Yet, another crossover featuring one of my original stories. Like Death Scythe: Zero Hour, this story was made to help me progress writing the original story by crossing it with something else. Feel free to give the prologue a try and leave comments.

It was as if a story suddenly came to an end.

Ange was left in the middle of some void, unaware what had happened. The last moment she remembered was opening her new little restaurant. It was a café under her name with everyone she welcomed and cared for invited. Then, right when she issued a photo of commemoration, the flash that was going to begin another world she called home, it all happened.

This was not the first time everything was taken away from her. Originally, she was Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi, the supposed crown princess of the almighty Misurugi Empire. But that was a lie; she was someone who was different from the others in her world. For that, everything lived with was thrown away. That was the moment she wished to discard everything and start all over with a new identity, a new name.

But now, everything was taken away, as if it was once again a lie. She couldn't understand, just the fact she was helplessly in the darkness with little to no clue what was going on.

That sort of thing always pissed her off. Like everything that was wrong with the world and everyone in it, she wanted to angrily rant.

But then, ripples of light broke the darkness of the void that got her attention. Her eyes were blinded for the moment until she could see a source of light to her left, a glowing sphere of light with rings surrounding it.

Then, a voice came before she could speak.

"You thought that this was a new beginning?"

Ange could not tell who or what kind of voice it was. It sounded like that of a child, which is why even she could not tell whether it was male or female. In some ways, the voice was disturbingly familiar, but she still had some ideas as to who it could be. That only added more to the mystery as the voice continued.

"If you thought that could now start a new book with your own hands, then you are gravely mistaken."

By then, Ange had to speak up.

"Who are you?"

"Me? I'm your observer who has watched you since your birth."

"W-What?"

"I have seen everything that you've been through, everything that you've suffered, and all the trouble you yourself had caused unnecessarily. And I'm sorry to say that you are very…disappointing."

Ange glared at the entity at her taunts and reacted.

"I don't give flip about what you think about me! Just who are you!?"

"I am someone you may not wish to know. Only to call by the name X."

Ange struggled to move, but she found it no use. She was completely in limbo with no successful attempt to resist. All she could do was stare at the light that called itself X and listened to its taunts.

"Did you really think that your way of the world is what was best for everything? Do you really think that could use your misfortunate and the problems of others as an excuse for your abuse and forcing your righteousness onto others? Did you really think that you could just simply throw everything away and bury your hateful past like it never happened? All you are is a sad story that should never have happened."

Silence filled as only anger was building up within Ange with her insults. Just then, X began to move.

"Perhaps if you understood the truth. Perhaps if you knew the source of all the sufferings in your world. You will truly understand what you must do and what you should become."

"Hold on, where are you going!?"

"That question is irrelevant. The real question is…where do you think you're going?"

The light in front started to shrink.

"The time has come for you to see the origin. Back to where it all began, and when it all began. From there, you shall understand your mistakes, correct this terrible past, and save the one horribly twisted by fate."

"What…who?"

"I shall guide you through your journey. Only then, will you know and fulfill your true purpose."

"Hold on."

"We shall meet again, Ange. Or I should rather say, Empress Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi," those were the last words before the light called X faded away.

"We're not done yet! Why did you bring here! Answer me! ANSWER ME!"

Her calls were futile. Space started to warp and the being called X released a flash. And that was all she knew.

It was great to be home.

That's what Ray thought when he set foot off the plane and into the boarding station of Zhengding airport. Although he never had been to this airport, he found exactly what he had expected. The airport was doing its best to be clean, but he could still see some part of the floor that made it partially run down, along with heavy security.

But that didn't matter to Ray as he looked over to Shijiazhuang, the nearby city through the glass windows. No matter how rich or poor it was, on the outside of his home country, it would his home. Perhaps it was the only other home he had since he could no longer call his former country home anymore.

Except when only certain people are around, those he wished to personally see and protect on his journey.

One of whom he should not wish to see anymore was the one stuck on his mind. For years, he had to suffer abuse from him, verbally, physically and emotionally. He always had to suffer all the rants about his hatred for his life, taking his rage on his only son and calling things he never should have. No matter how much they had in common, Ray decided that he had his abuse long enough.

But even when they were so far away, he could still feel his words stuck on his mind. Those hateful words made him nearly tear as he wrinkled his forced and clenched his fists.

I swear…I'll make sure regret every word you said to me. And you'll see how much I've felt, and who I really wish to be. I swear…

Ray anger stopped when his pocket vibrated. He took out his Dual Screen Phone out of frustration and unfolded it to see notifications on his phone. The message coming from his phone was from one of the social sites that he used.

CHIPPER

silverprincess2663 sent you a message:

Good luck on your adventure! Hope you had a nice trip!

The message gave him a warm smile. For that reason, he felt less tense than he did a few seconds ago. This was one of the only things that could calm him down. For that reason, he hugged his phone as if the person who messaged him was right there in his face.

Anne...Perhaps it's thanks to you, that I can feel normal again.

Whenever he felt normal, he felt like he could do anything. With all the demons cleared out of his mind, he could easily focus on his work. To those who cared about him, whether they be people his ages and adults, they found him working much harder, and even going well beyond their expectations.

That said, he patted the suitcase behind his back to make sure his special device was there, his key to his success for his campaign. As he felt something as small as a USB drive on the outside pocket, he sighed in relief. For now, his future was starting to be secured.

He put his phone aside and continued walking. Towards the what he would his home…and his first battlefield.

Out in the mountains, a certain humanoid machine with fins on the forearms and thighs kneeled within the mountains. It kneeled to blend into the mountainous terrain with its butterscotch and secondary white colors and dead branches and bushels covering overhead.

Inside the cockpit within the robot's neck collar was the pilot, who wore a black and green flight suit. The top rear section of the helmet was cut off to expose her blonde hair tied into a bun. On both sides of her helmet was a black rigid symbol shaped like a bat or crow enveloped in a thin white outline. Her legs were separated by a console block and the feet were strapped onto pads that slid, pivoted, and elevated to match their movements. Her arms were similarly strapped onto simple mechanical systems that each had five pulling handles for the fingers.

In front of her was a large LED screen that showed everything through the naked eye from the two cameras on the head. An additional screen was displayed on the screen for the back-view camera, but that didn't matter much for the pilot.

The screen zoomed in on the airport that was miles away from her location. At the end of the airstrip, a small twin-engine delta wing aircraft took off. The pilot clenched her right fist and raised to her left breast. In response, the robot touched a button in the same area that opened a secure communication line.

"Sun, this is Windy. Card is airborne and leaving the airport. Over."

A while later, a low male voice responded to her message.

"Copy Windy. Any Gadgets in the area?"

She observed the area for any dangerous aircraft, for which she found none. They lucked out, she'd say.

"Negative. There are zero hostiles in the area. Card is undefended."

"Understood. We will begin sealing the Card shortly. All forces including Silent, Shadow, and Arrow are transformed and in position. Please ensure your Noble is running smoothly before you intercept."

The pilot took her fingers off the hand controls to interact with the console between her legs. She twisted the USB-shaped key as an electric motor kicked in. Once the pop came out, she pushed her shoulders down that gave the power system more fuel. Integrated on the back of the machine, the fan its jet turbine spun rapidly as the thrust blew exhaust front from two symmetrically angled directions. The pilot codenamed checked her surroundings to see if anyone was altered to her attention, including the small jet that was her target. A quick system check started for the other systems that were activated, including the two interweaving layers of wires that wrapped around the machine's component. So far, so good.

"Affirmative. Noble's turbine is running smooth. Tissue Cables are hot and alive. All other systems, green. No defects to report."

"Copy Windy. Mission starts in T-minus 15 seconds. Remember, this is a one-shot opportunity. Do not blow it."

"Affirmative."

As the turbine gained thrust, the machine broke out of its cover. Standing upright up to around 5 feet, the machine had a feminine appearance with wings spanning about 3 feet. The machine grabbed a rifle from its back that had a boxy secondary launcher underneath with six missile tubes. As the machine started hovering into the air and held the rifle with both of her hands, more lights flickered on the machine's head including two large red ones on its antennas.

The mission was about to begin.

"Weapons are loaded, safeties off and card is on intended course. Executing in mission in 3...2...1."

So, mixing in with the first scene with Ange is the prologue for another one of my original series. The story is called Schwarz Cheval, which translated into "Black Horse." A combination of foreign languages is going to be common with the story's chapter names except for prologues and epilogues.

The first of the story's concepts came from Lyrical Nanoha, which took the inspiration from mecha and applied it to the magical girl genre. That then sparked the idea of doing the reverse order, to create a mecha series based on magical girls. The result gave me a vast number of designs that can work, while additionally making them realistic in a way.

Other series that inspired the story and the other merged concepts include:

Code Geass

Legend of Galactic Heroes

Akame Ga Kill

Full Metal Panic

Knight's & Magic

Aldnoah Zero

Gundam 00

Mobile Fighter G Gundam (for the mecha concepts only)

Cross Ange also had a part in designing the mecha. In a way, I made this crossover as if it were a sequel and prequel merged together. Despite that, I'd like to publish Schwartz Cheval as an original story as I go along.

Another reason for writing this is hoping to treat some of the remaining mental wounds that Cross Ange inflicted and Super Robot Wars X didn't heal; I like it because of how it least bandaged half of them, but some issues regarding some of the Norma, Ange herself, and even Embryo still need some treatment.

Either way, I'll see if this crossover works out, and I hope you all enjoyed the small reading.