A/N: A sequel to my Nanoha fic. Welcome to Nanoha A's: Midnight Tome.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters except my own. Magical Lyrical Nanoha A's belong to the rightful owner.

Prologue

June 3rd Pm 9:05

Uminari City, Nakaoka Town

The sound of a wheelchair echoed quietly in the house as the owner went to check the messages on the phone, its light blinking.

You have one message. The phone beeped.

"Hello? This is Dr. Ishida from Uminari University Hospital. SO, your birthday's finally tomorrow, Hayate-chan. I was wondering if you'd like to go out for a bite to eat after tomorrow's examination. It'd be great if you could reply before coming in tomorrow. I'll be waiting, then."

End of messages. The girl named Hayate smiled as she wheeled her way to bed, preparing to sleep. Instead of sleeping, she turned on her desk lamp and propped open a small book. The sky was dark and ominous and Hayate looked at the clock.

"It's already midnight..." She commented. The hands struck 12 and her whole room lit up with purplish light. She turned her attention to this weird book on the shelf, binding chains around it. Her house vibrated heavily as though it was a 7.0 earthquake. The book struggled against the binds and broke free, its pages were empty.

[Realising Seal] It spoke. It slammed shut and floated down, Hayate was shivering and inched back toward the wall.

[Activation] The cross on the book's cover glowed a golden hue.

December 1st Am 6:35

Uminari City, Sakuradai

Early morning training. A young girl stood poise and raised a can of Orange juice that she finished. With brown colored hair and sapphire colored eyes, she was really serious about training.

"I'll wrap up this morning's training with some shooting control practice, okay?" She addressed a small necklace laying on top of her brown school jacket.

[All right] It replied.

"Lyrical Magical!" A pink circle appeared underneath her feet as she chanted, holding up her left hand. " Holy light, come to my hand. Under my guidance, reverberate through the sky!" She tossed the can up into the air, "Divine Shooter, shoot!" A little pink orb that appeared above her finger moved toward the can at a fast rate. It sent the can spinning higher into the air.

"Control..." The girl murmured as the orb went back for round two, attacking the orange juice can mercilessly.

[XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI.] The device counted.

"Accelerate!" The girl commanded, tightening her focus and the attacks on the can picked up speed.

[LV. LX. LXIV. LXVIII. LXX. LXIII. XCVIII. C.] the device called out 100 and she let out a sigh of relief, watching the can spinning through the air.

"Last one!" She moved her hand in a downward motion and the beam orb of light attacked the can, sending it to a trash bin. It bounced off the rim and didn't go in.

"Awww..." She looked dejected at the result.

[Don't mind, my master] The device spoke.

"Thanks, Raging Heart." The girl smiled and picked up the can herself, placing it in the trash bin. Her name is Nanoha Takamachi, an average 3rd grader until a certain event led her to become a magical girl.

"How would you grade my training today?" She asked Raging Heart.

[About 80 points] Raging Heart responded.

"I see." She smiled.

[Though you did get a 48 on your last test. Gotta work hard, my master.]

"H-h-how did you know that?!"

Back at home...

Nanoha prepares to go to school, her normal ribbons were replace with Fate's, another magical girl whose whereabouts are unknown at the moment. Nanoha and Fate met when they were 9 years old and became best friends. In order to keep in touch, they would send video messages to each other, always believing that one day they would meet again.

In the kitchen, Momoko-san and Miyuki-nee were making breakfast while Shiro-san took a sneak peek in the newspaper. Nanoha did her part, setting up the tables as always.

"Nanoha, you got something in the mail." Nanoha's older brother Kyouya said, coming back from the mailbox.

"Really?" She replied, smiling widely.

"It's from overseas. Looks like it's from this 'Fate Testarossa' again." Her brother replied before handing her the parcel.

"They're always from that girl, huh?" Miyuki said, holding a plate of food. "Is it another video letter?"

"Yeah! I'm sure it is!"

"You two have been exchanging letters like this for over half a year now, huh?" Shiro-chan inquired, lowering the newspaper.

"Fate-chan's going to be coming over to play soon, right?" Momoko added, holding what looks like a huge bowl of salad. "I'll be sure to give her a huge welcome when she gets here!"

"Yeah!" Nanoha replied.

"And we finally found Claire's real owner, too..." Miyuki stated in obvious disappointment. "So it's been pretty lonely around here recently."

"That's because you were so close to her all the time." Kyouya stated.

"Umm...We might be able to keep her again for a bit...depending on her owner..

"That would be great!" Miyuki's back in action, hardly containing her excitement. They started chattering among themselves while Nanoha stared off into her own world, wishing to meet everyone again in a reunion. Little did she know, her wish is about to become true.

A/N: Well? What did you think? I hoped it was ok.