Hi again my readers or whoever is looking up on this story I wrote. I just showed up to update my story again. I'm glad to know so far I've gotten 1 review after only one day of showing a chapter. It makes me feel like I did a really good job. Im updating the story so that it'll not get to the more important stuff and action.
Sadly though I thought I could just go on walkthroughs to Youtube and read dialogue there so I could get an idea of how Archer is in Fate/EXTRA. Sadly though nobody seems to play as the female protagonist and Archer, so now I have to make an all new file in my game so I can read dialogue. Blegh.
So without further adieu, the new chapter.
Thoughts=Thoughts
Talking=Talking
Noble Phantasm=Noble Phantasm
Strange VoiceStrange Voice
The day was finally over, and Samantha wanted to know what was going on. Her head felt as if it was going to explode from the pain, and her vision kept going in and out with each passing minute. She had never felt so sick or in pain in her life...or had she?
'Great. Now I'm not even sure if I can remember feeling this crappy.' Samantha thought while getting out of her seat and walking out of the classroom. "Why can't I remember who I really am or where I'm from? I don't remember my parents, having any siblings, or what city I'm even from. How is that possible? There has got to be someone here with answers."
Samantha ran down the stairs, careful not to fall down and stopped at the first floor, looking for any sign of students or teachers around. Suddenly her stomach felt like it was being crushed, the feeling or uneasiness increasing drastically.
"Ah! What's this crushing feeling in my stomach? Huh?" Samantha hid behind toe corner of the stairs and looked to see Leo walking across to the other side of the hallway. Behind him, another student from her class followed.
"Where is Leo going? And that other guy...I know he's in my class. Why can't I remember his name though?" She spoke out loud.
'Come to think of it...my thoughts are getting clearer. Most of the students here feel odd like Leo. They seem to disappear random times and never return. There's no way I'm losing this chance. Leo is probably the only guy here that can give me the truth to what's really going on here.' With that resolve in her mind, Samantha quietly followed after the boy and Leo to the other side of the hallway, but saw both disappeared out of thin air.
"W-What the? I saw them both come here though. Maybe there's some secret passage way or something? I would bet that on my life." Samantha walked over to the wall and looked at it before putting her hand on the wall.
Suddenly, a bright light and a sinking feeling enveloped Samantha as she fell straight into the wall, falling into a storage junk room. "Ow. Okay, so there was a secret entrance here. But where did it take me?"
Samantha rubbed her neck and got up, dusting herself off and saw the dark storage room. Buckets, desks, and books laid on the floor. Across from the room, the wall on the other side glowed dark blue and seemed to be almost see through, showing off a beautiful yet mysterious glow.
"Ok...So this place is definitely stranger than I guessed it would be. I wonder if I should go in there?" Samantha began walking over to the next entrance but stopped and saw a large puppet with a small hint of glowing.
"W-What is that thing?" Samantha said a bit nervous, hiding behind a broken desk, hiding from any attacks the strange statue would give. A few seconds past though and nothing happened. The puppet did not move, and Samantha was not dead.
"It's...not moving?" Samantha questioned, getting up and walking over to it. She inspected the life size doll, waving a hand in front of its faceless...face and sighed. "Good. I thought this thing was going to kill me."
''That Effigy is your sword and shield for whatever lies ahead for you. It will move in response to your commands. Now than, please proceed. The truth that you seek lies ahead.' A voice explained in my head.
'A sword and shield huh? Well might as well go for it. I'm not going to back down and lost the only chance I may having figuring out the real motives of this place.'
With one step forward, the Effigy moved and walked next to Samantha before both went on their journey to the new world, leaving the old confusing one behind.
Once again a bright light enveloped Samantha's vision. The light died down and Samantha continued to walk, but the scenery of the old junk storage room melted away and became a dark abyss of nothingness. In front of her, white steps showing a path to the unknown appeared, glowing as if steps to heaven itself.
"Wow...This is way different from the school or that storage room. But is it safe to walk?" Samantha carefully looked own at the steps, the see through lights showing off the never ending darkness below here.
'One step off and I'm dead...or floating into nothing.' Samantha's head screamed at her, making her nervous to move. She swallowed a lump in her throat and closed her eyes before moving her shaky right foot to take a step and rested it on the next step.
And soon...nothing happened. She stepped on the next lightened path and she did not slip through, did not disappear, or fall. She was just fine.
"I-I'm okay? I'm not dead? Than I can do this than!" Samantha exclaimed, soon walking a bit more across the steps before going into a full on sprint on the steps and followed the lights out of the darkness.
A quick flash and screech sounded before square walls of light appeared around Samantha and the Effigy, creating the sight of her inside a corridor. "So...this place is like some dungeon or something? And it's in a school? This place just gets weirder and weirder by the second."
Samantha and her puppet soon found themselves in a small yet spacious square room. Suddenly a large booming voice appeared from out of nowhere.
'Greetings potential master.'
"Potential...Master? What are you talking about? Where am I? And why can't I remember who I am?!" Samantha yelled at the voice that seemed to speak as if from the heavens above.
"If you are looking for answers, you must reach the goal. Now please step forward.' The voice explained.
The young girl growled, not sure what to do. On one hand listening to a random voice form out of nowhere didn't sound like a good idea.
...But on the other hand she wanted answers, and already enough crazy things were happening so far. She couldn't just back away from it now.
"Ugh fine. I'll listen to you whoever you are. But I'm only doing this for my answers." Samantha said with a huff before running off through the next coordinator
Soon another room came into Samantha's view, and a strange cube that looked as if from a video game floated in the middle of it. "What is that thing?"
'This cube is an item folder. Inside are farewell gifts of sorts. Items which you may have for the oncoming trial ahead of you. Touch it if you wish to obtain the item inside.' The voice explained.
"So...I just touch it?" Samantha asked, walking over and poking the "item folder" before it beeped and opened up, a small green shard appearing before her. She looked at the strange item and checked its name.
"An Ether Shard? Well I don't know what it'll do, but I may need it at some point." Putting it in her back pocket, Samantha proceeded to the next room but was suddenly slammed in the face by what looked like a floating orb.
"What the hell was that?!" Samantha yelled out of terror, moving back a bit to hide behind her Effigy.
'The program in front of you is a Enemy Program. It is programed to attack you on sight. Since it has touched you it will now initiate battle with you and your Effigy. Your Effigy will be the one to fight for you.' The voice said.
"Battle? But I don't know what I'm doing!" Samantha yelled at the voice, pissed off she was suddenly thrown into a battle against some weird glowing orb.
'Do not be frightened. Battling is simple in the beginning. The skills your Effigy can use are attacking, guarding, and breaking. Meaning you can hit the enemy, block an oncoming attack to guard yourself from damage, or while the opponent is attack, break their guard down and put damage onto them
Do not forget though your enemy can do the same to you. If your Effigy dies, it will not be able to protect you. And in simple terms you will die. But do not be alarmed, as this opponent only knows how to break.' The voice explained.
"Alright than. If its a fight you want, its a fight you'll get you stupid glowing ornament!" Samantha yelled as a strange red barrier appeared around the orb and Samantha and her Effigy, before spreading out into a perimeter, as if shielding them into a small battle field.
"Okay than. Go Effigy and attack this opponent on sight with all you got!" Samantha commanded. The Effigy creaked in movement before speeding at the orb, slashing at it consecutively.
Before she knew it, the slashes caused it damage and the orb turned black and disappeared into dust. Samantha smiled and raised her hands in the air. "We did it! That was amazing Effigy thing! Now let's get going to the end of this place." Samantha said, patting the puppet on it's shoulder before running up the steps to the next room.
This time, another orb appeared, however this one was green rather than purple. "Okay so we have another one here. Does this one only block too?" Samantha asked the voice.
'I'm not really asking a random voice for advice am I?' Samantha thought to herself in embarrassment.
'No it does not. This enemy rather only knows attack. The best course of action would be to use a guard move.'
"Guard. Okay, time to beat this thing up." Samantha said, running to the orb and slamming it to the side before the sound of the alarm and familiar barrier appeared around them. "Now show me what you can do guarding Effigy."
The Effigy nodded to its master before running at the orb and halted its movements before the orb flew at the Effigy and striked. The attack was blocked though by the Effigy as it quickly used guard to stop it.
"Hurry! Now counter attack while you have time!" Samantha commanded. The bland faceless puppet seemed to be as if it was glaring at the enemy before pushing it back and stabbed right through it, destroying it in one hit.
'I am glad to see you are getting the use of fighting well known. Well done indeed potential master.' The voice said to Samantha.
"Yeah whatever. I'm not even the one fighting." Samantha said, walking around the corner to the last room. The sight of one more orb, this one gold floating near her. "So let me just throw this out here. This one only knows guard right?"
'That is correct. I believe I do not need to tell you what you should do?' The voice asked.
"Nope I got this handled." Samantha said with a smirk, the barrier appearing around them, the enemy orb speeding towards them. "Quickly use break on it and smash it to pieces." Samantha ordered to her puppet.
The puppet ran at the orb as it ceased movement, creating a small shield around it before it got smashed to bits by the Effigy. It tried to move with the last bit of power it had, but was kicked in the face by the Effigy, exploding into pieces and disappearing.
"Looks like I'm doing pretty well on my own so far huh voice?" Samantha said to the voice in the sky.
'It seems you have learned the basics of fighting so far here. Attacking, guarding, and breaking are the fundamentals of fightintg in the battles you may face in the future. Now it is time to truly test you.' The voice said before a new orb appeared, this one red.
'This orb can use all the moves. In the battles you may face enemies will know all types of moves. It is your job to get information, learn attack patterns, and adapt from them and use them in battle.'
"Gather info? Okay, thanks for the fighting lesson." Samantha said before touching the orb, the barrier appearing for the fourth time today. "Alright lets see if what I learned can go into some good use. Go and attack!"
The Effigy ran at the orb, slashing at it with all the power it had, landing a good hit on it and taking damage. "Great! Now try another attack!" The Effigy once again slashed for another attack, but was blocked by the orb and slammed in the torso by the orb.
'Damn! I can't always rely on an attack to save me. Gotta focus here.' She thought to herself.
"Guard! An attacks coming at you!" Samantha commanded, the puppet of hers crossing its arms in front of it, guarding from another slam and minimizing the damage it took before kicking it in the eye with its leg.
"One more time! Go for a break to finish it off." With one final swoop, the Effigy cross slashed the orb, breaking its defense it had and watched it disappear into thin air.
'I congratulate you on your success. Now, please proceed to the final room.' The voice commanded, a secret hallway appearing next to Samantha.
"I don't even get a break?" Samantha said, huffing from the strange fatigue seeming to come over here. 'Must be getting tired from the running. But is this puppet sapping energy from me? All this running shouldn't make me feel this tired.' She though, walking with her Effigy down the hallway.
Soon her vision caught sight of what looked like a large swirling vortex of water and data. It was magnificent to look at, but also exotic and dangerous to get near. "So that's the final room. I wonder what's inside?"
With a few more steps forward Samantha got sight of the final room. It was dead silent inside as the clacking of Samantha's shoes could be heard all around it. What seemed to be large stain glass doors appeared in front of her, a dark abyss like from the beginning showed no sign of life beyond the room.
"This place is amazing. But...what do I do now?" She asked herself. IN the corner of her eye, something seemed to be laying on the ground. Samantha looked over to see a boy unconscious on the ground.
Samantha frowned a bit, inspecting the body a bit more closely, and gasped to see it was the same boy who had followed Leo before. "H-Hey you! Get up! You gotta get up or-" A sting of ice cold sped through Samantha's hands.
'H-He's dead?' She thought in confusion. Numbness rapped around her mind, her thoughts jumbling up as she tried to figure out what was going on here. Why was the boy she had seen only a few minutes ago dead? Why were they both here? And where was Leo?
A strange but familiar creaking sound was heard. Samantha quickly turned her head to see the same type of Effigy she had was next to the dead body...and moving.
"W-What? This thing is an enemy too?" Samantha asked, confused before suddenly, a perimeter barrier appeared around her and the opponent Effigy.
"You want to fight huh? Well I'm not going to die here! I need to know what is happening! I want my damn answers!" Samantha yelled, a bit with confidence but more with fear in her throat. "Go and attack the opponent. Than try a break on it!"
Her Effigy responded with its quick movement at the opposite Effigy, slashing at it and getting some damage on it the puppet. Sadly the break she commanded was deflected by a opponents own attack, Samantha's statue getting damage itself.
"Okay if that won't work we'll try guarding since we can't take the damage. Than counter with a break!" Samantha ordered.
A guard was than put up by Samantha's Effigy, protecting it from an attack thrown from the opponent, but was stabbed once again from the opponent after trying to use break.
After the attack, Samantha's Effigy seemed to just stop moving, and with the last bit of energy, fell to the ground with a thud.
"N-No! Hurry and get back up Effigy thing! You can't die now!" Samantha yelled at it, running over to her fallen puppet and tried to pick it up, but could not budge it an inch.
Suddenly a sharp pain shot through her body, starting from the back before Samantha fell to her knees and soon on the ground with a thud like her Effigy. She gasped in pain, feeling something wet on her back, and looked next to her to see a small bit of blood coming down from her back.
'Hmm...You seem to be lacking as well.' The voice said in almost disappointment. 'The time has come. With you inevitable loss, I will consider this round of the preliminaries over. Farewell. I pray you'll find salvation in your annihilation.' The voice spoke before never speaking again.
Samantha frowned, trying to move her body but only felt more pain shoot through her. All she could do now was look at the small yet growing pool of blood on the floor near her body.
Out of nowhere, brown lumps seemed to appear around the edges of the room she was in. 'What the? Why didn't I notice those before? All those things...are students. Will...I become like them too?' Samantha though with sadness.
Samantha's vision began to blur, the room around her becoming hazy by the second while her eyes began to grow heavy. 'What now? Maybe I should close my eyes? It might not be so bad becoming one of those bodies...
'What am I saying? No, I can't. I didn't get my answers yet. I survived all the way here. I don't want to become like that boy. I want to find out who I am dammit!' Samantha yelled in her head. With the last bits of strength she had, she used her energy to get up. More pain shot through he young girls body, more blood spilling out of the wound in her back and onto the floor.
"Aah! I'm not giving up here! I'm not becoming some dead body that nobody remembers. I want to know who I am. I want to survive this place. I want to know why I'm here. I'm not giving up without a real fight!" Samantha yelled, hoping the voice that had been giving her advice would hear.
With few seconds passing, the voice once again appeared. '...Hmm. As a representative of the Holy Grail, I can hardly ignore such overpowering doubt. You question your own existence even as it comes to an end, and see your own shortcomings as death approaches. Very well. I expect much from that spirit of yours. There's a servant left that fits a human like you.
A nondescript Legendary Soul fighting for a nameless Master. -I look forward to you valiant efforts in battle.' The voice said before disappearing.
A sudden crash of broken glass filled the room, Samantha shifted her head a bit to look at the front and saw only one door left still standing and intact. "Did...I convince that voice somehow to help me? And what did he mean by a legendary soul?" Samantha asked herself, trying to figure out an answer for herself this time.
A soft red glow appeared on the ground and something began to rise up from the floor. A form soon took shape and appeared in the room before her.
Striking short white hair, tan skin, and a flowing red coat. These were the main points Samantha could clearly see in the form so far. With a bit more inspection, she could see it was a human male. His back turned from her she couldn't see his face.
Though from the far distance they were, Samantha could feel the intense energy seeming to emit from the new man. The power coming off of him seemed as if it would destroy her if she merely touched him. Samantha felt as if her energy was returning, the wound on her back not hurting her as much as it used to. She used this opportunity to get up a bit, resting on her legs and looked up at the man before her.
"...Damn this sucks. I was raying that I wouldn't be summoned by mistake, but I see my hope was misplaced. Showing self-restraint is difficult, regardless of age. I guess I'll just flounder around pointlessly." The man said to himself, still not turning to look at Samantha.
'Is...he talking to himself?' Samantha though confused.
"I came here in response to a voice calling for me. What kind of moron would needlessly call a servant like me?" The man asked, still not looking at Samantha.
"H-Hey! I'm not a moron you jerk!" Samantha yelled at the man, her voice still a bit hoarse from the battle before.
The man looked over and turned around to look at Samantha. "...*sigh* It pains me to acknowledge it, but since you're the only one here...Let me ask, just to be sure. Are you my master?" The man asked, looking at Samantha with amber eyes.
Samantha felt her face get red, the man before her looking at her with a stoic yet serious look. 'A-Am I blushing? Why at a time like this? Sure this guy is cu-Aah! Stop it! This isn't the time right now!' Samantha yelled at herself before shaking herself out of her thoughts.
Samantha hoped this man clad in red would be able to give her the answers she needed.
And end chapter. I hope people enjoyed the newest chapter. Hopefully I can update more once I get less homework and more free time in school. In this I'm going to change a few things. Like I don't know if I'll have the use of Skill Points since I'd have to keep track of those a lot. Maybe I'll just let a stat level up at some point or something.
I'm not sure if the female protagonist and Archer ever actually have a sort of relationship like amel and Caster would, and if there isn't in the game, I'll make up my own stuff. Hopefully it won;t make Archer OOC.