suppose, for a moment, that if a single change were to be made, history would be destined to go down another path. One tiny change, would move entire mountains.
This is what would have happened if Luna Nova was victim to one, tiny, change.
Very rarely was the word "Lucky" used to describe Atsuko Kagari. But today was a rare occasion. Time and events went as they were destined to: the student teams got their duities for the Samhain festival, they reacted the way that they were intended to, and worried about said duties in appropriate manners. But there was one thing that nobody could have expected.
Diana Cavendish, leader and representative of the blue team, had made the wrong choice by choosing the sprite that gave her team the duty of the sacrifice! And of course, every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
Of course, this would not change the course of history that much, give a few changes in wording. But the biggest change was in the festival itself, when Akko's ambition and heart encouraged her to do the deed that she was destined to do.
"This is never gonna work." said the deadpanned Sucy. "Doing a summoning from a book you found on the floor in the middle of the night is never a good idea."
"Hey, I'm not going to just stand by and let that ghost keep on eating students! If we do this right, we'll summon the physical embodiment of pure happiness! Just the person to cheer up an ancient waling ghost, right Lottie?"
"Well," Lottie readjusted her glasses. ",I guess it's worth a shot. But the book also said that we have no control over weather or not this person is happy once he comes out. He has at least six different emotional forms."
"NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE MAIN EVENT! THE RED TEAM WILL NOW BE PREFORMING THE SUMMONING MAGIC CEREMONY! THIS SHOULD BE INTERESTING!"
"I guess we may as well do this, since we have nothing else planned." Sucy said "But if all goes wrong, Akko, I'll just kill you in your sleep."
"I'm going to ignore that last part." replied a confident Akko.
Akko stood before the students in the stands while Lottie and Sucy prepared the strangest looking summoning circle. Akko began to speak.
"My fellow students of Luna Nova. For years, the Samhain festival has been a staple of our school's tradition. But I cannot stand by and let tradition make fools out of great students." There were murmurs of confusion among the students. "I'm talking, of course, about the sacrifice to Vajarois, the wailing ghost. That tradition ends tonight!" There were a few nervous gasps in the crowd. "Tonight, my team will be summoning the physical embodiment of joy itself to try and cheer her up! Lottie, Sucy, is it ready?!" the two students gave a thumbs up. Akko walked to the back of the circle, pulled out her wand, took a deep breath, and recited the words that follow:
I summon you, from lands afar,
A warrior felled from a star!
to those who hurt your friends and home,
your temper is their greatest foe!
Like the sun, your joy is bright!
Your sorrow echoes in the night!
I bring you forth, to save us now!
Come on ER! KEEP TRUE YOUR VOW!
The summoning circle shown in every color, flooding the stage with light. Once the light finally dimmed, a figure stood in its center. While there were no true defining features to it's humanoid shape, there was an antenna atop its head. Everyone was in awe at what had just happened, not even the teachers had seen a summoning like that!
"My fellow witches!" exclaimed Akko, "I give you the master of the emotional arts! His name is-"
The figure grabbed Akko by the collar and lifted her up into the air with one hand. His hand appeared to be a red army glove with built-in spiked knuckles, and they really hurt!
"WHO ARE YOU?!" The figure screamed, his silhouette radiated a bright red glow, and the air fluctuated around him as his skin grew hotter. But that wasn't what everybody was afraid of. No, the biggest threat... was the fact that his head literally a giant red bomb.
And the fuse was burning fast.