A/N: Here is a story that I thought was interesting to write about. I hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters except my own. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha belongs to its rightful owner.

Prologue

"Did you get a read on that Jewel Seed Claire?" A slight pause then, "Negative Yūuno. I'm working on it though."

The breeze in the air whips the trees restless, the street lamps flickered on and off. The moon shined bright against the red sky. A boy wearing a green tunic and brown cloak was kneeling besides some kind of evidence on his search for the Jewel Seeds. He mutters to himself, and then touched his earpiece. "Claire, come here for a minute. I think I have found some clue."

"On my way." A girl's voice responded from the other end.

He waited patiently as he continued looking and analyzing the evidence. His partner showed up a few minutes later, her hair tied back in a ponytail. She was wearing a tank-top and rip jeans. She can always be seen with gloves and her shoes were Vans, with the words Anti-Hero on the side.

"What's the clue?" She asked bending over his shoulder to take a look.

"Hmmmmm…It's really strange." Yūuno commented as he looked at the pile of dirt. It wasn't really noticeable but Yūuno managed to detect a little bit of the Jewel Seed's presence. "I see the indention on where the Jewel was but right next to it is a footprint. It seems that we were a little late. Someone already made off with it."

"I'll contact the Time-Space Administration Bureau (TSAB)." Claire reached behind her and brought out her PDA from a small bag to contact HQ. She was almost ready when a bolt of lightning came out of nowhere and disabled the connection. "What?" She pressed all sorts of buttons but, there was no response. The device was completely broken.

"You wouldn't be able to use that device anymore, sweetie" Both kids looked up as this woman jumped down from the lamp post. She was wearing a purple dress with a jewel on her forehead, long fingernails and a wicked staff. This woman was completely dangerous.

"Sorry to say but I got the Jewel already." She chuckles holding it up for all to see, which was mainly her, Claire and Yūuno .

"Precia Testarossa." Yūuno growled, his eyes never leaving her figure. "Why are you here? Your hideout too small in the Garden of Time?" Claire chuckled at that. Precia however, wasn't amused.

"Wrong boy, I came out here searching for the Lost Logia as well. I am quite surprised though..." She eyes the pair, "That mere children like you are hunting these things for the Bureau. They must be low on more…. mature people." She laughs.

"Well younger children look better looking for Jewel Seeds than a…..50 year old hag." Claire retorted loudly. She inwardly smirked as Precia's facial features looked shocked then it darkened drastically. The wind blew violently and more lightning flashed from the sky.

"What did you say, Little Girl?" How Dare you insult my age like that." Precia was enraged and started charging up an attack in the palm of her hand.

"Yūno! Claire! Do you read me?" A voice sound, all static and glitches were interfering with the connection. "Lindy?" Yūuno looked down at his watch as his commander's face appeared.

"Get out of there now! That's an order." Her face was worried as well as stern. Claire looked over and said, "Lindy, that old hag stole the Seed and is starting to pick a fight with us. She's even charging up an attack to throw at us. Can we catch her now?"

"No you may not. I am going to repeat my message once more…..GET OUT OF THERE OR YOU"LL GET HURT!" At that last comment, she disappeared from the screen; the intense lightning strikes that crawled out of the sky shattered the connection completely.

Yūuno looked at Claire and said, "You heard her. Let's go." They started to back away slowly but Precia noticed what they were doing.

"You think you can run away?" Her attack was done charging and it was deadly too, blazing like a ball on fire. "It's too late for you. This is for that insult!" She hurled it like a projectile.

"Crap let's get out of here." Yūuno and Claire turned tail and ran, with the attack zooming after them.

"Yūuno this isn't going well." Claire sounded panicked and she kept looking behind her as the ball of hot energy was right on their trail.

"I know that!" Yūuno growled back as they kept running.

"HAHA what's wrong kids?" Precia was looking down on them from the air. As a mage, she really knows how to control and bend the air. She looked like a pro, standing all mighty with her nose in the air.

"Tch…" Claire gritted her teeth as she tried to think of a witty insult but Yūuno gave her a look that said We don't have the time for insults. She just kept her mouth shut and ran faster.

This cat and mouse chase was getting tiring and finally Claire found a solution. Giving Yūuno a determined look, she skidded to a halt and placed herself in the path of the energy blast. Yūuno figured out what she's going to do and decided to stand beside her. The attack was approaching, ready to mow them down.

"Let's go now." Claire used a Barrier spell to stop the blast while Yūuno conjured up a warping spell. It shrank the blast into a warp hole that sent it into space. They looked up as the sky burst into colors. Apparently the spell allowed the blast to ignite faster because of what was in the atmosphere. Having no where to go, it exploded on itself. Precia scowled as she underestimated those brats and their capabilities.

"You're quite good," she spat down on them, "But you're still no make for me!" At this, she flicked her wrist. Immediately tree roots sprang up from the ground, entangling them. No matter how much they tried, they couldn't get out. Precia lowered herself to the ground and walked over to the now helpless children. She looked from one to the other, musing over what to do with them.

Claire looked at her with pure disgust while Yūuno was quickly thinking up of an escape route. Both children never faltered or wavered under Precia's glare as she stared them down. Finally giving up, she turned her back on them, thinking and plotting. Claire looked at Yūuno and motioned with her hand for him to try and get word to the bureau. Yūuno nodded and fiddled with his watch while Precia's back was turned. Finally getting through, he used his hand to signal a plan, Lindy's head nodded like she understood what to do.

"You kids," Precia finally spoke, turning back and looking at them, "You two really surprised me there. I have to hand it to you, you've got guts to challenge my power. Why don't you join me? We can search for the Lost Logia together and rule the world." She extended her hand wide as if giving them a huge hug, which they totally wouldn't want to do.

"Yeah right," Claire snarled at her, "There is NO way we're joining you, old hag. An S-class criminal like you deserves punishment and justice for all of the crimes you have committed!" Precia's eyes narrowed as she stomp over and grabbed Claire by the chin, jerking her head toward her so that their noses are a few inches apart.

"That was a bad move, girl." Her voice was a deadly whisper as her purple eyes pierced deep into Claire's blue eyes. "Soon, you will all fall down to my power." She let go and walked away, letting Claire catch her breath and her personal space. "Let's see," Precia muttered to herself, thinking a lot of things that would help her world domination. Claire looked at Yūuno again and he nodded. Without letting Precia know, he morphed into a ferret. In his smaller form, he carefully made his way over and started nibbling on the roots.

"Hey!" Noticing that the boy was gone, Precia's sharp eyes noticed him chewing on the roots. Roaring in rage she made a lunge. Yūno sensed her presence and jumped out of the way. This ended up being another cat and mouse chase between an old hag and a ferret boy. Claire watched with amusement as Precia lunged again, missed and made a face plant on the ground. The ferret scampered back and managed to bite through the tough roots.

"Alright," Claire dropped to the ground and looked up as Precia advanced, clearly angry beyond comparison.

"You did it now little boy," Her wrath could be felt within a 100 mile radius, "There is no more escape for the both of you!"

The ground started shaking and cracking under the immense power. "Woah," Claire tried her best to keep steady on the shifting ground.

"Lindy now." Yūuno shouted and as if she heard, a portal opened up behind them.

"NO! You will not escape me!" Precia roared.

"Let's go!" Claire made a dash towards the portal with Yūuno on her shoulder. Suddenly the air cackled as the sound of a whip sang through the air, binding Claire's hands to her side, halting in her stride. She looked back as Precia held the other end confidently.

"Now you will never escape me." She laughed as she started pulling Claire towards her. Yūuno looked worried as Claire struggled, digging her heels into the ground.

"Go Yūuno!" Claire looked at him. "You can make it. Get back to the Bureau!" He looked skeptical at her but she smiled. "I have an idea."

He nodded and took out a necklace. There was a rounded looking marble hanging off of it. Claire heard from Yūuno that he himself designed this device. He placed it around her neck, jumped off her shoulder, scampered to the portal and stopped in front of it, giving Claire a final, desperate look. She nodded at him and he disappeared.

"So, your partner has left you." Precia looked amused as she saw the portal shrink and disappeared. Claire looked back at her and replied. "I don't need his help to take down an old woman like you!"

Precia's eyebrows twitched and with a roar, she sent a powerful electric spell flowing through the whip. Claire's body convulsed and her eyes widen out at the sudden shock but, she stood her ground, refusing to bow down to this woman. Her breathing was labored as she tried to hold out.

"Give up yet?" Precia knows, seeing the child in front of her wobbling and teetering.

"Ha…...Never. I might not look like it but, I am pretty clever when I am in a pinch." Claire huffed out. She brought out a small ball from her small bag and looked at Precia's confused face. She threw the ball at Precia's feet and it exploded in a cloud of smoke. After the smoke cleared out, Precia saw that the other end of the whip was on the ground, no one was there anymore.

"NOOOO!" She cried out with annoyance as she looked for her prey, searching high and low. After an hour of searching she never found her. "GRRRRR." Furious, she smashed the ground with incredibly explosive power, blowing away everything around her until it was bare dirt. "That wretched little…she was able to escape. But be warned, I'll be back to hunt you down." She made that vow to no one in particular and vanished, leaving an empty crater.

After a few minutes, a pile of dirt was scattered and Claire crawled out. She was on all fours breathing hard. Looking up she saw herself in a huge crater, nothing but dirt. My guess is that Precia did this. She crawled her way out of the hole and trudged into the forest nearby.

I have no strength left. I feel like…...I'm going... to... pass out. Finally she collapsed and a blue light surrounded her. Once it died down, a cat replaced the body of the human, the necklace was hanging around its neck. With her last breath before she blacked out, she uttered these words.

Please Help Me.

A/N: Done with the prologue, I think that was pretty good stuff. Now before anyone ask, Claire is my own character, she does not actually exist in this anime but I feel like this story is going to be great with her as a part of the action. As always reviews are greatly appreciated! :P