A Brand New Beginning

Sunflowers

"To wrap up the theme about voodoo, today we are doing voodoo dolls!" Professor Oxford said excitedly, "Reach out for page 456 in your textbooks, the process of voodoo doll-making is in there! Be careful, we are not trying to jinx somebody!"

Akko turned frantically the pages of her textbook, attentively reading the page. Rogelio did the same, focusing solely on the text. "I'm gonna make a Yoon-hee voodoo doll," Daisy smirked maliciously, "if she truly is acting this whole new persona out, I'll be able to stop her before she attacks again," she reached out for the pieces of the voodoo doll and started sewing them together, grunting after every stitch. "Do you think that if I make a Lydia voodoo doll, she'll like me?" Sucy asked in a low voice. "What?" Akko and Rogelio gasped. "I didn't say anything..." Sucy said as she began stitching her doll. Akko stared blankly at the unstitched pieces of her voodoo doll, wondering who would she transform it into. Chariot? Diana? Perhaps one of her teammates? She just could not decide. "I am making a voodoo doll of my mom," Lotte said, "so that every time I stare at it, I can feel her warm and caring presence."

--"So am I!" Frank exclaimed, "I've been feeling a little homesick lately, but having a tiny version of my mom will make me feel at home again!"

Akko stared at how her classmates all stitched their voodoo dolls, sharing who were their dolls representing. She looked back at her untouched doll, still wondering who would she turn it into. "Is everything alright, Akko?" Professor Oxford asked, "Do you need help?"

--"No, I'm fine," Akko replied. "Gah! You son of a--" Daisy groaned after she pinched herself with the needle. She then stuck her finger into her mouth, trying to stop the bleeding. "Be careful!" Professor Oxford said, "If your blood gets into the doll, it will work against you! Daisy, please go get a band-aid."

Daisy obeyed, getting up from her seat and walking out of the classroom, angrily heading towards the infirmary. She later returned with the same angry expression across her face. She then returned to her seat without saying a word and continued stitching the doll. Akko looked back down at her unstitched doll, still not knowing who to turn it into. After class, Akko took her unfinished doll with her to lunch. "You haven't finished it yet?" asked Lotte. "No," Akko sighed, "I haven't figured out--"

--"Gah! Not again!" Daisy shouted angrily. Akko and her teammates looked over to Team Navy's table. Daisy had spilled her soup all over her uniform. "If somebody did a voodoo doll of me, I'll find you and behead you!" she bellowed before storming away followed by Alice and Megumi. "What's wrong with Daisy today?" Akko approached the table. "She has been having a rough morning," Andrew replied. "She seems stressed," Lotte said. "She has been stressed," Andrew sighed, "the date of the Rodriguez family ritual is close, and last night she got the news that her aunt was bailed out of prison."

--"What? Yolanda was released?" Akko gasped. "Unfortunately," Andrew answered, "Daisy feels like she might be up to something."

--"What has her family done on the matter?" Lotte asked. "There is nothing they can do," Andrew said, "Yolanda's lawyer managed to repeal her sentence."

--"But she kidnapped Daisy!" Akko cried, "She should be in jail!"

--"She didn't kidnap Daisy, Daisy broke into her apartment," Andrew corrected, "but she still had the nerve to torture her. I read that a way to kill a witch is by drowning her in ice-cold water."

--"I don't blame her," Akko said, "I'd be stressed too if my evil aunt was freed."

--"I have been trying to make her happy," Andrew sighed, "but at the same time I want to give her space. What should I do?"

--"You should do something nice for her!" Akko suggested, "Something to help her relieve stress, like last time! Or, something that can help her forget about the whole situation!"