Actually, I'm going to keep Xenovia. Make Andrew a rook. I'm only at season two of the anime and the fifth chapter of the manga so if there is a rook I'm unaware of then sorry.

-Atherious

BEEP!BEEP!BEEP!Swift and precise my hand flew through the dark and shut off my alarm. I groan and sit up in the bed. My stomach hurt a little bit and I was extremely tired this morning. I must have slept wrong or something I think as I open my eyes. I frown. I had thought I had turned my lights off last night but I guess not. Speaking of last night, did I go to the church? I gasp as the memories start pouring in like a dam opening. The walk, the forest, the clear night, the spear of light, and the conversation as i drifted off. I rip the covers off of me and look at my abdomen.

No scars or bandages so a nightmare? Maybe, but dreams shouldn't feel that real. I slowly make my way out of bed, get the uniform on, and as I'm walking out the door I notice that the light switch in my room is set to off. But I can still see. I blink and flick the switch a couple of times and nothing changes. Maybe it's just stuck.

I finish up my morning routine, head downstairs. I get a weird feeling and I step to the side as the cat comes barreling past me. My eyes widen. How the heck did I do that? I continue downstairs and go for my usual breakfast when the board mother calls me.

"Andrew come here." I sigh and walk towards the living room. Mrs. Sakeo is sitting on the couch when I enter.

"This note was left by the girl who brought you home last night." She holds out a little slip of paper. On it it says, Come to the old school building after school if you want answers, signed by Rias Gremory.

My breath hitched in my throat. This can't be possible. It was a dream. There should be no way this should be possible. Mrs. Sakeo clears her throat expectantly. I look up at her and say, "Thank you Mrs. Sakeo. Your very kind."

She nods then turns back to her knitting. I walk out of the living room, past the kitchen, and out the door. I'm still a little freaked out by the note. That couldn't have been real. It just couldn't.

As I walk down the street, the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. I look up and see Koneko staring at me again. I wave at her again and instead of another nod like I expected, she walks over to me.

When she arrives she looks me up and down appraisingly. Then she speaks to me, "Did you receive the message." My eyes widen. "How do you know about that?!" I find myself saying. Her voice doesn't change, nor does her expression. "How could I possibly not know. I was there when we turned you."

I'm not breathing. Turned me? Ya right. I'm still me. Still the same, dorky kid who loves God. 'Dear lord, please help me.' I think. "AHHHHHHH!" I let lose a terrible scream. It was like a rusty railroad spike had been thrust into my brain and twisted around.

I fall to the ground and continue to wail. "Hey, you alright new guy." I grit my teeth and stand back up. "No. It felt like a spike was shoved into my skull." "That usually doesn't happen unless you decide to pray or something like that." Replied Koneko. I was about to respond when I realized something. "Hey do you speak english by any chance?" She tilts her head questioningly.

"No I don't. Why do you ask?" I gasp. "But you're speaking it right now!" I nearly yell. Her face looks confused. "I'm speaking Japanese and you are too. Maybe you have the ability to speak in tongues like Asia. Come on. You're skipping school today." I take a step back. "Why do you think i'll go with you? I want answers." Koneko turns to me and says, "I wasn't asking."

Something about her tone compels me to go with her. I don't know why. If she came at me it wouldn't be very hard to dispatch her. But still it just didn't seem like a good Idea.

As we were nearing the school I asked her, " The note said to head to the old school building after school. So is that where we're going?" "Yes. It's the place where the occult research club holds meetings. You'll stay there until school ends. We meet there every day after school." That answered his question. But that last sentence seemed more of an off handed gesture.

We continue walking until we reach the school's courtyard. We hang a left and walk through a section of woods and there looming up from the tree's, is the old school building. Koneko pulls out a silver key and unlocks the door. We enter and walk up a flight of stairs and go through the first door on the left.

The room looks like someone's study. Two long leather couches on either side of a oak wood coffee table dominate the room with two large windows taking up an entire section of the wall, plush carpets, and the side of the room we walked in from has a wall to wall book shelf. The only thing out of place was the shower in the corner.

"Wait here for now. See you at the end of the day." Before I can get a word out she closes the door and I'm stuck in the room with my thoughts, or my music for the rest of the day.

I wake up from a restless sleep when I hear Someone says, " Oh my doesn't he look so precious while he sleeps?" "Yes I would say he does." "Hey I thought you only said things like that to me!" "Oh Issei! If you want I'll say things like that to you!" "No It's Okay Asia, really!" I bolt upright, headphones falling out of my ears.

What I see is Rias, Akeno, Kiba, Koneko, Issei, and a girl I guess is Asia. They were all staring at me and I got the sudden urge to yawn and straighten myself up. I swung my legs over the side of the couch so that I was facing Rias and everyone else.

"So You going to start explaining things to me?" Rias made a hurt face. "Ah no pleasantries then? Well I'll start with where you came in. The church you've been going to was a hiding spot of the fallen angels. You were sadly a casualty of a misplaced spear of light. After our battle we found you bleeding out by the front door. You were beyond our capability to heal so I turned you into one of us. Sadly though you're far stronger than we originally thought so we drained you of all your power and placed a limiter on it. You walked out your house next morning and here you are."

She finished her explanation with a smile. I was still curious though. "What do you mean limited my strength?" Her smiled widened. "We have servants that are in direct correlation with chess pieces. When I revive someone I use a chess it came to you I had to choose between a rook or a knight. I choose the rook so because it could hold onto some of your power. In the end it would have failed if I tried because you're stronger than what it could hold. The limiter is to stop your body from creating any more energy because it could kill you if there's too much. You're actually pretty similar to Issei in that area. Both to powerful for your own body."

I nodded in understanding. "One more question. What are you?" She laughs. "We, Mr. Powell. Are Devil's." And with a flare you only see in anime, black bat like wings burst from everyone in the room. My eyes widen and I jump over the couch towards the door. "My God AH!" I fell to the floor again. "Why do I keep getting that pain!" I meant to say it in my head.

"When Devils pray or touch anything that has become "holy" we are harmed." The answer came from Kiba. He was leaning against a black sword while he said it. 'Where did that come from!' I think. "If your Devils that makes you an enemy of God and You must be destroyed!" I reply back savagely.

"If we're enemies of God what does that make you?" The question came from Issei. He was sitting on the couch and his left arm was in some kind of red gauntlet. "If I'm a Devil then I'll end my life as well!" "Please don't do that!" The new girl with blonde hair had spoken. "Committing suicide is a sin. And killing isn't what God wants us to he decides what happens to Devils." I stare and blink at her. She wasn't wrong. "What makes you so sure." She looks down and shuffles her feet hesitantly. "Um… well I uh." She clears her throat. "Before I was a Devil I was a nun. I came here because I was kicked out of the church. I thought I could still serve the lord with the fallen. I actually became a Devil the same night as you."

A nun huh. "Why did you become a Devil?" She blushed of all things. "I had just gotten a friend, I've never had one before, and I wanted to keep making more." She smiled up at me. I just nod dumbly. I sit back down on the couch.

I place my elbows on my knees, interlock my fingers, and rest my chin on my hands. "Alright I'll accept this as my reality now. But Rias I want ask a question." Her features relax now that i've calmed down. "What do you want to know." I grin and reply, "Everything."