Done. 
I went ahead and did write ups for Nanoha and Fate as well.
I went ahead and did write ups for Nanoha and Fate as well.
Quote:"Hello. My name is Fate Testarossa. Please take care of me."
Fate Testarossa is, by far, one of the most traumatized of the displacees, barring Accelerator and the Misaka clones. While many characters have had terrible things happen to them, not many were lashed by their own parent until their back was cut to bloody ribbons and told expressly what a failure they are (not true).
In the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha timeline, Fate would go on to become Nanoha's domestic partner as well as a highly recognized Enforcer in the Time-Space Administration Bureau, and help raise the clone of the last Sankt Kaiser, Vivio Takamachi.
But things have changed. She met Benjamin and fell hopelessly in love with him.
It's not that she no longer loves Nanoha - far from it. Benjamin simply now occupies a space in her heart that is directly adjacent to Nanoha's place. She loves them both and wants to keep them in her life.
But what happened that caused this?
Benjamin instinctively knew that without the Harlaown family around, there would be no one to help Fate heal. Nanoha could help, but the problem there was that she simply had no frame of reference. It's difficult to have true empathy when you cannot imagine what the trauma felt like yourself - not that Nanoha doesn't try, though.
Benjamin, though, had a very clear idea of the emotional wounds that Fate had suffered because, like her, he was a survivor of child abuse. He may not have suffered anywhere near the same degree of physical abuse, but the mental abuse was exactly the same. When he opened up to Fate, it was like a godsend for the girl, because here was a person that knew what it was like. Someone she could relate to and pour her heart out to without fear of being misunderstood. Not that she had that fear with Nanoha - she certainly did try, but it left the poor girl feeling out of her depth.
From this point forward, Benjamin has been teaching her the most critically important tools for her recovery: it is alright to cry; it is alright to be angry; do not be afraid to share your pain.
In this way, Benjamin has become a rock for her to cling to when she is at her worst.
However, what had completely driven her to love him without reservation was the deal Benjamin made to resurrect her sister, Alicia. It didn't help that Benjamin said that he was doing it because he loved her and wanted her to be happy. Or that he said that he would die a thousand times over if it meant she could live a happy life with her sister.
From this point forward, Fate would not have it any other way. She needed both Benjamin and Nanoha in her life. And, fortunately, Nanoha wanted to oblige her in this desire.
As of late, Fate has been building up her relationship with Alicia - coming to know what a dear child she is, and treasuring her more and more every day. It is not long before they really are sisters.
Fate still faces an arduous journey to heal her heart. But between Nanoha, Benjamin, and Alicia, her prognosis is glowing and she is beginning to blossom into the beautiful, strong, and courageous person she is meant to become. The only difference is that her future now includes Benjamin.
"Hello! My name is Takamachi Nanoha. I'm pleased to meet you!"
Nanoha is a strong, talented, and beautiful girl. But that does not mean that she does not have her own foibles that she needs to overcome.
In the original Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha timeline, she goes on to become the Ace of Aces in TSAB, but then suffers a debilitating injury that permanently cripples her Linker Core. (Note that this is a relative thing. The difference is that had it not happened, Nanoha could very possibly have become a SSS-ranked mage without any peer at all.) She would also become the domestic partner of Fate, and the adoptive mother of Vivio Takamachi.
However, this has all been butterflied to hell in the Metacontinuity.
Nanoha's life truly began to diverge not when her family arrived in San Antonio, but when she and Benjamin first laid eyes on each other. It was not so much love at first sight, but it was a powerful moment nonetheless. As Nanoha stared into his eyes, she was completely rooted to the spot as she experienced the full and undivided focus of Benjamin's intense persona.
The thing to keep in mind here is that Nanoha is a very strong personality herself. Her 'befriendings' are evidence of this, where she literally beats it into someone's head that, goddamnit all, she CARES about them!!! With Benjamin, however, many people that have prolonged exposure to him will often have their entire paradigm shifted. And even the most charismatic of people will be, if not changed, then charmed by his demeanor and intense intellect.
And then he showed her his heart by playing a song of loneliness, loss, and heartbreak. Not for a lover, but for a friend. It nearly nearly broke Nanoha's heart to hear something like that - clearly giving her the imagery of losing someone close to her; be it Fate, Suzuka, Alisa, or even any of her family. And not even to death, but to a falling out - a difference that was too great to resolve or ignore.
Having had a close call with Shizuka and Alisa already, it struck her squarely in the heartstrings, making them reverberate within her soul. But most of all, Nanoha could hear it clearly in his voice; he was lonely and alone, and feared that he would be so for the rest of his life.
Suffice to say, Nanoha was all-but completely blown away by the meeting.
From here, it only went downhill as she resolved to learn more about Benjamin. It didn't take long for her to resolve to make Benjamin a part of her life as, later that evening, he told Fate about his own circumstances and became a rock for her dearly treasured friend.
The final straw was his bid for Alicia's resurrection - that he would do something so selfless just to see Fate smile; just to give Alicia another chance. It was in this moment that she knew without a doubt that Benjamin's heart was like her own: battered and scarred it may be, but if given half-the-chance, he would tear reality apart by the seams to help those he cared about.
He was a person that she knew she could rely and trust in. Someone that she knew would never hurt her. Someone that was stubborn enough to live through anything - if only so he could spit in Destiny's eye and tell them next time to try harder and wake up earlier. Someone that Death could never unjustly take from her.
That last bit is the important part, and what ties into Nanoha's own past trauma.
Her father, Shiro Takamachi, was nearly killed in a bombing and spent a month in a coma. Nanoha, being only five years old at the time, had nothing she could do to help anyone. So, she remained at her father's bedside for the entire month, praying that he would come back to them.
Fortunately, he did, but at this point the damage was done: Nanoha is deathly afraid of losing anyone close to her, and will push herself to extraordinary lengths to make sure that never happens.
No matter what.
Benjamin is aware of this, fortunately, and he will be keeping a careful eye on her. His goal is to gently dissuade her from overexerting herself by getting it into her head that she cannot help anyone if she hurts herself in the process, and thus needs to know exactly where her limits lay. But he will not dissuade her from becoming stronger. In fact, he wants her to become the mortal demigod that is in her potential.
He will help Nanoha walk this tightrope, and she knows it.