A/N: I've finally revived! Well long enough to write this chapter, seriously classes kill. With the stress of exams being around the corner, I made the only logical choice, aka ditching work in favor of fiction!
Disclaimer: We all know I don't own the Nanoha franchise, if I did then there'd already be a spin-off series called "Ma Hou Shoujo Stern the Destructor"
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Stern watched indifferently as the four TSAB mages in front of her seemed to react in varying ways. The boy and girl were both eyeing her in curiosity and caution, the one with blue hair seemed confused, but the one with orange hair was the most vocal in her response.
"What!? Who are you? What happened to Nanoha?" The girl looked as if she was about to shoot off more questions when the blue haired one cut her off.
"What are you talking about Tea? Isn't that Nanoha?"
"Idiot! Look at her, what part of her looks like Nanoha-san!?"
"I think the better question is "what part of her doesn't look like Nanoha-san?"
Stern was the Material of Wisdom, but at that moment she felt like changing her title to the Material of War, for the sake of self preservation from her original she decided to endure.
The orange haired girl called "Tea" and the blue haired girl continued talking.
"Subaru, I know that you're a ditz most of the time, but you should really notice the difference!"
"But Tea-! Wait now that you mentioned it..." Subaru glanced at Stern as realization dawned on her. Finally realizing what Teana was talking about, she asked the inevitable question. "Hey Nanoha-san, did you cut your hair?"
"..."
A large energy beam was fired.
At that same moment...
"Gyaa! We've lost track of her!" the Iron Knight Vita, was in a panic. "Hayate! We've lost track of Yuri and there's too many people to reach her by telepathy!"
"Huh? Oh dear, this might be a bit of an issue..." Hayate closed her eyes and pondered on the issue for a second. A shy and timid girl with more than enough power to destroy a world or three without stopping was now on the loose. 'Darn, we can't just loose the star of my cosplay!'
"...okay we'll stay together and search for her."
"But mistress, would it not be wiser to utilize our numbers and split up to search?" the leader of the knights Signum addressed such an action with concern. 'This is my only chance. No doubt they will eventually find the girl, but if we split up then I can escape this wretched place unnoticed.'
"Hm...that would "seem" like a good idea, but ya know we're currently in Comiket, if we split up, the rest of us could get lost too..." 'And ruin my chances of winning for the best group this year!' "So we'll have to stick together and find her. Besides, I have a fairly good idea on how to find her."
"I see..." The Knight of the Sword felt her hopes utterly crushed. "So how will we find her?"
"Easy, her name's "Yuri" so it'd only be logical to start from the doujin circles that draw such material!"
The great feared force of the Wolkenritter, minus Zafira who was watching house, at that moment had all resisted the urge to facepalm.
Back to the main issue...
A large energy beam discharged from the prongs of the purple and red staff. The building had been completely decimated, but luckily all the mages were used to dodging surprise energy beams, everyone was unscratched and in their barrier jackets.
"See, Tea it's definitely Nanoha!"
Another energy beam was fired.
Teana rolled to the side Cross Mirage at the ready. "Urgh...attacking us like that, who are you!? Eh, what happened to Erio and Caro?"
'Crap, I blew my cover...how can I salvage the situation?' thinking about the situation, Stern suddenly came to a fearful realization. 'Where's Levi!?'
Above the skies of Mid Childa
"Phew...when Stern gets like that it's better to just run away. I'm so glad that my original was so obsessed with speed." Levi continued to run away when she noticed something was chasing her.
"Um...Excuse me er...Fate-san's lookalike!" Caro and Erio were in pursuit on Freed. "Could you please slow down?"
"Ooh? You two wanna play tag huh?" Levi changed to sprite form and increased her speed. "Well, catch me if you can!"
Once more, back to the main issue...
The three were at a standstill, Stern was trying to calculate her next course of action while Teana was trying to figure out who this mysterious person was, Subaru no doubt was confused.
"So...who are you?" Teana kept a close eye on the attacker, attempting to anticipate her movements.
"You have excellent eyes..." Stern gave up. 'At this point with a character that uses common sense around it would be impossible to continue with this tragic joke of a disguise'
"However, your security is lackluster in comparison. The TSAB is much too susceptible to infiltration and otherwise invasion this way." Stern decided to just amuse herself.
"I asked who you are...so answer me." Teana gripped Cross Mirage tighter, ready to fire at a moment's notice.
"Eh? but isn't she Nanoha?" Subaru became confused.
"No I am not." Stern's voice took on slight irritation at that statement. "My name is Stern, I have come today at the request of Takamachi Nanoha to be your substitute instructor."
"Oh and how can we believe you? Why are your looks and magic so similar Nanoha-san? And moreover why would she not be here? Suspicious"
"Justifiable. Those questions are indeed reasonable." 'But why did she not ask of me firing a spell mid-conversation? Is this normal for her?' "I am a program of the Book of the Purple Sky, due to certain circumstances in the past I have taken a form similar to that of Takamachi Nanoha."
"A program? You mean like Signum?"
"Oh? So you know of the Book of the Night Sky? This will simplify matters. In short, yes I am similar to those of the Wolkenritter, however we the materials had no individual forms and therefore took on those of the ones you are familiar with."
"I can see that so that Fate lookalike was also one of you, but it still doesn't answer my question. Why isn't Nanoha here?"
"Her daughter is going out with a girl named Einheart so she decided to take an extended leave of absence. I presume that if you know this much, then this should be enough to answer your question."
"Wait what!? So you're telling me that Nanoha-san's trying to kill Einheart and Fate's trying to stop her?"
"If only, with the sheer amount of bloodlust I felt, I doubt even the most absolute of destinies would manage to stop her."
"Then what about our long awaited reunion training session!?"
"Please be at ease, I will do my utmost to provide you with adequate training."
"That's what I'm worried about! Besides, what can you teach us that Nanoha-san hasn't?"
"Simple. I am known as the Material of Wisdom for a reason. I have also fought with my original countless times." Stern continued to look bored. "I believe I will be able to provide adequate training."
At that moment, Subaru asked the inevitable question. "Wait so is she Nanoha-san?"
Stern's eyes took on a devilish glint as the corners of her mouth had risen ever so slightly. Teana had been all but too reminded of their actual instructor.
"...Yes I most definitely believe that I will be able to provide the most adequate of training...against the sensation known as pain..."
Present...
"Subaru-san, I have told you countless times. I am not Takamachi Nanoha. I am Stern. Stern the Destructor, please do not make that mistake again."
A/N: And thus the ridiculously long flashback ends. Why was it ridiculously long? Find out next chapter!
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