Kaede, age fourteen/Shiro, age fifteen...
"Any idea what this is about?" asked Kaede.
"No idea. Did Gil get into a Halloween prank?" asked Shiro.
"Oi, right here you know," said Gil irritably.
"Couldn't resist. You do get into some weird situations though..." said Shiro.
Because of his high charisma, he kept getting into the weirdest situations with the other boys in the school. Usually because they were idiots trying to impress Gil or Kaede.
The girls loved Kaede because she was so nice...and because she brought 'eye-candy' for them to look during class. It occasionally amused Kaede to see them swoon whenever Gil smiled at them. Mostly it annoyed her.
"Yeah, but we mostly escorted Kae, Rin and Sakura around this year didn't we?" said Gil.
"Good point."
They found themselves at the headmaster's office.
"Come in please," said the headmaster.
Shiro opened the door.
Inside was the head of the Academy, Sasuke Fujimura. He was a kitsune who had been teaching at the school for over a century now. On one of the guest chairs was a man wearing eye-gouging robes, a man with a rather poorly fitted bowler hat, and another who made Gil want to kill him with his Noble Phantasm on sight.
To his disgust the blond seemed to think them below them just for existing. He was just as arrogant as his adult self, only much worse.
Adult Gilgamesh would simply kill you for looking at him wrong...this man seemed to enjoy torture his victims before he gave them a painful death.
Even when he was in his more arrogant state, he couldn't tolerate vicious sycophants like that. And the one in the bowler hat seemed to be one of the more annoying types of politicians. He disliked the oldest one simply because he didn't seem to realize how badly his colors clashed.
In short Gil's hackles were raised rather effectively.
Kaede took his attitude as something to be worried about and immediately ducked behind him. If they angered him this much, then there was no telling how bad they were. He usually had very good reasons for disliking people without even knowing them.
The long haired blond looked at Gil's eyes and sniffed disparagingly.
"I was unaware this school catered to vampires," he said.
Gil growled.
"Did you just compare me to one of those damn Apostles?" he said angrily.
"Only someone who practices Dark Arts or is a vampire has red eyes," said the blond with a hint of arrogance.
"Gil's eyes are naturally red," said Shiro. He could see why Gil immediately disliked him.
Kaede stayed hidden behind Gil. She had a bad feeling about this.
"Why are they here, sir?" asked Gil angrily.
"Apparently someone entered Ms. Potter into a tournament being held in England. Since she is registered as a student here, they have come to demand that she participate, despite the fact her name and family were legally and magically changed. They didn't even get her name right," said Fujimura annoyed. It had taken him an hour before someone finally found the right files.
Because she had changed her name before entering the school, they really had no idea who these arrogant English were asking for. It wasn't until they had an inquiry through the goblin students that they were finally told.
"And the fact that there is no way in Enma's hell that her magical signature could have been entered since she has never stepped foot into their school before now?" asked Gil, vastly irritated.
"She must compete! Once a name is accepted into the Goblet of Fire, then that student must go through the tasks or forfeit their magic!" said the portly man in the bowler hat.
"Goblet of Fire?" said Gil.
"Someone entered an illegal fourth participant in their Tri-Wizard Tournament and they expect her to compete despite the fact that she has never even been to any of the three schools. Apparently the fact they never listed which school she was placed under means they can remove her until this farce is over."
"Do you have a rulebook?" asked Gil.
Sasuke handed him one. Gil skimmed through the rules until he found what he needed.
"A magical relative can contest the validity of the entry if the one in question is a minor or has never attended the school prior to that year. According to this it was added to keep the schools from seeding the rosters just to win this tournament," said Gil.
"What rule is that?" demanded Sasuke.
Gil pointed it out. The headmaster's eyes widened in anger.
"You expect me to let you steal one of my best students just to participate in a tournament that is clearly ill-suited to her? Despite the fact that there is a rule to keep her from going?" he demanded angrily.
"I'm afraid our rules this year are clear. She will have to participate," said the older one in eye-clashing robes.
"There is another solution. Send me instead of her," said Gil. He wasn't letting these bastards near her.
"That would be impossible. Only a magical relative would be allowed to substitute for a champion!" said the bowler hat.
"A magical relative or a familiar," corrected Gil.
Sasuke suddenly smirked evilly.
"Thank you for reminding me. I can't send Kaede off to your country...not with her issues around people she isn't familiar with...but I can let you borrow Gil-kun until this nonsense is over with," said Sasuke evilly.
"Impossible!" said bowler hat.
"Not impossible. By the rules of the tournament, a familiar may be used in place of the Champion if they are unable to participate themselves," said Gil smirking.
"Gil-kun here is registered by the goblins as Kaede-chan's familiar. He has even attended and participated in the same classes as her, so by your laws he can take her place."
"And how did Ms. Potter obtain a vampire for a familiar?" asked the old one.
"Gil is not a vampire. As for how...well that's an ongoing mystery we would all love to know," said Sasuke.
"All that matters is that we clear this up. Exactly how long is this nonsense supposed to last?"
"There are three tasks. You have to complete each and then it's over," said the old one.
"So I don't actually have to stay at this school the entire year? I can just come for the tasks and go home until the next."
"It's traditional for the champions to stay with their group," said the old one.
"In that case, I'll bring something to stay in. I see no reason to fraternize with the students since you're forcing someone to participate because of some ridiculous artifact," said Gil.
Well that and he planned to indulge in some harmless theft once it was over.
"So you're heading to England for a bit?" said Kiritsugu.
"It might be best if Kaede stayed with Rin for a while. Her bounded fields will detect anyone trying to grab her, and it would keep her from being attacked between classes."
"Why Rin?" asked Shiro.
"Sakura's family includes that wretch Shinji if you remember. And despite being a bossy tsundere, I'm sure Rin wouldn't mind having someone to talk to about magecraft that isn't the fake priest," said Gil.
"Rin is a nice enough girl, and her methods are at least explainable. But you had better ask her first," said Kiritsugu.
"Eh? Gilgamesh is heading off to England? Why?" asked Rin.
"The idiot wizards in England have this tournament that they're trying to drag me into, and Gil offered to take my place."
"Ugh...they tried to rope you into that Tri-Wizard Tournament? How did that happen?" asked Rin.
"No idea. They didn't even get my name right!"
"Let me guess...your birth name instead of your current? That shouldn't even be legal!" said Rin indignant.
"And the people they sent to drag me back..." she shuddered.
"Who did they send?"
"Some old guy with no sense of color coordination and a long beard, a fat man in an ill fitting green bowler hat, and some long pale blond that Gil hated on sight before he even spoke. Then he went on to anger Gil by comparing him to an apostle just because of his eyes," said Kaede.
"Albus Dumbledore, Cornelius Fudge and Lucius Malfoy from the sounds of it," said Rin.
"I forgot you took magical politics," said Kaede.
"Fudge is the Minister of Magic, Malfoy is one of the most prominent pure blood wizarding families, and Dumbledore is the head of the ICW, the Wizengamot and the headmaster of Hogwarts," listed Rin.
"Why would they care about some no-name Magus-Witch from the East?" asked Kaede.
"I have no idea. Didn't you say you were adopted? Maybe your remaining family decided now was a good time to reclaim you, or at least contact you," said Rin.
Kaede shuddered.
"Definitely not that. The only family I would even want to claim is Shiro and he's actually my cousin. The rest are mundanes."
Besides, she was more likely to call Gil to kill them than to go anywhere near that house ever again. He would do it without her asking considering how horrible they were.
"Really? From what your records say, you're a half-blood. Maybe family on your dad's side?" said Rin.
"Doubtful. The goblins said I didn't have any close relatives on his side, at least outside of prison anyway. Records showed a godfather, but he was sent to Azkaban awaiting trial...which has yet to happen for thirteen years," said Kaede.
"No trial in... You mean Sirius Black is your godfather?" said Rin, dropping her plate. It shattered on the floor.
(They had been washing dishes.)
"I think so. According to the heritage test my grandmother on my dad's side was a Black too," said Kaede, washing another dish. Rin dried while she washed.
Rin stared at the girl.
"You mean to tell me...that your last name was Potter? As in the famous Girl-Who-Lived? The one who beat that idiot Voldemort when she was one?" said Rin.
"The name is Emiya. I had it changed both magically and legally, and because of how I ended up in Japan they had all my records sealed for protection."
"I don't believe this...Shiro has the girl-who-lived as his sister and cousin and he never thought to mention it? The same girl who has a free pass into Clock Tower the second she asks?" said Rin, holding her plate tightly...which promptly cracked under the pressure of her grip.
"I could give the pass to you if you like. According to the headmaster I can send an apprentice in my place," said Kaede.
Rin stared at her.
"You don't get how difficult it is to go to Clock Tower!" she said in despair.
"Actually it's more like I despise England and I really don't want a Sealing Designation to fall on my head. Gil mentioned that my ability to summon and maintain a Servant, especially one of Saber class like him, might be unusual enough to get one."
"I'll concede that point. Being able to keep someone like Gilgamesh around as a Saber class is a bit odd, especially since he was properly summoned and you had no idea what magic was until then," said Rin.
The wizards might pass it off as being the girl-who-lived, but magi would want to know why. A sealing designation wasn't that big a stretch at all.
"If I remember right, you get an automatic pass into Clock Tower if you ever complete the Jewel Sword right? That project that the Wizard Marshal gave you?" said Kaede, finishing the last one.
"Yeah, but I have no idea how to go about it," said Rin.
"Maybe we can combine wizardry and magecraft to form the shape, then you can figure out how to duplicate the power?" suggested Kaede.
Rin would have said something, but she realized that she had a point.
"You might want to fix those plates so I can finish this," said Kaede.
"True. Who knows, you might have better luck with those horrible Kaleidosticks than I did when that jerk Zelretch showed up with the blueprints," said Rin with a shudder.
"Kaleidosticks?"
Rin shuddered again.
"Apprently Zelretch has a thing for magical girl shows. He made these horrible things called Kaleidosticks that are total perverts..." said Rin.
She had only seen them once, and she vowed never again.
Why, oh why had some idiot apprentice introduced him to that horrible genre?
Gil took one look at Hogwarts, and was distinctly unimpressed.
Yes it was a castle, but the place was filthy! The classes were backwards and heavily emphasized pureblood propaganda, the food was heavy on the fat and sugars, and the only one who seemed to actually keep up with the times was the potions teacher, who hated children!
In short, Gil hated the place immediately and was glad that Kaede was no where near this hellhole.
"Who let the vampire in?" sneered a boy in green and silver.
Gil growled. This kid was clearly the son of that pompous prick he had seen in Japan. Perhaps, just this once, it would be better if he channeled his more arrogant adult self?
Gil shocked everyone by grabbing the boy by his neck and lifting him in the air with one hand without problem.
"Listen here commoner. I'm only here because I have deemed this farce unworthy of my Master's time and because you inbred filth don't seem to understand that she has no interest in ever returning to England. Next time you seek to challenge me, you would do well to remember your place," he snarled.
Gil saw the shocked looks of the Hogwarts staff. The Bulgarians seemed rather pleased by his open declaration of war against the inbred English fools. The French were appalled by his open show of politics.
"Here me now Englishmen. If any of you try to force me to stay here once this tournament is done with, I will not hesitate to kill you all. The only reason this spoiled ponce is allowed to live is because my Master dislikes seeing me kill people without reason," he said flatly.
Not true, but it would keep them from bothering him later.
Now that he had put the brat in his proper place, beneath his notice, he left the great hall. Before he left the room entirely, he said snarkily, "And for the record, I am no vampire. The next idiot who mistakes me as a damn apostle is going to be skewered and left as a warning. I don't need dark arts to kill you."
Gilgamesh hated England and couldn't understand how Saber's countrymen had fallen this far.