Sunday, 30 September 2018, Loperéc, France
The fight against Margaret had its outcome, with all the tension running wild, ending with what was the witch's last moment, but at the same time there was only one casualty that impacted everyone, Chariot Du Nord who died after a shot well given in the chest by a revolver, eventually not resisting even more that the girls took a long time to try to cure, Charlotte's mother left this world, the great skater who made history even with a short career.
In the meantime, Hellene quickly left for Europe, to be by the girls' side during the funeral and mourning period without the witch that was so remarkable in her life. As well as much of even the skateboarders around the world who were paying homage to the witch who was shot dead, it was a time when even the brand sponsoring McLaren understood the seriousness of the situation also paying homage to the young skateboarder by giving a message for the delay they were going to have in the shoot.
It was a time where the location was decided to be the Frenchwoman's hometown, in the countryside the body was transferred, then went through the whole post-mortem
process for the preparation of the wake, where a grave was dug just for herself next to the other family members killed in the 1999 massacre.
Everybody from the family and close people gathered there, besides that some skaters from all over the world paid their respects, it was a cloudy afternoon, the autumn time was starting, some leaves were already showing to be drier, falling a little in the landscape.
" We are all gathered here to say goodbye to someone who left this world early, a person who marked the lives of many people, the young Chariot Du Nord, who had already gone through everything that had to be tried in this world, but unfortunately ended up arriving at the moment where she would be embraced by death itself, where she made sure to take one of the best people this world has ever seen, goodbye Chariot " said a young man announcing the beginning of the wake and then the most loved ones were gathering starting with Croix.
" The best wife that I could have all these years, never before in my life I was so happy, as next to the girl that was a little bit stupid sometimes, that had this dream of being a skater and even got it, I feel all proud of having worked together with her for this dream to come true, we both lived the best years of my life together, your leaving leaves me with a huge hole now my love... It was really unfair the way you said goodbye to us, we will miss you my little witch... I will always love you in every way " Meridies said as she held little Charlotte in her arms and even went towards the coffin seeing her lying there.
The little girl was still confused, but she also wanted to be in her mother's arms, so the Italian woman caressed her and then gave way for someone else to speak about the red haired woman, and this time it was Laura.
" I do not really know what to say here, because I did not want to be here saying these things, it is not fair that the world has taken my lassie, my first daughter of consideration Someone who I always treated with the greatest affection in the world like this... I was like a mother to Chariot, I feel as if I have been stabbed in the chest, as if I was to blame for the death of my own daughter, whom I also gave all the support and love so that she would be able to achieve everything she always dreamed of, unfortunately with all that has happened, she will not be able to be here to see my little granddaughter Charlotte, I also have a great love for you little lassie, I know it was not the time, but I also know that there in the other world they must be taking care of you little Chariot.
The tears continued, as well as a group of skaters were also arriving, kind of approaching the wake, everyone kind of wanting to know about the place, just as it was the turn of another one of the girls to speak, this time Akko.
" Chariot... She was my inspiration man, I used to play every day Tony Hawk's with her character and I was glued on the screen, when I wasn't creating similar characters every game just to look like her, that's what inspired me to try someday to know the whereabouts of this so mysterious girl and I ended up finding, I ended up discovering things, this wonderful person helped me to put me up, to discover myself better, to know what I was looking for in this life all the time, I could discover many truths that are here in my heart, advice that I learned, she was a person who marked me very much, since always, I will miss you a lot Chariot, it is very unfair that you have to leave just now, when things were getting wonderful, when everything was going well... Know that we'll never forget you and all the remarkable things you did for all of us " said Atsuko who also went to the coffin half crying, until the other girls continued talking.
One by one they were giving beautiful speeches very similar to the three girls who had the most attachment to Du Nord, extolling her greatness, how everything they'd been through were remarkable moments, as the group of skateboarders was getting bigger and bigger around the funeral, all being extremely respectful, waiting for the moment when the speeches were over for another group of musicians to come. They
started playing the theme song that Chariot used to play during his videos, while the skateboarders turned their skateboards into a huge drawing of all of Chariot, kind of getting around by laying one on top of the other to form the figure.
" Your magic is believing in yourself! " Said the skaters all together.
They went from there continuing to march all to go to pay homage to Chariot, where they left a flower near where the grave is, a reddish rose, was a group of 41 skaters, who soon made a point of leaving the funeral paying all the respect in the world to the people present there.
" That was beautiful really, Chariot built that too, fans around the world, a whole youth who were inspired by her style and today continue to try all those manoeuvres of hers, I'm always impressed by the greatness of my Chariot " Croix said.
" They were really respectful, they didn't cause a fuss, I loved the tribute they paid " Laura said.
At the same time at the Du Nord family's house there was a group that was carrying out graffiti on the wall of the residence, which soon came a group of police officers approaching and it was at that time where the funeral was half interrupted by the police officers taking the group of boys there.
" Ladies I'm sorry to interrupt the event, but we found these delinquents graffitiing the wall of the Du Nord residence in the middle of the funeral " said the policeman.
" Oh come on sir, we just wanted to do some graffiti in honour of Chariot, she was too big in this world, leave us alone " said the boy.
" You heard the boy, they are just paying homage, because I am Chariot's wife I give permission for them to do the art on the wall of the house, I was even thinking of calling someone to do it, when you finish come back here you will be rewarded for your art " Croix in a clear French answers the policeman who releases the boy and with that he goes with his group where they go sort of doing the graffiti on the walls of the Du Nord house.
From there the boys kept on doing the graffiti on the walls, while the funeral was still going on, with the several tributes coming from all to talk about the greatness of Chariot, the achievements that she was doing, a movie was even starting to play, kind of being edited with all the dedication of the world by the hands of Croix and Marianne, showing some old moments, where it starts with the coming of Laura and Bernadette in the Du Nord house.
" I remember that day, little Chariot meeting us " said the Irish girl.
The footage showed the little girl, just 5 years old, going from one side to the other taking a stick and pretending to be a magic wand, while the two older girls were helping, being filmed by Cavendish, while McLaren was kind of backing her up, which made some weak spells come out of the little child's improvised wand.
" I never forget those moments, they were magical, they stay in my heart... She was so little, she kept talking to me all the time, it was so cute " said the redhead.
Where the moments of the filming were quite shown of the Irish girl talking a lot on the mobile phone she was carrying, just as the little one was on the house phone all the time getting in touch. Then there were some family photos appearing as Chariot was growing up, with the lines on the walls.
To the moment where she starts living in the Cavendish family mansion, showing moments of her playing and having fun with the Cavendish twins.
" Chariot was always nice to us, it was unbearable how our mother kept picking on us to keep us away from her," said Merrill.
" Daryl was quite cruel indeed, it still worries me to know where she might be, even more so in a moment of weakness like this " Lucy said.
There were pictures that were being taken for the fast time that Du Nord spent there, even having a mark on the wall also for the growth of the girl, where she was 9 years old by then and comically she already had Laura's size that was showing there with 27 years old and still a little far from Bern's size with the same age, so much that it was showing later with the advances of time with Diana and Hellene, that were reaching the same heights as their age arrived, with a good editing.
" Gee mum you really are quick to be passed right " Said the younger Cavendish laughing.
" Oh don't come with those little jokes " said the Irish girl crossing her arms.
Then it was showing more of the times of the orphanage of Luna Nova, during the early 2000s, where she was meeting and making friends with Croix, besides several pictures of her holding in her arms the little Diana and Hellene.
Showing that at that time she was learning how to skateboard little by little, including a shot of her dropping down a ramp that was built by McLaren.
" I had to do it all by hand, and it lasted, everyone used it with the greatest care and that's what makes me feel so happy," said the Irish woman.
" We taught her everything, Chariot became a great skater " said the wife.
" You two were the best thing to come along to Luna Nova, I remember how Chariot counted down the days in the week for you to come," Meridies said.
And it was really something that was being shown, with the pictures of Chariot near the calendar waiting for the days when Laura and Bernadette were going to the orphanage to visit her, with many pictures of all the moments that they were kind of living together, arriving in the moment where Du Nord was about to become a professional skateboarder and that was being the last minutes of the video, showing her already risking herself more, doing some of her great tricks, together with theatrical presentations involving skateboarding, the origin of Shiny Chariot.
" A shame we were never able to put this project forward, she dreamed so much of doing performances like this " Croix said.
" We invested a lot, but it was enough for the world to know what a magician she was," Laura said.
With the end of the video, being a compilation of more recent moments lived between the girls and the French girl, where she was taking care of her, making some more relaxed moments, everything for the nostalgia of reliving those moments so remarkable.
Until it was over, tears came out from all over the place, emotional with all the montage done, with all the moments that could give a revival in their heads, where was then starting the burial time, which was playing a more melancholic version of the theme song used by Chariot.
" Goodbye for everything you have done for us Chariot, we all will not forget you, the best person we could have met in our lives, unfortunately death was jealous and took you from us, I hope that in the world you are in things are better, you can be sure that the world you were taken from we will do everything to improve it too and bring you the paradise you always dreamed of that is more than a matter of honour for me " Croix said.
" There have been so many people in this world that I loved and they are gone from this world, I don't even know how I can still hold on being one of the remaining, while in the other world people should be gathered and happy... Or who knows where they went, I only know that I miss them all, I feel terrible when I remember how many of us are gone for everything we fought for... Is it worth going on? " Said Laura gloomily until Meridies put her hand on her shoulder.
" Vale and Chariot knew that like no one else, she would never give up, if we were the victims, she would be here motivating everyone not to give up, I know my Chariot and I know how she did everything for us and for our fight, it is not today that these cultists will have a victory and it will never be, we may have lost our great Chariot, but we have not lost the hope of bringing the world that she always dreamed of having " said the Italian who ended up lifting a little bit of the mood.
Then the witch's body was being buried, the music kept playing in a more funereal tone, who was putting the earth on top of it were Laura, Croix, Akko and Bernadette, they were the ones chosen to go plugging the hole, until everything was finally full and in the stone the message was left.
"Chariot Du Nord 1990-2018
" "A believing heart is your magic"
" As much as I've heard her say that phrase, I'll never get sick and remember how she emphasized it," said the lilac"haired one half"exhaling.
" Goodbye my girl, mother will miss you in this world, a star is born in the sky today " Mclaren said as tears fell on the grave.
With that they were all sort of gathering there to stand for a minute of silence in honor of the witch, they were then sort of starting from the funeral, but before that they were approached by the graffiti artists who called them to observe the drawing on the wall, when they arrived they were amazed, the art was wonderful, it caught all the soul of the personality that was Chariot.
" How do you like it? And thanks for the opportunity, we can't let the memory of Chariot die like this," said the boy, managing to speak in English.
" I loved it... You caught the essence of who Shiny Chariot was and this place will never be forgotten, here was the origin of our great girl, thank you for everything guys " Meridies said taking a wallet from her pocket.
" No please, you don't need the reward, this is from the heart for all of us, for all that this woman has done for our people, for all the wonderful things that we can see her do," said the boy who was leaving.
" He really knows his stuff, nice guy, I also wanted to send a graffiti of Chariot, when we restore Luna Nova can I? " said Hellene.
" You are the one who is going to design the skate park with us Hellene, of course you can, I was going to ask you that, the original plan was for you to do the graffiti on the wall of her house, but well the guys did it " said the Italian.
" I will never forget those wonderful years, we will do justice for you Chariot, things will change for you and you can be sure that the world will be better, we will finish with the cultists and bring magic back to this world and still in the best way we were able to do it.
" I will never stop believing in myself, this will be the magic that will move me all these days, I will make Shiny Akko be real, I hope that from heaven she will see us getting where we are and be proud of us," said Atsuko.
From there they stayed a while still crying a little, looking at the art on the wall, where they also took the opportunity to go taking some pictures, kind of to leave more registered the moment that they are in the wake, that was coming to its end, after photographing everything, the witches all get their brooms and go flying back to Scotland kind of gathered in a formation after all this tragic moment that luckily did not end up having an interruption that would result in disaster by the hands of the cultists that did not intervene.
It was a more morbid moment for all, dealing with the loss of a loved one who was always present and very much in the lives of all the girls, as someone who always marked by the actions she did, the effort she made, the fights that were fought, even by the relaxed way and all the demonstration she did of her abilities on a skateboard that enchanted not only those who were skateboarders, but even those who were not, by the wonderful person in which Chariot Du Nord was.
Farewell, lesbian witch...