POV Narrator:
Maril finally revealed herself to the girls, but this time she didn't come to play, she already has the plan in mind to perform the Green Man's curse and spread it on all of them to accomplish the mission that was asked to Daryl, leaving only Diana, Hellene and Mirage that were not affected, which will fight against the girl and also go after a cure for the curse, but for that they will have to win the biggest obstacle that is precisely the Cavendish who is willing to attack with everything, leaving in the hand of the trio the issue of saving everyone.
POV Diana:
Damn, I dinnae see that coming, Brooke was kidnapped and now my cousin was pretending tae be her all the time, which means she knows too much about our plans and told Daryl, I dinnae doubt that my aunt must know everything, now it makes sense that she stayed sae unattacked this whole time, it was just a way fae her tae stay in the shadows while we were practically killing each other, anyway, now I have tae get ready, this is going tae be one hell of a battle.
"What's up? Surprised at the revelation? I didn't say I was going to make it that easy, there's still a lot more that's under the covers, since you wanted to choose the path of destruction, the path of destruction you will have" said my cousin.
"Diana, go after de cure, I'll take care of dat one" said my sister.
"Let's get her together" I say with a clenched fist.
"Hey, leave it to me, I'll take care of getting the cure, there must be a book about, what is it?" Mirage said.
"Sae go on Mirage, it's the Green Man's curse, surely ye must have something on" I tell her who goes off tae get the cure and I stare into Maril's eyes.
"Look how cute the sisters are getting together to attack me, a pity they won't have any way to deal against me" She said and started throwing the people with the curse in our direction.
I started tae make a kind of barrier around us, sae they wouldn't end up hitting us, while Hellene only looked at me and she was pushing forward, putting her hand on one of the bodies, then she went to my cousin who was dodging what I was taking advantage and using my magic tae help.
I created some glyphs, I gave support and my sis was using them exactly for that, managing tae hold on and Maril couldn't dodge.
"Damn you! You think you're going to beat me like that?" said my cousin.
"I don't know about dat, but de spell will turn against de witch," said my sister.
Hellene throws the prosthetic from her hand towards Maril and ends up hitting her full on, I go on helping from afar, with the glyphs, which this way my sis with the fake hand full of green already caught on a coat of her cousin, but she ended up taking it off and narrowly misses hitting me, I even give a dodge.
"You won't curse me damned! You bitch! You think you're clever?" She said, making everyone's body float around again, in an attempt to intimidate us but we kept staring at each other, I could see she was even a bit afraid.
"Come on sis, she may be smart, but together we are more, I'll take my chances, but I know dis can pay off" Said my sister who brought her hand back.
She was starting tae get more covered by the moss, she fired one more time the prosthetic and luckily it dinnae catch all the wrist but at that she started throwing people at us, I was starting tae control her hand tae nae catch anyone and with that my sis magically transported itself behind my cousin giving a kick that ended up making her release the other people and with that Hellene's other hand caught well on Maril's neck, starting tae make her fill with moss.
"Damn it! Dis can't be happening!" said my cousin.
"Now I want to see you come out of this" said my sister who hugged Maril from behind.
"Hellene ye'll end up covered in moss like dis" I tell her who nods in agreement.
"I know, I will, but Maril will be trapped, I trust you sis, I know you will be able to find de cure for dis curse" Said my sister.
The two of them were trying tae get free, Hellene was holding Maril's arms tightly, and she was starting tae get the curse spreading more through her body, I dinnae know what tae do besides watch everything, which Mirage returned with the book in hand, I dinnae think it would be something sae fast, but I have tae focus on finding the cure.
"Let me go you wretch!" said my cousin.
"Let's get out of dis together Maril, don't think of escaping from 'ere" Said my sis as the moss started tae cover my cousin's neck.
I already grab my mobile phone and text Agent Morris, warning her that Maril is around here and that she also has a Green Man curse attacking everyone in the house and that we could all die if it takes too long, I even get a bit wary, looking at the two of them, I see that my cousin manages tae get loose my sister falls down sitting on the floor.
"You won't get out of this, if I get out of it you won't stand a chance either!" she said running towards me.
Maril was already all covered in moss, Hellene was starting tae get up, my cousin was getting closer and closer, I think this might be the end of me, but Mirage appears in the middle, she throws the book up high and pushes my cousin, back with her shoulder what she risked to save me being hit by the curse as she fell on top of Maril.
"Go on Diana! I trust you, it was hard work finding the book but here is the cure for the curse" Mirage said.
"Dammit it won't end like this" Maril said until I could see her face being all covered.
I see Mirage and Hellene were also getting a bit covered in moss, nae totally, they both go smiling at me, I start flipping through the book, trying tae find the ingredients and here they are, wonderful, I'll just need tae run now.
"Good luck sis, I know you can do it" said my sister raising her hand and making a sign with her thumb.
I smiled back at her and rushed tae the inside of the house, luckily this is a magic ware shop, I can get the ingredients I need, desperation even hits me, I better reassure myself, I get tae the shop part of the shop I turn on the lights and start looking through the shelves, according tae the list I will need... Fresh snow falling from a pine tree, berry leaves taken to the seer, saliva from a deer created by a laplander, green tengakage mushroom and a medicine base made by a yeti... What the fuck! How am I going tae get that last one.
"Oh, shit! Oh, shit! This way they'll all die here!" I say, getting desperate.
I manage tae find most of the ingredients, the saliva and the mushroom are around here, I get them and take them tae the house, now only three are missing and walk back tae the outside of the house, I see that there is a pine tree, with a pot in hand I fill it with the snow that fell from it, even punching the trunk of the tree tae fall on top of me, but it ends up being full of snow.
"Okay, now there are only two more tae go" I say tae myself
I see a berry tree and the leaves are blown, which I also take all the ingedients, now I just need tae put it all together with the base, which I make sure tae put in a bag, I just need tae know where a Yeti lives around here, which I make sure tae open on my mobile already researching, on the more I also see a message from agent Morris.
[Agent Morris: I'm already communicating with WCI headquarters in Finland, are they still there?] 10:31
[Me: So, Maril has been covered by Green Man's curse and I'm going after the cure so it doesn't spread to more people] 10:31
I even send a picture tae agent Morris showing them how everyone was, then I start tae navigate and strangely there is a yeti around, which will be perfect, I decide tae get my broom, gather all the ingredients, I'll be back here with the potion ready, ye can be sure, I even take Claiomh Solais in hand and start my flight.
"I can't believe all that time it was Maril, she faked it sae well" I tell myself, stilll a lot shocked tae find out.
During the flight I am seeing the white landscape and getting tense, despair took over me, I can be here fighting against time, at any moment I can make a mistake and my friends, my sister, Akko, will all die, I can't let that happen! I will make sure tae go with everything, I see a little house in the snow, it must be from that yeti, sae much that I knock on the door, waiting fae him.
"Please pick up" I say as I knock on the door and become desperate.
I'm getting more and more desperate, how are they going tae breathe, how are they going tae get out of this alive? Ahhhhhhhh, better I dinnae think about these things, think that everything will be alright, that's it, soon the yeti attends, he's kind of scratching his head, that's my chance.
"Please cure them, make a medicine base fae me, I can pay many pounds" I say tae him who then gave the passage fae me tae enter the house.
I went inside and the house was comfortable, but I dinnae have time fae this, I have lives in my hand and if I'm nae fast those lives will die, he soon offers me a place tae sit, I go tae the chair and put all the ingredients tae make the potion and he just denies with his head, takes the things from the table, making me wait.
"What is it? Please I need the cure" I'm running a bit out of patience I'm worried of the outcome
He doesn't speak, he's just signalling, seeming tae tell me tae wait, as something heats up in the kettle, reaching over tae me, and placing a cup in front of me, as well as some cookies, what is this? A little morning tea at a time like this? Holy lesbian Beatrix, what did I do tae deserve this? Now I'm going tae waste time drinking tea with the yeti, the lives of a lot of people rely on this,
"I don't have time, my friends will die" I say this while I was eating the cookies and also he put the tea in the cups.
The yeti was still ignoring me, looking like I should be calm in a desperate situation like this, but I can't be, even more sae since I have lives at hand, I'll take the tea and it was good, but I dinnae have time fae this brother, I have tae finish the potion soon, my friends will die because of this, he then finally took the ingredients and I was relieved.
"Whew, I thought I wouldn't make the potion" I tell Yeti.
He kindly asks me tae wait and handed me a Ukulele, what a bizarre guy, he was signalling me, I understood more or less, he said I should play a song and sae he could make the potion all in time, I really hope there is time, because I will have tae give a ukulele player at least I'm good with music, I had a lot of music classes when I was a kid, sae I still know how to play some instruments, and the ukulele is like an acoustic guitar sae fine.
A good few minutes later...
I can't stand it any longer, my fingers are aching from playing all the music on the ukulele version, at least he seems tae have enjoyed it, but I myself am getting a bit of a sore face, he puts the finishing touches tae the potion and hands me the bottle, which I get a bit of a frown on, it's tiny.
"What? How am I going tae cure everyone with just this?" I say in shock and he just shrugs and takes me outside.
I dinnae even need tae pay him, he just walked away, I was left with the biggest face and the worst of all that I felt like a clown with all this, after sae much hard work I end up with a little thing like that? How can I save everyone with just this much liquid? I thought there would be more.
I go back tae Lotte's house, I see that there are some WCI agents, they notice my presence, but they stay a little away.
"I dinnae have the Green Man's curse, I just came tae bring the cure" I tell them.
"And where is the cure?" asks the agent and I show her the small bottle.
"Is that all? Girl, you at least tried, but I'm sorry to say, I think your friends will end up dying," said the other agent.
I even get a depressed look on my face, they might say it in a tone of debauchery, but it's still a great truth, unfortunately, I won't be able tae find a cure... Mother Laura said that patience was important tae see through, but I'm nae managing tae have that patience, even more in a situation like this, wait a bit.
"Tae see through, patience is important!" I say this and feel the staff glowing.
"What's this girl? Are you the one Maril Cavendish?" said the agent.
"Mayenab Disheebudo!" I say this and the staff changes into a funnel, where everything began tae mix, things were going towards the funnel making a kind of cauldron just like my potion that the Yeti made.
"What is it?" The officer said.
"I did it! The fourth word has been discovered!" I say excitedly.
Things were mixing together, forming a paste, in the middle of a bizarre cauldron, but it seems that everything is getting better, after that the paste started tae vaporize, spreading all around, as if it were a smoke, I even smelled it, it wasn't the most pleasant, but it seems that everything is going tae be alright. When it dissipates I see that my sis got out of there without being covered, as well as everyone else, kind of thrown away, I managed tae heal everyone, but how wonderful, I get even jumpy with all this, I see Akko and go running tae her, giving her the biggest hug.
"Akko! Ye are finally here, ye are finally alive!" I say hugging her and even rubbing my face against hers.
"Diana? What happened here? I am dying of pain in my back, it feels like someone threw me from one side to the other" She said and they really threw her.
"What? Did you guys make it? Damn it! You won't catch me!" Said Maril who was disguised as Brooke.
"Stop right there! You're coming with us, don't think about running away" said the agent.
"Damn it, I swear I will make you all pay for this" Maril said, staring at us angrily.
"Yeah go on, I don't give a shit, now enjoy your stay in jail, next on de list will be your mother" said my sis.
"Ye and yer mother will pay fae everything ye've done to the family" I say tae her, and she looks disgusted.
I see then my cousin being taken away handcuffed and I can finally breathe relieved, now things are much more calm, I breathe until deep, I look at the girls they come tae me, I stay with the staff in hands, still shocked with the power it made, I managed tae find out the fourth word and thanks tae mama Laura I could save everyone.
"Diana you did it sis!" said Hellene.
"I don't know how you did it, but it was quite an achievement" Mirage said.
"Got what? What happened?" Akko said half confused.
"It's a long story" I tell her.
"Then tell me what I want to know," Akko said.
I nod my head in agreement, I go tae the inside of the house, kind of tae tell them what happened, I sit on the sofa, Lotte's mother throws away all the pies, knowing that they were adulterated, now I can breathe, I never thought that despair would hit my head sae much, but at least I followed everything as it should be, the words guided me tae manage tae save everyone, thank ye mamma Laura.
After the explanation...
"So that was it? Maril spent two months impersonating Brooke, I noticed her strange behaviour," Akko said.
"It was really suspicious, Brooke was the programming nerd, she always talked about everything in the smallest details to me, I even wanted to learn how to build games with her, but now that I know that the real one is not around here, things became clearer" Marianne said.
"We have to find Brooke, one way or another, she's in danger and if Daryl killed our Brooke?" Mirage said getting even a little weepy.
"I'm sure nae, Brooke is a bargaining chip fae Daryl, she would use it as a way tae intimidate us, I dinnae doubt that now that Maril has been arrested she can use Brooke as a way tae force me tae turn myself in - I tell her.
"And now what? What are we going to do? I don't doubt dat Daryl will do dis to us, but we 'ave to be vigilant, listen to Mum Laura, she must 'ave some idea" said my sister.
"In any case we will not let Daryl cause any harm to you," Akko said.
"I dinnae know about that Akko, Daryl can do anything now, but at least we have taken a big step, it will only be a matter of time before she is also arrested and soon all this will be over, we will be able tae live in peace, I will be able tae be free next tae the people I hold so dear" I say tae everyone around here, it's really a relief, but only the start of a long journey.
A good few hours later, with Maril being taken to England and from there meeting Rosemary, takingher to the WCI agency in Glastonbury...
POV Maril:
I can't believe I failed, now my mother is going to kill me and that literally, I am scared, the plane has landed, I stare at the window, I see that agent Morris was waiting for me, now I don't know what is going to be worse, well anyway I failed such a mission, now Diana is going to escape, I am going to be arrested and possibly killed my mother I don't know, I get down from there and see the agent looking at me while I was handcuffed.
"Well done Officer Salo, ye have been a great help tae my investigation" Ms Morris said.
"I just went to attend to her requests, now take the scumbag away, I'm on my way home, she seems very reluctant, so be careful with this prey" Said agent Salo handing me over to Mrs Morris.
I was taken to the back seat of the car, then she gets in the car, I really don't know what to do, I just lost hope, I see Mrs Morris then releases the handcuffs from my hand, I was confused by all this, but I think she wants something with this, she started driving and I just looked at the landscape outside, it was so nice time being Brooke, I could really enjoy a different freedom.
"Pretending tae be Brooke, can she learn anything by impersonating Hunter? I imagine ye must have noticed how her living together is, how it's a totally different world from what ye're used tae isn't it Maril? Have ye ever stopped tae think about how it's nae worth all this following orders ye're doing? Yer sister already noticed, she told me ye're the hardest head fae it, but I can help ye, I'll give ye freedom in exchange fae ye telling me where yer mother is? Deal?" Mrs Morris said and I nodded.
"I'd rather die than give myself up to this, honestly, I'm not going to give my mother up, I still have my doubts, but..." I even say that the agent completes me.
"But ye know what she did, ye were there when Laura told ye about her life and how Daryl destroyed everyone's life around her in the name of her goals, how she only does those things fae money and power, how she even destroyed yer life Maril, ye're just a subordinate of yer mother and she dinnae see ye more than that, I have tae tell ye that's the most pure truth, unfortunately that mother and daughter love between ye dinnae exist, it's all artificial, but anyway, ye're still confused, have ye stopped tae think what ye're doing? Why are ye doing it? If ye are going tae gain something from it? I have yer answer, nothing... Yer mother at the moment she would have the power in her hands would take ye and yer sister aside, but ye would continue forever being her servants, or do ye really think she will come and give ye a lot of power knowing that it can be a risk tae her own power autonomy? Think with me Marilyn, ye're just a pawn in Daryl's chess" Mrs. Morris said, and I'd rather just ignore her words.
"I prefer not to think like that, they are just exaggerations of yours to tempt me, I will not let myself be tempted, I am a faithful person and I know that my mother may have her faults, but I know that the whole world tried to put her down" I tell her by the nines why she's so fucking annoying;
"Except that is a big fat lie, dinnae forget what yer Aunt Laura showed ye, yer mother is paid and given privileges tae keep doing what she does... The world wants tae put her up, but we who are fighting against it know the risk of maintaining the status quo, but that is a subject ye are nae ready tae hear yet," Officer Morris said and I am no child, i want to know stuff, what the fuck is this? I'm a grow woman.
"So tell me, I'm not a little child who can't be told things" I say with my arms crossed.
"Do ye really want tae know? Sae I think we're going tae need to eat a bit, it's a long journey, but I can look after ye fae now" Said agent Morris who passes a restaurant with her car and starts getting food, even passing to the back gang.
"I want to know I already told you" I say while grabbing the buckets of chicken and I'm starving, this poor people's food is really good, I never thought I would end up liking it so much, it's better than normal food, even more these chicken wings, this soda, why everything has to be so delicious like this? By the nine witches, I love how good things are, a shame I get tempted.
Far from there in the Arcturus hideout...
POV Daryl:
Imbecile, retarded, useless, what an incompetent girl, I can't believe she could fail in a plan like that, something that was impossible to go wrong she put everything to waste, damn Maril, I swear she is going to pay for all this, bitch, I'll get my revolver, I'll have to do it, to think that everything went wrong.
"Why you has been arrested Maril!" I shout alone going to the boy's captivity.
I open the door and see him sitting there doing nothing, I point the revolver at his face that looks even a little scared, it's good that he is, I will make him swallow bullet now, but thinking well here, I had an idea.
"Come on! Shoot! Do it!" He said.
"I'm not going to kill you now stink, you can still be useful, your cover may have been blown, but I can still use you as a bargaining chip" I said to him just to intimidate a little more.
"What are you going to do to me now Daryl? It's not enough that I spend everything in your hand" said the stench.
"You have one month to live boy, use it wisely, Diana will come here and save you from this or she will let you die, a pity no? But it's a worthwhile sacrifice, now your life is in Diana's hands, she'll bear the burden of guilt for killing you in the name of a title" I tell him laughing and he looks shocked.
"You can't do this! Kill me! Let me die! I don't want to be the one to mess up Diana's life, it's not enough what you made me do, you bastard!" He said desperately, and I just laughed.
POV Brooke:
She really thinks I'm desperate, it's good that I create that impression, one month is more than enough for my escape plan to work, since she swallows the spears made with the remains of the chains, my devices are almost ready, my escape corner too, I even managed to make a strategy, so much so that she comes out laughing and keeps scaring me with a Russian roulette, filming with a camera and laughing.
"You'll be the last one laughing Daryl" I tell her.
"You say it yourself, now I'm going, I hope you understand this message Diana, hand over the leadership of the family or Brooke Hunter will die in a month, tick tack, the clock is ticking, you have 30 days Diana Cavendish" Said Daryl who then stopped filming the door and I continued making a face of despair.
In less time than that my escape plan comes true, you will still see Daryl, I am one step ahead of you damned witch, I will get revenge for what you did to my mother and even reveal your hiding place, your plan will go down the drain thanks to a trans girl that you always underestimated, I also know how to be smart and you will feel it.
At the WCI agency, Maril was getting into the cell that was next to Merrill's, she was very reluctantnot to hand over her mother at the deposition, despite everything Rosemary tried to do, even beingquite affectionate...
POV Maril:
I was being put in a cell next to her, seeing my sister through the grill, she was just laughing with my presence, while I was looking at her with the biggest frown, but she just kept on debauching, little does she know what is waiting for her, her mother will have no mercy.
"Why all the laughter? Now we are both here, do you think you will go out and live quietly?" I tell her.
"The future is uncertain, but I have a certainty, look where you ended up licking the boots of your mother, I'm getting out of here next week, you will continue there for months, I behaved well and helped with the investigation, if you don't help they will transfer you to Arcturus prison and there you will know the real terror, anyway, I think you should help, who knows this way things will get better for you Maril?" said my sister.
"I won't give up mother, you traitor" I tell her.
"She is going to kill you anyway girl, you are going to die being a bootlicker, use that brain of yours to think a little, or do you think she cares about your fidelity, the answer is clear, she doesn't care, mum doesn't love us... Accept that it hurts less, facts don't care about your feelings, you can force as much as you want, but this is the truth, in the end mum won't make any distinction, did she by any chance do it when she whipped our backs?" I'm even pissed for what my sister said so much that I hit the wall hard.
"Shut the fuck up!" I say furiously.
"Maril, Maril, I just want you to be well sis, I'm not lying, our life is at stake and you have two paths, die being cheated by mum who won't care about your "fidelity" or else have a minimal chance of life and put mum behind bars, I chose the second one, believe it or not it's liberating, you have to think better, do you think mum will for example... introduce us to our other mother? Do you remember that she fooled us a lot about that, or even lied to us, we can go to this other mother, who knows if she really wants us, but any one of them is better than Daryl"
"I won't listen! Lalalalala!" I'd rather not listen to this nonsense.
POV Narrator:
And finally Maril was arrested, another advance in the fight against Daryl, but now things can get even more tense, since the Cavendish even being placed in the worst still has a plan that intends to use with the intention of terrorizing Diana more and thus convince her to pass the title of leadership of the family.
You're under arrest, lesbian witch...