POV Narrator:
Friday 28 December 1990, Edinburgh, Scotland
Laura was giving a nice summary of how were her years in Luna Nova, including how was unfolding the part that she was chosen by Claiomh Solais, becoming even more vocal of a change that she wanted to have for the system that lasts in the academy of witches, looking for a revolution, but nothing of that ended up happening, in the end all the attempts were being repressed by the academy of witchcraft, everything to keep still the status quo. They had already graduated, the days were going by at the McLaren residence, where the couple took the time to train their magic more and focus on the appearance at the Cavendish family mansion.
At the end of that year, specifically on the 31st, Isabella Cavendish, Bernadette's grandmother, told her that there would be a blue moon night, which means that it would be the chance that the girl would have to try to start the ritual to become the leader of the family, since that could guarantee her freedom, so that she could not only marry her girlfriend, without being bothered, but also not suffer any abuse of authority by Clarie, Bern's mother. The two of them were already completely changed on this one, they got the car, packed their bags and headed to Scotland, taking a very long trip but one that could change the couple's lives.
POV Laura:
We arrive at de garage, dis place is immense, I ask myself why all dis, I left my Lotus Omega stored in space and I've been noticing dat 'ere is full of wealth indeed, a Countach, several Mercedes around here, dis family is the juice of luxury really, I get out of de car with Bern and we look a little far away to de giant castle.
"Not for nothing, love, but I don't know why I should live in a place like dis" I tell her.
"It is the history of the Cavendish, one day in the future maybe I will rebuild this place and keep the relics, I dinnae like this castle either, it brings me a bad feeling, besides the history of this place is dark" said Bern and I even know why.
We walk through de yard, where dere was even a golf cart waiting for us, with a butler dere, gee, dere's everything from de most luxurious around 'ere, I guess I'll have to get used to live like dis... It was very nice in my house, but dere are more important things dan de comfort of my family, dere are fights dat we need to win.
"Thank ye very much fae yer help" Bern said, placing de bags in de trailer de trolley was carrying.
"You're welcome, Miss Bernadette, it's very good to see you back here, you really look quite different, more radiant, healthier" said the butler to her who even got a little smile.
We both get in the trolley which takes us to de main door of de mansion, even for dat we have to get a ride, it surprises me 'ow 'uge dis place is, we open de door, where wow, what a 'uge 'allway, I already see de whole family from afar, de hair is quite similar, really, five Cavendish, one of dem I already knew, so much dat she comes to us, giving us de biggest 'ug.
"Bern! Ye're back my dear, we've been waiting fae ye" said de cabbage's grandmother giving 'er de biggest hug.
"I have come back tae get what I am entitled tae have" she said in a serious tone.
I could feel their aura staring at me, the four of dem were disgusted with me, as if my mere appearance was going to cause de worst, which soon dey come up to both of us, with dose closed faces, de taller one must be Bern's mum, 'er sister 'as a mischievous face, de older ones I don't know who dey are.
"You can get your feet out of here lass, you have been kicked out of this family" 'er mother said.
"And who are ye to boss around the Cavendish family?" Cabbagedish bumping 'eads with 'er mother, what a beautiful ding.
"You even brought someone with you, is this your girlfriend we've heard so much about? But what a pathetic little woman, not only is she a woman, but you also bring a classless pauper" 'er sister really doesn't mince 'er words, I can see she's not de same as Chelsea.
"I will nae allow my wife tae be offended! Laura is a great person! She's much better than the rot in this family, especially ye Clarie" At de time I just see Bern's mother slapping 'er daughter across de face.
"Don't address me that way, get out!" I see only Cabbagedish turning 'er face and even laughing a lettle, I've never seen 'er like dat.
"I expected this from ye Clarie, I feel disgusted tae have ye as a mother, we dinnae come here tae leave, we came here tae stay, accept ye or nae, this place is also mine by right, that's why I will fight fae it and when I say fight, I mean tae solve it in hand" Bernadette said and I already knew dat dis is de cue for what we have been talking about de whole trip.
"'Ow about this, a fight between witches, you 'ave your revenge with your daughter, I face Daryl, if we both lose, you get de Cavendish manor and we're out, but if you lose, you'll have to tolerate our presence and won't try anything dirty" I offer my hand to Mrs. Clarie, who at first is reluctant, but den ends up shaking my hand.
"A deal is a deal, I accept the fight, don't think that we will feel sorry for you, if bones break it is not our fault, either you give up or you fight to the end" Clarie said and we showed calmness.
"Since it's like dis I can't guarantee dat I'll take it easy too" I tell 'er.
We walked to de outside of de mansion, some butlers were dere, some of de Cavendish girls were dere too, Bern's grandma was rooting for us, it's goin to be a two against two fight, I 'ope I can hold my own against 'er younger sister... I trained a lot with de help of Great Grandma Elisabeth, but I don't know 'ow long I can really 'old on, I take a deep breath, I can feel dat she 'as a very strong aura circulating 'er, but I 'ope I can handle it.
After the hard battle, the couple suffered a lot to defeat the two Cavendish that were coming with weight, even on the way Laura uses the Claiomh Solais discovering the third word in the middle of the combat managing to win from Daryl when using the hook that ended up holding the Cavendish taking a last impact before falling fainted, as well as Clarie that was defeated in the pure combat with Bernadette's abilities...
I am destroyed, de lettle girl is cruel, she is no joke, 'er combat is extremely efficient, not bad for someone younger dan me, luckily de staff can save me, well now let's go back to de room, we 'ave to 'eal ourselves, de two older ones, take de defeated ones and even stare at us angrily.
"You two! You'll pay for what you've done, don't think you can stand these days here" said one of dem.
"That's what we'll see" said cabbagedish.
"We won fair and square" I added.
"Get out of here you damned" Said de other who must be 'er sister.
We go celebrating 'alf bruised, being carried and 'ealed by Bern's grandmother, but before we can walk to de mansion, 'er mother calls us, we look back, she had woken up, looking at us angrily.
"Congratulations on your victory, but you're going to regret staying here, don't think that just because we didn't expel you, we won't make your stay here a living hell, especially you redhead! You're the one who messed with my daughter's head and made her like this!" she said, blaming me.
"She dinnae do anything! I've always been like this, the lady who always repressed me and never showed any compassion fae the way I felt about all this, ye pushed me as hard as ye could tae make me meet yer conditions" Bern said confidently, 'er mother just turned 'er face away.
Wounded and still recovering, we finally get free, we get to where our room is, wow, what a 'uge thing, I lay down on the bed, still a bit full of pain, Bern sits up, I lean my head on 'er dighs, starting to receive a lot of affection, but I'm still very reflective with all dis, will dings really work out, I 'ave a bad feeling.
Monday 31 December 1990, Edinburgh, Scotland
De night arrived, I dought it wouldn't be so fast, but de time went flying, Bern's damned mother did everything to torture us psychologically, she really doesn't want to see us here, but de cabbagedish dese days kept 'erself calm, she goes to de wardrobe, coming out with a very strange outfit, a short dress, with a white cape and wearing sandals, 'ow cute, at the same time I've never seen 'er like dat heh, I would say she looked sexy.
"And then I look good as a future leader?" she asks and I nod.
"Wow! I didn't know dat was the outfit of de ritual, as you are Cavendish I was expecting something all flashy hahaha" I say laughing but at de same time drooling, wow what 'ips and what legs, until she lifts de dress up a bit revealing dat she had nothing underneath...
"After the ritual we'll have one more mating ritual waiting fae ye" she said and I went crazy.
I walk towards 'er and we face each other, I start stroking 'er 'air, sort of to give 'er dat affection and love, before de ritual, we hug and kiss, I take de opportunity to put my hand under 'er dress and squeeze de buttocks of my beloved, who then places 'er knee on me.
"Let's leave it for later OK, I promise I'll come back fine" she said also booping my nose.
We were soon received at de door by Bern's grandmother, she is taking us through de corridors of the mansion, what makes me a little afraid of dis place, it's 'uge and so empty, it gives me de biggest sensation of loneliness, I don't know why, but anyway, I dink it's just my thing, we arrive at a 'uge door and drough dere Isabella kind of bars my passage.
"The ritual must be done with her alone, unfortunately ye have tae wait here Laura, I will make sure yer lassie is alright, ye can trust me" She said passing me even a certain comfort.
"I trust you Isabella, I just don't trust de others, well anyway I knew it was going to happen, I 'ope everything will be alright" I tell 'er.
"I'll get it Freckles, I'll come back and we'll finish what we started," she said with a mischievous smile at me, and den we kissed, it felt so good, like goodbye, but not dat good.
De two pass through de huge door, I get a little thoughtful, I dink I could intervene, but I can't, deir tradition is important, I am even to break, but not for dis, I den put my headphones on and calmly start to listen to music on my walkman, putting a tape dat I made with some songs dat reminds me de cabbagedish, so I can calm my 'ead and not be dinking too much about it, I know dat she would leave drough de door dat I'm next to, I even sit on the floor looking around.
A short time later Daryl shows up there...
I see Bern's sister staring at me, I dink she realized dat I'm waiting for Bern, I immediately get up, she might want to fight, she comes close to me, showing a very different expression, it wasn't disgust or anger, it was more like something dat 'ad sarcasm in it, so much dat I stop the music, take out de tape dat was on and put a virgin, just to see if I can get something out of 'er.
"What are you doin 'ere? It's not enough to get beaten once, you want to get beaten again?" I say, provoking 'er.
"I'm not afraid of you Laura McLaren, soon you'll be the girlfriend of a failed leader, that's if she gets it, anyway I set up your girl not to get the leadership" She said scaring me, but I've been getting more is attention and keeping cool.
"And den what did you do? Did you get involved in de ritual? Did your mother stick 'er nose in?" I ask 'er.
"I won't spare too much of the details, but we would say that I used some darts to put your girl to sleep for a while and left the way clear for my mother to become leader, oh what a pity you won't be able to make it in time won't you? Now you won't be able to make it here anymore" she said and I was getting scared.
"You did what?" I ask even more furiously.
"That's what you heard, I set it up so Bernadette doesn't get away with this, hahahahaha! You think you can be smart, but I am even smarter" she said walking out of dere, I'll even tell de tape to stop recording, dis should 'ave an interesting proof for de WCI.
She was walking out of dere and I go running, I'm going to intervene in dis and fuck it, dis is already too dirty, fuck what dey'll dink, I can't allow dis, but when I arrive I see only one Cavendish knocked down, I see it's Bern's grandmother, I go immediately shaking 'er to get up, she wakes up, still a bit dizzy.
"Come on Isabella, wake up! Bern is in danger" I tell 'er.
"Huh? Where am I? Laura? What are ye doing here?" She said when she noticed me 'ere.
"I came to protect de one I love, where is Bern?" I ask 'er who is still confused.
"I was knocked unconscious by Daryl before she got through the door, by now the four of them must have finished the ritual" She said which I was a bit shocked at.
I've now given up 'ope, I stayed dere, I 'elped Mrs Cavendish to stand up, she was sort of still recovering, I dink I'll wait anyway as dere's not much I can do, it's probably too late for everything by now.
Some minutes later, fireworks are heard, the year 1991 had started in the middle of that night, Isabella and Laura were nervous waiting for Bernadette to come back from the ritual...
Wow de year started dat I dedn't even realize, well anyway now we will start a new phase in our lives, I already imagine dat we will have to give up of being the new leadership of de Cavendish family, but we can restore everything from Ireland at least, one day who knows in de future our granddaughters or our daughters will come to take back what is deirs, well nothing can go right in life. But Bern seems happy and jumpy so much dat she jumps all over me giving me a 'ug dat almost knocks me down, I was feeling even relieved, at de same time quite confused.
"What do you mean you got it?" I ask 'er shocked and surprised.
"I did my best tae make it, actually when I arrived there was nae one there, I tried until the end, I knew there would be some tranquilizer dart, sae I took an immunity potion, it made the effect last less, my mother was already gone, but strangely she wasn't there, all I saw were some trees near the ritual, Beatrix tested me and the branches dinnae climb on me, anyway look at my back" She said turning her back and showing the leader's mark, I was even surprised and excited.
"I can't believe you made it! You're amazing cabbagedish! Dis means we can continue our plan!" I say excitedly.
"How strange, Clarie, Marie and Amelia not showing their faces, anyway this is quite suspicious, something has happened tae them" Bern's grandmother said and I went thinking about it too.
"What have you done with dem really my love?" I ask her.
"I dinnae do anything Freckles, ye can even use a mind reading spell on me, you'll see I dinnae do anything, in fact they set me up" Bern said.
"Well, happy new year to ye both, anyway we're about tae start a new chapter in Cavendish family history" Isabella said.
We were confident now, a new beginning, Bern's grandmother says goodbye to us, I take advantage and 'old the new leader of the Cavendish in my arms, taking 'er to our room, she gets all affectionate, I lay 'er down on de bed and look at 'er with great pleasure, she also returns de look, now dis will be very interesting.
"Come here freckles, now let's start the mating ritual of the new leader of the Cavendish family" She said teasing me and 'iked up 'er dress revealing underneath, which I went already goin crazy over 'ere.
After what was the couple's first night of 1991 love, both woke up quietly the next day, not noticing what had happened so far, arriving in the middle of the banquet...
I just want to see Daryl's face when she finds out about dis, now we've really done it, I don't know 'ow, but we've done it, Bern was smarter, now we're goin to stay 'ere and give de Cavendish manor a new look.
"Why all this happiness? Where are the mother and the aunts? They were supposed to be here" she said.
"Maybe they're such lousy losers dat dey dedn't even make a point of coming" I tell 'er and even slap Bern's hand.
"Cheers tae the new leader, my little sister" Bern said and she got de biggest shocked look on 'er face.
"No! It can't be... How is that possible!" She said in shock.
Bern even turns 'er back to 'er and shows de leader tattoos on 'er back to Daryl, which was getting a shocked look on 'er face, she was dumbfounded, all disbelieved, 'er countenance fell all over, we managed to leave 'er devastated, just with dat news, so much so dat I stare at 'er all maliciously.
"Wasn't it you who said Bern wouldn't make it?" I tell her who gets all shocked.
"That's impossible, unless you've done something... Now I know what it was, you killed mother and aunts! That's why they're not here! You bastards!" she said, all shocked.
"I dinnae kill anyone, ye who tried tae kill me with the dart, even with the blocking potion, I was still passed out fae a long time, ye used a dose tae kill me in the dart, who wants tae kill me is ye" Bern said to Daryl dat was getting even more in shock.
"Then let's go to the place where the ritual is, I want to check it out myself, I'll call the WCI here, you can't get away with this" she said and we just shrugged.
"You can call, we're pretty sure about dat" I say confidently.
"Ye'll see I haven't done anything, ye can even read my mind if ye like" Bern said.
A few minutes after breakfast, the WCI agents showed up at the Cavendish family mansion, they started to do the whole route to be leaders, until they arrived at the family lake, where there were three tree trunks floating, the trunks were taken to the shore...
Dis looks like something else, does Bern... It can't be dat, the logs reach de margin, de witches go using a spell to reverse de effect and in it de three appear, dey were covered by leaves and twigs all over deir bodies, dead, what I ended up even closing my mouth scared, Bern 'ad de same reaction, everyone was in shock, we didn't expect to see something like dat.
"Someone used a strong herbology spell on those three, covered them with roots and twigs, they died during the moment, it must have been quite painful, Bernadette Cavendish you" Said de agent going to arrest Bern until I appear in de middle.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! 'Old on! 'Old on! Wait a minute! Before you make any decisions, I 'ave a tape" I say taking de Walkman out of my pocket and pressing de tape.
I knew dis recording could be useful, was Daryl talking about entrapment, was dat about it, what I'm going to play and Bern's own sister was getting a shocked look on 'er face, she was no longer smiling, thinking my cabbage would be arrested, she was in shock.
"What do you say to dat Daryl? You set my girlfriend up to get arrested" I tell her who even walks backwards.
"No! That's a lie!" she said in despair.
"So you are telling us that this could all be a frame-up? I want all of you to go to the WCI agency and explain everything that happened, until the moment you are all suspects in the death of these three women" said the agent to us.
"Even me? I'm not even Cavendish and I didn't even intervene with de ritual, I was waiting in my own" I tell dem.
"Even you, the butlers and house maids, we will interview everyone, don't try to run away or else we will sign your guilt, could you inform me all the inhabitants of this residence, please, we have to do the file to have an idea of who was around here" Said de agent and Bernadette goes agreeing.
Statements were being given, throughout the first week of the year it was becoming the big issue up until then, which ended up conferring with Laura possessing an alibi and even allowing herself to have her mind read, as did Isabella and Bernadette, the only one who refused was Daryl in the midst of it all, which decision came at the door of the Cavendish mansion on January 10...
Wow dis whole investigation 'as tired me out, at least I'm out of de suspect list, I've never done anything, WCI was really doughtful with me, I even explained de situation before, but dere was no reason for me to kill de three, not even Bern, I really 'ope she dedn't do it, I don't want to suspect my beloved wife.
De door is slammed, de agents enter de mansion, until den it calls all of us to gather in de living room, now it's just waiting fae de decision and I see a little smile on Daryl's face, I imagine she 'as some card up 'er sleeve, I really 'ope Bern doesn't go to jail on dis.
"Very well, our investigation has been concluded, we have reached the conclusion that we have a culprit among you, she who ended up causing all this and who did not cooperate with our investigation, Daryl Cavendish, you are under arrest and you have the right to remain silent" Said de agent who den handcuffed Bern's sister.
"What? I am innocent! I didn't kill anyone! I only set up my mother to be the leader, the words on the tape recorder were taken out of context, you are taking yourself at the word of this liar" Daryl said all angry as she was being led handcuffed through de halls of de manor.
"I hope ye think about it Daryl, mum died because of ye, we could be living in peace now, she dinnae deserve tae die nae matter how bad a person she's been all this time, ye'll pay fae what ye did" Bern said.
POV Narrator:
Daryl would be sentenced to 15 years in prison for the three murders, but as the investigations went on, the girl decided to cooperate more, which ended up revealing more things when she allowed mind reading of what happened on the day, but that even then she couldn't escape the crime.
The conclusion taken from the case was that Clarie Cavendish, Marie Cavendish and Amelia Cavendish died as a result of a curse performed in a magic ritual, what annulled the culpability of Daryl for the death, but did not annul her responsibility for the crime, as it could have been avoided by her if she had not allowed it to happen, besides that her behavior was not one of the best while she was imprisoned, even being so young, she was already causing problems.
At the trial the final decision was taken, Daryl would go to the reformatory locked up for six months due to the conspiracy crimes she performed against the Cavendish family, which was the time Laura and Bernadette were adapting more the mansion for themselves, since this time Bern would go to the family leader's room, exchanging with her grandmother.
In this time the visits to the McLaren family and trips to Ireland were quite common on Laura's part, since she often went to visit her friend and also to work with the games, until April also moves to Scotland, living with her girlfriend that made for Luna Nova, Scarlet Taylor, from there they started to work on some titles, one that would be a bigger project, the one that would be their most successful game, the Witchtale game, even having a Bernadette's presence in the middle, the other that was a smaller game with forecast to release in the next year.
Daryl was soon released from the reformatory, but she didn't change anything, she was just being extremely rude and hostile with Daryl and Bernadette, even receiving pampering that in this case was a fat allowance to live her life and run after her goals, but the younger sister never dedicated herself to anything, she never went to school, she even received the proposal of studying in Luna Nova, but she refused to go there, wanting despite the luxury, what Bernadette didn't complain at all, she just let the girl have her choices.
In September 1991, Bernadette entered the medical school, where she started studying to be a future doctor, as part of her dream of taking care of people, besides that she was aiming for something bigger in the future, which would be the inclusion of the use of magic in the worldly medicine, learning at the university about both, but she was focusing on a way where the two could merge to help people. In the middle of this time, Elisabeth McLaren also died due to her age, at the age of 93. She left this world, living a life full of glories, so much that she was very honored by Laura and the rest of the McLaren family.
In 1992, the things were more calm, Daryl was not so unbearable as before, she was getting used to it, in the more it was a year that had the release of Witch Broom Race for the Super Nintendo and also Mega Drive, a broom race game that April, Laura and Scarlet developed and it was a good success, selling enough for the three of them to be able to keep well with Saoirse games.
But none of this overcame the biggest event of that year, which happened right at the end of it, Laura and Bernadette's wedding, after 5 years of dating and many adventures between the two, among many things they have lived, both women with 20 years old, quite young even, decided to seal this union, in a very crowded wedding in Cavendish mansion, where Daryl was with the biggest ugly face, but all the rest loved the festivity, the marriage was recognized by Victoria McLaren's laws as much as it is still with Session 28, Victoria's laws pass over, since witches can marry each other and even have their children recognized.
In 1993, the development of Witchtale was having a bigger focus, but before that an RPG was already being made to be released in the following year at the same time, besides Saoirse Games called a lot of attention of other companies for simply having an impeccable soundtrack, being called by bigger developers to participate together in the development of soundtracks of other games, what Laura was helping to move a lot more money to the company, that was growing, not only that but the desire of the revolution was coming back.
In 1994, Phoebe Morris was born, daughter of Rosemary Morris, Laura's friend, the oldest of the children of the group of girls until then and she was being quite remarkable for everybody and becoming the idol of everybody, in this year is also released Terraflora, RPG game of Saoirse Games that was very well received, despite not making a tremendous success for the genre, it was a game well acclaimed by the way it works very well, being only a presentation for what is to come, which already showed that the group had a good handling of creating games for the Super Nintendo, since it was the only platform that ended up leaving at the time.
1995, it was the year that Witchtale was released, the most successful game of the studio, having the joint development of April, Scarlet, Laura and Bernadette, who went under the pseudonym of B.C Stewart, she opted for that so that the Cavendish family wouldn't end up exposed to the connection with Saoirse Games, because even so the aristocratic reputation of the family was being questioned frequently, mainly because after the marriage of the two, they were never again called for any meeting of the high society, nor parties, only becoming targets of gossip, only Daryl who went and she kept talking about things. The pseudonym was used to hide exactly that, as an attempt of Bern to try to protect the image of the family and even herself, since it was not well seen not only women getting married, but also a woman game developer, in the middle of all this.
They decide to go on another special mission, this one involving the future, the meeting of another very important person in their lives, a five years old girl who lives in a village, which is part of a family of witches linked to the previous chosen of Claiomh Solais and also having a kinship with the Cavendish family.
See you, Cavendish witches...