It was a cold winter morning in that she had volunteered to take the club members out for morning practice whenshe met Tohsaka by the front gate a full hour before school started, when Shirou had asked Tohsaka about it after school the school idol admitted that the clocks in her house were an hour faster then normal, knowing that the peak of her magical power was at midnight the Emiya reminded Rin to set the clocks in her house back one hour before attempting the summoning. At first the Tsundere said that she didn't need reminding but relented after the red head reminded her about a particular curse that her families suffer, such as the ability to 'mess up at the most important times'.

      So after school was over Rin gone back home and adjusted the clocks in her house to be one hour behind, with that done she begun the summoning ritual. The ritual circle wasn't very complex as was a standard 5-point star representing her affinity with all five elements but what it lacked in complexity it made up for it in the fact that the circle was made of gems that were melted down. It also had a few of her Rune gems for added power that she made a few months ago since she wanted to save her normal stash of gems that she filled with prana since her father died 10 years ago for the war.

"Bear and silver and iron,

Stone for foundation and the grand duke of contracts.

My great master Shveinorg for the Ancestor.

"A wall for the descending winds. The four gates shall close and come out the crown.

Let the three-forked road to the kingdom cycle."

"Enclose. Enclose.

Enclose. Enclose. Enclose.

Five times for each repetition.

Just destroy the enclosed time.

Anfang."

      As she chanted the words necessary for activating the ritual her circuits burned as prana was being formed from the mana flowing from the leyline underneath her house and being pulled towards the circle causing a maelstrom of wind to kick up .

"I announce. Thy body shall be under my command, my fate shall be determined by thy sword.

Follow the call of the Holy Grail.
If thou wouldst obey this mind and this reason, then answer my call."

"I make an oath here. I am the one who shall become the virtue of all afterworld.

I am the one who shall lay out the evil of all afterworld.

Thou art Seven Heavens clad in the Three Great Words."

"Emerge from the ring of control, guardian of balance!"

As she finished the words needed to complete the ritual the wind that had been building up since she started climaxed as a large bright light erupted from the circle causing Rin to become temporarily blind. As her eyes got used to the unexpected lightshow she was greeted with the sight of man standing with his arms crossed, he was a yang man in his late 20s to early 30s with tanned skin, steel grey eyes and strangely to the girl pure White hair straightened up and almost looked silver from the light emanating from the ritual. As for what he wore these consisted of black light armor and pants covered in belts and steel plates at the soles of hisshoes, he also wore a red overcoat covering his arms and his lower body with plates holding it in place on his neck and waist.

      She also noticed that he looked surprised at seeing her, as if thinking that he was supposed to have been summoned somewhere else before closing his eyes for a few seconds before smirking and decided to address his summoned.

"Well now it seems that I've been summoned by quite the talented magus, I take it that you are my master then?" he asked deciding to break the ice waiting for the black haired magus to bring her thoughts together before she straightened up and said.

"Yes I am your master Rin Tohsaka, were you perhaps summoned as servant Saber?" the Tohsaka asked hoping that she got the class that she wanted, what she got however was the white haired man shaking his head in denial before he revealed his class.

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"I'm afraid not master, you see while I am one of the knight classes, I have been summoned as servant Archer in this grail war" the named servant Archersaid to his master who simply slummedher arms in defeat at not getting the class that she desired.

"Oh well at least I got something right" she said as the Archer class is one of the knight classes and traditionally posses more noble phantasms then any other servant in the grail war. She then decided that she might as well ask her servant if his summoning was okay. When she asked this the white haired man merely shrugged and replied.

"Nothing to serious master as I was summoned at full strength, why don't you look at my stats and see for yourself"

Deciding that she might as well heed her servants advice Tohsaka Rin closed her eyes and activated the Masters perception and checked her servants stats, it was then that she noticed a few oddities about her servant. Archers physical stats were solid C's for Strength, Endurance, and agility which was strange as Archers fight mainly in mid to long range fights meaning that her servant have experience fighting up close, the rest was pretty straight forward with Mana being B, luck E and strangely a question mark where noble phantasms are. As for his class skills they were pretty decent with him having B rank independent action and D rank magic resistance, she then looked at his personal skills but found that they were blank but decided to shrug it as they would probably fill in as she learns more about her servant.

"Well it looks like your stats are okay Archer but there is something I'm curious about, namely your true name since I didn't use a catalyst linked to you specifically" Tohsaka-san asked as she needed this info to plan out her strategies if it turned out that her servant was a well known hero whose strengths and weaknesses were recorded. However what she got was unexpected as he gave Rin his answer.

"WHAAAT?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CANT REMEMBER, ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE FUN OF ME?!" the black haired magus shouted which was out of character for her.Archer enjoying the little outburst his master had decided to elaborate more

"What I mean master is that I have no idea about any facts that have happened in my legend, fortunately I don't seem to be missing anything important like my name and where I come from but anything more then that draws a blank in my head like trying to read a book in English if you can only read Japanese, oh and don't try and ask me for my true name as a doubt you would find anything"

"Oh? And why is that?" Rin dangerously said as she had the sneaking suspicion that her servant was hiding something from her, but decided to humor him and let him explain his reasons. With his masters blessings Archer decided to continue.

"The reason I doubt you would find any records or legends about me if I tell you my name is that they don't exist yet" the white haired man admitted letting the info sink into Rin's brain before she realized what he means.

"You're a heroic spirit from the future?" Rin asked surprised, as she didn't think it was possible as their hasn't been a new hero to enter the throne since the turn of the 20thcentury and the advancement of modern weaponry, but then she realized that Archers explanation had some truth to it as the throne of heroes exists outside time and space so it is possible that it contains heroes from the future as well as the past. Hell for all she knew he may have come from a distant future in which Earth was invaded by Aliens that were immune to guns and missiles leaving humanity to fight back with earlier forms of weaponry.

"Correct" Archer said praising her master for her insight before continuing,

"because I existed in the future any records or myths detailing my deeds are not written in this time because they haven't happened yet."

"Because heroic spirits are powered and influenced by their legend when they are summoned by the grail I wasn't summoned with them because my particular legend hasn't been written yet."

     The servant of the bow said before continuing.

"However I do know one thing for sure and that is you are an excellent master Rin, the mire fact that my stats are like this despite the fact that I don't have a legend to give me a power boost is proof of that."After hearing this Rin blushed at being praised for her abilities as a magus before quickly straightening herself out, as it was inelegant for a member of the Tohsaka family.

"Well I suppose there is some good to be salvaged from this situation, since you don't have a legend yet the other masters and servants won't be able to figure out your true name" Rin said before looking at the time and realized that it was getting late and since it was a school night it would affect her studies. Besides she already had trouble waking up fully during the mornings, she didn't need to add lack of sleep to that list.

With that sorted she told Archer that she was going to bed and told him to go into spirit form for now so she can rest her circuits as she had pushed them in order to summon her servant.

End of Chapter.....