Putting the Little in Little Witch Academia

Chapter 9: Relived Childhood

Akko, once again a growing teen groaned as she leaned back into the chair she was sitting in. "Man, I'm so happy we're done with that. Now just to get through this exam..."

"Knowing you Akko you probably already forgot everything we studied days ago." Said a monotone Sucy who received a quick glare from Akko.

Diana coughed. "To that, we can somewhat agree Akko, and I hope we have now all learned a valuable lesson."

"I didn't, who wouldn't want a free day of messing around without having to do any boring stuff!" Amanda jeered as she sent a smirk towards an annoyed Diana.

"Well, that may ring true for childish people. Some of us have the gal to grow up instead of living in the past."

Amanda looked like she wanted to go in on Diana's provocation, only for Lotte to speak up. "Well, it was a little nice you know? I truly felt like I was reliving my childhood!" A light blush rested on her face. "From what I remember at least...oh I hope I haven't done anything embarrassing..."

As Akko reassured Lotte Jasminka turned towards Sucy, who was holding the frog from yesterday alongside a red vial. "Thankfully someone seems to get something out of yesterday hm?" I didn't expect you to take the frog though."

Sucy nodded. "This was always a childhood project of mine, guess I forgot about it before I could find everything I needed."

"Say isn't that frog known for having a lot of the material needed to make a love potion, are you seeing someone Sucy?" Jasminka asked excitingly, Sut gave her a glance before pouring the potion onto the red, killing it instantly.

Sucy smiles evilly. "This frog is also known for its strong almost impenetrable skin...looks like that is not the case anymore."

"O-Oh, good for you." Jasminka cheered quietly as Sucy continued to cackle in Barbara's direction.

"Talking about embarrassing, what's that on your wrist Akko? It looks tacky." Amanda said, Instantly getting Akko in her face.

"It's a bracelet and it isn't tacky!" Yelled Akko, Amanda inspected the bracelet again now that it was closer, a chuckle leaving her mouth as she read the letters.

"Hanah? Like Hannah? What did she give you that yesterday?" Akko shrunk back from Amanda's question, refusing to answer. "Oh my gosh, she did give you that! And Hannah-" Hannah in turn had also shrunk back from the class, deftly holding onto the bracelet on her wrist.

"Oh-oh wow this is too good for words, you two actually got along yesterday?" Asked Amanda as she wiped away a tear.

"We had...more in common than we thought." Akko said quietly, still refusing to look at Amanda.

"Though it's largely because of "teacher" that we are here in the first place." Added Hannah, the mention of your nickname caused the room to go silent.

"We must have put them through a lot of trouble..." Lotte commented while regret filled her voice.

"But they did do a pretty good job taking care of us right? I'd almost say it had made us all grow a little more." Barbara cheerfully said as she held a supportive hand on Hannah's shoulder, unaware of the agreeing nod she received from Constanze who was busy repairing Stanbot.

"They did an adequate job, but with how fast everything went we can thank them for their effort." Diana stated, getting surprised by a rejuvenated Akko's nodding.

"Yeah! They did their best and that's all that matters, thanking them is the least we can do. Who knows maybe if they ever turn into a child we can take care of them as repayment!" Akko joked, receiving an equal amount of laughs and groans until the door to the classroom opened.

"Miss Holbrooke?" Akko began. "Are you overseeing our exam?"

"I'm afraid not dear, and you might have to postpone your words of thanks toward your substitute."

The girls did not like what Holbrooke was saying as she continued. "You see one of our pre-school classes had an incident today, thankfully no one got hurt thanks to the intervention of a brave student, it had, however...consequences."

Holbrooke tapped her staff against the floor, making professor Finnelan appear as she seemed to hold a small child in her arms. "We heard your conversation, and in this house, a debt is best repaid as soon as possible."

The girls looked on in shock as the quiet child showed their face, allowing the combined teams to see you have turned into a young child.

"I-I was just joking you know?" Akko stuttered out, mentally noting down not to accidentally tempt the gods of irony ever again.

The End