Magus Part 3: The Girlfriend
A story by:MasklessDuckman
I do not own any of the characters or settings in this story. If you have read the first two stories, then you probably know how this one will turn out. Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 1:The Dance
Magus looked down at the dance partner that Crono and Marle had MADE him dance with. Lucca was sound asleep in his arms, her head resting on his chest. Magus moved his hands upward from where Marle had put them, much to his embarrassment. (Marle had put his hands on her butt for the dance) Magus placed one hand on her back and used the other to stroke her long purple hair. Lucca groaned a little in her sleep, but then just went back to sleeping. Magus tucked Lucca under his arm and began to walk back to his chair, "Where do you think you're going. The song isn't over." Marle said. "My dance partner fell asleep." Magus said. "Aww... Isn't that sweet. She fell asleep in your arms." Marle said. "Why must you associate everything we do with passion?" Magus asked rolling his eyes. "She was obviously tired because it is so late, and that soothing music put her to sleep." Magus said. Magus carried Lucca down to an empty corner of Leene square and sat her down on a bench next to him. Lucca was snuggled up against Magus and he had his arm around her, still stroking her hair.
Magus' mind turned to a song that his sister had sung to him when he was only a child, the tune came to him and he began to sing, his voice was not his own and without thinking he sang the words:
Our love will drift all through time.
Never to subside.
We'll never be alone again.
Though the path is far and wide.
Although we may grow old and gray.
Our love will never die.
Cause you my dear will always be...
The apple of my eye.
Although time goes on and on...
and troubles come to pass.
Our love will span all of time.
Our love through time will last.
Magus snapped out of his trance, realizing that he had actually sang, he had never sung before in his life. Magus always remembered Schala singing it when he was a child, and afraid that his mother would hurt Schala. Iris had somehow known the words too, it must have been a song that was remembered through the ages. Over in the bushes away from Magus and Lucca, Marle and Crono sat. Marle's eyes where wet with tears, "That was beautiful." Marle said sobbing softly so Magus wouldn't hear, Crono still couldn't get over the shock that Magus had actually sang a love song to Lucca, he surely knew someone was watching.
Magus decided to ignore the rustling in the bushes, he was sure it was Crono and Marle, but he didn't want to wake Lucca by throwing a rock or something. Lucca groaned again in her sleep, but once again returned to her position on Magus' chest. Magus stroked Lucca's hair softly, "I guess they where right. We where meant for each other..." Magus said. Magus began to feel sleep taking over him, and decided to give in. He closed his eyes and fell asleep, the sight was very sweet of the former king of the mystics and the genius inventor cuddled up with each other asleep on the park bench. "Let's leave em alone." Marle said. Crono nodded.
Chapter 2:A Love That Spans Time
Magus awoke. "Lucca. Lucca." he said shaking the purple haired woman in his arms. "Huh? Oh, good morning Janus. Where are we?" Lucca asked. "Still in Leene Square, we both fell asleep." Magus said. Lucca looked up at Magus, tenderness in her eyes. "Well I suppose we can't deny it now." Lucca said. Magus nodded his head, "Yes, especially after I sang to you last night." Magus said. "You sang to me?" Lucca asked. "Yes." Magus replied. "Well what did you sing?" Lucca asked. "I'll tell you later." Magus replied.
Lucca went and prepped the Epoch and Magus went to the castle to gather his and her things. Marle walked up to him, "So did you have fun last night?" Marle asked. Magus was silent, but he had a smile on his face. Marle began to hum, "That tune... So you where eavesdropping on me last night." Magus said. Marle's eyes widened, "You knew about that?" Marle asked sheepishly. "Oh, please, you forget who you are dealing with." Magus said. "Well, my point still stands, you are in love with her. That was the most beautiful song I have ever heard in my life. Where did you hear it?" Marle asked. "Schala used to sing it to me as a child." Magus replied. "At any rate, I was right." Marle said. "You'll never get me to admit it." Magus said. "Of course not." Marle replied. Magus made his way to the jail and gathered Lucca's things in her backpack and grabbed his own things from the armory. "So, are you going back to look for Schala?" Marle asked. Magus looked at Marle and simply smiled. "You're going with Lucca aren't you?" Marle asked. "A gentleman never tells." Magus said. "Since when are you a gentleman? And a gentleman must tell a lady." Marle said. "Since when are you a lady?" Magus asked. "Very funny. You are seriously going to live with her?" Marle asked. "As Schala has been in several time periods before me, she is probably searching for me. So I've decided to stay in one place and wait, and I'm sure as hell not going to stay in this time." Magus said. "Well you two will have the house to yourselves as Taban moved to Medina two years ago after Lara's death." Marle said. "How did she die?" Magus asked. "No one's really sure, she just got really sick and died. It's probably a good thing that you are going to live with her, until Crono and I left on our honeymoon, she was sulking, her hair was a mess and she hadn't changed clothes for weeks, she hadn't even worked on anything. She just sat in her room reading books all day." Marle answered. "Hmm..." was all Magus said. "Magus, your skin's finally getting some color back into it." Marle said. "Yes, I've noticed that my eyes are getting a hint of green in them as well. I suppose that means the influence of the mystics is truly gone." Magus replied. Magus and Marle reached the Epoch. Magus put Lucca's things in the back and threw his scythe in his long purple cape and placed his armor on. "See you at home Marle!" Lucca said waving. "You too!" Marle said waving back.
The Epoch landed on Ashtear Island. "Welcome home." Lucca said hopping down. "It's nice." Magus said staring at the large Victorian house. Magus stepped inside the large house, he had been here once before, but it had been full of machines, now it was for the most part empty, with the exception of a couch, two chairs, and a table. "I'm going to go change." Lucca said heading upstairs with her backpack over her shoulders. Magus sat down on the couch, he looked around the room... such an odd family that Lucca was raised in. The picture on the wall showed a man, a woman, and a small girl with purple hair. The next picture had the same people, but Lucca was somewhere around ten and the woman was sitting down, the smiles where slightly more grim in this picture, the next picture was basically the same, but Lucca was about seventeen, and finally the last one, just Lucca as she was now and the man, the woman was nowhere to be found... Magus sat back down on the couch and sat there waiting. Lucca finally came back down the stairs, she was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. "I'm back!" Lucca said. "Yes, so what is there to do around here?" Magus asked. "Well, there's nothing going on at Leene Square right now, so it's pretty much down to eating and reading, or taking a walk." Lucca said. "I see. What would you like to do?" Magus asked. "Well, it's summer. I was really considering going swimming. You do know how to swim don't you?" Lucca asked. "Not a clue." Magus replied. "Well, we'll go anyway. Maybe I can teach you." Lucca said laughing slightly at the thought of a grown man that couldn't swim. Lucca went upstairs and returned with a one-piece bathing suit on. "Let's go." Lucca said. Magus stood up and they walked out the door.
Chapter 3:Swimming
Magus walked onto the sandy beach, the foamy tide washed up on the white sandy shore. Lucca brought Magus towards the water and she walked in and began to swim in the salty water. Magus floated out where she was swimming and sat there above the water. "Do you know what's in that water?" Magus asked. "Of course sodium chloride." Lucca said. "I was actually referring to all of the fish waste." Magus replied. "Oh relax, hop in." Lucca said. Magus shook his head, "I'd rather not." Lucca grabbed hold of Magus' cape and jerked him into the water. sploosh Lucca looked down, she didn't see him. "Janus? Janus?" Lucca called but couldn't see him. Had he drown? He did say that he couldn't swim. Suddenly a force from below pushed on Lucca's feet and she was shot from the water and fell back in with a loud Sploosh! Lucca came back to the top and Magus was floating above the water again wringing out his cape. "That was a dirty trick, I thought that you'd drowned." Lucca said. "I really never learned how to swim, but it was rather easy." Magus replied. "Well come on, let's swim!" Lucca said. "I don't want to get my cape and armor wet." Magus said. "Then take em off. C'mon." Lucca said. Magus floated back to shore and removed his cape, armor, shirt, gloves, and boots. "Yeah, you need a tan." Lucca said to him. Magus dove into the water. Lucca followed his shadow with her eyes, he surfaced and looked around. "Do you see something down there?" Magus asked pointing into the water, "Lucca examined everything, "No..." Lucca replied. Suddenly a large shadow appeared under Lucca. Magus dove towards Lucca and pushed her out of the way, suddenly a large fish covered in spikes flew up from the depths and hit Magus head on, and many of the spikes went through him. "Janus!" Lucca said. Magus managed to pull himself off and summoned his scythe to his hand, a large chunk was cut from the fish's body. The fish began to bloat up and suddenly all of the spikes shot from his body, Magus dove in front of Lucca and several more spikes pierced through his body. "Inferno!" Magus said and a great blaze of fire fried the large fish. Magus swam to shore and stood up, Lucca came after him. "Are you alright?" Lucca asked. "Of course, this is noth..." Magus stopped in the middle of his sentence and fell face first into the sand. "Janus!" Lucca screamed.
It was no easy task for Lucca to get Magus to Gaurdia Castle to the doctor, as Magus was almost twice her size. Lucca had grabbed his arms over her shoulders and sort of piggy backed him to Gaurdia. "Marle!!!" Lucca screamed as she walked in the door and Marle and Crono ran out of the throne room. "Hi Luc... Oh my god! What happened?" Marle asked. "We where swimming and this big fish stabbed him several times with the spikes that covered his body." Lucca said. Crono went and got the doctor. Marle and Lucca carried Magus down to the knights' quarters.
The doctor pulled the spikes from Magus' body one by one and sat them in a dish to his side. "What's wrong with him doctor?" Lucca asked. "Each of these spikes is coated with enough poison to bring down an elephant, your friend here is lucky to be alive, but he may not pull through. It would not be wise to use magic on him either, as magic would only make the poison stronger, but if you could find some way of healing him without using magic or potions, it should work. Lucca ran out of the room as quickly as she could and hopped in the Epoch, 650,000,000 B.C. was set on the dial. Lucca started up the Epoch and it jet off through time.
Lucca landed in Ioka Village, she walked into the tent that she knew was Ayla's. The ground was covered with a light coat of snow, and Lucca was still in her bathing suit, and covered with salt water, but the fresh snow burning her feet or the cold wind freezing her exposed flesh didn't bother her so much as she was worried for Magus' well being. Lucca rushed into Ayla's tent and there was the cave woman, but she was slightly occupied. "Ahhhh!" Ayla screamed and clenched her teeth as the village doctor slightly pushed on her stomach, "No stop pushing. Baby almost out." The doctor said. "Ahhh!!!" Ayla screamed out again and was squeezing, and by the look on Kino's face, breaking Kino's hand. Finally Ayla screamed one last time and the sounds of a baby wailing came. The doctor wiped some of the blood from the child's face and handed it to Ayla. Ayla looked at the tiny child and said, "Your name Leah. You grow up be strong like mother." Kino held his finger out to his newborn daughter, she grabbed hold of his finger and began sucking it. "Uh.... Ayla, congratulations. I hate to do this, but I need your help." Lucca said to Ayla. "What wrong now?" Ayla said looking tired, but concerned. "It's Magus, he's been poisoned. We can't use magic or potions to heal him, and you are the only one that I know who could heal him." Lucca said. "Ayla come. Help Magus. Kino take care of baby, Ayla be back soon." Ayla said and walked outside with Lucca. The both of them climbed into the Epoch and took off through the time stream.
Lucca landed the Epoch right in front of the castle and Ayla ran in. Lucca remained outside, as she knew the only way Ayla could truly heal him was a kiss. Lucca began to cry afraid she might lose him, suddenly her vision blurred. "Huh? My contacts, where are they?" Lucca asked. Lucca began trying to look for them, she tripped over a tree limb and fell into the Epoch and hit the take off button. It was set on round trip so that it would land for exactly five minutes. The epoch stopped and Lucca stumbled out, she didn't know where she was but it was snowing very heavily, the Epoch closed the glass dome on it and took off. "Noo!" Lucca screamed. Lucca had to try to find civilization. She began to freeze, her wet hair became stiff, and her skin... ice cold. After a while of walking, she collapsed in a snowdrift.
Chapter 4:Where's Lucca?
Magus awoke from Ayla's healing kiss. "Hey, you had your child." Magus said. "Yes, few minutes ago. Her name Leah." Ayla said. "Where's Lucca?" Magus asked. "She outside." Ayla replied. Magus walked outside. Suddenly the Epoch came back, but nobody was in it. crunch something broke under his foot, Magus looked down and saw Lucca's contacts. Magus looked at the time on the dial and opened up a time portal, "I'm coming Lucca. Don't worry." Magus said and stepped in.
Lucca was freezing to death, she knew it, and she could no longer feel her fingers or toes. Lucca was being covered in snow, which blanketed her from the wind but burned her exposed flesh, she greatly wished she was wearing more than a bathing suit. Suddenly her vision went black and she could see fine again, and she was warm. Lucca looked around, she was home. "Hi there." a voice came from behind her. Lucca turned around and there was Flea. "Ahh! Get away from me!" Lucca screamed. "Hey hey relax. This is heaven, I won't hurt you." Flea said. "If this is heaven, then why are you here?" Lucca asked. "Simple, hell is only temporary, you spend you time there until you have paid for your sins, then you come here. Slash has got another millenium to go and Ozzie has one hundred years." Flea said. "So then... I'm dead?" Lucca asked. "Well, according to your book of life no... but I have no idea why you are here." Flea said. Flea presented a book with gold letters that said "Lucca Ashtear" on it. Flea opened up the book to the last page with writing on it and the other half of the book was blank, an hourglass appeared on the page. "Okay, this hour glass is your life span, when all the sand is at the bottom, you die, but as you can see, it's half full. So you shouldn't be here." Flea said. "Relax. I'm sure my son will save her." a voice came from behind. "Queen Zeal? But you should spend an eternity in hell for your deeds." Lucca said. "I got off on a technicality, since Lavos was basically controlling my mind. I went here automatically. So you are my soon to be daughter in law. I was afraid I would never be a grandmother." Queen Zeal said. "Uh, Queen Zeal." Lucca began to say. "Oh, please call me Levana." Queen Zeal said. "Levana, is my mother here?" Lucca asked. "Why of course." Levana replied. "We where just talking the other day about how you and Janus where made for each other." Levana said. "Lara! Your daughter's here!" Levana called. "Lucca!" the familiar voice of Lucca's mother echoed through the dark place. Lucca could see plainly as her mother came running, she could walk. She was not crippled due to the injury that happened so many years ago. "M... Mommy." Lucca said like a lost child would when it's mother found it. Lucca ran to her mother and gave her a huge hug, tears flying from her eyes. "Mommy, I missed you so much." Lucca said hugging her departed mother. "Lucca, you can call me mother. Besides, I am in a much happier place now, for the first time in years I can walk!" Lara said patting her sobbing daughter on the back. "Lucca, you shouldn't sulk over me. Your father has kept himself occupied by helping the mystics in Medina. You have a man that loves you dearly, don't let him go. He is searching for you, he'll save you dear, and I just know he will. He cares for you as much as any man could and more, marry that man, and get me some grandchildren." Lara said. "Yes you have been a godsend. After Slash killed Iris, I completely gave up hope on Janus. It is rather obvious that Schala will never find anyone." Levana said. "Where is Schala?" Lucca asked. "Right here." another voice said and the familiar form of Schala appeared. "Oh my, Schala. You're dead. Janus will be so disappointed." Lucca said sadly. "Yes, I was killed when a tidal wave destroyed a village in 1998 A.D. But I am in a better place now. Tell my brother that I miss him, that I'm sorry that I couldn't save him from the mystics, and that I am in a better place now." Schala said. Flea had a second book out now reading it, it was much heavier than Lucca's and on the front it said, "Janus Zeal." "It says here that he's searching far and wide for you." Flea said.
Magus flew through the air at high speeds, looking for his love. "Where are you, you can't die. You can't!!" Magus thought to himself. Magus' eyes where like searchlights, invading every unseen corner, looking for Lucca. "Don't die, don't die, don't die. You can't die, not before me. Not now." Magus continued to think. Magus' arms where stiff and numb due to the fact that his shirt had no sleeves. Magus looked high and low, far and wide, searching everywhere in the snow-covered wasteland. But found nothing. Magus did something that he had not done since he was a child... he cried. Magus' salty tears stung as they froze on his face, but he didn't care. Everyone that had ever meant something to him... was gone. Magus fished in his pocket and pulled out the amulet that Schala had given him all those years ago... Magus took the green-gemmed amulet and gazed at his reflection, the reflection seemed to speak back to him. "It's you Janus. It's you who caused the deaths of those near you, It was all your fault. If you had not agreed to go swimming, Lucca wouldn't have been in this mess. She wouldn't have died." The reflection said. "You are a killer Janus. You are a killer of everyone around you. You make me sick!" "Shut up!!" Magus said and hurled the amulet across the field of snow, but it made a thunk sound as it hit something solid in a snowdrift. Magus gazed over to see a single naked white leg sticking from the snowdrift. "Lucca!" Magus said pawing through the snow to his love. Lucca was like ice, but her eyes weren't glazed, which was a good indication that she might be holding on to life. Magus hugged Lucca's cold limp body and wrapped his long purple cape around her. Magus took his scythe and with a few slashes, a tree was split into thousands of pieces. Magus piled the wood up and cast Fire on it. He cast an ice spell and a cupola of ice formed around them, just large enough that the flame wouldn't melt it. Magus conjured up a blanket and wrapped Lucca's warm body in it. "How was it that I was told to keep someone warm. What was it, you where supposed to... Oh no, I can't. But if it's the only way to save Lucca's life, then I must." Magus thought to himself. Magus removed Lucca's bathing suit, trying not to look as he did. He was too embarrassed to remove his pants, so he just removed his boots, armor, shirt, and gloves. Magus wrapped Lucca and himself in the blanket in his cloak and hugged her tight, hoping that his body heat would bring her back.
"Oh! This is really good!." Flea said reading Magus' book. "What?" Lucca asked. "Read for yourself." Flea said handing her the book, Lara, Schala, and Levana peeked in from the sides. "Magus found Lucca's frozen body in a snow drift, one foot in the grave. Thinking quickly Magus built a fire and created a dome of ice to keep the winds away. Magus tried hard to remember how to keep someone warm when they were frozen, and became embarrassed as he remembered. Magus trying not to look, removed Lucca's... wet bathing suit... and everything but his pants as he was too embarrassed. He wrapped the both of them in a blanket and hugged her naked frozen body, hoping that his body heat would warm her enough to keep her alive." Lucca read, and her cheeks turned bright red. "Well, he was right in what he did. It's still a little embarrassing to think, that my body's back there naked in a blanket with Magus." Lucca said sheepishly. "He does it because he cares for you dear." Lara said. "He's just as embarrassed as you darling." Levana added. Lucca's body began to blur. "What's happening?" Lucca asked. "You're going to live." Flea said. Flea, Levana, Lara, and Schala waved goodbye as Lucca disappeared.
"Ohh... so... so cold." Lucca said as she awoke. "Oh thank god. I was scared that I was too late." Magus said hugging Lucca tight. "Magus, could you conjure me up some clothes? You had the right idea to save me, but I feel really nervous right now." Lucca said. "Of course. Magus said and suddenly a pair of pants, a long sleeved shirt, a stocking cap, and a pair of glasses appeared. Of course Lucca saw only blurs as she was near blind without her glasses. Magus placed Lucca's glasses on her. Lucca put on the warm clothes quickly. "It was no easy task finding you. In fact this little thing probably saved your life." Magus said holding up the amulet. Lucca hugged Magus and said, "I was in heaven... I saw my mother, and your mother, and... Flea. Apparently hell is only a temporary thing until you have paid for your sins. But I saw... I saw... Schala. She died in 1998 A.D. by a tidal wave. She said to tell you that she's sorry she never found you, that she misses you, and that she's in a better place now." Lucca said sadly. Magus hugged Lucca tightly, "I had assumed that she would have died by the time I found her. But my heart refused to believe what my mind told me. But when I was out there sulking over those I had lost, the one at the top of my list was... you." Magus said, "I love you Lucca, more than anything. You are the one I love." Magus reached into his mind and pulled the song out, starting out quietly at first, but his voice getting louder as he sang rocking back and forth with the woman he loved in his arms:
Our love will drift all through time.
Never to subside.
We'll never be alone again.
Though the path is far and wide.
Although we may grow old and gray.
Our love will never die.
Cause you my dear will always be...
The apple of my eye.
Although time goes on and on...
and troubles come to pass.
Our love will span all of time.
Our love through time will last.
As Magus rocked Lucca back and forth in his arms, he took his right hand and grabbed her chin lightly with his thumb and index finger, lifting her head up to look at him. Magus leaned forward and so did Lucca, the two locked in a kiss. Lucca pulled him in tightly, never wanting to let go, never wanting this moment to end... never. Magus stroked Lucca's gorgeous hair with his right hand and held her tight with his left. "May I cherish the moment forever." Magus thought to himself, a feeling of dread as he realized that this tender kiss would have to soon end. Oh how cruel reality was to break up such a tender moment, but Magus knew he could stretch it out for a length of time. Magus licked Lucca's lips, his tongue begging entry to her mouth, and Lucca opened her mouth and let him in, doing the same to him. Lucca smelled so good, though she wore no perfume or makeup of any sort. Lucca had natural beauty that could be compared to none, the smell of her soft skin was intoxicating, her hair was like strands of silk coming from her head, and her skin was soft and smooth. Lucca felt the scars all over Magus' back and realized that whatever hell she had been through in her life, he had been through something ten times worse. Magus had surprised Lucca, he had seemed a cold unbreakable barrier, but inside he was a tender, loving human being with a broken heart, which Lucca had mended. After a long seeming eternity to Lucca and Magus, the kiss broke apart. But eternity just wasn't enough time in this case. "We had better go home." Magus said. "Yes. Thank you Janus." Lucca said. Magus gave a tender smile and opened up a time gate.
Chapter 5:One Year Later
Leene square was usually a marketplace when no events where going on, and today was no exception. Crono and Magus walked through the rows of tables covered in clothing, jewelry, and other items. "So, it's been a year. When are you gonna pop the question?" Crono asked Magus. "I really don't know. I mean, I love Lucca and she obviously loves me... but I want it to be the perfect time. I don't want it to be meaningless. How did you ask Marle?" Magus asked picking up an old sword and examining the condition. "Ask her? She asked me! Unfortunately Lucca isn't as overbearing as Marle, so the chances of you being asked are slim to none." Crono replied. Magus and Crono walked over to a tent containing all sorts of clothes. "Well, you could ask her at the Spring Festival tomorrow, take her under one of the cherry trees, the blossoms littering the ground, sit next to her and propose, maybe sing that song to her." Crono said. "I can't sing that song out of my own will. My voice sounds terrible, I can't figure it out, I go into a sort of trance when I sing it, and it can't be explained." Magus said. "I see. Well, I've known Lucca all my life. She is a very easy girl to please, you'll do just fine." Crono held a tuxedo over himself, looking to see if it might fit. Magus picked out an identical one that was a little longer, "Black is not your color Magus, and you should try something else... like this." Crono said and picked out a white tuxedo. Magus looked at it, and tried on the jacket. Magus walked over to the full-length mirror in the back and looked at his reflection. "You're right, white is my color." Magus said walking up to the counter and placing the white tuxedo on it. "That will be three hundred gill please." The merchant said, Magus reached into one of the pockets in his belt and pulled out a sack of gold, "Hey! Magus don't worry, I've got this." Crono said laying his tuxedo down on the counter on top of it. "That will be... oh! My king!" the merchant said and fell to the floor in a groveling position, "Hey relax. Get back up here." Crono said. The shopkeeper stood up, "How much?" Crono asked pulling out a sack of money. "Oh my lordship, for you it is free." the merchant said. "Wow, even the mystics didn't act this way." Magus said smiling. Crono took the tuxedos and emptied the sack of money on the counter. "Keep the change." Crono said and they walked out. "You realize that you just paid that man a couple thousand dollars don't you?" Magus asked. "Of course, don't want my people thinking I'm an uptight tyrant who rules with an iron fist. Like someone that I used to know." Crono said. "That was low." Magus hissed, "Very low." Crono just laughed.
"So do you think he's gonna ask you?" Marle said excited. "I don't know. He might, he's probably just waiting for the perfect moment, and he's so sweet." Lucca said smiling tenderly. "Why don't YOU just ask HIM? That's what I did to Crono. We're just as happy." Marle commented. "I'm just an old fashioned girl who believes that the man should ask the woman. Besides it's fun to watch the former prince of darkness sweat over things like my affection." Lucca said and laughed slightly. "Whatever." Marle replied. Lucca browsed through the beautiful dresses. Marle had already picked out a lovely white flowing dress for herself. "I just can't see any of these on myself." Lucca said shaking her head. "That's because you always wear shorts. But if you can't decide, I'll just have to be your fashion consultant. There's a dressing room in the back of this tent and a whole lot of mirrors, now... go try em on." Marle said and handed Lucca a pile of dresses.
"Are you dressed in there yet?" Marle asked knocking on their door. "Oh... I look really stupid." Lucca remarked. "Oh, I'm sure that you look fine... come out." Marle said. Lucca stuck her head out the door, "Promise not to laugh?" Lucca asked. "Of course." Marle said. Lucca stepped out, she was wearing a thin red dress with a slit up the leg, Lucca was wearing red high-healed shoes, and little red ruby earrings. Lucca would have wowed any man at that point as gorgeous as she looked in that dress. "It's ugly isn't it?" Lucca asked. "Good lord no Lucca. It's the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, you look great." Marle said. "Really? It doesn't make me look..." Lucca's eyes darted back and forth and she leaned in with her hand cupped over her mouth as she whispered in Marle's ear, "easy?" Lucca asked. "Lucca, you're twenty three years old. This is the Spring Festival, not the senior prom." Marle said laughing at Lucca's question. "Oh whatever." Lucca said and went back into the dressing room to change, she came back out with the dress, shoes, and earrings. Marle took them and sat them on the counter with her dress, shoes, and earrings. "How much do I owe you?" Marle asked getting out her purse. "Oh nothing, my queen. I could never charge you." The merchant said. "Tell me, do you have a family?" Marle asked. "Why of course my queen." the man answered. "Please just call me Marle, and do these dresses cost a lot of money?" Marle asked. "Why yes... M, Marle." the man replied. "How much?" Marle asked. "Seven thousand gold pieces." the man said. "With or without the shoes and jewelry?" Marle asked. "With." the man replied. "Alright, here's seven thousand, and a little extra for your family." Marle said handing the man a pouch full of money. The dresses where put into a bag and Marle and Lucca walked out.
"Tomorrow evening, come to the castle and I'll do your hair and make up." Marle said to Lucca. "Make up? I hate makeup, you don't even wear it. And what's wrong with my hair?" Lucca said placing her hands on top of her head. "Nothing's wrong with your hair. I'm just going to fix it up all nice and festive for the festival, and I will be wearing make up tomorrow, and if I have to suffer, so do you." Marle said. "But the shoes are torture enough." Lucca whined. Marle simply laughed.
"How about this one?" Crono said holding up a jewel encrusted ring. "No, I want the ring to be really nice." Magus said. "Don't forget that you have to buy two." Crono reminded. "Yes, yes, I know." Magus said half-ignoring Crono as he looked over the large display of rings. "There's nothing here, I need something... something... different." Magus said. "So what are you gonna..." "Get down!" Magus said and pushed Crono down to the ground as Lucca and Marle walked by. Magus and Crono snuck out and came around by the weapons tent. "Oh! Crono, Magus! Hi!" Marle said waving. Magus walked up to Lucca, "So, how's my mad scientist doing today?" Magus said giving Lucca a tender kiss. "Oh fine. My prince of darkness." Lucca said returning the kiss. "Umm... aren't pet names supposed to be cute and sweet... not weird?" Marle asked. "And you'd call us normal?" Lucca and Magus asked simultaneously both arching their eyebrows. "Nope, guess not." Marle said smiling. "Listen, darling. I have to go away for the remainder of today and probably part of tomorrow, but I promise I'll be back in time for the festival. I'll miss you." Magus said giving Lucca a goodbye kiss and floating out of the square. "What's he doing?" both Lucca and Marle asked Crono. "I'm not supposed to tell you." Crono said. Evil smiles appeared on Lucca and Marle's faces. "What's that look about?" Crono asked. "How should we make him talk?" Lucca asked. "He's really ticklish, I say we tie him up and tickle him until he tells." Marle said smiling. "Huh?" Crono asked. "Come here Crono." Marle said waving her finger back towards her, a devious grin on her face. Crono ran as fast as he could from the square to the castle, the two women not far behind him.
It was still four hours to the dance and Magus wasn't there yet, "Maybe he has a mistress in another time." Marle's joke that Lucca had laughed at then, but now took way too seriously echoed in her mind. What if Magus wasn't satisfied with Lucca, and found someone better? Lucca began to cry, "Of course he doesn't love me. I'm hideous, why would any man ever love me?" Lucca sobbed. Lucca wiped the tears from her eyes, she was going to show that womanizing bastard who had really lost. Lucca left for the castle and left a note,
Dear Jerk wad
I figured out what you where doing, and I hate you!! But I
won't cry, I'm gonna show you that you made a big mistake by
straying away from Lucca Sarah Ashtear. See you at the festival
signed, the woman you dumped for some whore in another time.
"Lucca hold still, or I'm gonna poke you in the eye again!" Marle said trying to apply mascara to Lucca's eyelashes. "It just tears me that that bastard would do something like that." Lucca said, clenching her teeth. "Lucca, you're jumping to conclusions. Relax." Marle said. "Well, think about it. He told Crono not to tell me, he came up with a lame excuse to go away, and he is going to be late. It sounds pretty reasonable to me!" Lucca said. "But I'll show him. I'll show him that it was his loss, not mine!!" "Lucca!! For the last time, HOLD STILL!!" Marle yelled. The servants had applied Marle's makeup, they always complained because they didn't do anything, since Marle cooked, cleaned, etc.
Magus walked out of the time door and walked up to the house and read the note pinned to the door, "What?" Magus said to himself as her finished the note. Magus quickly ran inside and threw on his tuxedo with the long coat tails. "But wait, she's so mad that she'll never talk to me." Magus thought to himself. Magus fished through his room and found a metal mask with blue lenses and fixed his hair so it covered the points in his ears.
Lucca sat on a bench in her red dress and red shoes waiting, her hair was back in a ponytail like Marle's. "I'll show him. The next man that comes up those steps, I'll ask to dance." Lucca thought to herself. Lucca looked at the steps, and up came a man in a white tuxedo, with tails that reached the ground. The man wore a golden mask with blue lenses in the eyes, his long whitish blue hair came most of the way down his back. The man turned to Lucca and walked towards her, "Milady, may I have this dance." the man said in a soft warm voice. "Why of course, may I ask what your name is?" Lucca asked. "Oh, great. Now she wants a name. Come on, think of a name. One that sounds good, come on. She can't find out it's you, she's been beguiled into thinking your cheating on her... wait beguile... Guile..." Magus thought. "My name is Guile." Magus said confidently to Lucca. A soft song began to play, Magus picked Lucca up by the waist and the two danced very nicely. "You're a lovely dancer." Lucca said. "Thank you, you are a very good dancer yourself." Magus said softly.
After about ten songs, Magus/Guile said, "Lucca. Would you come with me." Magus/Guile led Lucca to a bench under a cherry tree, the pink blossoms covering the ground around them. "What is it?" Lucca asked sweetly. Guile removed his mask and shook his hair to reveal his ears. "Janus!" Lucca said and started to walk away, but two very powerful hands grabbed hold of her shoulders and sat her back down. "I can't believe it. You where cheating on me!" Magus said pacing back and forth in front of Lucca. "Well, you where doing the same to me!" Lucca said. "No! I wasn't!!! If I had not come along, you would have actually cheated on me with another man. And where you going to sleep with Guile?!?" Magus asked angrily. ".... No." Lucca said. "You lie! I can see it in your aura! You where going to! Just because you have a theory that I might have a mistress does not mean that you can leave me. If I ever do have a mistress and you have solid proof, I want you to throw me out. But not when it's just a theory!! What would ever give you the idea that I did not love you Lucca, I would move mountains to be with you." Magus said. "Well, you where late, and where did you go?" Lucca asked sadly. "I went to get you this." Magus said fishing in his pocket and pulling out a ring encrusted with red jewels and engraved with small designs. "It's made of dreamstone, it was my sister's. It was supposed to be a surprise, I was going to propose. But I still haven't forgiven you for what you did! When I forgive you, I'll come back. Until then, goodbye!" Magus said and tucked the ring back in his pocket and stormed off.
Lucca sat on the bench and cried, her makeup ran down her face, but she didn't care. She had a wonderful lover, and she had screwed it all up. Her shame increased as she realized that Queen Zeal, and Schala, and her own mother where watching... "Lucca? What happened?" Marle asked sitting down by Lucca. "I'm stupid!! I'm so stupid!! I sob tried to get sob back at Janus for what he did to me sob by dancing with this masked guy sob who was actually Janus. sob The reason sob he was gone was because sob he was getting his sister's ring sob from Zeal. sob He said sob that when he'd forgiven me sob for what I did sob he'd come back. sob I'm so stupid!!!" Lucca screamed at herself. Marle hugged Lucca and said, "Shh. Come on Lucca, we all make mistakes. He'll be back." Marle said. "But what sob if he never forgives me sob and he never comes back sob, I was sob prepared to sleep with Guile. sob I'm so ashamed of myself. sob" Lucca said. Marle hugged her, "Oh c'mon Lucca. I'll take you home."
Lucca walked into her house, Magus' bedroom was empty now, all of his things where gone. Lucca slid down the stairs wailing, Marle had left, and she was alone. Lucca opened up the cabinet, and took out a bottle of wine. "I have to take the pain away!" Lucca sobbed and popped the bottle open and chugged it down, much of it running down the side of her face and onto her dress.
Chapter 6:Nine Month's Later
Magus walked into 1005 A.D., his purple cape and his blue hair blew in the wind behind him. "How dare you show your face around here!" Marle said, her hands on her hips. "I had every right to. How would you feel if Crono slept with another woman, would you react any differently?" Magus asked. "I wouldn't disappear for almost a year! Lucca's sulking more than she was when her mother died! When you left, she snapped, she has done nothing but drink wine and cry since you left! I hope she takes your forgiveness and throws it in your face!!" Marle hissed at Magus. The clouds became very dark all of the sudden, and the wind stopped, Magus' eyes began to glow. "Watch your tongue Queen Nadia, lest you find yourself in a less than beautiful form." Magus said in a dark voice. Marle carefully backed away. Magus walked in the house, the room was dark, and so he flipped on the lights. The entire house was covered with pictures of Lucca and himself. Magus walked upstairs to Lucca's room and knocked on the door, no answer. Magus found that the door was locked, so he rammed against it. There was Lucca, she had a bottle of wine in one hand, she had a noose around her neck and a chair under he feet. "Goodbye, cruel world." Lucca said and kicked the chair out from under herself. "Noo!" Magus said and raised a hand in front of himself and held her body up, he rushed over and cut the rope with a slash from his scythe and caught her. Lucca eyes where weak and beady from being in the dark, "Lucca. I'm back." Magus said kissing her. "My hero..." Lucca said weakly.
The next few weeks where dedicated to bringing Lucca back to health. Nobody saw either of the couple for another month, some assumed that they'd killed each other. After a month Magus re-emerged with Lucca, she had really screwed up her body by giving it nothing but wine for almost a year, she was pale, and freakishly thin. Magus had crammed food into her like she was a garbage disposal, and she was so hungry that she ate like one too. Magus carried Lucca out of the house, "Where are you going with her?" Marle asked, this time with Crono by her side for protection. "Her liver is almost gone and she needs a new one. This kind of surgery is performed in the future, so I am going to take her there." Magus said, Lucca looked lifeless there in his arms, so pale. Magus opened up a time gate and went in.
For Marle and Crono it was only seconds before he returned, but to Magus and Lucca it was several painful months of surgery, rehab, and physical therapy. But Lucca and Magus returned. "Lucca..." Magus said as Lucca stood there, back to the way she was before Magus had left. "Yes, Janus?" Lucca asked biting her lower lip. Magus got down on one knee, "Lucca Sarah Ashtear. Will you do me the honor of being my wife?" Magus asked holding out Schala's ring to Lucca. "Yes Magus, yes!" Lucca said and hugged Magus, "I'm sorry I ever left you..." Magus said. "No, it was my fault and you had all the right. But everything can be right now." Lucca said squeezing Magus harder than she ever had before.
Chapter 7:The Wedding
"Oh I'm so nervous." Lucca said standing up on a pillar as several royal servants sewed her wedding dress around her. "I was too. But it gets easier, and it's over in a few minutes. You'll love it, married life is so great!!" Marle said. "Janus took a long time to forgive me but, he saved my life... I haven't told anybody about this, and neither has Janus. But just as he showed up, I was about to... kill myself." Lucca said. "Oh my god! What happened?" Marle asked. "I was standing on the chair, I even had the rope around my neck. I kicked the chair out from under myself, but some invisible force held me up. Janus cut the rope and caught me, he devoted the next month to nursing me back to health." Lucca said. "Ow!" Lucca suddenly jumped as a needle poked her leg. "Apologies my lady." the servant said. "Quite alright." Lucca replied. "So, where are you going to have your honeymoon?" Marle asked. "Oh, I don't know. I was thinking that we might go to that new island resort. Umm... Marle... I just noticed, did you put on a little weight?" Lucca asked. "You could say that, yes." Marle said giggling. "Oh my god, you're..." "I'm five months pregnant." Marle said. "What are you going to name it?" Lucca asked. "If it's a boy, we're going to name it Janus, if it's a girl, then we'll name it Lucca." Marle said. "Oh don't do that." Lucca said, blushing. "I don't mean to rush you guys down there, but is the dress about done, my arms are getting tired." Lucca said. "It is finished." the head seamstress said. "Thank you so very much." Lucca said, paying each of the servants five hundred gold pieces each. "Ohh, I just can't believe that in two weeks I'm going to be married... to Magus!" Lucca said with an excited voice. "You have to admit it sounds a little odd if you haven't followed all the events so far." Marle said smiling. "You want some lunch Lucca, I've got a roast in the ice box." "Sure, but I'll help." Lucca said as the two left the bedroom.
"Grr... How long do I have to stand still for? Why can't I just wear the tuxedo that I wore to the Spring Festival?" Magus wined. "This tuxedo has to be different, as it is the most important suit you will ever wear, and I would think after thirteen years of being whipped by crazy monsters, standing still for a couple of hours wouldn't be THAT hard." Crono said. "So, where are you guys going to have your honeymoon at?" Crono asked. "Lucca has her heart set on that new island resort. I don't really care where we go, I wouldn't mind if we had our honeymoon at the house." Magus said. "Yeah, did I tell you Marle's pregnant. She says that if it's a girl she'll name it Lucca, and if it's a boy she'll name it Janus." Crono remarked. "Now why would she want to jinx it like that?" Magus asked. "Marle's probably taking Lucca to go buy some crazy lingerie for the honeymoon right now." Crono said, ignoring Magus' question. "How does she know where to buy that at?" Magus asked holding his right arm out so the tailor could sew the sleeve on. "I really don't know, she keeps coming up with it though. I sometimes wonder what kind of stuff she does when I'm not around. So who are you going to invite to the wedding?" Crono asked. "Well, we are inviting you and Marle of course, Frog, Robo, Ayla, Kino, Leah, Gaspar, Melchior, Spekkio, Atropos, Belthasar (I know he's dead, but if Lavos never came along he might still be alive), King Gaurdia, Queen Leene, and Taban." Magus said. "That's quite a guest list." Crono said. "Yeah, it will be quite a party." Magus said raising his other arm so that the other sleeve could be added. "Well, I assumed that the Zeal name would die with you, but it looks like things are going to change." Crono said. "I did assume to let that awful family die with me, but I guess that it will live on." Magus replied and put his arm back at his side. "It is finished." the tailor said, looking satisfied at his latest work. Magus walked over to the mirror and looked at his reflection, "Not bad. Here's a little something for your trouble." Magus said tossing the tailor a sack of gems. "Thank you sir." the tailor said bowing. Magus began to remove the suit and put it on it's hanger, then he began placing on his usual purple cape, with bronze armor, and blue pants. "So what ring did you get for yourself?" Crono asked. "Actually Lucca got me one, it's made of some strange metal, I don't know what it is." Magus said shaking his head. "So, what's it like being married?" Magus asked Crono. "It's not too bad, you have something to look forward to every day, a warm set of arms waiting for you every night. It's a great life, and Marle isn't a bad cook either." Crono said smiling. "Lucca could use a lot of work on her cooking, she actually set spaghetti on fire, don't ask me how. But I'm a fairly good cook, so it all evens out in the end." Magus said. "C'mon let's go. Just wait till you see your bachelor party." Crono said smirking. "And what would that be?" Magus asked. "Oh, you'll see." Crono replied, a devious smile spreading from ear to ear.
"This cake is perfect!" Lucca said pointing to a large wedding cake that was decorated with pink frosting. "It really does look good. If it's the one you want, take it. I'll give the others to the servants." Marle said and took Lucca's wedding cake. "Thank you so much for helping me get ready for the wedding!" Lucca said hugging Marle. "Oh, it's nothing. Just wait until your bachelorette party tonight." Marle said. "We agreed, no alcohol, and no strippers." Lucca said. "Yes, yes. I told Crono the same goes for Magus' bachelor party." Marle said smiling.
It was Magus' bachelor party and they where at a bar in Truce. "So this is it? What's so exciting about this?" Magus asked. "I don't know. But it's your last night as a single man. Live it up." Crono said. "You're right... give me the strongest ale that you have!" Magus said to the bartender. "How big a glass?" the man asked. "Give me the keg." Magus said.
Meanwhile: Marle had music playing in the castle while her, Ayla, and Lucca sat in her room having Lucca's bachelorette party. "As your last night as a single woman. We got you some presents for the road ahead." Marle said grinning from ear to ear. "Lucca opened one of the larger boxes and found that it was stuffed with skimpy lingerie. "For your honeymoon." Marle said giggling. Lucca's face turned red with embarrassment. Lucca (Afraid of what the rest of Marle's gifts contained) opened one of Ayla's. Inside the box was a set of clothes like Ayla's. Lucca opened the rest of her presents each one more embarrassing than the last. "You two are gross!" Lucca said to the laughing Marle and Ayla. "Oh relax! They're gag gifts! I got some that where ten times worse then what you got, you're not supposed to take it seriously." Marle giggled.
Finally the big day arrived, Magus stood at the altar with his best man Crono, and groomsman Frog. Leah walked down the isle wearing a white gown, she threw flower petals in the isle and took her seat at the front. Lucca walked forward, holding her bouquet of flowers. Taban waited for Lucca, his arm outstretched, and a tear in his eye because his daughter was finally going to get married. Lucca was lead down the isle by Taban, everyone on the guest list was there, even Spekkio the Master of War in his cute little puffball form. Lucca looked absolutely stunning in her white dress, her hair tied in a bun on her head, her makeup done perfectly. Lucca saw her fiancé standing at the altar, waiting for her. Lucca's bridesmaids Ayla and Marle both crying with joy for Lucca. Suddenly, some very unexpected guests came in and sat down, although they where transparent, they were real. Lara, Schala, and Queen Zeal came in and sat down in the back, everyone was surprised. But Lucca got to the altar and snapped the priest out of it, "We are gathered here today to join these two, Janus Pandora Zeal and Lucca Sarah Ashtear in holy matrimony. Lucca, do you promise to keep Janus, to have and to hold, through sickness and health, till death do you part?" the priest asked. "I do." Lucca said and gave a sweet smile. "And Janus, do you promise to keep Lucca, to have and to hold, through sickness and in health, till death do you part?" the priest asked. "I do." Magus replied. "May we now have the rings?" the priest asked and Crono handed him the rings. Magus placed Schala's ring on Lucca's finger, and Lucca took the ring that her mother had gotten and placed it on Magus' finger, the ring was a plain ring, it was simply a gold ring, no designs or jewels, but it was made from a mystical metal called adamant that protected it's wearer no matter what. "Now, Janus and Lucca have both written wedding vows that they wish to recite." the priest said. "Oh Janus, although we met as enemies, we became friends, I loved you despite our differences, though the troubles we have faced on the way to today have been large, and the road we walk down has been filled with snares, I love you Janus... More than anything in the world." Lucca said. "Lucca, from the first moment I saw you, I admired your beauty, and although I hid it in our adventures through time, I secretly admired you the entire time. I have almost lost you countless times, but for now, everything is perfect. Nothing will ever keep us apart. I love you Lucca, more than life itself." Magus said. "By the power vested in me by the kingdom of Gaurdia, I pronounce you married. You may now kiss the bride." the priest said. Magus lifted the veil from Lucca's face, her pink glossy lips formed into a tender smile, her eyes fixed on his. Magus pulled her close and kissed her, the smell of her hair was heavenly and her skin was as soft as ever. Lucca ran her hands through Magus' long white hair, wishing that time would stop, and they would be like this forever. Magus reluctantly pulled away from Lucca, she too was disappointed that he had to stop. Magus and Lucca walked to where the cake was. Two small glasses where filled with wine, Magus took one and so did Lucca, the two took the glasses and placed their glass to the other's mouth and drank. Then two pieces of cake where cut and they fed those to each other.
Magus and Lucca sat down at the table at the front of the room. "Congratulations, we always knew you'd find somebody good Janus." Melchior, Gaspar, and Belthasar said in unison to Magus and Lucca. "Oh, Lucca. I'm so glad that you've found somebody. You always where such a charming girl." Crono's mother said to the both of them. "Congratulations little brother." Schala said hugging Magus, him hugging back. "I'll... I'll miss you Schala." Magus said crying on Schala's shoulder, "It's okay Janus, no sense crying over the past, I'm dead now, there's no way to change that. Besides, your supposed to be happy today!" Schala said patting Magus on the back. "Congratulations honey!" Taban said, the ghost of Lara standing next to him, "Have a nice life dear." Lara said smiling. "Now, I want you two to get me some grandchildren here in a year or so. And son, I'm sorry that I wasn't always there for you... Lavos corrupted me one month before you where born, that's why your ears are like they are... but I'm here now son, and I wish you a long and prosperous life." Levana Zeal said. The party stretched on long into the night.
"And now, it is time for the bride and groom's dance." Crono said. "Shall we?" Magus asked offering his hand to Lucca. "Of course." Lucca said grabbing Magus' hand. The two danced under the full moon, the silvery light shining down upon them. Lucca rested her head on Magus' chest, just like the night when they first danced two years ago... "I love you Janus." Lucca said. "I love you too." Magus replied. There was nothing that could ruin this moment... nothing at all. After the song ended Magus scooped up Lucca in his arms and carried her to the Epoch, which served as their carriage. Lucca took the bouquet and threw it, Schala caught it. Magus reached down and pulled the garter off of Lucca's leg and threw it. The garter landed on Frog's head. (This comes into play in the follow up to this story.) Magus carried Lucca out and sat her in the Epoch and it took off.
The End
That ends the Chronicles of Magus for now, the next story will center around Glenn and Schala. Anyway, Till Next time!!!! -MasklessDuckman.
A story by:MasklessDuckman
I do not own any of the characters or settings in this story. If you have read the first two stories, then you probably know how this one will turn out. Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 1:The Dance
Magus looked down at the dance partner that Crono and Marle had MADE him dance with. Lucca was sound asleep in his arms, her head resting on his chest. Magus moved his hands upward from where Marle had put them, much to his embarrassment. (Marle had put his hands on her butt for the dance) Magus placed one hand on her back and used the other to stroke her long purple hair. Lucca groaned a little in her sleep, but then just went back to sleeping. Magus tucked Lucca under his arm and began to walk back to his chair, "Where do you think you're going. The song isn't over." Marle said. "My dance partner fell asleep." Magus said. "Aww... Isn't that sweet. She fell asleep in your arms." Marle said. "Why must you associate everything we do with passion?" Magus asked rolling his eyes. "She was obviously tired because it is so late, and that soothing music put her to sleep." Magus said. Magus carried Lucca down to an empty corner of Leene square and sat her down on a bench next to him. Lucca was snuggled up against Magus and he had his arm around her, still stroking her hair.
Magus' mind turned to a song that his sister had sung to him when he was only a child, the tune came to him and he began to sing, his voice was not his own and without thinking he sang the words:
Our love will drift all through time.
Never to subside.
We'll never be alone again.
Though the path is far and wide.
Although we may grow old and gray.
Our love will never die.
Cause you my dear will always be...
The apple of my eye.
Although time goes on and on...
and troubles come to pass.
Our love will span all of time.
Our love through time will last.
Magus snapped out of his trance, realizing that he had actually sang, he had never sung before in his life. Magus always remembered Schala singing it when he was a child, and afraid that his mother would hurt Schala. Iris had somehow known the words too, it must have been a song that was remembered through the ages. Over in the bushes away from Magus and Lucca, Marle and Crono sat. Marle's eyes where wet with tears, "That was beautiful." Marle said sobbing softly so Magus wouldn't hear, Crono still couldn't get over the shock that Magus had actually sang a love song to Lucca, he surely knew someone was watching.
Magus decided to ignore the rustling in the bushes, he was sure it was Crono and Marle, but he didn't want to wake Lucca by throwing a rock or something. Lucca groaned again in her sleep, but once again returned to her position on Magus' chest. Magus stroked Lucca's hair softly, "I guess they where right. We where meant for each other..." Magus said. Magus began to feel sleep taking over him, and decided to give in. He closed his eyes and fell asleep, the sight was very sweet of the former king of the mystics and the genius inventor cuddled up with each other asleep on the park bench. "Let's leave em alone." Marle said. Crono nodded.
Chapter 2:A Love That Spans Time
Magus awoke. "Lucca. Lucca." he said shaking the purple haired woman in his arms. "Huh? Oh, good morning Janus. Where are we?" Lucca asked. "Still in Leene Square, we both fell asleep." Magus said. Lucca looked up at Magus, tenderness in her eyes. "Well I suppose we can't deny it now." Lucca said. Magus nodded his head, "Yes, especially after I sang to you last night." Magus said. "You sang to me?" Lucca asked. "Yes." Magus replied. "Well what did you sing?" Lucca asked. "I'll tell you later." Magus replied.
Lucca went and prepped the Epoch and Magus went to the castle to gather his and her things. Marle walked up to him, "So did you have fun last night?" Marle asked. Magus was silent, but he had a smile on his face. Marle began to hum, "That tune... So you where eavesdropping on me last night." Magus said. Marle's eyes widened, "You knew about that?" Marle asked sheepishly. "Oh, please, you forget who you are dealing with." Magus said. "Well, my point still stands, you are in love with her. That was the most beautiful song I have ever heard in my life. Where did you hear it?" Marle asked. "Schala used to sing it to me as a child." Magus replied. "At any rate, I was right." Marle said. "You'll never get me to admit it." Magus said. "Of course not." Marle replied. Magus made his way to the jail and gathered Lucca's things in her backpack and grabbed his own things from the armory. "So, are you going back to look for Schala?" Marle asked. Magus looked at Marle and simply smiled. "You're going with Lucca aren't you?" Marle asked. "A gentleman never tells." Magus said. "Since when are you a gentleman? And a gentleman must tell a lady." Marle said. "Since when are you a lady?" Magus asked. "Very funny. You are seriously going to live with her?" Marle asked. "As Schala has been in several time periods before me, she is probably searching for me. So I've decided to stay in one place and wait, and I'm sure as hell not going to stay in this time." Magus said. "Well you two will have the house to yourselves as Taban moved to Medina two years ago after Lara's death." Marle said. "How did she die?" Magus asked. "No one's really sure, she just got really sick and died. It's probably a good thing that you are going to live with her, until Crono and I left on our honeymoon, she was sulking, her hair was a mess and she hadn't changed clothes for weeks, she hadn't even worked on anything. She just sat in her room reading books all day." Marle answered. "Hmm..." was all Magus said. "Magus, your skin's finally getting some color back into it." Marle said. "Yes, I've noticed that my eyes are getting a hint of green in them as well. I suppose that means the influence of the mystics is truly gone." Magus replied. Magus and Marle reached the Epoch. Magus put Lucca's things in the back and threw his scythe in his long purple cape and placed his armor on. "See you at home Marle!" Lucca said waving. "You too!" Marle said waving back.
The Epoch landed on Ashtear Island. "Welcome home." Lucca said hopping down. "It's nice." Magus said staring at the large Victorian house. Magus stepped inside the large house, he had been here once before, but it had been full of machines, now it was for the most part empty, with the exception of a couch, two chairs, and a table. "I'm going to go change." Lucca said heading upstairs with her backpack over her shoulders. Magus sat down on the couch, he looked around the room... such an odd family that Lucca was raised in. The picture on the wall showed a man, a woman, and a small girl with purple hair. The next picture had the same people, but Lucca was somewhere around ten and the woman was sitting down, the smiles where slightly more grim in this picture, the next picture was basically the same, but Lucca was about seventeen, and finally the last one, just Lucca as she was now and the man, the woman was nowhere to be found... Magus sat back down on the couch and sat there waiting. Lucca finally came back down the stairs, she was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. "I'm back!" Lucca said. "Yes, so what is there to do around here?" Magus asked. "Well, there's nothing going on at Leene Square right now, so it's pretty much down to eating and reading, or taking a walk." Lucca said. "I see. What would you like to do?" Magus asked. "Well, it's summer. I was really considering going swimming. You do know how to swim don't you?" Lucca asked. "Not a clue." Magus replied. "Well, we'll go anyway. Maybe I can teach you." Lucca said laughing slightly at the thought of a grown man that couldn't swim. Lucca went upstairs and returned with a one-piece bathing suit on. "Let's go." Lucca said. Magus stood up and they walked out the door.
Chapter 3:Swimming
Magus walked onto the sandy beach, the foamy tide washed up on the white sandy shore. Lucca brought Magus towards the water and she walked in and began to swim in the salty water. Magus floated out where she was swimming and sat there above the water. "Do you know what's in that water?" Magus asked. "Of course sodium chloride." Lucca said. "I was actually referring to all of the fish waste." Magus replied. "Oh relax, hop in." Lucca said. Magus shook his head, "I'd rather not." Lucca grabbed hold of Magus' cape and jerked him into the water. sploosh Lucca looked down, she didn't see him. "Janus? Janus?" Lucca called but couldn't see him. Had he drown? He did say that he couldn't swim. Suddenly a force from below pushed on Lucca's feet and she was shot from the water and fell back in with a loud Sploosh! Lucca came back to the top and Magus was floating above the water again wringing out his cape. "That was a dirty trick, I thought that you'd drowned." Lucca said. "I really never learned how to swim, but it was rather easy." Magus replied. "Well come on, let's swim!" Lucca said. "I don't want to get my cape and armor wet." Magus said. "Then take em off. C'mon." Lucca said. Magus floated back to shore and removed his cape, armor, shirt, gloves, and boots. "Yeah, you need a tan." Lucca said to him. Magus dove into the water. Lucca followed his shadow with her eyes, he surfaced and looked around. "Do you see something down there?" Magus asked pointing into the water, "Lucca examined everything, "No..." Lucca replied. Suddenly a large shadow appeared under Lucca. Magus dove towards Lucca and pushed her out of the way, suddenly a large fish covered in spikes flew up from the depths and hit Magus head on, and many of the spikes went through him. "Janus!" Lucca said. Magus managed to pull himself off and summoned his scythe to his hand, a large chunk was cut from the fish's body. The fish began to bloat up and suddenly all of the spikes shot from his body, Magus dove in front of Lucca and several more spikes pierced through his body. "Inferno!" Magus said and a great blaze of fire fried the large fish. Magus swam to shore and stood up, Lucca came after him. "Are you alright?" Lucca asked. "Of course, this is noth..." Magus stopped in the middle of his sentence and fell face first into the sand. "Janus!" Lucca screamed.
It was no easy task for Lucca to get Magus to Gaurdia Castle to the doctor, as Magus was almost twice her size. Lucca had grabbed his arms over her shoulders and sort of piggy backed him to Gaurdia. "Marle!!!" Lucca screamed as she walked in the door and Marle and Crono ran out of the throne room. "Hi Luc... Oh my god! What happened?" Marle asked. "We where swimming and this big fish stabbed him several times with the spikes that covered his body." Lucca said. Crono went and got the doctor. Marle and Lucca carried Magus down to the knights' quarters.
The doctor pulled the spikes from Magus' body one by one and sat them in a dish to his side. "What's wrong with him doctor?" Lucca asked. "Each of these spikes is coated with enough poison to bring down an elephant, your friend here is lucky to be alive, but he may not pull through. It would not be wise to use magic on him either, as magic would only make the poison stronger, but if you could find some way of healing him without using magic or potions, it should work. Lucca ran out of the room as quickly as she could and hopped in the Epoch, 650,000,000 B.C. was set on the dial. Lucca started up the Epoch and it jet off through time.
Lucca landed in Ioka Village, she walked into the tent that she knew was Ayla's. The ground was covered with a light coat of snow, and Lucca was still in her bathing suit, and covered with salt water, but the fresh snow burning her feet or the cold wind freezing her exposed flesh didn't bother her so much as she was worried for Magus' well being. Lucca rushed into Ayla's tent and there was the cave woman, but she was slightly occupied. "Ahhhh!" Ayla screamed and clenched her teeth as the village doctor slightly pushed on her stomach, "No stop pushing. Baby almost out." The doctor said. "Ahhh!!!" Ayla screamed out again and was squeezing, and by the look on Kino's face, breaking Kino's hand. Finally Ayla screamed one last time and the sounds of a baby wailing came. The doctor wiped some of the blood from the child's face and handed it to Ayla. Ayla looked at the tiny child and said, "Your name Leah. You grow up be strong like mother." Kino held his finger out to his newborn daughter, she grabbed hold of his finger and began sucking it. "Uh.... Ayla, congratulations. I hate to do this, but I need your help." Lucca said to Ayla. "What wrong now?" Ayla said looking tired, but concerned. "It's Magus, he's been poisoned. We can't use magic or potions to heal him, and you are the only one that I know who could heal him." Lucca said. "Ayla come. Help Magus. Kino take care of baby, Ayla be back soon." Ayla said and walked outside with Lucca. The both of them climbed into the Epoch and took off through the time stream.
Lucca landed the Epoch right in front of the castle and Ayla ran in. Lucca remained outside, as she knew the only way Ayla could truly heal him was a kiss. Lucca began to cry afraid she might lose him, suddenly her vision blurred. "Huh? My contacts, where are they?" Lucca asked. Lucca began trying to look for them, she tripped over a tree limb and fell into the Epoch and hit the take off button. It was set on round trip so that it would land for exactly five minutes. The epoch stopped and Lucca stumbled out, she didn't know where she was but it was snowing very heavily, the Epoch closed the glass dome on it and took off. "Noo!" Lucca screamed. Lucca had to try to find civilization. She began to freeze, her wet hair became stiff, and her skin... ice cold. After a while of walking, she collapsed in a snowdrift.
Chapter 4:Where's Lucca?
Magus awoke from Ayla's healing kiss. "Hey, you had your child." Magus said. "Yes, few minutes ago. Her name Leah." Ayla said. "Where's Lucca?" Magus asked. "She outside." Ayla replied. Magus walked outside. Suddenly the Epoch came back, but nobody was in it. crunch something broke under his foot, Magus looked down and saw Lucca's contacts. Magus looked at the time on the dial and opened up a time portal, "I'm coming Lucca. Don't worry." Magus said and stepped in.
Lucca was freezing to death, she knew it, and she could no longer feel her fingers or toes. Lucca was being covered in snow, which blanketed her from the wind but burned her exposed flesh, she greatly wished she was wearing more than a bathing suit. Suddenly her vision went black and she could see fine again, and she was warm. Lucca looked around, she was home. "Hi there." a voice came from behind her. Lucca turned around and there was Flea. "Ahh! Get away from me!" Lucca screamed. "Hey hey relax. This is heaven, I won't hurt you." Flea said. "If this is heaven, then why are you here?" Lucca asked. "Simple, hell is only temporary, you spend you time there until you have paid for your sins, then you come here. Slash has got another millenium to go and Ozzie has one hundred years." Flea said. "So then... I'm dead?" Lucca asked. "Well, according to your book of life no... but I have no idea why you are here." Flea said. Flea presented a book with gold letters that said "Lucca Ashtear" on it. Flea opened up the book to the last page with writing on it and the other half of the book was blank, an hourglass appeared on the page. "Okay, this hour glass is your life span, when all the sand is at the bottom, you die, but as you can see, it's half full. So you shouldn't be here." Flea said. "Relax. I'm sure my son will save her." a voice came from behind. "Queen Zeal? But you should spend an eternity in hell for your deeds." Lucca said. "I got off on a technicality, since Lavos was basically controlling my mind. I went here automatically. So you are my soon to be daughter in law. I was afraid I would never be a grandmother." Queen Zeal said. "Uh, Queen Zeal." Lucca began to say. "Oh, please call me Levana." Queen Zeal said. "Levana, is my mother here?" Lucca asked. "Why of course." Levana replied. "We where just talking the other day about how you and Janus where made for each other." Levana said. "Lara! Your daughter's here!" Levana called. "Lucca!" the familiar voice of Lucca's mother echoed through the dark place. Lucca could see plainly as her mother came running, she could walk. She was not crippled due to the injury that happened so many years ago. "M... Mommy." Lucca said like a lost child would when it's mother found it. Lucca ran to her mother and gave her a huge hug, tears flying from her eyes. "Mommy, I missed you so much." Lucca said hugging her departed mother. "Lucca, you can call me mother. Besides, I am in a much happier place now, for the first time in years I can walk!" Lara said patting her sobbing daughter on the back. "Lucca, you shouldn't sulk over me. Your father has kept himself occupied by helping the mystics in Medina. You have a man that loves you dearly, don't let him go. He is searching for you, he'll save you dear, and I just know he will. He cares for you as much as any man could and more, marry that man, and get me some grandchildren." Lara said. "Yes you have been a godsend. After Slash killed Iris, I completely gave up hope on Janus. It is rather obvious that Schala will never find anyone." Levana said. "Where is Schala?" Lucca asked. "Right here." another voice said and the familiar form of Schala appeared. "Oh my, Schala. You're dead. Janus will be so disappointed." Lucca said sadly. "Yes, I was killed when a tidal wave destroyed a village in 1998 A.D. But I am in a better place now. Tell my brother that I miss him, that I'm sorry that I couldn't save him from the mystics, and that I am in a better place now." Schala said. Flea had a second book out now reading it, it was much heavier than Lucca's and on the front it said, "Janus Zeal." "It says here that he's searching far and wide for you." Flea said.
Magus flew through the air at high speeds, looking for his love. "Where are you, you can't die. You can't!!" Magus thought to himself. Magus' eyes where like searchlights, invading every unseen corner, looking for Lucca. "Don't die, don't die, don't die. You can't die, not before me. Not now." Magus continued to think. Magus' arms where stiff and numb due to the fact that his shirt had no sleeves. Magus looked high and low, far and wide, searching everywhere in the snow-covered wasteland. But found nothing. Magus did something that he had not done since he was a child... he cried. Magus' salty tears stung as they froze on his face, but he didn't care. Everyone that had ever meant something to him... was gone. Magus fished in his pocket and pulled out the amulet that Schala had given him all those years ago... Magus took the green-gemmed amulet and gazed at his reflection, the reflection seemed to speak back to him. "It's you Janus. It's you who caused the deaths of those near you, It was all your fault. If you had not agreed to go swimming, Lucca wouldn't have been in this mess. She wouldn't have died." The reflection said. "You are a killer Janus. You are a killer of everyone around you. You make me sick!" "Shut up!!" Magus said and hurled the amulet across the field of snow, but it made a thunk sound as it hit something solid in a snowdrift. Magus gazed over to see a single naked white leg sticking from the snowdrift. "Lucca!" Magus said pawing through the snow to his love. Lucca was like ice, but her eyes weren't glazed, which was a good indication that she might be holding on to life. Magus hugged Lucca's cold limp body and wrapped his long purple cape around her. Magus took his scythe and with a few slashes, a tree was split into thousands of pieces. Magus piled the wood up and cast Fire on it. He cast an ice spell and a cupola of ice formed around them, just large enough that the flame wouldn't melt it. Magus conjured up a blanket and wrapped Lucca's warm body in it. "How was it that I was told to keep someone warm. What was it, you where supposed to... Oh no, I can't. But if it's the only way to save Lucca's life, then I must." Magus thought to himself. Magus removed Lucca's bathing suit, trying not to look as he did. He was too embarrassed to remove his pants, so he just removed his boots, armor, shirt, and gloves. Magus wrapped Lucca and himself in the blanket in his cloak and hugged her tight, hoping that his body heat would bring her back.
"Oh! This is really good!." Flea said reading Magus' book. "What?" Lucca asked. "Read for yourself." Flea said handing her the book, Lara, Schala, and Levana peeked in from the sides. "Magus found Lucca's frozen body in a snow drift, one foot in the grave. Thinking quickly Magus built a fire and created a dome of ice to keep the winds away. Magus tried hard to remember how to keep someone warm when they were frozen, and became embarrassed as he remembered. Magus trying not to look, removed Lucca's... wet bathing suit... and everything but his pants as he was too embarrassed. He wrapped the both of them in a blanket and hugged her naked frozen body, hoping that his body heat would warm her enough to keep her alive." Lucca read, and her cheeks turned bright red. "Well, he was right in what he did. It's still a little embarrassing to think, that my body's back there naked in a blanket with Magus." Lucca said sheepishly. "He does it because he cares for you dear." Lara said. "He's just as embarrassed as you darling." Levana added. Lucca's body began to blur. "What's happening?" Lucca asked. "You're going to live." Flea said. Flea, Levana, Lara, and Schala waved goodbye as Lucca disappeared.
"Ohh... so... so cold." Lucca said as she awoke. "Oh thank god. I was scared that I was too late." Magus said hugging Lucca tight. "Magus, could you conjure me up some clothes? You had the right idea to save me, but I feel really nervous right now." Lucca said. "Of course. Magus said and suddenly a pair of pants, a long sleeved shirt, a stocking cap, and a pair of glasses appeared. Of course Lucca saw only blurs as she was near blind without her glasses. Magus placed Lucca's glasses on her. Lucca put on the warm clothes quickly. "It was no easy task finding you. In fact this little thing probably saved your life." Magus said holding up the amulet. Lucca hugged Magus and said, "I was in heaven... I saw my mother, and your mother, and... Flea. Apparently hell is only a temporary thing until you have paid for your sins. But I saw... I saw... Schala. She died in 1998 A.D. by a tidal wave. She said to tell you that she's sorry she never found you, that she misses you, and that she's in a better place now." Lucca said sadly. Magus hugged Lucca tightly, "I had assumed that she would have died by the time I found her. But my heart refused to believe what my mind told me. But when I was out there sulking over those I had lost, the one at the top of my list was... you." Magus said, "I love you Lucca, more than anything. You are the one I love." Magus reached into his mind and pulled the song out, starting out quietly at first, but his voice getting louder as he sang rocking back and forth with the woman he loved in his arms:
Our love will drift all through time.
Never to subside.
We'll never be alone again.
Though the path is far and wide.
Although we may grow old and gray.
Our love will never die.
Cause you my dear will always be...
The apple of my eye.
Although time goes on and on...
and troubles come to pass.
Our love will span all of time.
Our love through time will last.
As Magus rocked Lucca back and forth in his arms, he took his right hand and grabbed her chin lightly with his thumb and index finger, lifting her head up to look at him. Magus leaned forward and so did Lucca, the two locked in a kiss. Lucca pulled him in tightly, never wanting to let go, never wanting this moment to end... never. Magus stroked Lucca's gorgeous hair with his right hand and held her tight with his left. "May I cherish the moment forever." Magus thought to himself, a feeling of dread as he realized that this tender kiss would have to soon end. Oh how cruel reality was to break up such a tender moment, but Magus knew he could stretch it out for a length of time. Magus licked Lucca's lips, his tongue begging entry to her mouth, and Lucca opened her mouth and let him in, doing the same to him. Lucca smelled so good, though she wore no perfume or makeup of any sort. Lucca had natural beauty that could be compared to none, the smell of her soft skin was intoxicating, her hair was like strands of silk coming from her head, and her skin was soft and smooth. Lucca felt the scars all over Magus' back and realized that whatever hell she had been through in her life, he had been through something ten times worse. Magus had surprised Lucca, he had seemed a cold unbreakable barrier, but inside he was a tender, loving human being with a broken heart, which Lucca had mended. After a long seeming eternity to Lucca and Magus, the kiss broke apart. But eternity just wasn't enough time in this case. "We had better go home." Magus said. "Yes. Thank you Janus." Lucca said. Magus gave a tender smile and opened up a time gate.
Chapter 5:One Year Later
Leene square was usually a marketplace when no events where going on, and today was no exception. Crono and Magus walked through the rows of tables covered in clothing, jewelry, and other items. "So, it's been a year. When are you gonna pop the question?" Crono asked Magus. "I really don't know. I mean, I love Lucca and she obviously loves me... but I want it to be the perfect time. I don't want it to be meaningless. How did you ask Marle?" Magus asked picking up an old sword and examining the condition. "Ask her? She asked me! Unfortunately Lucca isn't as overbearing as Marle, so the chances of you being asked are slim to none." Crono replied. Magus and Crono walked over to a tent containing all sorts of clothes. "Well, you could ask her at the Spring Festival tomorrow, take her under one of the cherry trees, the blossoms littering the ground, sit next to her and propose, maybe sing that song to her." Crono said. "I can't sing that song out of my own will. My voice sounds terrible, I can't figure it out, I go into a sort of trance when I sing it, and it can't be explained." Magus said. "I see. Well, I've known Lucca all my life. She is a very easy girl to please, you'll do just fine." Crono held a tuxedo over himself, looking to see if it might fit. Magus picked out an identical one that was a little longer, "Black is not your color Magus, and you should try something else... like this." Crono said and picked out a white tuxedo. Magus looked at it, and tried on the jacket. Magus walked over to the full-length mirror in the back and looked at his reflection. "You're right, white is my color." Magus said walking up to the counter and placing the white tuxedo on it. "That will be three hundred gill please." The merchant said, Magus reached into one of the pockets in his belt and pulled out a sack of gold, "Hey! Magus don't worry, I've got this." Crono said laying his tuxedo down on the counter on top of it. "That will be... oh! My king!" the merchant said and fell to the floor in a groveling position, "Hey relax. Get back up here." Crono said. The shopkeeper stood up, "How much?" Crono asked pulling out a sack of money. "Oh my lordship, for you it is free." the merchant said. "Wow, even the mystics didn't act this way." Magus said smiling. Crono took the tuxedos and emptied the sack of money on the counter. "Keep the change." Crono said and they walked out. "You realize that you just paid that man a couple thousand dollars don't you?" Magus asked. "Of course, don't want my people thinking I'm an uptight tyrant who rules with an iron fist. Like someone that I used to know." Crono said. "That was low." Magus hissed, "Very low." Crono just laughed.
"So do you think he's gonna ask you?" Marle said excited. "I don't know. He might, he's probably just waiting for the perfect moment, and he's so sweet." Lucca said smiling tenderly. "Why don't YOU just ask HIM? That's what I did to Crono. We're just as happy." Marle commented. "I'm just an old fashioned girl who believes that the man should ask the woman. Besides it's fun to watch the former prince of darkness sweat over things like my affection." Lucca said and laughed slightly. "Whatever." Marle replied. Lucca browsed through the beautiful dresses. Marle had already picked out a lovely white flowing dress for herself. "I just can't see any of these on myself." Lucca said shaking her head. "That's because you always wear shorts. But if you can't decide, I'll just have to be your fashion consultant. There's a dressing room in the back of this tent and a whole lot of mirrors, now... go try em on." Marle said and handed Lucca a pile of dresses.
"Are you dressed in there yet?" Marle asked knocking on their door. "Oh... I look really stupid." Lucca remarked. "Oh, I'm sure that you look fine... come out." Marle said. Lucca stuck her head out the door, "Promise not to laugh?" Lucca asked. "Of course." Marle said. Lucca stepped out, she was wearing a thin red dress with a slit up the leg, Lucca was wearing red high-healed shoes, and little red ruby earrings. Lucca would have wowed any man at that point as gorgeous as she looked in that dress. "It's ugly isn't it?" Lucca asked. "Good lord no Lucca. It's the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, you look great." Marle said. "Really? It doesn't make me look..." Lucca's eyes darted back and forth and she leaned in with her hand cupped over her mouth as she whispered in Marle's ear, "easy?" Lucca asked. "Lucca, you're twenty three years old. This is the Spring Festival, not the senior prom." Marle said laughing at Lucca's question. "Oh whatever." Lucca said and went back into the dressing room to change, she came back out with the dress, shoes, and earrings. Marle took them and sat them on the counter with her dress, shoes, and earrings. "How much do I owe you?" Marle asked getting out her purse. "Oh nothing, my queen. I could never charge you." The merchant said. "Tell me, do you have a family?" Marle asked. "Why of course my queen." the man answered. "Please just call me Marle, and do these dresses cost a lot of money?" Marle asked. "Why yes... M, Marle." the man replied. "How much?" Marle asked. "Seven thousand gold pieces." the man said. "With or without the shoes and jewelry?" Marle asked. "With." the man replied. "Alright, here's seven thousand, and a little extra for your family." Marle said handing the man a pouch full of money. The dresses where put into a bag and Marle and Lucca walked out.
"Tomorrow evening, come to the castle and I'll do your hair and make up." Marle said to Lucca. "Make up? I hate makeup, you don't even wear it. And what's wrong with my hair?" Lucca said placing her hands on top of her head. "Nothing's wrong with your hair. I'm just going to fix it up all nice and festive for the festival, and I will be wearing make up tomorrow, and if I have to suffer, so do you." Marle said. "But the shoes are torture enough." Lucca whined. Marle simply laughed.
"How about this one?" Crono said holding up a jewel encrusted ring. "No, I want the ring to be really nice." Magus said. "Don't forget that you have to buy two." Crono reminded. "Yes, yes, I know." Magus said half-ignoring Crono as he looked over the large display of rings. "There's nothing here, I need something... something... different." Magus said. "So what are you gonna..." "Get down!" Magus said and pushed Crono down to the ground as Lucca and Marle walked by. Magus and Crono snuck out and came around by the weapons tent. "Oh! Crono, Magus! Hi!" Marle said waving. Magus walked up to Lucca, "So, how's my mad scientist doing today?" Magus said giving Lucca a tender kiss. "Oh fine. My prince of darkness." Lucca said returning the kiss. "Umm... aren't pet names supposed to be cute and sweet... not weird?" Marle asked. "And you'd call us normal?" Lucca and Magus asked simultaneously both arching their eyebrows. "Nope, guess not." Marle said smiling. "Listen, darling. I have to go away for the remainder of today and probably part of tomorrow, but I promise I'll be back in time for the festival. I'll miss you." Magus said giving Lucca a goodbye kiss and floating out of the square. "What's he doing?" both Lucca and Marle asked Crono. "I'm not supposed to tell you." Crono said. Evil smiles appeared on Lucca and Marle's faces. "What's that look about?" Crono asked. "How should we make him talk?" Lucca asked. "He's really ticklish, I say we tie him up and tickle him until he tells." Marle said smiling. "Huh?" Crono asked. "Come here Crono." Marle said waving her finger back towards her, a devious grin on her face. Crono ran as fast as he could from the square to the castle, the two women not far behind him.
It was still four hours to the dance and Magus wasn't there yet, "Maybe he has a mistress in another time." Marle's joke that Lucca had laughed at then, but now took way too seriously echoed in her mind. What if Magus wasn't satisfied with Lucca, and found someone better? Lucca began to cry, "Of course he doesn't love me. I'm hideous, why would any man ever love me?" Lucca sobbed. Lucca wiped the tears from her eyes, she was going to show that womanizing bastard who had really lost. Lucca left for the castle and left a note,
Dear Jerk wad
I figured out what you where doing, and I hate you!! But I
won't cry, I'm gonna show you that you made a big mistake by
straying away from Lucca Sarah Ashtear. See you at the festival
signed, the woman you dumped for some whore in another time.
"Lucca hold still, or I'm gonna poke you in the eye again!" Marle said trying to apply mascara to Lucca's eyelashes. "It just tears me that that bastard would do something like that." Lucca said, clenching her teeth. "Lucca, you're jumping to conclusions. Relax." Marle said. "Well, think about it. He told Crono not to tell me, he came up with a lame excuse to go away, and he is going to be late. It sounds pretty reasonable to me!" Lucca said. "But I'll show him. I'll show him that it was his loss, not mine!!" "Lucca!! For the last time, HOLD STILL!!" Marle yelled. The servants had applied Marle's makeup, they always complained because they didn't do anything, since Marle cooked, cleaned, etc.
Magus walked out of the time door and walked up to the house and read the note pinned to the door, "What?" Magus said to himself as her finished the note. Magus quickly ran inside and threw on his tuxedo with the long coat tails. "But wait, she's so mad that she'll never talk to me." Magus thought to himself. Magus fished through his room and found a metal mask with blue lenses and fixed his hair so it covered the points in his ears.
Lucca sat on a bench in her red dress and red shoes waiting, her hair was back in a ponytail like Marle's. "I'll show him. The next man that comes up those steps, I'll ask to dance." Lucca thought to herself. Lucca looked at the steps, and up came a man in a white tuxedo, with tails that reached the ground. The man wore a golden mask with blue lenses in the eyes, his long whitish blue hair came most of the way down his back. The man turned to Lucca and walked towards her, "Milady, may I have this dance." the man said in a soft warm voice. "Why of course, may I ask what your name is?" Lucca asked. "Oh, great. Now she wants a name. Come on, think of a name. One that sounds good, come on. She can't find out it's you, she's been beguiled into thinking your cheating on her... wait beguile... Guile..." Magus thought. "My name is Guile." Magus said confidently to Lucca. A soft song began to play, Magus picked Lucca up by the waist and the two danced very nicely. "You're a lovely dancer." Lucca said. "Thank you, you are a very good dancer yourself." Magus said softly.
After about ten songs, Magus/Guile said, "Lucca. Would you come with me." Magus/Guile led Lucca to a bench under a cherry tree, the pink blossoms covering the ground around them. "What is it?" Lucca asked sweetly. Guile removed his mask and shook his hair to reveal his ears. "Janus!" Lucca said and started to walk away, but two very powerful hands grabbed hold of her shoulders and sat her back down. "I can't believe it. You where cheating on me!" Magus said pacing back and forth in front of Lucca. "Well, you where doing the same to me!" Lucca said. "No! I wasn't!!! If I had not come along, you would have actually cheated on me with another man. And where you going to sleep with Guile?!?" Magus asked angrily. ".... No." Lucca said. "You lie! I can see it in your aura! You where going to! Just because you have a theory that I might have a mistress does not mean that you can leave me. If I ever do have a mistress and you have solid proof, I want you to throw me out. But not when it's just a theory!! What would ever give you the idea that I did not love you Lucca, I would move mountains to be with you." Magus said. "Well, you where late, and where did you go?" Lucca asked sadly. "I went to get you this." Magus said fishing in his pocket and pulling out a ring encrusted with red jewels and engraved with small designs. "It's made of dreamstone, it was my sister's. It was supposed to be a surprise, I was going to propose. But I still haven't forgiven you for what you did! When I forgive you, I'll come back. Until then, goodbye!" Magus said and tucked the ring back in his pocket and stormed off.
Lucca sat on the bench and cried, her makeup ran down her face, but she didn't care. She had a wonderful lover, and she had screwed it all up. Her shame increased as she realized that Queen Zeal, and Schala, and her own mother where watching... "Lucca? What happened?" Marle asked sitting down by Lucca. "I'm stupid!! I'm so stupid!! I sob tried to get sob back at Janus for what he did to me sob by dancing with this masked guy sob who was actually Janus. sob The reason sob he was gone was because sob he was getting his sister's ring sob from Zeal. sob He said sob that when he'd forgiven me sob for what I did sob he'd come back. sob I'm so stupid!!!" Lucca screamed at herself. Marle hugged Lucca and said, "Shh. Come on Lucca, we all make mistakes. He'll be back." Marle said. "But what sob if he never forgives me sob and he never comes back sob, I was sob prepared to sleep with Guile. sob I'm so ashamed of myself. sob" Lucca said. Marle hugged her, "Oh c'mon Lucca. I'll take you home."
Lucca walked into her house, Magus' bedroom was empty now, all of his things where gone. Lucca slid down the stairs wailing, Marle had left, and she was alone. Lucca opened up the cabinet, and took out a bottle of wine. "I have to take the pain away!" Lucca sobbed and popped the bottle open and chugged it down, much of it running down the side of her face and onto her dress.
Chapter 6:Nine Month's Later
Magus walked into 1005 A.D., his purple cape and his blue hair blew in the wind behind him. "How dare you show your face around here!" Marle said, her hands on her hips. "I had every right to. How would you feel if Crono slept with another woman, would you react any differently?" Magus asked. "I wouldn't disappear for almost a year! Lucca's sulking more than she was when her mother died! When you left, she snapped, she has done nothing but drink wine and cry since you left! I hope she takes your forgiveness and throws it in your face!!" Marle hissed at Magus. The clouds became very dark all of the sudden, and the wind stopped, Magus' eyes began to glow. "Watch your tongue Queen Nadia, lest you find yourself in a less than beautiful form." Magus said in a dark voice. Marle carefully backed away. Magus walked in the house, the room was dark, and so he flipped on the lights. The entire house was covered with pictures of Lucca and himself. Magus walked upstairs to Lucca's room and knocked on the door, no answer. Magus found that the door was locked, so he rammed against it. There was Lucca, she had a bottle of wine in one hand, she had a noose around her neck and a chair under he feet. "Goodbye, cruel world." Lucca said and kicked the chair out from under herself. "Noo!" Magus said and raised a hand in front of himself and held her body up, he rushed over and cut the rope with a slash from his scythe and caught her. Lucca eyes where weak and beady from being in the dark, "Lucca. I'm back." Magus said kissing her. "My hero..." Lucca said weakly.
The next few weeks where dedicated to bringing Lucca back to health. Nobody saw either of the couple for another month, some assumed that they'd killed each other. After a month Magus re-emerged with Lucca, she had really screwed up her body by giving it nothing but wine for almost a year, she was pale, and freakishly thin. Magus had crammed food into her like she was a garbage disposal, and she was so hungry that she ate like one too. Magus carried Lucca out of the house, "Where are you going with her?" Marle asked, this time with Crono by her side for protection. "Her liver is almost gone and she needs a new one. This kind of surgery is performed in the future, so I am going to take her there." Magus said, Lucca looked lifeless there in his arms, so pale. Magus opened up a time gate and went in.
For Marle and Crono it was only seconds before he returned, but to Magus and Lucca it was several painful months of surgery, rehab, and physical therapy. But Lucca and Magus returned. "Lucca..." Magus said as Lucca stood there, back to the way she was before Magus had left. "Yes, Janus?" Lucca asked biting her lower lip. Magus got down on one knee, "Lucca Sarah Ashtear. Will you do me the honor of being my wife?" Magus asked holding out Schala's ring to Lucca. "Yes Magus, yes!" Lucca said and hugged Magus, "I'm sorry I ever left you..." Magus said. "No, it was my fault and you had all the right. But everything can be right now." Lucca said squeezing Magus harder than she ever had before.
Chapter 7:The Wedding
"Oh I'm so nervous." Lucca said standing up on a pillar as several royal servants sewed her wedding dress around her. "I was too. But it gets easier, and it's over in a few minutes. You'll love it, married life is so great!!" Marle said. "Janus took a long time to forgive me but, he saved my life... I haven't told anybody about this, and neither has Janus. But just as he showed up, I was about to... kill myself." Lucca said. "Oh my god! What happened?" Marle asked. "I was standing on the chair, I even had the rope around my neck. I kicked the chair out from under myself, but some invisible force held me up. Janus cut the rope and caught me, he devoted the next month to nursing me back to health." Lucca said. "Ow!" Lucca suddenly jumped as a needle poked her leg. "Apologies my lady." the servant said. "Quite alright." Lucca replied. "So, where are you going to have your honeymoon?" Marle asked. "Oh, I don't know. I was thinking that we might go to that new island resort. Umm... Marle... I just noticed, did you put on a little weight?" Lucca asked. "You could say that, yes." Marle said giggling. "Oh my god, you're..." "I'm five months pregnant." Marle said. "What are you going to name it?" Lucca asked. "If it's a boy, we're going to name it Janus, if it's a girl, then we'll name it Lucca." Marle said. "Oh don't do that." Lucca said, blushing. "I don't mean to rush you guys down there, but is the dress about done, my arms are getting tired." Lucca said. "It is finished." the head seamstress said. "Thank you so very much." Lucca said, paying each of the servants five hundred gold pieces each. "Ohh, I just can't believe that in two weeks I'm going to be married... to Magus!" Lucca said with an excited voice. "You have to admit it sounds a little odd if you haven't followed all the events so far." Marle said smiling. "You want some lunch Lucca, I've got a roast in the ice box." "Sure, but I'll help." Lucca said as the two left the bedroom.
"Grr... How long do I have to stand still for? Why can't I just wear the tuxedo that I wore to the Spring Festival?" Magus wined. "This tuxedo has to be different, as it is the most important suit you will ever wear, and I would think after thirteen years of being whipped by crazy monsters, standing still for a couple of hours wouldn't be THAT hard." Crono said. "So, where are you guys going to have your honeymoon at?" Crono asked. "Lucca has her heart set on that new island resort. I don't really care where we go, I wouldn't mind if we had our honeymoon at the house." Magus said. "Yeah, did I tell you Marle's pregnant. She says that if it's a girl she'll name it Lucca, and if it's a boy she'll name it Janus." Crono remarked. "Now why would she want to jinx it like that?" Magus asked. "Marle's probably taking Lucca to go buy some crazy lingerie for the honeymoon right now." Crono said, ignoring Magus' question. "How does she know where to buy that at?" Magus asked holding his right arm out so the tailor could sew the sleeve on. "I really don't know, she keeps coming up with it though. I sometimes wonder what kind of stuff she does when I'm not around. So who are you going to invite to the wedding?" Crono asked. "Well, we are inviting you and Marle of course, Frog, Robo, Ayla, Kino, Leah, Gaspar, Melchior, Spekkio, Atropos, Belthasar (I know he's dead, but if Lavos never came along he might still be alive), King Gaurdia, Queen Leene, and Taban." Magus said. "That's quite a guest list." Crono said. "Yeah, it will be quite a party." Magus said raising his other arm so that the other sleeve could be added. "Well, I assumed that the Zeal name would die with you, but it looks like things are going to change." Crono said. "I did assume to let that awful family die with me, but I guess that it will live on." Magus replied and put his arm back at his side. "It is finished." the tailor said, looking satisfied at his latest work. Magus walked over to the mirror and looked at his reflection, "Not bad. Here's a little something for your trouble." Magus said tossing the tailor a sack of gems. "Thank you sir." the tailor said bowing. Magus began to remove the suit and put it on it's hanger, then he began placing on his usual purple cape, with bronze armor, and blue pants. "So what ring did you get for yourself?" Crono asked. "Actually Lucca got me one, it's made of some strange metal, I don't know what it is." Magus said shaking his head. "So, what's it like being married?" Magus asked Crono. "It's not too bad, you have something to look forward to every day, a warm set of arms waiting for you every night. It's a great life, and Marle isn't a bad cook either." Crono said smiling. "Lucca could use a lot of work on her cooking, she actually set spaghetti on fire, don't ask me how. But I'm a fairly good cook, so it all evens out in the end." Magus said. "C'mon let's go. Just wait till you see your bachelor party." Crono said smirking. "And what would that be?" Magus asked. "Oh, you'll see." Crono replied, a devious smile spreading from ear to ear.
"This cake is perfect!" Lucca said pointing to a large wedding cake that was decorated with pink frosting. "It really does look good. If it's the one you want, take it. I'll give the others to the servants." Marle said and took Lucca's wedding cake. "Thank you so much for helping me get ready for the wedding!" Lucca said hugging Marle. "Oh, it's nothing. Just wait until your bachelorette party tonight." Marle said. "We agreed, no alcohol, and no strippers." Lucca said. "Yes, yes. I told Crono the same goes for Magus' bachelor party." Marle said smiling.
It was Magus' bachelor party and they where at a bar in Truce. "So this is it? What's so exciting about this?" Magus asked. "I don't know. But it's your last night as a single man. Live it up." Crono said. "You're right... give me the strongest ale that you have!" Magus said to the bartender. "How big a glass?" the man asked. "Give me the keg." Magus said.
Meanwhile: Marle had music playing in the castle while her, Ayla, and Lucca sat in her room having Lucca's bachelorette party. "As your last night as a single woman. We got you some presents for the road ahead." Marle said grinning from ear to ear. "Lucca opened one of the larger boxes and found that it was stuffed with skimpy lingerie. "For your honeymoon." Marle said giggling. Lucca's face turned red with embarrassment. Lucca (Afraid of what the rest of Marle's gifts contained) opened one of Ayla's. Inside the box was a set of clothes like Ayla's. Lucca opened the rest of her presents each one more embarrassing than the last. "You two are gross!" Lucca said to the laughing Marle and Ayla. "Oh relax! They're gag gifts! I got some that where ten times worse then what you got, you're not supposed to take it seriously." Marle giggled.
Finally the big day arrived, Magus stood at the altar with his best man Crono, and groomsman Frog. Leah walked down the isle wearing a white gown, she threw flower petals in the isle and took her seat at the front. Lucca walked forward, holding her bouquet of flowers. Taban waited for Lucca, his arm outstretched, and a tear in his eye because his daughter was finally going to get married. Lucca was lead down the isle by Taban, everyone on the guest list was there, even Spekkio the Master of War in his cute little puffball form. Lucca looked absolutely stunning in her white dress, her hair tied in a bun on her head, her makeup done perfectly. Lucca saw her fiancé standing at the altar, waiting for her. Lucca's bridesmaids Ayla and Marle both crying with joy for Lucca. Suddenly, some very unexpected guests came in and sat down, although they where transparent, they were real. Lara, Schala, and Queen Zeal came in and sat down in the back, everyone was surprised. But Lucca got to the altar and snapped the priest out of it, "We are gathered here today to join these two, Janus Pandora Zeal and Lucca Sarah Ashtear in holy matrimony. Lucca, do you promise to keep Janus, to have and to hold, through sickness and health, till death do you part?" the priest asked. "I do." Lucca said and gave a sweet smile. "And Janus, do you promise to keep Lucca, to have and to hold, through sickness and in health, till death do you part?" the priest asked. "I do." Magus replied. "May we now have the rings?" the priest asked and Crono handed him the rings. Magus placed Schala's ring on Lucca's finger, and Lucca took the ring that her mother had gotten and placed it on Magus' finger, the ring was a plain ring, it was simply a gold ring, no designs or jewels, but it was made from a mystical metal called adamant that protected it's wearer no matter what. "Now, Janus and Lucca have both written wedding vows that they wish to recite." the priest said. "Oh Janus, although we met as enemies, we became friends, I loved you despite our differences, though the troubles we have faced on the way to today have been large, and the road we walk down has been filled with snares, I love you Janus... More than anything in the world." Lucca said. "Lucca, from the first moment I saw you, I admired your beauty, and although I hid it in our adventures through time, I secretly admired you the entire time. I have almost lost you countless times, but for now, everything is perfect. Nothing will ever keep us apart. I love you Lucca, more than life itself." Magus said. "By the power vested in me by the kingdom of Gaurdia, I pronounce you married. You may now kiss the bride." the priest said. Magus lifted the veil from Lucca's face, her pink glossy lips formed into a tender smile, her eyes fixed on his. Magus pulled her close and kissed her, the smell of her hair was heavenly and her skin was as soft as ever. Lucca ran her hands through Magus' long white hair, wishing that time would stop, and they would be like this forever. Magus reluctantly pulled away from Lucca, she too was disappointed that he had to stop. Magus and Lucca walked to where the cake was. Two small glasses where filled with wine, Magus took one and so did Lucca, the two took the glasses and placed their glass to the other's mouth and drank. Then two pieces of cake where cut and they fed those to each other.
Magus and Lucca sat down at the table at the front of the room. "Congratulations, we always knew you'd find somebody good Janus." Melchior, Gaspar, and Belthasar said in unison to Magus and Lucca. "Oh, Lucca. I'm so glad that you've found somebody. You always where such a charming girl." Crono's mother said to the both of them. "Congratulations little brother." Schala said hugging Magus, him hugging back. "I'll... I'll miss you Schala." Magus said crying on Schala's shoulder, "It's okay Janus, no sense crying over the past, I'm dead now, there's no way to change that. Besides, your supposed to be happy today!" Schala said patting Magus on the back. "Congratulations honey!" Taban said, the ghost of Lara standing next to him, "Have a nice life dear." Lara said smiling. "Now, I want you two to get me some grandchildren here in a year or so. And son, I'm sorry that I wasn't always there for you... Lavos corrupted me one month before you where born, that's why your ears are like they are... but I'm here now son, and I wish you a long and prosperous life." Levana Zeal said. The party stretched on long into the night.
"And now, it is time for the bride and groom's dance." Crono said. "Shall we?" Magus asked offering his hand to Lucca. "Of course." Lucca said grabbing Magus' hand. The two danced under the full moon, the silvery light shining down upon them. Lucca rested her head on Magus' chest, just like the night when they first danced two years ago... "I love you Janus." Lucca said. "I love you too." Magus replied. There was nothing that could ruin this moment... nothing at all. After the song ended Magus scooped up Lucca in his arms and carried her to the Epoch, which served as their carriage. Lucca took the bouquet and threw it, Schala caught it. Magus reached down and pulled the garter off of Lucca's leg and threw it. The garter landed on Frog's head. (This comes into play in the follow up to this story.) Magus carried Lucca out and sat her in the Epoch and it took off.
The End
That ends the Chronicles of Magus for now, the next story will center around Glenn and Schala. Anyway, Till Next time!!!! -MasklessDuckman.