It was a bright and sunny spring morning, Fresh dew was coating bright green grass, and the petals of cherry blossom trees looked as if they danced through the air as the gentle breeze blew them around,

This particular day was perfect...for sleeping in, the thoughts of almost anyone on a typical weekend, however, one girl in particular thought this as her alarm clock went off, she slapped it's off switch and continued rounding up Z's until she realized...

"Oh crap! I forgot I'm starting at the new academy today!" The girl exclaimed as she shot up awake, her blonde hair a mess, a slight stream of drool coming down from her lip, she rushed out of bed, tripping over her messy blankets and stumbling,

She hurried into her lightweight blue shirt, its left side exposing her shoulder, she put on her dark gray scarf which hung loosely around her neck, black fingerless gloves with gold trim at the wrists, and put on her black shorts and black thigh high boots, all in all, this style made her sapphire blue eyes "pop" her mother has told her,

"Luka! Don't forget it's your first day at the new academy, wake up!" She heard her mother call up to her from downstairs, Luka hurriedly straightened up her hair and then packed up her things, as students were required to live in dorms, she hefted up her duffle bag and hurried out the door,

"See ya!" Luka shouted as she rushed out, though this was somewhat muffled by the poptart clenched in her teeth, she got to the bus stop right as the bus pulled up, as she hurried up and took her seat setting her duffle bag next to her, and finished the last bite of her poptart,

Due to her sprint from home all the way here, and staying up the previous night, she fell asleep on the bus shortly after sitting down, she found it weird that no one else was on the bus, but she was so tired, she didn't care,

As she slept, the bus drove out to the wilderness through a rather woodsy area, where it then began to ripple like water, it faded, revealing it to be a horse drawn carriage, pulled by 2 Pegasus, the carriage continued towards a cliff side, where the rider pulled out a necklace showing a charm on the necklace to the cliff side, the cliff side had a solid gold gate with jewels studded around the frame appear in a flash of light, the gate slowly opened and the carriage continued on through, as soon as the gate had appeared, it vanished again,

The carriage came to an abrupt stop in front a large almost castle-like structure, the stop woke Luka, who then looked around, confused, wasn't she just in a bus? More importantly, where the hell was she? The large structure was in the middle of a meadow, which was surrounded by a forest, which she assumed was a Sycamore forest due to how tall the trees were,

She stepped out and noticed how clean the air smelled, this was NOTHING like her home town, as this place had an almost "magical" vibe to it,

"Everything alright?" The carriage driver asked Luka,

She looked back and saw the driver didn't look like your typical bus driver like before when she first stepped onto the bus, he wore loose fantasy RPG-like garments, adorned with all kinds of patterns,

"Y-yeah, b-but...where the heck am I?" She asked feeling very confused,

"Why, in Elgaia of course, a safe haven from all sorts of life threatening beings, judging by the look on your face and you're clothing, you're quite obviously new." He replied, dismounting and brushing out the manes of the 2 Pegasus with a soft bristle brush,

"Are those Pegasus real, or am I hallucinating?" She asked, feeling like she's going crazy, the driver simply laughed,

"They're very real, you can get a closer look, they won't attack unless they sense hostility." He replied,

Stella approached slowly, wondering if she was actually at home unconscious at the bottom of the staircase, she slowly reached her hand out to one Pegasus which sniffed her hand for a second then nuzzled it with it's nose, she flinched for a second but gently pet it just above the nose a moment later,

"Heh, they warmed up to you faster than with me, took them 3 weeks to do so." The driver chuckled,

Moments later, Luka then made her way towards the large structure, once she stepped inside, she saw many students who looked like they came from all over the world, from China, Germany, America, France, you name it, they were from there,

"Newbie I assume?" She heard a voice say, she turned and saw a boy in armor, had blue hair, and a lance,

"I guess...? I don't know what the hell has happened here, I'm in a strange world, there are Pegasus, and...and..." Luka panted,

using her right hand to lean against a wall and held her left hand on her stomach, feeling like she was going to throw up,

"Whoa there, calm down, I get it, it's a lot to process, just take it easy." The boy said, placing a hand on her shoulder,

"The name's Karl, and you are?" He asked her once she managed to somewhat pull herself together,

""Luka, what kind of academy is this? It's in an entirely different world." She asked as she stood up straight once again,

"This is the summoner academy of Elgaia, here we train new summoners to protect against the immense threat the gods of grand Gaia impose." Karl answered,

Karl proceeded to tell her the entire story, the war with the gods, Lucius opening a gate to Earth, summoning units, and much more,

"So, there are these four 'fallen gods', okay, but how do you expect a bunch of kids to fight a frickin' god? Much less four of them." Luka quirked an eyebrow,

"Everyone here is a summoner, each one is also assigned a special unit to start their training as a summoner, and these are desperate times, the four fallen gods are imposing a greater threat with each passing day, they need to be stopped, Grand Gaia, Elgaia, even Earth will be under their control to do whatever they please."

Karl said, his facial expression taking a darker appearance,

This spoke to Luka, she doesn't know whether this was a dream or not, but she'd rather not watch from the sidelines as things played out to find out too late, she nodded,

"Alright, how do I get my first unit?"

She asked curiously,

Karl's face lit up at her answer, he explained a moment ago that she had the option to back out, but she took it up anyway, he just gestured for her to follow him,

She followed him to some kind of church hall, minus all the benches or chairs, they walked all the way to an alter at the other end, she looked at it in curiosity, trying to understand it's function with the 5 holes in it, soon enough, she gave up and just asked Karl, before she could say it though he answered,

"It's a summoning alter, you place 5 gems into it then write a prayer to Lucius along the outside of the circle surrounding the holes for the gems." He answered trailing his finger along the outer side of said circle,

"I am required to give 5 gems to every student when they first join the academy, Lucius will assign you whatever unit he sees suitable for you, so there's no trade backs." Karl answered as he handed her a small pouch,

Karl told her what to write along the outer side of the circle with a sharpie pen she had in her bag, once she did that, she placed each gem into 1 hole each, suddenly the writing and gems disappeared in a flash of light, just then, a gate appeared in front of her, it stood at the very least, 12 ft.

"Alright, just gently place your hand on it, and it will open." Karl instructed,

Luka did so and the gate slowly opened, and out came a feminine figure, once the bright light died down, she saw the girl wore a black jacket over a dark red shirt, had bleach blonde hair, blue eyes but strangely the sclera (white area of the eye) was black, and she wore black pants and boots,

"I've included these for you, a unit encyclopedia, and a summoner stone." Karl said handing her a necklace with a star shaped stone shining brightly in many colors, and a book,

"Thanks, hi there, I'm Luka, and you are?" Luka said holding her hand out to her new partner, who just crossed her arms and turned her back to Luka and let out what sounded like a frustrated "hmph",

"What'd I do?" Luka asked confused,

"Nothing, every unit here was like this at the start, they need time to realize you're in charge." Karl

said laughing slightly,

Karl then used Luka's book and flipped through the pages, stopped on a specific page and handed it to Luka,

She looked and saw some basic information on the unit, and a rough sketch of her,

"Oh so you're Feeva, let's work hard together, as friends, what do ya say?" Luka said happily offering her hand again, Feeva glanced back towards Luka's face then to her hand, Feeva sighed, rolling her eyes and shaking Luka's hand,

"Fine, but I do things MY way." Feeva said firmly,

"Well, you may be better at this than I thought, you already got your unit to speak to you, that usually takes a few days." Karl said, looking rather surprised,

"Alright, so what do I use this for?" Luka said looking down at her summoner stone hanging off her necklace,

"Since you're not from Grand Gaia or Elgaia, Lucius created these special stones to help summoners from earth, many students have them, these stones will help amplify your summoner abilities, the units will be kept within this special stone since it's too hard on a summoner from earth without the stone."

"Oh okay, so it's kinda like Pokémon and Pokéballs I guess." Luka thought, she then recalled Feeva into the summoner stone,

"A single summoner can carry up to 12 units, personally I recommend 2 of each type, 2 dark, 2 light, 2 earth, 2 water, 2 Fire, and 2 Thunder, you already have 1 dark type, and a powerful one at that." Karl continued,

"It sounds a lot safer with 2 of each, but what's with the types?" She asked, just then Karl got a call on his communicator,

"Sorry, I've got field work to do, that book should answer any more questions you have." Karl said as he ran off,

Luka thought about Feeva for a second, while holding her summoner stone, "Perhaps I should start bonding with Feeva now, better sooner than later, Feeva come forth!" Luka said as she held her stone, from a shroud of darkness, Feeva appeared in front of Luka,

"You summoned me? Better have a good reason." Feeva said, crossing her arms, and quirking an eyebrow,

"Yeesh, she's as cold as Alaska in winter." Luka thought,

"Well I brought you out because I wanted to get to know you." Luka answered,

"Fine, my name's Feeva, dark type, there you go." Feeva said, wanting to get the conversation over with,

"You're making this REALLY hard, Feeva." Luka said, eye involuntarily twitching and somewhat gritting her teeth in frustration, while trying to maintain a false smile,

"Okay look, I need a bit of a work out, why not challenge a summoner to a battle?" Feeva said, noticing Luka's frustration,

"Fine, I expect more of an answer afterwards." Luka said, she looked through the book regarding summoner battles, both sides are allowed 6 units in battle at the very max, so, Luka recalled Feeva again and stepped out to the main hall, she immediately was challenged to a battle,

"Newbie huh? How's about a battle? 1 unit each?" Her challenger said, he had this somewhat prideful vibe going on as well,

"Sounds good, let's take it outside." Luka said,

They stepped out into the meadow, a good distance from the academy,

"Alright, this battle will now commence, the battle ends when 1 unit cannot continue battling, begin!"another student being the referee said,

"Standby Skull lord!" Luka's challenger said as he sent out his unit, revealing it to be a skeleton in purple armor with 4 arms, each wielding a sword,

"You're up Feeva!" Luka said as she summoned Feeva,

"A skull lord eh? Guess this'll be a good stretching session." Feeva said, loosening up,

"Skull lord! You know what to do!" Her opponent said, the skull lord just laughed maniacally and rushed forward,

"Luka, I have established a telepathic link with you, during battle, you can give me directions in tight spots without the opponent knowing." Feeva said telepathically,

"Can all units do that?" Luka replied telepathically,

"Yes, units typically fight on their own but they need their summoner watching for open spots to strike and when to dodge attacks outside of view." Feeva replied,

"Got it, take caution." Luka returned a thought,

"Pfft, a Skull lord's weak alone, even sleeping is more of a work out."

Within seconds, Feeva won the battle and the skull lord was laying there, unconscious,

"Dang it, good try skull lord." Her opponent said as skull lord faded out,

"Great job Feeva!" Luka said hugging Feeva, who tensed up and squirmed, trying to get out of Luka's grip,

"You just started, and you and your unit seem to get along great to work perfectly like that, we need more summoners like you for sure." He said as he shook hands with Luka and Feeva before walking off back to the academy,

When Luka and Feeva were alone, suddenly, Luka's stomach growled...loudly,

"I was the one battling, how could you possibly..?" Feeva said confused,

"Not sure why, myself." Luka replied, she figured she might as well find the dining hall,

Once her and Feeva got there, she was amazed to see all the summoners around, some of them chatted with each other, others arm wrestled each other or their units,

Luka and Feeva got their food and found a booth with a round table, and saw a lone summoner, his cobalt blue eyes fixed on the unit encyclopedia,

"Excuse us, is it cool if we sit with you?" Luka asked him, he looked up from the book straightening his glasses,

"Feel free, not like I declared territory." He smiled slightly and flipped a page in his book,

"I'm Luka by the way, and you are?" Luka introduced herself as she sat down,

"Kaito, I see your partner's Feeva, I can tell by looking at you, you started just today." He replied,

"Yeah, how did-?" Before she could finish, he answered,

"Only new summoners eat portions as large as yours currently." He chuckled,

Luka blushed a little feeling a bit embarrassed, though Feeva didn't seem to care as she took a bite out of her rice ball,

"Don't worry, units battling takes a toll on summoners as well, not too mention, your magic well is just now forming, so it requires a lot of energy to finish, which is why you're so famished." He continued,

"So who's your partner unit?" Luka asked,

"That would be me." She heard a female voice say, she looked across the table and saw a blonde girl in a red old time military uniform, as she set down her cup of tea on it's saucer, how did she not notice her before?

"I'm Kaito's partner, Bestie." She continued,

"Guessin' Bestie's your bestie, huh?" Luka said jokingly towards Kaito, and Feeva just facepalmed,

"Like I haven't heard that nearly a million times before." Bestie said, rolling her eyes.

"So do you have any other units yet?" Kaito asked,

"No, but me and Feeva won our first battle, against a skull lord." Luka said proudly,

"Not bad, most new summoners fight the slimes around the meadow first." Bestie replied,

Around 10 minutes later, Luka was already on to her second large serving of what she had before, thank the gods it was all you can eat, and she can eat a lot thanks to her magic well forming, as Kaito stated, it takes a lot of energy for a soul well to form so her metabolism is through the roof presently,

"Never in my life did I ever want to join an eating contest just to get my hunger down." Luka said as she sat back down,

Kaito just laughed, "don't worry, no one's judging."

Finally, when Luka's hunger was sated, she felt ready to take on another battle, but right when she was going to challenge her new friend Kaito, someone else approached, challenging him first.

"Sure, we'll use the arena in the back." Kaito said as he and Bestie stood up,

"2v2?" His challenger asked him,

"Yes, 2 units each, let's do this." Kaito replied,

Later at the arena, Luka and Feeva stayed on the sidelines to watch the battle,

"Let's go, Zephu and Zegar." The challenger said as he brought out a unit in blue armor and had a lance, while the other looked rather feral and looked like he had Wolverine's claws,

"Bestie, Zenia! You know what to do!" Kaito said as he sent out Bestie and a girl in sci-fi armor,

Luka blinked just once, and the battle was already over,

"Was that it?" Luka thought,

"I saw it, they struck very fast and very hard, they were obviously trained very well." Feeva said,

"How can you see that speed?" Luka said, eyes wide with shock,

"Simple, I was once working for the gods, so I can break down enemy movement without much effort."

Feeva replied,

"Wow, that was amazing, you're amazingly strong." Kaito's challenger said in amazement.

"I can't take all the credit, my units do the fighting, I just help them train." Kaito said being quite modest.

His 2 units looked back at him, Bestie giving a thumbs up and a slight smile, while Zenia just nodded right before they both vanished.

"Your units can be powerful as well, you just need to be willing to get in tune with them, a unit can only do so much on their own, a summoner is involved with the battle as well, make sure you watch your units blind spots, that's how you'll win, take a moment to communicate with them to get to know where they struggle at keeping an eye on things." Kaito said,

His opponent nodded, obviously appreciating Kaito's wisdom before leaving,

"So Kaito, how do I get more units? Feeva and me will need help sooner or later." Luka asked,

"You can get more units by visiting the gate, some times rogue units show up, if you beat them, they might join you because they see you as a suitable summoner."

Kaito replied,

Luka nodded and right then, an archangel showed up,

"Miss Luka, your presence is required at the summoner gathering hall." The angel said, Luka nodded and followed,

Once she got there, she saw an elderly man with an eye patch, and black and gray robes,

"Ah, Luka, so we finally meet, I apologize for not greeting you sooner, I had important matters to attend to." He said,

"No problem sir, if I may ask, what am I needed for?" Luka asked,

"Ho ho ho, straight to the point, I like that." the man replied,

"My name is Grahdens, I have a request for you Luka." He continued,

"I am all ears sir." Luka replied,

"You see, one of our experienced summoners found a rogue unit, and brought it here in hopes of her finding a suitable summoner, I thought maybe we could ask you to try and befriend her, do you accept?" He asked,

"Sure, I'll give it a shot, where is this unit?" Luka asked,

"Ho ho ho, she's right behind you." He answered,

"So, you are the summoner I was told about." A voice said from behind,

Luka turned and saw a blonde women with a red hood and had a large scythe,

"I'm Luka, and you are?" Luka kicked things off,

"Ciara, what experience do you have as a summoner?" Ciara jumped straight into things,

"I'm well...a newbie." Luka rubbed the back of her neck,

"I see...alright then, I've decided, I wish to battle you, if you and 1 of your units can defeat me, I'll join you." Ciara said firmly,

"Is that alright, Sir?" Luka asked, looking towards Grahdens,

"Perfectly fine, they do say summoners can understand their units better through battle anyway, I wish you luck." Grahdens replied.

To be continued...

Hope you guys enjoyed this. :)