POV Narrator:
Miranda came across an unexpected surprise, in the middle of her attack towards the girls when she found the laboratory, she is surprised by the presence of the new nine witches, who appeared much stronger than before, almost reaching the point of defeating her with the power of Claiomh Solais, she ends up escaping and with that she reaches another stage of this battle, which will be the grand finale, what Miranda has no idea of what ends up waiting for her in that time.
POV Akko:
We got Miranda out of here, we managed to save Mrs. McLaren, but there is still something to do, her showing up like that in the lab is a sign that the final battle has just begun, I keep looking at something else but the wall where she escaped, it's the only side I can imagine, we can't just stop.
"Akko, we have tae prepare tae attack" Diana said with her hand on my shoulder.
"I know, our mission doesn't end here, what we are going to do is only the beginning" I say as I look at all of them.
"Girls, dank you for coming back, I miss you all, especially my daughters, I'm relieved to see you back, but now it's a serious part, dis could be de last battle of your lives so let's go" Mrs McLaren said.
We all kind of get together in a group hug, getting really happy, relieved that we are back, there is a moment of happiness that we get reconnected, but now the battle will be a serious moment, after the hug the nine of us are already positioned looking at the mechas, it's been a while since we piloted them... It will be interesting, I hope they are even better than before, now it's all or nothing, Fafnir and Miranda will be defeated.
"Put on your mecha clothes, as much as I like you in the clothes of the nine witches it is not suitable for the occasions" Croix said.
"Sae, Croix, we are actually wearing even more appropriate clothes, the nine of us have given them clothes capable of resisting and annulling the force of the wind at very high speeds, as well as diminishing the impact of the G-force, besides leaving our movements very light and giving our bodies a much greater protection" Said my smart girfriend.
"So go, get in the mecha, fly those things and let's beat them both" Croix said.
"And where did she go?" Chariot asks.
"De most likely is Luna Nova, we will all appear dere and take back de place dat is ours! Not only dose nine warriors, but de brave ones dat will try to occupy de place dat is ours, probably Miranda called an entire army to stay dere and guard de place and watch so we can not spy" said Mrs. McLaren.
And there they went going to the armory where they were getting firearms to prepare for what could be a war, we on the other hand are walking to the mechas, I'm getting into the cockpit and I'm already missing the feeling of being inside, it's really satisfying.
The mechas are all getting activated, I already see that there's also a slot for the shiny scepter and that's what I'm doing by putting it in its slot and then I'm feeling the liquid in my body going up and then going down, a sign that things are going to start getting interesting, I'm already moving my arms, having the feeling of lightness and wow, this is even lighter here, I feel as if I could hit really hard.
"Ready nine witches? I will open the portal to Luna Nova, prepare yourselves that on my warning I will unplug you and you will be able to spring into action" Croix said and we all responded.
One by one saying that we are ready, giving to listen through a radio that is there, me mainly, not only the power of the nine witches is enough, now I will leave for top with a machine that amplifies all this and we will be able to defeat a dragon and the boss at once, we were only concentrated, the huge portal was opened with our size and with that we waited for the moment.
We clicked each one of us in order and went through the portals towards the Arcturus forest, which soon came my warning and I went, Luna Nova, here I come, time to fix all this.
POV Miranda:
I am in shock, they appeared dressed in the clothes of the nine witches, that punch from Hellene McLaren genuinely hurt me, not to mention that Claiomh Solais's blade was able to graze me, I arrive in desperation at my office and see that Fafnir was waiting for me, he seemed quite calm.
"And then you did it? It was pretty quick, I thought I'd play with them more. What about Laura McLaren? Did she get away again? You seem very tense, what happened? Miranda? Miranda what is that in your belly?" Said the dragon and I soon take a healing potion.
"I don't have time to talk, Fafnir it's time to act, these witches are not to be trifled with, the nine witches have appeared, they have blessed the brats, they are even stronger than Laura McLaren herself at her peak, I was able to feel pain with a well thrown punch, this hasn't happened to me since I was a wimp, since I got my hands on Margaret Ford" I say in desperation and I see Fafnir's face change from one of calm to one of shock.
"Are you telling me that they knew of your presence and came to the attack? Are you telling me that you failed to take the mechs? They might find out it's defeatable and come here, do you have any idea?" I do. That's why it's time to act.
"So I won't stop acting, I'll go to the missile room to start the firing sequence, you go back to dragon form and help defend Luna Nova, I'll trigger the final solution and finally put an end to all this" I say going to the speaker to announce, but some knocking at the door happens.
"Come in" said the dragon.
"Chief, I know I couldn't leave my post, but it's an emergency, everything you are saying is appearing in the crystal ball and not just in one, there are several that are appearing your conversation and more appeared before a whole exhibition of everything you had done, we are in shock, what are we going to do?" said the desperate soldier.
"If you want to live, you'd better deliver, I want you on the frontline defending Luna Nova from these invaders, or I will deal with this another way" I notice that even my voice doubles and she swallows her saliva at my intimidation.
"But ma'am, this missile, the war it can cause, my family lives on earth, are you aware that it can" I just keep quiet and stare at her with the deadest look in my eyes.
She goes running to her post and I go to the loudspeaker to press the button warning everyone to prepare for the attack, line up in the midst of what might come, I then see in the window birds flying and leaving the place, this only happens when something big appears, I knew I had something, which I already signal to Fafnir to give the faces, he goes jumping out of the window and then turns into his original dragon form.
"Finish them off, they may have a big robot, but you are still a huge dragon that can defeat them" I tell him who starts flying towards the forest.
I walk to the missile site and go down the relatively empty corridors, if it's soldiers deserting or getting scared I don't have time for that, I'll think later about punishing these people, I walk in a menacing way to the laboratory, when I get there I see that my scientists are also looking at the crystal ball and knew of my presence.
"Boss, don't you think it's a bit too early to do that?" One of my scientists asks and I immediately shoot a spell with my finger across her chest.
"Too early was your departure, any questions?" I say to all of them that terrified deny with the head, I see that in the crystal balls I am appearing in an intimidating way, what difference will it make? I don't care.
"Chief the missile is fully loaded, but it will still take 20 minutes for the launch process to begin" One said.
"I know, it's to start now" I tell them that they press the button and there starts the countdown where even the roof of Luna Nova is opening and on top of it some pillars where is the portal to leave Glastonbury.
I go up to the roof and watch everything from afar, I see that Fafnir was getting close to the mechas that are far away, now it's time to be defensive, their attack will just start, let's see if they will go far, last time Laura McLaren didn't make it, it's not because they have giant robots that they will make it, I am confident of everything.
I hope this is definitely not an appearance from me to every television set in the world, after all it looks ugly trying to appear as a goddess, if they know I'm a threat, but if they do they should bow down to me.
POV Akko:
We nine arrive at the other side and wow, Luna Nova even passes a kind of different vibe, it's not as radiant as before, maybe it's because it's winter, the trees are still leafless and the sky is cloudy, it gives that impression, we see Fafnir's giant giving his face, he keeps looking at us and this time who is the big guy now? We are bigger than him just in this form, he is still all old in this appearance, he really thinks he can do something against us.
"Is that the villain we're going up against? The great Fafnir? I think with our mechs we'll make dragon stew" Amanda said underestimating him.
"Dinnae underestimate the enemy, we have little time tae load, we can't stay here waiting" Diana said and the dragon arrived.
"Well, well, if it isn't the nine brats playing with mecha, do you really think that a robot like that is agile against the biggest dragon of all, I will show you that you are very wrong and you will pay with your lives, I have been very nice, but you are interfering with our plans, now it seems that Laura McLaren will swallow the consequences of having chosen to fight this battle already lost" Said the dragon to us.
"Let's just do an introduction, like we learned in training" I tell them all.
At the signal we were together moving with agility jumping from one side to the other, I was punching in the air, kicking, pirouetting, mortals, we were holding hands until we made a pyramid of wicks that we were undoing, and we pointed our fingers upwards at the same time we pointed at the dragon.
"We are the nine witches and who the hell do you think we are?" We said together.
"Oh I see you have agile movements, I'd even give myself the luxury of testing, but I see you're not into games, good thing I'm not either" A tremor could be felt with the earth, Fafnir shrinks all over and stays inside an egg.
This egg is emanating a huge brightness, along with a wind that is pushing the wicks back, it's really intense, I can feel the magic flowing through it, a purple aura was starting to shine around everything, as if Arcturus was on fire, we were really scared, and then a flash came and we could see that we didn't have much of an alternative, when we saw that we were tiny in front of the huge Fafnir, we were at the height of his legs.
"Your little robots are nothing to the true power of Arcturus! Feel what true power is witches! I shortened my life expectancy to last only another 100 years so that I could stay in this form of how powerful it is, all the dragons united so that you don't have the slightest chance!" He said, and then he made a draught that ended up just making us fly away, and we almost fell backwards and you could see that he is huge.
"Girls, you need to do that, or else you will never defeat the dragon" Croix said.
"I even wanted to give you nine a chance, but it was in this giving of chances that we ended up giving you a chance to make mechs, I will have to annihilate all of you" Fafnir spits fire, but a huge barrier of magic stands in front of us, when I realize it is the staff glowing.
"Now girls, transform and know that we are on TV, I couldn't broadcast it, but it seems that the nine witches are doing it everywhere, they have just exposed Holbrook and her dirt, now they are showing your fight against Fafnir" Said Croix.
"Girls it's time to merge" I tell them.
We all nod and signal, press the button to start the fusion process and now I am even feeling myself sitting in the mecha, we start moving to start combining ourselves in the bigger mecha, I get the chest part, Diana the under chest part, Constanze the head, Hellene the left arm, Marianne the right arm, Amanda the upper part of the left leg, Jasmina the upper part of the right leg, Sucy the lower part of the left leg and Lotte the lower part of the right leg.
Together we are combining, I am staying in my corner, feeling the magical power flowing, the liquid appearing again, I am floating, returning to the piloting position, the wick gets the shape of one, we are standing up, the tiara with the three relics of the triskellion of Lilith is visible over the forehead and finally the transformation is done.
"For de hope of a new world" Hellene said.
"Fae the nine witches!" Diana said.
"By magic!" Said Marianne
"For the future of humanity!" Amanda said.
"For life on earth!" Sucy said.
"For the spirits of hope!" Lotte said.
"For the end of oppression!" Jasminka said!
"Hm!" Constanze said.
"Mahou suit! Chou Gran Charion Big Nine!" We all said together.
"The power of all witches and the hope of mankind we will show you dragon!" I say as I go to look at him and we stare at the huge monster after the fire barrier stopped being created.
In a single movement we made a jet of wind and you could see that we are synchronized and also that the whole fire was dissipated what the huge creature even became of similar size to ours, we are still smaller, but I am sure that we were extremely powerful for that, we even stared at the huge monster with crossed arms, which he is surprised by the transformation.
"It seems that you really came with everything, now this will be a battle of giants, literally, but know that this is not child's play, this is a serious thing, it's no use being a huge robot like this and still think you can defeat the most powerful dragon" he said intimidating us.
"Girls excellent transformation, now show everything you've trained, all the synchronicity and defeat Fafnir, I'm reading here and never before has such powerful magic emanated from this thing, it's more than I had calculated, Fafnfir I can't read, but it seems like a lot, don't hesitate, show why you are the nine witches" Croix made it clear to us and let's just nod.
We go already giving the first impulse towards the dragon and giving a punch just to test and it defends, feels the impact and even hit very fast, only that it ends up blocking and tries to hit us back which we dodge and then we grab the arm of the creature, spin and throw it upwards.
Fafnir uses his wings to support himself in the air and we go for another punch, this time he gets it full on and wow I can feel the strength of it in my hand, it was well done, it even gave a good shake, then the dragon spits fire and we create a barrier of magic to avoid it and we are pushed back, which we already use the devices on our backs.
We shoot some magic cannons that end up freezing the wave of fire and the dragon even stopped attacking us, not bad, it is really stronger than we thought really and it is not little, we have to be careful, but we will pass this obstacle.
"Not bad nine witches, you are strong, you showed what you came for" he said.
Meanwhile on the ground Mary was arriving with her friends to invade and take Luna Nova...
POV Mary:
Wow you can see the fight from here from far away the girls did a really good job with the mecha, it's no shock they were really good at it, I wish I was flying it but I'm glad I'm part of it, still leading the armed group, I never thought I would be talented at it, good we're close to Luna Nova.
"Now we are going to have to get our hands dirty and attack, shoot when you feel the threat, let's not cause any deaths if possible, we have to go here and stop Miranda Holbrook's missile from being fired" I tell them and they nod their agreement.
"Try to convince deir troops to be on your side, I'm sure de idea of causing a nuclear war dat could kill deir family is not very appealing" Mrs McLaren said over de radio.
"Very well you heard Mrs McLaren, let's use words and try to render them" I say warning them and now it's time to get down to business.
We go walking in the midst of trees without leaves and the few dead leaves on the ground, we arrive at the wall of Luna Nova and until then it's all quiet, but we find it strange, I'm leading them all, I take my sniper and I'm climbing one of the trees without leaves, to have a better view, I can see that from afar a white flag was being waved from one side to the other.
"What happened?" Avery asks.
"Are they surrendering? That's strange, there girls, let's go, but in position" I say getting down from the tree and we walked on the other side of the wall.
We were walking forward looking forward, but nothing happened, we were really walking forward calmly, they were still waving the white flags, they even dropped their staffs and stood with their arms up, which we were getting really close, gee they are real soldiers, the magic kind, how weird.
They wear witch clothes with a military mix, they use staves, I didn't know there were these kind of people, really a mystery, and we just stared at them and they really seemed to be surrendered.
"Do you surrender?" I ask them.
"We are on your side, we don't want to die knowing that our families will die at the hand of Miranda Holbrook, we want our families to have a chance to live, you are on the side that can stop that" said one of the soldiers.
"So join us, you must know exactly where the centre of everything is, we can try to get the sorcerer stone and deactivate the missile and also the portal to appear" I tell her.
"We can, but Miranda Holbrook is a powerful witch, all our strength is that, we have no more than that to defeat her, our magic is nothing, now with the sorcerer stone activated to open the portal we run out..." A box full of weapons falls right on our side and we don't necessarily need magic.
"Well, in the lack of magic we can use the powder magic to attack her, we just have to be careful not to explode the missile before the time" I say.
"If the missile explodes and that saves the lives of billions of people at the cost of ours I accept the cost of that happening" I can't disagree, there really is a good point.
"You are crazy, do you really dink dis is going to work, you 'ave to try a less suicidal way, de missile could become unstable and explode at Glastonbury, we only 'ave fifteen minutes before dis ding goes off, be quick" Laura said over the radio.
"Now this is going to be interesting, I always find it sad that we do training with real weapons but never use them as soldiers of the magic council" said one of them picking up a rifle.
"Where did you get so many weapons?" Another asks.
"We stole it from the American army, we used the ley lines and got it from the arsenal of several military bases, it was pretty quiet even, that's why some news around the world saying that there was a theft of weapons, in fact we were the ones who got it, we needed defenses against Miranda" Avery answers them.
"Woah, they look brand new, and they are good quality, a .762 of that will cause a huge damage, but come on, follow us, we know where the missile site is" said one of the soldiers.
And we all go shaking hands, together as an army we walk along the way, being stealthy too, this time I lead and I feel all honored, I see and there's no one on the way, no soldier really wanted to stay on Miranda's side, I just follow the way the soldier next to me is pointing, where we have to go, a relief.
No one showing up around, less bad not having to shoot, it seems that everything was being done to get us there, we went to where the hidden lab of Croix was, I remember her using the place for her crazy invention, at the entrance we see the huge missile.
"We've arrived and now what? How do we deactivate this thing?" I ask them.
"Deactivate? We are going to deactivate you, raise your hands and surrender" said one of the soldiers pointing his rifle at us.
"What? You betrayed us?" I say shocked and being surrounded.
"Excellent soldier Hailey, you followed according to the plan, I knew we would have some deserters, that's why I convinced Hailey to continue, I will open the lines of Ley to bring the family of each one of them here, but many didn't think and decided to betray me, isn't it? Those traitors, let's take advantage and punish them, drop your weapons" Miranda said, appearing and clapping her hands.
"I knew you would desert and I pretended we were all on your side, those who stayed with us I was just joining, now drop your weapons or I will shoot" said the traitor.
"I won't let my family die" said one of the girls who was releasing the pin of a grenade and was running to the missile, but a barrier was around her exploding her inside and who did it was Miranda.
"If you try any sacrificial nonsense the same thing will happen to you, so come on, drop your weapons" Holbrook said, and I didn't expect that.
"Oh, shit! Oh, shit! Girls try..." She cut the communication radio between me and Mrs McLaren.
I let go of my sniper, I was really feeling powerless, now the mission for the part of interrupting the missile was failed, even getting more powerful as a witch I can't think of a way to escape from here, I really can't, I think there is no way, I see the surrendered soldiers are also putting down their weapons, all of us in fact.
"On the wall now, only the soldiers, you brats I don't want to kill now" Miranda said.
I kept seeing the soldiers going to the wall all facing backwards, then the ones on Holbrook's side aim their rifles and start shooting all of them, the scene of the bullets hitting the walls, blowing their brains out and the blood flying will stay in my head, to think that I might be next in all of this.
The girls are also getting traumatized, it seems that we are living a terror and the communication with Mrs. McLaren was still cut and then she had a sadistic smile for all of us, nine girls who are going to die trying to protect the world.
"Is it our turn now? You know that everyone is watching this, you know?" I tell her intimidatingly.
"I know, so I will show my cruelty, in this case I want you to die in a special way, take them to the missile" said the cruel boss.
We were walking down that corridor of the lab up the stairs, being pushed by women armed with rifles, which gets even more intimidating and we're not even tied up, we could just run away from here, but I can't Holbrook is too intimidating.
I see the missile up close and it's huge, it's the size of a rocket to go to the moon, this thing is the size of at least half of the entire mecha, it must be 50 meters long, just imagining what's inside this huge thing and the explosion makes me afraid.
"Are you going to kill us now? Are you going to torture us?" I tell her.
"Too many questions, you want to die? I just give the order for a soldier to shoot with a 762 in your head or else I take care of it myself, but no I prepared something more interesting for you, come with me, if you don't die toast then you will die with the explosion or else die with the G force or with the wind tearing your body, anyway I already thought about your death" she said and I was getting scared.
We went up more stairs, this time going up to a part closer to the top of the missile, it looks like a rocket, we got there and she arrives with ropes, going to tie us up, and it was right around the missile the nine of us were tied up around that thing, in all sides, I was right in front of her that got a laughing face, all sadistic, what a curse, that bitch, I keep looking at her and trying to laugh at everything.
"You know that can be an extra weight that will affect the whole course of your missile don't you?" I tell her and she shrugs.
"Actually I'm well aware of that, but it's quite possible that you'll just burn up before it makes any difference, besides there's the wind too, anyway I'll use magic, now I have to go, I have to help Fafnir kill his friends, I'll let the girls take care of you, bye-bye" Miranda said waving to us and then taking her broom and going up in the air.
Wretch, she is going to pay for all this, I hope this damned witch dies and pays for her crimes, worse is these armed women staring at us, I can't even move to show the middle finger, I feel like a sausage caught in a rope, I'm getting very stuck, trying anyway for an escape, but I can't, this is more resistant than it seems.
"What? Hold your fire! The missile!" Said a soldier and I didn't understand a thing until I slipped out of nowhere and felt loose until I fell into the nine witches' laboratory.
"Dat was close, we waited for Miranda to go off radar and we used de mother Sifla to break de steel cables with magic and bring you 'ere, now what we 'ave left is just hope, we can't go back to de missile, dey only 'ave 10 minutes to defeat Fafnir" Mrs McLaren said.
"And now what? What are we going to do? Are we just going to sit here and wait?" I say frustrated.
"It's dat or die in vain, what's left for us is to put our faith in de nine, dey will manage to defeat Fafnir, we can see dat dey are managing to win against him, our mecha is really powerful, all we 'ave to do is believe, it's our magic, if we put faith in it dat's when de mecha gets more powerful, dat's when de nine of us get stronger, believe in yourself, believe in all witches" It was a beautiful speech and we already saw Miranda arriving towards Fafnir and she looked like she had something ahead of her, I sighed even in worry.
Go nine witches, defeat this dragon and this cursed witch, I believe in you, magic and her future just like humanity is in your hand, please Diana, Akko, Marianne, Hellene, Amanda, Constanze, Jasminka, Lotte and Sucy, defeat them all and save the world.
POV Narrator:
The final battle is getting intense, Fafnir reveals that he is even stronger than they thought to be, but this the nine witches are going believing in themselves to defeat the dragon, but with the arrival of Miranda may be that things get complicated, in a countdown for a dangerous missile to be fired in less than ten minutes the concern for the survival of humanity is getting a huge pressure, After all the 178 meters dragon may be losing in relation to the 100 meters mecha, but it is still very resistant to the attacks of the nine witches, the world needs to believe more in the great mission that these nine brave girls are doing and that their lives are in the hands of these warriors and witches.
See you, missile witches...