Nightmare in Flames

"Hello, I am Crono Zunder a Cadet Knight from Cathedral City," said Crono.

"Ah, a knight I am, Captain Kurtis of the Fisher Knights," said The Knight.

"I hear you guys were looking for help against this cult," said Crono.

"Yes, we have been having trouble with these cultists," said Kurtis. "They are Alassa's civilians that worship the God of Nightmare."

"Oh, so these guys are your people that follow this god of Nightmares," said Crono.

"Yes, we are trying to not kill them but it is hard when they want to kill you," said Kurtis.

"I bet it not easy to fight your own," said Crono.

"Indeed, we are planning an attack tomorrow to weaken the Cult's influence if you wish to help with our problem with this," said Kurtis.

"Alright I will see you tomorrow then," said Crono. He leaves the Fisher Knight Academy and sees evening is setting and heads back to the inn.

Crono has returned to the inn where he sees the Inn Lady.

"Hello, welcome back your lady friend is making dinner for us as to help out around here," said The Inn Lady.

"Oh, thank you for telling me where Irene is," said Crono. He then goes into the Kitchen and sees Irene making spaghetti for dinner.

"Ah, welcome back, dear," said Irene.

"Hey, you probably won't like this, but I decided to help the people here," said Crono.

"I figure as much, Crono. It wouldn't be you if you didn't help," said Irene. "I guess for now I will help out here till it settled."

"Thanks, Irene," said Crono. "It smells good I can't wait to eat." Crono and Irene ate their dinner and went to their room and get ready for bed Crono takes his leather armor off and puts on his brown pants and black tunic he had.

"Remember, your weapons are in the carriage," said Irene.

"I just have to go get them in the morning," said Crono. "I only brought my armor with me and some clothes."

"I'll wash it tomorrow after you finish your mission," said Irene. They both lay down in the bed.

"Well, I hope it won't be bad tonight," said Crono.

"I as well my dear. I hope you have a pleasant nightmare at least," said Irene. They lay there until they pass out into their dreams.

Crono finds himself back in the nightmare realm this time he stands in front the room of the elder council room in the Cadet Headquarters Building. Crono hesitates to open it because he knows what lies beyond this door. He opens the door to the elder council room. He walks in and sees a copy of him his uncle Reggie on the floor with Alana holding his left hand.

"I remember this like it was yesterday," said Crono.

"Ah, well Rejector. You come at last," said Azah sitting on a throne where the Elder Council would sit in the middle.

"Azah," said Crono.

"You found out my name. great then I really don't need to introduce myself," said Azah. "I am just revisiting a very important memory of your Mr. Zunder."

"Why are you tormenting innocent people in this city?" asked Crono.

"Because I want them to suffer as much as me when they took my sister from me and started that damn war eons ago," said Azah.

"But is that what your sister wanted you to do, Azah?" questioned Crono. "She probably never wanted you to do this."

"Enough of this, Crono Zunder. It's time we had some entertainment," said Azah as he snaps the fingers in his right hand.

"What?" asked Crono. He turns and sees Reggie standing up.

"Crono, you allowed a lot of people to die here in this building," said Reggie with a displeased look.

"What do you mean, Uncle?" asked Crono.

"You allowed me to strike him down," said Uriel who appears behind Crono. "You killed the one man who was a father to you and the others who thought they were doing the right thing."

"What? No, I didn't kill my uncle," said Crono.

"You had the power to stop him, but you chose to just stand there," said Reggie as blood comes down his suit from his chest. "You let me die, Crono."

"You killed him," said Uriel. Crono hears walking towards the door. It opens, and Crono looks terrified as he sees a bunch of Cadet Knights with broken masks and covered in injuries; some were missing limbs. They surround Crono repeating the same thing to him.

"You killed us. You killed us," They repeated at him as they get closer to Crono. Crono starts to panic as flames appeared around him burning some of the Cadet Knights. He starts to feel he was being shaken and hears Irene's voice.

"Crono, wake up it's just a bad dream," said Irene. Crono starts to wake up as he does the only thing, he hears is Azah laughing maniacally until he awakens.