POV Narrator:
After the big fight between the two sides of the Cavendish family who fought for peace between themselves to perform the ritual with Laura and Bernadette believing that the other side did not know about the same ritual. They all started to live together peacefully in the mansion, even though there was a lot of tension around the whole family, even more because of Marie and Amelia who might try to sabotage them, they were suspicious that the two older Cavendish poisoned the McLaren Cavendish's food, so much so that they only ate out and then went back to the family mansion. Clarie and Daryl spent their days training with each other, even more so because the younger one would learn to control the magic power and another impressive thing about this training was how much more docile her mother was, she was no longer as hard and rigid as before, Clarie was even being affectionate and considerate to her daughter's side in being able to control the magic power, it was so much confidence that she felt more comfortable to diminish this way of being with her daughter believing that she didn't need to be so strict anymore. During all these days the McLaren Cavendish couple also made a lot of love, the two were also preparing themselves for the ritual, listening to everything that Isabella told them to do at the time of going through the ordeal that was to become the leader of all the Cavendish.
Monday, December 31, 1990
The day of the so expected ritual arrived, until then it was a very normal day for New Year's Eve, except for the fact that Laura and Bernadette practically stayed the whole day in the room, both of them had a lot of sex to relax and also as a way to tell themselves that this could be one last time before a big battle, so much that with the sunset, soon the Cavendish changed and put on the clothes that were used in the rituals, it was very different from the tunic used by the McLaren and much simpler than the expected for a Cavendish, It was a brown sandal with straps that reached the shin, a short dark blue dress that was more like a rag than an outfit, with a rope that was used as a belt and a white cape with hood, those were the only clothes needed for the ritual, with nothing underneath as the tradition demands, what worried the future leader a little, that in case of getting into a fight could run the risk of showing too much, but soon Laura comforts her when she looks down and notices that there was a gap that covered everything as if it was magic. It was already night, the perfect moment to perform the ritual.
POV Bernadette:
It's today... I will go from being just an ordinary Cavendish, to the most important position in the family... I will be able to finally win the title of leader of this family... I am the hope for new times to come for our family, I am Bernadette Cavendish and I will be the future of the Cavendish! Yes! I have to be confident, I have to give pride to my ancestor Beatrix, I can't let myself be allowed to be such a headstrong witch, I will now have the great chance to become the great leader of the Cavendish family, I will finally be able to stop all this prejudice that surrounds me... Laura... All of us who are lesbians, let's show my mother that we don't have any problems and that there is nothing wrong with us, I just want her to understand, that in spite of everything she remains my mother, she may have been a very bad person this time, but she is blinded by pride and the idiotic ideals she follows... I want to change that. Until I give a break from my mental monologue when I feel Laura's hand on my shoulder, I think she wants to know if I am well and ready to perform the ritual... Which I am to be honest.
- What's up love? Are you ready for the big day? Are you ready to make your family proud? At least me and your grandma, since the others will be in shock after they find out that you are the current leader of the Cavendish - And then I give her a hug until we hear knocking on the doors and also someone talking and it was my grandmother Isabella... It must be because it's time, it's been a long time since nightfall, especially since it's winter and it gets dark even faster. We soon let her in and I give a last kiss to my girlfriend who one day will become my future wife.
- I'm going now my love... You know that as tradition demands, you can't interfere, since you are not a Cavendish... Above all the future leader has to do everything herself... But relax, nobody will notice or interfere in our ritual, see you later my love? Next year you will see a Bernadette Cavendish leader of the Cavendish family and soon we will bring a real revolution to this place, fight all the injustices that plague here and also have a happy family next to our little Diana - I say to Laura who smiles to me after our last kiss until my grandma calls for me and I leave the room looking to my freckled one last time that year, she just sent a wave with her two fingers and I went on my way.
All I could see were pictures with portraits of each of the Cavendish family leaders, including familiar names and faces, including one named Bernadetta Cavendish who lived from 1510 to 1569... Wow the people in those days lived very little, she was leader from 1527 until 1569, then I went through and again familiar faces, Diana Cavendish I 1632-1737 she was leader from 1748 until 1737, wow... The first Diana Cavendish stayed almost 100 years as leader of the family... Strange that the second Diana Cavendish didn't appear, since if I am not mistaken she left Scotland and lived in Victoria McLaren's time, but you can see that possibly one of her daughters became the leader... After a few centuries in that corridor we get to the picture of the third Diana Cavendish 1898-1936, she could barely enjoy her time as leader, she stayed only from 1919 until 1936, I know well why she didn't stay longer than that... Her sister had even been leader again, then came the current leader... Isabella Cavendish, leader since 1949, my grandmother was already 41 years as the Cavendish leader, that's an impressive time even, she endured 41 years as our leader and as soon as we arrive at the door she just holds my hand and says goodbye wishing me good luck at the time of the ritual, because she knew I would need it.
- Well... You take over from here my granddaughter, I will go back to the room because I want to keep an eye on everyone so they don't interfere with your ritual and I can't even go past that door either, I have to keep the traditions... So good luck Bernie... Become the leader of this family and make me proud! - Said my grandmother and I got emotional and soon hugged her and she also returned the hug and with that I said goodbye to her and soon passed through the huge door that was where we went to go to the ritual.
I went through it, which was a huge wooden door all adorned, so I come across a corridor all dark, possibly because it was night, as I could look through the tiny windows of the castle, passing by a bridge where I also noticed that underneath there was a big empty space ... I wonder if any of the Cavendish had fallen there in the middle of the ritual or had even been knocked down by someone, I walked with all apprehension maintaining my fighting stance at all costs, after all I didn't know for sure if it was really possible that no one from home had heard about the ritual... It wasn't possible that everyone was making a fool of themselves these days. And I was really wrong when I saw a huge snake appearing, and then transforming into my mother who stood right in front of me... I quickly swallowed saliva and stared at it seriously.
- How did you know? - I asked her and she just shrugged and continued standing in the same place... I didn't know what to do... Fight... Can I... Can I fight? Isn't that interfering with the ritual? And now what? Fuck... My mother knows that I'm going to do the ritual to become the leader of the Cavendish family... All right, Bernadette, keep your cool.
- I will not allow you to become the leader of the Cavendish family, even if I need to teach you another lesson - said my mother all confident and serious that she would defeat me, I have defeated her before, but will I need magic later? I don't know... This is all very confusing... I just know that I fucked up... My mother already knows everything.
POV Isabella:
I was walking through the halls back from where I left Bernadette to perform the ritual confident that I could keep an eye on Marie, Amelia, Clarie and Daryl... But I had a bad feeling too, I think something might happen today, I don't know... I feel an emptiness inside me... A pain as if something was going to leave my person, until I feel two stabs in my neck, when I touched the back of my neck to see I took it out and noticed that they were tranquilizer darts, as soon as I turn to notice who appear are Marie and Amelia, they were hiding the whole time watching us... They... They... They knew that we were planning to perform the family leader ritual and that means that Clarie and Daryl know too, I know... Well... Like... My sisters are mouthy... Open... I tried to... To run... But it was... In vain... I didn't even take two steps and fell hard to the ground... I blacked out.
POV Bernadette:
My mother is not that dumb, she would soon connect the dots that my coming here was because I was going to try to become the leader of the family, adding this with the blue moon, makes her connect the dots even more, soon I hear noises of someone coming up behind me and I quickly dodge the spells, when I look who it was, there were also my grand-aunts Marie and Amelia, both of them staring at me with that usual evil look, as if they were going to subdue me and soon my mother starts laughing evilly when she notices that I have become a little more serious.
- Did you really think that you would just come here out of the blue moon and become the leader of the Cavendish family? Hohoho! You thought it was wrong too Bernadette, we are not stupid at all, I already suspected that you were coming for something like this, I even found it strange because it would be on New Year's Eve, but soon my wonderful aunts told me everything, they were my ears in this moment, they told me that you were talking to your little redheaded girlfriend that you intended to do the ritual and become the head of the Cavendish family and then we are here, the three of us are going to stop you here and now? Plus Daryl... But she should already be here! Wasn't she with you? - My mother said... She's really going to pull for a fight to happen here... Holy Beatrix Lesbian, I'm fucked... They even called Daryl... And how am I going to hold four against one.
- She is at the moment fighting Isabella, soon she will arrive, but we will handle Bernadette alone, she won't hold three witches against one - said my Aunt Amelia as the other two slowly approached me... Now I'm in trouble... I guess I have no choice... I'll have to fight to... Huh? What was that sting? I immediately run my hand over the back of my head and notice that I have been stung on the back of the head by a dart...
- Even fighting dirty, you are! I don't... believe... that... A... Tranquilizer dart... - I say as I felt that poison coursing through my veins and I struggled to stand up, I even tried to go towards them... But when I took a few steps I fell on the ground and blacked out... The last thing I saw was my mother with an indignant face, I don't know why she made this face, but I only know that someone must have hit the back of my head and I am sure it was Daryl... I just know that I didn't have control of my body anymore and I couldn't hear anything.
POV Clarie:
It can't be... My own daughter followed in that dirt step... I would quietly accept to fight Bernadette even if it was win or lose, a clean fight above all... I can't believe that my opportunity to become a leader will become something that had all the dirt behind it... It can't be! I don't want to accept this! If I'm going to become a leader, at least let it be for real! With a fair fight! I even tried to go towards my daughter, I really wanted to bring her back to consciousness so that we could go back to the fight and solve everything in a fair fight, but when I went towards her my two aunts held me back... They didn't want me to go...
- No Clarie, this is our chance, we will not throw it away! This is for all of us! Leave Bernadette out of it! Daryl played fair! She didn't do anything in the dirt! Now let's go! Come on Clarie! - Said my Aunt Amelia while still looking at my sister.
- Okay... Goodbye Bernadette... You tried... You have come this far and fought against everything just to show that you want to continue with this redhead, so for your effort I let you continue with her as long as it is far away from here when I become the leader of this family, I hope you are listening to me... Goodbye girl - I say to my daughter watching her unconscious... Like it or not she has been a disappointment, she has done a lot to get here and I even consider you a warrior of honor even though you are on the wrong side that will only bring ruin... I hope you will understand this one day in the future my child... I will get out of here now.
I went with my aunts all the way, I just kept flying with the broom until we got to where the whole ritual is performed, wow. I had never seen this place up close before, now is my big chance and soon we stepped on that place and after a while a spirit appeared, just like we had our arms and legs grabbed by tree trunks and roots that were on the ground, I was doing my best and soon appears in front of us the huge Beatrix Cavendish, I am sure it was her, she looked at us with what seemed to be a disapproving look, but why? I am a witch of pure heart, I have always done everything for the good of the whole Cavendish family, I have never cherished anything that was not beyond the traditions, I made sure to leave everything aside to live the family traditions and pass them on to my daughters.
- Clarie, Amelia, Marie... I saw everything you did, everything you did in this life, you were greedy witches, you were cruel, selfish, homophobic and intolerant witches... All I have to say is that you will receive divine punishment, but before that I want to know why? Why interfere with poor Bernadette's ritual? There was nothing wrong with her, her heart is pure, the one who should be here? Know that the whole ideal that you thought was wrong, was the erasure of an entire history of mine that I had to flee my village because I was forced to marry a man! Erasing that Cavendish women can be anything they want to be? I didn't run away from a village at that time for you to condone your backward mentality... Look at that - said Beatrix... Who was already telling us all that nonsense, it can't be real until a greenish straight-haired druid appears, I think it must be Woodward by the branches sticking out of her and the two of them kissed in front of me... Uhhhhhh... how disgusting.
- And why is this wrong nowadays? In your time it was different, everything was rampant immorality and I'm sure that to give continuity to the family you had to lie with some man, I know well that in the old days the Cavendish women used the Amazon method of having relationships with men once to only get pregnant and then stay in the family, because obviously you are women! And women don't reproduce with each other! Only those who play women who are really just men with a fetish for being a woman and play the lesbian! - I tell them loud and clear, I don't care if they are the legendary witches of the family, it's good that they hear some truths.
- Clarie Cavendish, your little head has been made since the time you were born because of these two who also had their heads made by an evil that came years ago disguised as Nancy, that witch put these thoughts in the heads of these two and they had the opportunity to change the way they think with their younger sister and aunt, but they refused and so Marie cannot become leader, even if she was chosen by Meredith to hold that position, unlike you she has not erased our past and can keep burning the flame of hope that one day the Cavendish will be like they were before... A safe place for us witches who are free to be who we are... You not only attacked Bernadette, but the mother of the future Diana Cavendish, maybe you should erase her name, but it is your mother... Marie and Amelia... She made so many scientific advances around the fertility stone... The ancestor created more efficient variants, the first one invented the first fertility stone that could be made in an attainable way, these Diana Cavendish fought for the fertility stone, for the right to make it more feasible and possible for witch couples to have their biological family and still keep if with their partner... In what was once just a rare moment for each Cavendish to have the opportunity to have the fertility stone, is now something that has the method of how to obtain it without having to rely on luck and having to be a chosen one... She carries the fourth in a line of Diana Cavendish... She will probably be another legendary witch in that family... Did you realize how you were actually getting in the way of everything? Just because you don't open your minds to anything... You almost killed the future Diana Cavendish, all for nothing... Anyway, without further ado... I will unfortunately have to take you from here to paradise, since you want to live the world so much in a different way that thinks like you do then let them go to paradise... I promise it will not be slow and painful, it will be very fast and we will have decoration trees in this place before the real leader arrives - Beatrix said as those branches consumed us ... She's going to kill us all anyway... The witch who is totally fair and caring is killing us... What the... Damn her... But... This must all be because of something we did... Is it our fault that we really erased the history of the Cavendish family? I think we were fooled all along into thinking that.
I was slowly feeling a slight pain consuming me, my life going away, but soon I also started to have some visions of what would happen in the future... I saw my daughter marrying that redhead... Then them having a daughter... And years later another one... And then being grandparents with the oldest one having another daughter and being with a Japanese girl and on top of that they actually did it with each other! They are biological daughters... I am sorry for all that came to happen to you Bernadette... I was a mistake as a mother and I deserve to leave this world, I hope at least you can be happy without me... I hope that without my presence you will be free... I think I love you my child... A last tear came out of me and then I saw only darkness taking over... Is this death? I don't know... Goodbye Cavendish family... I have failed as one... Good-bye... Bernadette...
POV Bernadette:
I wouldn't wake up for anything, but soon I was faced with a dark void and from there appeared the trinity of Diana Cavendish, they circled me and soon after appeared the great Beatrix... They told me to wake up, but I couldn't, until the four started to motivate me more, the four of them saying that it was important that I came back, so much so that I soon receive a spell from them and I find myself in that empty corridor... I look up to the sky and notice that there is still time, I cannot delay! Even if I don't make it I will fight to become the leader of the Cavendish.
I went running and got my broom and continued on my way, until I landed there, I noticed how there was no one around, just some trees around, but how strange, but I just kept going, as soon as I landed I noticed that an aura started to appear around me and also in front of me she appeared... The great Beatrix... And I mean big, she is much bigger than I thought... Wow... Soon she looks at me with a smile and I am still all serious, because I just wish that all this would be over, in the skies I also notice that some fireworks were going off, I guess it is time for the new year... 1991 has just started and I am just in time to become the leader of the Cavendish family.
Tuesday, January 1, 1991
- Happy New Year Bernadette... You have arrived in time to become the newest leader of the Cavendish family. I have always been watching you even when you were not in the family mansion, I know all your journey, how much you fought to be accepted as a lesbian, I know that you just wanted to have a minimum of freedom, to see your bravery makes me very proud girl, reminds me of the moment when I needed to leave the comfort zone and have the bravery to run away in the middle of the forest around my village... When I least noticed, I became one of the nine witches who were on a journey in search of the legendary twelve books of Lilith, I could barely read when I started this journey and to think that today witches like you can have all the knowledge of the world in hand in such a peaceful and easy way... It fills me with pride to see how much better the world has become for us... But we are here to talk about you... I know you are dating a girl named Laura McLaren, she is a descendant of Madeleine and Kara, one of the ones who were with Woodward and me in search of the twelve books. Anyway... Tell me why did it come to this? Why did you want to become a leader? What is your motivation and what do you want to do to the family? - Said Beatrix with a beautiful speech as always, I did not know that there were three trees in the place of the ritual? Well, strange, I don't know... Well I take a deep breath and soon start to give the speech I prepared.
- I Bernadette Cavendish have the solemn wish to become the leader of the Cavendish family on behalf of all our history, I want us to continue with our greatness, I want all the struggle to be what we are not erased, I am holding the future Diana Cavendish in my hands... I am sure that my daughter will be something great in the future... Also because my grandmother is with cancer, I don't know how long she has and she is the only one who shares that way of thinking, my mother wants to keep the traditions and kill the struggle of being ourselves, my aunts are greedy, so is my sister... I want to keep everything, the traditions and our freedom... I am just trying to be a great leader of the family, but I am sure my daughter will be greater in that regard... I just want that one day I can live in peace and all of us can be who we are - I tell her and she just smiles at me and with that big hand she starts to perform the ritual.
I just felt some major pains coming from my back and in my hands... I wonder if I will get the same tattoos as Chelsea... Well I don't know, only that the pain went quickly, then I had to close my eyes and ended up seeing all the family's past in a way that seemed really fast, as if I was seeing who were the leaders of the family until I got to the first of all the leaders, the great Beatrix smiled at me and then flew back and disappeared, I looked at my hands and there was nothing, in any of them, much less in my arms, then from there I just came back from the ritual and went walking normally through the corridor, but how strange, my mother and my aunts didn't appear until now, until the moment I pass through the door and when I see in the corridors there was a picture of me "Bernadette Cavendish 1991" I was the current leader, but what the fuck, soon I also saw my grandmother on the floor all fainted I run towards her and she soon starts to wake up with a little pain in her head.
- Huh? Bern? Are you here? How nice to see you here... Those damn things really interfered... Well that's too bad... Let's try later this year if there's a blue moon, I'll check it out in our library," said my grandmother until I pointed to the board at the end of the hall.
- It won't be necessary, I did it, Beatrix blessed me as the leader of the family, from now on I will be in charge as such... I did it Grandma! They woke me up later! The trinity of Diana Cavendish and Beatrix! But... Where are the others? My mother and my aunts? They were supposed to be waiting for me to launch the attack... Have they given up? - I tell my grandmother who is very proud of me, then she quickly gets up with my help.
- I don't know where they are now, but I only know that you got my granddaughter, Beatrix would never allow them to become the head of the family, she did everything in the fairest way I think in the end... Well let's tell the news to your girlfriend, ah and by the way... We already are - said my grandmother until I agree with my head and she gives me a happy new year hug.
After this we got to my room and soon my little freckle that was looking at the window listening to music on her Walkman looks at me and goes running towards me to give me a hug, and I also take the opportunity to wish happy new year? Now we can live in peace here in the Cavendish family mansion, no longer obliged to be what I am not, although now that only more intrigues begin.
- My fluffy cabbage! Happy New Year my love! Did you make it? - said my little freckle, which I quickly kissed her to confirm, that intense tongue kiss, now I have definitely become the leader of the Cavendish family! I'm not just anyone anymore.
- Yes, baby! I did it! I am the leader of the family! Now we can do whatever we want! And no one will forbid us! - I tell her until my grandmother arrives at both of us.
- Without wanting to make you show it, but already doing so... Lower this dress my granddaughter, stay back to us, the mark of the leader is on the back - Said my grandmother until I turn around lowering the dress to my waist, putting my hands in front of my breasts and then the two get mirrors to show me.
Wow it was a really fucked up unicorn on top of a lake riding around... I never noticed how epic it was like that and my huge scar on my back was gone too... Wow! I got this huge magical unicorn on my back and I'm definitely the leader, I just won't go around showing it off, but how interesting, it also had the family crest and the Cavendish name written on it. After that they take off the mirror and I take the opportunity to get my robe and go to the bathroom to change, when I get back I hug them both and we celebrate that I am finally the leader of the Cavendish family? I did it! I Bernadette Cavendish!
POV Narrator:
The year 1991 started in the best possible way with Bernadette becoming the leader of the whole Cavendish family, but at the cost of the lives of Clarie, Amelia and Marie Cavendish who died on the night of December 31, 1990 at 23:54, due to magical causes, that death not yet coming in the family, no one knew where they were and they just used the night to celebrate the new year and Bernadette's new position by having a big party in the bedroom, where it then turned out the same as always with Laura and Bernadette making love the first time of the year and this time with the Cavendish leader. Daryl at that point just kept waiting in her room so much until he went to sleep waiting for the news on the first morning of 1991.
See you, Cavendish head...
