Hello everybody my name is Trevyler and welcome to yet another Fate/Stay Night story. I know I've started a lot of these and will probably start more in the future, but I can't help myself. I've got too many idea for this series. I'm gonna post the first chapter or two of this one and see if it garners any response. This first chapter will be about introductions of a few of the masters and then the summoning ritual. The next chapter will show the actual servants and kinda get things rolling. Anyway, let's get started.
CHAPTER 1
The Holy Grail War. An ancient ritual created centuries ago by the Three Founding Families as a way to reach Akasha. The Einzberns provided the alchemy to create it and prepared the vessel for the Grail, the Tohsaka provided the necessary land and called forth the Servants, and the Makiri assembled the magecraft to stabilize the starting materials and designed the Command Seals that command the Servants.
The grail selects seven masters who will each summon their own servant, each of it's own class, and participate in the war. The last team standing will get their wish granted by the grail.
Four grail wars have occurred yet not one has ended with a victor. The fourth Holy Grail War ended with the destruction of the Lesser Grail. Ten years later, however, the fifth Holy Grail war is nearly upon the city of Fuyuki once more.
Rin Tohsaka, the sole remaining member of the Tohsaka family, had spent all night preparing the ritual she was to perform the following evening. A strange burst of energy had caused all the clocks in the house to go haywire after she opened the box left for her by her late father, Tokiomi Tohsaka. He had been a casualty in the last war.
She would participate in this war and restore her family name and pride for her father's sake.
First however, she would need to need to attend school for the day despite getting very little sleep. She would need to be extra careful to keep up her school idol persona today. Since of course she wasn't a morning person as is. With the added lack of sleep she'd risk the possibility of her sour mood kicking in.
She made some tea, hoping to help keep herself awake throughout the school day. Next, she decided to eat breakfast before she got dressed. Once finished, she threw on her school uniform, along with her favorite red coat, grabbed her school bad, and headed out the door.
At school, she noticed a lack of people there.
"Tohsaka?" a voice behind her said.
She turned to see Ayako Mitsuzuri approaching her, "I know you're not in any clubs so, what has our ever punctual school idol showing up an hour early?" she asked.
Rin held her facade on the outside, but inside she was reprimanding herself for forgetting about the clock situation at home and losing a whole hour of her precious sleep.
She gave Ayako her usual smile, "Oh hell Mitsuzuri. I'm here because I felt like it. Is there a problem with that?" she replied.
Ayako smiled, "Of course not. Just surprised is all. Hey since you're here, why don't we catch up for a little bit?" she suggested.
"I don't see why not." Rin answered.
They walked the school grounds idly chatting about trivial things. Something Rin didn't do often. Ayako was one of the few people she was a bit more casual with.
"So Tohsaka no boyfriend still?" Ayako asked.
"Nope. I assume the same goes for you Mitsuzuri?" she responded.
"Not at the moment. Still haven't found a guy who can handle me." she said in return.
They both laughed at the response.
"Well I gotta go. Practice has probably started without me. Don't be a stranger Tohsaka." she said, taking her leave.
After they went their separate ways, Rin walked the halls until she ran into class president Issei Ryuudou , "Hello there Mr. President." she greeted.
Issei eyed her suspiciously, "Tohsaka. May I ask why you have arrived so early? To my knowledge you are not affiliated with any clubs." he says.
She gave her signature smile, "I just felt like it." she told him.
One of the classroom door's slid open, "I fixed it, Issei" someone said.
A familiar head of red hair exited the classroom holding an A/C unit or heater of some kind.
Issei turned towards him, "Oh, sorry. I asked you for help, but you ended up doing it all, Emiya. My bad." he said.
Rin walked past while they were conversing.
Shirou stood up and turned slightly, "Good morning, Tohsaka. You're early." he said.
She stopped, "Good morning, Emiya." she greeted in return.
Rin kept walking after that, trying to find some way to kill time before school started.
After a rather boring day of school, Rin headed home to make sure that everything would be ready tonight.
There was a message on her answering machine from Kirei. He told her to summon her servant as soon as possible and to report to him once she did so, as well as telling her that she could give up her command seals in the event she no longer wished to participate.
Rin shook her head, annoyed at the words of the fake priest. As if she would give up everything she'd spent the last ten years preparing for. Yeah right.
She busied herself with minor things homework and dinner once everything seemed to be in order.
Later that night, when it approached time for her to perform the ritual to summon her servant, she headed down stairs.
The magic circle had been drawn out and prepared ahead of time. She'd be summoning without a catalyst since she didn't possess one. The one given to her by her father had unfortunately been destroyed.
When the clock read 2:00 AM, she began the chant for the ritual.
'Ye first, O silver, O iron.
O stone of the foundation, O Archduke of the Contract.
Hear me in the name of our great teacher, the Archmagus Schweinorg.
Let the descending winds be as a wall.
Let the gates in all directions be shut, rising above the crown, and let the three-forked roads to the Kingdom revolve.
Shut. Shut. Shut. Shut. Shut.
Five perfections for each repetition.
And now, let the filled sigils be annihilated in my stead!
Set.
Let thy body rest under my dominion, let my fate rest in thy blade.
If thou submitteth to the call of the Holy Grail, and if thou wilt obey this mind, this reason, then thou shalt respond.
I make my oath here.
I am that person who is become the virtue of all Heaven.
I am that person who is covered with the evil of all Hades.
Thou seven heavens, clad in a trinity of words,
come past thy restraining rings, and be thou the hands that protect the balance-!'
With that, the room was enveloped in a bright light.
Around 3 months ago
Lord El-Melloi II found himself in a situation he never thought would happen.
Today he was officially charged with participating in the Fifth Fuyuki Holy Grail War alongside fellow Mages' Association member, Bazett Fraga McRemitz. He would need to head to Fuyuki within the next couple of months to set up shop there and summon his servant. While Waver hated Japan due to all the bad memories, he hoped that there would be a small chance that this war would allow him to see his king and friend once more.
It had been 10 years since the Fourth Holy Grail War. 10 years since he survived something even his predecessor could not. 10 years since his life changed forever. He had decided that it was for the better. There was a question eating at his mind though.
How had the grail charged up so fast? Had the abrupt finish of the last war caused the grail to start up half a decade before it should have been able to do so? Whatever the case, a new war would be starting and he would be a master. With any luck, he'd be fighting alongside a familiar face. However there was a chance that he wouldn't summon the servant he wanted.
His apprentice Gray appeared before him, "Gray. I'll be leaving you here. Be prepared for the chance that I may not return." he said.
"I could come with you, Master." she suggested.
He shook his head, "No. It'd be better for you to remain here." he said.
She nodded, "Very well then." she said reluctantly.
He sighed. He'd have a few more people to explain things to and some arrangements to make before his departure.
Present Day
Waver had arrived about a week ago and had explored the city to see what had changed. Both out of curiosity and for strategic purposes. The city itself hadn't changed all that much. Luckily there was one thing that was definitely still there. The old Mackenzie house still stood in decent condition.
Of course the old folks that lived there had passed away a couple years back. They'd just hit 80 too. Glen was happy to have made it as long as he did though. Martha had gone only months before him. Waver had been there when it happened and had been the one to inform their family that they had passed away. Their son Chris had been angry at himself for never returning to visit in the recent decades and thanked Waver for being there for his parents when he wasn't.
Waver looked around the house, noticing that aside from a thin layer of dust, not much had changed since he had last visited. Even his room was still how he'd left it. The old couple had always made sure the room was ready should he ever stop by. After they had passed, Waver had made a request to keep the property and the house. Chris said it was fine and Waver was made the new owner.
He sighed, "Well. Looks like I'm gonna need to clean things up a bit here before I get started on the summoning ritual." he said to himself.
He cleaned the dust off of everything and threw out any trash that had managed to get left behind during his last visit. People never visited the house or tried to rob it because before he had left, Waver had set up a bounded field that kept any non mages away. As far as he knew, no mages ever searched the area either.
When he was finished with that, he figured he'd better get ready to start the summoning ritual as the sun was already beginning to set.
That evening, he was in the forest, ready to perform the ritual as he had done before. He didn't want to perform the ritual on the old Mackenzie property to keep it from being targeted by other masters. He had everything in place, including the piece of Rider's cloak that he'd used as a catalyst the last time around.
He spoke the words of the chant with conviction. He was ready to see Rider again. He wondered if his friend would remember him. Regardless he'd get the chance to fight alongside his king once more.
Just as it did ten years ago, a bright light enveloped the forest.
Bazett was an enforcer in the clock tower. This was just the gig she needed to further cement her place in the Clock Tower's strongest. Very few came out of a Grail War alive. If she could make it through this it would definitely earn her some respect and increase her reputation.
As luck would have it, she even had a friend on the inside. She'd met and befriended Kirei Kotomine during his days as an Executor for the church. She trusted him with her life. He'd even arranged a place and time for her to summon her servant. She plans on summoning Ireland's Child of Light. The famed Hound of Ulster, Cu Chulainn. She had the catalyst she needed. Now all she needed was to perform the ritual.
Little did she know that her so called friend was hardly doing a good deed for her. In fact, it was quite the opposite.
She recited the chant to activate the summoning, she was so close to meeting her partner for this war. This was going to be fun.
Well that's the end of chapter 1. By the time you guys see this, I'll probably have written chapters 2 and 3 already as well as released a few of my one-shots I've been working on lately. Hopefully you all like it. I came up with this idea on a whim and hope I can complete it this time unlike my previous stories. Don't worry though. I'll get around to them eventually. I have no intentions of just leaving them with no updates. I just don't have as much time since I'm trying to finish up my last year of High School. Have a great night everybody and I'll see you next time.
~Trevyler