Just a quick epilogue to wrap things up! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Little Witch Academia.
Epilogue. One Last Letter
What woke Diana the next morning wasn't the buzzing of her alarm clock, nor the moaning and shifting about of Hannah and Barbara as they tossed and turned in their beds.
Diana was always the first one awake, and the same held true for now. But today, she woke from a bright beam of sunlight slanting beneath the rim of her hat and hitting her directly in the face.
Whimpering slightly, she turned her face away and was about to reach up a hand to shield her eyes, until she realized she couldn't move her hand.
And then she remembered.
She was at the top of the tower, with her back pressed against the wall, and her hand squeezing Akko's. She could still hear her snoring.
Diana's eyes flew open and she gasped, quickly releasing Akko's hand. Her motion was so sudden she ended up jerking away as well, which caused Akko to slump. With a moan, the brunette groggily wiped her eyes and sniffled.
"Wahh... geez, Sucy, why did you-" But when she opened her eyes fully and the memories came flooding back, she realized just who she was looking at. "Ah! Diana! That's right! Last night we-"
"There is no need to recount what happened," she snapped. "I was here and I am well-aware."
"Huh? So what's all this?"
Puzzled, Diana followed the girl's gaze.
Only now did they notice things were a bit different than they had been when they'd fallen asleep here last night.
There were... a few things that hadn't been here before.
To start off, a thick warm quilt had been laid out across the sleeping girls' laps, and even though they'd presently moved apart a bit, it was still covering their legs.
Next, was definitely the most noticeable of the alterations. A small, contained, and clearly enchanted fire burned at the center of the room, just beneath the Stone. Its warmth and glow provided comfort and had definitely kept the cold of last night from discomforting the two witches.
The third and final unfamiliar item was an envelope that Diana noticed had been tied beneath the ribbon of her own broom. She stared at it for a moment, utterly baffled.
But of course, this kind of thing was more exciting than it was unsettling to someone like Akko.
"Whoooa! Where did all this stuff come from? Did you do this, Diana? Aww that's so nice of you!"
"This was not my doing!" she quipped. "A letter's been left for us."
"A letter?" Akko was on her feet in a second, causing the quilt to fly up and land over Diana's hat. While the white-haired witch attempted to free herself, Akko hurried over to the broom and took out the envelope.
It wasn't addressed to anyone, but unlike Diana's envelopes that had been neatly tucked inside themselves to remain closed, this one had been sealed professionally with red wax.
Carefully, she slipped a nail under the crease and started to tear.
Diana finally managed to push the quilt off herself, and a moment later she was standing at Akko's shoulder.
"Should you really be opening that? All of this seems incredibly suspicious."
"Aww c'mon, Diana. Do you really think someone who left us a blanket and a fire to keep warm would leave us a scary letter?"
"There is no way to determine for sure whether or not the person who left us those items was the same person who left the envelope-"
But Akko ignored her paranoid rambling and proceeded to open the envelope. Diana cut herself off and stiffened, but when nothing bad happened, she opted to peer over Akko's shoulder to view the letter. It was very brief, and handwritten in cursive red ink:
"Good morning, girls.
I'm so proud of you both for overcoming this! I saw everything, from start to finish, and I'm glad you've managed to mend things with one another.
It was cold last night, so I left you a few supplies. Don't worry about the clean-up. They'll take care of themselves. The only thing you two should worry about is getting to class.
P.S: Your secret is safe with me. Take care!"
It wasn't signed with a name. Rather, the only form of signature there at the end was in the shape of a small, four-pointed star.
Each of the girls read over the letter differently. Diana, on one hand, felt her face growing hotter and hotter as she began to realize what this meant.
"S...Someone saw us... s-someone knows about all of this..."
But on the other hand, Akko couldn't afford to be surprised or embarrassed. She was too fixated on that little star of a signature. Her eyes sparkled, and her jaw dropped as she marveled at it in disbelief.
"That's-! Oh my gosh! Diana, do you know what this means?!"
"It means that someone witnessed everything that happened between us, from the moment when things went awry in the hallway, to last night when we-"
"No no no no noooo! Not that! Look at the signature! Look, look!"
With a tone of enthusiasm that was far too loud and inappropriate for this time of morning, Akko all but shoved the letter into Diana's face while waving it around at the same time, therefore making it unreadable.
"Would you calm down?" Diana snapped. She grabbed the letter to steady it and looked the symbol over again. "You've lost me. What is so important about the stamp? It hasn't been signed. Someone's been observing us from afar-"
"It's Chariot!"
Akko's high-pitched declaration of triumph echoed around the entire tower, and roused some of the crows that had been sleeping on the roof. Diana was torn between trying to shush her or trying to make sense of her. She settled for slapping a hand to her own forehead and heaving yet another sigh.
"Do you hear yourself? There is no way that clown of a witch-"
"It is Chariot!" Akko emphasized. "That's her symbol! It's gotta be her! Oh, wow! Shiny Chariot has been watching over me, and she saw everything! She knows I'll never stop studying to become an amazing witch like her!"
Akko clutched the letter to her chest and twirled around the room, dancing and skipping as she giggled and sang to herself. "Oooouh~ eheheheh! Wow! It's like I have Chariot's autograph!"
Diana was at a loss in all of this.
At first, she hadn't believed Akko when she'd said Shiny Chariot had written that note. She'd just assumed that was Akko being Akko, attributing everything back to her number one idol in some way, somehow.
But Diana had seen the signature for herself. And she knew Akko was right. She, too, recognized that star. It really had been Chariot who had written that letter to them.
Of course, Diana could never admit this out loud. But on the inside, her heart was fluttering to know that Chariot had witnessed everything that had transpired between Akko and herself all this time.
Secretly, she was just as bewildered and joyous as Akko was. But again, she couldn't ever show as much on the outside.
As Akko continued skipping and twirling around the tower, Diana did her best to compose herself and smooth out her clothes. Too many ridiculous things had happened last night, and even more were being revealed now. She felt like she needed to go back to bed and sleep for another day. But she couldn't, otherwise she'd miss class-
"Oh my goodness!" She gasped so loudly and so suddenly right then it had Akko freezing dead in her tracks.
"W-What is it, Diana?"
"Class! We are going to be late for class!"
"Eh...? Uwaaaah! Ohmygosh! It's Monday!"
"That is precisely what I am saying! We need to depart immediately!"
Diana hurried to the wall to grab her broom and cast the spell right away. Akko frantically stuffed Chariot's letter into her pockets securely with all of Diana's. But she instantly remembered she didn't have a broom.
"Uh, D-Diana?"
"What is it? We do not have time for-"
"I don't have a broom."
Diana slapped her forehead again.
"Very well! Just get on! Quickly!"
She mounted her broom and motioned for Akko to join her. The brunette scampered across the tower and sat down behind her classmate. She'd barely wrapped her hands around Diana's stomach before they were already taking off.
"W-Whoooa! H-Hold on!"
"We do not have time for that!"
As Diana took off through the skies at breakneck speed, Akko was left wailing and clinging tightly to her back, considering it a blessing she hadn't eaten breakfast yet.
They left the tower and all of their troubles behind.
Even though their idol and most-admired person had been watching over them, no one else knew what had happened between Akko and Diana.
They still had some things to figure out. But they could work through those things together at a later time.
For now, they made a beeline for the school building.
And somewhere along the lines, the shrieks and yelps that had been filling the air became the sounds of merry laughter.
Professor Ursula kept an eye on the two girls from the confines of her own bedroom. Luckily, her quarters were up high enough where she could see the tower for herself, without having to use a crystal ball.
Presently, she couldn't help but smile as she watched the two of them shoot off on the handle of a broom together.
She waved her hand and cast a small spell that reached far out to the tower, and instantly cleaned away the blanket and small flame that had been left behind, erasing all physical evidence of what had occurred there last night.
"They'll have the memories for themselves," she murmured.
She was more than content to sigh dreamily at the prospect of what it was to be young and adventurous and in love again. But a squawk from the other side of the room caused her to turn around.
"Alcor? What's-? Oh my! I'm going to be late for class, as well!"
And with that, the professor grabbed her own broom and hurried on her way to teach her class.
And even though they did hurry in as the bell was ringing, she didn't mark Akko or Diana tardy that morning.
A/N: Overall, I thought this was a really cute idea~ I'm not super adamant about Akko and Diana being romantic, but it definitely works and I'd definitely get behind it. Even though it kind of implies Chariot would have to be someone at the school in order to have seen all of this happen, Akko doesn't see it that way, necessarily. She just believes Chariot can see her/watch over her with her magics or something.
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