After a few days the girls continued to work collecting more and more ore, which became a priority for a few days, since wood was even having enough to assemble the structure of Rhiannon. The fuselage was already with practically the wooden plates placed. The Rhiannon prototype was with the engines being adjusted, since the process of refining the oil of the Medium was being done, so that the first start in the small aircraft could be given.
After Beatrix and Woodward's relationship began for good, the two became even more inseparable than ever, if before they had slept together with the smaller one with the head over the bigger one's breasts, this time they slept totally naked locked in the room. It was not rare the moments when they ended up having sex before going to bed so that they could fall asleep and how they had sex loudly, which made the girls constantly use spells to inhibit the moans and screams of the two that could last up to hours depending on the day.
The only couple that until then hadn't formed was Anna and Hera, both of them kissing each other, but they were just ficantes, since Arnoux was still afraid to start a relationship with Meridies using the same excuse that Harriet used with Freya of one day wanting to form a family, since she was the only one left. Hera was much more understanding and understood this, without trying to pressure Anna into a relationship with her and even told Arnoux to take her time.
Marianne only took advantage of the Meridies sisters, the three of them were always crazy to try Hoffen and it was not unusual to get all four together, but this they did with all the secrecy, even more so because Athena could find out and this could get them into a lot of trouble.
11th November 621, was a day that was starting cold, already giving an impression that winter was near, Hera was waking up that morning and watching the ceiling of her house, reflective, since that would be an important day.
- (It is today... I'll take my chances testing Rhiannon's prototype, I hope it works out... I'm not even in the mood to die... Especially since I haven't started dating Anna yet... She's giving the excuse that she doesn't want to hurt me, but I honestly don't care if she has to turn herself in to get pregnant).
- Hera...
Says Athena knocking on the door.
- You can enter mom.
Says Hera as Athena entered the room.
- I just want to say that I love you girl, this test is very risky, it may be until you don't come back from this... That's why I want to say that... Be careful...
Says Athena.
- Mom, it's not like I'm going to die, we're witches, it's just using a protection or transportation spell and I avoid any accident with the test. Can I still get hurt? Yes, but all for science.
Says Hera determined while Athena smiles at her.
- This is my girl, take this from here for the test, at least be protected.
Says Athena giving a helmet to Hera.
- Thank you mom, I love you.
Says Hera picking up her helmet and smiling at her mother.
Athena gives a kiss on Hera's forehead and then leaves her daughter's room, in which Meridies looks at the helmet and it was written in Latin "Your magic is to believe in herself", when she notices whose phrase the Lombard gives a smile and even hugs that helmet, then gives a kiss where the phrase was written and puts on a table.
- (You can let me go back safe to your arms Anna... you cutie).
Hera then gives a snort, changes clothes, ties her hair and puts on her helmet with Anna's phrase written on it, after tidying up Meridies goes to the kitchen where she meets some girls who had woken up that day, including Anna.
- How cute you are with the helmet your mother and I made for you.
Says Anna smiling to Hera who ate a slice of bread with butter.
- Uhum.
Says Hera with her mouth full.
After breakfast, the girls go to the room to discuss about testing the prototype of Rhiannon, since Athena and Anna were worried, even more about testing using previous aircraft that always ended with falls and accidents with Hera always being the one who chose to take the risk.
- Let's make sure this test is safe, because the prototype is bigger than any other we've done, besides being a Rhiannon on a smaller scale.
Says Athena.
- That's why I want you to go with us and watch everything, some of you fly with your broom and others watch from the ground.
Says Anna.
The girls agree and then they go to the shed, where they take the Proto-Rhiannon from there. With 7.6 meters long, 15 meters wide and 3 meters high. It was a 3 times smaller scale version than Rhiannon. Having only one V8 Meridies engine of 22.4 liters, able to generate 2213HP that was in the nose region. The Proto-Rhiannon also had three wheels underneath made of iron and with tires made of leather straps. After taking the prototype from the shed the girls take it to a landing track they made to be tested with other previous prototypes. When they arrive at the landing track Hera gives a snort and looks at the Proto-Rhiannon.
- Well... It's time... A step for science is a step forwards.
Says Hera.
Hera receives a hug followed by a kiss on Athena's forehead and then a hug followed by a tongue kiss from Anna who soon moves her face away and faces Meridies with both noses touching.
- I like you a lot Hera... Come back to us, I have all the faith in the world that you will get out of this test flight well.
Says Anna smiling at Hera.
- I will come back.
Says Hera.
Hera enters the Proto-Rhiannon which Anna takes a feather with ink and writes the phrase "Your magic is believing in herself". After writing this, Meridies starts the Proto- Rhiannon engine and signals Athena that the engine was on; her mother goes to the propeller of the aircraft and pushes her to spin it and thus start at once that engine that soon starts to make noise and propeller to move.
- Engine running! Propeller spinning! The landing track is cleared to start the test!
Says Athena.
Hera starts to move the lever to give more power to the engine and little by little the Proto-Rhiannon started to walk, until the Meridies increases even more power and little by little due to speed and air resistance the Proto-Rhiannon started to fly and this time the wings had small fins that moved to give more control to the flight. When they saw that the aircraft had left the ground and was flying in a stable way the girls started to celebrate of happiness.
- That's it! We did it! It's flying!
Says Athena celebrating.
- It's stable!
Says Anna.
- But let's follow it so that no accident occurs.
Says Athena.
Then Athena, Anna, Freya and Harriet take the brooms and follow the Proto-Rhiannon that was being piloted by Hera, something incredible was its agility in the air, the Meridies was managing to reach very impressive speeds, that had never arrived with other projects and the structure could stand it. She was at a speed similar to a broom in normal rhythm which was around 250/270 km/h.
- (Perfect! I'm flying in a splendid way! The prototype so far is a success! But I still have to do some more tests, see how much this thing arrives, how high it can fly and how much fuel the engine uses).
Hera kept flying with Proto-Rhiannon for a while and even looked at the girls through the windows smiling at the girls, staying for at least 10 minutes at an altitude of 3000 meters. Until she decides to land and signals it to the girls. When she reaches the ground the Meridies of the aircraft and is hugged by Anna who soon after kisses her.
- You made it back my love!
Says Anna filling Hera with kisses.
- I said I would come back.
Says Hera.
- So, how did Proto Rhiannon go?
Says Athena.
- It's flying well, it's stable, at least in the altitude we flew I noticed that it was going well and could even fly higher, the speed I could notice is also good, a little bit of the speed of us flying on a broom, but with much more comfort. I think it will be useful for something.
Says Hera with her hand on her chin.
- Useful in what?
Says Athena.
- I will need some volunteers to fly aircrafts, I want to teach how it is done, because Rhiannon can take even days to cross the ocean, even more that she is heavier than this one.
Says Hera with her hand on Proto-Rhiannon.
In this a silence is taken by the girls, even more Marianne that even swallows the saliva, but soon some girls start to raise their hands, the first was Freya, the second was Anna who didn't want to be the only one to take risks, the third was Harriet so as not to leave her girlfriend alone, the fourth to offer herself was incredibly Marianne. What makes them all be impressed and in shock with Hoffen.
- What is it? If this thing is safe then I can help, if it will lead us to Lilith's books, then the more witches flying the plane the better.
Says Marianne shrugging.
- I think five is enough to fly Rhiannon the day we leave, so I will start teaching you how to fly.
Says Hera.
- Classes? But what a shit.
Says Marianne.
- Do you prefer to fly at once and die in an accident because you don't know how to fly?
Says Hera in a more serious tone.
- É... No, I'm relaxed, I don't think it's going to be so bad these "classes".
Says Marianne.
After talking to the girls and deciding who will be the pilots of the aircraft, Hera comes back to the aircraft to check the indicators and there was still fuel left, the Meridies turns the aircraft on and signals the mother to spin the propeller of Proto-Rhiannon.
- Will you fly again?
Says Athena.
- I will, but this time I want to take someone along just so the person knows how it is.
Hera says until Marianne takes a step forward, but Anna runs to the aircraft.
- I will, at least if some accident happens I will be next to Hera.
Says Anna as Marianne kept inflating her cheeks.
- (Nosy redhead, I wanted to be inside the aircraft flying... I hate how she and her charm conquered Hera, I wish I had thrown myself in the arms of the oldest of the quadruplets too, just to experience what the responsible has, besides that I would be able to take a walk in her inventions... But no, always Anna, she can always go in the tests, I hope this one also fails and leave the two frustrated).
- Hey Marianne, don't get so mad, soon you'll be going around with Proto-Rhiannon too.
Says Demeter with his hand on Marianne's shoulder.
- So that a silly aircraft can take you to heights.
Aphrodite whispers in Marianne's ear while Athena gives a light ear to what her daughter whispered and gives the girls a suspicious look.
- (How can we? All three are free together with Hoffen? What the fuck is that? I swear I'll kill these three if I find out they're making out with Hoffen together and still make out each other too).
- Hey mom! You are distracted! We have to leave! Anna's already in here!
Says Hera calling for her mother to stop thinking about that to go to her daughter.
Athena goes to the aircraft and pushes Propeller to start, this time Hera starts to do more of a test flight, first she flies normally just to show the Proto-Rhiannon instruments and all the functions, how she controlled it, how to know if she was flying right, the commands, the spot. As basic as possible for Anna she was a bit confused with so much instruments and buttons.
- It's a lot of things... How do you understand all this Hera?
Says Anna.
- I will teach with time, but you will see that to control all this you will only need to understand about the spot and the levers that control the engine, the others are important to have a greater sense of what you are doing. Now are you ready for the tests of this aircraft?
Says Hera while Anna agreed with her head.
Hera then began to perform the heaviest tests in relation to Proto-Rhiannon, which was to know what maximum altitude was supported, the maximum speed, whether the aircraft could withstand any inclination or even fly upside down, in which the Meridies was flying upside down Anna even got a little scared and the Lombard when it noticed that it was safe to do that continued to fly doing some maneuvers in the air and the girls were impressed. Hera even pushed a button on the aircraft that made a smoke come out and started writing in the air a heart followed by "Anna + Hera".
- Awww, what a cute thing, my daughter is full of these things.
Says Athena.
Anna is so scared of everything that she even slaps Hera, because she didn't know what Meridies had done and thought it was just to scare Arnoux, until the Lombard flies a little further away where it was possible to see the cloud of smoke and the redhead is amazed.
- Did you do that with all those pirouettes?
Says Anna impressed.
- I already knew how to write with smoke using brooms, it was just to put in practice with an aircraft.
Says Hera smiling at Anna.
- You're a love of a person Hera... I don't deserve you... You value the feeling you have for me so much...
Says Anna blushing.
- And I will always value you; you are the queen of my heart Anna... You can be sure that one day we will solve this problem of yours of having a family in one of our trips in search of the last two books of Lilith, who knows even the goddess Lilith will grant us this request to form a family.
Says Hera.
- You really believe in it a lot, which impresses me, since you are a whole scientist.
Says Anna.
- Nothing is impossible for magic, believe in yourself Anna, the same magic that makes us fly in broomsticks, create potions, release spells that can even change to another animal, shrinking spells. I don't doubt there must be a spell that two girls can have children.
Says Hera.
- But in this case we are talking about the laws of nature and if there was this magic of making two girls reproduce. Where are the mother couples?
Says Anna shrugging her shoulders.
- Just remember that a lot of magic was unknown to us, on top of that we didn't even know about many of the spells, just seeing Beatrix and Woodward who couldn't even fly on broomsticks. You say so much the phrase "Your magic is believing in yourself", that you don't even stop thinking about how it can be useful to you too Anna.
Says Hera.
Anna just keeps quiet for a while and then Hera continues flying with the aircraft performing tests to see the maximum ceiling of the aircraft, maximum speed, how much fuel she consumes, behavior at different times. Until after an hour, where the girls were just sitting talking to each other, the Proto-Rhiannon lands and the two leave the aircraft, Arnoux was a little quiet and different from the radiant girl she always was, while Hera was serious.
- So what did the tests point to?
Says Athena.
- I will report, I don't think the girls will understand anything, even more that only some of you know about the measures that I use and also the instruments that stay on the panel of the aircraft. But I have to say it's reliable, we can continue the assembly of Rhiannon and this Proto- Rhiannon will be very useful for me to teach the girls how to fly.
Says Hera taking off the gloves.
After this test Anna goes to the girls while Hera guards the Proto-Rhiannon in the shed, as she reports about the aircraft limits. That had the maximum altitude around 8000m, a maximum speed of 380 km / h and the autonomy so Hera calculated the equivalent of 2500 km with a tank of 4200 liters, which gave an idea of how that aircraft was even economical. After finishing the report, Athena enters the shed and goes to Hera who was still just trying to do her job, but in this the mother Meridies interrupts her, since she was worried about her daughter when she noticed that she left half discouraged.
- What is going on girl?
Says Athena.
- Nothing, I'm just discouraged to have to do all this...
Says Hera snorting and taking a piston until Athena holds her hand.
- Lying is ugly girl, come spill it to mom, it's because of Anna isn't it?
Says Athena as Hera slowly opened herself to her mother.
- We had another discussion about it getting a little reluctant with the idea of having to form a family, so I went to say that if there was a magic capable of flying on broomsticks, capable of creating incredible potions, changing forms and everything else. Surely there must be a magic that can make two girls have a family and that she should also listen to that phrase she always speaks to motivate people.
Hera says until Athena puts her hand on her shoulder.
- Hera, Hera... This Anna is very complicated, I don't know how I can advise you, but I just recommend you to be patient, if you really see her as the love of your life then don't give up, one day she will want you.
Says Athena.
- Thank you mom, I love you very much.
Says Hera giving a ladino smile.
- And Hera... I have a question for you; I know it's the daughter who would never do this kind of thing, but... Are you, by any chance, holding on to Hoffen's arms?
Says Athena.
- No.
Says Hera.
- It is a not sincere by the visa. I'm suspicious that your sisters are clinging together with Hoffen, if you know anything about it just tell me, I'll be right there. Ah and take the day off to rest.
Says Athena.
Hera, when listening to what her mother said, even got a little tense because she was turning a blind eye to it, but at the same time she felt relieved to hear her mother loves advice. She even took the day off to call Anna to go out for a while and take a walk around town or fly around with her broom, which made them get it right again.
See you, flying witches...