POV Narrator:
The exchange of the letters was a great success for the group of girls, Bernadette could finally live a little of her freedom and be the person she always dreamed of having the freedom to be who she always wanted to be and with the forgery of the letter everything was illuminated for her side, now nothing else could stop her for a long time, at least until the winter recess that would take place in December that she would end up going back to the Cavendish family residence to spend Christmas and New Year's with her family like the great majority of the students, even if the Scottish girl didn't show any desire to be there.
In Luna Nova the preparation for the festival of Samhaim was taking place on Sunday, which was an event that took place every three years, as a tradition for Luna Nova, as well as the team that gave the best presentation could win the title of Moonlight Witch. Unlike other years the Halloween party was canceled to prepare for the festival, which would be attended not only by the teachers, but also by some witches linked to the council of magic, as ministers, counselors and judges, all there to judge the presentations of the students and also to see if everything in Luna Nova was in accordance with the academy and the laws of magic, although it was not so necessary, since they were only sending inspectors to analyze everything correctly at the academy.
On Saturday after the girls were sleeping from the slumber party that happened on Friday, that morning Laura took and went to bathe, and also put her clothes on for one more race of hers and as always the girl showed how she was the fastest and prepared witch in the history with one more dominant victory with the highest success rate in a single season of BBRT, she was already with 14 victories of 15, which was amazing, showing the domination on a broomstick and the incredible surgical driving worthy of a true champion, After the great event of the race, the girls went back to Luna Nova and there was a great excitement for the preparation of the Samhaim festival, that day they had to prepare what they were going to do for the choreography of the show that each one chose to participate and win the so acclaimed title of Moonlight Witch.
Sunday, November 1, 1987
November began in Luna Nova, marking the last of Luna Nova's fall term before classes take a winter break in December for the students to visit their families. It was the day of the long awaited Samhaim festival, the students who had signed up to perform had spent all day preparing for that day, and the girls of the red team were still waking up in the morning from their room, after the day before they had to cancel any celebration regarding Laura's victory and Bernadette's release. That morning Laura had woken up earlier than usual and spent a long time training until she came back from her morning training and arrived at her dormitory to find the girls still sleepy and waking up, while she was a little sweaty and with some bruises.
POV Laura:
As I imagined... I was getting rusty already, I spent so much time resting this time that I didn't even realize I was starting to lose some of my strength and focus... Yesterday's race was a proof of that, I won, but I was not riding at the same level as before, it was a sign that I have to train a little bit again, at least to keep me still as a powerful witch... And also because I am not just any runner, I am Laura McLaren the Great British Champion! I am breaking records and one day I will go to the World Broom Racing Championship... But anyway, I think I'm going to get ready for this stupid festival, the girls can't stop staring at me... This sucks.
- Hey Laura, what's all this? Your clothes are torn, there's blood coming out in some parts - Rose said worriedly.
- I was practicing, these are just little cuts because of some tree branches that I cut myself trying to push my broom skills to the limit in the middle of these forest trees - I tell them.
- Are you getting back into training? What do you know, I don't think you're out of shape Laura, but you don't have to push yourself so hard, you're already naturally strong - April said as I picked up my uniform.
- I might be, but that doesn't give me room to be a relaxed witch, I also want to be a legendary witch and very fucked up, for that I have to keep myself as such, a legendary witch trains a lot to be one, she didn't become legendary out of nothing, legendary witches are like you and me. They worked hard to be where they are, that's why I train, I'm wanting to reach a level so I can enter the history and also because I don't want to be just anyone, as much as sometimes I wish it, I really feel it's not something for me, I won a gift and I won't throw it away - I tell them while entering the bathroom.
The girls just looked at me with admiration and a little bit dumbfounded, I close the door, take off my clothes, take a look in the mirror, noticing the several wounds on my body, but soon I take a potion and recover from all that in the blink of an eye, those damn branches tear in a way that you don't even notice and the worst is that you can't even notice that they are hidden? Well, at least these miracle potions heal pretty fast, now let's take a shower and put on this ridiculous flight uniform, honestly I don't know how a dress is an efficient outfit to fly with a broomstick, being that my ass could end up showing and even more so because the mobility is all fucked up in this shit? Even in the broom-racing categories we wear a jumpsuit that just happens to have pants on it, because it doesn't hinder our mobility and control, but this academy is all backward and has these stupid dress code rules.
After taking the shower, I go to get dressed, but instead of putting on just my Box panties I decide to also put a pair of shorts on top, so I wouldn't run so much risk of having my ass on show, even though the dress was a little bit at the level of my knees, I can still run the risk of having my intimacy a little exposed, well no one will notice, but if they do, at least no one will see my white panties... Well after getting dressed I leave the bathroom and find the girls relaxing as usual.
-Well, today you know what it's all about, we're going to do a presentation showing the cleanup as silly as it may sound I have some ideas of what we're going to present, I'm going to take care of the brooms and fly them at high speed and do maneuvers, Rose will be scrubbing the floor with magic and getting the buckets ready and April will take care of all the pyrotechnics and the whole show so that a cleanup looks really fucked up - I tell them and they nod their heads in agreement.
- It's going to be really hard to make a good impression on a cleanup, but I'm going to do my best, at least I know that by the broomstick maneuvers you can already think it's fucked up, even more so because we have the best flyer of them all - April said to me, which made me blush.
- Stop your slobbering and let's have a rehearsal for this presentation - I tell the two who nod their heads in agreement.
POV Bernadette:
Let's draw lots about family members, this one will have to be lucky... I unfortunately never got to awaken the Cavendish family unicorn that well, and I even think that I am a Cavendish linked to snakes... Wow... But I hope that even if I am a snake that I can show the greatness of the whole Cavendish family, since it seems Beatrice and Molly won't want to help that much... Well, let's see what they want... I come out of my private room and find Bea lying spread-legged on the couch while Molly was also lying on top of her sucking Beatrice's breasts and putting her finger there... Ahhh... I didn't need to see this and they soon look at me too... Ashamed I go back to my room horrified with this scene... What a lack of shame.
I sit back against the door with trauma still trying to process that scene, as common as it is, I had never seen it so in front of me... I clearly saw every part of Beatrice and Molly, Beatrice's breasts... Molly's rear... Ahhh... Everything... No... No... Until they knock on my door.
- Hey Bern we are dressed now, you can leave if you want to - Molly said to me until I stood up and gave a huff and opened the door... Dressed wouldn't be the right way to say it since they still had their bodies wrapped... In the cloth they had taken from the room's curtains, is that serious? But at least they are not naked in front of me.
- Come on girls, aren't you ashamed to make love right outside the bedroom? I don't want to be a pain, but make love in your private room or when I'm not here... Damn it! I really do have my privacy too? I don't want to be traumatized by seeing you guys. - I tell them.
- I thought you were a lesbian, I thought you liked to see naked women," Beatrice said with her hand on her waist as the curtain came down and showed some of her nipples and I tried to avoid looking, but it was stronger than me... Ahhh... (Another Laura: Don't listen to my other self! She even has horns! This one is a fucking devil, think more about me, my hottie, if you want I'll show you more) Stop bothering me, conscience! Holy lesbian Beatrix...
- I am, but it also doesn't mean that I want to go around seeing naked women all the time, I like women, but I like my wife with me... I don't spend all my time just thinking about sex like you do... I don't deny that it must be good, but I only want to do it with my beloved... You wouldn't understand - I say until the two of them face each other.
- In the case of Laura McLaren, there is no way to compete, look at the standard body you want to see naked, then the hottest of Luna Nova, now I understand - said Beatrice until I show her the middle finger - Wow! I think that the interaction with Laura McLaren is making you different from the polite little girl you were before. Really? I'm just getting angry.
- I didn't come to talk about it... Look, I just want help for our Samhaim festival performance - I tell them both.
- Why? Laura will be the Moonlight Witch anyway, she is superior to us anyway, a witch like that can carry everything on her back... I don't know why she still wants to try - said Beatrice shrugging her shoulders... Oh seriously, they also put Laura on a pedestal that she makes sure she always wants to get off to put everyone on her level, but they still think she is the great and superior witch... This is not a demonstration of power, but of a shocking presentation.
- Look, I'll explain it to you straight, this is not about power, help me to make something touching, I don't need you to do a bigger job, if you want I can do everything by myself, but at least help me by cooperating with the choreography of this presentation... Molly was kind of nice and smiled, but Beatrice as usual was snorting.
POV Narrator:
As time went by each team participating in the Samhaim festival was rehearsing for their respective presentations, were divided into many categories, being they, Literature (yellow team), cleansing (red team), summoning magic (blue team), sacrifice (sapphire team), flight (white team), transformations (green team), herbology (brown team), astrology (ruby team), healing spells (black team), potions (gold team), magical history (salmon team), magical numerology (coral team), languages (magenta team), magical creatures (silver team), and combat spells (purple team). Each performance was performed by a team of students, and sacrifice was the only one less desired, since the students did nothing but become a sacrifice to the monster Vajarois, being eaten and then released by the monster when it defecated. A tradition that was often questioned.
The presentations were judged by three important people related to magic: Minister Dorlin of the United Kingdom Council of Magic, Minister Ural, who also worked for the United Kingdom Council of Magic, and Professor Anne Finnelan of Luna Nova.
The pink team was left to handle the coverage of the event, with Kerubo being the journalist for everything, and with microphones in hand, she and the team were the first to arrive to announce the beginning of the Samhaim festival.
"Witches and magical creatures! We are here for another festival of Samhaim here at the Luna Nova witch academy! One witch here will end up becoming the Great Moonlight Witch and carry one of the highest titles that a student of this academy can carry, may the best team and the best presentation show who is truly worthy of this title! And let's get it started soon because I'm dying for these teams to show it all!"
After Kerubo's announcement the presentations begin little by little, following an order in which the presentation of the red team where Laura was was the fourth and the blue team where Bernadette was the second to last, being that the presentation of the sacrifice was always the last of the presentations of Luna Nova in the Samhaim festival, with the intention of being a comic relief, since they always found it funny to follow the tradition of a monster being humiliated and going to devour the students who try to escape.
POV Laura:
Well, we are the fourth... At least we managed to rehearse something fucked up and we planned very well on the blackboard what we are going to do, now we just have to put it into practice... Although I hate having to perform in front of a lot of people, this time I want to do well... Although... I'm going to appear on witches' television... Damn... Oh yeah, I already appear because of BBRT, but I will appear with something I do so shit that is choreography, dancing, showing my talent as someone who performs... Shit I am very nervous... The girls must be noticing my nervousness.
- Hey Laura, you're shaking a lot... Don't be like that... We're with you - April said, touching my hand until Bernadette decided to pay a visit to our tent.
- Oh I found you guys... I just want to say that... Have fun above all, I don't want this to be a competition between our teams and Laura... What is this nervousness, don't shake like that - said the cabbage touching both my hands.
- I am trying, but I don't feel comfortable in the middle of so many people... I am used to the races, but it is just something I know how to do, something I am already used to, and there is no way to go wrong, but this... I only had 3 days to think and put together a choreography... Damn... I am such a strange girl - I say until I get a kiss from Bernadette that makes all the tension go down my shoulders. This kiss really helped me a little, until we separate and this leaves us both blushing and staring at each other.
- Better? I did it on impulse... I don't want you to be tense, I want you to have fun in this performance, I want you to show your amazing talent... Laura McLaren I'm sure you can do it," she said, comforting me.
- Thank you... That kiss took the weight off my shoulders. I also hope you have a good time, and whoever wins the title of Moonlight Witch, at least let's show the world that we are amazing witches.
The time went by and the presentations were happening, I wasn't sure what was going on, until we were called, I took a deep breath, just agreed with the girls and the three of us went on stage together, I got from nothing a confidence that I had never felt before, especially when I saw that on that table was the boring old teacher, now was my moment to prove to myself that our team deserves this title of Moonlight Witch! I didn't think she would be a judge, so I'm going to make this woman cry for the first time in her life with one of the most fucked up performances ever known.
- Witches and magical creatures! Here we are with Luna Nova's red team of first year students focused solely on magic! These girls have come to show us what they are here for! Laura McLaren, Rosemary Morris, and April Jordan! The three witches who are in charge of making a presentation regarding how cleaning works at our much acclaimed academy! Now I'll leave it to this trio to show you how it's going to be - said Kerubo. I love how lively this girl is with the microphone, she has to become a journalist one day, or even a commentator for the WBRC, she has a natural talent for it.
So we start I immediately do a somersault, and snap my fingers causing a broom to fly at me, which gets me perfectly positioned, while Rose gets a bucket of water and April starts casting pyrotechnic spells, the moment the broom reaches me Rose throws me a soap stone which I pass to April who throws it on the floor.
I start to fly, Rose starts mopping the floor using magic from April's side that caused the buckets of water to start foaming, I fly around doing maneuvers in the air and with the greatest synchrony I fly low passing the broom through every corner, cleaning and cleaning with every step, besides the many maneuvers I do, sometimes even spinning in the air and doing some poses while stopping in the air before going to clean the floor more. Rose and April had the buckets, and both of them wore roller skates made out of dowels and spun around and "skated" on the floor while they cleaned the floor, and I passed between them, and many times they took the foam and turned it into hoops that I passed that were made out of soap foam until the three of us got together in the middle of the stage, I started spinning around lifting up as much foam as possible which caused a lot of soap bubbles to fly out to the point where they covered the three of us and then I took a flying upward flight which dispersed all the foam into soap bubbles and rained them all over the stage.
I continued with my broomstick maneuvers always passing between the girls skating while the soap bubbles were falling, until they all stopped falling and the grand finale started with the buckets of water rinsing everything, now it was the three of us flying on brooms and throwing water on the stage leaving everything rinsed, finishing it all off with cloths that we kept flying over the whole area leaving it dry and finally with a fragrance that was put on that stage, made by April who was the best of the three of us with potions, raising a sweet smell that honestly was divine... A perfume like that leaves anyone spellbound. With the end of it all, we soon struck a pose in the center of the stage and it was evident how the other two clapped and enjoyed it.
- My congratulations red team, it's the first decent performance of these presentations, it was a worthy performance and done with great coordination and if I were to give a grade for this dance, without a doubt it would be a 10 - said the old lady with the monocle.
- Excellent presentation, the flight was very well done, I honestly haven't seen someone flying with such skill and balance in years, I'm sure I've seen her somewhere besides these presentations, well this presentation was the least mediocre so far - said the white haired one.
- Outrageous, this is about cleaning and not about dancing, they made sure to show in a totally wrong way how the cleaning is performed, this gave the impression of something fun and it is not meant to be, it is to be something serious and that one should not use magic to do it, after all in the academy rules witches are forbidden to use magic during the cleaning - Spoke the teacher annoying, until I impose myself to her.
- So maybe that's why it takes so long, I just demonstrated a faster and more efficient way and this is just a presentation, you can punish us by making us scrub the floor all you want, I'm just here doing my job of presenting and if you want you can even step on this to see that it is clean - I say turning around and leaving with the girls, where I soon find Bern waiting outside.
- Your presentation was amazing, I got very emotional and I am impressed with how well synchronized and careful you were with each step, keep it up, Laura I am impressed, you did beautifully and don't pay attention to the words of those who said bad things... You are very fucked up - Bern said which made me so happy that I smiled back at her.
- Thank you - I say hugging her and then leaving with the girls and going to watch the other presentations.
POV Bernadette:
Laura's presentation was really something to be impressed by, she showed that she is quite strong and very smart with what she showed, making cleaning something incredibly spectacular is not for everyone... But I noticed that she was wearing shorts... How clever, so her panties didn't show at any time when she was moving around... I honestly thought it was an intelligence above all levels... I hadn't even thought about it, but well... Come on, now we just have to wait for ours.
Time went by and the presentations were pretty average to be honest, the one by the girls from the red team was the best so far without a doubt, until we were called, the great moment to show our magic of invocation arrived... Come on Bern... I am sure that my mother must be watching all of this.
- Witches and magical creatures, we come to the penultimate performance of the day! The blue team! With the summoning of creatures! Bernadette Cavendish! Beatrice England! Molly Lancaster! Our three students are here to show that they also want to become moonlight witches with their presentation - Kerubo said starting our presentation.
Then when it starts I make everything go dark, until slowly I walk forward little by little the girls and I appear, the three of us point the wand upwards so that the familiar of my family appears. Snakes and unicorns appear, both fighting among themselves, until they unite with the snake coiling itself in the unicorn's horn forming the Asclepius' rod, with this the unicorn descends from the air and goes towards me. The ground gave the impression that we were on water until the creature comes right in front of me and I grab its face.
All I do is stroke it and soon a lot of water starts to rise, so I get on the unicorn and the girls keep doing a pyrotechnics while it kept trotting around the stage going through all the obstacles, until in the end I lie down on the unicorn and lights are around my body, with the two girls pointing at me and a hologram arrow hits my chest ending the whole presentation.
It was very quick because I didn't have many ideas for a long and complex presentation like Laura's, but I wanted to give something short that would impact everyone, along with all that fog to give a greater sense of loneliness and it worked so well that all three of them clapped for me.
- It was a short but touching presentation, I found it artistic, one of the best of the day, without a doubt - said Minister Dorlin.
- I was very impacted by this art representation, it shows how a short and simple presentation can be very impactful, as well as showing the invocation of a rare creature - said Minister Ural.
- My congratulations blue team, it's the best presentation of the day, for me they would have already been approved, a true theater play, that showed the seriousness of a witch and how they invoked such a legendary creature - said the teacher all to our side, only because she belittled the presentation of the red team that was incredible.
I walked out of the presentation with the girls and smiled at Molly and Beatrice who managed to... Look I don't get along so well with them, but I have to admit that they followed everything just the way I thought they would, until Laura arrives and welcomes me smiling at me.
- Excellent Bern, that was beautiful, I'm not one for dramatic stuff and all, but now it was very beautiful, I recognized the care and art that went into it and look if it's to lose to you... I feel honored," she said, smiling at me.
- Thank you so much, you are amazing Laura, your presentation was wonderful too, we both did well - I tell her smiling too until we hug.
POV Narrator:
After Bernadette's presentation comes the last one which was the sacrifice in which the Vajarois monster devoured the sapphire team and in it was Scarlet who had to stay in the creature's stomach while the judges kept laughing at the three girls trying to escape which was quite cruel on the witches' part, but luckily they were always evacuated the next day and the monster was sealed.
With the end of the presentation the judges begin to judge each of the presentations and come to a decision, of course with a little disagreement coming from Finnelan who did something very controversial. With that the results of the presentations are announced and who would be blushed as the Moonlight Witch.
POV Bernadette:
The time has come... Am I going to become a moonlight witch today or not? That I don't know, but at least I can hope that everything goes well, I will stay here to congratulate whoever wins between us, I am sure that Laura will win, even though the judge is Professor Finnelan, after all it was not only her watching and the decision comes from Headmistress Holbrooke.
- Students of Luna Nova, now we come here to our decision first to show that we have a disqualification, regarding the red team... The student Laura McLaren was breaking the dress code of the academy by wearing a dress under the uniform and this can be noticed in many moments by wearing a shorts under the dress, I am sorry for your team, but these are the rules of the festival that must comply with the dress code of the academy - said the principal which made me very angry... This is such a silly reason... Laura was dressing like that so as not to expose herself... Poor thing... I understand her... Wait... Laura didn't care and didn't rebel, she just shrugged her shoulders.
- Fine, if it's to disqualify me for defending my integrity I don't care, look it's just a silly competition with cruel traditions like the sacrifice ritual - she said shrugging her shoulders and you could see how angry she was, I would be too. What a silly motive.
- And the crowned to be the Moonlight Witch are the witches of the blue team, in this case it was decided that Bernadette Cavendish will be the blushing witch, come up on the stage Miss Cavendish - said the director until we were called, I noticed that Laura smiled at me in spite of everything. Seriously that was very unfair, she deserved it as much as I did and to disqualify her because of her dress is just stupid.
I was soon crowned by my friends and all around clapped for me... I was feeling good and bad at the same time, a little bit angry for what they did to Laura, but I noticed how she was smiling at me... That was even comforting, so much so that after the whole coronation I left the stage and went to my room on my own way and soon I was called by Laura, we were alone, I was crying a little.
- Bern? - she said, calling me.
- I'm sorry Laura... I didn't mean to win like that - I tell her until she turns me around and gives me a kiss, a kiss that took the weight off my shoulders... Look I think this thing is getting more common than it seems... And it feels so good... I love this girl, until we broke away from the kiss and she looked at me with a proud look on her face.
- Fuck this stupid competition, if you want to boycott me I don't even care anymore and even if I wasn't, you would win and deservedly so, now don't feel bad because I was disqualified and feel good because you are a moonlight witch and I'm sure that's something that must have made your mother proud when she saw you giving a show presentation - Laura said with her hand on my shoulder.
See you, Samhaim witches...
