POV Narrator:
The months went by since Laura and Bernadette had to leave the Cavendish family home, with that the year 1999 was starting. Laura stopped racing for the WBRC, but went to another category which was the World Broom Endurance Championship, which was a championship of long races on the broom, where the goal was the same as the WBRC, the difference was that the races lasted many more hours, The difference was that the races lasted much longer hours, like the well-known 24 hours of Ness that was 24 hours of running and few runners could handle the whole race alone, and few were the ones who put themselves in the category of running alone in such an event, but Laura McLaren was one of those who put herself in this category and so she won one of the most prestigious events of broomstick racing. Laura was after winning the triple crown of broom racing which involved winning the Salem GP, the 24 hours of Ness and the 1000 miles of Salt Lake City which was part of the Super Light Broom Championship which was a uniquely American competition. Laura wanted this to show her daughter Diana how she was a high class racer, besides wanting to call the attention of Harriet and Freya with the incredible talent she has, since both of them would indirectly talk to Laura herself in case she reached this incredible achievement, Laura knew that on her own she would never get the cure, because her knowledge with potions is very limited. That's why she made a point of wanting to get attention.
At the Cavendish family mansion things were starting to become a new normal, this new normal consisted of Maryl and Merrill offending little Diana at Daryl's behest and with the mother of the two children doing nothing, Bernadette also could not do anything but telling them to stop, but it was no use, since they still had a tremendous stubbornness insisting on the provocations. Daryl's brainwashing was working on both girls, but it was evident that they were being bought to act like this, since they had never been like this in all these years, which already opened a huge suspicion around Daryl and she didn't have the authority to act like that either. Meanwhile Bernadette's sister also took the opportunity to go book by book looking for a poison to get rid of her own sister who was already suffering a lot and she wanted to cause even more suffering to the Cavendish family.
In a place far away from there, more specifically Loperèc in France, where Laura and Bernadette's couple visited 9 years ago, a little girl called Chariot Du Nord was in her 15th year of age and about to enter the Luna Nova academy of witches after she received a letter of approval for the academy. The girl since Laura's coming that day ended up waking up something that was dormant in her that was magic and interest in her, all thanks to a little push given by McLaren 9 years ago when she visited the Du Nord.
The horrible thing that had happened was on March 14, 1999 when Joanne and Mark had an accident on a highway, when their car crashed into a truck that was trying to overtake another truck in another lane, there was practically nothing left of the two of them that were crushed by the strong impact and this had already left Laura even more down, after being forced to separate from her wife, she lost another very precious personal treasure that were the attentive parents that were gone in a horrible accident. Two months after the accident at least she had one piece of good news, on May 14, 1999, Holly McLaren was born, Chelsea's daughter with Laura, who the latter did not know was the little girl's mother. Just like the Cavendish girls, the beautiful girl pulled quite a lot from her mother who knocked up having a nice pair of green eyes, but with her mother Laura's freckles that was another common thing, since all the McLaren girls had freckles, some more prone than the other.
Friday, September 10, 1999, Luna Nova, Wales
It was a normal day like any other for the Luna Nova red team, consisting of three girls who were all from different and similar years at the same time, Madeleine Watson was the oldest and was in her last year, Croix Meridies and Chariot Du Nord were from the same year, only Meridies was from October 1983 while Du Nord was from February 1984. They had practically become best friends, since they were all broomstick racing fans, they loved to talk about their favorite racers. Impressively Madeleine, despite being Lucy Watson's sister, had as her favorite runner the same as Chariot and Croix who all three adored Laura McLaren for her incredible talent and perseverance, so much so that they kept saying "If she ran more years she would pass Sarah Campbell".
POV Chariot:
Wow, this academy where Laura McLaren graduated is not that bad, I met these two girls in this week that I am here and they are really nice, we talk all the time about the amazing Laura McLaren and they don't believe that I saw her personally at home, I even met Lucy Watson's sister that I hated so much because I thought she was a dirty runner that always ruined Laura's races by sabotaging her... What was not that much of a lie, I hardly wait to get to the room and draw, until we arrive at the door of our room and I was hearing strange sounds, it seemed to be videogames, Maddie and Croix also heard them until the three of us entered and there was a girl sitting on a pouf in our room, she was wearing jeans and holding a MagicStation control! She brought a Magic Station... Wait a minute, she has red hair... That hair, until the same woman stands up, she was quite short... It can't be... Mrs. Laura here? When she lowers her sunglasses and reveals her beautiful blue eyes, I just notice the other two freaking out and going towards Laura.
- Ahhhhh! I can't believe it! Laura McLaren here! - Said Maddie going towards Laura, who was trying to move away a little bit from all that yelling.
- Laura McLaren? Is it really her? How did she bring a MagicStation here when video games are forbidden in Luna Nova? - asked Croix with her hand on her chin until Laura answered her.
- They always were, do you really think I stayed here just drawing and studying? I was in this same room here, I know well how to hide these things, you just need a converter from magic to electricity and that's it... That's how I used to play my Mahoutendo when I was here... Oh, and how nice to see you little Chariot... If I may call you that, you have gotten really fucking tall - Laura said, coming towards me and hugging me, leaving me all blushed... Ahhhhhh... I can't believe Laura McLaren appeared to me again.
- But why appear here out of nowhere? What brought you here? - I asked her, and she quickly answered me.
- Are you a big fan of broom racing, Chariot? Well, I've come to visit someone I haven't seen in a long time. I wish I could even show my daughter... But unfortunately my wife's family are a bunch of assholes who have restricted us from being close... Not my wife, she is a lovely person, but her sister... You who are a Du Nord must already know what this is about because of your great-grandmother - Laura said to us who were all helpful in listening to her.
- So you consider me a friend? - I say to her and she starts to laugh a little, I think I was pretty ridiculous on that one, but I couldn't control myself, it was Laura McLaren, I had no idea that the woman who visited me when I was a child would become her.
- Sit down girls, I'm going to tell you a very fucked up story and also maybe give you a proposal - Laura said and the three of us sat on the bunk bed and she on the pouf so that we could listen to her.
POV Laura:
I think it will be good to come here, I am in need of someone... I will talk with these girls to make Chariot a kind of apprentice of mine... I want to make her a powerful witch and also maybe a future champion of broomstick racing, I just know that this will be enough to at least fill the hole that Diana and Bern make, I see this little girl as if she were almost my daughter... And she has great potential, the other two too, Madeleine doesn't seem to be bothered by my presence, since I saw her chart and was scared by Watson, she is quite similar to her sister, but it's nice to see that she doesn't agree with Lucy or even she has changed a bit... This Croix Meridies is very mysterious, she is very nerdy, reserved, I never had a Meridies before, they have become quite rare by the looks of it, so one of the families that has remained the same since the nine witches or even before. So I start to tell them about the story of the fertility stone, which the little Chariot already knew, and also tell them about my proposal which involved making them high-level broom runners, but soon Madeleine answers me very clearly.
- I don't need it that much, I have already been scouted as a test runner by Lancaster this season, they got me after seeing the amazing talent I had in the broom relays I ran around here and also some local races, it is very likely that I will start running next year, since I was doing very well in the tests... They're going to need it a bit - says Madeleine already talking about her contract, to which I quickly reply her.
- You have your contacts girl, whether you like it or not your sister comes very close to a contract, even with a tarnished reputation and even so don't count the advantage, you may be talented and all, it's just that there's no point in staying without training, just because you already have a contract in hand - I tell her who only nods in agreement.
- I understand Laura McLaren... You are right, my sister says the same thing, I have to train if I want to continue in a high level - she said what made me a little bit proud, it is good to see that Lucy is changing little by little.
- Oh and I was about to forget... I know each of your names and you know my name, the one with red hair is Chariot Du Nord, I've known her since I visited her family home to make the fertility stone, you are Madeleine Watson, Lucy's sister and from what I see you are not like your sister used to be on the grid at the time I was racing against her and lastly the quiet one in her corner all antisocial is Croix Meridies, I have heard a lot about your family history, you are amazing and intelligent - I say to each one until Croix answers me a little down.
- I don't like my family very much... That's what they tell you in the history books, but in reality they are a bunch of prejudiced people who even threw me out of the house, if I'm here in Luna Nova it was on my own... It was a tremendous amount of hard work... But now I am feeling better to see in person a person I admire a lot, an incredible broom racer, I also have great admiration for this championship, I wanted to race there, I am impressed with the engineering used in racing brooms - She said in a nerdy way about broom racing, it seems that the three are interested in broom racing, but how wonderful.
- Don't worry girl, your family is here and now, your friends can give you the love and support that your parents didn't give you - So it looks like someone is in love, huh? I feel a chemistry between these two since I arrived.
Until after all that atmosphere we go to play a little, just to relax, let's see if these girls are doing well, worse that little Chariot and Croix are really good. They don't play badly at all, I was even having a little trouble with them, they are both very addicted to playing, I was really having trouble, the worse that Croix soon reveals that she had been hiding a video game from us the whole time.
- I've been trying to get a video game in here, I just didn't think that the great Laura McLaren had done it before - said Croix, taking a Mahoutendo 64 out of her backpack, which left Chariot in awe, "Damn, they like Mahoutendo so much, I think Magic Station is way cooler.
- A Mahoutendo 64! I have one at home! That's awesome! Do you have Pokepets Stadium? I love to play it with my mom! Please tell me you have it! The games are really cool - she said, all happy... Pokepets... What's that? Is it that drawing of the guys who make cockfights with animals stored in cubes? I guess it must be.
- I don't have that one, but I do have Ronaldo Kart 64! The four of us can play together and see who is the fastest! - If it's like Super Ronaldo Kart I'll kick these girls' asses.
So the game starts, and wow, the graphics have improved a lot between Super Mahoutendo and 64, until we start the game, Chariot chose Joshy, I got Lucio, Croix went with Ronaldo and Madeleine with Princess Apple, we started right away and I was blown away by those graphics... I have to admit that it is more impressive than the MagicStation graphics and I never thought that there would be a Ronaldo Kart in 3D, people, as soon as the race started I managed to set the acceleration time and went ahead... It is just like that, only more precise, I even took a peek at the side screen and Croix hits me with a green hull, but what a little bitch, what impressed me the most was not even that, but the 3 hulls were circling her, so it means I can keep the weapons activated too and release them whenever I want... Wow, there are a lot of them... I fell to last but luckily, in my box came a yellowish mushroom... What it does... Ahhhh it is like an almost infinite nitro and with it I slowly get closer to the three who were killing each other, they did not even know how to drift through the curves, I could reach them easily... Here are many years of Super Ronaldo Kart.
Hours later...
It was too much fun... I loved playing with them... The three girls are very funny and we were very relaxed, we played everything, until my cell phone rings, I think I lost track of time when I saw it was... "fluffy cabbage"... Bern... I got a little emotional and went to the bathroom using a spell to inhibit the sound so that they wouldn't hear my conversation with her... It had been a long time since she had talked to me... But how wonderful... I started to cry when I heard her hello... And then I answered her in tears.
[Me: Baby... I have missed you so much... These days I can't find any happiness, I'm even trying to see little Chariot who is not so little... But I can't fill this emptiness that is being with you... How are things over there? Around here at least nothing has changed since the last time you called me... In fact I'm not even at home... I paid a visit to Luna Nova].
[Bern: Daryl is giving me the creeps... I am very tense these days, it's as if at any moment she is going to stab me from behind... I feel like I'm fragile and helpless... Without you around, but I am being strong, I have a suspicion that she might be up to something with me... Trying to bring me down... you know... Well, other than that, things are the same as always, but I have good news, Diana is learning to talk! She managed to call me mommy these days, she is so cute... I'll mail her a picture and Rose will send it to you... But tell me Laura... What is this story about being in Luna Nova? You graduated nine years ago. Does anyone know where you are? Laura McLaren Cavendish... Look what you're up to girl, I may be far away, but I can still give you a hard time.]
[Me: As I said I am visiting Chariot, she is going to be my apprentice, I want to pass on some of my broom racing teachings to her, plus I feel a void without Diana... Holly may be there, but I don't want to pay more attention to my niece than her own mother, the girl may become more attached to me than to Chelsea... Well anyway, I just came to see her and the girl is huge Bernadette... She is much more than you even... Besides being a big kid after all... Oh and Diana is talking? That's wonderful love... Awwww... I must soon find a way to find this cure, I try and try to get the attention of Harriet and Freya, but it always comes to nothing, they must know some cure for this curse].
[Bern: Love, I love you so much, I wish I could really help, but I have to focus on taking care of Diana... My mother was raised by her aunts and became the monster she was, I am trying to be the most present mother in this world to her and Anna does a great job while I am working away as a doctor... Anyway, love... I have to go for now, Diana is hungry, I love you Laura McLaren... Bye]
She hangs up the phone and I say an almost crying "I love you", again I get all emotional just thinking that this has become the maximum contact I can have with my wife... After this conversation I put the cell phone in my pocket and stare at our wedding rings. I imagine that Bern can't even wear them because of the whole picture... I hope no funny guy comes along and does my wife's head in conjunction with Daryl... After pondering so much in the bathroom I take off the spell and get out of there, where the girls find the delay strange.
- It took you long enough, huh? I hope you didn't clog our toilet - said the little Chariot jokingly... I think someone already wants to make a stronger friendship... What a little bitch.
- I wasn't taking a shit, I just went to talk to my wife and needed some privacy... Well, it's all very nice now that you are playing and everything, but on Monday I want you on the outskirts of the Arcturus forest so that we can start the training for you to become elite runners, if you follow everything well I can get you a contract.
- We are going to be coached by Laura McLaren! How incredible! Of course we accept! What time do we have to show up in the forest of Arcturus? - the three of them ask excitedly, until I answer them.
- Seven o'clock in the morning without fail, I want punctuality with the two runners, but don't think it's easy, after all I push your physical limits, I'm not going to take it easy on you girls, you're going to come out of this training calloused for all kinds of broom races, or my name isn't Laura McLaren - I say all dressed up, but in reality I wasn't even that posed and they soon started clapping.
After this I make sure to open the window, I notice that it was still daylight, so it looks like I will have plenty of time to get home, as I look up at the sky I feel a bit hopeful? That's it... I can't lose hope... After all these three girls can give me a little more happiness, until I feel someone touching my shoulder, it was the little Chariot I look back at her and the other two also look at me with all admiration I think I can be someone important to them... Being important to someone might fill some of the emptiness I have from being away from Diana.
- Bye girls... I'll see you Monday... I am going back to my house... It was nice to meet you, I had a lot of fun, I was very impressed with you little Chariot, you have grown a lot in these years... I don't even know if I can call you little Chariot anymore... Anyway... Goodbye girls... Strive to become a high level broom runner and impress me, don't forget to believe in yourself and in each other's potential to be a great witch - I tell them with a cute speech. I soon get on my broomstick and leave Luna Nova through the bedroom window, practically unnoticed, no one noticed that I came to Luna Nova, after a lot of practice one gets used to it, then I fly home.
POV Chariot:
Laura McLaren around here... I didn't even expect that she would remember me... What an amazing woman... She just amazed me even more... Laura is so nice... First she taught me magic and now she shows up at another big big moment in my life saying that she will train us, that she will help us in becoming broom runners as amazing as she is... Wow... I will for sure in the world dedicate myself to be one... Croix also looks like he was going to get into it... Speaking of Croix... She is so cute, why did I blush when Laura said I should love her like family? She is my best friend around here... That's why I love her so much... She has a Mahoutendo 64, let's play on it so much... Talk about broomstick racing... I want to see her more than just what we are seeing each other in Luna Nova, I think... Am I getting a feeling more different than friendship for Croix? This is all very strange, until she comes poking me and I turn around and she accidentally stumbles and gets her face very close to mine... We were almost kissing at that moment and I felt even more embarrassed? Oh no...
- Ahn... Croix... Your face is very close to mine... - I say a little blushed causing my voice to fog up her glasses a little ah damn, my breath is fogging up her glasses and soon Croix gets up and Madeleine is just laughing.
- Come on girls, you two get excited about anything, can you tell me that you two are lesbians? I've noticed how different you are with each other, you're not straight - said Maddie, making fun of us.
- I am a lesbian, with a lot of pride - I say with my chest even full of so much confidence after I stood up and Croix was half shrinking.
- I am also a lesbian, but that is not such a big deal... I just like girls... That's it - said the lilac-haired girl all shy, looking as if she was ashamed to say so.
- Hm... Alright, I don't really care about that, as long as none of you guys hit on me, I don't really like girls... I'll be honest, I don't really understand the appeal of wanting to be with someone of the same gender, since we are not even made for that, besides I don't find women as attractive as guys - said Maddie who was obviously straight... Until Croix turns the Mahoutendo 64 back on.
- Hey let's play and leave this aside - Croix said trying to relax a little and soon Maddie and I went to play for a little fun... It seems that Croix doesn't like to talk about these things very much... She gets quite dull... What a reserved girl, I am perplexed and curious to find out more of her secrets... I don't know why I get that feeling.
POV Narrator:
The three girls of the red team trio there spent hours playing 009 Silvernose and also a lot of Ronaldo Kart and Ronaldo Party, to pass the time, taking advantage of the fact that this time they had a videogame, thanks to Laura's visit, which as strange as it may seem. McLaren thought she wasn't being watched, but in fact there was a spirit watching her the whole time, sympathizing a little with McLaren's pain. So much so that this spirit went to talk to two very important witches without Laura noticing. Until McLaren came home and by there was a letter that she didn't expect right on a table in her room.
POV Laura:
I arrived home, as soon as I was there I waved to Chelsea who was holding little Holly in her lap, she reminds me a lot of Diana? What a cute girl, at least from her I can't be forced to part, then I continued my way through the house until I got to my room, after a long trip I had coming from Luna Nova I deserved a rest, I got to the room and when I was about to throw myself on the bed I noticed a letter on the table... A white envelope with gold details around it, it had a stamp on top... It was the symbol of the Nine Witches, the Gran Triskellion stamped right on top of that envelope, so much that I soon decide to open it to see what it was.
"Laura McLaren, we have been hearing some voices from our deceased companions, four of them are telling us that you need our help to find something that will put you back in love, we never imagined that a broom runner like you would really want the help of two immortal witches so badly... Due to the insistence of the four of you in wanting us to help, we have taken pity on you, and we will help you find a cure for the curse that has so plagued you and your wife, but for this, we will need your help, and you need to prove yourself a worthy witch to go through this gift, after all, our help will give you something that you have fought hard to have, and you still run the risk of being in danger again, being this situation, we will require an ordeal, but before we start discussing this, you will personally come to our house, follow the magic map on the back of the card and you will come to our location, we will talk more attentively about the details of the ordeal you will go through if you want to keep your wife and daughter that much, so be worthy of it, show how great a witch you are... Remember not to tell anyone and to maintain total secrecy... Only you can know about this, please, Laura McLaren, if you tell anyone else our agreement is void and don't think we are stupid, we are over 1300 years old, this is not like an anime where the villain who trained for 1300 years is defeated by teenagers with the power of friendship, if I want you can turn to dust with a snap of my fingers... But anyway, sorry to put a little fear in you, I expect your presence tomorrow along with my wife, we will give you the instructions of what you will do ... Sincerely Harriet Benson the immortal".
I was flabbergasted... I can't believe it... They really listened to me... But who are these four that insisted so much that we should be together again? I don't know... All I know is that they are wonderful... I hardly insisted to them, I thought that the best way would be to completely dominate the broom races... Well, at least I will have my chance to have a cure! I don't believe it! I am close to the cure! After a year I can be back in the arms of my wonderful wife! Ahhhh! Yes! I'm going back to Diana! I'm going back to Bernadette! Everything will be on my side now. How wonderful... Prepare yourself Daryl Cavendish for you will pay dearly for all you have caused us all.
POV Narrator:
A very unexpected day for Laura, who thought it was just a normal day like any other, but which actually turned out to be something much bigger, she can finally receive Harriet and Freya's offer to visit them and talk about her situation, so that she can have a great help when it comes to performing the cure for the curse of the metal balls, which she hopes one day to be free and back by her wife's side.
See you, Little Chariot...
Full name: Chariot Du Nord
Date of birth: 20/02/1984
Place of birth: Loperéc, France (French)
Height: 1,70m
Weight: 56 kg
Sexuality: Lesbian
Occupation: Student (Luna Nova 1999) (Loperec école de sorcière 1990-1999)
Measurements (bust/waist/hip): 90/57/93
Hair color and appearance: Reddish red, medium length, shoulder length, straight 1C, some bangs across the forehead and sides of the face, usually parted in the middle, but without combing
Eye color and appearance: Red, Western
Physical appearance: extremely pale Caucasian skin, tall, thin, medium-large breasts, triangular nose
Little Chariot, as Laura called the little girl she met when she was only 6 years old, she was very inspired by that encouragement that was given by the Irish girl when she visited her, dreaming a lot about becoming an amazing witch, When she saw the amazing performance of the great witch in the races she was inspired to become a great broom runner, So much so that she spent much of her childhood trying to become a broom runner training hard and also believing in becoming the best witch of all with the help of her family who always supported her, until in 1999 she receives a surprise letter from her mother, she would join to study at the Luna Nova academy of witches in the UK, one of the most renowned academies of witches in history. So that her dreams of bringing happiness to people could come closer.
