31st December 1941

The blazing fire in the fireplace was reflected in Elizabeth's empty blue eyes. She was sitting on a little chair playing with her necklace as she stared into the empty space.
Liz thought about the last year. The good as well as the bad things. The incidents that they have changed and, of course, about her personal development.

"To be honest, I never thought you'd wear the necklace on for so long."

"Huh?", Elizabeth looked up and saw Mary standing next to her. She had a friendly smile on her lips; she looked at Liz almost motherly.

"I was there when Bert bought it back then," she said and shook her head, "he saved money for a long time to afford it and I thought that it was not worth it. I thought you wouldn't think it's beautiful but rather embarrassing as you get older. But he disagreed; he really wanted to buy it for you. "

Elizabeth looked at the jewel with a sad smile. The rose gold piece of jewellery sparkled in the light of the open fire. To her amazement, not a single stone was missing after all these years.

"'e's just too good for this world", with these words she got up and let the fire ebb away. However, in the same breath the candles lit all over the place.

Mary raised an eyebrow because Elizabeth acted like none of this was anything special. She got an idea.

"Elizabeth?"

"Yes?"

Without blinking, Mary dropped the teacup she was holding in her hand; she wanted to try something.

And it happened that, as suspected: Elizabeth intercepted the cup with magic just before the impact. Now it hovered a few centimetres above the floor; the light wind tugged at Mary's skirt.

"Why did ya do that!?" Asked Elizabeth, stunned as she used magic to fly the mug onto the table.

"Could you maybe open the window?"

"Mary!"

"Please"

The young woman opened the window with a roll of her eyes, also using magic.

"And-"

"Why are ya testing me!?" asked Elizabeth, "do ya want t' know how dangerous I am or what!?" her voice trembled.

"Elizabeth... I-"

"Tell me!"

Mary knew that she couldn't lie to Liz. On the one hand because she probably figured it out quickly and on the other hand her conscience prevented her from doing so. So the nanny just nodded "Yes..."

"I'm not a monster, Mary," the horror was written on her face.

"Oh Elizabeth," Mary Poppins walked up to her and hugged her, "I'm just overwhelmed, to be honest ..."

It was true: the young lady had more magical powers than anyone else Mary knew - including herself. And this could be dangerous. Not because she didn't trusted her, but if she didn't know her powers, devastating accidents could happen. She had to learn what she can do and how to control it.

"You have to learn to deal with it before something bad happens."

Elizabeth released the hug and went to the window. She could look at Big Ben perfectly; it was just before midnight. She was certain that it rattled in her head as much as it did in the landmark clockwork.
Then, without taking her eyes off the clock, she said firmly, "Teach me everything ya know."

Mary Poppins now had two tasks: to teach Elizabeth everything she could in a very short time and to find out the relationship between them.

Meanwhile, Bert was sitting on his backpack in a circle with a few others thousands of miles away. Among them were Johnny and Peter.

They also reviewed last year and everyone was sure that the war in 1942 would finally be over. Only Bert saw things differently... His feeling told him that it would take longer. And unfortunately, he rarely was wrong with his feelings.

Bert scratched his upper arm as he paused. In the past year he had become a lot more muscular and you could see that from head to toe.
This was partly due to the fact that he trained with his own body weight almost every day. Since then he could carry his luggage and weapons better.

"Hey Bertie boy! What do you do when you get home?" asked Johnny.

Bert shrugged: "'opefully sit at a table with Mary an' Elizabeth and work again afterwards."

He looked at his feet and again told him how he would not be sitting in his apartment that quickly.

I have to admit that I hate this chapter xD

But I'm looking forward to the next Chapter :D It'll be different but I think it will be good xD