Thursday, 16 April 2020, Luna Nova
The classes of Luna Nova are in their last weeks before the summer arrives, the students are reviewing all the content that they can acquire with the arrival of the WTE, that will be the biggest test exam for the knowledge of the students and allow their graduation, was arriving in this period and the students knew that they had to study a lot and not risk too much, but it was complicated in the middle of the pandemic that was rising like a rocket in the skies, Luna Nova was still the only school to have face-to-face classes because it was much more isolated, but some of the students that the boss infected were already arriving to try to end Akko's peace again and to try to cause an expulsion from Kagari with the days already indicating that it was getting close and the symptoms getting more evident.
POV Akko:
A month to start the WTE already, time flies and a lot, only a few more weeks to go and I'm soon graduating, fulfilling my dream of being a witch like Chariot was, I hope I can pass, after that it will be the focus on the witch revolution, I'm sure there will be a lot of things to do when I'm out of this prison that at any moment someone can sneeze on me and spread the covid, my day was coming to an end, I already finished getting ready for another day of class, now it's time to leave.
"We are already one month away from the WTE" I say anxiously.
'Do you think it will pass?" Sucy asks.
"I hope so, I've been studying for this since the beginning of this last term, miraculously I'm finally not sleeping in class, I can understand a lot of things that I just skipped in the first year without having a clue, I'm surprised that even skipping all that I still made it this far" I answer Manbavaran.
"Time for another day of school" Lotte said.
And we left our room and went to the classroom, where we stood in line, as always taking the temperature and passing alcohol gel, I am more attentive and always keep an eye out to see if there is a girl with a stuffy nose, although now finally the teachers have been more demanding and now a student with a cold goes back to her room and goes straight to the infirmary to be tested, well for now nothing and that is a relief.
"Akko you are always so paranoid about it" Manbavaran said.
"I wish I wasn't, but anyone who looks even a little sick to me is a problem, I don't want to risk it, last time I was still a little traumatized, Rosie almost made me sick and I ended up being kicked out of here, I want to see everyone's face when I graduate from this place, the witch that no one gave a shit about finally with a Luna Nova diploma, which no one will be able to criticize" I say confidently.
"Akko no one will be as dumb as Rosie was, if they are going to do something like that they will do it behind your back, either by breaking into your room or something like that, I don't think they will infect you right away, or this is an attempt to intimidate you" Sucy said only making it worse.
"Oh thank you, now I'm going to start being even more scared of all this" I say with my cheeks inflated and a bit angry.
She kept laughing in her usual sadistic way and I just didn't notice, but it's something to think about if they want to infect me they'll do it as if it were something more elaborate, the boss is just trying to destabilise me emotionally, that's all, I imagine she won't give up for nothing trying to see me fail and have my head full, but I won't, I'm confident I'll pass and throw it in the face of these elitist people that I can be as talented a witch as I've been showing myself to be.
After the end of classes...
Another day of classes, a bit sleepy, but it's content that I have to swallow, it's my chance to pass the year, again we are getting in line and no one sniffed their nose as if they had the flu, which is great, so it gives a relief, I go to the end of the line, staying with Diana, I have more confidence in her protection than anything, I even get close, but with the right distance.
"Look at this Akko, staying at the right distance, I'm seeing quite a bit of improvement in that" She said smiling at me, you can't see it in the mask but the eyes say a lot.
"I just want to do what is necessary, and your protection against being infected is the best, besides I miss you Diana, lately we have been getting so far apart" I tell her.
"It's the fear of the risk of being infected, I'm getting quite tense with all this" And my girlfriend is absolutely right, it's not easy to deal with all this.
And we wait in line, everyone goes by calmly, until we both arrive and we pass too, the day is over, the classes are over, but still, all this makes me tense, the classes ending and having to deal with the fear of Covid, I even breathe relieved when I leave the room.
"We have finally passed through the gates of hell" I say to Diana.
"Sae Akko, I guess ye're right about missing me, what do ye say we walk around Luna Nova before we go tae our rooms? At least a walk around here is nae forbidden, just keep our distance" She said and I go nodding in agreement.
"Yes, I really want to, anything with you is already worth it, let's enjoy and see how Hellene is" I say all excited, so let's walk together through the corridors.
At least we can do one thing together without running such a risk, I love spending time with Diana, seeing her walking in front of me, with her hair, her body, she enchants me a lot, I get hypnotized even, better to keep my concentration on the way ahead, we are already arriving at the room where the second year students left, we wave to Hellene, she waves back to us.
"Just keep yer distance from my sister, as ye do with me, the fact that she is from another year is that the students' state of health is totally unknown" Diana said and she is right.
"Hey Hellene, long time no see" I say waving and getting closer, she responds by waving back.
"I miss the touch 'ere, but that's de way, having to stay kind of away like this or the situation will get worse" McLaren said.
"This whole thing is a bummer, I can't wait for this pandemic to end, it had to come right in my graduation year, it's affecting everyone, it wasn't the least bit funny, I don't know why they would do something like this" I say a bit crestfallen.
"Look I still think that the boss has something to do with this thing, she surely must have done it to make things worse for you and also to use the pandemic to gain control over a part of humanity, that's when you start to realize these things" said Marianne appearing as well.
"And how are ye doing with Anne? Has she been bothering ye, sis?" asks my girlfriend to my sister-in-law who only appears to be taking a breath.
"I can't stand dat woman, but I'm slowly getting her to understand better what she's been believing, including de last time she talked to me I gave 'er de Witches' Revolution manifesto dat Mum wrote, let's just see what progress Anne will make, if she understands de book and is willing to agree to it" Hellene said and that title is kind of familiar.
"I remember reading this book when I was younger, and at the time I thought a lot of things were exaggerated, I was furious, but I was a different person, with another understanding of the world, and even sae I thought there were some excellent points, things that I really hit on the head and thought, hey, this is a bit dubious" said Diana.
"We're going now, it was good to see you" said Hellene.
"We don't want to risk infection too much, especially as we're staying here for the summer to find out the identity of the boss" Marianne said.
And there they go, leaving the corridor towards the rooms, Diana and I continue our walk, we go quietly, the girls of the first year had already left, I was going to say hello to Semmer, but she has already left, so let's continue the way, feel the wind outside, it will be a huge relief, until a hand appears and pulls Diana into a room, when I enter one of the girls was kissing my girlfriend by force, furious I cast a spell against her, while the other two took steps backwards.
"What are you doing?" I say furiously.
"Disgusting, ye spat in my mouth ye daft cunt" Diana said trying to spit it out.
"Damn it! Lisa you missed the target, that's not the one we should have hit" said the blonde.
"I'd swear it was Kagari and now we've infected the wrong one?" Said the one Lisa and I went into shock.
"Damn, ye dinnae have tae be sae disgusting, now I have yer phlegm inside my mouth" Said my girlfriend and I was shocked still, you infected her.
"Love..." I say half frightened.
"Akko, leave the room, I'll deal with them, if I'm sick, at least I'll make my last moment in Luna Nova worth, go soon!" She said and I getting worried, I went running to the door, but one of them appears and bar but I see only one thing grabbing her.
The brown haired girl still tries to sneeze at me but I use a magic barrier and then she is pulled out of the door, I quickly kick the door and see that it has been locked, apparently Diana is going to have to deal with the girls, I can't believe they infected my girlfriend so much out of nowhere and on top of that close to her graduating, what a damn.
I look back and see that the door was locked and really none of them left, now is my chance, I have to run to where the teachers and the headmaster are, warn them that there are students with Covid or things can get worse, I have to warn them soon.
Meanwhile on the inside...
POV Diana:
Damn, I dinnae expect something like this, they caught me with my guard down and still sent a kind of attack sae low that I dinnae even expect it, now I have the taste of covid in my mouth, how disgusting, I swear I'm about tae vomit here, but I think it's too late now, I must have developed the virus by now.
"You infected the wrong girl Lisa, now the target by now must have run away and we still have to face her friend" Said one of them with fear.
"Ye can come all three I think it's time tae see how far I can go" I say confidently and even throw my wand tae the side.
"She's Cavendish, I've studied here since she was a first year student, we're not in the best situation, but we're three witches, she's only one" said the blonde.
The three come up tae me, I keep the pose still in the same place, as they get closer one comes tae punch me, I dodge, another one grabs me from behind as I wanted, the blonde prepares a spell, throws it in my direction I create a glyph without needing the wand just moving my finger I reflect the spell against the blonde, the brunette who holds me I hit a headbutt and then grab her arm throwing her towards her friend. The one who kissed me comes up with a kick, I dodge, spin my hand and make a rope that catches on her shin tying her and with that I pull towards the ceiling, which she goes being thrown, I'm already preparing tae cast a sphere of magic on the two who get up and the impulse of the spell I use tae throw myself towards simply Lisa who was going tae fall I smile and then I use a spell ball that I burst on her belly throwing her also near her friends what I finish with a mortal and I stare at the trio getting up.
"Yer little plan has failed, ye won't be able tae infect Akko, well now let's see how long ye last or else I can negotiate with ye" I say to them as they get up amidst the destroyed desks and the pain in their bodies.
"Cavendish, we..." Said one of the brunettes getting up before she collapsed passed out, damn I hit it half hard.
"Julia!" Said the blonde.
"It was really bad, I dinnae want tae hit hard enough, but ye gave me nae choice, ye attacked my girlfriend and I can't allow her tae fail" I say pointing at them.
"Even be expelled? You did all this and now you will be expelled just like us, but unlike us you will get sick and rot, you will die of Covid even, we will be vaccinated" Said the blonde full of herself.
"You lassies saw the boss right? I can cover twice as much as she offered if ye knew who she was" I tell them as I was already feeling a little relief inside my mouth.
"In reality she was wearing a hoodie, with glowing red eyes and she was breaking into several butterflies as she was leaving, we don't know who she really is, her voice was all changed too" Said the one who kissed me.
"Lisa! You're stupid, we should have lied to Cavendish, we could still make a lot of money and not hand over the boss" said the blonde.
"Well a promise is a promise, I will pay ye back twice Lisa, fae yer courage tae say it, but still I am furious, ye infected me, all this fae greed" I tell them and the blonde gets angrier.
She comes at me once again, I even close my eyes and do like my mother Laura just dodging her going at me with my arms behind my back, I dinnae want tae hit her, just provoke her, leave her humiliated enough tae know that I dinnae come here tae play, I dodge a bit until I decide tae counter attack, hitting a knee tae the stomach and then a kick that throws her towards the board and then I open my eyes, seeing that Lisa even got scared.
"I hope she dinnae..." I say until I see that blondie got all pampered too.
"I think you were too strong Cavendish, but I'll tell! I'll tell! She forced us to infect your friend, she wore a hood all black, a dark outfit, you couldn't recognize her face or her voice, I couldn't even record it, but it's like a very robotic voice, you know, one of those voices made with special effects, I didn't remember anyone, I even thought it was a man, but anyway that's all I know" she said and I thought about the following.
"Well describe it better I'll draw a self-portrait and try tae get a close look at what this boss looks like" I say tae her who agrees with her head half swallowing saliva.
I hope Akko can soon get the teachers and the headmistress tae come here and get us out of here soon, I dinnae want tae risk it, well I'll take my chances and send a message tae Hannah and Barbara before the self portrait starts.
[Me: Lassies I'm with Covid, take all the stuff from the pantry to the green team room where Constanze's lab is, they'll probably confiscate it all as infected food, so do it soon, I'm infected here] 16:01
I'm drawing the boss according tae the description that Lisa was giving me of her, the red eyes shining as light, the black hood, the dark clothes, from what she said it was brown with some purple traces, including using some belts passing in the region of the chest and waist tae give the impression of being a male chest, she said tae be some tall person, but it wasn't possible tae notice because underneath there was a very dense fog without revealing the height of the boss, she used a long skirt also underneath that should go all the way down, it should make the composition of the hood fae sure, it looks a bit like a grim reaper, but anyway, it's getting ready, I believe Croix and Chariot will know.
"And now what will happen to us?" asks Lisa.
"Well, we are going tae be expelled, that's the way, unfortunately I lost the chance tae graduate here, it was one of my dreams, tae graduate from the same school where Chariot had studied" I said very frustrated
"It was bad really, I had no choice, I missed the target on top of that" Lisa said.
"The important thing is that my girlfriend was nae affected, she who should have this chance, she deserves tae pass and graduate more than any student here, she worked hard tae get where she is" I say getting up and then listening tae the door opening.
POV Akko:
I arrived on time by the way, Diana did little service of the three as always she is strong, I stay a little far from the room, I wanted to hug Diana, but the teachers who end up entering, wearing even more protective clothes looking like we are inside a nuclear reactor, the director even gets scared to see that my girlfriend was there.
"Miss Cavendish! I didn't believe it when Miss Kagari said you were hit by the covid" said Mrs Holbrook.
"Yeah I was, Lisa kissed my mouth and spit in it, I must have the virus by now" said my girlfriend.
Soon the other girls were waking up, the teachers were doing the covid test on each one of them, passing the swab inside their noses, I hate it, the worse I had to do it too, luckily mine was negative, but theirs I'm sure will be positive, I see Diana and she showed a huge calmness even after all this.
- Well I hope it doesn't test positive for you Diana, it must not have given time for the virus to spread right?" I tell her.
"Even sae I will take the necessary care Akko" she said.
We wait in the greatest tension of the world, to give the time to show the results, I hope that Diana really is not sick, I am even apprehensive with all this, because if not things can get much worse, come on Akko take a deep breath, your girlfriend will be fine, she will not get sick, it will not be enough to spread the virus.
"All four are positive" The news came as a thud to me, my girlfriend has been infected by covid, I even look half tearfully at Diana.
"And now what? This can't be possible" I say, already crying.
"Now I will tell Miss England and Miss Parker to leave the blue team dormitory and go to the reserve to wait for Miss Cavendish to get her things and then we will clean the room until it is ready for them to come back, but first we will sort of test them both" said the headmistress and I got all emotional.
"Akko, we will see each other soon, at least I was able tae prevent ye from getting sick" She said, still showing a smile but I could see the tears flowing.
And there went Diana going to her room getting her things, her bags already packed, she even callsfor Akko to see her one last time in the tower of Luna Nova before leaving...
Diana will soon arrive, I hope she can really do this, gee it was a huge heroism what she did for me, soon she arrives landing on the tower of Luna Nova, we kind of got a little distant from each other, we couldn't even kiss goodbye, I just stared at her from afar with the mask and crying, I could see she was crying too.
"That's unfair love, you dreamt of graduating here as much as I did, my urge was to get infected and stay with you" I tell her who gets all shaking her head.
"Dinnae even think about the option of doing that Akko, graduate fae ye, but I also ask... Do it for me, graduate from Luna Nova for me, I know ye'll be able tae honor yer word, and I've been really screwed now, but we'll still see each other, I'm trying a supplementary school and I know I can pass the final exam, sae I have nothing tae fear, I know I'll graduate, It won't be the same, but anyway, this just shows love, this just shows that ye are important, they had tae infect me in an attempt tae infect ye sae that ye won't be able tae graduate, but that won't be what will stop the greatness of the witch that ye are," she said with beautiful words.
"I would hug you and fill you with kisses right now, but I can't even come close, you can be sure that this will only motivate me even more to pass with the greatest effort possible when I do the WTE, I'll show all the witches that the girl who was down there that nobody gave anything to, will be one of the best, I'm going to honor my graduation for sure and dedicate it not only to Chariot like I did when I got here, but now it's for you Diana, for all the witches who also went through the same thing I did, I represent the mundane ones, gee I gave an angry speech now, I'll write it down for when graduation comes" I tell my girlfriend.
"Yer words when full of passion are beautiful my love, I love it when yer chest gets sae full like that, anyway love, I'm leaving, I think I'll go back home, I'll have tae take care of myself, I sent a message tae my mother and sae far nothing, but I think it's nae good fae her tae know about these things, she might worry and end up getting infected, anyway... Just tae finish, all your crisps and snacks are in Constanze's laboratory, before ye came into the room I told Hannah and Barbara tae take everything, they used the scheme we had already done for emergencies of this kind and told Constanze, if you get hungry just tell her, mine that I bought now are yers too, I couldn't leave them with Hannah and Barbara because they would probably confiscate everything... Before I go... I just want to say one thing... From the bottom of my heart that I always wanted tae say, I was going tae wait fae graduation fae that, I think I'll just take a breather here" She said and that's great, at least the little potatoes are safe.
"I love you Diana" I tell her I even notice a little smile from the mask as the tears fall.
"Akko, thank ye fae appearing in my life, ye were the most important person that I had the pleasure tae meet, I will even say, more than my mother Laura, although she is important, ye opened the doors fae this, I would
never believe in these things if it wasn't fae ye, the little witch with the silly way, the one that nobody gave anything, even I dinnae see this potential, but today I am very grateful that today I am sure that I made the right choice, the choice of the love of my life, thank ye fae changing and improving my life Atsuko Kagari, I am grateful that ye have taken away my chains, I felt like a horse with blinkers, I could nae see anything but the front and was always afraid, but ye took that away from me and could open my eyes, it was thanks tae ye that I could be Diana Cavendish, nae Lady Diana, who knows what would be of my life without yer presence, here in Luna Nova, ye improved everything, ye gave me courage, ye gave me love, ye gave me... Ye gave me the world, goodbye Akko, we'll see each other soon, I promise tae be fine and nae stop talking tae ye" She said waving to me then turning around where everything seemed to be slowing down at the time, her tears flying through the air and her leaving.
After that I see Diana flying, passing through Ley's line, I go crying looking up, gee I would never imagine that I would be in a situation like this, when I entered here and bumped into this girl for the first time, here I am, suffering in love for my rival, I hope she is soon going home well, I sent the message to Laura first, I believe she must already know.
POV Diana:
Now is definitely a moment I dinnae want tae be living, sick and with covid, kicked out of Luna Nova, seeing my biggest dream destroyed, but I know ye will make it Akko, I will feel very satisfied when she graduates, today I showed well that I am willing tae do everything fae her, for sure she will make it, when arriving at Glastonbury square I simply see my mother with the broom in her hand and she dressed all wrapped in plastic, which I already run tae hug her starting tae cry a lot.
"I got 'ere as fast as I could, got de full potential out of de broom, now we are going home and den to de hospital" She said as I was still crying in the hug.
"Mum... They infected me" I say crying.
"Akko told me and I came flying with everything, luckily I could arrive on time, I took dis raincoat just to be able to hug you without having any virus, but now it's better we prioritize your health, dis thing doesn't have a vaccine yet" said my mother after stroking my head being with a glove.
She then takes off her raincoat and walks over tae a toxic waste bin, we are starting tae fly home, I thought I was going tae have tae pay someone tae look after me, but it seems my mother has taken a risk tae prioritise looking after me, I never thought this would happen.
"Even with de risk I will not stop taking care of my daughter, dis is a matter of priority, when I received de news it was de first ding I thought, well now everyone at home will know about your situation, I dedn't want you to be alone at home, you can leave it to me to go to the market and everything else" said my mother.
POV Narrator:
Meanwhile the trio of girls who were infected were half finishing packing their bags to leave for good, but the boss surprises them and the three of them stare at the woman with deep red eyes, showing great calmness.
"Well, here is your part, you failed in the mission, infected the wrong person and even an important person, you only gave more ammunition for Kagari to graduate with an even higher grade than she would have passed, well, you will only keep this amount of money for the risk of the work, I will not vaccinate you, because the vaccine is only for those who fulfill the mission" said the boss.
"That's unfair, we took a chance on Covid, a disease that can kill and you won't even cover it up? That's a biological crime" Lisa said angrily.
"It was already a biological crime before all this and you agreed to do it" the boss said.
"If you are so good why don't you infect Akko right away? You got into our room so easily, so you can get into her room" Lisa said.
"It doesn't have the same emotion or weight, understand once and for all, the game here is not just to fail Atsuko Kagari in an easy way, I want to do this by causing fear in her, a frustration for being sick out of the blue doesn't compare to the fear of being at any moment near someone who will sneeze on her and cause her expulsion, she is alert all the time and this can go on affecting her head, my trick is to play mind games with Kagari, that's my motivation, There's no point in making things look easy, if I just infect her she'll try again with another generation and another, or she might even threaten to sue Luna Nova, but well, with fear
she stays in her own, knowing she can't mess with me, now I'm leaving, and so should you, you've been here too long already" Said the boss and Lisa even shows her middle finger as soon as she leaves, with the fury she had become after everything that happened.
"What a disgrace, we did a job to be underpaid yet" said Lisa indignantly.
POV Narrator:
And there goes another attempt to infect Atsuko Kagari, this one will undoubtedly cause a huge impact, since three first year students were infected, besides passing Covid to Diana who will end up staying at home, being expelled from Luna Nova at the very end, which was very frustrating for the Scottish girl who dreamed of graduating in the same school as Chariot, but lost this chance, putting all her faith in Akko, who will do everything to make her mark in Luna Nova.
See you, Corona witches...