POV Narrator:

Monday 8 June 2020, Edinburgh, Scotland

After the scary fight against the boss as a way to distract the witch in time for her identity to be revealed, Hellene ended up having a big defeat, losing not only her arm, but even her psychologic, which ended up being quite shaken by the whole event, She became more depressed and even had some moments of post-traumatic stress, remembering everything that happened the day before. She was soon operated to recover from the big injury she suffered, which was a difficult phase for McLaren, who wanted so much to find out who was the boss.

POV Hellene:

I wake up, I see that I'm nae in Luna Nova, everything that I thought was a nightmare was more real than it seems, I go looking around, it seems that it's Diana's house, I recognize that it's my room that was here, I go starting tae remember everything, sae that was it... The bloody boss, I look at the window and see her looking at me which I get a fright, but I realise it's nae one.

"Hellene?" It's Mari, she's by my side, while I was still very breathless from what I saw at de window.

"Mari? Where are you?" De voice seems to be on my side and I notice dat she was lying on the bed with me, which she goes to sit up looking quite worried.

"Are you OK, Hellene? I noticed that you jumped out of bed scared, did something happen?" She asks and I half depressed deny it with my head.

"No... It's nothing Mari, it's just my stupidity" I say in a melancholic tone.

"This bullshit might not be so bullshit, you don't need to be ashamed to open up, I'm with you" She said holding de only hand I 'ave.

"It's just a hallucination, I looked at de window and saw de boss, den I went to take a better look and it was nothing, dis has been happening to me a lot lately, what a shit... - I tell 'er while crying.

"Hellene... You are developing PTSD, that was because of the fight against the boss, look we better call your mother and also see what to do, this is very serious, if it affects you it is very serious indeed" Leclerc said being cute with me, but I honestly don't know.

I just stay in my mind trying not to dink, I stay quiet, while Marianne was using 'er mobile phone, I honestly lost de will of everything, I can't think of doin anything else, except staying 'ere in bed, I don't want to train, I don't want to exercise, I don't want to go after de boss, I just want dis all to be over soon, it's not enough dat my arm has a horrible pain, dis was worse than losing my hand, not only it hurt more, but it still leaves me traumatized.

De bedroom door opens and my mother comes in, she's bringing me breakfast and she's already giving me a lettle kiss on my forehead, which relieves a lettle, but de trauma itself is much worse.

"Good morning my child, mummy is 'ere with you" she said being affectionate with me.

"Thank you mum" I still speak in a very melancholic tone, being caressed by my mother.

"I know it's hard to go through all dis, but please eat some, I know it can't be easy at all" Mama Laura said and I nodded my head in agreement.

I'm taking de toast and eating it with de egg and also de bacon, well at least I'm good with one hand, it wasn't de left arm dat I ended up being amputated, de food as always is delicious, but I can't enjoy it, until I end up taking another fright, and I drop a toast dat falls in my lap, de boss appeared on my mother's side.

"Get out!" I scream in desperation.

"Hellene? Is everything all right?" asks my worried mother.

"It's PTSD, she can't stop remembering what happened yesterday" Mari said as I was holding my hand from my head and seeing dey were all normal, I was already crying.

"Oh daughter, I know well how it is, I will take care of you, I can even call a psychologist to talk to you about it, we will help you in every way" She said stroking my face and den wiping my tears.

"I hate dis, I just want to be in peace, I hate dese things in my head, I hate de boss, I just don't want to 'ave nightmares, I just want it all to end" I tell dem very tearful, I don't dink I've ever looked like dis in front of Mari.

"Mrs McLaren? Has she ever looked like this before?" Ask Leclerc and obviously not.

"Dis is not common at all, de last time Hellene was so sad like dis was with de death of 'er mother Bernadette, but otherwise neither when she lost 'er hand was so depressing, nor with de battle against Daryl, Dis loss of de arm impacted a lot on our girl's psychology" said my mother and I remained very sad and silent.

"Oh, that's something we'll have to pay more attention to, I'll do my best for Hellene" said de Frenchwoman holding my hand.

I see dat my mother smiles and I just decide to finish eating all de rest of de food, I honestly would rather starve dan remember everything, I feel useless, simply dat boss is unbeatable and also a damn, I just wanted to 'ave peace, dat's all, but now I can't stop thinking, de memory of my arm being ripped off is very fixed in my memory, on top of dat I failed in de most basic mission, I am useless, I can't do it, I will delay de witches revolution.

I see dat soon my sister arrives and also comes with Akko, de two go to me I had already finished eating, I see dat my sis even caresses me, how cute.

"Oh sis, I thought I might lose ye, I'm glad ye're ok" She said hugging me.

"Aye, I am" I say a little discouraged.

"You were brave Hellene, you stood up to the boss, on top of that you'll get an awesome scar" Akko said until she got a pat from 'er girlfriend and I got a lettle laugh.

"Akko!" Dey all said.

"Hahahaha, I dink she cut too much where de scar was" I answer Kagari half laughing and dey all get kind of surprised by my reaction.

"It's nae possible that this comment of yers made Hellene giggle" said my shocked sister.

"Danks for reallyAkko, you gave me a lettle humor, but seriously, dis boss is no joke, she is powerful, she is de kind dat just getting close to you paralyzes you, dat's how I felt all de time, my heart was racing, my breathing was panting, tension was beating in my body, I was shaking with every step she took in my direction, de boss could kill me at any moment..." I tell dem dat dey go afterwards stroking me some more.

"Oh Hellene, you've already done a lot for us, but you'd better rest" said my mother getting up.

I was looking at dem all and dey were fondling me and soon dey were leaving de room, only Mari stayed, but she was also getting up to leave, but I ended up holding 'er by de waist with my arm, which she looked back at me and I don't want 'er to leave.

"Please stay" I tell Mari.

"I'm not going out, I'm just getting the Gamecube, want to see me play? I can do some dubbing of the cutscenes" I nod my head in agreement, still quite needy and trying not to be traumatised.

She went to get de gamecube, also took de desk with de television dragging it with de wheels until it got close to de bed, leaving it right in front of us, which she soon was putting one of de games to start, in dis case it was Super Mario Sunshine, she sat on my side of de bed and dat gave me a little more comfort.

"Is that better?" Mari asks and I just nod.

A while later...

Few laughs she managed to get out of me, I'm so bad dat I can't even laugh, I was totally depressed and losing the will to live, but at least Mari here and dese voiceovers helped me to overcome all dis, I just wish I wasn't like dis anymore.

I even noticed dat Mari stopped a little bit to dub de scenes, I messed it up again because I am a weak traumatized person, what de fuck, I just wish I wasn't like dis, it's ok to lose an arm, but hallucinating with dis boss? Getting depressed, no... Soon someone comes entering de room, it was Mrs. Jordan, she comes walking arriving to me and already caressing me.

"I also came to check on my lettle girl" April said.

"I'm fineAunt April" I say a bit wistfully.

"I didn't just come to say hello, we're going to start measuring and den put in your next prosthesis, dis one will be even better dan your old one" she said and I just nodded.

"Look how fucking great Hellene, you are going to get a new prosthesis" Mari said.

"Sorry to spoil de old one. Aunt April, I was careless, I shouldn't 'ave stood up to de boss, I should 'ave been much more careful, now I've spoiled your work of so many months and years of effort, just because I... - On de spot she covers my mouth with 'er finger.

"Dere's no need to be self-deprecating, now I'm just going to measure where de prosthetic plug is going to be, since it's going to be just like your hand for de fitting place, otherwise I've got your arm size dimensions pretty much up to date, it's going to hurt just a little bit, but I promise it'll be quick" Aunt April said and I know how much dat hurts.

In de wrist it was de same thing, she started to measure, passing de tape measure on my arm, I was giving a moan of pain dat later became screams, Mari was holding me with magic, but I could not stop suffering, it's a horror dis part, when I was a child it was the same thing, with this tape measure passing and everything else, well now at least she managed to measure everything right away.

It was fast but much worse, so much dat my mother appears desperate in my room, while I screamed and even though it was over I was still moaning a lot of pain, I hate dis, I hate to lose my arm, ahhhhh, how could I be so weak.

"There you go, you were brave Hellene, here's a chocolate," she said, handing me a bar of milk chocolate Hersheys.

"Wow I thought she was being attacked, I dedn't even remember dat measurements are so tense" My mother said and my pain was already passing.

"De worst is the pain of putting de prosthesis and den getting used to my nerve endings, dat is de worst pain, I don't even want to remember it, afterwards everything is wonderful - I said to 'er.

"Oh Hellene, I will be here with you holding your hand. I know this pain will pass and be a relief for you," Mari said hugging me.

"Dank you..." I say with a heavy head, relieving myself of the pain.

"Sorry for de pain I caused, but you can already see dat it won't be easy at all, you 'ave many more nerve endings in your arm dan I thought, it might be more painful dan when you put your hand on it, since you'll have a whole arm, but I guarantee dat everything will be fine and painless for de rest of de time" said aunt April, who then left my room, even stroking my head.

"You'll be fine Hellene, we'll be 'ere taking care of you" said my mother who was leaving de room with Aunt April.

I just breathed a little relieved, I lay on de bed in pain, crying and looking at de ceiling and den I was starting to see de boss upstairs and I turned my face, which I saw 'er on my side, like she was touching my arm, I den try to look at Mari and end up seeing de boss also holding de Gamecube controller.

"Hellene?" She asks worriedly and I went in breathing heavily.

'Get out! Get out! Get out!" I covered my head with a pillow.

At de time I end up seeing in de middle of de darkness like a huge one of 'er, she was getting closer to me, which I make a point of opening my eyes at de time and in dat everything ended up going back to normal, what I was already gasping for breath, not being able to bear to see dese dings repeating themselves, again and again in my head, dat I see is Marianne's worried look.

"Did it happen again?" She asks and I just nod.

"I just want it to end, I don't want to be a traumatised weakling for the rest of my life" I tell Mari.

"Oh Hellene, I'm with you, I'll get you out of this, one way or another, I'll use my ninja skills to destroy these hallucinations of yours and the boss" She's cute.

"Dey will be very afraid of you," I say sarcastically.

"And let them be scared enough, because I'm not going to let them cause this to Hellene McLaren, you don't need to be scared, because you're not trapped in a hallucination with the boss, the boss is trapped in the same place as me" She said being all cheery with me, which I'm going to feel a lot better about all of dis.

"Dank you... Dank you really, you manage to take a lettle of de smile dat is left of me" I say to Mari and she really has been a good support for me.

"And I'll always get a smile out of you, that happy little face will smile again like it always did" Leclerc said and went on stroking my face with her warm hand which I went on rubbing my face.

She kept playing and I kept watching, I got to a point of simply laying my head on de Frenchwoman's lap, dis way I can feel more comfortable, she was from time to time stroking me, which I could feel a moment away from de boss, dis way I can feel much better dan I was before, by de nine witches, no doubt dis 'ere is one of de best sensations, de security dat being near Mari passes me is always something wonderful.

"I don't want to leave 'ere" I tell 'er.

"You can be at ease Hellen, my lap will always welcome you very well, it's all yours, you can be safe in Marianne Leclerc's thighs" Mari said stroking me and I even blushed a little.

Dey are so soft and warm, I go simply passing my cheeks on 'er, I love dat she stayed with Shorts, so I can really feel what dose thighs are, I go looking at dem, I think well, I see dat Mari was a little distracted, who knows I might do that, just to test something. Heh, it might hurt a little Marianne, but de experiment is valid, I bite Leclerc's thigh and she gives a moan dat was kind of nice to hear.

"Hellene! Not like that either" she said half blushing and I was too.

"Sorry, I couldn't resist doing dis" I tell 'er.

"I'll let this one go, but don't come biting again, my skin is a peach, how will your mother react to seeing that I have a bite mark on my thigh?" I didn't even stop to think about it.

"Oh she won't notice, just put on some trousers like I am" I tell 'er.

"You're not wearing any trousers" Wait... I'm not? I glance under de blanket and notice I was only wearing panties underneath, she's right.

"Wait and who dressed me? I'm also without a top underneath" I say half confused.

"You're looking at her now, it's nothing I haven't seen a thousand times before" Mari said and I even blushed a lettle.

"Now it makes sense, I don't remember almost anything, I only remember passing out in de helicopter and waking up 'ere in de room" I say scratching my head.

"We did the surgery and everything here in the room, your mother made sure to call the doctors here so as not to risk you getting covid in a hospital" Mari explains and everything makes more sense in my head.

Wow, all dis happened without me even noticing, my arm was already closed, I'm not bleeding anymore, just dying of pain, I'm not even with medicine in de vein, although I dink it's better because it's a hell of a pain 'ere, I feel like dragging my arm around, but just touching it hurts a lot, so it's better not to risk so much.

Mari has been de best with me, always by my side, I keep wondering if she really doesn't deserve a chance, who knows... One day we could be girlfriends, it would be wonderful if it happened, it really would.

Later at lunchtime...

On Mari's thighs I could feel calm, at least dat, I wasn't extremely tense and having traumas with hallucinations of de boss, until my mother came with de food, entering de room, which I was starving and I left Leclerc's lap, and sat on the bed, my mother put de cart on our side and started to serve herself with us, taking de pasta and I was also doing de same, but with one arm it's complicated.

"I'll get it for you" Mari said, getting up and going to get a plate for me.

"Thank you" I say less melancholy and she was helping a lot, taking de macaroni de sauce and also cheese, I see dat my mother soon looks at 'er and also at me in a suspicious way.

"Here you are Hellene, you can eat as much as you want and eat it all, you have to stay strong" She said and I nodded in agreement.

"I think she has already eaten, Hellene what is dat on Marianne's thigh? I am not blind" My mother said and I just remembered dat I had bitten 'er thigh by accident.

"Oh Miss McLaren it's not at all what you think, she only bit that one time, kind of afterwards I told her not to do it anymore" said the blushing Leclerc.

"I know... I'd do the same ding lying on the lap of someone I 'ave so much love and affection for, hahaha" said my mother provoking me even more, and I just watched them both, without saying anything.

"I swear your daughter didn't try anything, she doesn't even have the energy for that yet, it was just a little bite by accident" said the French lassie all embarrassed.

"I can understand dat, but it's a couple ding, you're getting it right, by de way, you're going to need a bath Hellene, do you want me to take a bath with you? Or Marianne Leclerc? Besides, she changed you already" said my mother and I just turned my face to Marianne while I was enjoying de noodles, I'm quite comfortable with my mother, but with Mari it's different.

"Me? Well, I'll try to be careful" said Leclerc blushing.

"Please be enough, I will trust you Leclerc, by de way, don't let 'er take a bath by herself, at least for now, help 'er as needed, right now she is too weak to do dings by herself, so anything dat needs two or more hands, you do for 'er and don't be stubborn Hellene McLaren, obey Marianne and don't try to force 'er to do dings by herself for now" my mother said and I nodded in agreement.

We were eating and luckily noodles are de kind of food dat at least I can easily eat with only one hand still and dat's wonderful, but now I'm a little sorry for what my mother said, I don't want to be dependent, I could do things before when I didn't use de prosthesis, I know dat having one arm helped, but I don't want to be dependent, I can still do many dings with one arm, I know I can.

At least bathing with Mari is the good part, I know I can trust 'er, even if she doesn't do so much, I dink she is the one I feel more secure in all dis, better dan actually being alone, it would be difficult to wash myself alone with one arm, it was already difficult when de prosthesis was in maintenance, who will say now.

"By the way, I have news from Luna Nova, de headmistress is going to call the parents of all de students to pick them up and take them back home or they will have to come back in a fortnight" What de fuck.

"What do you mean?" I soon end up talking, after being quiet for so long.

"They didn't isolate us the whole pandemic, they didn't let us stay at home and now she wants this? Who told you this?" asks Mari.

"Diana told me dis now, she was talking to Semmer and she told me dat Holbrook has decided to finally give in to what were Covid's safety demands, what now next years students will get a crystal ball and will study at a distance until de Pandemic passes, she has already confirmed dat she will extend for de whole school year 2020-2021, She said it was a security measure, she will wait as long as necessary for dem to develop de vaccine and if it continues she will also extend it to 2021-2022, dings are getting serious for Luna Nova" said my mother and I already know why dis happened.

"She just waited for me to leave, dat was it, de boss knew she could be found out, so me leaving and knowing I could come back... Ahhhh... She decided to close de doors, what de hell, she doesn't want to risk us finding out de identity of the boss, dat's the only plausible reason I can dink of to 'ave changed de situation" I say with a lot of pain and finishing eating, grabbing a napkin and wiping myself since dere was some sauce on my face.

"This is really suspicious, she never cared about the Covid situation, but now she cares, she even gave the distance learning classes, well anyway we have to keep an eye on it, she prevented us from finding out the identity of the boss, what a curse" said Mari.

"It does make sense, but she could do dat at any time, maybe it's a coincidence dat your arm happened, but anyway, if you're right about dis, Hellene, know that we dedn't come unprepared, Sifla is with us, she can open de access to Ley's lines, dere's a portal that she opens when we ask for it in Dublin at de McLaren family's house, and it leads straight to de hills of Doras, when de Mechas are ready we can go to Luna Nova, or you can even go investigate... Actually, better not, I don't want my daughter to risk losing 'er other arm," said my mother.

"Well I'll do that, when my prosthesis is ready me and Mari will go to Luna Nova and we will spy on everything to find de identity of de boss, we just need to get de attention of Mary Brooks who is in de surroundings to help us, I may be weak now, but I will not give back" I say confidently.

"Hellene... You're stubborn, what can I do, I know you'll end up circumventing dis, but at least do it taking care, Mari don't take your eyes off my daughter" said my mother I know how to take care of myself.

"I can take care of myself mum, it was only an arm not my legs" I tell 'er who is not de least bit pleased with my answer.

"Hellene McLaren Cavendish, one arm, that's no small ding, but I'm not going to insist and pick on you with dis, you still 'ave some time to recover, I'll leave you alone, but anything you need just call me or your sister, we are 'ere to take care of you" Said my mother getting up and was also taking de table with de trays of food, it even seems that I'm in a hospital, but de food at least is not without salt.

She left and I was left alone with Mari, even with all de traumas, I 'ave to be strong, it won't be dese visions dat will stop me, you managed to take an arm off my boss, but you couldn't take away my motivation, I will still come back to avenge myself for de rest of de arm that you took away from me, you can be sure, dis one I will no doubt now fall even harder, now dat you 'ave affected me personally dis is a question of honour.

A little later...

I am feeling a bit sticky, I get out of bed, feeling a bit of pain, but it is de first time dat I get up, I want to be cleaner, I don't know, I keep grabbing my t-shirt, but I can't get it up, with one hand I keep grabbing my amputated part and it hurts, which I then see dat Mari takes it all off at once when I lift my arm, which helped a lot.

"Dank you" I tell her.

"Don't think about going alone, now it's the panties" she said and I lifted my legs and went without.

"I won't... Even if I wanted to I wouldn't be able to, just holding my arm I would be screaming of pain in de arm, it's still bleeding a little, even with de stitches" I tell 'er noticing that de bands had a little blood on dem.

"It's just that it's still closing, I'll take all the care in the world, but when it comes to washing the wound it had better be strong," Marianne said, taking off 'er clothes and den patting my butt, signalling me to walk forward.

I went to de bathroom, she turned on de shower and started to fill de bathtub, she told me to sit down, I sat down on a chair dat was already in de bathroom, she took de strips off my amputated arm, I could see de wounds and wow, what a horrible thing, when it's de first days it's always dis horrible ding.

"Put this in your mouth" she said giving me a cloth which I put in my mouth, then she was using a spell to hold my body, she was taking the medicine and was passing it on my injured arm, ahhhhhhh.

Dis pain is horrible, I just wanted to die, I remember it well from the days I amputated my hand, it's much worse, it's an even bigger area, even more so since washing takes longer, I was even crying with pain, passing this ding on me, I ded't even look, I only felt de medicine on my arm, what a horrible pain, Ahhhhhhhh, I just want dis to end at once, fuck you, please pass it soon, I was feeling a cloth passing over my arm, or rather de rest of it.

Mari was wrapping de bandage around it, which was relieving a little more, so it hurt less dan de medicine, even though dere was still a little on de rest of my arm, until I felt 'er tying it all up and whew, it was a relief but it still hurt a lot

"Ahhhhhh, finally" I say as I take de gag out of my mouth.

"You held on, now we can start the bath, in the bathtub it will be calmer, I used magic not to get the water on your wound, now you can come" Mari said giving me 'er hand to get into de bathtub.

I went in, de water was warm at least, I sat down and felt comfortable, den my friend came, she stood behind me, she started to wash my hair, running de water over it, I had washed it yesterday, but after de accident dat happened yesterday I dink I deserve to wash my hair, and Leclerc's hands are very good, she passes it over me with such care, I forget what happened.

"Just relax, see?" said Mari.

"Strange dat you're so comfortable like dis giving me a bath" I tell her because it's really too ironic.

"I was a little uncomfortable that day, but today I'm not because I feel the need to care more than I feel embarrassed to be like this with you, you deserve all the care and affection, I... I don't know what else to say, but you are important to me" Mari said and I felt it a lot, she is also very important to me.

POV Narrator:

Hellene is doing as she can to overcome the traumas of what happened the day she lost her arm, dealing with the constant PTSD that has been attacking her due to the boss, having a very clear memory of what the witch looked like who ended up amputating the McLaren that with persistence and also a care full of love coming from Marianne Leclerc can end up making everything better, motivated to have to face the boss, to defeat her in any way possible.

See you, PTSD witches...