A/N: I'm Back!
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Last Time:
"Alright fine, But where am i Gonna sleep?"
Louise pointed at a pile of hay beside the door
"...Are you Serious?"
"Well i didn't exactly expect to summon a human did i?"
"...fine"
"Night, partner."
"Night."
Louise's Room, Tristain Academy Of Magic
"No...Rei Stay away from them, Please..."
Sleeping on top of the hay pile, Chara is currently having a Nightmare.
A shimmering shine of a sharpened blade poised at the ready.
"No..." Chara breathed out.
"I believe that you can still be good human. Everyone can be a good person if they just try!" Her brother had said those words in hopes of convincing the fallen human to cease their killing spree, but she knew that it would be a futile attempt.
The human took a step forward.
"Hey! see this is what i'm talking about!"
"Rei...please...just run..."
Another step.
"Someone needs to keep you on the straight and narrow, But worry not for i, The Great Asriel Dreemurr shall assist you" Asriel had said that with a smile on his face.
The human stepped closer.
"Hmm..? You're approaching! are you accepting my help?"
Chara saw the human brandishing a knife behind their back.
"Very well human, i welcome you with open arms!" He was so innocent...
Then the human struck.
*SLASH*
Chara watched in horror as her brother was Killed in front of her eyes.
ASRIEL!
"Gahh!"
Chara woke up in cold sweat, breathing heavily.
A Nightmare...
She hoped that it's not going to happen often. or else she won't get any sleep.
'Asriel. I'm sorry i failed you...' Chara thought mournfully.
What's worse is that when she was brought back to life and summoned here, Her brother's scarf didn't come with her.
keep yourself together chara. He would've wanted you to move on.
Wiping the last remaining tears on her face, She stood up an looked outside the window.
It was still early, The sun isn't up yet, She looked at her partner's sleeping figure.
'huh..she looks kinda cute like that" Chara thought to herself
Louise's Face looked so peaceful while asleep. a stark contrast to her Stiff and serious face from yesterday.
Chara then noticed the basket of dirty laundry next to her bed. she remembered that Louise told her to get it to one of the maids to get cleaned up yesterday.
"Eh...I'm gonna explore this place anyway" She Grabbed the basket and went outside.
Since she has no idea where to go, Chara wondered along the halls of the academy, all she had seen so far was private rooms and some common area, and she couldn't understand any of the unfamiliar writings. She considered using her warp ability to look around, but fortunately just as she was about to do so, she rounded a corner and bumped into another person, causing the clothes inside the basket she is holding to fall over.
"Ah! I'm sorry miss! here let me help you." Said the Girl she bumped into.
Chara examined the Girl, She had black hair, and has an average height, she's wearing what looks like a maid outfit like one of those maids from an anime anime she used to watch with Alphys.
'She must be one of the maids'
"It's fine, I didn't see where i was looking" Chara said while rubbing the back of her head.
Siesta Then picked up the laundry and put it back in the basket, "Do you need this cleaned? I'll Take them from you."
"Thanks, Louise Told me to bring those to one the maid, guess i was lucky"
"Oh! Then You are Miss Valliere's Familiar right?" Asked the girl.
"How did you know?"
"Well there is a Rumour among the Academy staff that Miss Valliere Summoned a Human girl as a Familiar, One who is wearing a Green jacket." Explained the Girl.
'Well that explains it',"Well, I prefer the term Partner, but i guess it's the same. My name Is Chara, Chara Dreemurr, What's your name?"
"My name is Siesta De Tarbes, Nice to meet you" The girl introduced herself with a bow.
"Nice to meet you too, Siesta. And sorry if the laundry is a bother." Said Chara.
"No, It's fine here let me" Siesta then Picked the Basket up, Since there wasn't that many dirty clothes it was a bit light.
"Again, Thanks a bunch Siesta!" Said Chara.
"No problem! By the way where do you come from Chara?"
It was then that Chara noticed that they wandered outside during their conversation. She looked up-
-And Froze, Her eyes widened, And her mouth hanging open with shock. Even though it's almost dawn by now, she can clearly see That Next to The moon, there was another moon with a red colour Hanging next to it.
Two moons?! She thought in Confusion. But before i fell underground, i'm pretty sure there was only one moon in the sky!
"Chara?" Siesta Questioned, Concern creeping unto her Tone. "What's wrong? Can you not tell me where you're from?"
"Yeah..." She said Numbly, "Let's Just say That i am a very, very long way from home."
Tristain Academy Of Magic, Library
Jean rubbed his eyes before setting it back on the old book, Ever since he saw the runes in Louise's familiar, He's been searching Though the library About where it came from and clues of it's meaning. And that the thing that had been scratching the back of his mind the more he thought about Human summons. He had look to most of the history books in the Library but found nothing about summoning a human as a familiar.
But , He could've sworn that he had heard of them somewhere, but he just couldn't remember. He grabbed the book and walked back to the book shelf he had gotten it from before casting a small levitation spell to himself to reach the part of the shelf that he found the book. Although he is a fire mage, all mages can cast the lowest level spells of any element, if not very efficiently. he rose with a cushion of air under him to reach the top of the shelf and put the book in his hands back before picking up another about early history.
As he floated back down, he noticed something at the edge of his vision, years of serving as a soldier hardened his reflexes to the point where he could tell that there was someone behind the shelves behind him.
He managed to stop his self from doing a preemptive strike. he was at school, so even if there was a threat it would be a minimal one, And he also hated the idea of having to use fire at a library. Instead he said without turning, "If you are looking for a certain book, than perhaps i can point you to the right direction, the librarian has not woken up yet."
There was a start of surprise behind the shelf before a female voice answered, "Ah! Professor Colbert! I was meaning to talk to you about something"
Jean felt a smile on his face, seeing the form of the secretary Miss Longueville rounding the aisle to approach him. She was hired fairly recently by the head master to be his personal secretary. Mostly because of her surprisingly Impressive Clerical skills, and partly because she was attractive, if he had to admit. The headmaster can be a bit...Unprofessional, to say the least.
Nevertheless, the professor couldn't really disagree, her intellect as well as her long green hair and spectacles indeed made her a rather attractive woman to Jean.
"Of course, my dear." He Gestured to a nearby table, "Take a seat."
She sat down on the seat across him. and then he sat as well, "So what is it?"
"Well, I have been hearing rumours Among the staff that magical items have been failing across the academy, and that the walls themselves are beginning to weaken!" She looked to the side with a worried expression, "Has the academy become Vulnerable?"
Ah, Of course. Jean had been a bit occupied as of late to really handle the staff. it was natural that there would be some concern about what had happened yesterday after Miss Valliere's Summoning. "Do not worry, I assure you that is not the case. Yes, it's true that some kind of... event following Miss Vallier's summoning that Disrupted some of the magical Items across the academy, We are in no danger, The teachers are competent enough to repel any threat that may come to this academy" He looked at the book that he is currently holding and found that it was a historical account of Brimir's Life instead of the one he intended to get.
Ah, well He thought to himself, he wasn't going to pay much attention to it anyway with Miss Longueville in front of him.
"But we could be a tempting target if anyone finds out!" She insisted, "What of the vault in the central tower Professor Colbert, Has it seals been weakened too? Has it become Vulnerable to attacks?"
"Firsty call me Jean." He said with a smile before it faded and began to shift uncomfortably, "Ah, well, Yes it technically is. But even in it's current state, it is still guarded with powerful and ancient magic" He said quickly, before flipping another page in his book, "the locks in the vault is some of the most intricate in Halkegenia, Even if someone tried to simply smash through, It would take a considerable Amount of effort to break it."
She tilted her head curiously, "Why would someone do that?"
"Oh, well, I guess the only sure weakness of the vault's defenses is raw Brute force" He waved his hand quickly, "Not that Anyone knew that! So no one would try it!"
The Secretary was still unconvinced, She gave the Professor a Shy look, "I'm not sure...Prof- Jean, But if someone were meaning to cause us harm, you would protect us, wouldn't you?"
Jean stood up. "Madam, i assure you that you can count on me when that happens. Even in the very unlikely event that some Scoundrel tried to attack this academy, I shall not let that happen to you. The Devices and walls that has enchantments on them are recovering as we speak, You have nothing to worry about.
A relieved sigh came from her, "Thank you, Jean. I really needed to hear that." She stood up, " I hope i can speak with you again soon."
"I would enjoy that."
Jean said, Ignoring the fluttering feeling in his stomach. It has been a while since he had been able to speak to a woman like this.
as she walked away, he turned his attention back to the book in his hand. Then as he looked at a random page he had flipped to, a certain passage caught his eye.
Brimir's Familiars
As the founder is known For his creation of the familiar summoning ritual (Among other feats), The subject of his familiars is still relatively unknown. There were two notable things that put Brimir apart in this regard. When performing the ritual, one would usually summon an animal or magical beast, and that they would only summon one creature. But in Brimir's case, he had summoned 4 Familiars, And rather than mighty magical beast, he instead had Humans as his familiars. while one would question the worth of having humans as familiars, The familiar runes inscribed on their persons granted them powers and abilities beyond that of normal men.
Jean stared dumbly at the passage with widened eyes.
Of course! How could i have forgotten? Brimir's familiars were humans! that means that Louise's familiar isn't the first human to be summoned.
The professor read further to gather more details and found drawings of the runes of each familiar The founder had. Jean then took his drawing of the runes that was engraved on Louise's Familiar. When he compared them, he found that the runes was the same as the ones that was marked on The Gandalfr, The Shield or Left hand of God.
The Gandalfr is a guardian meant to protect wheir summoner, and whose power and skill is enough to decimate entire armies. Jean felt excited at this prospect.
'If this is true, than Miss Valliere has summoned quite a powerful person indeed' He thought to himself. This opens up a great opportunity for study. The first human in 6000 Years! That made Louise the only person beside Brimir who could-
He then realized the full meaning of this situation, And his excitement quickly turned into shock. There were many things that mad The Founder the mythic figure that he was: He brought together The scattered tribes of humanity to start Civilization, He created the Familiar summoning ritual, He also created the current system of magic that allowed mages to cast beyond the most basic levels of spells. But the greatest reason he was revered to is because he wielded the Holy element of Void. Different from the standard element of Fire, Wind, Earth, And Water, The Void element is of a greater magnitude than anything that they had ever achieved after Thousands of years of study. So, if another a familiar is supposed to represent your elemental alignment, And the last person who summoned a human was The Founder. Then that means that Louise is-
He slammed the book shut, Grabbing it and bolted to Old Osmond's Office.
The Academy's Laundry
Siesta Looked at Chara with concern on her face, when they arrived outside Chara had looked up and promptly froze. Siesta wondered what she could possibly seen to cause such a reaction, but when she looked up she only saw the fading sight of the two moons of Halkeginia. The girl hasn't said anything since then, Instead she seems to be in deep thought. Her brows absentmindedly furrowing as she Scrubbed the Dirty clothes on the washboard. She doesn't know what was wrong, but ever since she bumped into her the girl had been nothing but nice to her, so she wanted to return the favor by helping her.
after another minute or two of silence, she finally couldn't take it anymore and asked.
"Chara, what's wrong? You've been so quiet for a while, is something troubling you?"
The girl seemed to finally snapped out of it and answered.
"i-it's nothing I'm fine" Chara insisted, But Siesta can clearly see that she is troubled. So she asked again, "Are you sure?"
"Yeah not really...i've just been thinking that's all..." Chara answered, "Look Siesta, i know this question might be odd to you, but was There always two moons in the sky?"
"Eh?" She was Confused at the indeed strange question. "Of course, Why wouldn't there be?"
"Because from where i come from, there was only one moon" Which was true, Before Chara fell Underground, she distinctly remembered there being only one moon on the surface. Siesta's answer was Just further proof that she was not in her original world.
Siesta perked up a bit at Chara's Answer. "My late Grandfather used to say that there was only one moon where he came from as well, Though i don't really see how that is possible."
Chara pondered at this, She then looked back to the sky, "I'm not to sure about this, but my best Guess is that i was either summoned from really far away, or another dimension entirely."
Siesta looks Intrigued, "Really? Then is it possible came from the same dimension as you?"
"What? you're not gonna ask about the 'other dimension' thing" Chara asked Curiously
Siesta shook her head, "With magic existing in this world, i like to think that almost anything is possible." She said.
"Oh, Ok then. and about your grandfather, i wouldn't know, cause i didn't really meet with a lot of other humans from where i came from"
"Oh.." Siesta Looked a bit disappointed "I don't remember much, but i remember him saying something about the trees, the people, and how there were not a lot of nobles from where he come from..." A thought came too her, "Chara...? Can you use magic?" Her grandfather had said that magic was an extremely rare thing where he come from. even though Chara Dressed similarly to a commoner she just wanted to see if she could, because that would mean that even commoner's can do magic.
Chara Pondered at this, Meh..She thought with a mental shrug, A trick or two won't hurt anybody.
She reached out, and with a flick of her hand, Summoned a glowing Red Ethereal knife.
Siesta was startled at this, 'Where did that knife come from?' And then another thought came to her, "Wait...so you can use magic!" Siesta said excitedly.
Chara shrugged, "Yeah but i think the type of magic here and from where i come from is different, from what i've seen the magic here is based around the elements right?" Siesta Nodded, "The magic from where i come from is called 'Soul Magic' It is magic that comes from the power manifested from our souls." Chara explained. "All creature's have a soul in them But only some of us could manifest it."
Siesta is amazed by this, "Then if i could manifest it, will i be able to use magic as well?" The thought of her using magic seems exciting to her.
"Not sure, I don't know if Souls works the same way here" Siesta looked a bit Disappointed, Chara thought a bit more, " How about this, if you have some time in the evening, i'll try to help you find out if you can use Soul Magic or not, And if you can i'll help you train in it, What do you think?"
Siesta perked up at that, "Sure!" She was grateful that Chara was willing to consider her request, She then Picked up the clothes they have finished washing.
"I will hang this up to dry, Again thank you for considering this Chara!" She said cheerfully. And then she turned and walked to the clothes hanger
Chara chuckled, "No problem, And Thanks for helping me do the Laundry, i'm gonna wake Louise up now, the sun is almost up, don't want her to nag at me for waking her up late, See you later!" She said as she walked away.
"See you!" Siesta Answered.
Louise's Bedroom
"Hey Louise." Chara said.
"nghh..."
"Come on, You don't wanna be late for class do ya'?"
Louise then opened her eyes, then sat up, "W-wha, who are you?" She said deliriously.
"Really? You summoned me yesterday, i'm your Partner, Chara, remember?"
"Oh yeah, you're that commoner i summoned, what time is it?"
Chara then pointed at the clock, which said 07:15.
"oh, alright wait for me to get dressed first then." Louise said.
Chara then waited outside. She looked around to see other students walking around with their familiars. she waited a good 8 minutes before Louise came out of her room.
"Geez, what took you so long?" Chara asked.
"My hair was all tangled up, it took sometime to straighten it." Louise answered.
Chara Sighed, "Well whatever, So where to?"
"Well, first we're going to the dining hall for breakfast"
"Sweet!"
They both then walked through the halls and arrived at the dining hall where Louise immediately Strolled and sat down on one of the seats, Chara went to seat next to her. Louise then asked one of the servants for some stew, the servant nodded and went to grab the stew from the kitchens.
"Hey Louise, What exactly are we gonna do after this, do we go to one of your classes?" Chara Asked.
"No," Louise said, "Today is the day of the Void, We use this time to Bond with our familiars , so after this we're going to go to the commons and Get to know each other, i don't really know you apart from your name."
"Alright then partner."
After waiting a few minutes, The servant arrived with two bowls of stew, "Here you go, my lady."
"Thank you, Servant," She then passed one of the bowls to Chara. After saying a few prayers, She then started eating.
Chara grabbed a spoon and started eating too.
The stew tasted good.
Academy commons
"Alright. here we are"
They arrived at the Commons, Chara could see a lot of other familiars sitting or laying around the fields. is that a dragon? under one of the trees, a blue dragon laid there sleeping, you don't see that everyday.
The both of them sat down under the shade of a tall tree.
"So.." Chara started, "How do you want to start?" Louise thought for a bit, "Let's start simple, How old are you?" She said.
"16, You?"
"I'm also 16"
Chara was befuddled, "wait really? But your so..."
"Short? Tiny?" Louise said with her eye twitching
"yeah." Chara said. Louise was an entire head shorter than her.
"I get that a lot. Next, what's your full name? Mine is Louise Francois Le Blanc De La Valliere"
"Well That's a Mouthful, Mine is Chara Dreemurr, can i ask you something?"
"What is it?" Louise Asked.
"Yesterday, In the courtyard When you summoned me, i heard some of the other students Call you 'Louise The Zero' Why is that?"
Louise Looked sad at this, "It's because i can't do magic, Every time i cast a spell it always end up in an explosion."
"Is that why there was so many smoke when you summoned me?"
Louise Nodded, "You know, i'm Happy that i actually managed to summon you, it means that i'm not as incompetent as they say, and that i still have a chance." Louise then looked at Chara, "You're living proof of that."
Chara smiled, "well i'm glad i could help you then."
Louise then Looked at her, "i've been meaning to ask you this, But where are you from?" She asked.
Chara Sighed.
"Well, that is Going to be a long a long story."
A/N: Hello! So, How was it?
I'm sorry that i ended the chapter here, but I ran out of ideas
It's been a long time since i watched Familiar of zero so i might get somethings wrong.
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