This is my first legitimate FanFiction! I managed to keep my attention on something for more than 5 minutes for once, yay! ^_^ I'd like to thank my amazing boyfriend, HoneyBadgerDC , for helping me write a lot of this. As I sometimes ( most of the time ) struggled to get my words onto paper. So I highly recommend reading or checking out his stories too!

Anyway, I hope you enjoy~

( Please see to Bio for reference on Saph )

-Saphera LaCroix

Chapter One- Into the Rift

Fear. Fear was all the girl could feel, it had been a long journey, and honestly, she had no idea where she was. " Now, now," A woman's cold voice cooed to her, wiping away the tears that trickled down her cheeks with red claws. The younger girl sniffled, nodding and trying to be brave. "Your parents left you, correct?" That icy tone echoed within the room they stood. The younger one nodded again. "Such a shame…" An unearthly grin laced the Woman's face, the light around them seeming to fade as the pitter of her heels waltz closer to the orphan.

"Such a shame indeed…"

Shielding the bright light of the mid-day sun from her eyes, a summoner stepped into the Institute of War. Tracing behind her where purple robes, and under her arm was a small book. " State your name." A Large creature with purple fur, much like the girl's robes asked.

" Saphera, Sir.." With a grunt he pulled back the hood of her silk robe. The Guard revealed a young, pale face; matched with flowing auburn hair. His crimson stare met with two pools of grey, Saphera looked into his eyes shyly. With a huff, Alistar smirked,

" I never knew Kat had a kid.."
" Excuse me?" Saph titled her head, raising a brow at his comment upon seeing her face.

" Hrmph, nevermind." The Minotaur pushed her through the door, it quickly slamming behind her.

Saphera looked around, before her many signs leading to many places. After more wondering, the girl's eyes rested upon one sign in particular. 'Imprisoned Champions' . The summoner gulped, she'd heard many tales of what happened to anyone who dared to see imprisoned Champions. Taking a step forward to the door, someone grabbed her hand, Saphera's book falling to the floor.

"H-Hey!" She stammered, pulling away to grab the book, only met with a foot, the book sliding out of her reach.

" Isn't it past your bedtime?" The voice chuckled, picking up the book and handing it to a now flustered Saphera.

"Jeez, they get younger every time…" Saph looked up, only to be met with bright green eyes. He looked familiar..she'd seen him before..only..where?

" No! I'm old enough to be a summoner...just.."

"Not good enough at reading the rule book to understand that the Imprisoned Champions section is restricted?" He asked, teasingly.

She looked embarrassed and disheartened by it, but he just shrugged.

Letting go of her and stepping back. His expression seemed more gentle now, and he grinned whilst pushing messy brown hair from his face. " What's your name? "

" What's it to you?" Saphera retorted, not exactly pleased with the first comment he made to her.

" You're not going to friends with that attitude, I'll tell you." The man chuckled, crossing his arms and looking down at the redhead.

With a sigh, Saph repeated what she said to the guard moments before. " Saphera. Saphera LaCroix,"

Pushing out his bottom lip he nodded,"That's a pretty name, Saphera! I like it! I'm Jay Badger, though most of my friends just call me Badger."
Holy shit it's him. It's really him, oh my lord. The Summoner who beat Champion Nocturne. Saphera cleared her throat, and remained calm on the outside. Though really she was freaking out.

" I've heard of you… word gets around," A pale smile perked on Saphera's lips, however it spiked the question from Badger.

" Where are you from then, Saphera?"

Oh no. God no, why..uh..think!

" I-Ionia," Saphera said nervously, Badger's gaze narrowed.

" Ionia? I love Ionia! Nice people there. Well, most of em. You uh, you ever met a lady named Ahri?" He inquired.,

" Not..personally.." Saph said quietly,

" Good! She'll do anything to get into your pants!" Jay laughed, with that, the nine-tailed walked around the corner, blowing a kiss into their direction, then winked and walking around the corner, out of sight.

" See?"

Within seconds the younger summoner's cheeks turned bright pink, her eyes widening in pure shock.

Foxes do have good hearing, damn.

Badger giggled at the sight of her flushed face, " Heh, you're cute, don't let the other summoners see that blush though, half of the people here are total jerks, a lot are creepy pervs who will go crazy after a cute girl. I used to be one of'em, y'know, before I got this," he teased, holding up his right hand, a ring around his finger.

Saphera nodded, trying to hide her blush. The girl's grey eyes flicked to the book, then back to summoner Badger.

" Thank you, though uh.. I should be going soon..my first match is coming up," This again caused another question from him,

" Who are you working with?"

" Elise." Saphera said quickly, taking another gulp and looking nervously at Summoner Jay.

" Elise, huh. Be careful with her, she tends to get in people's heads. Best of luck, and I'll see you on the rift." He lent forward and ruffled the girl's hair,

" Wait, what?" She asked him, swatting away his hand and looking him dead into his eyes.

He winked as he turned and walked away, his robes flowed behind him as he disappeared around a corner. Saphera let out another nervous sigh. Was her first match really going to be with him? She shook her thoughts, turning around to see the doors to the Imprisoned Champions. Taking Badger's advice, she walked on. After all, that wasn't part of the plan. The young redhead followed in Jay's steps around the corner.

'tends to get into people's heads' She muttered to herself, 'he doesn't know what he's talking about' Her thoughts turned to a low growl, she then walked with haste to the next match in the rift.

- Later -

Somehow, and no one knew how. Saphera teamed with Elise managed to rampage with 6 kills, no deaths, and 3 assists. The two seemed to flow as one, for a first match, the Saph seemed to do well. Too well. Walking away a few other Summoners congratulated her on the game. One even offered to drink with her, though Saphera kindly declined the request he seemed to keep bothering her. On what seemed like the man's last attempt, Saphera gave in. The pale girl smiled, " Alright, no alcohol for me though, Okay?" Of Course the summoner accepted, leading her off into the local pub. Saph saw no harm in it, she needed to learn her way around, after all, if she was truly a summoner, it would be nice to get to know the place.

" So where is the young Miss from?" He asked, calling over a water and beer afterwards.

" Ionia, just outside the capital," Saphera nodded, taking a sip from her water. He smiled happily at this, nodding after he took a sip of his drink.

" Ah, I 'eard it's beautiful there, though, I've never been me-self," She grunted mentally, he was annoying to say the least. The moment she sat down it looked as if he wanted to take her robes off, assessing her with his eyes.

" Yes, It's lovely in the spring." The grey eyed woman smiled, undoing the top half of her robe, " For a pub it's really hot in here!" Saphera chuckled, the man was so thirsty, he seemed to dribble at the tiny glimpse of cleavage that shown though as she adjusted herself. She wanted to vomit already. Saph didn't have a large chest, nothing about her was large, really. She stood around 5 foot 3, maybe 4 ; a thin, frail looking body, yet her soft curves made it easy to tell she was a grown woman. ( However she is only around eighteen ).

" Yeah...lovely," He grinned, looking her up and down again. Saph closed her stare at him, giving him a cold glare.

" Do you know many summoners here?" Saph suddenly asked, lifting his chin so he would look her in the eye.

" Nah, Miss, one or two," The Summoner took another sip of his drink, strangely, Saph's glare turned into a grin, it was malicious, calculating. Excellent, she thought.

" Say," Saphera began, " Want to make a new friend?" She shot him a wink. If his jaw dropped any lower, there would've been a yet another hole in the Pumble's floor. Saph dipped her finger in the froth of his beer, then licked it off slowly. Never losing the eye contact she had with him. Saphera rose to a stand, he followed her.

Unfortunately, the summoner was never seen again after that…