This is an AU
Whether this will follow the normal story is
undecided at the moment. I almost certain
that the romance wont be canon (Louise)
In this particular version of events
Please review and tell me what you think
"Alright then that just leaves Louise" Colbert said ticking the penultimate person off his list of names. "Louis step forward onto the summoning circle please."
Everyone seemed visibly shaken that Louise was going to attempt a summoning.
"Is it really necessary for her to try sir?" Montmorency spoke up "She'll kill anything that comes through the portal!"
"Shut up Montomorency the flood!" Louise snapped, instantly seething with anger that her magical abilities were again questioned.
"That's enough both of you" Colbert said firmly. "The summoning ritual is for every mage, regardless of their skill, Louise continue."
Louise proudly stepped forward, raising her wand. There were a few further mutters of the word zero but she ignored them. "My name is Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière Heed my summoning!-"
"Heed my words and know victory! Push forward men! Annihilate our enemies!" Commander Gerard Wolffe gave a rallying cry to his troops from atop his horse as they surged forward. "You are the shield that defends Farixen!" Drawing his sabre he waved it above his head as he willed his rifleman on wards. "Victory will be ours men! As the Sun Rises!" A great war cry rose from the men as they followed their Commander.
"Good show Wolffe! You'll turn the tide yet!" General Duxford shouted to him joining charge "I'll have you promoted to Brigadier for this Gerard! My god you've deserved it" He called out to him as he hacked at a Helland infantryman.
"Line infantry! On the left sir!" Willard relayed to Wolffe, realising this he spurred his horse onward. "Hussars to me" He ordered to a nearby group of horse backed men, soon the light horsemen had joined him in his charge towards the awaiting Hellandish infantry. The Farixen cavalry smashed the enemy line and the powerless infantry unable to defend against the superior soldiers were ripped to shreds.
"Well done sir! We've taken the field!" One of the cavalrymen shouted to Wolffe
"Battle's not over yet lad" As he finished his sentence a flurry of enemy artillery shells began saturating the area around them with explosions. "Bloody hell!" Wollfe shouted as he was thrown from his horse into a nearby artillery crater. The bombardment continued for several minutes, there was dirt in his eyes and his ears were ringing from the deafening explosions but eventually it all subsided.
In the distance he could hear cheers of victory. "So the bastards were trying to cover their retreat!" Wolffe thought angrily. He slowly rose to his feet and began clambering his way out of the crater, what awaited his eyes was pure devastation. Before him what was once a beautiful meadow, the pride of Farixen, a symbol of it's freedom and escape from tyranny was now nothing but a torn up landscape of artillery craters, burning trees, scorched cottages and corpses. Mountings of corpses, man and horse from all sides of the battle. Strewn about haphazardly, some missing feet to their entire legs. And the sorrowful wails of the wounded surrounded him.
"Gerard? Gerard where are you?" Somewhere in the distance he could hear Willard calling him. He began walking in the direction it was coming from but he suddenly stopped, he strained his ears as he tried to listen. He could hear a new voice, one he hadn't heard before. It was at first faint but grew slowly grew louder.
"Heed my summoning-"
"What on ear-" There was sudden gust of wind behind him, he turned drawing his sabre "Who goes-" He stopped short, because before him was a large, glowing green portal. "There"
He took a cautious step forwards towards it, it was shimmering and emitting a low hum. "A portal? But why, what sorcerer opened this here." He thought aloud
"Bring forth my familiar!" Again he hard that strange voice, he looked around but could not find the culprit. Slowly he reached a hand tentatively towards the portal. As he did he noticed the portal seemed to almost bend towards him, trying to reach him.
Then suddenly a strand of the green energy from the portal reached forward and latched onto his arm.
"Ah good god!" He exclaimed as he tried to tug his hand away but he could not. The portal stretched itself as he struggled against it. All of a sudden he felt arms around his waist, he looked over his shoulder to see Willard behind him trying to tug him away.
"Good lord! Gerard where did that portal come from!" General Duxford asked as he rode up alongside them as they struggled against the portal's strength.
"No idea sir, but it seems adamant that it shows me where it leads" He managed to say back whilst grunting with effort. Willard looked ready to pass out under the strain.
"I can't hold- him for much longer sir!" Willard managed to gasp out.
"You men!" Duxford gestured to the flurry of staff horses following him. "Assist these men!" All five of them jumped off their horses and joined the tug of war. They tried but made no progress. Gerard wrapped one arm round the other to better tug himself free but the portal latched onto both and began pulling him in.
"Good god, help! it's pulling me in!" They all pulled harder but it made no difference, soon the portal had latched onto his legs and he began sliding toward it.
"Oh god! Stop it quickly. STOP IT-" Gerard voice was suddenly cut off as he was sucked into the portal. All the men that had been straining themselves trying to get him out all of a sudden fell backwards on to of each other. WIllard looked up and his eyes opened in horror. The portal had vanished, taking Gerard with it.
General Duxford said picking himself off the floor and removing his hat before mopping his brow. "Good god almighty" he whispered as he looked on.
As soon as Louise had finished the lines the summoning circle glowed for a second before it was engulfed in an explosion. All the students shielded their eyes from the light as smoke filled the air. There were a number of coughing fits as people began waving their hands trying to will the smoke and dust away.
"Well that was as predicted I suppose." Someone said solemnly.
"We'd be stupid to expect something different from the zero" Kirche said laughing.
"Shut up Kirche!" Louise almost screamed as she dusted herself. There were a number of doing their best to conceal their laughter and Montmorency had a look of 'I told you so' on her face. Slowly the smoke began to clear. Louise turned to Professor Colbert.
"Sir might I try again? I'm sure if I try again I can get it right" She said looking hopeful but she noticed Colbert wasn't staring at her but rather past her. "Sir?" Suddenly Colbert took a step past her and readied his staff in a battle stance.
Louise turned back to the summoning circle and yelped in surprise, for before was a man. He stood tall at approximately 6 ft 1, he had dark curly hair combed in one side and green eyes with a piercing gaze, he was well built and his arms looked like they were sculpted from stone. She could see why Colbert raised his staff. She couldn't quite describe it but this man seemed to almost emanate an aura of anger and violence. If the scar on his right cheek was anything to go on it seemed he was also well experienced in fighting.
His clothes were unusual, he wore a simple white linen shirt but on top of that he was wearing a Black jacket that had three lines of buttons going down the front and silver piping in an intricate woven pattern all over, finished with a single silver epaulet on his right shoulder. Over his left shoulder he wore a black cape with red velvet on the inside that reached to the back of his knees. On his legs he had similarly finished black trousers with silver piping down the outer side of the legs and on his feet he wore black leather riding boots that reached just below his knee.
In one hand he held a cavalry sabre with a basket-hilt that reached around his hand. The pattern seemed to resemble a dragon. On one finger he wore a ring with some strange engraved animal on it. But that wasn't what concerned her for in his other hand was raised and in it he held some sort of entirely metal device similar to a pistol but less bulky, it also had some sort of revolving cylinder in the centre.
"Would anyone mind telling me exactly where I am?"
Colbert clenched his hands tighter on his staff, this man.. this soldier? No this was no normal swordsman. The Professor could tell, the way he held his stance, the way his eyes darted around tracking the slightest movement. This man was hardened and experienced and something told Colbert this man was dangerous.
"Louise, finish the ceremony." Colbert told her, but something in his tone had changed. He seemed far more serious than when he had reprimanded Montmorency and his eyes never left the man.
Louise awkwardly made her way past Colbert before standing before the man and peering up at him. "Um how exactly am I going to manage this" She said as she looked almost directly up at the much taller man.
Gerard looked down at the girl before him, his gaze pierced her own and she seemed to visibly wilt beneath it. She appeared to be beckoning him to come down to her level but was stuck for words. She seemed harmless enough and maybe he'd get some answers, he holstered his revolver but kept his sword in one hand as he kept a watchful eye of the mage behind her.
He slowly knelt to one knee and the girl seemed to relax slightly that he'd understood but visibly tensed up again as they made eye contact. She cleared her throat for a moment "(ahem) Pentagon of the five elemental powers; bless this humble being, and make him my familiar" She seemed to blush? before moving her face closer to his own and parted her lips.
Louise began to slowly lean in for the kiss that would bind this man to forever be her servant. When she thought of it like that it seemed wrong, but she hardened her resolve "This is normal, it's to be expected of a noble to gain familiar, even one as unusual as this." She continued leaning in until she felt a hand in her way.
She opened to her eyes to find herself embarrassingly close to the man who had gained a look of surprise on his face.
"What do you think your doing?"
Now I'm sure someone is wondering
what the battle sequence was about.
Basically the new familiar comes from a completely different made up world and this world is currently in the equivalent earth era of The Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815. There are similar technologies and military uniforms in his world. For example the described outfit of the familiar is a french hussar outfit so if you were having trouble visualising what he was wearing just type french hussar uniform into google images and you can probably work out what it is. One stark difference however of his world and our own is his world has magic as will be revealed very soon. He comes from the "Grand Imperial Constitutional Kingdom of Farixen" It is relatively powerful and has a large army and in the battle sequence he was beating back an invasion attempt by the neighbouring country "The United Republic of Helland"
He is 'Brigade Commadant Gerard Wolffe' but he more commonly known as Commander Wolffe
Now where this story is going I'm not sure. I'd like to try something new like some sort of imperialistic conquest from his world or something or maybe he dismantles the nobility and gives equal rights. All manner of ideas are swimming in my head at the moment. Please review and if you do have any ideas to feel free to message them as well. Oh and to favourite and follow please. It's nice to feel appreciated :) thank you for reading.