A/N: Sorry it's been so long since I updated! I kind of forgot about this story...-_-' But anyway, thanx so much to my reviewers, you don't know what it means to me! By the way, Dr. Lauryl, this is probably only going to get more insane as it goes one...it probably is the stress of school, but then again it could just be the strange inner-workings of my mind. Your pick. Thanks everyone for reviewing: Imania, Sailor Leo (lol, magus and ganondorf...oh the possibilities! ^_^), Rhianwen, Dr. Lauryl, Dr. Pix, and Tigere. Hope you enjoy this next part! ~CronoCat =^_^=

Disclaimer: I don't own Crono Trigger or Zelda, which is probably a good thing as this is what I'd end up doing with it!! Oh and I also don't own Peter Pan, which I'm actually feeling proud of right about now. I mean, what the heck is this Peter Pan 2: Return to Never Land nonsense?!?! Return to Never Land was SO MY IDEA FIRST!! lol. Honestly...

Ch. 2: In Which Marle Is Attacked By Bats and Link Has A Long One-Sided Conversation

**Flashback (since it's been so long since I updated!!)**

Glenn tried hard not to jump up and down happily. He rushed off excitedly. Now if Crono were to ignore Glenn's warning that "Peter Pan" might be eavesdropping, at least Glenn wouldn't be there to suffer through another song and dance routine. And so, that was pretty much how things were about the time Marle was running into some trouble of her own...

**END OF FLASHBACK!**

Running through the moonlight forest, her blonde hair streaming behind, came the Princess of Guardia. She paused, panting for breath and muttered to herself, "pigs! They're all pigs...I don't understand why I didn't see it before!" And then ran on into the night.

It was in this particular state, that she bumped into Navi. Navi had been feeling restless and unable to sleep, which had led to her decision for a midnight flight around the woods. Link would never miss her; he was too infatuated with that new girl...Lucy or something. Zelda didn't seem to mind, but it was bothering Navi a little more than she might have wanted to admit.

And then there was that beautiful stranger...she sighed loudly, picturing his shining green eyes and bright red hair. His hair was so beautiful-like a small fire atop his head. It suited him well. She allowed herself to think for a moment that perhaps he might like her too. After all, he had already given her a nick name: Tinkerbell. What an absolutely lovely name! It was, of course, a little odd. She did prefer Navi, but he had a certain happy way of saying it, that she liked being called Tinkerbell. A nick name was a sure sign of affection, wasn't it? She wondered about his home and had a glimpse of the future: herself resting in his lush hair as they admired the sights of his homeland together. He would say his homeland was even more beautiful than he remembered, hinting that when he was with her, she made everything something special.

Navi giggled shrilly, happily enjoying her thoughts. And then, mid-giggle, collided with someone. Navi tried to scream, but all the hair had been knocked out of her and she fell silently to the ground.

Now, as it happened, Marle had an intense fear of bats. As no one could remember any traumatic happenings with bats when she was younger, it was unknown where this fear had originated. However, it was there and Marle was very much afraid.

"OH, MY GOD! Oh, my God...Oh, my God, there's a BAT!! A filthy, stinky, dirty, BLOOD-SUCKING BAT IN MY HAIR!!!!" Marle screeched and began to smack her hair frantically. "Get it out! Get it out! Oh, my God-GET IT OUT!" She wailed hysterically. After a moment she stopped beating her hair and remembered something: bats went for the neck! Everyone knew that if a bat bit you on the neck you turned into one too...or was that vampires? Whichever, Marle clamped her hands over her neck and closed her eyes. This is all a dream, she thought, trying to calm herself down. But then she heard a fluttering sound down by her feet and knew for certain it was not a dream. She began to scream some more and jump up and down.

Beneath her feet, Navi rolled this way and that in a panic. She had injured a wing in the fall and she was quite sure she would not survive with this wild elephant trampling through the forest and trumpeting in fear. Finally, in-between Marle's screams, Navi cried out, "STOP! Please STOP!"

"It talks...?" Marle murmured uncertainly. Bats did not talk. She was almost positive about that.

"IT'S ME! NAVI, THE FAIRY!" Navi went on quickly.

"A fairy?" Marle asked, slowly removing her hands from her neck. "Bats and fairies are completely different things. Fairies aren't scary at all," she whispered.

"HELP ME! I CAN'T GET UP!"

Marle cautiously bent down and opened her hands, palms up, on the ground. "Climb into my hands, little fairy..."

Navi hesitated only a moment. What if she keeps me and puts me in a jar? What if I never see Link again? Then she remembered Lucy or whoever that girl was and climbed into this other girl's hands.

Marle stood up carefully and held the fairy at eye level. "I'm Marle. You just saved me from a big, scary bat. Thank you."

Navi was a little perplexed by this, but she smiled benignly and nodded. "I've never seen you before."

"Oh, I just got here. Are you all right?"

"I'll be fine, thank you. I just can't fly right away. Probably by tomorrow, I will be able too."

"That's good," Marle said absently and went on, "I only just got here today, you see. I came with my friend, Glenn."

She balanced Navi on her shoulder and kept walking through the forest. "I don't know how to get home now. Do you know a place where we can stay?"

Navi thought it over for a minute. The castle was out of the question, but there was a little cave back farther in the forest. She directed Marle to it and they both fell asleep almost immediately.

Meanwhile...Link tossed and turned in his bed, unable to sleep. When he had first moved into the castle, Zelda had helped him hang a little basket on a long chain from the ceiling. They had put little blankets and pillows in it and that was where Navi slept every night. The basket hung a few feet from the window and was next to Link's bed. He could reach out with his arm and just touch it with his fingertips. Since the basket was above him, he couldn't see Navi in there. She was being very quiet tonight. He assumed she had retired early, as he hadn't seen her since about halfway through the Grand Tour. It hadn't surprised him; Navi hated it when he tried to show off. And knowing her, she was probably lying there, also unable to sleep. He reached out and spun the basket gently.

"...Navi? You awake?"

No answer.

Link lunged out and spun the basket a little more violently. "Navi! Are you awake?!"

Still no answer. Link settled back into bed. Okay, so she was angry at him. Navi never slept hard enough to sleep right through him spinning the basket like that. Therefore, she must be ignoring him.

He sighed. "Are you mad at me, Navi? Just say yes or no...it's okay. ...All right, I guess that's a yes. Why are you so upset? Was it something I said? ...Navi? ...okay, okay, I'm guessing you think I should already know, so you're not going to say anything, right? Well, fine, be that way. I'm not a freaking mind reader, okay? Jeez..."

Link knew perfectly well how upset Navi could get about small things. And he knew she was probably having no trouble ignoring him, but he wasn't ready to give up.

"I can't sleep. I know you're awake too. What do you say we talk awhile?"

Silence.

"What did you think of those visitors? That boy with the orange hair-what a freak! I think he must be neurotic. Who the hell is that Peter Pan character he was talking about anyway? And...what was that he called you? ....Oh, yeah, I've got it. Tinkerbell. What kind of name is that?"

He heard a rustling sound from the basket. It was either the wind or Navi turning over to hear him better. Link was inclined to think it was the latter and he rushed on.

"But Lucca...man, what a girl! Now she's a good visitor to have. Of course, she wasn't as attentive during the Grand Tour as I would have liked, but towards the end, I could tell she was interested, but totally trying to hide it, because of her friend. I like that kind of loyalty between friends. Do you think we're like that at all? ....well, do you?"

Link gave up waiting for an answer, "I do. And I have a feeling you're mad at me for showing off during the Grand Tour, right? Well, I'm sorry about that. I guess I just got a little carried away. And I know, I know, I shouldn't be worried about impressing her when I've got Zelda, but...well, you know how rare visitors are. I just got a little excited. I'm sorry."

He turned over. What was the use? Navi was clearly not going to forgive him. A few minutes later, Link was sound asleep. When Zelda came to check in on him, she saw the moon shining on Link's sleeping face and on the empty basket.

Outside, Glenn had returned to find Crono's rope finished.

"It's time," Crono said grimly, trying to sound like James Bond. "Let's go get the girl!"

Glenn groaned. "Just get up there already!" He hissed and Crono flung the rope up the side of castle. It fell back down. Crono tried again. The rope came back down and tangled itself around both Crono and Glenn.

"Aack!" Crono yelped, struggling to untangle himself.

Glenn tried to pull away, but the rope was holding him tightly in place.

"Don't break it!" Crono whispered. "I worked hard on this!"

Glenn ignored Crono and managed to drag him over to where his sword was lying in the grass.

Crono kicked the sword away.

Glenn kicked Crono.

A few minutes later they were both rolling on the ground, fighting each other.

"Give me my sword knave!" Glenn cried.

"NEVER!"

"Dost thou propose to save Lucca or not?"

"Of course, I proposeth to saveth her! Now GET OFF!"

"I cannot, knave. Thy confounded rope is wrapped around me! And," Glenn took a deep breath, "'proposeth' and 'saveth' are NOT WORDS!"

Crono groaned. Not this again...

In the tower, Lucca slept on, unaware that her would-be rescuers were unable to get up and were tied together on the ground. Across the hall, Zelda dreamed of pink dresses and blue dresses and even one green dress with a lot of lace. In the next bedroom over, Link murmured on, still half-talking to Navi and half-talking to Lucca. And in a cave, deep in the forest, Navi lay curled up in Marle's hair and wished that it was Crono's hair. And Marle lay dreaming of returning home and having any man she wished, but she would break all their hearts, because men, were nothing but pigs.