I just want to let everyone know that I created Rockatin just for this chapter.

Chapter Eight

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65,000,000 B.C.

Chrono was thrown out onto the ground, but landed on his feet. He looked up just in time to see Magus fly out of the portal before it closed up. Magus leered at him. "Well, here we are, without your little friends to help you."

"Who are you!?" Chrono exclaimed.

"I am Magus, the future ruler of this entire world!... And Marle's husband-to-be."

Chrono's eyes widened at those last few words. "I'm afraid she's taken," he replied with a confident smirk.

Magus reached for his belt, pulling out his rapier. "We'll see about that!" He charged downward, ready to fight.

Chrono held his own sword above his head, blocking Magus' attack. He firmly held his sword above him. "Is that all you've got?"

"Hardly," Magus replied as he held up his hand, snapping his fingers. At that moment, the earth began to quake. Magus dissapeared into thin air, then reapearing a few feet above the ground. The ground under Chrono's feet began to move. Chrono ran away as fast as he could, until a large shadow loomed over him. Her jerked his head back around to see that a giant monster, made entirely out of earth, rock, and dirt, had risen up from the ground. It's eyes were bolders and it's teeth were tree roots.

"Rockatin! Destroy him!" Magus exclaimed just before he dissapeared.

Rockatin roared as it raised it's giant fist, aiming it at Chrono. Chrono jumped out of the way, just in time for it's fist to ram into the ground, creating a giant hole. Chrono took the oppertunity to jump on the giant's fist, run up the arm and onto the thing's head. He pointed his sword down, jamming it into the very top of it's head, making it roar in pain. It reached up and swatted poor Chrono away like a fly. He landed on the ground defensless. His sword was still stuck in the top of Rockatin's head. His mind raced, trying to think of a way to defeat this thing. Then, he heard the sound of water flowing in the distance. When combined with water, dirt and earth turned into mud. This gave Chrono and idea. "Hey, rock head! Come and get me!" He jumped up to his feet and took off running in the direction of the sound of water. Rockatin's loud stomps followed him.

When he reached the source of the sound, he found that there was an entire river, feuled by a giant waterfall. He was standing at the very edge of a cliff, over looking the scene. He smirked as he whirled around. Rockatine roared when it came close enough. Chrono took a deep breath and jumped off the cliff, grabbing onto the edge with one hand, dangling over the water. Rockatin, thinking that he had fallen into the water, jumped right in after him. Chrono watched as it landed with a splash so loud that it could be heard for miles. Pounds of dirt and sand thined and dispured, floating around a little before sinking to the bed of the river. His plan worked! Rockatin was no more!

However, a small sacrifice had to be made to acheive this victory.

Chrono watched helpessly as his weapon floated back to the surface of the river, and floated downstream. He sighed. "Well, there goes my sword." He pulled himself back up onto the edge of the cliff. He looked around the area for the first time. There was grass and trees, but a lot of the ground was just dry dirt. The sun was beaming down on him and the sky was blue. "Well, now that I've taken care of that thing, I guess I better start looking for Marle." He started walking. "I hope that I find her before that Magus does."