The Familiar of Zero is owned by Noboru Yamaguchi. All of the main characters belong to them. I only own Michael Solmayn. Copyright.
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It was the end of summer. The leaves were turning their oranges and yellows and it was time for school to begin. This was no exception for the young college students in the area. As people were getting ready for the long day, a young man was in a mixture of hard work and boredom. His alarm clock had just waked him up. His ropey black hair a mess, he rolled over to shut it off and gaze at the morning sun. He gazed at the morning sun with his golden-brown eyes dilating in response to the soft morning light.
"Urgh. Why did morning have to come now...I don't wanna wake up." the youth groaned as he fixed his hair. It lay at shoulder length against his mild brown skin. After getting that alarm to shut off, the youth did the typical things one should do to get ready. A nice shower, cleaning the hair, brushing the teeth. You know, normal stuff. As time passed, the boy got dressed in a black shirt with golden designs and some slightly worn jeans.
"Well, I guess life goes on, even if I don't wake up to it. I wonder what today will bring."
As the youth headed out, his cell rang. It was a friend from school.
"Hello?"
"Hey dude, where are you? Classes are gonna start any minute!"
"Don't worry about me. I may be lazy, but I can get there in no time."
"Yeah Yeah. By the way, Have you finally got a girl yet?"
" I don't think about it much..."
"Oh come on! You gotta get in the game man."
"I'll pass on your games, thanks."
"Ha-ha. Well hurry up and get here. I'll need your notes."
"Oh how loved I feel. I'll be there in a moment."
"Okay. Don't be late."
And with that, the youth hung up the phone. As he walked down the street, he started people watching. Everyone was either energetic or nervous about the new year. This young man didn't seem to care either way. He got good grades and excelled in tests. He felt he would do just fine.
The young man had gotten to class to see his friend around a cute girl.
"Yo, you got here."
"You never cease to surprise me. Hi there, nice to meet you."
The girl smiles and went to shake the youth's hand. "So you're Jon's friend. I'm Allie."
He shook her hand. "I'm Michael. Nice to meet you. By the way, be careful with Jon-Jon. He's delicate." He chuckled as he said.
"Oh Shut up!"
"Ha-ha. Anyway, let me get you those notes."
As the notes exchanged hands, classes were filling with the new student body. The day went by rather slowly for Michael. When the day finally ended, he eagerly headed home to relax.
"Hey, Mike! You coming to hang out with us?" Jon shouted from across the street.
"Nah. I'll just head home for now." Michael replied.
"Alright, take care then."
"Yeah, same to you."
Michael headed back to his small apartment in the suburbs of the area.
"The States sure do have its issues, but there's no place like..."
Something had caught his eye as he started to open his door. A letter was stuck in it. He took the letter and opened the door to his apartment. He opened the letter to find an odd bird symbol right in the middle of the parchment.
"What is this...an eagle? And what does this say...(The Light must shatter the Sparkling Shadow)?"
As he said those words, a star started to be carved into the ground. Michael was then engulfed in a bright pillar of light and faded away.
"What the hell! AHHHHHhhhhhh..." He shouted as he fell through a blue void.
While falling, streams of energy started pouring into his back. It burned the mark of an eagle on him as he shouted in pain. And it was then he heard a voice.
"(The will and spirit you carry are strong. You must help our world young man. Your spirit now carries a great storm and a secret. Use them well, for they are your own.)" The deep voice faded on that note.
"WAIT!"
It was later that Michael came to in a forest. He rubbed his eyes to see only to see the trees and a nearby stream.
"What...no..No way... Where am I?" He groaned as he rubbed his head.
He started to stand but fell to the pain on his back. As he groaned, he heard footsteps and quickly grabbed a strong piece of wood. He listened for the noise again. It was silent. Suddenly, a blade was thrown towards Michael. He panicked and swung the stick and it caught the blade. Michael saw this and quick pulled the blade out of the stick. It was a jagged dagger used in killing. Although Michael hadn't noticed the blade starting to jolt with electricity. The attacker jumped at Michael with a sword, yelling with pure intent to kill. It was then that Michael felt both fear and excitement. The mark on his back started to glow ever so slightly and in turn, it felt like time slowed down for him.
"Wha...ah ok...No one strikes at me!"
The dagger cut the belly of the attacker and blood spilled on the forest floor. Michael had to fall down after that rush.
"I cut someone...I may have killed them..."
"It is not something to fear in these parts." A strong voice bellowed.
Just then, many men and women in robes surrounded Michael. Michael immediately went into a defensive stance.
"Hahahaha. There is no need for that. I must say I am impressed. We were looking for this one and you killed him in one blow. I've never seen a lad move that quickly before.
"Who are you? And where am I?"
Darwin then asked for a mage to cast a language spell on "lad".
"Well I am Darwin. And as for where we are, this is Halkeginia, land of magic and wonder."
"Magic?"
"Yes. Although that is a strange question to ask. What? You have never heard of it?"
"No...I haven't." (I don't think I can tell them I fell here.) Michael thought to himself.
"How odd. Well in any case, I must thank you for taking this man out." He was in service to a noble who would steal young women away. We were told to find him and end him."
"So...I did kill someone...well that's just great..."
"Don't look so down, he would have killed you if you acted like that a few minutes ago."
"Yeah..."
"In any case, you do seem lost. Why don't you come to my village. My people can take care of you. You may also need to hone those skills of yours."
"Skills? I just cut at him."
"Well that "cutting" was so fast I didn't catch all of it. You seem to be a mage of some sort."
"...You're insane. I'm no mage. This isn't a fairy tale."
"Well your blade glows like lightning and you moved as swift as the wind. I doubt you can do that if you're not a mage."
"That was...hmmm."
"Look, how about this. We have teachers who can show you how to control your powers since you seem to have no real idea what is going on. In return for this, you help us to end these corrupt nobles."
"And how do I do that exactly?"
"I will train you to be an Assassin Mage. A hidden and silent blade of thunder."
"Thunder isn't silent...Besides...I'm not from this Halkeginia...I'm from somewhere else...I want to go home."
"Well, How about this? You obviously came to our world by some magical means. Our mages will find out how you can get back. While we do that, you learn to defend yourself more effectively. Sounds like a bad deal?"
Michael smiled when he heard that plan. "Fine, but...I'm not killing anyone yet...I don't have the stomach for it."
Darwin laughed. "Fair enough. But be warned, you may have to just like today."
"Yeah."
Well this is exactly how I wanted to spend my day. I'm thrown into a magical world, I killed someone that tried to kill me, and I'm a mage that is going to learn how to be an assassin. Well that's just great.
"Oh yeah, I forgot." Michael said as he walked up to the corpse. He pulled the blade that attempted to end his days and put it in its sheath.
"I'll want a sword for now."
"Heh. Now you're talking. I think you'll be just fine lad."
"My name is Michael, By the way."
"Alright then Michael. You have a Family name?"
" Michael Solmayn."
"Alright Lord Solmayn, I'll do my best to watch out for you."
"Lord?"
"Well, Mages are usually nobles. As such I will address you as Lord."
"Haha. Ok whatever, I'll never get used to that though."
"Oh you will, young man. You will."
Michael then put the single edged blade to his hip and the dagger on his leg and followed his new friends into a strange new world.