POV Narrator:

The days were going by in Luna Nova, the classes were coming to an end, and after them there was all the work to decorate the academy for the LGBT pride parade organized by Laura and her friends, so much that McLaren even paid the students for the help, besides the decoration there was much more, she even paid to have a whole structure for a festival to celebrate the pride of all witches, she not only called the students of Luna Nova, but also ended up calling the girls from other academies that wanted to participate in the big event, which was collecting even more participants, who took care of this part were students that Laura hired to go in each academy asking for signatures that went around the academies in the United Kingdom calling the students for this event, until then the ones that guaranteed their presence were the students from the London Magic Academy, Weddinburgh Magic Instutute, Dundee Witch School, Leeds Academy, Dublin Magic Academy, Cork Witch Academy, Edith Cavendish institute, Victoria McLaren witch scool, Cardiff national Magic academy, Williams School for Witches and Silverstone witch training school until then that were the most known witch academies in the United Kingdom and Ireland in terms of number of students and also teaching, many of these were already at the end of their classes as well, with the closing of the year, there were already at least 918 student signatures, which was a very surprising number to the point of leaving the academy of witches of Luna Nova with a huge movement, which further discouraged Professor Finnelan in wanting to boycott the event. Given the scale of what Laura was doing, she even made a point of televising the LGBT pride event in Luna Nova on June 10, 1988, which drew the attention even of some ministers of the Leeds Castle Witches' Council.

Thursday, June 3, 1988

It was the penultimate week of school, the exams were already over, until then there would only be make up exams for students who still needed points to pass the year, Laura and her friends had already been approved quietly what they were already planning among the other girls about the big LGBT parade in Luna Nova, all gathered in the cafeteria of the academy, since there was no more space to stay together in the blue team's room, there were many who volunteered to help the Irish in this endeavor, many to the point of receiving a little extra money for all that, that afternoon they were all going towards the cafeteria and soon the group is stopped by teacher Finnelan.

POV Laura:

Oh, what was it this time? What did I do? I'm just going to the cafeteria with the girls, I'll give them a few more missions to do, like getting more signatures, maybe even today I can at least reach the absolute number of 2000 signatures, so the event draws even more attention, with all the students who are like us united in one place, all for the greater good of being able to live together in peace in this place that thinks in such a backward way.

- The principal wants to talk to you Miss McLaren and I'm not lying - said the annoying teacher.

- Okay girls, listen to Bernadette and stick to the plan, I'm going to see what the principal wants so badly with me - I tell them who only nod their heads in agreement.

The boring teacher leads me to the principal's office and the moment I walk in, I run into some other witches there, I think I've seen those faces before, they were the ministers at the Samhaim festival, what the fuck do they want with me? Well I don't know, but kind of fuck it, I guess the event is getting a lot of attention, the way I expected it to and I don't doubt at all that they will want me to bow my head to that, just because today I was going to put a stage outside, so that the witches could give speeches and even put on a little show there.

- So you are the one behind this parade Miss Laura McLaren, we have heard from many academies that Luna Nova is organizing a gay pride parade here, something like this in one of the most renowned academies in Europe? Do you have any idea what this could cause? - said the white-haired minister.

- Yes, more justice and equality for witches like us, we are only doing this because I want to show that it is okay to be a witch like this, that there is nothing wrong, that this is a friendly place for witches like us, that we are people like any other? What are you going to do? Boycott the event do this and all witches like us will join together to protest your homophobic measures, you will appear on television with an even worse image. Victoria McLaren didn't fight for the rights of witches like us 200 years ago for you to throw her history away - I tell them, and they are even a little surprised that those two old ladies opened their eyes for the first time and even got a little angry, and as you can imagine, they really wanted to make me want to cancel this event, but I won't do it.

- There is nothing wrong with doing this event, but it is one thing to do this event, it is another thing to use your influence on racing in a sport that is unbiased to bring more witches into a cause, I know how necessary that is, but Miss McLaren, it is very controversial to do this at a race, but I still will not allow the ministers to ask you not to put the event down, but you know what, girl, don't ever do that again and put your political fights on top of the sport, you are lucky that you were not expelled by the runners association - Said the director, practically speaking the same thing I heard from Elizabeth Chapman, who said the same scolding... Damn. Seriously ... What the hell.

- We even tried to ask you, but you should know that this event of yours might tarnish your reputation a bit in relation to witches, especially since you want so much to become a world runner and the World Broom Racing Champio... - said the minister until I interrupted her.

- It was founded by a couple of lesbian witches who are the two immortal of the nine witches, so there's no such thing, you twist things too much in your favor, all I'm promoting is just an LGBT parade among the witches so that they feel comfortable to be themselves, it doesn't affect anything - I say to the two old women who continued to stare at me in disgust, they knew I was right and just got up from there and left the board.

- Well then continue this, if Luna Nova goes bankrupt because of this girl, don't appeal to us to give a loan to maintain this academy financially, since it will only decrease the number of students - said the minister leaving the room while I got a little angry with what she said? What a fucking bitch. She only thinks about her nonsense ideals, when she left the principal called my attention.

- You can go on Miss McLaren, don't pay any attention to the comments of these ministers, they just want to sabotage a fight that I am very supportive of, because you should know that I will be there as a bisexual representative... I guess you already know that your great-great-grandmother and I were girlfriends for a while... Until... - Said the director giving me the free pass until she said about my great-great-grandmother... Poor her... She would probably be alive to this day, I don't doubt it at all.

After that conversation with the principal I just left her room and went back to the cafeteria, where the girls were all lined up, until Bernadette spotted me from afar, she soon spoke my name and I joined her, climbing over the table, at the same time I got a scolding from Cavenboring just because I climbed on a small table... Oh come on, you can't even climb on the table and stand up.

- Come down, Laura McLaren! You're always climbing up on this table to talk to the girls - said the boring cabbage, I only do that to get bigger, if I don't climb up on this table everyone will think I'm tiny and nobody will pay attention.

- So girls, we're all going to climb up to get signatures from more witch academy students, this time we're going to Domino Witch High, Banks Broom School, Leyland Academy, The Nine Olde Witches institute, Witches from Newcastle, New England Spell school and I can't remember the rest, it's going to be a fucking witch school, I only know that you've organized yourselves into your own groups, each one of you knows what you're going to do, so just go girls, I want to see how many signatures you get today, whoever gets 100 signatures gets a reward of 100 pounds, remember this line of mine - I say to the girls who go running and soon get their brooms and get out of there with everything.

Soon that crowded place will be emptying out, if I get today the number of signatures will go up to two thousand, this time I have more to help, yesterday we got 918 signatures, now we just need to get some more, I will also take the opportunity to set the stage today, since there will be some presentations of girls who can sing, and many of them will be there to talk and relate their experiences as someone who is assumed, we will take many out of the closet on this day, there will be so many girls leaving the closet that the closet store will go bankrupt from all the closets that will be sold hahaha... Well, me and the girls soon went to try to set the stage besides the other girls who spread rainbow colored banners through the halls of the academy, even though the whole show will be mostly outside, until one of the girls approaches me and it was precisely Aika.

- Hey Laura, where do you get so much money from to pay the girls, you said it's 100 pounds per subscription, how come you still have enough to pay each one? - Aika asked.

- Brooms, I won a very full contract in my career as a broom runner, that's why I have so much money, I won't go into the amount, but it's a lot, enough to pay for all of this, it's not the school that is paying for all of this, it's me.

- And will we be able to sing on this stage? - said Aika asking me.

- Sure, that's why I called you here, we are going to sing our asses off, if you want you can even join the band, can you play an instrument? There will also be some couples' unions and who knows, a little bit of assuming for all of us what we are, showing that we are proud to be what we are? - I say to her, who then interrupts me a little as well.

- Can I call Morgana too? Or just students from witch academies? - Aika asked, and I don't doubt at all that she will indeed come, not at all by the looks of it.

- Only students of witch academies, but it's Morgana, you know well how this girl is... She doesn't respect the rules, she looks at the rules and talks hahaha rules - I say to Aika who starts laughing because it was true.

After that conversation I continued to set the stage for our performance, while the girls next to us rehearsed the choreography, they were all very into this cause, this is going to be the parade that will go down in history, it's going to be the great Luna Nova LGBT pride parade that was held in the year 1988 the 1988 parade, this is going to be epic. It is already being epic just by the fact that those ministers came here to complain, so it is sure that this is because we are doing well, because we are doing it right.

POV Narrator:

The time was passing about the Luna Nova pride parade, it was getting a lot of attention even from broadcasters that were not connected to witches with the attention turned on showing to the outside world of witches, how they were not so old fashioned, even thinking ahead, as that witches also fought for the right to love each other equally as at that time there was already a lot of that among people who weren't magical, that parade ended up getting more attention from the press, they were academies of witches from all over the UK and Ireland that had the signature of students who volunteered to perform there, an attention that was huge on the witches of Luna Nova. What was most striking was how humans who had no connection with magic were the biggest supporters, while the witches themselves were very much opposed to the idea.

By Wednesday of the parade week, there were already more than six thousand witches' signatures from more than 100 different academies all over the British Isles and Ireland, which was attracting a lot of attention and this number was only increasing more and more, every day there were more and more students signing the papers of the students who came to the academy to visit them and get the attendance signatures, The proportions were even bigger than what McLaren initially planned for the event, since she only expected a few students from a few academies, but as time went by there were thousands of them, all with the purpose of showing how important was the love and acceptance of their sexuality.

The festival was also attracting the attention of witches who were doing street performances, besides some witches who were artists who volunteered to sing in Luna Nova knowing the proportion that place would take, knowing that this would be an event of extreme importance for the cause of witches. The ministries of witches were even getting annoyed with such a proportion that the event was taking, that event was not to be so big and draw attention from famous people and much less from non-magical people and the director Holbrooke made sure to emphasize that she would open the doors of the academy for more people, the space of Luna Nova was enough for that.

The academy was already extremely tidy, all the corridors had Iris banners, with posters around with the phrases "Respect", "Acceptance", "You're Valid", "Love", "We are lesbians", "Bi Witches", "Trans Witches are welcome" And many other phrases for the corridors of the academy which made the teacher Finnelan even more disturbed to see all those corridors with such freedom, Even more so because many of these students also took the opportunity to show that they also had an interest between one and another, the help was also quite large, they were no longer paid by Laura, the students volunteered to work for a greater cause, it was already a much larger group that was picking up signatures.

Friday, June 10, 1988

The day of the big parade arrived, everything was ready for the big event, the signatures reached stratospheric numbers, from the hundreds imagined by Laura, they climbed to 14813 presences in the academy, something totally unexpected and of huge proportions, all for the LGBT cause, luckily there was plenty of space in the courtyard of the academy for all these students and there was also the infra structure in the festival for all these participants as well, It was all very well thought out by McLaren and the girls, who got many resources to maintain that great festival, there was enough food, enough bathrooms, even bleachers, everything very well prepared for the witches who would visit, besides many stalls and spaces with games for the guests to have fun and also the stage shows, they could participate in games.

The classes in Luna Nova were already over, including those of the students who were recuperating, it was the perfect time to hold the festival, Laura's friends and Laura herself had already been approved for a long time, they had already succeeded because they were very intelligent and got the highest grades in the class, with the end of classes it was even easier to organize the whole event in the outskirts of Luna Nova.

Early in the morning the event was opened for the guests to arrive, the witches that would perform were already at the academy since the day before, with trailers and houses improvised for their stay, that they could get ready in the dressing rooms and be ready for the performances that they would have at the academy, the great Luna Nova pride parade 1988, the biggest and most expected LGBT pride event among witches since Victoria McLaren had declared to the witch world that it was no longer a crime to be a lesbian witch. The girls were all gathered there walking and talking to each other, that morning Laura was behind the curtains of the stage together with the girls.

POV Laura:

We managed to get to this fucking proportion bro... I didn't expect all this man... I really managed to get some fucking attention... But what to do, today is the big day when witches can shout again that we have the right to be who we are, to love ourselves because we are not disturbing anyone... I bet if she were alive today, Victoria McLaren would be proud to see one of her descendants showing that she is doing something for the cause of witches that she fought so hard to make them allowed to be themselves... This is why I love so much to do what I do... I didn't expect this much... Oh fuck I'm so nervous... Until Bern takes my hand and looks at me with those beautiful pairs of olive green eyes.

- Don't be like that honey, there's no need to be nervous, just relax, I know it's a lot of nervousness on the part of wanting to show the witch world that you started to be through all this, but go ahead, let's just wait for this place to fill up - said the cute cabbage.

- I know cabbage, you will be with me on this, we will kiss in front of everyone and show the world who we are... Imagine if your mother looks at that, her shock haha... She will see her perfect little daughter being who she is and she can't do anything about it, but fuck her... She didn't want to accept you, so we give you all the love and care that a fucked up and wonderful person like you deserve - I say while kissing my cute cabbage.

Time went by, a lot of time had passed, I was waiting with Bern until the director appeared from the curtain saying that the guests were appearing by the bunch, there were many who entered the academy, as if it was almost a true army, some with casual clothes, others with the academy uniforms and others who passed by on the stage that they were going to perform, which I found incredible... All united for our cause. Until the director went on stage first and asked Bern and me to wait until the curtains opened, I already knew what it was all about.

- Witches and magical creatures from all over the UK, Ireland and even the world, we are gathered here for the first pride parade! In this year of 1988 let's show the world how we accept the people among us to be the way they are! Today is LGBT pride day in Luna Nova! Let's all love each other, show that we accept everyone regardless of what they love or identify with! And today is the moment to show that to the world! We are here together for the good of our coexistence! We are all here for our cause, a cause that cannot be erased, we cannot lower our heads to any oppression, we will not stay here submitting to what they think of us, we will not stay here having to accept conditions imposed by witches that do not even know our history and our struggle that erase even as the great nine witches were once like us! You can be sure that Luna Nova is a place that will welcome all of you today to be free and happy! To be yourselves! - Said the headmistress in a beautiful speech, I even clapped my hands as did all the other girls on the other side, you could clearly hear how amazing they all thought it was.

Until the director pulls back the curtain and Bern and I appear, while pyrotechnics start coming out of the corners of the stage exactly as I had set them, besides the music playing in the background that I made sure to put in some crisscross fucking opera just because, just to make it seem more epic than usual, the girls even celebrated our presence by shouting and celebrating that we were there holding hands and just as we kissed, the pyrotechnics went off and the fireworks made a heart and then a double Venus appear, which made it even more intense.

- Laura McLaren, this idea did not come from the director, but from Laura McLaren, this girl of only 16 years old was the one who had all the ideas, she was organizing everything by herself with the help of her friends, she is a descendant of the great Victoria McLaren, who was the witch who fought the most for the rights of witches like us, in times that were forbidden to the point of having witch hunts organized by the witches themselves - said the headmistress until she passes the microphone for me to go up on her stage, I immediately gave a cough and get a little nervous, but soon start to speak.

- Hello! Ah... How can I put it... I just wanted to think of a way to show how we can be accepted by the society that treats us as if we were not people like any other, the teachers who boycott us, even the big witches do this, erase all the history, and even ignore how some of these big witches fight for exactly the same cause, that we have always fought so hard to just be able to live together... What is wrong with what we do? We are literally just living, we are just loving each other, if they say that we can't reproduce, they are literally lying, there are trans witches and there is also the fertility stone that they make sure to erase the existence, but it exists and it is there for whoever wants to form a family, not to mention that fertility stones create more powerful witches, so there is no excuse, this is all just a reason to subvert us, just so that they don't want us to gain space... I don't know why, we are not going to be the destroyers of witch families, we just want a coexistence among witches, we just want to be accepted, if even humans are accepting this quietly, then why we witches who always think we are so much better than them, smarter than humans, can't just accept something so silly? Let's show that we also have a more advanced mentality, that we think outside the box, that we are not out to get you? Why would we want someone who is intolerant and toxic towards us? Stop thinking that you are the center of this world... But another thing that I will clarify here, why does our living together bother you so much? Are we going to make your children's heads? Or have they always been like this? Now enjoy this event that we are going to show the world our wonderful community, our freedom of thought and how we are not just bad influences and destroyers of families and traditions - I even felt all embarrassed, all speaking to my name, even more speaking well.

I was feeling all fucking great as I heard my name being repeated more than once. There were many who spoke well of me... I felt I was being admired for something other than my running talent, I was being recognized for the beautiful speech I gave... Fuck... I quickly turned around and got down from the stage, I sat down and started to cry until my cute little cabbage came up to me and got all worried because I was crying a little... But it was because I was so fucking emotional... That moment... I managed to reach that proportion... Me and the girls draw attention to the witches so that our cause is just.

- Baby? Are you okay? - said the worried cabbage patch until I held her hands, still very emotional.

- I am happier than ever! Oh, baby! Look at all this! It was us! It was all of us who did it... - I say until she puts her finger in my mouth and kisses me.

- You did it... It was your idea, you were the one who thought of all this, Laura... Who started this great endeavor of wanting to stop us... It was you, my love... Look at all this... Be proud of yourself, we only helped to make your idea even better, but you can be sure that you were the one who thought all this up - Familiar faces this time, my little sister also came and she gave me a big hug.

- Thanks for calling me here for this day my sis, I love you so much... I never thought I'd see more of us It makes me feel better... Since in DMA there are so few of us and they never talk to me - said my little sister.

- I thought it was really cool how you included us, you even thought of trans witches like me, you thought of April who is Bisexual and even Molly who is Pan... It was all very well thought out Laura... I've already managed to find more than one like me, this is incredible, you united all of them for the cause, but let's take a walk around, stop being so isolated, this whole event and you will be behind the curtains, soon the person who idealized all of this - Scarlet said what I even give a bigger smile to her.

From there we went around the parade, to see what we had, because I didn't even have a clue of how much stuff there was, I only planned a few shows on the stage, but not to the point of planning the game booths, where we had some fun, there were even Arcade machines, lots of witches like us with t-shirts that were being sold about the event so much that I made sure to buy one for Bern and me, just to help the person who was at the booth, it was a really nice orange, brown and white t-shirt with "Luna Nova Lesbian Pride 1988" written on it, Bern and I were just comfortable wearing that shirt until we were approached by Professor Finnelan who was getting into the event.

- Very well... Proud of what you have done? Look at the attention you're attracting... All this just to cause an even more negative impression on the witches, all your pretty little speeches disguised as hypocrisy that is all the promiscuity and sodomy that you like to perform, congratulations, you are giving visibility to all the people in the world that are seeing the shame you are going through, I just hope this event of yours is a real failure - said the teacher walking out of there and clapping her hands sarcastically, I was going to show her the middle finger, but Bernadette holds my hand and only relieves my anger.

- No honey, there's no need to get down like that, let's enjoy this day, the day that's going to be ours, the presentations we're going to have about the witches who are lesbians, about how important respect is above all, since there are many here who aren't and only came to participate it seems - said the cabbage comforting me.

After that moment we just continued the event normally, we took pictures with some girls that passed by and recognized me, others that just wanted to talk to me, I really had no idea that I was being so relevant, because I could barely circulate without being approached by the girls for being the organizer of the event, That was until the music shows started, as I remember I called only a few bands, since I didn't have the money for more famous artists, but it was already worth it, they were playing some covers or else some authorial songs and these girls played well, including Morgana and Aika in one of the bands.

POV Narrator:

The Luna Nova LGBT Pride festival was just beginning and already had at least the majority of the students who signed up to attend, by then there were already 11 thousand witches spread out in the halls of the academy, outside, and in the bleachers watching bands that were formed by the academies and also others hired by McLaren who were just starting their careers. At that moment it was also starting to appear the witches' press that started to show all that event to the whole world which caused a huge shock to the witches, since they had many other nations that had no idea that Luna Nova supported that kind of thing, many of the magic councils that didn't like at all the idea of the pride parade at the academy, even though it was just a silly parade.

See you, LGBT witches...