Fate/ Alter Night
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Warning: I am still studying so please forgive me if there is too much grammar mistake
Warning: Since something had happened (please the previous chapter for further details), the software I am now using don't have grammar checker so please forgive me if there is too much grammar mistake
Chapter 1
King of the Knights
Time is upon us.
Seven Magi take part.
These Masters employ Servants, of which there are seven types, in a battle royal to win the one and only Holy Grail.
These are known as the Holy Grail Wars.
Hear me.
Place thy flesh under my command.
My fate, I place in thy sword.
On the authority of the Holy Grail,
an thou comply to my will and my reasoning, answer my call.
Here and now, I offer up my pledge.
I am she who embodies the virtue of all creation.
I am she who shall spread the evil of all creation.
Thou art the seven heavens clad in the three great word spirits.
Come forth from this binding circle,
thou keeper of the balance!
In a dark and isolated room with nothing but darkness, a girl with black haired twin-tail could be seen standing on top of a magic summoning pattern. The pages of the book in her hand turned and her haired wavered ever so slightly along with the wind that was blowing from the glowing magic pattern beneath her. From her thin hand that was stretched out, a small drop of blood fell to the pattern. As if responding to the arrival of the blood, the pattern glowed brighter before as the pattern started to rise up and passed the girl's body. After finishing the final chant, the pattern started to expand before a deep crimson light flashed throughout the entire house.
I have drawn the strongest card among the servants no doubt.
The girl thought with confidence at her success. However, her smirk soon faded when an unexpected explosion erupted throughout the entire Tohsaka residence.
Boom!
"Arh! What?"
The girl fell down to the ground due to the explosion and exclaimed. After a few seconds trying to grasp the situation, she quickly ran towards the source of the explosion. Upon opening the door, what greeted her was a total destruction of her living room. Furniture were destroyed and lying on the ground in pieces. The moonlight shone into the room from the whole above and a girl with long white hair tied up could be seen seating on top of the remains of what used to be a cupboard. The girl had crimson red eyes that shone in the night and was wearing a black and red suit. Upon hearing the black haired girl's arrival, the white haired girl looked at her and smirked.
"Looks like a have been drawn by quite a cute master."
Where am I...
Who am I...?
"And so this is the new transfer student from London. Since she is new to this city so please remember to treat her well."
The teacher beside me called Taiga announced to the students in front of her as she wrote my name on the board. I stared at the board and softly muttered the name written on the board.
"Art...Arturia...?"
…That...is my name?
…
...That's right..
I am Arturia.
"My name is Arturia Pendragon, please take care of me from now on."
I introduced myself to the class as I bowed my head. There were some murmurings in the class but they began to quiet down when the teacher called Taiga began to speak.
"Okay. Pendragon-san you may sit at the empty seat behind Shiro- I meant behind the student with orange hair just beside the window."
I nodded my head towards the Taiga before I left my previous position and headed towards the seat behind the guy with orange hair. I could feel the uncomfortable gazes that were set upon me as I passed by a few students. Before I reached my seat, the guy with orange hair looked at me. Our eyes met for a second before we both left each other's sigh as I began sitting down at my seat.
Did I...see him somewhere...before...?
I thought as I looked at the orange head in front of me. I could still remember the odd feeling I felt in my heart when out gazes met. For some reason, I felt that I had seen him somewhere...sometime ago.
However just when I was in deep thought, the sound of Taiga stepping out of the classroom and the eyes of the orange head that were looking at me snapped me out of my thought.
"My name is Emiya Shirou. Nice to meet you Pendragon-san."
"..Ah...nice to meet you Emiya-san. The pleasure is mine."
I nodded towards me and shook his hand that were stretched out. Since the teacher has left the classroom, the class began to erupted into loud murmurings as Shirou and I continued our conversation.
"Well as you heard it from Fujimura-sensei, later I will be taking you around the school to get you familiarize with the school is that okay with you?"
Shirou said as I began to trace back my memories. I must have missed out that part when I was thinking about whether have I met Shirou before.
However...just to be sure...
"Emiya-san, have we met before?"
"Huh?"
What I received from my question was nothing but a blank look. He seemed to realize that he was showing a blank face and quickly replied.
"No, I think this is the first time we met."
So we have not met before...
I thought as I looked at him. However to remain looking at a person without saying anything would be rude and gave an uncomfortable feeling to the person as I quickly replied.
"Then I will be in you care from now on Emiya-sa-"
Thud.
"Let's begin the lesson. Today's student, lead the class bow."
"Everyone stand!"
The door slid opened as a tall person in green formal suit and spectacles that gave an aura of coldness around him entered the class. His cold and merciless eyes scanned that class before it arrived towards me. I felt a cold shiver down my spine before his eyes turned away. The entire class stood up, bowed to the teacher as the lesson began.
Since the morning homeroom period, a whole day has passed. During the afternoon, Shirou has accompanied me to familiarize with the structure of the school. Although the school was like any other, it had a sizable archery dojo where students from the archery club practiced. Although I went to toilet for a while, when I returned I found Shirou in front of the archery dojo talking to a purple haired guy surrounded by girls. I saw Shirou nodded before the purple haired guy left with the company of girls. Just as Shirou was about to approach the dojo, I quickly ran up to him and called out.
"Emiya-san, what are you doing?"
Upon hearing my voice, he quickly turned his head back and looked at me. He seemed to be surprised before he quickly explained.
"Ah sorry Pendragon-san, I forgotten about you and promised to help to clean up the dojo. Can you go home first? I will bring you to let you familiarize with the town tomorrow."
He explained as he smiled. Promise to clean the dojo? Was that what the conversation during my absent was about? I thought as I looked at him before unconsciously I looked at the sky. The sky was in a deep orange-red color as if it was on fire. The sun was barely in our sight as it was near the end of the horizon. Realized that how late it was, I walked towards the dojo and began to take off my shoes.
"Wait a minute Pendragon-san, what are you doing?"
"You can call me Arturia."
"Huh?"
Shirou seemed to be puzzled as he stared at me blankly. After I taken off my shoes I looked at him and said.
"It doesn't feel right to call someone Pendragon-san, does it? It sounds better if you call me Arturia."
"Okay Arturia...No what I asked was why are you entering the dojo Arturia?"
"Isn't it obvious? I helping you to clean up the dojo."
I replied as I stepped into the dojo and out of his sight. He quickly took off his shoes and followed after me into the dojo.
"It is already evening already. If you try to clean the entire dojo up alone you will end up cleaning it until midnight won't you? It will be faster if there are two people cleaning the dojo right?"
"That's not the point."
Shirou said as he quickly stepped in front of me. I stopped my pace and stopped in front of him as he started trying to get me out of the dojo.
"This is my job, I can do this alone."
"Just because this is your job doesn't mean that others can't help right?"
"Well you are right but... ...there is no need for you to waste your time to help me with his kind of stuff. You just started living in this city, shouldn't have things that you need to prepare at home?"
"I don't recall I have anything important to do at home. I am free like you anyway so I will help you out."
"But you are a girl, girls shouldn't do all these hard labor. Just let me-"
"Girl...Did you just underestimate me as a girl?"
Shirou started to back away from me when I felt a surge of anger inside of me. For some unknown reason, when I heard Shirou viewing me as a mere girl I started to get angry at him. Shirou seemed to realize that he has offended me and quickly tried to apologize.
"No I meant urm... you are a girl so you should just leave the problem to me. I will do it alone so don't wor-"
Stud!
"Ouch!"
Shirou cried out when I stomped on his foot with full force. I expected him to apologize for underestimating me as a mere girl but he only add oil to fire. I walked pass me without giving him a glance as I took one of the cloths and thrown it directly onto Shirou's face and declared.
"We will clean up the dojo together before we go home."
"But-"
"Understand?"
I glared at him as I spoke in a fierce tone. The submissive Shirou could only sweat dropped before he picked up the cloth and started wiping the floor. I found that I could get angry easily if Shirou viewed me as just a mere girl. I sighed in frustration as I took a cloth and started wiping the floor too.
"Say Pendragon-san..."
"Arturia."
"Sorry, I meant Arturia. Could it be that, you are still angry with me?"
Shirou asked as he approached me from the back. It was now 7 o'clock already and the sun has set a long time ago and only the dark night covered the sky. The moon seemed to be bright tonight as the moonlight penetrated into the dojo and onto us. I refused to look at him as I answered.
"Although I hate to admit, I found myself still angry with what you said earlier Shirou."
"Ah sorry...wait when did you start calling me by my first name?"
"I allowed you to call me Arturia, you should do the same and let me call you Shirou, shouldn't you?"
"Ah well..."
Shirou muttered as his voice started to become faint. However a moment later his voice returned again with a louder voice.
"Sorry Arturia, for saying that you are just a girl. When I said that you should leave the problem to me because you are a girl, I meant that it was better to let the boys to do the heavy stuff and let the girls relax. I do not have any ill meaning of saying that girls are useless to help."
Upon hearing his reasons with his firm voice, I turned around and looked at him. Seriousness was on his face that said that every word he said was true. Although I was angry at what Shirou has said, I found my anger starting to fade as I sighed. Shirou seemed to tense up as he asked me again.
"So..are you still angry..?"
"I am."
"Uwahh...sor-"
"Is what I like to say but... after seeing that serious face of yours over trial matters like this my anger has faded away unconsciously."
I sighed one more time before I smiled. Shirou seemed to blush a little but I ignored it. I started heading towards the exit as I called out to Shirou.
"Come on Shirou, its getting later already. Let's go home together."
"...Let's go."
Shirou said hesitantly as he nodded his head before coming after me. Both of us started wearing our shoes as we left the dojo and locked the door. After locking the door, Shirou struck a conversation up as he said.
"Where do you live, Arturia?"
"Where do I ...live?"
I stared blankly at Shirou as I heard that question. Shirou stared blankly at me for a moment before he continued.
"Do you live at the northern en-, no you must have lived at the southern end where the houses are western style, don't you?"
I stared blankly at Shirou again as I tried to come up with an answer. Thought were running through my mind as I tried to answer Shirou's question.
Where do I ….live?
I asked myself as I tried to recall. However nothing came into mind and no words could come out of my throat to answer Shirou's question. Shirou started to look worriedly at me and started to approach me. Just as his hand was about to touch my shoulder-
Tin! Tink! Tink!
"What is that?"
Shirou said out loud as the sound of metals hitting each other pierced through the stillness of the air. The metal sound snapped me out of my thought as I suggested to Shirou.
"It seems to come from the school yard. Let's go."
"...Yes."
Shirou nodded his head and replied as we ran towards the school yard. At the school yard where nobody was supposed to be there at this hour, there were two people clashing each other with swords and spears. The more defensive one was a girl with long tied white hair in red-black suit with a black katana on her right hand and a white katana on her left hand. The other one being more offensive was a man in dark teal outfit and had quirky long hair combed backwards with a long red lance on his right hand and a shorter yellow lance on his left. The lancer stabbed towards the girl with his red lance in a speed that my eyes could barely catch. However the girl easily blocked it with her black katana and swung her white katana towards the lancer. The lancer brought his other hand up and blocked the white katana with his yellow lance. Even though they were quite far away, their voice echoed throughout the noiseless night.
"Interesting Archer. I have never heard of a bowman who uses twin swords."
The lancer shouted as he jumped back before doing a large swing with his long red lance towards the girl. The girl swiftly kneed to dodge the lance before she rushed towards his opening. The lancer was just in time to pull his red lance back to block the girl's slashes. The girl quickly jumped back as she smirked.
"Just because I am an archer doesn't mean that I am forced to use bow. Those thinking of archers can't defend themselves will get you kill you know!"
The girl said mischievously before she prepared her stance, ready to charge towards the lancer with her twin blade. The lancer did the same as he readied his lances. However just as they were about to charge at each other.
"Who's there!"
The lancer shouted as his attention shifted to us. When I saw the lancer's eyes, I couldn't help but felt overwhelmed by an unknown pressure that was holding my feet to the ground. Luckily, Shirou who was beside me seemed to be immune to the effect as he started pulling my hands to dragged me to the school block.
"Run Arturia!"
"..Y.-Yes!"
From the solid earth ground to the concrete ground to the flight of stairs and to the concrete ground again. My mind was not working as it only told me to keep on running as if I would die if I were to even slow down. Before I knew it, we were at the third floor of the building already. We were patting heavily as I held onto Shirou's hand tightly. My instinct told me that if I let go of his hands he would be gone from me however. Shirou took me towards a classroom with my hand in his. We entered the classroom as he parted his hands away from mine. For a moment I missed the warmth in them but the dire situation made me dismissed that thought. Shirou took a broom and slightly swung it around. He is going to use that to fight against two lances? I thought as I approached to ask him. However before the words could came out of my mouth, he rushed towards me and rudely brushed me away. I fell to the ground and looked at Shirou, only to find Shirou was standing at my original position with-
"Shirou!"
I shouted as I stared at the wound at his left shoulder. A red lance could be seen piercing through his left shoulder as Shirou gritted his teeth and swung the broom towards the lancer that appeared. The lancer drawn back his red lance and jumped back, easily evaded Shirou's slash. He looked at the wounded Shirou and praised.
"You risked you life in order to save the girl. Truly commendable young man. However, now that you have seen us I have no choice but to kill you."
"Don't...Don't joke with me!"
Shirou shouted as when lancer slashes down with his red lance, Shirou parried it away with the broom. A strange phenomenon was that when the lance connected with the broom, the broom did not get cut but instead managed to parry the lance away although there was a dent on it.
"This is reinforcement magic... so you are a mage. It's faint, but I sense some magical power in you."
"I...I will not go down that easily!"
Shirou shouted as he prepared a stance to block the lancer's coming attacks. Lancer came forward with slashes and stabs, Shirou tried to fend all of them off but he got kicked in the stomach when the lancer pulled back his lance and rushed forward to kick him. Shirou flew to the wall outside the classroom and fell to the ground. Resisting the pain wrecking throughout his body, Shirou tried to stand up-
"I will praise you for putting up a good fight however-"
Stab!
"Uguhaa!"
"-this is your fate."
The lancer said softly as he stabbed his red lance mercilessly to his heart. Shirou shouted out a weak cry before he fell to the ground, not moving anymore.
"Shirou...?"
I called as I looked at my friend lying on the ground, blood started flowing out as they started to surround Shirou. The one that was lying there in a pool of blood was Shirou, my first friend that I was with not even to one day.
"Shirou...?"
I called again, however he didn't respond.
That's of course, he is dead after all.
No he isn't! He was with me just now!
Like you said, just now. And if you don't do anything now, you will also die.
My mind told me as my eyes unconsciously fell upon the broom that Shirou has used to defend himself with. Shirou dropped it just now and it was directly beside me.
Shirou...
I thought as I picked up the broom. My instinct took over my entire body as I picked up the broom and stood behind the lancer. I found myself holding the broom in front of me in a fighting stance that seemed natural to me even though I never wielded a sword before.
"I am sorry about your friend but he have to be killed. Since you saw everything that meant that you had to be kil-"
The lancer said as he started to turn towards me. However his sentence stopped as he looked at me with his eyes wide as if he saw something he could not believe. His hands holding onto the lances trembled as words started to came out of his trembling mouth.
"That face...that stance...don't tell me..."
"You bastard! How dare you killed Shirou!"
I shouted with anger as I charged forward with the broom in my hands. He hastily reacted and locked his lance with my broom. I tried my futile effort to overwhelm him in strength and instinctively retreated as I blocked a slash from his other lance. I took a deep breath and looked at my weapon. Although the broom was bended in several places, it was still not broken. I steadied my stance before I charged forward and brought my broom upon him in full strength. However the lancer skillfully blocked it and let my sword slid down his lance as he kicked me. The blow caught me by surprise as I felt the air sucked out of me as I flew to the window in the classroom. I tried to stand up but pain wrecked throughout my entire body, refusing to obey any of my command. The lancer approached me with a weak smile and said to me.
"You reminded of someone that I knew before. You looked exactly like her. Even that fierce face filled with determination of yours..."
The lancer kept his weak smile, however it soon disappeared as he looked at me with his red lance ready.
"However there was not way for you to be her. I hate to kill you but...I have no choice."
The lancer, as if saying his regrets to me, started pulling his lance and prepared to stab it down. Among the pain, I looked at the lance and thought.
Am I going to die here?
Even though Shirou sacrificed his life to me...
Then summon me.
Summon...you?
Entrust your fate to me, Arturia Pendragon.
You... have to live.
Live...
That's right...
I have to live...
I ...want to live!
"Wha-"
For a moment, I saw a golden thin sword that was in the middle of darkness. Although it was blur and I could not see it clearly, for some reasons, I felt...comforted looking at it. I wanted to stretch out my hands and held it, never letting it go again. However the sword soon fainted and was replaced by a bright light in front of me. The lancer shouted as he blocked his eyes from the light. On the ground where the light came, a circular pattern that wasn't there before appeared as somethin-no someone started to emerged out of it.
Tink!
The sound of metal clashing each other could be heard as the lancer brought up his lances to block a sword that came out of the light. Although he managed to block it, the blow was so great that he flew to the wall and crushed onto it. The light slowly started to faint as I started to see the figure in front of me.
"You are..."
The person in front of me was about half a head taller than me. He has yellow blonde hair and was in a white armor with a blue suit within. A glance onto him would suggested that he was without a doubt, a knight. Although faint, I could feel the presence of a...sword in his right hand. The knight turned towards me. My mind made no attempt to escape from this person as I stared at him. I could not move, could not think other than the majestic aura he held. He stretched out his hand to me. Unconsciously, my right hand traced his hand and held onto it. He pulled me up as I stood directly in front of him. He smiled at me gently and introduced himself.
"I am Saber. I am thy's servant that will protect you."
A/N: Whew! Done! I spent the entire afternoon writing this, especially when the idea just came in the morning. For those that don't know, the lancer here is the lancer from Fate Zero and the saber is King Arthur from Fate Prototype. I have decided for who is going to be berserker already but I still lack Assassin, caster and rider. Those that have a nice idea to introduce a servant from other fate series are welcome to do so.
Please read and review!
