Friday 13 July 2018
After that revelation about all the girls of Luna Nova, being descending of witches, what also ended for revealing the magic to them that reacted very well the new news, with the exception of one or another that were really a little bothered with the news mainly by the part of the cultists to be persecuting the witches and for that to run even a risk of life for the position that they were, but the majority was cheering up.
In those days they even decided to participate in separate classes about magic that were being taught by Croix, Chariot, Laura and Bernadette, for the separate groups, so they progressed faster, still without showing too much magic not to call attention, but enough to make the students wake up for magic and understand how the situation is still a little complicated. Akko
's mothers in this one were in charge of making a party for the next week, where it would be surprisingly a Friday the 13th, which they made sure to emphasize the theme that it would be witches, so the girls went out all out to go buy witch costumes around town, just as Morgana and Saori went out decorating Luna Nova to make the celebration, since that was an important event.
The day arrived, Luna Nova was all themed with decorations involving witchcraft, just as the girls were buying costumes or witches' clothes, the celebration would be done more at night since the decoration kind of had an amazing lighting. The day went on as usual, the girls had plenty of time to change, get ready, until nine o'clock at night, when the skies finally darkened, since in the summer there were always long hours of sun.
Akko was leaving her team's room, walking around waving to whoever was passing by, where they arrive where the party is, by there she already goes to her girlfriend Diana jumping in a hug. Cavendish was with a black dress, with dragon stockings, wearing boots and a witch hat that had even the blue team banner.
" You look beautiful today my love " said Atsuko.
" You too my little witch " Said the Scottish lassie patting her girlfriend on the head.
" The lights are beautiful, it even looks like Halloween, only in July," said the Japanese woman.
" It does look like quite a lot," said her girlfriend.
On the other side of the celebration there were Hellene and Marianne who were showing off their broomstick flying to the other girls, with McLaren showing how much control she had.
" Let's see which of us two does better here " Said O'Neill who went about balancing herself by planting banana trees on her broom.
" Do you really want to go head to head with me? " Said the Irish girl who was balancing in the same way only with one hand and then with her finger giving a boost where she gives a mortal falling sitting on the broomstick and making some palms appear.
" Oh come on, look how thick your arms are too, that's not worth it " said the American.
" And as for me, look what I can do," said Marianne, who tried to balance on one foot, but ended up falling, but luckily Hellene caught Leclerc in her arms.
" My klutz " Said the redhead touching the tip of her nose to her girlfriend.
" My heroine " said the Frenchwoman kissing her.
" What a cliché thing " Said the salmon-coloured hair.
" You say that but you get all needy for someone when you post them on your whatsapp statuses," said Sucy, making fun of her friend.
" Hey, don't fill me up Sucy, I just wanted some pretty girl to give me some attention, this place gets so dull " said the green-eyed girl a bit sulky.
" Needy hahahaha, you want a pussy tea and you don't know how to ask for it " said Manbavaran seeing a middle finger coming next from her friend's hands.
The party was going on normally, the girls talked among themselves, even there were some games involving magic, where with the wands they hit targets and won prizes, one of them where Laura was there.
" Hey lassies, let's see if your sights are right? " McLaren said.
" Mother, what are you doing here? " said Diana.
" Come on lass, hit a target there, you can give Akko a stuffed animal " said the redhead.
" Ah mother, that's no good, using Akko to encourage me " said the daughter who gave some coins to enter the game, being handed a wand, but then her own mother shakes her head denying it.
" No way, my daughter has to learn to use magic without a wand, you're part McLaren, I know you can do it " said the Irishwoman.
And with that the daughter returns the wand, starting the game of hitting targets, where they were moved by her own mother, who used magic to prevent Cavendish from having any chance to hit, but that was not working very well, since the younger girl's accuracy was well up to date, hitting target by target and leaving even a mark of the magic's chemistries, which ended up ringing the end of the game alarm, ensuring the prize for the Scottish girl.
" Lassies go play something else go " Laura said.
" Hahaha, it wasn't you who said I couldn't manage without a wand, now take this one, I want my prize now " Diana said confidently.
" You're a trained witch, so that's no good either, now take this and go have fun with Akko," said the mother, taking a plush and handing it to the Kagari girl and then receiving a hug followed by a kiss on the cheek from her daughter.
" I love you so much Mummy Laura " Cavendish said, leaving a smile on her eldest.
From there the two girls went walking with a teddy bear, while McLaren looked with a big smile on her face, feeling all proud of her daughter, even though she lost the competition she still felt all proud to see how the girl evolved so much, then she went to get her mobile phone where she saw a message coming from Andrew.
[Andrew: Mrs McLaren, things have taken a turn for the worse here, I've been caught by Daryl, but I managed to escape with the little magic I had, I'm running away from here with someone, we're right there] 20:13
[Laura: Holy shit kid, how could this happen? Did this woman hurt you? Did you tell Bern too?]21:33
At that moment Laura's excitement turns to worry, but everything is interrupted when the bell is rung and with that McLaren comes to her senses and goes to answer it, seeing that it was Constanze and Jasminka, the German leaves the coins and then the Irish girl hands the wand to the two girls.
" (Shit... Now this one, Daryl discovered our scheme with Andrew, I hope he's ok and by the way who is this person that he came to run away together, he left an hour ago, as I remember Leeds is a long time from here, I hope he's ok).
The Irishwoman's thoughts are interrupted by the grunts of Constanze who demonstrates that she has managed to hit the targets, much because the redhead didn't use as much speed or magic to move the targets, which turned out to be easy.
" Gee you guys are good hein " Said Laura handing the plush to Braunchsbank and also to Antonenko, then McLaren went to check her mobile and got a reply from Hanbridge.
[Andrew: Xavier is bringing us in, I managed to convince him to escape, I'm bringing in two girls who escaped from the hands of a guy who was forcing them to prostitute themselves, they are apparently witches, one of them is called Ruth and one is called Phoebe, they kind of like each other] 21:35
[Laura: we'll be waiting for you, I feel like I know them] 21:36
" (Ruth... She is Naomi and Eleanora's daughter, I thought she had died, good to know she is alive... And Phoebe! Rose's daughter is alive! How wonderful, they must have taken these girls to do evil things, what a disgrace to turn them into prostitutes, now it makes sense for them to disappear with them).
From there McLaren kind of takes a deep breath, but at the same time she opens a smile, when she knew that everything was ok with people that she thought were dead, she kind of looked at the party more excited, especially when she saw that Hellene and Marianne were flying on broomsticks through the corridors of the party with other girls in a game similar to a magpie.
In another place of the party Diana and Akko were walking together to another tent, where Bernadette was, who called for both of them.
" Come here lassies, let's see how you are doing with glyphs " Said the older Cavendish.
" What do we have to do here? " asks the daughter.
" You will draw a glyph, in the case of you without a wand, you are already experienced witches, using the glyphs you only have to guide to hit the targets, I will make sure to use my magic to make it difficult for you " said the one with long platinum hair.
" I think I've seen this somewhere before, hahaha " Said the short haired one.
" Let me do this one love, you did the other one " Said the brown haired one.
At the time the Japanese takes a deep breath the Scottish witch starts to make the targets move, Atsuko draws a glyph quickly making it hit the targets even with all the speed that was being used to dodge, it was surprising how even the glyphs were transported to stay surrounding the targets, hitting with power on the targets. In the end the alarm rang and Cavendish herself was getting impressed.
" Apparently my daughter-in-law is much better than I thought," said Bernadette.
" It was a lot of fun, I enjoyed it, I'd say that's how much I've been training these days " Kagari said.
" Here's your prize, enjoy the party, I hope you're enjoying it," said the older Scot, handing a teddy bear to the two.
" I guess now each one has rewarded the other heh " Said the Japanese woman.
" The prizes will come later too Atsuko Kagari " said Diana a bit bashfully.
" Hey, not in front of me, I don't need to know here, they'll talk about these things away from me," said the blue-eyed girl's mother, making both of them blush.
From there they leave to go in other tents in the party, already Bernadette checks the mobile phone, noticing the messages from Andrew and Laura about the coming of the boy, what left her all surprised too, she even went to look at the tent of the wife that signaled her with the head, half in that she was getting half talking through the messages, about the coming of Andrew to the place.
The time of the party went by, the girls around there went in the tents to do the games that were only 50 Pennies, just like they tried their best to show the magic, but the challenges were the most complicated they had, showing how they still had a lot to do and also not to facilitate anything. Also in the central hall some of the girls were dancing, with the songs that were playing.
Some good minutes go by, until a car arrives by Luna Nova, it was the Hanbridge limousine, Andrew goes down of the car half wounded breathing breathless, as the other two girls try to help him to stand up and who was there waiting for him were exactly Laura and Bernadette.
" Andrew! Are you alright lad? " Said Cavendish using a healing spell on the boy who was even stained with blood.
" He went into the car desperate even worse, he asked me to go to a place where these two girls came in, they went about nursing his injuries, I didn't hear much in the house, but it seems Andy is in danger, I'm afraid I'll be fired now " said Xavier.
" If they send you away you can be the driver of our family, you did the right thing Xavier " Said the one with platinum hair signalling to the driver who then drives away with the car.
The boy goes on being healed by the godmother's hands using her magic, meanwhile Laura looked at the two girls getting close to them and hugging them which caused a strangeness between both redheads who had no idea, just getting a bit confused, but then looking well into the eyes and McLaren's appearance they could notice one thing.
" I remember the lady from somewhere " Phoebe said, finding the Irish girl's appearance strange.
" Of course you do, little Phoebe, you must be Rose's daughter, and you are Naomi and Eleanora's daughter, Ruth, I know you both... You were mere children when all that happened... I thought they were dead " Laura said.
" I don't remember much, but I remember someone taking me to a place, where I was treated like a maid, since I was a child, I ran away from there when I grew older, only I ended up in the hands of a man who made me be where I was until my brother rescued me from there, but I'm still afraid of him coming after me " Ruth said.
" They won't, I will get your documents and guarantee your safety, I already imagine that they took your documents and use you as sex workers " McLaren said.
" I just always existed in that place, after mum died, they captured me, I was forced from a very young age into it, I met Ruth, she was what kept me safe, she was what I could feel a hope of one day getting out of there, so we used the plan of pretending we took Hanbridge from client and we are here, I remember you Aunt Laura, you were always coming home, you were all fun, mum Rose was always talking about you, do you know what happened to her? They just said she died... " Morris said.
" It was something much heavier, but as I imagine you've been through a lot, it may be that it's nothing, your mothers died in a mission for the restoration of magic to prevent the advance of cultists who tried to end with the witches, we were all in a mission like that, but only a few of us survived, those who survived were still hunted by them, nowadays only Bern and me are left... These cursed ones must even be behind you being in this situation " Explains the older one.
" Of course! I remember the boss kept talking about a great leader, that we are lucky to be there " Phoebe said.
" Well know that you are safe, not only you, but the others will be rescued soon too, you can be sure of that " Laura said motivated.
While they talked Andrew was finishing being healed, he was getting up, after having briefly fainted, much by the pain of what seemed to be a poison to have hit him, apart from the cuts that were left by the region of the chest and abdomen, the boy comes back to his senses and hugs his godmother who hugs him back.
" Thank you Aunt Bern, you saved me " Andrew said relieved.
" You were poisoned by Daryl? Boy you could die if I didn't save you in time," Bernadette said.
" I'm sorry auntie... She and dad found out things, they were kind of interrogating me, I lied to them as much as I could, then I was starting to try to distract, but Daryl started to interrogate in a more violent way, she turned into a gorgon, starting to threaten me, scratching me with those claws... I had no option but to use my magic, I fought her, but I only lost, I kept making a plan to escape and distract her... In the end she thinks I was hit, but it was a dummy, I asked Xavier for a ride and started the escape plan of the girls, I would take them to Luna Nova, I already intended to do that, I think she must have stung me with some poison before escaping " Hanbridge said.
" Do you think so? Anyway we have to stay alert, now we don't have your information about Daryl's every move " Laura said.
" Let's go inside people, enjoy the party too, there is plenty of food and you can meet our friends " Bernadette said.
With that the two older ones take the three to the party, where some girls even try to start hitting on Andrew, but soon the fun is cut with the ladies saying that the boy is gay, so much that they stopped at the time of disturbance. Croix and Chariot are also a little surprised by the presence of Andrew and the other two mysterious girls.
" And who are they? The boy I know is the son of that bastard Paul " Meridies said
" They are Rose's daughters and also Eleanora and Naomi's, they were kept as prostitutes by those cultists, we may have a source of a place to attack, apart from someone to be interrogated, they managed to secure us something that can help us a lot, let's put these bastards against the wall and find out more weaknesses of their hiding places " Laura said excitedly.
" Ohhhh, that's perfect Laura, so many years trying to gather information from the place and now we have two who have plenty, but what about Andrew what is he doing here? " Du Nord asks.
" Andrew is a good boy, he doesn't deserve this hatred from you because of his father, he came running away from his father's misdeeds and also remember that he was our spy to keep an eye on Daryl's activity, he is in danger now, let's secure their shelter " McLaren said.
At this they both nod their heads and even breathe a little more relieved, after all they have one more chance to make progress with the mission of restoring magic since those two allies understand a little more how these cultists work for having stayed close to them.
A party that served to cheer Luna Nova up even more, after a day that had been quite revealing back there, the girls felt much more excited to celebrate such a special date, even more so since it was a change of times, some would go on to an adult life away from Luna Nova, others would continue around, it was the moment they needed to understand their pasts.
See you, party witches...