H-hello. My name is Maya. This is my first fanfic so I hope you will all go easy on me. I hope whoever is reading this enjoys themselves with this fic.

Anyhow, enjoy~

Chapter 1: The Coldest Ice

The Springtime Familiar Summoning Ritual.

This event was an important event at Tristain's Academy of Magic. It was the event where the students could summon their very own Familiar, be it a mundane animal or a creature of magic, like a Dragon or a Manticore or even a Salamander.

Most students would be fidgeting in place, excited looks upon their faces as they wait to be called out by the teacher so they can begin their summoning.

Tabitha was not like most students.

She kept a cold, blank look on her face. Never once showing emotion of any kind. Her lips, her brow, her line of sight, all was in a mostly horizontally flat line, with the tiniest hint of going downwards.

Most students barely paid any attention to her, due to how she always keeps to herself and spends most of her time reading her books. Those that do pay attention know that she's a bookworm, she's stoic and says less than three words per sentence when replying to a question asked by another student.

"Quite exciting isn't it Tabitha? Being able to summon our own personal familiars like this."

Her best friend is no exception.

Tabitha let her eyes glance ever so slightly to the girl sitting next to her, a busty and tan skinned red head by the name of Kirche von Zerbst. A noble from the well-known Zerbst family of Germania. Known for producing very attractive women and fire mages.

Kirche was a typical Zerbst. She was haughty, attractive, cheerful, a good fire mage and had beautiful long red hair.

Oh, and like most Zerbst women, she had no qualms with using her body to get what she wanted. The amount of boys she's bedded in school was ridiculous. Ridiculous enough that Tabitha, as observant a girl as she is, has somehow lost count.

There's a saying somewhere about Zerbst women. 'The chances of finding a Zerbst who is a virgin is slimmer than finding a user of Void magic.'

"Taaabithaaa, you're ignooooring me~"

Tabitha glanced at Kirche again before turning back to her book with nothing more than a "Hn.".

"So cold Tabitha. As interesting as that book must be, the least you could do is answer me." Kirche pouted playfully.

"Summoning soon. Conserving energy." Was the quiet and monotone reply.

"Wait, are you saying that talking to me takes too much effort?"

"Hn."

"Ouch, that's cruel."

This was their daily routine.

Eventually, Tabitha's ears quirked a bit as she heard the teacher call her name. She snaps her tome shut and puts it down before walking towards the summoning circle, barely acknowledging Kirche's hoots of morale boosting.

"You can do it Tabby!"

Of course she could, she's the perfect student. And a triangle class Ice mage to boot. If she couldn't do a simple summoning then she'd eat her own book.

As she stood in front of the summoning array, she slowly lifted her wand and began quietly chanting the summoning spell.

"Hear me out, oh familiar spirit. Guardian being and partner for life. Heed this summoning and answer me. I wish to summon a being that matches my soul, a partner who will guard my back and a servant who will obey my orders."

As she chanted the words, the summoning circle lit up slowly, glowing a brilliant blue. Tabitha's eyes were shut in concentration as she chanted, her brow furrowed as her voice slowly became louder. Wind began to howl as her uniform's cloak and skirt began to ruffle in the wind. Her glasses reflected the bright light from the array as she began finishing the chant.

"If such a being exists, somewhere out there in there universe... then answer this call."

With that, a flash of light erupted from the summoning array.

And then the temperature plummeted.

As soon as the light died down, a cold mist began permeating the area, smoke still rising from the array as the familiar inside it was shrouded from view. The students began to shiver as they hugged their cloaks to their bodies. Kirche simply lit a fireball on the tip of her wand and used it to warm herself as she stared at Tabitha in curiosity. What on earth did she summon to make such a change in the place's temperature?

Her answer came in the form of the sound of raspy breathing and shuffling.

Tabitha stood there stoically as she watched something approach from the smoke. By now the mist was absurdly thick, she couldn't even see the ground anymore. Her glasses were clear though, she had enchanted it so it wouldn't fog up in cold temperatures.

Slowly, a tall figure began breaking through the mist. It was incredibly tall, much taller than herself and any of the students here. It was most likely about eight feet tall, maybe more. She could hear its slow and raspy breathing and the slow and the sound of something brushing together, making a small shuffling noise. Cloth? Hair?

Then the being's figure broke the mist and she felt her breath catch in her throat.

It was a strange being indeed. Its body was covered head to toe in some kind of blue fabric, forming a peculiar set of robes. The material covered its head like a hood and wrapped around its body like a poncho, leaving only the face, neck, hands and feet bare.

Its face was intimidating, a pair of large green insectoid eyes, glowing dully in the mist and a lipless mouth full of large teeth. Its skin was coal black, resembling some kind of chitin.

Its arms and legs were thin, almost spindly. Its hands had only three pointed fingers and a thumb on each hand. Its feet, barely visible in the mist, had two toes, almost like talons of a bird with a third toe-like extension on its ankle. Its knuckles, forearm, legs and the top of its feet had some kind of light blue plating, almost like a cross between chitin and ice. This plating was also visible on its cheeks, like a tribal tattoo.

This... Creature... was humanoid, but was something far beyond anything she could have imagined summoning. It was powerful, she could tell from how its mere presence changed the very temperature of the area and the sheer intimidation she felt from looking into its eyes. She's never been intimidated by any creature, she's stared death in the face and didn't even flinch and yet this creature is making her break into cold sweat just from staring at her.

"...who... are you..?"

With that, Tabitha let her guard drop as her jaw dropped with it.

This thing was intelligent.

"...Tabitha. My name is Tabitha." she answered quietly. The hooded creature tilted its head at her, almost calculatingly as it slowly hunched over to bring its head to her level. It stared at her in the eyes for several seconds before exhaling slowly, its breath creating frost on Tabitha's glasses somehow, much to her shock.

Yet to her credit, she didn't even so much as blink.

"Your... eyes... are cold..." the being said softly, raising its left hand and gently tilting down Tabitha's glasses to reveal her azure eyes. "They are... ice... you... are ice..."

Tabitha knew what the being meant. Many people have commented behind her back that her eyes looked dull, almost lifeless. They have been like that ever since her mother went insane and the bastard king of Gallia began sending her out on suicide missions. The light called innocence hadn't existed in Tabitha's eyes in a long, long time.

"You... intrigue me... I... will follow you..." the creature said as it let its hands drop to its sides and it knelt in submission, its head bowed. The mist around the area began to thin, allowing the students to see what on earth Tabitha just summoned. All they heard were the murmurs of the being and Tabitha's equally quiet replies. Now that they could see the creature, they began whispering to each other in shock and excitement.

Kirche had her eyes wide full of pride and awe. "That's my Tabitha, look at that thing! Tabby, did you just summon an elemental?"

The bluenette did not reply and instead opted to finishing the contract as she waved her wand slowly, muttering the chant before gently pressing her lips to the creature's forehead, causing it to shift slightly in surprise, a strange light blue tint coloring where its nose was supposed to be before it faded. As it stood up to its full height, the students felt a bit of fear at how imposing it looked. Hooded, dark and standing little over eight feet, it was like a specter of death.

Suddenly it flinched and began to hiss, a horrible noise sounding like a mixture of a snake's hiss and the howl of a wraith as bright blue lights began etching themselves on its forehead, becoming a complex array of runes burned into its chitin. As soon as the runes died down, the being shook itself a little and visibly let its shoulders sag in relief. Apparently the runes etching themselves in its skin was quite a painful experience.

The familiar of Ice turned its head down to stare at its new master. The diminutive blue haired bookworm simply said one word.

"Name?"

And the being's mouth curved upwards a tiny bit, somehow smiling.

"Alcorzar."

S-so yeah. That's the first chapter. I-In case you couldn't tell, Tabitha just summoned a Necrofriggian from the Ben Ten universe.