POV Narrator:
After a frustrating 1994 season for Laura McLaren, who was doing very well with impressive results, extremely high numbers for a racer of her caliber, a meeting was scheduled to discuss the fate of Lucy Watson that was punished twice that year for the sabotages she did to Laura, so that she didn't have a chance to compete for the championship, who ended up grabbing the opportunity that season was Alanna Russeau that grabbed a fourth title, tying the Australian in titles with a very clean season for the French racer that was very consistent, besides also having all the suspicion on the LEAF team that allowed this kind of things, even having a scandal involving a mechanic of the team, besides they called the leader of the Scuderia Carlucci, everything to solve a scandal around the suspicions on top of Watson and also so that all this drama ends up putting an end to all of this. Luckily Laura got a lot of evidence thanks to the help of her good friend who was an agent of the WCI and made sure to investigate each race thoroughly and also to get enough to incriminate the Australian racer who should pay for what she did.
Friday, December 2, 1994
The long awaited day arrived, everyone should be present in Whittlebury for the Broom Racing Association meeting that would also have the presence of some of the association leaders that were the immortal witches Harriet and Freya who had very high magical powers and it was an impossible thing to lie to them, besides the fact that their decision would determine what would happen in the following years of the competition, after a very troubled year and possible other two previous years of suspicious championships won by Lucy Watson. It was already late that day, everyone was there for the meeting to take place, it would be the most important and crucial moment for the whole career of the Australian girl who tried everything to put herself at the top, but may have the chance to have even championships annulled, it was a very serious accusation and if she was not good enough with words it could have dire consequences for the girl's side. Laura and Rosemary were there and both were very confident, they knew that everything was very well planned.
POV Laura:
Today finally all this will be solved, I can't stand being like this anymore without any conclusion, I'm afraid that next year Lucy will be hired by any team and will sabotage the brooms of Scuderia Carlucci, even more because now I have a fucking broom to fight for the championship, I have chances to be the fucking champion, I will show everyone that I really am the most fucked up, but this is not the moment, it was a very comfortable room, we were all sitting around a table, Lucy was just on the other side facing me with crossed arms and you could notice the nervousness in her expression, she knew she was partially to blame, Elizabeth was also with a bit of anger towards me, as if I were responsible for destroying her chances... I carried the whole team on my back, they didn't give me a decent broom, they just rode any broom, and they still don't even invest in their own division of the WBRC because they know they have a dumb runner to do the dirty work, it was just the type I imagine she must be imagining of me now, well let's see where this all goes, one of the witches stands up, it was the brown haired one... Harriet Benson one of the nine witches here... Who knew I was personally facing one of the most fucked up witches alive, she could kill me with a snap of her fingers if she wanted to? I'm sure.
- Alright, we are gathered here to discuss about what happened in the 1992, 1993 and 1994 seasons, Laura McLaren is strongly accusing that she was sabotaged on the grid and this has actually been proven with footage that we have from cameras that are exclusively ours from the pits, we have noticed suspicious activity on the grid since that year, always someone appeared specifically on Laura McLaren's side in her Pit to sabotage her broom, of course this qualifies in a very anti-sportive attitude and results in the banning of the accused from the sport, besides a compensation proportional to the damage caused, either by points given to Laura, or by money. The accused for good is Lucy Watson who raced for Scuderia Carlucci from 1989 to 1994, winning four titles for the same team, and in this specific period she ended up winning two titles
- Sorry for the interruption, but I don't want points in the championship, I don't want to win titles given away if she is proven guilty, anything but being considered a champion who wins titles by complaint, I will win my titles in the arm, if I lost these titles or not, I don't care anymore, it's over and it is already recorded that Lucy Watson is the champion of these years, let her keep this stain on her won championships that were controversial, because I don't want to win championships this way. Championships are won on the track, not on appeal - I say very clearly until Lucy, in a rage, interrupts me.
- Oh, you're already going to play the superior one on my side? Like I'm inferior for winning championships the way you think I did? It's not my fault if you didn't know how to use your broom for 3 seasons in a row, you had plenty of chances to become champion, your broom broke because you pushed it too hard, you can clearly see that your broom was going with a speed above average and the regulation in every race that it broke, obviously the person who should take a disqualification is... - Said Lucy until Harriet makes her shut up using a spell that puts a zipper in her mouth and that makes me laugh a bit... Well deserved.
- Stop arguing and let's reach a conclusion here! Well as I was saying... Lucy Watson won two championships in a possibly controversial way... Laura McLaren has already made it clear that she doesn't want any championship won by appeal, so Lucy Watson regardless of the fate will continue with 4 titles in the World Broom Racing Championship, a noble attitude from the Irish woman I would say... Continuing here, we have the very strong accusation of her being the main one involved in a sabotage scheme in the brooms that Laura McLaren used in certain races, being very evident in some cases, given that this season she had two accusations materialized as real and was punished being out in 4 races, even so she managed to put Laura out of many more races. Another occurrence that we see reported is the slight purposeful worsening of the LEAF team. Where they continued with a mediocre broom given to racer Laura McLaren for money, we well note Laura McLaren's talent not only in racing but also in broom chassis development, but we never saw the team taking any of her suggestions nor the racer's involvement in the development of the chassis itself, This was proven by one of the mechanics of the LEAF team who had been paid to sabotage the team's broom in the hands of Lucy Watson, which leads us to conclude that there is a movement going on here to want to take Laura McLaren out of competition by all means and that is a very sporting attitude... In this proof of the LEAF team we don't have much more to say, it has been proven and we have determined that the team will never return to the World Broom Racing Championship. We don't accept this kind of behavior in our championship, The regulation strictly says that a team must remain competitive to continue in the championship and when you have the opportunity to be competitive you must take it, Lavoiette and Zaibatsu still accepted to sell top magical orbs to their team and they were much better than the cheap ones from Cossey that are used by teams back there that can barely afford it... Do you have anything to say for yourself, Elizabeth? - said Harriet, ending her speech. What? What the fuck is this? Was I being sabotaged even by my own team? That's why I had such mediocre resources! What the fuck! I can't believe this... Wow, I'm really angry... I looked at Elizabeth and she was sketching a very tense expression. So it was true... I was already a little suspicious, but then she took a deep breath and began to spit it out.
- Ahhhhhh... Unfortunately it's really true, what can I do? I paid 80 million pounds for this girl, I couldn't spend more... She would have to make those eighty million pounds worth something, I was only doing what was best for the team to stay in the competition... It's expensive to keep competing in this championship, you know that - Elizabeth said with a straight face until I completed her.
- I was supposed to be in the World Broom Racing Championship since 1988, you vetoed any other team to hire me with the claim that I demanded a huge amount of money to be hired, you put me on a four year soak and you tell me that I cost a lot? For years you have been sucking money from my victories, the "80 million" were paid since 1992, I know that each point is worth half a million pounds and those same 80 million were paid in four parts of 20 million each, so even so it was the least you could have given me as a team was a competitive broom, but great that you put me on those bad brooms, at least this way I got more attention from the world winning with those tricks you call a broom, well then I am disappointed with you Elizabeth ... You have used me as your wonder girl since 1987 and that's because you still made me pay to join your team since that time always underestimating me and discrediting me... Finally now I am free from a team that was so abusive to my side - I tell her that I just kept quiet and Harriet soon answers me.
- Don't be so angry Laura McLaren, it is still your fourth season, so better chances will come your way... Because you already have potential, so the case of the LEAF team is already settled, you will be banned from participating in the World Broom Racing Championship again, until a decision is made by us to allow you to come back, until then you can no longer compete in the highest category of the broom racing sport... You will still continue in the smaller categories, but without using your racers as a source of money, this is morally against the event's code of conduct... - Said Harriet who then pointed to the door.
Elizabeth gets up from there in frustration, she stares at me a little angrily. I imagine that she must be cursing me to death inside, but what can I do if she was sabotaging me? If she abused all my skills to profit on me... I knew she was making a lot more than she was paying me a year. At least I got a good amount of money in all those years... Well after she left the meeting room everything turned to Lucy Watson... She was very tense, it was then that Harriet again got up to start the meeting... As one would imagine, everything would be cleared up this time and there was no way Lucy could get away with it.
- Well let's get back to the first point of this meeting... Lucy Watson... The case of Lucy Watson and all the sabotage done to the brooms that Laura ran for the LEAF team in many GP's in a row that she could have won or at least took a much better position than usual, so let's go, what do you have of proof that you came to the conclusion that Lucy Watson is really the guilty and involved in all this sabotage scheme? We already know that part of this is the LEAF team's own fault for giving her mediocre equipment, but it's not only this that could make her lose the championship, show us why you came to this accusation - Harriet said until Rose and I stood up.
We started to set up a whole scheme that we had planned all week, making a wall with all the calls and investigations, including a timeline of events, starting even in 1991 when I became champion in a year that I did well and we could already see that Lucy was very angry at that time, even though they are reports, after a whole scheme set up with Rose's help we started to count events by events. Everyone was paying attention, including Lucy who was already showing a tremendous nervousness.
- It all started in 1991, Laura was starting her career, she came with everything, winning all of them, in an overwhelming and dominant way, obviously the 1990 champion wasn't enjoying this at all, she wasn't satisfied with a crushing defeat of a runner who managed to take the championship in the eleventh race of the year in an epic way, no one had ever done that before, it was an impressive record and she almost took the record for most consecutive wins... Here we arrive in 1992, why would the previous year's champion strangely start to decline? How could someone who won the year before with inferior equipment that at most would only give podiums and, by some miracle, some victory... Out of the blue she declines that season... When she was even more in shape... Ah but you will say that this is a LEAF thing... Lucy Watson. Harriet Benson... Can we ask you to show us some evidence that you collected from LEAF pit cams in the 1992 season? - Rose says to all of them, until Harriet just nods her head, starting to show detail by detail, I was just quiet watching it all.
Portugal, Italy, Canada, Hungary... Races that I had a great chance to win, I remember well how I was sabotaged that year. It wasn't mechanical failures of the LEAF... I thought it was, but even so it was sabotage since that time... Well it wasn't Lucy going into the Pits obviously, she is not stupid to give herself away that much, it would be very unintelligent to do that... Well, at least in other races... Belgium... Sweden... They were all by sabotage too... I'm glad that the manual mode of the broom saved me this season... otherwise the result would have been more disastrous... Well, in 92 there were only these, at least... There were no more, but I am still indignant that I lost a possible 22 points that season... I was supposed to win the championship with a wide lead over Lucy that season.
- In 1992 the sabotages were few, if Lucy continued like that she could even win in the following years for pure ability, but not the thirst to lower Laura even more made her take more drastic measures and in 1993 when Laura was in the most complete physical form, she had everything to try one more championship, but the inferior broom of LEAF, moreover the sabotages took her from the title, this was very evident in the GP's of Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Scotland, Spain, that more specifically had the very controversial closed movement of Lucy Watson that damaged Laura's broom and cost her victory... This is all very strange Lucy Watson, a very anti-sportive attitude on her part, but continuing here... These races had evidently been sabotaged by Lucy from what was noticed, since Laura's broom suddenly gained power and Cossey's magic orbs can't handle too much power... Unless someone has entered the pits... Well Harriet... Do you have footage of these events? More specifically in the pits of the LEAF team, or if there is even more footage - Rose says to Harriet who nods in agreement.
- It was exactly those races, we even have the proof with footage in the pits, not counting intentional crashes in some races, like the controversial 1993 Canadian GP where Lucy knocked out Alanna and Laura in the first corner finishing in fourth position, or when a racer crashed into Laura's broom in France, we noticed that in the paddocks there appeared someone with an overcoat giving money to Vanna Heinz to crash into the McLaren's broom? She was not punished that year, but she would cause damage to the championship again - said Harriet who also pushed some buttons to show the footage.
In the pits, as usual, there were always the sabotages with the magic orb that became a tradition... Really... Bunch of bitches... Fuck you, I'm giving my all and these damned women ruining all my race as if it was nothing... Go take it up the ass ... I was having a good time and suffering all this... Fuck, I lost this season by one lousy point. I knew it was that Vanna. That bitch is no good at all. Son of a bitch... Because of her I fucked myself for shit. Take it up the ass! I hate her with all my strength ... Everything's fine and she does this to me... I lost the championship because of her... Because of Lucy paying that bitch to beat my broomstick in France... A race that was in my hand... Oh old man... Forget it. Next year I will win with my arm. Well all I know is that I was outraged seeing Lucy arriving there negotiating, but what a dirty little runner, fucking bastard...
- And then that year it became more evident... But it's really very suspicious Lucy... Just in the two years that you won the championship Laura was doing badly with her broom and you were doing well with Carlucci's broom... And she wasn't doing badly because her broom was bad... A bit of it, but also because someone was purposely making her broom broken, the most curious thing about it all is that the person in the overcoat, was always wearing the same clothes, I came to the conclusion that the physical attributes match you... But back to the investigation is when we get to this year, where you don't even have the nerve to hide, this time you didn't expect my presence, I was hired by Laura to investigate further? Let's go... In Sweden and in Japan things were quiet, there was no evident sabotage, I even have more concrete evidence, I followed your movements and when you arrived in Portugal, when I unmasked you, I followed your every step, but I found out one thing You have a partner, someone who pays you to carry out these sabotages... Well, if you don't want to give up your partner, that's ok, I don't know her identity and this will be a separate investigation, but let's get to you... Italy, I set up a scheme and we caught you with someone who told you that he paid to sabotage... So far so good, everyone knows, Vanna was even banned because of you... What do you know, she gave everything away... We were able to negotiate legally with her and she told us the whole scheme and revealed that she was to blame for Laura's accident at the French GP in 1993... Who would have thought that the pieces are now coming together... We are in England, with the LEAF employee scandal, it turns out that they just fired her, but I interviewed her, I collected evidence, she again pointed the blame at you and we just kept gathering more evidence and evidence... Hungary... Another triple whammy on Laura... Who was behind hiring the three runners? Again I found out it was Lucy Watson, but you were very clever, I had to bridge the gap to get you involved in all of this, I found out who the person was that negotiated to negotiate for you, it was a smart move, but she also confessed that she paid you to do the job... Again, don't underestimate the intelligence of the WCI, when we go in to investigate we get evidence... Continuing here... Germany, another raid, same scam, it was the same reliable person, she confessed what she did in Germany and in Hungary... What a lack of genius... Ireland that controversial beat and attempt to eliminate Laura... She was punished for the second time in the year... Argentina, you can even fool the Broom Racing Association that closed the case, but not a WCI agent, she confessed that she was paid by you and it was even easier because she was Australian too... Canada, failed attempt to sabotage Laura who beautifully dodged the broom of a retard who also confessed she was being paid by you and finally what you did in Brazil, not with Laura but with Alanna an anti-sporting move that put her out of the race... How ironic isn't it... All these sabotages have a direct connection to you... I may not have caught your partner in crime, but you I have evidence here that proves more than ever that it was your fault for all this that happened - Rose said beautifully to Lucy who braked with nervousness... She was to blame for all of this evidently... Fuck, Rose is really fucking awesome, she managed to articulate everything very well to prove that it was Lucy who was behind all this.
POV Lucy:
Fuck, what a fucking four-eyed wretch. How the fuck did she manage to articulate all that very well? Well I'm fucked... One way or another my career just went down the drain... I swear that one day I will kill this fucking redhead! How angry! I'm going to kill this fucking detective! Who does she think she is? Playing Sherlock Holmes... All of this is also Laura's fault, who wanted to put her hand in to investigate all of this... But I'm not giving up Daryl... I think there is something more interesting for me to do with her. Since it has gone to shit, then I will speak the truth, very clearly. That or use the crystal ball... Which I am sure she will want to use for my side to find out everything, so if I confess at least I have a plan of salvation for my skin at least... Since with my fucked up career I can still get away with a little, confessing is less punishment... They all looked at me with disgust and anger. Laura, on the other hand, was a little indignant, I thought she would be all happy to gather all my guilt, she was indignant, but what do you mean? Well... I took a deep breath and then began to tell her everything in detail.
- Yes... It was me, all that happened with Laura was my sabotage, I didn't want to get beat by a newcomer... She is younger than me and was winning anyway, she was going to pass me in titles anyway... So yes, I wanted to sabotage Laura's broom. For this I needed a partner and she was always the one who gave me the money to carry out these schemes, that's why I always had all the money to pay other runners to carry out sabotages, I simply had to have a connection with someone so that I would not arouse suspicion... Well, then I'm open for you to do whatever you want - I say shrugging my shoulders with total indifference which made Laura even more indignant, she even started to get a disappointed expression on my side and faced me with a more tearful look.
- Damn girl... Really... Why is that? I thought your story was pretty fucked up. You came from a humble family in Australia and you made it to the World Broom Racing Championship. You went head to head with her... Alanna Russeau! She is one of the most fucked up racers of this century a four-time champion so consistent and fucked up... I got a little inspiration from you, I thought we would be good friends, because we are two young girls in the championship... Fuck... I was disappointed... I thought I was going to get some fucking inspiration from a young runner. Seriously Lucy Watson... Before I came along you were such a fast and fucked up runner, I could tell you didn't win anything in the dirt... Honestly... Keep those two titles won in the dirt... But damn... Why? You were an inspiration. I imagined myself talking to you a lot, and even being teammates at Carlucci, fighting for titles. I hope you at least rethink the way you act... - Said Laura, who was wiping her tears... What a fake... Does she really think she is innocent like that? I know you must be thinking that now I am relieved and happy because I am on the clear? But no... I wanted even more competitors to fight for the championship... Even if I lost, I had some fun in 92, 93 and 94, they were great championships, those who watched them must have jumped out of the sofa... But seriously, I'm not happy because of that, I'm even sad... I am only relieved because I will be able to show my ability for once... Because I won't be sabotaged - she said, sounding like she was reading minds. How fucking dramatic and fake this Laura... Go fuck yourself.
- Well, since you have willingly confessed we will not be so strong with the punishment I will be the one to decide your fate, as I am known for being fair and kindness in person... I hereby decree that Lucy Watson will never again be allowed to race in any broom racing league for the rest of her life, and will only be allowed to get on a racing broom for some amateur event, but never again professionally, her super license will be revoked, and she will also be banned for 5 years from ever pulling into the paddocks of the World Broom Racing Championship, and may be punished by a fine for all of this... Besides the payment of a 10 million pounds compensation to Laura McLaren for the damages caused to her during those three seasons - said the blonde witch who plays nice until Laura puts her hand up.
- No need, I don't want her money... I just want Lucy to truly redeem herself for the mistakes she made... Convert this compensation money into some charity for someone if you have to, there are people who deserve this money more than me - said the little bitch who plays the good girl, fuck you.
Narrator POV:
Lucy's fate was decided, she was banned for the rest of her life from having a running career for unsportsmanlike conduct, with that she leaves there quite enraged and goes flying away after the decision was made, Laura leaves there quite frustrated and disappointed with Watson. She really saw the Australian as a possible friend when she was still in Luna Nova and saw the runner having a successful career, but later she got very frustrated with her... With seasons where she saw the true face of someone who didn't know how to lose, let alone win.
Monday, December 5, 1994
A few days pass. Daryl received a note from Lucy that was almost discovered and she was even somewhat in shock, so she quickly opens it to see what it was about.
POV Daryl:
What the fuck! They almost found me in that fuck! If my grandmother or even worse... Laura finds out about my partnership with this Lucy I will be fucked, even more so because these days they won't stop talking about this shit... Fuck you... Well I open that envelope and start to read that thing, I am sure that it is some stupid invitation to go somewhere different, or to blackmail me.
"Come right away to the location pointed out by that letter, I'm not going to wait, I just magically sent that letter, we have to talk... Come right out, I know you're not busy"
Did I feel a threat? Ah foda se, I grabbed my broom and followed the path, passing by where she had given me the coordinates by a magic compass, until I arrived in a place far from home with a hill and some trees around, she was waiting for me there, I left disguised so as not to show it was me, after all she had already been caught, if I get caught too... I could go to jail for real... This time it wouldn't be nine months in a five star hotel... It will be years in jail and I would be far away from Bern and Laura, I would be out of her control.
- What do you want with me? - I ask her.
- Just leave me alone, I won't go along with any more of your plans... You don't give me up for what you did to me that day and I don't give you up for our partnership these 3 years... And with that each one of us goes our own way, I will not interfere with my daughters... I will be quiet in Australia and you stay there in Scotland doing whatever you want... I just don't want to get involved in anything with your person anymore - she said in a way that I already expected.
- All right... I've been waiting for this one, go back to your house, you are no longer useful to me... I'll have to think of something else to demoralize Laura, but I haven't figured it out yet... Well, at least I still have my source of money and everything is fine. Goodbye Lucy Watson... I hope that one day we will see each other again - I say, turning to her and picking up my broom.
- Know one thing Daryl... This is all your fault, I was forced to do what I did... You bastard - she said while I just kept flying away quietly without giving a damn.
POV Narrator:
That was the moment that would mark the end of all Lucy Watson's involvement over Laura McLaren. All of this being sent by none other than Daryl Cavendish who got away with all the evil that he caused to Bernadette's sister as always was showing her claws to everyone, she was someone who did not underestimate herself, someone who really had an above average intelligence that should not be so ignored since she could become a huge problem, even more because of the hatred that she has to Bernadette and Laura, being capable of everything to get rid of them. After this whole problem involving Lucy was solved, things for Laura would get better regarding the World Broom Racing Championship, since she was with a new team and without someone to sabotage the team's racing brooms.
See you, fired witches...
