"Uncle Marcus?" Ian said.

"What is it?" Marcus replied.

"Can you tell me what happened during the last Holy Grail War?" the boy asked.

"Just a moment." Marcus stood up and went to get something.

He quickly returned with a photo in his hand.

"I was the Master of Saber during the last War." Marcus showed Ian the photo.

The photo showed a younger Marcus with a woman, who Ian assumed was Saber. She had black hair, green eyes, and bore a resemblance to a certain King of Knights. She wore a blue kimono and had a cold expression on her face.

"I ended up developing feelings for her. But, there was already someone she loved and knew that I wouldn't be able to win her over." Marcus said sadly. "It wasn't until she was dying in my arms at the end of the War that I told her how I felt."

"During the time between this War and the last, I sought out Saber's sword in hopes that I would be able to see her again. But, it seems the one I found was a fake because I ended up summoning someone known as a 'Faker'."

"And what about mom?"

"You mother summoned the same Servant you have, but as Berserker rather than Assassin." Marcus answered. "She wanted to use the Grail to find your father and… Well, I think it's best you not know about that."

"Jenny was very, very upset with your father for skipping town on the two of you." Marcus said. "Don't think anyone could blame her, really."

"What else happened?" Ian asked.

"I… I don't want to talk about it." Marcus walked away.


Fate/new dawn
Chapter 22: Reunion


"Why are we running again?" Louis questioned.

"Because I am not fighting that madman again. I'll leave it to someone who can actually put a dent in him." Rider stated.

"Come back, cowardly oppressors, and fight me like men!" Berserker of Alpha shouted.

They had encountered Berserker of Alpha that night and Rider immediately decided to retreat, knowing that they wouldn't stand a chance against him. A horse was summoned with Cavalry of Tours and the two fled from the mad gladiator.

"When did you fight him?"

"It was while I was contracted to your father. I tried having my Cavalry trample him to death, but that didn't seem to do any actual damage." Rider said.

It wasn't long before the two of them were able to get away from the insane mass of muscle named Spartacus. After expending all of the energy built by Crying Warmonger while fighting Berserker of Omega at Fate Morgana, the blonde gladiator was back to his normal speed, meaning he was now very slow.

Rider brought the horse to a halt and the two dismounted it before it was dismissed. The king then went into his astral form and Louis began walking away, knowing that Berserker had lost them by now.

"A little late for a kid to walking around, isn't it?"

Louis was taken by surprise and quickly turned around to see Harry walking up to him.

"Um, good evening, Mr. Clark." Louis said nervously.

"Anything major happen?"

"No. Just getting chased by Berserker of Alpha."

"Tch. That musclebound idiot has been a real pest." The shaggy man scoffed.

"Yeah. Honestly, I'm just trying to find Assassin of Alpha. They killed my father, so I'm going to avenge him." Louis stated.

"Kid, are you an idiot?" Harry questioned. "That is so f***in' stupid."

"But they killed my father!" Louis snapped.

"So what? Assassin-class Servants are more suited for killing Masters, so trying to find them will only get yourself killed." Harry stated. "Pull your head outta you're a** and pick a fight you can win."


Archer of Omega jumped through the air as one of her counterpart's swords flew through the air. She then responded by shooting an arrow back at him. Archer of Alpha quickly sidestepped that arrow but another cut him in the side. The tanned man then summoned another sword and launched it, narrowly missing him opponent. The huntress then leapt backwards onto a rooftop to gain the high ground in the fight.

The red-clad bowman dismissed his bow and summoned Kanshou and Bakuya before chasing after the verdant lioness, quickly sidestepping any arrows that were fired at him. He then leapt to the rooftop and brought his sword down on Archer of Omega, who blocked with her bow. He then landed and slashed again. Archer of Omega barely sidestepped the blade before punching Archer in the face and kicking him away. She then leapt a great distance away from him while summoning two arrows. Upon landing, she drew the bowstring back while aiming at the sky. Archer of Alpha began anticipating that his opponent would be using a Noble Phantasm.

"I am the bone of my sword…" Archer said before he felt his power begin to increase.

"With my bow and arrows, I respectfully ask for the divine protection of the sun god Apollo and the moon goddess Artemis." Archer of Omega stated.

"I offer to thee this calamity. Phoebus Catastrophe!"

The arrows flew high into the sky before becoming what seemed like stars. A vast rain of arrows was then unleashed upon the ground below.

"Steel is my body and fire is my bloodRho Aias!" Archer yelled as he raised his hand into the air.

Archer summoned an object that resembled seven flower petals made of light. The rain of arrows bombarded the seven-layered Bounded Field created by the object's deployment before being punctuated by an explosion.

"That was so cool, Miss Archer!" Nicholas said through his link to his Servant.

When the smoke cleared, Archer was still standing with four of the seven layers of the Bounded Field remaining.

"It's no Gae Bolg, but that still had some power behind it." He muttered.

"But how?" Archer of Omega muttered.

"That was the shield of Aias. But thou art not he. Just who art thou?"

"Just a nameless Servant." he replied as he fired another sword at his counterpart.

The huntress tried to avoid the sword, but it ended up piercing her shoulder. Noting that she would likely lose if she continued, Archer of Omega dematerialized and retreated.


Ada was waiting outside of a café the next day. Emily was supposed to come to Philburg that day and Ada was anxiously waiting for her. She had been waiting for around an hour, not leaving her seat and glancing around every once in a while to see if Emily had arrived. She knew that it would take a few hours for Emily to arrive, but she was so anxious that she went to the meeting place early.

"Hey." a voice said.

Ada then looked to see that Emily had finally come.

"Emily!" Ada exclaimed before embracing her.

Emily had looked a little different from the last time that Ada had seen her. Her hair was shorter and only reached her shoulders and she wore a black hoodie, red tank top, and blue jeans.

"Ada, why did you just disappear like that?" Emily asked as they broke up the hug.

"…Do you remember what happened at Chad's party?" Ada asked.

"Ada, I know that your parents found out about us." Emily said.

"Yeah…" Ada replied sadly.

"D***it, Ada. Why didn't you just come to me and my family? You know that my parents don't care that we're a thing." Emily questioned.

"I'm sorry…" Ada apologized, tears in her eyes.

"Ada, I was so worried about you! I thought something even worse happened to you."

Ada started crying, prompting Emily to hug her again.

"It's okay, Ada. You're okay now. That's all that matters."

"…" Ada fell silent. "…Thanks, Emily."


"He's got the Smash Ball!" Lily shouted.

"Get him!" Assassin shouted.

Ian, Leeroy, Lily, Assassin, and Caster were playing Super Smash Bros on the Wii U at Ian's house. They were playing as Link, Bowser, Shiek, Sonic, and Corrin, respectively. Corrin launched a Dragon Fang Shot at Bowser, who had the aura of a Smash Ball around him. Bowser jumped over the projectile, which slammed into Link instead and stunned him. But the Koopa King wasn't out of the woods yet and a Burst Grenade form Shiek hit him. As Bowser fell to the ground, Link used his Spin Attack to knock the Smash Ball out of him. Then, it was a race to get the Smash Ball, which Sonic won.

"Oh God no!" Leeroy shouted as Assassin started giggling.

"Super Sonic style!"

"Yay!" the little girl cheered as she began maneuvering Sonic to fly around the stage while slamming into the other fighters. "We're gonna win!"

Corrin had somehow managed to survive the ensuing chaos that resulted from the golden hedgehohg flying around and launching everyone else off the stage. When the powerup wore off, Sonic was hit by a Dragon Fang Shot shortly afterwards before getting launched off the stage himself, ending the match.

"Aw…" Assassin pouted.

"So, Ian thinks you guys might be heading towards the endgame fast." Leeroy said.

"Possibly." Ian said. "We have had five confirmed casualties; Lancer of Alpha, Saber of Omega, Omega Rider's previous Master, Rider of Alpha, and Caster of Omega."

"The casualties will likely start becoming more frequent from now on. We've been at this for over a month now. Uncle Marcus is starting to figure out a way to find the enemy leader's location, but he doesn't have a single clue where he might be. He's hoping that once we do, we'll be able to pull an all-or-nothing assault on the enemy base."

"You guys might also have another problem." Leeroy said. "Did you hear about this new murderer that's running around?"

"No." Lily said.

"Well, some maniac is running around killing people at random." Leeroy stated. "Some of the reports say the crime scenes were completely trashed."

"It couldn't be Wesley, right?" Lily asked. "I mean, it's obvious he sent his Berserker after the Pythons, but…"

"It's probably Jeffrey Stanford." Ian said.

"I remember that guy…" Leeroy sighed. "Freakin' Heracles. That's gonna be extremely difficult to beat."

"Uncle Marcus is trying to find him. Probably wants me to send Assassin after him after he does get a location on him." Ian sighed. 'The thought of sending Assassin to kill him sounds exciting, but I know it's wrong- Assassin, don't say anything about this.'

"Okay, Daddy."


"So, this is where you've been living?" Emily said. "It's decent."

"It's the best I could do, honestly." Ada said. "I'm lucky that I had quite a bit of money from work by the time…well…"

Emily gave Ada a sympathetic look. After spending a while at the café, the two of them decided to go to Ada's apartment. It was in a decent part of the city rather than one of the rougher spots, which the both of them were thankful for.

"No guys have been touching where they shouldn't, right? I'm the only one allowed to do that." Emily smiled.

"N-No! Q-Quit being a perv, Emily." Ada retorted, embarrassed and blushing.

"Master, I don't believe you're one to talk. You did tell Saber that she had a nice rack last night." Mordred said while in spirit form.

'Quiet, Mordred.'

"Oh, sure. You totally were not the one who begged me to sleep with you at that party." Emily said, voice heavy with sarcasm.

"I-I was drunk, okay!" her girlfriend said defensively.

"Oh, yeah, speaking of that… I ended up slapping the s*** out of Chad because apparent that f***er spiked every drink at the party and then filmed that video."

Ada was no longer embarrassed and was now very angry instead.

"Where is he?" Ada questioned. "I'm going to beat the s*** outta him for that!"

"Last I heard, he fled to New York." Emily said. "Yeah, his parents weren't very happy when they found out about his shenanigans."

"Tch. I can't believe we were friends with that jacka**…" the brunette sighed.

"Well, I did say that it was alright if you stayed over Spring Break. You should probably get your stuff out of the car before it gets dark."

"Yeah, I've heard that a lot of crazy stuff's been happening in Philburg."


Harry decided to go to a bar that evening. He walked through an alley that happened to serve as a shortcut to the street where the bar was located.

Suddenly, a voice called out to him from behind.

"Found you, you son of a b****!"

"Oh, f***." The shaggy man cursed.


Current Status of Participants in the Holy Grail War (Omega Faction)


Dario Visalli- A boy whose parents come from Italy. His father is a priest. He secretly harbors jealousy for his brother, Dominico, whom his father chose to train to be a priest instead of Dario. He was eliminated from the War when his Servant mutually killed Lancer of Alpha.

Saber of Omega- His True Name is Remus. He is the brother of Romulus and died as a result of an argument between the two of them over the creation of the city of Rome. He seeks revenge on Romulus for his death. Ironically, he and Lancer of Alpha, Romulus, mutually killed each other in battle.

Nicholas Young- A ten-year-old who had the misfortune of being involved in the Grail War. He is unsure just what he wants to use the Grail War. Seems to simply want something cool to happen in his life. He greatly admires his Servant, Archer of Omega. Loves to pet her ears and tail.

Archer of Omega- True Name unrevealed. She was abandoned by her father as a child, but the moon goddess Artemis took pity on and protected her. Children hold a special place in her heart and she wants to use the Holy Grail to protect all children in the world. She acts like an overprotective mother to her Master.

Harry Clark- Ian's deadbeat father who left him sometime around the time he turned one-year-old. He got Ian's mother, Jenny, pregnant during a one-night stand, which angered Jenny's family to the point of a shotgun marriage. He is incredibly selfish and wants to use the Holy Grail to acquire vast amounts of wealth. He is not pleased that Marcus just so happens to be a Master as well. Gets along fairly well with his Servant, Lancer of Omega.

Lancer of Omega- His True Name is Cu Chulainn, Ireland's Child of Light. Although he loves the prospect of a good fight, he tends to be quite laid-back. Having no regrets for any of his actions in life, he has no real desire for the Grail. Rather, he simply just wants to fight strong opponents. He gets along fairly well with his Master.

Alexandre du Bois- A French immigrant who fled from his homeland with his son out of fear of Islamic terrorism in Europe. His wish is for a France where all people can live in peace, which clashes with the plans of his Servant, Rider of Omega. He became the first casualty of the Holy Grail War when he was murdered by Assassin of Alpha.

Louis du Bois- Alexandre's son. He has no real interest in the Holy Grail War aside from avenging his father by killing Assassin of Alpha. He seems to have some agreement with Rider's plan for the Grail. Received his father's Command Seals upon his death.

Rider of Omega- His True Name is Charles Martel. He was the King of the Frankish peoples and a key player in the defense against the largest Islamic invasion of Western Europe in history. This earned him the title of a "Defender of the Christian Faith". He is incredibly Islamophobic and wants to use the Grail to anchor himself to the world. He would then return to France, take back his position as ruler, and then promptly attempt to wage war on Islam with the goal of exterminating all of its followers.

Ada Winchester- Ada's parents disowned her after discovering she is a lesbian. She initially wanted to use the Grail to gain their acceptance, but is now unsure of just what she really wants. She defected from Omega after they deemed her liability and tried to at least kill Caster, whom she willingly abandoned out of disgust for her heartless behavior. She remains in the running by using the False Heroic Spirit that Caster created with her own Noble Phantasm.

Caster of Omega- Her True Name is Morgana le Fay. She is the half-sister of King Arthur and wants revenge for being passed over by Uther Pendragon as the inheritor to the throne. This accumulated in her essentially drugging Arturia, who had been turned into a "pseudo-male" by Merlin, sleeping with her, and creating Mordred using Arturia's sperm. (AN: Yes, I know it's weird and disgusting, but I'm not the one who came up with this.) She views Mordred as her greatest creation and takes credit for him killing Arthur in the Battle of Camlann. She is apparently not satisfied with the result and wants to use the Grail to be able to prevent her "brother" from ever becoming king in the first place.

False Mordred- A False Heroic Spirit who was created by Caster of Omega using her Noble Phantasm. She has all of the original's abilities, but at weaker levels. Furthermore, she is only a copy and has none of the memories or personality of the real Mordred. She currently serves as the Servant of Ada Winchester. False Mordred is also Caster's failsale, having been programmed to carry out her creator's plans for the Grail in the event that she should perish. Neither she nor Ada are aware of this.

Frederick James- The leader of the Omega faction and the representative of the US Government's Operation Holy Grail. He is a patriot driven by a desire to achieve peace and prosperity for the American people. In a similar manner to Ian, he also wants to make his mother proud, out of gratitude for having raised him on her own.

Assassin of Omega- His True Name is Kiritsugu Emiya, the Magus Killer. He comes from a timeline where the Einzberns never employed the strategy of employing an outsider to represent them in the Fourth Holy Grail War. Kiritsugu continued his life with no reason to question what he deemed "justice" and later formed a contract with Alaya, the will of humanity, to become a Counter Guardian. His heart of stone remained stone and he has no desire for the Grail at all.

Jeffrey Stanford- A man who was a Master in the previous Holy Grail War. He was originally a kindhearted young boy, but possessed by Kylie caused him to become progressively more psychotic. This resulted in him letting Kylie's Servant, Avenger, go on a rampage at the end of the War. He was presumed dead afterwards. Having reappeared during the newest War, he seems to have found a way to mask his instabilities.

Kylie- A mysterious girl whose ghost began haunting Jeffrey late into the last Holy Grail War. She was the Master of Avenger during that war and amassed a higher body count than Jenny Clark, the Master of Berserker in that War. Despite her fairly young age, she is an extremely misanthropic sociopath and wants to kill all humans on Earth out of disgust with them.

Isaac Black- The original Master of Berserker for the Omega faction. Not much is known about him because he was murdered by Jeffrey before he could make contact with any other Masters. He was actually a doctor who desired for all sickness in the world to be healed and had a friend who secretly told him about the US Government's top secret Operation Holy Grail. He did some research on the Holy Grail War and determined that Heracles would be an ideal Servant because of his ability to be summoned in any class and having a Noble Phantasm that revived him eleven times.

Berserker of Omega- His True Name is Heracles, the Greatest Hero of Greek Mythology. Because of how badly his mind has deteriorated because of Mad Enhancement, no one cannot tell just want his motivations are. He is the single greatest threat in the war because of his terrifying power, ability to revive himself eleven times, and the fact that the likes of Gilgamesh and others with similarly high power levels are not around to fight him.


And there we have it. We are moving closer and closer to the endgame. The pace got picked up a little bit with two battles this chapter. Next chapter will have two of the Omega Masters as its central focus and have quite an impact on the story. As for which ones... That's a secret.

But we do see Ada and Emily reunite. Ada wasn't really thinking when she decided to let Emily stay at her apartment during Spring Break, so they cat will get let out of the bag eventually. We also get to see Ian, Leeroy, and Lily have a little bit of fun before things go down the crapper and find out that Marcus had an unrequited love for the Saber of the last War. We know have a general idea of how things will go down near the end and a lot of people are preparing for things that will transpire at the end of this fic.

Now for reviews.

Guest: For your first question, if you are talking Daughter!Assassin/Father!Ian, yes. But if you mean romantically, NO! I do not support lolicon one tiny little bit. Ian and Assassin are little father and daughter to each other, even if Assassin is quite yandere for Ian.

KnightOfZaku: Thanks. I've gone back and fixed Assassin of Alpha's bio. As for the cracked Grail, well... I'll just let you wait and see just what happens with that. As for the last one, I do have big things planned for the sequel. I don't think that a Demon God can manifest in the Fate/new dawn timeline because the end of this one's Third Holy Grail War ended up accidentally giving a big middle finger to Goetia's plan. However, on the very small chance that one did somehow cross over from the Grand Order timeline to this, that could be plausible. But I do intend on having Chaldea get dragged into the events of the sequel and then throw a Beast into the mix.

Devin sands: Thank you. I'm not really sure how many chapters I have planned for this story. I'm honestly just writing by the seat of my pants for the most part. For example, the White Chimeras were just something I threw in just to create something of a spectacle, at the same time, turning that time Wesley viewed one of Spartacus' memories in a dream into foreshadowing. The prequels and sequels might have more planning done prior to them. Nonetheless, the sequel will be much, much more of a roller-coaster than this.

And that's all for today. Leave a review. Constructive criticism will be accepted. Flames will be used to make s'mores. Jyaa-nee!