Afterwards

Akko and Diana took the scenic route back to Luna Nova. That is to say, they flew through space on the Shooting Star. It was quite the beautiful view.

It didn't take long for the two to get back to Luna Nova, and when they did, there was quite a large welcoming party. They landed in the quad, where they were met with applause from everyone in the area. Looking around, Akko spotted her roomates as well as green team in the crowd.

"That was quite spectacular girls." Professor Finnelan said. There was a murmur of agreement throughout the crowd.

"Diana was amazing!" A voice called.

"Yeah the way she used such spectacular magic!"

"We should expect nothing less from a Cavendish!"

"How nice of her to allow Akko to tag along too!" Akko's heart sunk in her chest. Everyone thought that Diana was the sole person responsible. Akko looked down, trying to ignore the fact that everyone discredited her.

Diana cleared her throat. "Actually, that was mostly Akko up there. She is the one who took the lead and I was there mostly for support. You should give her the credit." Diana said modestly. There was a stark silence from the crowd. Finally, someone snickered.

"How could the dunce of Luna Nova do all that up there!" A voice called, the speaker anonymous. When Akko looked to Diana, she looked furious.

"How dare you say that?" Diana called out, "Akko may not do well in her studies sometimes, but she tries harder and works harder than anyone here! She is responsible for what happened up there! She was the main one behind that magic we used up there. She is the one that unlocked the Grand Triskelion and restored magic to the world. If any of you see her as anything else but a great witch, you are mistaken." There was dead silence from the area.

"Diana...do you really mean that?" Akko asked. Diana nodded.

"I wouldn't have said it if I didn't believe it." Diana affirmed. There was some shuffling in the crowd, and Lotte emerged from the mass of people.

"Akko did great out there. And Diana too!" She said. More shuffling and Sucy poked out from the crowd.

"You guys…" Akko said, as she started to tear up. Right in front of everyone. The crowd was still silent.

"I couldn't have done it without the support of all of my friends. They're all so great, and they were always there whenever I needed them or when I was feeling down." Akko admitted. Lotte and Sucy walked closer, and green team emerged from the crowd as well. Before Akko knew it, she had pulled everyone into a massive group hug. Diana looked uncomfortable.

The crowd finally broke from its mesmerized state and broke out into cheers once again. There were even some people chanting 'Akko! Akko!'. Akko and the others broke from their hug and the crowd quieted. There was a shuffling as the crowd parted.

Standing in the aisle was Chariot. Anyone that was still talking quickly stopped. Everyone just stood and stared at Chariot in shock. Croix was nowhere to be seen.

There was some muttering in the crowd.

"Is that the Shiny Chariot?"

"Why is she wearing a professor's uniform?"

"Wait...She looks an awful lot like Professor Ursula…"

Chariot raised her hand and everyone stopped talking.

"I suggest that we hold a feast to celebrate the return of magic! Also in celebration of these seven witches who are responsible!" Chariot yelled to the crowd. There was an outburst of noise. Some people were cheering in agreement with her suggestion of a feast, others were letting loose a flurry of questions in Chariot's direction. It would be a while before everything quieted down.

A few hours later, Akko sat with her friends in the courtyard, waiting for the feast to start. It was red team, green team, and Diana all sitting on a hill. The last few hours had hardly been peaceful, as it was filled with various people from the school either coming to apologize to Akko for previous misdeeds or people just trying to ask them about what it was like fighting the noire missile. As soon as they got some real privacy, another group started to walk up to them.

This time it was Hannah and Barbara. When they got close, they just sort of stared at their feet and glanced over to Diana who didn't look back.

"Uhh...hi Akko. W-we wanted to come here to…" Hannah trailed off, embarrassment evident on her face.

"Wanted to…?" Akko played dumb.

"We wanted to apologize." Barbara finished.

"We realized that we were not exactly nice to you or anyone else here." Hannah said.

"We wanted to say sorry for all the mean and horrible things that we've said over the last year."

"We were wondering if we could start over, and maybe possibly be sort of friends?" Akko gave a look like she was pondering the question, but she had already made up her mind.

"Sure that sounds great!" She said happily. Hannah and Barbara let go a breath they didn't know they were holding.

The next couple weeks went by very fast, and a lot happened. Firstly, Croix left the school. Nobody outside of the staff and Akko's friend group knew that she was responsible for the Noire Missile Crisis. So in the minds of all the other students, she just left for personal reasons.

Secondly, Professor Chariot had become very popular very quickly. Turns out there were more Shiny Chariot fans at the school than Akko had been led to believe. At the start of the next semester, she wouldn't be teaching Astronomy anymore either. With the rise of magic, more of the ancient enemies of witches also started to awaken. Ancient beasts that have some sort of innate sense for tracking down witches.

As witches needed to be more careful now and protect themselves, Chariot would be starting to teach the new class, 'Combat Magic', as she was the most experienced with it. On the side as well, much to Akko's delight, she would be teaching 'Performance Magic' as well.

Thirdly, Akko's group of close friends had grown from Lotte and Sucy to Lotte, Sucy, Amanda, Constanze, Jasminka, Hannah, Barbara and Diana. Every week, once a week, they would have a get together where they bonded as friends. Whether it be watching crappy sitcoms in green team's dorm, or going on a picnic on the hill in the courtyard, everyone always attended.

Much to Akko's delight, her and Diana had grown much closer together. Since the missile crisis, many people associated the two with each other. It also helped that Akko and Diana had literally the same schedule. Akko and Diana walked with each other from time to time between classes, and sometimes would socialize remotely during their little friend meet ups. For some reason, Akko just felt abnormally happy whenever she was around Diana.

Finally, although she had returned magic to the world and could fly (Kind of) now, Akko still had problems in some of her classes. Especially the ones that didn't involve any actual spellcasting, like Magic History. And especially since Professor Chariot was so busy nowadays that their little study sessions had become few and far between.

In fact, Akko was on her way to one of said study sessions right now. She walked through the hallway to the vacant classroom that they used for the mini lessons. When she knocked on the door, as always, Chariot was already in the room. Akko stepped inside.

"Good afternoon, Akko!" Chariot said. She seemed tired.

"Good afternoon professor!" Akko said cheerily. "What's on the agenda for today?"

"I apologize, but I've been so busy lately that I haven't had the time to plan out what to do today. Instead, do you have anything specific you want to work on?" Chariot yawned. Akko thought for a moment.

"How about we review what I've been working on in class for now." Akko said. Chariot set up a few mini tests for Akko to review the new spells. Although requiring some effort, Akko still managed to succeed in all of the spells one one of her first 10 tries. That was pretty darn good for Akko.

"Is there anything else you want to work on?" Chariot asked after they finished. Akko thought for a moment.

"I've been having some problems in magic linguistics and magic history. Is there any chance you could help me study?" Akko asked. Chariot looked worried.

"Well, you see...I'm not really that good in bookwork subjects. I never really was. I'm not really one to ask when it comes to those subjects." Chariot explained. Akko looked slightly disappointed.

"It's just those two subjects are soooooo boring! Every time I try to study them, I end up falling asleep. Ever since magic returned full force I've gotten so much better in every magic field except for those two!" Akko complained, "I just don't know what to do."

"Sorry Akko, I wish I could help…" Chariot said sadly. Akko shook her head.

"It's alright! You have so much on your plate anyways!" Akko said cheerily, "I'll just see if I can get someone else to help me out that is better at those subjects."

Suddenly, a thought struck Chariot. She had been trying to covertly play matchmaker for a while now, but Akko was very very oblivious. This might be a good opportunity….

"You could ask Diana to tutor you." Chariot suggested. Akko recoiled slightly.

"Diana? Professor that would be so embarrassing!" Akko complained.

"Why would it be embarrassing? You're just asking for help on subject, and I'm sure Diana would be willing to help." Chariot said.

"It just would okay? She's my friend and she's so busy anyways i'd just take up some of her time." said.

"I'm sure Diana would be happy to help if you just asked. Or are you hesitant to ask her because you're worried about something else?" Chariot teased.

Akko, as oblivious as ever, gave her a blank stare. "What else would I be worried about?"

Chariot sighed, "Nothing I guess. Just ask her okay?" Chariot had noticed that Diana, who was generally closed off and stone cold, tended to open up when she was around Akko. in addition, Chariot had approached Diana one time after class and asked her why she had been spending so much time with Akko lately. That was the first time that she had seen the normally composed girl flustered. After watching a little more, Chariot began to pick up that there was some sort of chemistry going on. And Akko was not picking up on it. Sometimes the girl just needed a nudge in the right direction.

"Ugh fine! But if it gets embarrassing, i'm coming right back here and telling you I told you so!" Akko said finally. Chariot raised her hands in surrender.

"I'll be right here. Well not actually right here. You know what I meant!" Chariot responded playfully. As Akko left, Chariot hoped her plans wouldn't go to waste.

Diana sat in her room reading a romance novel. It was her secret passion, and she wouldn't read those books unless she was alone, lest someone like Hannah or Barbara find out. Diana was torn away from her book when there was a knock at her door. Sighing, Diana got up off her bed and stashed her book under the bed. She opened the door.

To Diana's surprise, Akko was standing outside the door.

"Akko, what are you-" Diana was cut off when the shorter girl invited herself in and crashed on the couch.

"Do you not know proper manners?" Diana asked her.

Akko shook her head. "Probably not." Diana sighed and made her way over to where the tea kettle sat. She poured a cup for both her and Akko. She handed the tea to Akko and sat down next to her.

"What brings you here?" Diana asked after a while. Akko scratched the back of her neck.

"I actually came her to ask you something." Akko said seriously. Diana's breath caught in her throat. She forced it out.

It's probably just some random question about some magic. No need to get nervous or excited. Diana thought to herself.

But what if she IS here to confess to you? Another part of her thought. Diana forced the thought away.

"W-What is it?" Diana said, stuttering slightly.

Damn stutter she berated herself. Akko looked slightly nervous to say whatever it was she wanted to say. Finally she spoke.

"I wanted to know…" Akko started before taking a deep breath and letting the rest out in a split second, "Ifyoucouldtutorme!"

Diana let out a breath she didn't know she was holding. Then she silently scolded herself for leading herself on.

"Don't you have Ur- I mean Chariot to tutor you?" Diana asked. Akko nodded.

"I do, but she said I should come to you for this one since its Magic Linguistics and Magic History." Akko said.

Damned woman...She's probably trying… Diana's thought trailed off.

She probably doesn't even know. She might just be busy or something…

"Can I ask why she wanted for me to tutor you instead?" Diana asked.

"She said something about not being good at those subjects. I wasn't really paying attention fully." Akko admittied.

So that's why. It isn't the...other thing Diana thought. Then she smiled.

"I'd be happy to Akko!" Diana said.

"Thanks so much!" Akko said, gulping down the rest of her tea and jumping up happily. She made for the door.

"Wait Akko!" Diana stopped her just before she left. "We don't even know where or when yet!"

"Just tell me what time works for you on friday at the meetup. I'll make it work with my schedule!" And with that Akko Kagari was gone. Diana let out a groan and leaned back into the couch, sinking into it and wishing she could just let it swallow her up.

That girl is going to be the death of me… Diana thought.

Wassup guys! This is going to be another story that I'll work on. If you're a fan of my rewrite story, then don't worry. This is will get updated in conjunction with the rewrite story.

This fic will be hardcore geared towards Dianakko, even more than my other story will be. Anyways, don't forget to leave me reviews! I love seeing them and seeing feedback! See ya in the next one!