The Lone Zero Chapter 1: And So It Begins, a Fallout + Familiar of Zero Crossover fanfic

I don't know what the hell I'm doing! Enjoy!

Vince walked down the cracked street, eyes scanning the bleak horizon. Currently he was on his way to Megaton in order to trade a variety of goods he came across after raiding a massive raider encampment far north.

"It's hot..." He said to Dogmeat, who barked in return.

It had been a year exactly. A year after he defeated the Enclave and restarted the Jefferson memorial purifier, and now things were, well rather calm. He was known as The Lone Wanderer, a title thrust upon him by his good friend Three Dog, and much to Vince's dismay, the name stuck.

"I don't want to set the world on fire..." The music hummed from his pipboy.

The Lone Wanderer ruffled his long black hair with his hands and continued walking. His sleek, black combat armor looked menacing, and his cold purple eyes were breathtaking. Vince drew out his Gauss rifle, and examined the long road ahead of him in search of any threats.

On a distant world...

Louise waited in line as her stomach turned inside-out.. The young mage was nervously anticipating her turn to summon a familiar, and being next in line did not help her nerves in a single way. The boy in front of her summoned an owl, and then walked to the right along with the rest of her class who summoned their beasts.

"Louise Valliere, please step forth and summon your familiar..." Colbert said.

The pink haired girl could feel the smirks from her fellow classmates, and shuttered at their despicable laughter. Her eyes formed a glare as she began to repeat the words taught to her. She finished and waited. In a mere second, a large purple luminescent portal opened up in front of her. It left as quickly as it appeared, and in it's place laid a man dressed in odd garments, and a wild looking dog.

Soon the other students began to burst with laughter at the strange sight before them, however after Colbert ordered them to stop, they abided.

"Mr. Colbert, I want to try again..." Louise said, her voice laced with frustration.

"I'm sorry Ms. Louise, however I can't let you break the rules. This summoning is special, and requires the utmost respect from all mages..." The man said.

"B-B-But I can't take a mere commoner as a familiar, it would bring shame unto-" She couldn't finish as gasps were heard from the other students. Louise turned around, and looked at a now standing commoner, whom she just summoned.

"Where am I?" Vince said, rubbing his head. He looked around and observed he was surrounded by teenagers. Young teenagers nonetheless. They all stared at him, some with smirks, some with confusion. They talked to each other, however he couldn't make out what they were saying.

"You have to Louise, now finish the ritual..." Colbert said.

Louise huffed and trudged over to her Familiar and hound. She curled her finger in an attempt to bring his face down, to which he obliged. She then locked lips with his.

At first Vince was only confused and startled at the young girl's actions, however a burning sensation on his hand soon made him pull away from the kiss and check his wound. Instead of a cut however, a tattoo like marking was now prevalent. And much to his confusion, everyone began to speak English.

"I LouiseFrançoise Le Blanc de La Vallière am now your master Familiar, can you speak?" The pink haired girl said.

"Yeah I can speak, and what the hell do you mean by that? I'm no one's pet." Vince said as he looked around. "And where the hell am I?"

"You were summoned by Louise here. You will now be serving as her familiar, and do whatever tasks she may see fit. Is everything clear?" Colbert said, trying to settle down the situation.

Vince was about to object, however after noticing how different his surroundings were, and the situation he was in was against his favor, he stood down.

"Yes, everything is clear..." He begrudgingly responded.

"Good, on that note..." Colbert turned to the rest of the children "You're all excused to become well antiquated with your familiars..."

"Come on, I'll take you to my room..." The pink haired girl said. Vince shrugged his shoulders and followed, Dogmeat in tow.

"I can't believe she summoned a commoner..." A student whispered.

"She really is talent-less..." Another said.

"You know, I hear that she can't even cast a proper spell yet..." The third muttered.

Vince burrowed his brow at the teens' comments. "Even in this strange situation, there are still assholes..."

"What did you say, familiar?" Louise questioned.

"Nothing, by the way, can you explain to me what's going on?" Vince questioned the girl.

She sighed as they continued walking. "I suppose a commoner wouldn't know. I was supposed to summon a familiar today, and instead of getting a Dragon, I got you and your mutt..."

He ignored her comment. "Wait summon how?"

"Magic...what else?" She irritable said.

Vince kept quite as he realized for the first time in years, he had no idea what was going on. What he did know however, was that he wasn't in the wastes anymore.

The room was small, smaller than a vault room even. It was lit well by a massive window letting sunlight into the dank room.

"You may set your stuff down anywhere, the hay in the corner is your bed..." Louise said.

"Thanks..." He slowly said. Vince extended his hand towards the girl. "The name's Vince, yours?"

She slowly extended her hand and shook his. Her small, soft palm was in massive contrast against his large and rough one.

"I'm Louise..." She politely said.

"Nice to meet you Ms. Louise, I guess I'm your servant now?" Vince asked. He wasn't sure what was going on, however he planned on rolling with it until he figured out what exactly happened.

"You're my familiar. So this means you will guard me, and help with anything I deem so fit, understand?" She said confidently.

Vince clenched his knuckles and seethed. "Yes mam..."

"Good. Now go ahead and get comfortable.." She said, rather politely to Vince's surprise.

"Thanks, if you don't mind I'm going to use a sleeping bag instead of hay..." He said, setting down the blue bag onto the ground. He then set down his dufflebag; full of weapons, ammo, books, and food that he always kept on him.

"Sure, I don't care..." Louise waved.

Vince took out his five main weapons that he always used. A hunting rifle with a scope he personally added, a large combat knife, a power fist, The famous Shock Sword, and his favorite pistol Amata. Amata was a 10mm pistol that Vince picked up a while back, and after it saved him many times from tight situations, he inscribed the name of his first love onto the pistol to remind him why he kept fighting.

There were other weapons in there to, but he only brought out his favorites. He put every weapon but Amata and the knife onto the desk, but the pistol went into his holster while the knife went into a special sheathe on his boot.

Vince could feel Louise's eyes on his neck. He decided to lighten the mood a bit.

"So how old are you Miss Louise?" He asked.

"Sixteen..." She answered "How old are you Familiar?"

"Call me Vince, and I'm twenty now, or twenty one..." He said, trying to remember.