Chapter 8

I just had to feel it for myself.

I couldn't just 'believe'.

Well, this certainly makes me believe. Time travel is real. Unless these guys are super fast con guys that can make a whole different world in five seconds. And that, I really cannot believe.

"Okay, that settles it. I'm taking the Epoch from now on. I don't care if it takes days to teach me how to drive it. I am never going through a time gate again," I said, holding my now aching head.

"Ayla agree. Gate bad."

Magus just stared off into the distance, no doubt that I knew nothing that was going on in that weird little mind of his. Forgetting about Magus for the moment, I walked toward the small fence in front of me. I finally found the door, and walked through it. What lay on the other side was shrouded in mystery.

"Wow... This place is totally weird..."

Weird noises started coming from the other end of the square, and Marle and Lucca jumped up. I ran over to them.

"What now?" I asked.

"We go see Spekkio," said Lucca, "We'll go with you to help to test your magic."

"I never was really trained. It seemed that I was like Janus, whose magic was in submission."

"That's fine. We didn't even have magic before, and we turned out fine."

"I guess..." I said, still doubtful.

We walked into a square square, and in the middle was a huge Omnicrone, not like the others, cause this one was red.

"Hey girls! Where's that guy with the weird hair?" he shouted, with a silly sounding voice, yet still violent sounding.

"Spekkio, Crono, he's..." Marle started, then burst down crying.

"He sacrificed himself to save us," continued Lucca.

"I never would've guessed... So, I see you brought me someone new! Let's see..."

Spekkio stared at me intently, then gave out a huge smile.

"Whoa! You brought me power today, girls!"

"What? How can that be?" I asked, surprised.

"You," he said, pointing his huge mace at me, "have great power, probably the greatest I've ever seen! You have Dragon Magic, the rarest in the world! No, let me correct myself, the universe! But, unfortunately, It lies in submission, not being awakened in a looonng time. But, of course, I can fix that!"

He started chanting in a weird language, and strange energy flowed throughout my body. When I closed my eyes, I saw a different world, filled with dragons and other mystical creatures. Suddenly, the chanting stopped, and a strange silence filled the air.

"What... what just happened? I feel so... alone..."

"Oh, I forgot to tell you about the side effect," Spekkio said, then cleared his throat, "When the one holding the great Dragon shall approach the Master of War, the Dragon within the One will awaken. If the One has already obtained Magical Purity, then the Dragon will consume the obtained Magic and all powers already obtained by the One will vanish, only to reappear after long training of the Inner Dragon. Sorry 'bout that."

"Oh, It's fine. It'll just take some getting used to," I said, my head throbbing once again.

"Great! Wanna try it out?"

"Sure."

Marle and Lucca went to either side of Spekkio, and I stood in front of him.

"Just to let ya know, I'm not going to be easy on you!" he yelled.

"Neither are we!"

"Oh, and I forgot to tell you, you can only obtain your magic from reading the magical books! All you know right now is the Dragon Fire!"

"Fine!" I yelled, then turned toward Lucca, "Hey Lucca, want to try a double magic attack?" I asked.

"Sure! What do I need to use?"

"Just a normal Fire spell," I said.

"Fine!" she said, and started chanting.

I thought deeply, and reached inside myself to find my magic. I pulled some out and held it in my hand. Realizing what I was doing, Spekkio sent a Lighting attack at me. I quickly dodged and said, "Lucca, ready?"

"Yup!" she yelled back.

I threw my fireball at Spekkio as Lucca quickly finished her spell. Spekkio burst up in flame. I nodded at Marle and she sent an Ice attack at him. The effect was catastrophic, for us, of course. Spekkio gave an evil laugh and expelled all the magic off him.

"Damn..." I said, and all went black.

I was walking in a snowy day in my time, P.Z., Post Zeal. I was wrapped up in my coat, only it had black fur trim and made of tealish swede leather instead of the normally shiny leather. No one was around me. I was all alone.

I held my hands in front of me and started chanting, and a Gate opened. I had control over time, and space. Suddenly, the Gate increased in size, and turned green. I tried to get away, but I couldn't. The green depths of the Gate swallowed me up, only leaving a small jewel behind...

"Sorry 'bout that. Forgot you're an ameteur," Spekkio said, as Marle chanted over me and Lucca helped me up.

"Thanks..."

"Okay, let's go," insisted Marle.

We left.

"So, where now?" I asked.

"We go to 1000 A.D, where we live. Melchior appeared there after... Lavos awakened. He may have one of those Magic Books and find out the cause of your problem with weapons," Lucca said, and we walked toward the Epoch.

"Hello, Lucca. Hello, Marle. What brings you here?" Melchior asked once we entered his house. He then looked at me, and gasped.

"Hello, Mechior. Glad to see you survived," I said, and bowed to the great Guru.

"Oh, I'm so glad you survived, too! What brings you to this era?" he asked.

"Well, actually Melchior, she's here for a problem," said Lucca.

"Whenever I get a weapon, I cannot control myself and attack everyone at random," I explained.

"Sounds like the Queen put an anti-force field on you. That explains why you can't use weapons or do any reasonable attacking magic. Of course, since the Mammon Machine and the Queen aren't here now, that has probably worn off."

"So that's why I was able to use Lucca's gun. It wasn't my magic, I was the Queen's?"

"Yes. So, since that is solved, do you want a weapon? What type do you want?"

"What? You make weapons? The Guru of Life, reduced to making weapons of death?" I asked, surprised.

"Unfortunately, yes," he said.

"Let's just try some out and see what suits me best," I said.

I tried everything, from swords to guns, and nothing worked. After I had blown up half of Melchior's house with a grenade, and Marle and Lucca were taking refuge in the hostile Medina Village, he pulled out a crystalline staff. It was about six feet tall and seemed to have a curled up dragon on it's head.

"This staff is a rarity, given to me by the Medina Village Elder after I won a duel with him. He said, of course, grudgingly, that it was a family heirloom, passed down from Ozzie to Ozzie, until the one holding the Dragon Power would come upon them, and they would rule the world once again. I've heard of the Dragon Power, of course, but who in this world would have it? I would like to guess Crono..."

"Really, Melchior... It's me."

"Really... So this is really supposed to be yours. Here," Melchior handed me the staff.

"But... It's yours!"

"Not anymore. I've given it to you."

"Thank you!" I said, and bowed.

"Oh, and here. It's a book on Dragon Magic. I'm sure you'll find it useful."

He handed me an old, brown tome.

"Thank you, Melchior."

I put the book in my bag and headed out the door.

"Good luck in finding Crono!" he yelled, and closed the door behind me.

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Author's notes: Hello! Sorry about the delay of this chapter, and I'm sorry I lied about this chapter in the last chapter. I forgot that there was a lot of preparation in the revival of Crono. So the next chapter: Preparation of the Revival. Why haven't you reviewed? Review now!