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[Kingdom of Tristain: Halkeginia: Tristain Academy of Magic]
Currently it was another day in the Tristain Academy of Magic, a prestigious school where all the nobles of the the nearby Kingdom send their children in order to learn proper magic that way they can be considered real nobles.
One of these nobles was Louise Francoise le Blanc de la Valliere, the third daughter of the Valliere family.
To many she was the daughter of a powerful Duke, but to the students of the school she was known as Louis the Zero has no matter what spell she tried to do... it always resulted in an explosion!
Currently Louise was asleep in her dorm room when the light of the Sun woke her from her slumber. Louise quickly got out of bed and went towards your drawer where she pulled out her Academy uniform, and changed out of her gown into the standard issue Tristain Academy of magic female uniform.
Which consisted of a white button-up shirt, black skirt, black dress shoes, and a black cloak draped over her shoulders.
Louise make sure to wake up extra early today as today was a special day..As today was the special summoning of the familiars, a prestigious event for all second year students of the academy where they get to summon a creature to be their lifelong partner, AKA their familiar.
But to say that Louise was nervous would be an understatement as she knew that she could not fail the exam especially after all the boasting she did yesterday to her arch nemesis Kirche Augusta Frederica von Anhalt Zerbst, a noble from the Empire of Germania, and Montmorency Margarita la Fere de Montmorency, a noble also from the Kingdom of Tristain.
Both girls were making fun of Louise yesterday after Louise left the detention room after barely avoiding getting in trouble for yet another explosion in the classroom. It was then in there that Louis declared to both girls, along with the girl known as Tabitha that she would summon a powerful familiar and show everyone that she deserved to be at the school.
But now that Louise was really thinking about it... she was extremely nervous as she didn't know if she would be able to summon a familiar at all considering the fact she hasn't been able to use magic successfully in the past.
The summoning of a familiar was considered a sacred ritual when Louise knew that if she screwed this up... she would never hear the end of it from her peers and would possibly get bullied even more for her supposed lack of magic.
"I have successfully passed this or I'm never going to hear the end of it from Kirche and the others."said Louise to herself as despite the strong front she puts up, being ridiculed by her fellow students was taking a toll on her mental health and she was really feeling depressed lady from all the teasing.
But Louise knew if she summoned an awesome familiar, then that would shut everyone up and she would finally be accepted by everyone as a true mage, a true Noble!
-=O=-
A short while later all the second year students of the academy were gathered in the courtyard with Professor Jean Colbert, a professor at the school who teaches Magic to his students and is one of the most respected teachers in all of Tristain.
"The they has finally come for the summoning ritual. This is the first test for all of you here now that you have advanced to the second year here at Tristain Academy of Magic, and the secret first day where you will meet your familiars, with whom you will spend your life with, living as a nobleman."said Professor Colbert as he looked at each of his students.
Louise meanwhile was not paying attention as she was busy gripping her wand with everything she had as she knew she had to prove herself to everyone, especially Kirche as yesterday she said that she was confident in one spell, the summoning ritual and she needed to prove it otherwise the teasing would continue!
"All set, Louise?"said Kirche, who appeared behind Louise."I'm looking forward to what kind of amazing familiar you'll summon."
"Leave me alone."growled Lousie, as she did not have time for any more teasing as she needed to focus on the summoning ritual.
After all...it was on the spring equinox, each and every year for centuries, second-year students of the Tristain Academy of Magic were to perform perhaps the most sacred and important ritual in their lives: the Familiar Summoning spell. A spell created by Founder Brimir himself six thousand years ago, one that any mage with even a sliver of magical potential could cast.
With it, all manner of creatures, both mundane and magical, would be brought forth from all over the world into the waiting arms of their future Masters. They would become bonded, and in doing so the true nature of a mage's magical affinity would be revealed.
Professor Jean Colbert has been overseeing the summoning ritual for years, and never once did it grow dull. In fact, it was the day he looked forward to the most all year.
Even when some of the familiaries look creepy like one student who summoned a familiar who look like a giant eyeball..
"If I ended up with a strange familiar like that, I'd be embarrassed for the rest of my life."said Montmorency, before she was approached by her fiance, Guiche Chevalier de Gramont.
"You needn't worry. I'm sure you will summon an utterly cute and charming familiar, Montmorency."said Guiche with his usual overbearing charm.
"Well, that goes without saying."said Montmorency in her own defense.
"They say that the familiar that comes to the side of the summoner is the one that suits him the best, in every way. Someone like me will-"was all Guiche managed to say before he was interrupted.
"Next up."said Professor Colbert.
"Oh, pardon me."said Guiche before he began making his way to the front."That would be me, Professor Colbert. I am Guiche de Gramont. Observe as I summon the finest and most brilliant familiar in the history of this entire institution. And then my fame will travel all across the land."said Guiche before he began to ramble
"Enough with the speeches already as there's a lot of people waiting."said the slightly annoyed Professor Colbert.
"Of course...Brimir, our grand creator that always guides us when we are in need, the strong and noble one who will become a servant of Guiche the brass."said Guiche, before the Earth began trembling."Come for fan answer my Divine summon."
Everyone was in awe until they saw that Guiche had summoned an Earth Mole!
"Next."said Professor Colbert as the summoning rituals continued.
As the day went by, everyone summon different familiars from parrots to cats, or in Kirche's case, a salamander.
Her best friend Tabitha meanwhile summoned some kind of Blue dragon!
"Alright then, has everyone had their turn?"questions Professor Colbert.
"No, not quite. Miss Valliere hasn't done it."said Kirche, revealing that Louise still hasn't had her turn yet.
This concerned the professor as soon as he heard that information. It was no secret that Louise Francoise le Blanc de la Valliere did not enjoy the greatest reputation among the student body nor T
the faculty of the school.
The reason for this is because Louise could never successfully perform magic had quickly grown infamous throughout the entire school in a bad!
As each and every time she attempted to cast a spell, regardless of the element being used, the spell backfired and resulted in nothing more than a explosion!
The explosions in question never seriously injured anyone, as usually the most they would do is put someone in a days for a few minutes. But the same could not be said for the damage caused to the academy itself...
At first, her apparent failures were dismissed as simple mistakes, but by the end of the first semester, it had become quite clear that they were something else entirely...
By the time the year ended, it was obvious to nearly everyone at the school that Louise was incapable of casting any kind of magic...not fire...not water...not wind...and not earth!
This cause the third daughter of the Valliere family to suffer ridicule by her peers and even be dismissed as a lost cause by most of her teachers, with the cruelest remarks suggesting that she wasn't even a mage or noble, but rather a child as the result of an affair as that was the only explanation they could come up with with their cruel minds!
Professor Colbert suspected that he was the only one on her side, along with her second oldest sister Cattleya.
The reason for this was because each time he saw her shrink in on herself after casting yet another explosion, it broke his heart. He had tried everything he could think of to help Louise out, from access to research materials far above her year for independent research, independent study after class at her request, etc!
Professor Colbert even made sure to jump in and stop whatever he could during bouts of teasing or outright bullying being directed at her by her classmates, often orchestrated by Kirche herself.
Kirche and Louise's families had been feuding for generations, so it was no surprise to him that pointless rivalry was continued here. The only real difference being that Louise wasn't able to effectively fight back outside of angry shouting and bluster. More than once had he directed both to detention when that feud got too hot, mostly after Louise was provoked by Kirche, resulting in damage to school property!
But, try as he might, Louise never showed by progress in controlling her unstable Magic...
Despite being top of her class in magical theory, practical applications of magic only resulted in an explosion.
The worst was that she couldn't exactly control the size or strength of her explosions, although part of Colbert wondered if that was simply because she wasn't putting in any practice in trying to in favor of casting correctly... but he that as who in their right mind would want to purposely blow themselves up...
Now after everything they had been through it was the present and Professor Colbert knew that this day was probably Louise's last chance to prove herself... as today was the day of the familiar summoning!
The Familiar Summoning spell, with its capability of being cast by anyone able to use magic, it was without a doubt her last chance! If she felt at this then the Academy would probably have no choice but to expel her! And that was the last thing Colbert wanted as that would result in Louise being sent home and probably married off to some guy twice her age in the name of a political marriage and he didn't want such talent to go to waste!
The Professor knew that Louise had talent! But something was in front of her that was stopping her from using that talent! And the worst part he knew how Louise would react if she failed...
He knew what her reaction would be. To her, the Tristain Academy of Magic was her last hope of being accepted as a mage after a lifetime of failures, as none of her family's extensive efforts were paying off.
Being expelled would without a doubt shatter her. Despite her typical bluster and defiant grandstanding, Colbert knew that Louise could feel the weight wearing down on her shoulders as it was pretty obvious by the way she was gripping her wand so tightly...
Still, as it was finally time to perform the ceremony during the afternoon, Colbert couldn't let himself focus entirely on just one student. He had to focus equally on everyone. And so he watched and observed, ready to step in at any moment as his students summoned their familiars one by one. As he predicted, the vast majority were mundane.
Canines, felines, birds, even a few insects and frogs were the typical familiar summoned.
Others were magical, such as Kirche's salamander she named Flame, or Tabitha's impressive wind dragon now known as Sylphid.
It was no surprise to Professor Colbert that Tabitha with someone such a beautiful and powerful familiar, as eing the top of her class in practical applications of magic, and second only to Louise in understanding magical theory, Colbert figured that if any of his students were to successfully summon a dragon it would've been her.
More important to him though, it was that each summoned familiar confirmed what the summoner's affinity truly was, even if he already had formed his own personal theories as to what they were.
The spell, grand through its simplicity, always made sure to grab the most compatible familiar each and every time. Not just in magical affinity, but also temperament. It was why there were hardly any instances where a summoned familiar attacked their master prior to the contract being completed.
Most students didn't focus on that part though, in favor of what their familiar said about them. Wind mages typically summoned aerial creatures like birds, bats, wyverns, dragons, or other flying creatures on the upper end of the scale.
The summoned familiar for a fire mage were creatures such as salamanders, fire ants, fire drakes, or other such creatures who thrived in hot environments.
Earth mages on the other hand summoned the denizens of the earth beneath their feet, including snakes and moles.
Finally, water mages summoned creatures that were aquatic in nature, mostly amphibians as fish found it very difficult to survive outside of bodies of water. A few times, though, a fish or two was summoned, and that was another problem in and out itself as it usually resulted in the mages in question somebody bodies of water for their familiars!
But that wasn't important now as he needed to focus on the task at hand.
He closed his eyes and shook his head, then asked, "Louise, have you taken your ritual yet?"
At first, Louise was silent, then she mentally prepared herself and declared without any trace of nervousness, "No, Professor, I was waiting for everyone else to go first."
"I see," Colbert replied with a sigh, forcing himself back into the role of teacher. "Then please step forward and complete the summoning spell."
Heeding his direction, Louise stepped forward without breaking her stride. Ignoring the snide qnd rude comments made behind her back about how she was going to fail or how she wasn't truly a mage, or how old this summoning with just result in another explosion...
Louise stood before the center of the summoning area before beginning to draw her own summoning circle.
Unlike nearly everyone else, her circle was practically flawless. A perfectly round circle with crisscrossing straight lines that formed a neat pentagram in the center. Only Tabitha's and Kirche's rivaled hers, yet it was clear that Louise's efforts were a step above them. Colbert realized that Louise must've been practicing on her own, and once again he silently prayed that his student would be successful.
At the same time, Colbert briefly shifted his attention towards the student body as their murmuring grew louder. After one particularly rude comment was made about how they would be glad to be rid of Louise once this was over, he had enough and sharply turned towards them.
"That's enough!"the professor shouted, causing all of his students to clam up immediately as they did not want to get in trouble.
"You will all be quiet as your classmate takes her test. Am I understood?!"Professor Colbert added.
The other students just nodded in agreement, but many of them nervously took a few steps back in anticipation of the upcoming explosion, and they did not want to get caught in the crosshairs again...
Louise meanwhile smiled behind her teacher as she was appreciative that at least one person had her back in this situation... even if one is only her professor who was being kind to her at best. But that didn't matter to her right now as she had to focus on the summoning ritual!
"My name is Louise Francoise le Blanc de la Valliere," she began, pointing her wand towards the summoning circle she had expertly crafted. "Pentagon of the five elemental powers, heed my summoning...and bring forth...my familiar!"
No explosion came, and at first Colbert thought that perhaps she had finally succeeded where she had previously failed. But, to his dismay, nothing came. The circle was inert, unchanged, and when Louise opened her eyes to see what she had brought up, her face fell as she was clearly expecting something, anything!
"Miss Valliere" Colbert gently said, prepared to do the one thing he didn't want to do, but before he could say anything, Louise scrunched up her face and started over once again.
"My name is Louise Francoise le Blanc de la Valliere," she declared, this time much more forcibly. "Pentagon of the five elemental powers, heed my summoning...and bring forth...my familiar!"
Once again, nothing happened, and Louise looked as though she was about to cry.
With a sad frown on his face, professor Colbert stepped forward and gently placed his hand on her shoulder to say that she needed to stop.
"Louise, I'm sorry, but…"began Professor Colbert, before he was interrupted.
"Professor Colbert please wait! I know this doesn't make sense but I feel like something is stopping me from summoning my familiar!"said Louise, causing her professor to look at her.
"What do you mean by that?"questions Professor Colbert.
Louise look like she hesitated for a moment before she answered."It feels like something is putting up a barrier to stop me from reaching my familiar."
Of course the professor looked at her like she was making it up but he could tell on her face that she was telling the truth or at least the truth she believed as there was no signs of deceit in her voice or mannerisms.
"Professor, please. Just give me one more chance. I know I can do it, just…please," she begged, which surprised Professor Colbert.
Ever since he had met the girl, she had never been one for begging. Her pride as the daughter of the Duchess Karin de la Valliere, the legendary Heavy Wind, was ever present, which only grew more pronounced as her failures mounted up higher and higher... as Louise knew that was the only thing going for her.
With a sad frown on his face, what he long suspected was confirmed. Her prideful behavior thus far had been a defensive mechanism she had concocted over the years, one that was on the verge of completely breaking.
He knew he wasn't supposed to do this, but once again his sympathy for the young girl forced his hand...as how can he ignore such a plea when he was an educator, an educators were meant to help their students grow.
So Colbert just sighed and shook his head, then said, "Alright, you can have one more chance. But, if you fail, you won't get another. Do you understand?!"
"I understand, Professor. Thank you!" Louise replied with a happy look on her face, before she once again tried to repeat the spell, only this time she decided to say it a little differently as it was clear the first two times were not working.
"With all your posting you should be able to summon something more amazing than this."said Kirche as she was petting her salamander.
"Why of course!"posted Louise before she turned her attention back to the summoning circle.'Please work!'
"My servant that exists somewhere in this vast universe," she boldly declared, hoisting her wand skyward as everyone else looked on in utter confusion. "My divine, beautiful, wise, andpowerful servant, heed my call! I wish and assert from the bottom of my heart! Answer my guidance and appear!"
Louise then waited for something to happen when she suddenly stopped moving as a golden light surrounded her body... shocking everyone as they noticed Louise drop her wand before she was completely surrounded by the glowing golden light.
"Louise...?"questioned her professor, before out of nowhere a portal appeared directly behind Louise.
The portal look like it made a tear in the sky as soon a giant hole appeared directly behind the third daughter of the Valliere family.
This shocked everyone present as soon they heard something coming from the portal... and whatever it was it sounded big! And that was exactly the case as some kind of large, metallic white lion like creature appeared out of the portal and quickly picked up Louise with its jaws before turning around!
"Wait!"shouted Professor Colbert, but it was too late as the creature had run back into the portal, causing the portal in question to disappear.
This then caused the long silence in the courtyard as they couldn't believe what they just saw... Louise's own familiar had just kidnapped her! That was what the majority of the people were thinking.
But nothing before the from the truth as the creature who had come through the portal was merely a messenger sent to pick up the girl, so that I can bring her to a higher power that was honestly quite annoyed with her!
-=O=-
To say that Louise Francoise le Blanc de la Valliere was scared would be an understatement of the century as she was absolutely terrified despite the fact she couldn't speak or move! The poor girl could only watch as the creature she thought was a familiar kept on moving through what appeared to be the cosmos even though no person or creature in Halkeginia was capable of space travel!
Louise wanted to say something but she could not move her lips as soon the creature brought her before what appeared to be a gorgeous hall that she had never seen before. It look like it had been sculpted out of the finest material that money could buy, and it was definitely a place fit for a King! But before Louise could ponder on this anymore she had been dropped on the floor, which luckily didn't hurt as she was still surrounded by the golden light of energy
"Than you Solgaleo, you may now take your leave."said a mysterious voice, causing the creature known as Solgaleo to take its leave.
That is when the golden light around Louise dissipated and she could move and speak again!
"Where am I? What is this place?"questions Louise as she looked so round until she spotted something in front of her.
Just a few feet away from her was a creature that looked like a white goat, or horse, or manticore. It was at least over ten feet and hide and its body was mostly White. It had a great vertically striated underside with matching patterns underneath its tail, mane, and face. It's big eyes were green with red pupils with a matching green circle underneath said eyes. It's feet consisted of hooves that look like they were made out of solid gold. But the creatures most distinguishing feature was the intricate solid gold ring around its abdomen, which looked like it was a part of the creature rather then an accessory.
"Louise Francoise le Blanc de la Valliere," the creature began, in a deep, powerful tone that sounded equal parts heavenly and utterly terrifying to the strawberry blonde girl as it was clear that whatever this creature was, it was pissed!
The preacher on the other hand didn't seem to care if the girl was scared or not and continued, not in a natural speaking tone but as if it was simply reading a list of facts, and Louise soon realized the comparison was all too accurate. "Age: sixteen, despite appearances. Gender: Female. Species: Human, Mage. Status: Daughter of Duchess Karin de la Vallière and current second year student at the Tristainian Academy of Magic."
"Wha…where am I?! Who are you?! And how do you know all of that?! Louise yelled, frightened out of her mind, but to her frustration, the creature ignored her and continued.
"Theoretical applications of magic are stellar, receiving top marks from all professors and tutors." Louise perked up at that, if only slightly, still too confused and frightened to go any further. "Practical applications leave…less than stellar results."
Upon hearing your that, Louise felt just like that she deflated.
"Ranking: Dot. Affinity: Void."the creature continued.
"Wait... What!?" Louise yelled out in confusion. "I'm a what mage!?"
"You will not interrupt again," The creature declared, with the power behind his statement causing so much pressure on the poor girl that she fell silent!
Satisfied, it repeated, "Affinity: Void."said the creature before his eyes stopped blowing as he was done reading her mind.
That is when the creature decided to ask her a question."You were currently trying to summon a familiar, correct?"
Upon hearing this question, Louise spoke up again, with her own questions pouring out like a floodgate had just broken."Wha…What? What is going on?! Where am I?! Who are you?! Who did you know all of that?! Oh Founder, I'm dead aren't I! But I shouldn't be dead as I was just kidnapped by my familiar! Oh, why did this happen to me!"
"Silence!" the creature ordered, silencing the girl
Then it sighed, then carried on. "You were not kidnapped by your familiar. I just had Solgaleo bring you here to answer a few questions. I will answer yours; you will answer mine, understood." the creature forcibly propositioned.
Louise didn't really know what to think. At the very least, she wasn't dead and was not kidnapped by her familiar that just acted up...
Now Louise wanted answers from this creature who was apparently the one in charge as it didn't take a genius to figure that out. But how is she going to get answers out of this creature when it was clearly much more powerful than her... and it felt like whatever it decided, she didn't really have a choice..
So Louise decided to respond before it could grow any more irritated, "I…okay. Before I answer any of your questions, I dema- I just wish to know who you are, where we are, and why I am here. ...Please...Please?"
The creature stood there, almost in contemplation, before it decided to answer answered. "I go by many names as I am called the original one, the Alpha Pokemon, the first Pokemon that came into existence, but I am known throughout the lands as Arceus, the creator of my world. You stand in the Hall of Origin, my home atop Mt. Coronet in the land of Sinnoh, the place upon which I watch over all my children. This is not Tristain, nor the continent of Halkegenia, or any place in your world. You are in mine. Now, I will ask again. You were attempting to summon a familiar, yes?"
Louise meanwhile almost didn't hear the question Arceus asked her, she was in so much shock.
The creature that calls itself Arceus basically called itself a deity who had some white lion take her not only out of Tristain but to another world altogether.
Not only was that unheard of, it was heresy of the highest order... and she was inclined to believe it. After all, its servant brought her here, and she could hardly deny its power while standing in such a powerful presence.
That is when Louise finally decided to answer the question Arceus was asking"I…yes. I was partaking in the Springtime Familiar Summoning Ceremony. It's a sacred-"
"I know what it is, child. It is a ritual that all mages undertake after their sixteenth year of age where they summon a familiar. I would know what it is, as I have been dealing with it for the past six thousand years." answered Arceus, with clear venom being heard in Arceus's voice, Louise could tell, as its tone intensified.
"Every generation, for the past six millennia, at least one person, most of the time many, has attempted to "summon" one of my children, to spirit them away from their homes and families without any regard for their willingness to go along with this, only for some arrogant Noble to bind them to their will!" Arceus was yelling at this point, and Louise was starting to feel the air around her shift with the booming voice of Arceus!
"So, when I find that you, a void mage attempting to kidnap one of my children not once, not twice, but three times, I demanded answers so I had Solgaleo bring you here on my orders!" Arceus yelled with the force of this last shout being enough to knock Louise over.
"I…Mr. Arceus, I did not intend to kidnap one of your children. I intended to only summon a creature from my home, not from yours, I swear!" Louise began to panic at this point.
Who wouldn't, after being told by an angry parent you almost summoned their kid? ...A parent who could easily kill you, as it turned out. It was a long way down from the roof of the world.
"It wasn't from my Hall, the mountain below, or even Sinnoh. All creatures on the Pokemon world, from Humans, Pokemon to the smallest microid are my children, my responsibility. After what that fool did, I was not about to let another one of my children suffer at the hands of a Void mage!" Arceus growled, but then seemed to calm itself upon looking at the fear on Louise's face.
"For the past six thousand years I have blocked these summonings - and yes, before you ask, I am the one who stopped your first two attempts. But when you kept trying to summon one of my children, rather than stop like all your predecessors did and either abandon the summoning or summon something from your world, you persisted, and I want to know, why?"
"Wait?! Your the reason I failed the first two times! Your the reason I couldn't summon a familiar!"shouted Louise with anger and she couldn't believe this dumb horse got in her way!"Are you the reason that all of my spells end with an explosion?!"
"Only your failed summons were my doing. As I said previously, you are a Void mage and simply used the wrong element. Now answer the question: Why. Did. You. Keep. Persisting?!"said Arceus slowly and carefully as he wanted an answer!
At this point, Louise was no longer scared, or at least that fear she had got replaced by anger, and she refused to back down. "That was not my intention! I kept trying because if I didn't summon something, anything, I would have been a failure as a mage and as a noble!"
Arceus stared down at her, looking at her with a strange look in its eyes, before it once again spoke. "I see... so you did not want to summon one of my children because you wanted to bend them to your will. You simply wanted to summon any familiar at this point because you wanted to show everyone at your school that you could."
"Yes!" Louise yelled, as it didn't take a genius to figure that out after she spilled her guts.
After a moment of contemplation, Arceus calmly answered. "I believe you, as you have no reason to lie. You are within my domain and therefore under my power. Also I have been noticing your micro expressions and blood pressure this whole time and you do not appear to be lying..as lying does not appear to be part of your nature, so I will believe you."
"Thank you. Now, I will take my familiar and be on my way." Louise shot back, fully done with this situation, so she turned around so she could leave.
"No." Arceus answered almost instantly, which caught Louise off guard, causing her to trip and fall onto the floor.
"What!? Why not!?" Louise yelled back at Arceus and she stood up, as she wanted to know why she couldn't have her familiar?!
"You are not worthy of it." Arceus' answer stopped all thoughts in Louise's head. "No matter. You will be home shortly. No time will have passed for the others." Arceus turned his back towards Louise, preparing to summon Solgaleo once again to take her back.
However only one thing...one thought passed through Louise's mind.
'I'm...Not worthy? NOT WORTHY! Who does this overgrown horse think he is!' Louise thought with indignation and furry!
As how dare this thing, this foreign deity of another world, this overgrown HORSE of all things tell her she wasn't worthy after all she'd been through! How can this thing decide that she couldn't have her familiar when that's the one thing she wanted more than anything!
Louie's knew what she had to do was she could not go back home empty-handed!
She could not...would not return back to Tristain Academy of Magic without a familiar! Without proof of being a mage, as there's no way she will be able to handle the ridicule and bullying if she went home empty-handed!
Especially not after being told that the only reason why she wouldn't have proof was become some horse decided she didn't deserve it. So, with Arceus having his back turned, Louise used the one thing she knew she was good at... and that was casting a fireball!
So she pulled out her backup wand and aimed at the back of Arceus' head.
"Fireball!"casted the mage, causing the spell to go wide, trailing off into the sky and exploding in the distance, hitting nothing but air.
This made Arceus turn to faced Louise in amusement.
"Hmm... it seems you have fight in you, void mage."said the original one with amusement.
"Not worthy!? Whh am I not worthy!? What, am I not good enough!? Is the ridicule and humiliation had to go through not "worthy" enough to gain anything from you?!" Louise screamed out, even as Arceus levitated her up to to his face so he could face her using the psychic power of his psychic plate.
"You are not worthy of it because you haven't done anything to deserve it. You summoning one of my children would have been nothing more than sheer cheating. The runes you would have placed upon it could have bent it to your will, and that's the last thing I will allow! You wouldn't have earned its friendship and respect! You placing those ruins on my children would have made him or her nothing more than a slave!" Arceus's yelled with a voice could have frozen the Sun, with cracks of anger coming though as he continued,
But Louise was unmoved as she knew she couldn't go back a failure, not after all the boasting she did Kirche and the others as she knew they would never let her live it down!
"Oh, so if I "earned" it then there would be no problem!?"Louise questions.
"The is correct."answered Arceus.
"Well then, what do I have to do to "earn the privilege" that is my familiar!?"asked Louise, who clearly wanted to strike a deal with Arceus.
Upon hearing this, Arceus went silent as he begin to analyze the situation over, quickly going through the possible futures for the girl in front of him.
He could just send her back to Tristain regardless, as she literally had no power to go against him. But that wouldn't solve the issue at hand, and that would also have started her on a very dark path...and Arceus knew how bad a void mage could get if they went down the path of darkness...so that wasn't a good option either.
Finally, after what felt like an ages, he finally spoke.
"You would have to go on a Journey, wher-" Before Arceus could even finish his sentence, Louise interrupted him.
"I'll do it."said the mage with zero hesitation.
"What?"said Arceus for the first time in forever he was honestly confused, as who in their right mind would agree to something without hearing the full explanation!
"I said I'll do it. I don't care what this "journey" requires of me, if it means getting my familiar and proving you wrong, I'll do anything!"answered Louise without hesitation.
Arceus went silent for a moment before speaking with what sounded like amusement in his voice"Very well. I will give you your chance to prove yourself."
"Of course. Now, send me back to Tristain and I…"said Louise before she was interrupted by Arceus, as clearly she was misunderstanding something.
"Who ever said that the journey you need to go on would be in Tristain? In Halkegenia? Or even in your world?"questions the original one,
At this, Louise's eyes grew wide, for a second time in about…ten minutes or something?
Time seemed different here, but regardless, dread began to build in Louise as she picked up on what the original one was saying.
"Wha…. what do you mean?" She asked timidly, slowly realizing that she just agreed to something that she really shouldn't have as now that you thought of it, she didn't hear the alpha Pokemon out!
"Your Journey will be in my world, in the Pokemon world." Louise almost wanted to ask if the overgrown horse was serious, but with one look, his face said it all!
"I didn't agree to that!" Louise yelled out as a white light began to surround her.
"Oh, but you did.."responded Arceus.
"I don't care what this "Journey" requires of me, if it means getting my familiar and proving you wrong I'll do anything'," said Arceus in a perfect recreation of her own voice. "I will be monitoring your progress. You have one year to prove yourself to me, after which we will meet again. But in the meantime you will not be able to use your magic as I can have you casting void magic in my world."
"I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE TO JOURNEY THROUGH YOUR WORLD! I DEMAND AN EXPLANATION RIGHT NOW, YOU STUPID HORS-! Louise screamed before vanishing in a bright light, leaving Arceus alone once again as he had transported her off somewhere in the Pokemon world.
"That girl is as loud as a Noivern."said Arceus as he began to look around.
"Luckily for you, void mage, you will meet one of my best and brightest children. He is like you in many ways and he will inevitably want to help you out as that's just his kind nature. Let's see what you two can do together when you inevitably become friends."said Arceus to himself as he couldn't wait to see how a year of progress would change that arrogant mage.
Meanwhile on a plane going to an unknown destination, a young black haired blue-eyed young man was staring out the window as he couldn't wait to go to a particular Pokemon region to finally begin his Pokemon Journey.
His name is Saito, and unlike most people of the Pokemon world... he didn't begin his Pokemon Journey at ten years old like the others as his parents were quite overprotective and wanted him to go on his journey when he was a little older.
This resulted in Saito getting tease relentlessly by his peers, all of whom went on their Pokemon journeys!
But now it was Saito's moment! Now it was his time to show all of those jerks that he was going to be a Pokemon Master! He was the one that was going to show them all that he had what it takes to become the best that there ever was!
"Get ready world! Because Saito Hiraga will soon become a big name throughout the Pokemon world!"said the young man with confidence as he had no idea that the creator of his world had big plans for him.
Big plans that involved a girl from another world!
Hey, everyone!
PrimusPilus here to give his two cents!
I finally managed to revise this story in a way that no one should complain as I finally got my facts straight and I think I got everything right.
Now the reason I took the story down of the first time was because some troll was saying that I did a terrible job and that I should have been ashamed of myself for doing such a sloppy job.
Now normally I try to ignore these trolls but I thought of it long and hard and decided to give the story another chance in order to show them that I will not back down to cyberbullying!
Anyway, I'm still deciding on what region I'm going to send Saito and Louise too as there are so many good reasons that they could go to.
Oh, before I forget I want to shout out to tretwho, the creator of Outsiders, the fanfiction story that inspired me to write this story. Thank you for your brilliance writing and I hope to hear from you in the future!
I could do them all but that would take too much time and too much energy. And I already have my hands full with my other stories.
But for now I'll let you know what regions of narrowed it down to.
Kanto
Alola
Galar
Paldea
Each of these regions have pokémon that I believe will fit Saito and Louise to a t!
But that's just me as I'm still deciding!
Anyway, I'm glad I managed to put the story back up better than before as I really think I did a good job with this one.
Now, I'm not sure if the chapters that come after this one will be as long as this one as it was really hard and it took a lot of energy out of me! But I'll try to do my best and I will whenever you make mistakes as this is my first time combining pokémon with a famous anime so I apologize in advance.
Anyway, although this is not a vote system let me know what region you think Saito and Louise so go to.
This it's not a vote system!
I just want to hear your honest opinion as I think it will help me make a great choice in choosing the region they will go to.
I hope to hear from you guys again and I plan to see the story through until the end or until I run out of energy... let's see what comes first!
Okay, I think that was everything so I'll leave you guys alone for now and I hope you have a great rest of the day and I will see you all next time!
Stay safe out there everyone and please come back and read the story.
PrimusPilus signing off!