Wednesday 19 July 2017, Glastonbury, England
Another week had begun, In the previous week we had a small championship of burns, in this week we had a small championship of football, where the teams were composed by 5 players, with a victory of the yellow team, composed by Wangari, Kimberly, Joanna, Aira and Rita. The week went by normally, the girls just focused on the skate championship, at least the ones that were going to participate, the rest went on with their lives as usual.
In the meantime a trio of girls didn't want to put an end in the whole question of the secret place of Luna Nova, neither in what they had found, so much that they gathered the pages that they had taken pictures of the books, making a compilation of these things, later Akko took this compilation, passed in a stationary shop, printing page for page leaving in a binder, so that they had a physical and safe copy of what they had taken pictures of.
On Wednesday of that week, they set up a meeting, at the brown dorm, where Leclerc
lives, because it's also a dorm where she doesn't have any teammates, it would be the perfect place for the trio's meeting.
21:00
Wednesday night arrives, and the three girls leave their dorms and head for Marianne's dorm. Kagari, of course, is being teased by her classmates, while Hellene simply leaves as if it were nothing, since her classmates don't care.
" Where are you going at such an hour Akko? " Sucy asks.
" I'm going to Marianne's room, I'm spending the night there " Kagari replies and the two colleagues stare at each other mischievously.
" And we can go? " Teases Manbavaran.
" No! It's private, only Hellene and I can go " again the Japanese woman fell for her colleague's trick.
" Ahhhhhh, so it looks like it's going to be in threes? Heh, I didn't know you were like that Akko, I thought you were into Diana " At this question Atsuko blushes and just turns her face leaving the room with her pyjamas and also a bag with her training clothes and a binder with the photographed pages of the books.
The two friends of the girl with crimson eyes just stare at each other, thinking of many naughty things, the girl herself just follows the path, walking to the brown team's room, noticing already that it was Marianne's room just by the signs and anime drawings that were on the door, when entering there, she already finds the two seated playing videogames.
" Oh Akko, you came, and so you actually managed to make a copy of what we compiled from the books? " asked Leclerc, and Kagari quickly pulled out a purple binder from her bag, with some drawings of flying witches and stars.
" Really, didn't you have a prettier one? This way it will be too revealing " said Cavendish.
" What matters is that we already have everything together, I read through the stuff, we can try to do the spells today, what do you think? " asks the Japanese woman.
" Wasn't that the reason why we came here? " said the French woman.
" Since my sister doesn't want to believe me, nor the rest of the lassies believe us, let's test ourselves," said the Scottish lass, pulling up the sleeves of her pyjamas.
The girls opened the binder, right on the first page already began to have the drawings of a spell and also the word that would be said, "Paleis Capama", In the drawings showed that things were enveloped by a greenish sphere, in the description a defense spell, Marianne takes a wand that she had handmade to try something, pointing to a Goku action figure that was on one of the shelves.
" Paleis Capama! " Nothing happened when Marianne tried to do the incantation.
" Strange, I wonder if it must have... " Said Akko with her hand on her chin, until the nothing happening, starts to be real.
The Goku action figure is surrounded by a greenish bubble, the trio of girls are in shock, by this time Hellene was filming everything with her mobile phone, noticing what has been happening was more real than it seemed.
" It worked! " All three said.
" Magic is real... " Atsuko said with an accomplished expression.
" This is all very strange, I want to try it too, only with another spell " Said the redhead who was starting to leaf through the book trying to find a spell.
While browsing through it, the Scottish lassie found one that really interested her, "Vera Gurasare", a teleportation spell, as it said on the description, that could move the witch at small distances from one to the other and could also be used with objects, this way Hellene concentrated well on the Goku action figure that ended up without the orb involving her since the spell was temporary. This time Akko was filming the whole action.
" Vera Gurasare! " There was no delay this time, the spell hit Goku's figure, transporting it to another location that Cavendish pointed to, making her look awestruck just like the other girls.
" It works! " All three say.
" Go Akko, you try it too " Both said and it was the Japanese woman's turn.
She goes leafing through the book trying to find a spell to do, finding one that interested her a lot, "Metamorphie Faciasse", in the description a metamorphosis spell, being able to transform the witch into any animal that comes to mind, enchanting enough the girl that she kept mentalizing in her head to do the spell, with Hellene again filming everything.
" Metamorphie Faciasse! " Nothing, simply nothing happened, the wand didn't even emit a glow, the Japanese woman simply stood with her eyes closed waiting for something to roll.
" You are still human Akko " Marianne said.
" Damn it! " Kagari said in frustration.
" Try to speak more calmly, you're still too anxious, that way the spell won't come off " Cavendish said filming.
" Metamorphie Faciasse! " Even though she was calmer, nothing had happened, not even the wand shone, so much so that she looked at herself in the mirror and became angry.
" How strange that it's not working for you Akko " Said Leclerc with her hand on her chin and Atsuko went to try again.
Metamorphie Faciasse " syllable by syllable in the most correct way she can think of in her head, she went on speaking calmly, but in this she ended up causing the light to flash strangely.
The girls were even startled, but they noticed that the wand had emitted a glow, followed by a spell that was being released, going all the way to Kagari, causing even a little smoke, only at the time it ended up not coming out that well, leaving the Japanese girl with two ears and a rabbit nose. Both Hellene and Marianne started laughing, and soon Marianne looked at herself in the mirror and got a fright.
" What? That wasn't supposed to happen! " Said Akko running her hand over the animal parts that had grown on her.
" That's strange... How did you end up like that Akko? It says here that the spell turns you into an animal completely, let me see here if it works " Hellene said stopping filming and picking up her wand.
As she recites the spell, with Cavendish it came on the spot, she ends up turning into a cat, then goes back to normal and is even impressed at how it works, causing a huge shock to the three, all this happening right in front of them, then the redhead uses the spell on the Japanese girl, this way making her go back to normal, taking off the girl's rabbit ears.
" That was all weird, why wasn't it right with me? I spoke the spell in a cute way, even Hellene with her Scottish accent got it " Akko said confused and frustrated.
" Look I'd say it must be because you're not ready yet, remember we were hit by those things not long ago, what if they're what's awakening our magic? " Cavendish said.
" I think that must be it, because there was a little delay for my spells to come out " Said the Leclerc scratching the back of her head and then trying the same spell, only this time it was even coming out at the same speed as the redhead's, even turning into a cat too.
" I don't know what that is, but when my magic awakens, I'll get it and I won't stop trying because of it, my mothers kind of never were like that, the only magic they must have had between them was making me " Atsuko said shrugging.
" In this you have a point Akko, unlike me, your mothers were mundane and from what I saw in the yearbooks mine already had a tradition in magic, so this could be an advantage " Hellene answers.
The trio kept trying more spells, looking at what was in the binder, being amazed at what was going on, noticing how magic is more and more real, and that it's not a lie at all, they were even feeling better about being right.
In another room, in the bedroom of Ursula and Croix
's couple, they could notice that the light gave a beautiful blink.
" Croix... " Ursula said with a worried tone.
" How did they find that out? How did she find out anyway " Croix said shocked.
" If it were the others it wouldn't cause that wink, she really will try, these girls don't know the risk they are taking " Callistis said.
" We can't hold them back too long Chariot, the truth has to come out, one way or another the seal will be broken, and we will have to prepare these girls for what may be inevitable " Meridies said in a more serious tone.
" Just the one we didn't want to manifest magic or try, damn it... This way there's no way to avoid what might happen," Chariot said as the light flashed more intensely.
" If she continues like this the seal will break Chariot! " said the purple haired one extremely worried.
" What can we do? If the seal breaks... We just have to protect Luna Nova from the inevitable " Du Nord said.
" We can only hope that Akko's stubbornness doesn't cause worse things, the future of magic depends on her " said the green"eyed one.
" We shouldn't have picked her for this... " said the red"haired one.
" Let's hope this seal is strong enough not to break so easily... " Croix said.
Both Croix and Chariot exude the worry of millions, thinking about what could happen, especially in relation to that seal, Akko's attempts to perform a spell, which was already quite suspicious, mainly because they cause light blinks in Luna Nova, in a strange way, as if something held her back from performing spells and using magic.
Back in the brown team's room, the trio felt a lot of that last blink, they kept trying to think of a way to help their friend.
" This is very strange Akko, this was not supposed to happen to you, we are managing to use magic quietly, you are having trouble with all the spells, when they even come out, some even cause the light to flicker " Hellene said with her hand on her chin.
" I have to try, I can't give up, I know I can make it, now that I know I can be a witch, I swear everything has become clearer to me " Atsuko said.
" Let's try this one, but only floating for now, then we'll try this one outside another day," Marianne said, showing another spell.
This time it was a broomstick flight spell, the incantation said "Aunt Freyre", being the broomstick levitation spell, a very basic description, so much so that Leclerc made sure to get a broomstick from her room which was very similar to a witch's broomstick, which she had even improvised a comfortable seat, taking a cushion, positioning it in between her legs.
" Aunt Freyre! " On the spot the Frenchwoman starts to float, she is delighted looking at her own feet not touching the ground, the broomstick flying, working as a mount, Hellene filmed everything, but was amazed by something else she looked at in the meantime.
" Black is it? " Cavendish asked with an arched eyebrow.
" Hellene! Focus! And yes black, I like more neutral colours " said Marianne blushing.
Next it was Hellene's turn and she easily started to float, she was being stubborn, trying to send some manoeuvres even upside down, which by some chance also revealed a bit too much.
" It looks like we're matching up," Marianne said, and soon the redhead began to blush, turning a real tomato.
" Hey, you can talk about me later," said the purple"eyed one blushing.
" Exchanged shots don't hurt " Said the brown"eyed one shrugging.
" Stop thinking about each other's panties, whether it's black or white, now let me try " Akko said taking the broom from Hellene's hands who then stuffed her face into the pillows.
" I think I'm going to have to film it, it looks like I made Hellene have a lesbian attack on me heh " Said Leclerc pointing at the redhead hiding her face in her pillow and giving a few swats.
" Aunt Freyre! " Nothing, simply nothing, Akko remained still without any reaction.
" Gosh Akko, not even the flying on the broomstick, just the one I was hoping we could do together, flying around the places," said Leclerc.
" It's not my fault, it seems there's a chain holding me back from using magic, I swear I'm getting angry, seeing you guys succeeding with such ease, while I'm sucking my thumb, I only managed to do the metamorphosis spell and still left all fucked up and broken on the pavement " said Atsuko furious.
And there were attempts and more attempts, Akko spoke all the time "Aunt Freyre" trying by any means to jump and levitate with the broom, making the maximum possible force, but nothing happened, she simply stood still in the same place, jumping and jumping, waiting for the effect of the spell, but not even the light was flashing. It
took 17 attempts to say the same word until Kagari threw the broom on the floor and lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling in frustration, Hellene and Marianne were worried about everything that had happened.
" Akko I don't think today is the day for you to try, your magic hasn't awakened yet, better we just take a break from using magic for now " Marianne said as the Japanese girl went crying.
" Don't be like that Akko, you will still awake your magic and you will be better than us, just by your motivation we can see, you are one of the people who inspire me the most, since I came and met you, your determination and everything else, I never underestimated you, When I saw you showing up to my little sister saying you're gonna beat her I saw the energy you carry, I see the potential to be a great skater like my mum and Chariot, but also who knows also be a fucking witch like my mums used to be " Hellene said trying to cheer the Japanese girl that wiped the tears.
" Really? Do you think so? " asks the one with crimson eyes that have stopped being filled with water.
" I'm sure, look, for me nothing is impossible in this life, I practically had to adapt everything around me to fit in with my left handed way of being, you know I'm not right handed right? So, everything around is made for people like you who use the right hand all the time, or I adapted or I got things made for me, besides that I didn't always start being good at things, when I started learning to skateboard, I fell, and fell, I fell a lot, I never gave up, I kept on going, my mothers always helped me, I see a lot of you in me, Akko... And I also see a bit of my older sister in you... I see a lot of you in me, Akko, and I also see a little of my older sister in you.
The two get a little emotional, with Marianne filming everything, they hug, Leclerc also gets emotional with the two, making it a triple hug of the group of witches that ended up getting along very well, with this magic stuff, the discoveries that are still to come, after the hug they decide to relax.
" How about playing a little until bedtime? " Suggests the brown"eyed one.
" I'm in! Let's play some Call of Duty? Hey Akko, are you into COD? We were thinking of playing some Zombies " Cavendish said.
" You took long time! I've played a lot with Sucy and Lotte, I know every corner of the map, we've done it so many times that I've lost count of both BO1 and BO2 " said Kagari.
" Ah so it'll be wonderful, let's see how many rounds our trio can handle in the city just to warm up, I'll buy the door to the bar, leave it to me, the rest we'll see who buys the doors " said the redhead.
" Fine, I'll buy the door from Jugger " Leclerc said.
" I'll buy the one on the bench, the rest of us will pool for the English punch and hope that one of us is lucky enough to have Raygun as well," Atsuko said.
" Just one thing before we start playing, let's make an agreement between us," said the redhead.
" All right, what would it be " they both ask.
" The magic thing we'll keep secret, we won't reveal it to anyone until the days after the skateboarding championship, I don't want the girls to end up knowing before the time, we'll hold as much as we can their skepticism, just to give a bigger shock at the time, are you in? " Hellene says in a more serious tone and both agree with the head putting their hands together with Cavendish's.
The three girls end up discovering something extremely peculiar, as well as extremely shocking, magic was all the time real, not a fiction, even spells can be performed, but that still remains many questions, in fact more questions were raised than answers that came, the great mystery of the coming of magic ended up entailing these events, until the situation got that way, magic being a huge secret. Even this matter of Akko, a mysterious seal that has a strange connection with Kagari.
See you, hex witches...