I loved the idea of making someone a Counter Guardian and not having them be too cynical for my taste, which is so much it's as bitter as coffee. I was inspired by this when I read a Worm snip having CG Kephri as an Assassin class Servant. So why not give a chosen media the CG version of the main character. I took FoZ because it was easier and fucking politics were simple enough.
Disclaimer: I don't own Nasuverse and Familiar of Zero.
Chapter 1: My own Master is my future self?!
Louise Vallière struck her fist on her desk in the middle of the night. Tears ran down her face as she cried. Her hand began to feel tender the longer she held it. The girl thought of herself and how worthless she is. Her pajamas had patches of wet stains from the tears that dropped from her face.
Her full name was Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière of a rich noble family. Raised just right, she was the picture of a true noble. Unswayed by corruption and greed, her last name held the title of one of the richest families to date. It was a shame she was a horrible mage. Unable to cast many spells from the main elements despite the fact she could perform only the very basics left her the nickname 'Zero'.
Getting up from her chair, she slowly walked over to her bed. She hoisted herself upon it and lied stomach down on her bed. Grabbing a pillow, she stuffed it on her face and continued to weep. It kept going on for awhile until she finally slept, having spent all of her energy.
Strangely, on that night she dreamt of a strange, wide door that leads to an endless space. There was also a laugh as a multitude of things sped by her in a black void. Many of them unknown to her. She even heard a chant being said by a familiar voice she couldn't recognize. It was long but she felt like it would do something. A shape flashed before her eyes as the image was imprinted into her brain. The dream continued for awhile and eventually stopped.
That night, she drea
Waking up feeling refreshed was a strange feeling. Especially when you were crying your tears out last night. However, all that pales to the current emotion Louise is feeling. The unwillingness to back down and determination. She has to prove her worth or she would fail her family.
Getting her clothes changed by the servants of the school, she met up with Tabitha. One of the few people who doesn't really care if she is a failure of a mage. Probably because she is so busy in her books and ate breakfast with her. She didn't fail to notice the looks sent her way thanks to her constant explosions of magic energy. Sometimes, they casually talked about magic theories and such. Just because she couldn't use the knowledge doesn't mean she couldn't learn the how and why. She left the noble dining hall in a good mood regardless of the name calling
Several hours later, Louise was up next to summon her familiar. It was her 2nd try. If she failed, she would be kicked out of the academy and sent back home. She knew that and hoped she wouldn't fail this time. Steeling herself she walked through the crowd towards the premade summoning circle only to stop walking in front of it. To her, it really didn't feel right for her purposes. She looked at the carving on the ground before asking her supervising teacher, Professor Colbert to hand her a chalk.
The offer confused the man but he complied. Her classmates jeered at her for not using the premade circle but somehow she didn't care. Louise walked to an empty spot of the room and began to draw a surprisingly intricate sigil on the ground. When she finished it, she stood in the middle of the new circle. It was as big as the usual summoning circles.
She carefully stepped out of it as to not ruin her work. Louise then kneeled on the edge of the sigil and pulled out a small knife. The girl gave herself a little nick on the finger as her blood dropped into the ground. People were talking about her cutting herself when she began chanting. Words not her own came out from her mouth and into the world as she spoke
Let silver and steel be the essence.
Let stone and the archduke of contracts be the foundation
Let black the colour I pay tribute to
Let rise a wall against the wind that shall fall
Let the four cardinal gates close.
Let the three-forked road from the crown reaching unto the Kingdom rotate.
The circle began to light up the color of black. Her fellow classmates watched in amazement as they watched her perform a different act of summoning. She ignored the noise as she continued to speak the words coming to her mind from nowhere. I hereby declare. An oath shall be sworn here!
Your body shall serve under me.
My fate shall be your sword.
Submit to the beckoning of the Holy Grail
If you will submit to this will and this reason…Then answer!
I shall attain all virtues of all of Heaven.
I shall have dominion over all evils of all of Hell!
Light shone as Louise continued the ritual, with the mana-enriched world fueling the sigil with power. Untapped potential called a spirit from it's study and began bringing it over to the other side. Students stepped away as the building slightly shook.
"What in the name of Brimir is the 'Zero' doing?" A male yelled followed by several variations of the question. The professer continued to watch his student do the ritual and began mentally taking notes.
For though thine hands is shrouded in power
Thou, bound by the arts of the world
I am she who commands creation and destruction. From the Seventh Heaven, attended to by three greet words of power,
Come forth from the ring of restraints,
Protector of the Holy Balance!
From within the void of spacetime, a voice cheered. "It looks like I'm coming home."
The ground exploded.
"Even with a different ritual you still couldn't do it Zero." Kirche said as her fellow students laughed and booed at the pinkette. However, Louise didn't falter. She just knew that the ritual did something other than explode. But from deepest part of her psyche whispered doubt into her head. Thankfully, it didn't take long for that to be squashed.
"Brimir's balls, was this how it was before? Augh." A female voice spoke from the smoke. Everyone attention moved over from their classmate's body to the hidden speaker. Shock filled a number of people that the 'Zero' actually did something.
"Who's there? Show yourself!" The Germanian said as crossed her arms under her chest.
"Honestly Kirche" gasps were heard as the voice called her out. "It would be a wonder if none of you recognized me." An young looking woman stepped out from the smoke. She was at least a foot taller than Louise and had what looks like an A-cup. She wore a white outfit that had short sleeves and purple stockings. A purple cape adorned in star patterns fluttered behind her. On her waist was a belt with a number of small bags, each one labeled in an unknown language and a wand holster on her right side. The kicker here was the unmistakable long pink hair that flowed down to her lower back.
"It's good to be home." Said Counter Guardian Vallière. Jaws dropped at the older version of Louise. The Louise herself smiled and looked like she could faint in either happiness or shock.
Do hope you like the starting chapter. My preferences tend to favor the magic circuit system over others (read: Harry Potter and the like) because of the intricate details, time-consuming studies they say takes years and the simplicity when you fully understand how magecraft works just to get a spell right. The stations of canon do begin to derail and jump off a cliff starting here though. Trust me on this, CG Vallière did not make an offer to save humanity and the like to Alaya. It's obvious just what the catalyst was. Vallière also has a slightly different story like Emiya when he Rin summoned a different Archer that wasn't his future self.
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