POV Narrator:
Friday, 18 January 2019, Luna Nova
The week went by, until then very normally, with the presence of Laura McLaren by the witch academy, basatnte worried about the situation of her daughters if they are in danger by Daryl planelar something. The day they were going to Lotte's house arrived and they were already getting anxious to go out for a walk at another friend's house. Having a normal day at school as usual and having their bags ready for what's coming on the long trip, before they go they meet McLaren.
POV Diana:
I am loving the days here, Mama Laura even makes food fae us, she cooks very well, ye can feel the taste and the love that she leaves in each food, I love my mama very much, I never thought that I would feel this way these days, but it is worth too much, anyway, today we are going tae have a very interesting trip, Mama Laura is in the corridor, she approaches us.
"Mum, ye this way" I say with a smile on my face.
"I came to talk to you two before you go" she said.
Hellene and I looked each other in the eyes and then shrugged, it must be something quite important by the way, we were walking in the corridors of Luna Nova, the other students even look at us a bit strange, a lot because we are with our mother around here, I myself dinnae mind, it was good that mommy Laura came, she had a cute intention, we arrived at teacher Chariot's room, which we visited quite often tae spend time with mommy.
"Claiomh Solais is around here, did ye borrow it from Akko?" I ask as I notice the staff propped up on a table.
"Yes, I wanted to 'ave a look at dis, but for de rest I ask you to take dis, it can protect you, I dinnae want you to risk yourselves silly" Mum said.
"You can relax Mum, we know 'ow to take care of ourselves, before you Daryl dedn't show up and it won't be now either, especially as we are going to a country in de middle of Scandinavia" said my sister.
"Ye can never be too careful, but why the staff? We can protect ourselves with our own magic" I say tae mum.
"Because you can't only rely on your own magic, by de way, you 'ave Claiomh Solais in your hands, you 'ave to find out more of de words, you 'ave to use dem for real, 'e is not a mere ornament" Mum said tae both of us who understood by nodding our heads.
"All right then, let's take it if it's really necessary" I say taking the staff in hand and even feeling something.
"Now good luck to you and don't forget what I said "Mum said.
"That tae see through, patience is important?" I tell her and she nods her head in agreement.
"Mayenab Disheebydo, when you understand e connection with dese two dings I told you now, I am sure you will 'ug me a lot afterwards" Mama Laura said and we hugged her anyway.
Then she kisses us on the forehead and we leave her room heading tae our rooms tae get our bags, ready tae go tae Finland, I sincerely can't wait tae meet Lotte's land, it will be really interesting, it's just a pity that Mum won't come with us, but I think it will be fun.
And after packing their bags and getting everything they needed, the girls start the long journey,flying by broomstick across Europe in a journey of more than 1000 km where it took them 4 and ahalf hours to reach Lotte's residence which is inside a magical artifacts shop...
POV Akko:
Wow I didn't expect to see Lotte living in a shop of magical things, but that's cool, I didn't even remember her saying that, we enter there and it was kind of dark, but soon we are walking in the corridors, passing through a door, when we get there, there were Lotte's parents, her father came running towards his daughter and took her in his arms placing her on top, a little blond man with a beard and kind of chubby.
"Lotte! You finally came!" said her father all cute.
"It's been a while since she has visited us, she even brought some friends here" her mother said.
"I get a bit silly with all this attention" Lotte said, blushing.
"Hello girls, feel at home, make yourselves at home, I can imagine how tired you must be after a long trip" Her mother said.
"Oh and mum, these are my friends, Akko, Diana, Sucy, Hellene, Marianne. Mirage and Brooke, these are the ones who came here, there are others but they decided to stay in Luna Nova" Lotte said introducing us to them.
"Welcome, I am Sara and this is my husband Mika, you can make yourself comfortable, our house is always very comfortable, even if it is not the biggest of all" Lotte's mother said.
We nod our heads in agreement, then we walk around the house, arriving at our rooms, there I leave the bags and I'm with a huge weight on my back, gee, what a long trip, I never thought it would be so hard to endure something like this, I even get a back massage from Diana's hands that comforted me a little.
"Ye are quite tense here by the looks of it Akko, relax a bit, sae ye can ease the muscle pain" Diana said.
"We have a sauna here too, if you want to go it is even relaxing" Lotte said and that is a good idea.
"Yes! Diana, let's go to the sauna!" I say all excited and see her expression all flushed.
"If you are embarrassed just wrap it in the towel, I usually do that, I am still a bit shy, I end up being an embarrassment to the Finnish traditions hahaha" Lotte said scratching the back of her head.
"Show us around first, just so we know where everything is" Hellene said and Lotte nodded in agreement.
We went walking through the house after leaving the bags in the bedroom, the house is not that small, on the upper floor is where the bedrooms are, where Lotte also introduces us to the spirits room, this must be where she talks to them and perfects the magic. We go down the stairs, where she shows us the kitchen, there her mother made the food next to her father who was helping, the living room where we had already passed and there is an old TV, and the acclaimed sauna, next to it there is a dressing room to take off the clothes, I liked it.
"Here it's just a matter of making yourselves comfortable, when you change you just close the cubicle and that's it, there's only one space, but that's because we don't usually call almost anyone here" Lotte said.
"Wow, that looks really comfortable" I say excitedly.
"My parents themselves are more liberal, you are lucky to be here in winter, because in summer my father walks around the house wearing underwear and my mother herself is practically naked, I am the shy daughter who wears clothes even in summer" Lotte said rubbing her neck.
"It's not much different from my parents in the summer either, it's the same" Mari said.
"My mother Laura is very reserved about dis and dere in Ireland the hot days are quite tolerable, but she stays at 'ome with a t-shirt and panties underneath, dis is what I see 'er wearing the most when she walks around de house, whether in summer or winter, she only puts on shorts when she has visitors and depending on the visit she doesn't even put them on" said Hellene.
"In the mansion we wear dressing gowns, but beyond the bedroom door, it is a free zone, how many times have I nae had tae go to my aunt's room by accident and find her naked, the same thing with my cousins, sae much sae that I always knock on the door beforehand, but even sae they make a point of answering without clothes, when they know it is me" said Diana.
"Well the subject is interesting, but that's it, this is my house, make yourselves at home" Lotte said.
Then the girls got separated, except for me, Diana, Hellene and Mari, we had our towels in our hands, I want to see what the sauna is like, it will be interesting, we waited for the girls to leave and then Diana went to the cubicle first, I waited outside, Mari was also in line.
"I've always wanted to go to a Sauna, it must be like a hot spring" I say excitedly.
"Ah, that's what I was going to talk to you about Akko, are the hot springs like in the anime movies? You go there naked and stay in the water" Mari said and I nodded.
"That's why I hate this part, at my grandmother's house I even wait to be alone and when someone comes I always hide under the water ashamed, things are much more different there, when I studied at school the showers were open, I used to stand there all embarrassed, I never got used to it, I thought it would be like that in Luna Nova, but we have some privacy" I tell Leclerc and I see Diana coming out of the cubicle wrapped in a towel which makes me blush.
"Luna Nova was exactly as ye say in the past, until the 80s, when Professor Finnelan demanded a complete overhaul, she said that exposure between girls facilitated depravity, sae fae a very homophobic reason she ended up putting an end tae Luna Nova's communal showers" Explains Diana who then goes to the Sauna and now it's my turn to take off my clothes.
I enter the cubicle is kind of tight, I see that Diana's clothes were even folded, she is all gentle even in this, how cute, she doesn't stop having manners, I keep looking that she has a black bra and a black lace panty, better I don't keep thinking about these things, come on Akko, take off these clothes like a civilized person and don't think about wrong things.
I take them off and leave the pieces of the uniform in a corner well folded, I ended up getting a little sorry with Diana, I think I'll leave it like her, it seems that it's the white on the black hahahaha, the colours even match, ironic being the day I came with black panties and bra, I leave there and see that the two were laughing and talking.
"It's your turn Mari" I tell her.
I enter the sauna, still half blushing, seeing Diana wrapped in a towel, sitting cross-legged, she blushes equally, I walk over to the bench and stand next to her, where I sit even a little withdrawn, I stare at the door, feeling some of the heat.
"It's quite warm in here isn't it" I say in an embarrassed tone.
"Ye'r bonny het th'day tae akko, ah mean... Ahhhh, th'day... Ahhhh tis th' sauna heat " Said Diana who is equally embarrassed.
"I think someone owes me a back rub" I tell her trying to lighten the mood and she nods her head in agreement.
I sit on the floor leaning on a smaller stool right in front of her that gives her the space for this, I'm feeling Diana's hands, they are touching my back, their hands on my naked back, I'm here holding myself to not get panicky, for the nine witches, who had the idea to go to this place? Oh it was me, it's kind of relaxing and soon Mari arrives.
"Wow, you girls look really comfortable" Mari said, sitting down next to us.
"Just easing Akko's pain, she comes the whole trip complaining about her back" Diana said and I didn't complain that much.
"Yes, I also wanted a massage, especially with Hellene's strong hands" said Mari half relaxed.
"Wow Diana you really have delicate and angelic hands, your touch is magical from the looks of it" I tell her.
"Tis hee haw lik' that, ah'ament usin` magic, juist th' basics o' giein' a massage, ah dinnae even ken if a'm daein' it richt" She's really embarrassed.
Hellene arrives and by the shadow it looks like she is holding the towel, I think she will... She comes in and she's all naked, right in front of us, which I blush at the time, wow... Not for nothing, but her body is all, I don't know, she has these muscles, she even has a little tank, wow, look at those curves... Apparently I won't look too much because Diana puts her hands over my eyes.
"What is it? Why the long faces?" Hellene said.
"Put the towel on that body! Hellene!" said Diana.
"Hellene for the nine witches" Mari said.
"Diana! You don't have to close my eyes too" I say pulling her hand.
"If you lassies are dat uncomfortable I can fix it" she said, snapping her fingers, and I could see that a cloud of steam was left enveloping her privates.
"It's gotten even worse" Diana said, giving him the biggest telling off.
"I preferred it when you were naked, it's very provocative this way," Mari said and I agreed so much that she wrapped herself in the towel and snapped her fingers again.
"I don't see a problem, we're all lassies, but since this makes ye uncomfortable I'll make a point of hiding it" she said and then sat down next to Mari and I started laughing.
"Hellene really doesn't care, she's the kind of person who gets comfortable in the hot springs" I say, half laughing.
"I would really stay, what else is going to 'appen? My body is the same as yours and I honestly already got so used to change in front of my mother and even shower with 'er, with my sister too, I end up getting used to it, but it still gives me something, especially because with strange people I feel more ashamed" Hellene said.
"Well now let's enjoy and relax then, that's what the sauna is for, isn't it?" I tell them and they shrug their shoulders.
"Now it's my turn, ye can go massage my back Atsuko Kagari" Said Diana who was moving and starting to go sit in front of me while I went in her place, a little bad to move with the towel wrapped around her body.
Meanwhile in another room, Brooke and Mirage were talking...
POV Maril:
Today at least are the last days having to pretend to be Brooke, I can't stand being this girl anymore, it's too much exaggeration, pretending she's not doing me any good anymore, so much that I'm all sensed, I'm letting myself go by temptations, I keep looking out the window, seeing the snowflakes falling on the night sky a beautiful landscape, brings me even some comfort.
"So Brooke, how about we go down to the sauna? We can make ourselves comfortable, you know," she says, and I nod my head in denial.
"I'm still too embarrassed for this kind of thing, even with a towel wrapped around me, I'm ashamed of these things" I say scratching the back of my neck until she closes the bedroom door and locks it.
"Well, we have to overcome our shame then, I think that the time here can serve that purpose" she started to take off her clothes right in front of me, which made me blush and embarrassed.
"Do I really have to do this?" I ask her who was taking practically everything off, how embarrassed I am feeling here.
"Look, it looks really ugly to be the only one dressed in the middle of nudists" said Mirage, who was already taking off her top.
"Well then, I'm not going to leave it out in the open" I say, half pretending to do a spell to hide it.
"Well, if you think it's better? We'll only be like this for five minutes, I imagine it must be hard to control the first minute, maybe we can get used to each other like this" she said, already completely without anything and I blushed trying not to look at her body, I think this could be the end of the line, but I'm sure that the way she's stupid she won't even notice.
POV Mirage:
I finally managed, I won't see Brooke completely without anything, but it still might be the opportunity I needed for that, how wonderful, she's still going to hide, she was starting to take everything off, I'll try to hold on, not to have any panic, gee I was seeing her and she has more curves than I thought, it's even strange, I don't remember Brooke being like that, I've seen her many times without clothes and she wouldn't even come close, it's even strange how she's much more embarrassed than before to expose herself.
"You really had the guts to do that didn't you?" I say laughing and seeing that she took off more than everything anyway, I thought she would only be wearing panties and a bra, I even blushed a little.
"There, that's it, now you're seeing me from head to toe, just like you wanted, now what?" said Brooke ashamed and trying to turn her face away.
I didn't stop looking, I'm drooling, I never thought I would have this persuasion, but it's too strange, the thighs, Brooke, has tattoos on her thigh, I know this because she has already shown me they are trans symbols and are precisely at the point where she injects the hormones, but these thighs have nothing, I walked around more and she even covered the back with shame.
"Please Mirage, was that just an excuse to see me naked?" she said embarrassed.
"I am naked too, we can even shower together" I tell her.
"No!" She seems pretty convinced of that, I thought it would be my chance.
The buttocks too, she already showed me similar tattoos, it's also where she indicated the place for injections, when her mother used to help her inject, since before Brooke used to do everything by herself, but she erased the tattoos, it's very strange and suspicious this, I think there's something here, Brooke is not one to react like that, so much that I stop looking at her body and she gets an angry face.
"And so? Satisfied? Can I get dressed now?" This Brooke is very suspicious, she doesn't look like Brooke at all, I don't know why, but I think I'll just dance according to the music and watch everything properly.
The next morning...
I wake up very early in the morning, I notice that Brooke just got up, I keep my eyes wide open, I suspect that someone is impersonating her, the personality is running away too much from the Brooke I knew, she gets up and goes to the bathroom where she picks up contact lenses, I saw it at a glance... Blue eyes, Brooke has green eyes, how could I never notice that, I go on pretending to be asleep, then I see her picking up her mobile phone, which I've never seen her answer a message from us with this mobile phone.
"Let's put an end to it right away" Suspect Brooke said.
She went with a jar in her hand, I got up as soon as she left the room, I decided to use a metamorphosis spell, so I followed her passing under the door, she went walking to the kitchen, how weird, but anyway, it seems Lotte's mum is waking up really early, she's making some pies, Brooke arrives opening the jars and putting a drop of something there, how weird, but she wants to sabotage us, do I tell or not? Damn, she looks up, I almost got watched so much I hide.
I see her walking down the corridor next to me, I stay hidden in pussy form and she keeps walking, I hide in the bathroom and stay in human form where I will tell the girls what happened.
As I walk down the corridors I feel someone catch me on my back and then hit a spell on me.
"I saw you watching me Mirage, you know too much" Brooke's voice said before I came to black out.
A while later the girls were waking up and going to the kitchen to meet for breakfast...
POV Diana:
Wow, what a day it was yesterday, the sauna has miraculous capabilities, my back feels renewed after yesterday, apart from the relief that comes from staying there, I have never felt sae well accommodated as in that sauna, I would stay longer, it must be really better tae use the sauna when we are naked, but it is sae embarrassing, we arrived in the kitchen and Lotte's mother was bringing pies.
"Good morning girls, it seems that everyone has come together to devour the Hapansilakka pies, they were made in the best way, there is even a legend behind it, they say that those who eat at the wrong time end up catching the curse of the Green Man, and really can destroy entire villages that way, so you can enjoy it" Lotte's mother said.
I decided nae tae eat, because I'm allergic to the cinnamon in those pies, sae it was better nae tae eat, I see that Hellene also stood by, I think she must be allergic like me, well at least I'm nae alone in this. I hate tae have this allergy, it's so annoying.
"Aren't you going to eat Diana?" asks Mrs Yanson.
"I'm sorry, but I have a cinnamon allergy, I can't eat it or else I feel sick or even die, it's a weakness of mine that annoys me, there must be sae many good things with cinnamon that I can't eat" I say looking at the pie and wow this look delicious heh
"Are you also allergic to cinnamon? Sis, we really passed it to de blood, mum Laura said it's something from grandma Joanne, she's allergic to cinnamon" Now everything is clearer, it's a family thing, too bad we can't eat, I feel a bit euphoric tae know it's my McLaren side.
"Gee, I'm so sorry, I really didn't think there would be people with allergies, but it's good to know, there are plenty of other things you can enjoy anyway," said Mrs Yanson.
"I never imagined this, I'm not the only one allergic to cinnamon around here, you are too, it's really tense, once my father blew cinnamon in my face and my face got all swollen, it was a trauma that I'll never forget" Brooke said and gee there are more allergic tae cinnamon than I thought.
"So it's a shame, and Mirage, she was sleeping with you, looks like she will have a deep sleep tonight doesn't she? Well a pity she will miss the Hapansilakka pies, but anyway it is good that you feel at home, I will not bother Mirage, she must be tired after the trip and the week of school" Lotte's mother said.
I'm watching the lassies eating and it seems that Akko dinnae like the pie very much, hahaha, but the other lassies were loving it, that's good, sae we're eating some cookies and I see Brooke's expression and it even looks like someone with nerves, that's quite strange, well she must also be with the same drama of us, it's sad nae tae be able tae enjoy cinnamon, I feel what she feels too, there's sae many delicious food that can be made with cinnamon, speciallyAkko my cutie cinnamon roll, I mean, stop it, my mind is full of things now, nae time tae be gae;
"You don't seem to have enjoyed it very much do you Akko" Mrs Yanson said.
"The taste is a bit different from what I thought, it's not to my liking, but you certainly made a great pie," said the Japanese cutie.
"The important thing is that you even tried it, it's always good to try new things" Lotte's mother said.
"Akko is a kid paladar one, I will eat her pie" Sucy said.
A while after breakfast...
Wow, it's a huge coincidence, Hellene can't eat cinnamon like me, I think it's cute, we share the same genetics, it's good tae know, I walk around the house a bit and I see Mari transformed into a pile of moss, I dinnae touch it but I find it strange.
"What's that?" I say half suspiciously.
I walk around the house, I see Lotte's father and Lotte's mother, all three turning into moss, I get worried, what is it? The Green man's curse exists I see Akko she is being consumed by moss, what is it.
"Diana doesn't touch me! Try to find the antidote, the cure!" She said, stretching out her hand and being consumed, becoming another one covered in moss.
"Hellene! Brooke!" I call for the lassies.
"They've turned the girls into moss!" shouts my sister.
She soon appears and goes avoiding touching the girls sae that she dinnae end up being caught, but what a strange thing, out of nowhere I feel something almost touching me on the outside, it was Sucy and she fell on the floor also transformed into moss, she took my coat that I take off at the moment and throw on the floor, I see that who was there was Brooke.
"Sorry, that was a close one" Brooke said.
"It's just the three of us here, we have to find the cure for the Green man's curse" I say half motivated.
"And how are we going to do dat?" Hellene asks.
"I don't know, there must be books here that I can find, I dinnae remember exactly how tae do it, but I'll do my best tae get them, I'm starting to get desperate" I say when I see that everyone was like that.
Out of nowhere Sucy transformed into moss starts tae float and comes towards us, we dodge it, it almost catches the curse on us, it seems there's something, it looks like a levitation spell, how weird, I see Brooke with her hand on her back, could she... Could it be that she wanted tae set all this up fae us? It can't be.
"Diana! Hellene! That's not Brooke! She sabotaged the food by spilling something!" said Mirage appearing at the window.
"What? Why did you do that? Who are you?" I ask the same one who gets a smile and then puts her fingers tae her eyes revealing the pair of blue lenses.
"Do you remember me Diana?" Said the same and I start connecting the dots.
"What have you done with Brooke? You bastard!" Mirage said.
"With her my mother did something yes, but you won't be alive to know, starting with you two who are down there and I won't leave it up to that little girl up there" That voice, it can't be, it's really her? All the time, what the real fuck?
"Maril? Ye disguised yourself as Brooke?" I say shocked.
"Exactly Diana, as you can see I've been pretending to be your friend for the last two months, my mother and I kidnapped her and kept her captive, but now I'm going to take you away from here, I fooled you so well, your friends are going to die and soon you will too, give yourself up for good and we can think about healing them all, what do you think?" She said and I went on in shock, by the fucking nine lesbian witches, this cannot be real.
"You what?" Mirage jumps out of the window and stares at Maril angrily.
"That's right, Brooke is being held hostage by my mother in our hideout, don't play hard to get Diana, turn yourself in and you can save your friends' lives, I promise, I will find a cure, but for that you have to go with me and sign the consent form, besides you have to turn into Green Man just so I have the security that you won't run away or turn me in to the WCI, come on Diana think" Said Maril who then just gets punched in the face, with Hellene's prosthetic that was shot out of my sister's hand.
"'Ere is your answer" said my sister.
"Looks like we have nae choice, let's get this over with at once" I say with a clenched fist as well.
"I'm with you, let's defeat this witch and put her back where she belongs, plus she'll have to tell me where Brooke is or I won't find myself," Mirage said.
"Thank ye fae discovering Mirage" I tell her.
"I was already suspicious yesterday, Brooke has four tattoos that are her hormone injection points, now everything is clearer, the extra glass, the absence of tattoos, even the much more shy way, Brooke is shy, but not that shy" said Mirage and soon Maril was laughing.
"You think I am giving you an easy time, you will still feel my power" she said starting to float and using magic to bring the girls and Lotte's father covered in moss up to her circling her.
POV Narrator:
The long-awaited visit to Lotte's family home has arrived, but it looks like the trip to Finland has gone from heaven to hell, as the Green Man curse has run wild and is revealed to be all Daryl's plan to affect Diana once again, now with Maril's cover being blown, and the truth about Brooke's situation coming to light, it will be an all or nothing moment for the trio of girls who have not been affected by the curse.
See you, Finnish witches...