POV Narrator:
Wednesday, 26 December 2018, Dublin, Ireland
Laura told a lot about how was her life, about all the events that ended up leading to the current events, shocking the girls a lot, who had no idea that the hole was so low, mainly Diana, she didn't expect that everything was told with so many details, year after year in a way that her own mother said that she was just summarizing a little bit in parts, because she knows a lot more things and she could still go deep for each thing that happened in each day. As the climate was a little heavy after all, things were being solved as the day went by, with a relaxed way, a little bit of playing videogames together, even having several mother and daughter moments with each other, a Christmas day that will be marked in these girls' lives. The
next day things would get a lot lighter in that Christmas week, with Holly's invitation to visit a place of her special house, the so expected Shiny Chariot 's museum, this time in a personal visit there.
POV Diana:
I have never loved a place like this sae much, I have been here fae two days now and I am already feeling comfortable and at home, mommy Laura is an amazing person, it is a strange feeling, like I am completing a puzzle inside of me, Holly comes over tae me and Akko, we were on the couch, mum was just starting tae show us more pictures from when mum Bernadette was younger, wow she was really my face and she's a cutie, I never had any notion that they had all this experience, I never thought my mum would totally break away from the standard of a Cavendish, her wearing ordinary robes really broke me quite a bit.
"We experienced a lot together, de good ding about being a couple of women at least was dat we dedn't 'ave to go to any fancy aristocratic events, we were excluded for dat, which let us walk around wearing clothes dat were simpler and dat we could express by being ourselves"
"Wow it looks a lot like the way I dress today when I was trying tae get away from it, when I was expressing myself, it even impresses me, mum Bern was quite similar tae me even in that, I thought I was the first Cavendish tae do that" I say as I go through the photos seeing mum Bern all full of her style.
"Ah she always took my clothes, strangely dey looked good on 'er, even dough some of dem were baggy for very obvious reasons hahaha" Said mum showing more of the pictures and soon Holly sits down with us.
We were looking at some more, mum Bern and mum Laura sitting on the ground wearing overalls dirty with mud, I dinnae expect tae see something like that, them inside a go-kart, taking pictures with cars, taking pictures with their friends, even some pictures of me when I was a baby and many, nae few, I was surprised by the amount.
"I thought I dinnae have any photos from that time of mine" I say looking shocked photo by photo.
"Dey are photos dat we treasure with great affection" Mum said.
A while after showing the photos...
It seems that they never end, I'm since yesterday seeing their pictures, gee, mommy Bern and mommy Laura really were very photogenic, it even impresses me, I thought that they were very serious and never took pictures, but on the contrary, they have pictures of every moment, it is very cute.
Holly seems that she wants something, I still dinnae know what it is, she dnnae let go of us, it must be the museum of Chariot.
"I dink I'm goin to give a break to de photos, there are still a lot of dings, you 'ave no idea 'ow well we lived in all dese years, I look at dis and I 'ave great memories, I also 'ave footage of de time, many of dem on VHS still, if you never saw one, you will 'ave de opportunity to see now" Mom said and soon Holly gives us a few nudges.
"'Ey Diana, Akko, you who are de Chariot fans, want to come with me? I'll show you de Shiny Chariot museum, you too Chariot" Holly said and we nodded.
"Go dere, dis girl never stops talking about de Shiny Chariot, you won't regret goin to de museum, I gave a good 'elp in the organization, only she is de one who takes care of it" said mother Laura.
The lassies and I are getting up, I want to see closely the Chariot museum that my little sister made, we walk tae the outside, there was a little house that I had seen in those days, it must be here, ye can even notice the decoration on the outside, where we stop right in front of the place and wow, the paintings here are beautiful.
"Dis is the Shiny Chariot museum, welcome, de painting 'ere was done by Mama Laura, she is de family artist, I remember de day she got all dirty with paint doing all dis, but it was worth it, it was wonderful" Holly said and we went fae a walk in the surroundings, I am shocked, Mama is an artist everywhere.
"Did mum do all this? It must have taken a long time" I say impressed.
"I had already seen it on Discord, but in person it is even more beautiful, it seems to give an effect, in this snow it is even more beautiful, the white gave a great contrast" Akko said as she was touching the wall.
"Mum Laura is de most talented of artists, I love how she does everything to make us 'appy, I was all 'appy when she built dis 'ere to be de Chariot museum because the room ran out of space, now let's go and enter de museum" Holly said.
And so we do, as we enter Holly turns on the lights, showing everything and wow, there's a lot of stuff, Chariot's clothes, I'm even impressed, it's nae just one, there are several, there are also replicas of her staff, the shelves full of her products, I never thought there would be sae much stuff, just by picture I had a little notion, but nae that it was more than in the pictures.
"Dese are all official and licensed products from Chariot, Mum bought everything she could afford even, we also 'ad some 'elp dat I dedn't even know we 'ad, when Chariot itself gave us a lot of stuff" said my sister.
"Wow and these Chariot costumes? Are they Cosplay? They look just like them" said Akko getting close tae one of them and even touching it.
"Oh dat's 'er clothes anyway, dat one you're pointing she wore to de street performance in Manchester in November 2006, one of 'er first performances, when she was still in de Alan era, when she 'ad a manager," Holly said.
"Wow you really know everything, even the name of my old manager, he stayed with me until..." Chariot said trying tae remember.
"March 2007, de last performance of Alan's time was with dis outfit on de side, it was when you came 'here to Ireland in Dublin, it was de only one I went, I don't even remember because I was only 2 years old when my mum took me, Hellene who remembers a lettle better dan me, de good ding was dat mum filmed everything, you'll really enjoy watching it later" Holly said.
"Alan was thinking that I was causing too much damage, he even wanted to continue with an extra cost that I refused, that man is kind of disgusting, I found out later that he was having second intentions with me, that because he was married and I was still underage, in fact I was underage my whole career, a shame to last so little" said Chariot.
We kept looking at more of the museum, Holly kept pointing tae the products, she knew how tae describe it well, I think it's cute that she has several arcor stuffed animals, I used tae have one before my cousins set fire tae it... The memories of that weren't very nice, at least this way I'm seeing everything, there's stuff I wasn't even aware it was from Chariot.
"Why so much repeated Arcor plush?" Chariot asks.
"Each one of dem is a different edition, if you notice de stitching and de colour are very different, dis model 'ere uses plastic on de eyes, it's a cheaper edition, dis one 'as eyes made of cloth, de most expensive and sophisticated one is dis one, it was sold at de Tokyo presentation, de last edition, you can see it was well done and it's all handmade" Holly explains.
"Wow, you know every little detail, not even I know these specific things" said Chariot, let alone me.
"There's more, did you know dat there are even rarer Chariot cards, cards dat came with printing defects, or even with very rare models" Holly said and I was getting impressed.
"It's nae surprising that ye would get Chariot cards of all sorts" I tell her.
"When I was a child it was thanks to this one that I was able to complete my collection," Akko said, pointing at me.
"Ahhhhhhhh, mama Laura and Chariot 'elped a lot, did you know dat she even 'as a collection of the cards in Irish which is super rare even 'ere? Dere's also a collection in Luna? Dis was so rare that I am one of de few people to have de 30 cards of each one in dis language, to get an idea of de rarity, if you browse on Ebay, de price of each one in excellent condition exceeds 5 thousand pounds, de card Believing Heart in Luna alphabet is de most expensive of all, de last one dat was sold was picked up for 12,711 pounds in a very disputed auction and de value only tends to go up since dis specific card 'ad an even rarer edition, with 10 manufactured in de whole world only" Holly said while we followed tae the part of the museum where the cards are.
We looked at the things on the side, there is Chariot soap, shampoo, sponge, hairbrush, I already knew these things, but there are some very specific ones? Boby Hair removal wax? How come from where they took a product like that tae sell.
"This one your heart has to believe a lot to withstand the pain of pulling out hahahaha" Akko said pointing tae the wax.
"Don't even remind me of that wax, I advertised it and it was the most random thing in the world, I don't know why they called me for it, I never got to use it, but it seems like it must hurt like normal wax" Chariot said.
"She just has a heart full of magic in her hahahaha" Complements Akko and I was laughing at her silly little jokes.
We arrived at the cards stand, they were even wrapped in plastic, how cool, they were exposed in some decorated stands that remind me a lot of those stands selling Chariot cards, how cool, even that was too immersed, I remember when I was a child and went with Anna or Carter tae the shop tae buy Chariot cards, good memories of childhood, I kept unpacking card by card, I remember that we took the whole stand that day.
"Cards in German, French, English, Japanese. Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, Irish, Russian, Luna, Polish, Hungarian, Arabic, Italian, Dutch, Hindu, Swedish and Finnish, dese were all the official languages dat de Chariot cards were released in, I just don't have de specific ones for each country, dat would be too much, but I 'ave them for each language" I'm shocked, because I also notice that the stands have the words in each language, I notice how she is extremely detailed even in thiis, wow.
"Wow Holly, ye have the smallest of the smallest details, the stands are of each language even, where did ye find this?" I ask her.
"A lot of searching and my mother travelled all over de world, being lucky to buy it, it was a very long process, we only managed to fix de stand in Luna after years, and even so if you look at de back it 'as a tear dat we repaired with glue and tape to never come out" said my sister and I am even impressed.
"And why not make amends with magic?" Akko asks.
"Dat way it takes away all the originality, I want dings as dey are, dat way it looks nice" said my sister.
"That's dedication, I never thought I would see someone who has all this, I even feel kind of silly, it seems that someone really dedicated his life to my fanaticism, at least it's not the kind of thing I see that gets to be sick, that I have even received messages from those very strange" said Chariot.
"I can imagine what it is, dis kind of people is strictly forbidden on my discord server, it's a bunch of sickos dat do indecent things with your image, seriously dey 'ave nothing to do, dey've already sent me a lot of stuff to provoke me, because dey know I get really pissed off, I'm infiltrating it with some friends of mine, with April's 'elp dey'll never get my IP and find out, it's really sick what's there, I feel like puking" she said and I 'ave no idea what it is, although I already think of something really sick.
"Let's not talk about that, let's enjoy the museum people" Akko said.
"You're right, there's still plenty for us to see, come on!" said an excited Holly.
She's sae radiant and cute, my little sister is sae cute, I never thought there was sae much stuff like that and specifies, she's also a sweetheart, I can see a lot of Akko when she started talking about liking Chariot, but she's even more radiant, ye can feel the passion from afar, her face her eyes shining, even the way she talks
tae herself, it's sae cute.
As we walk through the corridors of the museum, there are toys of all kinds, official figures, gee, I never imagined that something like this was real, this is too cute, even a Nendoroid, I remember that it came out a few years ago and I wanted tae buy it, but I was afraid of my cousins and my aunt.
Elsewhere in the house, Maril disguised as Brooke was the one who was still having the most of a mental breakdown, much because of what she discovered the day before, practically not leaving that room...
POV Maril:
I do not know what to do anymore, I am too bad, things do not process me very well, I can neither continue being Brooke, nor continue being Maril, all this I learned from Laura McLaren... Did Mom really do those things? I can't even answer her, I feel the mobile phone vibrating and this time it kept on vibrating continuously, I'm going to have to answer it, or the worst happens.
[Me: Sorry I'm not answering]
[Mom: Girl, you answer me, or I don't give a damn about myself, you're not going to spoil our plan, just tell me what happened out there, text me, I'm hanging up now]
I am in shock, I do not know what to say, I know everything, I do not know if Laura McLaren is lying or not, she might not be, she does not know that I am here in disguise... Better to breathe, I have to tell everything from what I have heard, come on.
[Mother: Come on girl tell me or else I will take action] 12:33
Maril tells everything she heard and heard coming from Daryl, even quite frightened...
[Me: Is it true, Mum? Is Laura McLaren really telling the real things? Did you really do that?] 12:41
[Mother: Yes I did and I don't feel bad about any of it, it was all an effort to make your lives better, or do you think I just want to do this against Laura McLaren because I do? She deserves to pay, she has ruined my life and all the Cavendish girls, don't try to side with your sister, her days are numbered, I am just waiting for her to show up at Arcturus prison to do some damage, but it seems she has not been transferred or anything, make sure you stick to the plan, you'll pretend to be Brooke, like it or not, either you do it or worse things will happen, the boy's life depends on it, your life depends on it, don't give up the plan, we still have one more move to make that I'm sure will work out] 12:42
[I'm not an idiot, I know how important the plan is for you mum, I'm just shocked that you did these things and lied to me all these years, I believed in the hero you were, but today I'm beginning to think you're not that good] 12:43
[Mum: Grow up Maril, real life is not a fairy tale, real life is cruel and unforgiving, that's the way it is, there are no good guys and bad guys, or do you think Laura McLaren if she had the chance wouldn't kill me? Obviously she'd stuff my face with a bullet or stab me in the chest, she's got motive, just like I've got mine, don't go playing Merrill, you're the only good daughter I've got] 12:43
[Me: I already understood mum, I will continue the mission don't worry] 12:44
I will, but at what cost? Merrill seems to have been a little right in all this, Mother has done so many bad things in this world, she has done things that are unforgivable, I had no idea she killed Aunt Bernadette, I thought she just got sick, I had no idea she had Laura McLaren's sister killed, I had no idea she used us to get money from Paul, I only knew I was the daughter of another witch, but who could that be?
I am confused, I don't know what to do anymore, should I turn myself in? I think I'd better not, I could end up in prison and get killed, now I'm
genuinely afraid of Mum.
"Brooke?" Call someone at the door.
"I'm cool!" I say to the voice at the door.
"I 'eard you lost your mother, don't you want to talk about it? I know you've been through a lot of traumatic Dings, April told me you 'ad a very complicated father, who doesn't even accept you as you are, yesterday's story 'as affected you, 'asn't it? I'm not going to come in, I can talk from de door if you're not dere at de
moment" It's Laura McLaren's voice, now I recognize it, I feel a bit bad, I think I can say that I lost my mother, now I have only one boss.
"I'm fine, just leave me alone" I tell her.
"All right den, I'll leave you alone, I don't want to disturb you, if you want to go back to Luna Nova I'll even understand, I'll leave an ice cream for you at de door" Mrs McLaren said.
I was a bit reluctant, I walked to the door, looked down and there was only the pot of ice cream on the floor, I opened it and then closed it on the spot locking the door, where I went to start eating, I even saw a note from Laura McLaren, she did it with all the care.
"Get well soon Brooke, you are not to blame for what happened, nor for getting involved with that monster, you are as much her victim as her daughters are being, I hope that ice cream can cool some of your emotions"
Mrs McLaren doesn't hate us, she sees us as victims of her mother... She understands that, now I am understanding a little bit, but it is all strange, I am being manipulated, that's it, I have to refresh things, it is all a tactic of Laura McLaren and Diana, I can not have empathy nor like the moments that I am living now, this is transient and it is just a poor pleasure that has nothing much to it, that's it, I have to stay focused on moving on, this, it is just nonsense, it is just something that is distracting me from the main plan.
Back to the Chariot museum...
POV Akko:
Wow this place is the best thing I've ever seen, I never thought I would personally meet the so legendary Chariot museum, I was drooling so much, but it was either that or Luna Nova, I never thought Luna Nova would take me to the museum, meet everyone, have fun with the people here, it's a magical and different experience, Diana's sister is a sweetheart, I never thought I would see someone as caring and cute as her.
"And 'ere was de place where I was going to leave de Shiny Rod, but I can't leave it 'ere, I know 'ow important it is to the world of magic, Mum Laura 'as explained a lot, but I'll take a replica, I don't dink dere's any way around it" Holly said.
"When I find all the words I'll give you the Shiny Rod, then you can keep it there, I certainly won't need it anymore" I say giving it to Holly who is delighted while holding it.
"Wow, dis is really... I feel honoured, dis is a power I didn't even feel before, it's something dat seems to make you believe in yourself" she said all delighted.
"Girls I just have to tell you one thing, after you find out all the words, the Shiny Rod disappears, so you will have to make a replica anyway, to leave it exposed, the original is Arcturus' property " said teacher Chariot to us.
"Gee, dat's a shame, but okay, I'll do de replica, since dere's no way to get a copy, I can explain to everyone dat it's not possible to 'ave de original, but 'ey let's take a picture people, dis moment 'as to be registered" Holly said taking the mobile phone.
She went first taking a picture of us, we posed, me Chariot and Diana, so much so that the teacher even put on the sunglasses that were there in the museum exhibit, which Holly loves, then we took a selfie with each other, it was such a cute moment, I can't believe we are going through this.
"Chariot? I know dis might be asking a lot... But can you put on one of de clothes and take a picture with 'er 'ere, while 'olding de Shiny Rod, just to record de moment?" Said Holly with her fingers together.
"Absolutely, I just don't know if I'll fit anymore, I think I'll change even behind the curtains of Shiny Chariot's locker room booth hahahaha" Said the teacher picking up the chariot's outfit, the one last from the presentation.
We get anxious, waiting behind the curtain, wow, it's going to be so epic, she's getting changed, I hope the clothes are going to fit, I look at Diana and she also gets very anxious, Holly gets a little jumpy, but her older sister holds her back.
The teacher comes out and wow, she looked amazing and wonderful, gave me a whole wonderful feeling to see her like that, she fit right in the clothes and soon Holly was taking pictures, as me and Diana were doing
the same thing, she was dancing too, doing the choreographies, using the Shiny Rod, I didn't even know it could work on her.
"It's so nostalgic here, thank you so much for giving me this opportunity," said the teacher to us.
"Thank you Chariot, it's a privilege to 'ave you 'ere, I'm goin to love dis moment, today is de happiest day of my life," Holly said.
"I'm the one who's happy, I haven't felt this adored in ages, I even forgot that there were so many people who still like me, seriously, you make me rekindle that flame," said the teacher.
"You 'ave more fans dan you realise you 'ave and dose fans love you, you inspire witches all over de world to be like you, just look at us, I 'ad dis collection and I dream of one day being a stage entertainer like you, 'opefully as talented as you, with de performances in my style, to enchant de world and bring more children into de magic" Holly said.
"I also want to be one, maybe become Shiny Akko and continue the legacy of Chariot around the world, you created not only one, but several Chariots around the world, several children who one day dream and who knows will become several Chariots, I felt all inspired by that, by your presentations, by the way you captivated a whole world around you, you are the best" I tell her all inspired.
"Even I have tae mature earlier, I still haven't forgotten anything I took from yer presentations, the things I learned, of never giving up, it came from ye Chariot, I will never forget anything and as Akko already said, ye are the inspiration fae thousands of witches in the whole world, I dinnae want tae be a stage performer, but I see future in several, today after everything I went through I get that childhood feeling of several Chariot coming back, thank ye fae existing Shiny Chariot" Said Diana to her that gets all emotional.
She then hugs us, I'm all delighted with today, it was one of the best days of my life, I can't wait to tell my parents, they'll love to know how this year was still as intense as last year, that's because it's only been three months.
And Holly went to present the last details of the Shiny Chariot museum, where after giving the tour, the girls went back to the house, from there Diana and Akko went to the balcony to talk a bit...
I see Diana on the balcony, she called me here, looking at the backyard of the house, the little house of the Chariot museum, the other little houses, it's such a cute place, I go next to Diana, she looks at me with a smile on her face, you can see how she revived the motivation, how she's all happy.
"So Diana, how is it going? Did you like knowing who your real mother is?" I ask her.
"I never expected it tae be such a special moment, my mother Laura is an amazing person, she tells everything, it wasn't like Kimberly Hunter, Laura has plenty of things tae prove that she's my mother, Hellene's DNA test proves it all, I'm in shock, now what's going tae happen tae my life from now on? Will I go back tae Edinburgh? Do I embrace my Irish blood? What do I do?" she said and I hold her hand that was leaning on it.
"I don't know what you will do, but I know that no matter what, I am on your side and I will support you"
"Akko, dinnae pat me aff lik' this, ah git a' silly lik' this, ye ken" She said to me in her funny accent.
"Oh I can't believe I 'eard dat, it was bad for me to get in the middle of de conversation, but I couldn't 'elp noticing Diana talking just like Bern did, even you shuffle off in the Scottish accent just like your mother did" Mrs McLaren said appearing in de middle of us.
"So it runs in the family? I wasn't aware that the funny accent was the Scottish accent, now it makes perfect sense" I say with my hand on my chin.
"Bern got silly de same way, she got even more confused, dere were times dat I 'ardly understood, I was not very different, de difference is dat I changed de language when I got silly, as I learned Irish when I was very young it is my first language, I learned it before I knew definitive EnglishD Laura said and I am loving dese stories.
"Ah what a cute thing, it's total family" I say impressed.
"I'm the one who is delighted, it brings back good memories, you two too, know dat I give you my full support if you want to stay together" I blush even.
"I only wanted one thing anyway... Would Beatrix approve? - Diana asks her.
"I am Irish and Beatrix never disapproved, you are de daughter of an Irish and a Scottish and Beatrix never disapproved, by de way, you are not de first Cavendish to have a date with an Asian, or have children, dey 'ad some, it was not mentioned in de main story, but dey 'ad some, Today only de features 'ave changed a lot, but in de beginning of de era of de nine witches some of Beatrix's daughters 'ave dated asian, african, native american, from all over de world, or do you really think dat 32 daughters would only date white people and form families with only white people? History is dere for dat, you're not goin to break any traditions, Diana," said Mrs. Mclaren and I was impressed.
POV Narrator:
And the Chariot museum was shown to the girls who wanted to go so badly, being delighted at how it had everything from a Chariot toothbrush, which mimicked the Shiny Rod, to even official clothes worn in the performances, a huge variety for which Holly treasures with all the affection in the world.
See you, Chariot lovers...
Holly McLaren
Date of birth: 1 September 2004
Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland (Irish)
Height: 1.53m
Weight: 60 kg
Sexuality: Lesbian
Gender: Female (cis)
Occupation: Student (Victoria McLaren Magic Academy 2011)
Measurements (bust/waist/hip): 95/65/100
Hair colour and appearance: Orange-red, long straight 1A, reaching to the hip line, with fringes passing over the forehead and sides of the face
Eye colour and shape: heterochromic, left light green and right cyan
Physical appearance: Pale Caucasian skin, freckles on face and body, somewhat full body, rounded nose, hands with six fingers
Likes: Shiny Chariot, playing video games, Discord server, talking about witches, tech magic
Dislikes: hostile comments about Shiny Chariot, conservative witches, remembering the past around how it came about,
Holly, the youngest daughter of Laura, coming from a relationship not so wanted, but equally loved by the mother, she is the girl who is addicted to Shiny Chariot since the childhood, where she always had everything that was from the favorite witch, making there a collection, with a lot of help from the mother and also from Chariot itself that was giving the gifts to the girl anonymously, without knowing yet about the identity that the witch started to hide after. Holly is a special and caring girl, she treats with affection all the people she meets, having a very pure heart and full of love, despite of knowing how things happened, she always ends up cheering everybody around with her more extroverted personality, she doesn't like to see anybody down, what she makes sure to cheer everybody up inspired in Shiny Chariot.