Pure. That is the first thing that comes to your mind as you gaze out over the vast emptiness before you. The space is pure white as far as the eye can see with everything blending into one. A quick look around gives no clues as to where is 'up' or 'down' or even if a ground exists in this seemingly empty, silent space. At least the space is empty until a small, blue ball rolls along. Where if came from, who knows? Yet there it is, slowly rolling on the apparent ground until coming to a silent stop. A closer examination shows it to be nothing special, a smooth, almost perfect spherical shape painted a medium blue. At least, it had appeared to be nothing special until it suddenly exploded, breaking the silence and spewing forth a thick cloud of smoke.

The silence is once again broken as it is consumed by the blaring music of Aim for the Top!'s Gunbuster (M20) song. As if on cue to match the same scene from the series, a figure slowly rises from the smoke, arms crossed in front. The figure continues to rise with the heroic tune emanating from the white space. A marble pedestal breaks the smoke cover, revealing how this person was able to rise up from the ground. The music fades away as it comes to an end as well as the rising of the pedestal. Silence resumes its hold on the space once more, the smoke already dissipated from the base of the pedestal. The unknown figure raises its arms and relinquishes the silence's hold on the space.

"Greetings, readers! I am Evangelion Xgouki, or just Xgouki, author of this latest story and controller of this space. First off, I would like to welcome you to this latest story I have undertaken, Parallels. I do hope that you enjoyed the little teaser of an opening you have just read," a sly grin forms.

"My return to the fanfiction community as a writer might seem rather sudden as I have been away for quite some time due to…educational reasons." Just below, a college diploma blinks into existence on the pedestal, "Who know this piece of paper would be such a stressful and painful (and really, really damn expensive) thing to get?"

The author pauses for a moment to stretch.

"Anyway, the fire of my imagination has been relit as I came to discover and fall in love with Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. Though I put a good chunk of the blame on a few particular authors I started to read fics from the Animesuki forums. Satashi, I'm looking at you. Yes, you. Why must your fics be so good and fuel my urge to write my own…WHY?!"

The author takes a moment to recompose and settle down.

"But yes, I have returned and shall take up the pen (or rather keyboard) once again. Reviews are always, always more than welcome. They're the main reason why my first major story, Revelations, went from being a short, 5 chapter story to what it is now. I look forward to your thoughts and yes, even the flames, as I continue to write and try extremely hard to watch my grammar and keep the story well-written. With that said, I hope you enjoy the story. Oh, and if you're wondering I haven't decided yet as to if there will any romance or pairings in…"

"Hold on a second!"

The commanding female voice stops the author in the middle of the rant.

"Wha…who's there?" turning around, trying to find the source of the voice…especially since no one should be in the space or be able to enter it.

"Who do you think?" remarks another voice.

Whipping around, the author finds three young women standing a few meters from the pedestal and very easily recognizable from their dress.

"Ah, Nanoha, Fate, Hayate. Um, what can I do for you ladies?"

Indeed, the three aces of the TSAB stood in the white space adorned in their signature barrier jackets with Devices in hand. The trio takes a quick glance at each other before Nanoha takes a step forward.

"We want to know what pairings you were planning on using for this story of yours, as we'll be part of the main cast."

The author can only blink, staring down at them, "Um, but I just said I haven't decided if…"

Once again, the author finds the current train of thought cut off as Fate steps up, "It's a lie and you know it. Right, Hayate?"

Giving a nod of agreement, Hayate whips out a thick stack of papers, "Based on all your previous works, as well as plans for them and others, you have made practically all of them with some romantic pairings in mind. Not to mention all that WAFF."

"B-but I haven't decided, really!! Um, um, I can always try something different, right? Even if, theoretically, I had pairings in mind I, um, wouldn't want to spoil it…right?"

Silence comes over the space once again (or the three could be communicating telepathically…). After a moment, Fate and Hayate take a step back behind Nanoha as she raises her Intelligent Device.

Alright. Commencing count down.

Now, the author had seen all three series and was decently familiar the majority of the abilities that were used. This one was no exception and as such was very, very scared.

"Ahahaha…Um, c-can't we just…"

10

"…talk about…"

9

"…this and um…"

8

"…come to some kinda agreement?"

7

"Wait a sec…"

6

"There's no residual magic! You can't…"

5

It was then that the poor author noticed the mage and knight behind Nanoha, siphoning some of their own energy into the steadily charging attack.

4

The author goes pale as a ghost, desperately trying to figure out a way out of this…

3

…or maybe a way to dodge or defend against it.

2

Ideas came and were discarded quickly, but offered no possible solution.

1

As the feeling of hopelessness and doom came over the author…

0

…a single thought stuck out above all others.

Starlight Breaker.

"Oh shi…"