Disclaimer: I do NOT own Fate/Stay Night. I do NOT own Emiya Shirou. I wish I owned Saber, but I don't. All I own are the ideas that led to this fanfic, and the names of the Masters (but if you share a name with one of them, by all means let me know, cause that would be awesome!


Drip. Drip. Drip. Looking up, Valentino frowned as he saw the water dripping from the corner of the room. True, he had only recently found out what would be happening, and this was the best place he could get in such a short time-frame, but still… The apartment he was in was a disaster, no matter how one looked at it. The walls were mildewed, badly covered over by peeling wallpaper, the floor tiles were cracked and stained with engrained dirt, and to top it off, the roof was starting to leak now. To top it off, there was only one bed, which meant that Sigrun had to stand watch over him while he slept. Not that he cared, after all Servants didn't need to sleep, but his surroundings were making him irritated, and the Italian didn't like that.

"Sigrun, vieni qui," [[come here]] he called out, and a young woman, appearing to be in her mid-twenties, with pale skin, long blonde hair and an athletic build appeared, clad in what appeared to be an armored dress made of chain-mail, resting a battleaxe casually against her shoulder.

"Master?" she replied, "is something wrong?" Valentino gestured around at the walls. "Questo posto non va," [[This place is wrong]] he responded irritably, but knew that the Valkyrie was asking an altogether different question, and that he needed to answer it. "Quando incominciera?" [[When does it begin?]] And at that question, Sigrun smiled viciously.

"Tonight."

Neither Master nor Servant saw the figure hidden in the shadows – no, it would be more accurate to say he was hidden as the shadows – as it carefully watched the pair, judging the feeling in its heart, and considering the orders from its Master. Yes, it begins tonight… And for this careless Master, tonight it will end.


Author's Note:

I'm back, trying to write another fanfic! So I've been playing F/SN, fell in love with the Shirou/Saber pairing, and decided to try my hand at a sequel. I have not yet played any route other than Fate (I haven't even completed Fate 100% at the time of writing this, but I will soon!), but I'm working with my own version of canon that I think sorta combines the three routes (from what I've read on the FSN wiki, that is) while focusing mostly on the Fate route.

I will most likely ignore any people who flame me for using a plot idea that is almost 100% overused, but if anyone who reads this has comments, suggestions, or anything that they think might improve the story, by all means post a review, PM me or figure out some way to let me know!

Also, this has been posted mostly to get my brain started on the story, I intend to complete the Fate route at least, and probably the UBW and Heaven's Feel routes too before I get too far into this fanfic, so the plot may change slightly, but all the major details should remain as they are.