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Guide: "words", (thoughts), [sound effects], {quick in story author's note}, SHOUTING or LOUD NOISES. Line means scene change, (memories), Bold is important things or supernatural being speaking.

17th Century Europe

It was a star less dark night and in a certain castle on the outskirts of a small village a certain vampire lord named William Drake looked out his window as a mob of angry villagers gathered outside his gate. "How did they find out, I've made it point of being as discreet as possible" he asked himself curious about how they could have possibly discovered what he was.

And that's when he spotted him Peter a vampire he had met some years back was at the front of the mob and was apparently it's leader. He and the man had a falling out a few years back due in part to the other man's greed. Like himself the man had also used his vampiric powers to insert himself into a position of power and like most with people with power he was hungry for more.

The man had tried to take his place as the lord of the region for years but still William was surprised by that the man would go so far as to out him as a vampire just to get rid of him.

He was utterly disgusted with the other vampire's greed and lack of honor. Still he had walked the earth for over a millennium and he sure as hell wasn't gonna leave it without a fight and so he grabbed his weapons and headed down stairs to meet the mob head on. He was armed with six beautiful crafted flintlock pistols on his belt and he had a large claymore on his back.

He could hear the load shouts and bangs as the mob attempted to break down his door. After about a minute the mob final managed to break down the door to the castle. They stood there armed with pitchforks and other makeshift weapons and re purposed farm equipment although a few actually had crossbows armed with wooden arrows no metal tip just sharpened wooden basically just wooden stakes as arrows.

By this point Peter being the coward that he was had moved to the back of the group intent on using the humans as his own personal meat shields however despite this he could see the man he had black greasy hair and crimson eyes and was of an average height and build.

William decided to ignore him for the moment because he knew that the crossbow men were the biggest threat after all if any of their wooden arrows manage to strike his heart he knew it would kill him and so his eyes scanned the crowd being sure to locate them all and by his count there were five in total.

Not wanting to have to massacre all the villagers William stepped forward to try to defuse the situation. "What is going on here why have you lot broken into my home" William asked knowing full well why they were there.

In response to this one of the braver villagers stepped forward, he was an older looking man in his late fifties with brown eye's and brown hair with a bit of gray from age in the mix as well and he was of average height and had a thin build. The man was more than likely the village chief based on how he carried himself and the fact that he was the one speaking for the group.

"We're here to put an end to your villainous ways monster" said the old man as he angrily shook his fist at William.

"What on earth are you blathering about you crazy old fool" said William.

The old man scowled in response to the biting insult "you cannot deceive us the honorable sir Peter has already told us what you are" responded the village chief.

William only laughed in response to the old man's words and replied "oh please that man doesn't know the meaning of the word honor. And let me get this straight you're telling me you broke into my home the home of your lord and owner of your entire village intent on taking the law into your own hands and accusing me of being some manner of monster all on this man's word".

The villagers began to falter at Williams words seeing the foolishness of taking the word of a man they barely knew at face value especially when it came to such a serious accusation.

William seeing their doubt decided to capitalize on it by putting some fear into the hearts of the humans "I'm feeling particularly generous today so I'll tell you what if you leave this house at once I won't triple the village's taxes and have you all hung for breaking into the home of your lord". William smiled seeing that his words had the desired effect and that could he practically smell the fear rolling off the villagers.

They had all turned around and were making their way out of his home for fear that he would make good on his threat. That is until the voice of Peter rang out through the building "wait everyone stop he is a vampire and I'll prove it". After hearing his words everyone turned around to watch.

Smiling arrogantly Peter walked forward to face William "if you're not a vampire then you should be able touch silver without burning" said Peter.

In response to the challenge the village chief stepped forward to try and stop the man from angering William further clearly having lost faith in the man's claims and feared Williams wrath "stop this madness Peter it's over you were wrong let's just go" said the village chief.

"Hey wait a second I agree after all if he's not a vampire than what is he afraid of" a random villager from the crowd shouted out the others nodding in agreement. The village chief seeing it as the only way to convince the others took off his silver wedding ring and held it out to William "come now touch the ring and prove to everyone that you're not a vampire so we can put an end to this nonsense" the village chief said.

William stood there trying to think of way out of the situation when suddenly Peter spoke with a mocking tone of voice "what are you afraid of touch it" and then he forcefully grabbed William's hand and made him touch the ring. The moment his hand touched the ring he could feel his flesh fizzle and start to burn and so in pain he quickly pulled his hand back.

After everyone had seen his hand burn all the villagers stepped back in surprise "see I told you he was a vampire now archers prepare to fire" Peter shouted out to the crowd.

In response the crossbowmen came to the front of the crowd all aiming their weapons at Williams heart. However before any of them could even pull the trigger on their weapons the room was filled with a resounding bang and with it all five crossbowmen fell over dead each of them having bullet holes right between their eyes. (Such speed) the village chief thought in astonishment.

And he was right to be amazed for William had individually drawn, aimed, and fired of five his six pistols in a fraction of a second. It was so fast that to the humans in the room it appeared as if he had shot only once the sounds of the five shots sounding like only one to their slow dull human senses.

Seeing five of their companions dead at their feet the rest of the villagers became enraged and charged forward to kill the monster in front of them and avenge their fallen allies. "Charge" they screamed as they rushed forward, they had just reach William when suddenly faster than the human eye could track he had drawn his sword.

And with that five of the villagers fell over dead all having been cut completely in half by the massive claymore in Williams hands.

Greatly intimidated by this the villagers backed away in fear of the monster in front of them that had so easily dispatched ten of them already each and every death having come at lightning speed. "Well that was fun it's been awhile since I've gotten to test out my sword on live targets" said William as he licked fresh blood from his sword partly because it was tasty but mostly to frighten his prey.

And it seemed to have the desired effect as he could see a deep-seated fear settle in the hearts of the villagers. Suddenly they all turned around and made a break for the exit only to see in horror that William was already there have moved there at such speed and with such grace that to the ignorant villagers it had appeared as if he had teleported.

"Now you don't think you can just leave now do you after all I thought you were here to kill me I'm right here so what are you waiting for" said William with a mocking tone of voice. And it was at that moment that the villagers realized that they were well and truly doomed that they had walked straight into a lion's den and that none of them would leave the house alive.

And with that William charged forward and slew each and every one of the terrified humans in front of him. Although it's not that William enjoys slaughtering humans or at least not usually he didn't but he had no sympathy what so ever for these humans not after they broke into his home and attempting to kill him.

(I suppose I could have just erased their memories but then again I'm not a saint am I no I'm a vampire and like all vampires I enjoy a good bloodbath once in a while) William thought to himself as he licked the fresh blood from his hands. After he was done he cast his gaze over to the corner of the room now occupied by a terrified Peter.

Slowly he approached the man and began sizing him up. After he was done he spoke to the treacherous man in front of him "come now Peter I have lived on this earth for well over a thousand years did you honestly believe a simple mob of mere humans would be able to do me in". The only response he got from the man was a terrified look before he made a break for the door.

Just as he reached it a loud bang filled the room and Peter fell to the ground unable to move. He cast his gaze over to William to see his sixth and last pistol in his hand smoke still billowing from the barrel.

'Wh-why ca-can't I-mo-move" Peter stutter out.

"Simple because you're paralyzed when I shot you I shot you in the spine normally of course this would be nothing to vampires, the wound would heal in seconds unfortunately I shot you with a silver bullet and it's power is preventing your wound from healing" said William as he approached the fallen vampire.

Wounds caused by silver are excruciatingly painful and heal much more slowly than normal wounds but if given enough time a vampire's body will forcefully eject the bullet and heal itself but then William had no intention of giving Peter that much time. William reached down and plunged his hand down into the man's chest gripped his heart and looked into Peter's eyes.

"Wai-wait I-I-don't want to di-die" Peter stuttered out.

"Sorry but you brought this on yourself" said William and with that ripped his hand out of Peter's chest and his heart along with it killing him. In truth Peter should have been thankful due to the fact that he was paralyze he was unable to feel any pain and in the end he suffered far less than any of the villagers did.

And with that William made his up the stairs to change out of his blood stained clothes a frown on his face and sadness in his heart. While Peter may have been a treacherous coward he was still a vampire one of William's own kind. He never did like killing his own in fact killing a fellow vampire was one of the worst crimes a vampire could commit and while it was definitely justifiable it was still against vampire law.

After making it up the stairs he began gathering things he would need knowing that from this day forward he would be hunted by both human and vampire. After making his way down stairs he examining all the supplies he had gathered. He had reloaded all his pistols had gotten some extra powder and shot, changed clothes, gathered all the gold he could carry.

He began to ponder where he would run to when suddenly he heard a strange voice My servant that existence somewhere in this vast universe (what was that) thought William in confusion. My divine, beautiful, wise, and powerful servant heed my call.

(I don't who this is but they must be out of their mind if they think I am any one's servant although they're right about the beautiful, wise, and powerful part) he thought vainly. (Still I don't think I've ever been called divine before demonic on the other hand well that happens all the time) he continue to ponder to himself as the voice continued.

I wish and assert from the very bottom of my heart answer my guidance and appear.

And with that a green portal appeared in front of him and sucked him in.

Halkeginia, Tristain Magic Academy a few minutes prior

Louise's POV

Louise had been waited for this day for what seemed like forever she had spent the entire week preparing for it so she could perform the summoning ritual perfectly. After all it was her last chance to prove to her classmates that she wasn't just a zero that she could actual do something right for a change.

For if she failed to summon a familiar she knew she would be expelled after all a mage that couldn't even summon a familiar could hardly be called a mage at all. She stood by and waited for her turn as the other students all summoned a variety of different beasts some magical some ordinary heck she had even seen that Tabitha girl summon a dragon.

As her turn grew closer she came to realize that she would be happy with just about anything as long as it wasn't nothing she would be happy she told herself.

To summon nothing was quite possibly her worst fear she had even had nightmares about it. "Louise it's your turn" said professor Colbert. She hesitantly but calmly stepped forward determined to prove everyone wrong that she wasn't a zero. As she prepared to cast the spell she could hear her classmates behind her laughing and snickering sure she would fail like usual. However a sharp look from professor Colbert silenced them.

Louise gave a silently thank you before starting the spell "my servant that existences somewhere in this vast universe my divine, beautiful, wise, and powerful servant heed my call I wish and assert from the very bottom of my heart answer my guidance and appear" after she had finished chanting she gave a wave of her wand and an explosion filled the clearing sending dust flying up into the air.

After it had cleared she saw him her familiar he was about six foot two inches and had a fit physique short black hair and piercing crimson eyes and was dressed in fine cloths fit for a noble and he wore a belt holding six pistols and had a large claymore strapped to his back. Overall he was an impressive sight and far more than she had hoped for honestly she would have been happy with anything as long as she summon something.

(Still I've never of heard a human being summoned as a familiar before) she wonder.

Halkeginia, Tristain Magic Academy present time

William's POV

After that portal had sucked him in he suddenly found himself caught up in some sort of explosion after the dust cleared he saw that he was presently inside what looked like a castle courtyard of sorts.

He looked around at the people and creatures currently occupying the space around him and was surprised to see a variety of different creatures from weird floating eye things to giant moles to even a dragon and the people were arguably even stranger they were dressed in strange robes and came in variety of different hair colors many of which he's certain weren't natural at least not in any of the lands he had been in.

As he listened to them speak to each other he realized that were speak French which was odd because he had been to France and was certain he wasn't there at the moment.

Luckily for him throughout the course of his impossibly long life he had learned many different languages one of which happened to be French. "Damn it it's bright out here" he swore in irritation as the sun continued to beat down on him, at his age the sun did not burn him like it would a younger weaker vampire all though with that being said it didn't feel particularly pleasant either.

Then to his surprise a strange pink haired young girl approached him "bend down" he heard her say in a strange but understandable dialect of French.

"Why" he asked curious about what this pink haired human girl could possible want with him.

"I need to complete the ritual so just do it" she huffed annoyance. Seeing no reason not to comply with her request he knelt to get to eye level with the girl. Then to his utter astonishment the girl leaned over kissed him he was about to question her about it when suddenly he felt an intense burning sensation coming from his right hand. He looked down to see that strange runes were being carved into his hand.

"What have you done girl" he snarled at the girl in anger baring his fangs at her.

"It's just the familiar runes being engrave it will stop in a moment" the girl squeaked out in fear. And sure enough just as the girl said the pain quickly faded. Afterward William looked the strange pink haired girl in the eyes and spoke in a calm intimidating voice "you are going to explain to me what this place is and what these runes are". The girl meekly nodded her head in response looking down trying to avoid his gaze.

5 minutes later Louise's bedroom

After Louise suggested they first go inside to get away from the crowd and out of the heat she lead the two of them up to her room William of course wasn't complaining due to the fact that he found the sun irritating and was happy to get out of it. "Alright we're here now start explaining" said William.

When she didn't immediately answer he looked over at her to see she was still upset and a little frightened from before. He couldn't help feeling some what guilty as he look at her small frightened form as a rule he generally didn't have much sympathy for humans but he had always had a soft spot for children.

"My sorry alright I shouldn't have shouted at you" he said in as calm and disarming voice as possible.

She seemed to have visibly calmed down at that "yes well you should be" the girl said in a prideful tone of voice.

"Let's start with your name" William asked.

"Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière" Louise said with pride.

"Well then Louise can you tell me where we are right now" William asked.

"We're currently at the Tristainian Academy of Magic on the continent of Halkeginia" said Louise. That certainly raised a number of questions for William he had walked the earth for over a thousand years and never once in all his life had he ever heard of this continent of Halkeginia which only fed his growing suspicion that he probably wasn't on earth any more not that he minded after all it meant that his pursuers wouldn't be able to find him.

"How did I get here" he asked.

"I summoned you here to be my familiar" she replied.

"And what is a familiar exactly" William asked.

"Basically a servant of a mage" she replied.

"Sorry but I'm nobody's servant especially not to some bratty pink hair little girl" said William defiantly. This apparently made said brat particularly upset, her face turned red with anger and she pulled out a riding crop from seemingly nowhere and then trying to strike the man with it.

The key word being tried because the second she raised her hand to strike him he caught her wrist in his hand. "LET GO OF ME" she shouted as she struggled in vain to free herself from his vise like grip. "Drop it" he commanded in a calm yet intimidating voice. Still the girl refused to drop the crude instrument of torture in her hand "let go this instant or it be a hundred lashes" she threatened.

"Are you out of your mind you can't just go around hitting people for not doing what you say you can't treat people like that" he tried to reason with the girl.

"You're not a person you're my familiar and I can treat you however I want" said Louise as she defiantly glared up at him. This apparently anger the man greatly as his grip on her wrist tightened and he said in a cold calm yet enraged voice "last chance drop it now or I swear I'll make you drop it". The only response he got from the girl was a spit in the face as she continued to try and free her arm from his grip.

After that he felt something snap in the back of his mind and he saw red as he tightened his grip on the girl's wrist till the girl dropped the riding crop in her hand and she let out a scream of pain. And with that he finale released his grip on her arm.

Afterward she back up against the wall in fear as he slowly approached the girl speaking in a low intimidating voice "I am NOT your slave little girl in fact you're lucky to even still be breathing right now I normally would have killed you for burning these runes into my hand in fact were it not for the fact that you're a child I would have killed you for it, now I am going take my leave of this place and when I do know that if you make any attempt to stop me from doing that or try and force me to be your slave again I will not be so merciful".

And with that William left the room and began making his way down the hall and back toward the courtyard from before. After he had made his way down the stairs and to the courtyard. On the way there he ended up running into a short blue hair girl with glasses with her nose buried in a book . "Louise's familiar" said the girl not even looking up from her book.

"The names William and you would be" he asked.

"Tabitha " she replied. "Well Tabitha would you mind telling me where the nearest town is" he asked the girl.

"Ten miles southeast of here" Tabitha replied.

"Thank you oh and one more thing could you tell me where the they keep the horse's around here" Instead of answering verbally she merely pointed toward the stables with her staff.

"Thank you miss" he replied, she merely nodded her head in response. William then began walking in the direction Tabitha had pointed out and after about a minute of walking he found the stable. After picking a fast looking solid black horse he climbed up on top of it and prepared to leave when suddenly he heard the voice of one of the stable works hired by the school call out "wait only students and staff are allowed to use the horses you can't just take a horse they belong to the school".

William without even sparing the man a glance flicked the horse's reins and speed off out the stable and out the school gate.

Chapter end