POV Narrator:
Monday, 14 January 2019, Luna Nova
The first week of school was very calm in itself, the girls were already well adapted in that beginning of second term already ready to start a new period of classes, a new thing happens in Luna Nova, which is finally a peace between the girls of the school in relation to Diana that was with the reputation down after many provocations trying to put Hellene as the superior prodigy that was taking Cavendish's place, but when they knew that it was the youngest sister of the Scottish girl, things ended up getting much calmer and with that peace reigned again around the school of witchcraft, but still with the annoyance that they would be adored in excess for being the most talented sisters of the school.
In the middle of all these days full of events, a book appeared again, this being the book of The Council that the group of girls had picked up a few days ago, until then the reading was being done and deeper, what became the opportunity that Diana saw to start the investigation of the texts, until then the day was like any other, normal class, the intention of the Cavendish was to talk with teacher Finnelan about that part of the history.
POV Diana:
Okay now let's go, I want tae solve this once and fae all, teacher Finnelan needs tae know what is in that book, it is of great importance, everyone left the room, but I decided tae stay, just tae be able tae talk tae her, since I have the book in hand, who knows this way the history classes will have more knowledge.
"You're not leaving, Diana?" Akko asks.
"I will stay, I have tae talk about something very important with the teacher" I say tae Kagari who agrees with her head and leaves the room.
I'm waiting fae everyone tae leave, one by one, I'm looking at the teacher who also responds with the same look tae me, the last girl leaves the room and with that I'm getting up from my desk, I'm walking tae the teacher's chair already with the book in hand, arriving in front of her that even came tae look at me with a certain smile.
"A rare moment to see you around here staying after class Miss Cavendish, you really enjoyed the topic of today's class" She said and I honestly already found it the biggest revisionism precisely because today's class was about the fire in Luna Nova.
"It is very important that the story be told with facts, without hiding the truth," I say, placing the book on her desk.
"Yes you are really on a good path Miss Cavendish, but why this book? What do you want to talk to me about? Did I commit some historical gaffe? Look I'm really sorry, sometimes it's hard to remember," said the teacher and I just took a deep breath.
"This here tells exactly in detail how the action of the fire in Luna Nova was, do ye know who was the person who was in charge of all this action?" I ask Mrs. Finnelan, who looks a bit doubtful.
"I don't remember exactly, because we have no way to get names, it was a surprise attack that happened here, but I say I can be sure it's someone from The Council, but don't tell anyone I told you this Miss Cavendish, The Council is risky to even mention, because they are on the side of very dirty people in this world, so I want to tell you that this is top people, they are still in power in the form of politicians, it is too risky to talk about this subject, I see that you have some interest in this, but be careful where you step" She said and I already expected an answer like this.
"This book describes one of the leaders of the attack on Luna Nova in 1517, a name that even gave me a gas when I knew it was on the cover... Bill Cavendish, we are talking about a Cavendish who ordered a witch raid and consequently became rich based on the witch hunt, a story that was erased teacher, it deserves tae be told sae that future generations have the notion that witch families also have a controversial past and... " I was going tae add more, but I already saw that Finnelan's reaction was nae the best.
"No, and no, for the nine founding witches, do not continue with this line of thinking Miss Cavendish, it seems that your brain has melted with Laura McLaren's influence, you knew that this stay with her would not be beneficial for you and you could not be more right, your mother influenced you and indoctrinated you about being disgusted with your own history, do not think about following this way anymore Miss Cavendish, let's pretend that you did not bring me this book and that it does not exist, ok?" I dinnae expect a reaction like
that, even more from a teacher who prized tae belittle the other families of witches with their pasts, like the Du Nord who were Arnoux before and were known thieves before they moved tae the Du Nord surname.
"It's the history teacher, it's important that it's told, ye dinnae save tae speak ill of other families of witches, that's already acting of bad faith, I know the rotten past that the Cavendish had, I know we weren't the best family, even with the recent events, do ye really want tae erase the history? - She gets a little quiet even.
I didn't really expect that, it seems that Professor Finnelan purposely wants tae emphasize the Cavendish side of the story and put my family as the only pure and flawless one, but we have flaws, after all we are human like any other person and family of witches, but what a thing, why be forcing sae much something that runs away from the truth.
"I had no idea your head was this messed up Miss Cavendish, I think this really deserves a talk with the headmistress about how to approach you, you are heading in the same direction as your mother Bernadette is heading, we have to start changing that, or do you really want to end up like your mother Bernadette?" I slammed the table on the spot in anger.
"What is wrong with my mother?" I say with anger already.
"Oh, you still have to understand things, your McLaren genes are unfortunately showing up, but I see that there is also something bigger going on around you, I feel the influence of some people besides your mother, the ideal would be to separate yourself from these groups, talk to us more, anyway... I don't want you to end up like Bernadette, I will talk to Holbrook about it and we will make a better conclusion to avoid that you ruin even more the Cavendish reputation and as for this book, I will get it and take it to the headmaster, if you got it it is because you did not do a good thing, but I will relieve the blame, I will not punish you or any of the involved, surely you must have walked in a forbidden zone and finally, please leave my room" said the teacher.
"Sae that's it? Are ye really going tae erase history? I dinnae mind ending up like my mother Bernadette, I'm proud of the woman she was, just like mother Laura, they wanted tae change things and now I'm beginning tae understand them" I need to say that loud and clear.
I see her face, it looked like disgust, seriously I dinnae expect something like that, soon a teacher that I admired sae much today I can't look at her and think that she was a correct and straight person, today I see the face of prejudice, I even get up from the chair and leave her room, it was exhausting and I still lost the book, at least we got a copy of all the pages, I expected that she would get it.
I take a deep breath and look at the corridors, I think I'm going tae eat tae refresh my head, maybe spend some time with my friends and my little sister. I walk in the corridors, looking tae the sides seeing the girls passing by, going tae the cafeteria, where do I see mum? How strange what she is doing here fae today.
"Mama Laura!" I say walking tae her who gets up tae hug me and I get tae mommy giving her a nice hug.
"Well, if it isn't my lettle lassie" she said, patting me on the head.
"What brought ye here today?" I ask her.
"Today is Mum's birthday, but she also came with Rose to talk about Daryl, see if things are ok around here" My sister said.
"Really? I dinnae even know yer birthday was today Mum" I say all happy, seeing Mum really brightens up my day.
"I 'adn't told you yet, but yes it is today, I turn 47 years old in dis world full of problems and dat I love, even so, anyway, we came to talk to de headmistress about your safety, I get scared and worried with Daryl loose around 'ere being able to do anything and I want to protect you from de worst" Mom said.
"She won't do anything too much dese last few days since Merrill was arrested and she won't do anything now," said my sister.
"True, since Merrill was arrested I haven't heard anything from Daryl, she hasn't even shown up tae scare me and try tae make me give up the leadership, it's pretty weird that" I complement and am still left with my suspicions.
"Exactly because of dat, Daryl can be like a snake crawling without anyone noticing into our place and dat I don't want to rest, because of dese dings I want to keep security around 'ere, anyway, 'ow 'ave de school days been for you two?" said mommy and I think it's cute her concern.
I get my heart a little warm seeing this, she wants tae take care of us and stay with us all the time, I'll love it if she really comes tae stay here and take care of us both, but anyway, I think this is an exaggeration, she'll probably ask a WCI agent to stay here.
And there was a rather long conversation between the daughters and their mother about the week inLuna Nova, with all the thoughtfulness and affection of Laura McLaren towards the two, even beingimpressed to hear about her daughters' days, but soon Rosemary appears to remind her friend aboutsomething important.
POV Laura:
I feel fuller again, my 'eart is even filled with excitement, it's like I'm a mother again, discovering a new world and taking care of my girls, dey are a cutie and it's good to know dey are enjoying watching me, I dink I'm really going to become de owl mother from now on, who knew I was going to be like Mrs Joanne McLaren one day, damn I feel like a grandma saying like that, I'm not that old. Until Rose came to interrupt my moment of reflection
"Laura, I dinnae want tae interrupt or anything, but we have tae sort something out, then ye two can talk" Rose said.
"Oh yes, I was going tp forget dat, it's just that it's so nice, gee Rose, I haven't seen my kid in 16 years, I want to spend as much time as I need to with 'er it's very special to me" I say to Morris who strokes my 'ead.
"Then ye come back tae spend as much time as ye give, now we are going on the board, we have tae sort this out" Rosemary said.
Den I wave to my kids, getting up of de chair and even 'aving a little 'elp to get up, I go walking with Rose by Luna Nova, 'aving even some memories of 'ere, wow what good times were, look at de corridors and remember dat I used to walk 'ere with Bernadette, ahhhhh, I feel even nostalgic with all dis.
We arrive at de door dat I already 'ave a little of several doughts, of de many times dat I was scolded and I ended up at de headmistress office 'aving to talk with 'er and den I 'ad to do de punishment, my 'ands even 'urt of so much dat I washed de floor 'ere, when I entered dere were some teachers and also Chariot, besides de headmistress.
"Laura McLaren, you're here, I wasn't expecting your visit, by the way happy birthday, I still remember it's today "said the headmistress.
"What is that one doing here" said Professor Lukic.
"Dat's one worried mother, Lukic" I tell 'er, and she looks like a total ass.
"And Officer Morris, I didn't see you around, did they come bearing news about Daryl?" She asks and then I just look at Rose.
"It's precisely because of her that we want tae increase security around here, Laura's daughters are out there in constant danger with a criminal on the loose nearby, we dinnae know where she's hiding, but we can't afford tae risk the safety of two lassies fae nothing" Rosemary said.
"Well, what's the plan then? You sent agents here from the Glastonbury branch to check it out and they didn't find anything, I think she's just scared of it all" said de headmistress as usual being very dense.
"It is very shallow to Dink about it Mrs Holbrook, I want safety here, I am a mother, know dat if anything happens to my kids I will 'old you responsible for it" I say to 'er who gets even 'alf with 'er 'ands trying to reassure de situation, I want to be clear, it's a real concern 'ere.
"Threatening Miss Holbrook? How low of you Miss McLaren, even at 47 years of age you are still acting like a teenager, I thought you had matured all these years" said Miss Babcock.
"I'm not even goin to answer you about dat, I just want some security around 'ere to at least guarantee de girls' safety, did I say it again dat I'm a mother?" I tell de director.
"No deal, I can't leave a security guard here and by the way we have our workers around here" She said and I just went dinking about de security those minotaurs and kangaroos give, being dat I constantly circumvented deir security by making dem look like idiots.
"Other than that we are not going to take money out of pocket to pay for a security guard here, sleeping and eating here for free" said Professor Babcock.
"Right then... So I'll stay 'ere, I'll pay for de room and board, but I won't put my daughters at risk, there's nothing against Luna Nova's rules forbidding this, it's up to you to approve or not Principal Holbrook" Let's see if she make a deal with this.
I won't 'ave de luxury of Daryl taking my girls and kidnapping dem or even worse, dey are my daughters, even if I 'ave to stay 'ere, I will ensure deir safety, I am afraid of what Daryl might do to dem, or what she is planning under de covers. I see Holbrook is all doughtful, I am rooting for 'er approval, Chariot around 'ere is not enough.
"You didn't make that idiotic proposal, did you?" said Professor Lukic.
"Lukic, more manners, well if you want to stay here, I can even allow it, but you have to choose a room and we can't let you stay in any student's room, unless some teacher is volunteering for this" said de director and soon Chariot appears in de middle of it.
"I accept, Laura is welcome in my chambers, until this thing is resolved she can make herself at home" Chariot said being nice to me and I love this kid, good ding dat I choose to 'elp 'er to grow up.
"All right, that being the case, feel at ease in Luna Nova, but know that the teacher rules apply to you Laura, with the exception of working hours, everything else applies, keep behaving in line or I can revoke your time here, now just sign some terms of condition for your stay agreeing to the costs" said the headmistress.
She was showing me de papers and some of de numbers even scared me, by the fucking nine lesbian witches, seriously, de rent 'ere is a dousand pounds, de food is on me, I'll 'ave to eat out, well at least I can go out when I want, I can break curfew and protect de kids in case something strange 'appens at night, well dere's something dere anyway I'll accept, I read de rest and dey seem to be very acceptable terms even.
"Dere, now I can stay 'ere" I say, signing de document.
"Perfect Laura McLaren, welcome back to Luna Nova, I am sorry for everything and the teachers comments, but you know how it is, that doesn't happen here in decades, I hope you understand" Mrs Holbrook said and I nodded in agreement.
"Let's keep an eye out, especially Finnelan, she'll be pissed when she finds out you're around here" said Professor Babcock.
"Let it stay, I'm not doing anything wrong, I'm just a mother worried about my children, I don't see why I shouldn't stay 'ere to protect dem, if you were a mother you would understand what dat's like" I tell 'er who feels pretty barbed.
"Hmpf, I never needed to do that to protect my children when I was a mother, that's already overprotective" said the teacher.
"Maybe it's because your daughters 'ave never been in a risky situation like mine" I tell 'er and den I got up and left de room.
I'm even relieved, Chariot comes to me too, she's goin to take me to 'er room, where I can start my plan to protect de girls from de worst, dey deserve dis care, for sure, anyway I dink Daryl gets smarter, she might even have a chance against Diana or Hellene, but against me, she can't hold on.
"I dinnae see that one coming Laura, ye were too clever tae propose this, I knew she would deny agents here again" Rose said.
"Me too, I just wanted to get to dat so she could accept my presence more easily, now maybe dings will get better around 'ere, I really 'ope Daryl shows up or dat she has a notion of who she's going to deal with from now on" I say all excited and motivated.
"I wasn't expecting you to be here Miss Laura, but I will love your presence in every way, look the room may not be the most spacious in the world, but there is room for a bed in there, we will just need to get the one from a loose room somewhere" Chariot said.
"Don't worry about it, I came prepared with de change, in fact we take de time to play and 'ave fun, it's just going to be boring dat I won't be able to go to my daughters' room or anything, but dey can come to ours, where we can talk about dese dings better" I tell Du Nord
Let's walk to de teacher Chariot's room, before it used to be Lucy's, when she became a teacher before Chariot, I remember 'ow she was always a closed person, who was always picking on me because of my presence, she was also another young teacher like Chariot, only much more conservative.
When I arrived at de room I opened my bag and used de spell to bring de dings back to de normal size, putting a bed dere, besides a TV with some games, who knows dis way we'll have a good time of entertainment and games to pass de time, de room was really nice, now I just need to call de kids 'ere, I'll tell dem de surprise.
"Wow Laura you really had it all" Chariot said.
"I told you, now I'm going to tell de kids, dey will love to know about it - I say while typing on my mobile phone, calling for dem.
"Look now we can keep things safe around here, Daryl can't run away forever, what do you intend to do too Laura? The agents scoured the whole forest for evidence, but found nothing but a hole in the ground where she was hiding with her daughters, which is where Merrill had shown her staying" Rose said.
"It will be more detailed search, de agents did it in a 'urry and 'ad limited time, which leads me to believe dat she did not 'ide in the surroundings, she must 'ave cleared de forest and found a hiding place, I will look deeper later, the forest of Arcturus does not give me so much fear, what gives me fear is losing my daughters" I tell dem.
Some time later Diana and Hellene arrive at Chariot's room...
Dey open de door, 'ow cute, de two of dem together like dis, dey even look surprised when dey see dat I was sitting on a bed, already giving signs dat I was going to stay and for real, I 'ad already told de plan to my mum and Holly, now I just 'ave to let dings go and finally put an end to all of dis, because seriously, dis is going to be complicated to deal with.
"Mum? Are you going to sleep 'ere? Dat's so cool!" said Hellene.
"I thought ye would just stay the afternoon and then go home" Diana said.
"I'm not staying 'ere for just one day either, I'm staying 'ere until we put Daryl behind bars, I can't afford to leave you two unprotected, besides, next week after you come back from your friend's 'ouse I'll start training you on self-defense, you 'ave to learn better 'ow to defend yourselves from Daryl's presence"
"So you're staying 'ere for real? Dat's so cool! I'd love to spend time with you Mum" said Hellene.
"I already had my suspicions about Daryl's presence being a huge risk, but I dinnae expect it tae come tae this, really mum, ye've now had a vision beyond with this, I just hope it actually comes tae fruition, because it's tense, will her presence only make Daryl hide more and more?" Diana said.
"I don't know, but we 'ave to put de cards in our favour, dat's why I'm staying 'ere, at least protected you stay, I want to see if Daryl will try anything yet" I tell dem.
"What about training? Why will we need it? I am aware of my magical ability as a witch mom, I can take care of myself well, I only ended up once defeated because my aunt attacked cowardly with my cousins" And I just shake my head, I already noticed what needs to change there.
"You 'ave to use your weapons to your advantage Diana, dere's no such thing as giving a fight or honorable combat, if you 'ave de opportunity to kick de balls of someone attacking you, do it, You 'ave to make your opponent vulnerable and you 'ave chances to get de best of it, because it's either you or dem, with Daryl it's de same ding, use your brilliant mind and a lot of strategy, don't mind fighting dirty, de other side also fights dirty and dat's an advantage dat Daryl since de beginning 'ad over you, my great grandmother Elisabeth taught me a lot about dis, a fight is a situation where de most intelligent wins, not de strongest, nor de most skillful, but de one who knows how to use 'er 'ead to put de fight in an advantageous situation, dis 'ere is not
a Shounen anime dat you will take a new transformation, This 'ere is real life, where if Daryl takes out a firearm, she will take it and shoot you and you would never 'ave a chance to win against it, but anyway, I 'ope you understand, soon we will go deeper into dis" I say with my hand on Diana's shoulder.
Then I hug the two who nodded their heads in agreement, they are still pretty helpless, but I'll do my best to at least get them to get a good advantage fighting Daryl, in case a fight happens, it's dangerous to risk yourself against someone who has already been as low as possible in terms of combat, I know what it's like to face Daryl, I know how tense it is, I almost lost because she cheated all the time, I even remember that Clarie was furious with her because of that, to think that woman has some kind of morals.
And the news of Laura's stay was spreading throughout Luna Nova, starting to spread even inBrooke, which in this case was Maril posing as Hunter who ended up telling her mother about theevent...
POV Daryl:
The day is coming, soon I'll have Diana here and she'll be right in my hands, being easily manipulated and with the torture she can't resist, one hour she'll give in and she'll give in a lot, I can't wait to see her here suffering the worst having to pass the honors to me and this hell ending, I can't stand living in this abandoned factory anymore, a woman like me should be in luxury, living as a queen, not as a criminal's henchman.
My mobile phone vibrates soon, that's wonderful, more news from Maril, she must have done something useful now, let's see here what's going to happen.
[Maril: Mom, Laura McLaren will stay in Luna Nova until they get you, she won't leave here until you turn yourself in, anyway, I just wanted to let you know that, I got to know from the messages the girls got, this way it gets harder to pretend to be Brooke] 16:44
[Me: That's nothing, she'll just waste precious time staying there, besides the fact that soon our best plan will work, it's close to daylight and you've got the potion, just let things cook and Laura won't even be aware of what happened underneath, she'll probably be like an imbecile walking around the forest of Arcturus until she finds something] 16:44
Oh wonderful, that just makes things even easier, with Laura here I'll just need to get Diana and Hellene out of the way and then Maril will do one last job, I'm sure things will get a lot better, Agent Morris won't even know.
I keep looking at a silencer gun even with a smile, it will be useful to leave in the kid's head when all this is over and then it will go in Laura McLaren's head, I will finally get rid of her, I killed two birds with one stone.
Later in captivity...
POV Brooke:
I'm managing to hold the illusion spell for much longer now, my magic is slowly getting stronger, even though I'm so skinny, I never thought I'd have to put into practice something I started to do in class and didn't find so useful, let's just connect the wires here, and let's see what's going to happen.
I connect the wires to the equipment I made to receive power, press a button on the calculator and wonder, I managed to make the bed move and show the triggers, now this is going to be interesting, all that's left is to put the ammo in here and in a few days I'll be loose and free finally.
"Daryl you'll be Swiss cheese soon enough" I whisper and go to work on other circuits, this time I'll go near the door where I'll leave another device to work with the 0 button on the calculator, so she'll never touch anything.
I'll start assembling and programming the wires, using the chips and the rest of what I have, everything will receive a signal and work from far away, so when I escape from behind Daryl I'll be able to trigger the defense mechanisms, it will be impossible for her to leave alive or at least get out of this unharmed, I already have some good traps assembled, I just won't risk testing the door mechanism yet because there's a camera pointing right here, but the rest I'll test inside here.
Now that it's at the end only this one is missing, prepare a shock trap for when Daryl touches the finger the door electrocute the passage through the grid that has in the middle, so she can not escape even transformed into a snake or something, so it will be great, she may have me trapped here, but I'll have my change or I'm not called Brooke Hunter, you killed my mother and I will get revenge, only forgives who does not guarantee the revenge.
The spell's effect is ending, it's better to close for today, I've already done too much, I even get up and start hiding things, to not show the progress, luckily it's all dismountable and easy to hide, I leave it stored and go to bed, one more day and one more successful mission for Brooke Hunter, yay, Daryl will pay dearly for everything he did. I'll soon go back to Luna Nova and be safe .
POV Narrator:
Laura McLaren has decided to stay in Luna Nova to protect Diana and Hellene from Daryl's hands, like the worried mother that she is, besides that she intends to start a series of trainings, everything to have a bigger chance of finding the witch's lair and end all this tension, but there are still many dangers to come, mainly in some days to come.
See you, protection witches...