The new camp is a real surprise for the girls getting kind of surprised with the size of the place, the so many things that it has, even without television or other technologies coming from the electric power, they were able to have an appreciation for the place, just in these first two hours being in the real arcturus forest in the mysterious domains of Lilith, while Chariot and Croix were by Luna Nova, kind of taking care of each other, mainly Du Nord that was in the last months of her pregnancy.
Laura and Bernadette were the ball of the turn in leading the whole group, the 39 witches who stayed in that camp that was something almost magical, almost not, literally magic ran through the place from end to end.
The time came when the two oldest called everyone, they went to the main hall that led to the rooms and there were several brooms, where each one was taking one at a time, positioned to start the tour around Arcturus.
" Very well, now follow us and be careful, the creatures here really can kill you, they are not mere innocent creatures, especially cockatoos, don't provoke these poor animals, for we are in their environment " Laura said.
" We are going to take a flight so that you can get your bearings in the immense forest of Arcuturus," Bernadette said.
They all agree with their heads, then they go jumping one by one from the exit of the huge set of chalets on the top of the tree, feeling until the exit of the magical barrier that protected them from any magical creature, there they went flying already noticing that there was a huge tree that seemed to have no end and soon the older ones point to it.
" That is Wagandea, the endless tree, they say you can even reach the top by climbing it and you will be graced with enormous magical power, but that may just be a legend as she is taller than the sky itself, not to mention you cannot climb the tree during the pollination period, or the pores may affect the witch with a curse that renders her unable to perform flight " McLaren said.
" And why is there such a tree here? " Akko asks.
" I don't know... It must have some use, but stay tuned, don't go near wagandea, if it's in the pollination period, you may lose the ability to fly forever, be very alert about it, we don't know a cure for it " Cavendish said.
After that they went flying to another side, this time near the huge Arcturus lagoon, everything seemed normal, but soon it was possible to notice a huge creature with a long neck, which was even close to the girls, scaring some of them, but the older ones were slightly calm.
" What is this? You guys aren't scared, are you? " said the frightened Leclerc.
" That's Nessie, no problem, she's slightly docile, she's the creature of one of Lilith and Luna's daughters " Said the redhead.
They went to fly lower where there was a cave nearby, from there they walked further until they found what seemed to be a door, when they knocked there a blue haired woman came out, with heterochromic eyes, purple on the left, green on the right, she gives a little wave to the girls.
" What do you want here and why so many people? " asks the woman.
" Farnese how nice to see you too, we just came with the lassies for a Tour of Arcturus " Said the Irish girl until the girl introduced herself to the others.
" Hello to you, I am Farnese, yes I am one of the immortal daughters of the goddess Lilith and the goddess Luna, I watch over this place and protect Nessie and her creatures, besides helping with some more advanced spells, I have the healing of many curses, such as the spheres of Enatita, which were almost going to separate these two mothers, the magic violets that are one of the nine witches' relics, which are part of the fertility stone set, you can find all the ingredients here, but just don't try to cause any harm to me, I once ended up almost dead at the hand of a witch almost a hundred years ago," said Farnese.
" Margaret's still alive, she won't stop hiding from us, she almost killed us too, she's got a sick obsession with that Diana lass " Laura said.
" Don't even tell me, anyway, feel free, you can visit me and ask any questions, me and my wife Edith will be waiting for you " Said the blue haired witch, and then they all waved to her that returned to the side of the house.
Then they leave the cave, flying a little more, seeing how the forest may be dense but it hides some very interesting places, one of them was a village full of elves, who were there living their lives, when they land there the girls are kind of watching the humans with different ears.
" This here is the village of the elves, they produce one of the nectars that is in a well where we get another ingredient of the fertility stone, they were common in the land, until they started to be hunted, the few survivors of the race stayed here living kind of in peace " McLaren said.
" And Laura didn't mention it, but she comes from a very elven family, she is not short for nothing, she carries the elven gene in her, so much so that she uses magic with her hands with enormous ease, that is usually possible with the elven gene " Bernadette said.
" You mean you're almost an elf? " Akko said impressed.
" Almost not, I have a very small percentage of elven gene, we McLaren didn't have much when we started the family, we carry the magic that our ancestor Kara had, in fact she is the one who has the statue here " Said the redhead pointing to the statue of the witch.
The elves of the city were all waving to the girls, surprisingly they spoke English, still going on with their lives even with the several humans there, who were giving a tour around the city.
They flew out of there continuing the Arcturus Tour, from the elves city they went to another place, which seemed a little more modernized, with some minotaurs and a steampunk aesthetic.
" Here is the city of the minotaurs, they possess the legendary gear, which can transform anything into a functional object, and is also one of the relics of the nine witches, as you can see from the statue, Hera Meridies " said the Irish woman.
" The ancestor of Croix " Some of them said impressed.
" She was the one who took care of this place and these creatures, the minotaurs here are not hostile, the ones who are summoned are usually corrupted minotaurs, who live in the most dangerous part of Arcuturus " Said the older Scottish woman.
" What part is that? Are we going there? " Akko asks.
" No " the two older ones say.
" That part carries a strong magic, you can end up with your mind all messed up, the function of the place is only to summon creatures that are made for attack, from there you can no longer leave "said Laura.
" Then we could lure Margaret here, fight her and trap her in this part of Arcturus," Diana said.
" No! " said the two mothers.
" It is already too much even for her, the creatures that stop there never leave again and stay for an eternity trapped in a place where they will have to fight for their survival, who knows how many creatures died, how many witches did not become trees... Just for the record, each one of these smaller trees are witches that died, the older ones in a certain stage of life are more in tune with nature " said the older McLaren.
" Apart from the fact that Margaret knows here, she is not stupid, she can cause a huge damage to you, if you try to fight it is you who will end up in this place, you will die for sheer stupidity " Said the older Cavendish.
From there they went flying to another place, this time to what seemed to be some frozen hills, a more mountainous region, much higher than the rest, and it was possible to observe the rest of Arcturus in the background.
" Here are the butterflies of Chenoa Ayana, the tenth witch, who sacrificed herself in a noble way to stop the advances of Wu Tang, these icy mountains represent the place of the fight, the Himalayas, here the snow is permanent, in a stranger way it is much colder than the whole rest of Arcturus, besides the butterflies they also have inhabitants, the known Yetis, they are shy, but usually come out once in a while " Explains the redhead.
" And what do these butterflies do? " Akko asks when one lands on her hand.
" They can save lives, their ability to bring anyone out of a deep coma is still very underestimated, it has been used many times in the past and on many witches, including you Hellene, when you fell backwards on a ramp, we brought you out of the coma with one of these butterflies, it is one of the relics of the fertility stone " said the Irishwoman impressing everyone.
" So these things are miraculous indeed " Diana said impressed with one in their hand.
" Now come on, there are some more that you will be surprised," said Bernadette.
The next stop was a cave, where they notice that there is a magic kind of involving the other side of the cave in a strange way, there was water flowing from there, McLaren bared all of them, as soon as she touched where it was an invisible wall of the cave.
" Here is the limit, only one person can pass through here, only the Du Nord has access to the other side, in this case, this other side is our house, over there is the Du Nord's house, this is Lilith's dimension, they always come here to get the sacred water, the vital ingredient for the fertility stone " said the little girl.
" Not only in this cave there is that, it is much bigger, there is also the exit to collect the Cavendish ruby dust " Said the older one with platinum hair pointing to the corridor.
" The sacred water is another miraculous liquid, it is capable of making any soil fertile for a period of 50 years, magically anything will grow, you get a whole first harvest without irrigating, it gives life for the fertility stone to come with everything " explains the Irish woman pointing to the small pond of sacred water.
Since they were close, they go on towards another part of the cave, it was already glowing with greenish colours on the wall, until rubies appeared, these that were huge pieces, enchanting the girls.
" Do not touch them, these rubies are carefully made to give life, only that it has a price, the other life, if you touch you can lose a few years of life, at each touch, so the ruby can only be extracted by Cavendish, besides we also have to use a special tool and keep it in a little bag " Bernadette explains.
" And how does that make you mothers? " Hellene asks.
" The effects cancel each other out, the sacred water and the ruby together with the love stone end up creating an effect that intensifies the effect of the love stone, making it possible for the birth of a child to come and I will show you " said Cavendish calling them all.
They go following by the last part of the cave, this one didn't have a portal, different from the others, the illumination is all bluish, there were several stones, a crystal clear water, which left the girls amazed when they passed by the place, where they stopped very close to the entrance of the small lagoon.
" This here is the cave of the stone of love, if you love each other you can obtain the most important relic of the stone of fertility, originally it was going to be used so that heteroafetive couples could have children, but thanks to us the study and all the advance, we managed to make it possible so that it comes for homoafetive couples also, among us witches, inclusive there is nothing harmful here " Explains Laura.
" All you have to do is kiss, remember lassies just one kiss, to create a single love stone, if you do more than that a hundred love stones appear " Bernadette explained.
" Why would we do that? " Diana asks, shrugging her shoulders.
" Diana Cavendish II did it, she fucked in the cave of the love stone and disastrously made a hundred love stones, she used all of that to form various fertility stones, mainly by her method, which is the most advanced of the fertility stones, it's a whole study that you will still take a while to learn," McLaren said.
" I wish I could make the fertility stone " said an excited Hellene.
" You're only 16 years old Hellene " said Diana.
" And you are 17 Diana, your mother and I were 23 when we formed the fertility stone, but I don't see why not, Diana II made the fertility stone younger than you, all you need is to love each other, the fertility stone can only be created if your feeling of love is genuine " said the Irish woman.
At that time Hellene pulls Marianne to the cave's pond, she even takes off her shoes, getting her legs a little wet, and the two girls start kissing, and there is a feeling between the two, a glow emanates over both girls' heads and then the stone of love falls on Hellene's head.
" Hey " said Mclaren scratching her head picking up the stone.
" Come with me lassies " Bernadette said.
Then they go with Bernadette that takes an object that seemed with some enormous gloves, putting on the hands to start that way the manipulation of the rubies, where she was squeezing one of them until it became dust, then she takes off the gloves, taking a small bag of a knob, that she was opening and sucking inside all the dust of the ruby.
" Here's the ruby now let's get the last one " Said the older Cavendish.
They arrive near the grotto of sacred water, Laura begins a manipulation of the water by placing it over a jar, then she draws a glyph of combination on the ground, where the three things begin to combine, floating in the air, then spinning until everything sort of came together into one single thing, falling from there right on top of Hellene's hands a pink coloured fertility stone.
" Is that the fertility stone? " Asks the younger Mclaren.
" This is the easiest to make, there is another one that breaks into four pieces and is purple, it is much more efficient than this one because it has more pieces, only we would have to take relic by relic, some of these involve quite an ordeal " said the older McLaren.
" Now that you have linked up with the most important places in Arcturus, let's fly back to the camp, the day must be getting dark by now and it is very dangerous here at night " Warns the platinum haired one.
With that they all go flying back to the camp, watching the "sunset" since there wasn't exactly a sunset there, only the sky that was getting darker, starting to get a little pink first, leaving the girls a little amazed, especially the couple of Hellene and Marianne that now had in hands the relic that would be the future daughter of both.
" I can't wait to be a mother " Hellene said.
" We have to hold back a bit, we are too young to be mothers yet," said Marianne.
" I know my ninja witch, I'm just saying I'm kind of happy to know that we have in our hands the relic that can give us a child, that we can one day form a family " McLaren said.
" What about you two? Why didn't you do it too? " Leclerc asks Diana and Akko.
" Despite everything we only started dating a week ago, it makes no sense for us to start so quickly like this, since you two have been dating for six months and have lived a whole relationship, you have a better construction than ours " Cavendish answers.
" I don't know, we fought a lot and even so we got the fertility stone, you two have already done many things together, apart from what you endured, look at me you are much more built and mature, especially you little sister, but I understand your point this only proves that you two are at another level of relationship maturity, I still have a lot to learn in this life " said the redhead.
" Hellene, you have six months with Mari, I am the one who has to learn here, but I am confident, I know that love overcomes barriers, I know that I will do everything to be happy next to Akko, the most important thing is that we can reach this world in the future where magic can be used outside in peace " said the one with platinum hair.
" And what name would you give your daughter? " Akko asks the two of them.
" I want to name it Nora or Moira," said Hellene.
" I prefer Isabel or Sapphire," Marianne said.
" Woah, and won't they come to a consensus? " asks the Japanese woman.
" We can have four and then we can satisfy with the names, what do you think my love? " McLaren asks, making her girlfriend laugh.
" Four my love? You want to kill us, and you two? What name do you want to give? " They ask Leclerc.
" I wanted to play Bellatrix," Diana said.
" You stole my Sapphire you little ninja, but I also want to name her Ruby, I'm sure she'll have her mummy's crimson eyes," Akko said.
" Ah Akko, Cavendish genetics are more prevalent than you think, I have blue eyes because it's a very dominant family trait " Cavendish said.
" And I have purple eyes sis, I like the names Akko gave, they are cuter " Said the redhead.
" Oh sure because Moira is a super understandable name isn't it? Nora's fine, but Moira? Isn't it easier to just call it Mary? two Mary is already a good size in the family hahaha " Said the one with platinum hair.
The first day of camp was at its most relaxing, having a tour of the surroundings of the Arcturus forest, in a place that will still reveal some of the many surprises that will take place in the sacred environment of Lilith.
See you, tour witches...