[Lucca]
So you finally made it,
Serge...
When did this sorry tale
all begin...?
Was it 10 years ago, when
you almost drowned here?
Or was it 14 years ago, when
you were wounded by that
panther demon that attacked
you...
...resulting in you being
carried to Chronopolis where
you came into contact with
FATE and the Frozen Flame...?
Or perhaps it was even 2,400
years in the future, when the
Time Crash hurled Chronopolis
back to prehistoric times?
Or even it could have been
12,000 B.C., when an ancient
magical kingdom met its end
after trying to use Lavos...?
Each is close to being
correct...
And yet, at the same time,
so far from the right answer!
The true beginning was during
the destruction of the ancient
Kingdom of Zeal!
As the palace collapsed around
her, Princess Schala was sucked
into a dimensional vortex along
with the Lavos Mammon Machine.
Schala and Lavos became unified
into one even more powerful
entity that would evolve into
the Devourer of Time.
Filled with the hatred and
sadness of Lavos, half of
Schala's mind became set on
destroying all of existence.
Yet at the same time, the
other half of her mind
desired to save the universe
and to be rescued herself.
As Schala fell through the
time gate in this condition,
she heard your crying
echoing through time...
That is when her story and
yours began to intertwine...
It is also when the past and
the future began to intersect,
and when the world became
divided into two...
Led by the pitiful crying
the young Serge made as
the panther demon's poison
took hold of him...
Princess Schala traveled ten
thousand years in time to try
and make contact with this
dimension!
This caused a raging magnetic
storm that resulted in FATE's
system malfunction, which led
Serge to the Frozen Flame.
Yes, Serge...
The sound of your crying
touched the heart of
Princess Schala...
Before the destructive mind-
set could become dominant,
she cloned herself and sent
her copy into this dimension.
Schala left her baby
daughter-clone with her
ancient pendant, possessing
magical powers.
This was to safeguard her
daughter-clone in life-and-
death situations.
The pendant would rewind
time a little, sending her
daughter-clone into a safer
point in the immediate past.
That's right...
Kid is Schala's
daughter-clone!
Kid:
You're wrong! I'm me!
I ain't no Schala's
daughter or clone!
......
Yes, that's right Kid!
If that's how you feel...
I think Princess Schala
would have wanted it to
be that way too!
Kid:
......
[Lucca]
And now, about '"Project Kid"'...
the time control project
Belthasar planned out.
The whole project existed to
lead you to this one, special
point in time!
The founding of Chronopolis,
the Time Crash, and the
battle between FATE and
the Dragon Gods...
It was all coordinated so
that you would get your
hands on the Chrono Cross
and come to this place!
Of course, Kid was not to
know anything about this
whole plan until later,
when all this will finish.
Further in the future, Kid
is meant to travel back ten
years in time from now to
save Serge from drowning.
And then, Kid was also
meant to call Serge into the
other world as he spoke with
Leena here on Opassa Beach!
You're our last hope...
Our final chance...
Only you, who came into
contact with Schala, and
Kid, Schala's clone-
daughter, can do it!
In the darkness that exists
on the other side of time,
Schala has been integrated
with the Devourer of Time!
Please, Serge!
Release Princess Schala
from the binds of that
monster and her own hatred!
Show us, the life-forms
that exist on this planet,
what our new future will
be...
Kid:
......
[Lucca]
Sorry for making you sad,
Kid...
You see, we no longer
exist in this time line.
But it is a relief to see
that you have grown into
such a fine looking lady!
But of course you're
beautiful! After all...
you're the Great Lucca's
'"little sister!"'
Kid:
......
Sis...
Well good luck, Kid!
Give it your best shot!
Show us, the life-forms
that exist on this planet,
what our new future will
be...
[Lucca]
Attaboy, Serge!
Use the Time Egg to open
the gateway to the great
unknown...
Show us, the life-forms
that exist on this planet,
what our new future will
be...
[Marle]
A new species is about to be
born on this planet -- an
alien life-form even more
evolved than the old Lavos!
At the darkness beyond time,
the weakened Schala came under
the influence of Lavos, and
the two became one entity.
It is now up to you, the one
whom the Frozen Flame has
chosen as its '"arbiter"'...
You alone can decide how
the new Lavos, which has
encaged Schala within it,
will evolve from here!
Your actions will determine
whether in the future all time
is devoured by Lavos, sending
the world into everlasting death.
Belthasar foresaw this was
going to happen, in his world
in the year 2300.
And he was determined to
prevent it from happening,
no matter what it took...
The Chrono Cross...
It alone can combine the sounds
of the planet that the six
types of Elements produce!
The melody and harmony that
brim within all life-forms...
Use the '"song of life"' to heal
her enmity and suffering...
We entreat you, Serge!
Please save Schala...
Please!
Use the song of life
to heal her enmity
and suffering...
You're the only one
that can do it!
[Crono]
Where even angels lose
their way...
Ten years ago, you died
at this very spot.
There's no mistake.
You drowned.
The truth is, this world,
in which you are still
alive, is the irregularity...
This is the false reality!
Ten years ago, it was Lynx
who tried to kill you at
this beach.
After Prometheus broke the link
between FATE and the Flame,
FATE tried to eliminate any
obstacle that stood in its way!
In the meantime, the six
Dragons had sent Harle
forth to try and gain
possession of the Flame.
Harle made contact with
FATE's biological incarnation,
Lynx, and tricked him into
temporarily joining forces.
The elimination of the
Prometheus circuit's lock
on the Frozen Flame was
everyone's top priority!
Lynx and Harle abducted
Lucca, who alone could
release the Prometheus lock
that guarded the Flame...
But the whole attempt only
ended in failure.
Then, they just waited for
you to appear instead!
You see, FATE calculated that
you would one day cross
the dimensions and try to
make contact with the Flame.
I don't know how to break
this to you, but...
Lynx was actually your
father, Wazuki!
Drawing closer to the Flame
caused him to become unstable,
and the image of you dying in
terror changed him completely!
Finally, after having his
psyche totally eroded,
he lost his soul and was
easily integrated by FATE...
FATE turned Wazuki into a
biological interface, modelling
him after your worst fear at
the time -- a panther.
Although Wazuki managed to
escape from Chronopolis with
you, he later completely
succumbed to FATE.
Humans are such fragile,
disjointed, imperfect things.
Love and hate...
Life and death...
Perhaps even FATE itself
dreamed of using the Flame
to some day reincarnate
itself into a new species.
It is quite sad, really...
It's like when you gaze
into the Flame, the Flame
gazes back into you.
It's now up to you to decide
how you want to live.
You are the new Chrono Trigger!
[Lucca]
That's the amulet Kid
always had so dear to her
heart!
If you look carefully you'll
see that the design on the
cloth bag is the ancient
kingdom's royal crest.
Inside the bag is a
wooden pendant.
I assume my little sister
had it with her, or picked
it up later. on the night
my house was razed.
I bet she carefully kept
it with her, always...
I'm sure it has a lot of
memories attatched to it!
[Lucca]
The Time Egg...
The ancient sage, Gasper,
once called it the Chrono
Trigger, you know!?
Each of us allows our
feelings to be a trigger...
Letting them loose changes
our world, time, and history!
Kid:
C'mon Serge, me mate!
You don't wanna keep the
girl waiting any longer...
She's been waitin' for you,
and only you!
And for over ten thousand
years, I might add!
Kid:
If the world's gonna
be destroyed, then let
it be destroyed!
If history is gonna be
changed, then let it
bloody well be changed!
I'll show you what
Radical Dreamers
really dream about!