A/N: My second ChronoCrusade fanfic! A little more serious then the other one, but it's not really heavy either.
Anyway I hope that all my previous reviewers will read review this.
Enjoy!
The Christophers have inherited a house that has been in the family for centuries but they don't have the money to pay all the bills such a large house inevitably rakes in. So they have put out an add inviting up to three other people to live in the house with them and split the cost. The Smiths have taken them up on that offer.
"Mom... Are you sure this is a good idea? Living in the same house with four other people...? Isn't it a bit dangerous?"
"It's more dangerous to be living in an apartment building. And we don't have the money to live in our own house... Or keep bouncing around like this."
Her son relented with a wince, understanding her point and remembering what had happened a year ago when the Pursuers had found them. No one but his mother, his brother and himself had made it out of that three story apartment building alive that night. They had been bouncing from hotel to hotel – their mother making cash however she could – ever since the incident and all three of them were tiered and worn out from it. They needed to stay in one place for mot then a week and actually rest for awhile. It was the beginning of summer and they would be arriving at their new home in a couple of hours. Their mother had already decided that they would start school in fall to give them time for some R 'n R.
"Mom, how are you going to pay the rent anyway?" He asked her worriedly.
"I got a full-time job last week. I start tomorrow."
"Oh... How long have you been planning this?"
"About a month. Now go pack your stuff, Chrono."
"Done. Mom, I never unpack my stuff, remember?"
"Then go put it in the car and wait for me."
"Yes, Mum."
The teen pushed off the door frame he had been leaning on and left the room.
They pulled up to the curb just as a young girl came out the front door. She was a pretty little thing, with pale, purple tinted hair and enormous, innocent red eyes. She was wearing a red jumper with a pastel yellow t-shirt underneath and blue and white sneakers. She looked to be about six or seven and quite curious about their arrival.
They got out of the cramped and sweltering black car – the boys breathing sighs of relief – and stepped onto the surprisingly wide sidewalk.
"Excuse me, are you Azmaria?" Chrono's mother asked.
A woman's head popped up so suddenly from behind the low fence that Chrono, his brother and their mother all jumped three feet straight up. The woman had platinum blond hair that went to her waist in a braid and jade green eyes arched by elegant eyebrows above a small, aquiline nose and a rosy, bow shaped mouth.
"You guys must be the Smiths!" The woman said with a cheerful, beaming smile that was infectious.
They could see and hear the little girl giggling in the background. Apparently she thought that is was funny to see people nearly having heart attacks.
The woman turned to her daughter.
"Honey, could you please go get your siblings?"
"Yes, Mummy." The little girl beamed the same infectiously smile that her mother possessed, then turned around, opened the door and went inside.
She forgot to close the door, effectively letting the cat out. Mrs. Christopher gave a start and then groaned as said cat went into the bushes. Smiling, Chrono silently went into the yard and over to the bush the cat had darted into. He coaxed it out and into his arms where it purred contentedly in a couple minutes. Mrs. Christopher looked impressed.
"I've never seen Tux take so readily to someone." A new voice chimed.
He looked over to see a blond, teen aged girl with some of her hair pulled into two pigtails. What caught his attention was her brilliant blue eyes. They sparkled and danced like nothing he had ever seen before in his life. They were beautiful. Perfect. And oh so very familiar. He felt like he had just come home after a prolonged journey.
Everything else slipped away from him as she came over to stand so close to him that he could smell her lilac soap. He wanted to reach out and touch her, but he restrained himself. She seemed to be as mesmerized as he was.
Still standing on the front step was a boy was a boy that could have been her twin. He had hair long enough to be pulled into a short ponytail and intelligent blue-green eyes that watched his sister and Chrono with a knowing smile. He was fairly confidant that his sister was going to have her first boyfriend this year.
"Those two are my son and daughter, Joshua and Rosette." Their mother said with that same knowing, amused smile that everyone else had on, "Rosette why don't you show them around?"
Rosette and Chrono both snapped out of their dazes, blushing furiously.
"Oh, uh, yeah, sure." The girl answered, stumbling over her words.
She turned to Chrono and headed to the door. Chrono's brother hopped the fence and jogged up to them before they disappeared down the front hall.
"Joshua you play with Azmaria for a bit." The little girl cheered as the boy groaned but took her to the backyard to play.
Mrs. Christopher then turned to Mrs. Smith as she stood up, still smiling, and said, "My name is Helen. It's nice to meet you." She finished as she took off a gardening glove and held out her hand to shake.
Mrs. Smith took the proffered hand thinking that, just maybe, this would turn out to be one of the best decisions she had ever made – if for no one other reason then her sons.
"Ctanna Smith. My sons are Chrono and Sebastian. It's nice to meet you too."
A/N: Gah, sorry that was so short! But don't worry, prologues are almost always ridiculously short. The next chapter will be longer! Promise!
I surprised you with Sebastian, didn't I? You were expecting it to be Aion, weren't you? Well, don't worry! You'll get to see him later on in the story. You'll never guess what his role is. But go a head and try.