After a few days, after Violet and Alice arrived in Terre Sapphique, they enjoyed their time very much, even more celebrating Christmas and New Year's Eve, all together partying and being able to be lesbians freely. The year 1754 began, things would be different regarding the world of witches, since one more law had to be repealed, the reduction of rewards for captured witches, since they no longer had fines with very high values for the witches that were convicted, putting more and more pressure on Mildred to change little by little the functioning of the world of witches.
At the witch hunter's fortress, Julia and Natalie celebrated the new year and Christmas with Heather, even inviting the girl to join them for the differentiated "celebration", which the younger Tyrrell even accepted. Heather had also already left Luna Nova, starting in the city of Lesbiland, the brunette even managed to get a good number of girls from Luna Nova to the place, some were forced to go with her to the place, but others went of their own free will. As they were using magic, the city would slowly grow, at this point it had 56 inhabitants and a little more than 21 buildings, with the city hall being the largest under the authority of Heather Tyrrell, who followed Julia's orders to the letter. The main one was to only accept lesbians, nothing different from that, only girls who liked only girls, McLaren didn't even accept women who were born as men and go through the magical transition, in Julia's logic they were only "men with a lesbian fetish" quite different from Terre Sapphique that had about eight trans women residents.
In the meantime, Victoria and Esther also took the opportunity to help Diana with the creation of the fertility stones, as they had searched for the 100 love stones after having sex in the cave of the love stone, and also got a good amount of relics from the McLaren family residence. The two were helping Cavendish with the relics, the McLaren being little by little getting used to the very high weight the tunic left her, managing to keep up with Williams, they had by then taken the relics from the Mclaren family, Cavendish, some phoenix feathers, magical violets due to Victoria's high power defeating Farnese wearing an outfit that restricted magic, which was impressive, the next relic they would go after were the Meridies' magical gears.
January 5, 1754, the day was dawning in Terre Sapphique, Victoria and Esther were waking up together after another night of love, where McLaren enjoyed those moments that the body was lighter, the two soon face each other and kiss as usual.
- Good morning my love.
Victoria says.
- Good morning sweetie.
Esther says.
They both get up, Victoria starts to put on all those special clothes and then puts on a more pompous dress on top, while Esther just admires her wife putting on her clothes, but soon gets dressed. They both finish getting dressed and go to the kitchen where they always prepared breakfast, since they were the best cooks in the whole house, making pancakes for the girls.
That big house changed a lot over the years, even more after a bigger shelter was built, where every new resident started to stay, the only ones that remained were Victoria, Esther, Diana, Maria, Violet and Alice, as the residents of that place.
Little by little the girls woke up and went to the kitchen, where all the girls were gathered having breakfast and talking among themselves, mainly about how amazing and wonderful the place was, how comfortable the girls felt, how receptive they all were and how well they treated the new inhabitants. Besides the fact that they could be free to be whatever they wanted, there were no restrictions on their tastes, they could have witches who liked everything, who identified themselves in different ways, Victoria saw no problem, after all they were people like any other.
After the girls' breakfast conversation, Victoria and Esther take their brooms and say goodbye to the girls, as they would be going on another journey this time towards the Meridies' residence, also at Diana's request, they would call one of the Meridies to help them with advances regarding the protection of the sanctuary in case of an imminent attack from Mildred Berger. The two go flying and after a good while arrive at the Meridies' family residence, soon as they enter the couple is quickly recognized by Saria Meridies.
The Meridies family residence has not changed much over the years, the only major change was in regard to the death of Anna Meridies who eventually succumbed of natural causes a few months after the Cavendish's came to visit, which in a way brought a little more peace to the place.
- Victoria McLaren is here!
Saria says.
- Ah... Hello.
Says Victoria nodding to Saria.
- What does Victoria McLaren want? We have the strongest witch in the world and her wife here! Am I really seeing this? Or is it just a dream?
Saria says.
- Eh... I'm the one... I came here to get something that you have, which I know is quite precious.
Victoria says.
- Hang on a second, I'll call my mother.
Saria says.
Saria soon goes running to the inside of the Meridies family residence, where she calls for her mother Artemis, the older Meridies as soon as she goes to the store part is shocked to see that it was Victoria McLaren, starting to go crazy as well as her daughter, which was leaving the couple all dull, they were even wanting to ask for the witches' autographs that out of humility they ended up doing.
- Eh... We are not here to sign autographs... How much do you sell each one of the magic gears for?
Says Victoria until the expression of the two changes.
- Do you know about magic gears?
They both say in shock.
- Yes, I am helping a friend of mine to make more magical relics and I need help with these relics, I pay very well... I also need the help of one of you if you want to come with me? I will take one of you to my place, there is a friend of mine who would love to see you.
Victoria says.
- Oh all right, come with me, I'll show you where the magic gears are... How many will you have?
Says Artemis.
- 100, but if you don't have it, it's not a problem, we just want enough to maintain a production of fertility stones.
Victoria says.
Artemis and Saria just agree, the four go to where the relics are made and there were many, many more than 100, which was no problem for the girls to take the gears that were quite small inside a bag, the McLaren Williams couple can even take more than just 100, even taking 350 gears by sheer kindness of the Meridies, who were quite grateful for the presence of the two witches. After delivering the gears, the two head back to the store.
- Thank you very much for your kindness, but we also want some help from one of you Meridies, we have a bigger project, the knowledge of the non-magical world with the invention of the Meridies would be very useful for us, look we can afford it.
Victoria says.
- Take this one away, Saria needs to move up in the world.
Says Artemis with his hand on Saria's shoulder.
- Mom... Who will take care of the store?
Saria says.
- Your sisters, now get ready, I'm sure it's an excellent offer, even more so when it comes to Victoria McLaren. Show the Meridies' knowledge to the world, I'm sure it will be a great adventure.
Says Artemis.
Saria nods her head somewhat fearfully, but soon goes to her room, where she packs her bags, finishing packing what she had, and also taking some books with the knowledge she had about engineering and also some projects the girl with the purple hair made. She goes back to the store and says goodbye to her mother, taking her broom and going with the girls to Terre Sapphique.
As soon as they land at the big house Meridies runs into Diana and Maria, getting shocked, since she knew about Cavendish being wanted, as well as knowing that she did nothing wrong, even defending Cavendish, but ignoring that, Saria goes to the girls and hugs them both, since it had been years since she had seen them.
- Diana! Maria! It's been a long time! What do you know... You've grown up Maria... Diana, you've got more body... And that belly with volume? Are you pregnant? Where is your husband?
Saria says until the two girls face each other and keep laughing.
- Husband... Hahaha! Ouch, ouch... Saria, here in Terre Sapphique most are lesbians, my "husband" is Maria, we use something called the fertility stone, here everyone can be free to be whatever they want.
Diana says until Saria is a little astonished.
- So does that mean I can be myself? How wonderful! Er... Do you have something against girls who have a secret? I'm kind of a girl who was born a boy... But... my mother always helped me, she helped me to become a girl... I've kept this secret for years... That's why I only stayed in the store, but recently I went through the big ritual! I am a complete girl now! I have the same things as you...
Saria says.
- We have no problem with women like that, they are people like any other. And Saria, you have always been a girl, no matter what you have between your legs.
Diana says.
Saria hugs Diana and then the girls go to the town center where they register Meridies as a resident of the village, Meridies was also a lesbian and was impressed with that magic stone that makes pregnancy between girls possible. After the registration the purple haired girl goes to the big house laboratory where she is impressed with how Diana and Esther invented those things, especially the firearm with more aerodynamic projectiles.
- Woah, how amazing! This gun shoots more than one bullet and even more lethal bullets, so is that what they were designing?
Saria says.
- These things are just to prevent us from a possible invasion, we are under the stress of Mildred Berger coming here with other powerful witches, so we need to have a good defense.
Diana says.
- What do you think about forming an air force?
Saria says.
- An air force?
Diana says curiously.
- I have an idea for a firearm similar to yours, except that it shoots up to 100 bullets per cartridge, my idea is to attach this type of weapon to appendages on the broom, so the witch can shoot while she is flying and intercept any of these invaders.
Saria says,
- Woah, that is so cool! I had a similar idea, using guns on broomsticks is an excellent idea, so the witches can intercept them even before they reach our sanctuary.
Diana says.
Saria shows a little about her project, which was a weapon similar to a machine gun, where the projectiles were a little more piercing and larger than the projectiles of the revolver created by Diana. It used a system where a circular cartridge pushed each of the bullets to be fired, and it was only necessary to keep pulling the trigger constantly for the gun to be fired, since it was a semi-automatic that fired three shots each time the trigger was pulled, but it was still only on paper, which was making Cavendish and Williams incredibly impressed, since they were also thinking about the idea of a gun that shot fast and a lot more bullets.
- I found it impressive, with this design, it will match a lot with our armaments, since I also thought of a type of weapon that is more lethal, like this pistol that Diana made only bigger and the projectiles are more of the spreading type.
Esther says.
- In addition to weapons, it would be good to give physical training to the witches who would be in charge of defending the sanctuary, so that they are better prepared, so that we have even better defenses.
Saria says.
The girls stay together planning about the weapons they were making, with very similar designs, the Cavendish one being the only one with a working prototype, they soon go outside to test some more and also show Saria how that weapon worked.
Meanwhile in Lesbiland, Julia, Natalie and Esther are waking up after having sex all night, the three face each other and are all tired and somewhat dismantled after the previous night's intercourse, they get dressed and stare at each other's biting bodies.
- I have to say something... You're just as hot as your big sister, do it well Heather, but bite less, I don't want to be marked like that...
Says Julia.
- I had an idea here... We could get information from your sister's city too, so we can also know how to better occupy it and make a nation of our own, while Victoria would be at your feet, standing below our empire of lesbian witch shrines.
Says Heather.
- Fucking unbalanced wisdom, man! I'm in shock! This is genius! I fucking love this girl Natalie! Your sister's a genius! Yeah! Do it Heather! Hire some of our girls as spies! We'll play nice during Mildred's invasion, but then we'll use the moment they're weakened to give Victoria what she deserves!
Says Julia determined.
- Exactly that, we are going to make these girls pay! I'd love to give those girls from Luna Nova a run for their money, especially Diana... Because of her I almost got fucked up with that whole investigation at the academy.
Says Heather.
The three finish getting dressed and then have a breakfast made by the house maids, then Julia and Natalie say goodbye to Heather, as they need to stay at the witch hunters' base.
Back in Terre Sapphique, the girls were testing their guns by shooting straw dolls, the shots were very precise and caused a huge damage, that revolver opened huge holes in that doll, which even used some iron plates to make it even more difficult to cause any damage. Saria was also scared, much because of the recoil of the gun, it was very extreme, even to the point of pushing her back a little.
- You have to tidy up the kick of this gun a bit, the shots are too powerful, it can end up affecting the aim.
Says Saria looking at the gun.
- Really, I need to reduce the recoil of this gun, otherwise it will be impossible to shoot.
Diana says.
- But it is amazing, this kind of projectile does enormous damage.
Says Saria impressed.
- That is the intention, there is no musket capable of being as strong as this gun... But I am happy to know that a Meridies recognizes my knowledge so much.
Diana says.
- We are going to give this weapon an improvement and then go on to the definitive work, if all the witches in this place arm themselves better we will be able to stay far ahead.
Says Saria putting the ammunition in her revolver.
Saria, Diana and Esther continue to shoot the gun a little to pass the time and test more about the gun, until after a while of testing the gun they return to the lab, where they study ways to create another prototype that would be able to shoot with less recoil, leaving that other prototype in storage for studies.
The three girls spend a long time studying and writing down on paper the projects, and finish designing most of the second project of the Cavendish Gun No. 2. It was already evening and dinner time had come, and the girls kept eating and talking among themselves, this time their attention turned to Maria, who was pregnant.
- So Maria... You are not wanted... How would you like to run for Meridies after having your daughter?
Saria says.
- You know... I'm thinking about thinking a little bit before I definitely run, when I have my other daughters... Also when this situation gets better... Because I don't want to be absent when it all happens...
Says Maria.
- Whatever it is, I really hope you don't give up Maria, you have plenty of skill on the broom, take your time, my mother would love you for our team.
Saria says.
- It may take a little time, but I also hope you can do it, I really want to race with brooms, maybe even break Sarah Campbell's record, but I also really want the category to be safer, it's been 100 years of World Broom Racing Championship and it seems that the more the years go by, the more dangerous and fatal accidents get, the brooms increase in speed, but so do the fatalities, I'm honestly scared to death of this, I'm scared to death of becoming a statistic, I'm scared to death of seeing some female racer dying.
Says Maria.
- I understand Maria, it's really bizarre for a runner of your size and talent and skill and courage to be afraid to run.
Saria says.
- Fear is what keeps me from dying, the brave ones are always the ones who end up dying, courage is overconfidence, overconfidence makes you make mistakes without consequences, leading to serious accidents, we are not just entertainment, we are broom runners, we are human, it is always important to remember that.
Says Maria;
- I am amazed at how different you are from other runners. Not all of them think like that, most of them only want to win titles and more titles.
Saria says.
Saria and Maria spend a long time talking among themselves about broom races, as well as the World Broom Racing Championship, about how dangerous the races were, and also about who they were rooting for to be the champion in the 1754 season. Diana also enters the conversation, as does Victoria, since they were also quite enthusiastic about the sport. Meridies arrived in Terre Sapphique in the best possible way, being very well received and becoming a hugely helpful witch to the lesbian witches.
See you, Meridies Witches...