Back with Dianakko Week 2020! I really wish I could've done better, longer chapters like I could in the past, but realistically with work and life in general I had to resort to drabbles. But I'm so glad people were on board with bringing Dianakko Week back again!

Day 1: Childhood friends

Disclaimer: I do not own Little Witch Academia.

A Bond Of Two Witches

Chapter 1.

With all the lights, sounds, people, and general excitement in the atmosphere preceding one of Shiny Chariot's performances, it's no wonder a young and bubbling Akko is quite literally on the edge of her seat.

Luckily, even though there are rows of people in front of her, she can still see the stage clearly. The performance isn't set to begin for another ten minutes or so, but all around her everyone is already bustling and nearly bursting with excitement.

But surely no one as much as Akko herself.

She keeps wiggling and kicking her feet like she's on a swing, hands clutched together and eyes wide and bright as she scans the stage in anticipation. Reaching into a hidden pocket on the inside of her dress, she pulls out her treasured limited edition Shiny Chariot card and kisses it.

She's as prepared as she can possibly be for this, as she'd spent the past several weeks waiting in agonized anticipation for what she knew would be the best day of her life. It's difficult now for her to finally comprehend that it's really actually happening. To think that in just a few more minutes her idol and most-admired person will appear before her very eyes…

The thought alone makes her unaware of the second when the card slips from her fingers.

Akko only feels it when it's gone, and with a gasp she watches in sudden horror as a gust of air takes her precious card out of sight.

"No! My treasure!"

She jumps up instantly and dives after it, crawling back beneath her chair. Her watchful aunt is so shocked she can't even do anything to stop her little niece in time other than call out for her.

But Akko doesn't listen. She has to go after her treasure.

She wriggles beneath her chair, looking around frantically across the floor littered with popcorn and candy wrappers. Shoes and legs surround her like a forest, and her card is nowhere to be seen.

"No…" She stands up at the row of unfamiliar people who look at her curiously. "Everyone! Have you seen a Shiny Chariot card? It's my treasure!"

But the few people listening just shake their heads and continue looking to the stage.

Akko starts to tear up, feeling the panic and the sadness flooding through her on what was supposed to be the happiest day of her life.

"No… no…"

She's about to drop to her knees and start bawling when a gentle tap comes on her shoulder.

Whirling around, Akko finds herself looking at a young her about her age. She has peculiar white hair, a sea-green dress, and eyes as blue as the summer sky.

"Pardon me," she says. Her voice is slightly accented, as if Japanese isn't her first language, and judging by her appearance she must be a foreigner. Even though she seems to be Akko's age, she talks like an adult, and holds herself just as sternly. "Did you happen to drop this?"

The girl offers out her hand, and Akko looks down. The girl is holding Akko's treasured card very carefully, making sure not to bend it even a tiny bit. Akko gasps out loud.

"Uwaaah! My treasure! You found it!" She clasps both hands onto her card with shaking relief, kisses it, then puts it back into its safe pocket. Then, she looks back to the calm and curious girl. Akko breaks out into a huge, tearful grin. "You found it! Thank you sooooo much!"

Without thinking, she throws her arms around the white-haired girl in the biggest, tightest hug ever. The girl is clearly startled by this, as she takes a step back from the impact, but she does reflexively catch Akko and hug her back.

"E-Excuse me-"

"Thank you so much! I owe you my whole life!"

"There is no need for that." The white-haired girl lets the hug last a second longer, as if she'd sort of needed it herself. Then, she clears her throat and lightly pushes Akko back. "You should be more careful with your belongings."

"I will! I definitely will!"

"Very good." The girl gives a tiny smile. "Now then, the show is about to begin."

"Right! Thank you again!"

And with this, Akko takes her leave by crawling back beneath her chair to the front, apologizing to her aunt and showing her the retrieved card.

The white-haired girl watches her with sheepish confusion.

"Japan truly is a strange place…"

She returns to her seat, as does Akko.

And when the show finally begins, Akko is engrossed by Shiny Chariot's radiance, so much so that she doesn't even realize she'd never asked that girl her name.

A/N: Akko said she owes Diana her whole life because eventually she'll give it to her cuz they're gonna get married I don't make the rules.

Also, baby!Diana needed all the hugs once her mother was gone... I literally hate to think about how she probably never got a hug from anyone other than Anna, but probably no one her own age until she met Hannah and Barbara.

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