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"And don't forget to do your homework!" Ms. Europa calls out, as we exit her classroom, and move about the hallway.
"Well, that was boring." Sucy states.
I raise an eyebrow at her claim.
"Oh, really? I didn't realize that learning about blood magic was boring."
She shakes her head.
"No, not that. She could've at least showed us how to do it."
"But isn't blood magic…evil?" Lotte whispers out the last word.
"It's only evil when it's used for evil." I respond.
"Yeah, that makes sense." Sucy says sarcastically to my statement
I roll my eyes.
"Oh please, it's so simple even Akko could understand it."
I turn to her, expecting some kind of comeback.
However all I see is Akko's face, scrunched up in deep thought
"Akko deep thinking? Huh, never thought I'd see the day." Sucy says.
"I just hope she finds what she's looking for." Lotte says warmly.
We walk down the flight of stairs and sit in our regular seats, beginning our break.
With our main talker Akko off in thought, the rest of us crack open our books.
Sucy is reading "The Alchemist", Lotte is reading "Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications", and I'm reading "Just Like a Roman."
After a bit of reading, I peek my eyes over the top of my book, at Akko.
Yup, still thinking.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy it when people use their heads, but it's been a solid ten minutes of this, and for Akko that's a long time!
Now, where was I? Oh, yeah.
"The queen flew on the wings of an eagle. She had a VCR but wanted a DVD, so the gods sent munchkins to hypnotize her water skis. So, she took her peanut butter sandwich for a walk, the end."
Wait, I don't remember that in Roman history. Must be a typo, or something similar-
"I GOT IT!" Akko screams out, interrupting my reading.
"What have you got?" Sucy asks boredly, her eyes still planted in her book, not at all interested.
"Well, remember how the principle gave the school a week off for defeating the dragon?" Akko asks.
"Yeah, and it doesn't start until tomorrow. Your point?" She asks.
I was thinking we could have…..A HERO'S SLUMBER PARTY!" Akko says, with pride in her idea.
She continues,
"I was thinking we should have a celebration! After all it's not every day a dragon attacks-"
"It was yesterday." I say, cutting her off.
"We should totally have a sleepover tonight! Me, Lotte, Sucy, and Ted!" She continues, ignoring me.
This talk of what transpired yesterday makes me think of someone else.
Diana.
She was the one who saved my life on two occasions that day, and still had time to evacuate the students, preventing further damage.
She's a hero.
"Aren't you forgetting someone, Akko?" Someone who played a pivotal role in taking out the dragon?" I ask.
"I don't think Ms. Ursula is allowed to sleep over."
"No Akko, not Ms. Ursula. I'm talking about Diana."
"What?! Why Diana?! She's so stubborn and vain, no thank you!"
"Akko, she saved my life twice that day. Call me crazy, but I think she's earned a spot at your sleepover." I tell her.
She groans at this statement, but overall sees my point.
"Fine, fine, she can come." She quickly says, still irritated by my wish. "So, we have me, Lotte, Sucy, Ted, and Diana. Am I missing anyone?"
"I don't think so." Lotte says.
Akko turns to me.
"Alright! Ted, come by our dorm before dark, and I'll invite Diana, although I doubt she'll come!"
At seven P.M., outside of Akko's dorm, I knock on her door.
So, just what are we going to do at this sleepover?
I doubt we're going to do the stereotypical girl stuff.
You know, talk about boys we like, do each other's nails, and style our hair.
The only one I can imagine doing that is Diana, but just barely.
Still though, the very thought of sleeping in a room with a group of girls still gives me a shiver of discomfort.
Maybe I can leave early, or just sleep as far away as possible from them.
If any school administrator happened to do a surprise inspection, that's the best position for me to be in.
Oh boy, some boys would just love to be in my situation!
After a few more knocks, the door opens, revealing Akko, Lotte, and Sucy in pajamas.
Akko is wearing purple shorts and a plain white shirt, Lotte is wearing a light blue shirt with matching comfy pants, and Sucy is wearing a white nightgown and nightcap.
"Ted, you made it! Although you are a bit late." Akko says.
Well, it would've been impolite to refuse.
"Yeah." I say, still a bit uncomfortable by this new situation.
"So, what did you bring?" Sucy asks.
"Just a sleeping bag."
She cocks her head to one side.
"No pajamas?"
"What do you-" I cut myself off, realizing what she's getting at.
Damn, no pajamas. That's one thing that I didn't bring to Luna Nova.
I normally sleep in my underwear, but that's not really an option here.
Whatever, I'll just sleep in my clothes.
"They're somewhere, out there." I say, trying to dodge the question.
"Well, make yourself at home!" Akko says, either picking up on my que or simply just wanting to change the subject.
As I roll out my sleeping bag on the floor, I notice someone missing.
"Where's Diana?" I ask.
Akko puffs out her cheeks, putting her hands on her hips.
"She probably thought she was too good for us, she's such a privileged, spoiled-"
The rest of her rant is cut off by a few sharp knocks coming from the door.
Akko spins around, facing the door.
"What was that?" She asks, in a hushed whisper.
"The door…what's the problem?" I ask.
"Just think about it. A boy spending time with three girls in their dorm. If the principle finds out, we're all dead."
More knocks follow, each one causes Akko to shrink back a little more, until she is on the other side of the room.
Damn, might as well open the door.
The longer we wait, the worse our punishment will be.
I unwillingly grasp the handle, and turn it. I close my eyes, bracing myself for whatever punishment a magical school can bring.
"Well, it's about time." I hear in a familiar tone.
I open my eyes and am met by the face of Diana.
She is wearing a black night shirt with white piping, and matching shorts.
"What?! Diana, you came?!" Announces a shocked Akko.
"Well, it would've been impolite to refuse." Diana explains.
Great minds think alike, eh Diana?
With everyone here, Akko directs us all to sit down in a circle in the middle of the room.
To my right is Diana and to my left is Lotte.
"So, since we're all here, how about we play True Love's Kiss?" Akko suggests.
"What's that?" Lotte asks.
"It's like pin the tail on the donkey, but instead of tails we lather up our lips in lipstick. And instead of donkeys we use posters of cute boys! My favorite is Solomon Olds from Family Force Five! He's such a hotty!"
"Oh my." Diana gasps. "Is this what you do in your free time rather than studying?"
Not five minutes in, and insults are already flying?
"Nah. What other games do you have in mind?" I ask, hoping that my question would stop Akko from any retort to Diana's question.
"Ok then, how about Cootie Catcher?" Akko asks.
Looks like it worked.
But still, that name makes me say no.
"I don't even want to know what that is." I say.
"Yeah same, I'll pass." Sucy agrees.
"I knew you were childish Akko, but I had no idea it was this bad." Diana adds.
"Look Diana! The only reason why you're here is because Ted convinced me!" Akko says.
"Come on girls, slumber parties are supposed to be fun." Lotte reminds us, trying to keep the peace.
"So, what do you suggest?" Diana asks, herself growing a bit impatient by all this conflict.
"Well…I was thinking we could play a game that my mother and I used to play." Lotte informs us meekly.
"What's that?" I ask, referring to her idea.
"It's a game called "Random Facts", we each take turns saying random facts."
I could see Lotte playing that game.
"And how do you win?" Akko asks, growing a bit excited by the prospect of a game drawing near.
"Oh, there are no winners." Lotte informs us. "Mother says it's not fair to the losers. She says we should all cooperate, rather than compete."
Well, her mom needs some aloe vera, because she clearly feels the Bern.
I can already tell that this is going to be a long night.
"Fine, I'll go first." I say, staring the game. "During World War Two, an American plane with nine passengers crashed on a Japanese island. Eight were eaten, while one escaped. The survivor was George W. Bush."
"Um Theodore…when playing the game, we don't say those kinds of facts. It's best to remember the good and forget the bad." Lotte says.
I mentally facepalm myself.
Yup, definitely a long night.
"I'll go." Diana says.
She thinks for a bit before saying,
"My last name is a type of banana."
Of course, Diana banana. That would explain the blond hair also.
"Oh yeah, well the guy who played Cooper in Jurassic Park Three was fifty-one at the time." Akko says.
"What? He looked like he was in his thirties." I say in disbelief, myself remembering vividly the greatness of the movie and character Cooper.
"You guys are really enjoying it!" Lotte beams, clearly happy with her working idea.
"How about this? Dolphins can recognize and admire themselves in mirrors." Sucy says.
"So, dolphins are narcissists?" I ask.
"Basically." She responds.
"India's "Go Air" airline only hires female flight attendants because they're lighter, so they save up to $500,000 per years in fuel." Diana says.
At this point, we are all talking at once, so it's impossible to tell which witch said which.
"Crying makes you feel better, reduces stress, and helps to keep the body healthy."
"It has been recently proven that the Romans discovered America."
"A bolt of lightning is six times hotter than the sun."
"Since Venice is built on an island, the city is slowly sinking."
"No matter how much trash there is, it's still trash."
"When a person cries, if the first tear drop comes from the right side, it's happiness. If it comes from the left eye, it's pain."
"It's only an island, if you look at it from the water."
This goes on for another hour or so, until we all run out of facts.
Tired and yawning, Diana turns to me.
"What time is it?" She asks.
I look at the alarm clock by the bunk bed.
"It's almost midnight." I inform her.
"Oh my." Diana says, disbelieved by the movement of time. "ell I best get back to my dorm."
"I think you're missing the point of a sleepover." I joke at her.
She leans forward and whispers in my ear.
"I wouldn't be surprised if Akko did something to me in my sleep."
"Good point." I say, while nodding.
She stands up from the circle and moves towards the door.
"Well, it's getting late, so I best be off."
After saying her goodbyes, she walks out, and closes the door.
"Yeah, and good riddance." Akko mutters.
"Was it that bad?" I ask, in a mocking tone.
She mutters something under her breath that I can't make out.
"Now that Diana is gone, let's get to the real meat of this sleepover." Sucy says.
"What." I ask.
"Ghost stories."
"Uh…are they going to be scary?" Lotte asks in fear.
"Well, of course." She replies. "They wouldn't be any fun if they weren't!"
"Oh, I'll go first." Akko says "There was once a very hungry hitchhiker, who was lost at night. He saw some light coming in from a house, so he walked in, but found it deserted, except for one fridge. He slowly opened the door and realized…the fridge was empty!"
"Hey, that's pretty good." Lotte says, clearly lying.
"Your stories suck almost as much as your game ideas." Sucy says.
"Oh yeah, and you could do better?!" Akko demands.
Sucy clears her voice, and with a sadistic grin says
"This one's my favorite, it's called Sweet Apple Massacre-"
"God no Sucy, don't tell that one!" I interrupt her, recognizing this story. "This fanfiction is rated T, not M!"
"But, I want to hear it." Lotte says.
"Look in up on your own time." I tell her, hoping that she doesn't
"…Fine, I'll do another one." Sucy shrugs. "This one is called 'Aren't You Glad You Didn't Turn on the Lights?' At a college, there were two friends. One was Misha, a party animal, the other was Shizune, a studious student. One night, Misha was having a party in their dorm room, so Shizune went to the library to study for an upcoming test. After a few hours of this, she realized that she forgot her science book in her dorm. Upon going inside the room, she heard her roommate moaning, followed by heavy breathing. Assuming Misha was having a "College Relationship", Shizune grabbed her book and ran out without turning on the light, as to not disturb them. She went back to her dorm a few hours later, and went to sleep. Upon waking up, Shizune found her friend dead and written on the wall in blood was the phrase "Aren't you glad you didn't turn on the light?"
"Wow, that was really creepy!" Akko says.
"I k-know right" Lotte stutters out.
"I got one, Sucy." I say, unfazed by her story.
"Let's have it." She says.
"There was a little girl named Hanako. Her parents were driving out of town for the weekend, so they bought her a dog to keep her company. One night, she was awoken by a dripping sound. She got up, and turned off the tap, and went back to bed, with her hand over the edge, as the dog licked her fingers. The dripping sound didn't stop, so she decided to ignore it, and go to sleep. The next night she heard the dripping again, and tried to pinpoint the sound. She looked around, and found the sound coming from within her cupboard. She opened it up, only to find her dog dead with its throat cut open, and a note that read "Humans can lick too."
At this point, Akko and Lotte are sitting in the bottom bunk, white as ghosts, and clinging to each other like human safety blankets.
Sucy looks at me with challenging eyes and says
"All right Ted, rapid fire. After working a hard day, I came home to see my girlfriend cradling our child. I didn't know which was more frightening, seeing my dead girlfriend and stillborn child, or knowing that someone broke into my apartment to place them there."
Now getting what she mean, I counter her story.
"There was a picture in my phone of me sleeping. I live alone."
"Sleep did not come to me easily that night in the cabin in the woods, for the portraits on the wall only portrayed the deformed, the decrepit, and the damned. Sleep has never come easily to me ever again, for when I woke up, I found no portraits, only windows."
"The grinning face stared at me from the darkness beyond my bedroom window. I live on the 14th floor."
"Don't be scared of monsters, just look for them. Look to your left, to your right, under your bed, behind your dresser, in your closet, but never look up, she hates being seen."
"You hear your mom calling you into the kitchen. As you are heading downstairs you hear a whisper from the closet saying "Don't go down there honey, I heard it too."
"Jeez, how do you know so many stories?" Sucy asks, pausing our contest.
"When you look up spells, the internet tends to steer you towards the occult." I explain to her.
"Sweet." She says while smiling.
"Can you two stop?! I actually want to sleep tonight." Akko whines.
"Oh Akko, I don't know how you can be sleepy, I don't think I'll ever fall asleep again!" Lotte says, with wide eyes.
"Um…don't worry Lotte, I'll sleep next to you." Akko says, trying to hide her fear, but I can see the look of terror in her eyes.
With no more words, we all fall asleep.
Akko and Lotte sleeping in the bottom bunk, Sucy sleeping in her own bed, and me on the floor.
I was lying when I said I was sleeping, I'm actually waiting for everyone to go to sleep. After an hour of lying on the floor, staring at the ceiling, Akko and Lotte's adrenaline finally wears off, and both are fast asleep.
I get out of my sleeping bag, stand up, and walk towards Sucy's bed.
"Hey Sucy, wake up." I whisper, while nudging her.
She stirs awake.
"You better have a good reason for waking me, or your next meal will contain a seasoning of cyanide!" She hisses out, still groggy from sleep.
"I just notice that you're missing something…a certain satchel perhaps?" I ask.
"Yeah, I lost my poison bag in the labyrinth. What about it?"
I take out her satchel that was hiding in my sleeping bag, and toss it on her lap.
With half opened eyes, she nonchalantly says
"I guess that's a decent enough reason to wake me."
And with that, she rolls back in bed, much to my shock.
Don't get me wrong, it's not like I expected to get a hug, a kiss, and a smooch out of that. I at least expected her to show a little more gratitude, but hey, this is Sucy we're talking about, the girl who threatened to kill me just for waking her up!
Whatever.
I attempt to ease my way back into my sleeping bag, but slip and slam my elbow painfully against the wood floor.
I let out a cry of pain, stirring the others awake.
"What was that?!" Lotte screams out.
"It's the monster! Whatever you do, don't look up! She hates being seen!" Akko yells, both of them in a panic.
"And don't look under your bed! Remember, humans can lick too! Humans can lick too!" Lotte screeches out.
With another sadistic joke in mind, Sucy uncaps one of her potions from her satchel, and turns it upside down, allowing the liquid to drip onto the floor.
"AH, DON'T CHECK THE CUPBOARD!" Akko and Lotte both scream out.
Making things worse, a nearby owl flies past the window, casting a shadow.
"There it is, in the window!" Lotte cries out. "A dark figure cast a shadow, its body contorted by a hideous hairdo!"
"It's the mad logger, who chops down trees, and hacks them into coffee tables." I joke
Both Akko and Lotte scream and cling to each other at the very idea.
Jeez, you two, take a joke.
"It's the provoked opera singer, who woos little boys and girls with her enchanting auras." Sucy says, joining in on the fun.
The two go white with fear, and pass out.
Sucy and I exchange amused glances, both of us content that they stopped screaming like banshees during The Black Death.
I lay back down in my sleeping bag, hoping that no other students heard the cries.
It's kind of funny.
When I first entered this school a few months ago, I never thought I'd be sleeping in the same room with two passed out girls!
Again, I'm in another situation many guys would strive for.
Well, the only thing to do now is figure out how to enjoy this week off.