The war between Lesbiland and Terre Sapphique has come to an end, it was not as bloody as the previous war that happened 10 years earlier, but it was still very deadly, after 1371 deaths, most of which came from the witches of Julia's army, the city became a bloodbath that day, The streets and buildings were stained with red, and the desolation, that unlike the previous war, this one had a destruction that occurred in the village, leaving most of the buildings well damaged, besides some that collapsed because of the constant bombing, but at least it had an end, with the arrest of Julia McLaren and the Tyrrell sisters.
Because of all the destruction caused by the war, many of the citizens of Terre Sapphique decided to take their things and go away, many wanted to return to their homeland, since hunting was also forbidden and it would be better to live, that although the village was a great place, there was no better place for these girls than the land they came from, because of this the population of the village dropped a lot, a few stayed, and even Diana and Maria, decided to stay permanently, as desolate as the town was, their house was intact, both said they loved the place, that this was their true home. Also, many of these witches didn't want to stay in the city because there was no need, it was more like a sanctuary, where they fled for being outside the law, but the laws were no longer as strict as in the past and were gradually leading to a liberation of lesbian witches.
Victoria was another one who left Terre Sapphique, and it was her farewell to McLaren that led to even more abandonment of the town that had once been a well-inhabited village. The redhead decided to move to the family home, where she had always coveted to stay, where she wanted to stay to take care of future generations, especially the four girls who would be under her care: Caroline, Hope, Scarlet, and Emma. The McLaren family managed to produce four potential heiresses to succeed the family, restoring the lineage, which had previously been in serious danger of ending when only Julia and Victoria were left.
Julia, along with some of the witches captured from the Lesbiland army, were imprisoned in the Leeds Castle Prison. The ones trapped by the rope were in simple cells, while McLaren and the Tyrrell sisters were all three in a maximum protection cell. Every day there was only a silent reaction from the redhead, who remained silent all those days, and complaints from the brunettes who wanted to be released, they were all the time trying to justify themselves, but the jailers just ignored them.
A week later, the witches of Lesbiland were judged, starting with the ones who were just obeying orders and most of them were acquitted, most of them could go out and be free, some of them still defended McLaren's attitude and were imprisoned and had to spend some time reflecting about what they did and also because of the mass murders that happened. Until the last day of the trial, the fate of all those who were in the army was already determined, what was missing was to determine the fate of those who commanded it all, the fate of Julia McLaren, Natalie Tyrrell and Heather Tyrrell.
November 10, 1768, the long awaited day of trial arrived, the last day of trial, which took a little longer to be held, as there were many witches captured. One person in particular was called to be the judge of this court, a former judge, Victoria McLaren, would be in charge of judging the fate of the three witches responsible for the massacre that took place in Terre Sapphique. The redhead was called at the invitation of Harriet and Freya, since they knew of her previous career and how she was an extremely fair person, although in many cases she changed the sentence in favor of lesbian witches, which was quite controversial for witches who were not.
In the courtroom the trial was about to take place, the three witches who led the attack on Lesbiland were brought in to testify, that day even Mildred Berger was present as the supreme representative leader, and also the two immortals Harriet and Freya, it was the final trial for war crimes committed by the three. Victoria soon bangs her hammers demanding order.
- Order! Order! Let's get this session underway!
Victoria says until Mildred interrupts her.
- Who do you think you are to have any credibility in judging such a serious case? Victoria you are nothing but a false judge, only solving cases by deviating from the law for your own benefit...
Says Mildred until Julia bangs the gavel.
- Quiet, or I will have to order you to leave... Don't tell me you're the supreme leader, the authority in this room is your honor, so I demand respect from you! Now please, Julia McLaren, Natalie Tyrrell, and Heather Tyrrell, go to the altar, I have to proceed with your trial.
Says Victoria angrily banging her hammer as she answers Mildred.
The three are soon led away by the guardian witches, they stand on their feet on the altar and soon take the oath that they would not lie on the jury and that they would also speak only the truth, without hiding anything. After taking the oath, Victoria begins to get the session underway.
- Julia McLaren... Natalie Tyrrell... Heather Tyrrell. You three have an extensive criminal record... war crimes that are even more serious... Do you have any idea how horrendous what you have done is? You are responsible for 1371 deaths, even if you didn't kill directly, it was the order of the three of you... Torture, from the reports of many of the residents of Lesbiland I could see that they torture many of their own residents... Sexual abuse, they sexually abuse many of the people who live there, with only their own pleasure in mind... Child abuse... This was one of the worst, you mistreat your children! They don't deserve to go through this... You even sent children to war! You even sent children to war! Where did your humanity go... Cruel murders, by reports of executions that also happened in your city... Abuse of authority, you proclaimed yourselves queens of Lesbiland and by extension you abused it a lot to command everything and everyone... But mainly you ordered an uprising in Terre Sapphique, causing destruction to other people's property, murder, cruelty, looting, all for silly motivations ... I demand that you explain yourselves very well before I hit the hammer and find you guilty and choose a sentence? Remember that your word is what your life is worth at this moment.
Victoria says.
A silence takes over between the three who were very tense, until they start arguing among themselves, actually it was just Natalie and Heather arguing who would go first so that they wouldn't get blamed, since Julia remained silent, until the youngest McLaren passes by the two and takes the lead, she coughs and takes a deep breath facing her sister seriously.
- I have been these days reflecting on my decisions... I deserve to pay for what I did... But I say don't blame Natalie and Heather on the same level... I am the real responsible for all of this, even these two were only respecting my orders, all in exchange for sex... What can I do now? Try to deny everything? Try to play innocent to lessen my sentence? That won't do any good... I planned this attack intentionally, it wasn't because I was angry that my daughter ran away, that was just the reason why I wanted to get there and invade... I already had this desire before, I wanted to destroy Terre Sapphique and ensure the supremacy of Lesbiland as the true land of lesbian witches, those who are truly pure, who never lay with a man, who never thought of wanting a man, who suffered a lot due to that damned witch-hunt promoted by that corrupt supreme leader! I wanted a better world! I wish we lesbian witches could give back for all that we have suffered! We are the minority! Every day we are abused! Every day we suffer and are beaten! We are even considered criminals! All this because? Because we love each other? If loving is a crime then put me in jail for loving too much...
Julia says until Victoria interrupts her by hitting the hammer.
- Julia McLaren you are on trial for the murder of 1371 witches, not for being a lesbian, don't run away from the issue.
Victoria says.
- I'm not finished yet, I was just saying that to explain that I thought so... That I thought it was necessary to attack Terre Sapphique because they were not pure lesbians like us, that the other lesbian witch towns have to respect the Lesbiland empire! Where we would take over the witches' council and totally change the society by promoting a cleansing of straight witches... After all these were witches who were born thinking wrong, I thought that all witches are born lesbians and that witches who stay with men suffer from compulsory heterosexuality, but apparently I was wrong... People are different, with different tastes... I wanted to promote a cleansing, but I was not being very different from Mildred Berger... I just reversed the side... All this at the price of what? What would I gain by being a tyrant? No one would respect me... They would only be afraid of my authority. I, Julia McLaren... I plead guilty... guilty of the deaths of 1371 witches... Guilty of the abuse my daughter suffered... Guilty of the betrayal I did to Victoria... Guilty for being a terrible sister... I just want to pay for what I did, I just want to redeem myself... These days in prison have made me think and reflect a lot... I started to notice how you and Esther were happy all the time even when things were going bad, nothing could bring you down, I was envious of this happiness... I thought blindly that making an empire where everyone would be at my feet... would make me happy... But it only served to make me more and more bitter... The only happiness I had was when Caroline and Scarlet were born, at least in those moments I could feel some of that happiness... Watching my children being born, but even then I let the hate take over... I have only this to say... Please don't punish the girls at the same level, Natalie and Heather didn't do anything serious, the only one who deserves to pay is me.
Says Julia causing Victoria to even make a tear fall.
- Okay, so that's your speech? Let the other two come, I want to hear what they have to say.
Victoria says, banging her gavel.
Julia turns around and sits down on the chair remaining quiet, while Heather and Natalie remained tense, the two kept fighting among themselves to see who would go first until Victoria hits the gavel and asks the older one to go, Natalie who was sweating with tension goes to the altar, she even swallowed her own saliva and was very terrified, that despite knowing Victoria, she never thought she would see McLaren on the other side.
- All right, let's get on with it, you better open your mouth if you want to ease your sentence, I really recommend that you make a nice speech, after all your girlfriend did everything she could to defend you.
Victoria says.
Natalie was petrified of fear, she was immobile, she even fainted in the middle of the hearing and had to be taken out and rushed to the infirmary to recover, because the older Tyrrell had gone out, the younger one went up, and she was also nervous, but she was not at the same point as her sister.
- Okay, Heather Tyrrell... You're not going to end up fainting just like Sister? Right?
Victoria says until Heather nods in agreement.
- I won't... I will say that I am a little grateful for Julia's defense that I don't deserve the same punishment as her... Despite being one of the queens I was still a servant... I was nothing more than that, I was the least important of the three, I didn't have that much authority, Julia and Natalie's word were always the words above mine, so I made it a point to obey... I only accepted all of this out of lust, out of greed, I wanted to live in luxury, I wanted to have my carnal desires fulfilled whenever I wanted, and well... I never had better years in my life! I loved every moment of it and I don't regret having stood by Julia McLaren with her plans... Unfortunately there was nothing I could do to interfere with her evil plans... It was out of greed, I also kept doing what they told me to do and helping them because I was still in that amazing and wonderful life as a queen, so this is what I have to say, I don't deserve to be punished the same way as Julia, I should even leave here free, light and free, I promise not to commit any crime, I was only obeying orders...
Says Heather shrugging her shoulders until Victoria bangs the gavel.
- Oh great, so live like a queen in prison, you will have the luxury of staying in a cell, eat well, have a bath, make friends, even have your intimate visits, and also have the privilege of going to school to learn to be a better person ... OIha that speech of yours was the nail in the coffin to make sure you get a sentence, at least in prison you will stop being so greedy like that... Guards, take Heather Tyrrell to her cell... She is guilty of being an accomplice of Julia McLaren and also of accepting a bribe, her sentence will be 20 years, enough to enjoy a nice vacation in Leeds Castle Prison!
Victoria says, banging her gavel.
- What? With Victoria and Natalie you let the jury decide, but with me you condemn me? You bitch! I hope you fuck off! Julia should have killed you years ago! Fucking bitch!
Says Heather being pulled along by the guards.
Heather is taken to jail practically complaining at every pass, while Victoria had her hand on her face a little bit sore, while Julia watched that scene. After Heather is arrested, a silence takes over the courtroom, the jury is going to decide the penalty for Julia and Natalie and after a few minutes they hand the verdict to the older McLaren who starts to read what was written. With that the redhead strikes the gavel to continue the hearing.
- Given my authority, I Victoria McLaren declare Julia McLaren and Natalie Tyrrell guilty and from what I read in this paper I will change the sentence, I don't want them to be executed, firstly because you don't kill a person no matter how horrible what they did, secondly they will not pay for what they did just by losing their lives, that's why I come to the conclusion that Natalie Tyrrell is sentenced to 15 years in prison in Leeds Castle. As for Julia McLaren, she will have to pay compensation equivalent to the entire fortune she has amassed from the creation of Lesbiland, given to the witches' council, plus she is sentenced to 100 years in the highest security cell of Leeds Castle prison... I hope that in those 100 years you will reflect on your decisions!
Says Victoria banging the hammer until Mildred stands up extremely angry.
- What? What nonsense, she committed war crimes! Killed thousands of people? Are you going to leave a person who has committed so many crimes just like that? At the very least she should be tortured and then executed in the most painful way possible!
Says Mildred until Victoria bangs the gavel.
- Then the supreme leader should also go through the same thing, since she also committed war crimes and made sure to hide what she did, don't pay me authoritarian, what I decide is the law and justice and if my decision is to make Julia go to jail for 100 years, that's my decision and it's over, please take Julia away.
Victoria says.
Then the guards lead Julia out of the room and she was waving to the older McLaren, she remained silent and quiet, without any reaction, so much so that she felt indifferent about the condemnation that was given, but Mildred was still angry, so much so that she began to bang on the table in revolt, until Victoria banged the gavel again to give a last speech.
- And here we close the hearing, the fate of Julia McLaren the Queen of Lesbiland... Let this serve to teach you one thing... Just because we are different because we are lesbians doesn't mean that we are criminals, just because the queen of a lesbian city has killed people, it doesn't mean that all lesbians are like that, just because she attacked a city with a majority of lesbians, you heard Julia's speech... Lesbian witches who are still holding back from speaking that they are like that... Don't be like her, despite all the bad things you suffer at the hands of straight witches... This will never justify giving back, be different, show that you are better and evolved people, embrace each other, show the world that there is nothing wrong with being a lesbian, that being a lesbian is like being a person like any other, that we are good people, that our love is the only difference... Witches who are conservative and straight... Stop being so closed minded... Open your minds, we are not evil, we are not people who will destroy your family... We even managed to reproduce thanks to magic... Just let our love roll on as usual Getting down on your children and punishing them for being themselves won't stop them from being like that, it will only make them hate their parents more, it will only generate adults running away from home to live a love... So please... We lesbians are good little witches like any other... We are people... We are human.
Victoria says.
The entire courtroom audience stands up and claps for McLaren over the speech she gave, admiring the judge's maturity, while Mildred remained sitting dumbfounded to hear the redhead being admired. After the trial is over, Victoria goes to her home to live next door to her wife, daughter, and nieces.
Julia McLaren was sentenced to spend 100 years locked up in Leeds Castle, and also to pay the witches' council all the fortune she had collected in Lesbiland, because of this the city was abandoned, that castle became just a landscape, starting to age and nature took over the structure. Natalie Tyrrell was sentenced to 15 years in prison, but the brunette didn't like it at all, she didn't like being locked up for only 15 years, so much so that she begged for the sentence to be increased to 100 years just like the redhead. "I would rather spend 100 years in prison next to my love, than 15 years in prison and live 85 years free and without the person I love most by my side, please let me stay," because of this request Victoria decided to let Natalie stay, as for Heather, she spent her 20 years constantly complaining about life in prison.
As the years went by, the first couple of the generation of the fertility stone got together, Sarah and Caroline, the Cavendish lost their shyness towards the McLaren, forming what would become the first couple, in 1669, when they were studying in Luna Nova. Years later, Sarah would become the future head of the Cavendish family in 1772, succeeding Eleanor, who left on August 21, 1788, due to pneumonia. The Cavendish legacy has never been forgotten since, as it was greatly admired and respected by Sarah.
Diana and Maria continued the rest of their lives living in France, more specifically in the same house that was near Terre Sapphique, they lived together for many years, always having visits from Eleanor and her nine daughters, where each went her own way. Joan was the one who went the Du Nord family way in continuing French.
Victoria during these years decided to take a chance on the World Broom Racing Championship, becoming one of the oldest racers to compete in the category by entering at the age of 40 in her first season in 1772, where she won the championship, racing for Scuderia Carlucci. From there her career took off, since she still had an inestimable talent on brooms, winning the championships in 1771, 1772, 1775, 1776, 1777 and 1780, the last of which was the championship she won running for her own team, the Victoria McLaren Broom Racing Team.
Mildred Berger (1620-1780) Died on September 11 of the year 1780, which caused Victoria to have to abandon her racing project to become the new supreme leader of the witches' council, as she signed the contract for her to take that position. So on September 12, 1780, Victoria McLaren was crowned as the supreme leader of the council of witches, on her very first day she made sure to show what she came for and created the "golden law" a law that prohibited any form of prejudice against lesbians and gave total freedom for witches to be lesbians, as well as recognizing marriages and maternity, this law was a huge one for the world of witches, as well as causing the biggest party in many places.
Terre Sapphique ceased to exist in 1791, the town was completely abandoned and all the buildings were demolished, except for the statue of Victoria McLaren that was consumed by nature, so the only town nearby was Loperèc, where the Du Nord family always went to visit.
Victoria was by far the greatest supreme leader in the history of the world of witches, she modernized the entire system of administration, instead of throwing everything on her back with a monopolized and centralized system, she was slowly decentralizing the sectors and passing the administration of each thing to separate ministers for those functions that had almost total authority in these parts, besides also banning the prohibition of technology to mix with magic, so that she could keep magic high, without harming tradition, thanks to this many things were improving, magic could rise again a little in relation to humans and witches gained a better impression.
Caroline McLaren Cavendish, turned out to be the first to wear a new type of fertility stone, created by Victoria from the mixture of two relics, which were the love stone, the Cavendish family's secular ruby and the Du Nord family's sacred water, it was an amethyst colored fertility stone, invented by Victoria McLaren in the year 1782 as an attempt to make a type of fertility stone easier to make compared to the one modeled by Diana. Katniss Cavendish McLaren was born on August 22, 1783, out of Sarah.
Caroline also had very poor health and because of this was the first to die at the age of 45 on December 29, 1799, she had multiple hemorrhages in various parts of her body and it was not known for sure what caused it, possibly it was too much magic and divergence in the body due to too much genetic mixing.
Joan's lineage was the one that continued the Du Nord family with her dating Sabrina Jordan Hawk. The Benson family lineage continued from Valkrye Benson Perkins who was in a relationship with Angela Cavendish Du Nord. The Morris family lineage continued from Michelle Morris Benson who related to Felicia Du Nord Cavendish. The Jordan family line continued with Alberta Morris Jordan being related to Heather Cavendish Du Nord. The McLaren family line continued with Hope relating to her own cousin Scarlet, who always rivaled her, but in the end the two ended up dating, even though Victoria told them not to date because they were cousins, they didn't care and continued anyway.
Diana Cavendish Du Nord II died on April 29, 1854, of natural causes. While she was sleeping she had a cardiac arrest and no one was awake to save her, and she died at home in the Du Nord family residence. Maria died a few years later on May 11, 1860, she died the same way as her wife, causing that whole generation from Terre Sapphique to end up leaving the Du Nord family residence, since the two were bizarrely the ones who lived the longest in that house. Even more than Joan (1754-1831) and Sarah (1754-1844) who were daughters of the couple.
Gwendolin Benson Morris died of natural causes on January 9, 1810. Lorraine Morris died of natural causes on April 1, 1803. Gabriela Morris died in a broom accident on 06 May 1800, while returning home she ended up being hit by witches fleeing from police witches and her broom went out of control into a tree. Martha Jordan left years later dying on July 31, 1806, unable to eat properly since she lost her wife.
Natalie Tyrrell who would stay the 100 years by Julia's side barely got to keep her promise, she was brutally murdered by her sister who was rioting in her cell on October 20, 1788. When it would have been exactly 20 years that Heather was arrested and due to this murder, her younger sister was eventually executed the next day when they found out what she had done. This left Julia even more depressed, for losing a person she loved so much.
Julia was even released in 1868, but she was already very old, so much so that she was received in a hug by Victoria, who was still alive. She no longer had the rancor of her younger years, so much so that she only died on December 5, 1890, due to a respiratory arrest while she was sleeping. That same year Victoria decided to leave her position as supreme leader to prioritize taking care of her younger sister's failing health, throughout that year, until the time of her departure.
Victoria was the only witch in history to win the World Magic Battle Tournament twice, even competing in the 1848 edition at the age of 115, winning easily even though she was much older than the 20/30 year old competitors, she was still very powerful at that age.
Esther Williams the great love of Victoria's life, eventually left before she was even 100 years old on January 2, 1833, which left McLaren quite down, but she still tried to hold on, tried to maintain her will to live, as the family held the witch in high regard.
Victoria only died at the age of 169 on December 9, 1901, passing through 3 different centuries, different eras, and lived long enough to keep up with the modernization of magic and also the industrial revolution of humans that made them care less about magic little by little. Dying of natural causes.
See you, lesbian witches...
