POV Narrator:

After the conversation she had with Bernadette, Laura saw that it was the perfect time to start running after the cure for that ailment that was afflicting her wife, and it was obviously because it was at Daryl's hands, but McLaren didn't decide to tell about it yet so that the elder Cavendish wouldn't end up getting upset and stressing around her younger sister to the point of kicking her out and thus causing even more confusion around the family, because of this, the Irishwoman soon started planning to go and visit Harriet and Freya once again, since she had the triple crown and her wife was feeling ill, it was perfect for her to start getting them both to pass on the contact details of the person they know has the best cure of all, a thing that would cure everything, that would get Bernadette back in shape and 100% healthy. This is another step forward for the couple, trying in every way possible to prevent Daryl from having any success with the attempted murder on Bernadette. Bernadette was already being called crazy and hypochondriac by the people around her, as if she was pretending to be sick, since the poison inserted by Daryl was so strong that it could not be diagnosed in any way.

Tuesday, November 26, 2001, Harriet and Freya's Residence, London, England

Laura would not take long to leave to go in search of Harriet and Freya, she woke up in the morning, she took the opportunity to eat a little and she knew that the sooner she could find a cure for her wife the better it would be, after all she would soon be able to cure her wife and soon it would be one step more, at least this was what McLaren thought, she thought that it would be very easy, since she had already won the necessary races, besides proving to be a closer friend of the two immortal witches. With that after feeding herself and being all prepared, she takes a bag and goes towards the residence of the immortal witches, in a very fast trip without taking any time, when she arrives there, Laura is immediately teleported inside, but she didn't imagine that the two witches were still sleeping, which was totally ironic since they are two immortal witches with some of the most important positions of all witches, for being two of the nine witches.

POV Laura:

I walked all over the house after them, until I reached their bedroom and found the little couple... They were sleeping? Damn, I thought they were supposed to wake up really early, I didn't expect this, they are both still in their last sleep, I bet they must be under the covers after a great night of love... I thought I would never see witches as sexual as Bern and I... But these two beat us, how in 1400 years they manage to keep going all the time having sex in every possible way, so I went to the living room and so I sat on the sofa, went to check my cell phone contacts, if there was any specific message and for now there was only Chelsea's "Where are you going", I answered her that I was going to be away for a while for some work, what my little sister soon agreed "Ok, but be careful", soon there was a message from Bern "Good morning my love", you could imagine, I then started talking to her normally by text messages, she must have just woken up to go to work.

Minutes later...

Bern is so cute... Even by text she is still my cute little cabbage, but soon she had to leave "Baby, now I have to work, kisses... Take care my sweetie", I said goodbye to my wife and waited for the presence of the two witches, the good thing is that it didn't take that long, so long, soon Harriet and Freya appeared, both wearing plaid pants and matching shirts, they were looking sleepy, I can imagine why, but okay, soon I waved good morning to them and took the opportunity to go to the dinner table to have breakfast with them, after all the more food the better and I had already eaten a little bit ... I never thought I would see that scene before, the two immortal witches completely sleepy with dark circles under their eyes and messy hair. When we finish eating, Harriet immediately looks at me, I think she is going to ask why I came here, even more so early.

- So soon Laura McLaren... We just woke up, good that it is, I imagine you want to know something... So we still won't find the cure for the iron ball curse after you complete that condition, but if it's about the other thing, then I'll tell you - she said sleepily.

- Yes it's the other thing, Bernadette is getting worse and the worst thing is that the poison is effective enough to make it look like she has nothing, to the point of showing in the diagnostics that she is perfectly healthy, but that's not so true, it must be the effect of this damn thing that Daryl put in her - I say to Harriet who gives a yawn.

- That's exactly it, your sister-in-law was not totally original, this kind of poison has been used before... It is the witches immune deficiency potion, very similar to the HIV virus, the difference is that this potion is not contagious to the people around and that who is with this potion in the body usually dies usually in 3 years, as your wife has been showing slight symptoms, she still has 2 more years of life I assume, or maybe more, depends on how powerful a witch she is, this stuff makes it easier for you to catch any disease, in fact any disease can even kill you, not to mention the gradual degradation of the organs, suddenly your wife can start to feel the organs losing their functions and this can end up resulting in her death by multiple organ failure, this kind of potion makes the witch undetectable in any form of diagnosis, but don't worry Laura McLaren, because even then your wife can be cured, there is an element, more specifically a biological cure that can cure all possible diseases of a person, Nessie's saliva... The Loch Ness Monster is real and her saliva can cure any ailment, you can even destroy this potion through a person's body and then they will be well again, but listen carefully before you go to Loch Ness, there is a witch there, she is the one who takes care of Nessie and won't let any human or witch get that close to her. I don't doubt at all that Farnese will come to test you girl, she always makes a point of wanting some test with some new witch that appears in exchange for giving some gift, she is the witch responsible also for the relic of the magic violets, one of the pieces of one of the fertility stones, this witch has become very powerful lately, besides that Farnese is not a bad person, she is only protecting her things, after all she is the owner of all that - Harriet said to me about this Farnese... Really, it was her, the witch that Margaret Ford tried to kill, the witch of the magic violets... I am an imbecile for not noticing that that woman can give one of the most powerful cures in the witch world.

- She is immortal too, just like us... Actually it was us who granted her immortality in exchange for some fertility stones, after all she is the ancestor of the current Cavendish because she had a relationship with Edith Cavendish, so she will have some affinity with you for being the mother of the current Cavendish - Freya said to me.

As soon as I heard the news I immediately grabbed my bag and my things, ran out of there, picked up and left their house, riding my broom full speed towards the house of this Farnese witch, Here I come Bernadette! Soon you will be alive and well in my arms! Daryl may have tried to cast a curse like this in an attempt to go undetected, but I was smarter and soon I will get this cure, this witch from what I heard lost to Margaret Ford so even though she is an immortal witch I have a chance in case she tries her luck getting away with me? Hahaha! I am still very fit, not the same as in 1993, but still very close to it, and my magic power is still quite high and much higher than then, so I will have even better luck fighting this witch.

POV Harriet:

I never thought I would see someone so determined to heal his wife as this girl, this is one of the most beautiful proofs of love I have ever seen in my life... These are such mundane and mortal things that I forget how valuable time is for these people, after all, life is only one... But I don't know if we will really be able to get the cure for the curse of the metal balls with Lilith, she is not one to get involved in mortal human issues just like that, she has her own morals of not helping any mortal, since they are trivial issues and she has to solve the most important things like the future of magic and the rules of it, I just hope then that at least she can get books that are about this topic, so soon the cure can become a reality... Why did I go to have a descendant on that level, what did I do to deserve Margaret Ford as my descendant... Worse than that I am sure that she will still be useful, that damned witch will still be useful in the future... Well her lineage that is mixed with the Cavendish also shows promise with Evelyn Cavendish, if you can call her that, after all she has more Benson blood than Cavendish, well I hope the best for this Laura McLaren, poor girl who had her destiny destroyed by her jealous sister-in-law.

- That Laura, she's quite overconfident... She really thinks she's going to beat Farnese... After Margaret Ford, she made a point to become more powerful and even asked us to train her all these years, and we trained a little bit of nothing, but it's much more than a 30-year-old woman facing a 570-year-old immortal... I just wish Laura good luck and knowing how Farnese is... It will be very likely that should Laura lose and prove herself to her, she will become an apprentice... Laura has plenty of potential to be the most powerful witch in the world, but she doesn't want that, she just wants her wife and all her love... And I think that's the most beautiful thing in the world, I would do the same thing to you Harriet - said Freya hugging me.

- Thanks, love... I also think Laura will end up becoming Farnese's apprentice, maybe she can find the cure on her own, after all we only bluffed a little when we said Lilith could help us, but knowing Lilith, I know well that she's not one to get involved in mortal witch issues, she's more of just staying to herself and solving important issues, after all, this is our job, to solve the issues of the deadly witches, we are here for that, but of course it is without giving too much interference - I say to Freya who was all cuddly and then only agreed with her head.

- Let's take advantage that Laura is not here to play and relax a little, after all she will be very distracted by Farnese, we trained her a lot with magic potions, something that witches are rarely skilled at, after all they always underestimate potions... And if Laura is the brute force type, we will have an interesting fight... I think it will be more interesting than playing... Watching this fight - Freya said, sitting down on the sofa, and I immediately lay down on her thighs... You know... She's absolutely right, I just want to see the shock Laura might get from underestimating potions, I'm sure she's the witch to come out in hand.

POV Laura:

I didn't take that long, I was maintaining a good speed to the point of arriving in only one hour, as soon as I arrived at the place I got a little cold, but so far so good, it was quiet, I got off the broom and looked around, I only had the idea where Loch Ness was, but not the witch, so I soon started to use some of my senses to feel the witch's presence, soon I could feel two magical presences very close, with that I started to fly towards them, with the broom and with that I met the witch's hut and at the same time the other presence moved towards the lake I think... It must be the one from Nessie, who I knew was already real, with that the witch's presence continued to stand there, until I noticed the witch with blue hair in front of me and I'm getting closer until I land and get a little close, at least a meter away between me and her, she was staring at me all serious.

- What are you doing here? Did you come for the fertility stone? A magic violet is 100 pounds, I know the price seems steep, but it's a life at stake - she said seriously... Thinking I'm after the fertility stone.

- I want something else that I know you have on hand, Nessie's saliva, I need it... My wife is close to dying... - I say straight away and she just keeps quiet.

It was the biggest silence of all, that woman didn't show any reaction, continuing in the purest silence without answering me or anything, I was just wondering what she was going to answer me, especially since her eyes were closed ... I hope you pass me this thing with more ease, I don't want to get in hand with a witch like that, it's not enough to have to deal with Daryl, I have to use violence against someone who has nothing to do with this, even more the ancestor of all modern Cavendish.

POV Farnese:

A McLaren around here, I haven't seen them for years, how curious, I think she must be the granddaughter or great-granddaughter of the last one and she didn't come by the fertility stone, but how strange, so the McLaren that are known for being generally lesbians, I didn't expect this one, but okay, I will help this girl (Harriet: Hey Farnie, not delivered so easy, yes I am talking to you by telepathy, just to give you a message, have a little play with this witch, she is Laura McLaren wife of your descendant Bernadette Cavendish and mother of the newest family heiress Diana Cavendish... Her wife is on an immunodeficiency potion it will take a while for the effects to get worse, so you might give her a test, I think it might serve to mature this 30 year old witch). I wouldn't give up Nessie's saliva that easily anyway, especially after what happened to Margaret Ford, I can't let myself get away that easily, let's see if she will hold on to these powerful potions that I am keeping with me.

- So come on up, I'm not going to hand Nessie's saliva to - I tell her who just beams and hits me with a full punch to my face making me fall to the ground and I stand up - Not like that girl! Wait a minute! - I say getting up until she got all confused.

- What was it? Were you not prepared? You were the one who wanted to start this fight - she says, and then starts to move in my direction and I drop one of the potions, letting it fall to the ground, disappearing behind me.

The potion caused the biggest explosion and I jumped back, but I only saw the redheaded girl hitting me with a punch that I defended, but it was so strong that I ended up being thrown back, but I took the chance to open another potion and let it spill on the ground and this way the earth rose up and hit McLaren a few times, the first time was right on her belly, but the others she managed to stand up and jumped on each piece of earth that rose, forming a ladder. With her distracted climbing the ladder, I grabbed my potions pistol and fired a few shots when she jumped off the last step and went all the way toward me. She really wasn't afraid to throw herself down. Soon one shot or another caught and caused an explosion that put her in a defensive position, so I took advantage of the gap to open another potion and make the ground move towards her, I fired another shot and jumped back. So the block of earth rose up and hit her with everything, that... This girl has no way, but out of nowhere she appears in front of me and punches me hard in the stomach and throws me far away. This Laura McLaren is an extremely powerful witch indeed, now I have an idea of what a powerful witch is, I underestimated this woman a lot.

POV Laura:

Smart this witch, they are very efficient potions, but she wastes her time opening those bottles while I am punching her, damn, what a fucked up potion, I always thought potions were a pain in the ass because it is much better to be safe with a punch and a little magic, but I never imagined that a potion could have this effect? Of course that instead of going towards her after that punch I took the chance to cast my spells against her, after all if I get close I'll be in the potions' range for what I noticed, I kept casting until after a while I feel some plants holding my arms and legs, being that damn thing was also being hit and she was on the other side... I was trying my best to try to escape, but it was a big impossibility, those plants were holding me very strong, I didn't have the arm to take it off and soon it transported itself and started to throw a potion on me which made me cringe.

- Now let's see if you are that strong shrunk - she said, which made me even angrier, it's not enough that I am already short, now she shrinks me even more, so I soon began to attack much faster, after all I was shrunk, but with the same strength and speed too, which was impressive, since I was able to hit the most critical points of the witch's body.

But the effect soon wears off, she notices that there's no point in shrinking me, I'm back to normal size and with a spell all concentrated, but a little potion catches on my hand and leaves it all frozen... Ahhhhhhhhh... Damn, with that is the gap for her to strike me and hit me with a kick followed by a spell she throws at me, causing the biggest explosion, then I just feel another much stronger one that throws me far away, but when she thought she was going to hit me from behind I just raise my elbow and hit her chest with everything, then I punch and so I turn to punch her, but when I hit a punch it catches on some bottle that breaks and generates an explosion like that taking us both back with everything, with that after we fall we face each other... She makes a sign that she had given up to me... I think I broke some glass... I look at my hand and notice some cuts.

POV Farnese:

Damn... She punched right where there was a potion with a glass vial... Ahhhh... Some shards went inside me... It hurts like hell... She won... She won... I don't want to continue this any longer, soon that woman comes to me and helps me to remove the glass shards that pierced through my body, then uses a healing spell... Ahhh what a relief, at least she doesn't think only about winning, in any fight this would be a way to make the opponent come back up, but this girl is different, her hands are bleeding too.

- That was a draw, it was a great fight, you know some really cool potions... So I'm going to go, I'll come back when I'm more willing and healed, after all I didn't win - she said after healing me, but I make sure to hold that girl's arm.

- A draw? I surrendered Laura McLaren the victory is yours, I really didn't think about the strategy and used glass jars instead of plastic, I just noticed how I could have died if some shrapnel pierced me more, come with me, you did what no other witch would do, you healed me and just didn't sing victory - I tell her signaling to go to my house.

She smiles at me and so we walk towards my house, where she looks around in shock, as if she has not seen a normal house like any other... I thought the McLaren had modernized... Have they never seen a television and electricity in their lives? But that's strange, it's still okay, as long as you don't break anything in this house? She immediately looks at me as if she hadn't even noticed everything and starts laughing.

- Funny you immortal witches live exactly like us, just like Harriet and Freya, and all that's left to tell me is that you use the Internet and play video games all day long? - She then went on to say... Did she really? What a silly girl.

- Of course I do, I play games all day long, what do you think I'm doing? Just because I'm an immortal witch from 1422 doesn't mean I have to act like I'm in 1422... And I'm glad I don't, it's horrible! I prefer it much more today, time goes by much faster, time is more fun to spend alone, before I only had books and books, or building things in my spare time, I read so much about the mechanical knowledge of humans that I can even build a whole car if I want to, really in my spare time before videogames and television it was such a drag... Now it is wonderful, I play Strike Terrorists all day long, nobody ever noticed that you are an immortal witch in the games, I love to play online, it is the coolest thing in the world and on top of that I meet new people, I am not that isolated anymore, I have made many friends over the internet thanks to this - I tell her that she was all impressed and then sat down on a couch, I soon sat down in front of her and we started to talk a little.

POV Laura:

I love these immortal witches, they always send the same answer and it's interesting to know that she's as modern a person as we are, even more so since she has all the knowledge of so many years of magic and everything else, it just makes me even more in shock, so I feel more at ease even after I mashed her face in and she mashed my face in, I just hope she doesn't complain about me sitting on this couch after the fight, because I haven't even cleaned myself from the dust those things hit me with, hopefully? I think she's going to be a little bit mad at me, I'm sure.

- Well girl, you can feel right at home, I will soon prepare the potion with Nessie's saliva, so you can give it to your wife... This love of yours is really a cute thing to see, you came all the way out here with me just to cure your wife of something - She said that she already knew practically everything I imagine, the way Harriet is, I even think she knew I was coming.

- I just want my wife cured and free of this torment, I don't want to see her suffer anymore you understand... It's not enough what her older sister does... It's not enough that she forced me and her apart by the curse of the metal balls, now this - I say to her, who keeps running her hand over her chin.

- I have heard of this curse before... Margaret Ford, she was the one who made this initial jump, I never thought I would make the mistake of having her here, I taught her so many things and with that I was betrayed... Almost killed by that woman who, on top of that, made this curse, just to cause discord and to think that years later a person would use this against someone, it hurts me a lot to know that, on top of that, right on top of my offspring - she said until I took her hand.

- You're not to blame for anything, you didn't know much about that witch's past, you believed in her redemption, only that Margaret Ford deserves to pay for all this, not her victims - I tell her all happy.

An hour later...

- Here you go, this is the antidote to the immune deficiency potion, it takes a while to really take effect, so your wife will keep feeling the symptoms, but soon after she will get better out of nowhere and be fine again, all you need is to be patient, because she will get worse as she gives, but then she will get better, it always works that way, let your wife know and I'm sure she will soon be fine... About the curse of the metal balls... Come back here in a while, if nothing works out I will help you with this, my knowledge of potions is very high, I may be able to come up with an antidote for you - She said until I hug her crying with emotion.

- I don't believe it! Really! I thank you in every way Farnese, I hope it doesn't come to that, I want to see my daughter soon - I tell her as I pick up my broom and go from there.

She soon waved to me and so I start to take off, but I'm not going very far, in fact, I'm just going to a nearby city, so I grab my cell phone and go through my contacts and messages, I notice that there was one from Bern "I'm enjoying my lunch hour, I'd like to have lunch with you" and also from Chelsea "Don't delay Laura", so I go to Rose's contact, she will be of great help now and soon I call her, after that basic hello I start to talk about it.

[Me: Rose come here to Inverness, I got... The cure for that Bern disease].

Rose: Oh wonderful! I'm going to go get it now, wait there, I'll be right back, that's very good Laura].

I also send a message to Bern "Love, your torment is over, at least one of them, you'll be able to survive the evil that just hit you, apparently it was a potion of immunodeficiency, it makes you stay with low immunity and without being noticed, but don't worry too much about it, because I'm already forwarding the cure to Rose, meet her at the hospital where she works and she will deliver it to you ... Look, you'll end up getting a little sick these days, so resist, because the potion is a little tricky that you're getting worse, but soon you'll be fine", I sent all that in several messages just to fit everything nicely, what a long text, these cell phones are very bad for this, so I stayed in the square just waiting for Rose's coming, also trying to keep a little discreet, after all I'm also a somewhat known personality around here.

A while later...

Rose lands right in front of me, in the meantime Bern doesn't answer, I think it's because of work, but soon she answers me, until the wonderful agent Morris lands and comes towards me sitting next to me, she immediately lights a cigarette and I get away from her, ahhh! Fuck you.

- Damn Rose! Do you still smoke? Your lungs are going to be all fucked up because of it, especially since you're a... Forget it, but I've got the antidote on hand - I tell her to get some smoke and keep blowing it out.

- But that's wonderful, well and yes, I didn't stop smoking, only when I went to take the academic exams, I smoke until today because it's good, you who have never tried a good Harlbore, even more you Laura... You advertise so much in your race sponsorships, but you make a point of not emphasizing cigarettes - she said.

- It's one thing for a sponsorship to give money to the team, it's another thing to use the cigarette, but well... That's not what we came for, I just want you to take this to Bern as soon as possible, she'll be at the hospital waiting, and soon she'll be all cured... Please Rose... You are holding Bernadette's fate in your hands - I tell her, who just nods and takes the antidote, flying out of there quickly.

I am relieved, I will finally be able to focus on the curse of the metal spheres and thus get rid of them and go back to Bern and my daughter's arms... I see things are starting to look good again... That's great... So at least everything will turn into flowers and that damned Daryl will soon pay for everything she did to our family... We were living in such a happy way... And she comes and ruins everything.

POV Narrator:

The cure for the witches' immunodeficiency syndrome has successfully arrived in Bernadette's hands, so she has no fear in taking that potion and soon drinks the entire contents of the liquid, not knowing that it was Nessie's saliva, she even felt disgusted when she took it, with this she would get better again, but it would take a long time yet.

The years went by again, Diana was already 4 years old and much smarter, although the bullying from her cousins grew even more, with her aunt giving the two girls a hard time, Bernadette took a turn for the worse that year, with her symptoms intensifying exactly as the healing potion had planned, even to the point of her getting a little weak, which left the impression to Daryl that it was working, it was like this the whole year of 2002 in the Cavendish family mansion, Bernadette still managed to keep herself well, she had some coughs and everything else, only that her organs remained whole and the potion was reacting as it could to cure the leader of the family.

Laura continued with her pursuit for the quadruple crown, this time in the 2002 season she won one more of the 1000 miles of Salt Lake City and so there was only one competition left, the World Rally Broom Tournament, that to win the quadruple crown, McLaren would need to win the Cairo-London Rally that happens in the very beginning of the year. What was already promising for her to win in the beginning of the 2003 season and then in 2004, plus she would race in other races of the event since she wanted to show she was good at everything, already making a huge history and getting many people interested in another event just to see how incredible Laura McLaren was. Chariot Du Nord and Croix Meridies graduated from Luna Nova in 2002 and were thus free to focus on their broomstick racing career. Madeleine won that year's season, but with Chariot placing fourth and Croix seventh, she won her first victory for Lavoiette at the 2002 German GP. The dispute between them was getting closer and closer, even more so because it was quite exalted that Chariot and Croix were apprentices of Laura McLaren, which caught Lucy Watson's attention.

See you, Ness witches...

Full name: Farnese

Date of birth: 10/02/1422 (Immortal since 1462)

Birthplace: around Loch Ness, Scotland. (Scottish)

Height: 1,67m

Weight: 55kg

Sexuality: Lesbian Asexual

Occupation: Keeper of Loch Ness (1422)

Body sizes (bust/ waist/hip): 87/62/89

Hair color and appearance: Dark blue, long reaching to the hip line, some bangs passing over the forehead, usually tied up with a ponytail.

Eye color and appearance: Heterochromic green on the left side, purple on the right side, western.

Physical appearance: pale Caucasian skin, thin, medium breasts, triangular nose.

The other immortal witch, Farnese is one of the few and rare witches who do not age and can live as long as they want without dying by elements coming together to die due to old age. Farnese is the ancestor of the modern Cavendish and is also the daughter of the great goddesses Lilith and Luna although she has no idea that she possibly must be a daughter of the two great goddesses of magic. So much so that this was the reason for her immortality, which could be granted by Harriet and Freya who could give the witch the power. Farnese is a lonely person who usually does not say many words, much of this is due to the fact that she always misses her wife Edith Cavendish who lived a mortal life until she died of old age, unlike her who remained imprisoned at the age of 40 for the rest of her life. She is the guardian of Loch Ness, protecting all the local fauna from humans who might do something to Nessie.