And Yet You Told Me Otherwise
By Unachieved Nirvana
Thanks to my two reviewers Imania, Meushell, and kitty for their support! I'm continuing for you guys! ^_^
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Chapter 4: Fire vs. Ice
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Last night had raised my spirits a bit, knowing that I wasn't the only one with mind boggling conflicts eased me in the fact that I'm not alone. Crono had told us our plan of action, which required us to return to the dreary, morbid, and dark End of Time. I wanted to protest, but I knew we had to go to speak to Gaspar and to Spekkio so we could be more prepared for the battle with Magus.
"Art thou ready milady?" I heard Frog's voice call to me.
I turned around and smiled, he was always so polite no matter what happened, and I thought that was a very good quality in him. I nodded my head and headed out of the underground home. The sunlight that was able to pass through the trees elegantly illuminated the forest, and it was easier to see the path that would lead us out. Surprisingly we didn't encounter any monsters while leaving, and we were able to make it safely to Truce without any confrontation. Now to reach Truce Canyon we had to travel through the village of Truce. It seemed like nothing much until we were spotted by the village people.
"What is that thing?" I heard one older woman whisper to another, the other just gave an unknowing gesture and they continued to stare as we pushed on through the street.
"It's a Mystic I tell you!" A small boy cried aloud, his mother quickly covered his mouth then looked up at our group, making eye contact with me. I think she got the message from my glare, we were not to be messed with.
Small amounts of anger grew within me, how could they ridicule Frog to such a harsh blow of intolerance? The stares, the gestures, the comments, the snickering, the looks of hatred, all of it just ate at me. But I knew that I had to stay calm, Frog probably didn't like what he was hearing more then I did, yet he was able to keep quiet, so I would too.
"Why are humans traveling with that thing?" I heard from a man, he got up and walked up in our direction. Placing his hand on my shoulder he said, "Hey beautiful, why travel with a bunch of losers like these guys? Come with me, I'll show you a good time."
That was it, he had crossed the line, they all had crossed the line, and they'd get their fair punishment. I felt my magic forming in my hands, I removed the man's hand from my shoulder turned around and glared at him, and then it began to hail. I knew Crono and Lucca understood what was going on, my newly granted Magic was getting the best of me.
"And remember, you can't fully control you abilities yet, it takes some time for you to be able to control the amount of power you will be able to administer through your attacks, so be careful and watch out for each other."
Spekkio's words echoed through my head, but it was too late, or so I thought.
"MARLE!" I heard Crono scream my name, and it snapped me out of whatever trance I was in, the hail stopped, and my body returned to it's normal temperature.
"A-a MYSTIC!" The man backed away in horror, and then ran into the Pub screaming that there was a Mystic girl outside.
I felt Crono grab my wrist and we started running, fast. I didn't have time to think, about anything to tell the truth. I felt the wind run through my hair, and the grip on my wrist grow a bit tighter. Finally we stopped, and we were out of the village. It was silent for along time, as everyone was still trying to regain their breath.
"What happened Marle?" I heard Lucca comment, "Why'd you let your Magic do that to you?"
"I'm sorry Lucca!" I yelled, just by her tone of voice I could tell she was pissed off at me, "Sorry I'm not Miss. Perfect who can just stand around and watch as my friend was getting mocked at!"
Lucca glared at me, her green eyes flaring with anger. Lucca never liked it when her loyalties were questioned.
"I heard, but sometimes you have to learn to ignore people, or you haven't been taught that already, your Majesty." She said making a mockery of my royal title.
I didn't have anything to say to that, and I didn't want to lose whatever sanity I had left at the moment, so I just walked away heading towards Truce Canyon. Tears were forming in my eyes, why did Lucca hate me so much? I never did anything to her, I never made fun of her love for Science, or that she wasn't very pretty, I always tried to except her…it just wasn't fair, and I wasn't going to stand for her questioning my values.
I heard the clanking of armor and the movement of grass behind me, and I knew the group was slowly catching up to their infuriated Princess. From that point on we walked to the Time Gate in silence.
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Hostility between our two polar opposites! For some reason I always thought that if Lucca and Marle were real people they wouldn't get along so well, just because they come from such different environments.
Sorry it took so long to update, I just had a lot of homework this week to get finished by Wednesday, thanks for your patience.
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xoxo Nirvana