A mysterious girl was prowling the halls of the academy, it was Anna Evergreen one of Luna Nova's students, but even so it was very strange that she was walking at that time through the halls, since it wasn't so allowed, but at the same time she was a bit desperate, as if someone was threatening her, Anna arrives at Denise's room and stays there knocking constantly on the door, to the point that she answers and gets a little confused with that girl at the door of her room, so much that by impulse just let her in, but soon leaves asking her what brought her presence to that place.

- What are you doing here at this hour?

Denise says.

- I found the hooded girl, she was in the hallways, so I desperately came here to call you teacher? I'm sure it was Margaret Ford.

Anna says.

Denise even changes her expression from tired to a more serious one, so much so that she turns around and just as she is about to open the door to escort Anna to the principal's office, she can't, the teacher soon realizes her mistake, that was not Evergreen, that was Margaret who made sure to take off her magical disguise and smile mischievously at the teacher who went into desperation trying to open the door, refusing to believe that this could possibly be Ford. She stayed the whole time like that trying to open that door even tried to break in using her shoulder, but that caused the brunette to use a magic force field spell so she couldn't hit that door, after a few tries McLaren turns around and is horrified to see that it was actually Margaret who was behind her.

- Hello Denise McLaren, how nice to see the teacher and protective mother again, well strange to be scared, no need to be, I won't do anything, you will just be nice, nothing bad will happen, this is all just a bad dream.

says Margaret with a wicked smile.

- I will not hesitate to use magic that can seriously hurt you, Margaret, you have sexually abused my children? I won't hesitate at all.

says Denise, who had her hands hiding something behind her back.

Margaret then snaps her fingers and this makes the two transport themselves to another place a little further away from the academy, it was the Arcturus forest, Ford even smiles maliciously approaching the teacher who was terrified, but on an impulse Denise decides to reveal what she was hiding behind her hand, it was a revolver which she points to the brunette and without any fear begins to shoot, giving all six shots they had in that gun at once.

- Get out of here! Leave my family alone! Don't cause anyone any harm!

says Denise as she shoots at Margareth.

Only in the same second that the bullets were fired, they got close to Margaret, but soon Ford used a spell to inhibit each one of them from hitting her and even made those shots come back to Denise who quickly used a spell to destroy the projectiles, leaving even a smile on the brunette's face when she saw that the redhead was all serious and would not hesitate to do something that could kill the Englishwoman.

- How pathetic, firearms, a revolver is not going to kill me, Denise McLaren, I've been shot at before, some of them could have killed me, my father used to always shoot when I tried to take off and he knew where to shoot. Today I know how to defend myself from shots, even if they hit me, they wouldn't even get through my skin, I am stronger than you think.

says Margareth with her arms crossed.

- And why did you show up here? It was very stupid of you to give yourself up to a teacher, especially since the whole academy is after you, what do you intend to do by transporting me to Arcturus? I'm not a weak witch either, do you want to duel with a teacher, then a student? You may be a powerful witch, but you don't have the experience of a teacher...

Denise says, until she takes a single shot to the stomach.

- You talk too much and act less, you older people love to brag about how you know everything, but you don't even have the magic to use those spells.

says Margaret, pointing her finger at Denise.

That spell was so strong that it left Denise kneeling on the floor crying with pain, she even spat out some blood, then she stood up with many does and was terrified looking at Margaret who was standing with her arms crossed facing her with total indifference.

- If you want to be stupid enough to die in a fight, go ahead, I was being kind, I didn't want to bother you anymore, I am even offering a truce, I will never bother you again, I will never set foot in this academy again, I have bigger plans to make, so much so that I am giving you the opportunity to return to the academy.

says Margaret with a broom in her hand.

- Do you think I'm foolish to accept such a thing? Then at least let me see if it's really all that you're afraid of, just a normal battle, and then maybe I'll accept what you've proposed, maybe then I'll know what we're dealing with. I don't want to be foolish in not knowing that my daughter could be in danger from a witch like you.

says Denise, getting into an attack position.

- Do you really want to take the risk? Fine, but if you lose, know that you will accept the spell I will put on you so that you will forget our meeting and let me go, and pretend you didn't see anything. That's right, I want you to erase the memory of everything that happened in the last six hours.

says Margaret while Denise just nods her head.

Margaret even opens a malicious smile to see that Denise agreed with her conditions, everything was going the way Ford wanted, the two then enter in fighting poses, and McLaren began to concentrate all the magic possible to defeat the brunette that was very quiet and just continued standing with a look of extreme indifference to that situation.

Denise then is the first to attack, she goes running all the way towards Margaret who continued with her arms crossed, even when McLaren came close to her and punched Ford in the face, who didn't even feel it, scaring the redhead with that, a punch that strong didn't cause anything to the brunette.

- What?

Denise says.

Denise starts to feel strong pains in her hand and right after that she tries to attack Margareth quickly, who let herself be hit by the McLaren almost as if she was mocking her, since none of those punches and kicks did anything, until after so much attack the redhead jumps back and was panting looking at Ford, who was just a little dirty from the attacks, totally unharmed and facing the Irish girl who was a little scared.

- What kind of monster are you?

says Denise.

- Monster? I am not a monster, I am god.

says Margaret.

Denise then concentrates her magic, trying to gather as much as she could, but at the same time she felt a slight fear of all that indifference that Margareth was, to the point of letting herself be hit by so many blows that were very strong, since both of McLaren's hands were a little injured due to the constant punches given to Ford, who seemed to be punching a wall so hard that was the whole structure of the girl.

- You are going to stop playing the goddess now.

says Denise.

Denise aims her wand towards Margaret, who kept her arms crossed, until she was hit with that powerful spell that generated an explosion so big that it even illuminated the dark forest of Arcturus, making some birds fly away due to the tremor caused by the spell, But when all the smoke dissipated, there was Ford totally unharmed, which left McLaren terrified, the brunette quickly disappeared and gave only a single punch to the girl's face, followed by a spell cast on her that made her crash into a tree, to the point of falling to her knees on the ground vomiting blood.

- What was Denise McLaren? Wasn't she the experienced witch, wasn't she the extremely powerful witch? Didn't you say you would defeat me because you are smarter than I am?

says Margaret, stepping on Denise's head who was trying to stand up.

- I... I... I surrender Margaret... Ford... You can do what you want.

says Margaret.

Margaret then gives a malicious smile, she uses a spell on Denise who was all depressed looking at the floor, Ford uses a spell that erases all of Denise's memory, as well as presents her with a broom, she hides so as not to be seen. Mclaren regains consciousness and finds it strange where she was looking only at the broom.

- (What? Where am I? What am I doing here? Who left me here? I don't remember anything... Whatever it is I better leave this place, I have to go back to Luna Nova... Oh, I know, this is the Arcturus forest, I knew it... I get it, someone left me here... Was it Margaret Ford? I don't know, but I'll get out of here and go back to Luna Nova, at least I'm close).

Denise picks up the broom that was on her side and quickly takes off from there, going towards Luna Nova, but Margaret, who was watching everything, looks at the witch coming out of there and quickly uses a spell that causes that broom to explode and that specific explosion caused Denise to be thrown far away, during the fall, the McLaren ended up falling all the way towards a sharp branch which ended up striking the Irishwoman in the chest, cutting her completely through to the point where her heart was torn out of her body by the branch.

Denise McLaren died on the night of November 14, 1913, from a fall of 16 meters from a pointed branch.

The only person who saw the whole thing was Margaret, who came close to Denise's lifeless body, still hiding and wearing a hood to cover her face, she watched to check if it was dead and was even proud that her plan had worked.

- (Wonder! Denise is dead, the mother of that damned Charles McLaren has no way to do anything against me... I would kill the principal too, but killing the principal of Luna Nova could bring a disastrous curse on my person, they say that one is condemned to spend the rest of one's life as a tree in the forest of Arcturus... Then I'll take a rain check... Now I have to get out of here and just let time let everything roll).

Margaret turns and takes her broom and leaves Arcturus and goes in the direction of another place, where until then it was unknown, she was not going towards the east, but towards the north, towards Scotland, only it was not towards the Cavendish family residence, it was a very strange path that Margaret was taking.

November 16, 1913.

Two days have passed since that moment, Diana returns from the Cavendish family residence together with Elisabeth, Anne, Louise, Hilda and Bianca, but when they arrive there on Sunday afternoon it was a morbid atmosphere in those corridors, the students were gloomy, the corridors were decorated in black, until they come across Holbrooke who was crying, she goes running towards the girls.

- Anne... Elisabeth... You need to come with me... Actually, just Elisabeth... You need to sign some documents

says Holbrooke in tears.

- Documents? What's wrong, principal? Did I do something wrong?

Says Elisabeth confused.

- Elisabeth... A fatality has happened... Your mother... Denise McLaren... Passed away yesterday at dawn... She... She... She was found dead in the forest of Arcturus, by some magical creatures who brought her here, they said Denise's body was impaled by a branch, her heart even coming out of her body...

says Holbrooke, who could barely speak.

A huge shock takes over all the environment, Elisabeth freezes and collapses, she was a stone, barely moved from so much shock, that news came like a train falling on top of her, the girl did not know how to react, how life was something so unexpected to the point that in a moment her mother was fine, but in just two days receives news like that. The dear mother who had always been by the girl's side, who was there to help her in everything. So much so that Elisabeth collapses emotionally, crying tirelessly, she couldn't even get out of her seat because she had lost someone so special that she felt an enormous appreciation and affection for.

- Mom! No, no, no, tell me this isn't true, principal. She can't be dead... Are you sure it's my mother? Are you sure it's not the body of another witch? Please... Anyone but her... I can't live without my mother... My life loses its meaning with a woman who helped me so much...

Elisabeth says, until Holbrooke hugs her.

- I also wanted it to be... I wanted Elisa too... But it's your mother...

Holbrooke says.

Elisabeth builds up a little more courage and decides to go with Holbrooke to the board, where they had some policemen, they also had some papers, which the girl had to sign, she even got to be called by her dead name which bothered her a lot, by request of one of the policewomen, she was respected and called by her real name, She is told everything that happened that day, that she went out to the Cavendish family residence and had no idea that her mother had died, and then the visions of her past are put into a crystal ball to check if it was all true and it really was all adding up. Then one of the witches delivers papers that Elisabeth had to sign, taking over the entire McLaren family fortune from that moment on, and because she was a minor, she would still have the limited assets until the day she turned 18 and took over all that money, due to local possession laws. After finishing signing the documents and being evaluated by the police, the girl is released and leaves the board starting to break down in tears until Anne, also crying, hugs her girlfriend.

- Oh love ... I will be here to cry with you... Mrs. McLaren didn't deserve this...

Anne says.

- Anne... Because my mother... Because she had to go... How did she die? Why did she have to die so young... I was imagining so many things for her... At least let's give her a proper burial... Take advantage that we are here and bury her in Luna Nova, this is the place where she always felt at home... I'm sure the principal will agree.

Elisabeth hugged Anne until Holbrooke put his hand on her shoulder.

- You bet I will make a point of helping with the burial, and what's more, I will allow the burial to take place in the vicinity of the academy, she will be in a place where she always felt appreciated, where she always made everyone smile.

Holbrooke says until the two hug the principal.

The girls also come to the two and hug them as a group, including the other girls from the academy, besides the couple's friends, there were many girls who felt a strong admiration for the teacher Denise McLaren, after this hug Denise's body is released for burial, where the girls gather together with Holbrooke, who buried the grave was Elisabeth and Anne, who said they wanted to do it alone because the woman always treated them with so much love. After they bury the grave, the wake begins, Elisabeth is the first to speak about her mother who passed away.

- My mother Denise... She is the most incredible woman I have ever met, we all know the incredible things she did in life for this academy, for all of us, how she always made sure to help us, to treat us as equals, how she always cared about each of the students here, how she was a spectacular mother, in all my 14 years of life I could have the best mother in the world, I was raised by someone who is too great to stay on our plane... She must be very happy now on the other plane, it seems that Mrs. Death saw that she was too good a teacher to stay with us... Denise McLaren will always be in our hearts, she brought much happiness in life, she will always be here inside me... As the wonderful mother I had... I love you mom... Goodbye...

Says Elisabeth, who soon after embraces the coffin, and then Anne goes to the altar.

- Denise McLaren... She was the mother figure I had... I've never had someone so important, so loving, who cherishes me... Who cares for me... She is a hero to me... She is everything Elisabeth told me about her, so much so that I am speechless... I just have to say... How I love everything she has done for me and for everyone around me... How important she was, this importance of hers will never be forgotten, Denise will forever be the best teacher who ever stepped foot in the academy, as well as my one true mother...

Anne says until Holbrooke goes soon after.

- Denise was and always will be the best teacher in Luna Nova... She will always be my true love that I will treasure so dearly... Denise... I love you so much... I wish you were here with us to hear this... Unfortunately I could not find the courage to declare my love that I feel for you ... I love you my love ... Goodbye ...

Holbrooke goes to the coffin and kisses Denise's forehead.

The wake continued for a long time, each of the students who had something to say went to the altar and left something inside the coffin, as well as relating what an incredible teacher she was, as well as what an incredible person she was. The whole atmosphere of mourning lasted for a whole week in the academy. So much so that the teacher who stayed on was never as good as Denise.

Farewell, professor witch...