a downward movement. Guile avoided the initial slash but the downward blow connected and he fell back a few feet. His armor was dented now and Guile stood there in disbelief. Even after having Crono for a little less than a year, he still could not believe how incredidbly strong he was a swordsman. His size certainly didn't give that away. Crono wasn't small by any means but his body was small enough to hide his true strength. Guile charged Crono again but Crono moved so quickly that Guile almost didn't see him. His size also hid his true speed and in truth, one of Crono's true strengths was the fact that his other strengths were so well concealed. Crono appeared behind him and struck him on the back of the head. Guile fell to the ground but was still conscious.
"You win again," my friend. Crono just smiled. Guile knew that Crono could talk. He also knew however that only his really close friends and family had ever had the pleasure of hearing his voice. Princess Nadia had once described his voice as being a lot deeper than what it should be for a man his age. She said that he sounded like a middle-aged man and he didn't like to talk all that much because of it.
"Shall we go to kitchen and scare up something to eat," Guile asked. Crono nodded in agreement and the two warriors left the training room and headed towards the kitchen. The chef got word that Crono and Guile were coming and started preparing the food before they were even close to the kitchen. He knew their appetites all to well. Crono would have an extremely large BBQ plate and Guile would have enough special soup to fill a pond. He was amazed at the size of their appetites but he had gotten used to it by now. By the time Crono and Guile had reached the kitchen the food was already on the table and one of the chef's assistants showed them to the table. They sat down, told the assistant to thank the chefm thanked the assistant, then proceeded to consume enough food to feed the entire Guardian army. The assistants and other knights in the room looked at them in awe. They had all seen this before but it still amazed them every time.
"They could at least use proper table manners," Lucca thought as she stood in the doorway. Nadia had sent her to get Crono because she had something important to talk to him about. Lucca had just missed him at the training room and knew that there was only one other place he would be. She was disgusted by their table manners but then again she had always expected this of Crono. As much as a pig he was at the kitchen table, he was still her best friend and she accepted him as he was. She waited until Crono and Guile let out their respective belches signaling the end of their meal.
"Well, I'm glad to see you enjoyed your meal," Lucca said as she approached the two of them.
Crono waved to Lucca and Guile did the same. Guile smiled at Lucca as she sat down next to them. Lucca blushed. She knew that Guild had feelings for her but she only thought of him as a friend. She didn't have the heart to tell him though so she simply went on as though she ignored him.
"Anyway, Nadia wants to see you. She said it was something important."
Crono nodded, excused himself from the table, and left to see what his wife wanted to talk about. Guile and Lucca stayed behind.
"You know Lucca, I've been thinking about this for a while and I was wondering if you would accompany me to the annual Guardia ball with me. Would you?" Guile asked with a pleading look on his face. Lucca was taken aback by his question. She was flattered but she didn't have the heart to just turn him down.
"I'll seriously consider it," she said finally.
"That's fine. Take as much time as you need."
Guile kissed her hand and left the kitchen to go back to the training room. Lucca put her elbows on the table and rubbed her temples. She had been under a lot of stress lately and Guile's proposal to take her to the ball didn't exactly help her. She was planning on surprising Crono and Nadia on their anniversary by bringing all of their companions together to celebrate. The problem was she had taken the Epoch apart years ago and had destroyed the parts. She had memorized the blueprints for it by having Robo draw it for her. After she had completely memorized it and all the parts needed for it she destroyed the blueprint. The problem was that even though she had the metal material required for the Epoch's shell but the materials needed for the engine and the time space driver had disappered after the Dark Ages and would not be able to be artificially produced until Robo's time period. She decided to go to her lab and think in quiet and ponder how she would remedy her dilemna.
After Lucca had gone into her lab she checked on some experiments she had been doing with some metals to see how they would react to each other and then went to work on the Epoch. She had most of the outer shell done but even after that she still had to figure out how to build the inner components. She started to work on it but eventually she just gave up. She knew that she would never be able to figure out how to build the inner components in time before Crono and Nadia's anniversary. All of a sudden there was a bright flash and Lucca was temporarily blinded by it. She took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes. She put them back on and when her vision came back into focus she was shocked by what she saw. Schala, the queen of Zeal, and Magus were standing right in front of her. Lucca couldn't believe her eyes. She rubbed them a second time to make sure she wasn't hallucinating. They were still there.
"Apparently it was a success," Magus said as he let go of his mother and sister's hands. He looked around and saw that they were in a lab of some sort. They were inside Guardia castle from what he could tell and the lab was in perfect order. He searched the room from where he was standing for anyone that might be there until his eyes fell on Lucca who was still in a state of shock.
"Well, well. If it isn't Lucca. My you've changed since the last time we saw one another," Magus said as he mockingly bowed at her. Lucca knew he was mocking her. Besides trying to find Lavos during the brief time he had joined Crono and his friends, mocking Lucca and making her angry seemed to be the other mission in his life. She growled at him and he just evily smirked at her.
"Well, you must be one of the young people who destroyed Lavos," the queen said as she approached Lucca. Lucca jumped and held a hand at the queen. A ball of fire was building and Lucca had every intention of using it until Schala intervined.
"Please do not fear my mother, Lucca. She is not the same person she was five years ago."
Lucca had her doubts but slowly lowered her hand and the fireball slowly disappeared. Magus smiled. For someone who seemed so timid she definitely had a fiery temper. Magus talked with Lucca, explaining how he had finally found his sister and mother and how they had come to 605 AD. Lucca was amazed at their story. Not so much that Magus had found his family (although she was happy for him) but the fact they could travel through time. She might be able to get all of their friends together now for Crono and Nadia's anniversary.
"Umm, may I ask a favor of you," Lucca asked Magus.
"What is it," he said looking at her suspiciously. He knew what she probably wanted though.
"She wants to travel through time," Magus thought. "But for what reason. Lavos is destroyed. Why would she want to travel through time?"
"I'd like to go to the future and get some parts to rebuild the Epoch," Lucca replied.
Magus's eyes widened for a moment but then he remembered that she was a scientist after all. If anyone in this time could rebuild the Epoch, it was definitely her.
"You can rebuild the Epoch," Schala asked.
"Yes, but so far I've only rebuilt the hull of the ship. I can't rebuild the inside components unless I have the proper materials and those can only be found in the future since Zeal fell," Lucca replied.
"Well, the Epoch will certainly be worth it. The spell we used to travel through tires us out very quickly and we can't use it very often," Schala said.
Lucca cleared her throat and said, "I'd hate to sound pushy but could we leave right away? I'm planning something for some friends of mine and believe it or not it requires time travel."
The three royal family members discussed it for a moment and agreed to Lucca's request. Lucca thanked them and asked them to wait a moment so she could write a note saying that she would be gone for a day or two. She placed it on the outside of her door and walked over to Magus.
"Hold my hand. We have to go somewhere secluded before we use the spell. It is rather.........bright," Magus said as he took Lucca's hand. Schala and her mother held hands and Schala grabbed Magus's other hand. He chanted something and in an instant they were on the former site of the Millenial Fairgrounds. It was vacant now and there was no one in site. They were actually standing in the place where Lucca had her Telepod invention. Where the adventure first started.
"Are you ready," Magus asked her. Lucca nodded.
"You can help if you like. You seem to have high magic potential. It would certainly be appreciated," Schala said. Lucca agreed and asked her what she needed to do. Schala explained and Lucca started to chant with them when they began. Magus and his family each glowed the same colors as before and Lucca glowed a yellow color. They floated slightly off the ground and then there was a bright flash and they were gone, off to the future.
Disclaimer: I do not own Chrono Trigger or its characters. I do however own the character Guile.
Chapter 3
Crono was inside the knights' training room sparring with a knight he knew as Guile. He had met Guile a little while after he and his mother had moved into the castle after he married Nadia. He still found it hard calling her Nadia now. He only called her that whenever they had to meet with delegates from other countries or whenever the rulers of those nations visited themselves. He still called her Marle in private though.
Crono was almost hit with a strike from Guile's wooden sword. Crono dodged in the nick of time and quietly cursed himself for letting his mind wander. Crono countered by slashing at Guile at an upward angle and then he came down again in a downward movement. Guile avoided the initial slash but the downward blow connected and he fell back a few feet. His armor was dented now and Guile stood there in disbelief. Even after having Crono for a little less than a year, he still could not believe how incredidbly strong he was a swordsman. His size certainly didn't give that away. Crono wasn't small by any means but his body was small enough to hide his true strength. Guile charged Crono again but Crono moved so quickly that Guile almost didn't see him. His size also hid his true speed and in truth, one of Crono's true strengths was the fact that his other strengths were so well concealed. Crono appeared behind him and struck him on the back of the head. Guile fell to the ground but was still conscious.
"You win again," my friend. Crono just smiled. Guile knew that Crono could talk. He also knew however that only his really close friends and family had ever had the pleasure of hearing his voice. Princess Nadia had once described his voice as being a lot deeper than what it should be for a man his age. She said that he sounded like a middle-aged man and he didn't like to talk all that much because of it.
"Shall we go to kitchen and scare up something to eat," Guile asked. Crono nodded in agreement and the two warriors left the training room and headed towards the kitchen. The chef got word that Crono and Guile were coming and started preparing the food before they were even close to the kitchen. He knew their appetites all to well. Crono would have an extremely large BBQ plate and Guile would have enough special soup to fill a pond. He was amazed at the size of their appetites but he had gotten used to it by now. By the time Crono and Guile had reached the kitchen the food was already on the table and one of the chef's assistants showed them to the table. They sat down, told the assistant to thank the chefm thanked the assistant, then proceeded to consume enough food to feed the entire Guardian army. The assistants and other knights in the room looked at them in awe. They had all seen this before but it still amazed them every time.
"They could at least use proper table manners," Lucca thought as she stood in the doorway. Nadia had sent her to get Crono because she had something important to talk to him about. Lucca had just missed him at the training room and knew that there was only one other place he would be. She was disgusted by their table manners but then again she had always expected this of Crono. As much as a pig he was at the kitchen table, he was still her best friend and she accepted him as he was. She waited until Crono and Guile let out their respective belches signaling the end of their meal.
"Well, I'm glad to see you enjoyed your meal," Lucca said as she approached the two of them.
Crono waved to Lucca and Guile did the same. Guile smiled at Lucca as she sat down next to them. Lucca blushed. She knew that Guild had feelings for her but she only thought of him as a friend. She didn't have the heart to tell him though so she simply went on as though she ignored him.
"Anyway, Nadia wants to see you. She said it was something important."
Crono nodded, excused himself from the table, and left to see what his wife wanted to talk about. Guile and Lucca stayed behind.
"You know Lucca, I've been thinking about this for a while and I was wondering if you would accompany me to the annual Guardia ball with me. Would you?" Guile asked with a pleading look on his face. Lucca was taken aback by his question. She was flattered but she didn't have the heart to just turn him down.
"I'll seriously consider it," she said finally.
"That's fine. Take as much time as you need."
Guile kissed her hand and left the kitchen to go back to the training room. Lucca put her elbows on the table and rubbed her temples. She had been under a lot of stress lately and Guile's proposal to take her to the ball didn't exactly help her. She was planning on surprising Crono and Nadia on their anniversary by bringing all of their companions together to celebrate. The problem was she had taken the Epoch apart years ago and had destroyed the parts. She had memorized the blueprints for it by having Robo draw it for her. After she had completely memorized it and all the parts needed for it she destroyed the blueprint. The problem was that even though she had the metal material required for the Epoch's shell but the materials needed for the engine and the time space driver had disappered after the Dark Ages and would not be able to be artificially produced until Robo's time period. She decided to go to her lab and think in quiet and ponder how she would remedy her dilemna.
After Lucca had gone into her lab she checked on some experiments she had been doing with some metals to see how they would react to each other and then went to work on the Epoch. She had most of the outer shell done but even after that she still had to figure out how to build the inner components. She started to work on it but eventually she just gave up. She knew that she would never be able to figure out how to build the inner components in time before Crono and Nadia's anniversary. All of a sudden there was a bright flash and Lucca was temporarily blinded by it. She took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes. She put them back on and when her vision came back into focus she was shocked by what she saw. Schala, the queen of Zeal, and Magus were standing right in front of her. Lucca couldn't believe her eyes. She rubbed them a second time to make sure she wasn't hallucinating. They were still there.
"Apparently it was a success," Magus said as he let go of his mother and sister's hands. He looked around and saw that they were in a lab of some sort. They were inside Guardia castle from what he could tell and the lab was in perfect order. He searched the room from where he was standing for anyone that might be there until his eyes fell on Lucca who was still in a state of shock.
"Well, well. If it isn't Lucca. My you've changed since the last time we saw one another," Magus said as he mockingly bowed at her. Lucca knew he was mocking her. Besides trying to find Lavos during the brief time he had joined Crono and his friends, mocking Lucca and making her angry seemed to be the other mission in his life. She growled at him and he just evily smirked at her.
"Well, you must be one of the young people who destroyed Lavos," the queen said as she approached Lucca. Lucca jumped and held a hand at the queen. A ball of fire was building and Lucca had every intention of using it until Schala intervined.
"Please do not fear my mother, Lucca. She is not the same person she was five years ago."
Lucca had her doubts but slowly lowered her hand and the fireball slowly disappeared. Magus smiled. For someone who seemed so timid she definitely had a fiery temper. Magus talked with Lucca, explaining how he had finally found his sister and mother and how they had come to 605 AD. Lucca was amazed at their story. Not so much that Magus had found his family (although she was happy for him) but the fact they could travel through time. She might be able to get all of their friends together now for Crono and Nadia's anniversary.
"Umm, may I ask a favor of you," Lucca asked Magus.
"What is it," he said looking at her suspiciously. He knew what she probably wanted though.
"She wants to travel through time," Magus thought. "But for what reason. Lavos is destroyed. Why would she want to travel through time?"
"I'd like to go to the future and get some parts to rebuild the Epoch," Lucca replied.
Magus's eyes widened for a moment but then he remembered that she was a scientist after all. If anyone in this time could rebuild the Epoch, it was definitely her.
"You can rebuild the Epoch," Schala asked.
"Yes, but so far I've only rebuilt the hull of the ship. I can't rebuild the inside components unless I have the proper materials and those can only be found in the future since Zeal fell," Lucca replied.
"Well, the Epoch will certainly be worth it. The spell we used to travel through tires us out very quickly and we can't use it very often," Schala said.
Lucca cleared her throat and said, "I'd hate to sound pushy but could we leave right away? I'm planning something for some friends of mine and believe it or not it requires time travel."
The three royal family members discussed it for a moment and agreed to Lucca's request. Lucca thanked them and asked them to wait a moment so she could write a note saying that she would be gone for a day or two. She placed it on the outside of her door and walked over to Magus.
"Hold my hand. We have to go somewhere secluded before we use the spell. It is rather.........bright," Magus said as he took Lucca's hand. Schala and her mother held hands and Schala grabbed Magus's other hand. He chanted something and in an instant they were on the former site of the Millenial Fairgrounds. It was vacant now and there was no one in site. They were actually standing in the place where Lucca had her Telepod invention. Where the adventure first started.
"Are you ready," Magus asked her. Lucca nodded.
"You can help if you like. You seem to have high magic potential. It would certainly be appreciated," Schala said. Lucca agreed and asked her what she needed to do. Schala explained and Lucca started to chant with them when they began. Magus and his family each glowed the same colors as before and Lucca glowed a yellow color. They floated slightly off the ground and then there was a bright flash and they were gone, off to the future.