The Carnival Moment.
Occurring once every ten years, it is a time where various tales cross path. It transcends obligations, adults’ circumstances and morals. A new dimension, where time and space does not matter. In every multiverse, there exist one such time. The world of Magical Lyrical Girl Nanoha is not an exception.
Let the chaos begins.
=Chapter 1: War for the Saint King=
The Saint's Cradle. Ancient Belka's royal treasure, it is a massive battleship perfectly capable of fighting both within the atmosphere, outer-space and within the dimensional sea. Also, should it attain the correct position between Mid Childa two moons, the Cradle's defensive capacities greatly improve, becoming capable of magical bombardment, precision snipping, ship-to-surface strikes and dimensional-crossing attacks. For its activation however, a member of the Saint King's bloodline is necessary. And thus the fight for little Vivio, the one possessing the Saint King's blood over the sky of Mid Childa, begins...
At least, it would have, had certain difficulties kept them from doing so. Instead, we find ourselves in Mid Childa TV station.
On a large stage, two people stood. The first was a purple haired man, clad in a business suit along with a white coat usually found on scientist. The second was a blond haired man wearing a green suit, with a small red flower on the left of his chest.
"Welcome everyone! I am the great Jail Scaglietti, your host tonight. Next to me is the Head Librarian, Yuuno Scrya!" The first man spoke up, gesturing to his companion.
"Hello everyone. As you can see" Here, the blond gestured to the side. The lights then lit up showing two differing group on each side of the stage, "we have two teams competing today. One wishing to save the young Vivio, the other to use her as a car key."
"First up, on the left, we have Section Six! Hayate Yagami very own Lesbian Army!" Jail spoke up, pointing toward the first group.
"Hey!"
Apparently, many in said group didn't appreciate being called that. The exception being the eponymous Hayate herself, who simply gave a smug smile
"Doctor, I would like to point out that two of them are male."
"My apologies. The red headed boy looks like a girl sometime, while Knight of the Shield usually stays in his dog form so he doesn't count."
"... I'm not really that girly, am I?" Erio, the red headed boy in question, turned toward Caro. He was relieved when the pink haired girl shakes her head.
"I'm a wolf damnit!" Zafira cried out. He's a badass hunter, not a guard dog for Kaiser's sake! Okay, he may acts as a guard, but he's not a dog.
"Hey! What about us?" Section Six's pilot/sniper spoke up from the spectator’s stand. Around him, the other members of SS joined him in his protest.
"You're unimportant to the plot" Jail ignored the protest casually, causing the group of protesters to fall to their knees. "And on the right, my beautiful beautiful daughters, the Numbers! Although I wish Cinque and Otto could be as gifted as their sisters"
"A shame, doctor. Truly a shame" Yuuno nodded his head in agreement.
"You're the one that made us Doctor..." Cinque whispered, while a dark cloud appears over Otto's head.
"Enough of this!" Vita yelled, reaching for her trusty hammer. "We should just bash their heads in and take Vivio home!"
The two groups glared at each other, some mirroring the redhead's action. Well, they would have, had a magnet appear above their head and somehow take all of their weapons away.
"I almost forgot. In the spirit of fair play, there won't be any magic involved. We just can't have you destroying the city now can we?" Jail announced, controlling the magnet with his hand.
"Especially with miss "White Devil" and miss "Living Loss Logia" over there. Or that girl with the giant gun. Cleaning up afterward would be a mess."
"Hey!"
This time, Hayate did join Nanoha in her protest. Oddly enough, Dieci - the girl with the giant gun - didn't say anything at all.
"One question, professor." Uno raised her hand, and continued when the man gave her the "go ahead" gesture. "If we're not using magic, how could we decide the winner?"
"With games, of course! And the game shall be decided with this!"
Behind the two hosts, a large roulette appears. It was divided into 20 sections, each decorated with a symbol representing possible games.
"Well then, let give it a spin." Yuuno pulled the lever. The roulette stopped on a symbol of a large barrel. "The first game is... Ascending Admiral!"
On cue, the stage opens up, and a large barrel start to appear. The most curious thing, however, was the head sticking out of it. Specifically, Admiral Chrono Harlaown's head.
"FERRET! I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS!!!!" Said Admiral roared, obviously tring to get out.
"It seems that the vi-volunteer is trying to break out. May I, doctor?"
"Go right ahead, Head Librarian"
Yuuno smiled, and take out from his pocket a small switch. With deliberate slowness, he pushed it down.
"Hey hey, what are you-ARGGGHHHH!" Chrono's question was cut off as electrics ran through the barrel, shocking the man inside.
"Oops, it seems I overestimated the voltage. Sorry about that Chrono" With the way he was smiling, everyone knew that Yuuno was lying "The rules of the game are simple: The team that gets the Admiral out of the barrel first is the winner.”
"To do so however, you have to insert swords into slots on the barrel's side. Usually, people would use plastic swords. To spice the game up, we're gonna use
laser swords" To demonstrate, Jail picked up a small rectangular device. A glowing blade extended, making it similar to Deed's weapon.
"WHAT?!"
"I assure you, it is perfectly safe." the scientist said.