POV Narrator:
Saturday 18 November 2017, Luna Nova
The events at Hanbridge mansion went by, what was a party that occurred the biggest vexations, but that was also a fun aside for the girls of the red team, despite everything, a generalized chaos and miraculously they didn't get in any detention, being even an impressive record for the red team, managing to behave better, what even caused some weirdness from the headmaster and teacher Finnelan too.
Though even then Akko was still doing kind of bad during those same classes, causing some explosions and destruction in the classroom, generating good laughs, but also complaints around her grades, even if they weren't that bad.
POV Akko:
Damn a few more days and the winter exams will come this way I won't be able to enjoy resting like this, come on, change... I can't believe I'm going to stay here the longest trying, just to perform a basic metamorphosis spell, I had managed it at the Samhaim festival when I was myself, but now I don't do it with other things, not completely.
"Metamorphie Faciasse! Metamorphie Faciasse!" I say trying to do the spell aiming for a little bird in a cage.
"Hello Miss Kagari, sorry for the delay, I know you have been tense because of the winter exams, so I decided to bring someone who can help you in this reinforcement of the subjects" Said teacher Ursula, which I was relieved, did she bring a very professional witch in this? Until opening the door I see that it was not Diana.
"What? Diana? Why does it have to be her?" I'm a bit shocked and frustrated, I was hoping it was going to be someone cooler... Even if lately Cavenboring wasn't so boring.
"Look I came at the teacher's request, if you want you can refuse my help, I don't want to be inconvenienced too" she said.
"Diana is our best student, she can help you a bit on how to improve your magic skills" said the teacher and I was a bit frustrated and also felt humiliated by her presence, I'm so bad that even a student has to reinforce me.
"Leave those introductions aside professor, anyway, I'll be here tae give you some reinforcement and better analyse your failures in conjuring your own spells" She said.
I roll my eyes, then make a point of showing Diana how I can use it, aiming the wand at herself, just for a little tease, I decided to do that, but nothing happened, I didn't even notice a single change, until I felt the nerves in my ear and again I end up being partially transformed.
"Not bad Akko, you are partially succeeding" said the teacher.
"You're nae concentrating and you're nae even able tae mentalise, you did it by impulse Akko" she said being all methodical.
"Oh shit, I can do it, but on me somehow, I can't do it when it's on others, look at this then" I say picking up the wand and pointing it at myself.
At that moment I transformed myself into a mouse, getting right in front of the two who were with their arms crossed, I even saw some applauses from teacher Ursula who is always impressed by the way I manage to do my spells, but Cavenboring remained with the same neutral expression as always.
"That's the thing, you can mentalize the spell when it's on yourself and think of a way, you focused and went deep, but when it's someone else you dinnae have that same expertise yet, you end up making the spell return on yourself, your posture says a lot about that" she said explaining in a really boring way that made me roll my eyes.
"I get it Diana, now I will go back to normal..." I say trying to do so, but getting stuck in mouse form.
"Sae?" She said with her arms crossed.
"I can do it, hold on, I'll use the Shiny Rod! Metamorphie Faciasse!" I try even with the staff, but I end up sort of continuing in this hell form, now this one, I can't go back to normal, it hasn't happened to me in a long time.
"You have tae get back tae normal Akko, or you won't get better, it's nae with Claiomh Solais replica that you will get better," she said.
"It's not a replica! It's a real one! Yes I can, it's not my fault if the privileged little starched girl who learns magic at an early age makes the spells perfect!" I say this, leaving her with an irritated expression.
"You know, if you're nae in the mood tae learn and focus then I have nae use for you here, I'll be leaving, call me when you want tae learn and nae argue with me" she said and went out the door, gee good, she was already being unbearable now, but at least I see myself freer.
I get a little frustrated, holding the staff, the teacher even aims her wand to transform me to normal, but I just deny my head, I keep feeling kind of bad, sometimes I really can't focus on the class, Diana was trying to help me and all, I have to be less anxious, I think I've exhausted her patience.
"And so Akko, I don't think we will be able to progress the class, Diana got angry" said teacher Ursula.
"I have to apologize to her and bring her back, I didn't mean to be so annoying, sorry!" I take the staff in hands in the shape of a mouse and start running like crazy through the corridors.
Diana could have transformed me to normal, but I understand that this is so that I can improve my own ability and make an effort myself, well anyway I think I'll manage just being patient, I'll take the opportunity to go to the blue team's room, who knows so I can also give a scare to her two little dogs... Ah, it wouldn't be bad at all, they must be the kind of dogs that are terrified by the presence of rats, I'm sure, until I'm suddenly grabbed by one of the goblin caretakers.
"I'm not sure if it's a plague around here, or a transformed student? - I'm not going to be able to go to Diana" said the goblin and I was like, now I'm not going to be able to go to Diana.
He throws me out the window and I go falling towards a truck the last thing I heard was him saying that the girls here would never turn into rats, luckily I fell in a comfortable part of the back of the vehicle that was starting to move while one of the teachers waved to the truck that was leaving Luna Nova, just when I'm going to get lost.
POV Diana:
I think I've been too outspoken now, she had tae really touch the wound, I wasn't always this good at magic, everyone started from scratch, I'm nae an exception, I wasn't born knowing, I even had my difficulties... Only I must have expressed it wrong, I think it's better tae do that, I dinnae want the situation tae get worse between me and Akko.
I walk back through the corridors, I see that the replica Claiomh Solais is on the floor, which even surprises me, one of the goblin caretakers comes up to me.
"Miss Diana, I'm glad you were here, a rat was carrying this scepter, I think you should know who it belongs to" said the Goblin and I remembered Akko... She hasn't untransformed yet, has she?
"Hm, very strange that, it could have been one of the transformed students" I tell him.
"It would be too funny if the classy schoolgirls here turned into rats, so I leave it to you to take it to the real owner," said the goblin, handing me the replica of the staff.
"And where did you take the mouse?" I ask him.
"Ah, it was just a silly mouse, I threw it out of the window, but I don't think it must have crashed, a truck passed just at that moment, I thought it was a rare moment, I wish I could have seen it crash on the ground, but this mouse can't go far" he said and I almost turned pale, thinking that Akko was dead and crashed on the ground like that, thank Beatrix she is safe.
"Thank you, I will take it to the real owner" I tell the Goblin as I walked through the corridors.
Holy Lesbian Beatrix, now Akko has got herself into one of those, she can't get back tae normal and must be in rat form around the city of Glastonbury, but which way? I'll have tae start doing my research there, before that I'll leave the staff in her room, I think I should take this opportunity a bit... I mean, teach Akko better.
Akko had stopped in the middle of the city of Glastonbury, throwing himself from the truck at a moment where it was slowing down, stopping in the middle of an alley...
POV Akko:
I wonder where I am, fuck it all, I threw myself off the truck, now I'm in the city, in rat form, higher chance of dying and all, by the nine witches, how am I even going to be found here, I can't be stuck in that form forever, I have to find some way, I think I'll walk to The Last Wednesday Society and ask the chum for help.
"It's not like the sea exists, you idiot!" said someone from the bottom.
"Only you have to be so stupid to believe in this belief" said another person and I went to see what it was about.
"Even if it existed you're just a wimp, you'd never get through it" said a mouse and I'm even surprised, they were bullying a little mouse.
"Absolutely" said another, I'd better not get involved in this fight between them, otherwise it's going to be a real fucking mess.
"I'm going to see the sea, you'll see, one day I'll go there, it's my dream"
"I said no!" said the biggest mouse that appeared in the middle.
Ah now you will see what a strong human is, I went in front of him to intervene, holding what he was going to punch again, the bigger rat then stops punching, getting even in shock when I blocked his hand, intervening.
"Wait a minute! It's the biggest cowardice to go on him" I tell the biggest rat.
"Who are you? An outsider who wants to become his girlfriend?" said the bigger mouse.
"The sea exists and I have the proof" I say confidently.
"Oh yeah? Then prove it" he said.
"Ah man, stop wasting time, let's get out of here, leave him with his deluded girlfriend" said the other rat.
He just shrugged his shoulders, went out of there and finally I could let the mouse that was a little bit hurt be free of those bullies, wow, it's Hannah and Barbara version mouse, who would say, at least now I can help him in this adventure, who knows, maybe this mouse knows magic.
"Are you OK?" I ask him.
"Do you also believe in the sea?" he said, holding my hand.
"Well yes I technically came from the other side of it" I say scratching the back of my neck.
"Wow you need to tell that to the village, I heard amazing legends of a rat that crossed the sea and managed to escape from a white demon, it was amazing, it was the best moment I could see and..." He out of nowhere started spitting blood and I'm even in shock.
"Are you OK?" I say again worried.
"It's just that I have a chronic illness, but it's no big deal, my name is Hope and yours?" he said.
"My name is Akko" I reply to Hope.
"Come with me I have to take you to the village, the master will love to meet you" He said all excited, shit I need to go to The Last Wednesday Society fast, or I'll never get to Luna Nova back, just when I was going to have the weekend off this happens.
In the village...
"No way, you can't go to the sea, you have a chronic disease Hope, apart from that it doesn't even exist, it's just a legend, stay here in the village where you grew up you are much safer" said the elder to us.
"Ah but Akko came from across the sea" Hope said.
"You can't, you have a chronic illness and soon you will die, we don't have a very long life, better to stay here and be able to treat yourself" said the gentleman.
"Oh, you're just going to leave it at that? Just because he has a chronic disease, he can't even enjoy a last moment of life and have his wish granted, but what a horrible thing, he has a dream, let him accomplish it, give him a chance" I say trying to be more motivational, to convince the boss.
"A white devil!" shout the villagers, oh shit, now that's fucked up, is the white demon a cat? I hope not.
"I will finish him off, I will show that I can also be capable" Hope said going with the greatest bravery in the world.
Now I'll have to help, he went running towards a fence that was nearby, one of the village mice even had a piece of board over him, I think he must have hurt it, I see from far away, the silhouette, it wasn't a cat, but a weasel, now I understand why they are afraid of the white demon, I took some pieces of wood and went running towards him to help Hope who was right in front of the creature.
"You can come white devil I'm not afraid of you!" I say confidently, Hope fucking shit if this weasel eats me I'll hate you for the rest of my life.
"You will not attack my village" said the brave hope.
"Hope? You around here? Stop being stupid, you're going to die" said the other rat.
"The legendary rat is not afraid to go head to head with the white devil" Hope said as she stood facing him.
I got closer and I recognize this white demon from somewhere, his hair is Diana's... Wait a minute, it's her, so much that she even helped lifting the board and was all polite apologizing to the other rat, which made me all shocked to find us, by the nine witches, I didn't expect that one.
"Diana?" I say shocked seeing her in weasel form, it's not something we see every day.
"Hi Akko, looks like I finally managed tae find ye" Cavenboring said.
"It doesn't scare us, I got into this because of you, but I'm glad you found me, right, now you can help..." When I say that Hope appears in our midst.
"You are the mouse of legend!" Said Hope and I think I'm going to have to cheer him up a bit more as he got quite excited.
"That's right, I'm Akko Kagarin! The legendary pussy that crossed the sea! I am here to help you make your dream come true!" I say all imposing, the mouse's eyes even sparkle.
"You're nae going tae get us into this are you Akko" Diana whispers.
"Stick to the script, let's lighten up a bit, it might be an opportunity for us to help someone, haven't we learned that witches are sympathetic people too" I whisper to her back already sure to help Hope, but he only denies with his head.
"Not at all, I will not go with your help, I will conquer the sea alone, I will go my own way, by my own merit and effort to achieve this dream of mine, but thank you very much for appearing here Akko, you have given me hope" He said himself until I ended up holding back my laughter at his name.
"Oh so then I'm flattered, I really hope you can fulfil the dream" I tell him with a smile on my face and the other mouse appears as well.
"Come on Hope, we can do it, I will be with you in this adventure too, you are the brave mouse" said the one who was five minutes ago beating Hope.
"Thanks Nemo, you will be of great help, but first of all I have to prepare for the dream and run after how it will be possible, one day we will cross the sea" he said confidently, who would have thought it?
"Well, anyway we'll be rooting for you, we'll give you all the support we can, you'll manage to cross the sea, all you have to do is believe in yourself"
"Well, we're off, but first things first. Diana, can you cure Hope?" I ask her, who nods her head in agreement.
"Depending on what it is I can manage" she said.
She used a spell on Hope, all the rats in the village were enchanted by the magic effects, they must think we're goddesses or something, well, anyway we managed to help these rats to have a hope... Hihi, hope, how ironic, I ride on Diana's weasel's back and we make our way out, I even felt like a horse in this one, we walked a little through the alleys, seeing it from a mouse's point of view is interesting, everything is so big, I didn't expect that.
"Ah Akko, you've done it again, I'm really glad we dinnae end up getting into an adventure crossing the sea with a rat" she said.
"Ah it would be fun to go, you never know when we might have fun like this" I say to Diana until we stopped at a corner of an alley, I got off my mount and she then took my hand.
"I hope ye learned something from Hope today, Look, I know I can be harsh with words, but I also started things from scratch, I wasn't always good at magic like you see today, I had a whole journey and effort tae get here, I believe you can also make it by trying hard" She said taking my hand, which I went getting all flushed.
"Diana just before we go back to being human again, just answer me one thing..." I say leaving the weasel also half blushing.
"Ye kin speak akko" she said, slurring her unpronounceable English in a shuffling manner, looking all cute in her weird accent.
"Last week at the dance I went to as a stalker, what was it like being bewitched by the cupid bee? - She sits still, almost unable to formulate a word.
"Eh... Eh gey streenge, a feeling that escapes yer control" How cute, she can't speak right, she must be the most inexperienced even with the question of love heh, how cute .
"Look to be honest, if it was a real statement despite who you are I would love to hear it... You seem to be a pain in the ass and unbearable sometimes, but I know that deep inside you're a good person, strangely I even think that you and I might have something in common, I'm not sure how to formulate it, but it's a really weird feeling that I can't describe" I say while she was practically melting, full of tremors, but then I see her regaining her senses, without shuffling her words so much.
"Well, that was just a moment when I was bewitched, but I think I can trust you tae tell it tae me, although you must already know, Andrew is a loose talker after all, he's right, I am a lesbian, I like only women, but I'm afraid of fate ending up being the same as my mother, which could end up being..." She said as she looked at the wall, looking even a bit gloomy, while the magic was involving us.
"What do you mean Diana? I know your mother left and everything, but why don't you want to end up like her?" I say as we go back to normal.
"My mother was also supposed tae be a lesbian like I am now, she must have faced even worse barriers than mine, my aunt always told me that my late grandmother was a horrible person who pushed her daughters tae absolute perfection, but my mother having a romance with a girl ruined the family, it was the cause of my grandmother's death, including that she had to dump this woman for me to exist, for my lineage tae be guaranteed, my existence ended up destroying a love of years Akko... I am afraid of that, I will one day have tae give in tae someone I dinnae like to live appearances... I just wish I dinnae have this burden, but I can't just let my aunt's lineage end up being the succession of my family's leadership, she was never a good person..." She said and I put my hand on my shoulder noticing the drops of tears falling on the floor.
"You know, Diana, I understand how it must be, but have you ever stopped to think that there might be a spell for that? Isn't it possible that in the midst of a magic that makes you become another creature and also a magic that can do anything doesn't make it possible for two women not to have a child? Besides, there is still the question that you can marry a trans woman, if she still has the production of the gametes you can..." I tell her who then holds my hand.
"Unfortunately I know these things, do you think I never researched about it? I've been searching all the books of Luna Nova for years and also of my house, I never found anything about it, it's nothing but a belief or legend" she said being cruel.
"Well, I don't think so, you are being cruel to yourself, you don't even seem to have heard what Hope has just said, we have to dream and you can run after such a dream, who knows, maybe you will become the first to achieve it?" I tell her and she takes a deep breath and puts her hand on my shoulder.
"Ah Akko, I wish I had your faith in everything, by the nine lesbian witches, you really dinnae get knocked down by anything, now let's go" She said patting my shoulder.
In Luna Nova...
She was even a little bit crestfallen on the way, gee I never thought I would see this side of Diana, she has a very big attachment and guilt inside of her, but I am sure that something like that exists and I will go after helping her with it, let's together find a new invention to the world of witches, the hope of love between two witches... Anyway now let's concentrate.
- Now Akko, try tae keep your posture straight like this, your hand more steady, focus your head and look at your goal" Cavendish said to me as she went about adjusting my spine, while I aimed my wand at the bird cage.
"Metamorphie Faciasse!" All smoke rises in the cage but nothing changes, except that the bird has ended up getting a snake tail.
"It lacks more concentration, more posture too Akko, you dinnae have to push yourself sae much, if you can concentrate more the transformation is complete" She said being more patient and even adjusting better.
"Now go... Metamorphie Faciasse!" I try a second time, but a partial result still comes out, this time the bird ended up getting a rat head and also a tail, it got all disgusting, what a weird thing to do.
"Look, almost, you just have tae follow better in what you are doing, but with much more concentration, sae you will progress better, keep in focus, who knows, magic will come out better" She said, speaking with a more patient manner.
- Okay... I'll try, I'll empty my mind and Metamorphie Faciasse!" I try this time and now yes! I did it, I saw the bird turn into a rat, this time completely from head to toe, which I cracked a bigger smile on my face.
My first metamorphosis spell done on another creature and this time completely, the mouse was even walking from one side to the other and I went running, thrilled, hugging Diana, jumping for joy, she was getting a little blushed, but at the same time, not funny, I got the biggest achievement! Yay!
"Diana I did it! By the nine witches! I did it! I did it! I learned how to do a complete metamorphosis spell on a bird" I say excitedly.
"Eh gey weel akko, ye'v pure dane it" She said with her accent shuffling as usual, I think it's the cutest.
"I have to show this to everyone" I was going to leave, but she takes my hand and then gives a little cough.
"Nae at all, you have tae perfect it now, it's nae because you've achieved it for the first time that you've learnt it for good, a witch has tae try many times tae be able to perform spells at first like this, and then like this, she needs practice, you'll end up only wasting your time if you bring your friends to watch" Cavenboring said which made me all upset, but that's ok.
"Gee Diana, why do you have to pick on me now, how will they know that I know?" I ask her.
"When you really show you can do it, now come on, try one more time" She said and I was confident.
"It's going to be a piece of cake! Metamorphie Faciasse!" I say this confidently and aim for the bird again, but nothing changes, it only raises smoke, ahhhhhhh, I can't believe it wasn't now, I had done it.
"As I expected, you have tae concentrate more on your magic and maybe you can improve your ability tae enchant spells, come on, go back again in the steps I said, it will be like this for the rest of the time I'm here teaching you"
Hours later...
There have been hundreds of attempts, I'm not even holding on anymore, how tired I am, but at least it's not something that is coming out in a miracle, I can do a metamorphie faciasse, once every 10 tries, I just need to get the hang of it, with the right way of Diana I can do it even at the time, but she told me later to try other ways, so that I don't get stuck in the perfect posture, ahhhhh.
"Very well Akko, now you have progressed a lot in learning your first spell, we will stop the lessons for now, you are free, but we will continue tae learn more, if you continue on this path you will learn to do this spell first time" she said leaving the room.
I was still looking deeply at the bird, just imagining what we have been through today, that Hope guy is crazy, but he is a very nice mouse, he is a dreamer like me, that I can feel more empathic with those who are dreamers, but I really wish I could make mine come true, it seems that the more I try, nothing solves, anyway... I hope it all pays off and I become as spectacular a witch as Diana.
POV Diana:
Dreaming... Akko really made me think about this, is this something that can really happen? But why nobody tells about it, there is nae point in reading books and books, there is nothing about it, it's like they even want this part of studying magic nae tae be revealed, which is strange, the Victoria McLaren laws exist, they recognize the daughters of two witches, besides nae forbidding the relationship between them, so why wouldn't something like that be possible? Could it be that tae this day they are wanting tae hide it? It could be too, but one day I will find out the truth, now it will nae be, I have tae worry about a recent future... Unfortunately too close... I love this place, but I have tae leave it. I reach the bedroom door and walk in seeing Hannah and Barbara who were kind of painting their nails.
"Have you managed not to lose your temper with Akko?" Hannah asked.
"Despite everything it was nae sae bad, she is progressing, soon she will learn the first spell, from now on it will be easier for her, she just needs focus, a more correct study and patient approach and soon she will be learning magic like any other witch here" I tell them.
"Wow, you really don't want to give up on her, do you?" said Barbara.
"The teachers who called me, in the end we had fun, she ventured into the middle of the city without knowing how tae turn back into a mouse" I said, giggling and getting looser.
"Are you going to tell me now that you are also considering that she might be a friend of yours?" England said half shocked.
"Ah who knows, she is nae all bad, you still have a lot of fear of her, I dinnae know why, Akko is doing a great job, is striving to be a good witch, she can be a friend... But anyway, I think even so I dinnae know if it will last long"
"That's why I say don't get attached to Kagari, don't let your feelings take over your reasoning" Parker said.
"Spoken the two who are most caught up in the impulse" I tell them.
"We make out, but this is different, it's a form of friendship, we have trust, we are training... You wouldn't understand this intimacy" said the redhead and I understand very well what this is.
I then go tae my private room and get my dressing gown, I think I'll take a shower, little do they know that it's nae because Akko is disapproved that this won't last long, there are bigger things that are about tae happen here, unfortunately they are out of my control, I wish it wouldn't happen as soon as it is happening now.
POV Narrator:
Akko as always being the clumsy witch, ended up going on an adventure amidst rats in a village who were afraid of a white demon and didn't believe in the existence of the sea, but it was thanks to the appearance of Kagari and also Cavendish that the creatures' eyes were opened to new horizons, as well as being another moment in which the Japanese woman is improving her magical ability and the relationship with the Scottish woman.
See you, rat wiches...