Chapter 10
"So, we're going to have to climb that thing, right?" I asked.
"What a perilous climb..." commented Marle.
"Think we'll be able to do it?" asked Lucca.
Marle clutched the pendant around her neck.
"Yes. If we believe in Crono, we'll be able to do it," she said hopefully.
"For Crono."
We started our ascent up to the summit of Death Peak. The first thing we saw as we climbed was one of those blueish Ponzyo Dolls with a button. I climbed over to it and pushed the button.
"Hide behind trees when the wind blows," it said, and sailed up to the top of a ledge.
"What'd it say?" asked Marle.
"It said to hid behind trees when the wind blows! Maybe the wind's really strong up there," I yelled over the wind that was whistling above our heads.
We climbed up and waited for the moment when the wind stopped. Marle and Lucca scrambled across the ice to the nearest tree. I got up and hurried toward them, but the wind started blowing before I could get there.
The wind caught me and blew me off the ledge. I grabbed hold of the edge of the ledge, and tried to pull myself up. But I couldn't. I wished, for that moment, that I could be granted my full power, to possibly save me. An energy surged through my veins, and as it did, I fell. I focused my mind on one image: a dragon.
A blue-green dragon flew through the air and I landed on it's back. It flew back up to the ledge and dropped me off. The dragon then flew off and disappeared into the clouds.
"Rebecca! What was that?" asked Lucca.
"I have no idea..." I replied.
We continued after this incident, and finally got off the ledge and onto a plateau. There were several shells here, and we paid them no heed. But when we passed them, they awoke into some slime like monsters. Lucca shot them with her Shockwave while I pummeled them with my staff. Marle took them down one by one with her crossbow. Finally, after ten potions and a few ethers, we won, and continued up the plateau.
Later, we came upon a cave that glowed mysteriously. Being the curious person I was, I ventured inside. But inside, to my great astonishment, was a small Lavos, a Lavos Spawn. It started the battle with a needle attack, that I barely dodged. Marle and Lucca rushed in then, and sent an Antipode 2 attack at the monster. Part of the spell hit the shell of the Lavos, and so it countered with another Lavos Spawn Needle. This one hit me, but Marle healed us with a Lapis.
"Hit only the head!" I yelled, and Lucca nodded.
I started chanting the incantation for the attack in the book Melchior gave me. Lucca did normal attacks on the head, and Marle kept us alive with Cure spells. I finished the spell, and several small dragons appeared around me. I sent them off on a rampage at the head of the Lavos Spawn, and the Spawn finally disappeared.
"That... was tiring," I said, and walked toward the end of the cave.
We found ourselves on a sort of natural bridge between the opening of this cave and another. Marle, Lucca, and I slowly sneaked past the shells, and entered the other cave. At the end of this one, there was a small sparkle, which I picked up immediately. The ground started rumbling and another cave opened by the cave to where the battle was. We headed back down and went into the newly opened cave.
Inside was nothing special, just a normal cave with an opening at the end. There was a treasure chest by one of the ledges, so I grabbed the Starshythe that was inside and headed into the next room. Inside, ironically, was another Lavos Spawn.
"Will these guys ever disappear? Guys remember, hit only the head!" I shouted, and guarded against the opening needle attack.
Me and Lucca had figured out a double tech with our two magic attacks, called Dragon Flare. Lucca started chanting the incantation for Flare, and I started with the dragons. Marle, again, kept us alive with her healing spells as we finished.
"Hopefully this'll kill it. If it doesn't, we're toast," I thought as I recited the last words of the incantation.
Lucca started her Flare, and my small dragons started popping out and attacking the head of the Spawn. When the Flare attack was at it's end, the dragons flew toward the center of the blast, and when it was done, they flew straight into the head of the Lavos Spawn. It disappeared in flash of red light.
"Two down, who knows how many to go," Lucca joked, and walked toward the exit.
"Wait," I said, and walked over to a corner of the room. In this corner, concealed by a rock, was another magical tome! I grabbed the blue book and followed Marle and Lucca.
"Be careful, it's slippery," I heard as I walked into the bridge. Then I nearly slipped off it. All of us cautious of this warning, inched across the bridge to the other side of the plateau. There several of the egg-shell like things were having a fun time sliding down a slope. Lucca dodged through them and grabbed a sword from the other side of the slide, and started sliding down it. Marle followed close behind her, and me after. Another Ponzyo Doll was waiting there.
"Push the shell, climb the shell..." it said.
We climbed up some rocks that were conveniently placed on the side of a ledge, and then sneaked past some more egg-shells to climb down onto another ledge. We grabbed a Magic Tab and a Dark Helm and started back up the plateau. We were then encountered by another Lavos Spawn, this one stronger than the first two, but still not strong enough to survive our devastating attacks.
"Now what? To get up higher we need something to climb," I said, looking at the ladder that had collapsed when we defeated the Spawn.
"Hey, remember what the doll said? Push the shell, climb the shell? Maybe it meant that we need to push the shell over to there and use it to climb up," Marle suggested.
"I thought I was the genius!" said Lucca, and we started pushing the giant spiky shell over to were the ladder used to be.
We finally got it there, and walked toward the next cave. This quest was almost at it's end. We emerged on a cliff, with a tree on the edge. Marle walked toward it, handing the pendant to Lucca and grabbing the Chrono Trigger.
"So, this is the summit of Death Peak!" Marle exclaimed, and held out the egg, "All who fear the night and stand against the darkness... Please give us strength!"
"Crono!" Lucca said, looking at the pendant. "The pendant... it's reacting!"
Power of the dreamstone went from Schala's pendant to the Chrono Trigger, and the Chrono Trigger started to hover in the sky. Then, when hope was at it's finest, and expectations were high, the Chrono Trigger... shattered.
"It, it shattered!! But... We've come so far!" Marle said, and started crying, the tears melting snow at her feet.
"Don't cry, Marle. It was silly to think that we could bring him back..." Lucca said, trying to comfort Marle.
"Please answer me! Don't leave me!!!" Marle cried, ignoring Lucca's words. Then, an eerie wind blew through the cliff, and branches of the tree glittered and waved with the wind. "Crono--"
The sun started to shine, and the moon started going over it. An eclipse. The wind got stronger, and everything around me blurred. When it straightened, we were back in the ocean palace, just moments before Crono died. Nothing was moving, causing an strange silence.
"We're here, back at this moment..." I said, confused.
Marle interrupted me, saying, "Crono...!"
We slowly walked up to Crono, our steps echoing on the floor. I couldn't help wishing that I had a clone for Schala, to bring her back, too. Marle pulled out the Clone from her magic bag.
"We'll just exchange the Clone for Crono," she said.
Lucca and I grabbed the arms of the real Crono, pulling him down. Marle put the clone in his place, and we walked back.
"Crono? It's Crono...! Crono?! You're alive!" she said joyfully.
"Come on, Marle. Let's go. This place creeps me out..." Lucca said, looking around nervously.
"Yeah, I agree. It brings back too many bad memories," I added.
The world again blurred, leaving us on the summit of Death Peak.
"Crono! Welcome back, Crono!" Marle exclaimed.
"How are you feeling, Crono?" asked Lucca.
Crono finally awoke and looked around.
"We... We knew this day would come..." Marle whispered.
She knelt down and hugged Crono.
"You mustn't... You can't do that ever again!" she said.
They seemed to disappear into their own world for a while.
"While you were away... A lot of things happened. First, we... and then... After that we..., but... Crono! Are you even listening? There's so much you have to know..." she said, telling Crono everything that had happened while he was gone.
After that, we returned to the End of Time.
"So! Looks like you were successful! No, don't thank me. I didn't do a thing. I just gave you a place to begin... If you really want to thank me, make me a member of your team! By the way, the Wings of Time has come looking for you. It seems to have a heard and mind of it's own... You wish to fight Lavos, correct? Many paths lay open to you. You may use that bucket. Or fly the Wings of Time to The Day of Lavos... Or there's the Black Omen, which floats in the sky above your world. Lavos is somehow connected with it. It's up to you to decide when and where to fight Lavos. By now you must realize you are the only ones who stand a chance against him... However, you will not be alone. I have had vague glimpses of events, people and places that will empower you... In the Middle Ages, a woman's sheer determinate brings a forest back to life... A fugitive in the Middle Ages, Ozzie, maintains an evil hideout... There's a task to be done in the Future, where machinery originated. And there's a very special stone that can shine its light on each generation, from the distant past to the far future... There's the ghost of a lofty knight, slain by Magus in the Middle Ages, who haunts the present... There's an object in the Middle Ages that sparkles like a rainbow... One of you is close to someone who needs help... Find this person... fast. Just as you touch the lives of every life form you meet, so, too, will their energy strengthen you. Fail to live up to your potential, and you will never win... I am sorry that I must simply witness the coming spectacle from my vantage point here..." Gaspar expalined.
"Come on, Crono, let's go!" said Marle and Lucca, and they left me behind, going off with Crono.
I sighed, and found a comfortable spot to sleep.
I was dumped on a brick street. I slowly got up and looked around. This was unlike anything I had ever seen. It seemed like a small town. I sent out some small dragons to search the town. They returned to me with tidbits of conversations. Gathered from them I could only know one thing. This world was not my own, but it still was eerily similar. Monsters were invading, and only a few people were known to be able to hurt and kill them.
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Author's notes and disclaimer: Okay, I know this chapter was a little weird, and hard to understand. Please forgive me. Just to help out, here's a explanation. A ledge is a short flat peice of land that ends on aedge. An edge is well, the edge that is 90 degrees or less. A plateau is a large flat piece of land. I hope this helps. I forgive all of you for not reviewing because of the technical difficulties has been having. I haven't been including a disclaimer lately, so here it is. Chrono Trigger is formally owned by Square and Square only. I own Rebecca. No one else is allowed to use Rebecca unless I give written permission. Thank You.