POV Narrator:
Tuesday, 30 April 2019, Luna Nova
The spring break went by, being a time for the rebuilding of the Cavendish family house, which had been quite big and comfortable, ready for Diana to live calmly without having to worry about where to stay after she graduates, a house that will symbolize new times for the Cavendish family. In the meantime Maril was also released, so she used the little money she had and left the United Kingdom, going to start her life again in the United States, away from everyone and without even telling where she was going, but she already had some plans in mind to take a risk and have something more in life, With only one certainty in her head, she doesn't want to serve anyone anymore, even more because of what she's been through with her mother Daryl, finally the Cavendish realized how she's only been served as an object for her mother to ensure herself, even resenting to do anything again.
The days were passing normally in Luna Nova, with the beginning of the third and last term of that school year, the second year girls were anxious to finish that term and start the third year in September, where
would be the beginning of the graduation as witches. The exam period was beginning to test the students to see if they were able to make it, what has been surprising a lot because they have shown themselves to be very capable, especiallyAkko who has raised this level a lot, since the previous year, she has been excelling as a witch. There was also a commemorative date in the middle of this time that was Diana's birthday that was turning seventeen, it would be a normal day like any other if it wasn't for the appearance of someone.
POV Diana:
Another day of class done, wow, the teachers really want tae test us at the limit of the limit, thank goodness that I already know things, but Akko seems pretty exhausted, I soon get tae her giving her some caresses, I just dinnae get with more affection because I'm afraid of the scolding from the teachers that they might give us, they might suspect that we are girlfriends and I can't even sleep with Akko when she comes tae see me.
"Thank you Diana, I really can't stand the pain in my back from all the writing I've done today and my wrists too" she said.
"We'll sort it out later, let's go tae the bedroom," I tell her, already giving her a little call.
"But already? I thought your private birthday party with me was only going to be at night" she said.
"Ah, that's only part of it, heh, although now it's good fae us tae eat a little" I say tae Akko who nods in agreement.
Sae we go down the stairs towards the canteen, avoiding getting too close tae Akko tae avoid stares, if by any chance they discover us as girlfriends, the teachers will do everything tae restrict our encounters. When we arrive at the canteen, I notice that my mother is sitting at one of the tables and she immediately gets up and opens her arms, and I run towards her.
"Mamma!" I say all excited and go tae her where we meet with a hug.
"Happy birthday sweetheart, do you really dink I would forget your day? I remember de birthday of each one of you, I will not forget such a special date, especially my dear daughter, I even brought a lettle present for you" she said and I go quickly picking up the package quite anxious.
"Look at another day of embarrassment for Mum's little girl" said Chloe, who came up tae us and my mum quickly gave us the middle finger.
"Don't pick on Diana! At least she has a mother who loves her, and yours? Has she come to see you? Or don't you have a mother?" said Akko, getting in the middle and even getting a bit angry.
"My mother doesn't care about me, she just wants me to graduate right here, but it's because of lack of class, I don't know why she keeps acting like this, it's ridiculous, embarrassing, the prodigy student acting like a child next to her mother"
"Leave my daughter alone" said my mother in a very serious tone to the point that Deppailer herself shut up on the spot.
"You only talk like that to Diana because you're jealous of her having a mother who loves her, while you have nothing" Akko said defending me and soon the Frenchwoman was walking out of there.
"De most annoying, nagging girl" my mother said.
"It's like this since I wanted tae get involved with her when I entered Luna Nova, I wanted tae have a girlfriend, she dinnae want anything tae do with me, we were even a bit friends, she introduced me tae everything, but it was me revealing myself tae be a lesbian that things got out of hand, she's a big homophobe" I tell them all explaining in a very superficial way the implication that Chloé has with me.
"I think she's more of a wardrobe dyke dan a real threat" my mother said.
Enough of that, now I want tae spend the day with my mum, have some more fun, I soon open the present tae see what it was, a box with something inside, what I open and it's a big one of a photo album, what I'm getting with a big smile on my face, I loved this present, on the first page there's a picture of me as a baby with my sister Hellene and my mothers, on the other side a realistic drawing, where we were the four of us but with the presence of my mother Bernadette with a ghost, I loved it, this is just the beginning.
"Did ye do that mum?" I say impressed.
"I drew some dere, soon you'll see many of dese, I did dem while I was in my free time, I wanted to present you with a photo album with pictures from when I was a child and baby with all de ones we managed to take between us, dere are many of you with Bern, some of me with Hellene and Holly and some drawings of how I would imagine if I dedn't have de curse..." Mum said and I hug her tightly.
"Mum, this is wonderful, I'm going tae keep this album with all the love in the world" I say cheerfully as I hug her and then start flipping through it tae see the rest.
"Everything to give de best to my girl, I dedn't know what to do and I got creative, since you have practically everything, just to remember dose moments and who knows, see 'ow things would be" said my mother who was stroking me.
"Wow, baby Diana is so cute, I already said that, but I'll say it again, I love to see her so cute" Akko said in amazement.
"One day it will be ours" I tell her who blushes even a little bit.
"Oh, baby! They'll listen to us" she said embarrassed.
"Now that ye've really called me baby" I say laughing.
"And what do you intend to call dis future child?" Mum asks and I already have a few names in mind.
"I wanted to call her Haruka, Akira or Ryouko, but I also wanted some western names like Olivia or Nora, but that's up to Diana, I don't think I do well with names" Akko said and I love the eastern names she chose, but I also have some that are good.
"MaryAnne, but I ended up knowing one and I discarded the name, I even thought of paying homage tae mother Bernadette, but it would be something very cliché and I think that mother deserves tae be unique with her name, I even thought of Laura, because of the lady herself, but then I discovered that ye are literally my mother and then I thought of one that will be more remarkable and will symbolize well the Cavendish, even more that in chances of starting new times? Beatrice, inspired tae bring up the name of our great ancestor" I say all inspired.
"Beatrice... Dis is goin to be a great name for a new era, I don't know why, but now it brought back memories of when Bernadette and I decided on your name, it was with the same idea of bringing someone remarkable to the new era of magic" Mama said.
I just nod my head in agreement, nae only did I get a present, but I even got a piece of cake that the canteen brought fae me, right on my birthday that I shared with everyone, I even feel honored tae see everyone congratulating me, I even forget that today is my birthday, since last year Akko has been helping me tae enjoy this date more, now with mommy Laura, I am really feeling happier tae have my day, this is really good.
"But seriously, what are we gonna do now? Like, Daryl's dead, my cousins are loose and each one's going their separate ways, I have nae more worries, how do we start the witch revolution, Mom?" I ask her.
"Dis is still a bit early for us to do, wait for you to graduate and we'll start dinking about it, for now have fun and also dink about what you're going to do with your lives from now on, since dere are a lot of dings to do in dis promising future of your lives, anyway, for now just enjoy and relax, soon dere will be something you'll do, it's time to reflect and dink about your future" Mom said rubbing my head.
"I still dinnae know what tae do, I wanted tae help Akko with the ShinyAkko presentations, but I also want tae give a better future tae Luna Nova, nae being a director, but being a teacher of the history of magic, I want tae bring the brightness and truth tae all, but I know that the chances of that are null, as long as things continue like this I dinnae have the slightest chance.
"'Ey, don't think like dat Diana, keep believing in yourself, soon we'll be able to change dis and dings will be as you dream, you'll be able to run after your dreams, or do you think I still gave up on bringing BGP back? I may not be young enough to compete on a broomstick anymore, but I've been preparing regulations and rules to start dis project for years, even places dat would serve as clues, everything else, we just need to cause a revolution of magic, we can't give up dat's what de system wants from us" said mum.
"I intend to be ShinyAkko, but for that I also want things to change, I already know that from the way things are going, they will do everything so that I don't have that career" Akko said.
"Well, let's go for a family outing, eat dere and I'll take you to have a more magical moment with us - said mum.
I really can't wait fae all this, this food is really good, the chefs here did a great job nae only in the cake, but in everything in general, I love chocolate cake like this, it's delicious, they even know about my cinnamon allergy, how wonderful, I really only imagine how the future is going tae be from now on, it's going tae be really good, I hope we can really change things fae the better.
A while later, there go Marianne, Akko, Diana, Hellene and Laura sort of flying around Arcturus as afamily, where they even go for a bit of a broomstick race and they are all impressed by Mrs McLaren'sexcellent control, where she lands on the tower of Arcturus, which was looking beautiful, with petalsfalling and huge, luminous butterflies passing by...
I've been here many times, but everything is very lit up and with butterflies, I've never seen something like this in the tower of Arcturus, it's even strange that mum is here, the teacher Chariot too, I think it's another very important meeting, anyway all this enchants sae much, I turn tae the two and they even touched the wall, I was touching and feeling the luminosity my veins even lit up with a very strange glow.
"Walpurgis Night, do you know what dat date is?" asks my mother.
"The famous night when they burned witches?" I ask her.
"Also, but for us it 'as a special meaning too, dis is de night where de Arcturus forest shines de brightest, in honour of all the souls dat have been lost to injustice, do you know why I brought you 'ere in Arcturus specifically today?" Mum asks and I really have nae idea.
"Feeling the importance of Arcturus?" I really don't know.
"Just wait and time will show you why you came 'ere so specially" said Mama Laura.
"I even think it's a great coincidence that I was born precisely on the night of Walpurgis, it's a very divine gift, I think that's what fate has in store fae me" I say tae them.
"Isn't Walpurgis also that ritual where people get naked and dance around the fire?" Akko asks and I even laugh.
"This practice is already old, we're not going to do this hahaha, but dere's a bit of it, it's mostly a way de witches found to connect more to Arcturus, but what's more special on dis day is not dat, it's what will soon appear" Mom said.
We started tae see several souls circulating through the forest as the sun went down, that sky all purple, becoming a whole enchanted thing, I was just watching everything amazed, it's as if it was a rain tae the other side, the souls going up, some passing around the trees, even by me, I kept wondering where they were going.
"Dey are going to the Kingdom of Lilith, on de night of Walpurgis de souls get a free path to go and come back, who is in Arcturus can even witness this live" Said mama Laura.
A big fog is forming by the Arcturus tower, I got sae used tae it that it's Daryl that I got scared on the defensive, the fog got even thick, a little bit cold, it's been fearful that it's nae that cold these days, until the fog steam dissipates and a woman with a dress appears, she was with her arms open, I could see the Cavendish hair appearing, the face reveals itself and I recognize, Mom... She had her eyes still closed, but as she opened I saw the olive green pair of eyes and I started tae tear up.
"Mum!" I say emotionally.
"Bernadette!" said Mama Laura.
"Mum!" said Hellene and I also spoke tae her who opened a smile fae all of us.
"You over here, I am sae proud tae see that finally ye three are together and here with me, I may nae be alive and in this world anymore, it's just that tonight is a night that I can at least stand here in front of ye and give ye some more happiness" I am crying, I can't believe Mama Bernadette showed up.
"Is it really ye Mum?" I ask, all emotional.
"Do ye want tae test it?" she said, opening her arms.
I go running, without thinking twice I go to her arms, I feel something fluffy, something soft, a whole cloth involving me, it was really mommy, now I who am taller than her, I could feel something like that, I can't believe it, it was like a relief rising in me and soon I also feel Hellene and mommy Laura joining the hug, tears already soaked the place, what I couldn't believe.
"How did ye manage tae show up Mum?" I ask her.
"In the afterlife one can come back with a body manifested in the soul fae at least an hour in the Walpurgis night, but that's only fae a single time, I decided tae come back in this single time now tae spend the time with my lassies, I wanted tae see how ye are and stay close, the more I can still come back just tae talk, but only in very specific moments and fae a very short time, sae I decided tae use the single chance tae see ye now, in my daughter's birthday" She said caressing me and I felt like I was being touched by an angel.
"I listened to your message when I came 'ere last year, Diana was already 'ealed and so was I, I thought you would appear more for me, but now I understand dat you wanted me to wait for dis day my love" Mama Laura said and soon Mama Bern comes close to her.
I see the two get together, Mama Bern is kind of in a foggy mood with clouds covering her, with a long white tunic, the two start kissing, and I get all delighted, they really deserve this contact with each other, it's really sweet, I even cry and hold Akko's hand, who looks at me, I look at her and we decide tae do the same.
Tae feelAtsuko's lips at that moment is too magical, it's more exciting, here beside my mothers, I was feeling more filled and full of love, we're kind of getting into this kind of stickiness, until the kiss ends and I look at my mothers that were holding hands.
"How cute, I saw how ye lassies passed it on too" Mama Bernadette said and I look at her half blushing.
"This is my girlfriend Akko" I say introducing Mum.
"The Cavendish family as always showing their love between two women, ye continuing a new story, I am sure my little granddaughter will be a Cavendsh tae come in new times" Mum said.
"She makes me very happy, just like ye always made me mommy" I tell her still crying and she comes tae me sort of soaking up my tears.
"My little lassie, ye are already sae big, 17 years of much love, I am proud and very proud of what ye have achieved, ye did things that I could never achieve in life, ye gave new horizons tae the Cavendish family, ye brought us a new beginning, a new beginning that will bring many more fruits, the trinity of Diana Cavendish is immensely proud that the fourth has been as great as them, I knew I had made the right choice ... When I named my daughter Diana, when I gave her all the love I could give while she was still alive, I knew ye would improve and grow as a person and that makes me extremely happy, ye will bring even more things that I know, I am immensely proud tae have ye as my daughter, happy birthday Diana" said mommy Bern and I continued crying.
She then goes tae Hellene, who is simply static crying, poor thing, she even picks up her prosthesis looking all delighted, even giving a few hands on her daughter's head, taking the prosthesis in hand and giving a few kisses, I really feel like I'm lighter, all this left me as if things had concluded.
"That was the best day of my life" I say, overcome with emotion.
"Your mother is a sweet person" Akko said beside me.
"The day is even better because ye are here with me Akko, I thought I would never see mother Bernadette again, the weight of this comes with me, seeing her like this walking around here hugging everyone, she said she is proud of me love. I am a source of pride for my mother" I say crying.
"You have always been love, she is the best mother you could have, so is Mrs McLaren, you are one happy family now, enjoy the moment" she said and I hold my hand out to her.
"Ye too, after all ye are part of this family, like the other mother of our children" I say smiling at Akko and holding her hand where we go tae where Mama Bern is.
Hellene sat on a bench, she was crying on Marianne's shoulders, I still find this relationship very suspicious, I can't believe that these lassies are best friends, there's something else about it and I think my sister captured her bisexual like I did with Akko heh, that's the most adorable and cute thing, mum Laura is lying on mum Bern's lap, who also sat on a bench, I soon sit on one of them, next to Akko.
"I just have tae say, ye lassies did the best by finishing with Daryl, even with her death, I feel relieved, I feel free, I know that the weight of being murdered by her dinnae exist anymore, now that justice was done, I confirm that she is in the afterlife, I dinnae find her because she is nae in the Lilith fields, but she is paying fae her crimes having the justice deserved, ye guys will be able tae start a new life without her in the middle, now ye just have tae run after bringing a revolution tae magic" Said mama Bernadette.
"Only two words are missing now, but we still need tae understand the meaning of it" I tell her who immediately smiles at me.
"Just thank ye ... Ye have brought everything good tae this family Diana, ye all together will be able tae bring these words and bring the world a new peace and a new horizon, but now let's enjoy this moment together as a family" Mama Bern is right, let's enjoy a lot, I can't wait tae see where this all goes.
I feel an enormous comfort, the staff shining, it seems that the sixth word is really coming, I'm getting all enchanted, it seems that the Chariot is knowing everything, she is with us here, well at the moment I just want to spend time with my mommy and my beloved, this has been the happiest birthday of my life.
Some time later, the time has come, Bernadette has been spending some time caressing all whoarrived and talking to them about how they have done their best, how happy they are to see how theyhave all grown (except for the wife who is still the same size), in a moment that the family feelshappier for everything, but the time to say goodbye arrives...
That was the best birthday of my life, I feel like the happiest witch of the world fae having completed 17 years, soon mum Bernadette goes tae one of the corners of the tower, where she starts tae float, it's time tae say goodbye tae her, I even look at her delighted while I see her going up and at the same time excited, she looks at us while she floats in the middle of the forest, she gives a big smile.
"Goodbye, I love you all, I feel an immense pride here in the other life of what these people so dear to me have become, you really give me an immense pride;... One day we will be able to meet again in this other life, but do everything you can to enjoy this one and bring the best to it, this life of yours is unique and must be enjoyed - said mum as she was becoming several butterflies from top to bottom.
"Goodbye my love... - Said my mother putting her hand up and crying immensely.
"Bye mommy - I said and my sister.
"Goodbye Bernadette - we all said together.
I get extremely emotional, it was a unique chance and a moment I could feel most emotional on my birthday, I didn't expect it to be something so special on that level, at least now, everything was vanishing into thin air, ceasing to exist, goodbye Mum, seeing those butterflies disappearing into the sky while other souls were still prowling around Arcturus, it was a special night.
"Lyonne" Chariot said and I got a bit confused.
"What is that Chariot?" I ask her.
"Just take the Claiomh Solais and find out" The teacher said and I went about it, I wonder if that's the sixth word.
"Lyonne!" The moment I say this, I feel as if I have a magical aura surrounding me, lights are circling all around me, I feel as if my body is being healed from a pain, at the same time a relief rises up.
Lights are spreading all over the tower, like fireflies, I really dinnae expect that the sixth word would come like this, everything is sae beautiful, sae giving me a feeling that I am healed, even my emotions rise tae one of happiness, of fulfillment, I managed tae accomplish one more goal and right on my birthday, I see my mother and she was crying and a lot, looking at the sky, but then she looks at me, she claps her hands, and opens her arms, coming towards me, where she meets me in a big hug.
"I love you so much Diana... And you too Bernadette, what you gave me today was one of de best days of my life" Mama Laura said.
"You did it Diana, the sixth word was discovered, right on your birthday to boot" Akko said excitedly.
"We did it, thank ye, thank ye especially tae ye... Mama Bernadette, that's what the word meant all the time, that's why Mama was always thanking us, it was a sign that needed tae be done" I say in amazement as I look at the staff.
"I stopped before dat word, I was going tp find out, boeht instead I opted for de best choice, now I know 'ow it was really de best of choices, my daughter managed to reach even further dan I did with de power of Claiomh Solais, I feel confident and very confident dat you are de witches who will bring dis revolution to magic" Mama Laura said.
"It was the last word I revealed, in a tense fight with Croix in Wagandea, that was the high point of our friendship melting, but when I revealed the word, it seemed that things would change, they even changed, but for a short time, until that day came... That word always brings me a comfort, I remember how I managed to help even for a short time... Croix... When she wasn't so blinded by selfishness and the search for that boss that I didn't even know yet that was her goal" Chariot said and I am delighted with all of this, I managed to reach another high point in my day.
"Now it's just one more last step tae conquer the seal of the Great Triskellion and thus revive Yggdrasil, bringing magic back tae the greatness it always had, I'm really looking forward tae see how things will go from now on, the revolution of the witches will be made by all of us working together, Akko revealed the first three words, I revealed the other three, the last one will be fae sure with both of us, but for that we will have to understand its meaning and today is a day tae enjoy, thank ye fae this other gift mommy Laura, I love ye" I say tae her that smiles tae me.
"Consider dis a gift from your mother Bernadette, I just wanted to bring you 'ere to tell you some stories and maybe talk to your mother, but dis surprise I did not expect, now we are really one step away from conquering de world of magic" said mum, hugging me afterwards.
"I am very grateful fae everything I have achieved, fae all of ye being here with me living this special moment of my life, I will never forget yer faces, it was really something that is quite special, I love ye all, today is the best birthday ever" I say all smiling.
"Happy birthday Diana" they all say.
We even did a whole group hug as a family, it was really a moment that I could finally feel happier and welcomed, all this has been going fae the best, my life since I opened up and met Akko only got better, I am really grateful tae her and all the doors that were opened tae me and thanks tae her I could enter and discover a world where I really was part of, a world where I'm nae living a lie and living an appearance at the expense of others, I'm just being myself, Diana Cavendish, today it's been 17 years that I'm in this world as such, 17 years that I am sure of who I am, of how I conquered a world that is part of me.
POV Narrator:
Diana's birthday could have just been a pretty normal day of partying with some friend time and it even had, after that event that happened to her on that magical night in Walpurgis, everything was being a magical and
perfect day for the Scottish girl, who arrives at the end of a journey she had taken to discover her true self, having the greatest of rewards, discovering her origins, the truth and this time with a new journey that she plus her friends are already starting to undertake, to better the world of magic and humanity as a whole, around a new revolution of witches.
Happy birthday, lesbian witches...