This One-Shot takes place before Diana and Akko get together and a few weeks after the missile crisis.
Amanda can't seem to get out of her head if Diana Cavendish is gay or European.
So, she does what every sensible person would do and decides to find out the truth.
Is Diana gay or European?
When many thought of Amanda O'Neil, they immediately placed the words 'rebel' and 'dumb' next to her. But, although Amanda enjoyed creating some innocent chaos from time to time, she was not a fool. In fact, she was very intelligent and a pretty capable witch as well. The only thing that prevented her from showing this to the world was the fact that in order to get good grades, you had to do your homework.
And Amanda hated to do homework.
But what she did enjoy was getting to the truth. And lately, there had been a very specific person that had captured Amanda's interest.
Diana Cavendish.
The girl, at first, had seen like the typical rich girl that refused to invest her time in non-important matters. While she was truly intelligent and talented, her cold personality allowed her to nonchalantly create this air of superiority and brilliance without being truly mean and obnoxious about it. To Amanda, that showed the cunning and planning personality that Diana had and her ability to influence others without them realizing that they were acting the way the blonde witch wanted them to.
Amanda had admired that about the blonde witch, she had even tried to emulate it by acting indifferent and rebellious with the people that surrounded her. Alas, the situation didn't work in her favor and instead she found herself slowly enjoying her time at Luna Nova. Hence, she had decided to leave the kingdom in the hands of Diana.
Or that was what she had thought before the missile crisis. Because to Amanda, it was pretty clear that the Diana before the crisis was completely different to the new Diana. She was baffled by the 360-degree change the young heiress had gone through; since it was like seeing a new person that happened to have the same face and voice of Diana Cavendish. Amanda refused to believe that the cold heiress, the Ice Queen, the pride of Luna Nova; had transformed to a blushing and blubbering mess right in front of her without a responsible and powerful catalyst.
Sitting in the garden while drinking tea, Amanda took a quick look around her and almost immediately focused on her latest obsession. Diana, as usual, was sitting in front of her, her eyes uninterested and bored following the mechanics of drinking tea while pretending to be involved in the conversation.
Typical aristocrat behavior.
"Look, look!" Amanda hears a very familiar voice and turns around to look at Akko, who was flying around the garden on top of her broom. "Today I'm moving!"
"Yay Akko." Sucy teases her warmly. "Like at 5 mph."
"So slow…" the red-haired girl chuckles as well.
"But I still moved!" Akko doesn't let their comments affect her and gets down from the broom, quickly making her way to the table where Amanda and Diana were sitting.
"Did you see that?" she asks the blonde witch and Amanda was expecting her to merely nod or give Akko a polite answer.
What happened instead was that Diana smiled brightly at the brunette and truly stared at her, giving Akko her full attention.
"I did." Diana tells her softly. "You are improving so much."
"Thank you!" Akko gets even closer to Diana and grabs her hands. "Soon enough I'll be able to beat you." she jokes and the blonde laughs with her.
Unbelievable… Amanda thinks while watching Diana squeeze Akko's hands and respond to the touch.
"If you continue like this then I'm sure you will." Diana encourages Akko and blushes profusely when Akko hugs her and kisses her on the cheek.
Interesting…
This, Amanda thinks while watching Diana swallowing her tea in an attempt to calm down, needed to be investigated.
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"We have gathered here today…" Amanda says loudly while looking at the witches sitting around her. "In order to answer a very important question. A question that is a matter of life and death." the red-haired keeps the suspense intense.
"Tell us already!" Barbara complains while holding Hannah close.
"I'm starting to believe that you won't tell us anything interesting." Sucy murmurs completely bored. "We've been here for half an hour already and all we have done is eat Jasminka's snacks."
Jasminka nods in agreement while taking out more candy.
"Ok! Ok!" Amanda gives up and goes straight to the point. "Have you noticed anything strange going on with Diana?"
"Is that the question?" Lotte asks confused. "I didn't know you cared about her that much."
This makes Sucy give her a dangerous smile.
"Could it be that you like Diana?" she teases the American who blushes despite herself.
"No!" she defends herself quickly. "I like her, but not like that!"
"Not like what?" Lotte interrogates her. "Like a friend?"
"Of course I like her like a friend."
"Then why are you asking if there's something going on with her?" Hannah asks.
"Yeah, we are her teammates and we haven't seen anything odd." Barbara adds.
Amanda groans in frustration.
"Seriously how dense can you all be?!" she closes her eyes in exasperation. "Are you really that oblivious?!"
"Oblivious to what?" Constanze writes on her notepad.
"To the fact that Diana may be very gay for Akko!" she screams and this makes all the witches in the room stare at her.
"Diana, gay?" Barbara asks and laughs loudly. "No Amanda, you're mistaken. Diana is not gay."
"She's European." Hannah says as if that explains everything.
"European?" Amanda asks confused.
"Yes, you know, European." Diana's roommates say.
"You don't even know what that means!" the red-haired exclaims loudly.
"You're the one that doesn't get it. I mean, Americans and Europeans are completely different in that regard."
"You did not just go there." Amanda says murderously.
"Ok, I think that what Barbara and Hannah are trying to say is that Europeans act and behave differently than Americans." Lotte acts as an intermediary.
"That may be true." she agrees with the pixie-haired witch. "But you can't tell me that you haven't seen the way those two have gotten closer."
"Amanda is right." Sucy says absently. "Akko only talks about Diana and Diana blushes every time Akko talks to her."
"Whenever Akko gets too close to Diana, she starts drinking her tea and eating her food faster." Jasminka adds too.
"Diana is crazy about Akko." Constanze writes.
"No way!" Hannah exclaims immediately.
"Diana is not gay." Barbara adds.
"What do you mean she's not gay?" Amanda asks confused. "What about the way she touches Akko, or the way she blushes when the two of them are talking, or the fact that both of them are not here because Diana offered Akko to tutor her?"
"Because Diana is a good friend…" Hannah says confused.
"I give up!" Amanda exclaims dramatically. "This is ridiculous."
"Since it seems that we can't solve this…" Sucy says from her seat. "How about we have a bet and see who is right?"
"A bet on what?" Jasminka asks interested.
"Is Diana gay or European?" the pink-haired girl chuckles.
"You're on." Amanda says excited.
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Walking through the yard, Amanda, Sucy, Lotte, Jasminka, Constanze, Hannah and Barbara are trying their best to not bring attention to themselves. Although, watching six witches trying their best to hide in the bushes was a sight in itself.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Lotte murmurs while feeling someone's hand on her booty.
"Sorry." Sucy apologizes to her while moving a little backwards. "And yes, we would have never agreed on a verdict." she then looks at Hannah and Barbara. "What those two need is evidence. And, we're going to provide that."
"Diana and Akko should be near." Amanda hushes them down and guides them towards the courtyard. "I'm so going to win this bet." she whispers to herself but stops advancing when she sees a shadow in front of them.
Amanda raises her hand and asks the five witches behind her to stop moving.
"Of course I'm keeping an eye on them!" they hear an exasperated voice and Amanda takes out her head from the bushes so she can see who it is. "Who do you think I am?"
"That's Professor Ursula." Lotte whispers worriedly.
"What is she even doing here?" Amanda asks bitterly.
"I know, I remember those times when we studied together." Ursula says out-loud and that's when the girls notice that she has a cellphone on her hand.
"I wonder who she's talking to…" Hannah murmurs.
"I bet I know who it is." Sucy chuckles knowingly.
"Really Croix?" the older woman chuckles warmly. "You're becoming a bad influence on Akko." they can hear the warmth and tenderness in her voice.
"Yeah, she certainly has helped us become better people." Ursula continues saying and that's the moment Jasminka has to move a little and ends up making all of the girls fall in a domino effect.
And of course, they happen to fall right in front of Professor Ursula, who, because of the fright, raised her wand at them.
"Girls!" the red-haired woman admonishes them while putting her weapon away. "What are you doing hiding behind the bushes?!"
Instead of an answer, what they hear is a thunderous laugh coming from the cellphone.
"Croix!" Ursula admonishes her friend and starts murmuring. "No, you can't talk to them."
"I think we have found Professor Ursula's Achilles heel." Constanze writes on her notepad and all the young witches agree.
"Ok, I will let you participate in this discussion." Ursula surrenders before putting the phone on speaker. "Tell me girls, what were you doing hiding behind the bushes?"
This makes Croix laugh loudly.
"No matter how you say that, it sounds hilarious." the lilac-haired woman tells her friend. "But I also want to know what you were doing there. Not spying on your professor, right?"
All the girls immediately turn to Amanda, giving her the responsibility of saving them from this situation.
But what to do?
"Of course not!" Amanda says immediately. "We were trying to spy on someone, but not Professor Ursula." she admits the truth and hears all her friends groan.
"And who were you planning on spying Miss O'Neill?" Ursula asks her seriously. "You do know that is an invasion of a person's privacy."
"Of course we know." the younger red-haired says quickly. "But we just had to know if Diana is gay or European."
Silence, as it happened when Amanda first said that in front of the girls, is the answer that comes from Ursula and Croix.
That is, of course, until the lilac-haired woman realizes what the young witch said and started laughing out-loud.
"Chariot!" Croix tries to say between her laughs. "Are they even real?" she continues cackling. "Gay or European! HAHAHAHAHA!"
"It's an important question!" Amanda defends herself while blushing. "Especially since those two…" she points towards Hannah and Barbara. "Think that Diana is acting like a schoolgirl in front of Akko because she's European."
"So we were right…" Croix chirps happily. "The Cavendish girl really seems to like our dear Akko."
"Croix!" Ursula admonishes her.
"You see, they think so too!" Amanda exclaims triumphantly.
"They may be just as confused as you all are…" Hannah starts saying but stops talking when they see green lights coming their way.
"Quick, we must all hide!" Sucy tells them and Jasminka makes sure of grabbing Ursula and placing her behind the bush as well.
"Why are you hiding me?!" the red-haired shrieks. "I don't have to hide."
"Shh!" Lotte is the one that silences the older woman and that makes all the girls, including the red-haired woman, obey. "There they are…"
"Chariot, you better go ahead and start a videocall or I will never forgive you." Croix threatens her lightly and the red-haired does as said.
"What are they even doing?" Barbara asks while watching the two of them stand in front of each other. "They're not doing any kind of magic."
"Not yet…" Constanze speaks softly and all witches look at the way the two girls join their wands and fireworks start coming out.
Silently, they all stare at the show going on in front of them. Diana, who had taken the lead, was holding Akko close and moving her in perfect circles, making sure of keeping the fireworks and magic around. Akko, meanwhile was twisting and producing shapes out of her own wand. Both of them had bright smiles on their faces and were using their bodies in complete symphony. In fact, they all noticed that Diana took every opportunity to caress the brunette's face and Akko responded to the touch by kissing her palm.
The music soon became dramatic, which meant that the soft choreography changed to an action scene, filled with Akko jumping in the air and being supported by Diana who used enhancing magic on her legs and arms.
"So that's why she asked me to teach her that spell…" Ursula whispers in complete awe.
"They're performing." Hannah says shocked at watching the way her friend was laughing and acting. "And Diana, she looks beautiful."
Remaining quiet until the end, all the witches were simply absorbing everything the two girls in front of them were unconsciously giving them. Although they had known that Diana liked Akko and that the brunette liked the blonde as well; what they were seeing went beyond a simple crush. It was almost as if those two had been destined to be together and fit each other perfectly.
Just as it started, the performance ended, and all witches silently watched as Akko ran towards Diana and hugged her with all her might. The blonde, who was trying her best to not put her hands on the brunette's butt, simply closed her eyes and held Akko tighter, showing them all how she truly felt about her. Although they couldn't hear what they were saying to each other, it was pretty clear that Akko was thanking Diana for her help. And, surprisingly, Diana was doing the same. Both were, in their own ways, completely captivated and enamored by the other.
"You were right…" Amanda hears Hannah tell her from behind. "Diana is gay."
"And you were right too." the red-haired tells her with a soft smile. "She's European as well…"
"So she is gay AND European." Barbara says and that's when all the witches, including Ursula and Croix, laugh out-loud.
"Now girls…" the older woman scolds them. "Tomorrow you will all come to my classroom and stay for detention."
"But…" Amanda starts complaining. "You were spying on them too!"
"That may be." Ursula tells her with a mean smile. "But I'm not the one out during curfew."
"That's just evil." Sucy murmurs proudly. "I like it."
"I like it too!" they still hear Croix from the cellphone and after laughing at their professor the girls made sure to return to their room.
"Seriously, these girls are truly something." Croix tells her after making sure that no one else was around.
"Indeed." Ursula gives her a soft smile while sitting in a bench.
"That dance brought back many memories…" the lilac-haired woman tells her softly. "Wonderful memories."
"I could never forget it." the red-haired admits it. "I'm surprised Akko and Diana knew it as well."
"They both used the Claiomh Solai when they destroyed the missile." Croix reminds her. "Akko and Diana must have seen the memories of its previous owner and learned the steps."
"I wonder if we looked like they did while dancing…"
"We'll have to ask one of the older witches and see if they were spying on us just like we were doing earlier."
"Croix!" Ursula reprimands her friend while laughing.
"I may not have shown it very much… But I was crazy about you, Chariot." Croix confesses softly to her. "I just… Got lost in the way."
"I was crazy about you too." Ursula gives her a warm smile. "And you weren't the only one that lost her way." she comforts her friend. "I was selfish too."
"I know that there are many things that we still need to talk about…" Croix starts saying carefully. "But I hope that someday you find it in your heart to give me another chance. To make things right. To show you that what I've felt for you all of these years still remains the same."
This makes Ursula smile brightly.
"Then come to Luna Nova, Croix. When you come to Luna Nova…" she promises her friend. "Come find me. And tell me all of this again."
"I'll come to Luna Nova, Chariot." Croix vows to her and they both know that it's going to happen very soon.