POV Narrator:
Tuesday, 24 October 2017, Luna Nova
As usual the red team couldn't escape from a jam, staying one more weekend in detention, but with the end of this bad luck also came quiet times, much for the preparation of what would come at the Samhaim festival, which coincidentally happens on Halloween day, since the witches have the major tradition of celebrating the Samhaim date instead of the other, Then, there would be a festival in Luna Nova, starting already with the selection of the roles of each one in the presentations, where they would also participate of a competition among themselves to see who would become the witch of the moonlight, besides that there would be days of class more focused on the preparation of the event, the students would have shorter classes to be able to rehearse in the meantime for their roles that would be given.
POV Akko:
Another boring school day, but it seems that today things will be different, we were called to go to the playground, I signed up for the Samhaim festival, it might be my chance, teacher Ursula told me that Chariot had become the moonlight witch by participating, so it will be my chance, let's see what we will fall into, since they said we will present in different ways, so we have to do a very good role.
I get anxious just imagining it, I see each one going to take the roles, Amanda had taken the cleaning, already Diana and her trio took the best role, just the most honorable one, the one Chariot took... Now let's see ours, I stand up and put my hand in the ballot box, I go choosing a paper and when I look it was written sacrifice, which soon Wangari makes sure to announce to everyone.
"The red team is going to make the sacrifice!" She said and everyone was listening and starting to laugh at me, I wonder what the sacrifice does, it seems kind of cruel, but they were laughing, why are they laughing so much at our role.
I turn back to the girls, already anxious about our role, if it is sacrifice then it means that we are going to stage the epic sacrifice of a heroic witch who had to sacrifice herself for the good of the whole tradition of magic, I can already imagine how this is going to turn out, which I soon see that Lotte was showing a kind of frustrated expression.
"What is it Lotte? Sacrifice can be a great thing, I can even imagine a role we could play"
"Akko, the sacrifice has nothing to do with sacrificing anyone in the story, it's a disgusting tradition, we are going to be swallowed by the vajarois monster, stay inside the creature for a while until we are excreted, that's literally the tradition, it's not cool at all, that's why no one wants to be the sacrifice" Lotte answers to me and I get even a bit disgusted.
"Ahhhhhh, I can't wait to get inside the Vajarois and get messed with by the monster's guts" Sucy said being weird, seriously she has a thing with Vore, now that one too.
"Ahhhh no, we have to do it anyway, but this is too unfair man, why is this a tradition, it's literally a disgusting monster eating us, we're just going to turn to shit" I say frustrated and with inflated cheeks.
"Dying we won't at least, the monster doesn't digest us, we just end up inside it for a while until we are excreted, it serves to calm Vajarois, it's a tradition that has existed for over 1000 years" Lotte said
Then we saw the other teams and the rest of them were getting cool roles, much better than ours of turning into a monster's turd, worse of all having to stay inside it and on top of that the humiliation, how are we going to turn a moment like that into something epic? I don't know, but I'll be creative, I'll make this presentation, even being the worst, become one of the best and everyone will see how I also know how to be a witch as fascinating as Chariot.
After the selection we ended up as usual bumping into Hannah and Barbara, they were staring at us and already making fun of our faces.
"Look who it is, the fucking trio!" Said Diana#1 bitch.
"Looks like you guys picked up a shit paper, literally" Diana#2 bitch said, I was going to raise my middle finger, but the teachers were passing in the hallway and I'm not in the mood to have to do punishment again.
"Lassies, stop being so immature, you dinnae seem tae have heard anything I had said tae you days ago, anyway, Akko better do an excellent role being the sacrifice, I know it's a huge shame you dinnae get another role, but I trust you will do your best, just dinnae ruin anything from the event ok? Good luck, we will also dedicate ourselves" With that I took Diana's shoulder very firmly with a more motivated and serious expression.
"Mark my words Diana, we will still show that it is possible to make an excellent presentation even if it is the sacrifice, we will manage to show our best, I will show you a side that you are simply blind of magic to see how good it can also be" I say to her and then leave with Lotte and Sucy, simply leaving her a little with what I had said, although I have no idea what to do, it will already serve for a lot of things.
POV Diana:
I wonder what Akko means by that? The sacrifice performance is literally standing still waiting for the monster tae devour her and that's it, there's nae much tae do besides that, but let's see how she'll do, I'll be looking forward tae it, anyway, let's get tae our duties, since we have tae rehearse for our role of making an excellent invocation spell and I already have an idea of how it would be with the storyboards I prepared for each show.
First we go tae one of the rooms, where I stare at a mirror, the cursed mirror, which makes some faces in front of me, even saying some things to affect me.
"You really think you're going to make it, dinnae you? But you'll never be a worthy Cavendish Diana, because you're always being a fraud of yourself to everyone, you're nothing but a big liar" Said the illusion on the other side and I was showing even a calmness.
"That mirror keeps making faces, what does it do Diana?" Hannah asks.
"It's the cursed mirror of Luna Nova, dinnae go near it, it is dangerous, you could end up being affected by the magic" I tell them.
"And why are we here?" She asks.
"I'm just having a moment tae prepare my mind, tae nae give in tae pressure at any moment, only more experienced witches with a strong mentality can hold up a considerable amount of time in the mirror without ending up with some curse" I answer them both.
They are getting impressed, for them it seemed that the mirror only made faces, but I'm hearing very heavy comments that affect my psychology, but I know I can handle it, I've heard worse things and also dealt with much worse things, this here is nothing, it will only serve to stay for five minutes and then we'll come back.
Five minutes later...
"You can try however you want, you will always be an embarrassment and a stain on the Cavendish family history, there's nae point in running away from it, your mother died because she was disgusted with you, she already knew you would be nothing, why dinnae you just give it all up Diana" I said the illusion and almost a tear ends up coming out, which I decide tae stop, after taking a deep breath.
"Come on lassies, I think that was good enough" I tell them.
"Woah Diana, it looks like this really sticks, are you crying?" Hannah said.
"Almost, but I think I feel more invigorated now, these comments will be my fuel to keep motivating me" I tell them.
Later in the same halls of Luna Nova...
POV Akko:
Sacrifice, what the fuck, literally what the fuck, we got the worst role of all and it's not enough that I am the laughing stock of everyone here in Luna Nova, I will also be for those who are outside, for the nine witches, because I fell into one of these, I could not even think of a role, I'm already walking everywhere thinking of a choreography and so far nothing, the night is about to fall and nothing, anyway... I've never been in here before, I wonder what's wrong with it. Let's see, maybe you should give me an idea. I enter the room and it was kind of a room full of Luna Nova stuff, I look around, I get in front of the mirror, kind of trying to see myself and reflect a little.
"Akko... Who knew Luna Nova was going to be a big one of a kick in your ass, to think being a witch is harder than I thought it would be" I say to the mirror, strangely it moved differently from me, showing a slightly mischievous expression.
"Maybe you should really get out of here and have a life like a normal person, there's no point in insisting you're a witch when you're not, you have no origin, you don't know the basics, you're just wasting your time in a stupid dream" said the mirror to me and I was getting kind of scared, at the same time furious.
"Listen to the mirror, I won't give up just because of comments like that, I know that one day I will be a witch like Chariot, I know that I may not know spells as well as the others, but I am trying my best, it's not my fault to have something that always holds me back, I even say the incantations properly, but it doesn't seem to go or comes out all wrong, even my metamorphosis spell has been improving a lot, I can transform myself into other animals" I answer and the mirror becomes Diana which even startled me.
"You will always be in the shadow of the greatness of other students here, it's no use even trying, or insisting that you have a possible rivalry with the great name of Luna Nova, put yourself in your place, you are nothing" Said the mirror and then I just shrugged, I was going to punch the mirror, but I don't want to detonate my hand or jinx it, when I notice the mirror continued with Diana, I got a little strange, until I looked down and saw the wavy hair.
"What? I am Diana now... For the nine witches!" I say shocked.
"And so you will continue to be, you now have your chance there to be a better witch, since the other one doesn't have the slightest chance of being someone, enjoy the moment" said the mirror to me and I went trying to reverse it, but it didn't work, no matter how much I shook the mirror, and now, what do I do? I have to run so that teacher Ursula has a solution.
I leave the old stuff depository, walk through the corridors, see Hannah and Barbara arriving, what the hell, just when I was free both of them come to disturb me, because... Now I'm Diana, or I'm still Akko, let's see how it goes, I'll just stay on my own.
"Diana! - Said Diana#1's bitch, that's me Diana, now I'm fucked up.
"We need your help, you had disappeared, how are we going to introduce ourselves?" they ask, which ends up raising a little evil in my head.
They take me to her room, when entering I'm in shock, they live in the greatest luxury, what do you mean, I thought they had a room like ours, but apparently they have a huge room that has everything, look at the size of it, it's almost a mansion inside Luna Nova, I'm even impressed, but something that's been catching me, I think I'm getting some crooked ideas here, but it might be worth it, even more against these two, they'll see just why they can't mess with me.
"And then Diana, we want to know how we're going to perform at the Samhaim festival - Diana#2 bitch said and I keep looking around, where I see that there's a sort of Kiss t-shirt lying on the sofa and I catch her with a mischievous look.
"So as a first step you will do some face painting, just like them, it's up to you who you are, then I will give some thought to how you are going to act ok? Let's go outside and sort this out" I say to them who just nod their heads, as they are two little bitches aren't they.
I go to the separate part of the room where Diana stays, she has privacy even for herself, a corner that is a secluded personal library, I take a look around and there are several drawings she did, it seems they are around the choreographies she plans, I take a glance, there are many ideas until on paper they seem to come out well, I didn't know Diana had a talent for art...
Diana's diary, shall I take a look at it? Do you think so? No, I will not do that, I am already exaggerating too much, my fight is not with Diana, but with these two, I avoid even touching them, even if it is irresistible, I think it is better that I keep quiet? I also notice that there is a picture, her as a child, with her mother, they are the same... Wait a bit... The teeth, her smile has split teeth, I'm starting to remember things here... I wonder if Diana... Ah I'm imagining things, there are 7 billion people in the world, how come she coincidentally ends up in Japan, even more for a Chariot presentation, I think I'd better think of something to give them both a change.
A while later in the courtyard of Luna Nova...
"Diana, are you sure this is it? Do we have to do a Kiss performance? I didn't know you liked rock music, it's weird" Hannah said and I just laughed.
"Yes, especially as you haven't painted your face either, but that's OK, we must be part of a role where we change, right?" asks Barbara.
"Exactly, you will start like Kiss, and little by little you will become some witches with scarier expressions, so let's get ready, you'll be standing for a while doing this pose" I say kind of doing a kitten pose with my hand close to my face.
"Like this?" they say and I just nod my head in agreement.
It's so cool that they are making a fool of themselves, I can even see the girls from the green team laughing at the two of them when they were passing by, that's how it's going to be, they are going to get a change like that, standing still for a while, heh, let's see now what it is to make fun of me, I could hit them, but I won't do that, it's too low and I don't know how.
"Now jumping jacks" I say jumping up making jumping jacks movements and woah, I have Diana's body too, holding these things a little bigger is weird and different.
They start jumping doing the most ridiculous movements, I can't believe they're still doing it, it's very good, it even looks like a joke the master ordered, they go on doing 10, 20, 30, starting to get sweaty, so much so that the sweat is staining the make-up they've been doing, I swear I'm starting to laugh.
"Diana, we are getting exhausted already, what's all this for" Barbara said.
"You're right, now it's a physical preparation, this presentation will demand a lot from your body, push-ups, come on" I tell them, then they throw themselves into the grass and start doing push-ups.
"Ahhhh, I don't even know if I can take it Diana" Said the exhausted little redhead and I kept holding myself back to laugh.
"Stay there, I'll get you some water, I didn't tell you to stop" I tell them to keep doing push-ups, but what little bitches.
I go walking to the pantry, having Diana's authority, I asked the goblins to give me some peppers, where I go mixing them with water, kind of without realizing the transparency, I've done that many times, they don't ask for waiting, who messed with me in Chiba never messed with me again, I don't need to fight, just be resourceful, besides some cookies with wasabi.
I come back and I'm still not noticed by Diana, good, she must be doing something very important now I imagine, heh, they're really falling for it, I come back and they're tired, with their make-up all smudged.
"Take this eat some and now you will be ready for the choreography" I tell them drinking the water and eating the cookies with wasabi, heh, I'm just showing my mischievous expression.
When they drink in a short time they are already burning, to the point of dropping the glasses on the floor and getting desperate, running for water, which left me on the way, I laughed a lot, at the time some girls were watching everything, kind of registering the moment, what I'm already finding a change to the height, nobody told them to mess with me, I told them to leave me alone.
They come back after drinking water and with the face also clean of the make-up, where they are a little strange to my presence, worse that now there are a lot of people circulating, what is strange.
"Very strange all this Diana, what does this have to do with the storyboards of the choreographies? Why did you give us pepper?" Barbara asks.
"It was a preparation for your resistance" I tell them they just fall for it.
"Ah so we also have a training, like you did in the mirror" they said and I just nodded my head, not having the slightest idea of what they were talking about, but yes it was exactly that.
'Wow, but this is really exhausting, I honestly thought Kiss's make-up was ridiculous, we don't need it, we've become jokes all over the class" Hannah said and that was the intention, but everyone around shut up out of nowhere.
There was a great silence, and when I noticed, she appeared, the real Diana, facing me and I was even getting scared, now my disguise was blown, everyone knows I'm the fake Diana.
"You had a lot of fun didn't you Akko?" she said with a pouty face.
"Diana! You around here... I... I..." I say until she turns me back and I notice by getting a little smaller and already seeing the sadistic expression coming from her little bitches.
"What did you do in the hall of mirrors? I dinnae notice your presence, but that's what mirrors can make you become... Is this how you intend tae rehearse for your role? By ruining ours? What a low thing to think that I thought you could be someone with more effort" she said.
"It was an accident, I ended up turning into you, I would go to teacher Ursula so she could make me go back to normal, but then I went to see and everyone thought I was you, even these two, they gave me no choice but to have to act exactly like you, I let the power go to my head, I wanted to make amends yes, you know well how your friends are" I tell her and she just shrugged.
"I think it's even worth an attempt tae give a knockback to my colleagues, but nae that it will affect our performance in the Samhaim festival, if you want to fight, fight fair, don't keep using such low tricks Akko" She said and then left and now she fucked up.
Hannah and Barbara surrounded me, Diana left me alone, I guess from here I won't have much choice will I? I don't want to use violence, or whatever they're going to do to me, so much so that they even show a mischievous smile at me.
"So you wanted to get smart with us?" Said Diana#1 bitch.
"We'll give you your change, don't think we'll leave it at that" said Diana's other bitch.
At the time I just cringe, when I feel a spell being given on me, which I go opening my eyes seeing that they didn't hit me, but laughter started coming from everywhere by everyone's part, they then give a reflection in the mirror and I was with a Shiny Chariot's outfit, only I was with a fake mustache, and in the hat written farce, the worst is that I don't even know how to reverse this spell.
"That will go a long way to matching what you really are, you're nothing but a sham, you can't even come close to the joke that was Chariot" Said the dark haired one.
"You're not the clown, you're the entire circus," Hannah complements, sending Edgeworth's line just right, seriously she knows this, besides sending a spell where I literally become a clown, all of Luna Nova was getting kind of mocking me on the spot.
I was starting to get a little shaken, I turned to try to run away, but they surrounded me, looking like they wanted Hannah and Barbara to continue, I was walking backwards, getting scared, I think this is going to be the end for me, I remember when this happened to me in primary schools, I had to fight until I couldn't give anymore with Mei, I don't even know how I managed to beat her, but I don't think I have any option here either.
"So this is what you want? It is not enough the humiliation that I go through every day that you want me to be even more humiliated?" I tell them, almost in tears.
"You can cry all you want, you clown, nobody told you to mess with us, you wanted to get in the middle and now you'll feel what it's like to mess with us" They both said pointing their wands, about to give a spell, which ended up hitting me, it was a spell to hurt, I felt the pain, even the drops of blood dripping on my hand.
"What is this? Are you really using violence? Where are the teachers tae intervene, that's how they want it" I say, clenching my fists and getting up to fight them off.
"Stop it!" I hear a scream and it came justly from Diana as everyone stirred for a fight to roll, then a magical aura gets around me, transporting me out of the wheel, I stand in front of Diana.
"What?" I say confused.
"Come" She said as the people in the circle hadn't even noticed me leaving, so much so that I only heard the spells, while Diana and I ran to the corridors.
I was still all clownish, I was left in my room, she used a spell to clean the clown make-up, the girls didn't understand, nothing, then me looking at everything, I started to cry, I couldn't resist, my nose at least stopped hurting, the girls noticed the drops of blood on my clothes.
"What happened Akko? This looks like a fight" Lotte said.
"I had tae intervene, Akko would be expelled, she was about tae leave with the girls, I looked tae the back and saw teacher Finnelan watching everything, she was just waiting for a move from Akko, so I did a replacement spell, I transported you outside and created a doll identical tae you, just so I could get you out of this" Diana said being nice to me, I even hugged her, I never expected her to really do something like that for me.
"How awful, our thanks Diana" Yanson said.
"A shame we lost such a nice fight, but at least our Akko is in one piece" Sucy said.
"Hannah and Barbara are unrecognizable, I dinnae even know if they're my friends anymore, they became obsessed by Akko's presence, but I really think they're just jealous of you, despite everything, you're always fighting against everything, that I can admire, even the barriers you face, well, anyway I'm leaving, I'm sorry for my friends, I didn't know they would have this reaction... Please dinnae try to give them a knockback Akko, I know they even deserve a little, but do it when you improve the magic, who knows then they really won't mess with you" said Diana who even wanted to help me with this.
"Why are you helping me like this, I thought we were rivals" I tell her who had put her hand on the doorknob.
"You are nae my rival, maybe when you get better at being a more dedicated witch, but I dinnae see you as a rival. Anyway, dedicate yourselves to the Samhaim festival, do your role the best you can, I will look after you"
Of course she doesn't consider me a rival, I'm pathetic, she just didn't mean it in those words, but she recognizes that I'm a disaster as witches, but I'll still show you Diana, I'll improve the witch I am, I'll show you how I can be as amazing as Chariot... Next came my friends, they gave me a hug, I even looked in the mirror and noticed that I wasn't wearing the clown costume anymore.
"What a thing Akko, I'm starting to be sure this place doesn't really want to see you excel" Lotte said.
"I am already sure of that, even with us being affected, Akko's presence here is what ends up falling on us as well, we are merely made fools of for being her friends" said Sucy who was reprimanded by the blonde.
"Sucy!" Yanson said.
"She speaks the truth, I am exactly that, I am disturbing everything around, even you, I sometimes think whether or not I should leave here? Or will I have to one day do something great to earn the deserving of this place? We have to make a sacrifice presentation that will be the best Luna Nova has ever seen"
"And how are we going to do that? You can barely use magic Akko, don't you think it's better that we just do the basics, the sacrifice just needs us to be still, since now that we are enrolled there is no way we can just give up the role, or else we will be kicked out of here" Lotte said.
"I will do it, I will do the best we can, we can do a choreography, since they want to laugh at us, let us give them a reason to laugh in an intentional way, I will use my lack of magic to be creative enough to provoke a positive reaction from those who watch us, if we cannot win with magic and skill, we can still win with the weapon of humour"
"Are you going to become a joke Akko? After being bullied for it" said Sucy.
"Only this time I want to be the joke, if this is valid to get the title of Moonlight Witch, I think we have to put all the odds on our side, just imagine how everyone would feel knowing I'm the Moonlight Witch and not Diana, the one everyone expects me to be, the perfect little lady, it's time to give a chance to the ones who were always down, and I'm going to use humor as that weapon" I said to them, shrugging my shoulders and at that moment both of them clapped their hands, I even felt smart, that's it.
"Woah, you can be clever once in a while Akko, I found your approach interesting, but it might even give them a reason to make fun of us afterwards until they don't think our prize is so worth it" Lotte said.
"Fuck it, we'll get the title of Moonlight Witch, they won't, we can say that we conquered it with effort, it's not just anyone who wins this title, right? So, that's what we'll do, dedicate ourselves, we'll win, we'll give it our all, even if we don't succeed, we'll show that we're different, that we're not like everyone expects us to be, that's what we have to show, Chariot was consecrated because she was different, that's why I admire her so much"
"So you've managed to get something good out of your idol, that's really cool Akko, but what's it going to be? Have you thought of a choreography?" Lotte asks.
"We will go together to plan, I am not great without a great team behind me, my friends, without you I would not even be here, even if Sucy was Sucy on the first day, still you are always with me, no one like you can stand my bullshit and detentions, if it was any other here I would have already asked the director to remove me from the team and leave me alone in my room, but not you, you are with me" I say motivated.
We hug each other, touch our hands and throw them up in the air, now yes, next week the festival of Samhaim will have the best sacrifice in the whole history, we will show why we came here, I will show mainly to Chariot, she will see how much I am dedicating myself to be who I am.
POV Narrator:
The Samhaim festival is coming up, Akko's attempt at a change didn't turn out so well, but it served to show Hannah and Barbara that she won't lower her head so much. During the whole dialogue between Akko and her colleagues there was also a curious girl who was listening to some of the conversation by putting her ear to the door, exactly Diana, she ended up being a little touched with Kagari gaining more empathy for her friend, seeing that she has really been put down since the first day.
See you, bully witches...