Chapter 1 the broken straw

A/n: just another experiment story that I want to try out. This time with a much younger main character, And a whole lot more of how much of an asshole I am to my oc's in general. My friend Blade runner308 wanted to add in another oc into my work and I said yes. So yeah, Another experiment story for my own personal fun. Feel free to say whatever you want.

Now, Let's fuck up- I mean, Let's see how this shall begin.

P.s. Louise is going to be more sympathetic to my character. I know, I know that you all want the Louise who is an absolute cunt 24/7. But no...being an endless bitch doesn't make you a good character. It only makes me want to hate that person even more. I fully understand Louise's frustration and her having her feelings hurt by her peers by how she is made fun of because of how she can't do magic at first, But seriously. That asshole (yes asshole) attitude makes me want to just turn off my iPad and take out my frustration with some good old armored core for answer. So yes, Every time that I write a familiar of zero fanfiction, My version of Louise is always sympathetic and nice. Yes she'll get angry, But not always be such an angry little shit.

-Boston, Hospital-

Rain...it didn't stop for the past 3 hours now. And it was getting worse.

It's been over 1 whole year.

1 whole eventful year.

And possibly one of the worst years of Kyle Scherer's life.

Kyle sighed as he looked out the window watching the rain as he was in a chair slouching as the dark dim room was illuminated by the faint light outside by the grey clouds and what little light from the sun there was. Kyle had spent 1 year in the hospital with his older brother Steven.

Kyle gripped his seat tightly with his new prosthetic automail hands that he had received last year when his family was sent to the hospital. He lost his original limbs in an accident that he tries to forget, As the accident costed his parents life and put his older brother on life support and in a permanent coma.

It also didn't help that Kyle was born with a tumor that literally took away his ability produce voiced sound. It was known as Aphonia. Sadly there was no cure for it, And Kyle's parents even tried with surgery to help fix this issue. It didn't work and it only gave him a permanent stitched large zig zag scar on his neck that he hides with his older brothers green scarf. However this major flaw of Kyle's wouldn't stop his older brother Steven from bonding with him.

And so for the past 12 years Steven taught Kyle how to communicate in different ways:

First they tried sign language. However Kyle hated that.

Then there was writing and Kyle enjoyed doing that more than sign language.

And then their was his absolute favorite: lip-speaking.

Steven and Kyle would spend hours using this technique for the rest of their life. And although Kyle couldn't produce voiced sounds, He could be understood when he moved his lips in front of people for them to read his words. This worked well for him and it was helpful for people to understand what he was saying as they carefully read his lips. Kyle absolutely loved and adored his older brother Steven for helping him with getting around his lack of a voice.

This also allowed Kyle to use it to his advantage as he could say what he wanted at his own fast pace since some people wouldn't be able to understand him and assumed that he was silently talking to himself. He also began to collect small 5x3 notebooks for writing down notes or using some for conversations if one couldn't understand what he was saying through lip-speaking.

He also developed his older brothers shallowness and picky habits which was one thing that he regretted doing, But despite this problem, His older brother Steven was his hero and motivation. And he didn't want anything bad to happen to him or his family.

However that all changed on his 12th birthday when his father had saved up enough money for them to go on a trip for his birthday. This was, At the time for Kyle, The best day ever. But now it was considered the most horrific thing that happened to him and his family. The family had gotten into a serious car crash, The aftermath resulted in the death of both of Kyle's parents, Him losing his whole left arm and his right forearm, And his brother Steven was unconscious and was bleeding from his head.

They were taken back home to Boston and for over a year, Steven was put on life support in order for him to even survive and was still unconscious, While Kyle had to undergo automail surgery. It took him a year to recover from the surgery, And it took him three months to finally get the hang of his automail prosthetics. Now at the age of 13 years old he had stayed with his brother for over that year sharing the same room with him. He would speak with his unconscious brother, Hoping that he could hear him and eventually respond back to him.

The doctor came into the room as Kyle turned his attention to him as the doctor walked over to him and stood before him. The doctor made sure to fully understand Kyle's lip speaking and he made sure to make others do the same as well.

"What do you want...?" Kyle said silently through his lips. The doctor carefully read what he said as he sighed, The man knew that he would have to tell him about this, And it was something that Kyle refused to hear. "Kyle...-sighs- about your brother Steven-".

"Stop! Don't say another word!" Kyle interrupted "He'll wake up...it's been over a year now...".

The doctor leaned down to Kyle's level "I know that it has been a year my boy" he said "But we can't...we don't have enough funds to keep him alive. I'm sorry Kyle...I truly am, But we have to pull the plug on your brother" he said. Then as the doctor figured what would happen next, Kyle got up from his seat and tried to lunge at him as the doctor held his prosthetic arms to the side to try and calm him down.

"You jackass! He's my older brother! He's all I've got! You guys are murderers! You guys are killers!" Kyle Silently shouted at the doctor as he struggled with him. The doctor just kept Kyle's arms to the side still as he let the young man vent out his frustration and rage.

The doctor then placed Kyle back into the chair and held his arms down to his side. "Kyle! Kyle! I know that you're upset about this. Believe me, I am too. But we can't anymore, We just can't. You're the only survivor of that accident and you almost died from the shock when you had to get the automail surgery. We thought of everything that we could to keep your brother alive, But the results came up with a drawback each time we thought that we had a solution. Kyle...I'm sorry, But we have to pull the plug on your brother Steven today...".

Kyle stopped struggling with the doctor as he began to calm down, He was still angry, But just glared at the doctor as he looked over at his brother Steven then back at him. "What about me...? What happens to me?" Kyle silently asked him. The doctor leaned up as he rubbed his chin.

"You'll be placed into an orphanage, And maybe you'll be adopted by a family". Kyle rolled his eyes at the doctors answer "I'd rather stay here than go to an orphanage" he muttered under his breath quickly so the doctor couldn't understand what he just said. The doctor looked at him, Not sure as to what he said since he said it so quickly in his quiet tone. The doctor assumed that Kyle had said that "It might be alright" as he then smiled at him.

"Yes it will be alright" the doctor said "You'll make lots of friends at your age, And who knows, Maybe you might form a family there too". Hearing that made Kyle's left eye twitched, 'You jackass...that's not what I said you heartless jerk!' Kyle thought as he put on a fake smile for him.

"Well, I guess I should say goodbye to my brother then" Kyle silently said as he walked over to his brother's unconscious form as he then hugged him tightly and smiled at him, Holding back his tears.

"You're my hero, You know that? You never treated me with any ill will. Nor have you seen me as a liability. You helped me as best as you could, And I...I thank you for that dearly Steven. You gave me a voice in your own way, As well as a few habits and hobbies of yours. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I'm...going to miss you, Mom, And dad. I'm sorry...I don't mean to abandon you like this...but...but...I love ya man!" Kyle finished as he then looked at the doctor as he nudged his head over to his brother's life support cable behind his bed as Kyle then walked over to the door.

"I'll be outside when you're done..." Kyle uttered as the doctor read his words carefully and nodded back at him as he walked over to his brother's bed. Kyle had opened the door halfway as he walked out as then heard the doctor carefully lean down and pull out the cord as he heard the life support machine then flatline. Kyle tighten his fists as he held back his tears as he then walked outside of the room. He then placed his automail hand on his brother's green scarf that was tightly wrapped around his neck and sighed, He moved his other hand over his disconnected undercut green and black hair as he then looked at his side to make sure that he had everything. He had his military messenger bag on him as he then opened it as he saw that he had only his large amount of notebooks and pens and two black sharpies in it as he then closed it and proceeded to walk out of the hospital.

The staff at the door was too busy flirting to even notice him leave, Kyle smirked as he then proceeded to head home as he pulled out one of his notebooks that he had in his pocket with the words "Personal conversions" labeled on the front of the notebook in black sharpie. He opened it and proceeded to write where he left off last year:

Steven, It's Kyle. I'm heading home to lock up everything, So don't worry nobody's going to take away your iPhone and iPad with all of your Valkyrie connect information on it. I'm so hooked on that game thanks to you! You were so mad at me for getting all of the coolest weapons than you, Hell I even did research on that app game and I know all the weapons from memory and their skills! I'm obsessed -sighs- anyway...after I get everything finished at home...I'm coming to see you, Mom, And dad. You remember that bridge? You know, The one under construction? That's where I'm making my mark. I'll see you real soon.

After Kyle finished writing he then made his way home.

-meanwhile in Tristain-

Halkeginia, A world that has mythical beasts, Unique counties, Nobles and peasants, And most of all, Magic. It is at the Magical Academy of Tristain where people of noble birth who are born with magic can learn of their skills with the magical arts and test them. Today is for the second years annual summoning of a familiar.

Everyone was excited for this day, Well...everyone but Louise.

Louise was known at her school to be a "Zero" one who had a zero percentage rate in casting magic. Everyone made fun of her for this, And the lesser she not mention her families feelings on this matter the better, Save for her older sister who always believed in her. Jean Colbert, A fire mage and teacher of history was present for this year's summoning.

"Alright class, Today you'll all be summoning your familiars that will be sharing the rest of their lives with you" he said "Now everyone please line up in a single line and we can begin". Everyone did as Jean Colbert asked as they began. Louise was watching as she saw her peers summon different familiars. Even her family rival Kirche had an awesome familiar, A salamander that she named flame. Louise was getting cold feet as she decided to move behind her peers.

'Maybe they won't notice me...' Louise thought until Jean Colbert spoke up. "Alright, Has everyone had their turn?" He asked the second years. Kirche then smirked as she decided to put Louise on the spot for her amusement. "No Mr. Colbert, Louise hasn't done it" Kirche said smugly as she saw Louise glare at her behind some students as she walked forward into the center. All of the others then quickly took jabs at her.

"You think she'll summon anything?".

"Ha! No way! She's got a zero percent chance of summoning a familiar".

"This should be good to see her fail".

Louise heard their harsh words, That always bothered her, And for once she wished that she could have made at least one simple friend in the whole school.

But thanks to her infamous nature of only doing explosions and not magic everyone shunned her away, They didn't want to be related to a mage that couldn't even do magic. And this only made Louise feel even lonelier. That's when Kirche decided to take a jab at her "You know Louise, After hearing you boasting about how you'd summon the best familiar ever to me yesterday. I'm now dying to see what you'll summon" Kirche said "Who knows, Maybe you just might summon the best familiar out of everyone here".

After everyone heard that from Kirche they were now even more interested in seeing Louise pull off her summoning ritual. Louise sighed as she looked at her wand as she then concentrated on the ritual words as she spoke them, But in her own way:

"My familiar that exists in this vast universe! I call upon a familiar from the very bottom of my heart! By the pentagon of the five elements! Answer my call and appear!".

-back in Boston-

Kyle was sitting on the edge of the unfinished bridge as he looked up at the grey clouds above his head. He had finished locking the house up as he buried the house keys in the backyard somewhere, He honestly didn't care. All that mattered to him was ending his life right now and joining his family in the afterlife. Kyle sighed as he looked at his open personal notebook and began to write under the flaws section about himself and added the word suicide to his list.

"I'm broken..." Kyle silently said to himself "There's nothing left for me here...not anymore. Mom and dad are gone, And Steven's dead now...I'm the last one alive. Well...was the last one alive. I'm wasting time, Time to get this over with! Here I come you guys! The impact with the ground should break my bones in my body and smash my skull. It's time to join you...I'm coming home".

Kyle finished writing as he closed his notebook as he then put it in his pocket. He didn't have his cellphone on him, He figured that he didn't need it, And bringing it with him would only make things worse for him if he went through it's content; Mostly the photos. Kyle then proceeded to lean over a bit at the edge that he was sitting on.

He gulped, He was absolutely terrified, But his family mattered more than his own life. He took one big breath and then proceeded to push himself forward, Falling from the high unfinished bridge. He closed his eyes as he could feel himself falling faster and faster.

'I'll be home soon, Just hold on...' he thought. However as he glanced his right eye open, He then saw a large green portal at the bottom as he then opened both of his eyes. "What the hell?! Is...is that a gateway to heaven?" He said silently as he fell right through it as it closed behind him.

Kyle was falling from the sky now, He opened his eyes after he fell through the portal only to see grass, Blue sky and clouds, And from the looks of it, Some sort of castle.

"Huh? Heaven looks much more...fantasy like than I imagined" Kyle silently said to himself.

A/n: okay stopping here. Now, I know that many of you are wondering why Kyle is able to speak with his mouth, However as I stated in the story he has learned lip speaking. So every time he speaks I'll add in "silently said" as to indicate him using lip speaking. I apologize for how absolutely stupid that just sounded and how I addressed that to all of you as if you're idiots.

I absolutely apologize for that.

Now, Spoilers: Kyle's rune magic is basked off of Valkyrie connect. An app that I highly recommended that you play! He can only summon weapons and some of them are sentient (two of them are) and only the sentient weapons have a mind link with Kyle. I have written all of the pros and cons of his rune and will write them down in the story too.

So now for Kyle and Louise to meet! Rant and review in the comments section.