Yahallo!
Ugh, I just found out about Little Witch Academia Chronicle releasing at the end of August! All the random questions I have about the characters and places are sure to be answered there. Why can't it be released NOW? Does this mean no birthday episodes until then? What if I miss one?!
Also, I'd love some official background on each of the characters.
ANYWAY, hope everyone enjoys Episode 2 Part 2!
Our Magic!
Episode 2: Luna Nova Over Capacity
Part 2
It began, as one might expect after a witch like Akko joined Luna Nova, with a broom accident.
"Tia Freyre!" the shout had just the right inflection and the witch in question had put just the right amount of magical power into her incantation. Barbara had been casting this spell practically since she could walk after all and had never messed it up (so long as you didn't count the time when she was 11 and trying to rescue a kitten from a tree; her parents hadn't been overly amused when she ended up needing rescued too).
Magic ballooned up from the leyline through the Sorcerer's Stone and into the unsuspecting teenager. Her broom rocketed up a dozen feet in an instant, catapulting the blunette off her broom and across the lawn. Her scream of terror had barely started before Diana was in the air after her. Unfortunately, the same thing happened again and the school prodigy herself was fighting to control her broom, barely managing to cling to it as it hovered thirty feet in the air.
Shortly after they deployed a life net to catch the thrown witch was about when everyone noticed the Stanbot army standing on the sidelines. The Stanbots slowly lowered the stretched canvas down to the ground and two more helped Barbara stand and escape. Once Barbara was clear, the bots turned to Constanze and flashed a thumbs up, which Constanze immediately turned to Amanda and flashed her own.
Amanda scratched her head and pointedly avoided looking at Akko.
Akko, astride her own broom and moments too late to fall into the same trap as Diana, breathed a sigh of relief, even as she eyed the stranded blonde witch above. Diana seemed to be ignoring her own predicament and glaring at Akko astride her broom. Akko slowly took her broom out from between her legs. Diana sighed in relief, even as she hung upside down.
More bots came marching out and spread another life net, and Diana cancelled the spell on her broom, throwing it aside as she fell.
Akko felt her heart lurch in her throat watching her take the plunge, but managed to breathe once she stood up, none the worse for wear.
Professor Nelson came rushing up, "Flying class is suspended until further notice! Class dismissed!" She gathered up Diana and Barbara in her wake and rushed inside.
"What's going on?" Lotte asked.
"Something that's going to have Akko begging to put off testing my potion again I'm guessing," Sucy dryly replied.
Akko was away from her two roommates and had her arm around Hannah, consoling her. "Now, now, Hannah, what is it Diana says? Witches are meant to be feared, not afraid?"
"But I've never seen anything like that!"
"Haha, really? I mean, that's about how flying magic usually seems to me . . . "
Hannah looked at Akko critically, "I think we can agree you do magic anyway but the usual way."
"Hey, you're making me all nostalgic being critical like that." Hannah widened her eyes and managed to laugh. "There we go, that's better. We both saw them. They're both fine after all. It's OK to laugh."
"Will you come to the infirmary with me to check on them?"
"I think I'll leave it to you. Don't want to intrude on the blue team when something like that happened."
"You know they'll be happy to see you, especially after that."
"I've got something else to do, I'm sorry. I really need to take the opportunity from this missed class to get it done," Akko begged off.
"Alright Akko, but come to our room when you get the chance."
"Definitely!" Akko promised, fully intending to come . . . once she was sure Diana wasn't there.
Akko made her way back to her teammates. "Akko, are you going to the infirmary?" Lotte asked.
"Hmm? Um, no."
"Akko missing the chance to see Diana helpless in bed? Are you feeling feverish? That could affect my poison's—err, potion's—effects."
"Right! Your potion! That's why I can't go. How about you go and check on them, Lotte?" Sucy brightened up in a rare display of motivation.
Lotte glanced over at the retreating back of Hannah, "I'm not sure . . . "
"Don't you think Barbara would want to be with friends? Who better than her fellow Nightfall comrade? You could read her the latest volume in bed or something."
"I'm sure they're not going to be there much longer than a checkup," she said even as she began moving after Hannah. "I'll catch up with you guys later."
Akko watched Lotte trot after and catch up to Hannah. Hannah looked at Lotte skeptically for a moment before smiling and nodding, happy for the company.
Sucy monitored Akko watching, "I'm not complaining, but are you sure you don't want to go with them? Diana is probably pretty shook up, it's not often she flubs a spell, and especially not when someone else is on the line."
Akko shook her head without turning to Sucy, "No, let's go back and get this experiment over with."
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"So, just to get this perfectly clear, you are imbibing this vial of mysterious liquid through no coercion and entirely of your own free will?"
"What's with the legal disclaimer, Sucy? Usually you just pop a funnel in my mouth while I'm sleeping and dump it down."
"This poi-tion is special. It won't take full effect unless the drinker is willing."
"What exactly does this one do?"
"That's not very Akko of you, Akko."
"You're right. I don't care." Anything to get my mind off of everything. Akko grabbed the bottle and drank the entire thing in one go.
Sucy looked about as alarmed as anyone had ever seen her, "You just took a triple dose!"
"WHAT?!" Akko screeched, and did a strange contortion followed by flipping over backwards to land on her face. Sucy stared after alarmed, not sure what to do, but settling for a wait-and-see approach. After a long minute, Akko slowly got up and spoke meekly, "I'm sorry Manbavaran-san. I thought you wanted me to drink the entire thing, kedo."
Sucy blinked, "This is very interesting." She took out a journal and started jotting down notes. "What are you thinking about right now?"
"I-I was thinking about Diana-sama."
"Diana . . . sama?" Sucy asked dryly, "Sama means you like her a lot?"
Akko blushed from her toes to her ponytail, "Chigau!" She shook her head emphatically, but seemed unable to vocalize more than that.
"Akko, I don't speak Japanese."
"Sumimasen. It's different."
"Japanese is very different."
"How I feel about Diana-sama I mean. She's a great witch and I respect her a lot."
Sucy jotted more down. "What are you feeling right now?"
"I'm like, really nervous and want to run away."
"Why aren't you running away?"
"We're already where I would have ran away to."
"Hmm. Seems to be a latent truth-speaking effect as well." Sucy murmured to herself. "Akko, do you like anyone?"
Akko fidgeted, scuffing her shoes on the ground, "I like everyone. I want to be friends with everyone. I want to make everyone smile."
"Akko. Don't get around the poison's effect by deliberately misunderstanding. Do you like-like anyone? Do you love anyone?"
Akko ducked her head down violently and Sucy looked on amused as every observable inch of skin turned beet red. Akko stayed silent.
"Hmm, so it doesn't compel you to answer at least. Akko, would you run an errand for me?"
"Hai! Manbavaran-san! I'd very much like to become good friends with you." Not to mention Akko was extremely enthusiastic for a change of subject.
"You don't think we're already good friends, Akko?" Akko stretched nervously at the implication.
"I don't want to assume anything. Why would a great witch like you want to be friends with a magic-less, bumbling, rude girl like me?"
Sucy frowned, scribbled something down on a piece of paper, folded it, and handed it to Akko. "Akko, we are already great friends. Please deliver this to Diana for me."
"Di-Diana-sama?!" Akko screeched again.
Sucy smiled somewhat maliciously, "Is there a problem?"
"Ie. No, no problem at all. Right away, Manbavaran-san!" Akko hurried to the door.
"Akko, no matter what, you can call me Sucy."
"Hai, Sucy-chan," Akko fled the room.
"Well, I suppose my personality inversion poison is a success, but I did not anticipate feeling bad about it. I'll have to conduct further experiments to see if there is something wrong with me. I wonder if she would have behaved the way I expected if she had taken the normal dose." Sucy went to sit cross-legged in her bed, thinking about her selection and quantities of ingredients in her latest poison. "Ah well, it's Diana's problem now."
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Akko skirted around the perimeter of the halls, carefully peeking around corners before rounding them herself. Whenever the hallways seemed to have a few too many people, she took another route. The normal 15 minute trip to the blue team's suite had already taken over an hour. "Dammit! More freshmen punks? What the hell! Go home!" Akko swore as she looked back the way she came, only to catch the eye of her idol. Her visage of rage instantly vanished to be replaced with a rapt smile.
"Akko! There you are," Chariot came rushing up to her. "I've been looking all over for you. I stopped by your room and Sucy said you had gone to Diana's."
"Hai, Chariot-sama! I am on my way to Diana's now," Akko looked up at the red-haired bishoujo adoringly.
Chariot adopted one of her classic looks of exasperation as her glasses fell crookedly down her face, "Chariot? Sama?! What happened to Ursula-sensei?"
"I could never call you by anything other than Chariot-sama, Chariot-sama! You gave me my dream of magic. You're why I am here today," Akko gushed. "You're so much prettier than you are on my posters."
"Ah?" Chariot's brain short-circuited being confronted with the strange behavior of her student.
"Chariot-sama," Akko began hesitatingly, "Would it be alright if I hugged you?"
Chariot came back to Earth when Akko did not wait before flinging herself across the distance between them to glomp onto her, "Akko! What are you doing?"
Akko nuzzled her head into her idol, "I've always wanted to hug you! Ahh, you smell so good."
Unsure of where to put her arms and hands, Chariot stood stock still, "Akko, what is going on?"
"You've always been there for me. My entire life, first the thought of you, then seeing your show and the dream you gave me, then looking out for me under your disguise. I don't know how I could ever pay you back or do enough for you," Akko squeezed her tighter.
The red-haired professor sighed and allowed herself to return the hug, patting Akko on the back, "Akko, I hurt you so badly . . . "
Akko shook her head, "Nope! Everything worked out! And I get to go to school with my idol!"
Akko looked up at her frowning teacher, "I'm so glad you keep your hair red now! You're so beautiful!"
Wide eyes and a blush at that remark, "Akko, I know you've been going through some really heavy things, but I am your teacher. Even if I was once Shiny Chariot . . . "
"In my heart, you'll always be Shiny Chariot!" Akko enthused.
"Akko, what would Diana think?"
"Diana-chan! She loves you too!" Akko said confidently, she turned away from her teacher, speaking a mile a minute, "She's so flipping cute too. I mean, you're gorgeous, but more of a mature sexy gorgeous, although you were super cute with short hair when you were touring. Diana-chan's hair, those waves, those eyes! If I had my way, I'd hug and kiss you both every single minute. Diana would probably faint if she ever got to kiss you! You know she's almost as big of a fan as I am . . . "
"Akko! That is completely inappropriate," Chariot rebuked her as sternly as she could manage.
"Is it? I'm sorry Chariot-sama, I didn't mean to be inappropriate," Akko turned back to her teacher with a pout.
"Ahem, it's OK Akko, but even though we have a close relationship, I am still your teacher and mentor."
"You are!" Akko drew close again, "Chariot-sama, would you teach me something?"
"Yes of course, Akko, as long as it's not magic . . . " Chariot was happy for the change in topic.
"Can you teach me how to kiss?" Akko asked with a smile.
"K-k-k-KISS?!" Chariot stammered out.
"Hai! I think it's important to be good at that. Plus, I love you. Can I kiss you?"
"What? N-no! Croix—" whatever Chariot had been about to say was cut off as Akko leapt and threw her arms around her neck, pulling her down and kissing her on the lips. "Mm—mmph!"
Chariot fell backwards, her hat tumbled away, and Akko went down with her. Akko kissed her once more for good measure before getting up and skipping away, "My first kiss was with Shiny Chariot!"
The fallen teacher sat dazed, staring after her student. The reason why she had sought her out in the first place completely slipping her mind.
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"Professor Finneran! May I help you carry those books?"
Finneran responded without looking, "That is quite nice of you to offer, Dian—Akko?!"
"Yes ma'am! I am happy to help," Akko responded with a smile. She grabbed a tower of books about as high as herself off the desk and waited patiently for the older professor.
Finneran somehow managed to avoid having a heart attack, "There's no extra credit in this for you, Miss Kagari."
"Why would I get extra credit for helping? Just show me where you need to go and I will do my best to assist you!"
"Sure, sure, follow me," Finneran muttered. She thought, Well, I was against Akko spending so much time with Diana, but if it results in these sort of things, maybe it's not all bad.
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"You're going down!" Akko challenged her opponent with her finger pointed in her face, "No one can eat as much as me once I get going!"
"Oh?" Jasminka asked with a smile, "This sounds fun, Akko."
Shortly later, Akko lay groaning on the floor as Jasminka continued to eat pie, "Uuuggh, you. You beast. You haven't even seen my true power yet,"
Jasminka continued to eat as she looked down at her friend, "Keep training, Akko!"
The overworked kitchen staff surveyed the destruction later, sure even a Croix-ICBM wouldn't be as messy as the empty pie pans left over from the dueling witches.
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Clutching her stomach, Akko blindly turned the corner, not bothering to check where she was going. She walked straight into the back of a certain tall, fiery-haired witch. "Yo! Akko!"
Amanda was both happy and apprehensive to see her. "Amanda O'Neill, please do watch where you are going."
"Haha, Akko, you're the one that ran into me."
Akko continued to walk, her stomachache forgotten, she held her head high so as to not show she was flustered, "That may be so, but you are more than capable to keep an eye out for others."
Amanda turned around and fell into step beside her. Akko ignored her for a few minutes, "May I ask why you are walking with me?"
"What's up with you? You sound like Diana."
"Cavendish-san is a great witch. I am on my way to deliver a message to her now."
Amanda stopped and looked at her curiously, "What's the message?"
Akko produced the folded letter and held it out to her; Amanda unfolded it. Akko shouted, "That is a private message!"
"Then why did you hand it to me?" Amanda read the note to herself.
Diana,
I poisoned Akko and she's acting strange. Please fix her.
—S
Akko held her hand out when she saw that her friend had finished. Amanda folded the letter again and handed it back. "Are you quite satisfied?"
Amanda looked at her peevishly, "Hey, Akko. Let's hang out."
"Very well, what would you like to do?"
Wow, that was easier than I thought. "Let's go watch a movie with Constanze."
Akko frowned, "I would rather not be around more than one person at a time right now. Is there something you and I can do alone?"
Amanda blushed and looked away, I'm not sure I can handle being around her by myself right now. Normally, I'd want to go flying with her, but there's a moratorium on all spellcasting right now . . .
When Amanda still hadn't said anything after almost a full minute, Akko nodded and grabbed her hand, "Come on, let's go."
"W-what, where are we going?"
Akko smiled back at her, "To the library to study."
"WHAT?!"
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"Aaaakkoooo," Amanda whined, "I'm borrrrred."
Akko placed a bookmark in the book she was reading, Yggdrasil and the Origins of Magic. "Amanda O'Neill. You and I both know that of all students at Luna Nova, we could definitely study more."
"I don't wanna'."
She closed her book, "What do you want to do, then?"
"When that note said you were acting strange I thought you'd be like, all over me or something."
"What is this, an anime? I am perfectly normal at the moment. I am incredibly interested in pursuing my studies here at Luna Nova," And incredibly worried I may not be able to. "It's something I know you care a lot about too."
"I don't really care about—"
"I know that you like Diana, a lot."
"What? She told you!"
"Diana knows? Are you two going to start dating?" Why does that hurt?
"Aren't you dating Diana! You two are always all over each other!"
"Why would I be dating Diana? We're just really good friends!"
"WHAT?!"
"Ahem," the librarian's sudden cough startled them both, but Akko reacted much more strongly than Amanda. She fell over the back of her chair to get away, and once on the ground, started scrambling on all fours as she disappeared from sight.
Amanda ran after her.
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"What the hell was that, Akko?" Amanda had finally cornered the young witch. Akko had her back to a wall and was looking around wildly. "Akko!"
Finally, Akko looked back up at Amanda, and her look changed to be sultry. "So you want me to be ecchi?"
"Huh?"
Akko ran her fingers through Amanda's hair, and reached up to grab her friend's ribbon with her other hand, "I may not be Diana, but I think I can make you smile."
She pulled Amanda closer by tugging on the ribbon to bring her in for a kiss. At the last moment, Amanda spun out of her grasp. Akko pushed her back to the wall and let herself slide down to the floor. "Aw, where are you going? Don't you want. To. Play. With. Me?"
Akko stretched and took a deep breath, pushing out her chest.
Amanda coughed and averted her eyes from the young witch to stare at the floor, "Why are you out of breath?"
"Don't be coy," Akko said with a smile.
Amanda let her gaze travel from Akko's boots to her thighs, but refused to look her in the eyes. "I'm just not used to being the one—never mind that. What happened? One second you're Miss Prim and Proper and the next you're, you're . . ."
"Awesome?"
"Hell yes! But that's not what I was going to say!"
Akko gazed at Amanda gazing at her, and slowly drew her hands up her thighs, lightly shifting the bottom of her dress up. Amanda audibly gulped. Akko left her hemline and ran her hands up the outside of her shirt. Amanda's gaze went up and up to Akko's knowing smile.
"This is insane," Amanda commented, unable to take her eyes off Akko as the lustful witch gently bit down on her fingers.
"Don't you want to go mad with me?"
"Come on! We're going to Diana's," Amanda crossed the distance between them and grabbed Akko's hand, pulling her along. Akko fell with a moan.
"I knew it was Diana who you really liked," Akko pouted from the floor. How am I supposed to be seductive when I'm such a klutz?
"HOW? How did you know I liked Diana?"
Akko twisted around to look up at Amanda, "It was obvious. You're always complaining about her and no one else can get you so riled up. When you don't think anyone is looking, you sneak looks at her."
"No one else noticed!"
"How did they not notice? Anyone paying attention would have!"
"Wait a second, don't you think that describes you perfectly? You probably only noticed because you're always looking at Diana!"
"I don't complain about Diana!"
"Not anymore, but you used to!"
"We're just really good friends!"
"Argh!"
"Are you going to make out with me? I learned how to kiss earlier."
"YOU DID WHAT?"
"Come here!" Akko held her arms out, waiting for the other witch to join her on the floor.
"ARGH! GO FIND DIANA!" Amanda stalked through the nearest classroom door and slammed it behind her.
"How rude."
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The knocking was a welcome respite from her studies. Diana stretched and composed herself before opening the door, "Akko?"
"Oh my god, Diana, you would not believe the day I had!" Akko came through the door, "Hannah and Barbara aren't here, right? Thank goodness. Not that I don't want to see them, but right now I really can't handle crowds."
"Please come in," Diana remarked dryly as she shut the door.
"Everyone is acting so bonkers today!" Despite everything that had happened to them recently, Diana smiled. "That's what I needed to see! You've got the best smile. I can't even tell you."
"So what trouble have you been getting into today?"
"Heyyyy, don't be mean. I haven't gotten into trouble at all yet this semester. I mean, we snuck in and grabbed some cake the other day—we made sure no tarts this time—but we only had an hour's worth of detention for that, so it like doesn't even count."
"Would you like some tea, Akko?" Akko had already plopped herself on Diana's bed.
"I would totally love some of your tea! But I'm beyond stuffed, I had an eating contest with Jasminka earlier and if I eat in a week it'll be too soon."
"What prompted that?" Diana asked interestedly.
"Oh! Before I forget, I have a message to give you." She fished around in her pocket and pulled out the now wrinkled piece of paper, "I'm not sure what's on it, but Sucy thought it was important enough to send me over here."
Diana didn't respond as she read the message. Acting strange? But she seems completely normal?
At that moment, they both heard the door to Diana's suite open. Akko shrank back into the wall terrified. "Akko, it's fine, it's probably just Hannah and Barbara."
"No!" Akko screamed and jumped out of the bed, Diana grabbed her arms to keep her from bolting.
"Akko, what is going on? Akko?"
"Let me go! I have to get away! Let. Me. Go!" Akko's struggled succeeded in tipping them both backwards onto Diana's bed.
Hannah and Barbara peeked around the bookshelves to see what was going on and saw Diana on top of the smaller witch, holding her down. "Oh!" they both squeaked out, before bolting from the room themselves.
As soon as they left, Akko's eyes refocused on Diana's, "haha, as much as I like your hugs, this is a little much, isn't it, Diana?"
Diana let go and sat up, but kept her weight on Akko. "What is going on?"
Akko flushed at the feel of Diana's weight on her, "Nothing's going on, I'm just sitting here talking to you and you're sitting on me." She hurried to add, "Not that I mind!"
Diana slowly lifted herself from Akko and stood up; Akko sat up and looked at her. Satisfied she wasn't going to run away, Diana looked at her closer.
"Tell me what you have been doing all day."
"I've just been trying to get here since flying class." Akko said, "Oh, are you and Barbara both alright? I mean, you seemed fine and it's you so I'm sure you were OK."
"We'll talk about that later, Akko," Diana admonished her. "I need to know details about your day. How have you been acting?"
Akko thought for a minute before responding, "Well, after I left Sucy, I almost got into a fight with a freshmen, but she was being a real punk, then I kissed Ursula-sensei, then I helped Finneran-sensei carry some books, then I had an eating contest with Jasminka, then I studied in the library with Amanda, then I tried to seduce Amanda but that didn't work out, then I came here."
"Is that everything?"
"I mean, most of it. I also gave a pep talk to the union leader of the demihumans and practiced a comedy skit with Kouchou-sensei that was a lot of fun. I sat quietly with Constanze while she worked for a while and I spent most of my time hiding and running away from groups of people."
Diana thought while Akko stared at her expectantly. "Wait a moment—you kissed Shiny Chariot?"
Akko frowned, Why the Shiny? "That's the part that you single out? That was my first kiss! And my second for that matter."
"You kissed her twice!" It was Diana's turn to squeak. She took a few deep breaths. "None of this seems strange to you?"
Akko opened her mouth to deny it, but then stopped, "I mean, it's like, somewhere deep inside I was upset that was my first kiss, you know? Although if you had told 6-year old me that she'd grow up and Shiny Chariot would be her first—and second—kiss, she'd totally flip. I'm sure you would have thought the same way," Diana nodded without realizing it. Akko thought some more, "And at the end there with Amanda I was . . . afraid? I think. But Amanda was great about it so I didn't really have anything to worry about."
Diana thought some more and went and pulled a few books out. "Modern psychology? What do you have something like that for, Diana?"
"I wish I could focus solely on magic, but I have to be educated about many things to survive as a Cavendish." She closed the book.
Akko waited, "Are you going to explain everything then?"
"No, but I have a question, Akko."
"Shoot."
"How do you think I would like you to behave around me?"
"What? What kind of question is that?"
"A sincere one."
"Well, I mean, I'm sure I used to think that you'd want me to be all prim and proper and studious and everything, but now . . . "
"Yes?" Diana asked with a smile.
Akko returned her smile, "I think you just want me to be myself. You believe in me, remember?"
Diana nodded her head in assent even as she blushed slightly, "I do, and I do believe in you. You're wonderful the way you are."
"Diana," Akko said questioningly, "Are you going to fix me?"
She frowned, "Not just the poison, but I'm going to fix everything. Leave it to me."
"That's troublesome," Akko confessed.
"What is? Don't you want to get better?"
"Of course I do, Diana, that's not the point. I want to get better but I want you to be normal too."
"It's normal for me to worry about you."
"If you believe in me you shouldn't worry about me."
"Are these your true feelings?"
"I guess I was faking being normal before. I hate this, Diana. I hate this so much."
"Akko, what can I do?"
"I just want you to smile like you used to!"
"What?"
"Every time you've looked at me for the last week you've been sad!"
"Akko!" Diana sat beside her on the bed and threw her arms around her. "Akko, you make me the happiest I have ever been! I don't think I even knew what happiness was before we became friends!"
"I want to be friends with you forever, Diana! But not if I keep making you sad! I don't want to be around you if I make you sad!"
"We will be! I will never leave you! I am sad because of how happy you make me! But I will not be sad for long. I refuse to admit defeat."
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"Diana, I really don't think this will work," Akko started to fidget and stretch at the ropes tying her to the heavy wooden chair.
"You are just going to have to trust me, Akko." Diana reassured her, "I will be right back."
As soon as Diana shut the door behind her, Akko started pulling and jumping in her seat to get loose. All she managed to do was tilt the chair over and now be uncomfortably tied to the sideways chair. "This sucks."
Diana returned shortly with Hannah and Barbara in tow behind her. At one sight of her, they both fainted dead away. "Oh, for goodness sakes! I told them I had her restrained."
Akko peeked open an eye and saw the two unconscious witches, "I guess it's alright if they're unconscious."
"We're just going to have to wait for them to wake up now, Akko."
"No. I don't wanna'!"
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The second round of exposing Akko to more than one person's perception went slightly better. Akko screamed and jerked on her bonds to the point of hurting herself, but once she was confronted with all three of the witches and not able to escape she passed out herself.
It was the middle of the night when Akko woke again. She looked up to see Diana working at her desk, a small spirit providing just enough illumination. "Diana?"
Diana jumped in her seat a little and turned around, "Akko?"
"Am I better?"
"Should I wake Hannah and Barbara to check?"
"No, that's alright, let them sleep," Akko said.
Diana arched an eyebrow, "We'll check in the morning just to be sure, but the fact that the thought of it didn't send you running for the door is a good sign." Diana turned back to the tome she was reading.
"What are you doing?"
"Researching."
"You should sleep."
"Someone is in my bed," Diana chided. "Not that I mind, I'm usually up this late."
"There's plenty of room," Akko offered, "Please? It'll be like a sleepover."
Diana sighed and stood up, affording Akko a view of her cute pajamas. Thinking rapidly, Akko looked down at herself and saw herself clad in a similar set. Her face colored at the thought of wearing Diana's clothes.
Diana stood before her, "Move over."
"Don't wanna'."
"Honestly," Diana sighed and climbed in bed, laying at the very edge, about to tip over.
"Honestly!" Akko seconded, reaching out and grabbing Diana and pulling her closer. Once they were face to face, Akko let go and reached for Diana's hand. She realized her actions in a second, "Is this OK?"
"Of course, we're friends. This much should be fine, right?"
"That's what I keep telling people."
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The sound of two witches fainting and thumping against the floor woke them up in the morning. "What could have caused a fainting spell this time?" Diana asked as she lifted her head. During the night, they had moved closer until Akko had nestled into her and Diana's lips were on the top of her head.
Akko stretched and ignored the two Hannah and Barbara shaped lumps on the ground, "Do we really have to get up?"
"You may not have to Akko, but I do. All of our teachers are working to figure out how to fix the Sorcerer's Stone and I plan to assist them."
" 'Assist them'? I'm sure it will be you or Ursula-sensei that figures it out on your own. Wait a second. What's wrong with the Sorcerer's Stone?"
Diana answered, "It's absorbing too much magic and overpowering every spell cast while tapped into it. They've put magic isolators up all around it to prevent anyone from doing magic."
"What! First me, now NO ONE can use magic?"
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This was a really hard chapter to write for some reason! Took a while to work out the effects of Sucy's potion until I was satisfied with them. Anyway, how are they going to fix the Sorcerer's Stone? Will Amanda ever be able to look Akko in the eye again? For that matter, what about poor Chariot?! And how is Akko going to handle the memory of her actions the day before?
Thanks for reading!