Chapter 1; it begins

"Are you ready for the ceremony?" the priest asked kyo as they stood in the church, as kyo looked at the robe in the enchantment circle by his feet

"Yes "Kyo said in a low voice not looking at the priest" my servant shall be of the saber class correct?" he asked placing his hands up

"yes, it shall be incredibly powerful in the view of any other master or servants" the priest said looking at the robe

"I announce - Thy body shall be under my command, my fate shall be determined by thy sword. Follow the call of the Holy Grail. If thou wouldst obey this mind and this reason, then answer my call. I summon thy servant saber!" he called as the alchemy circle flared up around him, there was an explosion and smoke all around, as the priest and kyo looked, there standing before them was a knight in black armor holding a long blade in his hand

"You have summoned me, my master" he said bowing to kyo

"Servant, what is your heroic name and class" kyo said standing up straight to him

"I am of the saber class" he said strongly " and my name is duke"

One week later at myoki high school, tadase and crystal find themselves in class with issues

"When is class over? " tadase said to Crystal in their high school " I'm getting so bored!" tadase was a skinny teenager with emerald green eyes and dark brown shaggy hair , he was wearing a green sweater and white jeans

"Shhh! keep your voice down or you will get me in trouble" Crystal hissed at Tadase, looking at the board, Crystal was a slightly smaller than tadase, she wore a pink sweater and a blue skirt, she had pitch black hair that ran down half of her back and sapphire eyes

"Oh come on, like I could get you in trouble, you're the teachers A student! "He said shaking his head

" crystal, will you please answer question 3" their teacher melliore asked looking directly at them, he was slender, with black spiky hair and a dark skin tone, wearing a black jacket and jeans , he was in his mid-twenties

"Uhm..." crystal tried to stall, looking for the answer as tadase distracted her" I'm not sure..."

Sighing melliore looked away "alright onto the next lesson

crystal gave tadase a death stare and they went about their class, after class they began to walk home " you're an idiot!" crystal yelled at tadase hitting him on the shoulder " I told you I would get in trouble!"

"Hey, ow!" he said rubbing his shoulder "how was I supposed to know he would be watching us directly at that time?" he said with an irritated but sarcastic voice

sighing she kept walking " whatever, I'm going home I'll talk to you later" she said with a smile running down another path, leaving tadase behind she went home, while on her walk she thought about what she had found a few days back, a dark arrow head fragment, while thinking about it she also thought about what she was going to do at home " I might work on my magic.." she thought hastily

At crystals house.

"Roh!" she called out, toppling a can over in her kitchen

"that isn't easy is it dear?" crystals mother said watching her at the door "but I believe you are ready"

Crystal looked at her curiously "what do you mean mother?"

"please follow me" her mother said smiling, walking away obviously not asking for permission

Crystal caught up to her hastily wondering what was going on, they went into their basement "mother I thought I was not allowed down here..." she said nervously

" this time it is different" he mother said seriously, making crystal go silent and walk behind her without a sound, they got to the bottom and crystal gasped, looking around she saw potions and alchemy books all around, and finally a large alchemy circle on the floor

"I am going to tell you about the Holy Grail war, you see, I participated in it. You have heard of the holy grail right?" she asked curiously looking for a book

"Yeah I have, it was some famous cup king Arthur found right?" she asked tilting her head, not knowing what to think of anything she was hearing or seeing

"It is more than that, it is a godly item sent here, and I participated in the last Holy Grail war, our family is of powerful magi and hence have incredible magic capabilities. The Holy Grail itself appears when one defeats the other 6 master and servants. masters are the contenders in the fight and control the summoned spirits they call servants, who are heroes from time in history " she said lifting up a book that was dusty and old " now then, crystal, you have practiced magic your whole life, do you realize what I am asking of you?" she said not looking at her daughter

"Yeah... you want me to participate in this...Holy Grail war?" she said a little more seriously

" concentrate your mana crystal, and summon the command seals used to control your servant, I know you have not learned much of this and I wish we had the time to discuss more of it in better detail" she said looking through the book

" a-alright..." crystal said, holding out her hand she focused her energy, then her hand burst out red blazing lines and swirls, crystal was shocked and screamed slightly at the sight. Though her mother smiled

" that's good, this means you will actually be a master in the war, do not worry sweetie, you can do this" she said putting a few more marks onto the alchemy circle at their feet " do you have the arrowhead fragment you found the other day?"

"Yeah I have it" crystal said going through her bag, bringing it out "here you go"

Her mother took the piece and placed it in front of the circle "stand in the circle and take the book crystal" she said holding the book to her casually

Crystal walked into the circle and took the book, looking at the page she looked at her mother "this is an incantation..."

You will be summoning your servant crystal, read and repeat the words in the book." she said sitting down with a smile

"Alright..." crystal said reading it over "I announce, Thy body shall be under my command, my fate shall be determined by thy sword. Follow the call of the Holy Grail. If thou wouldst obey this mind and this reason, then answer my call. I summon thy servant archer!" as crystal said this the alchemy circle encircled crystal and burst outward, crystal fell back onto her back coughing, she looked up, as a person in pure white stood before her, with pitch black hair going around his eyes

"you have summoned me, what is your name, my master" it said looking toward her casually, he leaned down in a slight bow to show her authority

Crystal stumbled getting up "m...my name is crystal, what is your name?" she asked looking up at him as he was taller than her

" I am the archer class, though I prefer having my identity hidden for safety against other servants" he said standing up, he held a silver bow in his hand but it burst into ashes quickly and he sat down in a seat behind him

Crystal's mother got up smiling widely now "Archer, you are the servant of my daughter crystal, we would like to know your identity as it would be helpful in making a plan against the other masters."

"I see...my name is Illiad" he said with a grin" but refer to me as archer please it is more respectable."

Crystal looked at him bewildered, she had never seen anything this in her life before, from all the things going through her head also, she toppled over, passing out entirely, only hearing her mother call her name as she fell before going into black

The next day crystal woke up in her bed panting, was it all a dream? She thought, she got up and got dressed for school, she walked out into the kitchen and look at the table seeing her mother and archer sitting their talking " oh my god this really happened..." she said putting her head down

Archer looked at her and smiled "good morning crystal, did you sleep well?"

"Yeah I did...so hey, you're...my servant?" she asked sitting down beside her mother

"of course, you summoned me last night and passed out" archer said looking up at the light" so what are~" archer was cut off by crystal

"Get on your hands and bow to your master!" crystal yelled towards him with a smile, as her mother smacked her on the back of the head

"Treat him with respect, he is going to be your soldier in the fight" her mother said looking at her with an evil stare

"I'm sorry mother..." crystal said, looking at the clock she stood up straight "oh I have to go! I'll see you both after school!" she said running off without hearing what either of them said.

"she is to free spirited and is going to get in danger to quickly" archer said looking at her running to school.

"Give her time, once she understands the circumstances she will be a good ally "her mother said smiling.

At myoki high school.

tadase was going on about his usually gloating about how he was cool and no one could fight him, crystal barely gave any thought to it though, she had her mind on what her mother said " he will help you fight the other six masters and servants" she thought, she just couldn't get off the thought of it and how she was a master because of her mark, she looked at tadase finally, thinking she was sitting down he was standing and she saw his hand, her eyes widened as she looked, seeing the same marks she had on her hand, on his as well, a shiver went up her spine " I'm going to have to fight tadase...?" she thought with a slight panic.