POV Narrator:
The realization of the eighteen girls after finding out that after all the training they were faced with a place that was practically desolate and destroyed by Miranda Holbrook, losing loved ones, family, friends, people who cannot survive the biggest disaster that was at the hands of that woman who went about doing evil deeds. Diana seeing all this was shocked and furious, since her mother hadn't told her that this had happened and kept it a secret for a long time about the situation that could be worrying, since Cavendish wanted to at least try to save as many lives as possible, but it wasn't quite as she expected, things were more disastrous. Diana ran away and went to her house, but a call from Beatrix, to give the girl a hope, made her come back in a random place in Arcturus, where she ended up meeting a few survivors of the whole disaster that happened in Doras.
POV Diana:
Holly, she's alive, my sister survived the Miranda Holbrook massacre, she's here with me, I can't believe she's here touching me and it's fae real I even made sure tae see if I wasn't deluding myself, but as I touched her face and squeezed her cheeks I could see that it wasn't my delusion, that really was my sister and I could see that my cousins are also alive and I quickly run tae hug them both, I thought since I had lost them.
"Hey, you don't need so much stickiness" Maril said in her usual way, but I'm honestly thrilled just tae be with her like this.
"Hey Maril stop being a pain in the ass and appreciate that your cousin came here to see you, she's happy to find you alive" Merrill said being practically a mother to her sister and I can see even the stubborn one is all flushed.
"I am relieved and happy tae see that ye are alive, even from ye I would be devastated if ye knew ye were dead, but I am happy that ye are alive and here, someone actually protected ye from all this and I am happy" I say relieved and then Sifla appears and she is also alive.
"It wasn't us, it was that brat that took it from our place, and on top of that she couldn't even save our mother, just when I was starting to like Lucy, she was a nice mother even, but now she's dead, damn that Miranda Holbrook" Said Maril who was even with her arms crossed in anger.
"I tried to save as many people as possible, I did not know where to take and Ley's lines brought me in this place, since then Holbrook never appeared and we are safe from her clutches, we are happy that Diana appeared and that she is alive" Sifla said.
"The other lassies are there too, but only I showed up... Anyway, what is this place, why is it sae strange and cozy?" I say looking around.
"I don't know, but I found a crystal and it had my mother inside it, she was sealed in here, that's really very strange" Oh so this is my chance I can get her out of the seal.
"Take me tae her, I can help" I tell her.
I'm kind of looking around, seeing that Sifla is all happy tae see me here, she even gives me a huge hug, what a thing, I feel kind of wanted, but actually I think I feel kind of bad, I dinnae know if I should have raised the tone sae much tae my mum, I dinnae know, her decision was very controversial, I'm still a few steps behind her leaving these people tae die, when they were all safe.
At least Megan, Phoebe, my cousins, Frank and my cousins were able to be saved in time.
I go following Sifla, she leads me tae a cave and in it I could see that Sifla's mother really was inside a crystal, what a strange thing, anyway, I will start doing that, I hope the Fluit An Neart sound works this time.
"Here is my mother, she is on this seal and I have tried everything but breaking it because I know how risky it all is" Sifla said and I am already touching the crystal feeling the magic power.
"It's a very powerful seal indeed, but I think I can use the flute and handle it" which I'm already making a point of starting to play.
The sound involves me, the sixth sound of Fluit An Near, I feel the magic flowing through my body, the lines of magic forming on the floor, shining around the crystal, reaching the object, which was beginning tae wrap itself around Sifla's mother, she was wrapping herself and then the crystal was floating some more, I kept playing the sound.
A strong glow came followed by a flash, I even stopped playing putting my hand in front of my face sae as nae tae be affected by the strong light, which soon stopped glowing and revealed that I had broken the seal of Sifla's mother who even fell tae the ground and started tae open her eyes.
"Huh? What happened here? Where am I?" she said, still very confused.
"Mum!" Said Sifla running tae her and I even get a little breathless.
"Woah Diana you really have become quite a powerful witch with this training" Phoebe said.
"That's just one of the sounds of Fluit An Neart, nothing to do with my magic power, other than that I still think I'm pretty strong, but not tae the point where... Never mind..." I just remembered what my mum said, it's nae use training, I'm still a wimp who will never defeat Holbrook, we just wasted our time tae an inevitable death.
"Who would have thought that the girl we used to make fun of as a weakling in our childhood, and which we even always beat up, is now much stronger than us" said Maril.
"I told you, it's nae my power" I say as I see the cute moment between Sifla and her mother.
It even made me feel sorry, imagining how it would be between me and my mother Laura making up, but anyway, better nae tae think about it, I'm still angry with her, she shouldn't have done this tae us, the girls being here is my mother's fault, they could be dead, we could have had a chance in saving them from being isolated here.
Sifla's mother comes tae me, her arms open, she also gives me a hug, which I'm getting a little emotional about, but I just in the most helped her with a little nonsense, it wasn't there something sae far away.
"You helped me get me out of the seal girl, I waited 8 years for the Flute girl to come along and get me out of it, you even look familiar..." She said and I scratch the back of my neck.
"I dinnae think ye've ever seen me before, it's impossible, I'm only 18, I was still a child when ye were sealed" I tell her.
"You are the daughter of Bernadette Cavendish and Laura McLaren aren't you? They both talked a lot about you and your sister, great Bernadette, a shame your mother's gone, she was a wonderful person, Laura too, did you ever meet or did I reveal the secret too soon? She told me about the curse too, I was trying to help, but just when I was getting close to finding a way to accelerate the growth of the plant she used, here I am inside this crystal... I hope she made it" She made it, unfortunately I'm nae on the best of terms with my mother.
"I already met her, but I prefer nae tae talk about it now, I dinnae even know where I am right now, do ye have any idea and more importantly do ye know how we can defeat Miranda Holbrook?" I say to Sifla's mother.
"Miranda Holbrook? So my suspicion that she was the boss was actually real? Good to know, well you're in the mysterious and sacred lands of Lilith, here you're safe from any danger, since only those witches with the protection of the nine witches can come here and also this boy was protected, but anyway, it seems you've become the flute girl, that's a sign that Laura and Bernadette's efforts to make you the next chosen of Claiomh Solais really paid off, I can feel from here that you've become an impressive witch" I'm not that great, I even shake my head in denial.
"I'm sorry tae say, but I'm nae that great, the chosen one is nae me, but my girlfriend Atsuko, I'm just a witch around her, I'm the one holding the Fluit An Neart, but that's because I kind of fit in using it and I kind of got tae use all the sounds, but nothing more than that.
"Girls and boy, can you make a quick exit, I need to talk to this girl here" She talks tae all of them and I dinnae understand anything, why me and nae her daughter.
I see everyone leaving, honestly I dinnae understand anything, I see that Sifla's mother is walking around me, while I'm holding the flute I get a little scared and strange, then she makes sure tae summon a golem in front of me and I dodge it, I even get strange when it punches me.
"What is it? What are you doing?" I say, all confused by such a sudden action on top of that.
"You're quite agile" She's testing me apparently.
I decide tae put an end tae it and with my finger I cast a spell on the golem that then burst into several pieces, breaking and shattering everywhere, I even make a barrier in front of me and in front of Sifla's mother sae we wouldn't be hit by the debris, which I get even scared, I'm nae that immensely strong like that, I only cast a mere murowa, it was tae just throw it backwards.
"Woah, you really are an extremely powerful witch, look I could already see that above me you are, it wasn't even in his weak point, what a powerful witch you have become Diana" She said and I just got a bit angry.
"Ye want tae kill someone? That golem could kill a person, I only defended myself as best I could, but it wasn't that strong, what do ye want with me?" I say a little full of it.
"I just wanted to test it, apparently the new generation is stronger than I thought it would be, I don't know who trained you, but that person is to be congratulated, but that's not what I want to talk to you about" she said, then dismantled everything and transformed some stones into sofas.
What was even making the place more pleasant and I even sit on a stone armchair, getting in front of Sifla's mother, who then makes sure tae use her magic even tae bring some things tae eat that were around, which I go taking the opportunity tae get some fruit, I see that she shows me even a more comforting look, gives me a smile, I felt a little strange fae everything, I admit.
"I can already see that you didn't come accompanied, by the way you talk, something is going on between you and your mother Laura, something happened to make you like this, isn't it? Laura doesn't seem the kind of person who gets on badly with her daughter, I've known her too long to know, she was like a mother to me too... You don't have to hide it, it was the shock of knowing she was your mother, wasn't it? You felt abandoned by her all these years and now you know the truth" She says and I take a deep breath.
"How can I start, nae I get along with my mother Laura, it's nae the shock of it, I know I was cursed and my mother gave everything of her tae see me, it was her recent decision, by the way I've been two years that I could see her again and know what a wonderful person she is, nae until this last decision, she chose tae do something that even made her daughter stop here, that decision would involve even leaving her tae die, ye dinnae understand, but some days ago Miranda Holbrook appeared in our hiding place in Doras and killed everybody remaining only who was in a laboratory and ye who escaped with the help of Sifla... My mother chose tae close the lab and those who were outside were left tae die, she dinnae tell us anything about what happened and we only found out when it was too late... I lost my family, my grandparents died, I thought I had lost my sister, my cousins ..." I let her down and I could see that she was looking a bit down, I hope that I can be understood after all this.
"Look, I don't know what led your mother to make this decision, but she was certainly thinking of the best option she had at hand, trust me she didn't want to kill anyone on purpose, she must be feeling even guilty for these deaths, if that's the reason she stopped here I understand, I'd be furious for that too, but your mother is not to blame for something that is out of her control, this was Miranda Holbrook's fault" Apparently she said the same thing my mother wanted tae say.
"I know, I know, I know, I know she feels bad fae that, my mother is nae a cruel person, I know she is nae tae blame fae anything, I just wanted tae be alone and escape from everything, especially when she said that the way we are even after four months of training, we still won't have any chance tae defeat Miranda, it hurts a lot, tae see that all the effort I could give would be in vain" I say tae her that goes shaking her head.
"I understand, I understand, look she spoke with the heat in her head, do you have any idea that she just lost her parents too? For Laura it's even more painful, she grew up with those people, those were the people who took care of her, those were the people who stood by her in the worst moment of her life, she was in the heat of the moment and said a lot of things that you weren't supposed to hear, but if she says that it's because she shows concern and doesn't want you to risk being killed by Miranda, I know she may have taken this decision not to let you fight her, but it was thinking about your protection, it wasn't something selfish, she knows how powerful Miranda is, she knows that very well" Said Slifa's mom.
"I'd rather just stay in this place alone fae a while until I get back... I dinnae want tae stay there yet, I need some time tae myself" I say tae Sifla's mother.
I get a little pensive, until I see that she got quieter, I walk tae the outside, in the middle of the forest, walking until I see a tree which I climb and look at the night sky, all I can think is what's ahead, I'm afraid, I'm genuinely afraid of what's ahead.
My mum might be right, she's nae one tae talk rubbish, we wouldn't stand a chance against Miranda, what makes me really mad is imagining that Akko might at that moment be in danger and be at some risk tae her
life right now, me leaving fighting with my mum also makes me feel bad, I just wish I dinnae know... I just wish I hadn't said those things, I just got mad, I'm a disaster as a person, honestly, that's why I wasn't chosen by Claiomh Solais, I'd suck with a magic power like that on me.
"Sis? Can I talk to you? Is everything okay?" Holly asks, coming up beside me.
"Aye ye can Holly... Aye ye can" I say looking up at the sky.
"I've missed you a lot, Mum, Hellene, I know what happened to Grandma and Grandpa, I know you're all sad about it, I know you dedn't just turn up 'ere out of de blue, you ran away from 'er dedn't you? You had a fight?" She really knows things.
"Unfortunately aye Holly... I ended up getting annoyed with Mum" I say with a downcast face.
"Look, I feel your pain... I felt like my mother put me to die too, in de first days I dedn't even want to know about 'er... I'm so jealous of you guys." Oh, I get sae silly seeing her.
"But why should ye? We are loved equally by mother... She has never treated us differently" I tell her who shakes her head in denial.
"Maybe you don't realise it, but I 'ave noticed it a lot all dese years, especially with your arrival, but I even understand... She always loved 'er daughters dearest and fruits of love de most... I am unfortunately just a freak and fruit of incest, I was never wanted until I was born, I am an accident, I am a crime Diana... I felt dis at first when I came 'ere, I was left with a genuine hatred of my mother... But today I 'ave calmed down from it all... You know, she loves me too, and I know dat deep down she must know dat I am safe, she knows I am alive... I hope she does... I'm with you on dis, all we need is a journey for us to reconnect with dese people, to understand dem again and maybe we can achieve a revolution..." Said my sister.
"I hope sae sister, I hope sae, we will make it, I think this journey here can be important fae us" I say, taking a deep breath.
"Did you get to talk to your ancestors?" she asks and I shake my head.
"Did the same thing happen tae ye?" my sister also agrees.
"I stopped being hateful when Madeleine and Kara appeared to me, dey took me in a tunnel and I could see my ancestors talking and extolling my importance, dat I shouldn't care if I'm an accident or not, after all Victoria was an accidental pregnancy, even Isabel appeared and told me dat 'er accident helped revive de Cavendish family and den magic around de world, so dat no more of us would see each other as accidents, nor as accident people in de head" How cute.
"Ye're nae bumpy in the head fae being born like this Holly" I tell her.
"I never showed it much, but I am diagnosed from a very young age with a slight degree of autism, I always felt different, even though Hellene also has ADHD I still feel something different, I don't know, I feel like a mistake, I wish I could get closer to you Diana and understand my sister more, not only dis ding of you thinking I am your sister, but build a good connection with you, I always missed dat ding" I nod my head and totally understand.
"Look I understand ye very well Holly, I honestly dinnae even know what I possess, my aunt never wanted tae make a point of taking me tae any psychiatrist or psychologist, she only debauched me and used some heavy words, only now that I have someone in my life who cares about me..." I say looking at the sky.
And we got closer together, I never really had a sister moment with Holly, I had many with Hellene and could always connect more with her, but never with the younger one, whenever I have some closeness, always the other sister shows up, but now I make a point tae stay close tae my younger sister, I want tae know this girl more too.
Far away in Doras...
POV Akko:
I am walking through Doras forest and nothing, I get even frustrated, I can't find anything, she ran away anyway, I don't want to give up that much, please love, come out, I miss you, I see I am getting too tired and hungry, so I decide to walk back, but on the way I reach where my parents were staying.
"This house used to belong to you, it was bad Mako, but your legacy was destroyed" I say as I even raise my hand towards the hut but the sheath of the sword rises to me and comes in my hand.
The Katana was simply in one piece, even after the fire it came out unharmed, by the nine witches, this thing is more cursed than it seems, it was like a magnet for me and I'm even a little afraid to take it out and see how the blade of this thing is, but I see that my hand kind of gives a little burn and marks with the Kanji of my family.
"Atsuko, you are the last of us, so you got something I never had, the heart of Diana Cavendish, I promise I won't curse you, because I can't, but that witch there wasn't able to destroy us, I put all my faith in you as my last attempt to do something for this world, I will send you to a place where you will be able to finish your staff, but without first going through a journey there, I will guide you to that place, you have to be ready to receive the power of the Kagari, which can be combined with the Claiomh Solais" Said a calm and at the same time threatening voice right behind me.
I then stopped in a tunnel and in it were several people like me, several Kagari and one of them is Mako who is in the middle and I get scared, she is all threatening, she has a look and a way that intimidates just by looking, if I were a witch hunter in front of such a person I would tremble with fear, really, I never imagined it would be so, I thought she was more like me.
"Are you Mako?" I say impressed.
"At the beginning I thought you were a disgrace to the Kagari lineage, but I started to empathize with you, I saw that you did amazing things and are in a fight for the witches' revolution, I recognize your greatness, even more that you were chosen by the power of Claiomh Solais, which I was jealous because Sarah Campbell had that power, but now it's in your hands" She said and I was literally holding the Claiomh Solais and the Katana.
"And what am I going to do now? This whole journey through an unknown place, you being a very controversial witch, it even makes me afraid" I say, finding everything strange.
"It will be your journey in search of self-knowledge, you will get to know more about who you are and where you come from, I will be on the way helping you, since you will put your training more in practice and also after everything you will be able to complete the Claiomh Solais, to conclude what all the other chosen ones could not" She said and I went immediately stopping in the middle of a forest that was at night.
Strange, I can already see that it's a unfamiliar place, even more so because I was in another time zone, but I'll get used to it, I must be in Japan or something like that, I'm already putting the Katana sheath on my waist and I'm holding Claiomh Solais, kind of out of nowhere appearing in a journey like this, I don't understand what this place is for.
"When we were training for the mission of invading Luna Nova and reconquering our space, we went through this way, the way of the Kagari sisters to the sanctuary of the nine witches, it was there where I went to train with Diana Cavendish, Sarah Campbell, Jill Brabham, Claire Arnoux and my sister Ryouko, I don't know how they got there so easily, since my sisters and I had a hard time getting there, and we almost didn't make it, I'm surprised that Jill and Claire's little bangs made it, but I had a hard time myself" Kagari said and I'm surprised.
"So I'll have to go through the same path, is that where Diana is?" She only nods her head in agreement.
"I recommend that you already find a shelter because tomorrow your journey begins, I guarantee that they will miss you if you stay too long" Mako said and then she waved her hands and I suddenly appeared wearing a different outfit, I notice that it is a kimono and I can feel the weight of it.
"Another outfit that prevents me from moving?" I say half with a pouty face.
"I managed to pass the way in a week, you can too, your power is very similar to mine, I just need you to walk with these clothes and get used to it, the power of the Kagari is with you, the katana works better having their kimono, believe it or not the cut comes out more powerful, do this for us Atsuko and finish your journey" Said Mako putting me into it.
Everyone is going to care a lot about me, now there's this journey thing, we're really going to have the blessing of all the witches in the world to get us to our goals aren't we? Well then it's time to get to the bottom of this, I hope I can, Diana, here I come, I won't let you down, I will find you, reconnect with you and bring
this seventh word to the surface, we will defeat Miranda, I have hope, we are the greatest.
I even look at the sky, I see that the way will be very complicated, even though I can't see much, at least my magic I can use, it's even strange, but I notice that in the scabbard of my Katana there's exactly the Kanji of the Kagari family and it's all encrusted with the same mineral of the sorcerer stone, now it makes sense the magic works
"I will make a small shelter with the wood of these trees and test this Katana" I say taking a deep breath.
I go towards one of them and give just one cut, it even scares me, I'm much faster than before, my magic flows through my body more intensely, so the results of the training with Mrs McLaren really paid off, woah, I'm getting to the point of being an impressive witch by the looks of it, come on Akko, you can do it, with magic I improvised a little wooden house, it wasn't hard, the Katana cuts through thick trees like it's nothing and even remodels it like passing a knife through butter.
"Wonderful the shelter is ready" I say relieved.
"Now you need to eat, but that's okay, the fruits here are good, in fact I tell you that you are approaching the best fruits, when you get to the sanctuary of the nine witches, there are the trees of the nine and their descendants, their fruits help to leave the body in a great mood and recover from injuries even the most serious ones" Mako said and I went straight away to get these fruits.
I take some of the branches and I do it without using magic just with my body kicking the trees, I thought that these trainers would be useless, but they have a very strong impact on the trunk of these trees, what a thing, I did not imagine that they were so strong, I did not even feel anything, just as if it were a boot.
With the various fruits I go back to the shelter and I am already satisfied, I have something to eat, everything to start this long journey, after all I am one of the chosen by the nine witches maybe, I don't know, but that this is interesting, definitely is.
"These fruits are also good, they quench your appetite, they will be your best friends on this journey and I tell you, you are not the only one here, there will be others to come, there will be nine girls who will be the ones to become the new nine witches, you came here not for my help, but for Woodward's, she who asked me to help you on your journey" Mako said.
"Oh so they may have nine witches with us, how interesting and do you know who they are?" I even get confused.
"The leader of all this is Diana, who was brought by Beatrix, the one who was the leader of the nine, but others will still appear, brought by the other seven who were blessed by them, you have no idea, they may or may not be the ones who will pilot that huge mechanical armor, many won't even be descendents of the nine, but they will represent each one in some aspect, well, I guess you already have theories in mind, but it's good to rest, girl" Said her.
"For a person with a face of few friends you seem to be pretty nice" I tell her who even turns her face away.
"I'm not nice, I was a terrible witch once, I'm just being kinder because you are important to us, you will still bring us greatness, I know you will, anyway, we still have a lot to talk about, you will know my story and I know more of you, we will find some things in common" She said and I nodded.
POV Narrator:
And Diana was found in what seemed to be the shrine of the nine witches, where not only will she be taken to the place on a journey of self-knowledge and also to advance further as witches, but they will also be blessed by each of the nine witches to reach the end of a journey they are on to become great witches, who will be the future nine witches, creating a new legacy amidst this struggle for the witches' revolution in bringing new times for magic.
See you, new nines...