POV Narrator:
Saturday 5 September 2020, Colinas de Doras
The fourth sound of Fluit An Neart has been found and with this is already being forwarded on another important mission, which Diana wants to do for the sake of seeing it as the right thing to do since Brooks remains with damaged memories and also with her head constantly being put in danger due to the brainwashing Miranda Holbrook performed on the witch, after testing the sound inside Laura's mind, it's time to test how it will go inside the most unstable and dangerous mind of the group.
POV Diana:
I had a very strange dream tonight, I was just thinking about what was going on lately, I look at Akko, give her a kiss, smiling too, I get up from bed, go tae the bathroom, where I'm hugged from behind by my girlfriend, that's sae cute, I love this contact full of love with me, I reciprocate the caresses with kisses, until after we start tae do the personal hygiene.
Then we left the bathroom, changed, put on some casual clothes, today will be such a special day, I can already see that it won't be easy tae deal with Mary's mind, there will be many sick things that we can see, besides the presence of the boss herself, who may have manifested herself in some way there.
"Are you ready for today love?" Akko asks and I nod my head in agreement.
"It will be quite a challenge, but I am confident that we can make it, it's all or nothing here, we have tae make it somehow" I say as I adjust the buttons of my shirt.
"I believe we can make it, I believe in you love, my magic of believing in myself is back, let's together recover Mary's memory and defeat the boss" Said my girlfriend all hopeful, how cute.
And together we go walking through the house, arriving at the kitchen, where we were already having breakfast, Akko as usual was eating cereal, I on the other hand was eating bread with ham and cheese, I was taking advantage of the morning snack tae give me a little energy and also drink some milk, today will be a full day, even staying asleep, the thing will be inside Mary's head.
"Good morning girls, ready for de mission?" Said my mother appearing and we nodded in agreement.
"Still a bit scared, but let's go, I want tae help Mary with whatever is in our power" I say cheerfully.
"Oh dat's good, it's good to be afraid once in a while, fear is what keeps us from doing anything crazy, with dis fear you will be able to survive in dere, I don't want you to be at a huge risk of life all de time, I know you can do it" said my mother stroking our heads.
I just keep thinking of the things that can happen in Mary's head when we go there, even more sae since Phoebe warned us of the risk of a coma happening if we get inside someone's head, sae it is obviously a huge danger tae risk it.
I go soon finishing feeding myself, Akko too, now is the time, I go getting up from the table, first of all we go tae meet Mary and I imagine where she can be, we go up the stairs, arriving near the balcony of the house, where she was sitting looking at the landscape in front as she always does.
"You never really leave this place, do you?" Akko said.
"It is the fear that at any moment I will see Holbrook hiding in these woods, the fear hits me, but anyway, I know why you came, you want to help me don't you? I hope I am not a nuisance to your heads, I really don't want to end up causing the worst, I hope I can be useful enough, I don't want to be a burden to you" Mary said and we dinnae think sae.
"Dinnae worry about it Mary, ye're going tae be more useful than ye think and also think that it's nae a burden, but as a way fae us tae get tae have a victory with the boss, outside we'll be able tae study how it was that she did this tae ye" I say tae her who gets a bigger smile and then jumps from the balcony tae the inside.
"Okay let's go, I want to see if we can really defeat this curse in my head, it has been terrorizing me until now, please, if I put you in danger, don't hesitate to counter attack, I imagine that in my head I won't have that much control, so please don't hesitate, I don't want to risk you getting the worst of it because of me" We put our hand on her shoulder comforting her.
"We'll show ye that ye can trust us and that ye're not in any danger" I tell her and then we walk towards the bedroom.
We went tae a room with many beds that we had reserved exactly fae that, we put the three beds together, we hold hands and look at everything, it doesn't take long and Phoebe arrives with a crystal ball and a book in hands, me and Akko have the two relics of Lilith's triskellion, which we will take tae Mary Brooks' head, I hope that all of this really works out.
"Well, are you all ready? From now on you will hear me from Mary's head, Laura and I will be watching everything, remember to be quick, also not to take too many risks, since anything that happens in Mary's head reflects on you, so for example if you happen to lose a limb, simply your limb in real life loses movement, if you die, you go into a coma, so be very careful" Phoebe said.
"Great way to cheer us up" Akko said.
"They are the obvious dangers of it, but we will be very careful, it is nae fae nothing that we are with the relics of the Triskellion of Lilith with us, it is because we know the risk and the danger that is this mission, sae come on, let's nae hold back, we have a very important mission tae do" I tell them and we hold our hands.
We lay down on the beds, Mary stays in the middle between me and Akko, then Phoebe takes the book and uses her magic involving the book and then going tae us, arriving on our heads, which gives a complete darkness, I just stay in the middle of nowhere without knowing anything, Akko and Mary appear also in this darkness floating, then Brooks disappears, suddenly, in the middle of the darkness I go floating towards Akko.
And then we appear inside Mary's mind, it's something very different from my mother's mind, it's a forest at night, with Luna Nova in the background, fae sure there's a lot of things here, until we stand ready fae the worst.
"All right, you've finally arrived, from here it's just a matter of trying to find where Mary Brooks' mind centre is, but from the looks of it it doesn't seem to be a very inviting place" Phoebe said to us.
"Evidently it is nae, now let's go Akko, it must be inside Luna Nova, I dinnae doubt it" I say directing us.
We were walking straight ahead, in the middle of the forest, all dark, it's very strange and scary, the sky wasn't black, on the contrary it was purple, in a way I've never seen before, besides it dinnae seem tae have clouds above, it's as if we were inside something made of glass, since it was full of shards above.
Akko was even starting tae activate the second word and was holding the axe, as danger could come at any moment and suddenly a branch came tae attack us, which my girlfriend hit with the axe with everything.
"Damn it!" Kagari said.
"Careful you two, try to avoid attacking as much as possible, I recommend you don't attack anything, as anything that could damage Mary's head too" Phoebe said.
"Wait a minute, why are we walking? We can go on the broomstick and fly there quietly, instead of walking" Akko said and it's true.
We activate the fifth word, now it's time tae leave in a more intelligent way, we ride the broom but as we go up in the air dodging branches and impressing me with Akko's flying skills, we reach the top and we see what looks like an illusion that causes Luna Nova tae give a distance.
"What the hell! We'll never get there" I say, already a little frustrated.
"Hang on Diana, now we're going to get there" Akko said and I held on, as she started tae accelerate.
We are flying towards Luna Nova, but several witches are coming soon, attacking us, as if they were clones of Mary, what the hell, I'm throwing some Murowa just tae nae cause more damage and I'm aiming well at them, using my finger, since I learned how tae use magic without needing a wand just with my hand.
They come from the front, but they also come from behind, and I keep on throwing them one by one, without causing any damage, just stunning them on the way, which they keep on following.
"Those don't need to be that careful Diana, they're just hostile manifestations, the defences of Mary Brooks' head that the boss has put up, you can have a look" Just what I needed tae hear, let's have some fun.
Let's see if ye guys can handle it, I start playing the sound fae time tae stop, we almost got hit by a spell in our direction on the spot which I make him change course and then start making several glyphs that will trigger Murowa, I only do that now tae make way behind us as they are mostly there and when time starts running again I just see several Mary falling.
"Good Diana!" Akko said.
"Eyes forward Akko, I'll take care of the surroundings" I tell her, who keeps flying at high speed.
I was using a glyph in front of us and we were getting protected from the shots, just as Akko was dodging many, but there came a time when she sent several shots in a row that this time came in beams of light, but I made a glyph to keep us protected and even sae came a flash worthy of a flashbang.
"Ahhhhhhhh, damn, I can't see anything" I say after the flash.
"Don't worry, there is no one there, you are getting very close, soon you will be in Luna Nova" Phoebe said and when the vision recovered we really were.
"WonderfulAkko, it's flying faster soon we will arrive" I say excitedly.
Fireballs are being fired in our direction and this time there are many, which Akko is dodging quickly, we are concentrating on the front path since nae Mary is attacking us from behind, even though it seems that there are several hypogriffs coming our way, by the nine witches, what kind of sick mind is this? I guess I never thought we would be sae adventurous.
"It's my turn now" I say starting to fire several Murowa and using glyphs as well.
I start shooting with a lot of precision and we even use the fireballs in our favor, I'm making some mirror glyphs reflecting towards the several hippogriffs that were coming towards us, but Akko keeps focused on the flight, we are already very close tae Luna Nova, sae there is nothing tae fear, we can already perform the approach.
One of the hippogriffs came close tae us, Akko simply got off her broom and turned into an arrow, climbing on top of it and I was holding her hand, then she is launching arrows towards Luna Nova.
"What are you doing, love?" I say confused.
"Watch and learn love" She said then picked it up and went on tae throw it at me which I was confused about.
"Akko!" I shout as she falls tae the ground and then I am grabbed, when I look up she practically holds onto my lap and goes carrying me like spider man until we get very close tae where she used the hook.
Right on the wall we were being pushed, until we reached one of the balconies, with style we landed and I am even dumbfounded, sae much that the shots stopped and in the same way, everything was calm inside, that's great, at least now we have reached another stage, all that's left is tae find where her central office could be, fae sure I have a better guess.
"Let's go to the board, surely that's where" I say tae Akko and she nodded in agreement.
We went running inside Luna Nova, we were on the second floor and the board is on the room, but everything is very distorted, the place gets darker, but nae sae dark that ye can't see anything, dark with lamps and some cages beside, I feel like I'm inside Silent Hill.
"It's scarier here than the forest itself" Akko said.
"This here is the mind of someone who has been destroyed, it's a huge danger" I say as we go running inside Mary's head.
The corridor for now was quiet, nothing tae try tae attack us just a normal corridor, good at least this, it will be quiet tae pass through here, we were walking by Luna Nova, arriving at the stairs, now comes the real challenge, it seems that the passage is broken, we will nae get ... Akko simply uses the hook and manages tae pass then gives the hand tae me, what I will hold and together we climb, but the passage tae the fourth floor was blocked, what we were listening tae what sounded like some breaths.
"Akko, we'd better be very quiet here, the other staircase is on the other side and it looks like there's someone here" I whisper tae my girlfriend.
We walk slowly, carefully, but another sound is heard of something pulling, out of nowhere we jump back when we feel the danger, what seemed tae be a plant attacked us, appearing a trunk in front of us and even having some beats.
Then came some steps in our direction and were accelerated, Akko got up and sae did I, we were already getting into a fighting position, we heard the shouts approaching and we already made a defense with a magic barrier, but it dinnae work, a woman that looked like Mary but all thin and pale wearing only a jumper came running tae us and Akko dodged the first attack.
"Run!" We both said.
We went running, quite scared, but the scary Mary was on all fours and she was starting tae go strangely as fast as we were, sae I throw a Murowa tae get her out of the way and we keep going tae the corridor on the other side, but the passage is blocked by tables and chairs, at the same time the shouting intensified, we hear the footsteps getting heavier and with that we enter a room next tae us.
"What is it?" Whispers Akko.
"I am as confused as ye are" I answer her whispering.
Inside the room we went towards the window, of course taking the due silence nae tae call attention tae anything, besides Phoebe dinnae come tae say anything until now, what could call attention from the little creatures outside.
We opened the window and just in time the door opened, which Akko had already used the hook on the ceiling and we had tae climb all the way up, ending up going straight tae the roof, which I dinnae expect tae happen, on the roof, we got tae where the upper part of the plant was and it was starting tae use its vines and vines attacking us, trying tae grab.
"Mary's mind is quite complex, beware the dangers" Phoebe said.
I could see that the impact of this plant was damaging the roof and I had an idea, when I saw that Akko was already preparing an arrow with the first word and launched one that only made her move everything quickly and the roof was breaking more what could be our opportunity, I could see Akko making the second word.
"Akko I will try tae distract the plant, it will make a hole in the roof and then ye attack" I say tae her who agrees with her head.
And sae I went shooting several Murowa towards the plant that was shooting more with the arms and in this a hole in the roof was opening what I look atAkko and she looks at me, she jumps with the second word and goes towards the plant that ends up breaking a part of it and in this the plant opens and nobody less than Mary appears inside and we could have almost killed her in all this, she was still fainted, but it is already a sign of something.
"You almost put her in a coma, well, you found the real one, from what I could analyze here, now we just have to wake her up, she won't regain consciousness until you find the central office" said Phoebe and it seems that we will need it.
A hole was opening and the plant itself stood still, it dinnae move fae anything, which we went down tae the attic, which is a good sign, let's get tae the directorate soon, in the attic things are as usual, we laid Mary down there and then went down the trapdoor, where it was even quiet the ground around it.
"Mission almost accomplished" Akko said.
And we walk in the corridor that seems very calm, there is nothing, luckily nae creature, but this is too suspicious, we reach the door of what used tae be the board of directors and when we enter we find the boss sitting at her desk, a scene very similar tae what we saw on the day of the invasion, we even swallow saliva, we dinnae expect her tae be here.
"Congratulations for getting to the central office, it seems that you were the lucky ones to get here, but I won't be so nice, if you want to get to the real place where you will free Mary's memory you will have to go through me" said the boss who stood up and started to intimidate us.
"Let's go then" We both said already preparing fae the attack.
The boss comes at us both with everything, but we dodge, she is nae as fast as we think she is, this could be good, then Akko was activating one more of the words, this time the first one and shot an arrow at the boss who dodges and she then comes at me, I am hit, but I manage tae fight back and in this we remain the three separated.
"The boss here has the same strength as Mary, so probably not the same strong boss you are used to, although Mary Brooks is not that weak" Phoebe said tae us.
"Ah, it looks like your little friend has already given the game away, but it's no use, I also have control of this place and I can do it" said the boss who was making the ground turn into stakes and soon we were jumping tae avoid impalement.
Akko used the third word and with the hook gave a kick tae the boss who ended up stopping trying tae impale us, and I go taking advantage, I think it's time tae leave, I let Akko distract the boss and I help Mary, but when it's time tae reach the door I'm repelled by seeing a glyph, almost narrowly I dinnae fall into a spear remnant and end up being impaled.
"Hahaha, you think it's going to be that easy, you can't do without the fleece that's on my necklace" Said the boss and Akko kicked her in the face.
"Ah sae that's it, I know what tae do" I tell her.
Akko is trying to hold against the boss, but she is starting tae counter attack my girlfriend with more force, I on the other hand will use another sound of Fluit An Near, I will stop time again, let's see what she will think about this, I am starting tae emanate a glow and she was going towards me after kickingAkko against the wall, the sound soon gave the effect and I just felt something almost touching me by the back.
Walking forward I felt a slight sting and saw that it was a wood trying tae impale me, the boss stood still and I take the opportunity tae grab her necklace and then kick her in the back, which right on time time turns and she goes towards the wood she made climb.
"Where are you?" Said the boss and I quickly hid the seal in my pocket.
"Time to fuck off" Akko said and she already noticed that I took the seal.
I go going at the boss just like Akko she went focusing on me and I just throw the necklace into my Japanese girl's hands and then throw myself on the ground using a teleportation glyph I juice on the ground and the boss gets all confused, she tries tae turn around backwards, but hits Akko as I stood right on my girlfriend's back where I take the seal, put it on the door, already noticing the effect of the seal running out and then Kagari coming off my back and using the third word kicking the boss who is thrown backwards.
"I'm going to start the countdown now, before things get too dangerous, you have sixty seconds" Phoebe said and that's what I needed.
The boss goes towards us both going up, Akko blocks the passage with a glyph and signals me tae enter and I go, I open the door with my kick, I've never done that, that's cool, when I knock the door down I get tae where the central office was and I could see that it's very different from my mother's memories, here is just a room with some strange lights and some disturbing images of what I had of Mary's memories, many of her shooting, other few more colourful ones are just of us, well I can't waste time.
"You still have to wait a while after using the Fluit An Near sound to play another one, it's 30 seconds, but don't worry, when it gives I'll let you know Diana" Phoebe said and I forgot I had that one, you can't use one sound after another, which is a shame.
I'm watching Mary's memories as time goes by and listening tae the fighting between Akko and the boss, I hope she is well and nothing bad happens, watching everything I can notice that Mary remembers very well the memories that she spent living with us, these are the ones that are starting tae become more apparent, how cute, we together as friends, she really values these things.
"Now!" Phoebe said.
I hear Akko screaming in pain and I start tae play the sound, trying nae tae be afraid and nae tae think about the worst that could happen tae my girlfriend, I can't give up now, I have tae keep going forward, come on, I keep feeling the magic flowing in me, there are 30 seconds left until all this comes tae an end, I can't waste time, I have tae play perfectly the sound, but the tension comes anyway, I go seeing that Akko was thrown in
here by the boss, but it dinnae reach me, I go on playing, the glow was getting stronger and I see that the boss even extends her hand, until it starts tae stop having power by Mary's mind.
"No! No! No! You bastards!" She went glaring through her hands and eyes until she disappeared completely in front of us.
Then the whole place started tae change, the dark of Luna Nova became something different, but time was running out and I sawAkko practically all wounded on the floor, I hope she dinnae die, damn it, I hope everything worked out, this can't end like this.
POV Mary:
Everything is so dark, but a light suddenly comes and I open my eyes looking at a wooden roof, then I sit up and see that I am in a strange place, looking around I remember a little, it is Sifla's cottage, I notice that there are two redheaded girls around, I also notice that Diana and Akko are also here, I am starting to remember now.
"I'm... I am remembering everything, you are Mrs. McLaren, I am Mary Brooks, I am from the Luna Nova lilac team, you helped get my memory back! I remember everything!" I say jumping up and down with happiness.
"We did it" The two redheads said and I got all relieved, as I remembered things, the traumatic memories also came, which I am shocked to see that this all happened.
"Did we make it?" Said Diana and Akko getting up and looking at me who was all excited.
"Looks like de Mary from before is radiant again" Mrs McLaren said and I went looking at my hands.
I looked at myself, I looked in the mirror and wow, I'm all muscular, I'm all badass, look at those arms, look at that body, I look like I've just come out of a war like that, it's not for nothing, but I've combined a lot like this, I never imagined that I would see myself this way, I remember things, how I was different, I even see the sniper I used to use and I get a huge smile.
"Welcome back Mary" Diana said.
"Where are Avery and Blair? I really need to tell them I'm back," I say excitedly.
"They are around here, come with us" I nod my head in agreement and pick up my sniper rifle, placing it on my back I can't wait to see all of them soon, I'll be so happy.
We walk together through the place, I remember things, I was so edgy and different, so dark, gee I guess I must have been a real pain in the ass, but now I'm totally back, even though I still remember everything traumatic that happened I just find myself motivated to move on.
We arrived outside and I could see that Avery and Blair were tending to the crops, I call out to them with arms wide open, finally, for real, finally I'm with my best friends, and for real, I'm the real me;
"Avery! Blair!" I call out to the two of them who, upon noticing me, run full tilt in my direction.
"Mary!" They both speak and run up to me, giving me a hug full of affection.
I have all my memories back, I know who I really am, I'm Mary, it's me" I say crying with emotion.
"You've always been Mary to us" Blair said.
"Even when you tried to kill us, we never stopped believing that you were the real Mary and when you allied yourself to put an end to the guys from The Council it was beautiful, then now that you've brought us here, it's really nice to see that you had help from them to get your memories back"Avery said.
"You have no idea how happy and anxious I was for all this, I didn't want to lose the memories of all the good things we lived together, now I won't forget them anymore, what Miranda Holbrook did in my head doesn't affect me, I can look at you guys straight away and not have a headache crisis with my memory destroying me, now I can go back to being the Mary of always" I say all happy and jumpy.
"The Mary of old for us has always existed" Blair said stroking my head.
I hug them both and I'm very happy about all this, then I walk to Diana and Akko, both of them looking at me with a huge smile on their faces, I hug them, grateful for everything that has happened, I can't believe I could finally be myself again, now all this has come to an end, it's really wonderful, I'm crying here.
"Thank you Diana, thanks to you for taking this decision to help me I could be here alive for all of this, I have my memories back thanks to you, me and my friends will be able to have a lot of fun thanks to you" I'm very glad that all of this is finally happening.
"I only did what I knew was a priority and necessary, I know ye really wanted tae get the memories back and I saw the importance" Diana said.
"You did a giant thing today love, that's what a big witch does" Akko said with his hand on his girlfriend's shoulder.
"Thank you for everything, I will always be grateful to what you have done for me" I tell the two who smile back at me.
POV Narrator:
And the exploration of Mary's mind was a success, with a difficult fight inside the mind of Brooks that had the dominion of the boss and was very hostile to the presence of Diana and Akko that together could perform another advance in the fight against the boss, having a small victory that is already huge for the act that they did the English witch that can have the memories of the happiest days of her life recovered and without suffering with the infuence of the boss in her head.
See you, dream witches...