After all the students were called out to the grass all they were all lined up to begin their summoning rituals. Many gathered to see their peers summon their familiars, some to see their success, or failure at that matter but all came to see what familiars would be summoned, whether it be a failure or a mighty entity and in turn summon familiars of their own.
"La Blanche Rose, please come up to summon your familiar." The first person was called up. She politely addressed the teachers and proceeded to prepare for her summoning.
She gave a deep breath and with a sigh began to a string of words before casting the spell in the middle of the two circles. At first nothing appeared to happen yet soon it began glowing a bright incandescent glow and out appeared her familiar.
The same procedure was performed by all the students that day, with varying degrees of success. Some summoned animals as small as mice, whereas others commanded much more powerful beasts. In the one hundred and fifty or so students one managed to summon a dragon, two summoned salamanders but in the group over fifty summoned weaker familiars which could be considered typical house pets.
"Oh look at my Salamander," Kirche was hugging her great lizard as though it was a large fluffy teddy bear, "You know how to impress me don't you? She was pressing her chest on it as if to mock Louise, which she probably, and most likely was.
"Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière, please get ready to perform your summoning."
"Uh, yes!" She said, quickly jumping up and striding towards the summoning circle.
Jeers and insults were thrown in her direction. "Louise make an explosion again!" or "Louise the zero!" all along those lines.
She stepped onto the edge circle, and faced the teachers before beginning the ritual. She took a deep breath and raised her wand before beginning to chant her summoning ritual.
"I am, Louise Francoise le Blanc de la Vallière, Pentagon of the five elemental powers, heed my summoning, and bring forth my familiar."
She cast the spell, pointing her wand to the center of the circle. After a moment of silence whispers began appearing from the crowd.
"Another spectacular failure miss Zero!" Said one from the crowd.
Louise barely had any time to find the mouth of which uttered those words before the circle glowed a faint yellow and a small light appeared in the center, to inevitably expand and explode in a cloud of dust and heat.
Everyone in the audience either took cover or had a large proportion of their clothes burned off, and the few who were lucky enough to have neither occur to them were coughing and trying to wash the dirt out of their eyes.
Louise was lying on the grass, spitting out a spoonful of dirt from the impact of the explosion.
"Were you the one who summoned me?"
Louise looked around her and quickly looked at the center of the circle to find a figure standing up seemingly unscathed from the attempt at summoning her familiar.
"Yes," She said, eyeing him suspiciously.
The figure then proceeded to move towards Louise, his feet seemingly never touching the earth, giving the distinct impression that he was hovering above the ground. He slowly approached her, the dark atmosphere about him along with the black fog around him made him, or whatever it is a truly terrifying sight to behold.
"You are my familiar and of which shall serve me for the rest of my lifetime. In order for me to finish the summoning I have to perform the binding ritual."
The figure eyed her. Then all of the surrounding black fog vanished to reveal "it". Standing before her was a tall and slender figure before her in formal attire looking down at her. He kneeled down on one knee in front of her and whispered in her ear.
"If you are requesting a contract with me I have only one request. In return for my services I shall have your soul when you wish to end it or in other words, at the end of your life."
Louise stood there momentarily shocked, but then promptly agreed to the proposal.
"The contract has been made." He said. Louise then straightened up and completed the ritual, leaning down and quickly kissing him. The figure flinched at the burning sensation occurring on his right hand but barely took any notice after the initial shock.
She stepped away before he asked her one last question.
"You truly want a power greater than all the others don't you?"
She nodded and looked back at him, just realizing that the creature she summoned was most likely a plebian. She barely had time to complain before she felt a burning sensation on her left eye. The pain of the pentagram being permanently being etched into her iris caused her to double over in pain before she collapsed, her legs numb.
As she fell over Sebastian caught her by the back.
"Master are you all right?", realizing she was unconscious he scooped her up and carried her out of the circle. As he reached the edge he questioned where the nearest location for assistance was. Asking one of the teachers he wasted no time getting her there.
"Typical of the Zero, summoning a commoner of all things!" Guiche, expressed, flinging his arms in the air.
Sebastian turned around, grinning at the insult.
"I am no plebian, I am merely a butler."