FOREWORD

One franchise I've been meaning to do a crossover with for some time was Fate/Stay Night. It was partly due to the works of sakurademonalchemist and Lupine Horror that got me interested enough in the series. Although as of writing I am yet to experience Fate/Stay Night in any form beyond fanfic, I have the first anime series on DVD, and can access the movie version of Unlimited Blade Works.

Now, you'd think that this would not be enough for me to write a crossover. Well, it wouldn't be enough if I wanted to do a truly serious one. However, for my debut in the realm of a Fate/Stay Night fic, I intend to do a somewhat more comedic story. It will still have the serious undertones needed for many sequences, but this is still very much a comedic story.

My first point was my own crossover with Final Fantasy XII, Nitimur in Vetitum, where a very weary Master of Death Harry ends up in Ivalice, as well as its inspiration, a crossover with Mass Effect called Getting Too Old For This by ManMadeofLasers. And given that a world-weary, darkly comic Harry would be a good match for Zelretch, well…there's that. Eventually, what was known as Light the Blue Touch Paper and Run Like Hell tanked out after two chapters, though some elements remain. I decided an immortal and invincible Harry might not work, despite some humorous set pieces I had in mind. So I went back, and decided to do a Harry/Luna story where Luna drags Harry into the Grail War, in a manner similar to two of my other Harry/Luna stories Truth and Consequences, and Yin and Yang.

I'm actually also taking a cue from another Harry Potter/Fate/Stay Night crossover, Second Chance of They Who Have Been Betrayed by Soaring Midnight Raven, and a pure Fate/Stay Night fic, Path of the King by Neoalfa.

I would also like to thank longterm reader Gabriel Herrol, whose challenge inspired this story, even if it didn't follow the challenge. And, of course, I thank sakurademonalchemist and Lupine Horror for getting me remotely interested in Fate/Stay Night in the first place.

Anyway, time for the usual disclaimers. Firstly, there will be spoilers for both Harry Potter and Fate/Stay Night. In addition, I am taking to the canon of Fate/Stay Night with a cricket bat. You don't like it? Bugger off.

Secondly, there will be heavy annotations, as is usual for my works. You have been warned.

Thirdly, this is an M-Rated work. There will be coarse language, violence, and sexual references. Again, you have been warned.

Finally, the following is a fan-written work. Harry Potter and Fate/Stay Night are the properties of their respective owners. Please support the official release. Otherwise, Zouken might just throw you into a pit full of Crest Worms…