POV Narrator:
Thursday, 18 January 2018, Luna Nova
The classes with the new teacher Croix were pumping in Luna Nova, everyone was loving spending time in these new classes besides the charisma of the teacher that transformed the classes in something much more interesting and innovative, showing how everything was going very well, how the classes flowed better when the students felt more comfortable
POV Akko:
Man these classes of teacher Croix are the best thing there is, I'm loving it, we walked to the courtyard, kind of in a group, we arrived there, I was going to talk to Diana, since the day Croix arrived she ignores me, she must have been really angry with me for calling her bourgeois, I have to apologize at least, but in the middle Amanda arrived and put her arm around me.
"Sup Akko, who would have thought you didn't break the whole room with your magic, until you make sure in Professor Croix's class" She said.
"Amanda, I don't want anything to do with you right now, I just want to sort something out with Diana, she hasn't spoken to me for a few days now, she doesn't even answer on the app, she doesn't even give the classes I used to have anymore" I say and she shrugs.
"Forget Diana, let's enjoy it girl, come on, it's not every day that we can enjoy the teacher Croix's classes, ahhhhh, let's go out today, I don't know" she said and I wasn't that keen, I just wanted to make up with Diana.
The teacher Croix soon comes close to us and I wave to her, Amanda also waves, but then she greets me with a "touch here", it even impresses me how she is all loose, she is even more manner than Ursula.
"It was you two that I needed, come with me" said teacher Croix.
In teacher Croix's room...
We go back to Ms. Croix's room, I wonder what we have done this time, she seems to want something serious with us, even more calling just me and Amanda, she must have done something I am sure of it.
"Very well girls, I have a very secret mission for you and knowing your reputation of being born troublemakers, so I thought I would call you to assist me in this, you can even earn an extra mark in your subject" said the teacher and I was getting excited.
"A mission from Professor Croix? How cool" I say excitedly.
"You will go to Appleton Academy, where there is the Holy Grail, it is a sacred relic of the witches that was stolen by the hunters of Appleton during the witch-hunting season, it symbolizes the union of King Arthur with the witches in the middle ages, being one of the apex moments of the witchcraft era, you will recover this object from there, but be aware, although everything has changed in relation to witches, still the Appleton boys can be a bit intolerant" said the teacher and we agreed with the mission.
"This is going to be fine, I even know how we are going to do it, soon we will be back with this holy grail, you can be sure Professor Croix, you won't even notice us leaving" said a confident Amanda and I went along with her.
Then we were leaving the classroom, I even saw Diana on the way, I waved to her, but she just kept walking straight, kind of ignoring me, I think she was really angry with me, I'll try to make up with her after that, but first, let's go to the adventure.
"Man you and Diana are really in this thing aren't you? You like her, don't you Akko?" said Amanda, already getting on my nerves.
"Me? Nothing, I just keep missing my friend, it's nothing big you know, it's that she teaches me magic in a way that I can even progress and I've been missing her, I'm already very stagnated" I tell O'Neill.
"Ah so if it's about the magic classes, use the wand that Professor Croix's classes give you, you might even be able to fly on a broomstick that way" She said and I denied it with my head.
"I want to conquer by my merit Amanda, it's no use me only succeeding with help, I want to be able to be worthy of my magic, even if it takes longer, I know it will be worth it after trying so hard" I tell her who only half shrugs.
"Whatever Akko, I still think this isn't just about you missing Diana's classes, but about you, this female sentiment is very suspicious" she said.
"Fuck you Amanda, it's not like that, I don't know where you get these things from" I say inflating my cheeks.
In Appleton...
We arrived after a little trip by broom, I love the landscape around us, looking at the sky and the small towns, wow, so this is where Appleton is, what a classy little place, I didn't expect to see something like that.
"Metamorphie Vestesse!" Said Amanda using a spell that made her look like Appleton's uniform and to top it off she pulls her hair back, kind of matching the boys, I was even kind of impressed, taking a picture.
"Are you going to transform or wait there?" she said, and I picked up my wand.
"Metamorphie Faciasse!" I turn into a mouse and she picks me up leaving me in her breast pocket.
"It would be better to turn into another boy, but then I don't know if you'd pass, you're a bit too short to look like one, and your hair can't be pulled back like that, now let's try to find this thing" said O'Neill walking through the corridors.
We were watching, all the elegant boys of the place, that uniform is even kind of familiar, I remember seeing it somewhere, when I see, there was Andrew, so I decide to jump out of Amanda's pocket.
"Hey! Where are you going?" she asks.
"I'll get some information" I whisper to her and then land on Andrew's shoulder who eventually notices.
"What are you doing here Akko? It's an all-boys school here" he whispers and I make a point of answering.
"We have a mission to do at the request of Professor Croix and it involves coming to this place, now if I may you can grant me this information?" I ask him, who sits down on a stool, leaving me beside him.
Meanwhile I see Amanda kind of walking in the corridors and starting to get along with the boys, kind of acting in the most masculine way she could and she does it well, she surprises me a lot, anyway, now it's time to try to get some words out of Andrew and finish this job.
"So tell me what do you want in this place?" he asks.
"We want the holy grail, it's a relic stolen from us and we want it back, that's what Croix told us to do, can you help us?" I say to Andrew.
"I don't know if I can, I won't go there, but I can tell you where it is and you can go there, anyway I don't want to get involved in any of your troubles, you know you are in such a mess and it would be better not to come, even though it is apparently a mission from your teacher" said the self being annoying.
An explanation later...
"And so you will manage to get to where it is, but be careful, they can't catch you, you will kind of be harassed, I kind of don't know if I will be able to intervene enough so that the worst doesn't happen - he said.
"All right I get it, one more thing..." I tell my friend.
"Say what you want Akko" He must already think I only ask for things, but this is more important.
"Diana's been ignoring me a lot, especially after I called her an aristocrat, I wish I could make peace with her" When I say that he starts to laugh.
"Ah Diana, you've really picked up on her weak spot haven't you... Diana hates being called that, take it from me Akko, she doesn't like to be remembered as part of the upper class, she feels like an obligation, I'll tell you some things about her you can't call her before she gets mad at you by the looks of it hahahaha, ah you called her an aristocrat I can't stand it - he said all funny.
"Oh I didn't know, but she is, you've never seen her room in Luna Nova, she never goes to detention, nor her friends, just because she's in that privileged place, while we do all the dirty work, I didn't speak out of turn - I tell him who keeps laughing.
"Ah Diana, trust me, she doesn't like it because she is reminded all the time since she was a kid that she has to behave like one, it's a trigger Diana has, that's why it bothers her so much, but trust me, just try to avoid it, you'll soon make up, you know, she wasn't always someone who is full of adoration like you think, When she was a kid, everyone made fun of her just for being a witch, I saw that a lot, I even tried to intervene once in a while, but it never came out right, I ended up being a target too, besides she herself didn't accept it, except at the time of her separated teeth," he said.
"Oh yes, I've seen a picture of her with her mother, she had separate teeth" I tell Andrew.
"Her aunt invested heavily in putting braces on Diana, everything to correct that separation, she said it was something low class, she also got upset because everyone always made fun of that and of her being a witch, Diana's childhood was very heavy, she never had a safe place, near me was being mocked by the other children, at home it was by her own family, Anyway, just to apologize, she always comes back to talk to you, the amount of time I've had with Diana until I realized that you can't hit a woman doesn't even count, we've argued a lot, but we always came back to be friends, with you it won't be different, I think it might even be different in a good way, she seems to like you" He said and I blushed at once.
"Damn Amanda! I was going to forget about her" I say remembering and the man himself was putting me in his pocket.
"Well I hope you got my message" Andrew said.
He was taking me in the corridors and we were looking for Amanda, we didn't find her, I wonder if she got into some trouble, when I saw her she was just playing cards with the boys from Appleton, all this time she was just wasting her time playing cards is serious.
"Trinket of walnuts" said one of the boys.
"Flush" Said another who was reaching for the money notes, but Amanda puts her hand up.
"Royal Flush" She said showing the cards and I don't understand anything about what they were playing.
"Oh come on, how can you bluff so much, I'm out" said one of them leaving and the rest were also leaving and we were the only ones left.
"So you're going to bet?" She said with a straight face, sitting with her feet propped up on the table, but I get out of Andrew's pocket and walk over to her.
"I have to go now, I gave the information to Akko, good luck to you" Andrew said waving to us.
"So you got the information from him?" said Amanda, already excited.
"And you got money, didn't you?" I reply with a pouty face reaching into my pocket.
"They are rich guys, it was easy, easy to take their money, I stole a lot of money too hahaha, I used magic on the cards and nobody noticed, I always took a better deck than theirs, I stayed there just bluffing too, these ones have to learn how to play, well since you helped with information I'll let you keep 10% of the money I got" she said and I showed the middle finger with my mouse hand.
From there we got up and I pointed the way, but always hiding so as not to be discovered, only that the boys from Appleton appeared more and more and Amanda always lowered her head, until a group of boys came to us when we were near the holy grail.
"So who are you? I've never seen a student like you around here? You must be a witch in disguise" said the blond with parted hair.
"I'm a transfer student from deez nutz school" she said and now we're fucked for good.
"And where is this school from?" asks one of them, who then slaps his face.
"That's not proper language for an Appleton student, let's show your identity" Said the blonde insisting.
"Ah I forgot it in my room, do you mind walking me" Amanda said already rolling up to them and I was breaking into a cold sweat.
We walked in the corridors, Amanda pretended to want to pee, we entered one of the bathrooms, I hid myself so as not to look at that scene, we entered the cabin, where she transformed herself into a mouse.
"Let's hurry up and get out of here" she said.
We left running like rats, after in the corridors Amanda was turning back, we were trying to remember the way, where we were kind of hiding to avoid the presence of the boys, where we arrived at an entrance and from there we saw the holy grail, what already made us open a smile on the face, we caught the relic, she kept it in the pocket and we were returning, but as soon as we left the door, a surprise.
"Oh so you were there? You can't run away from us" said the blond boy until he put us against the wall and started searching us.
"The holy grail Louis" said one of them.
"There's a familiar rat in his pocket" said another.
"A wand" Said another and Amanda soon started to try to strike by punching and kicking, but the boys held us back.
In a dungeon...
Now it's fucked, the guys are hooded, even looking like men from a very strange organization, we were kind of trapped in a place that looked like a torture chamber that looked like it was going to be used against us, including Amanda's arms and legs, so she can't get out, now it's fucked.
"What are you going to do to us! This is against the law! Let's call the police!" said Amanda.
"Now the witch who committed trespassing is worried about the law now? This is Appleton law and we must judge the witches who committed the crimes in the case as ideally as possible" Said the boy who was warming something that looked like cattle branding, I remember seeing it somewhere.
Another was going to sort of unbutton Amanda, but Andrew came in to intervene, who was standing next to his father, the boys at the time stop doing things, luckily we even breathed a sigh of relief, but now yes that we are going to put in a detention, worst of all is that I don't know if Amanda will agree not to snitch on Professor Croix.
"What kind of mess is this here?" Andrew's father said.
"Would you torture them?" Andrew said.
"We will judge these invading witches and make them pay for their crimes" Said the one who took off his hood and it was precisely the one with hair parted in the middle.
"If they are going to settle this in a duel first" Andrew's father said to us.
"A duel? I'm up for it then, let's see if these soft assholes can hold their own" Amanda said as I became a little distressed.
"Sir, they have stolen the Holy Grail" said the same blond man picking on us.
"Then let it be settled in a duel, don't embarrass Appleton Louis Blackwell, do your best" Andrew's father said and we breathed a sigh of relief.
At the duel venue...
I even transform back and stare at the bridge for Amanda's fight with this blond guy who goes by the name of Louis Blackwell, already Andrew was trying to console me, but he seemed quite distressed as well, I hope nothing bad happens, I'll be rooting for Amanda on this one, fencing swords are handed to the two, who are kind of on either side.
"The rules are simple, the one who says he lost will be the loser, no punches can be made in the face region, only in the chest region, remember to fight cleanly" Paul said.
"So Andrew, do we have a chance?" I ask him.
"Unfortunately Louis is our best fencer, but it's really up to you to believe your friend, they do it right and you'll make it" Andrew said and now I swallowed saliva.
Amanda makes sure to get in a volley which Louis didn't expect as he walked backwards avoiding the strokes she was trying to give him, wow, she was quite an acrobat now, go Amanda! Kick this guy's ass.
"Wow I've never seen moves like that, this girl is wearing something really out of class, typical of witches" Paul said.
"What moves" the boys say in amazement.
Then Amanda is almost hit, she jumps back and starts to stand upside down, kind of kicking by turning her feet and the boy himself is running out of options, getting disarmed on the spot and he is still walking backwards, a real sword is thrown by the boys on the other side.
"Take that Louis!" they said.
"What? Are you really going to steal?" Said Amanda who was holding the sword which is quite a fine fencing sword.
"He's stealing! Aren't you going to do anything?" I'll tell Andrew's father.
"Fight is fight, your friend went off on him with her hand and now he's just reciprocating, good for you guys to learn your lesson so you don't play dirty witches - Said the same being a bastard.
"Go Amanda!" I say still cheering for him, but we feel a tremor the boys are halfway out of the door when an armour starts to appear, wielding a sword.
The armour starts to run and the fearful blondie even drops his sword and goes to our side, but Amanda picks it up with her foot then takes the handle in her hands where she looks at the blade and then stands up, she even gets to imitate the thundercats.
"You can come tin man!" she said confidently.
Agile Amanda dodges a cut that the armor gives down and starts hitting the sides of the armor, which ends up not giving any effect, but it was enough to give a few jumps back, still giving a few pirouettes, fuck Amanda is very agile.
"Go beautiful! Go on!" Said the boys impressed with her, now they are cheering.
"Go Amanda! Finish that thing!" I say cheering too.
"That's strange, we don't have armour that moves here, what could that be?" Andrew's father said with his hand on his chin.
"Go leave the girls alone, it looks like Louis has surrendered" Andrew said and it's true.
"Good that it is, boys can go, we suffered a humiliating defeat, let those witches kill themselves with that armor" said Andrew's father who was calling everyone to get out of there.
"I'm going to stay here and watch" Andrew said.
"Stay then, be stubborn, that thing will kill the witches and you on the way, don't try to play the hero Andrew" Said his father always being annoying, but Andrew just shrugged.
And then Amanda started dodging the creature, I even thought she was in God Of War, rolling on the ground and everything, trying to hit it, one hour she jumps right on the shoulders defends herself with the sword when almost hit, lands on the ground after a mortal, where she stares at the armor still confident.
"You can come, I have more where that came from" she said.
The armour went running, so did she, until she simply leans on one of the parts of the bridge wall that could fall at any time down there hits a stab that catches on the helmet, to the point of taking off the helmet that came crashing down, leaving a headless armour.
"Now you look like you've lost your head" Amanda said laughing and then throwing her head off the bridge.
The armor was turning around trying to hit some place, but it was going a bit aimlessly, which made me smile until it bumped into the bridge and ran away, which we saw some little cubes flying in the air, very strange, but it seems that the armor won't attack us anymore and no doubt Amanda was even thinking about us.
"I told you I would make it" she said.
"Oh yes Amanda, now let's go back and hand this to Professor Croix" I say and her as Andrew clapped his hands.
"Not bad girl, but seriously don't come here anymore as penetrators, things can get rough for you, this is an all boys school, they don't measure scruples, you almost risked further violence, now go" He said handing over our things and then Amanda giving a 50 pound note to Andrew and also one to me.
"Ok, to you for the help today, for saving our asses and you Akko the part I promised" She said and I was already thinking.
"Wait a minute you won £500? Is that unfair only 50 after everything?" I tell her who shrugs her shoulders and goes riding on her broom.
We then went flying from Appleton, relieved and with the holy grail in hands, now the mission was accomplished, more difficult than I could imagine and Amanda with a suit really looks funny, it suits her a lot this way, I'll spread it around just to make fun a little hahaha, ah who knows I can get some money with this too.
In Luna Nova...
We arrived at Luna Nova, sort of landing there and walking the corridors, I waved to Diana and she sort of looked at me strangely and soon approached me aggressively putting me against the wall.
"What do ye do with the holy grail Akko?" she said angrily.
"What do you mean Diana? Why this reaction?" I say a bit confused.
"Did ye steal it from my home? That's a Cavendish heirloom, I thought it was burnt in the fire, answer me" she said.
"Woah, reassure Cavendish, she found this thing in Appleton, we had no idea it was a relic of yours, it was a mission at Professor Croix request" She said and I even made a sign for her not to tell.
"I want to talk tae Professor Croix immediately" She said and now it seems to have fucked up, she asked us to keep it a secret and now one of them knows.
POV Diana:
I can't believe that the Holy Grail had been stolen, sae if it was in Appleton, that could have Andrew's hands, what the hell... Now aye I am furious for good, I hope none of this turns out tae be a prank in bad taste, it looks a lot like the real thing, tae be honest, we entered Professor Croix's room, there she was looking at the window, when she got a smile on her face.
"Oh you have come, and apparently you have brought the Holy Grail" she said.
"This Holy Grail is owned by the Cavendish family, can ye explain tae me what is happening here Professor Croix?" I say tae herself who gets a smile on her face.
"Ah that's right, it was a stolen property of the Cavendish family, that's why I called them to get it back for you, from the looks of it they did, well anyway I have another matter to settle with Cavendish, you two can go now" Said teacher Croix waving tae them.
"Before I go..." Said Akko who placed her hand on my shoulder.
"What do ye want Akko?" I ask her.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you that day, I hope we can make up" She said then walked off and I noticed the genuine expression.
Then the girls left the room, it was just me and teacher Croix, now she has tae explain me very well what happened here or I will have a fit, I can't believe that after everything we now have items stolen fae my family, she comes tae me with open arms, as if tae give me a hug.
"What do ye want with me? Ye stole my family's things" I say half-heartedly, and I even suspect something.
"Oh Diana, no need to be so aggressive like that, it's all part of something bigger" She said in a more affectionate tone, I guess now my suspicions are correct.
"And what are ye by any chance? Ye're my mother, that's why ye took the family's things?" I said, already giving her a checkmate and she started laughing.
"Mother? Hahahaha! Diana I would have been 14 when you were born, there's no way I could be your mother, I'll still be 30 this year, but I have news about her, I know your mother, I know who she is, I even brought you a present from her" she said taking a glass from a bag.
" What is it?" I take the glass that dinnae have any label.
"It comes with a letter too" said the teacher handing over a piece of paper.
"Hi Diana, I miss you so much, but unfortunately we won't be able to see each other because of a little thing you have in your body, for this I have spent years and years producing an antidote so you can get rid of this torment just like me, with all the love in the world to your other mother... L.M"
L.M, what would those initials be... Well anyway I'll research later, now I'm going tae take this thing, since it's an antidote, I take the bottle and drink it all, it has a bitter taste, it even makes me want to vomit, when I finished I felt the horrible taste, then, the will tae vomit rose in me and I couldn't run in time... I vomited on the floor in front of teacher Croix, I heard some little balls that seemed tae be made of iron that fell on the floor of the school, and then they dissolved.
"What's that?" I say shocked.
"Your curse has been broken, now you two will be able to see each other one day," said Professor Croix.
"And who is this other mother of mine, since ye say ye know her?" I ask the teacher, already getting a bit desperate and also feeling nauseous.
"You will meet her one day, but this is not the time yet Diana, I'll tell you when you can prove to be trustworthy, for now enjoy your healing" said the teacher tae me as the puddle of vomit was being cleaned.
"I hope this is all true, I dinnae want tae be made a fool of and manipulated, now I've done this right in front of you, explain tae me what these things are?" I ask her.
"Curse of the spheres of Enatite, witches can't come close to each other basically, it is a curse that until now its cure is unknown, it is used to keep a witch away from another, if they come close the spheres stuck in the stomach will start to move all around until they perforate the whole body of the witch, causing death, with a kilometer away it is already possible to feel nauseous, closer than that can cause death" said the teacher and I had already heard something about it.
"But isn't that illegal?" I ask her.
"Yes, but someone did that to keep you away from your mother, now you are healed and you can see each other someday" Croix said stroking my hair and after that I even left the room.
Walking through the corridors I was kind of reflecting, who is this L.M.? Those initials, I have tae check the yearbooks, but I also have tae try tae think if this is nae a lie, after all I am also under the impression that this teacher Croix does nae smell very good tae me, why was she with the Holy Grail? Why did she send them and nae me? So many thoughts, I'm going crazy already, I arrive at my room, I wave to Hannah and Barbara, with the Holy Grail in hand.
"What's that Diana?" England said.
"It's one of the Cavendish family relics, the Holy Grail, which was a symbol of Merlin Cavendish's union with King Arthur, that was in medieval times, I never thought I'd imagine it being around here, I thought it was buried and burnt in the fire, but apparently it was all the time in Appleton" I tell them.
"Merlin the sorcerer?" Barbara asks.
- Merlin the witch actually, it's just that the story kind of distorts the truth, it was one of the times that the Cavendish family connected with royalty, she had even married Arthur, unfortunately I dinnae remember much of the story, but it was one of the first times we saw Scotland and England coming together, but the fire erased those books" I tell them they're delighted.
POV Narrator:
The Holy Grail mission was a success, even causing a bit of confusion in Appleton, that's where things also got pretty intense, much on the part of the boys discovering Amanda's identity, but luckily things ended well, but having the discovery of the relic being a Cavendish property thing and not the witches themselves, which left Diana furious and having yet another realisation regarding her origins.
See you, Holy grail witches...
Amanda O'Neill
Date of birth: 17 March 2002
Place of birth: New York, United States (American-Irish)
Height: 1.67m
Weight: 53 kg
Sexuality: Lesbian
Gender: Non-binary (AFAB)
Occupation: Student (Luna Nova 2014)
Measurements (bust/ waist/hip): 86/57/87
Hair colour and appearance: Salmon and auburn, medium-length, reaching down to the shoulder, usually combed upwards, wavy 2A
Eye colour and shape: Green
Physical appearance: Athletic body, lean proportions, slightly defined, round nose, pale Caucasian skin
Likes: Broomstick tricks, breaking rules, going against the system, punk, girls, your grandma
Dislikes: Rules, boring classes, boring teachers, Luna Nova, own parents
Amanda, the radical girl, the troublemaker before Akko was going to take her from this throne of the girl who had more appearances in detention, she simply doesn't care much for magic, since she was thrown in Luna Nova by her own parents who were trying to get rid of the obligation of having to take care of their daughter and also of her getting her hands on the deceased grandmother's inheritance, without her first learning to have some discipline, even more so since the biggest percentage had stayed with her and her parents didn't want to allow that, Besides repressing all the time the loose behavior of Amanda, always wanting to force the O'Neill formality, but even so she never gave the slightest and even when she went to Luna Nova, was doing what she could to be expelled, but never succeeded, even more with the presence of the Japanese student who also came to shake and that eventually became one of the friends, since they can have empathy with each other of everyone around always put them down.