Day 4: Halloween

You might be wondering how things ended up this way, how Croix and Akko found themselves running through the hallways, trying to escape a huge pumpkin, with a face carved in a way that would fit the halloween atmosphere.

There were preparations for a boring traditional halloween at Luna Nova, so Akko decided to spice things up and brought a bored Croix along.

Croix for some reason, wore a long black coat hiding what she was wearing. Akko would have been suspicious if it weren't for the fact that she messed around with a spell and brought a giant pumpkin to life.

And now it was trying to eat them.

"How in the world did you make it that big?!" Croix asked, as she pulled Akko to the left with her, trying to stall the monster chasing after them. All she wanted was a good time, she didn't even like halloween but here she was.

She promised herself the last time she got into trouble with Akko that it would be the last time.

Today better be the last time.

"It's not scary unless it's big!" Akko yelled, and as much as she hated getting caught, it would have been nice to have any of the professors here to help them. Croix didn't have her wand on her, so their only choice was to escape until someone helps them.

Croix would have used the brunette's wand if it weren't for the fact that she dropped it behind during their quest to save their lives.

"Can't you do anything about this, professor? Aren't you supposed to be a great witch?!" The brunette yelled again, and her eyes went wide when she almost tripped over her shoelaces.

"Excuse me?!" Croix glared at her. "You dare question me, after everything you have done today?"

"Professor to be fair I can question you any time for almost killing me on multiple occasions."

"THAT'S-" Croix stopped. "Fair." She paused. "To answer your question though, no, I can't do anything without my wand."

"What? Then what can you do-" Akko got off by the monster breathing fire at them.

"Atsuko Kagari what DID YOU USE ON IT?"

"I DON'T KNOW!"

"IT IS BREATHING FIRE NOW!"

The two kept running until they saw a figure waiting for them in the distance.

Chariot Du Nord, stood there furious, with an interesting outfit that Croix recognized as her own, with the belts and the white sleeves and-

"Chariot why are you wearing my-" She was cut off by a spell passing by her side and hitting the pumpkin. She and Akko stopped, and looked at the now small pumpkin running to the red head and jumping to her arms, excited. It was acting like a pet… Croix shook her head. "Why are you wearing my outfit?"

"It's halloween." Chariot said, glaring at them both. "I can't believe you two did this."

"It was her fault." Croix pointed at Akko, who pointed at herself. "That's still no reason for you to wear my outfit."

"Well, I love you more than anything I could dress as, so I might as well dress as you."

Croix almost choked at the smooth line.

"Well…" Croix took off the coat she was wearing, and both Chariot and Akko stared at her as if she grew a second head, while the truth was that she was simply wearing a shiny Chariot costume. "I'm dressed as you."

The only difference was that Croix wore pants instead of a skirt. She wore skirts back in the day because of the Luna Nova days, she will never go back to those dark days again.

The redhead blushed at the display of cleavage. She felt herself dying from embarrassment, remembering how she wore that outfit back in the day. Now she knows what her manager meant when he said she would appeal to her audience.

"That outfit is… as revealing as I remember." She said, as the pumpkin made a 'barking' noise. It really was a puppy…

"Yeah, I'd like a word with your manager." Croix said, then caught the pumpkin jumping at her. The creature barfed fire at her face then nuzzled her. "Gross…" She said in disgust then looked at the redhead. "Can we keep him? We kept Akko."

"Hey! You didn't keep me, I am an independent child!" The brunette retorted and glared when her professor put a finger over her mouth, silencing her.

Chariot chuckled at their banter, then patted the living vegetable. It seemed harmless now that it was smaller and no longer under the bad effects of Akko's spell.

"I think Alcor will like him." She said, smiling.

"But Chariot… Crows don't eat pumpkins, right? I don't want him to eat our first newborn child."

"Our what?!"

"I'd hate to interrupt but…" Akko smiled, too nervous to look at where she was pointing her finger at. "The professors are still waiting, and someone needs to clean this before they come looking for us."

Both Croix and Chariot looked to the side, seeing the hallways destroyed and in flames.

Chariot glared at them.

"Hey, he's just a child." They both said, pointing at the happy pumpkin.