Fate series fanfiction.
made by: Ereshkigal Irakalla(me) and Serp14.
Edited by: Shadow250899

The Holy Grail War, an ancient war that happens once every decade. During my childhood, I was told many stories about such events and was taught to take part in the war.

The war would be starting in a month time and I had already made the necessary preparation, which included gathering information about my servant, increasing my mana capacity and improving my skill in hand to hand combat.

In a week time, I would stop going to school as I had a gut feeling that someone or something would try to sabotage my chance of joining the war.

With each passing day, the war drew closer. I paced around my room, trying to calm myself down as I knew, today was the fated day that I would finally summon my servant.

"Knock Knock"

"Who is there!" I exclaimed, startled that someone suddenly knocked the door which 'knocked' me out of my thoughts.

"It is me" My long-time assistant, Alfred walks in holding a cup of tea and a book in his other hand.

"I believe its time Mistress Kagami for your ritual" Alfred said in his usual deadpan voice

I hastily downed my scorching hot tea and ran out to my garden to conduct the ritual, leaving Alfred behind.

"I hope the ritual will "cool" Master's throat and maybe teach her some manners." Alfred muttered before clearing the table.

*Garden*

I stood on the summoning circle that was drawn long ago in the centre of the garden where the mana was the densest. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath and starting chanting the sacred words.

As I was chanting, the clear skies got darker and it suddenly started raining.

"I cannot stop now. I am nearly there" I thought to myself as I braved the rain to finish the ritual.

The rain got heavier with every verse I recited, reflecting the increasing unrest within my heart that I would fail to summon my servant and be deemed as a failure to my family.

The moment I said finish my final verse, the world went black.

*Dream verse*

The first thing I noticed when I opened my eyes was that my surroundings was full of cages that contained blue flames.

"Finally woke up" I turned my head to find the source of the voice which turns out to be a teenage looking girl. I took a second to appreciate the beauty in front of me. She has alluring ruby eyes and her gold hair falls below her shoulder.

"What are you looking at, who are you and how did you get here?" She demanded and pointed the eerily glowing lance at me.

"I am Kagami and your Master for the upcoming war. I swear I was not checking you out or anything. I am not sure how came here, I only remembered that I lost conscious while conducting the summoning ritual" I quickly raised both hands up and answered her question as I feared that I might be skewered any second.

When she heard my answer, she turned around and rubbed her temples and complained

"How did I get roped in into this war? I am a divine spirit for god's sake."

I used this time to regain my bearings and analyse the situation I am in. Firstly, with the information I have gathered over past month, I can already deduce the servant that was currently complaining like a little child in front of me. Secondly, I realised the place I was in which actually made a lot of sense considering who my servant was.

"Lancer, do you know how to get me back home" I called out to my servant(?).

Lancer broke out of her monologue and look at me with a resigned face.

Slowly she walked to him and tap me on my forehead.

"Close your eyes and you will find yourself back in your cosy little home." She said in a quiet and comforting voice.

"Thank you, Lancer" As I closed my eyes, I inwardly laughed when I saw Lancer flustered reaction when I called out her class title when I called her out twice.

*Real World*

I woke up for the third time today and found myself staring at the celling of my room.

"Ah Master, you are finally awake. There is a female guest waiting for you in the common area. I assume that she is your servant considering her questionable fashion sense." Alfred said in a monotonous voice as he came in to check on me.

I quickly shot up from my bed and bolted down to the meet Lancer. In my haste, I did not notice what I was wearing nor did I thank Alfred for informing me.

"Looks like the manners were not taught" Alfred watched me run down in amusement and shook his head gently.

At the common room, I saw a weirdly hilarious scene of Lancer standing on top of the table while my believed dog barking at her. I laughed heartily till the point I was rolling on the ground.

"Master! Please get this thing away from me. Ah!" Lancer begged me in tears when she saw me laughing at her while trying to use a broom to gently chase the dog away.

I obliged and Lancer warily get off the table.

"Ahem" She coughed to herself, trying to salvage the remaining pieces of her dignity.

"Let me formally intro…" Lancer trailed off and gave me a weird look.

I look at her confusingly and she pointed at me. I looked down and realised that I was only dressed in my underwear. I shrieked loudly and quickly jolted back up to my room to find a set of clean clothes lying on my bed and Alfred staring at me.

"Why am I in my underwear and why did you not inform me of my state of undress?" I shouted at Alfred accusingly while trying to put on my clothes.

"To answer your first question. It was because your clothes were soaked during the rain and out of the goodness of my heart, I do not want my Mistress to fall ill. To answer you second question. It was because you ran out so quickly that I considered signing you up for the Olympics instead of the Holy Grail War." Alfred explained with his usual poker face but I could detect a hint of amusement in his tone.

After I made sure I was properly dressed, I went back to the common area.

"Ahem. Let me formally introduce myself. My class is Lancer and my true name is a secret in case someone read your mind and find out about my identity. I hope our partnership will be a fruitful one" Lancer said in a regal tone and stretched out a hand for a handshake.

"Likewise. My name is Kagami and I am your Master for this war." I shake her hand and gave her a small smile.

"Let's keep her in the dark that I deduced her identity for a while longer" I thought to myself.

With that handshake, it signifies the beginning of a beautiful partnership.