Prologue: Random Mass Displacement

Disclaimer: The Familiar of Zero and all other references aren't mine.

A beautiful day has once again started in the fertile lands of Halkeginia. The bathing light of the sun shone down from the classroom window, and with the fresh morning air somehow a certain pink-haired student always maintains to be dead serious about her studies. While this is often the case today is an exception.

"Louise, are you…okay?" The boy beside her asked, slightly creeped out by his seatmate's perpetual smile. Indeed, Louise Francoise Lu Blanc De La Valliere is pretty sure that she will summon a cool, awesome spirit that will put that slutty Kirche's familiar to shame. She giggled a bit to herself as she patted the strange bracer she wore on her left hand, patting it gently. She bought it from a strange totally-not-shady vendor at the local village nearby. From what the man told her, it is supposed to boost her "magical capabilities" to the level of a triangle-class mage. With such a sweet deal of the bracer for only 10 gold, she immediately bought it. Such is the wonder of—

"Miss Valliere!" Miss Chevreuse called out.

"Ah, yes!" Snapped out of her stupor, Louise continued to study diligently in class.

Somewhere else, in a different dimension…

"…enrollment is on the twenty-third. Welcome to college, young man." The receptionist said, shaking a certain teen's hand. Said teen is wearing khaki cargo shorts, checkered polo shirt with a white t-shirt underneath. As he bowed slightly and left the room, another teenager wearing a yellow shirt and blue pants greeted him.

"Done already?" Angelo asked as he looked at the statue of Saint Paul on display.

"Yep. So, where to now?" Joshua replied.

"Where else?" The other person replied, making gestures of rapidly typing on a keyboard. As they were both grinning while walking down the stairs, suddenly a green circle appeared in front of them. What's even weirder is that it seems to fade in and out of existence.

"You see what I'm seein'?" Joshua said as he stared at the portal-like…thing. "Hmm, pretty sure I'm not dreaming…"

"Oh, see?! I told you my awesomeness will bring us to Skyrim! I'll be an epic Nord!" His companion exclaimed happily, touching the green circle.

"The hell you doAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH—"

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"...eh?" Joshua rose, dazed in the sudden pull of the circle, to which he confirmed as a portal. As he looked around, it looked like he was in the center of the universe. He can see the stars, the nebulae and all the constellations from where he was standing in full view. While he was taking in the grandiose of such a sight, he heard a small murmur beside him.

"Ow, my foot…" His companion, Angelo, finally awoke from his stupor, clutching his head.

"Huh…you say your foot hurts and yet you massage your head? Pffft…" Joshua chuckled as he lent a hand. The still half-disoriented friend stood up with his friend's help as he took in the sights as well.

"Ohhh…looks awesome…" He said in marvel of the universe. Suddenly, everything seems to zoom and just like that, all was replaced with a different view. They were suddenly in a large room with high-end furniture with a clean white scheme. The view outside is that of a beautiful meadow with various creatures going about, living out their blissful, carefree lives. In the middle of the room, there is a white glass table, surrounded by three white chairs designed with red cusions. On one of them sat a person looking around his forties, wearing a simple clean white robe with a blood-red cloth hanging from his shoulder to his waist in a diagonal fashion. Both his face and disposition was welcoming, yet both teenagers can't help but feel nervous. The man smiled and beckoned them to come closer.

"I believe you two know who I am?" He smiled.

"…God?" The two guessed. The man just chuckled and smiled.

"Do you remember what happened to you?" He asked.

"I remember a circle suddenly appearing in front of us and Angelo saying something about becoming a Nord." Joshua replied. He still wonders just who this person is and where the hell are they.

"Hahaha…Interesting as usual. Anyway, I just came to tell you that I'm going to let you be borrowed by this…maniac for a while." As he said that, another figure came in. He was clad in a long violet robe with a golden trim, laced with various crushed crystals that reflected a rainbow when it gets hit by sunlight. He was wearing a blue and green suit, matched with blue trousers. Rather sticking out of place however is his footwear, which consists of combat boots. His hair was quite disheveled, and his face revealed an exasperated expression. His outfit may be that of a king's, yet his disposition is that of a tyrant's.

"What now…?" The new person sighed.

"This is the one they call Brimir. A mage of…questionable rationale." The person coughed as he turned away.

"What was that, Old Man?!" Brimir's face cracked as the other person tried to contain his laughter. The two teenagers never felt more confused in their entire lives. Are all supernatural entities like this? They're far more human than they first thought if that's the case.

"Ah…anyways, you are going to this mage's dimension and have an adventure." He replied.

"…" Quite differently from Brimir's expectation that the two will be jumping in glee, instead they were just there, sitting awkwardly in dead silence. Both are not sure as to whether be excited or not. The man sweat-dropped in lieu with Brimir's jaw. After a few moments though, Angelo celebrated since he thought that he can now show the world his "hammering prowess".

"Don't worry, it's not so different as this non-magic Earth. There's a few mythical beasts and races here and there but otherwise? Not so much. There's just one thing though that separates that world from here. Now, off you go before a certain madman devours you." He smiled and waved as the surroundings zoomed out again. Brimir tried to retort something vile, but they didn't hear it anyway because as they zoomed out, they lost their consciousness as well.

Back in Halkeginia…

"Ah Miss Zelpusto, very impressive! In the end, you were able to summon a magnificent Salamander after all." Mr. Colbert congratulated as the student he was talking to patted her familiar.

"It is a familiar that suits my nickname, The Feveret Kirche…" She smiled.

"Eh…have we gone through everyone?" Colbert asked, his bald head shining like the sun.

"No, not yet." Kirche replied. "Miss Valliere is left." She smiled again in a playful manner as the mentioned pinkhead frowned. At the sound of Colbert mentioning Louise to come forward, everyone formed in a circle around her, murmuring in their usual mockery.

"Hey Louise. You said last night that you can summon something greater than this boy, right?" Kirche quipped as she enjoyed her pseudo-rival's dismay.

"Naturally." Louise bluffed back, not being entirely sure that the bracer she bought will really work. Still, she kept her air of false confidence on lest her charade be exposed. She then started chanting and waving her wand in the air. As she did so, the bracer glowed, specifically the runes on it.

"…and follow my guidance!" As Louise finished, an explosion predictably popped. Smoke filled the area, allowing two completely confused teenagers to fall down unnoticed, albeit somewhat painfully. When the smoke cleared, nothing was in front of Louise, so everybody assumed that she didn't summon anything, completely oblivious to the two teenagers crawling away.

"As expected of Louise!"

"The Zero summoned nothing again! You never fail to impress us, Louise!"

While the mocking continued, a certain blue-haired mage finally noticed the two crawling teenagers, now about to take a break for the gate. Just like that, Louise's bracer, which is still glowing and now shaking, forced itself out of her arm and into the air.

"Ow! Hey, my bracer!" Louise jumped, trying to catch it, but to no avail. It then spun faster and faster and faster, with the light increasing in luminosity with each rotation, then suddenly it exploded, a golden light enveloping everyone. In the middle of the explosion however is a golden portal. Immediately, it suddenly tried to pull everything in the vicinity like a black hole.

"Ahhhhhhh!" Most screamed as they tried to grab on to something. Louise, however, wasn't able to do so and went flying in, her cries lost to the winds. Kirche tried to reach Louise, but lost her footing and went flying as well. Tabitha went flying as well when Malicorne was rushing away. The two teenagers just looked each other before flying in as well, unaware of them dragging Guiche in as well. Two more figures got sucked in, but nobody was able to identify them for they went through the portal too quickly. Professor Colbert tried to remedy the situation, but he was too late as the portal imploded upon itself, exploding in a sea of light. When the luminescence faded, the eight people that got pulled was no more. No wand, no cape, no nothing. Not even a scrap was left of the victims. Nobody dared say a thing.

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