Joshua starts his new job but first needs to see the Sisters and tells about himself. What will happen?

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Chrono Crusade: Horns of Time


Chapter Four: Joshua's Past
"We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude." –Charles R. Swindoll
It was five minutes past noon and five minutes since the meeting between Joshua and the three sisters began.

Joshua started off, "I don't know much about my past. All I know is that I grew up in an orphanage somewhere. A huge gap between that time and this was all in my mind."

Sister Abigail asked, "You mean you don't remember your childhood? Your teen hood? Anything?" Joshua shook his head. The three girls looked at each other.

"Wow…I didn't know that about you."

"Well," Joshua shrugged, "no body didn't ask me about my personal life. I do remember parts of my teen hood. For a time, a man named Juan Remington took care of me and left me It was an important matter. I remember us meeting for the final time at the train station." Joshua looked up in the sky as he was reminiscing about that moment.


71 Years Ago…At the train station

Joshua asked Remington, "Where are you going?"

"I'll be going away on a trip." replied Remington.

"When are you going to be back?"

"That I do not know…"

"Where am I going to be placed?"

"Children's Aid will place you. They'll find you a good home."

"Children's Aid! I don't want to go there! I want to go with you!"

"Joshua," Remington knelt down, "You are a big boy now. You have a responsibility to yourself to create a new future."

"… …I understand."

"That's my boy. I hope we can see each other again."

"Yes sir…"

Remington got on the train and took a window seat. He waved at Joshua and as the train pulled slowly out of the station, Remington shouted, "Make me proud! Make us all proud…All the sacrifices that we made was for your future!"

End of Flashback


"Joshua? Joshua!" Ebony shook him.

"Huh, wha?"

"You were in a trance a little. What were you remembering?"

"I was remembering his last words."

"Last words?" Caitlyn asked. "What were they?"

"All the sacrifices that we made was for your future…"

"What's that suppose to mean?" Abigail asked. "Anyways, why don't you continue with your story."

"Ah yes. After Remington left me, Children's Aid took over. For some reason, they put me inside a elementary school education because I was having some problems with basic things. Soon after I went to secondary education and thereon to university because I was so bright. I got a job at the New York Journal as a secondary writer while in secondary school so that's how I paid for my tuition."

Ebony asked, "The New York Journal is one of the most profound newspapers in the city. It's hard to get in there so how did you?"

"I wrote a children's book while I was in secondary school. It was called, "The Adventurous Trio."

"The Adventurous Trio?" Ebony perked up, "God, you wrote that?"

"Yep."

"But that story is written by James Cranvier. How could you have written it?"

"James Cranvier is my pen name. Remington suggested it for me. I didn't want any media attention. Anyways that book sold millions and was mass produced. I've gotten my share of the cash and after a few weeks the Journal called about it. They said that it was the first time that a kid at my age could have any writing potential. I then went for an interview with the editor at the time and then I was there ever since."

"… … …" Caitlyn was silent.

"What's wrong?" Joshua asked.

"Nothing," Caitlyn said. "Wait a minute. The Adventurous Trio was published in 1941."

"So?" Ebony perked up.

"That means that James Cranvier, A.K.A Joshua had to be 65 years old when he finish writing that book."

"Meaning?"

"Today, Joshua would be 102 years old right now!"

"WHAT!" Both of the sisters shouted. They looked at Joshua.

"That's right…" he said quietly. "To date I am 102 years old…and yet…" He looked at his hands, "I'm still in a twenty year old body. I had my share of good days, bad days, days that I figured that life isn't worth living anymore."

"What made you like this?" Caitlyn asked.

"I don't know."

A long silence broke out. Caitlyn, in order to break the ice, said, "Well, how did you find out about the Order?"

"Well…a friend mentioned it to me however I heard Remington talking about it."

"Maybe Sister Azmaria knows something about this," suggested Abigail, "about Joshua's past problem. She does have his file. Why don't we get the answer from her."

"No," Joshua said.

"No?" They all simultaneously answered him, "Why no?"

"Let's finish my training first, gain her trust. Then we'll ask her when the time is right."

"Sounds like a plan, even for you," Ebony agreed.

"I'm in," agreed Abigail.

"Me too," Caitlyn agreed."

"Alright…Let's do this. Let's find out the truth."

As the three agreed upon this, Azmaria looked from her window. A knock on the door was heard.

"Come in," she bellowed. Wolf came in.

"Wolf…I feel that sooner or later that he's going to find out about the truth."

"Yes…I know."

"What do I do? Joshua may not be ready to handle the truth about his true past."

"Still…the council wants us to keep this under wraps until they find a course of action."

"The council…they want to keep it a secret from him. They feel the same way I do…"

"They were her friends too," Wolf implied, "you weren't the only one."

"You're right…I suppose it is time that you show Joshua his room."

"The room near the end of the west wing?"

"The very same."

"Ironic, isn't it."

"What?"

"The same room that she used has become the room of her brother. I believe that he has the same abilities as she had…maybe even more."

"Don't imply anything, don't let him dig around about his past, we have to keep everything a secret…"

"A secret."

"Yes…Tempting as it sounds, he must never know."

"About…."

"About what really happened those years ago…"

"Yes…" Wolf left the room. Azmaria looked out the window and saw the Sisters and Joshua were long gone. She closed her eyes and thought.

"So I put everything into motion. His past must be kept a secret from him because if he knew he would certainly blame himself."


We all know who "she" is referring to, right? Right? Anyways, the next chapter is coming up so please R&R this one!