Diana had always been a patient, rational and thoughtful person. She had always planned every move she made, and always had a backup plan in mind. No person could have ever described Princess Diana Cavendish as someone impatient, emotional nor impulsive. At least, not until recently. The princess was unable to understand how that had happened, since she had no memories of the tales she once wrote about a wonderful girl, so she couldn't wait to meet her.

"I wonder if she found a way to destroy this wrecked curse…" She believed in Akko, even if it was strange to trust in someone that you almost only knew from stories, but for some reason that was unexplainable to her, she did.

Diana was waiting inside the inn, Croix had told her that Chariot had already encountered her daughter and that she would be there in some minutes. She decided to stay close to the door, because she knew that in any moment…

"Diana!" The brunette slammed the door open and as she did that, she saw the person she was most eager to see again, waiting for her. Akko started to rush to her to give her a hug, but just when she was in front of her she noticed this scared the blonde a little. "Oh, right, you don't remember me… Sorry…" She scratched her head and tried to laugh a little to relax.

"Akko… Don't be, I kept all this a secret because I feared what could happen if you ever knew…" Diana needed to confess properly what had happened, she was doing her best to look at her in the eyes. "I hurt you because I couldn't bring myself to trust you… And I'm not even able to remember that either, I'm a horrible person…" She said, the princess was only able to stare at the floor. But Akko decided to take her hands and give her a smile, which caused Diana to connect their eyes once more.

"You are not a bad person, you are wonderful." The blonde couldn't just not wonder why she wasn't blaming her, but she didn't say a thing, she just answered with a confused stare. "And… I got a way to break the curse! I believe." Diana's confusion just increased with the last word.

"You believe?" The princess was confused as to why Akko didn't sound unconvinced while saying those words.

"Yep! I mean, it's not the normal way to break a curse, but I know it will work!" The brunette said confidently.

"That's wonderful! Then tell me, what is this method?" Diana couldn't believe her words, she was truly happy to hear that. Her last month was nothing more than a void filled with stories she believed were true, she needed to remember things again.

"I can't tell you!" Akko answered her with a smile. "It's a surprise! But…" Her face shifted to a more serious expression.

"If this fails you are doomed." A really weird looking girl was standing on the front door, while a short-haired girl and Chariot were hiding behind the door frame.

"Sucy!" Lotte started to complain.

"What? If we waited until Akko completed that sentence, we'd have been behind that door for hours." The mushroom girl shrugged and Diana could only think she was rude but she simply ignored her words.

"G-good evening Diana! We just didn't want to interrupt you!" Diana raised an eyebrow and wondered if spying on people was what got Croix and her together.

"Good evening Chariot." Regardless of that entrance she decided to cordially greet her and then she stared at the two witches. "My name is Princess Diana Cavendish, are you Akko's friends?" That was indeed a question for her.

"They helped me get to the wizard and plan this all! They are amazing!" Akko cheerfully said. This took the blonde by surprise, but at the same time it explained how the girl was able to travel that fast.

"Hello, I'm Lotte Yanson, Akko has told us a lot about you." The short-haired girl answered her shyly.

"I'm Sucy Manbavaran, thanks for taking care of our idiot." The mushroom one joked, but as she did a small and almost unnoticeable smile appeared on her face.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, but I need to ask, what did Miss Manbavaran mean when she said that if this fails I'm doomed?" Diana was curious since the beginning, but she had decided to stay focused on greeting them first since this was the first time.

"Well… The thing is…" The brunette placed her hand behind her head once more, and looked down. "I have an idea, but the wizard said that if your will was not strong enough it would fail and your memory could get really damaged from it…" After she finished this, the girl raised her eyes again and gave Diana a confident smile. "That's why I wanted to ask you if you want to do it. I believe in you, I know you can do this, but…" And once more she looked at her feet. "I don't know if you want to take the risk for someone like me…" Her voice was weak, she was scared of how the blonde might answer, and of course, Diana knew why. She hadn't told her how she felt, the only thing she knew was that she needed time to think about it.

"Akko…" Diana placed a hand on the little witch's shoulder. "If you believe it will work, then I know it will. I believe in your believing heart." A gentle smile appears in Diana's face as she said that, stunning Akko. "I might have lost many memories about you, but I still can remember some, and…" Her face started to blush as she spoke. "I don't need to remember you to know you are important to me… Because I…" An audible gasp from Lotte startled the princess who had completely forgotten about everyone else. As she looked at her side she saw Lotte, Sucy and Chariot staring at them almost as shocked as the brunette, waiting for her to complete her sentence. Looking around a little more she saw Croix in one of the tables with a smirk on her face. "I will finish that later… I-in any case, can we start your plan already…?" She did her best to try to change topics.

"Yes! Okay, let's go!" Akko said excited, she was a little disappointed the princess didn't finish her sentence, but she knew she was going to do it later.

"Akko, people are sleeping." Sucy commented a little irritated.

"It's late... Maybe we should start tomorrow?" Lotte asked worried that her friend would be sad at her words.

"But if we do that then she will lose her memories again!" The brunette couldn't just accept that happening, she had promised herself that she wouldn't let that happen again.

"Then Diana would have to sleep with you." The inventor walked towards the group with a smug face.

"What?!" Both Diana and Akko said at the same time blushing.

"I presume she retains her memories even if she is asleep, right?" The evilness on Croix's face wasn't leaving any time soon.

"How did you know that?!" The princess was mad now, "just how much did she spy on me…?"

"I didn't, it was just an assumption, but by your reaction it seems like you have slept together already." The tinkerer was doing her best not to burst out laughing just there. Multiple shocked stares were directed at the two girls, and the brunette could only hide her face in her hands.

"You crafty woman…" Diana was really mad now, but before this could continue they were interrupted.

"A-anyway… I will try to ask for a room with two beds for the night!" Chariot decided it was better to step in and stop Croix's teasing before it got out of hand. She rushed out to the owner and asked him if it was possible, while Diana and Akko gladly accepted the distraction to calm themselves. As the redhead came back she informed them that there was no available room for them this night.

"Then I will sleep on the floor!" The brunette claimed with pride. "I will put a blanket and a pillow and I will be fine."

"Akko, I can't ask you to do that…" The blonde felt guilty at the fact that she couldn't go back just yet and let her sleep on her own bed.

"It's fine, really. I traveled a lot so I'm really used to sleep like that, you can use my bed." But the little witch was stubborn and she couldn't let a princess sleep on the floor, and even less with her, that idea was simply just too embarrassing for both of them.

"Then… It seems that I do not have a say in this matter, am I correct?" Diana admitted with a warm, defeated smile.

"Nope!" And Akko gave her back another smile.

"Get a room." Sucy commented as those two had once more forgotten they weren't alone, Lotte was just staring at them with noticeable happiness on her face.

"We tried!" The brunette pouted and blushed again.

"Let just go and rest." The blonde wanted to stop this conversation as soon as possible. "I would truly enjoy some sleep after jumping from the castle's roof tonight…" She sighed as she said that.

"You did what?!"

"And then I told her 'I will not.' I jumped from the roof and tried to enchant the broom but I said frayre instead of freyre." Diana and Akko were already on the brunette's room, the candles were off, the only light they had was the one from the moon passing through the window.

"Diana! Why would you do that?!" Akko couldn't get to sleep until she had heard the story, but Diana's words only made her more scared than before, even if she knew she was okay now.

"I was certain it was the correct pronunciation, but it seems likely that something on my notes wasn't. Nevertheless, as I was falling I heard you calling me, and then the memories of you teaching me how to fly came back to me… It was almost a miracle… You saved me…" The princess confessed with a smile on her face, looking at the ceiling.

"I didn't." The little witch shook her head. "You remembered because you are strong. You didn't want to surrender, right?" Their eyes met once more, Diana was surprised at her words. "So… What did you want to tell me before…?" Akko's gaze was begging her for those words.

"Before we were rudely interrupted…" Diana closed her eyes and breathed deeply trying to prepare for her words. "I was trying to say… That even without my memories I know in my heart that you are important to me, and… I like you as well… As long as I'm not busy, I will follow you on any adventure you may or may not prepare for us, because I want to be with you." The princess face's reddened a little, but she felt comfortable saying this, because she knew it was true. The little witch opened her eyes and mouth in disbelief, even if she imagined this as something she would say, she couldn't entirely believe she was hearing it from her.

"I wish…" Akko gave her a confident look as she started to speak. "I wish I could stay by your side… I wish I didn't have to leave you… I wish we could be together, Diana I… I like you…" Just as the princess heard those words, multiple images flooded her mind. A beautiful forest was in front of her, and they were searching for a lost temple, she remembered the brunette arms touching her as they flew. And then they were inside it, roots and crystals were on the walls, and in that place the girl in front of her confessed her feelings. This took only seconds to happen, but Diana remembered all of that day, even her big mistake. Tears started to fall from her eyes.

"I can remember it… I can see the temple on my mind…" A smile formed on her face again, but she couldn't stop crying, because it was of happiness.

"Tomorrow is going to be a busy day." Akko answered her with her own smile and tears on her eyes too. "Good night Diana." The girl peacefully closed her eyes and moved a little to be on a comfortable position, at least, the most comfortable one she could be on the floor.

"Good night…" The blonde was already tired from this long day, so as soon as she closed her eyes, she fell asleep.

Diana was outside, but the only thing she could see was a flat stone floor and dim stars. She started to run, but it didn't matter how much she did, there was nothing, only that floor. Everything was empty. She started to scream for help, but nobody answered her call. The princess was scared, she couldn't understand where she was, but she continued to run. With tears on her eyes, she continued to shout, but still nothing. Nothing at all. She then stopped, defeated she kneeled on the almost invisible grey floor in front of her.

"Diana!" The blonde opened her eyes again, she was back on the brunette's bed, and the girl was standing at her side.

"Akko…" The princess noticed she was crying, but now that she was awake once more she had calmed herself a little. "I'm okay… It was just a nightmare…" As she said that, without herself realizing she moved her hand and placed it on Akko's cheek, the little witch got surprised by that and her reaction made Diana aware her own actions. "I-I'm sorry… What I was trying to do was…" She looked down so she wouldn't face her. After being lost in a place with only stone, she needed to check she was really there, that this wasn't a dream.

"It's okay, but… Can I sleep with you? I will cast a spell to protect you from bad dreams!" Akko said with bright eyes and a smile, but she patiently waited for an answer.

"Then… I suppose I can accept your offer." Diana knew Akko hadn't learned any spell with said effect, but she wasn't lying either, she was going to protect her. The blonde moved against the wall so the brunette would have some space in the bed.

"Yay!" And she didn't waste any time, as soon as she got her answer she moved at her side and took one of the princess hands with hers. "I'm here Diana, sleep tight." Both of them stared at each other for some seconds in silence, but soon enough they closed their eyes and peacefully rested for the rest of the night.

As the morning started, Diana and Akko had breakfast and then started to walk around town. The princess still had no idea what the little witch's plan was, but she trusted her, knowing it was going to work out. Still, she couldn't prevent herself from being curious about it, but she decided to patiently wait.

The more they walked, the more the princess was sure about their destination, but she couldn't understand the reason. "Is something relevant to the cure inside my castle?" She asked herself.

"So you said that you remembered that entire day, right?" Akko asked her once more, she needed to be sure.

"That is correct, all my memories from two days ago had returned to me…" Diana answered her calmly, even if a little guilt returned to her as she remembered how she had asked the girl who she was, breaking her heart.

"Diana… I told you I'm okay!" The brunette told her feeling a little upset about this. She had seen right through her words, and the blonde was unable to figure out how she had done it.

"You are right… My apologies…" They continued to walk until they reached the gates of the castle. As they got inside the guards let them in without protesting, sharing only a small greeting. Because Akko was with her they knew she was not in danger anymore.

Outside in the gardens, two girls were sitting on their usual table as they knew it was the perfect place to wait for the princess to return. Once they saw her both of them rushed to her.

"Diana!" They both called at the same time with a smile on their faces.

"You brought her back!" Barbara was the first to comment.

"But how did you get out? Nobody told us a thing!" Hannah continued irritated.

"Good morning girls, I'm glad to see you too." The princess said with a warm smile that they had not seen in a really long time, taking them by surprise. "But I didn't bring her back. Actually, she completed her task and returned without any of my help. And about how I left… I'd rather discuss that later, it seems we are busy at the moment. Akko has found a way to break the curse." Her friends could feel hope in her words, and they were a little overwhelmed by how much she had changed. But they gladly embraced those changes, because they knew Diana would be happy now.

"Hi Barbara! Hi Hannah!" The brunette cheerfully greeted them before getting close to the girls and started to whisper something so the blonde couldn't hear what she was saying, which only confused her even more.

"Okay, leave it to us!" Hannah said aloud once the little witch's explanation finished and then the both leaved. "Diana, let's go to the throne room!" Even if the princess wanted to ask, she knew the fastest way to uncover the brunette's plan was to follow it, so she simply nodded and followed the little witch as she started to run.

Once they were inside said room, Akko took something out from her bag, the object was some kind of crystal orb Diana had never seen before. The brunette extended her arm with it on her hand and started to chant a spell, once that was finished she took out her hand from it as it was now levitating. The blonde observed this in curiosity and confusion, trying to figure out what was the use of that orb, but the girl ignored this and closed her eyes trying to focus.

Akko knew that even with the magic object, a spell like this was hard to perform. She had never succeeded before in that kind of magic, but this time she knew it was going to work, because she needed it to work, and a believing heart was her magic. As the brunette found the image she was searching for she opened her eyes again to see how the scenery had changed quite a lot. Both of them gazed upon the window and the moonlight was upon them, and as they moved their eyes they saw how tables filled with food they couldn't eat were placed across the place. The little witch looked down at her clothes to see she was wearing now her performing costume, and then gave the princess a confident smile trying to distract her from just reaching the truth by simply looking at this image.

"Hello ladies and gentlemen! We are from the Du Nord Circus, ready to make you have a blast!" Those words made Diana understand what was going on, as they felt familiar to her, those words were the first ones Akko had told her.

"This is my first time as the center, I'm Akko! I'm Chariot's assistant! Now for my first trick..." The girl took her hat and started to check it with her hand, but she was quickly interrupted.

"Akko… You are… Just unbelievable." Diana could remember what was going to happen, she could remember everything from that night now. The entire show had appeared inside her mind, and now she knew exactly how they had met, her first lost memory was no longer lost. "I can remember that night… The one when we met." She said still a little surprised, even if she had expected it to happen.

"Yay! Then let's continue!" Akko jumped out unable to contain how relieved she was to hear this, everything was going according to her plan. She took the orb and placed it inside her bag once more, forcing the illusions to be disappear.

They started to walk towards the gardens once more, and once they were on the castle's doors they saw the princess' friends waiting for them.

"We told Diana's aunt what you asked for and she said it's fine as long as you don't place her in danger anymore." Barbara said with a trusting smile on her face.

"So now it's our turn, right?" Hannah asked right away. The brunette simply nodded and then looked at the blonde, who had an idea of what was going to happen.

"It was fun to meet you! Thanks for inviting me!" The brunette was skilled at acting, so playing as herself was a simple job.

"'Don't worry about it, it was nice to meet you too'?" Hannah wasn't sure of her words, but as she saw Akko react the same way she had that time she knew it was acceptable. The little witch was doing her best to act embarrassed as she had something to say.

"Hannah! We forgot we have to do something!" Barbara was more secure about her acting, but not as close as the brunette was. Diana was silently impressed at the work they had gone through for her, she couldn't believe how they were so eager to help her.

"What? I can't remember- Ouch." The hit on her back this time was faked as her 'ouch' from Hannah obviously was too. "Oh right! The thing! The thing we were going to do, the thing!" Her laugh was even faker that the original one as she was trying to imitate a nervous one. Once they finished that act they entered the castle once more, leaving them alone.

"So… Anyway… Diana, I want to show you a place, can you go to the inn tomorrow?" Akko did her best to be shy once more with Diana, doing her best to remember how she had been at that time. And it had worked, the princess mind was once more filled with unlocked memories. The magic clock's presentation, the dinner they had, the conversation after it, she could remember it all.

"I can't believe you convinced them to act. You are truly a box full of surprises, aren't you?" Diana gave her a joyful smile, she had enjoyed that little play they made just for her.

"Then you remember?" Akko's eyes sparkled, she had expected this to work, but she couldn't contain her happiness the moment it was happening.

"That is correct, why don't we move to our next stop then?"

The two girls were walking around the town, but in truth Akko was walking and Diana was following. Even if she partially knew what her plan was, she didn't know the order of it, and it surely wasn't chronological. But as they were reaching the inn once more she had an idea. She had read about this, she knew what was going to happen, and she was a little afraid of it. And then the brunette suddenly stopped and closed her eyes to focus.

"Thanks! It was fun to do this! I learned all of those tricks from my mom!" She said trying her best to imitate the smile she had given her a long time ago.

"I see… Now that you say that I have been wondering…" The blonde took some seconds before asking, she was preparing herself to repeat the mistake she had done before, only because she was unable to recall it herself. "Where is your dad…?" She felt like she could start crying right away, because she already knew the answer. But then memories of that afternoon came back to her, and now being able to hear those words with Akko's voice she couldn't contain her tears any longer. As the little witch saw this she realized they didn't need to continue, she had remembered, but still, she gave her a comforting hug, because she knew Diana needed it. Some seconds passed and Diana hugged her back, and they stayed in silence for some more.

"Sorry…" The brunette said. She wished she had not done that, but there was no choice. "But you still smell nice." She tried to distract her so she could stop crying, and it worked quite well, as the princess smiled back at her feeling at ease on her arms now.

"There you are Akko, I need the things you went to- wait, am I interrupting something?" As soon as the girls heard those words they broke the hug and jumped out. The little witch looked at the woman who had appeared out of nowhere with the only intention of teasing them.

"I told you to wait at my sign! And she already remembers! Get out!" Both of them were flustered at this unnecessary interruption, but even more at the fact that the inventor had been staring at them the whole time, even if Akko knew about it. "Diana, let's go!" Without wasting any time, she took Diana's hand and they started to walk towards the fountain in the market. The blonde giggled a little at the brunette's reaction. "I must admit, that was rather cute." She told herself as she continued to follow.

As they reached the place they were walking to, Akko opened her bag and took out the orb once more. She casted the spell once more and focused for some seconds until the effect was in place, and now it was night time for the two, and only for them.

"Wait!" Diana knew what this was, and she had gotten used to this already, so she decided to play her role in this fragment. Akko quickly noticed this and gave her a smile before starting hers.

"You! If this is about yesterday, I already said I was sorry! Please don't hit me!" People were looking at them confused at what was going on, but no one approached them so they continued without problems.

"Don't concern yourself about that, I'm not angry, I just wanted to… Congratulate you for a fantastic show. Can you wait for a minute? I need to note down some things." Diana took her notebook, but she didn't write a thing, knowing that in any second…

"Akko, you need to go to- who is she?" Chariot was going to 'pick her up'. "Wait… Princess Diana?!" The redhead was a talented actor too, as her reaction ringed a bell on the princess. She was starting to remember a little.

"Yes, I'm Diana Cavendish, I was merely taking some of her time to tell her that your performance was astonishing." She continued her lines, as she had them memorized, but just as she said it, images from that wonderful show when they acted together filled her mind once more. That was the first of Chariot's shows she had seen. She closed her eyes for some seconds, treasuring how beautiful it was. "It was truly something to remember, you all did a splendid job." Diana smiled at them and her eyes were sparking, and Akko's were too.

The girls continued their adventures around town, as they started to talk with different people on different places. Everyone had been told that they should say their lines once more, and everyone remembered something about their conversations. Even if those memories weren't as strong as the other ones, Diana eventually could remember all of those. As the hours passed, they had dinner and later on had some tea in the stores and places they had visited before on those three weeks they had met. Three weeks that felt a lot longer than that for them. The princess felt more at ease with every unlocked memory they got, and soon after they had finished with all but one.

The sun was starting to set, and as they finished their business on the places on the town, they exited the store they were in and there were Lotte and Sucy, expecting them, The short-haired girl had a broom on her hand.

"So this is why I didn't see you in the morning." Diana said with a smile as a way to thank them.

"We asked all those people to help you, it was troublesome…" The mushroom girl sighed but returned the smile.

"But this is so romantic!" Lotte's eyes sparkled while saying those words, she couldn't stop herself from thinking that those two were really cute together.

"Lotte! Sucy! Thank you!" The brunette rushed to hug them, but she was stopped by Lotte.

"Akko, if you don't go now it's going to be late, enjoy your date." The short-haired girl told her with a smile and handed her the broom she was holding. The little witch was confused at first but it only took her to notice the time of the day to realize what she meant.

"Oh right! Diana, can you fly us there?" She turned to the princess who knew exactly were 'there' was. The blonde sat on the broom and let the brunette embrace her. And before chanting she directed a stare at the two witches.

"You truly have my thanks, Tia freyre!" The broom started to levitate. The spell worked as intended, and Diana was not impressed by this, because she remembered flying before.

They flew through town until they eventually reached the south entrance. In their travel the brunette made sure that the princess could remember almost everything, there couldn't be any gaps for this to work, she needed all of her memories.

After some minutes they were in front of the little mountain and they decided to simply get to the top of it before they started. Akko thought about using the orb, but this time it wasn't needed at all. From the peak of it the sight of the entire town was adorned by the lake that was close to it, and the orange light of the sunset covering all of that. It was identical as the last time, and Diana felt as the last fragment had come back to her. With each unlocked memory the princess had started to remember things each time faster and easier. As they landed she remembered the beautiful date they had, and the rest of that day too. Even that lost dream she had forgotten. Every piece was gathered and all the fragments reunited. She could remember everything, there was no void in her heart anymore. Knowing this, she started to cry, the princess was unable to contain her tears.

"Diana?" The brunette couldn't understand why she was doing this, so she gave her a concerned stare and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Why are you crying?"

"Because I am finally able to recall what I felt. Every single time I lost my memories my heart felt empty, as if I had lost something important, as if I had lost a part of myself in the process, but now…" The blonde stopped and tried to clean her eyes, but it was in vain as more tears flew through her face with every second. "I remember everything." A burst of different emotions had taken over her, all her sadness, her anger, her frustration, her happiness, her curiosity, every single one of the things she had felt before were inside her.

"Diana…" Akko was almost speechless, she couldn't think of words to express the way she felt, but she was truly happy. The brunette started to lean closer to Diana's face without thinking, and the princess reacted again.

"I can't believe all those adventures we had, and the fact that I was able to forget about them…" Diana looked away as embarrassment, guilt and fear started to take over her —fear of losing everything again. "But tell me… How are you going to break the spell…? How do I know I won't lose my memories once we depart again as the wizard said…?" She wanted to believe, this morning she had believed with all her heart, but now… The idea of losing it all was too much for her, now that she knew exactly what 'all' was. But Akko leaned a little closer with a smile on her face, this made both of them blush and their eyes connect once more.

"You won't, you are the strongest person I have met. And you will remember everything because… As long as you want to be with me, we will never depart! Even if we are far away from each other, I will always be at your side!" Diana's heart was racing, the brunette's words were too sweet and their faces were too close. She was unable to think straight anymore, she was simply lost in those ruby eyes in front of her. She slowly leaned even closer, and eventually their lips met in a kiss for a second before the princess backed down embarrassed of what she just had done.

"I deeply apologize, I shouldn't have done that, I-" But she was quickly interrupted with another short kiss, which calmed Diana a little. "Akko… You do know what dating me implies, right?" But she still needed her answer, she knew things were going to be complicated for them if they proceeded.

"Yeah! I mean, I will have many things to learn, but you too! We can learn together!" The brunette took her hand as she said that. "We are going to be fine, Diana, stop worrying."

"So this was your curse-breaking plan, a cheesy line and a kiss?" The princess joked with a smile.

"I wasn't planning the kiss, actually…" Akko admitted embarrassed. "But I'm happy you did it." She took some time to think her words. "The wizard told me that if you remembered everything you might be strong enough to break the curse by yourself, you would just need a little push." As Diana heard those words she noticed she felt lighter, as if a big weight she didn't knew she had been carrying had been lifted. She felt free.

"You are seriously unbelievable. I'm guessing that the danger in your idea was that if I were to forget things now, I would forget most of my recent memories in seconds, causing some damage, am I correct?" The little witch nodded. "Then I can't let that happen now, can I?" The blonde was starting to feel heavy once more, as if she was falling asleep, but took the brunette's hand and kissed it. "I promise you in my name that the next time we meet I will need no notebook, because I know I will remember you." Akko blinked repeatedly before she started to laugh, confusing Diana.

"Why are you being so formal? I know you will! I believe in your believing heart too!" Diana smiled at her, but she started to fight to keep her eyes open, and within seconds she finally closed them. "Diana?" The brunette asked worried about this, but she didn't get an answer. "Diana?!" Those were the last words the princess heard until dropping unconscious on the little witch's arms.

"Where am I?" Diana asked herself as she walked inside a place with no light. She couldn't understand where she was, but the more she continued the more she realized something. "This is a labyrinth." Stone walls were easy to find, as she had stumped against many as she tried to get out.

She tried to climb them, but it was in vain, she couldn't reach the end of them, so she continued to walk. "I have seen this place before… Even if those walls are on the way, I… I feel I know this place…" She stopped from moving, she needed to sort this mystery before anything. After some minutes of thinking she reached a conclusion, and so she extended her hand. "If this is the place I think it is… Then…" A small flame appeared in front of her, allowing her to finally see those walls which were filled with words. "Those are my memories… I am inside of my own head…" The princess continued to walk, trying to use the things that were written to know which direction she had to go, following every little memory about Akko she found.

Images and voices started to appear, she knew she was getting closer to the place she knew she had to go, but then…

"Why are you here…?" Diana heard a voice, her own voice, but it was distorted. Sadness was the only thing she could feel on her words.

"I will escape this place with my memories intact, that's why I am here." She answered the voice confidently.

"It's meaningless… Everything you are doing is meaningless… Why are you trying so hard to remember an entertainer…? Didn't you want the best for your people…? Oh, right, that was a simple excuse for you…" The voice answered, and then the walls disappeared. The blonde was still unable to see the stars, but her own light was enough to see that just as she thought, this was the same place from her last dream. She took a deep breath and then faced backwards, where another Diana was standing. Her skin was pale and her hair black, and she looked almost like a doll —no, she was a doll.

"You truly are me… At least, a shadow of me… But you are still me…" Diana was scared at seeing this, but she wasn't going to look away, she needed to face this.

"If you care about your people so much why is it that very few people know your face? You are a coward, Diana. Why try to be strong now? You could simply continue your life as it was, nothing would change. Everything was served for you, why do you fight this?" Shadow Diana asked, her expression was unmoved, a small fake smile was on her lips all the time.

"It is true that I have not involved myself with the people of this kingdom. It is true that I have been ignoring many things and many people. But that won't be the case anymore. I am following my own path." The princess felt still uneasy at her sight, but her eyes were still fixated on her.

"Why are you trying this hard? Just accept this… Try as hard as you want, there is no escaping this place… The longer you fight the longer you will suffer…" The doll started to cry, but her expression remained the same. Diana started to walk to her slowly.

"Because of her, but also because of me. I will no longer passively accept what had been given to me, and I will no longer think of myself as an object with a mission to accomplish." The princess was in front of the doll, but she was no longer afraid of herself. Diana gave her a hug and then her shadow disappeared.

For a second she thought she was alone once more, but then the bright light of the stars started to fill the night sky, allowing her to see even further than before. She started to walk towards the brightest star she saw, having a feeling of where it leaded to. A big stair was in front of her, she started to climb them.

The princess slowly opened her eyes, she started to inspect the place she was in and quickly realized she was on her own bedroom. She looked at the window and noticed it was early in the morning. "Akko… I can remember her…" Diana was a little surprised as she felt no void inside her heart, in its place there was a feeling of warmth and hope.

She quickly got up from her bed and changed into her casual clothes, without wasting any time she started to run toward the exit, asking one of her maids to inform her friends and her aunt that she was fine, that she would tell them about everything later. And so she ran through town, until she eventually reached the inn where the girl she loved was staying. But as soon as she was about to open the door, someone was faster than her and it was opened from the inside.

"Akko!"

"Diana?!"

The brunette looked at her in surprise, she definitely didn't expect to find the blonde just there, but the princess didn't hesitate this time and she hugged her as tightly as she could, and it took merely seconds for Akko to hug her back.

"I'm back, and I fulfilled my promise." Diana started to cry tears of happiness. "This is the first time that meeting you isn't the first one for me…"

"I'm so happy to see you… Croix said that because you broke an old curse without magic or being a witch you could sleep for like a week! But you woke up in hours!" And Akko cried too, as she knew that the spell was forever gone. But her words confused the princess.

"Wait… Since I broke the curse…? Then what was that dream…?" Diana could still vividly remember it. The brunette took some distance as she wanted to be able to see the blonde's face and they both were confused.

"What dream?" She finally asked.

"Well… It's nothing." While Diana didn't have an answer about what happened, she decided that it didn't matter anymore, the only important thing now was that it was over, and that they were together. They were holding each other, their eyes connected once more and none of them were saying any words, until a voice startled them.

"Girls, it's early in the morning and you are blocking the door." It was Croix, who stared at them with the best smug face she could produce while at the same time being almost asleep. As the girls heard her they broke the hug in surprise and moved inside the inn.

"G-good morning, Croix." Diana tried her best to change the topic. "You didn't seem like a morning person."

"I'm not, but somebody was really noisy moments ago." The inventor gave Akko an irritated stare and she responded with a nervous laugh, since the little witch had made a lot of noise in her room as she tried to change and rushed to the castle. Akko was about to apologize but just before she could say anything else they heard another voice.

"Oh, hello Diana." The redhead said as she descended the stairs.

"Good morning Chariot." And this time the princess was calm, since the brunette's mother had not caught them that close.

"I'm going to kill Akko…" Another person had joined the conversation once more from the stairs.

"Sucy! Come on, she is in love!" And another one. Lotte and Sucy greeted Diana and she was simply confused as to why there were so many people in that place.

"Akko… What exactly did you do when you woke up…?" The princess couldn't understand.

"Well… I… Might have accidentally made the wardrobe fall…" The girl guiltily admitted, not being able to look up for some seconds. "I was in a hurry, okay?!" She yelled as she moved her arms randomly as she used to. Diana was even more confused than before, as well as everyone in this conversation, but once again, before anyone could say anything they heard two voices.

"Diana!" They both yelled at the same time. Hannah and Barbara rushed inside the inn, they knew her friend would be there.

"Are you okay?!" Hannah asked.

"Can you remember her now?!" Barbara followed. They both sat on the floor trying to catch their breath.

"I… Yes, I'm quite well, and that wrecked curse is gone." She gave them a comforting smile.

"So, are you two dating already?" Barbara asked, and Diana could feel four sets of eyes fixed on her as everyone heard those words.

"Well…" Diana wasn't sure of how to answer, since that wasn't something they had explicitly had talked about before. But it only took her a stare at Akko's ruby eyes to know how to answer. "Yes." The blonde said taking the brunette's hand.

"About time…" Hannah said, and then directed her eyes to the little witch. "You have literally no idea for how long she had been crazy about you." Diana's face turned red immediately. Some laughs could be heard from behind them.

"Hey-! I- I wasn't-" She tried to compose herself but it was futile, she stopped her attempts to deny it.

"Well, if it makes you feel better, Akko was too. Do you have an idea of how many times I suggested her that she may like you until she admitted it?" Croix finally spoke making Akko turn quickly.

"Shut up!" The brunette told the inventor as her usual teasing face was staring at her.

As they all had gathered, the six girls and the two women decided to have breakfast and enjoy the rest of the morning. Akko had training to do, and Diana a mess to resolve, but that could wait for some more hours. They weren't afraid anymore, because they knew even if distance separated them, they would always be together.

As the days continued, the princess and her girlfriend did their best to see each other each time they could. A week later, Diana met with Andrew. Luckily for her, he pretty much already knew what was going on, and they decided to cancel the wedding. A trade agreement was decided instead, using her vast knowledge on economics everything went smoothly. Akko started to learn things about patience thanks to Diana and because of that her magic and flight got better with time.

Once things were sorted out for them, they started to travel all around the kingdom. Together they met all the people they could, and asked them about their concerns and problems. Akko also started to study about different and complicated topics, such as economics, politics and good etiquette. Of course, she wasn't good at any of those things, but she learned the basics, which was more than enough.

On their travels some people were rude to them, others were nicer, some didn't even notice they were dating. But as soon as Diana's silver tongue and Akko's magic tricks acted, they always got a positive reaction from them.

And so, the future queens became well known and loved by everyone. It wasn't hard to get captivated by how cute they were together. Their travel took merely a year, but they both learned a lot about what a ruler needed to be, and the princess realized many of the things she had believed were wrong.

While they were out, Sucy and Lotte decided to move their Magical Repairs and Potions store into Diana's kingdom, since her friend was finally staying on a place and there weren't many witches or sorcerers in there, which helped greatly in their medicines and other qualities of life.

Hannah and Barbara continued their studies knowing they would one day be in charge of their families, and seeing their friend working so hard only motivated them to do the same.

While Daryl wasn't happy with the choices Diana had made, she eventually learned to respect them and because of that, the princess learned to trust her as Lady Regent while she was out.

Croix, Chariot and the Circus started to move to other towns in little time, but Croix always sent Témoin to notify about her progress creating new magical artifacts that could help their people. They had decided to stay in that kingdom for a while. Chariot had a difficult time accepting she wasn't going to see her daughter for a while, but it was only natural that it would happen eventually, so she accepted their decision. Still, Croix had to calm her down many times as she worried every single time Akko took more than a day to answer her letters. Even when sometimes it was impossible for Alcor to travel that fast.

Once the future queens came back they announced their wedding, and invited many people from inside the kingdom as well as allies from other ones, such as Andrew.

The celebration and later coronation were beautiful and many of the guests cried, specially Chariot who still couldn't believe her daughter had become queen, and Croix who tried her best to pretend she didn't care that much —in vain.

"Hey, Diana." The brunette called her wife, they both were now outside the castle, even if there was a party inside, simply because they wanted a moment alone.

"What is it?" The blonde replied with curiosity, as she could tell by Akko's eyes that she had an idea.

"Let's dance!" The witch said extending her hand to Diana.

"Then I shall take your hand, once more." She answered with a smile and they started to move at the rhythm of the music from inside. They danced slowly really close to each other.

"I never imagined I would meet someone as wonderful as you." Akko admitted.

"Well, I said the same thing about you many times, you are truly something." Diana giggled as she answered.

They knew things were not going to be simple, ruling over a kingdom was not something to take lightly, as it was a great responsibility. Many hard times would come, and many easier ones too, but all that was for another day. That night they simply enjoyed their company, this moment was for them and only for them.

I'm sorry for the long wait, been dealing with some things and every time I wanted to write I couldn't think of words. I couldn't cut this chapter since it was the ending and there was no way of dividing this now, so... This ridiculous time to write this happened instead. But anyways, back to the happy part. I really hope you enjoyed this story as well as it's ending, I had this idea inside my head since the start and I'm so glad it's finally here and online~

I really want to thanks to everyone that had been reading and specially at those that send reviews, even if they were simple and short I felt really happy every time I read that you likes what I wrote~ Ya'll are the best

For now I'm still not sure about what I will write next, probably something in Spanish for Love Live: Sunshine, but I have more ideas for LWA fics, so you can expect to see me again here soon or later. Anyway, I have been rambling for a while, see ya~