Chrono: It's about time!

Lina: I know... I've been so busy.

Chrono: No excuse!

Lina: I'm sorry! bows okay, here we go!

Chrono Crusade Love Forever? Chapter 9: Winter

The beach was calm, there were almost no waves as it was getting closer to winter. Rosette shivered. Satella was wearing a furry coat that had a hood. Chrono also had a cloak on and took it off. He put it around Rosette, she blushed.

"Thank you," she said. Chrono smiled. The four were already out of the car and walking up towards the beach house. It had an eerie aura around it, like something evil had been there. Az covered her mouth, since she could feel it. Rosette's face turned serious as she knocked open the door with her knee. She had her gun in hand, pointed forward. There was nobody in the first room, which was a large padio type room with two sofas facing eachother about five feet apart. There was a table in between the two.

"This is strange. It looks like someone was using this house, but no one is here, and there's no sign of anything left behind," Satella remarked. Rosette nodded. She could feel Joshua's presence somehow. She rushed towards the back, there was a long hallway that led to the outside pourch. There was a rocking chair next to a table. Rosette went up to the chair and touched it. She could almost see him sitting in it.

"Joshua..." she mumbled. Chrono was behind her and looked worridly at her. He felt something too, but it was not Joshua. This was something much different, different than even Aion. He did not know what this could be, since he knew Aion had been here as well.

"Rosette, be on guard, there was something here. Something almost more evil than Aion," Chrono said. Rosette looked around. The air certainly was getting colder. She shivered again and Chrono could see his breath on the air. Suddenly there was a cracking noise, like someone was walking on ice. The whole lake froze and the ice spreak throughout the entire house. Rosette and Chrono were fine, but freezing. Rosette sneezed.

"What is this?" Rosette asked. Chrono shrugged. Rosette felt something within the house and went back inside. Satella and Az were standing in the middle of the room, frozen. Satella was getting ready to attack and Az was screaming.

"Rosette! Look out!" Chrono's voice came from a distance. An ice shard flew straight towards her but she jumped out of the way in time. It formed more ice on the side of the wall. "This is Sizcer, she's an ice witch. Be careful," Chrono stated, coming in to the room from the hallway. Rosette nodded.

"I have to do something about this damn cold," she stated, shivering.

"Ha! You can't do anything! You are all locked within my barrier now. Aion put me here in case someone tried to enter without permission," a woman's voice echoed throughout the icey house. A woman appeared. She seemed to be a perfectly normal human, except she had pointed ears like Chrono's and two small black horns that came from her black flowing hair. Her dress was a blue that matched the color of the ice. It also was flowing, although there was no wind.

"You can't keep us here, Sizcer," Chrono stated. Sizcer just laughed.

"I'd like to see you try and escape," she replied, disappearing again. Rosette fired at her but the bullets went right through her since she was disappearing.

Lina: Yes, I am so evil for making you wait!

Chrono: no! don't end it here!

Lina: Lol rubs hands together it's cold out! Hence the title. Okay, next chappie on its way!