Thursday 6 July 2017, Glastonbury, England
The day before Diana was carrying out her suspicions, starting to run after unravelling the plans, finding out pretty much everything the girls were hiding from them and from Ursula and Croix, only she still had the bigger secret that the older Cavendish hadn't found out what it was for, or at least remained in a totally different suspicion to what was imagined by the platinum blonde haired girl, something that could be life changing even for the girl.
21:00
It was getting dark in Luna Nova, that's when Diana took the opportunity and went near the door of the green team's room, where she watched the girls arriving there, little by little, Akko, Sucy and Lotte came, then Marianne came and finally Hellene had arrived at the room, after so much watching the older Cavendish went near the door to try to hear something.
" Finally we're all here again, today we'll be able to find out what that dark hidden room is hiding so much," Amanda said, and with that Diana was already thinking nonsense.
" (What do you mean dark hidden room? Is that by any chance an alternative way of saying about that?).
" Ah, I'm dying to solve this enigma soon so that we can progress and get inside with everything " said Hellene all motivated and that's when her older sister decides to interfere.
The larger Cavendish enters through the bedroom door which was not locked, interrupting an entire conversation about exploring the hidden places of Luna Nova, which was startling to all the girls around as they noticed the Scottish lass was there and overheard a few too many things.
" You're not going to do any more dirty things to my sister! " said the blue"eyed one with her hand on her waist, giving them all a look.
" Sickness? Diana, we're not going to do anything like that... This isn't a slumber night here, and even if it was, do you think we would do something like that in a small room like this? " Answers the purple-eyed lassie, which was already relieving her sister's reaction.
" So what are you hiding so much from me? I'm sure you're trying to get into some hidden room... Wait a minute... Are you trying to poke your noses into the old entrance of Luna Nova? " The dots are connecting, the one with the platinum blonde hair can finally notice what the intentions of the girls are, who froze at the conclusion she had reached, but only one of them did not get so carried away.
" That's right sis, that place the mothers tell us not to go, I went there last week, even the riddle I had asked you for was related to all this, we just didn't want to involve you in it... Because in the end you are a pain in the ass! Now that you know you've already ruined our whole plan! Dammit Diana, now you're going to ruin the moment we can find out the truth about us! " The younger sister was imposing herself in relation to the older one, who was even walking backwards, but was trying to keep the pose.
" The truth is that we are both the fruit of in vitro fertilisation... Hellene you are 14 years old, we can no longer swallow the idea that we are 100% sisters... " Said Cavendish trying to put some logic into it.
" And you think I haven't thought about this whole "we're half sisters" thing? But no, sis, I've pulled your hair and your mums hair, I've had Aunt Chelsea do a DNA test... You know what she did? We are blood sisters, 100%, we both have the genetics of both our mothers, look at my nose, that alone shows, your freckles, your blue eyes, our hair, even our way of acting, something very suspicious must be happening in this place to hide from us, who knows even the truth about our existence... Have you ever stopped to think that we could be The result of some magic? Or of some fucked up science? Look, I don't know about you, but I want to find out the truth, if mothers don't tell, I'll go after it. " Hellene answered, leaving Diana practically silent, without any reaction, and the girls around her were surprised.
The younger sister extends her hand to the older one trying to wait for some reaction from her, while the other girls remain in shock, even with the way the redhead mentioned magic or science with confidence, in a very fictional way, it didn't cause any laughter from the ones who would doubt the purple-eyed lass lines.
It was two minutes of complete silence, until the older one's hand touched the younger one's, the two greeted each other and signed the agreement, solving this issue once and for all.
" I promise not to tell Ursula and Croix anything, my help might be useful to solve your enigmas, since you had kind of got me into this without me knowing... I want to see how far this goes and if my sister is really right, even knowing that she's not a liar, it's very strange that a DNA test like this is positive for being sisters completely of blood, it may be some kind of trick, but anyway, let's see what this place hides so much " Diana said and with that they all celebrate relieved that they will have another help and nothing of the exploration plan will go down the drain.
With this they spend time looking at the whole exploration plan in a more precise way, as well as the puzzles, all the ways they can escape from Croix's robots and also from Arcas who can be a bit of a danger as he could reveal their location and also ruin everything.
00:00
Hours have passed, the eight girls are putting the plan in action, using a little of another plan for the exit, this time without leaving through the front door, the girls decided to go through the library, where they were going down a rope to the window getting close to the path, but before they threw a biscuit with a sleeping pill, which ends up making Arcas who reaches the biscuit fall asleep.
They start to leave little by little, arriving at the old entrance of Luna Nova, which Diana is already surprised with the place.
" So this here is the forbidden back? I never got to see it... " Diana said surprised.
" This is just the beginning, we will still find many more things, now that we have plenty of time to explore inside since we didn't attract the attention of the robots," Amanda said, already starting to lift the false floor.
Akko, Hellene and Marianne also lift the false floor, which with this they end up opening a lot more way, the older Cavendish looks amazed, who goes down is Atsuko who pulls the lever, activating the lights, thus revealing the altar where the symbol of Luna Nova is.
" You can turn it sis, since you're so curious, I was the same way when I saw this " Hellene said while Diana activated the key that revealed the outside.
" We'll stay outside on guard, anything we can do we'll let you know on the mobile " Jasminka said and the girls just nodded.
In the corridor it was Akko, Amanda, Marianne, Hellene and Diana, walking with torches in hand until they reach where the colours are, upon arriving there Leclerc pulls the first of the colours, but nothing happens the block simply doesn't move.
" That's very strange, I thought it would move... " The Frenchwoman said.
" What if that's like the entrance and needs light? " Asked the older Cavendish and they are all even surprised.
" Yes, we're five in number, that's a huge advantage, there are five colours, so let's all aim for that and see what happens... " Kagari said.
With that all of them point the lights to the respective colours that were used at the entrance, red, blue, green, yellow, purple, this way a sound of blocks moving was possible to hear, revealing an underground staircase in Luna Nova, a kind of spiral staircase, besides the lights that were strangely lit on the way.
Amazed, the five went carefully down the stairs, also observing the lamps that were
strangely lit by a fire, trying to think of a logical way to light them that way.
As they went down the stairs, they came across a door, which contained a purple sphere, half transparent.
" This here is just like Resident Evil 4, even the door thing has here " Akko said.
" I'll take care of that one " Answers the blue"eyed one.
Diana started to turn the sphere around until she uncovered the symbol of Luna Nova, which caused the door to slide to the left, revealing a corridor, which was being lit by some lamps also, with some pillars decorated with the symbol of the summer camp, causing even more surprise to the girls.
" This place is getting creepier by the minute... What does all this mean about Luna Nova? " Said the older Cavendish.
" The mothers have already told us that the place was something else before it became an orphanage, so much so that they met here, but the energy here is still very strange," said the younger girl.
" I just know it's so creepy, it's so cool, I never thought this place could hide even more gold," said Amanda, all impressed.
Walking through the corridor, without even using the lantern, just taking pictures of the corridor they were passing, the girls came across a pedestal, on this pedestal there was what looked like a support for a book, something very strange to imagine, the girls were looking at each other all the time wondering what it could be.
" Now we have to find a specific book in the library to fit in here... How are we going to... " Said Amanda until Akko kind of feels like the genius for remembering something.
" Lotte! She told me about getting an empty book, a book that has nothing written in it and if... " Kagari said excitedly, and they all started to wonder, but shrugged.
" I don't know if there's a connection, but it can't hurt to try " O'Neill said as Akko picked up her mobile phone.
[Akko: Lotte, are you holding the blank book? I think we need it here] 00:33
[Lotte: I brought it thinking it would be useful for something, good thing you reminded me, I'm coming to give it to you] 00:33
Yanson was running quickly through the corridors, since everything was open, noticing how the way was even somewhat illuminated, upon arriving a little out of breath she hands the book to the Japanese woman.
Atsuko puts the book on that pedestal fitting open which somehow was causing a strange glow, the book itself closed, then suddenly opened starting to pass the pages in an extremely fast way, seeming even some paranormal activity, by which was scaring everyone.
As if things were suddenly starting to be written, the lights started to flash, a strong windstorm was being felt in the corridor, the girls were holding each other and that didn't happen only in that part of Luna Nova, but also inside.
Croix and Ursula were starting to notice the lights going on and off, along with the strong gale that was hitting, looking at each other and noticing how things were starting to fall into place, they both cracked a smile even.
" The book is working, soon they will discover more things from here " Croix said.
" I remember when this happened to us when we were younger... Laura and Bernadette guided us here to get there and we found out the truth of this place " Ursula said.
" And now the girls are going it alone on their own, that's even interesting to see, they are much more independent than we are if you stop to think about it " adds Meridies.
" Well now it's time we really have to help them," Ursula said as she started to get dressed.
It was five minutes of constant gusting and flashing of lights, to the point where all the lamps in the corridor were extinguished, in a very strange way, at that time even Sucy, Jasminka and Constanze went to the inside to try to protect themselves next to the girls in fear.
The darkness soon gave place to an illuminated one, the greenish lights started to appear in the place, flames were lit, but from the lamps it was as if they were flying and soon after they reached the girls one by one in a strange way, all of them were feeling something strange, looking at each other, feeling a strange sensation and getting a little groggy.
" What is happening now? Why are these fires hitting us and why do I feel something in my chest," Akko said, trying to look around, noticing that the girls were also having the same reaction.
" Where did you take us, Hellene? That might... What kind of fire is this? What kind of place is this? " Diana said slowly getting groggier and her vision blurred.
The first to faint was Marianne, followed by Lotte, Constanze, Hellene, Amanda, Jasminka, Sucy, leaving only Akko and Diana who were still struggling to stay conscious watching their friends lying on the ground like that.
The two of them arrived facing each other, holding each other's hands.
" We have to put up with this Akko, we have to help the girls, now there's no point in just hiding things for Ursula and Croix, send one... " And the older Cavendish ends up falling, leaving only Kagari who was trying to see on her mobile phone some way to contact the two, but she was slowly falling unconscious too.
At this moment Ursula and Croix arrived, with some other workers of Luna Nova, all of them were helping to carry the girls one by one to their respective rooms, already the book that was empty and this time has written things was kept in the room of the owners of Luna Nova, since it wouldn't be the time for them to see the book at the moment.
With each one in their respective rooms sleeping, they all pretended that nothing had happened that night.
The couple of owners arrived at their room and left the book well kept among the other books for them, when the day would come.
" The same thing happened to us, they awakened their destiny... " Ursula said.
" And how much will we tell them about all this? " asked Croix, all curious.
" Now is not the time, let's wait a little longer, let's try to distract ourselves with some different activities here at the camp, some more games, some visits, tomorrow is already the presence of the Appleton boys, as Laura and Bernadette said, it will still take a while to wake up and then we will really release the truth behind these things, we will reveal everything a little after the skateboard championship " Ursula said taking a deep breath while watching at the window.
" They could be our last hope Chariot, you know that we are little by little dying, these eight girls are carrying in themselves the honour of being the successors of the destiny of the whole history of Luna Nova " Croix said in a more serious tone.
" That's why I will call them all to come here and clarify everything to the girls, Akko's mothers, Hellene and Diana's mothers, they are also others who know the secrets of their origins... You can't hide this 100% of the time " Said the French girl feeling the Italian's hand on her shoulder.
" Anyway, let's try to wind them up as much as possible until the day with various activities in this place, I'm sure that will help and a lot to make the time here pass faster, they are curious, so we have to look like all this was a dream, that none of this was real for a while, remember I said that Diana discovered Akko's trick? " Meridies said.
" But that's kind of safe, after they reveal the riddle of the room and are chosen to carry it, kind of after we close the room, it stays that way for a month, so there's no point in them going back there, it's going to look like it was all a crazy dream all those days " Answers Callistis.
" But what about the part about you being Chariot? The girls swallow the identity of Ursula very well, but when we go to reveal the truth to them, you can no longer hide from who you are? They need to know why you abandoned your career at the age of 17 and also why you succeeded Luna Nova... Because we're here for it," the lilac haired girl said and the blue haired girl huffed, taking off her blue wig, revealing her reddish hair.
" Yeah I know, you can't hide the truth forever, I hope they just react well to the truth, I had to abandon everything here for this place and for our future, all because of those damned... I hope that now we can have the chance to awaken the Claiomh Solais again and with that also bring hope to the world about who we are " Chariot said receiving a hug from Croix and then lying down on the bed.
Diana ended up finding out too much, only that the things Cavendish and the others are still only the tip of the iceberg, in a presence of strange greenish flames that gave these girls a faint, a strange thing to have happened in Luna Nova, a place that every day that passes becomes more mysterious. The days for the truth to come out are beginning to arrive, little by little, soon they will find out what they really are and it may not be a very pleasant surprise or it may be something that will be wonderful.
See you, book witches...