Here's the first choice chapter guys! Just let me give you a clear outline!
"Unlimited Route"
- Will relate to Fate Unlimited Destinies
- Will have the male Saber and Lancer
- Will have Jeanne d'Arc as a more central role
-Will Take place in Tokyo
-Will have less main enemy Servants - Will have more individual enemy Masters and Servants
-Will have Unlimited Blade Works Characters later on
-Arthur and Gawain will have a harder time remembering
Ariene and Cleo.
"Fragments Route"
-Will relate to the Fate Fragments of Destiny
-Will have more back-up characters related to Ariene's history and world
- Will have Emiya Shirou as a more central character
-Will take place in Fuyuki City
- Will have more individual enemy Masters and Servants
-Will fit in the Fate/Prototype storyline more
-Arthur and Gawain will remember Ariene and Cleo easier
Now here is another piece of news, we all know that the original Fate/Stay Night series has three different routes... so I was thinking that I could do three different routes as well. They are ALL already established anyways. I never deleted the original Fate Unlimited Destinies and I have recently gotten back to watching Fate/Apocrypha, so I have decided to continue the ORIGINAL Fate Unlimited Destinies as a THIRD route for the Fate/Grand Destiny series. HOWEVER I will be RENAMING the original Fate Unlimited Destinies to FATE SAINT'S DESTINY. So if you had read the original before, I'm going to continue it and it'll be a mix of both routes instead of having its own choice!
Please review and tell me what you think! Thanks!
Choice 1- Meeting Under The Moon
That damn Caster... Saber thought to herself, annoyance burning through her body. Why did that Caster think she could have an opinion Saber's personal affairs?
Saber walked through Camelot's halls in spirit form, silently watching as some guards changed places. Despite the late hour, none of the knights on guard seemed tired; not that she would think they would be. Not the knights under King Arthur's leadership; the King who wanted nothing and just wanted Britain to prosper. He seemed like a wise King... but she also noticed a distance between him and his people. In many ways, this King had the same habits of Caster; which actually irked her. If he really was like Caster, there was a very low chance of them getting along.
As Saber continued down an empty hallway, she saw the King of Knights himself through a window. He was sitting on a stone bench, looking down at his hands with a contemplative look on his face. She was about to goo pass him when he looked up to the sky, the starlight reflecting off his green eyes and making them look a wonderful blue. The sight reminded Saber so much of him that she stopped and headed into the courtyard.
Saber materialized a few feet away from Arthur, causing him to look up in surprise at the black haired Servant. "You... what are you doing?"
Saber frowned at him. "I could ask you the same thing. Why are you up so late? Shouldn't you be asleep like most of Camelot?"
"Don't you need sleep?" Arthur asked in turn, even though he was cautious, he couldn't help but be curious about her.
"Servants do not need to sleep or eat. As long as we have a constant supply of mana, we can function." Saber explained before pausing, "Servants... no Heroic Spirits are existences above humans after all."
Arthur nodded, he looked at her logically, he understood, but physically, she looked like a young lady who was as old as him or younger. It was hard to think of her as this powerful being, even if he had seen it with his own eyes. "I think that's why I can't really trust you... or Caster. I don't know anything about you."
Saber nodded, thinking that she would have the same outlook as him if she was in his position. "I haven't even had this discussion with my Master, but I can answer some simple questions if it puts you at ease."
Arthur looked stunned at the offer, but nonetheless, he nodded a small smile appearing on his face. "I understand that you don't need to, however... would you like to sit with me?"
Now it was Saber's turn to be surprised, but she sat beside him, keeping a respectable distance. "Ask me what you would like and I'll answer if I can."
Arthur nodded, green eyes studying her face as he thought about what he would ask her.
Unlimited Route
"Are you willing to tell me anything about the two Servants you fought?" Arthur asked.
Saber immediately frowned at the question. "As I said before, I don't want to say reveal their true names since I know that other Saber won't reveal my name to his allies."
Arthur clenched his jaw in frustration. "Even if it saves lives? You are endangering my people by keeping such knowledge to yourself."
"That King of Paladine's won't attack your people. Lancer wouldn't have either if not for her Master." Saber explained. "So, if anything, the female Master that attacked Cleo and Natalya is the problem, not the Servants themselves."
Arthur was silent at that, she seemed so certain that the Servants wouldn't attack Camelot again but... these weren't her people. "How can you be certain? What makes you trust him so much?"
Saber looked at him. "Because, he's a good King. He was a really good and chivalrous King in life. The King of Paladine's, he truly was the best King of his time. If one were to think of it, he's like the King Arthur of his time period."
Arthur looked at her. "Was he your husband in life?" Though he kept his voice neutral, he couldn't deny that he felt a pang of jealousy. Whoever was Saber's husband in life must have been a lucky man. There was no denying that Saber was beautiful with her light peach toned skin, dark curling hair and dark violet eyes. Saber was the personification of the night itself.
Saber stared at him stunned. "Was that male Saber my husband? If he was, then Lancer attacked her Queen, something I doubt she would have done. No, the King of Paladine's was not my husband." She laughed at the end, finding the notion to be extremely ridiculous. "Ask another question."
"How'd you meet him?" Arthur asked, frustrated that she was laughing at him and unable to get how the two of them interacted out of his head. It was truly as if the two of them were old friends.
"Believe it or not, in a different Holy Grail War. In a different world. He called us 'oddities', which I suppose is right. In a normal Holy Grail War, it should be near impossible to summon the both of us. I suppose that's also why I trust him."
Arthur was about to ask another question when Saber suddenly reached out, hesitantly taking his hand in hers as she looked up at him with dark eyes. "I know as a King, it's hard to trust someone you just met. Especially when you know that they are keeping something from you, but I ask that you trust me, King Arthur."
Arthur just stared at her stunned before looking at their interlaced fingers. He was surprised that she was being so familiar with him; but more so, he was surprised to find that she was so warm. Maybe it was foolish on his part, but he had expected her to feel like a phantom, more cool to the touch, not warm and soft like a human. "How could you possibly ask that?"
"Because as long as my Master remains here, I will protect the people of Camelot to the best of my abilities. My sword shall be your shield." Saber swore to him.
Arthur blinked, his hold on her hand tightening as if he could hold her to the oath she just sworn. "I shall hold you to that... Saber." He rose to his feet, letting his hand slip from hers. "I do not have any more questions at the moment and you are right, it's late. I should retire for the night."
"Have good dreams then, King Arthur." Saber said softly, gazing up at him, the starlight seemingly giving her a subtle ethereal glow.
"Yes." Arthur nodded, leaving Saber alone in the courtyard. He didn't spare her another glance, but she stared after him until she could no longer see him.
Saber smirked lightly, "How troublesome." She muttered to herself, but there was the barest hint of fondness in her voice as she stared at her hand, still able to feel the warmth of his.
Fragments Route
"Can you tell me Caster's true name? If not the male Saber and Lancer that you fought earlier today?" Arthur asked finally after thinking for a bit. "Can you tell me your true name?"
"You ask for something I have not even revealed to my own Master." Saber said. "You don't know the weight of what revealing a true name means and yet you ask for it. The answer is that I cannot, King Arthur." She looked down at her hands.
Arthur growled in frustration, "Then what can you tell me?"
Saber frowned at him, nibbling on her lip gently. "You can ask me personal questions. That won't reveal my identity."
Arthur paused, realizing the gift that she was giving him. "How old are you?" He finally asked. "Did you have any siblings?"
"I had three siblings, two brothers and one sister." Saber said, a bitter smile on her face. "All half-siblings, same Father, but different Mothers. As for how old I am... well as a Heroic Spirit you could say I'm more than two thousand years old. Physically, I suppose I'm between twenty and twenty-two."
Arthur nodded, "I suppose asking what country you're Queen of is something you can't answer?"
Saber gave him a small smile. "That's right. However, I will tell you that the continent my country was in had two other larger realms and many smaller kingdoms."
Arthur looked at her, relief building in him at her willingness to answer his questions in some way. "Were you a good Queen?"
"What makes a good Queen?" Saber mused, looking up at the stars, nostalgia in her eyes. "I like to think I was a good Queen. I like to think my people flourished. Even the ones who hated and cursed me. As long as their hatred stayed on me and didn't effect others, I was content. Even from a young age, the path I chose profited my people. The actions I took for my country and people, I regret nothing, even at the very end."
"At the very end..." Arthur stared at Saber stunned. The way she spoke, it made him think that she was a good Queen. To want her people to be safe and happy and to prosper. She wasn't that much different than him was she? From how she sounded, it was as if she gave everything to her people, just like him.
Saber stiffened in surprise when Arthur suddenly grabbed her hands, holding them tightly as he looked at her with earnest eyes, even if they were still guarded slightly. "I have one more question."
"Yes?" Saber asked, a light blush on her face, due to the contact and the intense look in his green eyes. "What is it?"
"I know the people of Camelot are not your people, but will you protect them as if they were your own?" Arthur asked, looking at her with intense green eyes that made her squirm slightly.
"There is no need to ask such a question." Saber said, "As long as my Master is here, I shall protect the people of Camelot to the best of my ability." Her fingers tightened around Arthur's as she gazed at him. "Caster will too, even if she does come off as boarish and prickly."
Arthur gave her a genuine smile. "That's all I ask." The two of them stared at each other for a few more minutes, not saying anything.
Arthur knew that he should let her go, but he didn't want to, he liked the way her hand felt in his; warm and solid, reassuring and promising. He wondered how he could possibly let her go. Even if they had just met this morning, her grip felt extremely familiar.
"You should rest for the night." Saber finally said, pulling away from him and pulling her fingers out of his grip. "You have a long day ahead of you, King Arthur."
Arthur nodded, pushing himself to his feet, he had a feeling that Saber wanted to be alone now. "Rest if you can as well... Saber. We shall talk tomorrow."
Saber watched Arthur until he was out of view, a small smirk appearing on her face. "Troublesome King..." She muttered to herself. Her eyes again, went back to the stars.
End of Choices
Saber stared up at the stars, allowing the silence of the night to be her companion. She had no other choice after all.
"You know," Saber said, keeping her eyes on the stars. "I didn't mind you keeping hidden while that King was here, but shouldn't you reveal yourself now?"
There was silence in response to her question and Saber honestly thought that the Servant had gone when a soft voice filled the air.
"So, you knew I was here." A gentle voice said before a Servant materialized in front of her and Saber stood up, ready to battle if she needed to.
The Servant in question was female with long, straight black hair that went a bit pass her waist, fair skin and large bright blue eyes. On her hair was a gold hair-piece attached to what looked like a white veil that rested on her hair. She wore a rather revealing white and light blue robe with gold and red accents, light blue-gray vambraces with gold accents and thigh-high light blue leggings, her armoured boots having the same design as her vambraces. The most noticeable feature however was the large cross-like staff the Servant held in her left hand.
"I noticed you." Saber agreed, the halberd-sword appearing in her hand as she sized the unknown Servant up. "The only thing I don't know is if you're a friend or foe."
"I am Ruler." The Servant said, "On my true name, I swear that is the truth."
Saber's eyes widened at the proclamation. Ruler. The Servant Overseer of the Holy Grail War. Due to the strange circumstances of this war, Saber shouldn't have been shocked that a Ruler class Servant would appear but... "How do I know you're telling the truth?"
"On my name as St. Martha." The Servant freely said, "You can trust that I am telling you truth, Ariene Direcrest. Now, would you mind telling me the situation about this Holy Grail War?"
There's a Ruler! And it's not Jeanne! I chose her because it has been states that St. Martha has the requirements to be a Ruler class Servant and I wanted someone different!
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