In a dark gloomy basement, there stood a young girl with lustrous long violet hair, styled with a red-pink ribbon on the left side, and violet eyes. Sakura Matou, formerly Sakura Tohsaka.
She stood, bare as the day she was born, at the centre of a Magical circle that was completed by a young man with curly blue hair and gray blue eyes.
Shinji Matou, her older brother and also the Matou Family "successor".
Sakura with her hollow eyes, that seemed to have lost all hope, stared at the Summoning Circle.
A summoning circle meant to summon a servant, a spirit from the past to fight in the Grail War. A summoning circle that's supposed to use her power.
"I shall attain all virtue of all of Heaven." She heard her older brother chant, as held a book." I shall have dominion over all evils of all of Hell."
Each passing moment, each words being spoken increased the feeling of dread she felt. She dreaded the possibility of either Rin or Shirou being involved in the war.
"From the seventh heaven attended to
by three great words of power."
She wished for it all to stop, everything in the family and this summoning. She wished no harm came to either of those two.Yet she knew all to well of how pointless those thoughts were, Kariya Matou fate was still in her memories.
"Come forth from the ring of restraint, Protector of the Balance!"
A brilliant light emanated from the magical circle around her, the light completely engulfing her as it blinded her.
"Hii!!!" She could her the surprised sound of her older brother.
She slowly opened her eyes to see a young man, about her age, with slight tan skin and bluish-black hair tied in a ponytail tail reaching just above his waist. He wore several ornaments such as necklace that seemed to be made out of some kind beads, metallic armband and bangles along side a garment that gave him a aboriginal feeling.
A servant, someone that engraved his name in the annals of history, stood there. He slowly opened his eyes as he surveyed his surroundings.
Shinji Matou, who stood there was shocked for having managed to summon a servantand as well for the fact that servant was too young, seeming to be younger than him.
Pushing aside his doubts, and astonishment, he stepped forward about to speak but stopped at the unfolding sight.
The servant, who was surveying his surrounding, had walked near Sakura and knelt on one of his knees.
" Servant Rider, I have come as per your summoning Master." The now identified rider extended his had towards the girl, who looked aghast.
Sakura looked at Rider infront of her, who offered a kind and gentle smile, as he extended his hand. Something that only filled her with horror, horror which would be caused by her Older Brother, and her Grandfather.
Something that was about to be proven true. When Shinji heard those words, anger started to swell within him. Amereservant, AmereFamiliarchoosingthatdullardoverHim?
"You fool!!! I am your master!!" Shinji said as he rushed towards Sakura, intending to push the dullard aside.
Before he could grab her hair and throw her aside, Rider grabbed his arm. He could feel his arm being squeezed, something that hurt more that it was supposed to.
"Let go of me y-"Shinji paused, as Rider calmly stared at him. Fear crept in his heart as he saw, Rider stand up and summon a giant sword, two-third Rider's own height.
Before the situation could escalate further, Sakura grabbed Rider's leg.
" Please Stop..He is right, he is your master." Sakura meekly said, pleading for Rider to stop. While she saw a small glimmer of hope, but she remembered the fate of her uncle. Fate of someone who defied Matou, someone who had a servant.
She, by now, knew better than to defie her Brother and Grandfather, she had already learned that the hard way….
Rider let go of Shinji, who collapsed to the floor staring at the servant. Rider intently stared at Sakura, before sighing out loud at the situation.
The sword in Riders hand dissipated into silvery light, Rider walked upto her before promptly lifting her in his arm.
Sakura stayed quiet as the thing unfolded, No she had grown used to staying silent. A reaction, or lack of, from the void girl, now his master, less than pleased Rider.
"I believe we should change to a better surroundings to properly clear things out."Rider said as the duo of master and servant disappeared.
Though before he left, Rider glared at one of the corners of the dark basement.
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Note: Rider's name and history will be explained throughout Vol 1 through other perspectives, flashbacks and Sakura observing his memories.
The Parameters of Rider will also be explained later on.
And as for my other fics and schedule, I will be mostly focusing on this and Tensura (Fishman) one one-two ch per week for both.
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