POV Narrator:

The days went by and the month of October seemed to go by like a rocket for the girls, in a short time they already saw themselves in the blink of an eye around the 20th already at the end of the month, what made Bernadette even more tense, because the day when Finnelan would send the letter to the girl's mother was getting closer and closer, Even more so because the same teacher in a last meeting with the girl gave her only one week to stop seeing Laura McLaren or else she would write a letter to send to Mrs. Cavendish, in these meetings the girl could even keep herself proud in front of Anne Finnelan, but this was only to show that she was confident of the decision she had made to be herself and to go with someone she felt comfortable with and liked the company.

The school week was the same as always with the normal classes and some days that happened tests for the girls, besides the homework application, which were already starting to stress Laura a little bit in having to do those things so she wouldn't end up failing, as much as it was easy, for her it was still a big waste of time doing homework, but she saw this as an advantage and a great excuse to go to the library, since that was where they had books about random subjects, but there was one in specific that caught the Irish girl's attention, which was a research about Luna Nova in the beginning of the XX century, with this she went to the students' yearbook and found someone very interesting. The redhead took the face of one of the girls and decided to draw her portrait so that she could show it to them later.

Saturday, October 24, 1987

That day was another race day for McLaren, the thirteenth race of the year and one more victory, thus achieving a unique achievement of 13 victories in a single season of 15 races, which was a record unbeatable until then, but it was easily massacred by Laura and her incredible skill in broomstick flight. After all the racing is over the girls return to Luna Nova and gather in the red team's room, but before they are all reunited, they each go to their team's room to get the results of their plans and all that they have accomplished.

POV Laura:

I hate homework, but I have to agree that that shit helped me to find the identity of that girl that was haunting those corridors, I'm totally sure it's her just by the picture and even more because in the yearbook it's saying that she was missing since 1913, so it's quite possible that the information matches with what we found in that basement... By the way, we haven't even explored the other mysterious places in the academy, we should take a look there too, who knows, maybe we will find more things, but first it is better to focus on the most vital things of all... I am wondering here what information they must have gathered all this time, I hope a lot, especially about those crazy cultists.

- So Laura, did you discover anything interesting? - April asked.

- I did, but it's not so much to do with Appleton or Bern's plan, it has more to do with that place we went, I'll tell you when the girls get back - I tell April, already a bit anxious.

POV Bernadette:

Almost to my dorm room... I wonder about Laura... I wonder what she has accomplished this week? And will she one day propose to me like Scarlet did? I am still perplexed that the two are already together, I never even noticed how April and Scarlet were so close and how they were falling in love with each other, it can only be magic... Well, when I enter the room I soon meet the girls, they were both smoking looking at the window as usual and soon realize my presence.

- You should knock before entering our room, imagine if some teacher catches us doing that? - said Beatrice, as if I cared.

- Really Bern, be more careful and don't open it too wide, it's fine to come in, but don't open that door too wide - Molly said, being gentle as always, and I just nodded.

I quickly go into my room and get what I have collected this week, it was really a lot of stuff, but I found some of it really interesting, mainly involving Appleton's past, they were more horrible than I thought they were just from what they tell in the books... Well, I managed to get a lot together despite the homework the teachers have been sending me, especially from Ms. Finnelan, who just because of all the fuss about the prom, made sure to tell me to do more than usual just to make me regret the decision to be me... I am seriously starting to hate this woman. After I get everything I leave the room again and go back to the girls' dormitory downstairs, only in the middle of the way I run into the teacher... Oh shit... I try to ignore her, but it never works.

- Miss Cavendish, you only have this week, so I think it's good that you're not going to the red team dormitory - she said as I walked straight past just ignoring her.

Until I get to the dormitory... Laura doesn't have the worst behavior... On the contrary, she never does anything, at most she is defending herself against prejudice and this I think is totally fair on her part... Laura is someone who even dedicates herself to study the classes she already knows, I honestly think this is a tremendous injustice and it is also just prejudice from the teacher because she is the only one in the whole class who fills her chest to say she is a lesbian. As soon as I arrive I am greeted by smiles from the girls. Until then there were only the girls from the red team.

- You arrived faster than the others - Laura said, smiling at me.

- Love comes quickly - April said, which made me blush a little.

- Then why hasn't Scarlet arrived yet? And her dorm is closer - said freckles, responding in kind.

- Oh don't get bored, but seriously Laura... Why don't you date? You two have a very remarkable connection, I also notice how close you are, how much chemistry there is between you... This friendship thing doesn't work for me, you both imply much more than that - April said, which left me with my guard down? Oh boy, now April is getting on our nerves. Laura even got a little quiet, normally she would send Jordan to that place right away... This is very strange

POV Laura:

I won't lie that I really want to, but it's just that I don't feel like it's the time to start that yet, because dating is so much more than just feelings, dating is the first step you take before getting married... And honestly I only want to be with her if my feelings for Bern really are more certain than ever, I may be all floofy right now, but I don't see that it's time yet... We have so much to build on... Even more so that I am still trying to think if it is really worth investing in a girl like her... Bern has a lot of family problems, she has a lot of trouble and I would feel pretty bad if I were with her... I'm sure I would be responsible for her falling out with her family... That's one of the things that puts me off.

- Ah... There's a lot to take into account April... But that's because I'm not mature enough yet, but I like Bern.

- Laura! Don't say it to my face, be more subtle... That makes me embarrassed... Me too... I like you... But I agree that we have to mature a little before taking a decision like this... Just taking feelings into account won't do any good - said the cabbage showing wisdom.

- Exactly... I am sure that a relationship like ours would not be something of two teenagers that ends in months... We both know that it is something that can last a long time and also that it is very serious... I am extremely serious about these things and I value love very much and you are not very different from me.

- Oh fuck you, you're not even together and you have a stronger girlfriend dynamic than me and Scarlet... Fuck... - Said April until Scarlet enters the room and stares at her seriously.

- We don't have a girlfriend dynamic do we? - Said Scarlet all serious and terrified, even I would be in shock April was too.

- I mean... - Said the whole stick with her guard down... Even her mother can't leave the girl like that.

- I'm making fun of you silly girl, but hey, we just got here to talk about what you did this week. I'm ready for action - she said laughing while April took a good, relieved breath. Hahaha, I love Scarlet and how she makes April go all pious.

After everyone has arrived, we organize ourselves by placing a big table in the center of the room and put our papers to start the meeting we have set up about planning how we will progress this week with all the plans... By the nine lesbian witches, we are full of plans... Well, at least the table is low and we can sit on comfortable pouffes, and then Rose begins by putting a blackboard in front of us.

- So girls, tell me quickly what each one of you did this week, I'll start by saying that I talked to Harry, he is collecting some information from Appleton, taking some pictures and soon he will send it to us, he must also be collecting some more information, that he told me when I went to sleep there yesterday - Rose said.

The next in line was Eleanora who said she had managed to get some letters from Professor Finnelan and sent them to Scarlet so that she could better forge a probable letter to free Bern... Look I would say that the plan is working very well, we are going to get Bern out of this torment... The next one was me, so I had to tell her.

- I found the whereabouts of the ghost in the Luna Nova dungeon, her name was Lina Morrisey... A student who disappeared in 1913 and then appeared on Halloween that year, but it wasn't Lina, it was a former student named Margaret Benson Ford who impersonated her that day, which raises the question that the girl must have been murdered by Margaret, but no one has ever found the girl's body and no one has heard of her whereabouts... I am very sure that it is that dead woman in the dungeon of Luna Nova who was once Lina Morrisey, she was murdered in the most cruel way possible then, becoming a tree... And having her memory erased... Margaret Benson Ford is the cruelest criminal of this century... I've heard a lot about her from my great-grandmother... - I tell the girls almost getting too emotional, until the cabbage starts to speak.

- Not to interrupt, but this Margaret Ford was largely responsible for the destruction of the Cavendish family, this woman cruelly killed my great-grandmother Diana III wanting to own her, and my great-aunts were very influenced by this woman disguised as a maid... I could have a harmonious coexistence in my family, I could be accepted as I am... But unfortunately because of this woman, I can't, she made my aunts' heads, who made my mother's heads and here I am, hiding from everyone that I am a lesbian? - Bern said until I put my hand on her shoulder.

- No need to apologize... But look, let's get back to research, now it's your turn Bern - Rose said to her.

- Ah I read old books from here and some report how Appleton being an enemy academy, that during the 14th to the 16th century here suffered constant attacks from Appleton students wanting to invade the academy, some kidnapped students and took them there, the dungeons at that time even became a prison for those kids... Because at that time magic was strictly forbidden, but I have more stories to tell - Bern said

Next in line was Scarlet, who immediately said that she had made a forged letter for Bernadette. This way she could take it on the spot, she would soon explain in more detail about the plan after April said what she had done... Although I know most of it because I was in the room at one time or another watching what she was doing, as well as Rose.

- I managed to produce two more devices just like the original one we got, it wasn't that hard to figure out the source code and then to program it, after I got the hang of it, everything became clearer to me.

- Very well, we have made a lot of progress this week, but the most important thing we are going to discuss now is the plan of how to forge Anne Finnelan's letter... So Eleanora and Scarlet, come here in front and tell us what you have planned to forge the teacher's letter and if the plan is really very good - said Rose as the two stood up and began to write down each of the plans and what it could cause, they were separate plans in several, so much so that they even multiplied the blackboards for better understanding and also to see which would be the best and also showed what was written in the text of the letter.

POV Narrator:

"Dear Clarie Cavendish, It is I Anne Finnelan, I give this letter to your person so that I may report that your first born, shows very excellent behavior, Bernadette's grades are amazing, I come to this letter to carry out a humble request that she wishes her progenitor to give a little more freedom in this place, But, of course, this was only a request from your daughter, I don't intend to interfere with your child's education, this was only a request that the girl wished and insisted on writing to you, I believe because of her exemplary behavior. I have come to tell you that you surprise me more every day Miss Clarie Cavendish, your daughter does not show any deplorable behavior and has kept her class in all aspects, except for demanding a little more freedom, but you know how it is ... Teenagers of her age want to take advantage of being an adult soon, they are very rebellious, I will try to tell her to wait a little longer for when she is the right age to behave as an adult, for now it is always good to respect the elders and all the authority that is imposed and really your first born demonstrates that very well... Anyway I hope everything is very clear to your person that everything is in order around here in Luna Nova... Signed by: Anne Finnelan"

The plans would always start with Bernadette wearing a radio inside her clothes that would be used to warn the girls that the teacher called her, so Eleanora and Scarlet would turn into animals, they would follow Bernadette to the room and go along with her to the inside watching everything from there. April's device also worked as a kind of radio and with this allowed communication between them more clearly, the Cavendish would be with earphones very well hidden for this situation, also developed by April it was very compact and could be placed inside the ear without using wires.

Plan A: This was the easiest plan of all, it involved Bernadette being with Finnelan on the day they were discussing in case she was writing the letter facing her, then the Cavendish would use a spell to change the contents of the envelopes in case she was writing or already had the letter written at the time of the conversation. It was an easy spell to perform, and the Scottish woman had enough magical power to be able to mask the magic and keep it discreet.

Plan B: In case Anne Finnelan didn't write the letter at the time the discussion would take place, Scarlet and Eleanora would be watching everything on the sly and at the right moment would wait to exchange the contents of the letters using the same spell Bernadette uses and not to provoke anything they would leave using the devices created by April that were able to adjust even when the witch turned into an animal. Always taking care not to break the seal on the inside and quickly changing the contents of the cards, taking the originals with them.

Plan C: This is the plan in case Finnelan tries to leave Luna Nova and go personally to talk to Bernadette's mother, this was the most emergency plan, which would involve using a magic to make Anne immobilized and unconscious, calling Rosemary to the teacher's room, which being a Morris she has the manipulation of memories in her veins and would involve, using a manipulation that the teacher had already gone to talk to Bernadette's mother and then waking up the next day not knowing that she had been doped. It was the most absurd and planned plan by Eleanora.

POV Bernadette:

Plan A and B are the best, plan C is out of the question, but it could be something that possibly will happen, I will have to cooperate a lot to make plan A and B happen because I don't want to stress the teacher to the point of leaving Luna Nova and going to my mother? I have to be gentle but at the same time sincere, I can't lie so much, although I'm good at it because I know how to act very well with my mother, but I have to be as faithful as possible to who I am.

- So Bern, which plan are we going to follow? - asked Eleanora, who was obviously very specific about the plans.

- The three, each of them call each other, but when in doubt I will follow as plan A, in case the same happens as in plan B I would leave the card in a strategic position, but I will do everything so that plan C doesn't have to happen - I tell the girls.

- Got it, well then that's a great plan? - Eleanora asked until we all agreed with her.

- I've already written the letter and I have more than one copy, so you don't necessarily have to leave it in a strategic position, just go away and let Eleanora and I take it from here, remembering that we still have to make a plan for when Bernadette's mother sends a reply? Well, we could write a letter of reply as well, that would get rid of a lot of Bern," said Scarlet.

- But how? You still don't know my mother's handwriting - I tell her.

- I don't know now, but when your mother sends her answer I will go with you and then take the letter in your mother's handwriting, forge it, and make the teacher leave you free to be whatever you want - Scarlet said, which made me smile with relief.

- Really? You would do that for me? - I say, already impressed.

- All to see my friend have the freedom of speech in being who she is around here, so you can even have your freedom to date around here and walk hand in hand with your girlfriend, since I imagine a lot of you are just hanging out... - Said Scarlet which makes me blush and she is soon interrupted by Laura.

- Girlfriends is your ass, walking Big Ben, Bern and I are friends... Still... but we are friends - she said all brave with her cheeks inflated ownt what a cute thing... I get all gay for someone like that... How cute ... I want to squeeze her freckled cheeks... Ahhhhh I'm getting more and more lesbian for this girl... I'm going to sink into so much faggotry.

- Easy, little cap, I know they are not... Yet, but did you get the message Bern? - said Scarlet as I twiddled my thumbs.

- Well then, there's already a plan in place regarding the forgery of the letter, I only recommend that this week Bern should have a radio, because you never know when Professor Finnelan will call you for a talk - said Rose rightly, I really don't know, because there is no pattern, the teacher literally calls me to her room any day and any time, so I will make it clear to the girls the right time. I just nodded and then the discussion regarding the plan of my letter ended.

POV Laura:

The Plan is fucked up... I am pissed at Scarlet, but I must give her the credit... Freeing Finnelan from Bern's boot will leave me with a clear path to dating... Maybe by then I will have won the cabbage's heart, maybe I will have a better mindset and we will be a great couple.

- I like the plan, but now what? What are we going to talk about? - I ask the girls who stare at me.

- Tell me more about this girl who died here, what did you find out - said Rose calling me to get up, I go over there with the papers in my hand and start showing them.

- Do you notice that there is already a resemblance here? The girl in the dungeon has a face similar to the portrait I made based on her yearbook photo. The girl's name is Lina Morrissey, if you want to get the 1913 yearbook photo, which I didn't get for obvious reasons... From what was reported, the girl disappeared and reappeared in Luna Nova, but it was only a disguise, a disguise made by the criminal Margaret Benson Ford... There are only theories as to the whereabouts of this girl, that she disappeared, or that she was murdered, but nothing is known and from what I have seen the dungeon has been closed since 1913 with that brick wall, but again, it was not done by any Luna Nova employee, she just appeared there... Which leads me to the conclusion that Lina Morrissey was already dead there and that it was Margaret who put up that wall so that no one would have access to it and discover the whereabouts of the girl. Unfortunately, she had the misfortune of meeting this Margaret who passed herself off as her for quite some time. From what you have shown she was a quiet and reserved student who was born on November 18, 1896... I have been thinking here and we can tell this information to Principal Holbrooke, she will know what to do and it would be very good to tell her family... If there still is, about what happened to the girl - I tell the girls who all get up and each one agrees, but I don't know... Should I really? I can take a good scolding for going in a forbidden place.

- I think this idea of yours is amazing! Let's go Laura, right now, all of us to the board, she won't like what we did exploring a closed and forbidden place, but we solved a 70 year old case, this is important - Rose said smiling at me.

- Rose is right and I'm sure that the principal will put this trespassing thing aside - Bern said, also comforting me.

We all then go from there to the directorate, it was still very early, about five o'clock in the afternoon, so much so that when we went in there the director was having her afternoon tea alone and was even a little surprised by our presence... I can imagine why, we disturbed the director's peace... Poor thing.

- Ah... Ladies, what brings you here? Any occurrence? - The director asked us until the girls pushed me towards her... Which fucks with my shyness... Damn, if it were Rose explaining it would be better, but I'm shy in front of a lot of people and even the director.

- Oh principal, you can keep this between just us... It's just that we kind of went to a forbidden place in the academy and found something - I tell her.

- So tell me. What was so important that you found in this forbidden place and why did you go there? - she says to me. I take a deep breath and then begin to explain everything in more detail.

I go explaining the director and little by little I notice how her reaction was one of astonishment, one could imagine... An unsolved case of 70 years showed everything that happened... But then after explaining all that I saw and all that I collected with the help of the girls, I even show some of the evidence and the director looks attentively, even getting quite impressed.

- I knew there was something strange about that dungeon, that's where Margareth Benson Ford hid after me and... her... Her late great-great-great-grandmother Denise, we tried to warn her and stop her from escaping, but that girl was dangerous... So dangerous that she was responsible for Denise's death... Oh dear... I didn't imagine all this... - said the principal with her head bowed... I don't think we should... But we revealed the truth because it was the best thing to do.

- Sorry principal - I say to her who looks at me smiling.

- You know, you have the determination and the intelligence of the McLaren, just like your great-great-grandmother Denise, I won't punish you for going in a forbidden place, but why did you do that? - asked the director.

- It was a bit of my principal's fault... I wanted to explore different parts of the academy, a teenager's curiosity, but we didn't touch anything... At most, we released the spirit of Lina Morrisey so that she could have the rest she deserved, since she had been trapped for more than 70 years in that dungeon alone, agonizing - says the director.

- Typical Margaret Benson Ford cruelty, she really must have sealed that spirit in the dungeon, so much so that I heard reports of that spirit dying behind those walls, good to find out that Lina's whereabouts have been discovered... Well now everything is fine, I thank you from the bottom of my heart that you have solved a case that has never been discovered, what happened to Lina in over 70 years, you will be very well rewarded, be sure of that, not just anyone risks doing this and still comes here to clarify for me ... This is a great demonstration of bravery, all of you will receive a title of honor given by the academy of Luna Nova - said the headmistress which makes us even open a smile.

- A title of honor? What do you mean, a title of honor? - I ask her.

- In your yearbook it will be written that you have the title Beatrix Cavendish for bravery and justice - she said, which made us all celebrate and get all jumpy. Except for Miss McLaren. You stay," she said until they all left and I sat down on the chair facing her.

The girls just nodded at me, Bern gave me a smile and I smiled back, I know that when the principal wants to talk to me it is not to punish me, I know how she recognizes that I am a hard working and dedicated person, until after they all leave and go outside closing the door I turn to the teacher.

- My congratulations Laura McLaren, you did something amazing today, but I came to tell you that... Look, I'm very old now... I don't know how much longer I can last, but I want to find someone who can... - she said, already proposing... Oh no, it can't be that... You are by far the smartest and strongest student I know, and you are also a descendant of Denise McLaren... That's why I want to make a proposal to you... While you are still young. Do you want to become the director of the Luna Nova Academy one day? - asked the director.

- What? Principal? Look, Headmistress... I think it is too early for this decision and administration is not my forte, first of all I want to have my career as a broom runner and then live my life peacefully with my family... I couldn't handle one day working as a director... I am sorry, but I refuse... I am still very young and maybe one day I will really rethink this idea, but look... Bernadette Cavendish is as intelligent, powerful and knowledgeable as I am, she would make an excellent director, I highly recommend that she even have this position - I say to the director.

- All right, I only made this offer to test you and I see that you are very mature, I will see you more often Miss McLaren, it is good to see that you are maturing... Denise would be proud of you. You can go back to your friends - said Principal Holbrooke, releasing me.

I get up and walk out the door, noticing that the girls must have already gone to their rooms... Principal? But no shit, although I would help a lot to improve the teaching here and would also be very good for witches in general, since this is the best known academy in all of Europe... But even so I don't want to be a director, my vocation is the broomstick race and not to sign papers and manage a witch academy.

See you, ghost witches...