Tuesday 14 June 1995, Loperèc, France

It was a summer afternoon like any other in the small village in france, in a small house further away, there was a five years old child playing in the backyard, running from one side to the other, until she ended up noticing the presence of two women arriving, one shorter with red hair and the other taller with platinum blond hair, both were arriving at the outskirts of that property, walking hand in hand, with the presence of these two the little girl was running until near the entrance of the house staying a little bit hidden near an older lady that noticed the arrival of the two girls.

The little girl is called Chariot Du Nord, the two girls are called Laura McLaren and Bernadette Cavendish, the older ones arrived near the entrance of the house, where the older lady called Adeleine was smoking a pipe, but soon she receives the presence of these two girls.

" Great Grandma Adeleine who are those two girls? " said the little girl in French.

" Hello young lady, I am Laura McLaren and this is my wife Bernadette? " Laura tried to speak in French until she was completed by the matriarch herself.

" Cavendish, I know who you both are, I've met your families in the past, your French is pretty terrible Laura, but anyway, I imagine you've come here for a little something haven't you? " said the older one.

" Straight to the point you lady, I liked it, yes that's exactly what we want, we want the sacred water so we can form the fertility stone " McLaren said.

" I feel the energy from far away girls, apart from the fact that I miss seeing a Cavendish face around here, it's great to know that the descendants of one of my sisters are still going strong, and they also like women hahaha " Adeleine said.

" Sisters? " Said the shocked Bernadette.

" Which one's daughter are you? Isabella? Marie? Amelia? Although I think they must be too old to be mothers by now," said the lady rubbing the back of her neck, and the Scottish lass was even more shocked.

" I am not the daughter of any of them, I am Isabella's granddaughter " Cavendish said.

" Ohhhh, it looks like the younger girl who gave birth to the little girl in front of me now, anyway, you can feel at ease, I am your Auntie Grandma Adeleine, come with me to get the holy water, your wife can wait a bit, I will entrust my great-granddaughter Chariot to you " said Du Nord.

Adeleine was walking with Bernadette by the inside of the house, where there were some hidden corridors, on the outside side there was the little Chariot with Laura, she was observing attentively the woman that was seated just looking at the landscape, but she already noticed the little one all curious about her.

" O girl, why are you the size of a child? " asks the little girl.

" Hey! You're a lot shorter than I am, you know that? I'm only like this because I was born to be short " McLaren said getting up, speaking French worse than the child.

" Do you want to play with me? " asks Du Nord.

" I don't even know if I'm good with kids, but it's okay, I'll play with you," said the redhead as the red haired child took her to the backyard.

The two arrived at a place where there was a cloth towel, the little girl took a stick and began to play at being a magician, doing some very basic tricks, such as taking coins from the Irish girl's ear or guessing cards, which even surprised the older girl.

" You're pretty smart for your age, I love your magic tricks," said the blue"eyed one.

" That's because you didn't see it! " said the little girl with a stick in her hands

The little one was starting to focus, which raised a little bit of wind, then a glow in the stick that went out, then she opens her eyes and points to a toy cup, only nothing happens.

" Go! Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! Go! " Said the little girl tentatively, which made the older girl get an idea.

" You lack focus little one, your magic is to believe in yourself! Use your heart that believes, I know you will make it " Laura said to the child.

This time Chariot is concentrating more, she listens to the older woman's advice, and starts to believe more, using the magic with all the concentration in the world, aiming at the cup that little by little starts to levitate, emitting a little brightness, which cheers her up even more, to the point of getting more.

" You see, you too can use your magic if you believe " McLaren said.

" Woahhhh! I can do magic like Mum, Grandma and Great Grandma! How cool! " said little Du Nord.

The two then go playing together using the magic to levitate things, even the little girl goes doing a broom ride with one that the older redhead ended up catching near the door of the house, they went flying from one side to the other, with the little girl getting delighted until then with all that fun she was having. It
was like that for some good minutes, the little Chariot Du Nord had no idea that it was possible to do everything that Laura was showing with magic, transforming into different animals, manipulating the trees around, flying with a broomstick, changing even the clothes, they were options that left no limits. It was so much fun that the two soon lay down on the sheet that was on the grass.

" That was wonderful! Magic is awesome! " said the little girl.

" You see, just believe in yourself and we'll go far " McLaren said until a shadow was cast over her.

" Looks like someone's been having a lot of fun " Bernadette said with her hand on her waist.

" Love? But already? You showed up so fast " Said the redhead getting up and rubbing the back of her neck.

The blue-eyed girl soon arrived, kissing her olive-eyed wife, while the little girl looked at everything delighted, but also had a crying face when she realized that they could leave.
So much so that she was soon pulling the Irish girl's t-shirt so that she would stay there.

" Miss Laura, please stay, I liked you very much, teach me more magic tricks " Said the younger Du Nord.

" Mrs. Laura can't stay, she has her house, now she and Mrs. Bernadette will have a friend who will be able to play with you one day in the future " Said the great-grandmother trying to convince her great-granddaughter that didn't stop crying, and with that Laura wrote down a number in a little paper giving it to the little girl.

" Call this number whenever you miss me a lot, I will never stop talking to you little Chariot, maybe one day I can visit you later " McLaren said patting the little girl on the head and hugging her with all the love in the world.

" Do you promise? " asks the little girl.

" I promise " answers the older girl.

Then Laura and Bernadette left, returning to Scotland after getting one of the relics for the formation of the fertility stone, what Chariot is waving until he can't anymore, being the moment that would be marked in the little girl's life.
And it really was, as months and months went by Chariot never stopped calling Laura who always answered every call through the big brick mobile phone she had in hand always to talk to Du Nord.
Even before a Rally race, there was the phone in hands ready to answer and talk for a good few minutes with the little one, besides some visits that were made from time to time, it was her happiness, even because of the calls slowly the little one was learning more and more to speak English because of the little lessons that were given with all the calm of the world by the older one, but this joy ended up not lasting so long like this for an event.

Sunday 24 November 1996, Loperèc, France

It was a rainy autumn day, Chariot was about to go and call Laura once again when a noise was heard coming from the door, which her mother went to answer to see what it was, right at that time strangely, Ellie stopped where she was, then her skin was being as if sucked until she was left with nothing, falling hard on the floor, right in front of the little one who gets all scared.

" Ellie! " They all said, scared as they went into a more defensive position, while the younger one stood still in shock at the sight of it all, still without any reaction.

A person wearing a black outfit, with a gas mask with red lenses came in from the inside, she was holding some kind of gun that was draining, soon Adeleine takes out a gun from inside the drawer, she goes pointing the revolver at this person.

" Get out of the way! Don't try to do anything to anyone " said the older one in French.

" Surrender now your magic is mine " said the person with a voice all robotic only in English.

" Take the Chariot away Anthoine! " Said the matriarch as she went to prepare to shoot.

The girl's father holds the girl trying to take her by the lap, but soon he is hit by a robotic arm right in the back, which is being sucked like a liquid inside a plastic, making the little girl fall, who then runs away all scared, full of despair.
The little girl runs, even turning into a cat to speed up the escape, trying to find a telephone somewhere in the house.
Sounds of shots could be heard, then screams, the people of the house were being killed, little by little, in one of the rooms there was a telephone, quickly she dials Laura's number, but that mysterious person was arriving close, what only gave time to dial the number.

" Where are you little girl, you're the only one missing " said the mysterious voice.

The phone is eventually answered by Laura who was at home, about to go out with her wife when she answers to see Chariot, upon hearing what was appearing she notices that the voices were strange.

[? : Come here little girl? Come out of your hiding place! All that's missing is your cooperation, ahhh I found you]

A sound of a scream was heard, from Chariot and also from that mysterious person who was hit by something, which was then heard the sound of people running, trying by all means to escape.

" Love! The Chariot! " Laura said with a serious and concerned tone.

" Is she well? Is she ill? " Bernadette asks.

" She's going to be murdered! We have to save her now! Let's go! " Said McLaren dialing another number, which was precisely calling her colleague Rosemary.

[Rosemary: Laura? One of these times you call me, it couldn't be more...]

[Laura: Rose! Chariot is going to be murdered and it might be by those cultists! Let's hurry up and save her].

In this even Morris quickly gets up, goes running to get her things, even her weapons, since she was part of a secret service of magic, this right in a moment that she was with her husband, then she gave a kiss in the forehead of the own one. She went to Laura that didn't think in another way of transport if it was not the broom, what she gave everything of herself to cover the distance until there as fast as possible.

On the other side the situation was getting tighter for the little Chariot who found another hiding place, she was getting a bit shrunk there, trying not to be found, she even took a sack of flour in her hand, as a way to escape once again.
The person was passing by the corridors, entering room by room trying to find the presence of the little girl, who could learn some spells to hide her presence better.

" Damn you! You can stay there all day hiding your presence, but soon your magic will end and this will only hinder me even more " said the robotic voice causing even more terror to the little girl.

Chariot stayed in the same hidden place, while the person was walking around every corner, still without finding the little girl, who was in a hidden compartment of the house, where it was not so easy to find her presence.

" Don't bullshit me you little brat! I swear I won't kill you on the spot now, I'll make you die a slow and painful death now! " Said the voice causing even more terror, with the little girl becoming even more afraid.

Checking everything where it had to check, 10, 20 minutes went by that the strange person was going to look for Chariot, going so far as to go very close to where she was without knowing well, which caused her even more tension.

" Alright little one you've survived now, I can't waste any more time here, so you're probably going to the police, I'm not going to risk it, I saw the phone being rung " Said that voice that was then walking out of there.

Even so, out of fear, the little Du Nord continued to hide in the same place. It took almost two hours for Laura, Bernadette and Rosemary to arrive at the place.

" Chariot! " Shouts Laura worriedly crying.

" We're too late," Bernadette said, nudging her wife.

" That's the stuff of a magic absorption machine, it's banned by the magic council for draining even life, we're dealing with a likely magical terrorist here " Rosemary said.

" I swear I'm going to kill that bastard until he doesn't get out of this alive! " McLaren said with clenched fists.

With the voices outside, that's what Chariot lost her fear, she came out of hiding, went running as far as she could still in fear of being caught, to where she heard the conversations, when she arrived she saw the scene, all of her family on the ground, looking skeletal, skin and bone practically, some even with their eyes bulging out, a trauma that was forever in Du Nord's head.

" Chariot! " Said the relieved redhead crying.

" Laura! " Said the little girl running up to the McLaren giving her a hug, which the two were crying a lot at this meeting, a relief at the same time it was a trauma that came to both of them.

" Sorry for the delay Chariot " Said the older redhead crying.

" Mummy... Grandma... Great"grandma... Daddy... " Said the little crying girl.

" I know... I know... Those bastards will pay for what they did to you and your family " Said the blue"eyed one.

" It was a guy with a robot voice with a scary face, his eyes were red, a mask all like that toxic stuff, he was all in black holding a gun, he will come back for me... He's going to get me and you too... I'm scared " said the crying girl with red eyes.

" He won't catch you anymore because I'm here, I'll protect you from this curse, Rose will help us " Said Laura hugging the girl trying to alleviate more of the crying that was only getting worse when seeing the situation of the family.

Some minutes later the police arrived, Rosemary is helping in the investigation for being a more specialized agent in the cases, the little girl is offering information about everything that had happened for the policemen, what with that was being concluded more of the case, but there was still another thing that they would have to deal with.

" Where will Chariot be staying? " Morris asks.

" She still has family, Bern is Adeleine's niece granddaughter, we will look after her as if she were our own daughter, she will stay in our house " Laura said hugging the little girl.

" Are we really going to adopt Chariot? " Bernadette asks.

" She's not to blame for what happened, yes that bloody cultist, her family is us now, we'll take good care of the little girl the way Adeleine, Ellie, Anna and Anthoine always could, but that's in the more Chariot's choice " McLaren said as she went to hold the little one's hand.

" Are you going to be my mommy now? " asks little Du Nord which makes the redhead's heart soften even more and ends everything in an even more heated hug between them.

" That being the case it evidently seems to be a yes " Agent Morris said.

" Rose, try to help me get the papers for this girl, I swear I'll try my best to adopt her " Laura said stroking Chariot.

" Welcome to the Cavendish McLaren family, you are now our little girl too, we promise that we will take care of you with all the love and care possible," Cavendish said with a smile on her face.

" Thank you for coming! " said the little girl.

" I don't know if in a legal situation I can solve this one for you, but for now I think I can let you take care of Chariot, I know she will be happy and will be protected with you, but there is still the matter of Daryl and her daughters, how will she react?

" I don't give a damn about Daryl's acceptance, she is a Du Nord and part of the family, the family past that has been hidden for so long is in her, both I and Chariot are descendants of Louise Du Nord, let her fight to accept one of our own," Bernadette said in a very serious tone.

" She doesn't have to accept anything too, from now on Chariot is our girl too " Laura said giving her wife a kiss and also then hugging little Du Nord.

Chariot's past is a roller coaster that goes up and down constantly, in moments that comes from an enormous happiness, to a tremendous anguish, the little girl goes through many things, but always had someone there for that was taking care of Du Nord, this person who is to help her to overcome another trauma that is going through.

See you, little witches...