POV Narrator:
Monday, 8 January 2018, Luna Nova
The year of 2018 starts in Luna Nova, and news will come to the academy of witchcraft and also to the girls' lives that will discover things that can change a lot in their lives, Akko in all this time could endure these first 3 months without ending up reproached, keeping grades within the average, But she was still the only student who didn't even know how to fly with a broomstick. On the bright side, she wasn't so much the target of mockery from the other girls, since Hannah and Barbara, the main ones, had already softened a lot and stopped making fun of the Japanese girl's face.
The school year returns to this time in the second term that goes until spring, where things can be a little bit tight, but it will be the presence of a new teacher that can cheer things up, in the middle of this something strange happens in the academy of witchcraft when a goblin with a different shape from the traditional ones appears in the area where the wizard stone is and decides to cause some trouble, besides also starting a provocation around there among the workers of Luna Nova.
At the blue team's room, there Hannah and Barbara went to bathe together as they usually do, they took a fire spirit to keep the water warm and put it on the shower, turning the water on, getting into the shower, enjoying the bath, but things ended up getting worse when out of nowhere the water got cold and screams were heard from the bathroom, quickly the pair of girls left the bathroom and Diana ended up going to the two wrapped by dressing gowns.
"Diana! The water is freezing!" said Barbara crying.
"That's strange, it must be something tae do with the magic here" said Cavendish who then noticed the lamps going out, even though it was still daytime, the place wasn't completely blacked out.
At this time in other places of Luna Nova, some of the employees started to revolt, showing dissatisfaction for all the low wages and also about the terrible conditions they live in, what was becoming the biggest mess around Luna Nova, which is this time without being able to have its magic supply, with a very generalized panic in the corridors.
POV Akko:
We walk in the corridors, the classes were going to start today, I even learned that we have a new teacher now, but out of nowhere this happens too, I don't know what it was, but we will find out, I bump into Miss Ursula and she was running holding several books.
"Teacher! What's happening?" I ask her who stops on the path.
"Luna Nova is having a rationing of magic, we can't start the classes like this, it seems that the employees here have revolted" She said and I was already thinking of an idea.
"I already know what we are going to do, we are going to try to convince the employees to return the witchy stone and thus save the day" I say cheerfully.
"I'm off, I'll take advantage that there is no class now," said Sucy.
"Good luck Akko" Lotte said and I as always having to stand alone on this one, but okay.
I think I'll sort it out, these girls in the corridors getting together, they were even lining up to go to the old showers that work without magic, they'll never be able to take a shower like this, especially in this cold weather, we'll soon run out of heat if we depend on this.
Akko arrives where employees were gathering to stage a strike, right in front of Luna Nova...
So that's what they are doing? A strike, I'll be able to convince them in no time, they'll see only one thing, they can't let us stay without magic, we have to be able to start classes, and the new teacher is coming, she'll bring much more interesting classes, at least that's what I've heard.
When I get close to them, I see how they were grouped together wanting better wages and working conditions, which is fair.
"And so you are going to stay there? We need the sorcerer's stone" I tell them until one of the minotaurs comes kindly to explain.
"Oh it's you the troublemaker from the red team, I hope you understand our side... We are here rebelling because you witches want to be treated like princesses, are a bunch of privileged aristocrats who want everything in hand and we are constantly humiliated every day by you, so we are tired of having to go through all this and on top of being very poorly paid, are you with us in this?" explains the minotaur and I immediately put a sash on my head.
"You can count on me, comrade" I say, already convinced.
"A witch with us?" asks a goblin, all weird and a bit square.
"She is on our side, she always got into trouble, she is an excellent ally in our fight for rights, she knows our problems, she has been through a lot, she can be a great piece in the conquest of greater rights, after all being a witch we guarantee access to better rights" said the minotaur.
"For better wages, for better working conditions, for a better quality of life, for justice I am with you on this comrades" I say already quite excited and they even touch my hand.
Now let's see if Holbrooke understands once and for all that we are not slaves to make detention a slave labour, I'm going to try this one too, if I had known all along that this was what the fight was about I would have come earlier to help, now that I'm sure I won't leave here anymore.
POV Diana:
I arrive at the headmaster's office, next tae Hannah and Barbara, tae question what happened, since it's nae common tae run out of magic, we had already solved our debts with the fanfnir, now the magic has fallen again is very strange, I hope there's nothing bad going on, when I arrive there all the teachers were gathered, kind of trying tae think of something.
"Oh Diana good to see you here, we have a big problem now" said the headmistress.
"And you want me tae solve it?" I ask them.
"Miss Cavendish, we are dealing with a strike by the workers here in Luna Nova, we need you to provide them with some knowledge and make them stop turning against us, we need the sorcerer stone that is in their hand" Professor Finnelan said and I have no idea how to do that, but I will try to do that.
"Aye, I'll go and see what I can do" I tell them.
Diana goes with the teachers and headmistress Holbrooke to the Luna Nova playground where the strike is taking place...
I arrived and immediately I see something strange, Akko was in the middle too, what do ye mean? Now she is on their side? She is the one who caused this strike, they start sending requests for better conditions through the megaphones, until I raise my hand fae them tae stop and incredibly they end up stopping.
"Very well, may I ask why ye're here tae cause all this chaos?" I ask them.
"We want better employment conditions, higher wages, better living conditions, we deserve this, we work hard for almost nothing" said the minotaur.
"Well, this is a problem that ye have tae negotiate with the director, why dinnae you talk tae her and give the sorcerer stone back to us? We will need it tae be able tae stay around here, nae only for the magic, but the heating as well" I tell them, but soon Akko appears to interrupt everything.
"Don't be taken in by her words, she is the biggest aristocrat she has! Have you seen this privileged bourgeois's room? Let's not give in to the bourgeoisie" At this point I got a bit irritated, I lost everything, I'm not even remotely bourgeois.
"Listen here Akko, I'm nae one of those! Ye know better than that! If you're going tae be childish then I won't help you anymore! Get lost!" I say furiously and then turn my back.
Honestly, there's nae need tae offend me, I'm nae longer this privileged bourgeois as I used tae be, I went through a lot of complications in my life tae get here, besides also having literally lost everything, I can't believe that after all this, Akko had the audacity tae call me that way, by the nine lesbian witches... Let the director sort it out, I'll just wait.
POV Akko:
Wonderful we have destabilized one of the tools of the system, without Diana these teachers and headmasters are left without much to guide them, we only need to appeal a little more and we get the basic rights, they will see only one thing, everything will change for the better in Luna Nova I am sure, so much that they were left without any word.
"What now, headmistress? What are you going to do about us? We can negotiate" I tell them.
"All right we'll negotiate with you, if that's what you want" said Mrs Holbrooke and we managed to get her to give in, so much so that we went away celebrating.
"Holbrooke, are you really going to give in to them?" Said Miss Finnelan in disgust.
"Do you want classes to come back or not" she said.
On the board of directors...
We celebrated a lot, we arrived at the board of directors, everybody gathered, now this place is going to change, the revolution starts here, the change in the system will come and things will improve a lot, I just want to see what Holbrooke will offer us, I'm happy to know that I'm leading this revolt.
"Very well, you want better conditions, but you have to understand that here we don't have so much money to even be able to maintain ourselves, imagine paying staff, unless you want cuts to take place" said the director.
"We want raises without cuts lady Holbrooke, you have money after the Fafnir dragon scheme was revealed, now you have money to pay better conditions for the workers" I reply to her, which the other witches go rebelling.
"How can you address our headmistress like that Miss Kagari?" Said teacher Finnelan as usual.
"All right, you don't have to charge Kagari for her behaviour, she is making excellent points, but we have to negotiate in a way that makes it all possible" said the headmistress.
"We also want fairer conditions, without having to serve the witches here as mistresses, they know how to wash their own panties, there is no reason to spoil a bunch of women who will be adults when they graduate here and don't know the basics of how to take care of themselves, Finnelan herself teaches etiquette, so why doesn't she teach domestic education to the students as well"
"We can think about it, but it would be a lot of expenses, and it would generate cuts, you have to understand that I would like to give you better conditions, but the system itself does not help much" said the director, as always apologizing.
"You can do that, but a little better conditions are lacking, the workers here do not have to be forced to do manual work in terrible conditions while witches live in luxury, even we should not also do these same jobs, being that we are not even paid, we work for free as a detention, this is slavery! - I say and that deeply angers Finnelan.
"Enough! Now it's going to be about breaking traditions? You should get back to work soon or else you'll all be fired and then things will get really bad - said the very angry teacher, but the headmaster kept signalling to keep calm.
"When Croix arrives we will think more about it, soon she will be here" said the headmistress.
Croix is the new teacher, I pick up the newspaper and see that she was even on the cover, she is young like teacher Ursula... I wonder if she also studied with Chariot. Well I have to keep the focus here, the fight is another, let's hope this Croix is not as disgraceful as the old teachers are.
The doors open and she appears kind of floating on top of a flying hoover, while they had electronics around her, I was already amazed.
"Hello and what happened here?" Said the teacher mannerly.
"We have a problem in relation to the employees, they are angry with the working conditions and also want better conditions" said the director.
"That's right Professor Croix, we have low wages, poor working conditions and our quality of life is one of the worst, what are you going to propose to us?" I say to her, while she shrugs her shoulders.
"Tablets, you will all get free tablets, you will be able to communicate better and perhaps rest more if you work with the help of my technology, check this out" she said, pressing a control where the hoover became a projector.
"Is that technology mixed with magic? How did you allow this Holbrooke?" said the angry teacher and I perked up.
A presentation starts to appear, where she shows devices that look like mobile phones being used in the classroom, showing how everything is more dynamic and really works, showing that it even works with the employees and everything else in the system, finally a witch that was more on our side, I can't wait, things are going to improve and a lot around here if she is really the teacher.
"Well the old magic is old fashioned and very dull, but we can adhere to a new way of teaching witches with innovation, technology, magic, besides also much more dynamic classes, I present to you my newest technology and innovation that could bring a true revolution to Luna Nova" She said handing a tablet even in my hand.
"This is an outrage Mrs Holbrooke" said the outraged old woman.
"The magic suffered a huge fall in the time of witch hunts from 1517 to 1743, with the fire of Luna Nova, then returned to pump in the period of the golden age of magic, but returned to have falls, so came the industrial revolution, where humans lost interest in magic to give priority to their factories, We can also modernize and bring this news to magic, so that it also catches the interest of a new generation, and give better conditions to workers here" said the new teacher and I already bought the idea.
"All right, I'll tell you what, whoever is with Croix raises his hand and whoever is not with her does not raise it, so we solve the problem with the workers?" said Holbroke and I nodded.
At that time everyone raised their hands from the employees, some teachers, what even shocked me to see them raising their hands, precisely also the most shocking was to see the teacher Ursula lowering her hand, she disagreed with innovation, but how strange, well at least the problem will be solved is not ... I hope so.
"So you will return the Sorcerer's Stone? It is settled that Croix's solution will apply" Holbrooke said.
"Yes!" I say with all the excitement in the world just thinking that I will be able to talk to my mother again.
"Mrs Holbrooke, how can you allow this to enter Luna Nova... The traditions being preserved and now you are going to break with these things... You will ruin Luna Nova this way, Jennifer didn't fight for it" Professor Finnelan said quite angrily and I loved every second of it like that.
"We'll have to give in, but I'm sure this could be encouraging for the classes, the pupils are sure to love this new subject, aren't they Croix?" said the headmistress and she herself nodded in agreement.
"The new system will allow not only this to happen, but also in the supply of Luna Nova, without depending too much on the presence of forcing the magic, you will see how this will all work" she said and everyone was cheering up.
"And what about Kagari? What do you intend to do with her? She's the one who organised this whole mess" said the annoying old teacher.
"Nothing, she just joined the revolt, she is not to blame for anything, but in fact if she committed something more serious she would undoubtedly be in detention, now you can leave and go back to work" Said the director and I am leaving with the employees.
Wonderful, I managed to bring more innovation in a single uprising, now everything will get better, I can't wait to use tablets in class, I can't wait to talk to my mother during all this time, I was too excited, the employees were really happy, especially because they went along with one of the goblins that seemed to be made by the teacher herself, indicating what they were going to do.
I even go walking hopping to the path of my room, but I see Diana, arms crossed, she approaches me in the middle of the path and seems to be quite angry.
"Aristocrat! is that serious akko? awa' an' bile yer heid!" Woah, she's really mad, I've never seen Diana cuss before.
"Language Diana, they can hear you" I say trying to lighten things up.
"Language is a daft cunt! a'm furious, ah'ament an aristocrat, ye saw me lose everything, noo ye see a'm yin o' ye, ah thought ye awready saw me lik' that, noo this... Ye kin hae talked aboot hannah 'n' barbara, bit me? ah'ament th' gaffer o' that" She really gets on my nerves a lot, I try to take a deep breath before things get much worse.
"Diana, I... I'm sorry... Like it or not you are the darling of the headmaster and the teachers, everyone here sees you as the greatest Mary Sue, you may not think so, but you are, the perfect one that solves all the problems, anyway I'm going to my room now" I say walking straight past her, who blocks me with her arm.
"Dinnae ever ca' me an aristocrat again... It gets oan mah hert, ye ken" I just nod my head and go to my room.
After the teachers' meeting in the magical astrology room, Ursula was about to get ready to teach, when she is faced with the coming of the new teacher...
POV Ursula:
With so many teachers around here, they brought Croix here straight away... I can't believe that my past came to follow me at such a time... For the nine witches, I hope she stays well behaved and doesn't reveal anything to anyone, if she knows if I'm really...
"Chariot Du Nord" She knows... I turn around already with a half irritated expression.
"You've come back, haven't you? You've come back to haunt me, you can talk" I tell her who gets an expression all debauched.
"Maybe, but I also came back because I have things to sort out around here, who would have thought it, Ursula Callistis, a blue hair, glasses, if it wasn't for the hair the disguise would be the most Clark Kent thing I've ever seen, but I'm even surprised, you've managed to hide around here as a teacher in all these 10 years" She said as she passed a chalk on the wall, kind of getting close to me, wanting to get even in a charm.
"You know what you did, what you made me do back there, please Croix, don't try to reveal what went on in my past, or who I am, I'm finally managing to have a more stable life now" I tell her who after getting close continues to laugh.
"I don't care about your little secret Chariot Du Nord, I just want to achieve my goals and then get out of here, you will see things changing for the better, including for yourself" She said that she was going to throw me against the wall and I caught her back getting on top of the situation.
"You try to go over the top, but I know myself how you always lose your composure, don't try to do that to me again" I say leaving her half blushing.
"Ohhhh, Chariot... I even miss the times you used to put me up against the wall like that, I guess your arms got pretty strong huh" she said still teasing.
"You came here just to disturb me" I say letting go and then turning my back to her.
"I came to say hello to my good old friend, and also my ex-wife... You know, who knows, maybe we could get back to old times one day, or maybe not... I'm still mad about Claiomh Solais, though now I'll get to have something you'll never get, soon enough" She said and I cracked a huge smile.
"Well, now Claiomh Solais is no longer in my hands, but in the hands of the most unlikely witch you could ever imagine and I will guide her to the seven words" I say confidently.
"What? So it looks like another witch has been chosen, but you can't keep that witch forever on your tail, after all I have an appeal you'll never get Chariot Du Nord" She said and then stormed off and I breathed a half relieved breath.
At the same time I touched my lips, I wanted to feel the contact of Croix's lips again, I miss those moments between the two of us, she was... No Chariot, leave these impure thoughts around Croix aside, she's not worth it, especially for everything she's put you through now.
It just really worries me what she must be planning, last time she managed to destroy my career, now she can really do some major damage, so I think I'll keep my eyes peeled for Croix, I won't let her slip off my radar for a second, I'm sure Akko won't give in to her, or worse, that Akko won't know the truth through her.
POV Akko:
I arrived in the room and the girls were reading the newspaper, I am excited, now I finally managed to accomplish a mission, I managed to convince Luna Nova to change for the better, thanks to the coming of this teacher Croix, she will make everything better, I am sure she is on our side, besides being a hottie.
- If it isn't the Akkomunist" Sucy said.
- How was it there? Did you get anything? Did you hear that the new teacher arrived today?" Lotte said.
"Not only did I get it but I met the new teacher, she's going to teach a magic class with technology finally, we're going to have a cool class, we're going to have tablets now, I can't wait to see it all, ahhhhhhh, being able to talk to my mum, being able to use a mobile phone in Luna Nova, it's going to be all good" I say fulfilled.
"Look at her all revolutionary, we just stood here waiting anyway" said Sucy as the bell rang.
"Hmmmm, it's the ceremonial sign, I guess now we will know better this new teacher" Lotte said.
"I am sure you will love her" I say excitedly.
We leave the room, since we were wearing the uniform, going through the corridors with the other girls, I even saw Amanda on the way, where we greeted each other, we walked to the courtyard and it's the first time I'm going to a ceremony like this, to stand like this, for the nine witches this is really cool, to stand in a row like this watching things happening, then we see teacher Croix arriving, she was floating in her magic hoover, sitting with her legs and arms crossed, man, what a nice woman.
- This is our new teacher who will teach a new subject, technological magic, Croix Meridies, graduated here in 2007, she was one of our greatest prodigies, a genius mind, full of innovation that will bring new air to Luna Nova - said the director, then the teacher gets down from the flying hoover and waves to us, where she adjusts a microphone that was beside her.
"Hello everyone, I am Professor Croix Meridies, but you can just call me Croix, I will be bringing you to the new and innovative and amazing world of magitech, just look at the wonders we can achieve with magitronics" She said pressing a control.
The lights went out, making everything dark, the robot was showing a projector, where a movie looking like old movies was appearing, showing a class with a class that was rolling as usual, it even looked like a silent movie, because a piano was playing, and it was literally that hahaha.
"And as you can see this is how a witch should behave"
"Teacher I want to sleep, this class sucks"
"This is how magic should be taught"
"Tired of boring, monotonous classes? That push you more than they teach? I present to you a new way to start your lessons" she said.
At that time Robot Rock from Daft Punk starts to play, while smoke effects came out, appearing on a table full of mobile phones, which I was amazed, I'd never seen a teacher so way, even more she moving with that cape, it gave a style to it, walking with open arms, to see the old teachers' faces was priceless, already the girls next to me were in the biggest Hype.
"I present to you the new class devices that you will use, without having to spend tons of paper and writing with fountain pens like the witches of the caves did, we are witches of the 21st century and we welcome technology, new horizons for new times" said the new teacher and we were celebrating clapping our hands for her.
Then she was showing another film at lights out, where she was introducing the mobile phone, which sounds silly, but anyway, at least we can enjoy a lot, I'm delighted, not since Chariot have I seen a witch as uplifting as this Croix.
"Presenting to you a new way to learn magic, without needing many books, everything is stored in the memory of the device, just search that the intranet system will get the knowledge of all the books that have in the library of Luna Nova, being able to read from the device itself, saving a lot of time. no longer need to carry weight in the corridors, a super light device that you can take in your pocket and interact with him when you want. Social networking system to be able to interact between students and teachers by class to know about classes and keep in touch, all this integrated into a single device that will bring the magic revolution to Luna Nova".
"As you can see, this is my Magic Learning Machine, as I like to call it an MLM, where you will be able to learn in a portable and accessible way, besides having extra functions that I will be teaching during the classes, I will be delivering one by one the devices, take good care of them, but any problem just call me, I will teach you everything I know, since I also assembled these devices myself" said the teacher.
Then came a flying hoover that was delivering the boxes to us, it flew right above us, carrying a box with the devices that then activated a parachute and were sort of gently landing on our hands, no doubt this teacher knows a lot about presentation, I can't wait to see how her classes are going to be.
"And so I end my presentation here, I hope that we all can love this time of interaction between teacher and students, I will teach in a very intuitive and interesting way, you can rest assured that this is not a mandatory subject, will only be an extra for those who are interested in learning, and may be worth who knows a few more credits in the yearbook and also have chances to pass the year" said the teacher and I will no doubt attend her classes.
After this presentation, she left, and the other teachers were very unhappy, but we didn't stop clapping and celebrating, finally a teacher who understands us, finally a young teacher who will teach in the best way.
"I hope you can enjoy the classes with your new teacher Croix, she will make this beginning of the second term a bit more active, I hope you will really participate in the new teacher's classes, they will be extra classes that will come after the normal classes, with an hour and a half duration" said the headmaster and I will definitely make sure that I want to participate in this, I will love every second of it.
After that we were already excited, jumping with happiness with the devices in hands, where we got to the room and I anxiously went to the mobile phone, trying to see if there was a way to send a message to my mother, but when I saw the interface there was nothing about it.
"What? Why is there nothing like a normal mobile phone here? How am I going to talk to my mother?" I get confused.
"If ye listened tae Professor Croix saying it ye would notice that she mentioned that it works with an intranet" said Diana who was also with us.
"What is intranet?" I ask confused.
"Intranet means that ye will only communicate with the local server here in Luna Nova, it's like a crystal ball only better" Diana said as she fiddled with her mobile phone.
"Oh no... One more time without being able to talk to my mother... Why this fate has to be so cruel to me, well at least the classes with Croix will be better than the boring classes we have"
"Just having a mobile phone here will be really cool, we have profiles with our photos, we can talk and comment on things in Luna Nova, that's cool, we can use this even to catch some girls here, who knows" Amanda said, already thinking of using the mobile phone with Tinder.
POV Narrator:
And the new teacher arrives in Luna Nova, bringing new horizons and innovations, but who has many secrets being kept, revelations that may come, even more so in this strange conclusion of events after a strike of Luna Nova workers.
See you, tech witches...
Croix Meridies
Date of birth: 13 October 1988
Place of birth: Florence, Italy (Italian)
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 56 kg
Sexuality: Lesbian
Gender: Female (Trans)
Occupation: Teacher (Luna Nova 2018), Former student (graduated Luna Nova 2007)
Measurements (bust/ waist/hip): 88/58/90
Hair colour and appearance: Lilac, short, reaching the neckline, wavy 2C, with fringes that go across the forehead and sides of the face, generally pulled back
Eye colour and shape: Beige green
Physical appearance: Slim body, tall, slender, pale Caucasian skin, rectangular nose, some scars from surgeries
Likes: Magic with technology, technology in general, transition magic, innovation, machines
Dislikes: Conservatism with witches, traditions being forced, outdated magic, boring classes.
The new teacher of Luna Nova, the new arrival with her technologies that can cause a very radical change in the classic and traditional way of teaching magic in the academy of witchcraft, in this case with electronic devices that work together with the magic, thanks to the ingenuity and genius of this new teacher, who has plans for an even bigger change for this future of magic, which caused a shock among the other older teachers, but at the same time the students were being impressed by the presence and accepting very well, even more that she came to cause. Croix is an extroverted woman, who likes to show her beauty and her inventions to everyone, reveal and impress the world of witchcraft with innovation, young and full of goals, she wasn't always like that, in her childhood she was always the black sheep by this side, so much that she ran away from home, having a mentor that was teaching her about how is the technology besides also being able to become a genuine version of herself, With the help of this mentor, she could become a prodigy in magic and soon came to Luna Nova, where also was not very well listened, but can after her graduation invest in a new future that came with a hiring just in the place that did not accept these new horizons. Croix is a mysterious witch, full of secrets yet, even more in relation to the past of Chariot Du Nord, something that could bring events from the past to surface.