Well, I'm actually quite surprised that this one chapter received so many views and only 1 review in such a short time when I am now deciding to write this. I don't know if I should be glad or if I should just be surprised at the fanbase… either way, I've decided to give this one a shot so hope you enjoy reading this as much as I will enjoy to write it.

"Zero" – Regular Speech

'Zero' – Thoughts

"Zero" – Unknown Speech

"Zero" – Spell/Technique

It was a rather eventful day. Too much had happened at once for Louise to realize what had happened. Questions clouded her thoughts on what she should do. It was the first familiar she had ever summoned and at that it had to be a Plebian.

This was 1: Unheard of.

2: Outrageous.

And finally the most important of all, 3: EMBARRASSING!

"No no no no no no no no no!" Louise yelled to herself over and over again as she paced about the room. "Why… why why why did it have to be a Plebian of all things I summoned?! Is that even supposed to be legal?! Won't it be an offense to any of the other aristocratic nations that this boy belonged to?!" Louise thought, trying to think of a legitimate reason why she couldn't keep this familiar and would be forced to summon a new one.

"Yes. That has to be the right call. It's not like I wanted to summon him up and it's not like I want to cause this school any trouble so it should just be fine to just give him up and have him return to his original owners… right…?" She asked herself, expecting the answer to fall right out of the sky.

Continually pacing bout the room, back and forth in a swift motion as if she were playing the sport of NASCAR on her feet, Louise continued to think of a genuine, justifiable reason to solve her predicament. Sadly enough, she couldn't think of anything and continued to pout to herself as she slammed her fists against the warm and soft comfort of her bed that she soon would need to depart to so she could get ready for the next day. Before she got ready to turn in for the night, she took one last look at the boy who was still clenching tightly to his object that he came to this world with. He was in a sort of vulnerable position. It looked like he was in pain by the face he was making. It almost seemed like he was having a nightmare now that Louise could see his face more clearly.

'Who is this boy…?' She thought to herself as she reached out to touch his hand that was clenching the small object.

In a complete reaction to the presence that touched him, Shiki immediately sprung into action and reversed Louise's hand and brought his own to her throat in a brilliant display of agility and strength. With his eyes dead locked on hers he couldn't help but flick the knife out of its container that it was in and have it at the ready as if he was truly ready to slice her into a thousand pieces. Before he could continue any further, he regained his composure and got a grip of reality to slap himself in the face which subsequently dropped the frightened girl.

"W-What… What the…?" He mumbled to himself as he felt the pulsing of his blood start to throb on his temple. He could hear his heart racing. His mind was clear but his body was shaking. He was breathing heavily trying to regain his bearing before he fell down to one knee and latched his hand over one of his eyes to at least dull the pain. It was to no avail though, as long as he continued to see the pain wouldn't stop. He would either need to find his glasses again or he would have to keep them closed to save him from this torment.

Infuriated, now that she regained her poise and her sense of things, Louise rose from the floor with her wand in hand.

"H-How dare you do that to your master you Plebian!" She yelled at the boy who had no idea what she was saying.

"Who… who the hell are you? What am I doing here?" Shiki asked as he couldn't comprehend what the little girl in front of him was trying to tell him. From what he could see, she looked to be only 13 with her size as well as her tone of voice. She looked to be angry for some reason but he couldn't tell what. Was it that he pissed her off by choking her out of pure instinct? It was her fault after all.

"Explain yourself! Why did you assault me? Why did you attack a person of noble birth and furthermore why do you speak in a language that I don't understand?!" Louise demanded as she flicked her wand towards him in a threatening manner. "Tell me your name or suffer the consequences you impudent dog!"

'Wow… she looks pissed…' Shiki thought to himself as he was dumbstruck as per what to say. All he could ascertain out of that whole blurb of foreign text was something about her being angry… at least, maybe? 'Perhaps… I should try communicating via body language…?' He thought for a second before trying to picture exactly what would happen if he tried to. "Nope that's not going to work…" He muttered aloud.

"What was that you damn Plebian?!" Louise yelled at the boy, clearly losing all self-control of her emotions.

"Why the hell are you yelling at me?! I didn't do anything to you!" Shiki retorted towards the little pink ball of anger who was in turn yelling back at him in a foreign language.

It was a rather comedic sight. On one side you had a small 13-year-old-looking girl yelling at a 16-year-old-looking boy each with a language of their own to try and communicate to one another… needless to say, it wasn't working out. Before the conversation got any louder, Louise got sick and tired of trying to argue with the boy and just resorted to using magic to get her way. (Everyone knows where this is going, yes?)

With a quick flick of her wrist and a bit of murmuring under her breath, Louise tried her first "Silence" spell just so she could shut the boy up. And like all other spells, it blew up in her face as well as sending the boy flying backwards into the wall.

"Oww… my head…" Shiki said to himself as he felt a large lump start to form in the back of his cranium. "What the hell was that…?" He asked himself aloud, trying to make sense of what he just witnessed.

"Aw, you've got to be kidding me, the spell didn't work? He's still talking!" Louise groaned to herself as she tacked on another 'failure' in her mental tack box.

"What do you mean spell?" Shiki asked as it soon occurred to him that he could now understand the girl. "W-wait a minute… I can understand you now?" He asked rhetorically.

"Hm… how strange…" Louise said as she looked at him inquisitively. "The Silence spell changed to a permanent translation-type spell…" Louise pondered to herself as she tried to ascertain how this was possible. "I said all the incantations right though… how is it I can't even get this down right…?" She muttered to herself, pacing back and forth like she had been for the past 45 minutes.

"U-Um… excuse me but… where am I?" Shiki asked, completely unaware of the situation he was plunged into.

"Oh, that's right… you just started understanding our language so you have no idea what's going on." Louise commented as she turned to face the bewildered boy. "You, are my familiar." She stated matter-of-factly.

"W-wait a minute… could you run that by me one more time?" Shiki asked again, hoping he heard her wrong. He knew what the word familiar meant. It was a type of summoned creature that was brought into the world of their master to do their bidding. They were a form of magical beings committed to servitude to their master.

"You're my familiar. I am Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière, you however, can call me Master." She said as she stood there with her arms crossed.

"Uh huh…" the boy nodded his head slowly, understanding every word she said. "Well then… Goodbye." He stated before walking out the door and sprinting his way down the stairwell, hoping to find a way out to save himself.

"W-Wait! Come back here you dog!" Louise barked at him as if she were calling for a pet. "Guiche! Help me catch him!" She yelled at her fellow classmate who had been flirting with a girl in the hallway as Shiki ran past him.

"Louise…? Wait a minute, wasn't that your familiar?" Her classmate asked, confused as per what the situation was.

"Tell me something I don't know you dumbass! He's getting away, help me catch him!" She poked at him to help her.

"Wait a minute, you saying he's escaping? Wow… somehow I kind of expected this from you… however, as you are a damsel in distress, I will assist you in this matter." Guiche prided himself in his chivalry for the feminine gender as he felt obligated from then on to assist her.

"Come on! We've got no time to lose!" She pushed him out into the courtyard after her rouge familiar who was just now running towards the gate.

"Hmph… he's only that far away huh? A simple levitation spell should work here." He noted to himself aloud as he readied the spell.

"Etre, Terra, Gravitas… Levitrae!" Guiche casted as he flicked his wand towards the running boy and impacted him with the spell.

"Wh-What the hell?!" Shiki yelled as he soon found himself suspended in mid-air with no control over his gravitational force to the ground. "P-Put me down damnit!" He yelled at the person responsible, whoever it was.

"You know, you owe me twice now Lousie. I first had to do this to get him up to your room… now I'm having to do this again to keep him here at the Academy." Guiche tacked off the times he's had to help out his classmate, thinking it would be worth to have Louise 'owe him one'.

"Yes yes… thank you Guiche… you helped me out quite a bit today."

"Not a problem. Just be sure to keep an eye on him. Where would you want me to put him?" He asked, floating the boy back towards them.

"Place him on the ground in front of us. He shouldn't be able to move as long as you have the levitation spell on him right?" She asked, hoping to not have to repeat the same situation again.

"That is correct… he should be stationary as long as I hold this magic trail around him." He explained as he plopped the boy down onto the ground with a sudden thud.

Walking up to her familiar with her wand in hand, Louise was furious. She had never heard of a familiar escaping from the will of their master. Then again, it's not every day a Plebian is summoned up as a familiar so it shouldn't have made sense for the usual rules to be in effect. However, this was Louise we're talking about… so no form of reason would reach her ears when she was this pissed off.

"How dare you run away from me, your master!" she yelled at the boy who was still trying to figure out how he couldn't move. "What is your name?! I'm tired of calling you 'familiar' and you should be grateful that you have the honor of serving me." She said, trying to remain as calm as possible, now that she had everything under her thumb.

"My name… is Shiki Tohno." He answered, still fidgeting with all his might to get out of the binds that were placed on him through unknown means.

As he continued to struggle there against his will, he couldn't help but start to notice the lines of death start to overlap each other in the air. As he discerned it closer and closer he noticed that it kept flowing down until it went into his body.

'What the hell is that?' He thought to himself as the effects of using his eyes soon took their toll. He felt the pounding sensation of his headache start to pierce into his skull. His vision was starting to fail him and continued use would only make things worse.

"H-Hey… you listening?" Louise asked the boy as she noticed he was no longer concerned with what she was saying.

"M-My eyes… they hurt…" He replied as he winced at the pain. As he closed his eyes and started to calm himself, he looked in the direction of the girl and stared at her… even if he wasn't looking at her he knew that he had her attention. 'I guess that since I don't have a way to take care of this… these users of 'magic' might be able to help me.' He thought to himself as he stayed in his position that he was forced in.

"Alright… I'll stay here as your 'familiar'… but you have to help me with something." Shiki reasoned with the aristocrat as he looked towards the other presence and asked him to let him go.

Complying with the request, the blonde magician let his captive go and retreated back to the building where he hoped his damsel he had been swooing would still be. This left both Shiki and Louise alone in the courtyard, with a stifling silence enveloping them both.

"Before I help you… don't misunderstand me." Louise finally said after the long silence.

"What do you mean?" He replied a little confused at the request.

"It's the master's job to make sure her familiar is taken care of. That's the only reason I'm complying with your request. Do you understand me?" She said shaking slightly, for whatever reason, Shiki didn't know.

"Yes I understand." He responded.

"Good. Now, let's get out of this cold air. I'm going to catch a cold at this rate." She said as she strutted away towards the doorway of the dormitories. "I'll ask Colbert-sensei to help you with your problem tomorrow. If it's anyone who knows about illnesses or solutions to fix things, it'll be him." She reasoned as she waited for him to follow her to the room.

As they both departed for the night, Shiki couldn't help but feel the watchful eyes of someone's gaze upon him as he looked up towards the sky with his eyes now open. As it turned out, the Eyes of Death Perception didn't hurt him when he looked up at the sky. Maybe it was because his vision only went so far that he couldn't see the lines. Either way, his gaze fell upon two moons. One was blue while the other had a slight tint of red… or maybe purple, now that he looked at it more closely. This was going to be his world for as long as he was stuck here. He might as well get used to it now then fight about it later. Turning in for the night, a slight whisper of a few words caught his ears which put him on edge.

"…finally found you…" The voice muttered in the wind as it soon vanished from existence.

Abruptly turning around one last time, Shiki made out the image of a silhouetted object in the distance. It quickly vanished from sight but he knew it was there.

'Something's bound to happen here soon…' He thought before walking backwards until he got to the doorway. 'Oh well… nothing I can do about it until it shows itself…' he told himself as he followed the girl back into the dormitory for the night.