POV Narrator:
The kidnapping of Brooke turned out to be a success, but even so Maril has to be convincing enough to be able to pass herself by Hunter and then manage to win the trust of Diana enough to lure her into these traps that Daryl is preparing with the goal around kidnapping and holding Diana as a hostage, torturing her in every way he can think of, thus getting what he wants so much that in this case would be the leadership of the Cavendish family.
In the middle of this comes the first opportunity with Maril calling the girls to go for a walk in the city of Glastonbury, this way already being something to go progressing little by little in the conquering of Diana's trust.
POV Maril:
Everything is perfect for today, the girls are going out with me, I can't wait, it's going to be a lot of fun, at least to spend the afternoon with them, I keep watching them and I hope there's nothing that can get in the way of this. Soon Annabel shows up there too, she came to talk to us.
"Ah girls, you're here, today the RPG session will be postponed for later, around six o'clock we'll pick up where we left off, I'll kind of focus on closing the Night Fall volume" gee, I'd forgotten that today was still RPG day, luckily I'm not in the middle of it, which could complicate things a lot.
"Wow I'd even forgotten, we were going tae go out with Brooke who is wanting tae overcome her traumas of leaving, but with a bit of reason, Daryl has already done some pretty terrible things tae her mother" Diana said and I'm just buying into the character.
"So good luck, I'm going to go for now, if you want we can even play staying later, Diana's room has plenty of space, what do you guys think of a sleepover in there?" I'll just nod my head.
"I dinnae cogitated the idea and it's a good one, sae we dinnae have tae worry about missing the time during the RPG, a pity fae Brooke really, she was kind of left out after her character died" Said my cousin and I'm relieved that I don't have to participate in this business.
Then Annabel leaves, I breathe relieved, we go together as a group, I'm just thinking about what's coming next, it's really going to be a harder task than it seems, Diana is no fool to win her trust, but I'll manage. We arrive at the door of each one's room and say goodbye, sort of scheduling 20 minutes for everyone to meet at the patio of Luna Nova.
I'm the one who goes there, I keep watching the girls passing by and this place is so strange, it gives me a strange feeling of comfort, I don't know how to describe it, but it seems to want to welcome me... Oh forget it Maril, they are just temptations to make you run away from the goal, focus... That's why I have to keep focused on the mission.
Minutes later...
The girls arrived, that's wonderful, because I didn't know what to do, I don't know how to act, now that they are here I can go out, they are wearing the same uniform as mine, it's even a bit cold today, we left Luna Nova, going through the city, I even missed walking around here, it's been so long since I've seen the outside world, since the mansion caught fire we hardly ever walked around here and always very stuck, I even open my arms feeling all around.
"I thought you'd be all fearful, but it seems you've gone so long without coming this way on the other end of Ley's line that you've even missed the air from here" Akko said.
"I really felt it, it's been so long since I've felt it, it gives me a relief, so where are we going?" I ask them already curious.
"Let's take a look around the shops here in town, there are lots of cool things to see, come with us" said the Japanese woman.
I followed them, we walked through the city, seeing the outside like this even disaccustomed me, I live so isolated that these people make me disaccustomed, the world is so tempting, when I manage to help my mother with her goal I am sure that we will be able to walk around.
"Fae someone traumatised ye seem very comfortable" Diana said a bit suspiciously, I was just holding myself together.
"Ah that's because I'm trying, despite everything it seems to give me a feeling of comfort and on the other hand there is also that feeling of fear, I don't really know how to describe it, it's strange" I tell them trying to be convincing.
"I can imagine 'ow it is, it must be terrible to be afraid to even walk out 'ere dinking dat de same ding dat happened to your mother is goin to happen to you, I 'ave some of the same feeling, I'm even more tense when Daryl isn't around, since Merrill was arrested dings got too quiet" said Hellene who patted me on the shoulder with her heavy hands.
We arrive in a street where there are a few people, it seems to be a commercial district, how interesting, there are some fruit sellers around, besides clothing shops and we are taken to these shops, we go into one of them, I look at it a bit turned around, they are poor people's clothes, which are out of class, but I have to get into character. Brooke likes clothes like that.
"Hey Diana, look at this skirt here" said the Japanese woman showing a skirt to my cousin who is enjoying these things.
"Hey Brooke, here are some flannel shirts, I know you like them" said Marianne pointing to the shirts.
I went to have a look and how can she find it beautiful, it looks like lumberjack clothes, Hellene is already enjoying getting some, I can see one, the red one is less worse, I even smile, I even try it on, I see it in the mirror and I look very good with it, what a thing, I think it's not that bad, it matched a little with the skirt, not for nothing.
"You're angry dere, take 'er away, she looks like you Brooke" McLaren said.
"I liked it, I think I'll take it anyway" I say, nodding and putting it in a bag.
I'm taking a look at other things connected with Brooke's style, just to be more convincing, I see that also from a distance Diana and Akko are very comfortable, they are really getting along well, since they came to the mansion until today it seems that the bond has increased, it seems that it is true that the two like each other very much, it even makes me a little jealous, I don't know, I wish I could be like that with someone.
"They are very cute indeed" said my other cousin.
"I'm surprised they're not dating yet, they just need a little push, but they're both stubborn" Marianne said and I am too, despite everything, they'll end up together one way or another.
"I wish I could be like that with someone" I say, already expressing myself and letting it slip.
"Pay more attention to Mirage and who knows you can pass the same things, the girl is all in your Brooke" Said Leclerc and I even blush, worse that I can not because if she wants things more like insinuated in the shower I end my cover.
"Mirage and Brooke? That's something I've never heard of, it could work well in reality, I was already a little suspicious, she's quite cute, just imagine those penetrating eyes staring at you, even more with pupils in that shape, really hypnotizing" I can't, my disguise will collapse if someone gets to that point, although I'm with desire, I started thinking things, really Mirage's pupils are quite hypnotizing, but I have to get myself together
"Mirage? This is going to be a very long trip, I even think she is cute, but no, we are just friends" I say gesturing and showing a false passion so much that they were being convinced.
Then we paid for the clothes that we picked up in the middle of the conversation, I didn't even need to be so convincing, it seems Akko and Diana are in a world of their own, we left the shop and went to another one, this one had video games, all kinds, I was really confused and curious, we went in there, I looked at all that junk, some old, some new, to think that Brooke likes those things.
"Brooke, are you up for a game of de King of Fighters?" Hellene calls me into the match and damn, I've been realizing that confidence is coming her way, not Diana and Akko's.
I agree with the head, after all I have to keep the character, but this way it's going to get really weird. We started to play, I have no idea who to choose, nor how to do it, but my cousin shows a huge calmness, I hope I won't put everything to collapse.
"I want to see if you're dat good" She said and I broke into a cold sweat.
The first fight started, I don't even know what to do, I was just going up, turning the lever and trying to do something, but I was catching, what the hell, I press the buttons to go something, but it doesn't go, until one hour it seems that I hit a special, that caught in full the character of Hellene, I was even excited.
"You're pretty rusty Brooke, I dought you were good at fighting games" I'm just getting nervous.
"I'm just very rusty" I say scratching the back of my neck.
Even managing to hit that special, I still lost, I was losing badly, with her managing to give some attacks that I couldn't even have notion, I was even frustrated of losing, then Marianne was in my place and I decided to look at the movements of Hellene's hand and I was getting confused, she moves the controls with an enormous calm, moving few times, not even turning, while the fingers maintain a calmness too.
"How can you keep your hand so controlled like that?" I say in shock.
"Just keeping my cool, besides the handle is all placed to the side of my left hand, I just take advantage of being left-handed to have more control in my hand, so I never lose anything, I get more of an advantage, besides I've been playing for a long time too, you don't seem to know much about fighting games, do you Brooke?" I just nod my head.
So much so that later I decide to go where Diana and Akko are and the two together are practically hugging in front of me, they were playing another video game, it was a game of jumping monkeys, I don't even know what that is, but I've seen it somewhere, I just watch them, it seems kind of cool, but it's a video game, these things my mother forbade, because they make someone's head, I have to resist.
"I dinnae even see ye here Brooke, ye got beaten by Hellene dinnae ye? She's just like that with fighting games, dinnae even try tae play normally with her, it's absurd how well she plays" My cousin said and I realized.
"I could tell" I tell her.
"It's kind of weird this, but yer voice reminds me a lot of Maril, my cousin, I never stopped tae make the connection, it's nae fae nothing Brooke, but ye have a big woman's voice, I wouldn't change a voice like dat fae nothing, I always thought my cousin's voice was strong, she just needed tae make up fae it with her own way, I wish she was a little more conscious than Merrill, it's really a loss that she was all washed up by her mother" Diana said and I was just trying not to listen to that part, at least my voice she likes.
"Oh thank you, I can imagine how it must be to deal with them, when I was younger, I remember you had already told me a few times about Daryl and I ended up sort of knowing some of them too through that woman" I say sort of trying to be convincing.
"Maril and Merrill make me feel pity fae them, it's nae even hate, I feel sorry fae them, they go through these things, they dinnae have freedom, everything tae do her a mere favor without gaining anything in return, they are kind of dumb actually, Merrill at least was smart tae notice that she would only be used by her mother" I wanted to say something, but I can't, how angry, she really wants to pick on the wound, I'll just keep quiet.
A while later they go to The Last Wednesday Society, where they go to have some sandwiches and enjoy their meal...
We arrived at the magic shop, kinda weird that there's also a snack bar here, the girls asked me for food, I'm going to have to eat poor people's food now, it's not enough that I have to pass for Brooke, I have to live like her, what the hell, it's really going to be a pain to go through this, but it's all for the mission.
"You will love Chum's sandwiches, they are the tastiest in the whole of the UK," said the Japanese woman.
"Dinnae exaggerate Akko, ye haven't seen all the snack bars in the UK" Diana complements.
"Ah but I'm sure Chum is the best, he makes his food special, it has a pinch of love to it" said Kagari praising the poor man's food.
Honestly, anything at least will be better than the things we had to eat in the hideout, at least I'm accepting even poor people's food, I don't even want to remember having to eat those plant shakes, I don't know where my mother got it from that is food, not to mention the meats that are dark and disgusting, even when they are clean my stomach rumbles.
"You even look hungry Brooke" I am, this food is going to be at least something less worse than what I used to eat.
"Very hungry" To the point of wanting to eat poor people's food.
The guy from the chum arrives with the sandwiches, I find it strange, I see the girls eating, then I take a deep breath, I want to enjoy every part of this thing, I put it in my mouth, thinking it would be bad, but out of nowhere a taste rises up in me... I don't know what to say, it seems that the poor things can really be good, there must be a secret here, maybe it's the time that I don't eat anything decent and this is making me appreciate these things better.
"This is wonderful" I say delighting myself.
"Didn't I said it? What about Brooke? Approved as the best?" Akko asks and I'm going to be kind of honest because I liked it.
"Thank you, I always do it with the greatest love and attention, you girls deserve to eat something that has a lot of passion involved, the food has to be treated thinking about how it will make the person who eats it feel better, it's like a passport for emotions" he said and I kind of agree, the food I used to eat at the hideout made me kind of sad.
I'm eating the sandwich, then the potatoes, I had seen something like that on television, but never ate, it's strange, a taste that brings me emotions that I didn't feel before, that brings me comfort, brings me happiness, I don't know how to describe it all, but I feel good eating this, I feel alive, as if... Ahhh I don't know how to describe it, I am just perplexed, how can poor people eat so well and I be so blind? How come my mother never got to the point of telling them that there are things like this for them? Ahhh I have to be strong, even this could be a way of pulling me to be a witch on their side, I won't fall for it.
"It seems that someone really liked my sandwiches" said the owner of the shop and I really liked them if he wasn't a poor bloated guy I would pay attention, not for nothing, but he is kind of cute and cuddly, all that's missing is his taste.
"I love it, it's an explosion of flavours, it's the kind of thing I've never had before, it's so unique"
"You can always come here and you'll have a plate ready to make these sandwiches with all the love in the world, this is my idea, a food made to fall in love, I hope to see you more often here" he said and I nodded my head in agreement.
"I told you Diana, if that's not the best burger in the UK, I don't know what is," said the Japanese woman.
"Ahhh Akko, I'm nae even going tae argue that, because it's really good, but that's very relative" Now I understand the appeal of this food, but I honestly don't want to be pulled in by it, it's silly, I'm stronger than this low-rent food.
I'm even looking at the food, it's finishing, I'm enjoying it, it's a unique taste, something I've never experienced before, it overcomes all the luxury I had really, soon the guy arrives also with some glasses with some liquid inside, I'm giving it a try, it's like an ice cream only liquid, I think I've seen it somewhere and it's very good, by the nine witches, how come nobody ever thought of doing something like that? I'm discovering a new world that I never thought I had, I better control myself, I'm not one of them, I'm a classy woman, but you can't deny that poor people know how to make good things.
"You see Brooke, it wasn't so bad to go out today" Akko said.
"It must have even helped tae overcome the trauma by now by the looks of it" Diana said and I'll just nod my head in agreement.
"This is very different, a good different even" I say with a smile on my face.
"We can come more often if ye want, sae ye can loosen up and get used tae the things of the outside world" Diana said and I nodded my head.
"Well, you've really helped me a lot" and since you're going to help me, now I just need to cultivate a little more and I'll be able to accomplish this mission.
Later in Luna Nova...
Being out today was amazing, I get to my room and see that the girls were playing video games from the looks of it, I don't know how they stick a TV in here unnoticed, but that this is interesting, it's very, I nod to both of them with a big smile on my face, just to hide cool.
"What about Brooke? Did you enjoy going out?' Jeanne the one who is the sword and history nerd apparently asks and I nod in agreement.
"I'll avenge your death today, I'll go after the vampyre who killed you in the last session, but look, I'll have a kiss if I can" Mirage said and I blushed.
"A kiss?" I say all embarrassed.
"My lips on your lips, us enjoying what do you think? You've already done it a few times, it won't be the first, I love it when I lean my body against yours and feel something growing and touching me" She said biting her lips and I just blushed.
"Mirage! That way you'll drive Brooke crazy" Jeanne said and I just blushed, worse that I don't have the thing that can make her go crazy.
"I know, that's what I want, Brookie..." She teases a lot, I have to resist, so much so that I grab my mobile phone and go into the bathroom, I think that way I can keep more calm.
I take a deep breath, it's complicated this, there's Mirage who is wanting Brooke, I'll have to use magic to fake one and look like I have one or else none of this will be able to be hidden, even worse is that things can get tense in this pretence, anyway it's good to see the messages, let me see what mum told me.
[Mom: The boy is well in our hands, I have already injected the hormones into the boy, soon I want to know about his day, I hope you are progressing girl, it is important to get Diana's trust, anything I talk about a plan to distract her and you gain her trust on the basis of danger, I pretend to show my face just to scare you, around here in the factory I am already setting some traps, so the stench doesn't run away and also the girls don't get close if he runs away and tells everything, anyway I put the trust in you Maril, do the plan right so I don't need to do any of this]14:11
Well, at least a peaceful message, I take the opportunity and take out my contact lenses, look in the mirror, with my blue eyes, I even feel kind of relieved, who knows what will come next, it may be something else, I just know that I want to soon go back to being who I am... The worst of all is that the day was not bad, on the contrary, it was one of the best days of my life and I'm not even being myself. I
take off my clothes, I go towards the shower, letting the water fall over my body, all these thoughts, am I doing the right thing? I am, my mother has been wronged all these years, she deserves what is hers, the things she does are for us I am sure we will reign in the witch world.
A little later in the blue team's room, as the slumber party night rolled around...
Still surprised with the size of Diana's room, even more with the fact that here it has a luxury that reminded a lot of the mansion, really something well deserved to stay, a Cavendish shouldn't have anything worse and that's true, even being my cousin, the girls are playing that RPG game that I have no idea, I was just trying to play this video game thing.
"You can get ready Brooke, I'll soon be done with Yir the vampire who killed you, I'll want to try Hunter's taste heh" She said and I was getting too nervous.
I take advantage that nobody was looking and I do a spell between my legs, that way I go unnoticed, in this I can't really get a sense of what it looks like, but luckily Mirage shouldn't either.
This videogame thing is kind of fun, not for nothing, I never thought it could be like this, I even thought about this idea that my mum wanted to control me, look how cool it is, you can play this racing thing and play it on your friend, I never thought there was a racing Mario like this.
"Looks like someone's having a lot of fun, as always the Mario Kart addict" Diana said and I just nodded my head in agreement.
It's really good this, it's like a door is opening for me, it's hard to describe, but I'm enjoying every minute of playing like this, it's like I can do things I was never able to do, a world I wasn't part of, I always debauched Diana for that, but I understand the appeal now, now I make a point of enjoying it, it's good to pass the time.
"Broooke!" said Mirage and she got it.
She wraps her hand around my neck, I go on blushing, I turn my face and give her the kiss, but she denies it with her fingers, jumping on the other side of the couch, and I went on panicking, what do I do now, she's going to possess me all over, her arms are wrapped tightly around me, by the nine witches.
"Not at all Brooke, ye have a promise to keep" she said in a mischievous way leaning her closer.
I next feel her hand on my face, I feel her getting closer and she seals her lips on mine, that wasn't my first kiss, as I did a few times with suitors my mum called, but I never kissed a girl before, the sensation goes different, her lips, so sweet, her tongue entering, wrapping around mine, I feel her waist touching mine and squeezing the fake phallic object I made grow between my legs, that was throbbing, I can't believe I'm getting this way, then she stops kissing me and I feel a bite on my neck.
"Let the little vampire be marked" She said leaving me gasping, and then walking away, doing nothing.
"Mirage..." I even talk moaning half lying on the sofa.
"I have a game to finish, one day we can see if we can finish it, it seems that the girl between your legs got very excited" she said and I was still perplexed.
The thing is pulsating, the worst of all is this, why Brooke was being a pervert with this girl, just her, I could see how far they can go, I have to prevent this from rolling, even my mother would be disgusted with me, so much that I get up, I walk to the bathroom, where I look in the mirror and I think there's no way.
A while later...
The thing went away... On the other hand I have to deal with my mother, with the mobile phone in hands I take it and write the message, so I can report better.
[Me: Today was a good day, I had many moments and chances to get closer to Diana and I took them all, I had to subject myself to eating poor people's food and buying poor people's clothes, but it's progressing, but mum has a big problem... Mirage, she's in the way, the girl apparently has a crush on Brooke, they have a dynamic that looks like it's going to happen, I'm afraid of what that could escalate to, she kissed me today and I had to pretend to have a phallic limb between my legs to convince enough, mum I don't want to get to the point you know] 21:02
[Mom: Good that you have progress, girl is needed, if the girl wants you do it, you have to Be convincing in being Brooke, or else the plan goes down the drain, it's good you be aware of what can happen, I know it's disgusting, but girl is all for the plan, think about what's coming later is fine, don't care about morale] 21:03
[Me: So if she wants me?] 21:03
[Mom: Try to avoid it happening, but if it's inevitable, you have to do it one way or another girl, all for the disguise, don't stay like that, it's good, as someone who has done it with girls I assure you that they are better than any man, although you have to pretend to be one, good for now here, it's pretty quiet, the guy was kind of quiet, he didn't give any complications, but just in case, it's always good to be careful, keep telling me more about the other days and always give me reports, the mission is delicate, I believe that in 3 months everything can be ready for the kidnapping and the factory safe enough to avoid invasions] 21:04
I then block the mobile phone screen, I'm leaving the bathroom, even a little bit dull after everything that happened, Mirage looks at me with a kind of perverted look that I try to avoid, I sit down on the couch and try to distract myself by playing, it's better this way, this way I'll keep my mind calm.
"You really can't resist me, can you? If you want I can give you a hand" she said and I blushed even more.
"Mirage!" They all say.
"Behave yerselves lassies, my dorm is nae a dirty place fae that kind of thing tae happen" Diana said and I was relieved.
"Yours no, but ours yes" She said and I just got more embarrassed, I can't let this happen, this won't happen Maril, stay calm, this girl is just teasing.
"Hold on Mirage, concentrate on the game" said Annabel giving her a telling off and I just went away breathing relieved, so much so that I don't even want to think about what might come next.
I go concentrating, looking at the screen, that, better play, it's quite therapeutic the ramps, so my mind goes quiet and I can keep well in mine, whew, that Maril, without corrupting my head, anyway this could cause so much for Brooke, knowing how my mother is, I'm sure she was going to say something about it.
And Daryl really was...
POV Brooke:
This place, there's no blind spot for escape, damn Daryl thought of everything in the smallest detail, but what the hell, well I have to be smart... Oh no, here she comes, by the nine witches, well she came with a plate of mashed potatoes with peas and a chicken thigh at least.
"Good news for you kid, looks like you're going to eat some decent food, but I've got news for you" she said and I went grabbing the plate in hand, eating with my own hand.
"And what would that be?" I ask with my mouth full.
"Your little friend Mirage is crazy about you, but it looks like my daughter will end up debuting her the way things are progressing" Oh no... Mirage... I've completely forgotten about our affair... No... No...
She then walks out of there and I go eating in shock, I just went imagining the worst, she's with the girl I like and on top of that she's going to... No... Please let this not happen, I'll be rooting for this to soon come to an end, by the nine witches, no.
POV Narrator:
Maril's disguise works and it works a lot, it's being quite convincing, to the point of even convincing the one who is Brooke's crush, which has also been a crush of Mirage herself who has been advancing on the fake one, still believing to be the real one, which can make the moments even more tense with the real one eventually knowing everything that's been going on.
See you, false witches...