POV Narrator:
Tuesday, 19 May 2020, Luna Nova
The week of the final exams of WTE was passing, the last practical tests, in which Akko and her friends were doing very well, even without knowing what their grades would be, also suffering with the corridors being all the time dirty by Chloé that the boss work used to try to delay Kagari from having any chance to pass the year, but even so the work of the green and red teams has been what held a lot of ends, With the end of the exams, a period of time off arrived, where the students would stay a week resting, until the so acclaimed graduation arrived, they would still have preparations, and on Tuesday would come the envelope with the grades of each one being delivered to the room, that in the case of being approved would have the opportunity to graduate at the academy of witchcraft.
POV Akko:
It's really good to sleep as much as I can, these days off here have been wonderful, we're finally having some peace, there are no more bloodstained corridors to clean, I get out of bed and I see there's an envelope at the door, both Lotte and Sucy must have already taken theirs, they're both already looking at the notes, I take mine already quite anxious.
"Oh good morning Akko, you finally woke up, tell us what your grade is going to be, I managed to pass with a 76% grade" said Lotte.
"I with 71%, I think it will be complicated for you to pass based on our score, but let's hope you get Akko" said Sucy, well they have a very considerable score indeed.
I open the envelope, and I see my bulletin, it's something very extensive, what I'm trying to give a look at the main thing that has in it, and when I hit the eye I get excited "Approved", I managed to graduate in Luna Nova! That cheers me up, now the overall grade, I could see that I passed all the WTE exams and with a high grade in each one.
"79%, I got Seventy-Nine percent! I passed! I graduated from Luna Nova!" I say all excited and bouncy.
"What? What do you mean all this?" Sucy said in surprise.
"WowAkko did you read it right? Isn't it inverted?" Lotte said.
"You'll see it's upside down, so I'm sorry mate, you tried really hard, 67% here is still quite an achievement" Manbavaran said and I even show the report card to both of them.
They look at everything very meticulously while I was confident and excited about my grade, thanks to the third year my grade has risen a lot, I almost got 100% in my last year, I dedicated myself so much with Diana that I got an altissima grade, then they give me back my report card and are quite shocked.
"This is impressive, it is shocking at the same time, you have exceeded all the expectations that everyone had on you, the results of the first and second year were 70% and 71%, but this third year of 98% was shocking, you have improved a lot, you have come a long way, further than we expected, really" Lotte said.
"I said I would give my best to Diana and I was not wrong, now I will make sure I do very well this year" I say confidently.
"Look the fact that you have a higher score than the three of us is surprising" Lotte said.
"I had to get something better, if I didn't get a grade higher than 75% I would have failed, so it was a well paid job, I got 4% more than I needed, I'm relieved, all the effort was worth it" I tell them smiling and relieved.
I even take my report card and decide to take some photos, Diana has to see this, she will be very proud of me, seeing that I have improved so much that I have passed the year, I show her by sending her a photo with the report card, proud and full of confidence.
[Diana: 79%, our Akko you did very well, I admit I expected a higher number, but your first and second year weighed heavily, at least you excelled in the third year with a grade almost approaching perfection, that's what I really liked to see, all that study we did paid off, you not only passed, but you passed with dedication, you deserve this graduation very much] 9:34
[Me: I dedicated myself as much as I could to be approved, I needed to have the 75% minimum required and that makes me happy that I got it all, that was for you love, thanks to you I passed and I will graduate in Luna Nova] 9:35
[Diana: My mum will be proud to see your note, by the way show your parents too, they must be missing you, I am so proud of you my love, you dedicated yourself and you have a very deserved achievement] 9:35
I get a huge smile on my face and no doubt I will send this one to my parents, my mother will be very happy that I got approved here in Luna Nova, after so much study, in the end my work was paid off, I can't wait to see my graduation, I swear I will give my best speech, now I need to show this to the girls of the green team as well.
"I'm going to the green team room now, I want to see how much the girls there have taken" I tell the girls.
"We are going too, wait for us Akko" Lotte said.
I nod, the two get out of bed and together we leave the room and go to the corridor, where we knock on the door of their room, using a kind of three-knock code that they can understand that it's us, open the door and enter quickly so that no one catches us cheating the rules of Luna Nova.
"I even know why you came here, your grade, I already speak 78%, I did decently well" said Amanda confidently.
"I passed with 77%" Jasminka said and she did very well too.
What really shocks was when Constanze showed her report card, it was with a great 91%, it was the highest grade I've ever seen, the most shocking thing is that Cons doesn't show any emotion, she just thinks it's a normal grade to take and goes on with life, the two other girls even laugh a little, it's too weird to be like that.
"We had the same reaction, but it's not shocking, Constanze is the smartest of us by a huge margin, just seeing the amazing things she does is shocking" Amanda said and it really is, we also see Hannah and Barbara appearing at the window with their report cards in hand.
"Hey girls did well too, I got 83%" England said.
"And I 85%, I keep even imagining that Diana must have passed 90% if she could be here with us" Parker said.
"I managed to pass with 79%" I tell them all who stare at me in shock.
"What?" They said dumbfounded.
"What do you mean you got a higher grade than me?" O'Neill said in shock.
"You can see, that's my report card" I show them.
No one really believes it, it's like the 79% is something way beyond what I can achieve, but I did it, I'll show everyone that even I Atsuko Kagari can be a good witch and gee that's a pretty average grade for a witch, I don't doubt at all that Diana would stomp everyone here with a grade above 90% even higher than Constanze.
"WowAkko, you just went over the top in third year, not for nothing did Diana say you were better than her, she was absolutely right we even thought it was exaggeration" Hannah said.
"This is because she was 100% dedicated to me in this third year and was very well paid, all the support and help gave me the chance to get through the year, now I am one of those approved" I say excitedly.
"Look Akko my congratulations, you have even outdone me" Amanda said handing me back the report card.
"You talk as if it was the greatest achievement of all, but it was expected for me, or I passed or I did not pass, I had to do well, it was not a matter of just getting an average grade, I had to put my best or I did not pass, look at Constanze, she got 91%" I say pointing to her who shrugged.
"What? How did she... That's the highest grade we've seen today, look we talked to the girls upstairs, they didn't come close, the highest so far was Blair's 89%, but no more than that, it shocks me to see that Constanze has gone that far" Hannah said.
"I think we have the student who got the highest mark here, after Diana, she should be here with us" Barbara said.
"I agree... She is missed a lot, but hey, she also got to know that I passed and she is extremely happy that I made it, even more that I got a very high grade in the third year, she was relieved and happy, I hope soon I can go back to her arms to celebrate, especially now that she is cured of Covid 19" I say all emotional and the two even come at me with their hands on my shoulder.
"I root for you both so much, you've been the best person to come into Diana's life without a shadow of a doubt" England said.
"In the beginning we annoyed you and everything, but it is a fact, you are by far the person who helped our friend the most, not even we came close to that and we have known Diana since we were children, you opened a side of our friend that we did not know, thank you for coming here Akko, we are very grateful for you" Said Barbara and that's very touching really.
"Hey, how about a party? Let's celebrate our approval, since we don't have to go to class all week we can enjoy it, there's still a lot of food, and a lot of it, Diana made a stock to last even the summer"Amanda said.
"You're right, it's going to be quite a party, we can enjoy it, wow and we ate a lot at Diana's birthday and even then it wasn't all, I'll call the girls of the purple team also to celebrate with us, Mirage, Jeanne and Semmer too, today is going to be the party day" I say excitedly.
"They know the code for coming, let's enjoy it and have a moment that will be nostalgic for the days we studied here, then we will all move on in each of our lives" O'Neill said.
"To think that we made it this far, the last week in Luna Nova, already formed, we passed the WTE, from now on it will be only celebration, gee, I never thought I would survive this far, it gives me a relief, a feeling that I faced the Final Boss" I tell them.
"And it really was, you stood up to everything and everyone, we are here to prove it, we were even part of this battle, but look, you are now the strongest of us, now I understand what Diana said that you were rivaling her" Barbara said.
And so we started to get some drinks, as well as potatoes as usual, I even had an idea, I'm getting some flour, eggs, milk and I've already had a brilliant idea, I'm rolling up my sleeves to prepare what they're imagining.
"What are you going to do, Akko?" O'Neill asks.
"Well, you'll soon find out" I say as I go to start beating the dough.
"I'm New Yorker enough to know this is Pizza, leave it to me too" Amanda said rolling up her sleeves.
"Do you also know how to make pizza?" I ask her.
"Good things you learn from childhood, my paternal grandfather owns a pizzeria, I am a great-granddaughter of Italians, not only do I have the Irish part, leave it to me as well" O'Neill said.
"Well, to be honest I only learned on the internet, so I guess you must know more than I do" I said to her.
"You can leave it to me, I'll help you do it, now let's go and make this pizza" Amanda said.
Now it's going to be great, making a pizza with my friends, I just get a little pensive and needy, imagining Diana coming to hug me, us making a pizza together, getting dirty and everything else, gee, it would be perfectly wonderful, I just wish she was here with me, sometimes Diana misses me a lot, even though I still talk to her by mobile phone, I really wish I could be here in person with her, we would make pizza together, it would be wonderful, with Amanda showing how it's done.
Later the classes were coming to an end for the first and second year students and soon they got toknow about the invitation to go to the green team room to celebrate the graduation,,
POV Hellene:
I look at my mobile phone, I hear dat de third year lassies' results are in and I see a message from my mother, she tells me dat Akko passed, just as Diana says de same thing, Akko herself sends a message for us to go to de green team's room to celebrate deir graduation in Constanze's lab.
"Akko has passed!" I say excitedly.
"Really? That's wonderful Hellen!" said Mari and I'm all happy.
"I knew she would make it, how many points did she pass?" Annabel asks.
"79%, dat's because she did 98% in de third year, she had a more perfect year dan me, I did 96% in de first year, but not dis monstrosity of 98%, in de hardest year, she is very angry, gee I tell you I really admire 'er, I'm not kidding, Akko is de best witch 'ere" I say scratching my neck.
"More than your sister?" Leclerc said.
"It hurts my heart to always say dat, but I'm sure of it, de two of dem rival each other, but Akko is de hardest working, she has built 'er reputation and become de best, well anyway, let's celebrate, we 'ave to 'ave fun, today is a party day" I say cheerfully.
And we all were getting out of our beds, going to celebrate, we even put on our masks, we took Mari's Gamecube and de television, together we kept everything as key rings in a little bag, and soon we were leaving de room, with de most beautiful French girl carrying everything, we were walking in de corridor and I saw Akko at de end of it, I ran up to 'er and got closer, she saw me and ran out.
"Wait! Akko!" I call for Kagari.
"Where are you going Hellene?" Mari asks.
"Go to de green team's room, I sawAkko there in de hallway kind of suspicious" I tell dem who nod deir heads in agreement.
I start running, giving impulse, she's still running from me, de girls must be going to de room by now, it's definitely not Akko, 'er legs are thicker, she's taller too, must be de girl who framed 'er, now I'm going to find 'er, she lets out what could be a flash, but I close my eyes and guide myself by magic even giving impulse and hitting 'er with a volley right in the back.
I open my eyes and teleport in front of 'er who stands right in front of me and I could notice de eyes, she's western, it's definitely 'er, she was carrying de one of de bag, with blood.
"Don't dink of getting away with dis" I say using a spell dat turned de thing into a hoover.
"Oh Hellene McLaren, you're the real prodigy here, to think you're the sister of that one over there shocks me to this day, I still think it's a lie" An accent just like Mari's, she's a French girl, but she's not Mari.
"I dink I recognize you, do you dink it's funny to incriminate my friend? She doesn't deserve to go through dis torment, she has been de best student 'ere and you just do everything to fail 'er, why do you do all dis?" I tell 'er.
"Well you have too many questions, now I think I will trouble you on the spot" She said starting to activate de hoover, but nothing came out.
"Open your mouth soon, tell me why all dis?" I tell her.
"Damn it! You nullified my last weapon, but now let's see a little something, you like to be the prodigy and brag about being Cavendish's sister, but I'll show you why I hate her" She said holding out 'er hand and shooting a vortex of air dat even gives me a little push.
"So you want to solve it" I say extending my hand and doing de same.
She went flying with my air vortex in de opposite direction being thrown in de corridor, and dragging on de floor, which she goes getting up with some pain, I just stay in my corner watching 'er, she den turns around and keeps running, even tries to throw a flash, but I close my eyes and go using magic to give impulse. When I open my eyes she was still in front of me, I went following 'er, I want to see how far de damn goes, she jumps de open window and shoots with a grapple gun, I throw myself and also 'ave one on my prosthetic, going up where she is to de point dat de damn is shocked.
"What?" Said de impressed girl.
"Dings I have in dat prosthetic dat are useful, a little magic also helps" I tell 'er.
"Well you found my hiding place Hellene Mclaren, but I won't be here that long anyway, I've already finished my mission here" she said taking out 'er contact lenses and wig, revealing 'er blond hair.
"Chloé Deppailer? Why the fuck are you here? Did you graduate last year?" I say shocked.
"I got an offer from the boss to play the terror here, if I did everything to stop Kagari from passing the year I would be well rewarded and that somehow is good for me, even more that I can make Diana's life hell, she has to pay for what she caused me, I'll do it little by little, that was the best thing I could try, unfortunately Kagari passed the year the same way" Chloé said and I still don't understand.
"Why is dat? Why are you like dis with my sister? What has she done to you? Dis persecution makes no sense" I tell 'er.
"Don't you know what it's like to lose your best friend to homosexuality? She revealed that she is a lesbian and everything went sour, she tried to get involved with me, I stopped talking about the handsome guys from Appleton because of her, she started talking about the girls here, she also wanted something with me, she is a depraved" said de homophobe.
"Ah you're just a homophobe, good to know, now I won't carry any weight if I sink your face" I tell 'er who was playing de poor thing.
"Oh you're a heterophobe now? A lot says about your tolerance, you'll never know the pain it is to lose your best friend to homosexuality" Deppailer said.
"Or you could admit dat it was yourself who soured things by being an intolerant homophobe" I tell 'er.
"I'm homophobic? Girl I am the daughter of two mothers, I am not homophobic, nothing against, just don't be my friends, I don't want to see these girls hitting on me" Oh sure aye.
"Having two mothers doesn't give you a free pass to be a scumbag, now I'm going to reveal to everyone dat you are de one causing all dis" I say already starting to go at 'er.
I go up to 'er, but I go to play a little with Chloé who dodges going up and she does a back flip, which she hits a kick on me, making me jump a little, just to pretend dat de beating was strong, with dis I let 'er throw me with everything backwards den she starts to shoot several spells in my direction, doing Vegeta's technique, dis is very silly, she goes causing de most smoke, and when it dissipates I could see 'er panting and laughing.
"See that's what a trained witch's magic power is, what?" She said shocked.
"Wow, you've really acted in a way that's handing over de chance, look I wanted to talk more, only I 'ave a lettle party to go to, now I have to put an end to dis" I tell 'er who comes up to me.
She comes to throw a punch and I go using my prosthetic to defend against de punches she has been giving me until I fill my left hand with a single punch was enough to throw Chloé out of de window, which I use a glyph to throw 'er to de ground and I jump out de window to de outside, facing Deppailer who got up from de ground already feeling some pain.
"What? Did you really dink you were going to win? It's not because I'm a sophomore dat I'm a weakling" I tell 'er who stood up in a lot of pain.
"So that's it, Hellene? Well I'm going to have to appeal here" she said pointing a gun at me.
"You'll 'ave to appeal with a banana in your hand" I say as I use a spell on 'er weapon I always find dis pretty funny, she tries to
"What? Oh, shit! You guys... Okay I admit I was the one who was setting it up" People were already appearing around and Chloé was getting into 'er pose.
"Well my work 'ere has already been done, I'll just wait for de headmistress to come and kick you out of 'ere, you entered illegally and we need to sort dis out" I tell 'er and finally dis is solved.
On the room of director...
Finally here, gee it's really nice to see de other side paying for what dey did, it always ends up being me and Akko or when it's someone from 'ere, but finally we get to see de approach dat madeama Chloé, a former student here who set up Akko, and until she told everything, she dedn't measure her words, finally, she dedn't 'ave to lie.
"Very well Miss Deppailer, we are sending you out of here and you are expressly forbidden to enter Luna Nova for ever, you will not be able to touch this place without having a permission granted by me, that is until the decision is given you will not be able to enter or try anything involving a career here" said the headmistress.
"Dat's it? She set Akko up to almost get kicked out, made 'er clean de halls for a fortnight for free and still had someone give 'er access to Ley's line! That is unfair! She should pay!" I say indignantly.
"She is not a student here, just some trespasser, anyway I could call the police, but you know that the police would close Luna Nova, as well as prevent your final studies, plus she can suffer a lot at the hands of the police, well get your things and get out of here" said the director and I'm staring, Chloé did not go through any punishment.
"I'm out of 'ere, dat's it, you're hypocrites, you're de most disgusting thing in de system" I said to dem furious Chloé dedn't got any punishment.
"Hellene McLaren, those are not the right words to say coming from a witch, measure what you say, it could get you punished, you don't want to be punished for contempt of authority," said Miss Babcock.
"Don't take it so hard on her, it's all settled now" said de headmistress.
I walk out of de room and look at my face, it's settled is de hand I'm going to hold up to one of you when I find out who de boss is, for sure it was one of you who opened access to Ley's lines and are only relieving Chloé, bunch of bastards, de rottenness of de system is right in front of me.
In the green team's room...
POV Akko:
Today is being really good, I feel like the happiest witch in the world, all that's missing is Hellene coming, Mari just told me that she chased someone who looked like me and went to the end, well I hope it's the girl who passes herself off as me.
She arrives, and comes even a little indignant, you can see that my sister-in-law is a little angry, she doesn't get with this face almost never, she only used to get when I was
"What is it Hellen?" Leclerc asks.
"I found out who it was, Chloé came 'ere in Luna Nova and impersonated you Akko, I put up a brief fight against 'er and now de damn ding 'as been caught, but dat's not what made me mad" She said and I was even confused.
"Chloé Deppailer the one who graduated last year?" I say half confused.
"Dat's right, de damned girl gained easy access to Luna Nova, some of de teachers or de headmistress opened access to 'er through Ley's lines and none of them complained about it, not to mention dat de punishment was too stupid, she was just handed 'er head and sent away as if she were a tourist, after all de shit dey did to you dis is 'ow dey treat you Akko, she deserved to pay and a lot" Diana's furious sister said and I put my hand on her shoulder.
"It's too unfair, but what to expect from them? Honestly, we would still have to suffer for what Chloé did, I'm not that blind, I know that no one from the upper echelons wants to see me succeed, but I don't care, I'll throw it in their faces, I passed and went with a very good grade, apart from my 98% in the third year, the best grade of the whole class" I tell 'er trying to get a smile out of 'er.
"I wish I had de strength you 'ave Akko, dat calmness and maturity of yours really admires me" McLaren said.
"I wasn't like that, it was your sister who matured me a lot these years, I learnt to be more calm, I learnt that I won't always be able to be vocal about the injustices they commit against me, but I will soon be very vocal in my graduation speech, they will listen to me and a lot, you can be sure of that" I said very inspired.
"Really my sister has de best possible girlfriend for 'er, you are very mature Akko" Hellene said and everyone just burst into laughing.
"Mature Akko? You had to see her in first year, she was the biggest comedy" Amanda said laughing and fuck off now I mature myself.
I was really immature, I was quite selfish at times too, but that was my way of acting, I was sort of meddling where I wasn't called to draw attention, even though I had no magical ability, I still managed to evolve and get to this point that now makes me all happy.
"I smell of pizza" Hellene said.
"Ah, they are already ready, Akko and I made some pizzas, you can leave it here, Akko knows how to make good pizzas, much better than the American ones, trust me, the pizzas there are no fun, I kind of copied my grandfather's ideas, he copied some pizzas when he travelled to São Paulo, the pizzas there are very filling" Amanda said and I'm pretty curious to taste them.
"Ohhhhhh, I love pizza, I know how to make it too, my mum Laura taught me, she knows how to make just about anything food, I love de pizzas she makes, dere was always a pizza Friday at home, it was a time we always looked forward to, me and Holly would make de most mess, my mum would ask de assistants for help, I miss home just thinking about it" McLaren said and me too, I miss my family.
"If they are as good as the ones we made now, I can't wait to go home and try them, now that Diana's house will also be my home until the pandemic subsides" I say scratching the back of my neck.
"Wow I will love dis, but in de summer I have to stay in Luna Nova, my priority mission is to discover de identity of de boss" Hellene said.
"I have a lot of faith that you can do it Hellene, our you always help us a lot, the amount of strength you gave us" I tell her with a smile on my face.
POV Narrator:
And Akko gets the graduation, she passed all the obstacles that prevented her to graduate, with a score of 79% almost perfecting the last year and ending the best way, she has been the highlight. Chloé is finally discovered to be the one who set everything to make the situation worse for Akko and her friends, but the terror is not over yet, the girls will still have a very unexpected visit at graduation that will stir a lot with Luna Nova from now on.
See you, graduated witches...