Magus Part 2: The Trial
By: MasklessDuckman
This story is of course a follow up to Magus: The Legacy. This story takes place about four years after the end of Magus: The Legacy. None of these characters or settings belong to me, but this story plot does, so don't steal it!
Chapter 1:Magus on Trial
"Why oh why did I have to come back to this god forsaken place?" Magus thought to himself. Magus lay on a bed in the new dungeon that was added to Gaurdia Castle (604 A.D.). Magus had come back to this time for reasons that he didn't know, he had just returned. When he got there, Ozzie had returned and started up the second war of the mystics, or really was ready to. Magus flattened thousands of mystics to stop Ozzie, then when he got to the end, he had to fight Flea and Slash again. Then Flea and Slash merged to form Flash. Then after that battle Flash fused with Ozzie to form Flozzeah. Magus took them out, but as the did all the remaining mystics gave Flozzeah their powers and he used it on Magus, and Magus was mortally injured. After Ozzie, Slash, and Flea where dead for good a group of Gaurdian soldiers took him to the castle, got him fixed up and threw him in the prison. Magus was to be put on trial in the new courtroom. Magus looked at his injured side, Frog was gone to far away and wouldn't be back for some time, so the frog couldn't vouch for the warlock. Magus rolled over and went to sleep.
"Hey! Wake up, you got a visitor!" The guard said poking Magus with the end of his pike through the bars. Magus sat up and looked towards the door. "Lucca?" Magus said, he was rather glad to see her, though confused. "How did you know that I was in here?" Magus asked. Lucca held up a book that said, "History of Gaurdia." Lucca opened it up to a bookmarked page and read aloud, "The lofty warlock Magus, executed in 604 A.D. The first person to be on trial. Magus was sentenced of murder and genocide. The warlock was executed by the guillotine on March 15, 604 as he had no defense to protect him. That is where I come in, I will be your lawyer. Crono and Marle couldn't come, they where on their honeymoon, but soon they will find the note I left at the castle and come. Where's Frog?" Lucca said. "Frog's gone. Something about leaving on a vacation or something." Magus said rubbing his eyes. "So it looks like just you and me kid." Magus added. "Kid? He's never called me that before." Lucca thought to herself. "So... Uh... Did you ever find out anything about Schala?" Lucca asked. "Someone in 1996 A.D. said they saw her, but she left. That's all I found." Magus said. Magus looked rather pitiful, his eyes where red like he had had little sleep, his hair was a mess, his side was bandaged, and he had a broken arm. "So, how do you plan to redeem me?" Magus asked. "Well, I intend to tell everyone how you where corrupted by the mystics as a child, and how you saved the world from Lavos." Lucca said confidently. Magus suddenly noticed something, "Why aren't you wearing you're glasses?" Magus asked. "Oh, I got contact lenses, they do the same thing, but don't look near as geeky." Lucca said laughing, her purple hair actually looked rather nice without that stupid helmet on it. Lucca could be rather beautiful when she tried. "I will stay in the cell next door." Lucca said pointing to the cell that was touching the one he was in. "But, it's cramped, dark, and musty in here. You wouldn't want to stay here, besides, you have no walls to hide behind. I know that you aren't like most girls, but I'm sure even you have something you don't want me to see." Magus said. Lucca smiled, "Relax, I brought a curtain. Besides, it's important I stay. So you have some moral support." Lucca said. "Well, okay. It's probably useless arguing with you anyway." Magus said. "Now you're gettin' it!" Lucca said smiling. "Lucca could you do me one favor?" Magus asked. "What?" Lucca said. "Could you go get Ayla and Robo so that they can testify?" Magus said. "Of course I can Magus." Lucca said. "Oh, one more thing Lucca. Call me Janus." Magus said. "Sure... Janus." Lucca said and hurried down the halls to the Epoch. "Was that the same Lucca I knew two years ago?" Magus asked himself. "She looked... Good." he thought.
Lucca sped through the time stream in the Epoch. Magus had seemed somehow different to her... but she couldn't place it, and asking her to call him Janus? He was acting strangely, of course Lucca thought he was cute in a creepy way, but Marle thought the same thing. Magus was a lot like Lucca, they where both alone, Crono had Marle, Frog had Queen Leene (I know, Queen Leene is married, but there is an ending in Crono Trigger with Frog and Queen Leene getting married for some reason.), Ayla had Kino, Robo had Atropos, but Lucca and Magus didn't have anyone. Magus had a sister, but that was a different kind of love. Anyway, Lucca doubted that Magus ever wanted to get into a serious relationship with anyone anyway. The Zeal name would end with him.
Chapter 2:Back Through Time
Lucca landed the Epoch next to Ayla's hut in Ioka Village, Lucca opened up the cockpit and stepped out, the chill air shot up Lucca's skirt, and she suddenly wished she had wore pants, or at last a long dress. Lucca shivered and hugged herself. This must have been the ice age that Azala had spoken of with his dying breaths. Lucca walked into the tent, and sure enough there was Ayla. "Lucca! Ayla happy see!!" Ayla said. Ayla was wearing a fur over her, it was obviously too cold for her bikini thing or whatever it was. As Ayla sat down, Lucca saw a big bulge in her stomach. "Oh, you're pregnant?" Lucca asked. "Yes, Ayla and Kino get married, Ayla have baby soon." Ayla said. "So, what will you name it?" Lucca asked. "If girl, Leah. If boy, Crono." Ayla said. "Aw, that's sweet." Lucca said. "Lucca look different, not have things on eyes. No more hat either." Ayla said. "Oh, yeah, I got these things called contact lenses, see?" Lucca took out one of her lenses and carefully placed it on the end of Ayla's finger. Ayla examined the small disk, "Lucca look better with kon-tak lenzes. Should wear more often." Ayla annunciated the word as it was new to her. "So, why Lucca here?" Ayla finally asked. "Oh, right! Almost forgot. In 604 A.D. Magus is being put on trial, he will be killed if he is found guilty, a trial is what Marle's father was put on, do you remember that?" Lucca said. Ayla nodded. "Magus strong, stronger than Ayla. Magus friend, Ayla help, tell how Magus save world. No kill Magus." Ayla said. "Yes, we have to go get Robo now. Frog is on vacation and Crono and Marle are on their honeymoon." Lucca said. "What honeymoon?" Ayla asked. Lucca's face turned bright red, "Well... Uh... It's... um... It's how you made that." Lucca said pointing to Ayla's stomach. "Ahh, Kino and Ayla go on many many honeymoons!" Ayla said. "That was way more information than I needed Ayla!" Lucca said, Ayla just smiled stupidly and laughed. Ayla said goodbye to Kino, Lucca helped Ayla into the Epoch, careful not to hurt the baby. The Epoch took off towards the future.
Lucca had not been to the future since it had changed, it was rather nice, there was grass, it was not to hot or cold, the air was clean and fresh smelling and the white clouds floated through the blue skies. The domes where not as wrecked and all of the labs where in perfect shape. Lucca landed at the dome where Crono, Marle, and Lucca had found Robo and went inside. "Hello, who are you?" Robo asked. (Since the future changed, Robo never met the time travelers.) Lucca pulled a disk out of her bag and said, "Good thing I made a copy of his hard drive before he left. Lucca inserted the disk in Robo's head and all the memories came back. "Lucca? Ayla? What are you doing here?" Robo asked. "Magus was put on trial in 604 A.D. you have to testify that he is innocent or else he will be put to death." Lucca explained. "Oh my that's terrible. Lucca, you look different." Robo said. "Yeah, I have contact lenses now so I don't wear glasses now, at any rate, let's go!" Lucca said and put Robo and Ayla in the Epoch and took off back towards 604 A.D.
Chapter 3:The Trial
Magus was lead into the courtroom with his hands tied in front of him.(Paying no attention to his broken arm) Magus and Lucca sat down at a small table, there was another one on the other side of the room where the chancellor sat with a woman. The judge came to his stand and said, "Janus Zeal, you are charged with Genocide and Murder. How do you plead?" The judge said. "Guilty, but I intend to prove that I am a changed man and that I was forced into working with the mystics." Magus said. "Very well, let the trial begin. Miss Ashtear your opening statement please." The judge said. Lucca stood up and said, "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. My client Janus Zeal a.k.a Magus was born in the dark ages. 12,013 B.C. to be exact. His demented mother had his sister raise an ancient evil that could destroy the world, when it rose, everyone but the queen got thrown into separate time portals, Magus was put here fourteen years ago, he would have been killed by the mystics but he saved himself with magic, so he was captured by the mystics where they trained him to be the perfect killing machine, they brain washed him... by way of torture. But Magus has been reformed, he saved the world from utter destruction, I fought by his side against Lavos." Lucca said. "Can you provide solid proof that Magus was tortured miss Lucca?" The judge asked. "Well, er no." Lucca said. "I can." Magus said, "But you'll have to untie my hands, it's okay, I won't run away, I feel deep regret for the deeds which I have done. Thus I will except this court." Magus said, the guards unbound his hands and Magus removed his plate mail armor, Magus pulled off his cape and shirt and turned around. All over Magus' back and chest where whip scars, and on his back was a brand that said, "Worthless Slave." on it. "Slash put the brand there when I talked back to him...." Magus said. Lucca placed her hand over her mouth, she never even fathomed the torture that he went through, being only seven years old and tortured by such malicious creatures of the mystics. Lucca had always sort of thought of Magus as a kind of jerk more than a tortured soul, but she realized that Magus was a product of the mystics, not of Janus Zeal.
The trial progressed, "Miss Ashtear, your first witness please." The judge said. "Your honor, I would like to call Ayla Ioka to the stand." Lucca said. "Now, Mrs. Ioka. How well did you know Magus." Lucca asked. "Ayla know Magus very good, Magus strong, help fight Lavos!" Ayla said. "Would you say that Magus was an evil man?" Lucca asked. "No, Magus scary at first. But really scared boy trying find sister, have hard life." Ayla said. The chancellor stood up, "Objection your honor. This woman is barely coherent!" The chancellor said. "Yes, miss Ashtear. We will not accept this witness." The judge said. "Grr... Thank you Mrs. Ioka." Lucca said as Ayla went and sat down.
"Chancellor, your first witness please." The chancellor brought the woman up to the stands, "What is your name madam?" The chancellor asked. "My name is Elena Brightsword." the woman said. "And what did Magus do to you?" The chancellor asked. "My... My son was killed in the war, and my husband threatened a group of mystics when they where in my town... The next night... Magus came and killed my husband... and I was... raped by him." the woman said. "Lies!!! I have never even seen this woman before!" Magus stood up and said rather enraged. Lucca pulled the king of the mystics back down to his chair and whispered, "You are NOT helping!" "Mr. Zeal. I will not tolerate such outbursts in my courtroom." The judge said. "Yes... Yes your honor." Magus said. "Objection!" Lucca said, "This woman has no proof that she was raped by my client." Lucca said. "You need proof?" the woman said. The woman waved to a man in the crowd, he brought a baby up and pulled the blanket away from it's face. The baby had blue hair, red eyes, and pointy ears. "Your honor, in light of recent developments, I would ask that court be adjourned until tomorrow." Lucca said. "Very well, court is adjourned." the judge said banging his gavel.
Chapter 4:That Night
"I cannot defend you if you are going to have sudden outburst, and not only that, but you LIED to the jury... you lied to ME!!" Lucca said as they walked through the halls, Magus was put in his cell, and Lucca moved into her Cell/Room next to his cell and shut the door behind her. Magus lay on his bed for several minutes looking up at the ceiling and finally said, "I... I didn't lie. I have killed countless men, women, and yes, even children, but I have never raped anyone. I have never... I've never even... been with a woman in that way." Magus said. Lucca's anger turned to interest, "Really?" Lucca said. "How old are you?" "I'm... I'm twenty-four." Magus replied, rather embarrassed. "Have you ever even been in love?" Lucca asked. "You're not a near close enough a friend as you'd need to be, and I'm not near as drunk as I'd need to be to tell you." Magus said, a small half smile on his face. "Oh come on, I'll tell you who I had a crush on." Lucca offered. "It's someone that you know." Lucca said sweetly. "Who?" Magus asked, half-curious. "You first." Lucca teased. "Why should I tell you? For all you know, I've never been in love." Magus said. "Well, there's only one way to know for sure." Lucca said. "No." Magus replied. "Aw, come on. I used to have a crush on Crono. There, I said mine, now you say yours." Lucca said. "You had a crush on him? I mean I know that he was your best friend and all, but by Lavos, couldn't you have done better than him?" Magus said. "Like who? You?" Lucca asked. "What? No, you wouldn't have stood a chance with me." Magus said. "Why not? Don't you find me beautiful?" Lucca asked, pouting slightly. "Well, of course. But you're not my type." Magus said. "And what is "your type" ?" Lucca asked. "Why should I tell you?" Magus said. "Because... I bet it's some brooding temptress with a dark heart, like a female you. Right?" Lucca asked. "No." Magus said trying to ignore Lucca. "Then what is it?" Lucca asked. "I told you, you're not a near close enough friend, and I'm not near drunk enough to tell you." Magus replied. "So let's get drunk, I'll be too tipsy to care, and even if I do remember you can deny it all later." Lucca said. Magus flashed her an odd glance and arched his eyebrows at her. "Heh heh heh. I'm kidding. Like we both need hangovers for tomorrow's trial. Besides, I can't hold my liquor very well anyway." Lucca smirked. "Riiiight." Magus said. "Let's change the subject." "Okay, I have a question for you. What, exactly is Flea?" Lucca asked. "A mystic." Magus replied. "No no no, I mean. Flea said he was a man, but he looked rather feminine, and he had bigger, you knows than me." Lucca asked. "Oh, heh, that! Flea is a shape shifter. He actually took the form of one of his ancestors that was a woman. Flea believes that both genders have their advantages, woman are stronger in beauty, and men are stronger in power. So he made a compromise." Magus said, sort of smiling at Lucca's comment. "What kind of sick creature would try to look like a woman?" Lucca asked. "Flea was a little off from the start, he used to give me these blue freelancer eyeballs as punishment, they burned, and tasted sour and bitter all at the same time. And on top of that, the taste remained in your mouth for weeks after that, I can remember shoveling dirt and rotten hay into my mouth to get rid of the taste." Magus said. "Yech." Lucca said sticking out her tongue, a look of disgust on her face. "Well, hold that thought, I better get ready for bed." Lucca said. Lucca pulled the curtain, Magus could see Lucca's shadow through the curtain removing her clothes and putting on new ones to sleep in.
Lucca pulled the curtain back wearing a pair of skintight black shorts, a tank top, and white socks. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know that you where still in your underwear." Magus said averting his eyes. "What? You can look, this isn't my underwear." Lucca replied. "Well, customs sure have changed. Back in Zeal, women basically covered their bodies in armor as underwear, and it got worse in the middle ages. Plus I am accustomed to women wearing night gowns." Magus said. "Nah, too uncomfortable. I like these better." Lucca said. "Well, I am tired. I believe I shall retire for tonight." Magus said. "Sorry Ayla couldn't help your case, Robo is taking her home. He should be back by tomorrow, I told him to stop and check for Crono and Marle, and then go look for Frog. Anyway, good night." Lucca said and blew out all the candles on the walls.
"Ahhh!!!!!!" A piercing scream spread through the night. Lucca sat straight up in bed and looked over to the cell next to her. "Stop!! Stop!! I will behave, no more of the whip. Please, I will behave." Magus screamed out, he was having a horrible nightmare, but Lucca did not wish to wake him. Maybe she could comfort him if she could just get into that cell. Lucca looked at the bars for a moment and slid her head between the bars, "This may work." Lucca thought to herself. Lucca took as big a breath as she could so she could fit through the bars, she tried for several moments as Magus called out. Lucca finally managed to slip through the iron bars and walked over and sat down on a stool by Magus' bed. "Janus, it's going to be alright." Lucca said and stroked his hair like a mother would a child. This obviously awoke a more pleasant memory as Magus stopped screaming and said, "Schala." that was all Magus said, but a warm smile crept onto his pale face and rolled over and faced the wall. "Lucca..." Magus mumbled only half-coherent as the pillow was in his face. "Lucca what?" Lucca asked gently, wanting to know what his dream was about. "Lucca stop peeking in on my dreams and go back to bed." Magus said dryly and opened his eyes to look at her. "Heh, that was not what I was doing. You were having nightmares and screaming, so I comforted you." Lucca said innocently biting her lip. "Yes whatever. Now how did you get over here?" Magus asked. "I squeezed through the bars." Lucca said. "Hmm. I may remember that." Magus said. "No, your ego would never fit through." Lucca said smiling. "Very funny, go back to bed." Magus replied dryly. "Well excu-use me!" Lucca said and slipped back through the iron bars to her bed. Had he actually had a dream about her, or did he just say that because he knew that she was eavesdropping? Only Magus knew, Lucca went back to sleep fairly quickly, there where no more interruptions that night.
Chapter 5:The Trial Day 2
The judge came in and sat down. Robo had not found Crono, Marle, or Frog. So far the only evidence they had where Janus' scars, whereas the chancellor had what appeared to be Magus' bastard son. "Miss Ashtear, your witness please." the judge said to Lucca. "Yes, your honor. I would like to call R-66Y Prometheus to the stand." Lucca said. Robo came up and sat down. "Now Mr. Prometheus, how well do you know Magus?" Lucca asked. "I have known Magus as a friend and ally. When first I heard of him, I thought him a tyrant, a demon with no sense of honor. But as I got to know him, he proved to be very human and friendly. I would say getting him away from those mystics and giving him hope of finding his sister really brought him back." Robo said. "No further questions." Lucca said sitting down. "Chancellor, do you have any questions for the witness?" The judge asked. "Yes your honor." The chancellor said standing up. "Now, Mr. Prometheus. Now, remind me again, what manner of creature are you?" "A robot." Robo answered. "Now, what is a robot Mr. Prometheus?" The chancellor asked. "A robot is a machine designed for one of several uses, mine was to be a machine of war." Robo said. "Now, Mr. Prometheus, who reprogrammed you with this new attitude? And let me remind you Mr. Prometheus that you are under oath." The chancellor said. "Miss Lucca reprogrammed me." Robo said. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, he was reprogrammed by the exact woman who defends this tyrant, she has programmed this machine to do as she says. This is obviously a ruse, I implore you, let this rotten creature burn in hell for all eternity." The chancellor said. "No further questions your honor."
"Chancellor, your witness." the judge said. The chancellor led a teenage boy up to the the stand. "What is your name son?" the chancellor asked. "My name is Fleach Markos from Porre." The boy said. Magus and Lucca looked at each other confused by the boy's odd name. "Now, what did Magus do to you?" the chancellor questioned. "I was about seven at the time, I was playing inside my house in Porre when the mystics attacked, Magus himself walked into my house, Magus took his scythe out and chopped off my mother's head... then... then he... he made me... he made me eat my mother's dead body." The boy said crying sadly. Magus' eyes widened, he was about to have an outburst like yesterday, but Lucca put her hand on his shoulder and shook her head. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this demonic man killed this child's mother in front of his face and made him eat the dead body of his mother. What sort of sick individual would do such a demented thing?" the chancellor asked. Lucca walked up to the boy and said, "Tell me, you said that you where in your house in Porre, yet you have the accent of someone from Truce. Why is that?" Lucca asked. "Well, my parents moved to Porre when I was born and then back to Truce." the boy said. "But I thought that you said they where killed?" Lucca said. "They where, my foster parents moved me there." The boy said. "Really, now for you to have a Truce accent you would have to have lived in Truce for more than a year, but you say you are from Porre." Lucca said. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this witness is obviously a fake! The chancellor has obviously paid this boy to make his statement, not only that, but his name is obviously fake, no one with the last name Markos has ever lived in Porre or Truce. The chancellor has set Magus up, this reformed man who saved your kingdom from the second war of the mystics, I implore you make the right choice!" Lucca said. The judge pounded his gavel, "Court is adjourned for today, and we shall meet again tomorrow." The judge said.
Chapter 6:Celebration!
That night Lucca sent Robo off in the Epoch to go find Frog. "Score one for the Great Lucca!" Lucca said. "You work miracles Lucca. I never would have noticed the accent, you are a true genius!" Magus said. "Let's celebrate!" Lucca said pulling a bottle of wine from her pack, "I thought you said that you couldn't hold your liquor?" Magus asked. "Well, I'll just have to trust that you wont take advantage of my while I'm drunk." Lucca said. "You almost sound like you want me to." Magus said. Lucca squeezed through the bars with her pack. Lucca popped the cork out of the bottle and pulled out two large glasses. Lucca filled both of the glasses and put one in Magus' hands. "A toast... to freedom!" Lucca said. "To freedom!" Magus repeated and began to drink.
Several hours later: "So have you ever been in love?" Lucca said, her voice very slurred. "Once." Magus said, his voice almost the same, though he was a little more sober than Lucca. "Who?" Lucca asked. "A woman I found when I destroyed a village. I took her back to my castle, we where deeply in love, but... she died of some disease." Magus said. "Wow, that's reeeeely sad." Lucca said. "You're very drunk, do you know that?" Magus asked. "Nuh uh, I only had four glasses." Lucca said and held up seven fingers. "You are as tipsy as they get." Magus said. "I love you Baby!" Lucca said throwing herself onto Magus and kissing him. "Whew! Your breath could kill trees, you need to lay off the wine." Magus said, not really taking her seriously as she was drunk enough to say anything. "Oh yeah, I'll show you laying off the wine!" Lucca said, she pulled another bottle from her bag and chugged the entire thing, followed by a second. Magus quickly took the bag away from her not knowing how many bottles she had brought. "Hey! Bring that baaaack." Lucca said. "You have had way too much tonight." Magus said slurred. "But I can take..." Lucca fell asleep standing up, then suddenly woke up, "...it." she said and collapsed on the floor.
Lucca woke up the next morning feeling like she needed to shave her tongue. She was laying in a rather comical position, her head was facing towards the door, but her chest was facing towards the back wall, she laid on her shoulders, and her legs where stretched up by her head, she was back in her cell/room on her bed. "Oh.... My head..." Lucca mumbled, she sat up and noticed that she was changed. "Hey Magus, how did I get changed?" Lucca asked. "I changed you after several failed attempts of changing yourself. You put your socks on your ears, your shorts on your head, and your shirt on like shorts. I finally helped you change clothes." Magus said. "So you saw me in my...?" Lucca said. "Relax, it's no more that Ayla wears." Magus said. "Still, the point still stands. Oh and don't even begin to think that I forgotten about your first love." Lucca said. "Well don't you even think I forgot about you jumping in my lap, kissing me, chugging two bottles of wine, and passing out on the floor." Magus said. "You weren't kidding, you really can't hold your liquor." Magus said. "I guess that's what I get for being petite." Lucca said and smiled. "I think you lied about me drinking two bottles, I think you're just trying to make me look bad." Lucca said. "Yeah you're right, you didn't drink too much, so lets have a breakfast of scrambled eggs and some nice greasy sausage." Magus said slightly smiling. Lucca placed her hands over her mouth and ran out of the room as fast as she could. "Bleaagh!" The sounds of Lucca vomiting echoed through the halls of the dungeon, after a little while Lucca returned, her face sickly pale. Magus opened his mouth, "Well I..." "Shut up!" Lucca said quickly.
"Miss Lucca!" a voice came from outside. "What is it Robo?" Lucca asked. "Sir Frog! I have found him!" Robo said, he walked in with the little frog knight walking directly behind him. "Quite a bit of trouble thy have gotten thy self in Magus." Frog smirked. "Yeah, quiet or I'll turn you into a fly this time." Magus said. "Miss Lucca, what is wrong with thine eyes?" Robo said. "Oh, I just had a little too much to drink last night." Lucca replied. "The understatement of the year. She drank so much that I had to dress her." Magus said. "Oh, I had no idea that the two of thou felt such a way for thine selves?" Frog smirked. "What? No way in hell!" The two said simultaneously.
Chapter 7:The Trial Day 3
The next day the trial began again. "Miss Ashtear, your first witness please." the judge said. "Yes your honor. I would like to call Glenn the frog to the stand." Lucca said, and everyone in the dim courtroom gasped as Frog hopped up to seat. "Mr. Frog." Lucca said, "What was your first impression of Magus?" Lucca asked. "I thought that the warlock was a dark hearted true blooded killer." Frog said. "Do you still feel that way?" Lucca asked. "Nay, I hath learned that Magus is not an evil man, only mislead." Frog said. "No further questions your honor." Lucca said, satisfied that she had won this round. "Mr. Frog?" The chancellor asked, "Didn't you used to have a friend?" "Aye, Sir Cyrus." Frog replied. Magus knew exactly where this was going. "Whatever happened to Sir Cyrus?" The chancellor asked. "He fell in battle." Frog replied. "And who killed Sir Cyrus, Mr. Frog?" the chancellor asked. "M... Magus killed Sir Cyrus." Frog replied. "And who turned you into a Frog?" the chancellor questioned. "Magus... Magus turned me into a frog." Frog said. "So this is his fault?" the chancellor said. "No matter how strong Magus is, he cannot bring back the dead." Frog said. "Maybe not, but he could turn you back into a human. Why is it that he doesn't?" the chancellor asked. "Because... I cannot." Magus said from his seat. "What?" Frog and the chancellor asked in unison. "The spell... the spell I used... there is no counter spell... my death triggers the spell to stop." Magus said. "So Mr. Frog. You heard him, without his death you remain a frog. Don't you now wish that he would die?" the chancellor asked. "Nay. I wouldst not let another life be taken to bring back mine. 'Tis a sin, no matter what this man has done in the past, he haseth reformed. Besides, I rather like being a frog." Frog replied. The chancellor growled, "Very well, no further questions your honor." the chancellor said.
"Chancellor, your witness please." the judge said. The chancellor led a very chunky old man to the witness chair, "What is your name sir?" the chancellor asked. "Ozfield Jones." the man said. What was with these witnesses' stupid names? "Mr. Jones. What despicable deed did Magus do to you?" The chancellor asked. "I was a Gaurdia soldier. Magus attacked my best friend and ripped him to pieces. Then... He hung me up by his entrails and had that sorceress Flea hit me with a whip." The man said. "No further questions your honor." the chancellor said. "Miss Ashtear, do you have any questions?" the judge asked. "Yes, now Mr. Jones. Exactly how much did you weigh at the time you where in the military?" Lucca asked. "Well, I weighed about one hundred and ten pounds give or take." the man replied. "Ahh, I see. You are a liar! A human intestine can only hold about thirty pounds of weight. So therefore you are lying!" Lucca said. "No further questions your honor." "Miss Ashtear, your closing statement." the judge said. "Yes your honor. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. This man the chancellor has brought two witnesses that have been proven to be liars! I urge you Magus is an honorable man, who is not even a shadow of the demon he once was. He saved the world from Lavos, and he saved Gaurdia from the mystics. I urge you, set this man free as he deserves." Lucca said and sat down. "Chancellor your closing statement." the judge said. "I have already made my point to the jury several times." the chancellor said. "Jury, your verdict." the judge said. There where nine people in the jury, a man walked out and said, "Not guilty.". A woman walked out and said, "Guilty." After several minutes, the gulties had four people and the non-guilties had four. The last juror walked out and looked at Magus, the chancellor, and the judge, "Not Guilty." the man said. The judge banged his gavel, "Janus Zeal, I declare you... Free to go." the judge said.
"Nooo!!" the chancellor said, "You must burn in hell for you sins!" The chancellor began to grow and turned into a Yakra, the fat man began to change color to reveal himself as Ozzie, the woman with Magus' alleged child walked in and also began to change color and revealed herself as Flea holding a blue imp, and the teenager walked in and revealed himself as Slash. "Magus, you have committed a terrible sin against the mystics, for that you must pay!" Ozzie said. "I beat you before, what makes you think I can't do it again?" Magus asked. "They say the dog that has been kicked fears the boot. The boot is his weakness." Slash said stretching out a black leather whip before him, "So come here you dumb slave, and I shall punish you for your crimes!" Flea laughed and pulled out a second whip, Flea rushed forward and Magus summoned a black hole, "What the? No!!!" Flea said as he was sucked into the dark vortex and Magus closed it behind him. Magus hit Ozzie with Dark Matter, and the fat imp disintegrated, he was obviously still weak from the battle a few days ago. Magus began casting spells on Yakra when a loud Crack! was heard throughout the courtroom. A large gash on Magus' back, all the way through his cape. Magus' eyes widened in fear. Slash walked towards Magus, and Magus ran to the corner like a scared child, his eye full of fear. "You have been a very bad slave Janus... Your punishment shall be swift." Slash said. "No! No Lord Slash, please don't hit me anymore! I'll be a good slave, I promise!" Magus said, but his voice was weak and childlike. "Please." crack! crack! crack! "No whining!" Slash said. Lucca cast Flare on Yakra and he fell dead. "Let him go!" Lucca said pointing her gun at Slash's large purple head, Crack! "Ahh!" Lucca screamed in pain as a long red gash appeared down the side of her arm. "No!" Magus said weakly. "Oh... I see. This whip is not your weakness. The girl is..." Slash said and walked over to Lucca, Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! the whip echoed in the courtroom now that most of the people had left the courtroom. Lucca screamed and began to cry, her shirt was torn to shreds and her back was covered in bloody gashes from the whip. Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! "That's right Janus, I will kill the girl. Just like that stupid woman you where so fondly in love with." Slash said. "Iris? You killed IRIS?!?" Magus screamed. "Yes, I had the cook poison her food. A warlord did not need to worry about such petty things as love." Slash said. Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! the whip sounded. "Should we not help Miss Lucca, Sir Frog?" Robo asked hiding under a table with Frog, "Nay, 'tis something that Magus must sort out on his own. I only pray that Lady Lucca can hold out long enough." Frog replied.
Lucca screamed in pain and agony every time the whip smacked against her now exposed flesh, her shirt was in ribbons on the floor, her back and arms a twisted bloody mess. "Ha ha! You will die girl. I will make sure of that!" Slash said. Suddenly Slash stopped whipping Lucca, a large shadow spread across the room, and a single gloved hand grabbed the hand the whip was in, and with a single squeeze, the bones in the hand where shattered. "Ahhh!! My sword hand!" Slash screamed. Slash turned around to see Magus, his iris eyes glowed red, his body covered in darkness, a scythe in his hand, Magus seemed ten feet taller than Slash, though he had not grown any. "Slash, you worthless slime. how dare you kill Iris, or whip Lucca. You had no right to do any of those things, your score is with me. Not with anyone else, but now. You shall never torture another soul again. "Dark Wind!" Magus shouted as a new spell, one even stronger than Dark Matter was used. The wind began to howl, and the sky outside became dark. The wind suddenly turned into thousands of black knives and they all flew at Slash. "Huh?" was all Slash got out before he was ripped to pieces by the thousands of blades. Frog used a healing spell on Lucca. "That will heal her wounds, but she still may not recover. Alas that is the strongest healing magic I know, and she was very damaged." Magus threw his scythe into his cape and it disappeared amongst the purple fabric, Magus lifted Lucca in his arms and carried her from the courtroom.
Several weeks passed and Lucca remained unconscious, Crono and Marle had showed up and had stayed in the castle. Although the other five friends checked on Lucca often, Magus never left her side. "Please don't die Lucca. It's not yet your time. If you die... I can't bring you back... the Chrono Trigger was destroyed, there is no way... Don't die." Crono walked into the room and placed a hand on Magus' shoulder. "I'm sure she'll be fine." Crono said. "No she won't!" Magus snapped, "She'll die, and it's all my fault. She never should have come here, should have let me get executed, end my pain... Everyone and everything that ever cared for me dies, Schala, Alfador, Iris, and now... Lucca." Magus shook his head. "Hey why's everybody so sad? Who died?" a voice asked. Crono and Magus both stared down at the bed to see Lucca's eyes wide open, "Robo, Frog, Marle, Ayla, she's awake!" Crono hollered. Everyone rushed in. "What's going on?" Lucca asked. "Oh thank the lord, I thought you were dead!" Magus said. "I never really pictured you as a religious person Magus." Lucca said. "Don't you remember, Slash? The whip?" Magus asked. "Of course I do. No one could ever forget that. But you really thought that would kill me?" Lucca asked. "Well..." Magus said. "Just how weak do you think I am?" Lucca asked. "I fought too you know!" Lucca said.
Epilogue: The Celebration
The People of Gaurdia celebrated the death of Ozzie, Slash, and Flea. Yakra was destroyed and the chancellor was found in a box in his room. There was a parade in the newly built "Leene Square" where the queen herself christened her bell. All seven of the time travelers and Kino sat around a large table. "So, you two are married now huh? How's that working out for you?" Magus asked. "Pretty good. Marle and I love each other, so it works out. So when are you and Lucca getting married?" Crono asked. "What? What are you talking about?" Magus and Lucca said in unison. "Well it's obvious that you two are made for each other. Can I be the best man?" Crono replied. "Can Ayla and I be bridesmaids?" Marle asked. "You will all be dead if you keep insinuating that Lucca and I are in love." Magus threatened. "Yeah, like I would ever marry a guy as creepy and evil as Magus." Lucca said. "And like I would ever marry someone who knows more than I, and besides, she isn't that good looking." Magus said. "Well you don't look so hot yourself." Lucca said. "Don't try to deny it. We all heard about the two of you's episode with the whisky, plus Magus was a little too concerned about your well being after the courtroom scene. Magus hasn't been this worried about someone's life since Schala disappeared." Marle said. "But Janus and I are just friends." Lucca said. "That proves it." Marle said. "What proves it?" Lucca asked. "You called him Janus!" Marle giggled. "He told me too." Lucca said. "He told you too because he had feelings for you." Crono said. "And thy do act differently around thyselves." Frog said. "I'm warning you, I'll turn you into something much worse than a frog this time." Magus said to Frog. "Lucca and Magus sittin' in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love then comes marriage, then comes Lucca with a baby carriage!" Marle said and laughed. "Grr.... We're not in love!" Magus said. "Ayla and Kino used to say same things, we saw we hate each other. Now look." Ayla said pointing to her belly. "I think that maybe I should turn you all into bugs and then stomp on you." Magus said. "Aw, the prince of darkness is embarrassed." Marle said still giggling. "Or maybe a lizard of some sort for you." Magus said to Marle. "Why do you make fun of Sir Janus and Lady Lucca's affection for each other?" Robo asked. "We're not in love!" Magus and Lucca said in unison. "Oh come on, you two are such a cute couple." Marle said. "Need I remind you that my dark powers have increased by leaps and bounds since a few weeks ago?" Magus growled. "Yeah, stop insinuating that we are in love." Lucca said. "Yes Mrs. Zeal!" Marle said. "That's right... hey! I said stop it!" Lucca yelled. "I can see the invitations now. You are now cordially invited to the joining together in wedlock of Ms. Lucca Ashtear and Mr. Janus Zeal. Oh Magus, you'll have to wear a tuxedo!" Marle said. "I swear Marle, you are this close to becoming an insect." Magus growled.
An announcer walked on a stage that was set up. "People of Gaurdia, we are about to play a love song to dedicate this bell. So would our guests, the future king and queen of Gaurdia come up her please?" Crono and Marle walked up. "Now by festival rules, the honorable guests get to pick two people to dance together." "Ohh no..." Magus said burying his face in his hands, Lucca did likewise. "So King Crono, Queen Nadia... Who do you pick?" the announcer asked. "We pick Magus and Lucca to dance together." Marle said. "Make the song a long one." Marle said to the announcer and he nodded. "Well I don't guess we can break Gaurdia tradition..." Lucca said. "No... I suppose not." Magus said. The song began to play, "Janus may I have this dance?" Lucca asked reluctantly. "Yes..." Magus said slightly agitated at his "friends". "Lucca, it has been almost seventeen years since I last danced. I do not remember how." Magus said. "No, I don't suppose that the mystics gave you any ballroom dancing classes, but I was never taught either." Lucca said. "Like this." Marle said and grabbed Magus' hands. She placed Magus' hands on Lucca's butt, and Crono placed Lucca's hands around Magus' neck. The two where pushed very close together. The song played. Lucca's head rested against Magus' chest, "This is really embarrassing." Lucca said. "Yes, it is. I really do not like where my hands are placed either. Heads will roll for this." Magus said as the two danced across the floor. "Magus, we are really going to have to get them back for this." Lucca said rubbing her head on Magus' chest, her arms barely reached his neck because he was so much taller than her. "Agreed." was all Magus said. The people where dancing all around them and both Magus and Lucca thanked the lord that spotlights weren't invented yet.
"Do you think they'll be mad?" Marle asked. "Definitely, but this may be the only way for them to admit their feelings for each other. So, I figure it's okay if they're mad at us, they'll thank us some day." Crono said. "Or kill us." Marle added. "Yeah, anyway. Milady, would you like to dance?" Crono asked holding his hand out to Marle. "Why of course my darling." Marle laughed and took Crono's hand.
Magus gazed down at Lucca, she looked very tired, and understandably so, it was very late at night. "Are Lucca and I only deceiving each other, do we really have feelings for each other. I can't remember how I felt around Iris, it's been so long... Only time will tell." Magus thought moving around the dance floor, Magus thought it odd the way humans danced during love songs, it was basically just a way for two people to grope each other, in the kingdom of Zeal, dancing was an art form, taken completely serious, no acceptations. Magus sort of liked thinking of dancing as a game rather than a chore. Maybe he was meant to live in the future, certainly not this time, but where? Maybe Lucca's time, it was for the most part peaceful and calm, and there where so many great inventions. The song was going on forever, Magus felt a sneaking suspicion that Crono and Marle had something to do with that. "Lucca's hair smells really good." Magus thought to himself.
Lucca lay cradled by Magus, it was the most embarrassing moment of her life. Lucca had never been truly in love with anyone, sure she had a crush on Crono and a few other boys she knew when she was growing up, but why would Magus be her one and only, it couldn't be true could it? Magus was a hating vengeful creature who lived to survive, no other reason. But these last few weeks had changed him, he was more human than before. But they could never be together, not until Magus found Schala anyway, and that could take forever. There was no way the two of them could be together. Lucca yawned and began to blink, it was late and this soothing music had made her sleepy, but she was afraid she might offend Magus or worse, give Marle and Crono more things to make fun of her about. Maybe her and Magus where meant for each other, and only they couldn't see it. Maybe Magus and her had denied it so much that they where blind to something so obvious. "Yeah, I'll fall for Magus when Frog kisses Ayla." Lucca thought to herself. Lucca looked over at the table she had been sitting at, and there was Frog, he was... kissing Ayla on the lips..... "Ha ha god, very funny." Lucca said looking up at the starry sky.
"Terribly sorry Miss Ayla." Frog said cleaning off some crumbs from his armor, what had happened that Lucca hadn't seen was Frog walking towards the table with some cakes and tripping over a table leg falling into Ayla, but from behind it did appear that they where kissing. Lucca gazed at the stars, "The stars..." Lucca said breaking the silence between her and Magus, "They're so beautiful tonight." Magus craned his head upwards, "Yes, this is one of the better nights. The stars do look beautiful tonight." Magus said. Had she heard him right? "Janus?" Lucca asked. "What is it?" Magus said looking down at her. "Does this mean that Crono, Marle, and the others where right and we are meant for each other?" Lucca asked. "I hope not. I would hate to admit that they were right after mocking us like that." Magus said. "Yeah, you're right." Lucca said resting her head back on Magus' chest. Lucca closed her eyes and fell asleep in Magus' arms.
The End
I would like to make a note that this story ties into Chrono Cross in NO way, as that game sucks and I hate it. So Lucca won't die at the hands of Lynx and Harle and Kid will not be in this either. So, stay tuned for part three. Till Next Time... -MasklessDuckman
By: MasklessDuckman
This story is of course a follow up to Magus: The Legacy. This story takes place about four years after the end of Magus: The Legacy. None of these characters or settings belong to me, but this story plot does, so don't steal it!
Chapter 1:Magus on Trial
"Why oh why did I have to come back to this god forsaken place?" Magus thought to himself. Magus lay on a bed in the new dungeon that was added to Gaurdia Castle (604 A.D.). Magus had come back to this time for reasons that he didn't know, he had just returned. When he got there, Ozzie had returned and started up the second war of the mystics, or really was ready to. Magus flattened thousands of mystics to stop Ozzie, then when he got to the end, he had to fight Flea and Slash again. Then Flea and Slash merged to form Flash. Then after that battle Flash fused with Ozzie to form Flozzeah. Magus took them out, but as the did all the remaining mystics gave Flozzeah their powers and he used it on Magus, and Magus was mortally injured. After Ozzie, Slash, and Flea where dead for good a group of Gaurdian soldiers took him to the castle, got him fixed up and threw him in the prison. Magus was to be put on trial in the new courtroom. Magus looked at his injured side, Frog was gone to far away and wouldn't be back for some time, so the frog couldn't vouch for the warlock. Magus rolled over and went to sleep.
"Hey! Wake up, you got a visitor!" The guard said poking Magus with the end of his pike through the bars. Magus sat up and looked towards the door. "Lucca?" Magus said, he was rather glad to see her, though confused. "How did you know that I was in here?" Magus asked. Lucca held up a book that said, "History of Gaurdia." Lucca opened it up to a bookmarked page and read aloud, "The lofty warlock Magus, executed in 604 A.D. The first person to be on trial. Magus was sentenced of murder and genocide. The warlock was executed by the guillotine on March 15, 604 as he had no defense to protect him. That is where I come in, I will be your lawyer. Crono and Marle couldn't come, they where on their honeymoon, but soon they will find the note I left at the castle and come. Where's Frog?" Lucca said. "Frog's gone. Something about leaving on a vacation or something." Magus said rubbing his eyes. "So it looks like just you and me kid." Magus added. "Kid? He's never called me that before." Lucca thought to herself. "So... Uh... Did you ever find out anything about Schala?" Lucca asked. "Someone in 1996 A.D. said they saw her, but she left. That's all I found." Magus said. Magus looked rather pitiful, his eyes where red like he had had little sleep, his hair was a mess, his side was bandaged, and he had a broken arm. "So, how do you plan to redeem me?" Magus asked. "Well, I intend to tell everyone how you where corrupted by the mystics as a child, and how you saved the world from Lavos." Lucca said confidently. Magus suddenly noticed something, "Why aren't you wearing you're glasses?" Magus asked. "Oh, I got contact lenses, they do the same thing, but don't look near as geeky." Lucca said laughing, her purple hair actually looked rather nice without that stupid helmet on it. Lucca could be rather beautiful when she tried. "I will stay in the cell next door." Lucca said pointing to the cell that was touching the one he was in. "But, it's cramped, dark, and musty in here. You wouldn't want to stay here, besides, you have no walls to hide behind. I know that you aren't like most girls, but I'm sure even you have something you don't want me to see." Magus said. Lucca smiled, "Relax, I brought a curtain. Besides, it's important I stay. So you have some moral support." Lucca said. "Well, okay. It's probably useless arguing with you anyway." Magus said. "Now you're gettin' it!" Lucca said smiling. "Lucca could you do me one favor?" Magus asked. "What?" Lucca said. "Could you go get Ayla and Robo so that they can testify?" Magus said. "Of course I can Magus." Lucca said. "Oh, one more thing Lucca. Call me Janus." Magus said. "Sure... Janus." Lucca said and hurried down the halls to the Epoch. "Was that the same Lucca I knew two years ago?" Magus asked himself. "She looked... Good." he thought.
Lucca sped through the time stream in the Epoch. Magus had seemed somehow different to her... but she couldn't place it, and asking her to call him Janus? He was acting strangely, of course Lucca thought he was cute in a creepy way, but Marle thought the same thing. Magus was a lot like Lucca, they where both alone, Crono had Marle, Frog had Queen Leene (I know, Queen Leene is married, but there is an ending in Crono Trigger with Frog and Queen Leene getting married for some reason.), Ayla had Kino, Robo had Atropos, but Lucca and Magus didn't have anyone. Magus had a sister, but that was a different kind of love. Anyway, Lucca doubted that Magus ever wanted to get into a serious relationship with anyone anyway. The Zeal name would end with him.
Chapter 2:Back Through Time
Lucca landed the Epoch next to Ayla's hut in Ioka Village, Lucca opened up the cockpit and stepped out, the chill air shot up Lucca's skirt, and she suddenly wished she had wore pants, or at last a long dress. Lucca shivered and hugged herself. This must have been the ice age that Azala had spoken of with his dying breaths. Lucca walked into the tent, and sure enough there was Ayla. "Lucca! Ayla happy see!!" Ayla said. Ayla was wearing a fur over her, it was obviously too cold for her bikini thing or whatever it was. As Ayla sat down, Lucca saw a big bulge in her stomach. "Oh, you're pregnant?" Lucca asked. "Yes, Ayla and Kino get married, Ayla have baby soon." Ayla said. "So, what will you name it?" Lucca asked. "If girl, Leah. If boy, Crono." Ayla said. "Aw, that's sweet." Lucca said. "Lucca look different, not have things on eyes. No more hat either." Ayla said. "Oh, yeah, I got these things called contact lenses, see?" Lucca took out one of her lenses and carefully placed it on the end of Ayla's finger. Ayla examined the small disk, "Lucca look better with kon-tak lenzes. Should wear more often." Ayla annunciated the word as it was new to her. "So, why Lucca here?" Ayla finally asked. "Oh, right! Almost forgot. In 604 A.D. Magus is being put on trial, he will be killed if he is found guilty, a trial is what Marle's father was put on, do you remember that?" Lucca said. Ayla nodded. "Magus strong, stronger than Ayla. Magus friend, Ayla help, tell how Magus save world. No kill Magus." Ayla said. "Yes, we have to go get Robo now. Frog is on vacation and Crono and Marle are on their honeymoon." Lucca said. "What honeymoon?" Ayla asked. Lucca's face turned bright red, "Well... Uh... It's... um... It's how you made that." Lucca said pointing to Ayla's stomach. "Ahh, Kino and Ayla go on many many honeymoons!" Ayla said. "That was way more information than I needed Ayla!" Lucca said, Ayla just smiled stupidly and laughed. Ayla said goodbye to Kino, Lucca helped Ayla into the Epoch, careful not to hurt the baby. The Epoch took off towards the future.
Lucca had not been to the future since it had changed, it was rather nice, there was grass, it was not to hot or cold, the air was clean and fresh smelling and the white clouds floated through the blue skies. The domes where not as wrecked and all of the labs where in perfect shape. Lucca landed at the dome where Crono, Marle, and Lucca had found Robo and went inside. "Hello, who are you?" Robo asked. (Since the future changed, Robo never met the time travelers.) Lucca pulled a disk out of her bag and said, "Good thing I made a copy of his hard drive before he left. Lucca inserted the disk in Robo's head and all the memories came back. "Lucca? Ayla? What are you doing here?" Robo asked. "Magus was put on trial in 604 A.D. you have to testify that he is innocent or else he will be put to death." Lucca explained. "Oh my that's terrible. Lucca, you look different." Robo said. "Yeah, I have contact lenses now so I don't wear glasses now, at any rate, let's go!" Lucca said and put Robo and Ayla in the Epoch and took off back towards 604 A.D.
Chapter 3:The Trial
Magus was lead into the courtroom with his hands tied in front of him.(Paying no attention to his broken arm) Magus and Lucca sat down at a small table, there was another one on the other side of the room where the chancellor sat with a woman. The judge came to his stand and said, "Janus Zeal, you are charged with Genocide and Murder. How do you plead?" The judge said. "Guilty, but I intend to prove that I am a changed man and that I was forced into working with the mystics." Magus said. "Very well, let the trial begin. Miss Ashtear your opening statement please." The judge said. Lucca stood up and said, "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. My client Janus Zeal a.k.a Magus was born in the dark ages. 12,013 B.C. to be exact. His demented mother had his sister raise an ancient evil that could destroy the world, when it rose, everyone but the queen got thrown into separate time portals, Magus was put here fourteen years ago, he would have been killed by the mystics but he saved himself with magic, so he was captured by the mystics where they trained him to be the perfect killing machine, they brain washed him... by way of torture. But Magus has been reformed, he saved the world from utter destruction, I fought by his side against Lavos." Lucca said. "Can you provide solid proof that Magus was tortured miss Lucca?" The judge asked. "Well, er no." Lucca said. "I can." Magus said, "But you'll have to untie my hands, it's okay, I won't run away, I feel deep regret for the deeds which I have done. Thus I will except this court." Magus said, the guards unbound his hands and Magus removed his plate mail armor, Magus pulled off his cape and shirt and turned around. All over Magus' back and chest where whip scars, and on his back was a brand that said, "Worthless Slave." on it. "Slash put the brand there when I talked back to him...." Magus said. Lucca placed her hand over her mouth, she never even fathomed the torture that he went through, being only seven years old and tortured by such malicious creatures of the mystics. Lucca had always sort of thought of Magus as a kind of jerk more than a tortured soul, but she realized that Magus was a product of the mystics, not of Janus Zeal.
The trial progressed, "Miss Ashtear, your first witness please." The judge said. "Your honor, I would like to call Ayla Ioka to the stand." Lucca said. "Now, Mrs. Ioka. How well did you know Magus." Lucca asked. "Ayla know Magus very good, Magus strong, help fight Lavos!" Ayla said. "Would you say that Magus was an evil man?" Lucca asked. "No, Magus scary at first. But really scared boy trying find sister, have hard life." Ayla said. The chancellor stood up, "Objection your honor. This woman is barely coherent!" The chancellor said. "Yes, miss Ashtear. We will not accept this witness." The judge said. "Grr... Thank you Mrs. Ioka." Lucca said as Ayla went and sat down.
"Chancellor, your first witness please." The chancellor brought the woman up to the stands, "What is your name madam?" The chancellor asked. "My name is Elena Brightsword." the woman said. "And what did Magus do to you?" The chancellor asked. "My... My son was killed in the war, and my husband threatened a group of mystics when they where in my town... The next night... Magus came and killed my husband... and I was... raped by him." the woman said. "Lies!!! I have never even seen this woman before!" Magus stood up and said rather enraged. Lucca pulled the king of the mystics back down to his chair and whispered, "You are NOT helping!" "Mr. Zeal. I will not tolerate such outbursts in my courtroom." The judge said. "Yes... Yes your honor." Magus said. "Objection!" Lucca said, "This woman has no proof that she was raped by my client." Lucca said. "You need proof?" the woman said. The woman waved to a man in the crowd, he brought a baby up and pulled the blanket away from it's face. The baby had blue hair, red eyes, and pointy ears. "Your honor, in light of recent developments, I would ask that court be adjourned until tomorrow." Lucca said. "Very well, court is adjourned." the judge said banging his gavel.
Chapter 4:That Night
"I cannot defend you if you are going to have sudden outburst, and not only that, but you LIED to the jury... you lied to ME!!" Lucca said as they walked through the halls, Magus was put in his cell, and Lucca moved into her Cell/Room next to his cell and shut the door behind her. Magus lay on his bed for several minutes looking up at the ceiling and finally said, "I... I didn't lie. I have killed countless men, women, and yes, even children, but I have never raped anyone. I have never... I've never even... been with a woman in that way." Magus said. Lucca's anger turned to interest, "Really?" Lucca said. "How old are you?" "I'm... I'm twenty-four." Magus replied, rather embarrassed. "Have you ever even been in love?" Lucca asked. "You're not a near close enough a friend as you'd need to be, and I'm not near as drunk as I'd need to be to tell you." Magus said, a small half smile on his face. "Oh come on, I'll tell you who I had a crush on." Lucca offered. "It's someone that you know." Lucca said sweetly. "Who?" Magus asked, half-curious. "You first." Lucca teased. "Why should I tell you? For all you know, I've never been in love." Magus said. "Well, there's only one way to know for sure." Lucca said. "No." Magus replied. "Aw, come on. I used to have a crush on Crono. There, I said mine, now you say yours." Lucca said. "You had a crush on him? I mean I know that he was your best friend and all, but by Lavos, couldn't you have done better than him?" Magus said. "Like who? You?" Lucca asked. "What? No, you wouldn't have stood a chance with me." Magus said. "Why not? Don't you find me beautiful?" Lucca asked, pouting slightly. "Well, of course. But you're not my type." Magus said. "And what is "your type" ?" Lucca asked. "Why should I tell you?" Magus said. "Because... I bet it's some brooding temptress with a dark heart, like a female you. Right?" Lucca asked. "No." Magus said trying to ignore Lucca. "Then what is it?" Lucca asked. "I told you, you're not a near close enough friend, and I'm not near drunk enough to tell you." Magus replied. "So let's get drunk, I'll be too tipsy to care, and even if I do remember you can deny it all later." Lucca said. Magus flashed her an odd glance and arched his eyebrows at her. "Heh heh heh. I'm kidding. Like we both need hangovers for tomorrow's trial. Besides, I can't hold my liquor very well anyway." Lucca smirked. "Riiiight." Magus said. "Let's change the subject." "Okay, I have a question for you. What, exactly is Flea?" Lucca asked. "A mystic." Magus replied. "No no no, I mean. Flea said he was a man, but he looked rather feminine, and he had bigger, you knows than me." Lucca asked. "Oh, heh, that! Flea is a shape shifter. He actually took the form of one of his ancestors that was a woman. Flea believes that both genders have their advantages, woman are stronger in beauty, and men are stronger in power. So he made a compromise." Magus said, sort of smiling at Lucca's comment. "What kind of sick creature would try to look like a woman?" Lucca asked. "Flea was a little off from the start, he used to give me these blue freelancer eyeballs as punishment, they burned, and tasted sour and bitter all at the same time. And on top of that, the taste remained in your mouth for weeks after that, I can remember shoveling dirt and rotten hay into my mouth to get rid of the taste." Magus said. "Yech." Lucca said sticking out her tongue, a look of disgust on her face. "Well, hold that thought, I better get ready for bed." Lucca said. Lucca pulled the curtain, Magus could see Lucca's shadow through the curtain removing her clothes and putting on new ones to sleep in.
Lucca pulled the curtain back wearing a pair of skintight black shorts, a tank top, and white socks. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know that you where still in your underwear." Magus said averting his eyes. "What? You can look, this isn't my underwear." Lucca replied. "Well, customs sure have changed. Back in Zeal, women basically covered their bodies in armor as underwear, and it got worse in the middle ages. Plus I am accustomed to women wearing night gowns." Magus said. "Nah, too uncomfortable. I like these better." Lucca said. "Well, I am tired. I believe I shall retire for tonight." Magus said. "Sorry Ayla couldn't help your case, Robo is taking her home. He should be back by tomorrow, I told him to stop and check for Crono and Marle, and then go look for Frog. Anyway, good night." Lucca said and blew out all the candles on the walls.
"Ahhh!!!!!!" A piercing scream spread through the night. Lucca sat straight up in bed and looked over to the cell next to her. "Stop!! Stop!! I will behave, no more of the whip. Please, I will behave." Magus screamed out, he was having a horrible nightmare, but Lucca did not wish to wake him. Maybe she could comfort him if she could just get into that cell. Lucca looked at the bars for a moment and slid her head between the bars, "This may work." Lucca thought to herself. Lucca took as big a breath as she could so she could fit through the bars, she tried for several moments as Magus called out. Lucca finally managed to slip through the iron bars and walked over and sat down on a stool by Magus' bed. "Janus, it's going to be alright." Lucca said and stroked his hair like a mother would a child. This obviously awoke a more pleasant memory as Magus stopped screaming and said, "Schala." that was all Magus said, but a warm smile crept onto his pale face and rolled over and faced the wall. "Lucca..." Magus mumbled only half-coherent as the pillow was in his face. "Lucca what?" Lucca asked gently, wanting to know what his dream was about. "Lucca stop peeking in on my dreams and go back to bed." Magus said dryly and opened his eyes to look at her. "Heh, that was not what I was doing. You were having nightmares and screaming, so I comforted you." Lucca said innocently biting her lip. "Yes whatever. Now how did you get over here?" Magus asked. "I squeezed through the bars." Lucca said. "Hmm. I may remember that." Magus said. "No, your ego would never fit through." Lucca said smiling. "Very funny, go back to bed." Magus replied dryly. "Well excu-use me!" Lucca said and slipped back through the iron bars to her bed. Had he actually had a dream about her, or did he just say that because he knew that she was eavesdropping? Only Magus knew, Lucca went back to sleep fairly quickly, there where no more interruptions that night.
Chapter 5:The Trial Day 2
The judge came in and sat down. Robo had not found Crono, Marle, or Frog. So far the only evidence they had where Janus' scars, whereas the chancellor had what appeared to be Magus' bastard son. "Miss Ashtear, your witness please." the judge said to Lucca. "Yes, your honor. I would like to call R-66Y Prometheus to the stand." Lucca said. Robo came up and sat down. "Now Mr. Prometheus, how well do you know Magus?" Lucca asked. "I have known Magus as a friend and ally. When first I heard of him, I thought him a tyrant, a demon with no sense of honor. But as I got to know him, he proved to be very human and friendly. I would say getting him away from those mystics and giving him hope of finding his sister really brought him back." Robo said. "No further questions." Lucca said sitting down. "Chancellor, do you have any questions for the witness?" The judge asked. "Yes your honor." The chancellor said standing up. "Now, Mr. Prometheus. Now, remind me again, what manner of creature are you?" "A robot." Robo answered. "Now, what is a robot Mr. Prometheus?" The chancellor asked. "A robot is a machine designed for one of several uses, mine was to be a machine of war." Robo said. "Now, Mr. Prometheus, who reprogrammed you with this new attitude? And let me remind you Mr. Prometheus that you are under oath." The chancellor said. "Miss Lucca reprogrammed me." Robo said. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, he was reprogrammed by the exact woman who defends this tyrant, she has programmed this machine to do as she says. This is obviously a ruse, I implore you, let this rotten creature burn in hell for all eternity." The chancellor said. "No further questions your honor."
"Chancellor, your witness." the judge said. The chancellor led a teenage boy up to the the stand. "What is your name son?" the chancellor asked. "My name is Fleach Markos from Porre." The boy said. Magus and Lucca looked at each other confused by the boy's odd name. "Now, what did Magus do to you?" the chancellor questioned. "I was about seven at the time, I was playing inside my house in Porre when the mystics attacked, Magus himself walked into my house, Magus took his scythe out and chopped off my mother's head... then... then he... he made me... he made me eat my mother's dead body." The boy said crying sadly. Magus' eyes widened, he was about to have an outburst like yesterday, but Lucca put her hand on his shoulder and shook her head. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this demonic man killed this child's mother in front of his face and made him eat the dead body of his mother. What sort of sick individual would do such a demented thing?" the chancellor asked. Lucca walked up to the boy and said, "Tell me, you said that you where in your house in Porre, yet you have the accent of someone from Truce. Why is that?" Lucca asked. "Well, my parents moved to Porre when I was born and then back to Truce." the boy said. "But I thought that you said they where killed?" Lucca said. "They where, my foster parents moved me there." The boy said. "Really, now for you to have a Truce accent you would have to have lived in Truce for more than a year, but you say you are from Porre." Lucca said. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this witness is obviously a fake! The chancellor has obviously paid this boy to make his statement, not only that, but his name is obviously fake, no one with the last name Markos has ever lived in Porre or Truce. The chancellor has set Magus up, this reformed man who saved your kingdom from the second war of the mystics, I implore you make the right choice!" Lucca said. The judge pounded his gavel, "Court is adjourned for today, and we shall meet again tomorrow." The judge said.
Chapter 6:Celebration!
That night Lucca sent Robo off in the Epoch to go find Frog. "Score one for the Great Lucca!" Lucca said. "You work miracles Lucca. I never would have noticed the accent, you are a true genius!" Magus said. "Let's celebrate!" Lucca said pulling a bottle of wine from her pack, "I thought you said that you couldn't hold your liquor?" Magus asked. "Well, I'll just have to trust that you wont take advantage of my while I'm drunk." Lucca said. "You almost sound like you want me to." Magus said. Lucca squeezed through the bars with her pack. Lucca popped the cork out of the bottle and pulled out two large glasses. Lucca filled both of the glasses and put one in Magus' hands. "A toast... to freedom!" Lucca said. "To freedom!" Magus repeated and began to drink.
Several hours later: "So have you ever been in love?" Lucca said, her voice very slurred. "Once." Magus said, his voice almost the same, though he was a little more sober than Lucca. "Who?" Lucca asked. "A woman I found when I destroyed a village. I took her back to my castle, we where deeply in love, but... she died of some disease." Magus said. "Wow, that's reeeeely sad." Lucca said. "You're very drunk, do you know that?" Magus asked. "Nuh uh, I only had four glasses." Lucca said and held up seven fingers. "You are as tipsy as they get." Magus said. "I love you Baby!" Lucca said throwing herself onto Magus and kissing him. "Whew! Your breath could kill trees, you need to lay off the wine." Magus said, not really taking her seriously as she was drunk enough to say anything. "Oh yeah, I'll show you laying off the wine!" Lucca said, she pulled another bottle from her bag and chugged the entire thing, followed by a second. Magus quickly took the bag away from her not knowing how many bottles she had brought. "Hey! Bring that baaaack." Lucca said. "You have had way too much tonight." Magus said slurred. "But I can take..." Lucca fell asleep standing up, then suddenly woke up, "...it." she said and collapsed on the floor.
Lucca woke up the next morning feeling like she needed to shave her tongue. She was laying in a rather comical position, her head was facing towards the door, but her chest was facing towards the back wall, she laid on her shoulders, and her legs where stretched up by her head, she was back in her cell/room on her bed. "Oh.... My head..." Lucca mumbled, she sat up and noticed that she was changed. "Hey Magus, how did I get changed?" Lucca asked. "I changed you after several failed attempts of changing yourself. You put your socks on your ears, your shorts on your head, and your shirt on like shorts. I finally helped you change clothes." Magus said. "So you saw me in my...?" Lucca said. "Relax, it's no more that Ayla wears." Magus said. "Still, the point still stands. Oh and don't even begin to think that I forgotten about your first love." Lucca said. "Well don't you even think I forgot about you jumping in my lap, kissing me, chugging two bottles of wine, and passing out on the floor." Magus said. "You weren't kidding, you really can't hold your liquor." Magus said. "I guess that's what I get for being petite." Lucca said and smiled. "I think you lied about me drinking two bottles, I think you're just trying to make me look bad." Lucca said. "Yeah you're right, you didn't drink too much, so lets have a breakfast of scrambled eggs and some nice greasy sausage." Magus said slightly smiling. Lucca placed her hands over her mouth and ran out of the room as fast as she could. "Bleaagh!" The sounds of Lucca vomiting echoed through the halls of the dungeon, after a little while Lucca returned, her face sickly pale. Magus opened his mouth, "Well I..." "Shut up!" Lucca said quickly.
"Miss Lucca!" a voice came from outside. "What is it Robo?" Lucca asked. "Sir Frog! I have found him!" Robo said, he walked in with the little frog knight walking directly behind him. "Quite a bit of trouble thy have gotten thy self in Magus." Frog smirked. "Yeah, quiet or I'll turn you into a fly this time." Magus said. "Miss Lucca, what is wrong with thine eyes?" Robo said. "Oh, I just had a little too much to drink last night." Lucca replied. "The understatement of the year. She drank so much that I had to dress her." Magus said. "Oh, I had no idea that the two of thou felt such a way for thine selves?" Frog smirked. "What? No way in hell!" The two said simultaneously.
Chapter 7:The Trial Day 3
The next day the trial began again. "Miss Ashtear, your first witness please." the judge said. "Yes your honor. I would like to call Glenn the frog to the stand." Lucca said, and everyone in the dim courtroom gasped as Frog hopped up to seat. "Mr. Frog." Lucca said, "What was your first impression of Magus?" Lucca asked. "I thought that the warlock was a dark hearted true blooded killer." Frog said. "Do you still feel that way?" Lucca asked. "Nay, I hath learned that Magus is not an evil man, only mislead." Frog said. "No further questions your honor." Lucca said, satisfied that she had won this round. "Mr. Frog?" The chancellor asked, "Didn't you used to have a friend?" "Aye, Sir Cyrus." Frog replied. Magus knew exactly where this was going. "Whatever happened to Sir Cyrus?" The chancellor asked. "He fell in battle." Frog replied. "And who killed Sir Cyrus, Mr. Frog?" the chancellor asked. "M... Magus killed Sir Cyrus." Frog replied. "And who turned you into a Frog?" the chancellor questioned. "Magus... Magus turned me into a frog." Frog said. "So this is his fault?" the chancellor said. "No matter how strong Magus is, he cannot bring back the dead." Frog said. "Maybe not, but he could turn you back into a human. Why is it that he doesn't?" the chancellor asked. "Because... I cannot." Magus said from his seat. "What?" Frog and the chancellor asked in unison. "The spell... the spell I used... there is no counter spell... my death triggers the spell to stop." Magus said. "So Mr. Frog. You heard him, without his death you remain a frog. Don't you now wish that he would die?" the chancellor asked. "Nay. I wouldst not let another life be taken to bring back mine. 'Tis a sin, no matter what this man has done in the past, he haseth reformed. Besides, I rather like being a frog." Frog replied. The chancellor growled, "Very well, no further questions your honor." the chancellor said.
"Chancellor, your witness please." the judge said. The chancellor led a very chunky old man to the witness chair, "What is your name sir?" the chancellor asked. "Ozfield Jones." the man said. What was with these witnesses' stupid names? "Mr. Jones. What despicable deed did Magus do to you?" The chancellor asked. "I was a Gaurdia soldier. Magus attacked my best friend and ripped him to pieces. Then... He hung me up by his entrails and had that sorceress Flea hit me with a whip." The man said. "No further questions your honor." the chancellor said. "Miss Ashtear, do you have any questions?" the judge asked. "Yes, now Mr. Jones. Exactly how much did you weigh at the time you where in the military?" Lucca asked. "Well, I weighed about one hundred and ten pounds give or take." the man replied. "Ahh, I see. You are a liar! A human intestine can only hold about thirty pounds of weight. So therefore you are lying!" Lucca said. "No further questions your honor." "Miss Ashtear, your closing statement." the judge said. "Yes your honor. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. This man the chancellor has brought two witnesses that have been proven to be liars! I urge you Magus is an honorable man, who is not even a shadow of the demon he once was. He saved the world from Lavos, and he saved Gaurdia from the mystics. I urge you, set this man free as he deserves." Lucca said and sat down. "Chancellor your closing statement." the judge said. "I have already made my point to the jury several times." the chancellor said. "Jury, your verdict." the judge said. There where nine people in the jury, a man walked out and said, "Not guilty.". A woman walked out and said, "Guilty." After several minutes, the gulties had four people and the non-guilties had four. The last juror walked out and looked at Magus, the chancellor, and the judge, "Not Guilty." the man said. The judge banged his gavel, "Janus Zeal, I declare you... Free to go." the judge said.
"Nooo!!" the chancellor said, "You must burn in hell for you sins!" The chancellor began to grow and turned into a Yakra, the fat man began to change color to reveal himself as Ozzie, the woman with Magus' alleged child walked in and also began to change color and revealed herself as Flea holding a blue imp, and the teenager walked in and revealed himself as Slash. "Magus, you have committed a terrible sin against the mystics, for that you must pay!" Ozzie said. "I beat you before, what makes you think I can't do it again?" Magus asked. "They say the dog that has been kicked fears the boot. The boot is his weakness." Slash said stretching out a black leather whip before him, "So come here you dumb slave, and I shall punish you for your crimes!" Flea laughed and pulled out a second whip, Flea rushed forward and Magus summoned a black hole, "What the? No!!!" Flea said as he was sucked into the dark vortex and Magus closed it behind him. Magus hit Ozzie with Dark Matter, and the fat imp disintegrated, he was obviously still weak from the battle a few days ago. Magus began casting spells on Yakra when a loud Crack! was heard throughout the courtroom. A large gash on Magus' back, all the way through his cape. Magus' eyes widened in fear. Slash walked towards Magus, and Magus ran to the corner like a scared child, his eye full of fear. "You have been a very bad slave Janus... Your punishment shall be swift." Slash said. "No! No Lord Slash, please don't hit me anymore! I'll be a good slave, I promise!" Magus said, but his voice was weak and childlike. "Please." crack! crack! crack! "No whining!" Slash said. Lucca cast Flare on Yakra and he fell dead. "Let him go!" Lucca said pointing her gun at Slash's large purple head, Crack! "Ahh!" Lucca screamed in pain as a long red gash appeared down the side of her arm. "No!" Magus said weakly. "Oh... I see. This whip is not your weakness. The girl is..." Slash said and walked over to Lucca, Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! the whip echoed in the courtroom now that most of the people had left the courtroom. Lucca screamed and began to cry, her shirt was torn to shreds and her back was covered in bloody gashes from the whip. Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! "That's right Janus, I will kill the girl. Just like that stupid woman you where so fondly in love with." Slash said. "Iris? You killed IRIS?!?" Magus screamed. "Yes, I had the cook poison her food. A warlord did not need to worry about such petty things as love." Slash said. Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! the whip sounded. "Should we not help Miss Lucca, Sir Frog?" Robo asked hiding under a table with Frog, "Nay, 'tis something that Magus must sort out on his own. I only pray that Lady Lucca can hold out long enough." Frog replied.
Lucca screamed in pain and agony every time the whip smacked against her now exposed flesh, her shirt was in ribbons on the floor, her back and arms a twisted bloody mess. "Ha ha! You will die girl. I will make sure of that!" Slash said. Suddenly Slash stopped whipping Lucca, a large shadow spread across the room, and a single gloved hand grabbed the hand the whip was in, and with a single squeeze, the bones in the hand where shattered. "Ahhh!! My sword hand!" Slash screamed. Slash turned around to see Magus, his iris eyes glowed red, his body covered in darkness, a scythe in his hand, Magus seemed ten feet taller than Slash, though he had not grown any. "Slash, you worthless slime. how dare you kill Iris, or whip Lucca. You had no right to do any of those things, your score is with me. Not with anyone else, but now. You shall never torture another soul again. "Dark Wind!" Magus shouted as a new spell, one even stronger than Dark Matter was used. The wind began to howl, and the sky outside became dark. The wind suddenly turned into thousands of black knives and they all flew at Slash. "Huh?" was all Slash got out before he was ripped to pieces by the thousands of blades. Frog used a healing spell on Lucca. "That will heal her wounds, but she still may not recover. Alas that is the strongest healing magic I know, and she was very damaged." Magus threw his scythe into his cape and it disappeared amongst the purple fabric, Magus lifted Lucca in his arms and carried her from the courtroom.
Several weeks passed and Lucca remained unconscious, Crono and Marle had showed up and had stayed in the castle. Although the other five friends checked on Lucca often, Magus never left her side. "Please don't die Lucca. It's not yet your time. If you die... I can't bring you back... the Chrono Trigger was destroyed, there is no way... Don't die." Crono walked into the room and placed a hand on Magus' shoulder. "I'm sure she'll be fine." Crono said. "No she won't!" Magus snapped, "She'll die, and it's all my fault. She never should have come here, should have let me get executed, end my pain... Everyone and everything that ever cared for me dies, Schala, Alfador, Iris, and now... Lucca." Magus shook his head. "Hey why's everybody so sad? Who died?" a voice asked. Crono and Magus both stared down at the bed to see Lucca's eyes wide open, "Robo, Frog, Marle, Ayla, she's awake!" Crono hollered. Everyone rushed in. "What's going on?" Lucca asked. "Oh thank the lord, I thought you were dead!" Magus said. "I never really pictured you as a religious person Magus." Lucca said. "Don't you remember, Slash? The whip?" Magus asked. "Of course I do. No one could ever forget that. But you really thought that would kill me?" Lucca asked. "Well..." Magus said. "Just how weak do you think I am?" Lucca asked. "I fought too you know!" Lucca said.
Epilogue: The Celebration
The People of Gaurdia celebrated the death of Ozzie, Slash, and Flea. Yakra was destroyed and the chancellor was found in a box in his room. There was a parade in the newly built "Leene Square" where the queen herself christened her bell. All seven of the time travelers and Kino sat around a large table. "So, you two are married now huh? How's that working out for you?" Magus asked. "Pretty good. Marle and I love each other, so it works out. So when are you and Lucca getting married?" Crono asked. "What? What are you talking about?" Magus and Lucca said in unison. "Well it's obvious that you two are made for each other. Can I be the best man?" Crono replied. "Can Ayla and I be bridesmaids?" Marle asked. "You will all be dead if you keep insinuating that Lucca and I are in love." Magus threatened. "Yeah, like I would ever marry a guy as creepy and evil as Magus." Lucca said. "And like I would ever marry someone who knows more than I, and besides, she isn't that good looking." Magus said. "Well you don't look so hot yourself." Lucca said. "Don't try to deny it. We all heard about the two of you's episode with the whisky, plus Magus was a little too concerned about your well being after the courtroom scene. Magus hasn't been this worried about someone's life since Schala disappeared." Marle said. "But Janus and I are just friends." Lucca said. "That proves it." Marle said. "What proves it?" Lucca asked. "You called him Janus!" Marle giggled. "He told me too." Lucca said. "He told you too because he had feelings for you." Crono said. "And thy do act differently around thyselves." Frog said. "I'm warning you, I'll turn you into something much worse than a frog this time." Magus said to Frog. "Lucca and Magus sittin' in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love then comes marriage, then comes Lucca with a baby carriage!" Marle said and laughed. "Grr.... We're not in love!" Magus said. "Ayla and Kino used to say same things, we saw we hate each other. Now look." Ayla said pointing to her belly. "I think that maybe I should turn you all into bugs and then stomp on you." Magus said. "Aw, the prince of darkness is embarrassed." Marle said still giggling. "Or maybe a lizard of some sort for you." Magus said to Marle. "Why do you make fun of Sir Janus and Lady Lucca's affection for each other?" Robo asked. "We're not in love!" Magus and Lucca said in unison. "Oh come on, you two are such a cute couple." Marle said. "Need I remind you that my dark powers have increased by leaps and bounds since a few weeks ago?" Magus growled. "Yeah, stop insinuating that we are in love." Lucca said. "Yes Mrs. Zeal!" Marle said. "That's right... hey! I said stop it!" Lucca yelled. "I can see the invitations now. You are now cordially invited to the joining together in wedlock of Ms. Lucca Ashtear and Mr. Janus Zeal. Oh Magus, you'll have to wear a tuxedo!" Marle said. "I swear Marle, you are this close to becoming an insect." Magus growled.
An announcer walked on a stage that was set up. "People of Gaurdia, we are about to play a love song to dedicate this bell. So would our guests, the future king and queen of Gaurdia come up her please?" Crono and Marle walked up. "Now by festival rules, the honorable guests get to pick two people to dance together." "Ohh no..." Magus said burying his face in his hands, Lucca did likewise. "So King Crono, Queen Nadia... Who do you pick?" the announcer asked. "We pick Magus and Lucca to dance together." Marle said. "Make the song a long one." Marle said to the announcer and he nodded. "Well I don't guess we can break Gaurdia tradition..." Lucca said. "No... I suppose not." Magus said. The song began to play, "Janus may I have this dance?" Lucca asked reluctantly. "Yes..." Magus said slightly agitated at his "friends". "Lucca, it has been almost seventeen years since I last danced. I do not remember how." Magus said. "No, I don't suppose that the mystics gave you any ballroom dancing classes, but I was never taught either." Lucca said. "Like this." Marle said and grabbed Magus' hands. She placed Magus' hands on Lucca's butt, and Crono placed Lucca's hands around Magus' neck. The two where pushed very close together. The song played. Lucca's head rested against Magus' chest, "This is really embarrassing." Lucca said. "Yes, it is. I really do not like where my hands are placed either. Heads will roll for this." Magus said as the two danced across the floor. "Magus, we are really going to have to get them back for this." Lucca said rubbing her head on Magus' chest, her arms barely reached his neck because he was so much taller than her. "Agreed." was all Magus said. The people where dancing all around them and both Magus and Lucca thanked the lord that spotlights weren't invented yet.
"Do you think they'll be mad?" Marle asked. "Definitely, but this may be the only way for them to admit their feelings for each other. So, I figure it's okay if they're mad at us, they'll thank us some day." Crono said. "Or kill us." Marle added. "Yeah, anyway. Milady, would you like to dance?" Crono asked holding his hand out to Marle. "Why of course my darling." Marle laughed and took Crono's hand.
Magus gazed down at Lucca, she looked very tired, and understandably so, it was very late at night. "Are Lucca and I only deceiving each other, do we really have feelings for each other. I can't remember how I felt around Iris, it's been so long... Only time will tell." Magus thought moving around the dance floor, Magus thought it odd the way humans danced during love songs, it was basically just a way for two people to grope each other, in the kingdom of Zeal, dancing was an art form, taken completely serious, no acceptations. Magus sort of liked thinking of dancing as a game rather than a chore. Maybe he was meant to live in the future, certainly not this time, but where? Maybe Lucca's time, it was for the most part peaceful and calm, and there where so many great inventions. The song was going on forever, Magus felt a sneaking suspicion that Crono and Marle had something to do with that. "Lucca's hair smells really good." Magus thought to himself.
Lucca lay cradled by Magus, it was the most embarrassing moment of her life. Lucca had never been truly in love with anyone, sure she had a crush on Crono and a few other boys she knew when she was growing up, but why would Magus be her one and only, it couldn't be true could it? Magus was a hating vengeful creature who lived to survive, no other reason. But these last few weeks had changed him, he was more human than before. But they could never be together, not until Magus found Schala anyway, and that could take forever. There was no way the two of them could be together. Lucca yawned and began to blink, it was late and this soothing music had made her sleepy, but she was afraid she might offend Magus or worse, give Marle and Crono more things to make fun of her about. Maybe her and Magus where meant for each other, and only they couldn't see it. Maybe Magus and her had denied it so much that they where blind to something so obvious. "Yeah, I'll fall for Magus when Frog kisses Ayla." Lucca thought to herself. Lucca looked over at the table she had been sitting at, and there was Frog, he was... kissing Ayla on the lips..... "Ha ha god, very funny." Lucca said looking up at the starry sky.
"Terribly sorry Miss Ayla." Frog said cleaning off some crumbs from his armor, what had happened that Lucca hadn't seen was Frog walking towards the table with some cakes and tripping over a table leg falling into Ayla, but from behind it did appear that they where kissing. Lucca gazed at the stars, "The stars..." Lucca said breaking the silence between her and Magus, "They're so beautiful tonight." Magus craned his head upwards, "Yes, this is one of the better nights. The stars do look beautiful tonight." Magus said. Had she heard him right? "Janus?" Lucca asked. "What is it?" Magus said looking down at her. "Does this mean that Crono, Marle, and the others where right and we are meant for each other?" Lucca asked. "I hope not. I would hate to admit that they were right after mocking us like that." Magus said. "Yeah, you're right." Lucca said resting her head back on Magus' chest. Lucca closed her eyes and fell asleep in Magus' arms.
The End
I would like to make a note that this story ties into Chrono Cross in NO way, as that game sucks and I hate it. So Lucca won't die at the hands of Lynx and Harle and Kid will not be in this either. So, stay tuned for part three. Till Next Time... -MasklessDuckman