A Twist of Fate (Fate Zero & Fate Stay/Night:UBW)

Chapter 6: Love and Lost

A blonde female stumbled through the manor's double doors and fell onto the wooden floors.

Get up. Come on, get up. You need to destroy all the evidence, anything that could lead to Avantina. Don't let him get her too.

Lady Olivier staggered to the basement. Upon returning, she lugged a hefty container of gasoline and pushed it over, its greasy contents spilling onto the floorboards. Rummaging through a drawer, she found what she needed.

I have a moment, might as well say one last prayer. Should I leave her a letter? Nah, too much like those cliché movies. She knows I love her, I don't have to put it in writing.

When Lady Olivier opened her eyes, she glanced at the purple mark on her stomach. She lurched forward and pushed open the doors.

"To think that it would ever end like this." she chuckled, looking at the sky. "Be strong, Avantina. Finish what you started."

Then she struck a match and tossed it aside.

Meanwhile.
It's been a month and a half since Sensei left Fuyuki and three weeks since I called her. She should have completed her task by now. Unless something happe-

"Master?" asked Lancer, breaking her train of thought.
"Diarmuid, we need to make a trip to Karakura Town."
"What for, master?"
"I need to see my Sensei."

Karakura Town was a little far off from Fuyuki City, but not so much as to make coming and going an arduous journey. During her year in training, Avantina had moved there to live, train and study, leaving her mansion in the hands of Pastor Alex Louis Armstrong. And no, the cleric and her Sensei were not related. Though it wouldn't have been out of place if they were.

When her training had finished, she returned to Fuyuki but did not continue her studies. Though her birthplace was here, Karakura had always felt more like home ever since the death of her parents. Under an hour, the pair arrived at their destination. Making their way out of an alley, Avantina spoke.

"The residence is further up north, situated on a mountain. It looks like a temple but it's really the exact opposite."

Avantina remembered the days that Lady Olivier studied biblical passages with her. She had been strengthened in her body, mind and soul.

"You are afraid, afraid to fail."
The acolyte's eyes were crestfallen. Lady Olivier place her hand on Avantina's shoulder.
"You must trust Him. Have faith in the One who died for you."

The teenager woke from her memories and spoke again.

"Just around this wide bend and we'll be there. Another ten minutes."

Before they arrived, Avantina smelled ash and heard the crackle of fire. Instantly, she ran up the path.

It was one thing to envision a nightmare and another to experience it yourself. The entire manor was engulfed in flames, as if Hell itself had rained down upon the gargantuan structure.

"SENSEI!!!"
"Master, wait!"

Avantina shoved Diarmuid aside and ran headlong into the manor. There she found her beloved teacher in the middle of the foyer with a knife in her hand.

"WAIT!"

Lady Olivier glanced at her student, sadness in her smile, before lodging the blade deep into her abdomen. When Avantina caught her Sensei, she noticed a dark patch was spreading across the surface where her teacher had stabbed herself.

"I-I don't understand..." stammered the girl, tears falling freely.
"I had no choice, child. Forgive me..."
"Who did this?!"
"Remember everything I taught you, Avantina. The path is already laid before your feet, you cannot falter now."