Nanoha FanFiction Discussion

[shiroi mahotsukai]

It is actually one of my current life goals before I go to college to complete at least one story idea from begining to end. I get bored really easily wheni I know what's coming next so writing sort of loses it's attraction.

Then I forget and I'll come back a week or two later with new drive to carry on, the lost ideas will resurface and I'll write another chapter or so and lose my will again. then I eventually wait so long I forget about the story and it remains unfinished forever.

[RadiantBeam]

Originally Posted by Tabasco

That's why I would think its better to have several projects to rotate between, rather than just one at a time. Easier to switch streams and continue on something unrelated until you get your mojo back.

Eh, I have to say it both helps and hinders. Having several projects to rotate between gives you an option of working on something else when you've lost interest in one story, but at the same time, there tends to be more pressure on you to update when you're working on several ongoing projects instead of just one.

[itanshi1]

I try to write as if I'm the reader. That way I don't know what's going to happen next, but its exciting to get there. This basically means free writing from the front to the back of the story. The more ambitious the project, the harder to do it this way. I'm more patient and ambitious now so i don't always use that.

Hinders? heh, yeah, I have like 5 stories I'm doing at the same time now. x_x hence no posts.

[spawnofthejudge]

I tend to always have at least one of my projects in "free-write" mode so that when I get stuck on other things, I go to it and just let the story take me whereever.

Now, if I had the patience to do that on any story and actually be willing to cull everything but the awesome idea at the end of the free-write, I'd be in business.

As it is, I'm a really slow updater.

[Kaijo]

I've posted these tips before, and I'll post them again. They work well for me, so they might help someone else, for when you find yourself unable to write.

1. Skip ahead and write a scene that you do see clearly. Even skip ahead to the next chapter.

2. Power on through - write a very basic "he said, she said, he did this, he did that" kind of scene. When you stare at a blank space, your mind goes blank, but it's easier to go back and edit something later, adding to it or changing it, once you actually have something down.

3. Think about it. A LOT. When you go to sleep, when you wake up, as you're doing other things, let the story constantly be on your mind, and your inspiration will have a better chance of striking.

4. Work on your outline some more, adding or adjusting future plot points. Even if it's just correcting spelling or grammar on your notes, or using more words to describe something. The point is you're focused on the story.

5. Listen to music, or rewatch the anime, or re-read manga, or re-listen to sound stages, etc. Helps get your mind more in "Nanoha-mode."

The first four are the ones I'm currently employing as I write Future Tense, and is what allows me to write so much. Then again, I'm quantity over quality, sooo... heh.

But the important thing is to really have passion for writing Nanoha; like it's important to have passion for anything you throw yourself into. As I was growing up, there were many things I wanted to do, but I'd only do them for a little bit then the newness would wear off. Write to tell a story, not for any other reason. I'm currently having a blast writing this story (and look for chapter 11 to come out sometime tomorrow.)^^

Your enthusiasm for something rarely comes back. Like anything, it's something you have to actively cultivate. If you don't, then luck is your only ally. I know we write for fun, but writing isn't always easy, so really step back and see why you're writing, and what you really want to accomplish with a story. If you can answer those and stick to it, the words will come. =)

At least, that's what has worked for me; your mileage may vary.^^

[Nanya01]

*Looks around.* Here you go.

Spoiler for Material Days - PT IX:

"Yami?" She groaned out raspily, blinking in the low light. She hadn't thought that the other woman would stay in bed with her, but then again, Yami did like to surprise her at times. And despite everything else, Yami did care about her and Rai-chan. Blinking a few times, she looked at the hair, too long to be Yami's... "Rai-chan?" It wouldn't be the first time that the other Material had snuck into bed with her. As she blinked a few more times and her consciousness came back to her, she realized that it wasn't either Material. "...Yuuno-san?"

For some odd reason, Seikou found her body getting slightly warm from him being near her. Plus she could still remember his kiss, but then again, that had been her kissing him. Tilting her head, she wondered why she had a sudden urge to do that again. Shrugging it off, she didn't think to care and leaned in, kissing Yuuno on the lips again.

Since there wasn't, as Rai would put it, a pwetty beam saber coming down on her head, she decided to relax and enjoy the sensation of her lips on Yuuno's. 'Plus his body is rather nice...' She thought to herself, before rolling over and pressing herself against him. For some reason, she felt rather warm, safe and protected. 'I could get used to this.' Was her private thoughts, moments before she felt Yuuno's arms wrap around her body, hugging her tight. 'Well, this was unexpected.'

(---)

Chrono rubbed his forehead, honestly, some of the demands were just... "Okay, I understand that you want to be called your majesty and that you want your own section of the universe, and the chicken farm, I can kind of understand that... But we are NOT breeding magically enhanced attack doggies for you."

The Hayate look-a-like glared at him while the blue-haired version of his sister suddenly started tearing up and put her hands near her mouth. "B... But... Who will guard my chickens if not for magically enhanced and bred attack doggies?! Huh?! WHO?!" His sister's look-a-like started wailing at a high pitch.

'Well...' Chrono thought with a wince, 'she's nothing like Fate.' If that was a good or bad thing, he wasn't sure yet.

"Evil Kyon is mean!" Material-L whined and glomped the other woman. "The evil admiral's being mean, Yami!" Suddenly she stopped whining and her eyes gleamed. "Can... Can I... Can I shoot him?"

"Wait, what?" Chrono stared at the woman as she had a predatory gleam in her eyes. She didn't even know where he was, he was sure of it, for some odd reason, he didn't feel any better knowing that. "You can't shoot me, you'd get dozens of enforcers on you like a ton of bricks."

"AH HA!" Material-L suddenly jumped up and pointed a finger at him. "I KNEW you were evil! Evil spikes, black clothes and now having people to enforce your will! EVIL! EVIL! Yami! We must save Yuu-nii from such evil people!"

"He WORKS for me!" Chrono eventually got sick of the accusations being thrown his way. "And you kidnapped him."

Both women blinked at him as if he was the craziest person in the TSAB.

"Why would we kidnap such a peon?" The silver-haired woman huffed at him. "If anything, we saved him from a horrible fate, and, as gratitude, he is to be my servant for the rest of his life."

"Yeah! Yuu-nii's too good of a person to work for someone so evil as you!" His sister's look-a-like pumped a fist into the air before pointing at him dramatically. It probably wouldn't be so eerie to Chrono if both women didn't look similar to and sound exactly like his sister and Hayate.

'At least there isn't someone who looks and sounds like Nanoha with them.' He thought to himself, that would be too much for him.

[Yasanagi]

Oh, lordy... this put a big fat smile on my face when I got home from work. Nice one, Nanya!

Gotta get my own muse up and working later when I can. Work owns my time hard though...

[DezoPenguin]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

*Looks around.* Here you go.

Spoiler for Material Days - PT IX:

"Yami?" She groaned out raspily, blinking in the low light. She hadn't thought that the other woman would stay in bed with her, but then again, Yami did like to surprise her at times. And despite everything else, Yami did care about her and Rai-chan. Blinking a few times, she looked at the hair, too long to be Yami's... "Rai-chan?" It wouldn't be the first time that the other Material had snuck into bed with her. As she blinked a few more times and her consciousness came back to her, she realized that it wasn't either Material. "...Yuuno-san?"

For some odd reason, Seikou found her body getting slightly warm from him being near her. Plus she could still remember his kiss, but then again, that had been her kissing him. Tilting her head, she wondered why she had a sudden urge to do that again. Shrugging it off, she didn't think to care and leaned in, kissing Yuuno on the lips again.

Since there wasn't, as Rai would put it, a pwetty beam saber coming down on her head, she decided to relax and enjoy the sensation of her lips on Yuuno's. 'Plus his body is rather nice...' She thought to herself, before rolling over and pressing herself against him. For some reason, she felt rather warm, safe and protected. 'I could get used to this.' Was her private thoughts, moments before she felt Yuuno's arms wrap around her body, hugging her tight. 'Well, this was unexpected.'

(---)

Chrono rubbed his forehead, honestly, some of the demands were just... "Okay, I understand that you want to be called your majesty and that you want your own section of the universe, and the chicken farm, I can kind of understand that... But we are NOT breeding magically enhanced attack doggies for you."

The Hayate look-a-like glared at him while the blue-haired version of his sister suddenly started tearing up and put her hands near her mouth. "B... But... Who will guard my chickens if not for magically enhanced and bred attack doggies?! Huh?! WHO?!" His sister's look-a-like started wailing at a high pitch.

'Well...' Chrono thought with a wince, 'she's nothing like Fate.' If that was a good or bad thing, he wasn't sure yet.

"Evil Kyon is mean!" Material-L whined and glomped the other woman. "The evil admiral's being mean, Yami!" Suddenly she stopped whining and her eyes gleamed. "Can... Can I... Can I shoot him?"

"Wait, what?" Chrono stared at the woman as she had a predatory gleam in her eyes. She didn't even know where he was, he was sure of it, for some odd reason, he didn't feel any better knowing that. "You can't shoot me, you'd get dozens of enforcers on you like a ton of bricks."

"AH HA!" Material-L suddenly jumped up and pointed a finger at him. "I KNEW you were evil! Evil spikes, black clothes and now having people to enforce your will! EVIL! EVIL! Yami! We must save Yuu-nii from such evil people!"

"He WORKS for me!" Chrono eventually got sick of the accusations being thrown his way. "And you kidnapped him."

Both women blinked at him as if he was the craziest person in the TSAB.

"Why would we kidnap such a peon?" The silver-haired woman huffed at him. "If anything, we saved him from a horrible fate, and, as gratitude, he is to be my servant for the rest of his life."

"Yeah! Yuu-nii's too good of a person to work for someone so evil as you!" His sister's look-a-like pumped a fist into the air before pointing at him dramatically. It probably wouldn't be so eerie to Chrono if both women didn't look similar to and sound exactly like his sister and Hayate.

'At least there isn't someone who looks and sounds like Nanoha with them.' He thought to himself, that would be too much for him.

Ha ha ha! Chrono just can't win!

[shiroi mahotsukai]

I feel sorry for the poor guy, anyone wearing spikes is unjustly classified as evil. He needs some kind of sign stapled to his forehead that reads

"I'm a good person, I work for good people, I helped with many incidents. I AM NOT EVIL!"

His questionable past incarnation doesn't help either.
It was hilarious though

[ZeroIchiNi]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

*Looks around.* Here you go.

This chapter and the last one was a blast! Chrono better start chucking down that wine he has.


As for writing fanfics right now. I've hit a scene where I have no clue as to what any of my characters should be saying at certain points. I think I might need to rewatch the series for a refresher.

I think I'm making the chapter too long but I don't think I'm near a good stopping point to end the chapter.

[00-Raiser]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

*Looks around.* Here you go.

Spoiler for Material Days - PT IX:

"Yami?" She groaned out raspily, blinking in the low light. She hadn't thought that the other woman would stay in bed with her, but then again, Yami did like to surprise her at times. And despite everything else, Yami did care about her and Rai-chan. Blinking a few times, she looked at the hair, too long to be Yami's... "Rai-chan?" It wouldn't be the first time that the other Material had snuck into bed with her. As she blinked a few more times and her consciousness came back to her, she realized that it wasn't either Material. "...Yuuno-san?"

For some odd reason, Seikou found her body getting slightly warm from him being near her. Plus she could still remember his kiss, but then again, that had been her kissing him. Tilting her head, she wondered why she had a sudden urge to do that again. Shrugging it off, she didn't think to care and leaned in, kissing Yuuno on the lips again.

Since there wasn't, as Rai would put it, a pwetty beam saber coming down on her head, she decided to relax and enjoy the sensation of her lips on Yuuno's. 'Plus his body is rather nice...' She thought to herself, before rolling over and pressing herself against him. For some reason, she felt rather warm, safe and protected. 'I could get used to this.' Was her private thoughts, moments before she felt Yuuno's arms wrap around her body, hugging her tight. 'Well, this was unexpected.'

(---)

Chrono rubbed his forehead, honestly, some of the demands were just... "Okay, I understand that you want to be called your majesty and that you want your own section of the universe, and the chicken farm, I can kind of understand that... But we are NOT breeding magically enhanced attack doggies for you."

The Hayate look-a-like glared at him while the blue-haired version of his sister suddenly started tearing up and put her hands near her mouth. "B... But... Who will guard my chickens if not for magically enhanced and bred attack doggies?! Huh?! WHO?!" His sister's look-a-like started wailing at a high pitch.

'Well...' Chrono thought with a wince, 'she's nothing like Fate.' If that was a good or bad thing, he wasn't sure yet.

"Evil Kyon is mean!" Material-L whined and glomped the other woman. "The evil admiral's being mean, Yami!" Suddenly she stopped whining and her eyes gleamed. "Can... Can I... Can I shoot him?"

"Wait, what?" Chrono stared at the woman as she had a predatory gleam in her eyes. She didn't even know where he was, he was sure of it, for some odd reason, he didn't feel any better knowing that. "You can't shoot me, you'd get dozens of enforcers on you like a ton of bricks."

"AH HA!" Material-L suddenly jumped up and pointed a finger at him. "I KNEW you were evil! Evil spikes, black clothes and now having people to enforce your will! EVIL! EVIL! Yami! We must save Yuu-nii from such evil people!"

"He WORKS for me!" Chrono eventually got sick of the accusations being thrown his way. "And you kidnapped him."

Both women blinked at him as if he was the craziest person in the TSAB.

"Why would we kidnap such a peon?" The silver-haired woman huffed at him. "If anything, we saved him from a horrible fate, and, as gratitude, he is to be my servant for the rest of his life."

"Yeah! Yuu-nii's too good of a person to work for someone so evil as you!" His sister's look-a-like pumped a fist into the air before pointing at him dramatically. It probably wouldn't be so eerie to Chrono if both women didn't look similar to and sound exactly like his sister and Hayate.

'At least there isn't someone who looks and sounds like Nanoha with them.' He thought to himself, that would be too much for him.

Haha, Chrono's gonna pound his head into his desk when Seikou shows up...

... If she can pull herself away from Yuuno's lovin' enough to make an appearence

On writing, I got this book called "Writer's First Aid" and it's quite handy. If you have some trouble getting around to something, set yourself a deadline and it'll help you focus more. If you have free reign you're more likely to procrastinate and say "I'll do it later." I had a deadline for Location of Happiness, and look how quickly I got that one finished!

[RadiantBeam]

Yay for random spurts of guilt inspiring random shorts that make absolutely no sense to anyone but me!

... Which I say like it's a good thing.

Also, it has Signum and Agito in it, which is a plus, I imagine. Title doesn't pertain much to the actual short, but it's a Rascal Flatts song I like a lot, so I slapped it on.

Spoiler for It's Not Supposed To Go Like That:

Signum was usually quiet when she visited Zest’s grave, for two reasons; the first was out of respect for a man who had lived by the old ways of the knights and had died by those same ways. When someone died like that, no words needed to be spoken to their grave. The person had lived their life how they had wanted and died without regrets; they had no need for empty words spoken to a resting place when their soul was at peace.

The second reason was because Agito did all the talking for her.

“And you should really see Lulu now, you know?” The Device sat absently on the stone, her head bowed as if speaking directly to the person it marked. “She’s grown up a lot since you died; she’s so energetic now, it’s almost funny.” She smirked. “I think you’d get a real kick out of her; it took me awhile to get used to it, but now? I’m glad she grew up that way, you know?”

I’m sorry I failed you. I’m sorry I couldn’t last longer. I’m sorry I didn’t hold on harder. I’m sorry—

She never said any of it, of course; but Signum heard it. She was Agito’s partner, her other half in many ways, and she could hear the things that she never said. Beneath the cheerful details of every day life was a constant apology for not doing something to prevent his death so he could be here to see everything.

Signum was usually quiet when she visited Zest’s grave, but…

“You don’t have to apologize.” Her voice was soft, and her eyes locked squarely with Agito’s when the Device looked at her. “You have nothing to feel guilty for. He died knowing you’d done the best you could.”

At that, Agito smiled softly; despite what she said next, there was no bitterness in her tone, just sadness.

“You know as well as I do that guilt never works that way, Signum.”

The knight of ancient Belkan ways couldn’t find it in herself to disagree.

[Fuyu no Sora]

Originally Posted by RadiantBeam

Yay for random spurts of guilt inspiring random shorts that make absolutely no sense to anyone but me!

... Which I say like it's a good thing.

Also, it has Signum and Agito in it, which is a plus, I imagine. Title doesn't pertain much to the actual short, but it's a Rascal Flatts song I like a lot, so I slapped it on.

Spoiler for It's Not Supposed To Go Like That:

Signum was usually quiet when she visited Zest’s grave, for two reasons; the first was out of respect for a man who had lived by the old ways of the knights and had died by those same ways. When someone died like that, no words needed to be spoken to their grave. The person had lived their life how they had wanted and died without regrets; they had no need for empty words spoken to a resting place when their soul was at peace.

The second reason was because Agito did all the talking for her.

“And you should really see Lulu now, you know?” The Device sat absently on the stone, her head bowed as if speaking directly to the person it marked. “She’s grown up a lot since you died; she’s so energetic now, it’s almost funny.” She smirked. “I think you’d get a real kick out of her; it took me awhile to get used to it, but now? I’m glad she grew up that way, you know?”

I’m sorry I failed you. I’m sorry I couldn’t last longer. I’m sorry I didn’t hold on harder. I’m sorry—

She never said any of it, of course; but Signum heard it. She was Agito’s partner, her other half in many ways, and she could hear the things that she never said. Beneath the cheerful details of every day life was a constant apology for not doing something to prevent his death so he could be here to see everything.

Signum was usually quiet when she visited Zest’s grave, but…

“You don’t have to apologize.” Her voice was soft, and her eyes locked squarely with Agito’s when the Device looked at her. “You have nothing to feel guilty for. He died knowing you’d done the best you could.”

At that, Agito smiled softly; despite what she said next, there was no bitterness in her tone, just sadness.

“You know as well as I do that guilt never works that way, Signum.”

The knight of ancient Belkan ways couldn’t find it in herself to disagree.

Whatever you might say, m'dear, I actually think the title goes very well with the fic, if only because of Agito's last line.

Short, emotional, and to the point. I really like it. Maybe because I haven't read many fics where those two interact with him, or maybe because it makes so much sense for Agito to act like that. I especially liked the fact that Signum was able to read between the lines and understand the true meaning of Agito's words. It was heartwarming.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have somewhere to disappear to.

*Disappears into the shadows*

[isagrimorie]

Originally Posted by RadiantBeam

Yay for random spurts of guilt inspiring random shorts that make absolutely no sense to anyone but me!

... Which I say like it's a good thing.

Also, it has Signum and Agito in it, which is a plus, I imagine. Title doesn't pertain much to the actual short, but it's a Rascal Flatts song I like a lot, so I slapped it on.

Spoiler for It's Not Supposed To Go Like That:

Signum was usually quiet when she visited Zest’s grave, for two reasons; the first was out of respect for a man who had lived by the old ways of the knights and had died by those same ways. When someone died like that, no words needed to be spoken to their grave. The person had lived their life how they had wanted and died without regrets; they had no need for empty words spoken to a resting place when their soul was at peace.

The second reason was because Agito did all the talking for her.

“And you should really see Lulu now, you know?” The Device sat absently on the stone, her head bowed as if speaking directly to the person it marked. “She’s grown up a lot since you died; she’s so energetic now, it’s almost funny.” She smirked. “I think you’d get a real kick out of her; it took me awhile to get used to it, but now? I’m glad she grew up that way, you know?”

I’m sorry I failed you. I’m sorry I couldn’t last longer. I’m sorry I didn’t hold on harder. I’m sorry—

She never said any of it, of course; but Signum heard it. She was Agito’s partner, her other half in many ways, and she could hear the things that she never said. Beneath the cheerful details of every day life was a constant apology for not doing something to prevent his death so he could be here to see everything.

Signum was usually quiet when she visited Zest’s grave, but…

“You don’t have to apologize.” Her voice was soft, and her eyes locked squarely with Agito’s when the Device looked at her. “You have nothing to feel guilty for. He died knowing you’d done the best you could.”

At that, Agito smiled softly; despite what she said next, there was no bitterness in her tone, just sadness.

“You know as well as I do that guilt never works that way, Signum.”

The knight of ancient Belkan ways couldn’t find it in herself to disagree.

Oh, this was a nice little piece. I really like seeing this side of Agito and Signum, and Signum's attempt at a quiet reassurance and Agito's response to it.

[Thunderbird]

I really need to quit thinking up random stuff...especially at 3am...Probably been done before but...here we go anyway

Spoiler for I have no idea what I should call this...:

I love my mother, I really do. She is always so kind and gentle with me. My loving mother...I cant think of anyone else who could ever take her place. Whenever I had problems she helped me, whenever I felt down she comforted me, whenever I was unsure of my abilities she encouraged me. My beloved mother...I will never forget her.

"Mama?" I called out as I ran through the lab. I knew it was bad and mama always told me to avoid touching things but...I just felt most at home when I was around here.

"Alicia, what a surprise" a man called out to me as I continued from one room to another. "Looking for your mother?"

"Nnn~" I nodded before looking around some more. "Is she busy? I want to show her the results of the test I did today!"

"I see" he looked at me as if he were thinking about doing something. "Tell you what, Alicia. Since you seem to have done well with your test, how about I give you a little reward?" he smirked to himself

"Really?" my eyes widened at the thought of receiving something "What is it?"

He smiled and held out a necklace containing a rather peculiar-looking dark gem. It was so odd that it didn't seem to be reflecting the very light that was shining on it. He carefully placed it around my neck before looking at me then down to the necklace, a victorious grin plastered on his face. I picked up the gem and held it in my hand, my eyes instantly lost in its dark depths.

"It is called the 'Demon's Eye'." he said, snapping me out of my trans "Take good care of it...and it will take care of you." his smile became bigger and bigger.

"Hai!" I placed it under my shirt enthusiastically "I will!"

"Scaglietti" my mother's voice interrupted us "What are you doing?" she asked as she walked over.

"Your daughter is here to see you" he responded, straightening his back and turning around to look at his research once more "I was just commending her on the progress she's made"

Mother frowned at him a little bit before turning to me with a smile on her face. She brushed her long mauve hair aside and carefully tucked it behind her ear as she knelt down to eye level.

"How was your day sweetie?"

"It was fun!" I beamed back at her "Look!" I held up my test score

"Come dear, lets talk in the cafeteria ok?" she smiled and stood up, carefully taking my hand and leading me out of the room.

"Bye Papa!" I waved over to Scaglietti as I left.

"Take care, Alicia" he waved at me. I could have almost sworn that he had the most dubious smile on his face.

We walked through the busy halls, past several experimental rooms, and into the large Cafeteria. Mom then sat me down and ordered some Orange Juice for me and a cup of tea for herself. I looked around and noticed that only several tables had been occupied. I wondered if it was a good idea to visit mom at this time due to the amount of work, but I was so excited to show her that I couldn't resist. Our refreshments came a few moments later and we were finally left alone.

"So what brings you here today, Alicia?" she asked as she raised the cup to her lips.

"Oh!" I put my OJ glass down. "I wanted to show you my exam score!" I raised the paper up in front of me.

"Wow, very well done Alicia" she placed the cup and saucer down and took the paper, reading the results. "Well done indeed." she patted my head

"I studied very hard just for you mama" I smiled up at her

"Thank you my dear" she smiled back "So what were you and Scaglietti talking about?"

"Ah!" I jumped with excitement once more "Papa gave me this!" I pulled out the necklace he gave me "He said I should take care of it."

"The Demon's eye..." she mumbled to herself

"Mama?"

"Nothing dear" she shook her head "Now why don't you--" she cut herself off one she heard alarms going off. "Wait here, Alicia" she ordered as she stood up and looked around at all the movement of the other scientists

"Mama?" I started to panic a little bit from the tense atmosphere

"What is going on?!" she yelled at one of the researchers that ran past.

"There is a problem in one of the test rooms! We're trying to seal it off now, but we need all personnel to help with the containment!"

"I'm on my way!" she called back before turning to me and looking me in the eyes. "Alicia, dear please stay here ok?" she ran her hand through my hair "Mommy will be back in a little bit ok?"

Spoiler for Part 2:

I nodded, a little worried as I saw her rush towards the hall with the other scientists. I felt so lost amidst all the chaos that was going on. Despite my mother's words, I was filled with fear and wanted to be with her. I got up from my seat and started to go through the halls looking for her.

"Mama? Mama?!" I called as I ran everywhere looking for her.

The lights dimmed and the red Emergency lighting took over. My fear escalated and I began to run faster and faster, more and more desperately through the empty halls and lab rooms.

"Warning...All personnel evacuate the premises...Warning...All personnel..." a voice on the loud speakers began to echo everywhere.

I continued blindly around the entire facility, finally reaching an area with an emergency exit. Researchers were all scrambling for the door in a frantic attempt to escape. I didn't quite understand what was going on. All I knew was that I had to find my mother.

"Mama! Mama!!!" I cried out as I pushed through the crowd that was trying to go the other direction.

Of course being a little kid, I was pushed around until I finally got knocked into an empty hall. I noticed something peculiar and continued walking all the way to the end and noticed a room with an odd and eerie light. Oddly enough, the sounds of the sirens and the red emergency lights began to vanish as I continued down the corridor. It looked like a strange bright aqua color that I couldn't quite describe. I lost all fear as curiosity took over my body, making me step closer and closer to it.

"Do you like it?" a voice called out behind me, making me snap out of my trans and spin around

"Papa" I breathed when I saw Jail standing behind me and looking in from the doorway "You scared me. Did you see Mama?"

"She should be here soon enough" he walked up next to me and looked at the glowing ball. "Its beautiful isn't it?"

"It's pretty" I couldn't help but agree "what is it?" I asked out of curiosity

"It is the activation of one of the Lost Logia your mother and I have been working on" he explained happily, a little...too happily "Project: Hydra"

"Project Hydra?" I tilted my head, not quite understanding what that was or what it meant.

"Mmmm~" he responded, not taking his eyes off the ball of light "This is one of the most incredible things ever" he turned his head over to me when something caught his eye "Interesting..."

"Hmm?" I looked down at my chest and noticed what appeared to be a dim black light emanating from under my shirt. I pulled out the necklace and saw that it was reacting to the mass of energy in front of me.

"Very interesting..." his smile got bigger and bigger

As if guided by some unseen force, my body slowly picked up the gem and walked slowly towards the mass of energy. I wasn't sure what was going to happen, but something-perhaps curiosity-made me keep going forward. Step after step I moved closer and closer to the aquatic energy. I reached my hand out towards it and-

"Alicia!" My mother's voice came from the hall and snapped me out of my reverie. "Alicia!" she called again as she entered the room "Oh my god! Alicia get away from that thing!" she screamed at me when she realized where I was

I was about to step back when the necklace began to glow even more extravagantly and meld with the energy in front of me.

"Ma..mama?!" I called out to her with fear in my eyes as a mixture of the light began to consume me

"Alicia-ugh!" she dropped to one knee as if being suppressed by an incredible energy

"Mama! Mama!!!" I reached out my arm to her as the room became brighter and brighter. I looked around the room for any sign of Jail but he was nowhere to be found.

My body began to feel hot and then feel like it was being torn to pieces. I grit my teeth as the pain shot through me. The only part of me that wasn't hurting happened to be the part that was holding on to the necklace.

"Take care of it...and it will take care of you..."

Jail's voice flowed into my mind and I gripped the item harder and placed it as close to my chest as possible. I didn't know what was happening, but I didn't want to let go. No matter what I didn't want to let go.

"Mama!" I screamed again once the pain lowered a little bit and tried to reach out to her again. She was struggling as well from the unknown energy and could not shake it to come help me.

A few moments later my vision darkened as my body began to lose consciousness. The last thing that I heard...was my mother scream my name...

Spoiler for Part 3:

25 years later...

"I want us to be friends..."

Those were the words I spoke to her. Those are the words I wanted her to answer to. Those are the words...that I needed her to say. Was I being too selfish? I am not sure. All I wanted was to get through to her, make her understand that we weren't enemies. It seemed that she was so set on her goal that words alone were meaningless. I had to make her listen somehow...and it seems she will only listen once she is finally disarmed.

"With that being said" Admiral Lindy sat in her seat on the other side of the long table "The reckless actions you two took today, endangered not only yourselves but everyone else. However, the incredible results portrayed can not be overlooked." she leaned back in her seat "I will let this issue slide this time, but I will not do this again do you understand me?"

"Hai" Yuuno and I responded in unison.

"Now then, on to the topic at hand." She looked over her shoulder towards Chrono who was standing against the wall "Have you learned anything at all about what is going on?"

"Amy, please transmit the monitor" he spoke as he stepped forward towards the table

"Hai hai" a voice came over the speakers as the monitor popped up and showed the image of a woman

"Ah!" Lindy leaned forward as she looked at the data

"That is correct. This woman hails from the same place as us, Midchilda. Her name is Precia Testarossa." he stepped closer and opened a monitor to the bridge "Amy please come to the meeting room with your gathered information"

"Hai, on my way"

"Continuing on" Chrono began again "Precia Testarossa's field of study was in the development of energy sources allowing one to traverse dimensional space." he turned to her image "Despite being a great mage, she was involved in an accident while doing illegal research and was thus exiled."

"How does this woman relate to everything so far?" the admiral asked

"The data we already have about her and the data from the magical assault earlier both match. Meaning that the girl named Fate is probably..."

My eyes widened once I put all the connections together

"Fate-chan...when the attack hit us, I am pretty sure she recognized the attack." I recalled the situation right when the powerful purple lightning struck us. "She seemed more afraid of it than anything else..."

"Mother and daughter...huh?" Lindy rested her chin on her interlaced fingers as she thought more and more deeply about the situation. "It would seem that the situation is getting more and more complicated with every piece of information we find."

"Amy where are you now?" Chrono asked

"I am heading towards the room now. I am exiting the elevator shaft as we speak."

"Do you have any other data regarding this woman? Like where shes lived after shes been exiled, her family relationships, anything at all?"

"I do have some data, but its not much..." the said girl spoke as the door opened to let her in.

We all sat down around the table as she entered and began her report.

"Precia Testarossa...." she began "according to our record files, was the third director of the Central Science and Development Bureau twenty-six years ago." she began to walk around the room "Despite all this, she was secretly working on a thesis involving energy sources allowing the transversal of dimensions."

"For what purpose?" Chrono interrupted

"We're not sure at this time. However the concepts of this thesis known as 'Hydra' were put to the test." she responded as she continued to orbit the large table "She conducted her experiment with illegal materials...however the experiment failed."

"What happened?" I spoke out automatically

"The results included a mid-scale dimensional disturbance at the beginning, which caused the fissuring around the central area, eventually expanding to the surrounding areas." she stopped and opened some monitors containing some of the archived pictures "There was a big dispute about it afterwards, like the fact that the materials used were not illegal. In any case, shes moved around many times and continued to perform her secret projects. At some point records just lost track of her and she vanished. That is all I could find on the records so far."

"I see...what about her family relations and actions up to the point of disappearance?" the admiral inquired

"Unfortunately, the data has been erased completely. I am asking my friends at headquarters to compile all the data and have them sent here right away."

"How long will it be till the data gets here?" Chrono joined in

"I would say about two days."

"Understood. If Precia Testarossa and this girl Fate can release such incredible magic power, we should tread carefully from now on." Lindy looked at me and Yuuno "I would like you two to go ahead and rest for now."

"Eh?" I was a little surprised

"We still have no idea where they are, and we do need to repair the Asura's shielding system." she leaned back on her seat "Also I want to learn everything we can about her before we make our move."

"But-!" I tried to voice my opinion out but a hand rested on my shoulder "Yuuno-kun?"

"Nanoha...Admiral Lindy wants to resolve this matter as quickly as possible, however we cannot risk another incident like the one we just pulled." he smiled at me "So why don't we take the offer and rest for a bit? You do want to see your friends at school right?"

"...nnn~" I nodded after contemplating his words.

"Alright that is settled then" the admiral stood up "I approve of your time off...enjoy it."

[DezoPenguin]

Big evening for fics! I'll toss one in, too:

Echoes of the Past
~chapter 7~

...but it just doesn't seem right to have a Fate story without yellow color in the chapter title.

Spoiler for Big fight scene; what else can I say?:

Wind whipped at the mages' hair, causing Fate's blonde twintails and Yaris's blue mane to stream out behind them. Both Enforcers were lightning mages, which went hand in glove with above-average raw flight speed.

"We have a report from last night," Aztek responded, his face on a holoscreen next to each mage. "A City Police officer on park duty saw an apparently homeless man sleeping on a park bench. He went to move him along and got zapped unconscious for his pains. The description matches Professor Montana, and the officer noticed the Circlet especially."


"I don't know whether to be upset that this proves he's as volatile as we were afraid he was or happy that he used a non-lethal spell."


"Tell me about it."


"Val," Fate spoke up, "I have Professor Montana's university personnel file from the human resources department and his citizen ID record." Another screen popped open in the air, keeping pace with the flying mages. Yaris skimmed through the record, ignoring the majority of the details of educational background, career history, published work and so on, instead focusing in on the key pertinent detail.


Mage Ranking: B (Midchildan). Specialty: Scrying, analysis, communications. Device: none.


On its surface, he looked like someone that Yaris could take down in a heartbeat, with her superior power level, better-fitted specialties, and extensive battle experience. Fate would barely even notice that a fight was happening.


On its surface.


Things never seemed to go that smoothly when Lost Logia were involved.


"Do we have a plan when we do catch up to him?" Fate asked.


"Isolate Professor Montana from potential civilian casualties. If he's lucid, try to talk him down; if he's belligerent or threatening then try to take him fast before the situation escalates. Anything else is going to depend on circumstances. I just hope we're wrong about the spaceport. I really don't need a worst-case scenario just now."


~X X X~


He stared with horror at the scene before him. Her grave should be there, the elegant monument to Elynn's Janice's life and the love borne her by her family. It should have been there, amidst the green grass of the park beneath the flowering trees she'd loved. He could see it there, see the peace of the burial ground shimmering like a mirage—


—but like a mirage, insubstantial and fleeting. It could not withstand the violence being done to it, the constant motion of people, of wheeled land vehicles, and of large and small craft shuttles and cargo ships that rose and descended, tearing apart the silence and peace owed to the dead, and thrusting their milieu in upon his vision, forcing him to see the great buildings of stone and metal and glass, the roads and runways and launch pads of cold, harsh artificial materials.


He screamed with rage. Was even this to be taken from him? Even the ability to mourn her loss through lasting symbols of her existence?


But perhaps it did not have to be so. It was, after all, the noise, the movement, the activity that made one image seem to dominate the other one, violently rending the sleep of the dead with the relentless, ceaseless chaos. The peaceful burial ground had no chance against it.


Yet if that chaos could be stilled...


~X X X~


The Caledon City spaceport didn't get a lot of foot traffic. The causeway's pedestrian path was basically for the use of bikers and joggers who wanted the water view for their exercise. So when the gateguard saw the figure walking towards the only gap in the security fence, swaying slightly with every step, it caught her attention.


"Hey, Jack, do you see that guy?"


"What guy?" replied Jack, who'd been keeping his eye on the traffic passing through the gate, making sure license numbers were intact and coming back as valid with the National Security Forces database.


"The one walking towards us. Can you get a camera zoom on him? Maybe he's that guy we were alerted about."


"Probably just some drunk, Callie. I'll check it out, though. Can't be too careful." He moved his hand over a touchscreen, selecting a remote viewer, targeting the walking man, and zeroing in.


Then the exercise was rendered moot when a streak of green flame shot from the man's hand and exploded, blowing the guardpost apart.


~X X X~


The screen popped open with a blazing red border indicating the alert's urgency.


"Enforcer! This is NSF Attache Fuso at Caledon City Spaceport! We're being attacked by your Professor Montana!"


This time, Yaris did not bother to moderate her language in front of Fate.


"I see it," she said after venting her feelings. Smoke and dust were rising from the island up ahead. "Have your security forces maintain order as best as possible; we have to prevent a panic." There was at least a chance Montana was flinging around magic damage, which would destroy structures but only knock people out. He'd done it to the cop in the park, after all. Start a riot, though, and you could end up with more fatalities in the stampeding crowd than from the actual attacks. "We'll be there in under a minute. Do not, repeat do not engage."


"We have mages here in our security units. We could offer backup," Fuso suggested.


"Negative that, Attache," she snapped. "Your job is civilian safety. If we need backup," she added with a glance towards Fate, "then we are all seriously screwed. Yaris out." She had Star Sentry close the screen. They were almost there, now, sweeping in over the water. They could see the damage to the gatehouse and to several cans, which had in turn led to vehicles crashing into each other. There, just inside the gate and half-walking, half-staggering towards the terminal, was the figure of a man, and as they watched, he lashed out at a car with spears of green flame as it squealed out of the parking lot.


"B-rank scrying specialty my foot. Fate, do you know any binding spells?"


"Yes."


"Good. You're more powerful, so your binds should hold longer even against a full-strength target. I'll try to knock him out quickly and end this before it gets any more out of hand."


"All right. Bardiche, get ready!"


"Yes, sir."


"Lightning Bind!"


Snapping and crackling, bands of yellow energy seemed to form out of the air, snaring the unsuspecting Montana's wrists and ankles and pulling his limbs outwards, spread-eagled. Yaris leveled Star Sentry at the bound man.


"Spark Cannon."


Three orbs of blue-white energy about the size of a person's head took form orbiting Star Sentry's tip, then launched out in three separate directions before corkscrewing back to slam one another after another into Montana. His body jerked with the impacts, but instead of sagging unconscious a bright green aura seemed to suffuse him, and he wrenched himself free of Fate's binds, shattering them. He spun, facing the air-riders with an expression of pure rage.


"You would fight to keep me from her?" he roared. Beneath his feet a rune shimmered into existence, but I wasn't the Midchildan rune Yaris knew, or the triangular Belkan symbol she'd sometimes seen. This one was basically octagonal in shape, with concentric diamonds within the corners. In the next instant a flaming sphere was streaking up at her. She dodged out of the way, avoiding a direct hit, but as it streaked past it detonated, expanding suddenly into a fifty-foot blast radius. Without an autoguard, since Star Sentry wasn't an Intelligent Device, she had only her Barrier Jacket to protect herself. She was blasted back, feeling the shock of it through her entire body, and grunted at the pain.


Fate wasn't having any easier time of it; Montana pointed at her, six spears of fire took form around his arm, and launched at her in a rapid-fire stream not entirely unlike her Plasma Lancer. She dodged out of the way, but they homed in, tracking her.


"Haken Form."


A cartridge popped, the scythe came out, and she whipped around towards the magical firebolts, slashing through two of them with the blade and dispelling them. Yaris cast a Plasma Shock, the magical blast engulfing the two at the tail end of the chain, and Fate blocked the final pair with a Defenser barrier. The impact plainly jolted her; even though lightning mages tended to be more of the "hit hard and fast" type than the "stone-wall defense" sort it still told Yaris far too much about the potency of Montana's magic.


"No, definitely not B-rank," she growled, then counterstruck. "Napalm Shot!" Three comet-like firebursts rained down on him, but he lifted his hand and raised a runic shield not unlike a Mid-style mage's Round Shield, blocking the attack. She'd been hoping he'd do that, though, and hit him with a quick-firing Pulse Laser, striking from all sides and evading the shield. He seemed to shrug it off, though, as easily as he'd done to her more powerful Spark Cannon.


I think you're going to have to bring him down, Yaris sent to Fate, not wanting Montana to be able to overhear their combat plans. My attacks don't even seem to be slowing him up. He proved her point when the rune formed beneath his feet once again and pillars of fire burst from under the ground, spearing into the sky. These, at least, didn't detonate or home in and the Enforcers were able to dodge the series of blasts, weaving their way through the columns. As the spun out of the maze, Yaris found another of the flaming orbs zipping up at her.


"Mystic Defender."


This time she got her barrier up in time before the spell's "proximity fuse" went off and deflected the bulk of the blast. Fate, meanwhile, took the chance to counterattack, snapping the blade off her scythe in a spinning arc.


"Haken Saber."


Montana lurched to the side and fell to his knees; the blade missed him by such a small fraction that the chips of the roadway it blasted up pelted the professor like shrapnel, one even drawing a thin line of blood along his cheek.


The prodigy, though, was already into her next move, Bardiche's head snapping back into his axelike Assault Form and shining golden runes taking shape not just beneath Fate's feet but also in front of Bardiche's tip.


"Plasma Smasher!"


A searingly bright beam a good four or five feet across, blasted downwards, crackling and throwing off blue sparks. Montana had no time to do anything but raise a shield and block the massively powerful assault. Yaris was hard-pressed not to just stare; even among her fellow Enforcers that kind of raw power was rare indeed. She suddenly had a feeling that Fate's absurd mage rank was actually on the low end of her potential, reflecting her youth and inexperience.


Being a veteran combatant, though, Yaris did not just hover around and watch but instead let fly with another Spark Cannon, pelting Montana's undefended flanks.


He was breathing heavily when the lightning cleared, wobbly as he pushed back to his feet.


Did that do it?


"Fools!" he screamed, immediately putting a negative to Yaris's mental question. A wave of flame exploded outward from him in an expanding hemisphere, slamming into the two Enforcers and knocking them tumbling away. On the ground, cars—thankfully abandoned by their drives—were torn to metal scraps or sent flying, while a chunk of the spaceport fence was vaporized. The impact was too much for Yaris's Barrier Jacket to take; she actually blacked out momentarily, though thankfully for a split second only and was able to recover her flight control in time to land safely.


Val, are you all right? echoed in her head.


Yeah...mostly. Ow. How is he doing this?I mean, even if the Circlet is messing with his mind and showing him how to cast Legarian combat spells, where's the power coming from? The memories stuff you thought up at least makes some sense as an extension of the Circlet's known abilities, but 'oh by the way it jacks your mage rank from average to ungodly' just doesn't fly!


I'll have Bardiche try to scan him, though it's not really his main function.


Okay. Meanwhile, I'll try to provide some cover for you.


Yaris glanced down at herself. She wasn't exactly in great shape; the jacket, pants, and cape of her Barrier Jacket all featured various rips and tears and she'd lost her hat. Still, she'd had lots worse in her day, and an Enforcer's job was never done while she was still alive and conscious. She clenched her hands on Star Sentry's shaft, the blue-white spell rune forming under her feet.


"Plasma Rain!"


Surge after surge of magic blasted upward from the rune, arcing into the sky, then turning and showering down, dozens of crackling bolts falling around Montana's location like the spell's name implied. Although one of her most powerful and taxing spells in terms of sheer magical output, it wasn't actually a good weapon to use against a single enemy since it didn't have any way to insure he'd be hit even once.


As a distraction to keep him away from Fate, though, she figured it would work just fine.


Like she hoped he would, he turtled, calling up a domelike barrier and hiding out under it as plasma blasts rained down around him, pelting the area for a good twenty seconds or so. Yaris panted for breath; the spell had taken a lot out of her.


"I've got it!" Fate yelped aloud. She'd descended until she landed no more than five feet from Yaris.


"Get away!" her senior exclaimed. "We're vulnerable to area-effect spells this—"


It was too late for warnings, though; two more fireballs were streaking towards them.


"Defenser Plus," Bardiche announced, and a shimmering dome covered them both just in time to stop the explosion.


"I'm sorry; I just thought you might need a little extra cover to regain strength. Anyway, I think I know what's happening. Professor Montana is casting the Legarian magic at the levels the Circlet's memroies recall. It's making him overtax the limits his own mind would otherwise place on his Linker Core."


They sprang into the air, flying in opposite directions as another discharge of flame-spears hammered into the ground where they'd been standing.


So, what? It's like a guy on drugs or insane who acts super-strong because he uses his muscles to maximal effort, not knowing he's hurting himself doing it?


Fate sprayed several low-power, unguided blasts of shooting magic back towards Montana, more to keep him confused than anything.


That's right!


Damn.


Yaris had actually heard that some magical researchers were trying to apply that phenomenon to a Linker Core intentionally, to allow a short time—a spell or two, a few seconds of close combat—where a user could drastically increase their abilities. The downside was that, similar to the physical version, the effect would overtax the mage's Linker Core, inflicting injury, or even permanent damage. Death was a real possibility.


So if this battle goes on much longer...there's no way he can keep up. Even if we beat down his defenses so we can capture him...


It'll probably kill him, Yaris finished.


No! Fate yelped. This isn't his fault! We can't let him die! She was all but screaming in Yaris's head, making Val wonder what part of the girl's own past was speaking to her now.


We can't let him hurt anyone else, either, and the longer it goes on, the more likely that is to happen. It might have already happened, if there'd been injured people in the cars wrecked by the big area-effect blast. They have to be protected.


Trying to debate a plan and dodge pyrotechnics wasn't easy, and Yaris had to use Mystic Defender again to stave off another explosive fireball.


I know, but...


If we can get the Circlet off him—and if the effects aren't permanent—then there might be a chance. But he's not exactly going to let us do that, and he's way too far gone for talking.


So if we force it off him, that'll just overload his Linker Core anyway in fighting off our magic?


Yeah, he...no, wait!


Val?


Your Haken Saber, earlier. When it missed, it smashed up fragments of pavement and one cut his cheek. His equivalent of a Barrier Jacket's shrugged off lots worse things than a tiny piece of rock.


Then...it doesn't stop purely physical attacks? At all?


I don't think so. If we can get close enough, I think we can just grab the Circlet and yank it off his head!


"Bardiche—Sonic Form!" Fate cried out.


"Yes, sir."


Light swirled around her, and her jacket, skirt, and cape vanished, leaving her wearing boots, gloves, and something not unlike a one-piece bathing suit.


Fate, what the—if you get hit, an attack of this strength will go through that Barrier Jacket like it wasn't even there!


Everybody says that! she laughed mentally, then demonstrated why that wasn't that big a risk by dodging the next spray of firebolts directed at her. Her speed was incredible; Yaris could barely believe it. Fate's Sonic Form must have rechanneled much of her Barrier Jacket's defensive potential into increasing her speed instead.


All right. I'll distract him, and you get in close and grab the Circlet!


Yaris spun and dove, charging directly towards Montana with Star Sentry outthrust like a spear.


"Thunder Blow," the Storage Device intoned, and a blast of blue-white lightning leapt from its tip to slam into Montana's torso. He wheeled towards Yaris, letting his homing missiles slam into the ground instead of continuing to track Fate.


"Yeah, got your attention now, don't I—urk!"


Apparently, the Legarians knew about binding spells, too. This one had burst from the ground like the pillars of fire earlier, except it was only a single one that wrapped around her like the coils of a flaming serpent that squeezed tighter and tighter, its magic surging into her Barrier Jacket and tearing its defenses apart. She screamed, unable to resist the searing pain.


Val!


Get...him!


With Montana's entire attention on crushing or burning the life out of Yaris—or maybe just knocking her out with magic damage so she wouldn't actually suffer permanent injury until her unprotected, unconscious body dropped the sixty or so feet to the pavement—Fate shot into action, arrowing down from her position.


Only, not at Montana.


He reared back and hurled another fireball at Yaris, apparently not content with destroying her with the attack binds.


"Zanber Form."


A cartridge loaded in Bardiche and the axe changed form again, becoming the hilt of a golden-energy zweihander with a blade that was taller and probably wider than Fate herself. In Sonic Form, she appeared in front of Yaris in an instant and severed the bindings with one sweep of the blade.


The fireball detonated a second later. Yaris's Barrier Jacket was so far gone that she could actually feel the heat, even through the flickering shield she'd gotten up just in time to keep the blast off Fate's back.


"Pay attention!" Yaris snapped. "You're too young to sacrifice yourself saving me."


They shot apart in opposite directions as the next attack sailed between them.


"Plasma Shock!"


Yaris aimed to miss, not wanting to put more strain on Montana's defenses and hence his Linker Core, instead using the bright flash of the area-effect attack to distract him. It worked far better than it should have, actually staggering the professor and making him clutch his head. It had to be the effect the Circlet was having on his perceptions, but by that point all Yaris cared about was that it gave Fate the time to fly in like a golden-black streak, close the fingers of her gauntleted left hand around the emerald stone that was the circlet's centerpiece, and pull a high-G turn into a near-vertical, ripping the Lost Logia off Montana's head.


The professor's eyes rolled up in his skull, and he fell to the roadway in a dead faint.


"Lucky bastard," Yaris muttered with more than a little envy. Her whole body felt like a bruise, and now that the fight was over she was feeling it. Hopefully there's nobody that needs emergency-services healing magic more than I do!


As soon as her feet touched the ground, she let her Barrier Jacket drip, resuming her Enforcer uniform. She opened up communications links to Aztek and to Fuso.


"Situation is resolved. Fuso, you can get emergency services and medical personnel ready." Luckily, the spaceport would have trained personnel and the proper equipment immediately available due to the need to be prepared for crashes.


"Is there anything else we can get you?" Aztek asked.


"Yeah. Fetch me a lounge chair, my husband to give me a footrub, and a double of the stiffest drink you make on this world." She looked up at where Fate was flying in towards her. "Babysitting is damned tough work!"

Previously:

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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6

[Nanya01]

Originally Posted by Thunderbird

I really need to quit thinking up random stuff...especially at 3am...Probably been done before but...here we go anyway

Spoiler for I have no idea what I should call this...:

I love my mother, I really do. She is always so kind and gentle with me. My loving mother...I cant think of anyone else who could ever take her place. Whenever I had problems she helped me, whenever I felt down she comforted me, whenever I was unsure of my abilities she encouraged me. My beloved mother...I will never forget her.

"Mama?" I called out as I ran through the lab. I knew it was bad and mama always told me to avoid touching things but...I just felt most at home when I was around here.

"Alicia, what a surprise" a man called out to me as I continued from one room to another. "Looking for your mother?"

"Nnn~" I nodded before looking around some more. "Is she busy? I want to show her the results of the test I did today!"

"I see" he looked at me as if he were thinking about doing something. "Tell you what, Alicia. Since you seem to have done well with your test, how about I give you a little reward?" he smirked to himself

"Really?" my eyes widened at the thought of receiving something "What is it?"

He smiled and held out a necklace containing a rather peculiar-looking dark gem. It was so odd that it didn't seem to be reflecting the very light that was shining on it. He carefully placed it around my neck before looking at me then down to the necklace, a victorious grin plastered on his face. I picked up the gem and held it in my hand, my eyes instantly lost in its dark depths.

"It is called the 'Demon's Eye'." he said, snapping me out of my trans "Take good care of it...and it will take care of you." his smile became bigger and bigger.

"Hai!" I placed it under my shirt enthusiastically "I will!"

"Scaglietti" my mother's voice interrupted us "What are you doing?" she asked as she walked over.

"Your daughter is here to see you" he responded, straightening his back and turning around to look at his research once more "I was just commending her on the progress she's made"

Mother frowned at him a little bit before turning to me with a smile on her face. She brushed her long mauve hair aside and carefully tucked it behind her ear as she knelt down to eye level.

"How was your day sweetie?"

"It was fun!" I beamed back at her "Look!" I held up my test score

"Come dear, lets talk in the cafeteria ok?" she smiled and stood up, carefully taking my hand and leading me out of the room.

"Bye Papa!" I waved over to Scaglietti as I left.

"Take care, Alicia" he waved at me. I could have almost sworn that he had the most dubious smile on his face.

We walked through the busy halls, past several experimental rooms, and into the large Cafeteria. Mom then sat me down and ordered some Orange Juice for me and a cup of tea for herself. I looked around and noticed that only several tables had been occupied. I wondered if it was a good idea to visit mom at this time due to the amount of work, but I was so excited to show her that I couldn't resist. Our refreshments came a few moments later and we were finally left alone.

"So what brings you here today, Alicia?" she asked as she raised the cup to her lips.

"Oh!" I put my OJ glass down. "I wanted to show you my exam score!" I raised the paper up in front of me.

"Wow, very well done Alicia" she placed the cup and saucer down and took the paper, reading the results. "Well done indeed." she patted my head

"I studied very hard just for you mama" I smiled up at her

"Thank you my dear" she smiled back "So what were you and Scaglietti talking about?"

"Ah!" I jumped with excitement once more "Papa gave me this!" I pulled out the necklace he gave me "He said I should take care of it."

"The Demon's eye..." she mumbled to herself

"Mama?"

"Nothing dear" she shook her head "Now why don't you--" she cut herself off one she heard alarms going off. "Wait here, Alicia" she ordered as she stood up and looked around at all the movement of the other scientists

"Mama?" I started to panic a little bit from the tense atmosphere

"What is going on?!" she yelled at one of the researchers that ran past.

"There is a problem in one of the test rooms! We're trying to seal it off now, but we need all personnel to help with the containment!"

"I'm on my way!" she called back before turning to me and looking me in the eyes. "Alicia, dear please stay here ok?" she ran her hand through my hair "Mommy will be back in a little bit ok?"

Spoiler for Part 2:

I nodded, a little worried as I saw her rush towards the hall with the other scientists. I felt so lost amidst all the chaos that was going on. Despite my mother's words, I was filled with fear and wanted to be with her. I got up from my seat and started to go through the halls looking for her.

"Mama? Mama?!" I called as I ran everywhere looking for her.

The lights dimmed and the red Emergency lighting took over. My fear escalated and I began to run faster and faster, more and more desperately through the empty halls and lab rooms.

"Warning...All personnel evacuate the premises...Warning...All personnel..." a voice on the loud speakers began to echo everywhere.

I continued blindly around the entire facility, finally reaching an area with an emergency exit. Researchers were all scrambling for the door in a frantic attempt to escape. I didn't quite understand what was going on. All I knew was that I had to find my mother.

"Mama! Mama!!!" I cried out as I pushed through the crowd that was trying to go the other direction.

Of course being a little kid, I was pushed around until I finally got knocked into an empty hall. I noticed something peculiar and continued walking all the way to the end and noticed a room with an odd and eerie light. Oddly enough, the sounds of the sirens and the red emergency lights began to vanish as I continued down the corridor. It looked like a strange bright aqua color that I couldn't quite describe. I lost all fear as curiosity took over my body, making me step closer and closer to it.

"Do you like it?" a voice called out behind me, making me snap out of my trans and spin around

"Papa" I breathed when I saw Jail standing behind me and looking in from the doorway "You scared me. Did you see Mama?"

"She should be here soon enough" he walked up next to me and looked at the glowing ball. "Its beautiful isn't it?"

"It's pretty" I couldn't help but agree "what is it?" I asked out of curiosity

"It is the activation of one of the Lost Logia your mother and I have been working on" he explained happily, a little...too happily "Project: Hydra"

"Project Hydra?" I tilted my head, not quite understanding what that was or what it meant.

"Mmmm~" he responded, not taking his eyes off the ball of light "This is one of the most incredible things ever" he turned his head over to me when something caught his eye "Interesting..."

"Hmm?" I looked down at my chest and noticed what appeared to be a dim black light emanating from under my shirt. I pulled out the necklace and saw that it was reacting to the mass of energy in front of me.

"Very interesting..." his smile got bigger and bigger

As if guided by some unseen force, my body slowly picked up the gem and walked slowly towards the mass of energy. I wasn't sure what was going to happen, but something-perhaps curiosity-made me keep going forward. Step after step I moved closer and closer to the aquatic energy. I reached my hand out towards it and-

"Alicia!" My mother's voice came from the hall and snapped me out of my reverie. "Alicia!" she called again as she entered the room "Oh my god! Alicia get away from that thing!" she screamed at me when she realized where I was

I was about to step back when the necklace began to glow even more extravagantly and meld with the energy in front of me.

"Ma..mama?!" I called out to her with fear in my eyes as a mixture of the light began to consume me

"Alicia-ugh!" she dropped to one knee as if being suppressed by an incredible energy

"Mama! Mama!!!" I reached out my arm to her as the room became brighter and brighter. I looked around the room for any sign of Jail but he was nowhere to be found.

My body began to feel hot and then feel like it was being torn to pieces. I grit my teeth as the pain shot through me. The only part of me that wasn't hurting happened to be the part that was holding on to the necklace.

"Take care of it...and it will take care of you..."

Jail's voice flowed into my mind and I gripped the item harder and placed it as close to my chest as possible. I didn't know what was happening, but I didn't want to let go. No matter what I didn't want to let go.

"Mama!" I screamed again once the pain lowered a little bit and tried to reach out to her again. She was struggling as well from the unknown energy and could not shake it to come help me.

A few moments later my vision darkened as my body began to lose consciousness. The last thing that I heard...was my mother scream my name...

Spoiler for Part 3:

25 years later...

"I want us to be friends..."

Those were the words I spoke to her. Those are the words I wanted her to answer to. Those are the words...that I needed her to say. Was I being too selfish? I am not sure. All I wanted was to get through to her, make her understand that we weren't enemies. It seemed that she was so set on her goal that words alone were meaningless. I had to make her listen somehow...and it seems she will only listen once she is finally disarmed.

"With that being said" Admiral Lindy sat in her seat on the other side of the long table "The reckless actions you two took today, endangered not only yourselves but everyone else. However, the incredible results portrayed can not be overlooked." she leaned back in her seat "I will let this issue slide this time, but I will not do this again do you understand me?"

"Hai" Yuuno and I responded in unison.

"Now then, on to the topic at hand." She looked over her shoulder towards Chrono who was standing against the wall "Have you learned anything at all about what is going on?"

"Amy, please transmit the monitor" he spoke as he stepped forward towards the table

"Hai hai" a voice came over the speakers as the monitor popped up and showed the image of a woman

"Ah!" Lindy leaned forward as she looked at the data

"That is correct. This woman hails from the same place as us, Midchilda. Her name is Precia Testarossa." he stepped closer and opened a monitor to the bridge "Amy please come to the meeting room with your gathered information"

"Hai, on my way"

"Continuing on" Chrono began again "Precia Testarossa's field of study was in the development of energy sources allowing one to traverse dimensional space." he turned to her image "Despite being a great mage, she was involved in an accident while doing illegal research and was thus exiled."

"How does this woman relate to everything so far?" the admiral asked

"The data we already have about her and the data from the magical assault earlier both match. Meaning that the girl named Fate is probably..."

My eyes widened once I put all the connections together

"Fate-chan...when the attack hit us, I am pretty sure she recognized the attack." I recalled the situation right when the powerful purple lightning struck us. "She seemed more afraid of it than anything else..."

"Mother and daughter...huh?" Lindy rested her chin on her interlaced fingers as she thought more and more deeply about the situation. "It would seem that the situation is getting more and more complicated with every piece of information we find."

"Amy where are you now?" Chrono asked

"I am heading towards the room now. I am exiting the elevator shaft as we speak."

"Do you have any other data regarding this woman? Like where shes lived after shes been exiled, her family relationships, anything at all?"

"I do have some data, but its not much..." the said girl spoke as the door opened to let her in.

We all sat down around the table as she entered and began her report.

"Precia Testarossa...." she began "according to our record files, was the third director of the Central Science and Development Bureau twenty-six years ago." she began to walk around the room "Despite all this, she was secretly working on a thesis involving energy sources allowing the transversal of dimensions."

"For what purpose?" Chrono interrupted

"We're not sure at this time. However the concepts of this thesis known as 'Hydra' were put to the test." she responded as she continued to orbit the large table "She conducted her experiment with illegal materials...however the experiment failed."

"What happened?" I spoke out automatically

"The results included a mid-scale dimensional disturbance at the beginning, which caused the fissuring around the central area, eventually expanding to the surrounding areas." she stopped and opened some monitors containing some of the archived pictures "There was a big dispute about it afterwards, like the fact that the materials used were not illegal. In any case, shes moved around many times and continued to perform her secret projects. At some point records just lost track of her and she vanished. That is all I could find on the records so far."

"I see...what about her family relations and actions up to the point of disappearance?" the admiral inquired

"Unfortunately, the data has been erased completely. I am asking my friends at headquarters to compile all the data and have them sent here right away."

"How long will it be till the data gets here?" Chrono joined in

"I would say about two days."

"Understood. If Precia Testarossa and this girl Fate can release such incredible magic power, we should tread carefully from now on." Lindy looked at me and Yuuno "I would like you two to go ahead and rest for now."

"Eh?" I was a little surprised

"We still have no idea where they are, and we do need to repair the Asura's shielding system." she leaned back on her seat "Also I want to learn everything we can about her before we make our move."

"But-!" I tried to voice my opinion out but a hand rested on my shoulder "Yuuno-kun?"

"Nanoha...Admiral Lindy wants to resolve this matter as quickly as possible, however we cannot risk another incident like the one we just pulled." he smiled at me "So why don't we take the offer and rest for a bit? You do want to see your friends at school right?"

"...nnn~" I nodded after contemplating his words.

"Alright that is settled then" the admiral stood up "I approve of your time off...enjoy it."

Hmm... Interesting... I don't think there was a mention of "Hydra" in canon, so, I'm interested in knowing what happens next.

[Tabasco]

Originally Posted by DezoPenguin

Big evening for fics! I'll toss one in, too:

Echoes of the Past
~chapter 7~

...but it just doesn't seem right to have a Fate story without yellow color in the chapter title.

Spoiler for Big fight scene; what else can I say?:

Previously:

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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6

I like Fate's comeback to criticism of Sonic Form. Also, I'd somehow assumed otherwise, but it makes sense that storage device wouldn't have an autoguard function.

Given her shock at Fate's performance, it's a shame Yaris will probably never meet Nanoha or Hayate in action, talk about readjusting your expectations!

[spawnofthejudge]

Originally Posted by DezoPenguin

Big evening for fics! I'll toss one in, too:

Echoes of the Past
~chapter 7~

...but it just doesn't seem right to have a Fate story without yellow color in the chapter title.

So make the background black. Like in an image logo or something. Do I have to think of everything for you?

Great battle. Also: Yaris is hysterical. She certainly will be appreciating of the raw power involved if she ever ends up fighting with Nanoha or Hayate nearby, much less the Future Ace she's already seen in action.

[shiroi mahotsukai]

If she thinks babysitting is tough with just one, how would she deal with all three of the future aces?