Akko whistled, twirling the queen of heart in between her fingers, walking back to the cabin. Chariot and Croix had still yet to return from...whatever it is they're doing.
The crimson eyed girl opened the cabin's door. "I'm home." She greeted at nobody. Removing her shoes and placing them at the shoe rack, followed by her jacket. Akko walked towards the couch, plopping herself and sighing in content.
Today was an exhausting day. Reminiscing what happened a while back she smiled, as she stared at the ceiling. It's been an hour since Diana left, and also been an hour and a half when the witch asked that question about her parents.
"Hmmm." The magician closed her eyes, calming herself at the sudden rush of emotion. It's been years since the incident, so long since her parents left her. Akko shook her head, she mustn't think like this. She was being too...sad.
"No, forget, forget." Atsuko chanted, as she stood up. Then she heard the door open.
Whipping her head to where the door was located, revealed the two adults, giggling at each other, before Croix noticed her.
"Hey, bud- are you okay?" The inventor asked, her and Chariot walked towards the young girl. "Yeah, just exhausted." Akko said with a small smile plastered on her face. Chariot placed a hand on the younger magician's forehead to check her temperature, sighing in relief when she assured herself that Akko wasn't sick.
"Well are you hungry? Do you need water or do you want to sleep?" Croix asked in worry, as the red haired woman looked at her with amusement. Oh how time could change a person.
Akko shook her head. "No, I just need a hug." The older women looked at each other, then Chariot didn't say another word but wordlessly engage the younger one into a hug.
"Aww, little Akko needed a hug- ouch!" Croix yelped when the older magician pinched her sides to stop. The lilac haired inventor complied.
"Did something happen?" Chariot asked in her motherly tone, feeling Akko lean into the comforts of the hug. "I just remembered them, is all." Croix's eyes widened slightly, before she too followed into the hug. Tightening her hold on the child, feeling the crimson eyed girl clutch her cloak.
"Diana asked about my parents, and I told her. There's nothing wrong with it to be honest." Akko paused, burying her face into the two adults' shoulders. The crimson eyed girl took in a shaky breath. "Just that sometimes I wished they were still here." Chariot looked at the young child, caressing her hair in comfort.
"They were great parents, Akko, and I bet they're proud of you now." Croix said in gentleness.
"Akko, your parents are always here." Chariot said, pulling away from their student, as the young magician looked at them. "Your parents are here." The red haired woman pointed at her heart, as she smiled. "I'm sure they've always believed in you. Just remember that." Akko looked at the ground, then lifted her head up to meet their gaze and buried her face on the crook of Chariot's neck.
"Thank you...both of you."
...
Diana arrived at Luna Nova and was greeted by two of her roommates. "Hey, Diana." Barbara waved with a smile, with Hannah beside her, doing the same. The prodigy smiled back.
"Hello Hannah, Barbara." She nodded in acknowledgement. "So, you went to Blytonbury again?" The orange haired witch asked.
"Yes, I had some-" Diana paused, trying to look for a word. "business." She finished. The blue eyed witch can't seem to tell them about Akko. What would they think, if they know that she's associating with a magician? Witches and wizards are known for degrading those kinds of people, and she has no idea why. Sure, she once thought of that, thinking that magicians are just people doing fake magic to catch attention, but now, she found out that all those things were...bollocks.
If they would know of her profanity, her teammates would sure be in shock.
Hannah and Barbara looked at each other, then back to their friend. "Business?" the raven haired girl asked. "Yes. Apologies, girls, for cutting this conversation short, but I have an urgent task by the library." The blue eyed witch stated.
"Huh, oh, sure! We're sorry for wasting your time." Hannah apologized, to which Diana shook her head with a smile. "No need to apologize, but I must really be going." Hannah and Barbara watched Diana walked away, seemingly in a rush. The duo looked at each other.
"Something's...weird about Diana lately." The raven haired girl said, to which the other girl nodded in agreement. "She's been, you know, going to Blytonbury a lot."
"Yeah..." Hannah said, staring at the direction the British witch walked into. "I told you, what if it's a secret lover?" Barbara said with a twinkle in her eyes. The orange haired girl looked at the other girl incredulously.
"Seriously? You've been into that theory for a while now." The raven haired girl shrugged. "Can you blame me? First, the letters, second, she's been hanging out in Blutobury in most of her Sundays. That won't be weird, but the fact that who we're talking about is Diana." Barbara said. "She's basically married with her studies."
"True, but still, a secret lover?" Hannah asked, the raven haired girl placed a hand on her friend's shoulder. "Hey, imagine, Diana Cavendish, an exceptional witch, whose beauty could rival Aphrodite, who also came from a well-known family and is related to one of the nine olde witches, having a relationship with a peasant boy who dreams that one day he would meet his princess, who so happens to be Diana."
"...Did you get that from nightfall?" Barbara sputtered.
"N-No I didn't!" Hannah raised an eyebrow. "T-That's besides the point!" The orange haired girl chuckled at Barbara. "Well, I could see that happening, out of a hundred, I suppose there's a two percent chance of that happening."
Barbara sighed. "Whatever the case, Diana's acting odd." With that, Hannah couldn't agree more.
...
"So, I've come up with a brilliant idea." Atsuko grinned, looking expectantly at the witch, who was in the middle of taking a sip of her tea. It was Sunday again, the day a certain heiress had come to look forward to since their first encounter. Diana had started reading metamorphosis spells, again, that she could show the magician, but of course she would never admit that out loud. While she does enjoy the magic tricks the crimson eyed girl performs, there is still no doubt magic spells are way more 'fun.'
The two were currently seated in one of the tables in the cafe Diana, and coincidentally Akko, liked, since the burgundy haired girl wanted to 'make it up' to the witch last time. The prodigy had first, of course, told the young magician that there was no need to do any of that, but Akko was a stubborn lass.
The blue eyed girl gently settled her tea cup on the table, focusing her eyes on the bubbly girl. "Oh? And what might be this grand idea?" Akko giggled in excitement. "Well, since I'm teaching you that rose trick you like so much-" The prodigy cleared her throat, cutting off the crimson eyed girl's sentence.
"I'm sorry for interrupting, but you haven't started that yet."
"I haven't?"
"I believe so."
"Oh."
Akko placed a hand on her chin, trying to think, which looked quite ridiculous on the other girl's perspective. "I guess we'll have to start it somehow." The magician mumbled.
Diana looked at the girl across the table, then saw her perked up. "Anyways, Diana, I was wondering if you could teach me some spells." Akko said with a smile, and it took the witch off guard.
"I beg your pardon?"
"Teach me spells?" Akko repeated, sinking slowly in her chair, afraid of Diana not wanting to teach her. "Akko, you know what you're asking is almost impossible, right? Didn't Principal Hoolbrook say that you have no magic that could cast spells?" The witch said.
"Well, yeah, but I've never actually tried to cast a spell before so..." Diana pinched the bridge of her nose. "What brought on this idea, if I may ask." Akko fidgets. "Remember that one time you showed me that water unicorn thing? It was really beautiful, and, well, it left an impression. I guess, it did, yeah, it definitely did."
"Oh." Was all the blue eyed witch could say. She didn't expect that, and somehow, it made her want to smile widely. Her heart flutter in her chest from the compliment. Why does Akko's compliment feel so satisfying?
Clearing her throat, Diana lifted the tea cup and took a sip with crimson eyes watching her every move, waiting for an answer of some sort. Settling the cup down gently.
"Alright, I'll try my best to teach you some spells-" Akko smiled wildly, ready to lunge towards the witch. "-but please, try not to perform it in public, if you did manage to perform one spell?"
"Thankyouthankyouthankyou!" The burgundy haired girl stood up from her chair and walk closer to the other girl's chair and hugged her friend, letting out a squeak at the sudden action.
The duo froze, more precisely, Diana, who averted her gaze from the crimson eyed girl. "What was that?" Akko asks.
"Y-you heard nothing." The witch stuttered, her face tinge red in embarrassment. Detaching herself from the embrace, she composed herself. "Eh? I could've sworn I heard you sqea-"
"Carry this on and the deal is off."
"S-Sorry ma'am!"
...
The witch and the magician were currently in the clearing they were previously located the last time Diana found Atsuko sleeping. The crimson eyed girl had her serious face on, the blue eyed girl's wand, which obviously Diana's, were clutched on the burgundy haired girl's right hand.
"Straighten your posture, square your shoulders, you must- no don't hold the wand too tight-" The heiress lectured, circling the magician, her eyes observing every single flaws on Akko's posture. The crimson eyed girl groaned. "Is this really necessary?" She asked, and was met by Diana's stern gaze.
"Of course, learning the proper stance makes casting spells easier. With poor stance and improper handling of the wand could lead to complications, it could sometimes lead to a violent explosion."
"E-Explosion?" Akko stuttered, then slightly lowered her arm. "Magic is dangerous." At that, the blue eyed witch nodded. "Yes, I'd have to agree-" Retrieving the wand, she traced a finger on the body. "But if you learn, it leads to something wonderful." With a flick of a hand, light blue streaks of light flowed out of Diana's wand. The witch swayed along the lights as Akko watched and was trapped in a trance.
Diana moved like a conductor, the way her eyes closed and the way her lips were graced with a gentle smile. Truly bewitching.
It seemed time had stopped for the little magician, trapped in the spell of the witch in front of her.
"-ko...Akko." Diana's calls snapped the crimson eyed girl from her reverie. "Do you wish to continue?" Akko nodded, her mouth opened then closed, causing the prodigy to giggle. Atsuko looked like a fish.
"Wow, just, that was amazing." The witch's heart flutter. "I- thank you." Diana coughed and hands her wand back to the other girl, ignoring the sense of satisfaction from the compliment that the magician uttered.
Akko stared at the tool on her hand, giving it a flick, mimicking Diana's motion. "It isn't that easy." The witch said with a smile. "There's still mastery on spells, memorization and patience."
"Ughh, but man, you made it look so easy. Are you really that good in magic?" Akko asked, whilst Diana shook her head. "The magic I did was an easy one, you could learn it by patience though. Noticed how I didn't utter a spell? It's because I just channeled my magic through my wand, like any other spell, but in a more simple way." The heiress pointed out.
"So like, how long have you been studying magic?" Atsuko asked. "I started really young when I took interest in magic, being born in a family of witches of course, it was bound to happen." Diana said, tapping the shoulder of the other girl to raise her arm. "My mother was my very first teacher." Akko paused, looking at the prodigy witch who had a small smile of her face.
"Her name was Bernadette, and she was very kind, she's live up to our family motto." The magician looked at her. "Motto?" The witch nodded. "Cavendish was known for being affectionate."
"Ohhh, well I could see that." The crimson eyed girl smiled, causing the young Cavendish to cough and avert her gaze once again.
"Well, going back, my mother taught me how to cast spells, from the posture and how to pronounce the words. She never got angry, she would smile gently and correct me of the flaws." Diana smiled sadly.
"I miss her greatly." Atsuko lowered the wand and hugged the other girl warily, afraid to make the young Cavendish uncomfortable. "Hey, you feeling alright?" The magician asked, the witch wiped the tear that was threatening to fall in the corner of her eyes.
Diana leaned in from the embrace for a short second, before breaking away. "I apologize." Akko shook her head. "No need to apologize, you just miss you mother. That's nothing to be apologizing for."
"Thank you." The blue eyed witch said, whilst the other girl grin. "Ehehehe~ wanna continue my session?" The magician asked. "I should be the one asking you that." Diana said, giggling slightly.
...
Akko plopped down the grass, groaning loudly. Two straight hours and all she's done was learn the proper stance and posture on how to cast magic, well it's not like she's complaining, but she was never one to actually learn posture and all that stuff. She preferred learning cool stuff, but Diana insisted, so it's not in her position to really complain.
Blue eyes watched her, sheathing the wand in her sash. She sat down beside Akko, who had her eyes closed. "So, how was learning real magic like?" The prodigy asked with a smile while the other girl sighed.
"Great, I guess, I mean all I did was learn postures and stances...It's fun..."
"Forgive me if I'm wrong, but did you just cringe?" Diana asked frowning slightly, causing Akko to jolt up and flail. "W-What? Of course n-not!" The blue eyed witch giggled. "Don't worry, the first are really, how do you call it, 'boring' in a way." The burgundy haired girl huffed, she brought out a white petal from her pocket.
"Hey Diana, since you've been asking for this, since, well, the first time we met." Diana raised an eyebrow. "I'll grant you privilege of showing you my own kind of magic." The magician stood up and settled her self in front of Diana.
"Think of this as a private show." Akko focused and levitated the petal, whilst the witch watched intently. And just like last time, the petal slowly turned into a full blown white rose. The crimson eyed girl gently picked the rose from it's thorny stem, careful not to prick herself. Diana sat on the ground, still awestruck at the trick. She still can't seem to figure out what the magician did to perform the trick.
"Here you go." Akko said with a smile, handing out the now thornless rose, snapping the witch out of her reverie. She eyed the flower, and slowly got the handed rose.
The crimson eyed girl plopped herself beside the witch once again. "So, so, figure out yet?" Blue eyes shifted her gaze towards the magician, and sighed dejectedly. "I'm afraid not."
"Hehehe~" Akko snickered while the other girl scoffed. "One of this days I know, or you'll have to tell me." Diana said.
"What? Why would I do that?" The crimson eyed magician asked. "I already told you that a magician doesn't reveal her secrets." Akko said, pulling out a deck of card from her pocket and pulling out the queen of hearts and lay down Diana's lap, catching the witch off guard.
"What are you doing?"
"Uhm, laying down?" The magician said, twirling the card in between her fingers.
"Well, would you tell me why you decided to do so?" Diana said, her eyebrow twitching in slight disbelief. "Because I'm your friend?"
"That's your reason?" The witch sighed. She brought up her hand and flicked Akko on her forehead. "Ack! Owie! That hurts!" The crimson eyed girl moaned in pain, whilst the other girl scoffed and smirked. "That's what you get for doing this act without permission." Akko mended the spot where Diana flicked her, with an apologizing smile.
"Sorry."
The both of them, enjoyed the afternoon breeze. The witch reading and the magician who was playing with her cards. Minutes passed, when Akko sat up from the lap of the Diana.
"Oh yeah, hey Diana." The girl in question hummed in response, tearing her eyes away from the book in her hand and focused her attention on Akko. "What is it?"
The young magician smiled. "Do you have any plans on Friday next week?" Diana looked at the other girl in surprise, before she thought of her schedule. "May I ask why you suddenly asked?" Akko grinned.
"Next week, Blytonbury will hold an event for Halloween."
"Halloween?" The witch asked. "Yeah, wait you've never heard of Halloween before?" The crimson eyed girl asked. "I've heard about it, in fact even my school hold ceremonies for that event. We pray for the souls that passed on." The prodigy said.
"Oh, nice, that's exactly what it is, except that there is no trick or treating."
"I've heard about that, apparently, people who've came up with that had misinterpreted Hallow Eve." Akko looked at her for a few seconds, before talking. "So, like, you've never done trick or treatin' before?" Diana shook her head, earning a gasp from the other girl. "What is so surprising about that?"
"You've never done trick or treatin'"
"And?" Akko shook her head, before clapping her hand. "Alright, that's it. We're going trick or treating." Diana's eyes widened. "What? You wouldn't possibly expect to do so." The young magician smiled at her smugly.
"Akko!"
"Relax, it won't be that bad. Just come in this spot next week Friday." Diana huffed. "And you seriously thought I'd do that?" Akko nodded. "I promise it will be a new experience, look at the bright side. You can get candies."
"I'm not even that fond of sweets." She heard a gasp, causing her to roll her eyes. "Don't be so dramatic." The heiress said, while the magician flailed. "Who doesn't like sweets?!" Diana pointed at herself.
"Come on Diana! Look, if it makes you feel better, I'll go trick or treating with you. I'll even wear my magician costume and you could go as a...witch." Akko said, Diana sighed. "That's hardly a costume if I already look the part." Crimson looked over towards Diana. "Well...I guess, you do have your pointed hat."
The blue eyed witch scoffed.
"Anyway, Diana, let's go trick or treating."
"Akko, no means no."
"But-"
"I will not repeat myself." Diana finished, as the other girl sighed. "Fine. But I still don't know if you are free next week Friday." The heiress thought for a moment. "Will the even be held in the afternoon?"
"Yeah, it mostly start in the evening." Akko said. Diana nodded. "Well then, expect me to be there, Miss Kagari."
