Chapter Twenty Three: Saviour (Songfic Chapter, Saviour is by Lights, wring this as if the song existed during this time and will be quoting Mythology. "Through life, past death and into the hands of God" is from the movie Lovespell: Tristan and Isolt with Nicholas Clay and Kate Mulgrew)
Amelia summoned Constance back with the baby afterward as Mildred had a surprise for her. This was another time that they were using electricity through Ruby's used a karaoke machine. Picking up the microphone, Maud began to speak:
"Teachers of Cackle's Academy. Mildred has a surprise for her Aunt which she has been practicing for a couple days now. It is a song that I am sure the younger pupils may know. It is a song by the artist, Lights. She has dedicated this to Miss Hardbroom. I now present Mildred Hardbroom-Hubble performing the song 'Saviour'." The music began to play from the CD.
Mildred began to sing:
"The night is deafening
when the silence is listening
and I'm down on my knees
and I know that something is missing
because the back of my mind is holding things I'm relying in
but I choose to ignore it because I'm always denying them
I'm a bit of a manic when it's not as I plan it
'cause I start losing my head then I get up in a panic
Remember, when we were kids and always knew when to quit it
Are we denying a crisis or are we scared of admitting it?
I don't want to know
I just wanna run to you
and break off the chains
and throw them away
I just wanna be so much
and shake off the dust
that turn me to rust
Sooner than later, I'll need a saviour
I need a saviour
It will never change
if you want it to stay the same
I really hate it
but I know it's hard to choose if you're chained
and when it's all you control
'cause you got nothing else to hold
You're getting tighter and tighter
It's getting harder to let it go
I don't want to know
I just wanna run to you
and break off the chains
and throw them away
I just wanna be so much
and shake off the dust
that turn me to rust
Sooner than later, I'll need a saviour
I need a saviour
Stand me up and maybe I won't be so small
Free my hands and feet
and maybe I won't always fall
Save me
I just wanna run to you
and break off the chains
(Save me)
and throw them away
I just wanna be so much
and shake off the dust
(Save me)
that turn me to rust
I just wanna run to you
(Just wanna run to you)
and break off the chains
(Save me)
and throw them away
I just wanna be so much
(Just wanna be so much)
and shake off the dust
(Save me)
that turn me to rust
Sooner than later,
I'll need a saviour
(Save me)hat
I need a saviour."
"I suppose I am your 'saviour'?" Constance smirked.
"Since I found out you are my Aunt, you have saved me. Especially during the seizure." Mildred replied."And I am thankful for that." She looked about to cry. Constance placed the baby in Samantha's arms and held out her arms to Mildred. Mildred ran to her and buried her face in her shoulder.
"Shhh, shhh...And I am thankful that I have you, Mildred. Don't cry anymore. I will never leave you." She murmured in Mildred's ear.
"But what about when I graduate?" Mildred asked.
"Perhaps you can stay another year afterward to perfect your skills." Constance told her.
"That is perfectly all right, Mildred." Amelia said. "I think that it would be benificial to you to stay another year. It is your home now after all. I will explain the circumstances to Professor Thunderblast over at Weirdsister College."
"Does that mean that I will be attending Weirdsister College?" Asked Mildred.
"It does."Amelia smiled. "You and Ethel both at the very least."
"If Mildred is staying another year, I am too." Ethel said. "Now that we are friends, I can't bear to leave her when I graduate."
"All right, Ethel." Amelia agreed. "I'm sure your parents will consent to you staying on another year...Mildred, would you like to have another cat along with Tabby? It seems that your grandparents have found a kitten who is much like Morgana and Ethel's Night Star. They have one for you and Constance both, as Morgana is an older cat."
"Maybe this one will be good at flying...Especially since Tabby is so petrified of flying. What would I call her though? Certainly not Sooty as she is like Morgana and Night Star." Mildred sniffed.
"I always thought about calling my kitten Circe as It was my mother who gave us the kittens and Circe is her middle name as well as the name of the Greek witch." Said Constance.
Mildred picked up her kitten and held her at eye level. "Isolt." She said. The kitten mewed in response. and cocked her head. "That's it, then. That's your name."
"You chose your middle name?" Asked Ethel.
"In Celtic Mythology, Isolt is the name of the Druid Priestess and Irish Princess. She was Isolt the younger. Her mother was Queen Isolt the Elder Druid Witch. It was the love potion made by Princess Isolt's handmaiden,Bronwyn, which bonded Isolt and Tristan, Nephew to Mark, King of Cornwall, 'through life, past death, and into the hands of God.' Isolt was to marry King Mark and had, but she drank the love potion with Tristan instead of her husband." Mildred replied.
"You know so much about this,love." Said Constance.
"My mother told me the story." Mildred responded.
Constance held her kitten, gazing long and hard at her. "Circe..." She said. The kitten twitched her nose. "Wait a minute..." Said Constance. She brought the kitten up against her chest. "Selene." She said after a moment. The kitten meowed and purred loudly. "Your name is Selene. It means moon, after the Greek Goddess of the moon."
Mildred summoned her new broom which she had gotten as a gift from her parents on her return to Cackle's Academy. She placed Isolt on the brush end of the broomstick after commanding it to hover. Isolt sat bolt upright, cleaning her paws. Mildred perched on her broom and commanded it to fly.
"Up and Away." She said. The broom obliged and she flew around the Great Hall as a demonstration. She angled the broomstick to land and landed perfectly back on the floor. Everyone clapped.
"Tabby is more the cuddly lap cat. Isolt is the flyer." She said. "Aunt Constance is not able to fly yet, as she is recovering both from surgery and Star's birth. I don't want her stitches tearing." She looked at Constance who shrugged. Constance used Mildred's broom to see if Selene could perch on the broom. Selene did exactly the same as Isolt had done. Constance scritched under the kitten's chin.
"We chose those kittens especially for the two of you. They were the most talented of the litter. Yes, they are sisters."Answered Samantha.
"Thank you, Mother and Dad." Constance approved. Mildred excused herself from the festivities. The group disbanded and the party was officially brought to a close.
"Amelia, Mildred has not been herself since she had that seizure.." Constance said, concerned. "She does not look too well either.
"I've noticed this too, Miss Hardbroom." Said Maud. "I think she might be running a fever."
"Well, I will check on her once I get Star to sleep." Constance told Maud.
"We can do that for you, Connie." Said Constantine.
"Are you sure, Dad?" Constance asked.
"Yes, I'm sure, dear. Go check on Mildred." Constantine took Star in his arms as Constance left with her kitten. Isolt was in Mildred's room.
Constance sighed and went upstairs. She was walking towards the dormitories when she heard the sound of retching in the lavatory. She turned and opened the door, and found Mildred hunched over the toilet, vomiting.
In a flash, Constance was behind Mildred, watching in horror. Once Mildred was finished, she swooned in the arms of a stunned Constance. Constance dematerialized and appeared in Mildred's room. She put Mildred to bed straight away. Mildred came to, feeling Constance's cool hand on her forehead. She groaned lightly.
"Easy, easy..." Constance murmured. "You're burning up,Mildred. Just relax..."
"What happened?" Mildred asked groggily.
"You were sick to your stomach in the lavatory. You fainted in my arms." Constance explained.
"Who is looking after Star? Aren't you supposed to be with her?" Asked Mildred.
"Mother and Dad are with her, putting her to bed in the nursery." Constance replied.
"Won't she keep them up?" Mildred wondered.
"They have both been parents longer than I have been. They know what they are doing." Constance told her.
Isolt and Tabby were getting to know each other. Tabby may not have been very intelligent, but he seemed to be getting on quite well with the kitten.
"I will be right back, love. I'm going to go to my room to get Morgana so that she and Selene can get acquainted." Constance said as she stroked her kitten. She got up and walked to her dormitory, retrieving Morgana. She returned to Mildred's room. She sat down with both her cat and kitten in her lap. Morgana sniffed at the kitten, beginning to groom her after a moment.
Selene purred as the elder cat groomed her. Morgana seemed to have taken on the role of mother cat to Selene. Constance had thought that Morgana would be jealous of the kitten since she had been Constance's cat since Constance was in Witch school. She was a very old cat indeed. Constance was worried about her since she was an elderly cat.