POV Narrator:
Tuesday 5 January 2021, Arcturus Desert
The first three days of adaptation already came to an end, the group of girls ended up motivating themselves even more to train already at that stage, with Hellene having huge progress, but still it wasn't the heaviest part of the training that could pull to the witches' limits, that could even have a chance to reach the level that Laura reached in her training, what could be something surprising.
The day was already starting with the girls waking up normally, getting ready to train, having breakfast with the alarms ringing at four o'clock in the morning and it was already about to dawn at that time in the middle of the desert
POV Akko:
Wow, I didn't even need an alarm, I woke up on my own, it's wonderful here, I'm already eating the soup, this is going to be just a little bit more, since I'm eating practically two, which I take the opportunity to make and hot like this the soup is very good, the girls are also eating, we are kind of looking at each other, waiting for the message that Laura and Chariot are going to tell us.
"Look, you all woke up on time, you got used to us in de training, now we 'ave to start de real training, de heavy part, and I guarantee dat even if it is in de same mould as de training in de Arctic, things will be much heavier 'ere, de exercises will demand more strength from each one of you, and it will be more exhausting, we will push you to the limit, to reach, who knows, de tenth tunic" Laura said.
"As soon as you finish eating go to the arena of the first stage of training, we have set up a path even more challenging than the first, this time the problem is not even with the cold, but with the heat, it can not be so windy, but then you will have to deal with the traps even more impenetrable this arena" said Chariot and I wonder what lies ahead.
And I'm even getting anxious, if the way is going to be difficult it's for sure to make us go far, so, let's even overcome this difficulty, for sure the body will be more demanded, I've already managed to hold 20 kg with the gallons of water, actually having difficulty, but even so, I manage.
I finish eating, the girls too, we made sure to eat a lot from the cans and we didn't stop first to get some to replace the rest, before going to the arena, as well as the water, we even came back to drink a lot and then go to the arena.
When we arrive we realize how serious it is here, there are several tiny poles with hammers going from one side to the other, we will have to lean on that until we get to the other side, it will be almost impossible.
"They think we're ninjas" said Amanda.
"Now it's time for you to live up to de title of ninja witch love" Hellene said giving a few laughs and now it's time to try.
"I don't know if I'll be that ninja, but I can try" Leclerc said.
And I started to try in the first, already trying to balance myself and the worst of it all is that it is difficult to stay balanced with the weight of this here, even more to get to the other side and I was trying, the girls too, I think we have to be in sync around here, if we don't, everyone will be hit, I see Hellene concentrating and she was hit.
"Oh I couldn't dodge it!" McLaren said.
I was hit too, I hit my back on the wall and I'm slipping down, which I think I'll have to improve more, we'll have to focus on getting balance on this, Marianne was the only one who managed to get further, but it's because she's a big one of a Weeb, she lives practicing these things and even with this I think the tunic won't let her move so much.
I go back up and take a deep breath, already seeing everyone there falling all the time, it's funny, but at the same time it just shows that this is going to be a challenge ahead, I'll try a few more times here just to see if I can get further.
"Come on Akko, you can do it" I tell myself.
I'm going from pole to pole, now being careful, I'm looking even to Hellene and Marianne and they manage to keep a good balance, but I can't, this part really demands a lot of balance from us, not to mention that not even on ice it was like this, I slipped a lot, but not even the hardest way had a parkour at this level here, well
anyway I think I can get far here, I hope.
I was hit a little more in the front, but still has a whole path, but I fall happy that I gave a progress, I think I have potential here, I go back up and I'm already looking concentrated for the path, are several posts like this, I will not give up, I will show that I can go far.
"Wow now that was to leave us in supreme defiance, I don't see how we are going to get past this start" Amanda said.
"Look, what we have tae focus on now is tae balance ourselves, it won't be difficult if we know how tae move with lightness and balance, we have tae think that this is all a straight path, that's the idea that I am trying tae think, after that we just have tae be in sync" said my girlfriend.
"I think so, but even so when the hammers come the psychology shuts down and I think again that I am standing on several of these poles," said Marianne.
"That's what the training wants to pass on, now let's go, we have to practice, who knows we might get far here" I said to Leclerc.
And we went there training, trying in this logic to think that there is nothing, but without braking, that is what we are going to do, I will not think that there are several poles, but even so we still have to balance, it seems that with each step this thing gives a little bend and moves, I have to be so light that the pole does not feel it, that is the biggest challenge.
And they were taking hours to at least get far and understand the balance, it was already passing thethree hours and at most they arrived near the end, already managing to synchronize, but with somethat still ended up falling ...
Alone I manage to get to the other side, with a lot of difficulty, but I make it, a pity the other girls can't make it like us, we have to really bring a whole group, it surprises me that Marianne is equaled with Hellene here, even I'm stronger than her in these three days, good anyway, I think the time must be over.
We three come back, arriving at the gate that opened to the arena, indicating that this part of the training is over and I'm honestly exhausted, there was only water, but there was no food and I'm starving, with my body all sore on top of it.
"Wow I'm going to turn de whole soup over now" Hellene said.
"Oh yeah, we have to get the soups too" I say reminding them.
"True if not we will run out" McLaren said.
We went to get it, a bit exhausted, but it was the way, the sun was already getting strong and the temperature was increasing, now our body will really be pulled to its limit, we will come back soon carrying everything and wow, how tired we were.
We went back to the tent, where we opened the cans and devoured a whole one, gee, it was a huge relief, it seems that my stomach had a hole, in fact I'm going to get even bigger with all this, I can already see myself becoming like Hellene and Hellene turning into a mass of muscle.
"Dis soup is de best we 'ave" Hellene said.
"I love this soup now, in the heat it seems to get more delicious" I say getting more satisfied.
"I'm going to eat three of them now" I say, drinking the first one and feeling renewed.
"After dey've eaten we'll see how dey do against us and we guarantee it will be even harder now as we're not just going to clone places" said Ms McLaren.
"Now it will be a level above what you are used to, everything to go to the limit that you can reach, we want to see you surpassing us in every way" said Chariot.
And we finished eating and I can only imagine what is going to come next, a tense thing that might come, for sure, if they say it will be more difficult, it certainly will be, I have already finished the second can, I feel even more renewed, it's time to drink the third can with soup, I take the opportunity to drink water, because the heat is really killing me, even if I get used to it, the heat is still too much.
I finish soon to drink everything in the third can, and drink a lot of water after, since the soup ends up giving
me a lot of thirst and this really gives me a feeling of renewal, wow, I'm already getting ready and the girls were also getting ready.
"Wow my body feels new after all this wow" I say already feeling better.
"Well it's time to go down fighting, I guarantee I'll still come up with something to surprise my mother" McLaren said.
"Did you prepare something or did you just eat too much?" I ask curious.
"I only ate too much anyway, but you will see dat I can do very well in all dis," said Hellene.
POV Hellene:
Ok mum, you can tell us what you 'ave prepared against us, we are leaving de tent and we can see dat dere were Chariot and 'er, both wearing robes with necklaces dat have a stone on dem, it must be a piece of de dragon's sorcerer stone, den I am surprised when my mother Laura simply gets up and stands, she left de broom dat she always stands on and we get too confused.
"What do you mean? How can you stand" I say confused and in shock.
"Dis is just for training, de sorcerer stone allows me to use magic to control my legs, it took me a while to get used to it, but now I can move quite well, but not only dat, dis sorcerer stone will make de clones equally strong, dey will keep de same magic power and strength dat I possess, so dere will be nine clones with equal power, dis way de training will be heavier, since I see de other group standing out against Chariot, as well as some of you already scare enough against me" Said my mother and I get a face.
She goes separating in clones and I could feel it, de magical presence dedn't 'ave a reduction, it continues everything in de same level, who would say dat dey can really reach very far, I take a deep breath and I'm getting ready, de signal is given and I go up, I could notice dat de clone's movements got faster, I was just suffering to try to hit, my mother with de legs is a complete machine, she even hit me throwing me back and was looking at me.
"Go girl, you are de strongest of de girls, you 'ave to set an example" said my mother.
I get up and I see dat dis is going to be tough, my mother suddenly appears in front of me and I am hit in de face with a punch, den I am thrown backwards, but I use my magic to disappear and reappear, but I end up taking a hammer blow falling to de ground in pain, but I get up, I see my mother's face of astonishment.
"Girl did you just use magic?" She said shocked.
"Like this?" I cast a ball of magic at 'er that ends up only being blocked.
"You also seem to be able to move as fast as me, but it's time to prove dat things won't get any easier" She disappears.
I try to stay fast enough, but de most I can do is defend a punch dat she would give me by surprise, which den I end up getting tripped, falling on de ground and den seeing only a flash in front of me, followed by an explosion, which was a spell going on me, which already hurt me enough, but even so I get up and still keep trying, I want to see how far I can go in dis.
I go trying to feel my mother's presence and I see dat she was going to attack me from de front, which I dodge a punch and den she was going to give me a kick dat I end up blocking, but it was strong enough to break my defense, which I end up falling on de ground already with some bleeding
"You are progressing well, Hellene, but you still 'ave to eat a lot of rice and beans if you want to get to where I am" Mama Laura said, and I can still get much further dan she dinks.
I'm already starting to motivate myself more and I go up, she goes dodging as if it was nothing, but I'm just doing dis to get de speed of de movements and den I end up with a ball of magic in 'er face dat I already expected a beautiful dodge of my mother who den hits me with a kick in de chin and how dat hurts.
Next I'm surprised with a kick to de back and I'm getting up from the ground already a bit tired, a bit out of breath but I dink I might still be able to move forward, den my mum throws a vial to me, it was a potion.
"Take dis, you are already losing strength and getting hurt too much" said my mother and I obeyed 'er and went to drink de bottle with de potion.
I drink, I already feel renewed and healed from my injuries, I'm starting to get ready to go back into action again, which I already go up with everything and end up hitting de first blow dat was blocked, but de others were just blows dat my mother dodged, even de ones I started to use magic to disappear and reappear, she still managed to stay even laughing and with 'er eyes closed, my mother is really a monster.
And hours went by the training with fighting was coming to an end...
POV Akko:
Wow, my body is completely destroyed, now I face Laura like this without the clone losing power, it just shows that we were not even close, I thought I was doing well when I could even get a good one with the McLaren lady clone, but the reality is that I am not even close, I need now to focus on being the best, I think that after these fights, I saw that the barrier to beat the boss is huge.
"You did very well, now go drink some water, eat and prepare for de weight training part, I guarantee dat it will also push your body to de maximum" Laura said.
The music at least will be less bad than fighting, it seems that I feel every bone in my body broken after all this, I'm going back to the cabin with the girls and of course we take the chance and get the cans on the way back, filling the hand and I'm starving, the heat then only makes everything worse.
We arrived and I started opening the first can, drinking it as if it was an oasis water, I've never felt so invigorated by a soup.
"I think the jump we'll have tae make now will be huge, this is heavier than any training" said Diana.
"Look I managed to use magic, but even so, it's too high a level, I can feel de jump now, we'll not only 'ave to adapt de tunic, but surpass my mother in normal strength, she's simply a monster when it comes to dis" Hellene said and if even she says dat, I imagine dat with us it will be even more challenging.
"All I know is that we are going to smash Holbrook's face in, I don't doubt it, this McLaren lady is a real machine" said Amanda.
"My mum used to tease me when she wanted to train me, it baffles me to dis day, it looked like she was getting hard, but in reality she just wanted to test" McLaren said and I am also in shock.
"I wonder if mum will get addicted tae using is sorcerer stone tae walk again. I could see the smile on her face as she wore it and kept jumping around with her legs, she even kicked me more" My girlfriend said.
"Look I don't know, but let's eat, because de training will be muscle building and dat's my favorite part" I don't even want to imagine why, the way Hellene is all tough.
And so we ate, two soups made me feel invigorated, I didn't even feel pain anymore, three soups, four soups, five soups, I think I am already full, I drank a lot of water in this interval, I feel like training more, now let's go to the bodybuilding, I get up stretching myself, my body feels renewed.
We all go walking until where the bodybuilding is and it seems a glass greenhouse, when we entered, we felt inside of an oven, this here is hotter than it seems, we saw the thermometers and they were 61 degrees, all this inside of this glass greenhouse, while Chariot and Laura were with sunglasses, and my mother-in-law was mounted on a broom.
"I told you it would be heavy, dis is not de first glass greenhouse, you will also practice meditation in one, even hotter, it is to pull de extreme of de adaptation of your body, outside it must be hot, but 'ere it is even hotter, now do what you dink best, we are going" Mrs McLaren said.
"Ah and drink a lot of water, there is a tap with very cold water coming out, we made it especially so that you don't die dehydrated, there is also a shower with cold water, you can throw the water on top of your tunic to cool down, ah and there are potions also in the fridge, if you feel that your body is getting too exhausted and you are in pain, just take them" If Chariot said it, it is spoken, we went running to the shower and the water is really cold, it cooled us down a lot.
They left and we went to refresh ourselves in the cold water leaving our tunics soaked, the only way to stand the heat, even more with the cold water, I don't even care about the heat, I lifted 20 kg still suffering, but already managing to do something, I am already getting happy that I can with the tunic even so hold weight, I will still be very strong, I am confident that I can stay away.
"Wow, I'm managing to hold it up even" Said the happy Hellene I saw her simply lifting the weight on the shoulder exercise apparatus, managing to pull the ropes.
I'm still having trouble lifting 20 kg on the supine, but I still think I can get pretty far, I'm sure I can get even stronger, my arms feel like they're going to burst out of my tunic, the cold water didn't help, now I'm feeling hot, my body boils just doing these things, even more so with the heat.
Later in the meditation training...
This musculation works some miracles, thanks to the potions, we will get to be too strong, I trust that we can even beat the boss without needing the mechas, but it is always good to have security, we arrived at the greenhouse and it is hotter than ever, this is to meditate, there is no shower or anything, we will have to get to peace with more difficulty.
"Well, you 'ave reached de meditation, now you will also 'ave more difficulty to keep your mind calm, but dis is expected, with de increased heat you may even become more stressed, but dat is de intention, we want to push de limit of what you can bear" said Mrs. McLaren.
"We are here from afar watching you, remember that the voices you hear are not from anywhere but your head self-sabotaging you, you have to have an iron mind and calm to also better master your magic it is all a preparation of mind and body" This I already know, it was the same said in the training in the arctic.
I'm already feeling like an egg being fried with this heat, it's 65 degrees in here, I don't even know how I can stand it without feeling sick, but anyway I'd better start concentrating here before my brain boils, we all sat down, but they weren't any kind of seat, I even threw myself and fell on the floor of that table.
"You 'ave to come to peace on top of dese lettle tables, not paying attention to de movement she makes, it is another challenge we have made, it seems dat one of you has already touched it" Mrs McLaren said.
I'm sure it will, I think it's going to be more difficult and frustrating than it seems, I'm trying to concentrate now having the idea that I don't care about the movement, but it gets difficult, I end up falling and I notice that I'm not the only one, but I see that Diana, Sucy, Hellene and Marianne are still there, while I'm on the floor, it's hard to keep peace when you're in that place and in reality the tables stay still, they only cause the illusion of movement, now I'm clearer of everything.
Akko took an hour before she was really adapted to sitting at that table... After that they spent thetraining trying to concentrate, but it could be noticed how they were very upset after everything,arriving to the final part of the training that day, where they were all very exhausted, after eating theyreunite with Laura and Chariot for the next step.
I never thought that meditating would be so hard, but I'm surprised that Sucy is the most peaceful in all of this, her calmness is something that still scares me a lot, I'm finishing my snack, we're leaving where the two of them are, now we're going to walk, in the desert it's going to be hard, but actually a song starts to play and I can't believe it had to be just the Macarena.
"What are you standing dere for?" Laura asks.
"What training is that?" I ask even more confused.
"To improve your synchrony we replaced de walking training for a more complex one dat will require you all to be in total synchrony, do choreographies and dance steps, dat will be pretty much what you need if you want to drive de big mecha well together, now let's go" Ms McLaren said and it was right in time for the Hey Macarena.
"Really mum, how embarrassing, do we have tae do that?" said Diana.
"Because of that it is even more reason to do it, come on, dance too that is why you need to improve this skill of synchrony and group work, lose the shame, you are a group and you have to show how it is to act as one" Chariot said and she is right.
I start dancing right away and the other girls do the same and you know what, for me it's going to be more fun and longer to finish like this, it's going to be nice to get here with the greatest synchrony between us, I don't know why it's fun, I love dancing, it's going to be the perfect training, now the day will close with a golden key.
"I don't know about you, but for me I don't mind doing lettle dances, with everything we do in sync, I want to 'ave more fun training, it might be good for us to create more bonds" Hellene said and she was right.
"Well, we dinnae have much choice, but this is too embarrassing fae me, there was another song, wasn't there?" Said my girlfriend ashamed of the Macarena and that's when my mother-in-law changes it to YMCA and I laugh a lot at my Diana's embarrassed face.
"Do you want to loosen up a bit more?" Laura said and I am laughing a lot.
And I just saw Diana loosening up a little bit with her closed face, even Amanda was loosening up, I think my girlfriend is ashamed to be loose like that, but she's cute, I keep watching her doing the steps and it even seems that she knows the YMCA part too much, what a gay and cute thing.
"Akko if ye tell anyone about this I will kill ye" said my girlfriend.
"Who I wanted to tell is already seeing all this" I say laughing.
Away from all this in Luna Nova, Holbrook was getting a call from Fafnir to visit him at his home,which the headmistress is happy to go to after warning the guards to keep a close eye on thescientists making the missile...
POV Miranda:
It seems that Fafnir is enjoying a lot to spend the night with me, he already missed what happened four days ago, this way he will end up dying because he turns so much human, I end up arriving at his home and I'm welcomed as always, but he is still with the human form, it was expected, I fly to where he asks me to go in the computer room.
"I have wonderful news, this one that could be too useful for us" Said the dragon and I go seeing movement in a familiar place, until I see some redheads, platinum heads, that's them.
"You found them Fafnir how wonderful, but how and where are they?" I ask him who even gets a smile on his face.
"I used my robotic dragons to keep an eye on where there might be a possible hiding place for them here in Arcturus and I ended up remembering a place where you would never suspect, they are in Doras" said this wonderful and brilliant king.
"This is wonderful Fafnir, great, we found their hiding place, now I can safely guarantee our victory" I say motivated.
"Calm down, I've been thinking here and your negative energy missile needs to collect energy from there, don't attack now, so seeing Croix's projects I decided to create dragons that drain those negative emotions, they will be in seven days in Doras, by then we can extract emotions from those people there and fuel your missile" Fafnir said and that's genius.
"Oh no doubt I will, it was to be suspected that Laura was going to make little Sifla's head to stay by her side, I had sealed off the mother sifla so she wouldn't help Laura McLaren hide out there, I will definitely make sure I pay Sifla a little visit, it's going to be a little surprise" I say putting my hands together already very excited.
"And I detected a strong source of magical power coming from Doras, be careful Miranda, they're not unarmed either, they know you're coming, they're full of sorcerer's stones, so I ask you to also wait for me to make an army of dragons to sweep the whole hideout" he said and I nodded.
"They are just sorcerer stones, I am not afraid of them, Laura is in a wheelchair, the strongest after her is the daughter I ripped off her arm, don't worry I will be careful, I know they can try something against me if I show up, when do you find a good time to act?" I ask him.
"Valentine's Day, it'll be perfect, they'll be all distracted and we'll do the massacre there, plus you can use my dragons for that, now they'll be more cruel and you can use the negative emotions and even vital energies of these people to absorb in the missile, they must have everything hidden, I don't doubt that powerful magic objects or rare relics are there - I think this will be a very massacring Valentine's Day, heh, I think they'll know real pain.
"I will burn everything and put the ashes in the missile, it will serve to give more magic power, it will be under my absolute control, I am sure the girls will not wait for that, the vital force that Laura McLaren can bring me will absolutely create an explosion big enough to change the world and who knows even cause some natural disasters, a pity the people of the American capital have to die for that, but it is just like that to cause a third world war and my triumphant reappearance" I say to the dragon with a huge smile on my face.
Hills of Doras, so that's where Laura McLaren and her revolutionaries hid, I even wanted to suck the life energy out of her, but I'd rather do that of all her loved ones, while she watches her loved ones die alive, while she watches alive me causing the third world war and then I'm going to make her blind and that will be the last thing she'll ever see in her life. I want her to suffer in life for everything she has done and feel the guilt.
POV Narrator:
The intense training started in the desert, the girls are showing promise and are working hard to overcome, but seeing that the barriers that on the ice were already huge, in the desert became even more impossible, but worse things are to come in Doras, since Fafnir discovered the location of the girls and Holbrook is with blood in his eyes to try the worst possible, without Laura and Chariot and no one from Doras had any idea that the worst could end up happening.
See you , stronger witches...