Saturday 5 September 1987, Luna Nova, Glastonbury, England

Even with Clarie's hand, in the end she accepted the decision to put Bernadette to study at Luna Nova's boarding school, where finally after seven years enduring being tortured at her mother's hand, she can finally have access to freedom and privacy, although it is something very supervised by Anne Finnelan hired by the girl's mother to keep an eye on her so that she doesn't make any slip up, because that could lead to an attempt of the older girl to take her daughter away from Luna Nova.
Amidst this clash of realities, the Scottish girl ended up making two roommates, the English girl Beatrice England who was a bit of an intimidating and controversial girl who did a lot of things that were outlawed by the witchcraft academy without getting caught and the Scottish girl Molly Lancaster who covered up the things Bea did, she was a bit more neutral and even had some friendship with Bernadette, besides the girls from other teams in special the trio from the red team. Laura McLaren, April Jordan and Rosemary Morris, the former being one of the people outside the circle who ended up interacting the most as she saw her as a contrast to everything she was experiencing, as the Irishwoman oozed confidence of who she was without any fear.

It was still Bernadette's first week in Luna Nova, she was getting used to the new environment and the access to privacities where she never had in all the seven years of living with her extremely narcissistic mother. That Saturday day she ends up getting a visit from one of the red team girls, when she arrives there the platinum haired girl even gets a little embarrassed to see her curves being defined only by the huge t"shirt Laura was wearing like a pajama.

" Errrr... Oh hi, why did you call me " Said the embarrassed Cavendish.

" Look, I know this is going to sound a bit like a double entendre... But do you want to go to my room? " In a very relaxed and normal way, McLaren called her friend to her room, and thousands of thoughts came to her mind. In Bernadette's head, that was a call for another kind of thing. I'm sorry... I didn't specify, did I? Don't get me wrong, but I just wanted to call you over to play some video games, have some fun, you know? Oh and don't worry, I won't try anything perverted, I may be a lesbian, but I respect any girl's space, because I'm also as in shock as you are.

Huh? Video game? I've never played one... It could be very interesting indeed, so let's... I think it's much better than this stinky room, so I'll go... " On the spot, the Irish girl pulls her in and from there they both head off down the corridors.

They arrive at the red team's room being another shock for Bernadette who had never seen such a humble place so close, such as the presence of electronics that were hidden in wardrobes, very well disguised, since Luna Nova had policies against the presence of mundane technology.
From there McLaren went on assembling the video game, as well as grabbing some of her clothes from the wardrobe where she then handed them to Cavendish who was a bit embarrassed...

" Here, put this on for now, your uniform smells like that drug your colleagues were wearing, if it doesn't fit just let me know, just go to the bathroom and change, I'll give you all the privacy " Laura said, blushing a little, handing the clothes.

From there Bernadette went to change, noticing a little bit the size difference that although the redhead was shorter with her 1,47m height, she was much wider in proportions what made her wear bigger numbers of clothes, leaving the trousers a little wide due to the wide waist of the Irish girl that soon with a spell the trousers fit, the t"shirt remained long, but the Cavendish herself didn't care much and left the bathroom, noticing a slight blush from her colleague.

" I know the t"shirt is a bit big, but that's because these things are always getting in the way... because I was born a McLaren. My family's genetics always tend that way. But hey, play a little bit, I will just use a spell in your uniform clothes and they will be smelly very quickly " Laura gives a NES control so that Bernadette could play, and there they end up building a friendship, Cavendish had never touched a videogame in her life and was enchanted with what she saw in the screen and how she could control everything with her hands.

That was the moment when things moved on and on a lot for Laura and Bernadette, the two were becoming more friends, even with the view Finnelan had all twisted around the Scot, in reinforcing that she is that all standardised thing that was mandated by her mother Clarie.

It was days and moments like this that Bernadette started to question herself more, she could be stronger with her personality, the approach with McLaren gave her more confidence, mainly because the redhead spoke with all the naturalness of the world what she was and who she is, without having fears, it was the confidence boost that the Scot needed.
In three months the two friends were developing much more than the feeling of friendship, the attraction there was very present, feelings were blossoming, on one side a girl super confident of who she was, who rarely fell in love with another girl, but ended up strangely developing for someone she was trying to help. On the other side the girl who had been repressed about everything she was not only admired the other's confidence but also wanted to have her as someone much more than a friend, but knew well that the barriers were enormous that she would have to pass.

In the mean time some actions were done by all the rest of the group that welcomed Bernadette as one of them, which were starting to do missions to stop Finnelan and Clarie's control over the Cavendish, like stopping the sending of letters when there was a ball in Luna Nova and the Scottish girl refused to wear more formal clothes, But this all came to an end when Christmas came and the girl had to return to the family mansion where she would be separated from her friends and especially from the girl who had built so many feelings.

Thursday 17 December 1987, Cavendish family mansion

Bernadette was practically living as a character in her own home, but soon things regarding what went down in Luna Nova would run wild mainly around the visit of Paul Hanbridge and his mother Tracey where the boy pushes with blackmail of an arranged marriage to Cavendish who clearly refused and with that he told all.

However Bernadette stood her ground, she also made a point of exposing the dirt on her second cousin who received a good scolding from her mother, but on the other hand that didn't save the Scot from a scolding either.

" How is Bernadette Cavendish Stewart? What's all this about dressing like a pauper? What about the dress I told you to wear? " said Clarie, furious to hear that she wore clothes considered "common".

" I am not a label of wealth, I am not your little trophy, I am Bernadette Cavendish your daughter, I am a human! A witch! I have my own life and my own personality, I don't have to go out wearing what you tell me to wear for sheer image and that is the most idiotic reason of all to justify sexual violence, Paul Hanbridge. If that's it then why didn't they go out attacking the other lower class lassies? Why did you target me? " At this point Bernadette showed that she would not lower her head, the godmother herself sent a signal with her thumb proud of her goddaughter, but this deeply irritated Clarie who was frothing with rage.

" I'm proud of you my goddaughter, that's the way it has to be, don't label yourself to what others tell you to do and Paul, you're grounded brat, I don't care if you're 18, I'll take your allowance and if you want to earn money, get a job, Now go Bernadette and I will hold your mother, she is not very well right now " Tracey gave a good help and held Bernadette to hide in her own room away from her mother's hands.

From there she was grounded until Christmas day, where she couldn't leave under any circumstances, until she was saved from being grounded, but living in a prison inside her own room, which ended up stirring up Cavendish's feelings of wanting her freedom and it didn't take long for her to get sick of it all.

Sunday 20 December 1987, Cavendish family mansion, Edinburgh, Scotland

Bernadette was waking up from a normal morning like any other, being forced to stay locked in her own room until the christmas day arrived, to review all her behavior, the girl was already getting tired of all that, the only communication was through Rosemary coming to her room and once in a while Clarie going to see her daughter to think that she wasn't running away or something like that, nobody else besides the Cavendish mother were allowed to enter in that enclosure, not even the grandmother Isabella, afraid of being beaten by her own daughter that wasn't a weak witch.

This was the trigger for Cavendish who decided to face her mother, she didn't want to stay there anymore not even for a single second, she wanted to settle accounts and so she decided to leave the family residence and run away from there, but without facing her own mother, even wearing an outfit that was given by the girl who had feelings, this outfit was seen as "poor" but Bernadette used to wear in secret, she even gave a good sniff before leaving to face her mother.
When walking through the corridors she is approached by the butler that says about not wanting to disobey Clarie's orders, but little the Scotch girl cared, she would face her mother in all the ways and soon who was in the corridor when she heard the doors of the room being knocked down by magic .

" Tsc, tsc, tsc, I don't know about you Bernadette, but I thought it was cute that you tried to get away with drawing as much attention as possible, so much so that I followed you here, before you left home without being punished... I won't let you get away with it girl, I don't want Barry to be fired because of you, he is one of the few who flatter me... Well I don't see any other option but to tell mum, what a futile attempt to get away from your punishment. And what are those clothes? Is this how a poor person dresses? " Said Daryl humiliating his sister for the way she was dressed.

Well then count it, you're already doing a service in bringing the mother to my person... " Retorts the confident older Cavendish.

" What do you think you're doing? This kind of Bernadette doesn't have to blossom, don't think about being so imposing, it's not enough to be flattered by her mother, now you want to be ungrateful with her? " Said the younger sister trying to play a manipulation, but nothing stopped the older one that simply followed straight giving a shoulder to her sister and going to the main hall of the mansion.

Bernadette went confidently, arrived at the staircase, where she sat on the banister and was already demonstrating the behaviour more to clash with the authoritarian mother, seeing that scene, since she was sitting at a table having tea next to other family members.

" What's that Bernadette? What are those rags you're wearing? That's not the sort of clothes a classy Cavendish wears and may I ask why you're out of your room? I didn't tell you to stay there until Christmas," Clarie said getting up, already to intimidate her daughter with her 1.74m she was the tallest person in the house, against Bernadette's mere 1.63m, much affected by the lack of nourishment and the way her mother forced herself on her daughter's body.

First of all, I wear whatever I want, so leave me alone, I am not forced to label myself just because of my class and I am out of my room because I want to, I am not forced to be locked up just because I was right, you forced me to be locked up, you mistreated me and now I am going to Luna Nova, I am not spending my Christmas here! I will spend Christmas in Luna Nova! " Said the younger Cavendish imposing herself in relation to the mother that was already going to hit a punch, but the daughter dodges, being that the first time where it makes, without being in a training moment.

The oldest one was with everything starting to hit the daughter that was trying to defend herself with a bag hanging in her pocket, the more it was impeded punches and kicks, without any counterattack on the part of the daughter that was kind of making a defense, until the mother stops a little of hitting seeing that from there Bernadette would not go back.

" Bernadette Cavendish Stewart! Is that right? You're hitting your own mother! What kind of daughter are you being? Is this how I raised you? " Said the furious mother.

" You don't see that it was, all you knew how to do was control my every step thinking that this would be for my good, but in truth all that happened was that I was even more pressured and wanting to get rid of all this, but you never listened to me, you never made a point of asking if I really wanted all this? You just kept pushing me to be perfect and to be your object of pride." The daughter was putting it all out there, her emotions were coming out and hitting Clarie in the face, a little bit too holding back a cry, but it was possible to see tears coming out of the younger girl's face.

" Hahahaha! Hahahah! Hahaha! Now I understand everything! So it looks like the little lass wants to play the adult now? So that's it? Do you want to be an adult? If you really want to go back to Luna Nova where you'll do whatever you want, then you'll have to fight with your own mother? Beat me and I'll let you go to Luna Nova for Christmas since you don't care about your own family, you ungrateful, spoiled little bitch," Clarie said with the worst words she could come up with to further diminish her daughter.

An arduous fight between mother and daughter began, being very bloody on both sides, much because Bernadette was trying to give everything against an experienced and powerful witch, despite all the difficulties faced, almost reaching defeat, there was a greater desire for freedom within Bern, which kept her until the end, where she finally won a fight, but that despite everything the gentle heart of the teenager was still with concern after this fight.

" Mum. " Said the worried Cavendish who was then pushed by her grand aunts and sister who paid no mind to her eldest daughter's concern.

" Why are you worried? It's all your fault for hitting Mom! Now get out of here, go to the fucking Luna Nova academy and enjoy your freedom! Satisfied now? You're a monster " Daryl made sure to put his sister down, even in that situation, already showing more of his claws.

" I, uh... I just want to see if mum is okay... " Despite everything the love for her mother still exists in the young girl's heart.

" Well she's not, her eldest daughter who is the perfect little lady she put all her expectation on has turned against her, unfortunately her mother is alive and now she has to endure the heartbreak of having a daughter she loved so much do this to her, you're welcome you idiot! I really hope you never come back here until you've repented of your decision, you fucking bitch, all this just because of a selfish desire, kill yourself Bernadette " The harsh fake words of the younger sister took well in the heart of the older one, seeing how she wasn't that loved in that enclosure, but soon the grandmother arrived to ease things.

" Woah! Don't fight girls! Can't you see that Bernadette only fought for what was right for her, can't you see that this is all your mother's fault? She was the one who wanted to fight to the end. Now go my granddaughter, take this potion, heal yourself and go to Luna Nova " said Isabella calming the nerves of the two, what in the more the older sister took the option and went away flying in the broom, going to "Luna Nova".

Only she didn't go on to Luna Nova, she kind of had an agreement with her grandmother where she would go to a very specific place, Dublin, Ireland, where she would start something that would last for the rest of Bernadette's life, the moment where Laura and Bernadette's relationship gives its starting point, after a fight and struggle that Cavendish did for her freedom.

Bernadette's adolescence was the shock for her to come to wake up to the life she had been through, despite all the bad things she went through at her mother's hand, she eventually opened her horizons with those friends she met in the few three months of Luna Nova, freeing her from a seven"year abuse.

See you, free witches...