Little Witch Academia: The Fantasia Melody

Chapter 6: Connection

"Professor Badcock's homework is just too much!" complained Barbara.

"Yeah! She actually expects us to finish all of this in one night!? Ridiculous!" scoffed Hannah. "What do you say, Diana? This homework is tough right?"

"I finished it three hours ago," Diana replied nonchalantly.

"Of course you did! No one can match your brains, Diana!" Hannah praised.

Diana shrugged off her friends and sat in her working desk lost in thought.

Elizabeth approached her and asked, "Is something wrong Diana?"

"Nothing, it's just…" Diana glanced at the window to see the New Moon Tower and the Sorcerer's Stone letting off a beautiful green light to match the morning's brightness.

"I'm still a little shaken about what happened yesterday with Akko…"

"Oh...I see…"

"Forget about that dunce!" said Barbara as she was putting on makeup.

"Yeah, she'll definitely be expelled or something! If you ask me, it's about time!" Hannah said as she slouched back in a chair.

"Yes...I guess it was inevitable with her…"

The sound of someone knocking on the door drew the attention of the girls. Hannah was the closest one to the door so she stood up and opened it.

"Oh, Professor Lukić," entering the room was the scary looking Professor Lukić, the Potion Master.

"I'm sorry to bother you before classes have started Miss Cavendish, but the infirmary will need your healing magic again."

Diana stood up from her chair and approached the teacher, "Really? Who do you need me to heal, professor?"

"Miss Kagari."

The Blue Team's reaction to the name of the troublemaking Akko Kagari was not a subtle one. Barbara messed up her makeup and got a black line across her face, Hannah took too many steps back and fell on her chair, Elizabeth glanced to the side looking uncomfortable, and Diana just looked at Professor Lukić with uncertainty and disgust.

"Why her!?" yelled Barbara.

Professor Lukić replied, "The medicines we've been giving her are not strong enough to heal the wounds on her right arm; they are pretty nasty. Headmistress Holbrooke suggested that your healing powers might do the trick, you have done it for Miss Lucifer when she was injured."

"Yeah, but she's a teammate, of course, Diana would help her or have you forgotten it was Kagari who hurt Elizabeth in the first place!" Hannah yelled. "And she tried to do it again yesterday! Let her suffer under those little cuts she has and-"

"Enough!"

Hannah covered her mouth to silence herself as Diana ordered her. The blonde witch was having a staring contest with the floor for about a minute before she looked up at the Professor.

"I will do it."

"WHAAAAT!?" both Hannah and Barbara yelled at the same time.

"Thank you, Miss Cavendish, please come this way," Professor Lukić allowed Diana to walk out the room first as the two were heading straight to the infirmary leaving the other Blue Team members alone.

"I can't believe Diana is offering to help that dunce Akko!" Barbara huffed. "She should be left in the nursery bed to rethink her life!"

"Let it go," said Elizabeth as she collected her books. "This was Diana's decision, so let her do it. Come on, let's get to class."

"But we still haven't finished Professor Badcock's homework!" said Hannah in a worried tone.

"I finished mine about three hours ago," replied Elizabeth.

"YOU AND DIANA ARE TOO SMART FOR US!"


Diana herself didn't know why she said yes to the creepy looking professor; she was literally having her own mental battle with herself as they were walking to the infirmary. There was no reason for her to help Akko which was what Diana thought, to her, Akko deserved what she got. She hurt Elizabeth, endangered students, and tried to attack Elizabeth again. She felt that the delinquent needed to sit in pain to learn from the consequences of her actions. But even though a part of her was saying those words another part of her just couldn't help but worry.

It was in her blood as a healer to worry since they are meant to aid those who are harmed. She comes from a powerful witch family that is known for healing magic and helped anyone even the worst of people. But there was also something else that drove Diana to Akko, a feeling that made her heart feel like it was trapped in a freezer. For all the time she knew her, Diana truly did care for Akko like an old childhood friend. And seeing Akko leaking blood across the cafeteria floor and lying unconscious on the ground as the blood continued to spill...she just couldn't get that image out of her head.

"Here we are," said Professor Lukić as she opened the door to the infirmary and allowed Diana to walk in before her. As the blonde witch walked in she placed a hand over her mouth to keep her gasp in a low volume.

Akko was asleep on the bed, but she looked even worse than she did yesterday. Her skin was extremely pale to the point you don't think there is any temperature coming through her body and she looked like she hasn't eaten in days even though she just got into the infirmary last night.

"Why does she look so...so sickly…?" Diana asked as she slowly approached the bed.

"I believe she lost too much blood and the wound just isn't sealing up for some reason," answered Professor Lukić, "I tried everything in my ability, I believe your healing magic of the Cavendish family can definitely fix her."

Diana looked at the bandaged arm before she responded, "I'll see what I can do. Can you please bring a bowl of water and a rag? I believe that will be needed."

"Yes Miss Cavendish, anything."

The professor left the infirmary to get what she was asked for and Diana went up to the unconscious Akko and gently held up her damaged arm. Diana slowly unwrapped the bandages and when she saw the wound in its fullest she used up all the strength in her body to stop herself from fainting.

It was even worse than Diana thought, the wound looked like a crack that ran down the middle of Akko's whole arm. The crack opens up to see her red flesh and some bone and the crack finally ends at her hand which was pretty much split apart like a sandwich cut in half.

Diana took out her wand and lightly touched the torn hand with the tip. She breathed in and out and finally spoke the spell in her inside voice.

"Emantur Ligna!"

A pretty emerald light engulfed Akko's whole arm and in a matter of minutes, the wound was gone as if it was never there to begin with. Then right on time, Professor Lukić came storming in with the bowl of warm water and a clean white rag.

"Thank you professor, I'll take it from here," Lukić bowed and then left the room again.

After ringing the water out the rag, Diana started to gently caress Akko's arm. She mostly touched the areas where the wounds were and would even poke them a little to check to see if they still hurt.

"Looks like everything is ok for now. But where on earth did she get such a gruesome wound- gah!"

Diana nearly fell backward in surprise as she saw Akko's scarlet eyes peering at her. The Japanese girl didn't show any emotion as she stared at her fellow classmate who was tending to her wounds. Diana cleared her throat and regained her composure.

"You should be grateful," Diana said as she continued to rub Akko's arm with the rag. "I could've just said no to the professors and let you lie here in agony, but you must thank the Nine Olde Witches that I have a good heart!"

"Thank you, Diana," Akko said immediately once the blonde witch was done speaking. Diana was kinda taken aback by Akko's gratitude she didn't expect it right away honestly she wasn't expecting any at all.

"W-well…" Diana cursed under her breath for stumbling her words, her cheeks tinted pink with embarrassment. "You should be ok for now but I suggest you stay here for the day."

Diana placed the rag down and turned her back to Akko, "See you when you get better."

"Diana wait!" the girl stopped at her tracks and looked at Akko who still had that unnerving emotionless stare.

"Keep a close eye on Elizabeth. Make sure she doesn't go anywhere without you or the rest of your team."

The British girl pinched corners of her nose in annoyance, "What are you saying? Have you gone mentality insane!? You keep saying that Elizabeth is some monster trying to get you and what is this Mirage nonsense you have been yapping about since yesterday? I am honestly starting to get concerned."

"Diana," Akko leaned up and spoke in a more dark tone which proved how serious she was, "Do not let Lucifer out of your sight do you understand me? This is for your safety too because I am not sure what she is up to. I promise I'll repay you for healing me someday, but taking care of Elizabeth and Mirage is my first priority."

Diana huffed and quickly walked out the door without looking back, "You truly are a dunce!"

Once Diana was gone Akko was left alone in the room once again with her thoughts. The only thing coursing through her mind was Elizabeth and her ally Mirage. She didn't know what they were planning, but it was pretty obvious they were out to get her. The only idea Akko had in her head was to stop them and expose them to the school to clear her name. Not a very sound plan, but she figured she would make up the difference when the time came.


"Mommy?...Daddy…?"

The pale light of the sun peeked through the trees of the strange and huge forest. Standing in the middle of the forest with tears flowing down her cheeks was a little Japanese girl with red eyes. She had short brown hair, wore a pink dress, a black cape, and a witch hat that looked too big for her head. The little witch continued to wander around the forest with no clue on where to go.

"Mom…*sniff*...Dad…*sniff*..."

The girl couldn't take it. She fell down on her knees and started to cry aloud. Her whales shook the leaves from the trees and made them fall off their branches, the squirrels hid in their homes and didn't bother to come down until the noise was gone. But there was no sign of the girl stopping. Her tears were gripped with the crippling fear of loneliness; she needed someone...anyone…

"Hey stop!"

The little witch lowered the volume of her cries and turned to see another girl her age. She was not Japanese but looked like a princess who came straight from a fairy tale. She had beautiful pale skin, long platinum blonde hair with side-swept bangs and tea-green highlights, and she wore a teal dress.

The new girl approached the crying one and put a hand on her shoulder.

"It's ok...don't cry. I'm lost as well so...we can be lost together!"

The Japanese girl cocked her head to the side, "That *sniff* doesn't sound *sniff* very good…"

"Well maybe not," the girl giggled to herself, "But it is definitely better than being alone. So don't cry."

The blonde girl held out her hands and helped the brunette to her feet. The witch girl finally broke out a smile which she felt like she hadn't done in forever.

"Nice to meet you! My name is Diana Cavendish! What is yours?"

"I-I'm Atsuko Kagari, b-but you can just call me Akko…"

"Akko...that's a funny name!" Diana giggled.

"No, it's not!" Akko yelled back but she also couldn't contain a little laugh that escaped her lips as well.

"Do you wanna be friends?" Diana asked out of the blue, she glanced to the grass below to avoid looking at Akko. She seemed a little embarrassed.

"I-I...I never had any friends before. And since we are lost here we should stick together and find a way out together! So what do you say? Friends?"

The British girl extended out a hand that was intended for Akko to shake; it was a symbol of a bond being formed and an agreement comradery. Akko hesitated at first but then slowly lifted up her right hand and grabbed Diana's.

Diana beamed with delight, "I'm glad we can-"

But then out of nowhere Akko forcefully pulls Diana towards her and whispers in her ear, "Like I would be friends with a human..."

Akko's voice was full of so much malice and hatred that it didn't sound like the voice of a human being. The light of the sun disappeared and there was only eerie red darkness engulfing the forest. Diana shivered in fear by the area's sudden change and watched as her new friend Akko was changing into something horrid.

"A-Akko…?"

The evil girl did not reply as she began to tower over the other one taking the form of a monster that can only exist in nightmares.

"Please Akko...you're scaring me…" tears fell from Diana's eyes as her voice cracked.

Akko stared down at Diana with an evil grin, "All humans...will feel my despair..."

Diana's eyes widened as she knew what was coming. She didn't even get to let out a scream as Akko's jaws clamped down on Diana's body. Her razor-sharp teeth that were like long spears tore her body apart like paper only leaving her legs and one hand on the green ground, the blood turning it red.


"GAH!"

Akko woke up with streams of sweat pouring down her body, her eyes forming tears, and blood trickling down her nose. The frightened girl wiped the blood from her nostrils and sat up in the dark infirmary taking in the nightmare she just beheld.

"So that's your desire? As expected from a monster like you. But I would be lying to myself if I said I didn't want that as well..."

The young witch looked up in front of her to see someone who filled her with fear and rage-it was Mirage.

"You're finally awake. I was worried that you were going to sleep through the whole day, but the gods have decided to wake you up now. If you ask me we should get this done as quickly as possible."

"Get what done?" Akko asked, "What are you going to do?"

"You'll know. Now get up and take your stuff."

Akko looked at the end of her bed to see her uniform folded up neatly and the Shiny Rod sitting right next to it.

"It's nighttime and everyone is in the cafeteria having dinner. This is the perfect opportunity for us. Once you get everything together, come down to the botanical garden. I'll be waiting there."

Mirage then faded away into the shadows leaving Akko alone once again. The girl didn't know why she listened to her but maybe it's because she had a feeling that Mirage and Elizabeth might do something horrible if she didn't. To protect the school and her friends Akko got out of bed and quickly put on her clothes. She then took the Shiny Rod and opened the window that was near her bed.

Akko held the Shiny Rod out and chanted, "Arae Aryrha!"

In bright green light the Shiny Rod unraveled and transformed into a long grappling hook. Akko tied the golden rope to herself and clipped the hook to the window so that she could climb down. As she got outside she shivered as the cold air of the night blew on her weak body; she felt extremely stiff from just laying in bed all day.

"Maybe I should've stretched first," Akko said to herself as she climbed down.


It was dinner time and all the students and professors were down the dining hall taking portions of the delicious meal laid before them. There was fried chicken, lobster, crabs, salad, pork, and a whole table of desserts that had towers of cakes that could almost touch the ceiling.

"The only good stuff this school gives out is only during dinnertime," complained Amanda who was cracking the shell of a lobster, "For breakfast they give us cold and smelly boiled eggs and for lunch, it's all potato related. They act like they're broke when they have all of this; give me a break!"

"Just be grateful for what we have," said Lotte as she was cutting a piece of chicken, "I wish Akko was down here with us, she loves strawberry cake."

"With that nasty wound she had yesterday I don't see her waking up today," Sucy replied as she was eating a fried mushroom.

"Let's save her some sweets!" said Jasminkia who was stuffing her face with ice cream, "She'll definitely appreciate- ah! Brain freeze!"

"I told you not to eat too fast," Constanze shook her head as her pink-haired friend was holding onto her head as if it was going to explode.

The Red and Green Team's mealtime was then interrupted as Professor Ursula approached their table.

"Hello, Professor Ursula!" Lotte smiled, "Do you want to sit with us?"

"If that is ok with you girls."

Ursula placed her plate and took a seat in the middle of Lotte and Amanda. Amanda then led over and peeked over at the professors portions.

"You barely got anything!" Amanda said aloud.

Professor Ursula blushed in embarrassment, "W-well...I'm actually on a diet so…"

"Bleh! Diets suck!"

"Tell me about it…" said Jasminkia as she had the face that looked like she was having Vietnam flashbacks.

"Anyway I didn't just sit here because I wanted to socialize. I wanted to ask you girls about Akko."

The witches turned to the professor with a confused look, "What about her?"

"Have you girls had any idea what has been happening with her lately?"

Sucy was the first to speak, "Well stuff did start to go downhill for her ever since she lost that duel against Elizabeth, then she hurt Elizabeth, then she summoned a dragon and blamed it on Elizabeth, and then she was attacked yesterday and blamed that on Elizabeth as well."

"Everything just seems to be circling around that Elizabeth chick isn't it?" said Amanda whose mouth was full of lobster meat, "She does kinda rub me off the wrong way."

"There is nothing wrong with Miss Lucifer!" Professor Ursula interjected.

"But what about that Mirage girl Akko mentioned," said Constanze's Stan-bot.

Professor Ursula shook her head, "No there is no possible way a student from another academy is just wandering the campus. The teachers, goblins, trolls, and faeries have searched every nook and cranny of the castle and there was no sign of anyone suspicious. We even called the Yggdrasil Academy themselves and they have reported that Mirage was on their campus the whole time. And Elizabeth hasn't done anything either because it was confirmed by her teammates and other students that she hasn't gone anywhere near the New Moon Tower since the dragon incident."

"So you think Akko is lying?" Sucy asked the blue-haired professor.

Ursula held her head down, "I don't want to say that…"

"I think she's telling the truth."

Everyone looked up at Amanda with surprise; the fiery-girl shrugged off their looks and continued to eat her seafood.

"You believe in Akko's claims against Elizabeth and about encountering Mirage?" Professor Ursula said with an eyebrow raised.

"Well yeah. I mean there is no evidence to back her up or anything I just kinda have a feeling she's telling the truth."

"You just have a feeling?" Lotte repeated.

"I mean look how she acted yesterday, she was scared as well as upset there is no way someone like Akko can fake something like that! Either she's gone insane and is seeing things or she was actually attacked."

"Well we can't jump the gun," replied Constanze, "We need evidence to back up Akko; I believe it's time for an investigation!"

"No," said Professor Ursula and all the girls looked at her with disappointed faces.

"This is a matter for the staff so let us deal with it."

"No promises," Amanda responded nonchalantly as she slouched back in her chair.

On the other side of the dining hall was a table where the Blue Team was sitting. Hannah and Barbara were yapping Elizabeth's ears off of how boring the classes were while Diana was just staring at her tea getting lost in its brown color.

"Diana~! Earth to Diana~!"

Diana finally looked up from her teacup to indulge her teammates.

"You haven't touched your food is something the matter?" Elizabeth asked.

Diana sighed, "I'm just not that hungry…"

"Aw really?" Hannah said, "But you gotta try the strawberry cake Diana it tastes soooooooo good!"

"I know right!?" replied Barbara, "I heard that the milk used to make it came from those magical talking cows from Scotland! They're a very weird race but their milk is the best!"

Diana definitely didn't want to hear a stupid conversation about talking cows and quickly zoned out the annoying girls and stared out into the window that showed the school grounds. As she was drinking her tea and staring at the window she noticed a figure moving. There was someone climbing down the side of the castle with a rope and once they landed on the ground that rope transformed into a weird-looking rod. Now that figure was running towards what looked like the botanical garden.

The blonde witch sighed in annoyance, there was only one witch with a weird-looking magical staff.

"Girls I'll be right back I need to take care of something," before her teammates could say anything Diana got out of her seat and walked out of the dining hall.


The botanical garden looked scary during the nighttime, that's what Akko thought. What creeped her out the most was Jennifer's Memorial Tree which was literally staring down at her. Akko held the Shiny Rod close to her chest and foolishly called out to Mirage.

"Hello? Mirage are you here?"

"Right here…"

Appearing from the shadow of Jennifer's tree was the dryad herself. Seeing Akko jump from her sudden appearance and took a defensive stance which made the girl chuckle in amusement.

"I'm glad you could make it Akko...now you can finally be true to yourself…"

"I have no idea what the hell you are talking about and I don't care! The only thing I care about is who you are and what you and Elizabeth want!"

Mirage stood under the tree in silence just looking at Akko with interest. She giggled and slowly walked towards the witch which made her back up a little.

"You want to know who I am...?" Mirage asked while her eyes began to glow.

"Y-...yes…?"

"Well, why didn't you just ask silly? I'll show ya!" Mirage said aloud with a playful smile as she put her hands on her cheek trying to act cute.

Akko growled, "Just stop playing games and tell me your secret!"

"If that's what you want Akko...here…"

All of a sudden a strange golden light engulfed the red dryad, transforming into a new being. Akko readied herself for combat, nervous about what she was going to see. But when the light faded Akko thought at first Mirage had disappeared and was replaced with someone or something else.

"Y-you…!"

"Do you recognize me...Akko?" the voice was not of Mirage's. It sounded of an old woman drenched in a pearl of thousand-year-old wisdom.

Looking at this "person" tears began to fall from Akko...tears of blood.

"Yes...you are…"


"I swear this girl…" Diana complained as she was walking towards the botanical garden in the cold night. "I told her specifically to stay in bed! Why does she never follow directions!?"

Diana enters the garden and there she sees Akko standing in front of the Memorial Tree not facing her with the Shiny Rod in her right hand.

"Atsuko Kagari!" Diana called out, "You are supposed to be in bed to properly heal! I do not know what you are trying to do but I do not care! The last thing you want is to get caught by the teachers right? You shouldn't be in here so-"

"Noctu Orfei…"

"Hm?"

"...Aude Fraetor…"

The green gems of the Shiny Rod started to glow but not in their usual color of yellow but in a red, that was as dark as blood. Once the staff changed form and became a bow Akko turned around and faced Diana, pulling the string back.

"A-Akko? What are you-?"

"SHINY ARC!"

Releasing the string the golden arrow surrounded with red aura flew straight at Diana. But the blonde witch was quick on her feet and dived to the left letting the arrow hit the glass wall of the botanical garden. The glass instantly shattered on impact by the magical explosion from the arrow.

Diana got back up, "What are you doing!? Have you lost your- huh?"

At first, Diana didn't notice the change in Akko's appearance because she was focused on the Shiny Rod, but now her attention was back on Akko who looked more like a demon than a human being. On top of Akko's head were antlers that belonged to a deer, her red eyes were glowing with her black irises taking the form of crosses. Her hands also looked veiny with her nails looking sharper and strange ivory scales coming off from them.

"What...happened to you?" Diana breathed as she took out her wand.

"HURROAAGGHH!"

Like a wild beast, Akko pounced at Diana, but once again the girl's reflexes did not fail here. She pointed her wand right at Akko and fired a magical beam. Akko quickly spun around and slammed her fist into the beam, quickly evaporating it.

"No way!" Diana shouted in her head, "She countered a magical beam with her bare fists!? What type of demonic strength possessed her!?"

"Dianaaaaaaa…." Akko held up the Shiny Rod and the red gems were starting to glow brighter.

"She's going to use it again!" Diana readied herself for whatever was coming.

"Phaidoari...Afairynghor…"

The rod unraveled and transformed into a giant golden ax that only a giant could wield, but Akko's small body was able to hold it up so easily.

"Shit! Praesidio Cingunt!" Diana cast a dome over herself as Akko launched herself six feet in the air. Doing three flips in the air (with the ax still in her hands) Akko started descending ready to give a skull-crushing blow to the young Cavendish.

"SHINY AX!"

Right as those words left Akko's mouth the ax made an impact with its target and a massive explosion of dirt and dust scattered across the garden. Akko landed a few distances away from her enemy and the Shiny Rod reverted back to its normal form as Akko was taking a defensive stance.

"Human…"

Akko sniffed the air like a dog and growled ferociously, "She is still alive…"

The monstrous witch held on to her weapon tightly as she waited for her opponent to emerge from the smoke that was taking a long time to dissipate because of how massive the attack was. But Akko didn't have to wait for that as a strange pure white fog like a rocket blasted out of the Debry.

The mysterious white fog went to the right corner of the garden away from Akko who was looking at it with a hateful glance. The top of the fog formed the face of a young and beautiful female. It was the face of Diana Cavendish.

"Nebula. A very powerful spell that can turn the user's body into fog, however for a young witch like me it takes up to much energy…" Diana said that in between pants, "If I think I might have to use that spell and if I use it I will run out mana completely. So I only have one shot. I can't mess this up or I'm doomed…"

"You despicable human!" The Shiny Rod transformed back into an ax as Akko charged at the foggy Diana like a bull. "I will destroy you!"

"I don't know what has happened to you Akko but first things first I am going to immobilize you! In Sex Natus Est Illusio!"

From Diana's chant six spears with a blue glow and a crescent moon emblem on them appeared. This did not concern Akko as she readied for another devastating attack. But in fog form Diana was quicker than Akko and was easily able to back away from her ax slam move. Once she dodged the attack she placed one spear on the ground and moved to the other side of the garden. Akko charged at her again coming in with a swing but Diana was able to duck in time and place another spear on the ground.

"ARRRRRYYYYY!"

Akko roared in anger as Diana kept dodging her moves by the hair her voice becoming darker and more inhuman. As Diana flew back to the entrance of the botanical garden the spell of the fog wore off she reverted back to being a human.

"DIANA!"

Seeing her chance Akko threw herself at the girl for the final time coming in with a strike. But Diana showed no sign of fear as she placed the last spear onto the ground.

"It's over I have you now!" She took out her wand and raised it up in the air.

"Hear my voice Nyx, Goddess of the Night, and plunge this evil daemon to the void of never-ending slumber! Lux Lunae!"

Like a signal, the lights from the spears disappeared and came together like webs on the ground all gathering towards the center. For Akko, who was in the center herself, could not even move a finger even though nothing was grabbing on to her body.

"ARRRGGG!" Akko screamed as she tried to force her muscles to move, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE CAVENDISH!?"

"Go to sleep."

All of a sudden darkness enveloped everything around Akko and she was alone in the void unable to move. As she stood in the center looking around she could hear the strange noise of a beast breathing coming from above. She looked above her to see a terrifying humongous creature with a bulb-like body, it's skin was a dark shade of blue like the night sky, and it had six eyes that were a vivid cerise.

The beast roared at Akko and slowly descended upon her with its mouth that was bigger than a house wide open. Akko began to tense up as she struggled harder.


"It worked…" Diana sighed as she placed her wand back on her belt. She looked over at Akko standing as still as a statue and her head was looking up at the ceiling with her mouth hung open, drool coming out.

"This is a powerful illusion spell that my mother showed me only in books," Diana stated, "You will be trapped in a six long cycle of nightmares. I didn't want to do that to you Akko but you left no choice. Don't worry it will cease tomorrow in the afternoon."

Diana tried to walk forward but the strength in her legs completely gave out and she fell on her knees.

"I used up too much mana…" Diana panted, "I can't get Akko back to the academy myself; I need to go back and get a teacher-"

"Burēku."

"Huh?"

The exhausted Diana looked up at the trapped Akko who had just spoken a strange word.

"How is she talking…?" Diana slowly got back up as she stared at Akko, "When you are trapped in this spell it's as if you are asleep. Your body stops functioning until the spell is finished. But how did she just…"

"Idaina shi no chikara ga korera no jaakuna kusari o kowashi, watashi ga yakin to shite arukeru yō ni shimasu," as Akko continued to chant in her native language her voice began to change. Not only that but a strange dark scarlet light was surrounding Akko's body and Diana knew for sure this was not part of the spell.

Diana took out her wand again, "W-what is-"

"HANASHITE!"

Like a grenade, Akko's body exploded into a mist of red. Diana screamed as the powerful winds from the explosion nearly knocked her off her feet. Once the winds had calmed Diana opened her eyes and saw the most terrifying thing she had ever seen.

Nothing about Akko was human anymore her skin was paler than chalk, her hair was bright red, there were strange black markings under her eyes, and her fists also had line like patterns with a strange cyan color as she clenched them. Her growls were even more intimidating then a lion's now as she slowly approached Diana from the center.

The spell was a failure and Diana was out of ideas. For once in a long time, Diana was experiencing a wondrous feeling...true fear.

"A-Akko…!" Diana pointed her wand at the demon witch but she couldn't hold it still as her body was shaking to visibly show her fear. "I-if you get any closer I'll be forced too-"

"ARRRRYYYY!"

Like a cheetah Akko sprang at Diana but she was ten times faster than the human eye that Diana didn't even have time to react. She didn't even know Akko got her until she could feel her strong arms crushing her back.

"AHHHHHH!"

Diana screamed as Akko latched on to her, her legs trapped her waists as Akko's arms were locking her upper body.

"A-AKKO! LET GO OF ME THIS INSTANT! AKKO!"

But Akko didn't listen as she slowly opened her mouth to reveal sharp monstrous teeth. She brought them down and bit into Diana's shoulder releasing a stream of blood.

"YAAAHHHHH!" Diana screamed out in pain as Akko's teeth were going deeper into her flesh. "AKKO LET GO! LET GO!"

But the demon girl did the opposite as she chomped harder on the already destroyed elbow. Diana swore she was going to pass out from the pain.

"A-AKKO!" The once confident and mighty Diana Cavendish was now screaming as tears ran down her face and she begged for mercy, "P-PLEASE *hic* LET ME GO…!"

Not really listening to Diana's words but feeling like this pain was enough Akuma-Akko released Diana and let her drop to the floor. The poor British girl was crying as she was trying to stop the bleeding on her shoulder, but the worst was yet to come.

Akuma-Akko held up the Shiny Rod.

"Noctu...Orfei…"

Diana could hear the spell's chant so she slowly lifted her head and looked at Akuma-Akko who was preparing for another attack.

More tears fell from Diana's eyes from the extreme pain in her shoulder and the intense fear. There was no way she could defend herself.

"Akko...please…"

"...Aude…"

"Akko...please...PLEASE! JUST STOP! DON'T KILL ME PLEASE!"

Akuma-Akko smiled showing her evil fangs, "...Fraetor!"

The staff transformed into a bow and Akuma-Akko pulled back on the string as a golden arrow glowing with a demonic red aura materialized.

"AKKO PLEASE!"

"SHINY ARC!"

Akuma-Akko releases the arrow.


"Maybe we should go and give Akko some food, she must be starving!" Jasminka said with a muffled voice as she was shoving bread down her throat.

"Don't talk with your mouth full and your right we should," replied Constanze who got before everyone else.

Amanda looked over at Professor Ursula who was still sitting and pecking at her food, "You wanna come and see Akko?"

Ursula looked up quickly, "Um...no I'm good…"

"Why not?" Sucy asked with a strange hint of annoyance in her voice, "You've totally been avoiding her these past few days just go see her."

"Sucy!" Lotte growled.

"What? They totally need to make up."

Professor Ursula giggled awkwardly while scratching her head, "Maybe some other time. I don't think Akko really wants to-"

"Nonsense!" Lotte said aloud, "Akko would love to see you!"

"B-but-"

*BOOM*

The dining hall erupted with screams as it seemed like the whole earth was caving in. Tables, chairs, and food started flying everywhere thanks to the sudden sound of an explosion and it's powerful earthquake partner. After four seconds from its sudden appearance, the noise and earthquake ceased leaving the dining hall in a jumbled mess.

"W-w-what happened!?" Lotte screamed as she was still holding onto the table.

Storming into the dining hall was Professor Finnelan and a whole army of other teachers with their wands out.

"What's going on!?" Professor Julian yelled, "Are we under attack or something!?"

"Look! The explosion came from the botanical garden!"

A student was at the door that led outside and she pointed at the now destroyed botanical garden with all the glass scattered across the courtyard.

"What's going on?" Blair asked her teammates.

"Let's go check it out!" said Avery who was the first to leave the dining hall, but it wasn't long until the other students followed her.

"Should we go too?" Constanze turned to the other members of the Green and Red team.

Amanda stepped forward, "I don't know about you guys but I'm sure as hell not gonna miss the action!"

With that Amanda joined the crowd of students that were leaving the dining hall. Not wanting anything bad to happen to their teammate Jasminka and Constanze followed her.

Lotte and Sucy remained by Professor Ursula who was slowly getting up from the floor.

"S-should we follow them?" Lotte asked Sucy.

Sucy shrugged, "Beats staying in this dirty place," and she walked off.

"H-hold on! Wait for me!" Lotte called out as she chased after Sucy.

"Wait! Do not go outside, stay here!" Professor Finnelan yelled out to them but they were already gone. The stern teacher facepalmed and said, "Come on let's follow them!"

"C-coming!" Professor Ursula called out to the fellow professor as she was getting off the floor. "What could've happened?"


Akko was in the darkness for what felt like decades. There was no noise or sign of life anywhere, just her and the void. To Akko, this was both scary and peaceful. A part of her would want to go back to the outside world and see her friends again while the other would just like to escape in this tomb away from the hateful glances from students and the hurtful words from teachers. This void was a contradiction to Akko's feelings but which one was true? Not even Akko knows.

But Akko's alone time came to an end and she felt a strange heat pressing against her back. She turned around and nearly got blinded by a light that was as bright as the sun itself. The light grew bigger and bigger until the darkness was no more and the only thing left was Akko and this new scenery.

"Woah…" was all Akko could say to such a magnificent place.

It was a forest but it looked bountiful and beautiful as if time could not touch it. The trees were as tall as towers and were wide, strong, and healthy. The grass colored the land with a pretty green and many colorful flower families that could make up a rainbow on its own joined the grass as they danced in the winds. There were living creatures in the forest as well but only two types of creatures Akko saw. There were the natural deers who journeyed together in a group and the unnatural type of creature that no normal human would recognize but Akko found them cute and familiar. They were very small rock-like creatures with white skin with black and grey, glowing eyes.

Akko stared down at the waters below her and quietly said to herself, "This place...I know this place...this is…"

"Atsuko."

Akko brought her head up and she heard her name being called. She looked forward to seeing another living being on another patch of land across the water. At first, it looked like a normal deer but as the creature got closer she could see the notable differences. The deer-like creature began walking across the water towards Akko's patch of land but the crazy thing was that its feet weren't sinking into the water it was walking on it as if it was solid ground. Once it made it to Akko the girl fully examined the look of this majestic creature.

It had the body of a deer but with more antlers than normal, almost like a sort of crown, it had a red human-like, and its eyes were scarlet just like Akko's.

"Atsuko," the creature said again, it had the voice of an elderly woman, "Do you miss this place?"

Out of nowhere, tears began falling from Akko's face profoundly and she put her hands to her face as she wailed.

"Yes!" Akko practically screamed, "Yes I want to come back! The human world, I hate! Those humans never change! Please take me back!"

The deer creature smiled at Akko tenderly and spoke again, "Atsuko...you cannot return here until your days in the other world are over…"

Akko continued to cry.

"You still have a job to do. The world on the other side needs you. Now return and face the consequences of your sin."

Akko looked up at the deer creature, "M-m-my s-sin?"

All of a sudden the whole world of the forest and the deer creature faded away like dust in the wind and Akko was brought back to a familiar world.

At first, she was confused about where she was but then memories slowly made their way back.

"T-that's right I-I followed Mirage and came to the garden. B-but where did she-"

"AAAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHG!"

The brunette witch nearly fell back in shock as an ear-piercing scream snapped her out of her thoughts, but that actually forced her to look at her surroundings and realize that something was wrong. The botanical garden was practically destroyed, the glass walls were all blown off and the night sky with its star family was fully visible but then Akko looked down on the ground to see the real horror.

It was Diana who was swimming in a pool of her own blood. Akko could tell she was still alive because she was groaning and screaming in pain as she was frantically moving. The confused witch came closer to realize the blonde witch was holding onto her stomach for that was where all the blood was spilling. No wonder it was because right on that spot was a golden arrow lodged in there.

"W-what…?"

Akko looked at her right arm and realized she was holding the Shiny Rod but in its bow form.

"What did I…"

"OH MY GOD!"

Akko looked up at the entrance to see a whole crowd of students looking at the horrific scene. Some of the students in front of the crowd Akko could recognize. It was her fellow members of the Red Team and the Green Team. Lotte had her hands covering her mouth in shock, Sucy just stared at Akko with disbelief, Jasminka looked like she going to throw up, Constanze was covering her eyes and shaking, and Amanda was looking more confused than anyone else in the crowd not knowing what to make of the scene.

"Diana?!"

Getting out of the crowd was three students Hannah, Barbara, and Elizabeth. When the three saw Diana's state their faces were colored in a pale fear and they ran to her aid.

"Diana!? DIANA!" Hannah screamed as she held up her head.

"OH MY GOD IS SHE DEAD!?" Barbara cried profoundly as she squeezed Diana's right hand.

Elizabeth checked her pulse, "Not yet but we need to hurry and get to the infirmary or else she'll die in a matter of minutes!"

"Move out of the way!"

Coming behind the three was a hectic Professor Finnelan with her wand out. She cast a spell which caused Diana's now unconscious body to levitate. She left the garden with a group of teachers protecting Diana's body.

"We must hurry and get her treated!" commanded Professor Finnelan as all the teachers followed her all except for one.

Approaching the scared and confused Akko was Professor Ursula whose face at first seemed unreadable. Akko slowly looked up at her favorite professor, shaking.

"P-Professor Ursula? What is goi-"

*SLAP*

Akko didn't even finish her sentence as Ursula swiftly slapped her making the girl feel a fiery sting on her left cheek.

"H-huh…?" Akko held on to the cheek and looked up at the angry Ursula cowering in fear. "W-why…?"

The next thing Professor Ursula did was yank the Shiny Rod out of Akko's hands and once it was no longer in its wielder's hands it reverted back to normal.

"H-hey!" Akko yelled, "What are you-"

"QUIET!"

Akko snapped her mouth shut as Professor Ursula yelled at her and then the blue-haired professor forcefully grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the garden.

"Ow! Professor Ursula, please stop! You're hurting me!"

But the young Professor didn't listen as she pushed Akko through the crowd.

Akko could almost see all the faces of the students and they were all looks of fear and disgust. They were hateful glances that made Akko want to curl up in a ball and roll away from there. But even as she got passed the crowd she could still feel their looks on her and she couldn't stop the tears from falling. Not only did she feel ashamed but she worried for Diana, the person she allegedly attacked.

"What have I done…?"


Author's Note:

Sorry, I have been away for a while, life just gets in the way sometimes! I hope you all enjoy this chapter this one took a long time to make and I got a lot of changes in the story to address.

-For starters, the Masked Girl Aradia, I decided to replace her with an already existing character named Mirage who appears in the LWA manga. I won't spoil anything about her involvement with the manga so you guys can go check it out. The reason I did this was because I found her to be an interesting character and wanted to use her for this story as an antagonist. I won't spoil much but I guess you can say the relationship between her and Akko is like the relationship between Ventus and Vanitas from KH Birth by Sleep; I will say no more than that.

-I have decided to use Latin as the basis for spells (unless if they are spells that already exist or special cases). Some spells like the healing spell and the purple dome spell I picked up from another author named omaomae who did the Mending Hearts series (really good check it out if you want). For the rest of the spells, I have created on my own using Latin Translations.

-And finally, that deer creature seems very familiar...That's right! To all the Studio Ghibli fans out there that is the Forest Spirit from the movie Princess Mononoke. In this story, I am going to bringing in elements from Studio Ghibli films, other Trigger animes, and my own original stuff and characters as much as I can. The reason I decided to use Studio Ghibli as well was because when I first watched LWA I got some Studio Ghibli vibes and I am adding other Trigger animes because I feel like they can all exist in the same universe...at least that is what my crazy brain says.

-I will make edits to past chapters as soon as can to adapt to the changes (I already did a bit) and will see you all next time! Thank you for your support and have a nice day! The next chapter is gonna be a rough one...

Next Chapter: Goodbye Luna Nova...