The Fifth Witch: Reflections on the Past
By Myrna-chan
I suppose you want to know about myself, Pucherol, and my 4 partners. I suppose you could say that we had all come from broken homes. The 5 of us felt that there was nothing left where we had come from. We gave ourselves to the darkness. The evil. The Death Busters. It surprised me to see how young we all were. Eudial is the oldest, being 25. Next oldest is Tellu, who's 20. Then me, 18, then Mimete, 17, and finally Viluy, 16.
I looked up to Eudial a lot. She had trained us from the beginning. Mimete has a grudge against her because Eudial teased her about her obsession with idols. Mimete has been here almost as long as Eudial has, but Eudial gets all the recognition. I suppose letting evil take over us heightened her jealousy and hate. Mimete even said she would kill Eudial one of these days. I doubted she could, but you never know, the darkness can make you do some strange things.
I suppose I should explain about our 'broken homes'. I don't know much about Eudial, but apparently she had gotten married really young and had a son soon afterwards. Her husband had an affair with some other woman. When Eudial filed for divorce, the court ruled in his favour for some stupid sexist reason, and her ex-husband and his new girlfriend got custody of the son. All she got was a broken-down white car. Eudial told me he only won because he had a lot of money. Did I mention her husband's favourite food was escargot? Eudial's hated snails ever since.
Since then, whenever she uses it, she gets road rage. I suppose it brings back bad memories for her. When Eudial had the final humiliation of cashing in her welfare check, Kaolinite corrupted her. I don't know much about Kaolinite, other than the fact she recruited us all. I read Eudial's diary. [I do this all the time. Yes, I'm nosy.] It said, "I'm glad he got to have Lioni. [her son] I don't want to think of him growing up in this hell-hole."
Mimete never had a happy life. Her mother was a single parent, so her mother often left 6-year-old Mimete home alone while she cavorted with her boyfriend of the week. She got her obsession about idols because she'd often look to the television and movies for companionship. She'd watch cooking shows to learn how to cook for herself, MTV Japan to learn how to sing and dance, and any tabloid news to stay on top of what was happening with her favourite idols. She even read romance novels and mangas, even though she could barely afford them. Because of this, Mimete was absolutely SURE that the idols on T.V. were her true friends.
When Mimete was living like this for half her life [when she was around 12 years old] her mother finally came home to stay. It seems she had gotten a disease [AIDS.] because of her promiscuity, and was bedridden for the next 3 years. Mimete went back to having to fend for herself and her mother. She had to get many jobs to support her family. When her mother died 3 years later, Mimete had pretty much given up on life. When she was closing up the variety store she was working at, Kaolinite corrupted her. I read Mimete's diary, too. It said, "All my heart-crystal targets were my friends until they deserted me and left me alone. They'll pay for what they did."
Tellu seemed to have a happy life. She was a top senior botany student [would you expect anything else?] and got a lot of praise for her work with plants. One day she created a plant somewhat like a Venus fly trap. It didn't need to be watered or fed, and it made any other plants it was placed with grow stronger and healthier. She decided to name it after herself, so she called it a Terurun. Her botany teacher was talking about getting a patent on her Teruruns, when suddenly, it started glowing. It attacked her teacher and stole his heart crystal. Not knowing what to do when a heart crystal leaves its body, Tellu's teacher died.
Tellu got labeled as a murderer and everyone in her school tried to destroy her Teruruns. Tellu was a fugitive. She was hiding in an alleyway, clinging to her last Terurun, and crying her eyes out. It was then when Kaolinite corrupted her. That last Terurun became her largest and most dangerous plant, the Hyper-Terurun. Kaolinite explained to Tellu about heart crystals and how she could use her Teruruns to steal the heart crystals. Since then, Tellu had been making more and more Teruruns. She doesn't have a diary, but I once overheard her talking to her Hyper-Terurun. She whispered, "I wish I could go home and see my parents. But I can't. So you must be my parents, Hyper-Terurun." It makes me cringe to think that her Hyper-Terurun was the very thing that killed her.
Viluy is even more talented with computers than Eudial. She's actually the only one who really did go to Mugen Gakuen. She was an expert with any kind of computer. But because of the school's sexist policies, she never got any recognition for it. She got called a computer geek, unladylike, etc. She was a loner. When she was sulking, Kaolinite partially corrupted her.
Viluy hacked into the school's computer system. She destroyed all the report cards, awards, everything. Prof. Tomoe expelled Viluy and had to shut the school down for a year, just to clean up all the mess. To understand this, you'll have to know that Tomoe was only gradually being corrupted when this happened. He became completely evil after exposure to Pharaoh 90 when I joined the Witches 5. When Tomoe re-opened Mugen Gakuen, he turned it into a school for the gifted, that went from Kindergarten to University, all in one building. Kaolinite had completely corrupted Viluy by then, and since Prof. Tomoe was now one of us, he allowed Viluy to go back to school under her fake name, Bidou Yui.
She seems the most normal of us, except for me, of course. She hadn't lost any of her marbles and got top marks in everything. I heard she even topped Juuban Junior High's Ami Mizuno. [Viluy and I would both like to wring her neck.] Viluy's my best friend. I was able to survive here, thanks to her.
I suppose it's time for my story. I have an identical twin sister named Cyprine back home. When we were born, the doctor was convinced that we were fraternal because my hair was red and Cyprine's hair was blue. It's not true, though. I had a nice life. My sister and I both worked in the bank, and I had a boyfriend who I adored. I had nothing to feel alone about.
But I was jealous of Cyprine. Cyprine, Cyprine, Cyprine. What about me? I know now that my jealousy was completely out of line, because Cyprine thought the world of me. When I was walking home from my shift at the bank, Kaolinite blocked my way. I think Kaolinite hones in on negative emotions. She partially corrupted me.
I walked the rest of the way home. Cyprine could tell that there was something horribly wrong with me. When she wanted to give me a hug, I pushed her to the ground. I screamed at her. I can't remember exactly what I said, but I think I was expressing my jealousy. I still remember Cyprine's face. Full of fear and utter heartbreak. Her eyes were large, she was crying, but she didn't protest. She just lay on the ground in silence while I broke her heart more and more.
When I could talk no more, I ran to the kitchen and got out a knife. I wasn't going to let Cyprine get all the attention any more. She screamed for me to stop and even called the police. My mind cleared a little bit, and I just let the knife drop from my hand. I ran out the door. And never went back.
Kaolinite stopped me on the street once more and corrupted me completely. I remember how it felt. Kaolinite knocked me to the ground, put her hand on my head, and my body started to glow. My head felt so hot...especially my forehead. I felt some pain in the form of a star. I could hear a voice whispering "Darkness...surrender to the darkness...yes...I see your jealousy...your hate...feed me your jealousy...feed me your hate..." Then I blacked out.
I awoke in the Witches 5 office to see my 4 predecessors staring at me. Eudial rolled her eyes. "Another one I'll have to train, I take it?" Viluy glared at Eudial. "Shut up, Eudial-sempai. We should welcome our new addition." She reached out a hand to pull me up, then she shook it in greeting. "Welcome to the Death Busters...Pucherol."
Becoming the fifth and most powerful Witch wasn't easy. First Eudial had to go through the program in her computer to find out what kind of element I had. She found out I had the energy element. She gave me a staff and my attack name, "Ribbon Buster." When I tried it out for the first time, I accidentally destroyed one of Mimete's mangas. I guess that's why she doesn't like me too much.
Even though Viluy was my best friend, as I spent more and more time near the Tau Seikei, [the orb that Pharaoh 90 is kept in] the more I began to hate her and everyone else. That's why I was so ashamed of everyone when my turn came around. But I cried when Viluy died. I wasn't sure why, either.
I was upset that even though I seemed to be the most corrupted, I was the only one who lived so I could go back to my old life. It's not fair. But the other day I saw a red-haired woman cradling a 4 year old son and a new red car to match her hair. Deja vu. I watched on T.V. where a familiar orange-haired lady was shown dating a well-known celebrity. I read in the newspaper that a woman named Teruno Ruru had invented a miracle plant. A girl named Bidou Yui just earned millions of dollars for inventing a web site which allowed you to bid on anime merchandise at outrageous prices. I guess they got a second chance after all.
THE END
By Myrna-chan
I suppose you want to know about myself, Pucherol, and my 4 partners. I suppose you could say that we had all come from broken homes. The 5 of us felt that there was nothing left where we had come from. We gave ourselves to the darkness. The evil. The Death Busters. It surprised me to see how young we all were. Eudial is the oldest, being 25. Next oldest is Tellu, who's 20. Then me, 18, then Mimete, 17, and finally Viluy, 16.
I looked up to Eudial a lot. She had trained us from the beginning. Mimete has a grudge against her because Eudial teased her about her obsession with idols. Mimete has been here almost as long as Eudial has, but Eudial gets all the recognition. I suppose letting evil take over us heightened her jealousy and hate. Mimete even said she would kill Eudial one of these days. I doubted she could, but you never know, the darkness can make you do some strange things.
I suppose I should explain about our 'broken homes'. I don't know much about Eudial, but apparently she had gotten married really young and had a son soon afterwards. Her husband had an affair with some other woman. When Eudial filed for divorce, the court ruled in his favour for some stupid sexist reason, and her ex-husband and his new girlfriend got custody of the son. All she got was a broken-down white car. Eudial told me he only won because he had a lot of money. Did I mention her husband's favourite food was escargot? Eudial's hated snails ever since.
Since then, whenever she uses it, she gets road rage. I suppose it brings back bad memories for her. When Eudial had the final humiliation of cashing in her welfare check, Kaolinite corrupted her. I don't know much about Kaolinite, other than the fact she recruited us all. I read Eudial's diary. [I do this all the time. Yes, I'm nosy.] It said, "I'm glad he got to have Lioni. [her son] I don't want to think of him growing up in this hell-hole."
Mimete never had a happy life. Her mother was a single parent, so her mother often left 6-year-old Mimete home alone while she cavorted with her boyfriend of the week. She got her obsession about idols because she'd often look to the television and movies for companionship. She'd watch cooking shows to learn how to cook for herself, MTV Japan to learn how to sing and dance, and any tabloid news to stay on top of what was happening with her favourite idols. She even read romance novels and mangas, even though she could barely afford them. Because of this, Mimete was absolutely SURE that the idols on T.V. were her true friends.
When Mimete was living like this for half her life [when she was around 12 years old] her mother finally came home to stay. It seems she had gotten a disease [AIDS.] because of her promiscuity, and was bedridden for the next 3 years. Mimete went back to having to fend for herself and her mother. She had to get many jobs to support her family. When her mother died 3 years later, Mimete had pretty much given up on life. When she was closing up the variety store she was working at, Kaolinite corrupted her. I read Mimete's diary, too. It said, "All my heart-crystal targets were my friends until they deserted me and left me alone. They'll pay for what they did."
Tellu seemed to have a happy life. She was a top senior botany student [would you expect anything else?] and got a lot of praise for her work with plants. One day she created a plant somewhat like a Venus fly trap. It didn't need to be watered or fed, and it made any other plants it was placed with grow stronger and healthier. She decided to name it after herself, so she called it a Terurun. Her botany teacher was talking about getting a patent on her Teruruns, when suddenly, it started glowing. It attacked her teacher and stole his heart crystal. Not knowing what to do when a heart crystal leaves its body, Tellu's teacher died.
Tellu got labeled as a murderer and everyone in her school tried to destroy her Teruruns. Tellu was a fugitive. She was hiding in an alleyway, clinging to her last Terurun, and crying her eyes out. It was then when Kaolinite corrupted her. That last Terurun became her largest and most dangerous plant, the Hyper-Terurun. Kaolinite explained to Tellu about heart crystals and how she could use her Teruruns to steal the heart crystals. Since then, Tellu had been making more and more Teruruns. She doesn't have a diary, but I once overheard her talking to her Hyper-Terurun. She whispered, "I wish I could go home and see my parents. But I can't. So you must be my parents, Hyper-Terurun." It makes me cringe to think that her Hyper-Terurun was the very thing that killed her.
Viluy is even more talented with computers than Eudial. She's actually the only one who really did go to Mugen Gakuen. She was an expert with any kind of computer. But because of the school's sexist policies, she never got any recognition for it. She got called a computer geek, unladylike, etc. She was a loner. When she was sulking, Kaolinite partially corrupted her.
Viluy hacked into the school's computer system. She destroyed all the report cards, awards, everything. Prof. Tomoe expelled Viluy and had to shut the school down for a year, just to clean up all the mess. To understand this, you'll have to know that Tomoe was only gradually being corrupted when this happened. He became completely evil after exposure to Pharaoh 90 when I joined the Witches 5. When Tomoe re-opened Mugen Gakuen, he turned it into a school for the gifted, that went from Kindergarten to University, all in one building. Kaolinite had completely corrupted Viluy by then, and since Prof. Tomoe was now one of us, he allowed Viluy to go back to school under her fake name, Bidou Yui.
She seems the most normal of us, except for me, of course. She hadn't lost any of her marbles and got top marks in everything. I heard she even topped Juuban Junior High's Ami Mizuno. [Viluy and I would both like to wring her neck.] Viluy's my best friend. I was able to survive here, thanks to her.
I suppose it's time for my story. I have an identical twin sister named Cyprine back home. When we were born, the doctor was convinced that we were fraternal because my hair was red and Cyprine's hair was blue. It's not true, though. I had a nice life. My sister and I both worked in the bank, and I had a boyfriend who I adored. I had nothing to feel alone about.
But I was jealous of Cyprine. Cyprine, Cyprine, Cyprine. What about me? I know now that my jealousy was completely out of line, because Cyprine thought the world of me. When I was walking home from my shift at the bank, Kaolinite blocked my way. I think Kaolinite hones in on negative emotions. She partially corrupted me.
I walked the rest of the way home. Cyprine could tell that there was something horribly wrong with me. When she wanted to give me a hug, I pushed her to the ground. I screamed at her. I can't remember exactly what I said, but I think I was expressing my jealousy. I still remember Cyprine's face. Full of fear and utter heartbreak. Her eyes were large, she was crying, but she didn't protest. She just lay on the ground in silence while I broke her heart more and more.
When I could talk no more, I ran to the kitchen and got out a knife. I wasn't going to let Cyprine get all the attention any more. She screamed for me to stop and even called the police. My mind cleared a little bit, and I just let the knife drop from my hand. I ran out the door. And never went back.
Kaolinite stopped me on the street once more and corrupted me completely. I remember how it felt. Kaolinite knocked me to the ground, put her hand on my head, and my body started to glow. My head felt so hot...especially my forehead. I felt some pain in the form of a star. I could hear a voice whispering "Darkness...surrender to the darkness...yes...I see your jealousy...your hate...feed me your jealousy...feed me your hate..." Then I blacked out.
I awoke in the Witches 5 office to see my 4 predecessors staring at me. Eudial rolled her eyes. "Another one I'll have to train, I take it?" Viluy glared at Eudial. "Shut up, Eudial-sempai. We should welcome our new addition." She reached out a hand to pull me up, then she shook it in greeting. "Welcome to the Death Busters...Pucherol."
Becoming the fifth and most powerful Witch wasn't easy. First Eudial had to go through the program in her computer to find out what kind of element I had. She found out I had the energy element. She gave me a staff and my attack name, "Ribbon Buster." When I tried it out for the first time, I accidentally destroyed one of Mimete's mangas. I guess that's why she doesn't like me too much.
Even though Viluy was my best friend, as I spent more and more time near the Tau Seikei, [the orb that Pharaoh 90 is kept in] the more I began to hate her and everyone else. That's why I was so ashamed of everyone when my turn came around. But I cried when Viluy died. I wasn't sure why, either.
I was upset that even though I seemed to be the most corrupted, I was the only one who lived so I could go back to my old life. It's not fair. But the other day I saw a red-haired woman cradling a 4 year old son and a new red car to match her hair. Deja vu. I watched on T.V. where a familiar orange-haired lady was shown dating a well-known celebrity. I read in the newspaper that a woman named Teruno Ruru had invented a miracle plant. A girl named Bidou Yui just earned millions of dollars for inventing a web site which allowed you to bid on anime merchandise at outrageous prices. I guess they got a second chance after all.
THE END