Sunday 24 June 2018, Arcturus
After the race in the elven city of Arcturus, the girls spent the rest of the day resting or doing other activities in the tree house in the forest, getting more used to the magical environment, without the presence of electricity, they found different ways to relax, pass the time, where they put their creativity to work, or their body to exercise as in the case of Broom Ball games, which was becoming the favorite game between the girls present in the place
Sunday started there, the girls as usual wake up starting the day going to the bathroom to get ready, where after they eat something in the cafeteria to relax the time a little, while in the main room, Laura and Bernadette were thinking in a program to do that day, what ends up raising an idea in Mclaren's head.
" Love what do you think about us having a little tournament of strength eh? Where the girls fight each other to see who will be the strongest witch, a little bit also as a way to pass the time and an activity for everyone," said the Irish girl.
" No! A fight, for what? Why push violence on lassies? Isn't it enough that they have to live with it because of the cultists? " retorted the Scottish lass.
" Exactly, but it won't be all about losses, we'll meet at the broom ball arena, but the type of fight won't be the format we're used to, I thought of an interesting way " said the redhead.
" Laura it's a bunch of teenagers coming out in hand, we're going to have to heal everyone, but I'll listen to you freckles," said the platinum haired one.
" That's exactly right, but as for healing, I have already provided healing potion for all of us, we could say that I bought it with the Checkels I won from the victory of the race, I bought it with the elves, there are healing potion for at least 150 of us, so it's quiet, but the following, the fight would be more or less like this, we hit the 39 in the broom ball arena, but we put a limit, if you hit too hard on the barrier it breaks and thus eliminates those who fell out, It will be like a battle royale, the last one left will be the winner, you can use a wand, a broom, whatever you have in hands, you just can't fly too high or hit the barrier too hard, but you can use the barrier as an impulse, you understand now, it's just a silly fight, but it's good for them to have an idea how it would be against a scenario where everyone around wants to attack them " Laura explained.
" Okay freckles I'll let that one go, until the idea is not that bad " Bernadette said and with that her wife starts showering her with kisses and caresses celebrating with all the happiness in the world.
From there McLaren was calling her daughters and the two of them were calling each one of the 39 girls, all of them to meet in the middle of the Broom Ball arena, in some minutes they were going, the Irish girl was taking the potions and leaving them in the middle of the bleachers while the others were arriving, little by little.
When they arrived and got a bit organized at the arena, the redhead arrives with a magic microphone in her hand and gives some pats which causes a noise that disturbs a little bit all around.
" Sorry, I don't know how to work these things, but come on! Do you know why you're here? " said the Irish girl.
" Playing Broom Ball? " Amanda asks.
" With 39? A Broom Ball team has 8 on each side, but no, you are here because you have a more important mission, in fact now there is a more fun game, get your broomsticks, everything that you have, here it will be a big shower of magic flying to all sides, it will be a fight only one for each other, the last one to stand will be the winner " Said Laura that then even made a holographic effect with the magic of two hands hitting each other.
" Thirteen of us have the advantage of having a year more knowledge than us, how can we be sure of a fair match?
" Well, then you decide how you will deal with it, I said it is each one for himself, but nothing prevents you to join a team with the intention of defeating the strongest ones and then fight among yourselves, as I said, anything goes, what makes you win is throwing the other with enough force or the withdrawal of each one, any more question? " McLaren said.
" Is everything really worth it? Can I kick the other one in the groin? Use low blows? " Akko asks.
" Okay, this is just for you to prepare yourselves in case there's a real fight, well the only thing you can't do is rip off each other's clothes, this is a fight, if you want to do that the rooms in this camp are for that, but not in the middle of everyone, it's not because they're worth low blows that sexual harassment is worth it " explains the redhead.
The doubts end among all around, which Laura takes advantage of to announce the beginning of the battle by creating holograms of hands that go passing by all the arena, the girls are delighted with the effects that join in two bigger hands, that end up colliding making a punch that announces the general beginning of the battle.
" Let the fight begin! " Laura announces.
All the girls were still a bit confused, staring at each other somehow, not knowing how to act first, but soon the 26 were aware of one thing, they were all lining up sort of making a team to stand in front of the thirteen more experienced witches who were facing the group twice their size.
" And now what do we do, huh? They'll want to finish us off... " Said Marianne, already getting a bit desperate, but then Hellene came.
She goes in the middle of the whole group where she does a spell that casts a huge ball of magic that ends up dispersing the whole group, in this she sees a gap where she hits Chloé with a punch on the face, then ends up being grabbed by the others, but uses the magic to create a glow to blind the girls around, blindly attacking each one.
The other twelve seeing the younger McLaren's reaction also go to help her, which ends up causing the every man for himself to actually become a battle between two teams.
" They really put the teamwork in with each other, a smart move, there are 26 of them who have been learning magic for a fortnight against the others who have been learning for a long time, they really have to show they know " Laura said.
" I told you it would go wrong, they will revolt and unite to try and finish off the strongest and then fight each other " Bernadette said.
" Now that's interesting " McLaren said with a smile on her face.
The girls started to see again, but the tactic of 26 against 13 didn't work very well since all of them were spread among the battle field which ended up taking the advantage of many of them who were able to defend themselves from the groups.
Chloé was at all costs attacking Diana, practically alone, in the most aggressive way, to the point of making her take a few steps backwards, but the Scottish lassie decides to react, raising her hand and shooting an air spell that ends up throwing Deppailer with enough intensity to break the barrier and this way putting her in the middle of the audience.
" And we already have the first eliminated! " Laura said into the microphone.
" What? What the fuck! Nobody helped me! " Said the revolted Frenchwoman.
Back in the arena Cavendish is sort of attacked by Sarah and Elfriede starting to fend off the two blonde's roommates, Hannah and Barbara on the other hand end up feeling the pressure of seven witches who have joined together making a magical barrier pushing them out, the two would try to hold on screaming for help.
" Hey! Give us a hand here! We're about to lose! " said Hannah.
Only the others were a bit distracted, Amanda even tries to open the way, but she keeps being attacked by the two witches who were kind of holding her back from helping the two girls, which with that they get close to the wall where it is about to break with the pushing, little by little, as if the barrier was cracking.
" Look Hannah I've had an idea, but it's going to cost us " Parker said.
" It's going to cost just you then, I'm out " Said England who used a teleportation magic.
Which ended up breaking the barrier on the spot, but the dark haired English witch used a magic hand that grabbed all seven girls at once, pulling them out with everything as well and thus eliminating eight en masse leaving 31 out of 39 fighters right at the start of this fight.
" Smart that Parker, but it cost her to stay, a sacrifice strategy can also be a good thing in a fight, but it can still be a pretty dumb way to fight " Laura said commenting.
Back in the arena the girls sort of manage to surround the more experienced witches in a circle, but they don't seem to be intimidated, instead they just stand hand in hand as if they were preparing a bigger spell, Hannah was the only one alone of them that wasn't surrounded instead she just stared at everything, until she fires a spell at the whole group that turns towards her.
At that moment the eleven do a group explosion spell which ends up throwing most of them away, some of them fall from the arena, others use magic to hold on, Hannah even tries but she's another one eliminated.
" Looks like the cheating friend was eliminated too, here's what you do here's what you pay for " Barbara said to Hannah sitting next to her.
" Don't fill me up, it would be impossible for us to get out of that one " England said.
From that explosion only 9 more girls were left of the more novice witches against the 11 more trained ones, which they are even surprised, Sarah was the one who managed to hold on to them the most and with that she even kind of gets to take a deep breath before going on top.
" Ok, we have seen that you are not to be trifled with and you know what, it's better if we don't focus on you, but I only ask one thing, since you are more experienced witches, stay in confrontation with each other, so that we can play a little bit," said Bernhardt.
" For me, you can fight amongst yourselves, we can face each other without bothering you, do you agree? " said Diana.
The less experienced girls were practically throwing themselves at each other with sporadic spells using their wands, when they weren't in group they were a real mess, going on any attack, with the exception being between Wangari and Sarah who were having a good control between themselves, guaranteeing to hold on against the others.
The more experienced ones, on the other hand, faced each other in more intense combats. One was constantly throwing the other away, and the first one to be eliminated was Abigail, with a Rita explosion.
" Now we have what we were waiting for, the real battle royale, one eliminating the other until there is none left " said Laura commenting the fight.
As the seconds and minutes went by, the less experienced ones got a little tired, as they barely had the magic power to eliminate each other, while the experienced ones only took a break, half panting from being thrown from one side to the other.
" Is it never going to end here? " Akko said.
" Just you surrender Akko, I'll let you wear the belt next time " Diana said.
" Jeez girls do you need to say that now? " Marianne said.
" Sorry, I just want to make sure here, Akko never tires " Cavendish said.
Then they face each other again as the more novice ones did the same, forcing the maximum potential of the magic they had, but they were running out very fast and ended up going to hand to hand combat.
In the more experienced Hellene manages to eliminate Marianne with a two"footed volley that caught right on her girlfriend's back, along with the magic the impact intensified, enough to break the magic barrier and throw Leclerc out.
" Sorry love! But I had to go more serious " said the younger McLaren.
" It was bad as hell! I could lose the movements of my leg you imbecile! " Said the angry Frenchwoman as she sat on the bleachers.
Hellene was sort of watching Akko and Diana sort of facing each other in front of her disappearing and reappearing, until she is surprised by Amanda suddenly appearing behind her with a kick that ends up being defended by the redhead's arm.
She turns around starting to counter attack with a combination of blows which is defended by O'Neill using a magic barrier, forcing her further and further back.
Lotte and Sucy were also in the midst of fighting each other, trying to somehow advance further only for the two to shrug as they tire.
" We give up," said the two who were instantly transported to the stands.
The melee continued among the more experienced ones, in the case of Diana and Akko who were going more serious, as well as Hellene who started to go all out on Amanda throwing a punch loaded with magic breaking her defence, where McLaren was following like a truck towards Jasminka, Constanze and Rita, of which were the only ones of the more experienced ones left.
Hitting a powerful punch that was stopped by Antonenko causing a shockwave strong enough to cause a wind that pushed the less experienced ones out of the arena.
" Hellene was really strong and Jasminka was not bad in that defence, she could take a punch of that intensity, so she is an opponent to be feared and to take all possible care " Laura said commenting on the fight.
" Go Jas! Go Cons! " Amanda said in cheering.
Only Hellene, Diana, Akko, Jasminka, Constanze and Rita were left in the arena, with the punch being held by the Russian, the Irishwoman changes the target to the Brazilian who uses an explosion spell that ends up simply being passed with a huge ease as a barrier, only that surprisingly it wasn't a front blow that Campos expected.
On the other hand the fight against Antonenko was being decided by the roommate who even tried to use an explosion spell, but wasn't expecting one of demon summoning in spirit form coming from the pink haired one who ended up hitting a blow only with the tip of her finger that erased the German.
" Woah! Demon manipulation, that's really impressive Jasminka " McLaren said commenting on the fight.
Diana and Akko, meanwhile, propel themselves forward to hit each other, the two end up smacking each other with a punch that ends in a collision where both separate and are thrown, falling out of the arena with their own blows and in this only Hellene and Jasminka are left.
" What? " Diana and Akko said.
" It seems that the little couple took off together, what a romantic thing to do " said Laura ironically.
The younger McLaren started to go up Antonenko, who remained still, causing an illusion as the redhead appeared bloodied with a claw scratch on her face and sharp teeth, leaving the Irish girl in shock.
Behind the girl appeared the enormous shadow of the demon invoked by the Russian, who tried to touch the Irish girl, who used an impulse with everything to escape the blow and go up to the pink haired girl.
Only at the moment it only passed through her as if it were nothing, getting all disbelieved, half frightened at the sight, with the demon appearing again in front of the girl.
" What is it? How can Jasminka do all that? " Said the impressed Hellene.
Hellene didn't hesitate she went to try and strike that demon, kind of going through, where she saw on the other side Jasminka just standing in the same place, everyone was kind of weirding out the fact that Hellene was moving from one side to the other punching at nothing.
" Was it all an illusion? That demon seemed so real " Said the shocked redhead.
" We are more real than it seems " Jasminka whispers in McLaren's ear where next the Irishwoman's eyes go white.
The victory was Jasminka's, who stayed still in the same corner the whole time during the fight, only moving once in a while, walking to get close to her, where her opponents suddenly felt intimidated to the point of surrendering on the spot, a strange spell of illusion and also demonic that no one had any idea Antonenko had. In the bleachers Hellene wakes up and is all in shock.
" What? I lost without even touching her? " Said the younger McLaren in shock.
" The winner is Jasminka! And what an amazing ability this lass hides to win without doing anything " Laura said.
" Ability... She caused demonic illusions and whispered in my little ear, she has the nerve to say this is all real " Said the sulky redhead.
" Jas? You were the one who was wavering, full of confidence, she nudged you and put you in your place " Amanda said shrugging.
" I swear, she caused something in my brain this girl is not normal, she is hiding some secret from us " Said the Irish girl impressed while Jasminka looks at her with half open eyes even smiling, close to the two Constanze seemed to agree with what the purple-eyed one said.
A fight to test the group was held, as a battle royale only one of them consecrated herself the winner, in this case Jasminka Antonenko who showed that she is no toy, revealing to those she faced that she hides some demons, which guaranteed her the status of being the strongest among the young witches with all that ability of hers.
See you, fighter witches...