Prologue

Rin stood by the large window, sipping her daily morning tea, sunlight flooding in through the ornately decorated window of her almost mansion-like house. For the first time in her life after moving into Fuyuki City almost a year ago, she noticed the natural beauty of the area she lived in.

A flock of birds flew past her view, adding to the scenic view. She saw the pavement, the ancient look of the stone pathway that led to her house; she looked back up, there were the mountains, full of lush green trees and decorated with snow that seemed like cake icing on the very tips. She also noticed Ryudo Temple. The place

itself had always seemed odd to her, she just couldn't put the reason why.

She shifted her vision to the right of her, almost freaked about thinking about Ryudo Temple. She noticed the house next to her house. It had been vacant for years now and only recently been sold, although she had yet to find out to whom it had been sold to…

Movement had caught Rin's attention; a sleek black car had pulled up by the entrance of the house. The front car door opened as a figure dressed in a black coat and black pants exited the car. He looks way too humble to be the owner of the house… Rin thought to herself. She was right, not soon after, the figure moved to the back doors of the car as he opened it and stepped aside. The first figure got out first, a girl with blonde hair, neatly platted at the back, looked around at first, then slowly made her way down the pathway only to wait at the entrance to the new house.

An arriving truck had caught her attention now. It must be the delivery truck. Rin presumed to herself. She was almost too curious about the newly arriving truck that she nearly missed out on the next person exiting from the car. This time it was a teenage boy, with what seemed to be unbelievably, in her perspective, whitish silver hair. What an interesting look he has… She thought to herself.

Rin took a step away from the window, realising that she had to go out later that day and was still in a mess, her hair wrecked and only in her pyjamas. Soon after, she ran to her wardrobe, grabbing her usual red long sleeve and black skirt with long black socks and rushed into the bathroom.

Ding! Went the doorbell for the front door. Rin hastily ruffled her hair once more, and then proceeded down towards the front door. She opened it and was surprised to see the two kids from next door over at her house, right in front of her. The two of them were surprisingly taller than she had imagined at first, the boy especially, being nearly a head taller than Rin.

Not only that, Rin also managed to see the boy properly for the first time, close up. The boy had quite a strong tan; in fact, it seemed his entire body had the same complexion as his face did. She also noticed that he had quite a distinct jaw line, and what seemed to her as an almost perfect face, not to mention the fact that he had eyes to die for.

She then noticed the blonde, with a straight fringe cut with the sides extending down to her bottom neck area; it seemed to suit her extremely well. She then noticed her eyes, which were a pure green colour that seemed to be quite odd since the two appeared to be brother and sister.

She thought amongst herself while checking the two out in front of her before she was brought into reality as the two bowed, to formally greet Rin. Rin bowed in return.

"Hello" The boy spoke, first to break the silence. "My name is Archer and this is my twin sister, Saber."

HOLD ON A SECOND! Did he just say they were TWINS?? Rin thought crazily.

"Yes, we are." Saber now talking. Rin had noticed now that she had made her face expression quite to obvious and slightly blushed at the fact that she seemed to overreact to the statement. Rin smiled, trying to hide it and then quickly spoke. "Hello, my name is Rin, Tohsaka Rin." She smiled before asking. "So, what brings you two over to my place?"

"Our parents told us to give this present to you as a sign of friendship."

Hang on again… Parents? I didn't notice anyone else get out of the car… They must have gotten out after I went away… Yes, that's the only explainable way…

She smiled again. "Oh! It must be quite uncomfortable standing out there! Please come in!" she gestured with her hand as they walked inside. "Please do sit down!" She then further gestured towards the large leather sofa as the two sat on the larger one and Rin locating herself onto the opposite, single seater sofa. There was silence… a very awkward silence, as the three eyed each other.

"So… Where have you come from??" Finally breaking the awkward silence.

"From Europe." Saber quickly answered. "We were brought up by Japanese parents, however, I do believe that our original parents were of European descent." She finally added.

"I see." Afraid that any more personal questions may ruin the friendly relationship they had just created. "umm… so will you two be attending school? Are you here permanently?"

"Yes, we are, our parents suddenly decided to take us down to Japan, specifically here…" Archer said, almost suggesting something. "I'm not too sure about what school but I think that our parents have their sights on the local school, Fuyuki Elementary."

"Oh! That's the school I go to!" Rin noticed the time. Shit, need to go now… " 'eyy look, I have to get going now, so sorry but I have a schedule to meet a friend, I'll catch you two later!" The three got up from there seats and the twins walked led themselves out as Rin rushed upstairs after seeing them off and grabbed her essentials and rushed out.

What an interesting pair of twins…She finally thought to herself… I wonder if they'll end up coming to my school… and I still have to find more out on that Archer boy… She giggled to herself as she picked up the pace and skipped cheerfully down the pavement towards Fuyuki City's urbanized central.

Chapter One – Start

Rin awoke to the piercing noise of the arm bell as she opened her eyes. Vision was almost blurry for a second as it took her eyes time to readjust to the suddenly new environment after sleep. She moved onto her side as she felt her hair fall over her face and into her eyes. She sluggishly moved one arm to flick it out of the way as she read her clock. "…7am… why would the alarm be going off this early…" she thought to herself… CRAP. SCHOOL! She had almost forgot, the start of the school term was just about to begin.

She jumped out of bed, suddenly rejuvenated with a sudden burst of adrenaline rushing through her body. She pulled open her closet and grabbed her school uniform and a fresh pair of underwear as she rushed out of the room and into the shower.

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Over on the opposite side of Fuyuki City, Emiya Shirou had finished getting changed and was now in the kitchen preparing his breakfast. The house felt so empty nowadays, with Fujinee sensei moving in with her new fiancé and Sakura suddenly moving out of the house, he entered and exited a house full of silence. However, this silence also had its advantages, allowing Shirou to think and reflect instead of Fujinee continuously shouting at Shirou. Also, it allowed him to get away with things such as never having a curfew, yet at times, he was jealous.

Shirou was unaware of the experience of ever having parents, losing them in a vicious Firestorm a decade ago that had engulfed and practically destroyed Fuyuki City, not to mention the inhabitants. The closest thing he had ever had to a parent was his foster father, Kiritsugu Emiya, who had incidentally "found" Shirou during the aftermath of the Firestorm. But now, even he was gone, and Shirou was left by himself, alone.

He slid his feet comfortably into his school shoes and made his way for school. It had been quite a long time since he had been down this path to school, mainly because of the holidays. He observed his surroundings, noticing that flowers had started blooming all over the place as spring had begun to set in.

He stood there, by the lights, waiting for the lights to set green so he could cross. The lights went green as the unmistakable noise went off and Shirou instinctively began to cross when something had grabbed his attention. He stopped, one foot on the road as he attempted to make out the incoming noise…

It was getting closer as he finally made the noise out. Police sirens, at least half a dozen of them as well. That's odd… what's happening at this time of the day…??

It was odd in fact, too odd. He took a step back as he watched the convoy of police vehicles race past his position. He watched ten police cars and two ambulances as they zoomed past. Extremely odd…

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There was a sudden disturbance in her mind. It has begun… she almost whispered to herself.

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The school bell had gone just when she had entered the front school gates and Rin was racing down the hallways to her first period class. She desperately did not want to be late; after all, it was only the first day of term.

She swerved a corner, narrowly missing a passing student. She skid a few steps and then picked up the pace again and continued down the hallway. She looked at the signs, looking for her class, K1… She raced past. She was almost there, only three more rooms to go! She thought to herself as she glanced at the passing classroom signs. She came to a halt as she realised she had just made the class in time. She followed the last student in and took her regular seat at the back right corner of the class. Rin had purposely isolated herself from the rest of the guys, knowing that half of them were plain perverts and the other half complete weirdo's. The girls weren't much better, and Rin never seemed to fit into any girl groups from her class.

She looked out the window, thinking, as she cooled down from the dash she had gone through before class. I should try and be more earli—

She was cut off her thoughts.

"Class! We have another student joining us today, this is Archer-san! I want you all to give him a warm welcome!" As the teacher gave her hand out and indicating to the entrance of the door.

Everyone looked. Even Rin. In fact, she was the first to look, for an unexplainable reason. Archer… that name… She had forgotten about their encounter during the holidays but her memory was enlightened as the figure walked into the room. She heard the girls on the other side of the room getting excited as the guys looked with disbelief.

Despite this, Archer entered the room with complete control, showing no facial expressions whatsoever. Again Rin noticed his unique white hair, spiking up and pulled back. The dark, yet attractive complexion and finally, the gorgeous blue eyes. Rin! Control yourself! You're as worse as the rest of the girls in this class! Quickly, yet calmly, Rin relaxed back down into her seat, leaning back and tilting her head forward slightly to pretend not to care.

"Archer, please sit down next to Rin Tohsaka. If you need any help, Rin will be more than happy to help you, isn't that right Ms. Tohsaka??" Rin, unaware of what had been going on suddenly looked up, shocked.

"Pardon??" But it was too late. Archer was beside her already and looked to her.

"She said that if I need help, you will have to be helping me." He said with a slight teasing tone. Rin also managed to note the amount of arrogance in his voice. He acted so much cuter the first time! She sighed as she sat back once again finally replying: "very well…"

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Shirou took a bite of his sandwich that he managed to buy before the canteen que had gotten any bigger. He chewed on it ravenously, missing out on recess and having only eaten a bowl of rice which was to sustain him all the way till lunch. He felt a wave of relief over himself as he took a sip of his milk, the cold, refreshing substance making its way down his throat into his stomach. He relaxed and sat back on the table, unaware of the fact that the new student in his class was behind him, on the opposite seat of the table.

"Hi." She plainly said. Shirou, obviously startled by this, quickly turned around, to see who it was. He shifted his body around, and much to his surprise, there was the blonde girl, staring at him intently.

"Err… hello; umm… is there anything I can help you with??" Shirou quickly responded, attempting to hide his shock.

"My name is Saber!" even more so surprising than her greeting. She offered her hand as a sign of friendship, and Shirou, at first, hesitating—Ah… I should stop dreaming… Shirou thought to himself as he took another bite of his sandwich. He watched as Saber walked down to the never-ending canteen line as he thought to himself again… She is so… graceful and beautiful… He had only known her for four periods and already had a great liking towards her. He didn't know why. In his entire life, he had never had a real crush on anyone… Until now.

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She let a smile creep across her face. It was time… She thought to herself.

"Replenished already?" the violet eyed girl asked.

"Yes, and caused quite a fuss actually… Sirens went crazy—"

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