17Fate Alternative.
Disclaimer :I don't own the fate series.
An :Greetings dear readers, thank you for visiting my story. This story will take ideas from the nasu verse works including the extella series and notes.
This story is an extreme Au with elements from other anime though it is not a crossover.
Prologue.
The night sky was dark, clouded by the heavy dark thunderclouds raining heavily upon the the small hill.
In a small watchtower a man was standing, his head covered by a helmet his gun laying in the corner.
Yawning deeply the man stretched his hands, boredom written all over his face.
Turning around his gaze fell on a fellow soldier seating in the corner smoking.
"The time is three o'clock am and the commies didn't move one bit.. A calm night indeed, what do you say Adelwolf?" he asked his smoking freind.
At first the man said nothing, inhaling the smoke from his cigarette before throwing it out of the tower.
"Obviously" the man said his boredom evident in his tone "This is a cold war after all.. Honestly we are just wasting our time here" he said before he snuggled deeper into his coat.
The first soldier just nodded "Yeah, let's just transmit back to HQ" he said.
His freind nodded reaching to his transmitter.
After a few seconds the other side was picked up and Adelwolf started speaking.
"Way point 1 this is sentinel 3, all is quite" he reported falling silent when something in the distance caught his attention.
On the horizon falling from the sky was a small dot of light descended from the skies.
"Sentinel 3" the voice from the other side of the transmitter was irritated from the soldier's sudden silence "What's happening?".
Shaking his head the soldier returned his attention to the device "I am sorry sir" he said "But something bright is descending from the skies.. I am not sure what it is" he reported.
The first soldier hearing his partner's words turned toward the light grabbing a pair of binoculars he pressed them to his eyes just as another light appeared in the distance.
"W-what the hell is that?!" he exclaimed his eyes wide.
Adelwolf lifted his own pair up to his eyes and his expression turned gobsmacked.
"Sentinel 3! Report! Are the commies attacking?" the voice on the other side became frantic.
"Sir" the soldier said quietly "Some kind of aircraft just crush landed on our soil.. And there appear to be more of them " he said quietly.
"The communists?" the man on the other side asked.
"I don't know sir, they don't have the colors of the enemy.. They aren't like anything I've ever seen" he said.
" Acknowledged Sentinel 3, be on your guard we'll send a patrol party your way" the man on the other side said before cutting the transmission.
Adelwolf put the transmitter down carefully before going for his weapon when something appeared on the horizon.
"What in the world is this?" Adelwolf asked as he leveled his 80. 002 assault rifle up his body tensed.
A second later, his partner mimicked him his hands trembling as he looked at what looked like hundreds of humanoid creatures their bodies steel gray weapons cold weapons in their hands marched toward their position.
In the distance two more light dots appeared like ominous harbingers of destruction.
The underground tunnels were in chaos, people running back and forth faces worried.
"Everyone please move to the auditorium! The vice director will address everyone there!" a man spoke suddenly his voice carrying unnaturally across the tunnels.
"The vice director?" a young student his brown hair disheveled asked.
"Lady Helen Barthomeloi" answered him a young girl her blue eyes shining as she said the name "If she is involved then we have nothing to worry".
Meanwhile in a small room four people were gathered united by their stern expression.
"This is madness!" a man his hair silvery white despite his youngish futures exclaimed "How could this happen? Velber shouldn't be invading for a few thousand years!"
"This is the wrong question Jubstacheit" a woman her brown hair falling on her back interrupted the man's tirade "I am just as worried as you are... However the point is we are being invaded and the world have no chance against the monster!" she said forcefully "Thus the correct question must be what are we going to do about it" she finished her eyes turning to the two remaining man in the room.
One of them, a man of noble bearing smiled grimly "As always you're correct Helen" he said his voice deep "Our circumstance is dire, even should we magi join the battle against Velber we won't be able to actually defeat it, we simply lack the power" his voice usually mischievous was now filled with grimm determination.
The first man nodded "Can't you do anything Zelretch?" he asked "After all weren't you the one who took out Red moon?" he asked "Not to mention what the hell is Alaya doing? Why didn't she summon her counter servants yet?" he asked.
"Actually she did" the man who until now was silent spoke "They are currently the only reason why we are able to talk here and now.. However the titans are quite powerful" he said his hand moving to smooth his long purple robe.
The Einzbern made a face at that but nodded "Fine headmaster, but do you have any suggestions?" he asked.
The man closed his eyes "I just might... But for this to work I will the cooperation of each and every one of you" he said.
The group nodded "I am listening" the woman said.
"Tell me Jubstacheit, how long will it take for a new grail war to be popossible?" the two thousand years old headmaster asked the foreign magus who looked surprised.
"Two months at the fastest.. Four at the latest" he replied.
"Too long" the brown haired woman said "Even if we have seven magi who will end the war in a minute I doubt this world can survive for this long" she said.
"That's unfortunate.." the old man said sighing.
"We can do it"
All the three of them turned toward the kaleidoscope who spoke his hand gripping his can.
"What do you mean lord Zelretch?" the vice director asked her eyes narrowed.
"We need four months at most" the man spoke "Should the magi join the battle alongside the outer world and with the help of the counter guardians and possibly the dead apostles we should be able to buy this time" he said.
"What?!" the Einzbern exclaimed his eyes growing "You will have us expose ourselves to the world and weakening our magic with it?" he asked.
"Don't be an idiot" the headmaster said harshly "If Velbar is victorious we would all be dead!"
That silenced the Einzbern who nodded slightly "Fine... I'll contact every magus associated with the Atlas institute while you will mobilize your magi.. We will approach the governments with our numbers and offer our help is that what you want?" he asked.
Zelretch nodded "That's would be good yes.. Now we should select seven magi who would be ready to participate in the grail war and let one of them win..suggestions would be appreciated" he said.
The next five minutes were filled with name suggestions until all seven were chosen.
"Good" Helen said "I shall pass the news to the magi in the auditorium after which I'll ask the seven to come" she said.
The others nodded and got up.
"Good luck everyone" the Kaleidescape said his voice grave "We will need it".
"Look at those people" a young soldier his hair hidden under his helmet said pointing at the group of people walking toward the center of the training filed "Are they the magi we were told about?".
His freind shrugged "I don't believe those fairy tales about magic.. It's most likely propaganda to lift our spirits" he said.
The first soldier was about to say something when he was cut off by his commanding officer.
"Attention!" the officer, a giant of a man holding the rank of captain cried "Those people are here to work with us.. The training session today will be a chance for both sides to learn and understand the others abilities!" his voice boomed.
"Sir, yes sir!" the soldiers cried in unison.
"Good! Now go and show them what you're capable of boys!"
The soldiers, sure of their victory against those untrained civilians were quite surprised to have their rubber bullets vanish into a distortion and appear behind them striking them in their backs.
The exercise continued and slowly the soldiers had no choice but to acknowledge that while most of them were undisciplined, their abilities were quite real and pretty useful.
Explosions all around them, the screams of the diving bombers as they destroyed another batch of attack programs pierced the ears and the smell of burnt and rotting meat stood in the air.
A man was running forward, his blade craving the monsters one after another.
Bullets flying over him, striking down more of these endless horde of monsters.
A lightning bolt striked in front of him, vaporizing a few ranged enemies before more and more joined it, thinning the enemy ranks.
The man smiled grimmly as he carved another creature. Sweat was glistening on his face.. How much longer will they be able to survive this way?
Standing in front of a giant creature was Zelretch, his red eyes glistening, his can clenched hard in his hands.
"Sefar" he said energy blazing around him "You won't survive this" a small dark smile appearing over his face.
The creature screeched as it moved quickly.. Way to quickly for something of its size blazing energy leaving its eyes striking at where the old magus stood just a moment prior.
The old man smiled adrenaline pumping in his veins.. This was going to be fun!
They stood around, looking at each other with grimm looks in their eyes.
Without saying a word they activated the runes under them, light erupting from the runes as they chanted.
"Silver and iron to the origin. Gem and the archduke of contracts to the cornerstone.
The alighted wind becomes a wall. The gates in the four directions close, coming from the crown, the three-forked road that leads to the kingdom circulate."
Slowly from the light seven people emerged, their eyes moving quickly around taking the scene in.
Six magi lift their hands, a look of determination in their eyes.
"By my command seal I order you.. Kill yourself"
Surprise in their eyes the servants had no choice, their will bending under the magic of the seals.
"It is done" one of them said quietly.
The last magus nodded his eyes turning to where the smaller grail appeared, burning with the light.
Slowly he approached it his eyes shining as he moved his hands to touch it.
"Destroy Velbar" he muttered quietly "Forever".
"Fall back!" a magus screamed his voice ranging around.
The enemy armada was moving quickly forward, taking out another group of soldiers.
A soldier lost his footing his handgun empty, he lifted his eyes up fear griping his heart as a monster approached him, it's blade poised to strike.
He closed his eyes, his hand moving instinctively to cover his head.
A second past.. Nothing.
Another second.. He was still alive.
At the third second he opened his eyes only to look around.. The monster was nowhere to be seen.
Slowly he got up, the battlefield was filled with bodies, the earth scorched from the bombs.. This was not a dream..
And yet...
The fileds were empty of them, as if they never were here.. Only the dead bodies a reminder of what transpired here.
"Systems all in check, objective underway"."Alert, unknown interference detected activating fire walls""Eror, energy overload.. Activating self destruction".
End of prologue.
