"This is it, this will either prove my worth as a mage or send me home..that it if they want me back"
These are the thoughts of one Louise de La Vallière, a young, short pink haired mage with an attitude who studies at Tristanian Academy, a school for nobles children to learn about magic and history. On this day, however, is when second-year students get to Summon their familiar, a creature that will, in turn, be the student's servant and companion for the rest of there life.
So far everyone has summoned their familiar of which many are normal like dogs, cats, and sometimes frogs. Others summoned stranger things like bugbears who are a floating eyeball with wings and a giant mole. The greatest of these creatures was a blue dragon. And this is what worries our little pink mage, for she stated to her hated rival Kirche, or a Louise like to call her with spite seeping through her voice, Zerbst.
It all started with her walking down the stairs from the headmaster office, Kirche and Tabitha were waiting for her to the following conversation led to Louise boldly and angrily proclaiming "Oh yeah, well I at least know that I will succeed in the summoning ritual! Just you wait, I summon a familiar greater than anyone in the school, I will summon a dragon to be my familiar!"
Suffice to say Louise is not slightly regretting saying that, you see, she has gained a reputation of not being able to cast a single spell, whenever she tries well... the result is rather explosive, this constant failure to cast even the smallest of spell has caused the young mage to be given the nickname 'Luise the zero' and she loathed it.
Now, she prays to Brimir to allow her to summon a familiar, it does not even have to be a dragon, just something to show that she is a mage and is worthy of her family name as a Vallière. As she nears the summoning circle her hand starts to shake in nervousness before she thought back to what her mother taught her and steeled herself before speaking out loud.
"My servant that existed somewhere in this vast universe, my divine, beautiful, wise, powerful servant, heed my call, I wish from the very bottom of my heart, answer my guidance, and appear before me!"
As she finished a few students looked as if ready to run and seek cover for when her spell blew up, but nothing happened. Everyone just stood around and waited for something to happen until someone said "Well then I guess-" Before being cut off by what had to be the biggest explosion Louise had ever caused.
Once the dust started to clear up Louise stood there unmoving, her face slowly but surely losing its facade of calmness. "No, no, no, noooo!" thought the pick haired mage slowly the dust clear, Louise hoping that she had summoned something as Kirche said, "Well I have to say zero, that has to be the biggest explosion you have made so far." The Zerbst said as she got up and dusted herself off before smelling the air. This was when everyone noticed that the air smell a bit more acidic than normal, Tabitha also heard her dragon Sylphid make sounds of distress before suddenly flying over past Louise and into the dust cloud that finally settled down.
Louise was the first to see what made that strange acidic smell and why Tabitha's dragon so worried, with a gasp of shock she saw a battered and wounded dragon that Sylphid was nudging the head of. Once the dust was gone everyone could see how bad of a state the dragon really was, at first some thought this was due to the explosion Louise caused, but that thought was quickly thrown away when they saw broken arrows, bolts, and a few javelins sticking out of its scales with cuts and slashes across its body.
Louise finally got a hold of herself and ran over to what she knew was her familiar, she did not have the time to pat herself on the back on summoning a dragon, she needs to make sure it was still alive and okay. Once she got to the side of the beast Louise could see that this was unlike most dragons she had seen, it had no wings and only two limbs, its head was much more ferocious looking with long sharp teeth. But as of now though, she did not care about that and then shouted back. "Don't just stand there, someone gets help!"
Soon some of the medical staff came over and started using their mage to heal Louise familiar, with the young mage, sitting down on the ground with a worried look on her face, sitting down right next to her was, much to her dismay, Kirche who had yet to say a word and Tabitha who was only there because Sylphid did not want to leave the other dragons side.
"Miss Vallière?" Louise looked up to see Professor Colbert in front of her with a somewhat concerned look "In any other circumstance I'd be congratulating you on summoning a servant," Louise was about to smiled before looking back down at what Colbert said next.
"But seeing that your familiar was summoned presumably while it was being attacked and is now unconsciousness...well, do you wish to finish the ritual?"
Louise looked up quickly "Why wouldn't I finish the ritual, the dragon is now my responsibility, and as a noble I can't just simply leave it." what she said was true, no self respecting noble would leave behind their familiar, but really she was to stay here at Tristanian she needed a to complete the familiar contract.
Colbert rubbed his chin "I see then, well if you wish to do so the healers have told me that the dragon is now healed so completing the contract would cause no pain." Colbert sighed before rubbing his eyes at how much paperwork he was going to have to get done. Louise paid that no mind as she went to finish the familiar contract. Only to be stopped by Kriche who had an odd look that was a mix of praise and concern, what did the Zebast want now.
"I don't have Zebast so spit it out." Kriche just rolled her eyes at the slight hostility in the short girls voice, she was used to it by this point anyway. " First, that was quite rude, second, I just wanted to say that I was wrong. Seems you can cast magic after all."
Louise blinked a few times before shaking her head as Tabitha called Sylphid over and walked off. "Okay...I feel that's not the only reason you wanted to talk, is it Zebast?"
Kriche simply laughed softly before looking Louise in the eye, saying in a strangely serious voice. "Back home in Germania we used to have great serpentine dragons that roomed the forests before they had been hunted down to near extinction. My people called them Lindwurm, I'm not sure if your familiar is one of those kinds of dragons, but if it is then I'd advise that you keep a close eye on it less someone try and take it from you. Their bones and blood are very sought after you know." With that the germanian left to go to her dorm, but not before saying one last thing "So, try to be careful, and remember that Lindwurm is much more draconic and wild than other dragons. Just be safe alright."
With that Kriche left, leaving Louise to think on what Kriche said and getting slightly worried before shaking her head.
"That Zebast is just trying to demean the fact I have a dragon now...then again I never have seen her so serious like that to me before. Meh, so what if my familiar is related to a dead species, at least its safe with me now."
Looking back over towards the dragon, it's breathing loud as it takes in and blows out air through its nostrils, even while asleep it still give an aura of intimidation, she took a deep breath Louise walked over with her wand out and once near its head she got ready to finish the ritual...as in now...right...well then it seems she slightly afraid the dragon might wake up as she's about to kiss it to seal the contact and attack.
"Don't get cold feet now Louise!" she told herself mentally "just one quick kiss and you'll finally prove to everyone your a mage! Just remember, rule of steel, rule of steel..."
Louise would repeated those words in her mind as she said "My name is Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière," She stopped as the beast growled in its sleep as it turned over a little before she continued "Uh, Pentagon of the five elemental powers;" As she chanted she did not see the dragon slowly opene its eyes as it heard a voice speak "bless this humble being, and make him my familiar." As Louise finished the chant and went to kiss her familiar the beast moved its head to groggily to see who was talking before ending up being kissed on the snout by the pink haired girl who froze at the fact the beast was awake, and it did not look happy as a par of runes engraved themselves onto its scales.
Louise's did not move an inch except when her head fallowed her familiars as it rose from the ground and to its full height, being only slightly larger then Sylphid was but towering over the small mage. The two would stare at each other, the dragons hate fulled reptilian eyes look at Louise's own as she barely kept her cool. After a long standoff, the beast opened its mouth before releasing a loud tired yawn that broke any tension that was there. Blinking a few times Louise let out a breath she does not remember holding in before realizing something.
"I have a familiar...I summoned a familair...heh, hehe,heh" She started to laugh out of sheer relief to which her familiar stared at it with an annoyed expression, looks like she's not a complete failure of a mage after all, she finally casted a spell and got a dragon out of it two, a little late if she was, to be honest but grateful none the less. With her self esteem an all time high, she started to think of what to write to her family, after she got some sleep of course. As the mage celebrated her first real success at magic, the Lindwurm simply just looked at its new 'master'.
"That does not leave a good taste in my mouth" thought the dragon as the smug look on the puny girl just made it slightly peeved, now its going to have to follow this girl around likely, and if her smell was anything to go by a noble at that...gods this is going to be a headache for not only our dragon, but also our pick haired noble as well.