Smithy's Requirements
Shadic the Hedgehog
With a quick stop at the End of Time to heal up and check on Robo, we traveled to Medina to decrease the amount of time required to travel to Melchior's house. When we got there I pulled the shards of the Masamune out of the "Bag of Holding."
"This sword... How did you find it?" he murmured in amazement.
"That doesn't matter, Guru, can you fix it?" I replied.
"Yes, if I had some Dreamstone. I've been meaning to ask you something, by the way: how did you find out I was the Guru of Life?"
"Easy, I'm from another world. I'd tell you everything, but that would take too long. I can get you the Dreamstone, by the way. I could also return you to Zeal if you'd like. That'll take me a while, though."
"No, I don't have any reason to return, but be sure to give me my regards!" Melchior laughed.
"As soon as we get you off of Mount Woe." His eyes opened wide.
"Now I recognize you! But where's the frog-man?"
"He'll join us as soon as we return the Masamune to him in one piece. We'd better be off if we're going to save the world!" We left the sword's pieces with Melchior and headed back to the End of Time. We switched Crono with Robo because he needed some experience, and I didn't want Ayla to slam Crono's head against the cliff. I decided to try hiding behind Lucca when she comes running in, and, if I couldn't do that, I do have an extremely hard head (A/N: One of the hardest headds I know of! In fact, brick walls don't even hurt).
I warned everyone of the fall after the Gate and we made a great landing. Actually, as we began the descent, I pulled my sword out and it slammed right through one of the five Reptites standing at thte bottom. He made an extremely annoyed face (I think) right before he split in half. Wasting no time, everyone else pulled out their weapons, and we all fought the Reptites one-on-one. By the end of the first battle, Lucca's opponent was scorched, Marle's riddled with crossbow bolts, and Robo's was a pulp. Mine was minced.
When the second wave arrived I got everyone to stand back. Ayla charged in from the same direction as the Reptites and starting ripping out their jugular veins. When she got to the fifth one, she also carried it off, leaving four for us to repeat the last battle with. When we finished that fight, Lucca and I burned the carcasses left. Ayla came charging back in, but Lucca was on the other side of the field so I jumped behind the nearest of the party, which was Robo. But, being rather clueless, Ayla pushed Robo up against the cliff and I was being squashed between a literal "rock and a hard place."
"Gagh!" I choked. "Help... Me...!" Ayla let up on Robo, I gasped in a lungful of fresh, prehistoric air (not an oxymoron. Actually, the air was better than the Earth's), then coughed harshly. "Ow, that hurt!"
"Me Ayla. Me Sorry. Who you?" she replied.
"I am Robo, the one who was crushed is Joe, and the girls over there are Lucca, and Marle, who is wearing white," introduced Robo.
"We are from many days past tommorrow," I concluded.
Ayla laughed, "HA HA HA! That good joke! You follow me to Ioka Village, talk, celebrate strong new friends!" She jumped onto the cliff running out of the Mystic Mountain range and I followed as close behind as I could, Robo and I helping Lucca and Marle onto the cliff as well. As we ran along the cliff, I pointed out the Kilwalas and horned dinos (I forgot their name) and everyone seemed highly relieved.
We followed Ayla to her hut and were asked to wait while they set up the celebration in the Meeting Grounds. About an hour later, Kino (I recognized his hair and his duck-walk) entered the hut and announced that the celebration was set. We folloed him and began to party. I pulled Ayla aside, after telling Lucca that I was going to talk to her.
"What Joe want?" She started.
"We need a stone known as the Dreamstone," I replied.
"Plenty stone, what Dreamstone like?"
"It is, in fact, the very stone you use as the chief's 'badge.'"
"Joe want Red Rock?" asked Ayla, pulling out the Dreamstone. "Then Joe must defeat Ayla! Strongest become chief of Ioka!"
"I do not wish to be chief. We only need the stone to fix something. What is your challenge?"
"If Ayla stay chief, the Joe name challenge."
"Okay... A timed race. Whoever can go into the Mystic mountains and back out the fastest wins. And you must travel in the canyon area where the Kilwalas and dinos are. The race will be just between the two of us."
"Oooh, Joe make good challenge! Ayla accept!" Ayla and I returned to the celebrations and had some stuff they called "Dizzy Juice." After we all had our fill (Ayla had at least twice the rest of us), We gathered around the fire for dancing (I kept stumbling), and finally Lucca, Marle, Robo, and I slept. Or in Robo's case, saved power.
"You're gonna get thwarked!"
-Thak, Thak 2