Friday, 15 November 2018
It had been a considerable number of days since the groups had been separated, only a single word was missing for Claiomh Solais to reveal the truth and all the potential of the seven words, time was going to the witches' side to prepare a defence against the cultists, after so much fighting, it was only a matter of time until the great day would occur, which for now they kept in a matter of safety, planning to do something that same day to tell more in depth about events of the past, especially Bernadette and Laura.
After the training on both sides, the two eldest were calling everyone to gather in a room, where they would tell more in depth about these things, on one side in Arcturus, it would be Laura who would tell from her magic, creating holographic images, just as Bernadette on the other side in Edinburgh would do the same, everyone came to this very important meeting.
" So lassies, now I'm going to tell you in detail about our adventure back there, when we tried to invade the cultists' base in 1999, which was kind of a huge surprise, as it coincided with where each one of you came from a few years later," McLaren told them all.
" Ahhhh, so now we'll really know in detail what happened," Diana said.
" It's also a question of getting a better grasp of the strategies and everything else, knowing more about the context, we can't leave this out as it's extremely important, especially as Frank is here and will know how things were from the witches' perspective," said the Irishwoman.
Soon the redhead starts showing the magic holograms with her hands already glowing to begin with, while in Edinburgh, everyone had already arrived for that presentation, literally everyone, even the maids and servants of the house came to see the events of 1999, since they could be in danger and even offered to help in the defence of the mansion and in guaranteeing Charlotte's safety in case the worst happened.
" Ahhhh what a relief, everyone has come, now I can start to explain everything in detail, the incidents of 1999, that still sticks with me, they were traumatic times that you have no idea of " Bernadette said.
" I'm sure you'll manage mum, we'll get everything right," said Hellene.
" They won't stand a chance against us if we unite well enough to win this victory," said Cavendish.
Then she also starts waving the wand that was in her hand and projections of everything that was going on in the head of the platinum haired woman herself start to appear on the wall, one of them being a more intimate moment with her wife being quickly changed to exactly the specific day of the disasters.
Wednesday 15 December 1999, Cavendish family mansion
It was another ordinary day, where they were all enjoying a longer moment of rest, Laura McLaren, Bernadette Cavendish, April Jordan, Rosemary Morris, Eleanora Maria White, Naomi Ben Asher, Velma Bernhardt, Scarlet Taylor, all gathered to discuss a plan to modernise magic, especially when Jordan went to show off an invention of hers that would be quite useful, which was a backpack that intensified magical powers.
Everyone that afternoon was kind of unconcerned, since it was still a world where magic existed even though they thought it was just a dated thing, but that the group was coming together precisely to change that mindset, which April made sure to show that with her invention.
" What's that April? Are you going to school? " McLaren said in a more comedic tone.
" I'm really going, an all powerful school, do you want to come? " Jordan said putting her "backpack" on her back.
In the middle of this she was starting to float, the blonde girl with purple eyes, was excited, while the others watched everything, but this didn't last long, since she then ended up falling and was looking at all the equipment showing a frustration that she hadn't managed to accomplish her invention, which she was trying to fix.
" Ohhhh April, what was that supposed to be? " Rosemary asks.
" Holy shit! It was supposed to be a Magic Enhancer Learning Machine, I wanted a machine that could help witches who were in the most need of it, it would help them to expand their magical power more so they could perform spells with help the first few times, until maybe they could actually perform them without the equipment " Jordan said while she was tinkering with the device.
" But you're not such a witch, I think you must have overcharged," Scarlet said.
" Hey! It's not that, I programmed it to withstand high loads of magic, including beeping when the witch would get enough magic in herself to perform spells on her own without using the device " Said the blonde.
" This could even be used to amplify our magic, have you ever stopped to think... We use it to get stronger... " Laura said until her friend interrupted her.
" This is not going to be a weapon Laura, this equipment is aimed at teaching, I don't want to build an army of witches, I want them to learn better how to use magic, to include those who have somehow a deficiency in magic, or those who started to learn later, this would be of great help to know that they are ideal to continue learning spells " Said the purple"eyed one.
" I don't know, have you not made a machine that can do that too? " said McLaren.
" Only if you think that's what it's for, which I'm sure it's not, then we'll present it to Holbrooke and she'll see how it goes, at least Luna Nova we got to be on our side to promote the new era of magic," April said continuing to fiddle with the device.
They went there continuing to talk among themselves, drawing some more projects to modernize magic in some way, since each one of them even had a profession that helped in that, Bernadette was the highest level professional skater, Laura was a Rally racer, which gave a good income, April was a programmer and game dev, Rosemary was a WCI agent, which was the old magical police, Eleanora was a teacher in a primary school, Naomi was a biologist, Velma was a company director and finally Scarlet was a professional tennis player, each one of them had some function that they used to be useful in relation to magic afterwards.
But all this conversation was interrupted when Anna had arrived with a phone in hands warning that she had an important call coming from Holbrooke, which Bernadette was soon making sure to answer.
" Hello, is everything all right Mrs Holbrooke? " Cavendish said.
[Miranda: Not well, we received terrible news, the magic council, a real massacre, a group of hooded cultists invaded en masse and started to go out sweeping every witch they met in front of them, apparently they know magic, they have already killed Dorlin and Ural, Marjoraine is trying what she can to protect, but we don't know until when].
" What? What do you mean? You've got to be kidding me, right? Are we really being attacked? " said the Scottish lass with a huge tone of concern.
[Miranda: I'm not kidding, they are coming for the attack, I will close Luna Nova as a witchcraft academy, I cannot allow them to come here too, it could be the end of us, they have already managed to go to the witchcraft council, soon they will come to the schools of magic, so I will close Luna Nova temporarily].
" Holbrooke wait! Let's not make decisions out of the blue, is this information from the cultists really true, it's not possible that a group of cultists decided to appear out of nowhere and cause such a huge damage," said the platinum haired girl still in shock and everyone around her started to show the same shocked reaction.
[Miranda: See for yourselves in the crystal ball, I will be closing down Luna Nova and I will be turning it into an orphanage, by the way Chariot is fine and safe, you can leave her to continue here in our supervision, but still be careful, they may also come to the Cavendish family mansion].
Bernadette hangs up the phone when she sees that the call with the director has ended, going without thinking twice to see the situation as it was in the crystal ball and when she went to have a look together with the others it was becoming very apparent, the news of witches did not stop registering regarding the attack and massacre that was happening in the witches' council in Leeds,
" So it's true... " Cavendish said shocked.
" What are these weirdos? Why are they killing us? What do they want? " said a shocked Laura.
" Our plans... Now there's no more witches' council... " April was about to complete her sentence when a tremor is kind of heard, followed by screams and shouts, many coming from the maids.
The cultists also came to the Cavendish family mansion, they made a direct attack there and soon the girls started to observe that there was a group that was firing with a rocket launcher right at the mansion's door and then everyone was getting ready to defend themselves.
" We're going to have to defend ourselves in this one, or we die too " McLaren said preparing with magic.
" We're going to need more than magic " Rosemary said taking her gun out of its holster.
" No Rose... " They all said it until someone desperately enters the room and it was Daryl.
" Oh, shit. What the fuck, Bernadette? What the fuck Bernadette, who are these freaks, they're gonna kill my daughters! Did you send them? " Said the younger sister.
" Of course not, dammit! They're cultists who want to exterminate the witches, I'm sorry to say that, but now you're going to have to fight on our side if you want your daughters to survive... Where did you leave them, anyway? " said the older one.
" I had to hide them in the basement when I heard the tremors, you stand there discussing these illusions and do not realize how there is a literal invasion happening, give me a gun or four eyes, I will protect my daughters " said the ponytailed desperate.
On the spot without hesitation Morris delivers a pistol into Bern's sister's hands, which causes her to get a rather angry expression at seeing her younger sister armed like that, where she then goes running out of the room.
" We have no choice lassies, do you want to stay here to die? " said the one with the glasses until they all sort of accepted.
Each one takes a gun that was in a backpack that Rosemary usually carries for emergencies and with that they walk through the corridors, where some shots could be heard, desperation also took over the environment, where soon the first cultists were being observed.
" Ahhhhhh, they are well armed " April said when one of them shoots at the wall with a rifle and they are almost hit.
At that moment Laura was with the backpack that April had made on her back, where she was simply walking forward holding two pistols, almost not being hit as the cultists were being knocked down, but soon the equipment broke down and she was almost hit by a rocket launcher launched towards the corridor that raised the most destruction.
" Laura! My Magic... " Jordan said until she stops and holds her shots to defend herself.
" I told you that this is to ensure extra protection, anyway thanks for the invention, I managed to knock out at least seven of them with those shots " Said the Irish woman who was reloading the two pistols at the same time.
" They are very well armed, but we can shoot them with magic which helps " Said Morris who was keeping herself hidden and already dialling the magical police headquarters.
Meanwhile a group was coming closer, soon Naomi shoots a grenade in their direction and they run away, where was the gap for some to be shot, little by little the way was being opened, while Morris was in the midst of chaos trying to contact the local police.
" This is Agent Morris from the WCI, we need backup at Cavendish Manor, we are being attacked by mysterious cultist witches " Rosemary said.
[Policeman: What a great coincidence Agent Morris, because the same thing is happening to us, we also need reinforcements, they are many and they keep shooting at us, it seems that this is a mass attack all planned].
" Shit! They've even attacked the police! Even the police they came to attack! What about the human police? Won't they help us with that? " asks the one with glasses.
[Policeman: We're trying, but they also told us it was our problem, we're in trouble, it could be the end of magic, they're armed like an army, I don't know how long we're going to hold out here, I'm sorry Officer Morris, but you're going to have to do it on your own and with your friends, we're trying to defend ourselves here].
The phone hung up and at that moment more shots came and almost hit the witch that was hidden behind the wall with her revolver in hands where she shot back precisely hitting the cultist's skull, what the other girls were already getting a little worried by Morris's frustrated reaction.
" Shit! We won't have reinforcement, I tried to call the police and it seems that they are attacking there too, they decided to take the day to attack us en masse " Said the redhead with wavy hair.
" What? Even the police? What about the mundane police? Won't they help? " Laura asks as she goes to fend off the shots.
" Unfortunately from what I got from the policewoman we won't even get help with that, but I'll try now," Morris said.
Rose went about trying to call the mundane police, but when she went to notice the response was being pretty much the same, only it was even more rude telling witches to solve their problems, even disrespecting Rosemary's position as an agent of the WCI which was an organisation on an international level, the request cannot be granted in any way.
" Fuck you! They really want us to die! Those damn witches will get away with this... Magic can't die," said Laura furiously.
Then McLaren went out of there grabbing an AK47 rifle that was in the hands of a cultist, using her own magic she started to walk shooting while keeping her body protected from the shots, she went out sweeping the whole corridor holding strong each shot that even having the protection of a force field gave an impact that caused a little pain, walking like that until reaching the mansion's entrance where she was surprised by a rocket launcher and had to dodge the wall, where she gave the last shots while jumping and threw herself relieved in the middle of the sea of bodies that remained.
" Take that, you bastards! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! " Said the panting Irishwoman who was half crying.
" Laura! You've gone mad, you could have died in that one! There were too many of them! " Said Bernadette scolding her wife who simply put her head against her chest.
The shooting stopped, there were no more cultists around the mansion, which meant that the attack there was avoided, but still that was a huge moment of shock, the scene was one of war, bullet holes everywhere, walls knocked down by explosions, the girls tired and panting, amidst the bodies also that were left on the floor, including some employees.
" No! They killed Grace! Not Grace, she worked in this house when I was suffering at my mother's hand and she always helped me to escape from her... No! No! " said Bernadette going to Grace's body.
" Bloody witches, I wonder what these guys are " Said the McLaren who then went towards the body of one who on getting close simply started exploding and narrowly missed hitting her in a worse way.
" Oh, shit! Oh, shit! They're setting themselves off to do more damage... And also not to leave any evidence... Don't stay near them " Rosemary said.
The bodies were exploding one by one, shocking everyone. In the midst of all that confusion, things were getting worse and worse, and all this on the first day that they came to attack, leaving a trail of destruction in the mansion and not a single piece of what was each of the cultists who ended up being killed during the attack.
" Those bastards, we can't know where they are now... " Laura said, crying.
" Ah I know where someone might know about them... " Eleanora said.
" Oh... Really, him? Do you think Paul has any connection with these cultists? " Bernadette asks.
" We can't know unless we try, the bastard made me pregnant with his son, now he owes me that one, he's going to have to tell, or else I'll destroy the sham marriage he's made now " Maria White said.
" Ohhhh, so let's do that, now that we've managed to defend ourselves it's time to attack, let's save magic " said the motivated Laura.
" We have to prepare and come up with a tactic too, we can't go crazy like this, these men have shown that they are not messing around, caution is never too much " said Rosemary.
From there they were kind of calling the police to pass by the mansion and were kind of registering about the crime, what they were managing to collect the information, mainly around what Rosemary even managed to film around the shooting and some of the cultists exploding being a huge shock for everybody, they didn't expect the attack happening in such a sudden way even more that it ended up causing such a big damage as this.
This had only been the beginning of what the cultists came to do in 1999, right at the end of the year surprising all witches with mass attacks with raids on the main families, WCI centres, councils of magic, practically in suicide attacks since many of them ended up dying and blowing themselves up after death as a way of not having any evidence left as well as causing extra damage in case someone survived.
See you, attack wizards...