DO YOU WANT A RIDE?
Hi! It's been so long since a wrote a story. Sorry been busy with college. I just started holidays and I really wanted to write more about LWA between exams. I don't know how long this will be, but I'll try to keep it updated, except for when I'm near an exam. Hope you enjoy it.
I don't own Little Witch Academia
CHAPTER 1
"This is so boring!", a certain brunette said to her teammates while they were sitting in the cafeteria. The sun was starting to go down, all the classes for that day ended.
"Akko, you're still saying that", Lotte said to her.
"But shouldn't magic classes be more interesting? I can't understand anything they say! I can't believe Chariot had to take classes like this!"
"Chariot is heresy to the magical world", a voice came from behind Akko. "Chariot's kind of magic is unacceptable"
"Diana!", the brunette called while turning to face her. "What do you mean by that?"
"About what?", the blonde girl sat on a chair and took a sip from a cup of tea.
Akko stood up and slammed her hands on Diana's table.
"There is nothing wrong with Chariot's magic! Take it back!"
"How unpleasant…", the honor student tried to ignore her and took another sip from the cup, then decided to continue. "Even assuming you were right about Chariot, your academic attitude is a mess. Please reflect on it"
"She lost this one", Sucy said.
"Sucy!", Lotte tried to scold her.
"She was dead-on though", Sucy continued smirking.
"It's true", Barbara commented.
"How shameless", Hannah added. "She can't even fly a broom. Chariot probably couldn't either"
"This is-"
"Now, now…"
Akko tried to defend herself but was cut off by Ursula, who tried to separate the teams. "Calm down, Kagari-san". Then she turned to Diana. "Kagari-san is a new student, so she's still getting used to things"
"Right…", the heiress replied.
"I know!", Ursula said happily. "To make you all get along more, next time in my class we can have a recreational ball game tournament"
"Hah?"
The next day everything was ready in the athletic field of the school.
"Why a ball game?", Akko said depressed while walking towards her friends.
"This is your fault", Sucy said.
"Lotte! Sucy! Seems we're on the same team together, but I wonder what we're doing"
"Volleyball probably", Sucy said.
"I'm not very good at it…", Lotte was already stressed about it.
"Ugh, you guys…", someone said while walking towards them.
Akko turned to see all the three members of green team.
"Guess we're gonna lose", Amanda said. "Well, it doesn't matter anyways"
"Amanda!", Akko yelled. "What did you say? You guys don't seem that strong too"
"How so?"
"Constanze only ever messes around with machinery and Jasminka is always eating something isn't she?"
"Want some?", Jasminka offered her chips.
"No thank you!"
Amanda tried to defend them. "But those two can still do more magic than you"
"Ugh…"
"Well well, the school dunce and the delinquent are on the same team", Hannah and Barbara approached them. "What's that phrase for something like this?" Barbara asked.
"Eye gunk and snot", Hannah replied.
"Oh my, how vulgar"
"What did you say?", Amanda looked angrily at them. "Go ahead and try to say that again…"
"Alright everyone", Ursula called the attention and the fight stopped. "If you're ready line up in the middle.
Akko and her team lined up in front of Diana's team, which was composed by the rest of blue team and some unknown students.
"Let's have a fair and square game", Ursula said. "Alright I'm going to check on the other group…I'll leave the rest to you", she said looking at the fairy who nodded.
Everyone started to get into their position. The brunette stayed still and looked at the back of the blonde.
"Diana", she called and waited for her to turn. "If we win…take back what you said earlier"
"If you win"
The fairy whistled and the match began. Akko served and Hannah received the ball, then Barbara lifted it for Diana to smash it.
Amanda didn't waste anytime and took out her wand trying to not be seen and whispered some words. Diana smashed the ball but an invisible wall blocked it. The ball bounced back and fell into Diana's part of camp.
Akko looked a bit confused. "Was that just now….magic!?"
"Hey! Why are you using magic?", Barbara yelled at her. "How cowardly!"
"What's wrong with a witch using magic? Are you dumb?"
"How dare you do something so shameless. Referee! Penalize them!"
But the fairy was too concentrated on cleaning his nose to care about the game.
"This useless person!", Barbara was disgusted by his behavior.
"Don't be bothered by something like that", Diana said. "But miss O'Neill, aren't you forgetting about your teammates?"
Amanda didn't have the time to understand what she meant. She saw the ball flying over the net and before she could catch it Hannah and Barbara used their wands to change the direction of the ball. Akko tried to reach it but she failed.
"You have to receive it with magic!", Amanda yelled to Akko.
"I haven't learned that yet!"
The match went on with Diana's team getting one point after another and Akko's team couldn't make any other point after the first one.
"I quit. This is ridiculous", Amanda said trying to leave the field.
Hannah used her wand to direct the ball at full speed towards Amanda who was not looking. At the last moment Akko managed to deviate the ball with her hand, ending with her face on the floor.
Amanda ran to her. "Why are you playing so desperately? This is only recreation anyways"
"Because they made fun of Chariot. Chariot's magic was amazing and it taught me so much. To say that Chariot's magic is unacceptable…that's wrong. I definitely need them to take it back"
"You…"
"So, I don't want to lose!"
"How conceited", Barbara said. "We'll only say it if you win!"
And with that she served again with magic. Akko ran towards the ball and stretched out her hands to reach it, but she was too far. Just before the ball touched the floor, a robot caught it.
"Stan bot!", Akko said happily looking at her quiet friend. "Constanze! Thanks!"
Amanda called Akko as she was lifting the ball for her. Akko jumped and tried to reach for it.
Diana saw the smiling face of Akko, the energy she emanated and was reminded of one witch in particular, one she was trying to deny and because of that she remained still and couldn't catch the ball.
"Yay! We managed to score!", Akko said. "We're gonna win this"
"We lost!", Akko cried.
"Of course we weren't gonna win. Are you dumb?", Sucy said while lying on the ground.
"How mean!"
"But that was interesting enough", Amanda said while approaching the brunette. "That's a nice spirit you have Akko"
"Amanda…Conz…Jasminka…"
"But only your spirit"
"What's that supposed to mean!?"
"It's Akko's fault we're all muddy", Barbara started to complain.
The blue team was going back to their dormitory to get changed.
"I'm all worn out", Hannah said.
"Akko should know when to give up, right Diana?", Barbara asked.
"Yes…", Diana replied with a conflicted voice. She looked to her right and saw a photo of Chariot and her team from when they won the broom relay. She remembered Akko's words during the game and felt a weight on her stomach.
"Please excuse me", the blonde said to her friends. "I remembered I have something to do. Please go ahead, I'll join you later"
"Ok, see you later Diana". The two girls left Diana and went to their dorm.
The heiress went back towards the field and looked around, but no one was there anymore. She sighed and decided to go back to her room. She turned but then stopped when she caught a glimpse of a wild brown ponytail just around the corner.
She went after it and peeked. Akko was there alone, kneeling with her head down. The blonde approached her and tried to speak. "A-Akko? Is everything fine? Why are you on the floor?"
The brunette startled tried to get up but she leaned immediately on the wall.
"Akko?"
She didn't reply. The heiress started to get worried by her behavior. She took some courage and put her hands on her shoulders trying to turn the brunette to face her.
"Akko! What's going on?"
"N-Nothing Diana, I'm fine", she tried to wriggle and started walking to get away from her, but she fell on the ground.
"Akko!", Diana kneeled next to her. "Please tell me what's going o-"
Diana stopped when she looked at Akko's legs. There were wounds all over them.
"Akko…you made those wounds during the match, didn't you? Why you didn't say anything?"
"Because I didn't want your pity or to be excluded from the game"
"Why?"
"Because I wanted you to take back those words!"
"I…"
"I really wanted to win and make you regret those words", Akko looked to the floor.
"I'm sorry"
"Uh?" Akko looked at her.
"I'm sorry about yesterday and about those words. I shouldn't have said them"
"Diana…"
The blonde got up and offered a hand to Akko.
"Come with me, you need to treat those wounds"
"But…"
"No buts…you'll come with me. I must take you to the infirmary to treat your wounds as you're a full-fledged student of Luna Nova. And…I want to speak with you some more"
The brunette didn't resist anymore and took Diana's hand to get up. The honor student put Akko's arm around her shoulder and they started walking.
When they reached the infirmary, the blonde knocked and waited for the reply. They went in and saw the nurse running around the room.
"Oh Diana. Do you need anything?", the woman said. "I'm sorry but I'm in a hurry, I have to go to a seminar and I'm really late"
"Oh, don't worry then, please go. I'll take care of Akko"
"Ah, you're here again Kagari-san? What did you do this time?", she sighed. "But well since Diana will take care of you, I can go without worries. Thank you Diana and excuse me". The nurse waved her hand and exited the room.
The blonde took Akko to the bed and let her sit on it.
"Stay put, I'll search a disinfectant and some bandages". The honor student started searching into the lockers.
"Thank you", the brunette said.
"I still haven't done anything for you to thank me"
"You apologized for what you said"
"Oh…that. You don't have to thank me. It was me who was in the wrong from the beginning. Even if I don't recognize Chariot as a witch, I shouldn't have said that, especially since you look up to her"
The blonde went back to Akko and disinfected her wounds.
"Ouch! It stings"
"Endure it…I'm almost done"
The brunette looked at Diana's face, she had a corrugated forehead as she was concentrating to treat her. Akko looked away and tried to change the subject.
"Aww man, I really sucked in today's match"
"I wouldn't say that. It's just that we used magic when you're still new to it. If it was a normal match I don't know how it would have ended"
"If you say so…I'm still not very good at volleyball. I'm sure you're good at anything"
Diana finished to put the bandages on Akko and looked at her.
"I assure you I am not. There a lot of things I can't do"
"For example?"
"Uhm…for example I can't ride on a bike. No one ever taught me…it's embarrassing, isn't it? That someone like me can't ride a bike"
"It's not. I mean….you can live even if you don't ride a bike. But why no one ever taught you? What about your parents?"
"I…I never had a father and my mother died when I was very young"
"Oh…I'm sorry, I didn't know that"
"You don't have to apologize, how could you have known that?"
Both of them became quiet, trying to not look at each other. The atmosphere was heavy and Akko couldn't stand it anymore.
"I can teach you"
"Excuse me?"
"I said I can teach you how to ride a bike"
"…"
"Ah, sorry. Of course you don't want the dunce of the school to teach you…please pretend you didn't hear anything"
"NO! I mean…I don't have anything against you teaching me, but are you sure? I thought you didn't like me and you should think about your studies first"
"It's not that I don't like you…I guess we took off on the wrong foot and after today you don't seem so bad, maybe a little unapproachable. And as for my studies….would you like to help me? In return for me helping you with the bike? If you want to…"
The brunette looked at her with hopeful eyes.
The heiress put a hand on her chin and closed her eyes to think. "Well, you sure need some help to improve your grades and I can make some time for it. On the other hand, I would like to be able to ride a bike, my mother always wanted to teach me, but she died before that"
Diana reopened her eyes. "Fine. I'll help you study and you'll teach me how to ride, just…"
"Just?"
"Just please keep it a secret between us…I would be embarrassed if the others know I can't ride a bike. At least until I can pretty much ride by myself"
"Sure, no problem. I won't tell anyone. When are we starting?"
"First you need to recover from those wounds. We'll start next week, I'll let you know the exact day and time. I'll also help you study starting next week, I'm too busy these days"
"Ok…"
Akko looked at her and she smiled kindly, making her blush. "I-I should go Diana. Thanks for everything. See you tomorrow in class". The brunette went towards the door.
"Yes, of course. See you tomorrow"
Thank you for reading. I took the idea of this fic from the manga, hope I got you interested. I'll post next chapter as soon as possible.
Stay tuned.