I'M BACK
No, I'm not dead, just really disappointed with my previous work...
So...
REBOOT TIME
So I'll just basically rewrite the story from the ground up, and because I don't have a copy of the old story, some things might change. (A very large understatement.)
I'm so sorry if you wished to see more of the story at an earlier time, school just makes writing a real challenge.
And without further ado, let's start once more!
Two world sharing the same fate
Inhabited by different yet similar beings
Both guarded by their own heroes
It kept both worlds in a state of balance
Two events shall destroy that equilibrium
The first is the invasion of the void's massive world eaters
The second is the whining of the void's pocket sized world-ender
Somewhere
"Did you really think that Link Joker was the only trick in my sleeve?"
Takuto Tatsunagi's eyes shot open to meet a grinning face, one that he wished to never have to see again.
It seems that fate loves being cruel to him.
Yet he kept his cool and returned a grin of his own, he couldn't stop his eyes from sharpening with hatred though.
"Nothing you can throw at Cray or Earth could ever break us."
"Come now, that's hardly how one would talk to a friend isn't it? Besides, I'm here to play a game."
"A game? Why should I even consider playing one, especially against one like you."
"Words can hurt Takuto... Remember what you said earlier? We're going to test the validity of that statement."
Kingdom of Tristain, Tristanian Magical Academy
"I believe that everyone has completed their Familiar Summoning Ritual. Is there any that I have forgotten?" A kindly looking elderly bespectacled man asked to the crowd of students that circled him.
They all stood at the small fields of inside the academy, the ritual in question is one of the most important things to a mage, especially if they were one of high status.
'Oh how I wish for Brimir to give me a few more days to steel my nerves, I don't know what someone like me would bring and I'm too terrified to find out.' Louise thought to herself, she would have to have gone mad before she would be caught ranting out loud to herself about how much of a failure she was. 'I'm a Valliere damn it!'
"I apologize if I am incorrect professor Colbert but I am quite sure that our dear little Zero has not summoned her own yet." The teary-eyed Louise rubbed her eyes and turned to the owner of the voice, a redheaded girl was staring back at her.
'Kirche...' Louise glared back at the smug faced redhead.
"Oh my, you're right miss Zerbst! Thank you for reminding me, how could I forget?" Professor Colbert scratched his head, lightly laughing at his own failure.
"It's a pleasure to help, there is no need to thank me." 'I know she meant that literally.'
"May I then request miss Valliere to move forward and step in front of the Summoning Rune so that we may now begin your summoning."
Louise waited for a minute before she broke eye contact with Kirche, but not before growling at the red-head.
"Cute... Good luck Zero." Louise heard from behind her.
'Weird, I swear that she sounded genuine for a moment there... I must be going crazy.'
The pinkette did as she was told and stepped forward and raised both of her hands forward, moving almost like a machine that has been made to do the same thing for eternities.
'You can do this Louise, you have practiced everything you can as much as you were able to. Just this once, please don't let me fail Brimir.'
"You may now begin."
Louise breathed in, then out.
She started to chant.
Somewhere in United Sanctuary
"Saver damn this forest!"
A red-headed young man can be seen slamming his hand into a tree as he was limping in the middle of the green trees with his sword. Blood dripping from him as wounds covered his body.
'How could i get so sloppy?! Those assassins were barely past fifty, i should have been able to handle them no problem!'
His blade was just as covered in blood as he was, it was not his but the blood of his supposed-to-be killers.
Coughing as he fell down on his arms, his knees felt powerless, unable to carry him anymore.
"Guess this is it... Who would have thought that all that i could take is a bunch of lousy lowlives catching me off guard..."
His arms shakily kept his upper body up as he continued moving forwards, not even knowing where he planned to go.
His eyes just as heavy as his entire body, struggling to keep them open.
He saw visions of his past.
Of his comrades "I can't die just yet..."
Of his childhood, "I haven't even made a name for myself yet..."
Of his old friends, "At least let me say farewell!"
Then of his parents. "I wish i made you both proud..."
Tears swelled from his eyes as he surrendered to his wounds, darkness enveloped his being as he closed his eyes for what he thought was going to be forever.
"Come now, did your mother not tell you that it's rude to sleep in front of other people. Wake up, you still have much to do."
Gurguit's eyes shot open, surprised by the unknown yet familiar voice.
In front of him was a boy that looked to be no older than fourteen, that wasn't the most peculiar thing that his eyes saw though.
Gurguit was no stranger to levitation, so he was able to move around just fine enough to look his surroundings.
He was in outer space.
Stars, galaxies, many various heavenly bodies can be seen from all directions, three bodies stood out, they seemed to be a lot closer to each other than they're supposed to be though.
The one behind Gurguit was what he could safely say was his home planet Cray, behind the boy was a planet much like Cray, but Gurguit felt something missing in that planet, something that the third one, the one above his head, had.
"Take your time, you won't be seeing such a scenery for a very long time." The boy mused.
"Who are you and why did you bring me here?" Gurguit said as he turned towards the boy, trying not to sound hostile, for some reason he felt like the boy was an old friend of his.
"I am Takuto Tatsunagi, guardian of the link between Cray and its sister planet, Earth." He said as he pointed to the planet behind him.
"What?" To say that Gurguit was confused on that very moment is a huge understatement.
"I have no time to explain, I need your help."
"I CALL FOR YOU"
"What was that?!" Gurguit turned to look for the source of the new voice...
Only to be met by nothing.
"MY ETERNAL COMPANION"
Gurguit felt hands upon one of his own, making him turn his head to the owner of the hands, which was nobody else but Takuto.
"THE AVATAR OF MY HARDWORK AND SACRIFICES"
He watched as the boy placed a box into his hand.
As he held on the box tightly, he felt information rapidly enter his mind, storing itself within him.
"YOU SHALL FIGHT FOR ME AS I SHALL FOR YOU."
"One last tip." The boy said. "You can thank Pinky for the save."
Before Gurguit could even begin to respond, he felt something pull him from behind.
"HEAR MY DESPERATE PLEA AND STAND BESIDE ME!
NOW AND FOREVER MORE!"
Tristanian Magical Academy
Mutterings can be heard all across the courtyard as Louise finished her chant, which brought absolutely nothing.
"That was certainly a very... unique chant." A frilly haired blond commented.
'If by unique you mean pitiful, I'd agree. It sounded more like begging than calling.'
"Too bad though, seems that the Zero can't even manage to call upon an explosion this time."
'That's what hurts most...'
"Oh Louise..."
'Don't feign concern you Germanian whore!'
"I am sorry to say this miss Valliere but being able to summon and Bond with a familiar is a requirement to be a student in the Academy. I'm afraid you must be sent back to your home."
Louise stood perfectly still, unable and unwanting to make a move, listening to every single mockery and jokes her peers made of her as the professor marked what seemed to her as the end of everything.
She felt her eyes go watery while her legs started shaking, she was also having a hard time breathing.
'I have never cried once after i passed my fourth year in this world, why must i break that now?'
Before she could drop to her knees, light suddenly filled her eyes, making her have to cover them to prevent damage.
The whole court was stunned, not one person could make even the tiniest bit of sound.
"Blast that portal in particular!"
An unfamiliar voice of a man sliced through the still air.
The light dimmed to reveal a man that looked like nothing special, one that looked like a average pleb.
Someone you would see on the streets and pay no heed to.
"Zero summoned a plebian!" One of the female students pointed out the obvious.
The silence was no more for it was utterly demolished by mocking laughter.
Despite the jokes, despite what her classmates said, and,
'Despite what mother would think.'
Louise felt proud, prouder than ever, for once in her life, she had managed to do something truly magical, something that nobody could dismiss as a failure.
Louise approached the man as she scanned him.
'Decently tall and toned body, scars here and there... Best case scenario, a decent foreign warrior, worst? A bandit or raider. Hair color says Germanian, skin says Albionese... But most Gallian men have the same eye and hair color and are usually tall...'
"You are the most uncommon commoner i have ever laid eyes upon." Louise spoke first, making the class pipe down to watch what would happen next.
The man looked at the pinkette, making a face that was indicating both irritation and confusion.
"What do you mean by that?" Hearing his voice some more led Louise to thinking some more.
'A Tristanian accent... I will be discussing so many things with you later.'
"Congratulations miss Valliere! Now despite you being done with the summoning, you are yet to be completely finished with the ceremony. You must now cast the seal of The Founders blessing upon your... summon..." The professor was certainly baffled, that much he shown, but he continued nonetheless.
"Must I have to kiss this man I know nothing of?" Louise knew the answer, she just thought that she could make her disagreement apparent.
"Kiss?! Seal?! What is this, some sort of slaving cult?!" The man asked, his arms illuminating as flames formed all around them, making every single one of the student freeze in fear, Louise was the most fearful of all.
'Have i summoned a foreign Noble?! Mother would kill me for this! Wait... He isn't even using a foci, he must be a demihuman then. Ears are normal so Elvish is out of the list. That leaves me with very few possibilities. A fire-spirit then? Some spirits were known to be able to appear like humans, but not to this extent. An Elemental? I've heard of stories but none described what the Pyre Elementals looked like... An undiscovered species?! Brimir, mother is going to torture me before killing me for putting so many Nobles in danger. How would someone like me be able to take control of such a powerful being?!'
A minute was yet to pass but for Louise, it hours had already been spent as she processed what the possibilities were and what sort of consequence would each one bring.
Breaking Louise out off her stupor, the kind-looking professor appeared to be suddenly between her and her summon, an aura of killing intent was searing off of him as he raised his staff.
"Make one move to touch even a strand of hair from one of my students and I will make sure to burn you to ashes!"
The man looked from left to right slowly, taking in the faces of each person in the courtyard.
After a few minutes, the man calmed down and so did the flames, making them slowly disappear, he still had his eyes set on one person though, not on the one whom has just threatened him but on the little one behind him.
"Might I ask you young lady, are you the one whom has just summoned me here?" The man stared intently, making no sign to acknowledge the professor.
"Yes. I am the one that summoned you." Almost immediately Louise answered with a hint of fear and anxiety in her voice.
The man stared at her some more as if he tried taking in every single little detail her could find on Louise, this made her feel as transparent as glass and a bit cold for some reason.
After much deliberation, the man finally spoke with finality.
"Do what you must."
Colbert was confused by the weird conversation but made sure to not move an inch, making sure the man would have to go through him before he even tries to reach for the students but he forgot of one crucial mistake in his plan.
Louise sneaked through the professor and past his protection.
Colbert was in a very bad spot, he either has to sacrifice the safety of one student to make sure the other are safe or move towards Louise and risk the others.
"Are you sure?" Louise asked.
The professor was too ruthless for his taste, choosing to sacrifice one for the life of many is the logical way to go, but not the way wants to. He trusted in his student and made no move to follow Louise as she continued to speak with the Elemental.
"Sure of what exactly?" The man questioned.
"Are you sure that you want to be stuck with a person like me for the rest of either of our lifespans? I'm sure someone like you has places to be."
Seconds passed before Louise receives an answer.
"Truth be told, I'd rather be back where I came from..."
'I knew it... The one time I get something right... What use is summoning a great and powerful familiar if I can't even Bond with it.'
"But it appears that I am needed here for a reason, and what that reason is apparently to repay you." The man smiled at her, a smile that radiated nothing but pride. "I only ask you of one thing should I share a life with you."
Louise understood not what she did for him to be en debt to her but she was desperate enough to ignore that and just nod her head.
"That one thing is very simple, I want you to treat me as an equal."
What he said was the least everyone thought he would say.
'Does a being like him not want to be revered? No one but me would probably agree with such a thing since it's against The Founder's Code...'
"Why?" That word and other such words that starts with the letter 'w' seems to be Louise's favorite words of the day.
"Should a man bow to a fellow man? I believe that we should only bow to those who are worthy of respect, and I haven't done anything to gain yours yet. Even if I should, I would rather my partner stand beside me, as tall as one could be."
'Words like that would get even a lower noble killed, but...'
"I accept your conditions but i must ask you to kneel before me."
The request appalled the man, did the girl not understand a word he said.
"Have you done anything to garner my respect?!" The man answered, in a more hostile manner than he would've liked.
"N-No! It's not like that... It's because of... Well..." Louise's face reddened as she fiddled with her wand.
"What is the matter girl? Out with it." The man sounded even more irritated by the letter.
"It's because I'm short! Are you happy now!?" Louise shouted loudly, loud enough to be heard by nearly everyone in that part of the academy.
Nobody dared to move a muscle.
The students were having a mental conversation with one another as silence blanketed the courtyard once again.
More accurately, it was everyone else and Louise that were talking to one another.
'I might have doomed us all to the fiery wrath of some kind of an elemental.'
'Oh wow, did you need a Scribe to realize that? Congratulations Zero!'
The silence carried on, the air felt thicker and hotter to the students as the seconds pass.
Laughter broke the silence.
Laughter that came from the very source the dread himself.
For some reason, his laughter completely evaporated the tension that has built up ever since he appeared, the students, and to an extent, Colbert, felt entirely at ease.
"W-What's so funny!?" Louise has had enough of being mocked in her life but she would not have any of that from this man... Elemental... Whatever it or he was.
The man took a moment to regain his composure.
"This is one way to go with a first meeting..." The man knelt down until he was at the same level as the girl and raised a hand towards her, to offer a handshake. "My name is Gurguit Solblad and I wish for us to be able to know each other well."
Louise misunderstood his gesture and placed one of her hands upon his as she waved her wand around. "My name is Louise Francoise Le Blanc La Valliere and I bless thee. May The Founder bind my fate with yours til death do us part!"
And as she finished that chant, her lips met his.
Seconds felt longer than they should have, both of them was too shocked to know how to move after such a bold action.
Thankfully for both of them, neither had to come up with anything for pain suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
Gurguit's right hand was glowing and Louise's left was the same.
The last thing both of them saw was the shocked faces of the students and Colbert before they blacked out.
AND DONE!
You may notice that practically everything has changed if you have read the previous version, that's because unlike before, I have planned out what would happen in the story.
Well, not entirely, but I planned far enough.
Tell me what you think of this one by leaving a review!
Thanks for reading and peace out!
