(February 5th 2015 – 11:30 AM – University, New York, Earth)
It was a tiresome morning, the professor was explaining and half of the class was not paying attention, Nathan, a lazy 24 brown haired boy, was part of the half that wasn't interested and decided to draw many things onto his notebook. This was his third year in the university but it was the second time he had to take the course since the last time he dedicated to play League of Legends in order to become professional and dropped in every possible class so he had more time to practice, needless to say he failed and wasted one year of his studies.
The notebook was filled with drawings from characters from different videogames, including LoL, his mind was in another place and the professor noticed it, he coughed trying to get everyone's attention and of course everyone did, except for Nathan.
¨Mr. Stilman, I appreciate that you take my class, again, but you'll find out that if you don't pay attention to my class there are even less chances for you to pass the exams. Am I clear?¨ The old teacher stared at him while most of the students did the same while the rest just decided to focus onto the board.
¨Crystal clear¨ Nathan muttered as he looked at the clock, it was almost time to leave.
The old teacher broke eye contact with the student as he looked at the rest, now a smug on his face ¨Alright students, you already know your homework, I hope to see you next week¨ He picked up his belongings and left the classroom that turned into a mess in no time.
Nathan stood up and placed his notebook in his backpack as well as the few pens he brought, before leaving the classroom someone stood by the door, stopping him.
¨Hey, it's nice seeing you getting caught eh?¨ The voice from Nathan's friend struck into his ears, his name was Clark, a person he met last year when back when he entered into the university. Unlike Nathan he was not keen onto League or any MOBA, instead he was a person who focused more onto strategy games.
¨Yeah yeah, fuck you¨ Nathan turned at his left and saw a person Clark brought to class today ¨I guess a lot of people asked you but I need to be sure: Who is she?¨
Clark gave his friend a signal to get close, he didn't want anyone else to hear the conversation ¨I have no idea. I found her in the street wearing some huge-ass gauntlets and weird clothes, she didn't seem like a bad person or anything¨
¨So you took in a girl from the street?!¨ Nathan was astonished, he wasn't sure about Clark being stupid; over confident or both ¨Dude, you can't do that. It's… it's not correct!¨
¨Hey hey hey, wait. The reason I did it, is because I felt some sort of connection with her¨ Clark moved his hands trying to explain the situation.
¨You ALWAYS feel same sort of connection with almost every girl you see¨ Nathan covered his face, embarrassed of his friend's stupidity.
¨Anyway, the oddest thing was that she was looking for her partner, she didn't told me any names though¨ Clark looked at the girl he brought ¨She didn't wanted to get recognized, so I lent her some clothes and she dyed her hair too¨
¨I think she doesn't have that feeling for men¨ Nathan laughed as they both turned looking at another girl talking to her friends ¨She was looking at that girl for the entire class¨
¨What? Claire? I mean, she is kinda cute but not that much, man¨ They both looked at Claire who was leaving the classroom, the girl who brought Clark also left behind her ¨Wait where are you-¨ Clark was stopped when Nathan put a hand in his shoulder and shook his head.
¨Do not follow her, she will come back eventually¨ Clark's friend smiled as he waved at him leaving the classroom.
(12:10 PM) Nathan went to the lockers area picking up another bag, as he checked inside he noticed there were some keys and valuable objects from him, he walked away still looking at the contents from his bag but crashed onto someone on his way making Nathan fall to the ground, the sound of metal and many other materials struck into the student's ears.
¨Hey, look where you're going you… moron¨ Nathan caressed his head as he raised it and saw that the person he crashed into was Clark's friend. ¨Oh sorry, didn't mean to say that¨ The man stood up and extended his hand trying to help the fallen girl.
¨Pay attention where you're walkin' twat!¨ The girl just shoved Nathan's hand away, looking around she saw that some of the bags she was carrying were now on the ground, one of them was open dropping its contents on the ground ¨Oh, no no no. Fuck¨ The girl whispered crawling towards the object that fell from the bag.
Nathan was amazed, the thing that fell from the girl's bag was a huge metallic gauntlet, identical to ones Vi wears in League ¨Woah, do you play League of Legends? I mean, that thing is something a character uses in the game¨
The girl raised her head, she was looking at him with a mixture of confusion and anger. She stood up and pinned him to the wall ¨You seem to know a lot about me and the League and me. Who are you?¨ She saw fear on the face of Nathan which helped her get some answers.
¨What? I-I just asked you if you played a game, no need to get hard on me!¨ Nathan managed to release from the girl's grasp and taking some distance from her ¨Let's start from the beginning. My name is Nathan Stilman, I'm a student here, please don't kill me¨ For every step he was backing the girl was going forward.
She stopped when Nathan got trapped between the wall and her again, she smiled and inspected the scared student ¨You seem to have some sort of power within you, yet it is not as powerful as the other girl¨ The stranger turned away placing the metallic gauntlet back on the bag and picked the other one as well.
¨Wait, other girl?¨ Nathan shook his head, trying to avoid the other person to leave just yet ¨Mind if I ask you something while we walk?¨ He smiled at the girl but she wasn't paying any attention at him. ¨Alright, let's begin with the basics. I told you my name so I guess it would be very polite if you told me yours¨
¨How about you get out of my sight, prick?¨ The girl was not happy being followed by Nathan
¨So I guess I should treat you as if you were Vi, ok¨ He coughed trying to clean his throat ¨Alright Vi now that we are here talking, I want to ask you a favor, it's about my friend, Clark¨
The Vi girl laughed at such words from Nathan ¨That guy think just because he helped me get on my feet that night I owe him something¨
¨Well, whatever he told you, please promise me this. At least say something to him so he gets calm, like... I don't know: Thank you but I have to leave. Something like that would work¨ He looked at the outside where many of the students were already leaving the university or were just walking around.
¨Look, I 'preciate that you try to help me but seriously, being so nice to random people will get you a punch to your face. Trust me, I would've done it already… more than once¨ Vi muttered dropping the bags on the ground and resting her arms onto the wall.
¨Alright Vi, I have another question, what's that thing on your face?¨ Nathan pointed at a band aid that was covering her left cheek ¨Let me guess, that's where your tattoo is, right?¨
The girl touched the band aid and sighed ¨You, your friend and that girl Claire are all boring and deserve to get hit in the face¨
¨Oh, so if that's the case then punch me¨ Nathan challenged the girl who turned at him, she raised her arm and hit Nathan quite hard in the nose making him fall. He was very surprised since she actually punched him, his nose was bleeding and the back of his head was hurting due to the fall ¨What the fuck?! Why would you do that?¨ Nathan yelled.
¨You asked to be punched in the face! What else you wanted me to do?¨ Vi sighed and looked at the window, she then turned back to the downed Nathan and grabbed her bags ¨Look, I can't stay here anymore. I have to meet with someone that is, of course, more important than 'ye. So please, have a nice day¨ Vi turned heading towards the entrance.
Nathan stood up, his left hand on the nose trying to not avoid any more blood from falling, while his right hand was focused on getting a handkerchief from his bag ¨… Bitch…¨ that was the only thing he whispered before picking up all of his stuff from the floor and heading towards the parking lot.
On his way back, Nathan had to stop at every possible red light so there was nothing to do but to see what New York had to offer, however the amount of traffic and people in the streets blocked most of his vision and the only things he was able to see were the canopies and signs from the buildings at his sides. His car didn't have a radio and thus Nathan had to grab his phone and use its integrated radio and listen to it.
¨*laughs* Now onto some more news from the web, a lot of people may have heard about the popular online game League of Legends. Well, it has been informed by the developers that their servers haven't been working for a couple of days. Riot Games believes that their security of their servers was breached by hackers and they are trying to fix this issue and have their services back online as soon as possible. Maybe this are some good news after all, maybe the children will have more time to walk outside of their houses *laughs*-¨
The voice of the radio was cut since Nathan changed the station with a disapproval look on his face ¨Walk outside my ass! What kids nowadays need is to get good¨ He chuckled changing the station to a music one ¨(I wonder how that crazy girl is doing)¨ Nathan thought to himself as he stopped at another red light and saw in front of him the hordes of people walking from one side to the other.
¨What if… she was the actual Vi? Of course that would be stupid, it's just a game but I can already imagine how some champions would be faring in this world¨ Nathan chuckled ¨Like… what if Zyra had to live in a big city like this. I would just laugh at how she would crumble… or destroy us¨ He stopped chuckling and turned his head to the right and saw a mother with her son looking at Nathan who was talking alone in his car ¨Yeah, I do speak alone so mind your own business miss!¨ He raised the side window and stepped on the pedal advancing through the busy streets.
(February 5th 2015 – 3:20 PM– Nathan's apartment, Earth)
It took a lot of time for Nathan to arrive to his apartment, once the car was parked in the underground garage he decided to go to a fast food restaurant in order not to cook any meals for himself. When he finally arrived at his place he didn't wanted to be bothered, he turned off his cellphone and disconnected the phone from the plug.
¨At last, a sanctuary for me to rest¨ He dropped all of his bags from the university on the couch and sat by the computer desk, turning the PC on. On the League Reddit there were many posts complaining about the downtime of the servers and how Riot is not giving any actual explanation.
Since there were no League servers to play on Nathan just closed all the windows and headed to his bedroom setting the alarm to wake up at night, it was nice for him that he had a free day during the week, either to study or play League but since the latter was not available he didn't had any plans yet. Nathan closed his eyes but it took only a few seconds since the phone rang.
¨Of course! Just in time when I'm about to sleep¨ Nathan woke from the bed and walked towards the phone that was in the living room, he picked it up looking at the outside from the window, snow falling and a huge amount of people walking in the streets. ¨Hello?¨
¨Greetings, you may be wondering how am I talking to you, but do not be afraid. I will explain everything you need to know¨ The voice of an old man was coming from the phone.
¨Clark, for fuck sakes. That stupid girl of yours gave me a punch to the face so-¨
¨I'm afraid I am not the person you refer to as Clark, let me introduce myself. My name is Arlor, High Summoner in the Institute of War. And you are?¨
Nathan chuckled on the line ¨Right, another person who roleplays. Ok, let me get this fast: Don't call to my house. If you keep doing it I-¨ He looked down and saw that the plug from the phone was not connected, yet someone was speaking to him. Scared he quickly ended the call. ¨Ok that was weird¨ He sighed walking back to the bedroom.
¨I'm sorry, my telepathic abilities are not the best ones. What did you say?¨ The voice from the old man was now stuck in his head, speaking to him.
¨What the hell? Where are you?¨ Nathan panicked, he grabbed an empty flower pot and was turning everywhere trying to find the source of the voice.
¨You should not be afraid young one. If you need answers to calm you then I will give them to you¨ The sound of Arlor coughing inside of his head was scaring Nathan even more ¨You are a special person, someone who is able to summon champions into the battlefield. In our world they are called Summoners, and they use this champions to protect the land from future conflicts¨
¨Wait, that's something similar to LoL's lore¨ The university student was walking towards the door just to find that it was closed ¨What do you want from me?!¨
¨I'm just a person whose objective is to inform you about your destiny. However I do not see that much power in you, unlike the other kids¨
¨Other kids? Wait, does that mean there's more like me? More… Summoners?¨ Nathan was now curious, he didn't have a way out so if this was his last moment alive at least he wanted to know more, even if it wasn't true.
¨Indeed, as a matter of fact, you already met a champion¨
¨Wait… that can't be… I met the real Vi? No way, no fucking way¨ Nathan shook his head as he sat on the ground covering his face ¨This is bullshit, this day has been strange already but, come on!¨
¨Your day is not over young Summoner. There is a person you might be meeting sooner or later. Sadly I am afraid I don't know who this person is, but he or she will find you. The champions always manage to find their Summoners¨
¨What do you mean by that?¨ Nathan yelled at the voice in his head but it seemed that he left ¨Hello? Weird Summoner guy? Shit¨ He stood up from the ground and headed towards his bedroom again with the flowerpot still in his hand ¨If someone is going to come for me then I should be armed…¨ Nathan fell on his bed leaving his weapon by the side of the bed, he closed his eyes waiting for the sleep to embrace him.
(22:30 PM) The alarm activated and it hit Nathan making him fall from the bed, he raised his hand and turned off the annoying sound. The Summoner walked to the kitchen and saw through the windows that the night has arrived, there were few to almost no one in the streets, the sounds from the cars were now replaced by the music from the radio.
¨Let's see if someone cared for me while I was asleep¨ Nathan picked up his cellphone and turned it on, the screen showed around 4 missed calls from Clark and a message from his as well: Call me when you're up.
Before making the callNathan was hungry and so he called for a pizza delivery, in the meantime until his dinner arrived he had enough time to call his friend.
¨Yo¨ The voice from Clark could be heard from the other side of the cellphone.
¨What do you mean by Yo? You wanted me to call you right?¨ Nathan made a facepalm.
¨What? Nate? Oh, right! I was going to ask you if you've seen the girl from today. She hasn't arrived yet… and I'm starting to worry¨ Clark's voice had a worrying tone.
Nathan sighed, he doesn't want to remember Vi and for the sake of his friend he shouldn't worry about her ¨Yeah, I did. She told me she found another place to stay so you don't have to be worried¨ The Summoner was about to cut but his friend was still talking on the other side.
¨Oh… I see, did she say anything about me? Gave you anything? A phone number… or something?¨
¨Clark… really, you should stop-¨ Nathan was cut when the bell from the entrance rang ¨Look, I have to go now, dinner arrived. So if you're still awake I'll call you¨ He ended the call and placed his cellphone on the cupboard.
As he was going down the elevator he noticed he hadn't changed his clothes since he arrived from the university, a pair of sneakers, a pretty worn out pair of blue jeans, a black and brown winter coat and a black shirt with the Pentakill logo on front. Nathan opened the door noticing something odd, the delivery wasn't there, yet his pizza was on the ground with a note on top of it.
¨Congratulations, this pizza is on the house¨ The Summoner whispered, a smile was drawn onto Nate's face, maybe this strange day wasn't that bad for him. Before going back in, he saw that the door from the garage was open. ¨One day someone will enter into the building and rob us from the inside¨ Nate sighed walking towards the garage, from the inside the switch that could open or close the gate was broken, what was more weird was the fact that there was something around the broken switch.
Nathan touched the mysterious white thing, it was translucent, it had the form of a crystal but it was very cold when he touched it making his hand just kick back. It was ice that seemed to be stuck in the wall and the broken switch.
¨This… is not regular ice¨ The Summoner placed his hand again on the cold crystal but this time it wasn't freezing him. The ice was now melting in his hand, turning into water that disappeared once it touched the ground ¨What the hell is this?¨ Nathan's face was hard to describe, it changed from surprise to a panicked state.
¨That is true ice you fool!¨ The voice of a woman came from behind him, as he turned he saw something what thought it was impossible.
The woman was wearing a full battle armor that covered most of her body, the shoulder pads were protecting what appears to be wool clothing that could keep her warm, even during the coldest winters. Her head was protected by a horned helm, however the left horn was missing. Her right hand was holding a sturdy rope that went straight to the ground where a flail was resting, it made of the same crystal (called true ice by the armored lady) as the one that is by the switch.
¨Wait… I know you… you are-¨ Nathan pointed at her but couldn't finish his sentence because she hit his face with the flail making the Summoner fall unconscious when he touched the ground.
¨That is not the correct way to speak to the future queen of the Freljord¨ The lady huffed walking by the fallen student and raised him over her shoulder taking him outside of the garage and away from his home.
Wait, what is this? This ain't Summoning Magic! WE DEMAND EXPLANATIONS!
Basically I had this idea on my mind for a week already and thought: Oh, it might be a good idea to make a spin off or something.
And thus this idea was born. Since it's a spin off it will not intervene during the main story (Though the actions from Summoning Magic may affect Nathan and vice versa) but keep an eye for references.
Here's a special note: It will take more time for this story to get updated, unlike Summoning Magic which is my main project at the moment (so you may see one or two chapters from the main story before an update into this one).
While I was working on this one I had many ideas for the next chapter of SM. Expect it soon!
This may be another story but after all it's the same author and this endings wont't change so you already know:
See you in the next chapter ;)
