Disclaimer: I do not own Chrono Trigger, though if I did, I'd be a much happier person. This story takes place after Chrono's mum gets sucked into the gate at the end of the SNES game. Do not read if you have not played the game, or you will be very confused. But hey, I'm not stopping you. If you want to be confused, you're more than welcome to read this. Don't say I didn't warn you. And I'm not wasting my efforts trying to build on character descriptions. You should know what they look like. If not, I don't care. I'll only describe a few people for the benefit of those who have not quite beaten the game, but are close. Nyeh.

Chapter One- Chrono's mum disappears

"Mum!" Chrono yelled as his mother followed his cat inside the gate. "Don't follow Mr. Tinkle!"

Too late.

The gate closed.

"Oh, this is great," Marlee said exasperately. "Chrono, that gate will never open again!"

Lucca, however, started giggling.

"What's so funny?" Chrono asked, frowning.

"Mr. Tinkle..." Lucca said, still giggling. "That's hilarious..."

"What, you think my cat has a wierd name, huh?" Chrono demanded.

"Lucca, Chrono, let's think. How do we get Chrono's mom back?" Marlee inturrupted.

Lucca stopped giggling. "Hmmm... Oh yeah! Epoch!"

"That's right!" Marlee said. "WE have a time machine!"

"I'm glad you remembered," Chrono said grumpily. "Now you tell me this: What time period is she in? I, for one, do NOT want to be wandering around four different time periods looking for her. I don't like her THAT much."

"He's got a point," Marlee mused. "Let's start with the Dark Ages?"

Lucca narrowed her eyes. "Are you assuming that Schala survived the Ocean Palace incident and can help?"

The three of them remembered the Ocean Palace disaster. Queen Zeal had tried to obtain immortality and almost wiped out the entire world from it. That was also the incident in which Chrono had died.

But you knew that. If not, I told you not to read this.

Marlee hesitated. "I think so... "

Lucca sighed. "Alright. Let's go."

They headed toward the exit to the fair, and were stopped by King Guardia, Marlee's father.

"Honey, I just wanted to tell you that I'm so happy to be your father," he began.

Marlee sighed impatiently. "Um, yeah. Listen, we have to go-"

"Where?" the king inturrupted.

"I was just about to tell you!" Marlee said indignantly. "We're going to save Chrono's mom, we'll be back later-"

"You're leaving again?" the king asked. "Oh, Nadia..."

"Nadia" is Marlee's real name, obviously.

"Don't 'oh, Nadia' me, daddy," Marlee inturrupted. "We will be back shortly. Good-bye."

The three hurried off before the king could respond.

"Mr. Tinkle..." Lucca giggled again as they reached Epoch.

"YOU shut up," Chrono snapped, climbing in and starting it up.

They were sent back to 12,000 B.C. instantly.

The three approached the Commons, and approached the Elder.

His face lit up at the sight of them. "Hello!" he said brightly. "Thank you so much for destroying Lavos-"

"Yes, yes," Lucca inturrupted. "You're welcome. Seen Schala lately?"

The Elder's face fell. "Why no, I haven't... Why do you ask?"

"Well, Chrono's cat Mr. Tin-"

"My cat ran into a gate, my mum followed it, now we're looking for Schala to see if she can help find mum," Chrono inturrupted before Lucca launched into how he named his cat Mr. Tinkle.

"Well... nobody's seen her since the Ocean Palace disaster..." the Elder said.

"Do you think she's dead?" Marlee asked.

The Elder shook his head. "I don't know..."

"How about Magus?" Lucca asked. "Have you seen him around?"

The Elder frowned. "I think so... A few days ago, actually... He came out of the gate, which disappeared behind him, and headed toward the Palace of the Sun Stone."

Marlee thanked him, and the three headed toward the Palace.

Sure enough, Magus was still there.

"What's he been DOING for the last few days?" Lucca muttered as they cautiously approached Magus, who was praying to the beam of light.

"The hell if I know," Chrono muttered back.

They waited.

Two hours later...

"Er- Magus?" Lucca said tentatively, finally losing her patience.

Magus jumped up, grabbed his scythe, and swung it toward Lucca.

Chrono whipped out his sword and intersected the intended blow.

"Oh..." Magus said, putting his scythe down. "It's you.. What do you want?"

"Mr. Tinkle ran away into the gate," Lucca said loudly before Chrono could say anything.

"Thanks a lot, LUCCA," Chrono snapped.

"Who the hell is Mr. Tinkle?" Magus asked, confused.

"Chrono's cat," Lucca said smugly.

"SHUT UP ABOUT MY CAT!" Chrono yelled.

Magus snickered. "You named your cat Mr. Tinkle?"

"Oh, shut up," Chrono snapped.

"So really, why are you here?" Magus asked, still snickering.

"We want to know if you know where Schala is," Marlee said.

Magus stopped snickering. "No... I don't, actually... But she's in this time period, I'm positive."

"Do you want to help us look?" Marlee asked.

Magus shrugged. "Got nothing else to do..."

So they got back in Epoch, and started to fly around and see if they could spot Schala.

While they were flying, Magus started giggling. "Mr. Tinkle..." he said, unable to contain it.

"WOULD YA GIVE THAT A REST?" Chrono yelled.

"Honestly, Chrono," Lucca pointed out. "Who would name their cat Mr. Tinkle?"

"I NAMED MY CAT MR. TINKLE!" Chrono yelled, violently jerking the steering wheel.

So the search for Schala began.

Will they find Schala? Will Chrono ever stop yelling at Lucca? Will he ever tell us why he named his cat Mr. Tinkle? Stay tuned, and find out!