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Okay so here's the rewrite of this story. In reviews there were people who wanted me to continue the story, and seeing how popular it was, and after giving it some thought, I decided to do it. There's something about the idea that just has my attention.

This will be a longer story with some original arcs along the way. Anyway, here's the prologue.

Regarding when this takes place it's just after the Grand Magic Games and before the Eclipse Arc.

Tristain Academy of Magic

The morning rose and shone on the famous magical school. Students from various noble families were starting to wake up for lessons, or at least they would have been if not for the special nature of this day. Why one might ask?

It was the Springtime Familiar Summoning.

A day when students summoned different creatures to be their familiars and servants. A very sacred ritual that was only performed once in a person's life.

One student however was nervous about the day and what it would entail. A girl with lush long strawberry pink hair that went down her waist.

That girl was Louise Francoise Le Blanc de La Valliere, third daughter of the Valliere House. While academically she was quite gifted scoring the highest on many tests magically speaking, she was not talented. The reason being that every time she cast a spell, even a basic one like levitation a large explosion occurred. No one knew why it just did. Her classmates deemed her incompetent at magic and thus dubbed her Louise the Zero because of her incapability to cast magic. The nickname angered her to no end but there was nothing she could do about it.

Today was her last chance to prove her worth as a mage, to prove she was capable of casting magic, to prove herself as a noble to both her family and her peers.

The night before she had prayed to the Founder Brimir for a divine majestic familiar, like a dragon or griffin. However, she would have been content with anything as long as it was a living creature that had been summoned.

Getting out of bed she quickly changed into her school outfit and then stood just at the door to her room.

"Failure is not an option today!" she declared. "I will summon a familiar and show them that I am a mage."

Earthland: Veronica city

In a hotel, a blonde-haired girl finally woke up. Sitting up slowly she yawned as she took in the morning. Getting out of bed she got changed into her usual attire which consisted of a white tube top with a blue heart at the centre and gold lines on the edges, a small blue jacket with gold lines at the end, two blue sleeves with a white shirt in them, a black miniskirt with a white belt that held her keys and whip, black stockings and brown boots.

This was Lucy Heartfilia, Fairy Tails very own Celestial Wizard.

"Well, I'd better get going," she decided as she gathered her things and left.

She checked out at the hotel she was staying at and proceeded to leave the city taking one last look at everything. Things had really improved since the last time she had been here. The city was being repaired and was starting to look like it's old self. It had only been a couple of weeks since she'd been here along with her friends, though it hadn't exactly been a pleasant experience.

Lucy had only accepted a job here because it offered enough money to pay her rent. Dealing with a group of bandits, nothing too complicated, although their leader was a wizard which made things a little more complicated. Still, she managed to defeat them by herself and got paid, which was a good thing. Her friends were all out on job requests of their own, so Lucy decided to try a solo job for once just to gain a bit more experience since she usually did team missions.

At last she came to the exit and took one last look at the city.

"Wherever you're resting, I hope it's peacefully, Éclair, Momon," Lucy murmured softly before leaving.

Tristain Academy of Magic

The students were all gathered in the courtyard to summon their familiars. The weather was sunny and warm, quite fitting for the day's events. Managing the event was Professor Jean Colbert, a professor all the students respected and one of the few who did not think lowly of Louise.

Several students had summoned their familiars already. Tabitha had summoned a dragon, Kirche summoned a salamander, Guiche summoned a mole, Montmorency summoned a frog, and Malicorne summoned an owl. Others had summoned things such as a bugbear or a cat or a dog. It was close to Louise's turn and she was slightly nervous. Seeing how everyone did with their familiars made her wonder about her own. She wanted so badly to live up to her claim that she would summon a divine, beautiful, powerful familiar but found it hard to considering her past experience with magic.

"Has everyone gone yet?" Colbert called out.

"No, we still have Miss Valliere to go," Kirche responded with a smirk.

Louise clenched her fists. That damn Zerbst woman. Ever since she had first met her, she had endured taunts and jeers from her. It wasn't entirely surprising since their families were rivals, but it was still infuriating.

As she stood in the centre of the courtyard, she could here several derogatory comments from the students.

"Look, Zero is going to try and summon a familiar."

"There's no way she'll summon anything."

"We'll just get another explosion like usual."

"After all that boasting, you'll summon something much better than this guy right, Louise?" Kirche taunted as she petted her salamander.

Louise gritted her teeth in frustration. She would show her, she would show all of them! Failure wasn't an option this time. She would prove to them she was a mage.

Holding out her wand she began the incantation.

"I, Louise Francoise Le Blanc de La Valliere, in the name of the great Five Pentagon Powers, following my fate, summon a familiar!"

Just seconds later an explosion occurred.

Earthland

Lucy continued walking towards the nearest town with a train station. Magnolia was a long way away and she would like to keep the journey as short as possible.

'I wonder if Natsu and Happy are in my apartment right now?' Lucy thought. 'Or Gray or Erza. Whenever I arrive back there's always one of them there.'

As much as it annoyed her, Lucy had gotten used to it by now. She suddenly stopped when she noticed this green orb in front of her.

"What the," she exclaimed.

What was this thing and what was it doing here?

Curiosity got the better of her as she touched it only for it to ripple like water. She pressed her finger in slightly. Then, without warning, the orb opened up and caught her entire hand.

"W-What," Lucy stuttered surprised. "Let go of me!"

She attempted to resist but it was futile. The orb consumed her fully and she fell through darkness. While falling she heard a girl's voice.

"Summon a familiar!"

'Familiar? What's that?' she briefly thought before she ceased falling.

She was still in darkness, but she was hovering.

"Hello there, young mage!" a distorted voice rung out startling Lucy.

The voice was male and sounded ancient.

"I know this must be quite shocking for you but please listen. One of my descendants is in need of your help."

Lucy furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. She tried to speak but no words came out. Confusion quickly turned to fear as she felt something strange coursing through her body.

'What's going on? Why can't I talk? Also, why does he need my help?' Lucy thought confused.

"Your body is adapting to the change. Where you are going the language is foreign, this way you will be able to understand it and given time read as well. Don't worry it happens to everyone when they pass over here."

Lucy was still confused as to what was going on.

"You're confused. I can sense it. Regretfully I don't have much time so please listen carefully. You are about to embark on a journey unlike your previous. This journey will test you and those who stand with you. You will encounter enemies both new and old. However, above all you must guide my descendant down her destined path or there will be nothing but chaos."

Lucy gulped. This man was asking a lot of her. She had so many questions. New and old enemies? Guide his descendant? Who was he? And how did he know her?

"Our time is up. Good luck, and at the same time sorry. Oh and before I forget, you'll be able to use your magic where you're going."

Lucy only felt a bit of relief of hearing that. Why wouldn't she have been able to use her magic?

'Why do I get the feeling this isn't going to end well?' she worried.

She didn't get to dwell on it much more as she was consumed by a blinding blue light.

Tristain Academy of Magic

The explosion cleared up and students were beginning to stand up. Some were yelling at Louise, criticizing her for causing another explosion. All of their taunts fell on deaf ears as Louise's attention was entirely devoted to the crater she created.

The students and professor seemed to have picked up on this and turned to where she was looking. There was something, or rather someone, sitting at the centre with completely shocked eyes.

She wasn't the only one. Everyone present was stunned that Louise had actually managed to summon something, and a human no less.

However, between Louise and Lucy, without actually realizing it, both had the exact same thing running through their mind.

'What the Hell!'

Hi there. Well, what did you think of that? I kept this one short because it's the prologue. Next chapter will see Lucy becoming aware of her new status.

I decided to publish this now because even though I will be busy this year with college and other stories, I don't want this to be a story kept in the back of my computer the entire time.

I can't promise a regular update schedule, though that's the same with my other stories. Still, I hope you enjoy it.