Author's Notes: First fanfiction after forever. Hopefully it'll be soooo much better than the ones I've done before. I read some of the other Mabinogi-Familiar of Zero fanfics and decided to try my own hand... er, despite me not playing Mabinogi in forever and never really watching Familiar of Zero... Anyway, hopefully you can enjoy this small piece of work from a former guildie of Dispell~!

-Mabinogi and Familiar of Zero are not owned by me. Oh, and Colete is the character of my friend.

-Bladeslizer, formor member of Dispell; currently longterm afk player of in Mabinogi.


It's been a good -what, 5 hours?- since the duo entered the dungeon. Ever since The Keeper of the Soul Stream has gone missing, the danger of death was that much closer to the Milletians, none of which had ever experienced true death. The Fomors acted much, much more aggressively than before, now amassing hordes of creatures to strike the towns and cities in Uladh. In Iria and Belvast, creatures also began to strike in giant armies. It's only a matter of time before not even the army of countless Milletians, Paladin, Dark Knight, Elven, Giant, Human, all together, would stand a chance with this worldwide crisis.

"Here comes the second wave!" Daine shouted. Twin short swords came out of their respective scabbard as it's black-haired wielder in a dark green coat and black pants faced the doorway, surrounded by 5 levitating orbs of purple lightning from charging his Lightning Bolt 5 times.

"Gotcha!" Colete yelled back. The small, dark-haired elf had on a dark blue blouse under a black vest accompanied by a light blue skirt. On top of her long black hair is a white summer-knit hat. Black shoes that covered her feet planted into the ground as her hands within a pair of black gloves with a blue star insignia on them prepared a wave of arrows using a Highlander Bow. Over all that, however, was a hebona robe and its hood she recently put on within the dungeon in order to make sure that her expensive attire won't get as damaged while receiving bonuses for her spells.

Normally, no one would dare fight through a dungeon with such a set of clothes as, loosely put, armor. However, Colete wasn't any elf. She is an accomplished Milletian who had held her spot within the small group of Royal Alchemists for 104 consecutive years, led a guild that was closer together than the ground to the air, and was one of the best alchemists in the land. If anything, she had earned the right to be goddamn cocky whenever she wants.

The skeleton horde burst through the dungeon doors from deep within the dungeon. Daine charged at the horde, slashing through each and every fomor that stood in his way. Colete, standing back, fired arrow after arrow, using her natural Elven dexterity with the bow and arrow. With her sharp eyes, Colete fired her arrows at the skeletons that would very nearly strike down her human ally. Daine suddenly burst through the horde, panting heavily. "Retreat!" He muttered as he ran passed Colete. Firing one last Magnum Shot, the elf complied and ran to the previous room, switching to her Guard Cylinder and setting up barrier spikes it the hallway to the room in which the skeletons infiltrated.

Daine panted. "Damnit... We shouldn't have gone in this dungeon..." The human sat down against the wall, trying to find some kind of rest in this chaos.

"You know we had to, Daine." Colete responded in a matter-of-factly tone of voice. She was just as tired. After all, firing a bow and arrow in battle takes out more than one would think, Elven or not. "It was either this or Dunbarton would be attacked unprepared."

"We could've gotten a couple more people with us though..."

"True..." Colete sighed. Suddenly, their heads turned to look in the direction of the hallway in which they escaped. "Already...?" She muttered, her eyes widening.

"Colete! Look out!" Suddenly, the elf was pushed to the ground as a bolt dug deep into Daine's chest. The boy fell to the floor, unmoving.

"Daine!" Cursing, Colete used up several more barrier spike crystals in an attempt to delay the inevitable enemy. She knelt down and pulled the arrow out, trying to get her companion to wake up with a Phoenix Feather. While the feathers do work, no one dared to risk to know how long since the "death" had taken place would the feathers still be able to work.

The little elf gritted her teeth, pressing against Daine's chest with the Phoenix Feather in her hand. "Come... On... You have to be kidding me... Not here, not now!" She stopped as she no longer felt the feather in her hands. Colete sighed in relief... Though her moment of relief was torn as the sound of wood being smashed nearby resounded in her head. "Oh... crap..." Colete whispered, backing away slightly. She can get away, but in doing so, she would leave Daine, one of her most trusted friends, here to die. However, if she stayed, it wouldn't even matter anymore. Colete wouldn't be able to survive a horde this big.

In her peripheral vision, the elf saw the boy stirring. However, Daine screamed as something began to pull him into something. "Oh, dear God...!" Colete grit her teeth. It's just one incident after another, isn't it? She thought to herself as she leapt for Daine's feet. Grabbing them firmly, Colete found herself dragged alongside Daine into a green portal, and everything went black.

-Please be patient... Girls are praying... Wait, wrong game.-

In hindsight, it was just stupid. If one had a history of failures in something, why would they bet that they would succeed the most in one certain thing that was associated in that particular area, other than failing to do it horribly? That was what Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière thought to herself as she was called up by Professor Colbert to the Summoning Circle. After all, it's only a mere set up for a bigger and more humiliating failure... Hell, it didn't even take her 3 minutes to realize what she did. Then again, 3 minutes before as of now was when she made that bet. "Just wait and see!" The pink-haired noble shouted at the crowd after a few jeering though more at Kirche Von Zerbst, her rather busty and seductive rival by bloodline. "I'll summon the greatest familiar anyone will have ever seen! It'll be bigger, stronger, and faster than anything you can summon!"

That's when Tabitha, the blue-haired bookworm from the large country of Gallia summoned a dragon. An actual living, breathing, strong, big, and fast dragon. Louise regretted everything after that.

"Louise de la Valliere." Professor Colbert, the bald old man in glasses and blue robes read from the list. He looked up at the pink haired mage, who could only nod in response and step up to the summoning circle. Instinctively, the rest of the students stepped back, and for a good reason. The little mage was the infamous student that always created explosions from every spell, even from something as simple as an Unlocking Spell. Not even after the smoke cleared away did the proper results show. It's always just an explosion.

This was something the Valliere hoped wouldn't happen on this day and on this moment. At the very least, Louise thought, let me get a small mouse as a familiar. Anything would do for her at this point, as failing to summon anything would result in her being expeled from the Tristain Academy of Magic.

Sighing, the pink haired girl finally made it to the summoning circle. She began the incantation, not even knowing what will answer to her voice. "My servant that existed somewhere in this vast universe, my divine, beautiful, wise, powerful servant, heed my call, I wish from very bottom of my heart and add to my guidance and appear!"


The first thing that entered the boy's ears was a loud BOOM! The first scent that entered his nose was the fresh smell of grass and soil in the fields. Daine coughed, groaning as he struggled to stand up. The sensation of reviving after being in a death-like state makes the movement of his body very awkward for any Milletian, making them somewhat unused to their body for a few seconds after revival.

Beside him, Colete coughed as she got up as well. "What just happened...?" The elf managed to get out in between coughs.

"I don't know..." There were no sounds of skeletons anymore. In fact, there were sounds of multiple people in front of them. There weren't any echoes, which indicated the hallways of a dungeon. In fact, they aren't even standing on a rock ground like that of the Rabbie dungeon... "Did they manage to get into the dungeon and get us out...?" Daine muttered, waving his hand to fan away the smoke.

Soon, the two Milletians realized that the people were speaking in nonsense. Everyone in Erinn spoke in one language. However, the words heard bear absolutely no resemblance to what the Milletians speak. Daine looked at Colete, who could only shrug in response. As the smoke cleared, the people stared at the Colete and Daine, right before laughing at them and the girl who looked embarrassed. Why am I the one to be stuck in these horrible situations...? Daine sighed. At least I'm not alone this time.


The crowd of students and one teacher coughed as smoke came from the resulting spell. Louise waited for the smoke to clear before removing her arm from her face. She and the other students could see two figures standing in front of Louise, one strangely clothed while the other wearing a coat that made him look like a commoner. Louise's eyes widened. "Louise!" One person from the crowd called out mockingly. "What are you doing summoning commoners with the spell for summoning familiars?"

"Shut up, Montmoreancy the Flood!" Louise turned around at the blonde girl who shouted the crude joke and caused everyone but the strangers and teacher to laugh at Louise.

"It's Montmoreancy the Fragrance!"

"'The Flood' is more fitting, since you always wet your bed at night!"

"Both of you!" The teacher slammed his staff to the ground. "You are nobles, not mere school children. Both of you should have more respect than that. Louise and Mongmoreancy, stop fighting with each other. Louise, continue with your ritual."

While the blonde stepped down and back into the crowd, Louise walked to the professor. "But Professor Colbert! This is an embarrassment. I summoned two mere plebeians... Please, let me redo the ritual!"

"I cannot do that, Louise." The teacher shook his head. "You have already summoned your familiar... Or familiars. The Springtime Familiar Summoning Ritual in itself is sacred, and thus changing around rules would taint it. It's mandatory now that you make a contract with them, or else you'll risk being expelled from the school, no exceptions."

Louise sighed. "Yes, Professor Colbert." She muttered in defeat before facing the sources of her newfound embarrassment. She walked to them, each step seemingly causes the crowd to laugh louder. The two soon-to-be familiars seemed to notice the girl and stared at her in curiosity. "You two are lucky that a noble is doing this..." Louise growled. She stepped towards the boy first. The man blinked as Louise began another incantation with a wand pointed at his head. "My name is Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière. Pentagon of the Five Elemental Powers; bless this humble being and make him my familiar." She then grabbed him by the face and kissed him.

The boy looked at the girl, his eyes betraying his panic. The girl laughed at the boy's new predicament, however the moment of humiliation was now hers. Louise had soon let go of the boy and chanted the same incantation in the same manner. The girl blinked and stepped back, though Louise's hand already was reaching out and pulling the girl in. The girl whined as she was forced to be kissed by the pink-haired noble.

Soon after the the two began to shout at the girl in protest, both with red faces. Colbert blinked, as no one understood the two strangers. "Hah!" Another person from the crowd laughed. "The familiars of Zero can't even speak!"

"Now, now!" Colbert declared. "They might be speaking in another language!" The professor waved his staff, chanting a few words, before pointing it at them. Almost instantly, their words began to be able to be understood.

"Who the hell are you anyway?! You can't just take us into the middle of... Wherever this is and just kiss us in front of total strangers!" The two yelled at Louise simultaneously, though Louise just stared at them, unfazed.

"What are your names?" Colbert stepped forward to greet the two.

"I'm Colete." The girl answered. "The other one is Daine."

"Can you tell us what is going on and where we are?" Daine asked, furrowing his eyebrows as he looked at the oddly-dressed students and teacher.

"Ah. You are at the Tristain Academy of Magic." Colbert smiled. "You two have just been summoned as Louise de la Valliere's familiars."

"Familiars?" Daine blinked. "I think I read that somewhere... Aren't they like pets...?"

"HELL NO!" Colete burst out. "I'm not someone's pet!" She glared at the Professor and student.

"Sorry, Ms. Colete. However, you're already being branded as we speak, since the ritual has been finished."

"Branded?" Daine narrowed his eyes.

"Yes. Each familiar has their own set of ruins." Colbert spoke, nodding. As if on cue, Daine clutched his right hand as Colete clutched her left, both screaming in agony at the burning pain.

"Don't worry. It'll be over soon enough." Louise said, sighing and shaking her head.

"Good job, Louise." Colbert smiled. "You've completed the summoning spell and the contract on your first time, despite failing every spell so far."

"I do something right once in a while." Louise "Humphed" before looking at her familiars. The two were panting, nearly unable to take the pain of the familiar runes being burned right into their hands. While this was happening, Colbert examined the runes that were appearing on the two familiars.

"Truly, once in a while." Someone chuckled, which caused the whole crowd to laugh.

"I said that is enough." Colbert turned around, glaring at the students. "Now come along, then. You all still have classes today." As if on cue, the students began to levitate up to the castle.

The familiars slowly stood up from the ground. As they did so, they began to stare at the... What would be a proper phrase for a group of levitating mages? "What... What is this...?" The girl, Colete, muttered as she stared at the sight.

"Your familiar runes are inscribed on your bodies. Both of you are my familiars now." Louise said. "Now come on, unless you want to sleep outside."

"Not that." Daine blinked and stared at Louise. "She meant the flying people."

"A levitation spell is one of the simplest and most basic spells that a noble can learn, as if you commoners would've ever known until now." Louise rolled her eyes as she began to walk.

"... So why can't you do it?" Daine asked.

"..." Louise stopped at the question. She stared at the ground before responding calmly "Because you two obviously can't use magic or anything. I have to guide you through the academy to my room." That seemed to satisfy the boy, as he just shrugged and kept walking once Louise did as well. However, Daine glanced at Colete with a heavily annoyed look on his face. They both nodded as they shared a thought: It'll take a long time before we find our way back.

It was nighttime, and Daine and Colete still have no idea what was going on. They followed the pink haired mage for the rest of the day, but nothing was ever explained, except for one of the key faults of the little girl that was their "master."

There were classes, yes, but so far Louise just told them to stand outside. At once instance, a small girl with glasses and blue hair walked outside. Daine stared at Colete, then turned to look at the mage. "Don't go in." She quietly said before walking away with her nose in her book. An explosion happened after that, followed by some of the staff running into the classroom.

Louise, after a few minutes, walked outside in silence, her face red with embarrassment. "What happened?" Daine asked.

"... Nothing of your concern. Now follow me." It was then that the two walked into the headmaster's office, but once again they were left outside with a green haired woman.

"Hello." The woman said from her desk as she wrote on a parchment. She briefly smiled at the two.

"Uhm... Good afternoon..." Daine and Colete responded. Daine asked the question once more. "So... What's happening?"

"I'm guessing you two are Louise's familiars, considering the rumors about her summoning two familiars." The two nodded. The woman smiled and continued. "Well, in Louise's last class she was called for a demonstration I'm guessing. The result was, well, what everyone expected: a rather violent explosion instead of the regular results of the spell."

"Really?" Colete blinked. "And how do you all expect it?"

"All her spells end up as an explosion, making a mess of the classroom and sometimes knocking out the teachers." The two Milletians looked at each other once more , wide eyes. "Unfortunately for her, it's why she is called 'Louise the Zero' and such, and also being the target of a lot of teasings by her classmates." Before they could react, the door opened and the girl of the topic walked out, her face showing her frustrations once more.

"You two. Follow me." She commanded once more. And thus, we bring them to Louise's bedroom. While not so large as a normal noble's bedroom, it was still larger than what Daine or Colete would see as a bedroom. Daine glanced at his companion, who returned with a surprised look as well, before turning to Louise. He turned away instantly, seeing her in the middle of changing her clothes.

"What are you doing?!" Daine yelled at Louise, still facing away.

"What do you think? I'm changing my clothes."

"In front of strangers, at least one of which is a male?" Colete raised her eyebrow.

"You two are mere commoners and my familiars. It doesn't matter if you're male or female. You're just pets."

"What the hell do you mean by commoners?" Colete stamped her feet as she glared at the summoner. "You've been saying that all day! And I'm no one's pet!"

"Neither of you can use magic, and that alone means that both of you are commoners. Besides, since you're both my familiars, you do count as pets."

"One, neither of us will be anyone's pet. Hell, I at least treat mine better than you do. Second... Have you just assumed that the entire time?" Colete sighed. Louise was in her night gown already, carrying her clothes. She stared at the Milletian.

"... What do you mean?"

"I can use the most advanced spells that me and Daine know, stronger than the ones that I've seen so far. Daine can also use magic, but only three basic spells." Colete glared at Louise. "Only Daine here is not associated with nobility. I myself am a Royal Alchemist." Colete declared.

Louise gasped, stepping back. "Y-you mean... You're a noble...? Dear Founder, I summoned a noble from her own home!"

"Uh, no." Colete giggled at Louise's reaction nonetheless. "Royal by title, but it doesn't make me noble. However, it's a title that can be temporarily gained, and only by few alchemists like me. It's one of the greatest titles anyone can obtain in Erinn."

Louise sighed. "Alright... But where is this Erinn?"

"It's an entire world." Daine said, still with his back turned. "And nowhere on the map of Erinn is a place called the Tristain Magic Academy."

"Eh?! But this is the most prestigious magic school in Tristain!" Louise shouted. "One of the most prestigious schools in Halkeginia!"

"... What is Halkeginia?" Daine turned around. In response, Louise threw him her clothes that she had taken off already, as she was now in the process of changing into her night gown.

"You're in Halkeginia, idiot!" Louise yelled.

"... That just reinforces my theory." Colete sighed. "We're in another world."

"Another world?!" Louise glared at Colete. "What do you mean another..." Her sentence was interrupted by a long yawn. She shook her head, sighing. "You know what? It's too late at night... We can talk about this tomorrow." The mage slowly walked back to her bed. Laying down, she covered herself with a blanket. The only way to identify her was with the pink hair she still revealed. "Get those clothes washed and wake me up tomorrow..."

"Yeah. Go get those washed, Daine." Colete chuckled.

"Why me?!" Daine glared at Colete.

"Who kicks who's butt here?"

"... At least go with me so that I won't get lost alone in this place..." Daine sighed in resignation. Colete giggled and nodded before the two left the room, leaving the sleeping little girl alone.

As they walked the halls, Daine groaned "What is it with her?"

"The fact that she just sent us through a building we don't know about with a task a servant can do instead? No idea." Colete shook her head, rolling her eyes. Daine shrugged and continued walking, his eyes rolling as well. While he contemplated on his situation, Colete began to hear a male and a female voice, with the female giggling to whatever the male was saying.

Parting from Daine for a few seconds, she activated her stealth skill before she poked her head into a large room. In the center was a fountain, where the blonde boy with an open shirt from earlier was flirting with a brunette. Oh great. There's people like HIM here... Sighing in annoyance, she walked back to Daine, who seemed to be talking to someone.

"Oh, my. I'm so sorry!" The stranger said. She had black hair and wore a maid's uniform which squeezed her chest rather tightly. Mind you, the maid was very busty, to the point in which Daine didn't even know that a chest size like that existed. Daine blushed and looked away, desperately trying to avert his eyes as they drift slowly to the maid's assets.

"A-ah... It's alright..." Daine said before calming himself down and facing the maid, more specifically the face. His eyes kept staring at the maid's eyes, though it seemed to intimidate her. "Are you a maid here?" Daine asked in a polite voice which relaxed the maid.

"Why, yes." The maid smiled. Ah... She looks so cute when she smiles... Daine thought. "My name is Siesta."

"I'm Daine. And this..." Daine turned to gesture to Colete, but... "Uh..."

"Hi!" Colete suddenly reappeared behind Siesta, surprising her. "I'm Colete!" Colete said cheerfully, though Siesta was still frightened by the sudden appearance of Daine's friend.

"Hey, Colete..." Daine sighed. "You're scaring her."

"Heh, heh, sorry." Colete chuckled. "Nice to meet you though, Siesta."

Siesta slowly relaxed once more, chuckling. "Yes... Nice to meet you both. What are you doing out here so late at night?"

"Ah... Our master... Louise.. sent us to wash these clothes, but we got lost." Daine explained. "Do you mind doing this for us and giving us a tour while you're at it?"

"No problem." Siesta replied cheerfully. "Just follow me." Daine smiled and Colete smiled back. As soon as Siesta walked away, Colete slapped Daine across the face.

"Men!" She growled, too quiet for the maid to hear. Colete then followed the maid, leaving Daine behind to nurse his bruise.

"Ow... What was that for?" Daine rubbed his cheek. "Are you that jealous of her chest...?" In two seconds, a certain foolish Milletian had a Crash Shot to his face.