That day was intense, the winter holidays were coming to an end, the eleven girls would go back to their normal school days, but before that there would still be a moment to celebrate, since a wonderful thing happened that was the return of Diana, Akko and Amanda, after five days in prison in the hands of Margaret Ford, a celebration was deserved and it would even be done in the huge room of the blue team, which Diana had to talk to her friends about it.
After the last meeting that's what she did, arriving back in her room and seeing her two friends there watching Grey's anatomy together, until Cavendish pauses the television to talk to her friends.
" I need to talk to you " said the Scot.
" Ah finally going to reveal us," Hannah said teasingly.
" Listen up, because this is important and very serious, no telling Avery and Mary, this subject is too important to become friend gossip.
The two nodded, noticing her friend's serious tone, who started to tell her story, but without mentioning the magic yet, she was talking in a more normal way about the whole prison situation and also without mentioning about Ford's creation.
She went on talking detail by detail about the nightmare of living in those dungeons as Benson's captive, the cruelties she went through, what led to her hair becoming that way, including the abuses all three of them went through, how it wasn't easy to deal with during those five days, that it was all a trap made by someone pretending to be Nelson, but who later escaped.
The two of them were in shock, mainly with the revelations of what Diana had gone through during her time there in relation to her own body, you could see that her face showed disgust followed by a desire to cry for the situation, which ended up in a hug between the three of them.
" Damn, I didn't know it was that serious? I'm sorry Diana, I know I'm a bit of a nagging bitch, but I didn't realise it was an abusive situation you'd been through. It was really bad," Hannah said.
" Oh friend, you didn't deserve to go through these things, this woman is a monster, I didn't know there was someone like that hiding around here and yet she kept you locked up for so long," Barbara said.
" I know it's a bit much to ask, but I'd like to get the lassies here, we want to have a farewell party between us, is that alright? " Cavendish asks, and they both nod in agreement.
" Look for me you can do as much as you like, but I'm not staying here, I'd rather go to Avery's room," said the auburn haired Englishwoman.
" Ah Hannah stop being boring, let's enjoy a bit, I'm staying here " Parker said.
" Bleh, go on then, I'd rather spend the night there in Avery's room. I was already going to sleep there anyway, enjoy yourselves " England said shrugging.
With that it was decided who would stay and who would go, so Diana herself communicates with her friends, Diana even sees in Barbara an opportunity to tell things more in depth, without her spreading the word to Hannah, since she has more confidence in Parker.
Starting to tidy up the room using magic enchanting herself to see that, things moving without Diana touching them, just using her magic to sort of organize everything.
" Diana what is that? " asks the dark haired one.
" This is magic Barb, this I ask you not to tell Hannah for a while, but it is what Luna Nova hides, I know I can trust you, so I'm already revealing it," said the Scottish lass.
" Is this real magic? It's no illusion, are you really a sorceress? " Parker asks impressed.
" This is just the beginning Barb, soon you will know more, if you want you can even start to learn with Ursula and Croix how you do these spells, I ask them to show you and that is someone you can trust, it is always good to have another witch in our group " Said the one with platinum hair.
" So I do, if this is real, I accept being a witch, I always thought it had a shred of reality, or maybe I just read too much night fall, heh " Barbara said scratching the back of her head.
" Talk to us more today and you will discover this world, I guarantee you will love it," Diana said with a smile on her face.
Minutes later...
The decoration of the room was already done, the guests were arriving one by one, gathering by the room, even a little surprised with Barbara's presence, mainly Akko that was giving some angry looks to Parker, for still feeling a little bit of dislike for the girl.
With the clear presence of a videogame also the climate was getting lighter, they were already there playing excitedly while others were also bringing more things, even Sucy brings something that will still cause a lot of discord, in the case a Uno deck, where a game between Manbavaran, Lotte, Marianne and Hellene even started.
" What is she doing here Diana? " whispers Atsuko.
" Akko! She's my friend, give Barbara a chance, I know you still felt sorry for that thing in the summer, but trust me she's less worse than Hannah " Cavendish said.
" I don't know Diana... How can I be so sure " Kagari said.
" Come with me and I'll show you " Said the Scottish woman holding the Japanese woman by the hand and walking over to where Parker was reading a night fall book.
From there the platinum haired girl was kind of calling her friend's attention, where the crimson haired girl was getting all embarrassed by the situation, but in the end the conversation was unfolding, and the dark haired girl was kind of able to feel a huge empathy for everything that has been happening with the Japanese girl.
They even started to have a friendly relationship, even too much so to the point of coming some feelings of jealousy with the way Akko and Barbara were developing a friendship, revealing that that Cavendish's roommate was not so much the snobbish rich girl that the impression created.
Meanwhile at the Uno match, the buying cards were starting to play in a very intense way, stacking +4 and +2 cards, until after Hellene plays a +4, Marianne plays a return.
" What? I didn't even say the colour, that's not worth it " said the younger Cavendish.
" Luna Nova rules my dear, either you speak the colour straight away or I counterattack fast " Leclerc said.
" If that's the case then you're the one who buys it " said the redhead playing a return card and with that she already gets a smile on the ninja witch's face.
" So Sucy who is going to buy two more " said the dark haired one.
" Nah I leave it to Lotte to buy two " Manbavaran said.
" I'm sorry about this Hellene, but... Uno! " said Lotte playing a +4 card
" Oh no! Holy shit! That's mean " said the Scot inflating her cheeks.
Frustrated the one with purple eyes had to buy 24 cards, what was making the other three around to be laughing a little, but it was not all bad, for more that the game is practically defined, even more that Lotte practically won the game when it was her turn, being that the dispute was becoming between Hellene, Sucy and Marianne, that were practically underestimating the potential of the girl who bought 24 cards.
Until she to get rid in one hand of five of them being of number 9, already giving a good beginning, the ninja witch still had 4 cards in hand and had to buy for not having the colour, already the Manbavaran decided for the way of the discord starting to play a card of +2, that finished being rebated for another one of +2 that Hellene played.
" You guys forget that I have plenty of cards, right? I'm going to keep attacking here " Cavendish said.
In the end Hellene was managing the game with her hand, still managing to guarantee a second place with the domination of the game, already having notion of the rules of Luna Nova, she was already learning quickly how to guarantee herself in this game.
On the sofa, there were Amanda, Constanze and Jasminka, kind of together as a trio, until the game ends and ends with the victory of Amanda who jumps in excitement kissing the two girls with a kiss in each mouth, which made both of them very strange.
" Amanda. " Jasminka said.
" Oh people, sorry, I couldn't take it " O'Neill said scratching the back of her neck until Rita and Abigail came joining them on the sofa.
" How about we play a little game then? Not only us, but everyone here, let's get a bottle and play truth or dare, this little party deserves a proper entertainment " said Campos.
" What are you picking on about this Rita? " said the American, arching an eyebrow.
" I saw you guys kissing your friends as soon as we arrived, we can do the following, let's challenge each other, whoever doesn't accept will have to eat a spicy nacho as a consequence and can't drink water hahaha.
" Ohhhhhh, I'm in, let's call the others " Said the salmon-coloured hair rubbing her hands together like a fly.
And it was then that they started to call one by one the girls, kind of getting together that afternoon to play a little truth or dare, sitting in a circle and already starting with the provocations between one and another, the twelve girls were getting ready and who started turning the bottle was O'Neill, reaching the point where the bottom part pointed to Diana and the top part to Hellene.
" Ah how dull, sisters challenging each other " said the American.
" Truth or dare? " Asks the older one.
" Challenge " said the youngest.
" I dare you to kiss Marianne in front of everyone " said the one with platinum hair.
Simply the sister shrugged and started kissing her girlfriend, in the most natural way, until the point where O'Neill was passing her hand on her face because she thought it was the silliest thing in the world, then the redhead was the one who spun the bottle and this time stopped at the one with the salmon-colored hair pointing directly to Atsuko.
" Hey Akko, truth or dare? " Amanda said teasingly.
" Challenge " said the confident Kagari.
" I dare you to give Diana a tongue kiss," O'Neill said.
" What? You can't repeat the same challenge," said the older Cavendish.
" Oh come on, you didn't specify what you were going to say, so I can order a tongue kiss from both of you, come on, or would you rather Akko eat nacho? " said the American teasing.
" Kiss! Kiss " said Hellene.
All around were saying the same thing, cheering for the kiss, what Kagari decides to grab her friend by the collar of her t"shirt, starting to kiss her, the two are having that lip contact, then it was possible to notice the tongues touching, the kiss was even gaining a greater intensity, making the girls celebrate a little, where later they separate and get a little blushed.
" I only did it for the challenge, now stop bugging me " Akko said as he went about spinning the bottle.
The bottle, this time stopped at Rita who went to challenge Barbara, Parker was more careful and asked to be true, what the question was regarding her reading Night Fall and the dark haired one simply confirmed.
Spinning the bottle and this time it was heading towards Amanda who was challenged by Diana who was even getting a smile on her face.
" Amanda, which one are you going to choose? " Cavendish asks.
" True, I'm not an idiot to try challenges " O'Neill said.
" Ah, so you've gone yellow, so I'm going to ask you something I've been noticing since the day I got here... Have you ever had a crush on Akko? " asks the Scottish lass.
" I had a crush on Akko. I had a crush on Akko, forget about it, I had a crush on Lotte when they came here, not Akko, I only saw her as a friend, but if we got involved in a trilogy I wouldn't think it was bad, hahaha" said the American.
" Jeez Amanda, I'm all monogamous, I'm not a fan of a couple full of people, I just want my little love, now spin that around " Atsuko said.
" That was the answer your girlfriend asked for, now let's see where this goes," Amanda said, spinning the bottle.
On the spin the challenged was Lotte, who challenged was Constanze, Yanson asked a challenge and it was something silly, it was an attempt to lick her own elbow, which was a good laugh, because it wasn't the Finnish girl who was the only one to try, the other girls were also trying to do that, but in the end it didn't work and ended with the blonde being the first victim of the spicy nacho.
And it ended with her feeling the power of the pepper burning her throat, then she herself spins the bottle, where it stops at Sucy pointing to Marianne.
" Truth or dare Mari?" asks Manbavaran.
" The way you're all contortionist, I'm actually going to go, I don't want to break myself all over trying to lick my foot " Leclerc said.
" So, a very spicy question, hey Marianne, have you and Hellene had sex yet? " Said the Filipina even causing Cavendish to sneeze a little soda.
" What kind of question is that, Sucy? Why do you want to know about my sister's intimacy? " Diana said, stepping into the middle.
" That was pretty clueless, huh," Akko said.
" Ah you talk as if it's not the most natural thing in the world, I just asked a question " said the pink haired girl shrugging her shoulders.
" Yes, Hellene and I have already made love, it was only once, you know I'm asexual, I just wanted to present my girlfriend in a special way and it was wonderful, now let's move on to something else... " Said the Frenchwoman who was spinning the bottle and it was noticeable the shocked expression of the older sister.
" Love! " said the younger one blushing.
" You two... I'm going to tell my mothers, you are acting way out of your age bracket, especially you Hellene McLaren Cavendish," said the platinum haired sister.
" Oh, stop being so stingy Diana, the mothers know and we even talked seriously about it, they were the same age as us, so there's nothing wrong, they told us how it was, they won't lay a hand, but they also don't want me to be inconsequential and it's okay, Mari doesn't like these things, it's not like it's going to happen all the time," said the redhead.
" We already know you two have sex, we don't need to know how you have sex too," said Amanda, snorting.
With that they go back to spin the bottle, returning to the game of truth or challenge that would continue for a long time, at least until the sunset, that when it gets dark they all take a break to eat, then they go to watch a movie together, opting to watch the Kung Fu Panda trilogy, which ended up winning the votes among the girls.
" I love this trilogy, the fights are even manners " Diana said.
" Makes me wonder what's to come, our whole journey coming out of Margareth's hands, gosh she reminds me of Lord Shen hahaha " Akko said.
" At least now we are here... Together, away from her hands " Cavendish said holding Akko's hand.
Kagari blushes a little, but holds those hands, putting her head together with her friend, sort of giving in to the mood between her and the Scottish girl, the two of them getting more into their own vibe than the movie's, while the others were practically fighting over the popcorn and giggling because of those pieces of corn.
Far away from Luna Nova, in an unknown place, in the underground of this location, were lined up some men wearing what looked like red dressing gowns, with hoods kind of covering their faces, in this corridor there was a man sitting also wearing a dressing gown, in this case a purple one with shoulder pads with iron tips.
Some men wearing suits arrived there, in the middle of them was Paul Hanbridge, on the left Donald Blackwell and on the right Michael Lancaster, important heads behind Appleton.
" What did you come here for? You know that this is a secret place, you can't come to me just like that, unless you have something that can help me," said the mysterious man using an artificial voice.
" I have a plan that you can finish off the remaining witches once and for all," Paul said.
" Oh then go ahead, don't tell me that I should send an invasion to Luna Nova, because that might draw too much attention for now and they might discover us, I don't want to give even one of them a chance to escape " Said the cult chief.
" I know, it doesn't totally involve Luna Nova, we can destroy the witches by means of... Of themselves, have you ever stopped to think that we can let them kill themselves while we sit here, well, I know a witch powerful enough to make our plans move " Hanbridge said.
" It sounds like a good idea, but why should we trust a witch with our hands? " The leader asks.
" Simple, she will owe me a favour after what I do for her, trust me, this witch is loaded with revenge inside, I have the political power together with my friends, she will do everything as promised " said the Count.
" So let you go after this witch and maybe I will grant you your place in our organisation, let this serve as a proof of initiation, I will be waiting for your best Paul Hanbridge " Said the leader pointing the staff to the exit and with that the leader himself was leaving the corridor together with the other members.
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home