POV Narrator:

Friday 7 August 2020, Edinburgh, Scotland

Finnelan's visit came, in a not very wanted way, since it was in the plans of the girls in Edinburgh to invade Luna Nova, what will be a very important mission, in the middle of these days Diana and Akko continued the training with Laura, Hellene was recovering every day from the surgery she had done in her arm, and in a few days she was cured of the pain and scarring, and already had the socket to put the prosthesis ready for use, which was perfect for the coming of the new gift, since McLaren's birthday was coming soon.

POV Hellene:

Ahhhhh, what a night... Yesterday Mari really wanted to gift me with everything, luckily my arm was already more healed, apart from de happiness of being cured of dis damned pain soon, everything came in a wonderful way, my body is now only half sore because of de night I spent with Leclerc, I turn to de side and see 'er opening 'er eyes, den passing 'er hand on my face, with a beautiful and charming smile.

"Good morning love, happy birthday" Mari said and I went smiling at 'er.

"Danks sweetie, good morning too" I say yawning sleepily.

We kissed each other, den I got a t-shirt thrown on de floor putting it on, with de help of Mari a lettle, in de same way she puts it on, I see dat my panties are a little thrown, but I use magic to levitate dem to me, I also get my girlfriend's and together we put dem on since it's quite capable of my mum showing up.

And she really showed up as soon as I put on the panties, luckily it wasn't after dat hahaha, I was lucky like dat.

"Happy birthday girl!" Said my mother entering de room with a cake in 'er hand and Akko and Diana also came with 'er.

"You're lucky I was already dressed when you came in" I say to my mother who came to my bed placing de cake on de table.

"I was already waiting for you to be dressed, well at least I dedn't face de same scenario as last night, congratulations daughter, you are already one step away from being an adult woman like your older sister, today you are 17 years old" said mother Laura and I am already happy, still a bit sleepy because I just woke up, but dis is normal, it always happens.

"Happy birthday sis!" Said Holly who also appeared in deir midst, kind of by surprise appearing from bedroom window.

"Holly? Since when you came 'ere so early, I told you to wait later," said my mother.

"I came with my broom, I woke up early to go and see my sister having 'er birthday" said my younger sister.

"After you leave 'ere you'd better get yourself cleaned up, I don't want you to run the risk of passing covid to Grandma and Grandpa" Mum said being careful and Holly nodded 'er head in agreement.

I was soon getting a piece of the cake, I put it in my mouth and feel de taste of chocolate, it's very good to do dat, I'm also giving my girlfriend some kisses with de taste of chocolate, also with a lettle something sweet inside, dulce de leche, my mum really likes to put dis in the cake, I don't know why, I'm enjoying myself and looking with happiness for all, soon my sister arrives with a gift for me is a box even in a considerable size.

I open it, it's a Nendoroid, from Yang Xiao Long, how cool, I really wanted one of 'ers, also a t-shirt, it's de same she has, yellow, I love Yang, she's my favorite from RWBY.

"Did you like it sis?" she asks and I even get a lettle emotional crying.

"I love it, you always remind me dat Yang is my favourite" I say all happy hugging my sister with one arm.

"She's all you lettle sis, Mari is your Blake, already sis Diana is de whole Weiss while Akko is Ruby" I giggle wiping my tears away.

"Is it that 3D anime that Hellene always talks about?" Said my older sister and I nodded in agreement.

"We watched it together since it came out, we saw it on youtube at de time and we thought it was really cool, our mum was kind of looking at it with a critical 3D look, just because she knows how to do some beautiful 3D dings, she even remade some models of de four of dem for us" I say happily with my presents.

"I've already been to an anime event with dis one doing a cosplay of dis blonde, everybody was loving to see 'er with de prosthesis all well done, de shock was to know dat it was a real one, Holly had gone as Shiny Chariot in dat day too, it's been a while" said my mother.

"It was 5 years ago, there was a cute Blake dere too" I say with my hand on my chin and see Mari with a kind of angry face.

"Ah a cute Blake huh, you'll see what this kitten will now show you" She said staring at me and I was just left scratching de back of my neck.

"Calm down love, she was an adult girl, we just took pictures together, she was with a Sun, de strange ding was another teenager who was Neopolitan, dat one over dere I dink she hit on me" I say laughing.

"She hit on you Hellene, it just dedn't go ahead after you said you were 12, dat girl was 16" Said my younger sister and it's true, I was only 12 in 2015, how time flies.

"Well, let's leave de birthday girl alone now, she is going to change and take a shower" said my mother and de girls left, just me and Mari.

And I had already finished de cake, it was very good indeed, I get up from bed, I receive a nice pat on de butt, which was already full of bites because of yesterday, we go together walking to de bathroom, we take off our clothes, my girlfriend was already cleaning de part where de prosthesis goes, doing everything right, you can always trust 'er, but soon you won't need it, since it's all waterproof, it's already incorporating itself to my wounds as part of my body.

I get in de shower after a very painless washing of my prosthesis socket, now it's just to stay calm and take a relaxing bath in de bathtub, which I do with my hair pinned up, since it's not washing day, just like my Mari also left 'er hair pinned up, we even put two hair caps.

"You're enjoying it kitten" I say washing Mari's back.

"Of course my love, I like your hand touching me always, you have a divine hand, you only need one, if you had two it would be too much for this world to bear" said Leclerc and I was even a little embarrassed.

"Oh come on love, it's only one hand, de one with de prosthesis also knew how to give a good comfort when bathing, as it is my mind dat controls its manners, I even managed to use a sponge on it, but rarely did, I preferred to bathe without" I tell my girlfriend.

After showering and getting ready the two go to the living room, waiting for more guests to come,including the most special of them, who didn't take long to arrive...

We went down the stairs, I couldn't help putting on de new t-shirt I got from my lettle sister, I go down to de living room and I see dat aunt April was dere too, with Megan too and Brooke, I go running to hug 'er, who stands up and I almost knock 'er down, I'm really looking forward to it, I also hug 'er two daughters with a big smile on my face.

"Aunt April!" I say excitedly.

"I know exactly why you are happy and I 'ave to say dat Brooke and I went to a lot of trouble with your new prosthesis, dis one won't break for nothing, Holly also helped a bit and asked me to make it yellow, because it's dat blonde one from de 3D cartoon that you like" Aunt April said and I am already crying with emotion.

"Really? You all helped me dat much?" I say impressed and Brooke quickly hands over de box.

"You can put it on, it's yours, it's your arm dat you wanted so much" April said and I opened it.

I see dat it's just like Yang's prosthesis, even more like my old one, now I'm definitely like 'er, it was an entire arm dis time, I look at it all happy, I notice dat it's already loaded a lettle, I take a deep breath because de painful part will come.

I plug de prosthesis in the socket, den I go on screwing it in de upper part until it gives a locking sound which is de noise of fitting, at dat moment I am already starting to feel de shock dat gives, and it hurts a lot, it is always at de first time that it is a huge pain

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I hate dis part" I say dying of pain.

"Baby..." Said Mari worriedly as I moaned and screamed in pain.

"In de hand it was de same thing, she was screaming a lot of pain, it's from de nerve endings starting to work and picking up de movements, since she can use 'er mind to do different things, in de hand it took 30 seconds of constant pain, in de arm I believe it can take 3 minutes" What? All dat, I couldn't take de first one and I'm going to have to take dis one, ahhhhhhhhh, I was already crying.

I'm already feeling my arm as if it was connecting, as if I had a pain in my whole arm, aunt April is genial, but dis prosthesis is a hell of a pain, it's as if I was being electrocuted and having needles stuck in my arm all de time, dis feeling in de prosthesis, but I know it's just to have control and feel de touch, besides dat I don't feel pain afterwards, which will be peaceful de next times I use it.

I'm screaming a lot of pain because I can't stand it, but soon it passed, which for me was a feeling of having gone through de longest three minutes of my life.

"Ahhhhhh... Finally, that shit's over" I say panting.

"You were brave now Hellene, from now on you won't have any pain, I'll just have to do some maintenance from time to time" Aunt April said and I immediately sent a thumbs up sign with my prosthesis hand.

"Yay, it's working wonderfully" I get all happy and hug April again, she's always so great.

"Oh, dat's always great to do, I would even do another prosthetic if possible, I love seeing de smile on your face Hellene" Ms Jordan said.

"Dank you, dank you and dank you very much, I loved with all my heart your present Aunt April, it is de best I could 'ave, look at dis, I 'ave an arm, I 'ave an arm again, now I am not dat abnormal, I am like you! I 'ave a brand new arm!" I say all excited and happy, thrilled by all this.

"Ye were never abnormal sis" said my elder sister.

"You deserve dis present, I know how you would love it, now with dis Yang t-shirt it's really matching, I love dat you put it on" said my lettle sister.

"I'm going to test dis ding" I say, jumping up from de sofa and running outside.

I start punching de air with de new prosthesis and I notice how it's de same as my arm used to be, it's de same agility, dat's cool, I try to cast a spell and everything comes out as I expected, with dat I run to a tree, I give a boost with everything and go to hit a right punch on 'er, even not being my strongest hand it was enough to knock 'er change which I was even impressed.

"This is wonderful 'ere" I say, crying with emotion.

"Hey daughter, do you want to test with me too?" said my mother calling for a fight.

"Now let's see if you are going to underestimate me now dat I 'ave two arms" I sad very pumped for dis.

My mum gives a draught with 'er hand to try to brake me with my momentum I gave, disappearing and reappearing behind me, which I use de prosthetic to defend myself from 'er blow and wow, mum really is stronger, I use my other hand to cast a spell and as I expected, she disappeared, I spin backwards with a kick and she dodges de best way, I try to fight back de dodge with a hammer blow, but again I'm deflected and on top of dat I get tripped, I only don't fall to the ground because I use my prosthesis for support with a single hand supported I launch a thrust already with a left punch ready.

I was going to hit my mother who just got up but she hit me in de stomach first and den she gave me a push with air making me throw backwards.

"Laura is very fast" MyAunt April said and she really has no idea.

In dis move backwards I let myself be dragged and would even hit an elbow to my mother, but she knew the blow and crouches down giving another creep, I dis time I make a glyph to try not to use de hand to support on de ground and attack in time, but my mother hits well in de glyph and de momentum catches well in my back launching with everything in de air.

It was what I needed, I left a well loaded punch with my left hand and I hit well on my mother's hand dat

reappears, and with de impact I am thrown back and I can fall standing on de ground, my mother just gives a nice flip in de air and stands up already signaling dat she was going to stop

"Not bad daughter, but you still have a lot to improve, dat time stopped didn't make you lose your ability, it's good to see dat de prosthesis worked well" Mom said.

"Wow it's just like my arm before, it worked perfectly, I'm confident I can get back to work" I say excitedly.

"Soon you will go girl, just wait for your recovery to finish and den we will train hard" said my mother coming to me stroking my head.

De lassies were dumbfounded by de lettle fight I had with my mother in which I dedn't hit a single blow, only one dat was defended and de rest she dodged as if it was nothing, it's scary all dis, I wonder what my mother's total power must be like, now dat I know she was only testing me when I was younger, it must be something far beyond what I imagine it to be.

"Wow sis, ye are still very fit, I can see that ye are stronger than us even when we are resting" said my older sister.

"Hellene is trained in physical attacks, she is a witch focused on fighting since she was very young, you two are more focused on magic, she is stronger physically and hitting, but your magic is more potent dan 'ers, since Hellene uses 'er magic focused on fighting" My mother explains and really dey 'ave a lot of magic, I felt dis magic when I woke up in de morning and dey were still training.

"But why did ye focus on that, sis?" Diana asks.

"I always liked fighting and striking, I wanted to be more focused on dat part, I wanted to be strong, my mother was teaching me, she is also very skilled in dat kind of magic" I tell 'er.

"I learned since I was very young, my great-grandmother trained me a lot, but my specialization is flying a broomstick, but you know I couldn't demonstrate dat, my other specialization is in combat, but I decided to broaden myself so dat I don't just get beaten up, after all it's always good to use what you 'ave to win, dat's why I'm so variable with de type of magic I use when I train, I'm never training de same ding every day" My mother said and she's quite differentiated in dat.

We go together to de living room and I want to test something else, I'm already turning on de Switch, I want to play a little bit, I get excited to hold a controller with two hands, I'm already choosing a Mario Kart to play, it's been a long time since I played, Mari sits beside me and also comes to play, let's play together to see if I'm doing well, I've already done all de cups in all cylinders, but let's see if I get far.

"I am playing Mari, I am holding a control with two hands!" I say all excited and crying with happiness.

"You deserve it love" said my girlfriend.

"Enjoy it girl, den we will have a family duel, me, you, Diana and Holly, we will see who is de best McLaren" said my mother and I am already loving it.

'Ah, now dat I 'ave an arm you will see dat I still know how to play" I'm very happy today.

And time went by, more guests were arriving in Edinburgh, while Hellene played with her family, shewas very happy that she could hold a controller with both hands and no longer had to be only with aWiimote with one hand, this time she could hold it like anyone else, the day was well marked by alladmiring the engineering behind the prosthesis, being a day that gave more happiness to Hellenethat was recovering from the trauma more and more ...

Today is being de best day of my life, I feel back, I feel like myself, I 'ave dis wonderful arm in place of de old one, I'm having a wonderful party, I'm putting my hand in de onion and parsley Lay's, my favourite flavour, dey did everything thinking of me, of course I'm not going to dirty my prosthesis, so I used only de left hand which is my good hand at least.

"You'll find an engagement ring in there" said Amanda who came to the party.

"Ah if it's like Akko I'll love it" I say laughing.

"It was so romantic that anniversary, by the way Mari had a outing, I wonder what she's up to" Annabel said.

"She must have found a present for you" Akko said.

"Let's hope the present isn't her in another very provocative way" said my sister laughing.

"Mari is not like dat, I know my girlfriend well" I say blushing, but imagining it would be nice.

"Let's play anyway, it's your turn dere Hellene" Amanda said and let's play some more.

It is great dat even on my birthday I get lucky on Mario Party, maybe because I always try hard, but anyway, let's see if I can get more stars dan Annabel, she is simply more broken dan me, and on top of dat she wins everything with a huge ease, it always shocks me, she is a monster playing, for de nine witches.

I go hearing a kind of ensureced noise outside, it's a motorbike, looks like a way motorbike, I don't know, I see Mari coming and she was with a helmet in hands, de helmet was with some RWBY arts on it.

"Come for a walk, your mother brought something you'll love" Mari said and I got a bit confused.

"Goin for a ride?" Is de bike mine? I'm getting up.

"Come soon love, by the way the helmet is yours, I made it, I designed it thinking of you"" said my Leclerc.

I am leaving home, I look at de helmet already amazed, what a beautiful thing, I already loved just de helmet, I hardly wait to go for a ride on de bike, in fact I hardly wait, I arrive outside and I see a Harley Davidson, dat is so cool, but it is not one of dose dat looks like a road bike, but an angry one, it reminds me a little bit of a cyberpunk motorbike.

"Hey girl, come on up, it's your new bike, it's a Vrod, I got it knowing dat it's your face" said my mother and I was stunned.

"Mum! Amotorbike! And what a cool bike!" I say with emotion.

"Dis year you get your driving licence, so nothing better dan having a bike to match you" Mama Laura said and I was crying.

"Wait a minute, 17 years old?" Mari said.

"In Ireland it's 18 years to get a driving licence, but Hellene also has British citizenship, she can get a driving licence 'ere and at 17 years of age, a year ahead of what it would be at home, let's go girl, you can get on dat bike and take your girlfriend for a ride" I go running to hug my mother, I can't believe I got a present like dat, it was so wonderful.

I go after de hug putting de helmet, I see dat my Mari also does dis, well at least I know how to ride a motorbike, danks to my mother I already had some mini motorbikes before, it's de same ding only with one more weight, I turn de bike on and wow, what a roar, it has a very cool look, I even smile too, I see dat de girls were also seeing me happy with the bike.

"Woah look at the size of the tyre on that thing" Amanda said.

"I customized 'er, she was in Rose's house, I bought 'er a few days ago, I couldn't help but make 'er more Muscle, besides lowering 'er a little because my daughter, as well as I, suffers with the lack of height" said my mother and I'm already starting to accelerate a little listening to 'er snoring.

It's a beautiful rumbling, when it doesn't accelerate it sounds like she is bubbling, I soon take 'er support off of 'er and let my legs hold 'er, dis bike is kind of heavy, let's see how she rides, I'm soon going out with 'er, riding through de grass, carefully taking 'er to de street, I'm looking carefully and wow, de feeling of riding dis ding is wonderful, it's very different.

I start riding through de little road in front of Diana's house and wow, de feeling is wonderful, it's liberating, and as if I were on a broomstick, only much more comfortable, I've ridden a motorbike before, but never on one of my own, dis is wonderful, I look around, seeing de feeling of de road, the lightness of de air, de machine under me bubbling, Marianne's hands around my waist, I'm feeling like I'm in heaven.

"That's wonderful!" I say inside de helmet without anyone being able to hear.

I go for a quick ride on de road, I don't want de cops to catch me riding without a driving licence, so I soon get back home, park de bike with care, leaving it in de garage, near Diana's car and also my mother's car, I

get off de bike and look all around admiring de beauty of dis lettle ding, I dink I will start to focus on motorbikes, dey look like brooms but much more manners.

"So love, what did you think?" asks my girlfriend.

"I couldn't expect anything better, dis was one of de best gifts I had, de only reason haven't won my prosthesis yet is because of reasons, but even so, what a great bike, what a great helmet, what a wonderful day, I'm loving every second of my birthday" I say looking delighted to de bike.

"Take good care of your Vrod, if you have any problems, leave dem with Mum, I can fix 'er" said Mum, coming up beside me.

I'm leaving de garage and I couldn't stop looking back, I was just admiring de bike, as if I were a child looking at a new toy, all de details of it, de vibe dat de bike passes, it's very much my face, I dink I've never identified so much with a bike as now, in fact I've never identified myself with motorbikes, de garage was closing I even tripped on a stone and fell on de ground still admiring de bike.

"Calm down girl, she's not going to walk away" said my mother.

"You don't understand mum, it's a gift like dis all new dat you can't stop admiring, it's a strange magical ding dat I feel with dis bike, it passed me an energy... I do not know, I felt one with de bike" I say looking at my hands and den I saw dat Mari was laughing a lot and I see a huge smile on de face of my hand dat gives de hand for me to stand up and I give de right hand just to see if de prosthesis is good and I can get up.

"I know well what it is girl, or do you dink dat Lotus Carlton did not give me a smile on my face when I ride in it, when I turned 18 my parents gave me dis car that is with me until today, 30 years accompanying me, I know de passion you feel, because I have it too, grandpa Mark also have de same passion" said my mother who was then stroking my head.

"Hey girls, it's time to congratulate the birthday girl" Chariot said and I'm already getting anxious, my godmother must 'ave made a beautiful cake.

I go to de kitchen with de girls, I can't wait to see what dey prepared for me for dis hour, de cake is chocolate with some biscuits on top, dere's also some grains on top, I asked for it myself because I've seen a cake like dat somewhere and I thought it would go well, dere's also some parts with vanilla, I'm drooling just imagining, de candles with de numbers 1 and 7 are placed on top of de cake, de lights go out, de candles are magically lit and everyone starts singing Happy Birthday.

I am crying with emotion, I got so many wonderful dings today, I did not expect a birthday so full of things, it really will be fixed in my memories as de unforgettable day dat I Hellene McLaren turns 17.

"Hellene! Hellene! Hellene! Hellene! Hellene!" Dey all said clapping deir hands and speaking my name, ahhhhh it gives me a feeling all full in my heart and I soon blow out de candles.

"Dank you, really dank you, dis so special day would not be possible without all of you 'ere with me, I love you, I really love you, you are very dear people and dat is why de first piece would be from all of you for being 'ere, I honestly don't know who to give dis first piece to, really, it's all so special to me" I say crying and wiping my tears.

And I was leaving to get de first piece, as well as I was doing with de others and I was distributing using de magic to levitate dings, I was taking a bite of de cake and it's a dulce de leche with dis very different chocolate with dese granules dat go in my mouth, de vanilla giving a lettle more flavor, it's an explosion inside dis mouth, ahhhhhhh, de sweets are also wonderful, my godmother as always knows how to do de best.

I soon was also giving in de mouth of Mari even being de same flavor of cake, just for de gay moment I wanted to do it, we were giving one in de mouth of the other in de most honeyed way possible, den we returned to de room, where we were in Mario Party

"Let's see now if this Party you also win Hellene" Amanda said.

"If Annabel stops being so lucky too, it seems that de stars always spawn near 'er, I don't know how she does it" I say seeing another star appearing in Annabel's way.

"That's a lot of strategy, this one I'll win comfortably even" said de cocky Creme.

"By the way Hellene, your mother is wonderful, I envy your mother, she thinks about you, she doesn't leave any daughter aside, gives attention, gives love, and you are three, she travels for work once in a while, but never forgets you, even Cavendish, I'm impressed how Laura is a mother infinitely better than my mother, my parents are two, they hardly work, they only know how to travel alone, earning money by exploiting the work of others, and on top of that they always forget I exist, that makes me really jealous of you, of Cavendish and your sister, they are all very well treated by the wonderful mother you have" I'm even flattered.

"I find it strange dat other mothers are not like mine, dey don't seem to love deir daughters and sons" I tell her.

"It doesn't look like it, in fact they do, they love the idealised version of the perfect daughter for them, they wanted me to be another businesswoman like them, but I don't want that, I want to detach myself from this life, I want to be just me, change things for the witches, also for humanity, this system that sucks, it's because of it that my parents are the wretches they are" Wow it's too deep O'Neill's critique.

POV Narrator:

Hellene completes 17 years, receiving gifts that she did not expect to win beyond the prosthesis that she so much wanted, since she lived a long time being debilitated to do the functions that she always did in her body, due to the accident, but she can enjoy all the best to overcome, gifts that surely McLaren will not forget and as always showing that she is a very grateful person for everything that was provided on such a special day for the redhead.

Happy Birthday, lesbian witch...