My Hero ~ Take Care of Yourself, My Friend

Schala "Kid" Zeal

          Every one of us has our own hero. He may be a protagonist, a supporting character, a normal person without super powers or abilities, or even an antagonist. He may be even a real or a fictional character. Each of us has different opinions on what a hero is. For me, a hero is anyone who has overcome a big obstacle he or she has faced in his or her life, someone who has given inspirations and lessons for each of us to learn.  That's why my hero , or more accurately, heroine since my hero is a girl, is Schala "Kid" Zeal from the PSX game, Chrono cross, a game of adventure and fighting. She has an Australian accent as she has "bugger" and "mate" in her dialect.

          I'll start off with Schala "Kid" Zeal's appearance. Kid has blonde hair usually tied up into a ponytail with red strings. She has dark blue eyes. She wears a purple necklace speculated as the zeal pendant, an important figure in this game's predecessor. She wears a short white top while wearing a tiny red overcoat. She also wears a red miniskirt with a brown belt wherein a purple scabbard for her dagger is attached. She also wears brown gloves and brown boots. She also has white markings on her face and arms.

          For her story, it all began in the year 1004 A.D, when Schala sent Kid as her own clone to the world for Schala feared that she would be consumed by hatred for being bound in a monster. A girl, named Lucca, saw her as baby and subsequently adopted her, but a tragedy had struck. Lynx, the antagonist of the game, and his faithful servant/partner, Harle, burned the orphanage Kid was living in. This caused Kid to cry, seeking for help and then becoming tomboy-ish and wanting to avenge her "mother" and her friends in the orphanage. At 1015 A.D., she was able to travel time and stopped the drowning of a boy named Serge, the main protagonist of the game. This caused the world to have two parallel worlds where Serge lives in one and in the other, doesn't. She was able to save Serge from being killed by soldiers as he was named "ghost-boy". Then they went to the soldiers' headquarters in hopes of seeing Lynx. They did see him but he threw a poisoned sword which hit Kid. Kid fell and became bedridden. She then gave Serge the Astral Amulet, an item which lets Serge travel worlds. Serge gets the antidote and heals her. Then they went to a place called Fort Dragonia as they got a lead on where Lynx is. They went to the top floor and there they saw Lynx. They defeated him but little did they know that Lynx and Serge exchanged bodies. The game goes on and Serge searches a way to get his body back but Kid was seen now working for Dark Serge. I have speculations that she was brainwashed. In Chronopolis, a place where time doesn't exist, is where the real Serge, who got his body back, and Kid meet again but as enemies. Lynx then ordered her to to touch the Frozen Flame, an artifact that has the ability to destroy the world. She was able to touch it but this just made her weak and bedridden again. She then had nightmares on what had happened when she was a child, when the orphanage was burned down. Serge then went to her dreams to help Kid escape. She was crying in the corner of the room and as they went outside, she was asking Serge not to leave but Serge couldn't do it as it was only a dream. Kid is then left alone in the woods, crying and torn from what has happened. Kid then wakes up and teams up again with Serge. Then they set out to defeat the monster, the Time Devourer, where Schala was in. As they defeat the monster and Schala was set free, it was speculated that Schala and Kid merged as one. Kid was then writing a diary where in after the contents were read, a picture of Serge and her in a wedding dress was seen.

thus the curtain closes on another tale.

an eternity has passed...

fleeting dreams fade into the distance...

all that is left now

is me and my memories...

but I'm sure we'll meet again,

someday, you and I...

another place, another time.

it's just that we might not realise

that you are you and I am me...

let us open the door to the great unknown,

come across another reality,

and live another today...

even when the story has been told,

life goes on...

until we meet again,

take care of yourself, my friend...

- Schala "Kid" Zeal

          As you can see, this is why I love Kid and why she is my hero. Kid, even with a bad history, was able to put on a brave face. Nobody knew of what were her real feelings inside. She was able to move on and seek revenge to Lynx. She never gave up. She helped people and people helped her. Kid also believed in herself. Even if the player will decide to not let her in the party, she would be returning time and time again and force her way into the team. She was also able to give support to others even when she needed it herself. She also has loyalty to Serge. Brainwashed or not, she still showed that she trusted Serge in her fully. She always wanted to help people. Even when she just met Serge, she didn't think twice about helping him. If I had a bad history, or even something frightening happened to me, maybe I would lose hope on all things and just succumb to the darkness. Thanks to her, I was able to see the world differently and that I wasn't the only one who is having troubles. We need to support others while supporting ourselves. We may be unaware that we are already losing faith and courage to do anything. It is like you are helping others but you are letting yourself drown to the dark. Aside from that, she is also very pretty and I had a crush on her when I was still a child, I think even until now since she is one of the characters in my wallpaper. Kid is just one of the many persons I refer to as my heroes. I hope that she was able to change your outlook in life and see why she is my hero.