POV Narrator:
It was a tense few days for the girls after they released that spirit from the Luna Nova dungeon, as they had two plans in mind, one was to get Bernadette out of trouble with her mother by forging a letter, and the other was to collect more information from Appleton, but at least the pictures taken with the films of the boys at the academy were all developed and could be seen by the girls, who had managed to empty all the film from the camera, plus the improvements made to the device April had used, adding more functions, such as a way to warn of magical presences nearby, a more detailed description of the analyzer, which could differentiate a person's species, age, even dead things and objects, and could also reveal the entire written content of a book in case it was cursed or something of that sort, since Laura and Bernadette had taken Jordan's word for it that she should be careful when analyzing the written content of a book, so that she can see it without running the risk of touching it, and can also handle a higher magic reading without breaking the device, since before the limit was 40 magic points per second and then increased to 100 per second, since there was no limit on the number measurement.
Bernadette's plan already had a good progress, with the addition of Scarlet who would be the forger, she was the one who could copy with perfection the handwriting of someone and even could copy the way of writing of the person with just a single document written by the person, but for this they would need to break into the teacher's room or get something for which the same would write, but soon the girls get something that would be perfect with a written test the teacher made, where she wrote the questions herself with her own handwriting and then copied it, and also put the correction of wrong questions by writing with her own font, that was the perfect opportunity for Scarlet to start getting something out of it.
Another thing that was also giving a good improvement was the relationship between the two probable couples, between Scarlet and April things took a very big leap, Taylor was very proud of Jordan for intending to do all that for Bernadette in the name of seeing her friend for Luna Nova, even though the blonde wasn't in love with the redhead, still wanting to just lie down and who knows, give her feelings for the Scottish girl a chance. The relationship between Laura and Bernadette was getting a little closer too, even though they weren't really girlfriends, it was already clear that it was only a matter of time before that romance would blossom, and the two of them would occasionally seal lips with each other, either unintentionally or at the height of emotion.
Saturday, October 17, 1987
Another week of normal classes went by, that's where the girls got their proofs for their plans, it was just enough time for the photos to be developed. Laura went to one more race, since October is the busiest month and usually was the one with the biggest disputes for titles among the racers, but McLaren simply had already won that title, and pulverized any competition, as usual she had already won another race, it was the twelfth of 15, it was already a very high success rate, nobody ever before in the history of the competition was with 12 consecutive victories and not even close to having a perfect season.
After Laura's race the girls all went back to Luna Nova, where they were going to see all the evidence that they collected after the Appleton boys' ball event, quickly they arrive at the academy since the race had been near Blightonbury, in the city of Bristol, so it was easier for the girls to get to the academy. When they arrive they go to the red team room, the group consisted of Scarlet, Rosemary, Laura, April, Bernadette and Eleanora who appeared a little later to help them with the Appleton case.
POV Laura:
Finally we will see these pictures after a long wait, we will finally be able to see what's really in these things... Strange Eleanora here with us... Could it be that she got better, could it be that Maria White doesn't want to have sex? How rare... Well April took it from under the bed, let's see what's on these sheets, so much so that we even sit around the stick that puts his hand in front ...
- Hey, let's take it easy so we don't crumple these sheets, each one of us takes one of these and looks at it, passing it to the other, I managed to develop 120 photographs that they took, we should have some very interesting evidence here - April said passing the photographs while we formed a wheel.
- What? Ahhh! Pass it on! Maria White, what the fuck is this? - I say pass it on to the next one, which was precisely her... Ahhh... They took a picture of her naked and showing herself.
- Ah I remember that day, I took some pictures with the guys, when I went to Appleton, they paid me a good amount for that, and I also had sex with them... It was great... Hmmm... - she said, until everyone stared at her with a bit of anger and disgust - I just wanted to have some fun - Maria White shrugged.
- Eleanora, first of all you are underage, second of all you were very naive, they may have given you a good amount of money, but they were going to make a good amount of money with photos of your body... You were lucky that the pictures were taken by us, imagine if it fell into the wrong hands? Imagine if your mother finds out - said Bernadette scolding her... My cabbage is so mature and sensible.
- Eh... I didn't think about that... So the next will be about 9 pictures of me, since it was 100 pounds for all the pictures and about 300 more for sex, I thought I was earning good money that day, so much that I spent doing mó festo fuck, was the last that April was, that day we were locona I had got the money with the photos ... - Said Maria White justifying herself ... Honestly that's stupid, it's only 400 pounds... For 10 photos... They can sell each copy for half of what they paid and still make a profit, since they only need to sell two copies of each of the photos to recover the money lost... It was a stupid thing to do.
- Look at least the poses aren't bad at all - April said all curious until Scarlet nudged her, feeling jealous.
- Hey, stop looking and pass it on! - Said Scarlet all jealousy, making the broom standing pass the leaf to Bern that passes to me that I pass to Eleanora, were only naked pictures of her, we were like that until finish all, I swear that will not leave my head ... Well at least Eleanora is not bad at all hehe... the body of (Bernadette: Whose body Laura?) Get out of my head! It will remain a fruit anyway (Bernadette: Hey I am your conscience giving you a nudge... I thought you were in love with me), but I am fucking... Now let's stop fighting. I have other things to think about now.
The pictures went on and on, after Eleanora's pictures there were pictures of other girls too, including... The next one was soon her... Beatrice England... Ahhh... How disgusting... Ahhh... Is this serious? Does it have to be her? Damn, I didn't imagine that she had posed naked like Maria White, the good thing is that at least there were very few, what a relief... I think there were about five.
- Even Beatrice posed, but it's strange, I wonder if they work from taking pictures of us to sell, so was that the reason for the attacks? - Eleanora asked with her hand on her chin.
- So why attack us instead of negotiating? And why just use a device to nullify our magic? This is all very strange, there is something behind this, or they did it, or they got it from someone? Well, this is all one big doubt, so let's take a closer look at what it's all about," I say to Eleanor, who just stands still again.
- After the Beatrice nude photos, others arrive that are more interesting, what shocked me the most is that the England photos were here, not in Appleton, I recognize that window well, it's from Bern's team's room, so they lent the camera or came here. There are pictures of themselves... It was the little group, the dark-haired guy with the green eyes who got kneed by Bern, the blond guy who pointed the gun at me, and they are in Luna Nova? They are taking pictures showing the middle finger to the academy. So they know we are and they can get here too, what sons of bitches.
- This green-eyed boy I know is Paul Hanbridge, my mother insists that I marry him, because he is the son of one of her friends and also because he has a name and a lot of influence, she says it would be great for our family if I married him... But I don't like men, and even if I did, I wouldn't want to marry him... Paul is a man who is intolerant of witches and cares for nothing except the family business and how he wants to follow in his grandfather's footsteps in becoming a minister - Bern said. Ahh So that's why his attack happened... The bastard was trying to get a taste of Bernadette... What a scurvy man.
- That's why he attacked you that day - I tell her.
- Yes... He wanted to have a go at me, but he's stupid to think I'm a helpless little princess, because I know how to defend myself - she said to me.
We continued to look at the pictures of the boys, the other four I didn't care about, I only know that one wore glasses and had short hair, another had hair with a beard, another with blond hair who was taller, and a redhead all pumped up... I noticed this because the suit was tight, they look intimidating but they are little shit, they are just playing the fuck up... Wait a minute... Are those spray cans? So it was these motherfuckers who spray-painted here! And the blame fell on the whole room! Fuck you! Those bastards made us clean up the mess they made! I swear I'll smash every one of them in the face.
- What sons of bitches! It was them that day... What bastards... - I say indignantly.
We continued to look at the photos and there were many naked students, they practically had a collection, and even with sexy photos, I knew many of them, they were the spoiled ones, they were even the most of our class too, that were wanting to earn something more... Poor things... So that's what they wanted... I get it, they want to make an album with the naked pictures of the Luna Nova girls... Wait a minute... It's me? They were spying on me in PE class and took pictures... Wait again... So that means...
- What the fuck is that? It's me! So they were also in disguise! I knew I hadn't seen those girls before! What sons of bitches! Good thing I was wearing pants... - I say in a rage.
- So you mean those winks in the locker room were them? These bastards took pictures of us showering? And getting dressed, how come I didn't notice they were cameras? - April said angrily as well.
- She doesn't have a bad body April... I mean... - Said Scarlet already throwing her claws at April.
- You said I'm hot? So if you want I'll show it only to you, especially since these pictures only showed my ass - April said with fire in her pussy already... Someone for this girl.
After that he passed the pictures of the girls, there were many of them, that could literally put together an adult magazine, they are sons of bitches, if this falls into the hands of these bastards I can't even imagine what could happen... I'm sure they will use it as a way to force these girls to do things with them... Well after all this we saw them and Appleton again, all around the academy, they took very revealing pictures of each place, I will look more closely at every detail ... Well, it's a good thing they made sure to have color cameras, until there is a picture of them holding a sign "Whoever got a naked photo of Bernadette Cavendish or Laura McLaren will receive a reward of 250 British pounds for Picture". What the...
- Laura... Did you see that? - said the cabbage looking at me while I looked at her.
- I saw it, I swear I'm going to make them swallow that 250 pounds turning into 250 slaps in their faces... We got lucky anyway, they are maniacs, they are a bunch of crazy Voyeur! They almost didn't release this photo to anyone, but even so I have no doubt that soon there will be someone who will come after us and see us naked... What a bunch of perverts... Wow... I am disgusted - I tell Bernadette, feeling very angry.
There were more and more pictures, or of them, or just of naked girls, it was a lot of girls our age, that I even knew, they didn't deserve that exposure... I am really very outraged, until one that was more interesting, they were facing a wall with some strange symbols and another that had them in a basement in Appleton, taking pictures of a girl... I don't know if she was comfortable, but it seemed like she was not, they were making a point of referencing the time of the witch hunts and torture with her... I was very disgusted, but I also paid attention to the same symbol on the other wall... That's not the Appleton symbol, I'm sure, I saw the academy symbol on the boys' suit.
After that they had already taken at least 80 pictures, and I counted here and there were 59 of naked students, if they wanted to create a competitor for Playboy, they could easily do it, I wonder how much they could sell a book containing all the pictures, and they could be arrested for that, The worst thing is that I don't want to take this to court, as much as I would like to, I run the risk of exposing these girls even more, what we have to do now is try to break this business, they must not be doing this today, I'm sure that the hole is deeper. Until it comes to one that makes Rose furious.
- What? So that's what happened to Harry that day! That's why he was hurt? Bunch of motherfuckers! Those fucking assholes beat up my boyfriend! I swear this time I want to see their faces on the ground. All this just because he's the boyfriend of a witch," said Rose, who was very angry, I could tell.
After watching that scene of aggression for a while I notice that there was also a boy wearing a different robe than the suit was with that symbol, he was kicking the boy... What hatred... I wonder what is behind all this? Could this be a club? Is it a secret cult? Or could it even be the one with whom the boys got that device? This is all very strange... I'm starting to think that there is a secret cult of witches right under our noses, that actually there might be witches, but they are connected to something else and don't mix with us witches.
Until after a while you look at everything, they were fucking pictures, they took pictures of all the moments and from what I saw in the dates they go from 09/10/1987 until the day of the dance on 10/07/1987. They have had these cameras for at least a few weeks, so they would have just unloaded the film and had them developed, since these films each have a certain capacity. I just know that I already have a theory formed about all these pictures and all this... That there is a lot more shit going on than we think.
- Did you notice that in Appleton, at least in the pictures, there was a symbol of a lotus inside a triangle and with an eye and that there were people wearing robes with this symbol? - I say to the girls until April looks at me.
- I also noticed Laura, this symbol was in the programming codes, I don't know what name it was, but that I had this symbol every time I explored the codes, so it can only be these guys who are behind this device - April said, which makes my theory even clearer.
- We have more problems then, not only Bernadette's mother, but now with these boys we find out that they are trying to win with naked pictures of us and on top of that there is this lotus cult you are talking about... It seems that every time we go deeper we find more problems... It would be better to let it go - Eleanora said shrugging her shoulders.
- I don't know about you... Maria White, but other people will feel uncomfortable having their bodies exposed and seen by other people, I would be very, I only get naked in front of who I trust, girls and also my boyfriend Harry, other than that I don't like to be exposed to anyone feeding the fetishes by jerking off looking at me - Rose said sensible as always.
- I have my morals too, I'm not a cheap whore like you think, but look, it won't do any good to try to stop it, especially since they have an idea of what it's like here and have a plan, these boys are not stupid - said Eleanora shrugging her shoulders.
- No, they won't, we will collect enough evidence, so that we can put together a dossier and take them to justice, as they are minors everything is more complicated, but they can still be punished for this, I will go there to visit Harry and talk to him, my boyfriend can collect information and be our right arm with all this, if we have their names, we will have the name of their parents and so we will tell the parents of these boys and take everything to justice ... Bernadette already knows the family of one of them, it's just a matter of time for us to end this whole thing, but this is just talking about the plan to end this exposure of the girls - said Rose. Wow, she is really good at that.
We all nodded, Rose really has a very good plan with these things, but now I want to know how we are going to deal with the lotus cultists? They are a huge, huge problem for us too, I have to find out what is behind these men and how they got magic, this is really worrying, because something like this should not be a secret.
- Whatever it is, don't... Look I'm not asking, I'm telling you, you especially Eleanora Maria White, keep this secret between us, we already have many problems to deal with and deal with students suddenly discovering they were exposed by Appleton students would cause conflict and this may even harm the balance and peace of this place, let's leave this investigation very confidential for now and even after, the girls may feel very bad and exposed by this, but I know you understand this kind of thing, I just want to know and make it clear that you are with me - Rose said to all of us who agreed with our heads. Which makes sense, it wouldn't be nice to be exposed like that.
- What about the lotus cultists? - I ask Rose.
- We will investigate this too, but let's keep it very confidential, even more so I trust in your discretion ... Look, I'll tell you a little of what I know from what Harry told me, since he tried to enter and from what he heard - Rose said while we nod our heads and listen to what she has to say, they are a cult secretly organized in or around Appleton, nobody knows where this place is, and that they worship a god called Lhotus, according to reports, this god is able to grant divine powers to all those who are chosen, but they will have to live a totally anonymous and secret life, they declare themselves celibate, that is, they don't have sex, they don't reproduce and they have a whole idea that they can't mix with witches, but ironically they don't reproduce with anyone from outside, but I believe that they must reproduce yes, because their cult has a child or another from what Harry told me, Appleton doesn't allow children, the minimum age to enter there is 14 years old... They are extremely dangerous and if someone knows too much they kill without any fear, causing the person to be totally erased from existence, along with the whole family, I believe that is where they take the women to reproduce from... To be honest I don't know for sure, but that's what I've heard from what Harry hears, because not much is known and the little that is known is already risky to tell, I just know that Lhotus knows everything, that's even their motto... And yes, Laura, they are witches, they really manipulate magic, these are the powers given by Lhotus to the chosen ones, but the ones we know are only the lower ranks, and even these run a huge risk of life... You are lucky that you got rid of the tracker because they could come to attack Luna Nova, but this is the little I know - said Rose which made me even more curious, she knows a lot.
- Ah so it's a secret order of witches... What would their motivation be? What do they want with us? This has only made me more curious, but I think it is too risky? - I say to the girls who look at me worried and even scared.
- Laura you and Bernadette are two of the most powerful witches here and you're afraid of a bunch of hooded witches? They must be pretty weak, stop being so afraid. This makes us tense - April said, trying to lighten the mood.
- Look, I am powerful, but I am not stupid, if there is a superior witch in the case of this Lhotus, we should not mess with someone who is able to grant the gift of magic to some of these witches, he must be extremely powerful and I am not talking about little things? The best thing to do at this point is just to collect information thoroughly and leave it very confidential, an attack would be stupid, even if all the girls from Luna Nova were to form a witch army against the guys from Appleton, first of all we would have to motivate them, secondly they would be suspicious and prepare to defend themselves from an attack, this is the kind of thing that a witch alone would never do, let's just focus on the first problem and Bern's problem.
After that conversation, we started to come up with a plan aligning all the evidence in a chart that April made in her computer, getting everything well organized, so that we could know about each one of the points, and we also took the opportunity to get together and form a meeting with different functions for each one of the things we were going to do for this investigation in Appleton.
POV Narrator:
The functions of each was separated in a well-organized way from each other, which they agreed on.
Bernadette and Laura: They would look up information in books, being the best students, they don't need to fill their heads with studies and have the free time to research more about Luna Nova's past, which they were already doing trying to find out who the ghost of the dead girl was in the beginning of the 20th century.
April: Has the best intelligence regarding technology, she is in the function of making more devices similar to what the order had made the girls, so she would help distribute to girls, more of those devices, besides that she can discover methods to hack their devices in case something happens, already thinking of an emergency method, with a computer in hands she would also be able to program new functions to the devices she intends to make.
Scarlet: For now she is working on a mission to forge Finnelan's handwriting to rid Bernadette of her mother at least until she finds out, but that would be enough, collecting enough to acquire whatever possible to write the same way as the teacher.
Eleanora: Helping Scarlet with Bernadette's plan, she is in charge of finding out more of the teacher's writing methods, sneaking around the room, even getting Anne Finnelan's seal that she usually uses on letters, for having a good knowledge of potions she would make sure to use to get the teacher immobilized on the day of the letter and thus make forgery more feasible.
Rosemary: She is the main link to Appleton, together with Harry, they would collect more information from the academy together, in a plan to take down the boys once and for all and the atrocities they did in wanting to abuse the girls of Luna Nova.
With everything very well planned, each one would organize themselves in different meetings that they would hold every week discussing the progress they had made, as well as any major action, time was against them, on the first mission to forge the letter and the other to investigate Appleton it was only a matter of time.
A while later each went to her room, with the exception of Bernadette who continued in the red team room with Laura, April and Rosemary as usual, but something quite remarkable was how Scarlet gave a good rapport with Jordan, the two of them were very clingy with each other the whole time.
POV Laura:
It looks like we are fucked... It's no small thing, just from what Rose said, I have to take a closer look at this... Let's see what this is all about and what it really is, but I don't want this to be real about them killing my whole family for knowing too much, but I highly doubt they would try to do this to one of the most influential families of witches in history... If they risk executing a McLaren that would draw a lot of attention... But even so, I am going to thoroughly collect every piece of information and detail.
- So Laura... What do you think of all this? Are you really afraid of this order? - Bern said with her hand on my shoulder.
- A little bit, but it's fear that won't let me do shit without thinking... Probably they must have connections with every case of witch disappearance, either for their own gain, or to get rid of us and be able to absorb magic... I don't know... Rose, I know you said it all, but do you even know how long they have been doing this? - I ask Rose.
- I really don't know, but it's no small thing, Harry told me they've been around since they used to use that witch torture hold, that's the order's creation - Rose said. Yeah, if they've been alive for centuries with that move, then they're witches powerful enough to kill me with a snap of their fingers.
- I see, so it seems that the only ones capable of stopping this guy are the goddesses Harriet and Freya, but I don't think they will do anything, even though they are extremely powerful witches, unless it is something that is harmful to witches, that is a huge risk - I tell the girls.
- Yeah, they're just a bunch of hooded guys hiding out, there's no big deal about that, what's a cult in one little place compared to the whole world of witches? - April shrugged.
- They must be well organized, it is easier to manage things in a single point and focus on creating a powerful army just there than in the whole world, so much so that our council is all decentralized in poles around the world, this was even explained in the magical geopolitics class last week - I tell April.
- Let's put this aside, this whole discussion is spoiling the mood, just for now, today is Saturday, a day to relax and rest, play a little... Enjoy this time - Bern rightly said, offering me the control.
- Let's play - I tell Bern with a smile and then we decide to play a game to take some of the stress out of this moment. We really need to, this is all too much tension for my taste.
POV Narrator:
With the revelation of the photos taken by the boys from Appleton, the girls find out more about everything they've been investigating, coming to find out about the mysterious "Order of the Chosen by Lhotus", witch cultists with extremely mysterious intentions, but that clearly is remarkable the enormous intolerance they have in witches, besides being witches, which was already very strange, since the very laws of magic, it only manifests in women (no exceptions), which is impossible to manifest in men, or even to be felt, which worries Laura and Bernadette even more, who are the only ones with these abilities to feel other people's magic, but do not feel the magic of these mysterious "cultists".
See you, photographic witches...
