POV Narrator:
Sunday, 12 November 2017
It's practically a record with Akko and the red team girls, being the second week she's not getting into trouble by having to pay detention, she was finally starting to be a bit more careful not to break the rules so much. Besides that, the Luna Nova staff has a very short memory, to the point that they managed to simply forget what happened a few days ago with Jasminka and the demon, including Hannah and Barbara, who came back full steam ahead again sending derogatory comments to Kagari that despite intervening so that both of them wouldn't get hurt, even though they wouldn't mess with Antonenko anymore, they still kept getting a bit annoyed with the Japanese girl, who didn't care much since she is used to receive such treatment.
POV Akko:
I thought that two weeks without detention would be even more interesting and fun, that we would enjoy going out more to the city, or even going to the mall for a walk, but we are here in Luna Nova with nothing to do, it's not enough not to have videogames, I have to watch and rewatch my Chariot cards all the time, I thought the girls would want to go out more often.
"So what are we going to do today? Are we just going to sit here while Lotte reads, you fiddle with these mushrooms and I sit here doing nothing?" I say, fed up.
"Tell us, you who want to do something" said Sucy and I honestly got a little upset, because even for this I was discouraged to go and do it.
"What do you say we take a walk in the city?" Lotte asks, closing the book.
"It can be, better than standing here looking at the sky" I tell them, rolling my eyes.
In the city...
We arrive from Ley's line, we don't need to change or anything, I think we are going to stop for a coffee and a snack at the last Wednesday society, but as we leave a limousine stops in the middle of the square, in it the three starched girls from the blue team get off, including Diana, who looked wonderful in her dress, gee, I never thought she would look so pompous like that, now they really look like they are in another class.
"Well, if it isn't the three losers with nothing to do this Sunday" Diana#1's bitch said.
"What are you going to do? Have a snack at Chum's restaurant like they always do? What a classless thing, that snack is not that good" In fact it is, he makes a nice hamburger, he does it with all the care, they never ate there, bunch of bourgeois starches.
"And where are you Cinderellas going?" Sucy said and I even held back a giggle.
"We are going to a party invited by the Earl of Appleton who invited Diana to attend, it will be an event to gather all the UK's high society, real class people, not this rabble" said the insufferable redhead, she should be stomped once just to learn.
"Please lassies, let's go before we get late" Said Diana who then got into the car and I even rose a little in envy, watching that limo drive away.
"Do you know what we are going to do today?" I say looking at the car leaving the city.
"You're not going to do that are you Akko?" Sucy said.
"We're going to have a snack at The Last Wednesday Society and then we're going to crash that party, it can't be much fun, but we can cause a bit of a stir, what do you think?" I ask them.
"Oh well then, it'll be interesting if we go, if it's to cause a bit of a stir, I don't know what your idea is, but I've got a great one in mind" she said.
At The Last Wednesday Society...
Ah Chum, if everyone knew the brand of your hamburgers, this shop would be the biggest success in the world of witches, they seem to bewitch me with every bite, then he came to us bringing some Milk shakes, even though it was cold outside I didn't refuse a delicious milk drink.
"So girls, are you up to anything today?" he asks.
"Hey Chum do you have something that makes us look kind of starched and classy, you know?" I ask him
"Akko wants to crash a high society party" adds Sucy.
"Ah so here is exactly what you want, the Cinderella potion, it is very simple to use, just take it and you will be all classy enough to go to the party, but know one thing it is a temporary effect, you will soon lose all that charm, so be quick, for only 20 pounds you get one"
"Ah perfect Chum, that's what we need, the rest you can leave to me, I know a way to get into any party, even more so since we are witches we can cause a little bit of trouble"
"Just be careful not to get caught girls, if they find you using magic outside of Luna Nova and rat you out to the witch academy you'll be out of detention and I'll be the one who misses you coming this way hahaha" He said.
"Oh you bet we have a plan for that" I tell chum.
"I also want a cupid bee, this party will get interesting with it" Sucy said with a mischievous smile.
"Ah you want to cause chaos, well every attempt that I see to give the bourgeoisie a bad feeling I will be supporting without a shadow of a doubt my comrades, I'll make a very nice price for the Cupid bee, for 15 pounds you get Sucy" said Chum and now I just imagine what this bee must do to be so special.
The three take their brooms and take a journey to Leeds in England, where they had picked up the information from Avery, arriving where the Hanbridge family mansion is...
Now we arrived, we landed the brooms near the place of the party, it's really close, so they must have gone by car, we just have to see if Cinderella's spell is going to work, in the middle of the woods near the mansion I pull the bottle of the spell to open, When it dissipates I see Lotte and Sucy with beautiful dresses, they were wonderful and with a lot of class, I never expected them to look like a pompous lady before.
"Now let's go" I tell them.
"What's the plan? They might not let us in because of the list" Lotte said.
"That's why we're with Sucy here, we're going to take a squirrel from here and turn it into a bigger scale, scare the security guards and sneak in, no one will notice us because we're so classy" I say confidently.
"Ahhhhhh, this is going to be too easy, it's going to cause a little bit already" Said the crazy girl with a mischievous little smile on her face.
We soon find our victim, a squirrel that was peacefully eating a knot, Sucy levitates it with magic, leaving it near the front, where the squirrel is walking calmly, then it begins to grow in a very sudden way, which scares the security guards who start running away.
"Let's go!" I say to all of them, signalling and we start to penetrate in the middle of the party.
Ahhhh now yes, finally it's my first time entering a high class ball, I've never seen a place like this before, it's all full of class, everything luxurious, the men dressed with suits, the women with dresses, everyone in the most pompous way, all I really want is to know about food, so much that the three of us separated in the middle of the way, I take advantage and go to where the table is, seeing all that food, it was boiled eggs broken in half, shrimps, and some other small things, I made sure to get a slice of cake and hmmmmm, it's so good, I don't think we would enjoy this in Luna Nova, the food here is a moment that I can't waste, a good high class food.
"Wow, this is really good, there's everything here, I don't believe it" I say excitedly, picking up one by one of the plates, I was enjoying myself, picking up more and more plates.
POV Diana:
I hate these high society events, I have tae force myself tae be something I'm nae, for the nine lesbian witches, all the time they call me for that... I wonder if my mother also had tae live in this environment, everybody here being sae fake, I dinnae know... It gives me a huge bother, they use these events tae get rich people tae know each other and then arrange marriages, luckily my aunt and my cousins dinnae come, it's the kind of party they love.
"Gee, Diana, you're always so empty at these parties, enjoy them. When don't we ever get away from the boredom and monotony of Luna Nova? Hardly ever, we just study and study" said Hannah.
"And what am I going to enjoy?" I ask her.
"There are a lot of handsome men here, Barbara is talking to some of them, oh yeah... I forget you don't like it, but there's still the food, there's still the atmosphere, it's the only time we don't have to wear the uniform" England says and I take a deep breath.
"As if I wanted tae be dressed like that too... Anyway, I can't even admire the beauty of other women since they are all straight dandies, besides these people are empty... I dinnae want tae get involved with anyone like that"
"Well, I'm going to try my luck with someone, maybe you'll find some love, not all girls are straight, there's no way to know without talking to them, of all the things you're good at, love is the least experienced and learned" said the redhead leaving the room and she's right, I have nae knowledge of relationships and I'm nae here for that, I only came here for them.
I just watch, I wish I could give in tae be less pressured, but the reality is that I can't, these places hold me and suffocate me more than they free me... Wait a minute, I recognize this pink dress girl's hair from somewhere, this ponytail is nae strange tae me, I'm starting to think we have a trespasser here... Damn when I thought things were gonna get better.
POV Akko:
This lemon pie is my favourite of this party, now yes it seems worth it to come here penetrating, I hope I won't be discovered, until I feel some fingers touching my shoulder, when I turn around, simply she... Diana... I think she's fucked now.
"Kin ah ask whit yer daein' 'ere?" she said seriously, tapping her feet and folding her arms.
"What are you going to do?" I tell her right away to test her patience.
"Akko please leave immediately, this is nae a place for you and you were nae invited" by the time Diana's other little bitches arrive they must have seen it, such as Lotte and Sucy, now that you have fucked up, everyone will look at us.
"Akko lea noo, or ah will hae tae ca' security, dae it politely, dinnae ruin th' day..." She said before ending up kind of fainting out of nowhere, strange, well anyway I think something happened, I soon went to give her the proper aid by putting my hand on her shoulder and calling out to her.
"Diana? Diana! Diana! Diana! Diana! Diana! Diana! Diana! Diana!" She opens her eyes, she showed a different expression, she was no longer angry.
"Akko, a've bin sae stonner ye thae lest few days, ah juist wanted tae say that yer a body fur wham mah inner feelin`s ur aroused, 'n' that... A loue ye" I had the biggest gay panic at the time, what do you mean... I started to scream and she turned her face embarrassed and ran out.
"I see it worked out well" said Sucy, laughing.
"Did what work?" I tell her I was all sadistic.
"Heh, I just let the cupid bee loose, let's have some fun here today" She said and I realised, she had caught the bee.
"And how am I going to avoid her?"
"Just give it a sting and the whole effect of the bee goes away" said the sadistic Sucy, now it's really fucked up, I'm going to have to find this bee.
Oh for the nine witches, now Andrew has been hit by the cupid bee, I have to help him before it all gets worse, he's also the owner's son here so he can let me stay for a bit, but what the hell... He wakes up and then ends up throwing me against the wall.
"Atsuko Kagari, I am in love with you" he said putting his hand on my chin and I was starting to panic just by feeling his hand, he is a handsome man but bewitched, then I see Diana appearing giving the boy a volley kick.
"Git oot o' 'ere och, that's mah lassie, even th' ones ah lik' ye hae tae steal fae " fuck there comes the standoff, the worst I don't find this disgraceful bee's.
She was attacking everybody around, but shit, soon came the blond guy that was with Andrew the day we saw each other the first time, he and some more went towards Lotte, I would say that they are much softer than Andrew hahaha, at least they didn't hit my friend on the wall, I get close to the bee and the creature dodges, flying from one side to the other, but what the hell, it's hitting everyone, until it's being funny they're falling in love with each other, I get close to a piano, Andrew sits there, kind of with his nose bleeding, I see in the background that Diana just fell in love in the mirror hahaha.
"I will play this song as a tribute to you," he said, and began to play the music.
"This is no time for music Andrew, we have to catch a bee that's around here" I tell him who keeps on playing, I go off in a sort of dance towards the damn bee.
I start running in a more isolated corridor, she keeps running away from me, what a drag, I'll never catch her, she flies too fast, worst of all is that I'll get in trouble like that when they come back to normal, I keep running, she flies through a window, shit, I almost fall, I look for a rope.
"Ah you don't escape me" I throw myself leaning on the rope, my hand seems to have caught fire, ahhhh.
Outside there is a water fountain and Andrew was sitting there waiting for me, the annoying guy, I didn't know that when he was bewitched he turned into the most romantic and clingy, at least Diana is gay in hers, but I think I'll try to manipulate him to help me.
"Come here princess? You're just running away from me" he said.
"Andrew please help me with the cupid bee, I'll stop running away from you" I tell him who nods in agreement.
I go running back to the inside, couples and more couples kissing, too weird, I go running around the place, I see the cupid bee in the middle, until it was funny to see Hannah and Barbara grabbing each other, they went way beyond, hahaha, I'm getting close, Andrew's jerk comes back on the pianos, I see the bee clearly on the back of a guy... Now it's all or nothing, win or it's gone, let's see how that bee will react.
"Take that!" I stab the bee dodges, the man turns around, it was just Andrew's dad... Now I'm fucked for real
"What's that? Security guards! Get it..." He's been stung and so I rush off to head towards the creature, I'm barely having time to get my mind around the guards.
Of course Sucy is just laughing, she is a real clown, even more throwing curse to everybody, I thought that it would be just a normal party, but it seems that she wants to cause me, for the nine witches, not even to help me, until I see everybody stopping kissing and hugging.
I see that it's Andrew who ends up killing the cupid bee when he stops near his piano, what I ended up opening the biggest smile, when I went to see it was at the time that Cinderella's spell ended up fading too... Oh fuck, now it's fucked up, everybody in the party started to surround me.
"And now what?" I say, swallowing my saliva.
"What is it? What kind of a mess is this? Who invited these low-class witches and still from that low-class academy to this place?" Said Andrew's father angrily looking at me.
"Dad! Don't call Akko that, or any of their friends, I did invite them, she is that girl who saved me from boredom when I went to Luna Nova, I wanted to make up for the moment, I just didn't expect the disaster that would happen next" He said defending me and still lying for me, what a nice friend.
"Andrew, how dare you, in the name of all traditions, you invite people of this class... Ewww, For all that's honourable they're not enough to be witches, they're still rabble, send them away now" Said his father and I saw the same well weak to say.
"All right man, we'll go out" I tell him patting him on the shoulder.
"No! They don't have to go! And why do they have to leave? What have they done? Have they done a bit of mischief? Yes, but no one is bothered by their presence, we can just go on, can't we?" he said, bumping into everyone who remained staring at us in disgust.
"That's answer enough" he said to us.
Andrew put his head down, then Lotte on top of that got lucky, she left, but the boys kept flirting, but she said she didn't want anything, who knew, Sucy came from my side just causing chaos and with the little pot having the rest of cupid bee in it, it's not enough the mess that thing caused, now she decides to take it, but that's ok, it was kind of a fun day, he took us outside on the other side of the mansion wall, accompanied by his security guards.
"Well girls, I can't let you stay here, but you know you've done something wrong haven't you Akko?" he said, arching his eyebrow at me.
"Yeah, I know, but thanks for not getting us in trouble, I guess I owe you one, don't I?" I say scratching the back of my neck.
"We're even, I owe you for what you did the day I visited Luna Nova, I've never had so much fun before, it was kind of dangerous, but you were nice, ah and about the cupid bee, ignore the words ok, you know why" He said and then entered.
The two started teasing me as if I had something with Andrew, they took the brooms and we flew back to Luna Nova, it was kind of fun today, we caused some trouble and it was funny to see Diana declaring her love for me, even though she was bewitched, I didn't even realize she did it, I'd love to see her face now.
POV Diana:
Wow, what happened here, why I'm in front of a mirror... Ah Akko... By the nine lesbian witches of the sacred goddess Beatrix of the gayness, I can't believe I said that myself, was it nae a dream, or did I just say that, I hope it dinnae really come out of my mouth.
"Hannah, Barbara, what happened here?" I ask them.
"Let Andrew arrive and you will know" Hannah said as Andrew had just arrived, I see he has blood stains on his suit, I wonder what happened.
"What's up? Are you going to tell me or nae? I was bewitched and I remember some very strange things that happened" I tell him.
"You basically proposed to Akko, got jealous and volleyed me in the face, want more questions, didn't know you were still the same bratty kid from before" I just went up my middle finger, which everyone was shocked at but I was left without giving any fuck.
"But it's true Diana, you declared your love for Akko" It wasn't a dream really, it really happened, for the nine lesbian witches I really did it.
"What vulgar language Cavendish, I'm not surprised Bernadette didn't bring you up to the height, she's always been an outrageous woman, anyway... I can't believe this vulgarity happened around here, in the end you're just another equal, even more so with this demonstration towards the trespasser" honestly I'm glad my mother didn't force herself on Paul.
"Paul why dinnae we talk about something constructive and nae about my family of preference, you dinnae need tae take out your frustration of never getting my mother on me, now if you care I prefer nae to waste time" I say already getting annoyed, I hate it when people talk about my mother.
I go walking by the Hanbridge mansion where I arrive in the middle of a balcony, tired of being near those clowns, I am about to burst my patience, mainly with Andrew's father, Holy Lesbian Beatrix, sae, patience me... At that time I see that Andrew's jerk also followed me until here staying with the arms crossed, wanting to talk with me.
"So do you really like her or was it the cupid bee effect? That volley in my face is hurting so far" he said and I looked like a fool.
"Obviously it was for the spell, Andrew I've only known Akko fae a few days, why do you think I'm creating feelings for her" I say to myself who then starts laughing.
"Your accent completely changes talking around someone you really like, you don't let formality take over, I've been noticing that when you spoke to Akko, you only got that way when you met Chloé" He said laughing.
"Ah that lassie was the biggest disappointment, she completely humiliated me and you were laughing at my face" I say to the same who after laughing patted my shoulder.
"But seriously, sorry for what my father said just now, he still holds hurts to this day with your mother, as much as I remember her being one of the nicest people I ever met, she was my godmother, she was almost like a mother to me, seeing him talk about Bernadette makes me furious too, makes me want to just run away from here and start my life alone" He said.
"Your father always crosses the line, I really wonder if this whole story about my mother's past isn't something fabricated by him and Daryl tae pressure me into heterosexuality and for convenience in forcing something between us against our will" I say until the lad passes a hand over his forehead.
"You think so? It's kind of obvious Diana, I'm sure that the history before you were born is quite different from that, the worst thing is that even being two years older, I couldn't catch the time when it happened or remember anything, which I can't help, but I believe that one day the truth will come out? You don't know who your father is, I don't know who my mother is, in the end it seems we are divided in the same dilemma" He said and with that I just nod my head.
"Ahhhh, sometimes I prefer nae tae know... From your side it must have been some woman who suffered some injustice on the way and everything else, from my side it seems that it was someone, only serving for my existence, and I would prefer tae be just an adoption... Or nae exist at all, at least then my mother could live the romance she wanted so much... I feel guilty fae that" I say until the lad hugs me.
"I know how it is, my father never touches the subject, but one day we find out, anyway, I'm leaving, before they think that we are having a heterosexual proximity, we can't even be gay in peace, they think that our coexistence is something that one wants with the other" He said leaving and I just went snitching, looking at the sky, thinking about my mother while looking at the stars.
Mum whatever your star is, I just wish you could be here in those moments, advising me, even picking on me with a crush or whatever, I just wanted tae know the truth, how I came tae be... Even if it's painful, I hope one day I can know... It hurts me so much to be away from you... It's been 10 years since you've been gone, I'm still that little 5 year old girl who's afraid of everything... Sometimes I want a hug from you.
A while later in Luna Nova...
POV Akko:
We arrived, today was interesting and finally we didn't get in trouble that put us on the board of directors, ahhhhh, I'm relieved just thinking about it, it was nice to have a day at that place, the mansion is huge, the food was by far the best part, I stare in wonderment just imagining going there again, even if I can never go again, until I get nudged by Sucy.
"Still thinking about that handsome guy over there?" she said, picking on me.
"Oh don't fill up Sucy, he's gay and he's my friend" I reply to her.
"So if he wasn't you, you'd have fallen for him, wouldn't you? The guy is good at advancing I would say, cute too, you could guarantee a good future with him hahahaha, but seriously, it was too funny today, I loved Diana's face declaring herself to you, even more when she later fell in love with the mirror" Sucy said and I even had a few laughs.
"I had no idea how attractive I was, even after the spell came off, but the boys still wanted to have a chance with me, that Frank is a sweetheart, I liked him, but I think I would stay as just a friend," Lotte said and I can already see an atmosphere forming.
"You see girls the cupid bee was an excellent plan to make the mood better in the place" Sucy said.
"No!" We said together and Sucy kept on with her sadistic giggles, as always wanting to set fire to the playground.
"Well I think that in the end it was not so boring this weekend, I can only imagine the face of Diana, when she finds out what happened, she must have been the biggest face of tacho, still gave a flying bitch in Andrew just because he came on to me ... Our Diana in love is a risk I would say hahahaha" I say laughing.
"Good luck with your future girlfriend" said Sucy picking on me again.
"Again this Sucy, now with Diana... Because now she, we are just friends" I say answering her.
"Oh, you're telling me that if you two had a thing going on, you wouldn't enjoy it"
"Yeah, I mean... No! Don't fill Sucy! Me and Diana are also rivals, now there's this one too, when it's not Andrew there's Diana, you like to provoke me" I say inflating my cheeks.
"Ah, Sucy is right and it would be nice, maybe Diana can give a relief in her way of being with you, it would be a situation where everyone wins, you get with the prodigy of Luna Nova, we are not so implicated with her, who knows even everyone stops mocking you when they know that you and the most intelligent are a couple" said Lotte and I get all pouted.
"No, just no girls, I won't be more than a friend of hers, I don't need that so they won't make fun of me, I will still win the respect of everyone here, I just need to think of something great, so no one will ever see me and underestimate me again" I say looking at the ceiling as I take the staff in my hand.
"What would this great thing be? Falling off the tower of Luna Nova and crashing?" Sucy always being sadistic.
"No, I do not know yet, the opportunity has not come for this, but I am sure I will get far, I just need to take this opportunity and turn it into gold, maybe then everyone will look at me in a different way, they will learn to respect me, I will stop being the school joke and become Akko, the new Chariot" I say all motivated and the two of them kind of hold back their laughter... Yeah, I know, you can laugh now, but when I'm there, I know you will be the first ones to recognize me.
POV Narrator:
The days when Akko plans something new to go wrong never stop coming, this time a mess involving the high society of the UK with the penetrator coming to a party that was to be at yet another gala event among the important people of the British aristocracy, but that the appearance of the red team trio ended up stirring things up, since it was being the element that heated up everything around with just a single bee, putting a few spells on romances.
See you, lover witches...