Fallen Familiar chapter 1 - Arrival

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Louise PoV

I woke up to the sun gently shining upon my face. At first I woke up slowly, wary of my surroundings.

Suddenly I remember what day it was today and I was up in an instant. Today was the day in which my life would change. Today was the day when I prove that I am a mage worthy of the Valliere name.

Today I was going to summon my familiar.

As I got up and put on my uniform, I cannot help but imagine what my familiar would be like. Would it be a dragon, or better yet, a manticore. Perhaps a gryphon? I can feel myself filling with excitement just thinking about it.

With finally securing my cape around my shoulders, I took my wand and look at it for what felt like minutes. For years I tried and failed to cast a spell. Any spell, no matter which one, would fail, resulting in an explosion, which , miraculously, never hurt anyone beyond light burns.

I suddenly began to feel fear. What if I failed, as I always do…. I would have to leave the school. The rules state that any student, which fails to summon a familiar, is to be expelled. I look at my arm, still holding the wand.

It was shaking, trembling, barely holding the wand. If I am to fail today, my nickname would be no longer just that - a nickname. It would become the truth itself. I would truly be a Zero.

Steadying myself, I put such though aside, before putting the wand back in my cape and walking out of my room. No matter what destiny had in store for me, I will face it with my head held high.

It was around two hours later when the summoning has began, just outside of the academy walls.

I tried making myself as small as possible, hoping to go last, or not go at all. I stood on the sidelines, observing my classmates. Having to watch everyone successfully summon something was not improving my sore mood. That pompous fool, Guiche, summoned a giant mole after a ritual with so many unnecessary movement and words, that I was sure it would not work. After that she started hugging it, declaring that It was the most beautiful familiar there was.

Kirche, that annoying Germanian , actually succeeded in summoning a salamander. Although I dislike her I cannot help but be impressed with the fire breathing lizard. Of course she began showing it to everyone right away, explaining how it matches her affinity and what not. As I said- annoying.

In the end there was quite a range of familiars. From simple cats and frogs to rather unique familiars such as floating eyeballs.

The quite blue-haired girl, Tabitha, actually managed summoned a dragon, and a rhyme dragon at that.

When I look around I suddenly saw that I was the only one without a familiar yet. The feelings, which I though suppressed, suddenly reemerged.

"Has everyone summoned their familiar?" asked professor Colbert, our teacher supervising the summoning.
"No professor, Louise is yet to summon something" responded the loud voice of Kirche, her delight obvious in it.

"She will probably fail again" said someone from the crowd.

"Louise the Zero, Always failing. What are you still doing at the academy?" continued someone else.

"Enough! Miss Valliere, If you will." Said the professor, while gesturing to the center where the ritual itself was carried out.

I gulped rather audibly before steadying myself and slowly walking forward. When I finally reached the designated spot, I took a deep breath before raising my wand and began casting.

"My servant that existed somewhere in this vast universe,"

"My divine, beautiful, wise, powerful servant, heed my call,"

"I wish from very bottom of my heart and add to my guidance and appear!"

In the end, the familiar explosion which follows all my spells happened. This time, though, it was on an even larger scale. Professor Colbert, standing a few steps behind me was blow back, though somehow I was not.

People having fallen to the ground, either from the explosion or simply taking cover, were beginning to get up.

"As expected of the Zero, she cannot even do this right." I heard the annoying voice of Malicorne cut through the smoke that has enveloped all of us.

"No! I did everything right! It's just that…." I tried to respond, but found myself at a loss of words.

"I am sorry, miss Valliere. It would appear you have fai-" Professor Colbert found his words cut off as the smoke was suddenly blown of by a wind coming from the epicenter of my explosion.

As everyone turned to look at it, I found myself at a loss of words.

There stood a man, slightly taller than average man appearing to be in his twenties. On his head was shortly cut black hair with a mop of golden hair on the front. He had pale skin and purple eyes, his face locked in an amused smile. He was dressed in an almost nobly fashion. Black dress shirt and pants beneath a dark red long-coat. But what caught our attention was not his appearance, or rather not exactly. What we were all staring at were the twelve pitch-black wings protruding from his back.

"A-a-an Angel?!" Stuttered out Montomercy, still in Guiche's embrace after the explosion.

Shouts of impossible soon followed as people were coming out of their stupor. But I paid them no heed. My eyes were lock on my familiar. Not only did I successfully summoned a familiar, but an angel at that. It is as if Brimir himself heard my plea and send his servant here to help me.

Azazel PoV

I was sitting at my home, working on another one of my sacred gear project, when I began hearing those words in my head. I sounded like a little girl begging for a familiar.

Strange. As far as I know familiars are aquared by going into the familiar forest, not by begging. Above all why was I even hearing this in the first place. I had no time to ponder this any further, for before I knew what was happening, I felt a tug at my whole body and a flash of blinding light followed.

When I felt the ground beneath my feet again, all I saw around myself was smoke.

Not a second and I began hearing voiced through the smoke. It sounded like a French dialect, not spoken in centuries.

"As expected of the Zero, she cannot even do this right." It sounded like a boy, but had a rather…annoying vibe to it.

"No! I did everything right! It's just that…." A girls voice this time. From what I can deduce some form of ritual must have gone wrong and it was this girl's fault. So I am in a place, surrounded by magicians and she was the one that brought me here. Coming to the realization that there were no normal humans around I spread out my wing with the intention of clearing out this annoying smoke.

I heard someone beginning to say something before, with a single swipe, all the smoke was blown away.

I expected some form of a cult, attempting to summon a devil and having the spell go wrong. What I found was something completely…unexpected.

Before me stood what appears to be a class of children, dressed in typical modern day school uniforms, excluding the capes. They were all gaping me as I if was a ghost and I cannot help but look at them all in amusement.

"A-a-an Angel?!" stuttered out a blond girl, held by a blond boy. So people here do not recognize the difference between angel and fallen angel. I could use that to some extent. It was then that I noticed that next to every child there was some animal, be it a normal cat or something as intriguing as a dragon whelp.

So this was indeed a familiar summoning ritual…which would mean that I was the familiar. I was unsure how I felt about that, been bound in servitude to someone.

A man in his forties with a balding head, blue robes and holding a staff got up from where he has fallen and slowly walked up to me.

"I am Professor Jean Colbert from Tristain's academy of magic." The man introduced himself slowly, him hiding the slightly trembling of his voice, but what caught my attention was the name of the institution.

In neither of the three realms there was Tristain's academy of magic, and judging by the 'type' of the land around me I had to be in the human world. Of course there are quite a large number of dimensions, connected with our main three, but none of them had a layout similar to this.

I tried teleporting myself back, but to my surprise nothing happened. So I really was in a different dimension. An unknown at that.

Still, I had to make sure.

"A pleasure. Can you tell me the name of the world, seeing as I find myself a little confused as to my current location." I addressed this…Colbert? with a friendly smile on my face.

"You do not know? You are on Halkegenia, the country of Tristain." He answered, looking at me as if have grown a second head "Surely you knew that" he added.

"Of course, just had to make sure." I responded, still smiling. Better not attract the wrong kind of attention. They still believe me to be an angel, so there is a religion here similar to Christianity.

"The name's Azazel. Tell me, can you reverse this…summoning? I have matters to attend to back home and this ritual has distorted my ability to teleport." I asked him.

"I am sorry, but there is no way to reverse it." He said, looking slightly ashamed.

"Hmm, I see. Well no point crying over it. Why don't we get on with what I was originally summoned here for"

"Yes, miss Valliere here summoned you to be her familiar" he gestured to the pink-haired girl, still gaping at me.

A girl of a rather small stature, compared to her classmates, with pink hair and pinkishly-red eyes. At the mention of her name, she snapped out of her stupor and slowly walked forth until she stood next to the professor.

I still was not exactly happy with been a familiar, but I was stuck in a completely unknown dimension and had to secure myself in some way. Even if I am a familiar for the duration of her life, I am still near-immortal from a time perspective.

"Well, little lady, how about you finish the contract?" I asked, finally turning to my little summoner, which was looking at me while blushing. Aaah, fallen angels charms never fail, even in other dimensions.

Blushing even more, to the point of her skin becoming the color of her hair, she raised her wand and began uttering a spell. After a short casting she gestured for me to bow slightly. When I did she… well... kissed me.

It was then that I felt a sharp pain in my right hand and only my years of experience and pain tolerance prevented me from screaming. When the pain stopped, I look at me hand, only to find some strange, Nordic-looking runes on it.

"A rather…..unique way for signing the contract" I said, turning to look at my new master and flashing her a smile. O, how strange life was. One moment I was the governor-general of the Grigori and the next I am a little girl's pet.

She blushed even more and began muttering something under her breath while turning her head away.

"Well done miss Valliere." Praised the professor. "Can I have a look at those runes, master Azazel?"

Not seeing any harm in it, I showed him my right hand.

"A most strange binding rune" was his short comment before he then turned to the rest of the class, some still gaping at me. "Class dismissed, return to the academy"

And with that multiple students, slowly began levitating and flying towards a castle I, somehow, just spotted. Talk about been distracted…

"I never got your name, young lady." I said, turning to look back at her.

"I am Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière, a second year student at Tristain's academy of magic." She presented herself, chin held high, speaking loud and clear.

I couldn't help but laugh. "So, Louise-chan it is then" she looked at me confused.

"Chan?"

"It's a honorific for addressing a female where I come from." Understanding dawned on her.

"I-if that is how you wish to address me, so b-be it."

"Shouldn't we be going as well, Louise-chan?" I asked, gesturing towards the retreating forms of the levitating students.

She looked slightly crestfallen all of a sudden and I could see her pocketing her wand.

"Wouldn't you need your wand to cast the levitation spell?" I asked, genualy curious. I saw all others using a staff or a wand to cast the spell, why was she pocketing her wand? Perhaps she was special.

"I cannot." she replied, barely a whisper, with her head held down and a blush on her cheeks.

I simply smiled and picked her up, bridal style.

"Wha-what are y-y-you doing?!"she stuttered out, her blush coming out in full force, again.

"Do hold on, Louise-chan" and with that I spread my wings and took off.

I had the general idea for some time now and i just had to write it.

Out of all "races" in Highschool DxD fallen angels I feel are the most...neglected. They are presented as sort of the bad guys, when in morality they should be between the angels and devils. I mean so far we had two arch when the main antagonist is a fallen angel.

Furthermore i would like if you can give me any idea, be it a review or a PM, for a system similar to the "Evil Pieces" but for fallen angels. In canon Heaven developed the "Brave Saint" after Hell shares the technology behind the evil pieces. I kinda refuse to believe that a technical 'geek' like Azazel would not develop a similar system for the fallen angels even faster than heaven developed theirs.

Finally, what should be Louise-Azazel relationship. Paternal or romantical? And should, at some point in the future, Louise become a Fallen angel?

That aside please excuse my poor English in general and bad writing. I am new to writing as a whole. If I made any mistakes in canon, please point them out.

Thank you for reading.