Welcome dear readers.

A few disclaimers beforehand.

First: English is not my native language and though I would like it if any mistakes are pointed out, I would prefer it if any criticizers could keep this in mind when writing their comments.

Second: the characters that are not from "the familiar of zero" are characters I intend to use in a story that I am writing. This fanfiction is mostly meant to practice my writing skills and to give myself a rough idea of my own character's personality. I find it easiest to write my characters into stories and discover how I want them to handle different situations. This way I can get a better concept of their personalities for in my own story. Therefor it is possible for them to sometimes do or say things that might not correlate with their personality. I am sorry if this happens and I ask your forgiveness if this ruins the story. I am always open to feedback so long as it is meant as constructive criticism and not as story bashing.

Third: I don't own "the familiar of zero" and do not plan to make any money from this fanfiction. As stated before, I am writing this story to flesh out my own characters and to practice writing, nothing more nothing less.

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Thoughts

Spells (in later chapters)

Chapter 1. Magical mishap

Looking at the massive dust cloud that her spell caused, Louise could only hope that whatever her familiar was, it had survived the blast. Oh how much she wished for her familiar to be an elegant and strong creature. Something that would prove to everyone that she was not a zero, that she could do magic, that she was not a noble in name only. Her thoughts where however interrupted by a loud, echoing voice coming from the center of the still lingering dust cloud.

-ERSAN! You complete idiot of a mage, are you even capable of doing experiments that DO NOT ALMOST KILL US! And who is this poor sod on the ground!? Did you even cause trouble for citizens because if you did….

The screaming voice was cut off by male apologetic voice:

-Calm down Alice please, I am not sure what happened but the portal should not even be able to transport more than two people, I made sure of it. He must have used some other means to teleport. The more likely explanation is that during our time between portals we somehow got mixed up with the travel path of that boy.

–Sure blame someone else for this, YOU said you could bring us to Imgrad in a flash. YOU wanted to test your "revolutionary" teleportation spell. I don't know why I even agreed, I should have expected that your experiment would end up causing problems, because they always do. No matter how you twist this, this is YOUR fault. Don't blame someone else!

As the smoke started to clear Louise could see the silhouettes of two figures. The first was a knight in armor complete with slit helmet , if she had not heard the echoing female voice ,she might have thought it was a man in that armor. The knightess was in a heated discussion with the second figure: a tall man dressed in what looked like a mix between a robe and travelers clothing.

Louise did not know what to think of this. These two where her familiar? They certainly did not look weak (especially the knightess) but neither did they look elegant. Especially hearing their heated argument they sounded almost comical together. Was it even possible to summon humans as familiars? And two no less? Was she even allowed to have two people as familiars?

She made a hopeful glance at her teacher Colbert for confirmation, but the bald teacher was looking intensely at the spectacle before them. His face showing only curiosity with a hint of worry at the situation.

Finally all the smoke had cleared and Louise could now see the details of the two figures standing in the rubble. The armor of the knightess was iron grey and, though in good condition, sported many blemishes and dents some of which seemed to have been made quite recent. Louise could only imagine what kind of battles its owner must have gone through. On her side was a hilted sword and on her back was an iron shield of more than a meter long.

The man standing next to her looked…weird. He was mostly dressed in shades of brown cloth that looked too expensive for a commoner but was certainly not noble in origin either. At his right side hung a shoulder bag and on his right was a big leather-bound book which seemed to be kept in place with multiple straps. Curled brown hair adorned his head making him look a bit sheepish. His eyes however looked bright and calm. Giving him the appearance of someone who could keep his cool in almost any situation. All his clothes and even some part of his hair had small burn marks and stains.

Surprisingly enough there was a third person in the rubble: a young boy, seemingly no older than Louise lay unconscious at the feet of the first two. He was dressed in commoner's clothes and had dark brown hair and, in Louise's opinion, simply looked like an unremarkable commoner.

While Louise was taking this all in, the argument of the knightess and the strange man continued.

-Honestly if these are the dangers that come with your teleportation. Then I don't think any sane person would even consider it.

-Alice please, all new ideas have some small mistakes in the beginning. I think your exaggerating.

-EXAGGERATING!? Look at my armor, I just had the dents taken out last week and look at it now. You know you are paying for the repairs right. And besides I don't know where we are but it sure as hell does not look like Imgrad

-Okay, First the reason we were thrown of course was because we collided with that boy during the transit. And Second I don't know where that explosion came from but you cannot blame all magical mishap on me. You always….

Suddenly both of them realized that they were being looked at and stopped their banter to look around them

-Ehm… Ersan do you have any idea who these children are?

-Honestly your guess is as good as mine.

The man seemed scan through the crowd until he saw Colbert. As soon as their eyes met a friendly smile came to his face as he climbed out of the rubble towards Colbert. When they stood face to face he asked:

-Good evening, my name is "Ersan Firmea" researcher of the royal academy and that knight over there is my companion "Alice of Salain". I know this may seem strange but I can assure you that we mean you no harm. This is simply a spell gone awry. Could you be so kind as to tell us where we are?

As he said this the man held out an insignia depicting an owl on top of an open book. Colbert, stunned by the forward approach of the sheepish looking man and confused by what he had said quickly stammered out a reply:

-T-Tristian academy of magic.

The smile that previously adorned the man's face was now replaced with a look of confusion. Meanwhile the knightess that had climbed out of the rubble too and now stood next to him looked up at the sky in awe.

-hey Ersan.

-not now Alice, I am trying to remember if I know any academies with that name.

- But Ersan.

-hmmm…Tristian…Tristian…..perhaps, no that is the academy of Terlain. Why have I never heard of this academy?

The third time the Knightess named Alice forewent words and forcefully moved the scholar's head to look up at the sky, his words of protest turning into gapes of awe.

-HEY! What do you think you are…? Oh….There are….two moons?

-Yeah.

Alice replied in a tone that, even through her helmet, started to sound angrier with every passing minute.

-Still think this is not a big deal?

-N-Now just hold on, I know your upset but before you start let us first ask.

The man named Ersan franticly tried to calm his companion down and quickly turned back to Colbert.

-This question may sound strange but was anyone here using a lot of magic a minute ago?

Colbert had calmed down from the initial shock and now answered calmly:

-as it happened Miss Valiere over there was in the middle of summoning her familiar when you showed up. But I also have a question for you. Where exactly do you….

Before he could finish his sentence Ersan had already turned around, glad that he had an excuse for the situation.

-See? It wasn't my fault someone else was summoning something here. I don't know what a familiar is but clearly this place was meant for that boy and we just happened to get pulled along.

This clearly did not entirely please his companion. Who snorted in annoyance.

-don't think you're off the hook yet. It is still your fault that we ended up here, end that still does not explain the explosion on arrival.

Once again the pair turned to Colbert, who was now annoyed by the fact that these two kept ignoring him. Nevertheless he told them about Miss Valiere's "unique" condition

-Miss Valiere's spells tend to end up creating explosions. But you have not answered my question yet. Where…

However, once again his question was ignored by the knight and the scholar.

-See? It wasn't my fault. You can't blame me for another person's magic.

-Hrmpf … I still don't believe you had no part in this.

Finally Colbert lost his cool and, more in desperation than in anger, he shouted through their discussion.

-NOW BOTH OF YOU LISTEN TO ME! I have tried to be decent here, but you cannot keep ignoring me. So now you answer MY questions. WHO are you? And where are you from? PLEASE explain the situation to me before I call the guards.

The scholar named Ersan was clearly shocked and though her expression could not be seen through her helmet, the knightess Alice was taken aback as well by the anger of the bald man before them.

While all this was unfolding Louise looked on in despair. Only she could summon a familiar that could infuriate the otherwise calm Colbert in just five minutes. Look on the bright side, it could always have been worse. At least they look stronger than that boy there. She thought as she looked back at the rubble to see that the commoner boy had finally woken up. She could just barely hear him mumbling to himself, though for some reason she could not understand what he said.

-Wait… where am I? What was that green portal?

His deep brown eyes looked in fear around him. When he saw the pair, now viciously in discussion with Colbert, his eyes lighted up in recognition. He prepared to climb to them but Louise stopped him. If that boy joined their conversation it could only make things even worse than they already where. She had to make sure that did not happen. Colbert already seemed angry and she had no idea what would happen if this scene continued.

-You. Stop and tell me who you are, commoner.

She tried to carry her voice with as much dignity as she could muster. After all, even in this mess she was still a noble and would try to act as one. Therefore a certain amount of disdain was precedent, was it not? This however proved pointless as the boy only tilted his head in confusion. Once again he answered in a language she did not understand. She did however notice that, even though he could not understand her, he had noticed her tone of disdain and did not like it. The boy quickly ran past her, Louise unable to hold him, climbed towards the three arguing "adults".

Both parties (Colbert and the two strangers) had calmed down enough for a normal conversation now. Colbert had a gist of the situation but summarized it to be certain

-So, Correct me if I am wrong but you claim to be from a different world? One with only one moon?

-Yes

-And in this world you are a mage? He pointed to Ersan. -And you are his "guardian"? Now he pointed to the knightess.

-yes, that would be close enough.

Colbert sighed heavily. Never in all his years did a summoning ritual cause this much of a headache.

-And the Boy? Is he part this "entourage" of yours?

Faced with this question the knightess and the scholar looked at each other. But before they could answer the boy joined them and said something to the scholar in a language Colbert could not understand. To his surprise Ersan's answer was perfectly understandable.

-we are trying to work that out as well. So just wait a minute.

Curious as to what language the boy spoke Colbert asked

-what is he saying? And how can you even speak Halkegian if this is not your world?

Before Ersan had the chance to explain they heard a loud bang. Both Colbert and Ersan looked back to see the unfortunate boy lying on his back, his face blackened by smoke, with a shocked Louise standing next to him with her wand out.

-Miss Valiere, what exactly did you do?

Louise looked like she wanted to sink into the ground as she answered.

-Well he was interrupting your discussion so I wanted to cast a silence spell on him, but…..

Everybody looked at the poor boy. No matter how you looked at it, she had succeeded in this effort. For someone unconscious will indeed be silent.

Colbert pinched his nose in frustration.

-Can someone please bring that boy to the infirmary and as for you two, I think it best that you go explain yourself to the headmaster. I will lead you to his office.

Now he turned to Louise

-And miss Valiere, you will go to the headmaster as well. I have a feeling that this is going to be a long day.

And so all the students went their own way. Kirche and Tabitha volunteered to bring the boy to the infirmary and Colbert lead Louise and the two strangers to the headmasters office.

"Let's hope that the headmaster can solve this mess. Though I doubt it will be that simple. It feels like these two will cause some major changes around here." Colbert thought.

Little did he know how right he was.

This is the end of chapter 1.

Thank you very much for reading my work.

Once again I want to point out that any constructive criticism is welcome.

I don't know when I will wright part 2 but it should not take very long.

To give some explanation of my characters (though some parts will be told in the next chapters).

All three of them are from another world.

Ersan Firmea is a scholar mage, a magical researcher if you will, of the royal academy of the Kingdom of Vorlan. A son of a simple merchant, Ersan was taken in by the academy at a young age because of his talent in magic. He is an expert in magical theory and excels in spell analysis and creation (will be explained later. He is generally curios about every subject, but sometimes tend to get tunnel vision when working on projects.

Alice of Salain is a knightess charged with guarding Ersan as well as keeping an eye on him. As her name suggests she is not originally from Vorlan, but instead emigrated there from her village of Salain which was destroyed when she was small. She is steadfast in her beliefs and as stubborn an ox if she wants to be. She does have a temperament but in dangerous situations she is always able to keep very calm and focused. She is more practical than Ersan but hopeless in anything theoretical.

The poor boy that got summoned by Louise is not Saito as he is from the same world as Ersan and Alice. For the most part he is a normal commoner and his significance will be told in the next chapters

That is all I will reveal about them for now. I don't want to spoil too much and this is a good reason for me to work on chapter 2.