Friday, 12 October 2018, Arcturus
Frank's arrival was the biggest surprise, an ally that nobody expected to be there, but that would be of great help for this fight, even more because he is serving with great usefulness so that they come to win the biggest obstacle, in this case being the cultists, in the middle of these days was already having a great planning together with a way to be furtive in relation to any espionage that are performing in the mansion to prevent the attacks.
So much in that they are all invested for that that Diana, Akko and Amanda decide to leave once again to Arcturus, to somehow try to find out how to find the fourth word and thus already be opening the way for the seven words, so that they can open the seal of the Gran Triskellion, besides acquiring the magic that may be able to change the world as they are at least causing the impression.
That day the trio leaves early in the morning for this search where they will spend the weekend there until they find the mysterious word. After a long flight from the Cavendish mansion, they arrive at Glastonbury, walk through the woods that used to surround Luna Nova, to where the portal is, where they will start their next adventure.
" Finally... A shame this place doesn't have power or a TV to play games " said Amanda, who threw herself on one of the sofas already more relaxed.
" It is not our mission to do this, this place is sacred and important, we can't just come here to relax, well anyway let's take a break before we leave " Diana said.
" Oh stop being a pain, love, we know the mission is important, but really relaxing here with a video game would be perfect," Akko said.
" You two have got to be joking don't you? " Cavendish said and they both simply shrugged.
As they arrive the three take the opportunity to make their way to the canteen where they take a nice little break for a bite to eat before going into action to find the whereabouts of that fourth word, just as Amanda takes the opportunity to go and take a nap as she arrives after all the way there, it's where Diana and Akko simply take the time to pick each other up a little.
A few minutes later O'Neill wakes up coming across Cavendish sitting on Kagari's lap as she went to eat a fry being fed to her little mouth, with some obvious marks on her neck as well.
" Hey you two! Are we going to find the words or are you just going to moan? " said the American girl where the two simply looked at each other half blushed.
" O'Neill, well that was due to your nap, we didn't want to disturb your sleep," said the Scot half"smiling her clothes.
" I don't even know if I'll sleep tonight after this, you'll end up giving grandchildren to your mothers.
" Hey, don't keep talking like that, now let's go, first let's go to that library that must have some book about the seven words " said the one with platinum hair, a bit embarrassed.
The three got the brooms, went flying to where the library is, with the staff in hands they said the third word where the hook was attached to the door and with that they could enter the huge place, what they were walking towards the table.
The blue-eyed girl was the one who put her hand on it, already wanting to imagine how the book would be about the seven words that ended up appearing right in her hands, what they were already leafing through that single book, but that presented a whole different language.
" How can we understand this? They sent us an unknown language on top of that," said Atsuko.
" I'll try to find some way to translate," Diana said.
And that's what she was trying to do, by invoking a dictionary that translated from the language that was in the book to Latin and then a book that translated from Latin to English, something that was very time consuming, as they were kind of doing it in a manual way, until after a single page translated they were fed up.
" Are we really going to have to translate in all that language? " said Amanda.
" If there was some magical place that copied the text already translated for us " Atsuko said until she noticed that there was a table with signs where she had letters that changed.
She picked up the book and took it with the dictionary to where the table was and with this she ended up generating a Latin copy, then she was doing this with the Latin version translating it into an English version which was practically instantaneous. Bringing the book back the trio started to read more clearly, leafing through the pages.
" Mayenab Disheebudo, that's the fourth word, it was first discovered by the outskirts of a ruined town that was destroyed by Green man's disease where people are forever covered in a dense moss " Cavendish said.
" Then let's go there " Kagari said.
" Of course not, we could end up catching this disease, you didn't read right that this place has plants that spit spores and spread them on us " said the Scottish lass.
" Well we can get the word if we read what it says on the sign, and we can get the effect from that, so let's go," said O'Neill who went off and picked up the broom.
" You two are inconsequential, I say you'd better watch out " said the platinum haired girl.
The trio takes the brooms, they go into the forest, now with the translated book in hand, already with the words about to be discovered, when they land they notice that all the forest covered the place, which was a small town totally in ruins, covered by the wide moss where Akko almost steps on it until she is barred by Diana.
" Hold on, didn't you read that these pores cover everything? " Said Cavendish who simply touched the ground with a stick and practically in an instant it was all covered in moss, almost reaching the Scottish woman's hand.
" Woah, I almost turn into a bush " Atsuko said shocked.
" We have to walk around here, taking care " Said the platinum haired girl who was starting to make some platforms for the girls to step on without being hit by the moss.
Carefully they walked in the middle of the platforms created a little above the ground, where they walked through the ruins, looking at the lanterns in the surroundings, noticing how the moss took over everything, there were even people there who were covered, just like creatures, revealing how dangerous that part is.
" Any mistake, we're gone," said Amanda.
" If you keep saying that all the time that's when I'm going to make a mistake," said Kagari tensely.
" Behave yourselves, you two " Cavendish said.
As they walked a little further they got closer to where the book pointed, which was a kind of hidden temple, where they kept walking a little more, even managing to stand on the ground since the place didn't have the presence of the mosses as intensified as the outside.
" Whew... There's not so much here " said the relieved Japanese woman.
" The sun doesn't shine around here so the plants can't get chlorophyll, but still let's be careful that we don't get affected by the plant " said the Scottish lass still apprehensive.
They kept walking through the temple, but of course the place still had some points where there were plants, including some platforms that the girls were trying to pass using magic to simply pass over, but at the time that the one with platinum hair was trying it didn't work.
" What? We can't use magic here," Diana said.
" Then we'll have to jump," said Akko, who was jumping from platform to platform.
" Akko! You could die! Take it easy! " Cavendish said and Amanda also went along doing the same.
The Scottish girl passes the hand in the face seeing the pair of clumsy causing with the platform jumps, but seeing that she didn't have option she does the same thing, she goes jumping from a part to another taking the biggest care for not touching in any part that had the moss.
Walking a little further ahead where from there the things were more complicated with the presence of some magical creatures made of moss that were moving towards the trio.
" Noctu Orfei Aude Fraetor! " Said Atsuko making the staff turn into a bow, impressively it was the only thing that worked with magic.
The Japanese girl opened the way releasing magic arrows on each one of the creatures, which ended up releasing moss everywhere, which came to catch on Amanda's glove that quickly throws it away almost making her catch the Green man disease.
Walking further they come across another open part, still with platforms, but this time it seemed that all the moss had life, since it kept going from one side to the other like a wave. I've been thinking about it for a
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" Woooohoooo! Take that one! " Said Kagari who made it to the other side with ease.
" Akko! Stop risking yourself like that, you could end up getting hurt... " Said Cavendish qie was then grabbed by the hook as well and led to her girlfriend, where they meet in a kiss, but even then she didn't avoid getting a scolding, just as Amanda was pulled by her friend.
" Woah! I thought the vine idea was really cool," O'Neill said.
" It wouldn't be good to jump from one to another, even more with this moss that could hit them one way or another, this staff was made for this " said Kagari, who handed the staff to the American.
" You were crazy that's for sure love, next time don't take such a risk, this is an old place, what are the chances of this all breaking down and us dying? " said the Scottish lass.
O'Neill herself kind of shrugged, they were still continuing on their way, but there was a wall, where from there O'Neill started to use the second word, opening the way through it all using the axe that broke the moss, only some pieces were falling on top of her.
" Amanda! " They both say.
" Go! Let me open the way here and you heal me later with the fourth word! Just go! " said the salmon"coloured hair, little by little being consumed by the moss.
Thanks to the staff she was managing to be a little protected, but they already had a point or another with the moss, she was kind of going up the stairs, while Diana and Akko went behind being kind of protected, that until it was very evident that the mosses had already occupied a good part of her body, she herself gives the staff to the duo, who look at the top of the tower to the ruins and then see the smile of the American that was the last thing before she completely turned into a huge moss.
" Amanda! " Akko said half-emotionally.
" She was heroic now, I admit it, let's just find the cure and get out of here love, I'm sure we can do it," Cavendish said.
" I hope it really works " Kagari said.
The staff was already glowing and the one who ended up removing the moss from the front where the phrase was written was Diana, who quickly took off her gloves after getting dirty with the moss and getting all green and covered with it, revealing the text that was written.
" To see through, patience is important " Akko said as he went on to read.
At the time some roots grab the legs of the two which starts to spread the Green man disease on their bodies, which Kagari kind of gets into despair even though she has the staff in hand.
" What was the word! " Said the desperate Japanese woman.
" Maye... I don't remember! " Cavendish said.
" Mayenab... " Said the brown haired one as the moss was already covering her legs.
" Dish... " Said the Scot getting covered in the waist area.
" ebudo... " Said the crimson"eyed one as the mosses reached the chest region.
" Mayenab Disheebudo! " They both said together, which ended up making a huge funnel appear right on top of the staff, which began to absorb the mosses around it, just as it was rolling with the two who breathed a sigh of relief as the moss quickly took over their bodies and with that they were even released by the roots.
Around all the moss was going in the direction of the funnel, counting with Amanda that was finally returning to normal and the ruins also that were no longer covered by all that green, as well as the people that were being left with only bones since they had already died many years ago.
What was revealing itself was another of the words, cleaning everything around, until the staff returned in the pair's hands.
" I knew I could trust you guys," O'Neill said.
" You took a risk for us, why all this O'Neill? " Cavendish said.
" Because I have a lot of respect and admiration for you, also because somehow we are a team, we work together, I know that you would do the same for me and I would do the same for you, I can trust " said the American who then received a hug from the two.
They continued to admire the landscape being cleaned, which was a relief, so much so that they even jumped from the tower back to the ground using a little magic, where they walked around noticing that there was no one around, apart from a pile of bones and the abandoned city.
" Well, I think the mission of finding the fourth word is over for now, let's go back to the tree house " said Atsuko.
" Who knows, maybe we can find the others too? We have all the time to search and we have a staff in hand, besides the book," said the salmon"coloured hair.
" You know it's a good idea, we can together find those words faster and have the magic to change the world sooner and with that we'll already be much further ahead of the cultists " Cavendish said.
" We can even get maps of their bases, the library behind everything " O'Neill said.
All of them were kind of impressed at the time, so they took the brooms and flew towards the library, where they managed to get the plants with the map they had of the cultists' base, as well as they were arriving back at the tree house, where they had made more than one copy of the plant, just like they had seen in the book about the next word, but when they were leafing through it there was a big surprise.
" It's blank! " They all say.
" What do you mean it's blank? " Akko said confused.
" I think this book has magical properties and I knew we would go that way, this is a sign that we are not yet worthy of winning the next word," Diana said.
" Oh, shit! This way things will go very slowly, even more so since we are close to the attack of those damned cultists " Amanda said frustrated.
" Look then it's a sign that we have to earn it to get each of the words, so there will be one more ordeal, which we can use now to kind of plan how the cultists' base would be " Atsuko said giving a nice look.
" We can even have access to their documents, the possibilities are endless, we just have to think and that's it " Cavendish said.
" The base looks just like any other... " Amanda said.
" My aunt would probably be in the throne room waiting for the results, but she will be surprised by our presence," said the Scot.
The three of them are kind of trying to trace some path to go doing, as a way to open, around there, already in mind to be the group that will invade the cultists' base, while the others would stay defending the mansion from the attack, that still by the house in the tree, where they decide to have a meal too, since soon they will leave back to the Cavendish residence.
" Well, now we can go back home, then we'll think about the idea of looking for more words, if the book releases us, as well as the cultists' plan, we have to plan everything right and hopefully on time, I never thought that in all this time my aunt would end up being the person we'll have to deal with and that she's on the side of not only the one who caused everything bad in magic, but now she's the leader of this cult," Diana said.
" I can imagine how painful it must be for someone from your family to be on that side, let's also try to rescue the mothers from cons " Amanda said.
" Only one question remains for me, will your mothers let us go on this mission? " Akko asks.
" If you don't let them they will die, we are the best, the more help the better and if you don't let them I will go the same way, we have to help my mothers not to die too, I just don't know what I would do without them... " Cavendish said.
" I know how it is, I'm even jealous of you two, but not a bad kind of jealousy, seeing you happy with your mothers, too bad I lost mine early and even then she was never a good mother to me " O'Neill said half crying where she then got a hug from the two.
From there the group took the brooms, left the tree house, this time having in hand the books and maps they had picked up, which could be another progress towards the mission, just as they keep talking to each other amidst the British skies.
The fourth word has been discovered, Mayenab Disheebudo, turning the staff into a funnel that may be able to pull any curse from a considerable distance, which can save many lives as well as being another step closer to the discovery of the seven words that could change the world.
See you, green witches...