Summer Vacation.
Tabitha was going home and Kirche was going with her.
Unfortunately for Mikoto she was Louise familiar and therefore had to stay behind and 'protect her'.
She helped load Kirche's luggage onto the carriage before saying goodbye and watched as the carriage left academy grounds.
Quickly running up to the top of the main tower she kept watching until it had completely disappeared.
It was going to be a long two weeks without Tabitha around.
She could already hear Louise yelling at Saito for doing god know what and immediately missed the calmness Tabitha brought.
She flinched slightly when an explosion rocked the courtyard and silently cursed.
Even after all this time she still flinches at loud noises.
It was night and she was heading back to Tabitha's room when she encountered Louise.
Mikoto immediately knew something was wrong.
"Valière?" asked Mikoto cautiously, something about Louise's flushed face felt very familiar.
"Mikoto" she whispered dazed before launching herself at her.
Mikoto easily dodged the sloppy attack.
Louise had tears in her eye as Mikoto kept dodging her charges.
"Idiot Mikoto, how could you leave me alone for so long I missed you and now you won't even hug me" she complained, "Mikoto you idiot, idiot."
"You can't be serious" muttered Mikoto.
"I am serious, very serious, I love you Mikoto."
Mikoto grimaced whilst Montmorancy peered round the corner, "oh no, I knew it."
Mikoto disappeared in a surprising burst of speed, grabbing Montmorancy's shirt and slamming her against the wall.
"What did you do!"
Montmorancy gulped and quickly told Mikoto she spiked Guiche's drink with a love potion and Louise drunk it instead.
Mikoto growled lowly and quickly dodged another of Louise's attempts at hugging her.
"Mikoto stop flirting with other woman, you were gonna kiss her weren't you" shouted Louise crying.
Mikoto glared venomously at Montmorancy, "change her back!"
Monmorancy gulped, "You'll have to wait for it to wear off."
"How long?"
"Anything from a month to a year, maybe longer" he voice quietened as lightning arched around Mikoto.
Louise charged at her again but a flash later she was on the floor, unconscious and slightly burned.
Montmorancy flinched and started sweating bullets as she stared into Mikoto's eyes promising certain death unless she came up with a solution right now.
"W-Wait" she stuttered, "I can create an antidote."
"Go on."
"I don't have the ingredients here b-but if you can get a water spirit tear t-then I can reverse the effects."
"Tomorrow you, me, Saito and Grammont will get this tear and you will turn her back is that clear" growled Mikoto.
"M-Me as well?" she stuttered.
"You caused this, you will fix it" and with that Mikoto picked up Louise and headed towards her room.
Placing Louise in her bed she quickly left, not wanting to be around when she woke up.
Bumping into Saito on her way to Tabitha's room she quickly warned him about what Montmorancy had done and the trip they were taking tomorrow.
Walking into Tabitha's room she locked the door behind her and sighed.
She missed the Tabitha's calm and quiet nature that helped with her stress.
Closing the curtains and changing into the nightclothes Tabitha had kindly bought her not long after she first arrived, she quickly got into bed.
She fell asleep knowing tomorrow was going to be a nightmare.
The next morning found Mikoto glaring at a horse whilst dodging Louise's attempts at physical contact.
Mikoto knew the effect she had on animals and silently cursed this society for not having other methods of transportation.
"I'll run" exclaimed Mikoto as she zapped Louise and dumped her on Saito.
"Are you sure? It's a long way to Lake Lagdorian" asked Montmorancy.
"Lets go" growled Mikoto angrily not in the mood to deal with anyone.
Monmorancy gulped and quickly galloped away followed by Guiche calling for her to wait up, then Saito with Louise and finally Mikoto who was using her ability to create small explosions beneath her feet propelling her forward.
They arrived at the flooded town the lake was located in around noon and Monmorancy said the spirit would only appear at night.
So Mikoto said they'd wait and no one protested knowing how bad a mood she was in.
Hours later the sun was nearly set and Monmorancy went about contacting the spirit.
Not long after she'd sent her familiar into the lake with a drop of her blood a fountain appeared before them quickly taking on the form of a giant water version of Montmorancy.
When she asked to have a piece of the water spirit she was refused.
"Is there anything we could do in exchange for the tear?" Mikoto spoke up because for her failure was not an option.
"You would do anything?" asked the water spirit.
"So long as it is within my power" Mikoto answered.
"We are to occupied increasing the water to drive away some of your kind attacking us, we desire to be rid of them" stated the spirit.
"Consider it done" answered Mikoto walking away.
"W-Wait I don't want to be involved in a fight" complained Montmorancy.
Mikoto gave her the coldest glare yet "yeah, well I don't want Valière clinging to me stating she loves me."
Monmorancy flinched and stayed silent.
Guiche and Saito also withered under her glare.
Turning away from them Mikoto climbed up a tree with full view of the lake and waited.
Around an hour later Mikoto watched as two cloaked people approached the lake.
Quietly climbing down she silenced her companions and staying behind the tree line quietly closing the distance between her and her targets.
It was only when she was approximately 70 meters away she spotted a very familiar looking staff.
Smiling slightly she walked out of the forest and towards the two figures, ignoring the companions protests.
She didn't bother hiding her presence and created an orb of light allowing them to easily see her.
"Mikoto?" said Kirche in surprise.
"Yo" she replied.
"What are you doing here?" she asked lowering her hood, Tabitha doing the same.
"Trying to get a spirit tear so Montmorancy can undo the effects of a love potion Louise drunk" said Mikoto flatly as Saito, Montmorancy, Guiche and Louise walked out from behind the tree line.
"Mikoto my love" exclaimed Louise as she charged again.
Mikoto growled before grabbing Louise and tossing her into the overflown lake.
Kirche laughed whilst Mikoto glared at Montmorancy again.
"To get the tear we were asked to stop the attacks" Mikoto explained.
"How troublesome we need to defeat the water spirit for Tabitha to keep face" Kirche muttered.
"What do you mean?" asked Saito.
"T-That's because Tabitha's family asked her to, t-the water keeps rising every day and it's damaging her families territory" answered Kirche nervously.
"So you have you own reasons for this, what a problem" commented Guiche.
"Montmorancy summon the spirit again, I'm gonna ask why they're flooding the lake" commanded Mikoto.
"R-Right."
A few minutes later the water spirit had been summoned and Mikoto asked her question.
Turns out a group of mages stole their treasure and by flooding the world they'd get it back.
"Talk about a long term plan" muttered Saito.
"It can't be helped spirits are immortal so their sense of time differs from ours" answered Montmorancy.
"In that case I'll bring your treasure back to you someday, what's it called and who stole it?" proclaimed Mikoto surprising everyone.
"Give up Mikoto, no one's going to believe a promise made by a random stranger who just showed up" sighed Guiche.
"We believe, the treasure is Andvarti's ring and one of the people who stole it was called Cromwell, we know nothing else" said the spirit.
"W-Why?" asked Guiche.
"A man with angel wings kept an oath to us in the distant past, you have the same aura he did so we are willing to believe" stated the water spirit producing a tear.
"Dark Matter" muttered Mikoto quietly before turning to Tabitha when she muttered she owed her.
"In that case can I spend summer vacation at your place?" asked Mikoto, Louise wasn't awake so she couldn't protest and besides Mikoto didn't want to be around when she returned to normal.
Tabitha nodded.
The two groups said their goodbye's and Mikoto followed Tabitha and Kirche to where Sylphid was waiting and after a quick cuddle with a very happy dragon they flew back to Tabitha's home to report their success.