Here's the next chapter guys! I tried to give a better description of Ariene here!
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Also the summoning incantation I used here was more based on the Fate/Prototype summoning mixed with Rin's.
Chapter 2- The War Starts
Cleo stared at the woman for a long time before finally gasping. "I know you! You're Antoinette de'Chaeteau! you're one of the mages that went missing from Chaldea! You ended up here?"
Antoinette laughed, "I am. And I know you too Cleo Everett, niece to the head medical researcher of Chaldea. Why'd the Grail summon a brat like you to participate in this Holy Grail War?" The malicious look she sent Cleo's way caused her to shrink back. "Did the choice of strong mages run out?"
"I-I don't want to participate in the Holy Grail War." Cleo said, getting a very very bad feeling.
Antoinette tilted her head to the side, eyes narrowed as they took in her appearance. "Looks like you just got here... and landed in King Arthur's court nonetheless. It's too bad. I would have let you live if not for the mark on your hand."
Well. Crap. Cleo raised her hand and saw a miniature sword with what looked like angel wings on either side on the back of her left hand. Command seals.
"I don't have a Servant." Cleo said, taking a step back, stiffening when she accidentally bumped into Gawain's form. She remembered the voices who spoke to her in the light telling her to 'summon the Queen'... too bad that didn't look like it was going to happen and there was even a summoning circle in front of her!
"That's too bad... I have a Servant though. Lancer," At that a Servant suddenly materialized beside her, shocking everyone in the throne room.
It was female Servant with flawless fair skin, long, bright gold hair in twin-ponytails and a single braid that went across her head and extremely large bright blue eyes. She wore a shoulder-less long sleeve sky blue tunic with a large white stripe going down in the middle and she didn't appear to be wearing any pants, the material of her shirt curving around her legs like a one-piece swimsuit. She had brown leather straps that criss-crossed up her chest and attached to a blue collar-like choker around her neck and white gloves and knee-high white boots with a blue edge. In her right hand she held a lance that looked like the tip was made out of gleaming glass or jade and in her left hand she held a shield that looked to be made of complete light and in the shape of a eight-pointed star.
"The Servant Lancer..." Cleo felt her fear triple. The Servant had a cute face, but she didn't trust her. "So Heroic Spirits are being summoned..." Her eyes went to the summoning circle in front of her and once again she heard the male voice from before echo in her head. "You need to summon a Servant. Now if you want to live."
"Hello. I am of the Servant class Lancer." Lancer smiled at them, "I've always wanted to meet King Arthur and his Knights." She pouted slightly, "It's too bad I can't give you my true name."
"Why is she calling herself Lancer?" Merlin asked quietly, inching towards Cleo.
Cleo mumbled back, "It's the Servant class she was summoned in." She kept her eyes on the summoning circle. There was absolutely no way that she could summon a Servant when Lancer was there. Or her Master for that matter.
"This shouldn't be possible!" A new voice snapped, causing Cleo to turn away from the summoning circle at the familiar voice. A young woman pushed her way through the crowd, moving to stand by Cleo, her auburn hair pulled into a loose ponytail and her blue eyes furious. "Antionette de'Chaeteau! How dare you mess with history while it's Chaldea's mission to preserve it!"
"Natalya?!" Cleo asked stunned, the missing people were just popping up everywhere! Where the hell did she even come from?! "How'd you get here?!"
Natalya gave her a soft smile, "The same way you did I assume. I'm sorry I didn't say anything when you first got here. I was a little stunned to see you just fall from out of nowhere."
"You were about to let me get stabbed weren't you?" Cleo glared at the auburn haired girl before shaking her head. "Never mind! Do you have a Servant?" Cleo snapped, glowering.
"No, though I have command seals. I was hesitant to summon a Servant because I want nothing to do with this War." Natalya said, looking regretful. "Now I kinda wish I did."
Antoinette burst out laughing, stunning them all. "Oh, this is perfect! Two Masters without Servants! You really are foolish. You're easy pickings for me. Elliott will be so proud! Lancer!"
"Yes Master!" Lancer said, the smile falling from her face as she got serious, she twirled her lance in one hand and got ready to strike.
Cleo flinched back into Gawain's chest, eyes widening as Lancer suddenly disappeared in a burst of mana, only to reappear a few feet away from her. She closed her eyes and waited for the strike to come, but nothing came; all she heard was a shocked and muffled yell a second later.
Slowly, Cleo opened her eyes to find herself fully pressed into Gawain's chest, one of his arms wrapped around her and his body angled as if to shield her. She also noticed that Antoinette was wrapped in what looked like tarp, and struggling to furiously get out of it. "Wha...?"
Merlin smiled, but there was worry in her eyes. "I transported that Lancer character out of the castle and created a shield... though she's trying to get back in." Merlin flinched. "She's quite powerful."
So is her Master. Cleo thought, her gaze going back to the struggling Master. "Did you put a shield around Antoinette too?"
"That woman did it herself. Somehow." Arthur spoke up, eyeing Cleo with a glare in his eyes. "Explain to me what's going on. Now." His voice held so much authority that Cleo really almost did tell him everything, but that's when she noticed Antoinette somehow slip one of her hands free of the cloth-like restraints. If she got her mouth free...
"I will. Just wait a moment!" Cleo said, wrenching herself out of Gawain's grip and hurrying towards the summoning circle, it was clear of people. Calm down. Calm down or the summoning will go wrong. She thought to herself.
"Hey!" Arthur snapped, quickly striding after her, anger burning in his green eyes. The situation had quickly fallen out of his control and he would no longer allow it. "Don't touch that."
"King Arthur." Merlin spoke up, looking at him with uncharacteristically serious eyes. "Let her do what she plans. We'll need that help."
Arthur stared at Merlin stunned. She rarely sounded so serious with him, and though he was reluctant, he nodded. This better not blow up in their faces.
"Cleo. Are you sure, there's no going back." Natalya warned her.
"I know." Cleo said, taking her place at the front of the summoning circle while keeping her eyes on Antoinette who was struggling more furiously at the cloth wrapped around her mouth. Good thing it was the one that refused to come off.
Cleo looked down on the vambrace on her arm and the gleaming silver metal. If she was right, this could act as a catalyst. As quickly as possible, she pulled the vambrace off and set it in the middle of the circle, though she was surprised at how easy it came off. Now she needed to calm down and say the incantation.
Cleo could feel all eyes on her as she held out her arm, palm open over the inactive magic circle and started her summon:
"Let silver and steel be the essence.
Let stone and the archduke of contracts be the foundation
Let silver be the colour I pay tribute to
For the Ancestor, my great Master Llywelyn
Let rise a wall against the wind that shall fall
Let the four cardinal gates close.
Let the three-forked road from the crown reaching unto the Kingdom rotate.
Fill. Fill. Fill. Fill. Fill. Repeat five times. But when each is filled destroy it. Set."
Cleo watched as the summoning circle began to glow green as she said the words 'fill' then when she destroyed it, the color changed to a gentle orange.
"I hereby declare.
My will creates your body
And your Sword creates my Destiny
If you heed the Grail's call and obey my will and reason... then answer me!"
At this point the summoning circle was glowing brightly, ruffling her dark hair, but Cleo didn't stop, she could feel the magic hum inside her and through the air... so this was a summoning. It was surreal; even the vambrace was glowing brilliantly. Too bad Antoinette had finally gotten the restraint off of her mouth.
"With this command seal I command you! Lancer come to me!" Antoinette called out, raising her hand with her command seals. One of the symbols flashed and Lancer was suddenly by her Master's side, eyes widening at what she was seeing.
Cleo felt her breath hitch as the power from the circle started to roar around them, the summoning circle even seemed to be sparking. This was it. She had to continue her incantation:
An oath shall be sworn here!
I shall attain all virtues of all of Heaven.
I shall have dominion over all evils of all of Hell!
"Stop her!" Antoinette snapped to her Servant, fury burning in her eyes. Lancer nodded and lunged for Cleo just as she finished her summoning:
From the Seventh Heaven, attended to by three great words of power,
Come forth from the ring of restraints,
Protector of the Holy Balance!
Light and air exploded from the summoning circle, sending Lancer flying back and knocking Cleo off her feet as she shielded her eyes from the brilliant light. She rubbed at her eyes, they were watery from having that light directly line in them, even for a second.
There was a deafening silence in the air and Cleo finally blinked her eyes open to see a regal figure standing in the middle of the summoning circle; which interesting enough had taken on a gentle silvery-blue hue.
The person or rather Servant standing in the middle was female with flawless light peach toned skin, a gentle heart-shaped face, and midnight black hair that was pulled up into what looked like a loose bun with braids at the side of her head and it was all held up together by a large dark blue, satin ribbon. It was her eyes that caught Cleo's attention though; they were almond shaped and the irises themselves were a mix of purple and blue, like violets.
She wore a long-sleeved midnight blue hood-less cloak-like dress that had accents of silver, black and dark violet; that was shorter in the front, the hem of her skirt just going pass her thighs before the hem sweeped to the back, where the hem of her skirt stopped just a bit above her ankles; she also wore soft black leather that wrapped around her legs and black Armour covered boots that had steel accents. On top of her dress, the Armour she wore was designed like a demi-corset and was made of gleaming dark silver metal that had brilliant dark sapphires on either side of a beautiful emerald gem at the very top of the Armour. On the sides and bottom of the dark silver Armour were two aquamarines and diamonds.
While she didn't have any pauldrons to cover her shoulders, the Servant instead had a dark gray scarf loosely wrapped around her neck and shoulders, the ends of the scarf falling down her back. The Servant also had dark silver vambraces on her forearms and dark silver finger-less gauntlets, over black material that acted like gloves. She had short, detached faulds attached to either side of the skirt of her dress, but no middle fauld and the charcoal gray, almost black cuisses attached to the outside of her thighs to protect them.
Cleo couldn't help but gape as her Servant started to walk towards her, unmindful of the others that were watching. The Servant she had summoned was beautiful... almost in a surreal way. That wasn't fair.
"I ask you," The Servant began, her dark violet blue eyes meeting Cleo's green ones as she spoke in a smooth, calm, regal voice. "Are you my Master?"
WISE UP!
Class: Lancer
Master: Antoinette de'Chaeteau
True Name: ?
Sex: Female
Alignment:Lawful Good
Hidden Attribute: Earth
Parameter
Strength: B
Endurance: A+
Agility: A
Mana: C
Luck: D
Noble Phantasm: ?
Class Skills
Magic Resistance: A- Cancels spells of A-rank or below, no matter how High-Thaumaturgy it is. In practice, The Servant is untouchable to modern magi.
Personal Skills
Merit of Clermont: B
Paladin of the White Feather: B+
Thaumaturgy Sanctification: A
Noble Phantasm (s)
?
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