Oh boy, this is gonna get intense.
Akko rolled around frustratedly. It was one of those nights, Sleep certainly wasn't coming to her. She sighs and sits up considering what to do. After running over the list of things she does on sleepless nights she slides out of her covers and puts a cloak on over her dress before heading to the forest edge.
It wasn't abnormal for Akko to struggle to sleep and she regularly visited the clearing at such a late hour. Yet all the experience in the world couldn't prepare her for what she witnessed. First she thought she was seeing things, green sparks being carried though the forest? Impossible. It must have been her tired mind making things up to entertain her. But when she got to the clearing there was no other explanation, this was real.
At first she stood, just behind a tree at the edge of the clearing, jaw dropped. In the clearing that she had gone to so many times Akko witnessed a sight impossible to forget.
There were trails of misty, green sparkles swirling everywhere like a beautiful hurricane swallowing the space in a glowing display. Then she noticed some of the glowing mist clustering into separate clouds, then morphing into dazzling images, a butterfly, a deer, a rabbit, a kitten. Then the images became animated, the butterfly fluttered excitedly, deer wildly galloped, rabbit sat looking around observantly tapping the ground with one foot, and the kitten was stumbling as it patted at the spectacular, sparkling dust with its soft front paw.
Lost for words all Akko could do was gasp.
Diana turned to where she swore she just heard a noise.
Even more indescribable than the wondrous display Akko had just witnessed was the look of horror? Anger? Fear? that was displayed on the blondes face when she turned to see Akko staring at her. The images faded away and the brilliant mist fell to the grass and disappeared.
Akko finally caught up with herself and immediately walked into full view from the clearing. Diana turned ready to run but Akko dashed to her and grabbed her wrist, Diana looked over her shoulder, and with a simple glance centuries of conversation were exchanged between the pair.
They never spoke a word for a long time before Akko broke the silence.
"You're a-a witch?" she spoke softly
Diana swallowed before replying.
"yes, I am a witch" her voice was barely more than a whisper
"You're spectacular!"
Whatever Diana expected it wasn't that.
"I'm- What?"
"I've never seen anything more amazing." Akko smiled
"So… you- you don't- don't hate-" she began.
"no! I could never!"
"how?"
"It's a bit of a story, can we sit first?"
Diana nodded and they sat side by side. She flicked her wand to produce a weak glow between them.
"well," Akko started "when I was little there was this girl, a few years older than me, in the village. She was a witch. She was hiding it pretty well, no one knew until discovered by someone in the town. And when that happened everyone suddenly turned against against her, but I didn't. Being such a little child I didn't hate witched like all the adults, I sought her out one day and asked her to show me some magic and she agreed, she told me that she actually wanted to show people magic openly, she wanted to bring a new name to witchcraft, something to dazzle and excite people, but it's hard to do when magic is punishable by death. She said that she was glad I wanted to see it because it was a sign of progress. She showed me some magic she could do and it was brilliant! The best thing I've ever seen but..." Akko looks down, fiddling with the edge of her cloak, "one day I couldn't find her and I asked my mum where she was, sh-she said that she had disappeared, like it was normal, b-but the other village children said that- that she was put to d-death." tears steamed down her cheeks like salty waterfalls, running down her neck and soaking into her dress.
Diana wasn't really sure what to do when Akko started crying, she paused for a while then did the best thing she could think of and gave her wand a little twitch. A soft glow changed into the shape of a small creature, it had a kind of human shape but its head was large and it had a rather innocent, childlike charm to it. Following the directions of Diana's wand it climbed onto Akko's shoulder and tapped her on the cheek. Akko turned to look at it and gave a weak smile as it wiped her tears then hugged her as best such a tiny thing could until Akko had calmed down. Diana flicked her wand and it disappeared.
After a while of silence Akko realised something.
"You came here, to this village, to run away didn't you? You were running away from the witch trials right?" The look on Diana's face was enough of an answer "Just curious, why did you pick this village?"
"well, I'd never heard of it, which made it ideal, such a disconnected place, I was hoping that they wouldn't even know about the witch trials so I'd seem less suspicious but alas, they do so I've just tried to be careful, I think I was doing alright until you caught me."
"I agree, I don't think anyone in the village would suspect you of witchcraft."
"I can hope." she said with a sigh
"I can help."
"huh?"
"well really it's more that I can't not help"
"what can you do?"
"be your friend. You'll blend in more that way, and I'm sure plenty of the village people will befriend you eventually, I'll just speed that up!"
"I suppose that makes sense, thank you Akko."
"it's okay, like I just said I can't not help now that I know. Oh I have another question!"
"go on…"
"have you ever bewitched a person?"
"no I-"
"good" Akko grins.
"why?"
"because that means I know that when I kiss you it's genuine" Akko says far too simply. When Diana catches on her eyes widen but as she about to speak Akko's lips stop the words. Diana's mind starts racing almost as fast as her sprinting heart beat with the touch. After a few moments Akko pulled back, smiling still.
"sorry maybe I should have asked first" Akko says looking down slightly.
"it's okay, I-I liked it" Diana manages to stutter out pathetically
"well that's some relief. I've kinda wanted to do that for a while now"
"it's only been a few days since I got here" Diana mentions, smiling a little as well.
"yeah I kinda wanted to do that from the get-go. Something about you."
"I get it, I guess you do the same for me"
"then how about another" she says leaning in while they wear matching grins. This kiss was quite a bit morethan the last one, they both held their heads on a slight tilt so their lips fit together like two pieces of a puzzle. Diana leant back on to her hands as Akko pushed the kiss deeper and twisted around, putting one leg over to the other side of the blonde. The kiss held for a while and, one they were both satisfied, they mutually ended the kiss, touching noses before pulling away, now with Akko sitting on Diana's knee facing her.
"gosh a witch and a lesbian, do you do anything lawfully?" Akko joked.
"you say that like you aren't also a lesbian" she retorts earning a giggle from Akko
"we can be lesbians together!" she says
"speaking of such, where are we going from here"
"well we obviously can't be open about it, but we can meet in secret like this night except planned."
"but couldn't someone else catch us here?"
"In my many years of going here at night when I can't sleep this is the first time I have ever found anyone else here"
"so that's why you were out here"
"oh yeah I guess I forgot to mention with all that's happened but yeah I couldn't sleep so I came out here, it helps some nights to just lie out here, don't know why. Though I think, after this, sleep tonight isn't happening"
"would you like a sleeping potion?"
Akko's eye's light up.
"yes! That sounds amazing"
"its just a potion that causes instant fatigue to those who consume it. I happen to have a large supply right now because this is a new place I was concerned I may have trouble sleeping," she pulls a small bottle out of he pocket, "this is one portion, keep the bottle out of sight and return it to me tomorrow after midnight at this clearing okay?"
"got it!" Akko says, "see you tomorrow then?"
"indeed"
Akko kisses Diana on the cheek and dashes off.
Once home Akko immediately sits on top of her blankets, removes her cloak, and drinks the potion. She immediately feels like she hasn't slept for weeks and she collapses on top of the blankets, her final thought being it worked!
Done! This chapter is definitely one I was looking forward to! I'm quite happy with it but I'm always open to constructive criticism so feel free to send that in reviews, also prompts are totally welcome. (also just in case anyone cares: I know lesbian is a new term that wouldn't be used I that time period but I don't know what else works so if you can't offer a good word for them that fits with that time then I'll keep using lesbian.)