It is not only about Laura McLaren that this story will end up telling, but also about the person who came to become her future wife and also the major connection she has with Diana Cavendish IV. The person for whom she became pregnant with her child. Bernadette Cavendish is a girl who is trying to free herself from the chains she suffered with her family and the constant pressure she suffered through her mother to become perfect.
POV Narrator:
The Cavendish family after the years was changing a lot, mainly with the event that was the murder of Diana Cavendish III (1898-1936) by Margareth Ford, that event messed up the whole family, making the part of Louise Du Nord (1898-1941) go to France while the Cavendish part stayed in Scotland, leaving almost a single remnant of that generation that believed in the fertility stone, It was Meredith Cavendish who still made sure to keep the story of the fertility stone alive in Isabella Cavendish, but the damage had already been done. Margaret's influence on Marie and Amelia caused the two to create homophobic ideals between them, passed on by Margaret Ford who told the girls from an early age to deny the fact that they were Louise's daughters, accepting only Diana as their mother, and also to deny that lesbians were capable of reproduction.
This would not be a problem since Margareth was eventually arrested, but it was a huge problem due to the fact that Marie and Amelia loved theway Ford teach them being Nancy. This was made even worse by the death of Meredith Cavendish (1885-1950) on November 18, 1950 from lung cancer due to excessive cigarette smoking, she was the only major connection between Diana Cavendish III and Louise Du Nord, as she lived with both of them for many years and had many experiences with both of them, and also knew about the fertility stone that her younger sister made. Isabella was very young when all the events happened, even because of this she only had a minor influence being raised by Meredith until she became an adult.
Isabella had a daughter named Clarie Cavendish, born on September 11, 1952, it was a daughter that came by accident, due to the young age that Isabella was (18 years old), the two older sisters made sure to take care of the girl for all the time, both were infertile, they couldn't get pregnant, they had the same problem as the late aunt. Because of this they started to give all the love and care to the little Clarie, but it happens that they were also the influence for the girl to become more closed minded, denying totally about the fertility stone, even saying that it was a myth, a nonsense, they even told the girl that lesbians were disgusting, that it would be a mistake to become a lesbian, it would ruin the whole family line, as it happened in the past, distorting the whole history of the Cavendish family.
Isabella was never so present in her daughter's education since she spent the first years of her daughter's life studying medicine to be able to help the family, since she had bigger responsibilities, since the man she had a relationship with never took over the girl, causing Clarie to be more attached to Aunts Marie and Amelia. As the years went by she kept these ideals in mind, to the point of arriving in Luna Nova and getting along with the new teacher Anne Finnelan who accompanied her throughout the period from 1967 to 1970, the influence of the new teacher at the academy helped a lot to reinforce these ideals of purity among witches who should not relate to people of non-magical lineage and relate to witches, so much so that Cavendish married a man brother of witches from the Stewart family.
Clarie went on to study for a few years to become a witch in the Witches' Council Army, starting a military career with the intention of one day being consecrated as a witch that would make the family proud to have a military witch in the family, the Cavendish's dream was to reach the highest position in the Witches' Army, participate in missions that consisted of hunting magical creatures that ventured into the non-magical world without proper documentation, or else participate in missions that involved combat, since Clarie loved a good fight between two witches.
Lawrence Graham Stewart (1947-1980) was a promising young man in the world of the British snooker tables, he was winning title after title as the national championship in the years 1970 and 1972 becoming a true prodigy for his age, he was even nicknamed the snooker wizard for his amazing shots, Lawrence was in this business since the age of 14 and drew a lot of attention for his young age of extreme skill, this included the witch he was studying to become a witch of the Leeds castle witches council army. This girl's name was Clarie Cavendish and she became very interested when her friend named Tracey Hanbridge showed her Scottish cousin who had a witch background. The boy loved the opportunity to get together with a Cavendish and on January 11, 1971 the two were married.
The fruit of this marriage was born on June 4, 1972, Bernadette Cavendish Stewart, not only did the couple have a single daughter, they had two, much like the McLaren family couple who had two daughters and both in the same year. On November 20, 1975 Daryl Cavendish Stewart, the couple's second daughter, was born.
Bernadette being the eldest was regarded as Clarie's perfect daughter, her mother insisted a lot that the upbringing of the child be as perfect as possible, that she be a cultured and educated girl, a descendant of respect, so much so that from a very young age she had to learn the family customs, she had to learn magic from a very early age trained by her grandmother Isabella. From the age of five she studied at the Weddinburgh Magic Institute, a full-time academy that was super strict, not only with magic, but with general knowledge.
Even because of this, Bernadette never had a very happy childhood, the girl's childhood was always involved in having to become as perfect as possible, she even had some respite from this because of her father who asked Clarie to stop pressuring his daughter with this, but still the girl's life consisted of full time classes from seven in the morning until seven at night, some that were extra, such as language classes, magic classes, music classes, ballet classes and gymnastics classes.
Until on August 9, 1980, due to a plane crash Lawrence Graham Stewart ended up dying while on a trip in a private plane owned by a friend who was a former Gran Prix Tour champion, the two of them got into bad weather and ended up dying near Jamestown while flying towards Weddinburgh.
This accident only made things worse, since Clarie didn't give a damn about the death of her husband, no one that day cried more than Daryl and Bernadette who were very attached to their father. The eldest started to be forced to do everything to become the perfection as a person, what was already a lot of work for the 8 year old, became much worse. Fencing, golf, swimming, soccer, music (bagpipes, guitar, guitar, piano, harp, flute, bass guitar, violin, drums), magic (with her own grandmother as a teacher), languages (Gaelic-Scottish, Japanese, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Hebrew, Dutch, Latin, Draconic, Fish, Cockatrice, Luna, Mandarin, and Russian), drama, gymnastics, ballet, chess, etiquette, self-defense (with her grandmother as a teacher), cooking, sewing, and complex mathematics, all in a time span of only seven years, were only some of the courses the girl had to learn to become a classy young lady, to bring pride to the family, just for being the oldest she had to be the representative of the new generation, because of this even in all these years she had all her free time denied, because her mother imposed her daughter to be like this, she demanded the maximum from the girl and if she denied it, it could often end in violence, so she preferred not to risk and just lowered her head, since her mother was a witch in the army and over there the education was not much different.
This created a huge jealousy on Daryl's behalf, who never received the proper attention from Clarie, also because she wanted to have all that pressure, whether she wanted it or not it was evident the favoritism towards Bernadette, as if the youngest daughter was only the youngest daughter, because of this even the youngest sister tried all the time to play tricks on the oldest to get her in trouble, but it was no use, since Bernadette's word was always stronger in relation to Daryl's word that was almost not heard, even though the youngest tried by all means to be someone more like her aunts and mother, part of this was due to the influence of her aunts. Bernadette had the most influence from her grandmother who helped spread the story about the fertility stone, which Clarie thought was nonsense.
But above all there was still one thing that was practically a capital crime in that residence Being a lesbian. This was something that Clarie considered very serious, to the point of demanding the expulsion of the family member, regardless of who it was, but of course this could not be real because of the fact that Clarie was never accepted to lead the family, with the entire command being left to Isabella Cavendish who was accepted by Beatrix herself to stay in that position, at least until the coming of a witch who was up to the task and would not cause the end of the family for which there are only two possible heirs.
Because of all this Bernadette practically didn't have a life, it was only studying, studying and more studying, everything to be a person that would make her mother proud, she barely had time to dedicate to be herself, with her own tastes, so much so that she was starting to like things that were contrary to her mother like heavy metal music, so much so that she wanted to learn to play the guitar just for that, besides also playing a lot of pool because of her father's memory. Besides also playing video games on the sly, always between the training sessions that the grandmother did because she felt sorry for the girl, from time to time she was caught by her sister who tried to get her in trouble, since the house still had a rule that was forbidden to have television, magazines and video games, as well as books were specifically passed by an evaluation made by Clarie, it was necessary to have the mother's permission for the daughter to read any book, This was valid for both daughters, so much so that lesbian romance was more than forbidden, even to the point of burning books with this theme, it could only be done in the case of a heterosexual romance, then this type of book was even defended by Clarie (even though this did not prevent Bernadette from writing on her own lesbian romances or even make the characters of the book be imagined as girl couples).
Perhaps the only trace of social life Bernadette had until then were the daughters of her mother's friends, in this case Beatrice England daughter of Leslie England, one of Clarie Cavendish's roommates in the blue team room when she was still studying. And also Tracey's son, though this one she showed complete indifference to, other people she could not socialize with, since having too many girl friends would make her a lesbian and having too many boy friends would leave her with a reputation as a slut, which seemed to make sense to Clarie Cavendish.
Another thing she went through was the pressure to be heterosexual in the family, especially regarding Tracey Hanbridge's son, whose name was Paul and was often called along with his mother to visit Clarie in an attempt to bring the two together so that maybe one day they could get married, But Paul's own mother had already noticed the signs from the girl and again became one of the main supporters regarding Bernadette's discovery of herself as a lesbian, of course, still keeping this secret very well kept. But it was still a lot of pressure from the mother on her daughter to get right with the boy or some other suitor, but Bernadette always had the best way to get out of it, which was always to say "I'm not old enough for this, mother," which the older Cavendish even understood that her daughter was a little right about this, even stopping a bit to force her daughter to be with a boy, but it was also the law that at the age of 18 she had no choice but to choose a suitor soon or she would have to throw her feet out of the Cavendish family residence.
She entered the academy because she convinced her mother that she was the best, not because she wanted a better education, since her own grandmother Isabella told the girl that there was nothing for her to learn, since she learned everything that was necessary to graduate when she was only 14.
Thursday, September 3, 1987
The blue team's room, better known for being one of the most luxurious of all the academy, even for the standards of the high class teams, composed by the students Beatrice England, Molly Lancaster and the newcomer Bernadette Cavendish, who was still getting used to that new place, where it was different, she wasn't alone anymore being in control of her mother, that whole freedom that she acquired for herself was already very strange, so much that her English colleague found strange how the Scottish girl acted all the time. Bernadette was going to the bathroom to wash up for another day of school, she looked in the mirror and reflected a little about life and all that freedom she had in her hands.
POV Bernadette:
It is already my third day here, it is strange, this new world, I suddenly can do everything, but at the same time I feel as if I cannot do anything, even more that teacher Finnelan, she does not leave me alone in all these days, she acts as if she were my mother, keeping an eye on everything I do... I am honestly afraid of that woman, I still feel as if I were in that cage that was staying at home... I don't know why... All of this is still very new to me... I feel like I'm not free yet.
I decide to go inside to take a refreshing shower, this was the third day of class, after the shower I come out already dressed in my uniform and this even causes a strange reaction between Beatrice and Molly, since yesterday they react like this when I leave the bathroom, as if they had never seen anyone leave the bathroom wearing the academy uniform.
- Bern, are you ashamed to change in front of us? Because I always see you coming out of the bathroom in your uniform, plus the bathtub is roomy enough for the three of us, and yet you refuse to bathe with us - said Beatrice, who didn't understand that I was a lesbian and was embarrassed to be naked in front of another girl, as well as to see a naked girl herself.
- I'm just ashamed Beatrice... I don't like to do these things - I say until Molly decides to ask a question to my person.
- So you are a lesbian? That's got to be it. Every lesbian I know is like that, full of shame to change in front of her friend... - Molly said, leaving me in shock, for the nine witches... I am a lesbian... I can't tell anyone... If my mother finds out...
- I can't talk - I answer Molly, until Beatrice reaches over my shoulder.
- Oh girl, don't worry about it, if you are a lesbian I won't crucify you or tell your mother... I know her, I know how intolerant she is, you don't have to stay in the closet... I'm bisexual and Molly is pansexual, we like everything a little bit, although I have more priority in liking boys, but if a girl comes up wanting to do something more I accept too, don't worry - Beatrice said comforting me, I think I will trust her a little.
- Ah... Okay, don't tell my mom, I'll trust you both... I am a lesbian... But please keep it a secret If this gets to my mother I could get in trouble... The kind that she will throw me out of the house...- I say until Beatrice puts her arm on my shoulder wanting to comfort me.
- Don't worry, stop being a chicken Bern, I didn't know you would still be the same chicken as last year... Just let it go, you are too carried away by fear and your mother, you have to let go Bern, let's enjoy it and go out for a while... By the way, how do you like it here? I can see that you don't want to talk much about your sexuality- Beatrice said, She's right really, I'm not at all comfortable with this sexuality thing, especially since my mother might find out.
- Ah, I found it normal, I just think that things got easier, for an academy that has a reputation of being very strict, I found it easy, even more so because the surprise test had very silly questions, just like in the flying class, the teacher let me go before because she was too good? The girls also seem really nice here, they are kind of nice people, even Laura McLaren, who Beatrice was picking on. She seems like a nice person - I say until just as I am talking about Laura, Bea starts to get into a slightly altered mood.
- Anything but that Bern, you saw how she answered me, how she even put herself in her place, as if she owned the world, respecting no one and fuck her - said Beatrice implying Laura, and I didn't see that so I just decided to remain quiet, not to create an argument, because it was Bea who asked to hear that.
POV narrator:
After this conversation between the girls of the blue team, Beatrice and Molly take off their clothes and go to the bathroom to take a shower and get ready for school, Cavendish is reading a book about medicine, since she was studying about the subject, since it was one of the careers that her mother allowed her to follow, even though she had the dream of forming a band, or even a professional snooker player like her father used to be, after all the only options allowed were lawyer, doctor, engineer, accountant, actress, orchestra musician and golf player, since any other profession she chose would result in her being thrown out of the family.
After the girls bath, they wait a little more time and go to the class that that day was the magic language class with the teacher Pisces that was literally a fish, as soon as that class finishes she goes with her friends to the bedroom, where they order a real feast for lunch, that consisted of pork ribs bathed in barbecue sauce, as usual Beatrice and Molly also went to the balcony of the dorm, where they smoked, since Bernadette was bothered by the cigarette smell, and when it wasn't the marijuana smell too, that made England a little more relaxed than the normal stressed girl she used to be, the Cavendish was just ignoring all this inside staying near the door, watching in case someone entered the room.
After the break, the students went to their afternoon classes, in this case the magical numerology class, with the teacher Samantha Badcock, which the teacher made sure to give them a surprise test, just like the first day of class, both Laura McLaren and Bernadette Cavendish finished the test quickly and got the maximum grade, On the contrary, she even congratulated the Irish girl for her knowledge, praising her to the point of saying "You are indeed worthy to be the descendant of Professor Denise McLaren.
POV Bernadette:
The classes are over for today, it was the same yesterday, another easy test, at least this professor Badcock didn't get on Laura McLaren's nerves... I don't know why, but this redhead makes me feel something different, I feel comfortable, I identify myself, even though the most we talked about was the broomstick flying class... She told me that she always trained magic with her great-grandmother and she loved it, even more because it makes her the powerful witch she is today and I don't doubt that she is, but it's funny, she is so happy to tell about her socializing, she doesn't feel trapped like me, like it's something wonderful. I guess her family must be different from mine.
As soon as I arrive outside the classroom I am approached by the teacher Finnelan, she seemed to want something from me, so much that she even put her hand on my shoulder and just said a "Come with me Miss Cavendish", she took me by the arm and pulled me into her room and then offered me to sit in an armchair facing another armchair that had a coffee table in the middle, I sat down and when the teacher sat down she put some tea in two cups, I took one of the cups and sipped it while she decided to talk to me.
- So Miss Cavendish, are you adapting well to the academy? Your mother used to study here too, I'm glad she made the decision to let you stay here... She called me today to tell me that I have to keep an eye on you and that I have to guide you if you misbehave. So I hope that we will be good friends, I was a great friend with your mother who was an excellent student and I hope to be with you, who as I could see has the profile of an excellent student as well. But relax that I'm not going to be that stuck up, I know that you young people have a huge sense of freedom and that's why I would let your person go to Appleton Academy if you want to venture with some boy, there is where you can find a boy to marry and make your mother proud. Oh and don't hang around with the wrong people either - said Professor Finnelan. I knew it, I knew my mother would do this to me, she wouldn't just let me stay here and do whatever I wanted. Now this, she called a teacher to look at me, I just hope this lady doesn't disturb me too much.
- I understand, but I won't misbehave, I promise - I answer her, who again starts asking some questions as well.
- Oh, and could you by any chance help me with another problem, I imagine that because you are the good girl, you could be useful to me by finding out who is behind the drug traffic in this academy, I know that there are students here that use these substances, I smelled cigarettes, marijuana, and even some that were wearing uniforms that smelled of alcohol, as a teacher I can't find out who is behind this, if you help me to find out I could even give you higher grades, even call the most beautiful boys from Appleton to your room. That's why I'm going to ask you to make friends with the newcomer Laura McLaren, she gave me the impression that she's here to win over us, she is the only one of the students in the whole academy who earns her own living and pays the tuition by herself... A student like that shouldn't earn money legally, that's why I suspect that she is the mastermind behind this drug traffic in the academy - said Professor Finnelan? Really? Laura told me that she is a professional runner and paid for the academy with the money from her races, she told me this yesterday. This is just prejudice and implication on the part of this teacher, she has not liked Laura since the day before yesterday when she wanted to cancel her grade.
- I get it... - I answer her, I felt like saying that she was wrong and it was prejudice, but nothing would do.
- If you don't want to that's fine, you shouldn't put a student to do that... Well, that's all I wanted to talk to you about Bernadette Cavendish, I hope you'll be as amazing as your mother was... Oh, and I almost forgot, you can move freely around the town of Blightonbury just like the other students, you don't have to warm up to your mother's permission - she said greeting me and then helping me to stand up.
After that conversation I could finally be free from that room... Even when I have a lapse of freedom I can't enjoy it... At least I'm not with my mother, at least I have a big secret on my hands and if Beatrice tries to play the fool with me by spreading my sexuality around, she will have her whole scheme of planting drugs in the attic revealed. Bernadette Cavendish! Don't think like that, you are acting selfishly.
As soon as I leave that place I keep looking at the girls, they were all having fun with each other, talking, being friendly, how I envy these girls, they are so happy together... Until on the way to my dorm I come across the girls from the red team trio at the end of the hall, it was the tallest blonde girl... April Jordan I think is her name and Laura who was being pushed up against the wall.
I was about to see a scene of two girls kissing on my third day here, well I'm going to take a peek to see if something happens... Who would say that Laura McLaren is so lucky, but I would say that April Jordan is too, because the Irish girl is not ugly at all, she has a nice body I would say. So I sneak up on them and get close enough to hear them.
- Get out of here April, are you crazy? - Said Laura pushing April backwards who soon held the redhead's arm, how strange, it seems that the McLaren is not comfortable... Should I interrupt? Should I do something?
- Laura... Damn old man let me give you at least one little kiss, with Chelsea you would let me, but with your best friend you won't? - April said... What do you mean Chelsea? Does she have a girlfriend? Is she dating anyone? And this April? Best friend? What do you mean they are friends who kiss just like in Petals of Love that Hayley and Victoria were friends with benefits?
- Get out of here, you bitch! I'm not that Laura anymore, and I never was! My sister was a crazy bitch! I would only kiss someone I love as a girlfriend and nothing more than that! - Said Laura angrily from inside the room until her friend enters the room somewhat regretful, I can imagine why.
After that moment I even decided to get out of there and went walking through the corridors back to my room... What do you mean my sister? Did Laura McLaren practice incest? What is this story? Now I am really curious... I want to know more... The girl who I thought was so amazing has a flaw like this... But she doesn't seem so comfortable with it... It must be past tense... Well, better leave it aside, I don't have to worry my head with this kind of thing.
I arrive at my dorm and soon I am confronted with that strong smell of marijuana, as I enter Beatrice aims her wand and closes the door, as well as spraying a little spray to inhibit the smell, which didn't help much, she also starts turning on several fans towards the window. Molly was also next to her, both smoking and laughing at the same time.
- Hey Bern, don't you want to have a drink? This one is great... I am feeling one of those breezes... This time I got that way about growing these herbs... - I am not going to smoke, my mother always told me that if I touched cigarettes, booze and marijuana, I would be thrown out of the house, even if only to experiment? This I really know it is not very right to use and I even agree with my mother.
- Come on, Bernadette, stop being a prig, you have no idea what's good... Just stay there in the books... Relax girl, tomorrow is Friday, we are still in the first week of school, it's all joy now... It's all easy for now - said Molly, who was also pretty stoned. She was right about that, but I'm not studying for Luna Nova, I'm studying for my future... Which my mother wants so much.
- I don't want to, I'm sorry, but I have to study now, would you mind leaving that smell behind? It bothers me a little - I say while entering my private room, where I also take the opportunity to undress and pretend to study. The girls even answer me saying that I was very concentrated in studies.
As I was undressed I could take the opportunity to use my imagination and be free, at least in the bedroom with my romance books and my free body I can read at will without being disturbed by the girls, so much so that I leave that door very well locked, where I enjoy that moment of privacy at will.
See you, Cavendish witches...
Full name: Bernadette Cavendish Stewart
Date of birth: 04/06/1972
Place of birth: Weddinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (Scottish)
Height: 1,63m
Weight: 50kg
Sexuality: Lesbian
Occupation: Student (Weddinburgh Magic institute 1977-1987, Luna Nova 1987), Heiress to the Cavendish family
Body size (bust/waist/hip): 88/62/90
Hair color and appearance: Platinum blonde with greenish highlights, wavy 2C, long, reaching to the back, usually parted in the middle.
Eye color and appearance: olive green, western
Physical appearance: pale Caucasian skin, thin body, rectangular nose, one major scar in the back area, medium breasts.
Bernadette Cavendish, a witch descended from the legendary family of witches that has been around since the 7th century, being a descendant of Beatrix one of the nine witches. The heiress is the eldest daughter of Clarie Cavendish and Lawrence Graham Stewart. Clarie was a military magician and was super strict as a mother. Graham was a great champion snooker player. So much so that little Bernadette was forced to learn magic from an early age and even studied at the most expensive and sophisticated magic academy in all of Scotland, Bernadette spent practically most of her time studying magic or knowledge of the human world, out of obligation to the family for being the eldest daughter. Because of this rigid and regimented environment in which she lived, Cavendish could not be herself, nor could she even reveal her sexuality, which took some years for the girl to be sure that what she felt about the girls was attraction and what she felt about the boys was a slight repulsion. Even more so about a son of a noble family that had relations with the Cavendish, Paul Hanbridge who was three years older and Clarie insisted that her daughter marry him, whether for love or interest, what mattered was to have a union that would bear fruit and help finance the high costs in the high society that the Cavendish family lived in. Because of all these family issues and problems all the time, Bernadette was barely able to have her own life, barely able to be a free teenager, which is why she asked to be able to study at the academy of Luna Nova, so that she could gain at least the minimum freedom possible to be herself.