I Still Miss Someone
A Chrono Trigger Fanfic by: MasklessDuckman
This is another Lucca/Magus fanfic, not in any way connected with any of the Magus series. The name of this story is based on a Johnny Cash song, at any rate, I own none of the characters in this story (With the exception of Drago and Kraesh) , so in the same predictable ending as all my opening notes... Enjoy! -MasklessDuckman
Chapter 1: The Problem
The sun became a large orange orb, slowly sinking into the horizon, what sunrays still remained sparkled off of the layer of frost upon the grass. There standing on a cliff looking out on the sea, was a man, this man was approximately Twenty-Three years of age. He had once lived in this land, though then he was a much different person... the man stood on the cliff only staring out at the ocean, his blue hair and purple cape swirling in the wind, his iris eyes darted back and forth across the sea like searchlights, in his right hand was a wicked scythe, it was an object that had made him infamous many years from now. This man was once a prince in a castle in the sky, his name had been Janus Zeal; Janus was the only individual in the Kingdom, aside from his own mother that couldn't use magic. One would think that his mother, being without magic, would sympathize with her child, but no such luck. Janus was ignored and neglected by his wicked mother, the only things that treated Janus with love and respect had been a cat named Alfador, and his own sister... but... his sister had disappeared and he had been sucked into the future, he had been tortured by a group of monsters, raised to be the ultimate magic user, a magus... thus was the name he now went by, Janus Zeal was dead, now only Magus lived. Magus had lived to destroy the monster that separated his sister and himself... he had defeated the monster, defeated Lavos... but so much of his life was devoted to revenge... that now that revenge was given, Magus' life no longer had meaning. He had spent so much time striving to make himself stronger... that he had killed all his emotions, killed Janus... Magus corrected himself, he had one purpose left, to hunt down his sister, praying that she still lived somewhere on this godforsaken planet... she had to. Magus surveyed the crags of ice that floated in the salty waters, Magus reached into his shirt and pulled out a small amulet that his sister Schala had given him years ago, "Always wear it Janus, as long as you wear it, it will keep you safe, and as long as you wear it we will always be together." the words of Schala echoed in his dark soul... "Schala..." Magus said quietly, wishing desperately that his sister was there with him. Magus decided that he was getting nowhere by standing, watching the sun set, he decided to go searching, to find his sister...
The sun sank below the trees, a young girl stared at it through her bedroom window, and the girl was really a woman, twenty years of age. She sat on her bed, watching the sun sink, lower and lower, until darkness engulfed the sky. The sinking sun reminded her so much of her own dark soul, her mother and father had been killed one year ago in a ferry wreck on the way back from Medina village. The girl had once been of good spirits, of pride and joy; those around her regarded her as a genius, a prodigy for her age. But now, all she was was a sad girl mixed up in her own sorrow, she had wished that there was something she could have done, some way that she could have stopped her parent's untimely demise. However, a wise Guru had once said, "To bring back dead loved ones, is a desire that everyone has... But impossible." the girl adjusted her glassed on her face, she brushed her violet colored hair out of her eyes, she had attained her gorgeous hair from here mother, her mother had always told her that she hid her beauty behind her clothing, as she always wore a green tunic, with an orange smock over it, and shorts, and a helmet. What her mother had failed to realize was that it was because of her that the girl strived to be smarter and not worry about such trivial things as love. The girl had a very traumatizing event happen in her childhood, her father was a genius inventor and had many ingenious machines strewn across the house. One particular machine, the girl never quite understood... it was a large conveyer belt... one day her mother had been dusting the machine, despite the girl's father's orders not to... the girl's mother had gotten her dress caught in the conveyer belt, the conveyor rumbled to life and began to pull the woman forward. The machine required a password, but the girl was oblivious to what it might be, she watched in horror as her mother was drug into the machine, the metal gears tearing at her lower body, grinding her bones... the girls mother was crippled for life, but still manage to go about life with a cheerful smile, despite the loss of her legs. The girl's name was Lucca Ashtear, after watching her mother's near death, Lucca vowed to learn more about machines, to become so smart, that nothing like that would ever happen again. Lucca drew her legs up to her chest and hugged them. "Why? Why did you leave me?" Lucca asked no one, a single tear streamed down her creamy white face, and fell upon her lavender nightgown. Lucca had become the soul beneficiary of all her mother and father's possessions, including the island, and house that she had grown up in.
Lucca by all rights had the reason to be happy, she had saved the future from a creature from outer space name Lavos, and she had two best friends... Lucca's heart wrenched. A boy that Lucca had known since early childhood, Crono, had been, the love of her life. Lucca had even hoped and believed that one day her and Crono would get married, her hopes where however dashed at the Millennial Fair three long years ago, as Lucca waited at her telepod display at the fair. Crono had walked into the square, a very pretty blonde with him, prettier then Lucca. As time went on, the girl who called herself Marle had revealed herself as the princess of Gaurdia. However, every time that Lucca saw Marle hold hands with Crono, give him a soft kiss, hug him, or even stare at him affectionately, a hot knife would twist in Lucca's heart. Lucca had come to accept that her and Crono where just not meant to be... but who was meant for her? Not Frog..., certainly not Robo... There was only one other human male in the party, but trying to gain his affection and love would be as pointless as trying to squeeze water from a rock. Magus was a cold tortured soul who loved only his older sister Schala... Lucca had to face it, she would die alone... she might as well start getting cats, and reading romance novels. Lucca tucked herself between the blankets upon her bed, and cried herself to sleep. What had she done to bring this sort of torment upon herself?
Magus' iris eyes surveyed the ground below him, she had been here, he could sense her aura, and it had been here. Magus followed the tracks in the snow... he sensed her, she was here... she must be alive. Magus walked a good ten miles before he found the end of the tracks; his sister's aura was very close by... Magus walked through a frozen forest and came upon his loving sister, her body trembling, most of her robes gone, covered in scars. "Schala!" Magus said rushing over to his sister. "Prophet?" Schala asked. "No Schala, it's me... ...Janus." Magus said holding his sister. "Janus... oh my how you have grown. I am so glad you have come, I always wanted to say goodbye to you Janus... I was afraid you had perished, but now... you can listen to my last words." Schala said stroking Magus' long hair. "No Schala. You can't die; you can't leave me here alone." Magus pleaded. Schala placed a frozen hand on Magus' head, "Janus, you are the greatest little brother a girl could ever have... I love you." Schala said, her breathing becoming more and more labored as she kissed Janus on the forehead, Schala's eyes suddenly glazed over, and her breathing stopped, he body fell limply to the ground. "Schala? Schala! Schala!!!" Magus said shaking his sister's corpse, in hopes that she was simply unconscious... no such luck. Magus flung himself upon the ground, his hands over his eyes, Magus did something that he had not done in years... ...he cried.
Magus gave Schala a proper burial on Earthbound Island, now his life truly had no meaning. Magus had lived for two reasons, to get revenge on Lavos, and to find Schala. Both done, Magus had nothing, his life was pointless. There was no possible reason to go on. Magus took Schala's pendent and placed it around his neck with his amulet, suddenly an eerie glow emanated from both the pendant and the amulet, with a flash of blue, both merged. Magus lifted up the new amulet in his hand, it was a bluish green hue, and he looked closer and saw the face of his sister smiling at him. Magus arched an eyebrow at this, the image began to... wave at him. Had Schala somehow preserved her soul in the pendant? Suddenly the new amulet began to glow brightly, and it floated out of Magus' hands, a large portal opened, it looked like a gate... but it was larger... much larger.
Lucca awoke to hear a crash in her basement, "What the hell?" Lucca asked herself, grabbing her gun just in case. Lucca quietly tiptoed through the dark house, slowly making her way to the basement. She slowly opened the door, a shaft of light slowly growing as the door creaked open. Lucca quietly walked down the steps, her gun pointed in front of her, Rattle there was a sound; it was coming from where she put all of the pieces of the Epoch. Lucca saw a tall shadow sit up inside the pilot's seat, with catlike reflexes; she ran to the seat and clocked the shadow on the head with the butt of her pistol. The large creature fell unconscious to the floor. Lucca lifted the man up by the shoulders, he was rather large and heavy, and somehow seemed familiar. Lucca drug the man into the living room and turned on the lights, there lying on the couch was a former ally of hers, a tall muscular man, with blue hair and red eyes, his long pointy ears jutting out from either side of his head. "Magus?" Lucca questioned herself. Magus groaned and sat up, rubbing his soar head. "I'll get you for that poindexter." Magus growled painfully. "How? How did you get here?" Lucca questioned the warlock. "I found Schala... she... she died in my arms. I had buried her, and taken her pendant, when her pendant and my amulet came in contact, they merged. Some sort of portal opened, and the next thing I knew I looked up to get clocked over the head." Magus growled, still rubbing his head, shooting Lucca a "Payback will be swift and painful" look. "Look I'm sorry. It's not often that warlocks come crashing into my basement at four in the morning!" Lucca barked angrily. "Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." Magus smirked slightly. "Well, I guess you're in trouble now, because the gates are closed, and the Epoch's in pieces." Lucca said, ignoring the warlock's previous comment. "Oh good god, now I'm stuck here with you? A fate worse than death." Magus said. "Or how about this, you get your pale ass off my couch and out of my house." Lucca fumed, pointing at the door. "Why do you keep referring to this as YOUR house?" Magus asked, raising an eyebrow. "My... my parent's left it to me... when they died." Lucca said. "Died? How long have I been gone?" Magus asked. "Roughly three years." Lucca said staring down at the carpet. "Look, you can stay on the couch tonight; tomorrow we can try and fix the Epoch to take you home." Lucca said. "Whatever." Magus said and rolled over. Lucca went upstairs and went to bed.
A mere three hours later, Lucca awoke to the ringing of her alarm clock. Lucca drug herself out of bed and down to the kitchen to make breakfast. Lucca put some bacon on the grill, "Hey Magus! Do you want any breakfast? Magus?" Lucca asked. Lucca walked in the living room, and looked around. Had that all been a dream, suddenly a hand placed itself on her shoulder. Lucca almost shot through the roof, she turned to see Magus. "Magus! Good god, don't do that. You took ten years off my life." Lucca said clutching her rapidly beating heart. "Damn. I was aiming for twenty." Magus said, a half smirk, which was barely noticeable appearing on his face. "Did he just make a joke?" Lucca asked herself. "No breakfast for me." Magus said and went and sat on the couch. "Okay, your loss." Lucca lied. Lucca quit possibly was the worst cook in the entire world, she could burn spaghetti.
Lucca, with her breakfast of charcoal eggs and bacon walked into the living room and sat her self down on the couch next to Magus. Magus looked at the scorched food on her plate, "You know that your supposed to cook it, not set it on fire, right?" Magus asked. Lucca shoved a piece of egg in her mouth, and it crunched as she chewed on it. "Shut up." was all Lucca said, before turning back to her breakfast. "Did you burn the orange juice too?" Magus asked. "I said shut up!" Lucca replied. Suddenly Marle walked in the door, "Lucca, I know you're sad. However, Crono and I are.... Oh... I see you have company." Marle said, gazing oddly at them. "You appear to have gotten over your trouble." Marle said. Lucca looked down and realized that she was wearing her nightgown, and all that Magus was wearing was his pants. "This is NOT what it looks like!" Lucca said. "He wound up here last night, something to do with his amulet, and he wound up in my basement." Lucca said. "And then you..." Marle began to say. "No!!" both Magus and Lucca said before she could finish, Magus had a very disgusted look on his face. "You two where pretty quick to dismiss that." Marle smiled. "What do you hate most Marle?" Magus asked. "Spiders. Why?" Marle asked. "Oh no reason." Magus said. Suddenly a hole opened above Marle's head and spiders spilled out all over her. "Ahhhh!" Marle screamed and ran out the door as fast as she could. "That was mean." Lucca said. "They weren't poisonous, or at least I don't think they where. Besides, if it was so mean, then why are you smiling?" Magus replied. "Okay okay, I admit it, that was hilarious; she'll be in Porre by the time she gets those things off." Lucca said laughing. "Yes, now if your finished with your charcoal. May we start working on the Epoch?" Magus asked. "I really do not wish to linger in this horrid place longer than needed." Magus added. "Alright, the sooner you're gone, the sooner I can relax." Lucca said going upstairs, "I gotta go get dressed. I'll be back in five minutes." Magus sighed, and then nodded. Magus slipped on his shirt, followed by his bronze armor, then his cape, and then finally his boots and gloves. Lucca descended the stairs, "Okay. Let's get to work!" Lucca said.
There was much work to be done, as Lucca had completely dismantled the time machine. "Magus, I need your help." Lucca said. "What is it?" Magus asked reluctantly, walking over. "Okay, I need you to hold these two wires, while I solder them." Lucca said. Magus grabbed the two wires, as he was told and held them together. Lucca climbed atop the Epoch and hung upside down by her legs. "You're going to fall." Magus said. "I'll be fine, now hold the wires." Lucca said. Lucca's purple hair, which was much longer than it used to be, hung down in Magus' face. The hair tickled at Magus' nose, Magus tried to hold back, but he just couldn't, he sneezed. The sneeze surprised Lucca, and she jumped, as she jumped her hand slipped, running liquid metal all down Magus' right arm from the soldering iron. Magus roared in pain and jumped up, on the way up, Lucca fell from her perch, onto Magus, the two fell into the back of the Epoch amongst all of the wires. The electricity spread through both their bodies and electrified them, suddenly Magus' new amulet began to glow, with a flash of blue light, Magus and Lucca where gone in a flash.
A Chrono Trigger Fanfic by: MasklessDuckman
This is another Lucca/Magus fanfic, not in any way connected with any of the Magus series. The name of this story is based on a Johnny Cash song, at any rate, I own none of the characters in this story (With the exception of Drago and Kraesh) , so in the same predictable ending as all my opening notes... Enjoy! -MasklessDuckman
Chapter 1: The Problem
The sun became a large orange orb, slowly sinking into the horizon, what sunrays still remained sparkled off of the layer of frost upon the grass. There standing on a cliff looking out on the sea, was a man, this man was approximately Twenty-Three years of age. He had once lived in this land, though then he was a much different person... the man stood on the cliff only staring out at the ocean, his blue hair and purple cape swirling in the wind, his iris eyes darted back and forth across the sea like searchlights, in his right hand was a wicked scythe, it was an object that had made him infamous many years from now. This man was once a prince in a castle in the sky, his name had been Janus Zeal; Janus was the only individual in the Kingdom, aside from his own mother that couldn't use magic. One would think that his mother, being without magic, would sympathize with her child, but no such luck. Janus was ignored and neglected by his wicked mother, the only things that treated Janus with love and respect had been a cat named Alfador, and his own sister... but... his sister had disappeared and he had been sucked into the future, he had been tortured by a group of monsters, raised to be the ultimate magic user, a magus... thus was the name he now went by, Janus Zeal was dead, now only Magus lived. Magus had lived to destroy the monster that separated his sister and himself... he had defeated the monster, defeated Lavos... but so much of his life was devoted to revenge... that now that revenge was given, Magus' life no longer had meaning. He had spent so much time striving to make himself stronger... that he had killed all his emotions, killed Janus... Magus corrected himself, he had one purpose left, to hunt down his sister, praying that she still lived somewhere on this godforsaken planet... she had to. Magus surveyed the crags of ice that floated in the salty waters, Magus reached into his shirt and pulled out a small amulet that his sister Schala had given him years ago, "Always wear it Janus, as long as you wear it, it will keep you safe, and as long as you wear it we will always be together." the words of Schala echoed in his dark soul... "Schala..." Magus said quietly, wishing desperately that his sister was there with him. Magus decided that he was getting nowhere by standing, watching the sun set, he decided to go searching, to find his sister...
The sun sank below the trees, a young girl stared at it through her bedroom window, and the girl was really a woman, twenty years of age. She sat on her bed, watching the sun sink, lower and lower, until darkness engulfed the sky. The sinking sun reminded her so much of her own dark soul, her mother and father had been killed one year ago in a ferry wreck on the way back from Medina village. The girl had once been of good spirits, of pride and joy; those around her regarded her as a genius, a prodigy for her age. But now, all she was was a sad girl mixed up in her own sorrow, she had wished that there was something she could have done, some way that she could have stopped her parent's untimely demise. However, a wise Guru had once said, "To bring back dead loved ones, is a desire that everyone has... But impossible." the girl adjusted her glassed on her face, she brushed her violet colored hair out of her eyes, she had attained her gorgeous hair from here mother, her mother had always told her that she hid her beauty behind her clothing, as she always wore a green tunic, with an orange smock over it, and shorts, and a helmet. What her mother had failed to realize was that it was because of her that the girl strived to be smarter and not worry about such trivial things as love. The girl had a very traumatizing event happen in her childhood, her father was a genius inventor and had many ingenious machines strewn across the house. One particular machine, the girl never quite understood... it was a large conveyer belt... one day her mother had been dusting the machine, despite the girl's father's orders not to... the girl's mother had gotten her dress caught in the conveyer belt, the conveyor rumbled to life and began to pull the woman forward. The machine required a password, but the girl was oblivious to what it might be, she watched in horror as her mother was drug into the machine, the metal gears tearing at her lower body, grinding her bones... the girls mother was crippled for life, but still manage to go about life with a cheerful smile, despite the loss of her legs. The girl's name was Lucca Ashtear, after watching her mother's near death, Lucca vowed to learn more about machines, to become so smart, that nothing like that would ever happen again. Lucca drew her legs up to her chest and hugged them. "Why? Why did you leave me?" Lucca asked no one, a single tear streamed down her creamy white face, and fell upon her lavender nightgown. Lucca had become the soul beneficiary of all her mother and father's possessions, including the island, and house that she had grown up in.
Lucca by all rights had the reason to be happy, she had saved the future from a creature from outer space name Lavos, and she had two best friends... Lucca's heart wrenched. A boy that Lucca had known since early childhood, Crono, had been, the love of her life. Lucca had even hoped and believed that one day her and Crono would get married, her hopes where however dashed at the Millennial Fair three long years ago, as Lucca waited at her telepod display at the fair. Crono had walked into the square, a very pretty blonde with him, prettier then Lucca. As time went on, the girl who called herself Marle had revealed herself as the princess of Gaurdia. However, every time that Lucca saw Marle hold hands with Crono, give him a soft kiss, hug him, or even stare at him affectionately, a hot knife would twist in Lucca's heart. Lucca had come to accept that her and Crono where just not meant to be... but who was meant for her? Not Frog..., certainly not Robo... There was only one other human male in the party, but trying to gain his affection and love would be as pointless as trying to squeeze water from a rock. Magus was a cold tortured soul who loved only his older sister Schala... Lucca had to face it, she would die alone... she might as well start getting cats, and reading romance novels. Lucca tucked herself between the blankets upon her bed, and cried herself to sleep. What had she done to bring this sort of torment upon herself?
Magus' iris eyes surveyed the ground below him, she had been here, he could sense her aura, and it had been here. Magus followed the tracks in the snow... he sensed her, she was here... she must be alive. Magus walked a good ten miles before he found the end of the tracks; his sister's aura was very close by... Magus walked through a frozen forest and came upon his loving sister, her body trembling, most of her robes gone, covered in scars. "Schala!" Magus said rushing over to his sister. "Prophet?" Schala asked. "No Schala, it's me... ...Janus." Magus said holding his sister. "Janus... oh my how you have grown. I am so glad you have come, I always wanted to say goodbye to you Janus... I was afraid you had perished, but now... you can listen to my last words." Schala said stroking Magus' long hair. "No Schala. You can't die; you can't leave me here alone." Magus pleaded. Schala placed a frozen hand on Magus' head, "Janus, you are the greatest little brother a girl could ever have... I love you." Schala said, her breathing becoming more and more labored as she kissed Janus on the forehead, Schala's eyes suddenly glazed over, and her breathing stopped, he body fell limply to the ground. "Schala? Schala! Schala!!!" Magus said shaking his sister's corpse, in hopes that she was simply unconscious... no such luck. Magus flung himself upon the ground, his hands over his eyes, Magus did something that he had not done in years... ...he cried.
Magus gave Schala a proper burial on Earthbound Island, now his life truly had no meaning. Magus had lived for two reasons, to get revenge on Lavos, and to find Schala. Both done, Magus had nothing, his life was pointless. There was no possible reason to go on. Magus took Schala's pendent and placed it around his neck with his amulet, suddenly an eerie glow emanated from both the pendant and the amulet, with a flash of blue, both merged. Magus lifted up the new amulet in his hand, it was a bluish green hue, and he looked closer and saw the face of his sister smiling at him. Magus arched an eyebrow at this, the image began to... wave at him. Had Schala somehow preserved her soul in the pendant? Suddenly the new amulet began to glow brightly, and it floated out of Magus' hands, a large portal opened, it looked like a gate... but it was larger... much larger.
Lucca awoke to hear a crash in her basement, "What the hell?" Lucca asked herself, grabbing her gun just in case. Lucca quietly tiptoed through the dark house, slowly making her way to the basement. She slowly opened the door, a shaft of light slowly growing as the door creaked open. Lucca quietly walked down the steps, her gun pointed in front of her, Rattle there was a sound; it was coming from where she put all of the pieces of the Epoch. Lucca saw a tall shadow sit up inside the pilot's seat, with catlike reflexes; she ran to the seat and clocked the shadow on the head with the butt of her pistol. The large creature fell unconscious to the floor. Lucca lifted the man up by the shoulders, he was rather large and heavy, and somehow seemed familiar. Lucca drug the man into the living room and turned on the lights, there lying on the couch was a former ally of hers, a tall muscular man, with blue hair and red eyes, his long pointy ears jutting out from either side of his head. "Magus?" Lucca questioned herself. Magus groaned and sat up, rubbing his soar head. "I'll get you for that poindexter." Magus growled painfully. "How? How did you get here?" Lucca questioned the warlock. "I found Schala... she... she died in my arms. I had buried her, and taken her pendant, when her pendant and my amulet came in contact, they merged. Some sort of portal opened, and the next thing I knew I looked up to get clocked over the head." Magus growled, still rubbing his head, shooting Lucca a "Payback will be swift and painful" look. "Look I'm sorry. It's not often that warlocks come crashing into my basement at four in the morning!" Lucca barked angrily. "Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." Magus smirked slightly. "Well, I guess you're in trouble now, because the gates are closed, and the Epoch's in pieces." Lucca said, ignoring the warlock's previous comment. "Oh good god, now I'm stuck here with you? A fate worse than death." Magus said. "Or how about this, you get your pale ass off my couch and out of my house." Lucca fumed, pointing at the door. "Why do you keep referring to this as YOUR house?" Magus asked, raising an eyebrow. "My... my parent's left it to me... when they died." Lucca said. "Died? How long have I been gone?" Magus asked. "Roughly three years." Lucca said staring down at the carpet. "Look, you can stay on the couch tonight; tomorrow we can try and fix the Epoch to take you home." Lucca said. "Whatever." Magus said and rolled over. Lucca went upstairs and went to bed.
A mere three hours later, Lucca awoke to the ringing of her alarm clock. Lucca drug herself out of bed and down to the kitchen to make breakfast. Lucca put some bacon on the grill, "Hey Magus! Do you want any breakfast? Magus?" Lucca asked. Lucca walked in the living room, and looked around. Had that all been a dream, suddenly a hand placed itself on her shoulder. Lucca almost shot through the roof, she turned to see Magus. "Magus! Good god, don't do that. You took ten years off my life." Lucca said clutching her rapidly beating heart. "Damn. I was aiming for twenty." Magus said, a half smirk, which was barely noticeable appearing on his face. "Did he just make a joke?" Lucca asked herself. "No breakfast for me." Magus said and went and sat on the couch. "Okay, your loss." Lucca lied. Lucca quit possibly was the worst cook in the entire world, she could burn spaghetti.
Lucca, with her breakfast of charcoal eggs and bacon walked into the living room and sat her self down on the couch next to Magus. Magus looked at the scorched food on her plate, "You know that your supposed to cook it, not set it on fire, right?" Magus asked. Lucca shoved a piece of egg in her mouth, and it crunched as she chewed on it. "Shut up." was all Lucca said, before turning back to her breakfast. "Did you burn the orange juice too?" Magus asked. "I said shut up!" Lucca replied. Suddenly Marle walked in the door, "Lucca, I know you're sad. However, Crono and I are.... Oh... I see you have company." Marle said, gazing oddly at them. "You appear to have gotten over your trouble." Marle said. Lucca looked down and realized that she was wearing her nightgown, and all that Magus was wearing was his pants. "This is NOT what it looks like!" Lucca said. "He wound up here last night, something to do with his amulet, and he wound up in my basement." Lucca said. "And then you..." Marle began to say. "No!!" both Magus and Lucca said before she could finish, Magus had a very disgusted look on his face. "You two where pretty quick to dismiss that." Marle smiled. "What do you hate most Marle?" Magus asked. "Spiders. Why?" Marle asked. "Oh no reason." Magus said. Suddenly a hole opened above Marle's head and spiders spilled out all over her. "Ahhhh!" Marle screamed and ran out the door as fast as she could. "That was mean." Lucca said. "They weren't poisonous, or at least I don't think they where. Besides, if it was so mean, then why are you smiling?" Magus replied. "Okay okay, I admit it, that was hilarious; she'll be in Porre by the time she gets those things off." Lucca said laughing. "Yes, now if your finished with your charcoal. May we start working on the Epoch?" Magus asked. "I really do not wish to linger in this horrid place longer than needed." Magus added. "Alright, the sooner you're gone, the sooner I can relax." Lucca said going upstairs, "I gotta go get dressed. I'll be back in five minutes." Magus sighed, and then nodded. Magus slipped on his shirt, followed by his bronze armor, then his cape, and then finally his boots and gloves. Lucca descended the stairs, "Okay. Let's get to work!" Lucca said.
There was much work to be done, as Lucca had completely dismantled the time machine. "Magus, I need your help." Lucca said. "What is it?" Magus asked reluctantly, walking over. "Okay, I need you to hold these two wires, while I solder them." Lucca said. Magus grabbed the two wires, as he was told and held them together. Lucca climbed atop the Epoch and hung upside down by her legs. "You're going to fall." Magus said. "I'll be fine, now hold the wires." Lucca said. Lucca's purple hair, which was much longer than it used to be, hung down in Magus' face. The hair tickled at Magus' nose, Magus tried to hold back, but he just couldn't, he sneezed. The sneeze surprised Lucca, and she jumped, as she jumped her hand slipped, running liquid metal all down Magus' right arm from the soldering iron. Magus roared in pain and jumped up, on the way up, Lucca fell from her perch, onto Magus, the two fell into the back of the Epoch amongst all of the wires. The electricity spread through both their bodies and electrified them, suddenly Magus' new amulet began to glow, with a flash of blue light, Magus and Lucca where gone in a flash.