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Faint chirping of birds, golden rays of sunshine shining over the meadow. The bright looking milky clouds and started traveling around the sky visiting the wonderful environment. The sun's rays cast a beautiful shine over a castle. The building was built like a pentagon with each side of it having a tower of which there are five towers of different colors. This was The Tristain Academy of Magic. Inside the Acadamy many students could be seen as talking to each other, chatting on various topics or just enjoying the rich scenery. Many of them where being served mouth-watering delicacies along with fine wine by the many maids. It was a beautiful morning that many could describe as idyllic. Most of the students where either in groups or pairs talking to each other. Very few could be seen by themselves. One of these students was Louise de la Vallière.

Louise de la Vallière was a unique individual. Despite being sixteen she was quite short for her age with a petite form. She had long pink hair and pink eyes giving her an extremely young look. She was by herself, though not by choice, with a troubled look on her face. She was the third and youngest daughter of Sandorion de la Vallière and Karin de la Vallière of the luxurious house of Vallière. She was the daughter of two extremely powerful Mages and her sisters were also studious mages so much so that they could teach classes on magic. She, however, didn't even possess a fraction of their talent nor their power. She could not even perform the most basic of spells her sisters and peers could do at half their age. Her spells had always resulted in the same way, a minor explosion. This earned her ridicule from not only from her peers but her family as well. Her father especially critiqued her and everything she did, often comparing her to her much more talented sisters. Many of her peers often called her "Louise the Zero" due to her apparent zero talent in magic they even began to question whether she was even related to the Vallière house at all.

There was a time when these insults would have affected her, times when she would have cried herself into the late of nights trying to perform basic spells just to prove them wrong. Now those petty insults no longer affected her. These insults have only strengthened her resolve to improve.

The reason she for her troubled look was due to the fact that in a few more hours she and her class would be performing 'The Familiar Summoning ritual'. This ritual would allow mages to summon a "familiar" which were servants that served their summoners. It was a sacred ritual that dates back to the founder himself. A familiar is tied to the mage that summoned it, it was a being that was best suited for the summoners. And as a result, she hoped that she could summon a strong familiar. To not only prove to her peers that she was more than a "Zero" but to also prove that she was indeed a Vallière.

'I will show them all' thought Louise as she tried to memorize her incantation. It was similar to the ones her family had used before. She hoped that after this ritual she would have a powerful familiar. Perhaps one that could possibly help her outdo that harlot Kirche von Zerbst. She had been the one who started the moniker "Zero", Her family and the Zerbst's have been rivals for generations.

Just as she was finishing her thoughts her professor had come into the courtyard."Attention students the Summoning ritual will now start" he said. And with that, the students who were so preoccupied talking among themselves were now in a rush trying to be the first to summon a familiar.

'Let's do this' she thought as she and her classmates followed their professor.

Time passed and almost all of the students had finished summoning their familiars. The familiars ranged from a small and cute frog to a giant dragon. Most of the students were either showing off their familiars or smothering them with affection.

"Kirche von Zerbst" The professor had said. Indicating that it was her turn to summon her familiar. Louise didn't want to admit it but she was curious about what that harlot would summon. Perhaps she would summon a Worm, It would be fitting that she summons a creature as ugly as her soul. But alas, The founder was not on her side today as after Kirche spoke the incantation a large red sphere began to shimmer into existence. The sphere soon began to grow four legs and a tail and finally a head. What she had managed to summon was a fire salamander, a powerful one as well.

"What an impressive familiar you summoned Miss. Zerbst" the professor had said. Many of the students agreed on what their professor had said. Some of them, mostly the boys, began complimenting her for her amazing abilities. Kirche smiled through it all and had completed the ritual and formed a pact between her and the red salamander.

"I think I will call you 'Flame'" she said stroking the back of the salamander. The salamander seemed to like the name as it spewed flame from its mouth. And with that Zeburst had left the field, her new loyal familiar by her side at every moment.

Kirche had made her way over to Louise with her new Familiar. She had a mischevious smile on her face as she made way towards Louise. It was with that very same smile that had started the "Zero" moniker and it was the same one that spread the rumor about how she was not even related to the Vallière household.

"Don't worry Louise even you can't possibly fail this simple spell." She said in mock encouragement. It made Louise's blood boil that this savage had the gall to mock her. She hated the fact that she couldn't shut her up. But just as quickly as the anger came it left. She needed to keep a level head, she could not allow this harlot to know that her petty insults could get a reaction from her.

"Louise de la Vallière" the professor had said. Indicating that it was her turn to summon her familiar.

Ignoring Kirche, Louise moved towards the professor. As she made her way to the professor she could hear other students insulting her and taking bets to see how hard she would fail. Some made bets that she would just create an explosion while one made a ludicrous bet that she would not summon anything and that she would use a common dog and pass it off as her familiar.

She ignored everyone and made her way to the open field. Her heart was beating faster by the second and her mouth began to dry up as she stood towards the empty space. Many of the students and even the professors moved a bit further back when she stopped and took out her wand. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves and soon began to speak the incantation.

"By the Pentagon of the five elemental power, following my fate, summon a familiar to stand by my side for eternity" She had said. It was a variation of what her mother had said when she summoned a manticore as a familiar.

At first, there was nothing but the sound of wind blowing lightly. No explosion could be heard by the students, all of whom had closed their eyes and covered their ears. Neither could the sound of any familiar be heard. Slowly they all turned their heads to the direction of Louise. She could be seen looking at the ground intently. Perhaps out of shame, many of the students in the back had thought, but for those in the front saw what was on the ground and where equally intrigued.

What materialized in front of Louise was neither a mighty beast nor an elegant creature. What shimmered into existence was not even alive. What Louise was looking at with both curiosity and contemplation was a small Golden Arrow.

The day had turned into night and the students were now dining in the mess hall. The second-year students were the center of attention from both the first years who were gushing about the new familiars and older students who wanted to see what kind of familiars their junior's had managed to summon. Almost all the students could be seen in the mess hall.

Kirche could be seen sitting near a blue haired girl reading a book intently. Flame the salamander was busy watching the flame's of the candle's as if mesmerized by its heat and patterns. She could hear many students talking to themselves boasting about their familiar's or just pointless gossip. She, however, was more interested in the girl all by herself. She did not seem to have an interest in eating anything given by how her plate seems just as full as when the night started. Instead, Louise seems to be more interested in the strange arrow she had summoned.

At a glance, one would assume she was distraught over failing to summon a familiar. However, Kirche could see that was not the case. She was smiling and holding it gently almost as if it was a newborn child. When one of the students tried to get Louise's attention she had just gotten up and left without saying a word nor a single glance at the food.

"What do you think about Louise's new 'familiar' Tabitha?" she said familiar with audible confusion and was loud enough for a few of the students to hear. Louise may have been a zero talented mage but she had never acted like this before. She almost seemed possessed by something.

"She couldn't even do a basic summoning spell correctly." said a blond boy with a rose in his hand. This was Guiche de Grammont the playboy who often told stories about his supposed heroics. He was boasting within a crowd most of them being girls. Though most could not see it he was clearly flirting with a brown-haired girl. He began to twist his rose in the air while he continued to speak.

"Honestly, I feel bad for the Duke and Dutchess. Having a daughter as bad at magic as Louise must surely be a burden." He said gaining a few approving nods from most of the students present.

Kirche for once agreed with the playboy. Louise was a failer when it came to magic and posed an actual safety risk to all the students in the Acadamy with her constant explosions. She had glanced over to Tabitha who was still busy reading her books. Before she looked up from them and gave Kirche an answer.

"Interesting" was all Tabitha said as she continued to read her books.

Kirche didn't quite understand why she found it interesting but she wasn't going to question it. This summoning had provided her with a few more ways to tease Louise for the future.

Louise wasn't mad. In fact, she was excited about what she had summoned. In this world, you have to use every tool in your disposal in order to survive and as such, she did not care that she summoned a weapon as a familiar. She only cared about how this could help her become a stronger mage or even if that is what it was for. Was this a sign from Brimir? telling her to give up magic and to focus on other skills.

As she had made her way to her room she noticed few details about the arrow. It beetle design engraved on the head and it shined even when no light was touching it. She could easily make out that the wood used was old but it was still strong as if it was freshly chopped from a healthy tree. The stranges thing about it was how slippery the wood was. If she hadn't kept a firm but gentle grip the arrow would have slipped from her hand and cut her in the wrist. It was almost as if it wanted to stab her.

When she reached her room she sighed in relief. 'I need some rest' she absentmindedly thought as she kept the arrow on the shelf nearest to the door. Its head pointing towards the door almost as if it was readying itself to attack a would-be intruder.

As she began to unbutton her uniform her mind began to wander to a myriad of topics until finally, it rested on her family. She wondered how her family would react to her summoning an arrow as a familiar. Her parents would be angry as would Éléonore criticizing for not even being able to summon a regular familiar, something that even the dumbest of mages had been able to summon while she would no doubt see Cattleya trying to give her words of approval and encouragement.

Just as she thought that she felt a sharp and excruciating pain in her right wrist. She turned to understand how she had gotten hurt and froze when she saw what had caused her so much pain. On the edge of her wrist was the Arrow and its tip was cutting her skin ever so slightly. Before she could even react the arrow plunged even deeper into her arm its head completely disappeared into her skin.

All she could feel was excruciating pain and in an instant, she fell unconscious.

Author Note:- Hey this story was inspired by 'A Bizarre Explosion' read it it's really good. This is just my spin