POV Narrator:
Miranda Holbrook was finally defeated, with the power of the nine witches and also the help of humanity that was believing in them to defeat the missile, which the journey came to an end in that part, but it was still just the beginning of what was a new era of magic, there is still a lot ahead that will happen which will change the world, such as the opening of the seal of Gran Triskellion and the Yggdrasil tree being revived which is a sign that magic no longer becomes so dependent on being used only within the reach of the sorcerer stone, being able to be freer, which is a relief for humanity, being able to use magic more freely and this could be a great change from the times to come. ahead.
POV Akko:
I wake up in the middle of a dark place, I see around and it seems that I am floating, then I stay in a huge white void that I go looking around, still without understanding anything, I think this must be the Gran Triskellion, then I hear voices, they come from everywhere, I didn't understand anything, but I think I finally got it.
"Congratulations Atsuko Kagari, you have discovered the seven words and unlocked the seal of the Gran Triskellion, you have achieved what we of the other six chosen ones have never achieved before" Several voices said, I guess if they are talking about the chosen ones then I don't doubt that Laura and Chariot are here too.
Then a flash appears in front of me, I put my arm out and I see each one of the chosen ones clapping, a woman with blue hair, one with hair like Diana's, a blonde, a Du Nord must be Louise, Mrs McLaren and Chariot, all together looking at me and clapping congratulating me on my success, I'm a little embarrassed by it all.
"So you were the ones chosen before me?Are you all here congratulating me? It's weird, I just did what I had to do" I say to them.
"I'm Farnese, I was the first chosen, I was only 16 when Claiomh Solais first appeared, Edith and I had to hide a lot after graduation from Luna Nova, unfortunately I never got to use any more words as the worry became about being a mum, I had to make a choice that wasn't hard with Woodward, I would give up the staff to the next chosen one and have a daughter or I would continue until the end finding all the words, being able to change the world, but that could put an end to the Cavendish lineage, I don't regret choosing the first one" Said the one with blue hair and woah, she's like an ancestor of Diana then, she's all angry, has heterochromic eyes, one is green and the other is purple.
"I had to abandon the staff in the name of freeing Luna Nova, unfortunately I couldn't use the staff for violent purposes, I only went to the second word, it was that or let those witches take over our sacred place, the staff didn't accept that I use it to kill the men of The Council, it would be the best weapon against them, I'm Sarah Campbell, I was the second chosen and I was taught by Farnese who was still alive how to use the Claiomh Solais" Said the one with greenish hair, she reminds me a lot of Diana.
"The important fight for witches' rights was what made me stop chasing the other words, the responsibilities of being a mum, I ended up using only up to the third word, figuring it all out on my own, even when I was very young, but I gave it up because of the witches' revolution my wife wanted to make, I don't regret anything, I'm Esther Williams and I was the third chosen one" Said the blonde and she is the wife of that Victoria until I see Mrs McLaren smiling at her.
"I ended up not focusing on it much, I was a great broom racer in BGP, I even went far by going to the fourth word, but unfortunately I ended up giving up for a bigger reason, when I could have been free to look up the rest of the words, something terrible happened that made me depressed, my wife died, which I only lasted another 5 years alive and depressed, in the end I couldn't take it, I took potassium cyanide when my daughter left to protect our village from Germans and there I ended up going to meet Diana again... I am Louise Du Nord the fourth chosen" This story of hers is very heavy, I remember Chariot's great grandmother had told it to us.
"You already know my story girl, I just wanted to be able to cure me and my daughter of de curse dat was cast on us and dat also being able to help everyone, I was out of nowhere chosen by dis ding to be the witch who would lead de revolution, I went to de fifth word, I could get further, but I dedn't 'ave focus, over de years I dedn't care as much about dis lettle guy as you gave importance, in reality I dedn't even like Claiomh Solais very much, but dis lettle guy always came back wanting me to unravel him, well I'm Laura McLaren and you know me girl I'm your mother-in-law, I was de fifth chosen" Said my mother-in-law being her usual way.
"Leaving Laura's way of being you know me well too Akko, I'm proud of you, I unfortunately gave up after being furious with Croix and in my last presentation I shot the moon with the full power of the Claiomh Solais, which Laura already told me was her way of giving up, what I saw afterwards was the staff just disappearing from my hand, that was the end of it, I managed to almost get far with the help of my mentors, but it was not with me that the world changed, fate wanted it to be with the seventh chosen and apparently fate was correct, I am Chariot Du Nord, the sixth chosen and I am immensely proud that the seventh chosen was so special and succeeded" Said Chariot and I even get emotional.
"We are all here to say that you were one of the greatest witches if not the greatest of all time, you proved to the world that you could change things and you did, so we will grant you the power of the Gran Triskellion" Other voices said.
Already the chosen ones are disappearing one by one waving to me, I am all flattered that the nine witches blessed me in this way, and also seeing each of the chosen ones, it is wonderful to know that I could personally know two of them and are wonderful people in my life.
A flash opens again and I could see the world of Arcturus again around me, all the bushes are blooming, it seemed that I was inside the petals of a flower and then bubbles appear what a stick is falling and the stones of the nine witches are kind of facing me, I think this must be the Gran Triskellion.
"A stick? Is that really the Gran Triskellion?" Croix said and I was impressed too.
"Look, I'll never judge a book by its cover, dis could be more powerful dan any wand dat has ever existed in de face of history and you 'ave no idea" said Mrs McLaren.
I'm swinging the stick and nothing happens but bubbles, it's strange that I can't feel the magic of it either, it's like any other stick, very strange indeed, I think I'm getting it, it can't be something like that, I even find it a bit ridiculous, after all this journey.
"The real Gran Triskellion is the friends..." Amanda doesn't even complete and is already shushed by all.
"Hahahaha, I wish it was something like that, but I think I understand, I just wish the world could be happy again, that we could live in the new age of magic" I say to the stick that then ends up levitating from my floating hand.
"You could have asked for infinite money" Sucy said.
Then the stick is falling apart which causes a whole rain of brightness, which is very strange, but at the same time it gives a relief, I think people will really be able to be happy, there is not much to do, it is a request that it is up to us to be able to bring this change to reality.
Then I'm walking back to everyone, the relics of the nine witches are kind of making a beam of light, which ends up going through a portal, we look at the crystal balls and the beam of light goes up to the sky of the earth, there in Glastonbury, where the remains of all the explosion that was caused by the battle against Holbrook are still raining.
"It seems that now it has come to the end of everything" I say with a smile on my face.
"It's only de beginning of dings to come, without de obstacles in front of us de witches' revolution will be a reality" said Mrs McLaren.
The skies of Glastonbury were green again, but this time like an aurora borealis that was passing through the whole world, the view from there must be beautiful, I'm impressed people will have a beautiful view and this can help us finally have that hope in the nine witches, the world will really improve a lot from now on, I look forward to what comes from now on.
Later they all gather at Luna Nova to watch the light show, which enchants all of humanity...
Now it's the end, we don't need to stay here in Doras, we can settle in our own places, now it's back home, we take everything we had in Doras and we'll spend the time here in Luna Nova, at least until things get fixed elsewhere, which I'm sure they will, I take a deep breath, we've really come a long way in this, it was a journey I had no idea would happen.
"Oh Andrew texted me" Diana said.
"What did he say love?" I ask her.
"He was appointed Sir by the Queen herself and said we should come along and be decorated fae our bravery too, it seems people have really got tae know about the missile feat" my girlfriend said and I marvelled at the Queen recognising us.
"Woah, you mean we're going to meet the Queen face to face? That's great, I can't wait to go" I say all amazed.
"'Ugh, I wish I dinnae have tae go, but I guess as a Brit and also tae at least ensure our witches' revolution we'll have tae go" said Cavendish, 'and strange that she doesn't like the Queen.
"I'd rather be headmistress of Luna Nova dan get anywhere near de British crown" my mother-in-law said.
"Welcome then to your new home, Headmistress McLaren" said Mrs White, who then received a middle finger.
"It may be a nuisance for us, but I dink dat woman can make it easier for Mrs Maria White to be the minister of magic and my mother to be de headmistress of Luna Nova" said my sister-in-law.
"'Do you really dink I should be headmistress of dis place? I wanted to change dings, but I don't know if I would know how to lead 'ere" Mrs McLaren said, and she does.
"Yes!" we all say to her, even laughing, which makes her cheeks puff out.
I think from now on things will get much better, I can't wait to see my medal of honour for saving everyone, the things that will come ahead, I will rebuild my house with Diana, marry her, start a family, become the great ShinyAkko there are so many things that I get anxious just imagining, fate really reserves me a big surprise.
POV Narrator:
As much as Laura McLaren insisted on the opposite, there was nothing else that screamed that she would become the future director of Luna Nova and she really ended up becoming that position in March 2021, which was still keeping classes until the summer the way they were before, but during that summer of 2021, renovations were starting in the Luna Nova building, for modernisation and also to accommodate more students, in addition to starting to promote events that she has already been publicising for the year 2022, which will start after the summer of that year, she was dedicating herself a lot to the change, new temporary teachers took the place of the old ones teaching students at a distance while she was investing in the new generation that offered to take the place of the old ones and give the most complete teaching.
Dorlin was exposed for her crimes and did not go unpunished for setting everything up at the behest of Miranda Holbrook and other corruption scandals in her administration for many decades ended up also earning her a deposition and in that who took her place was Eleanora Maria White who offered herself to the position and told her whole story, even getting easier access by revealing that she was Sir Andrew Hanbridge's mother, which was only a matter of time for her to take office and many changes will still come along with the modernisation of magic, since not only Dorlin was in the corruption scandal as many other older witches who received bribes from the government to prevent the advancement of magic and keep it as old-fashioned.
The nine witches were decorated as heroes to the whole world and became great and relevant for their acts, which caused an explosion of children interested in magic and also in a beginning of opening new schools of magic and others that were reopened, all this after the summer of 2021, which ended up being full of events, the nine settled temporarily in Luna Nova that was still under renovation, while they were rebuilding their places, some only decided to stay there to settle their futures as teachers.
On 12 June 2021, Atsuko Kagari and Diana Cavendish get married in a very quiet and peaceful ceremony, where they make a point of honouring everyone who fought with them for the witches' revolution, they celebrate a lot and spend much of the summer rebuilding the Cavendish house that had been just a pile of rubble and then became a house again, just the way the Scottish woman wanted and her wife too, a cosy place that she can stay and was also serving as a home for other witches.
Croix begins to do his part in the change, alongside April and Brooke, after the launch of Saoirse's latest game and Laura McLaren's last job at the company, they found Magitech Revolutions, a company focused on bringing magic to the mundanes and a more renewable energy source than the old ones that were used, because it was extremely cheap to get and very easy to get energy was starting there an escalation in magic that was beginning to gain more name and people were believing more in it, seeing the potential of electric
power generators that use magic, it was the beginning of a new era of magic, humanity was marvelling at the news coming from the witches.
The summer of 2021 was quite busy and also marking an intense vaccination where everyone was amazed to learn that Miranda Holbrook had been responsible for bringing that disease, but that finally can have a relief and little by little people were returning to the normal of their routines, but of course still continuing with the safety protocols, in case something could happen and someone gets infected, the help of the witches in the meantime was essential and helped to increase more confidence in them.
The governments were the ones who didn't like it at all, the witches were starting to gain relevance again and people believed in them more than in the governments themselves, since the witches were managing with the whole organisation that Laura made to spread around the world and help people, faith in magic was being restored more and magic was everywhere, witches were above all peaceful, their victory over Miranda Holbrook was what made it possible for old friends from McLaren's Luna Nova days to make such actions possible.
The world was moving towards a new change, it was something that was evident, the new era of witches was beginning, magic was already slowly taking over the habit of the most mundane of houses, even more so that electricity could be practically free, just needing to buy a generator made by Croix Meridies who saw in that an opportunity only for magic to grow, she didn't care so much about the profits so much that she always made the machines in the way that could last the longest and soon the homes around the world were receiving at least one of them having a generator like that, in addition to other witches telling of the wonders that magic could do, with Eleanora in the ministry of magic a new scripture of the laws of witches was created, which removed any restriction regarding technology and innovation, as well as encouraging witches to help promote it.
The girls who didn't get a chance to graduate due to being wanted or in the case expelled from school before they finished or even by the witch revolution took a special exam before the summer ended and all of them were able to pass from the group of the revolutionaries receiving even a graduation party in Luna Nova a little diminished from what the other graduation parties were, which was about to have a huge change for 2022, which no one had any idea what Laura was preparing for the reopening of the great witch academy.
Akko was starting her dedication there to become ShinyAkko, making some smaller presentations, creating a staff that was an inspired version of Shiny Rod, only that she did it with her own design, not only did she perform, but also Diana being her partner in the presentations, using a version she made of Shiny Rod that she called Shiny Rapier, with elegant and well-choreographed movements the ShinyAkko project was already underway in the summer of 2021, but there would still be something big coming.
The year 2021, marked the beginning of the new era of magic, ending already with the world being impressed that from a pandemic they came to a world where witches are beginning to gain their ground and are not losing a bit, magic was already proving to be a much more efficient form of energy than any other, but it did not attract profit, because the restrictions that Eleanora placed were that magic was a free good for everyone and that everyone could have access to magic, which was already evident that some parts of the system saw it as a risk to change the status quo, only that the population no longer bought the speech of big companies against magic, people saw what she did, they saw that she could save humanity.
2022, a new year begins here, magic was growing steadily, the acceptance of it was huge, as was the faith in magic, magic schools all over the world were full and the teaching of magic was more widespread, more and more magic schools were being created and Luna Nova was preparing for the great reopening event, which was built in this time an even bigger ground for an event that Laura McLaren waited a long time to revive, in it the opening was already going to have a presentation by ShinyAkko and giant stands were placed for the public to watch, with a guarantee of easy transport by the Ley lines that were opened worldwide a station that led to Luna Nova that became a little bigger to hold more witches and with a structure to hold large events, this one that could be a very grandiose one.
Sunday 19 June 2022, Luna Nova
245,871 people, that's how many people crowded the stands and outside them in Luna Nova, for the big event that Laura McLaren was going to promote there, witches from all over the world had trained for it, representing their schools of witchcraft, but before the event could start, a very familiar song started playing, in that world that was already getting used to magic, a cover was covering creating a dome on top of the stands. Everything was getting dark and spotlights start to appear, a calm version of what was the theme of Shiny Chariot starts to play by an orchestra, and when all the spotlights focus on something in the middle a smoke starts to come out of the ground and a hole opens up and slowly a woman with reddish hair in a very
familiar outfit appears, she is looking down and holding her hat.
Chariot reveals herself to the whole world by raising her hat and starting to wave to everyone who starts to cheer her while the dome opens revealing the beautiful sky that was wide open that Sunday, in addition to the orchestra in front of the stage starting to play her theme in a more intense way.
"Welcome to the world of magic! Her heart is believing in herself! " She waves to everyone who starts shouting her name, and at the age of 32 Du Nord goes for a walk riding on her broomstick.
She passes her hand through the stands, the whole world saw that, they were people from all corners anxious for the coming of a presentation of ShinyAkko as an opening and had the surprise of seeing once again the great Shiny Chariot appearing and giving the faces people jumped and admired, on the internet there were already at least two million people watching it live thanks to the good publicity of Croix, the number only exploded with the appearance of Shiny Chariot.
Du Nord arrives in the middle of the stage and from it appear ShinyAkko and Shiny Diana the duo that had been performing for almost a year and it was a blast with a feeling that brought Shiny Chariot b
"Your magic is believing in yourself!" The three hold their magic wands up pointing to the skies and there they start flying doing acrobatics in the skies and everyone was admiring the themes of Shiny Chariot were merging with the duo and more other choreographers were appearing dancing around.
They were some of Akko and Diana's stage extras, often friends of theirs who were dancing on stage and everyone was enchanted, but soon cubes appeared which were making a huge dragon, as part of the show, the dragon was huge and resembled the form that Fafnir took when he faced the mecha and the three girls together go looking at the huge monster they join forces, make a spell that come together and form an aura in the shape of a giant witch, while the creature was passing through the stage.
Spitting a lie fire that was going to the audience being amazed but soon the aura of the huge witch makes a sound that provokes the dragon and together they make the aura create a bow and arrow, firing at the dragon and with the words of the staff.
"Noctu OrfeiAude Fraetor!" Not only did they speak together, the audience also repeated the same words.
The arrow went inside the dragon that then exploded when it swallowed it and spread magic all over Luna Nova, the whole world jumped with euphoria, that had been so far the most grandiose presentation they had seen of Shiny Chariot, the dragon and the aura were huge, it was the first time they saw it live and after the dragon was slaughtered there were the trio flying from one side of the audience to the other causing a rain of magic and returning to the middle of the stage.
Chariot lands from her broom, as do Diana and Akko, she walks over to the two girls, gives them a big hug and then with her Shiny Rod in her open hands she hands it to them, which the audience is thrilled about.
"Now it's the turn of this new generation of girls to bring a new heart full of faith to the future witches, I know you are great, goodbye" said Chariot, handing the staff to the two and then waving to the audience.
Walking backwards as the spotlight focused on her until she reached the end of the path where she goes into a hole in the ground and the audience was moved, some people were already crying, it was the definitive retirement of Shiny Chariot, who so amazed children 15 years ago, is hanging the staff and passing the baton to these two girls.
"And with all honours we will continue the legacy of Shiny Chariot, the magic of ye is tae believe in yerselves! " Said Diana and Akko as they waved to the crowd.
The two are doing more acrobatics, this time with a glow that came out and changed colour, not only them but the other acrobats who were making the drawing of a thing with the broom flight, forming precisely the silhouette of Shiny Chariot and then fires came being released with magic and some letters were written "Thank you Shiny Chariot" what the public is jumping with excitement, that was a great moment that was happening and would be marked for the history of witches.
They land and then bow to the audience in a quick presentation, the whole world applauds them, the views reached 10 million just because of Shiny Chariot's presentation, it was an epic moment that everyone wanted to see and with that the stage is lowered and Hellene comes riding on a broom carrying a torch, she lights it in the middle of a bonfire and everyone has already connected what it was.
"And 'ere we are with dis exciting presentation saying goodbye to a great success from 15 years ago, with de great Shiny Chariot passing de baton to 'er successors, but we're not done with de events yet, now we're starting what we've really been looking forward to, after over a thousand years of not having dis happen, after over two hundred years since de last attempt came, it's back, de witches olympiad! Revamped! Much
more comprehensive and dis time showing de greatness dat we witches are capable of, de best witches in de world gather 'ere to show de limits of de human body and how far dey can go, each representing deir school of witchcraft and filling deir place with pride as well as demselves, We are 'ere witnessing new times, which we have started to call each of de various schools dat came to participate in dis first edition to compete for de gold medals and de greatest prestige of all" said Laura McLaren over the microphone announcing the event and everyone jumped with excitement.
That was Luna Nova's first Olympiad, this time more exciting than just being between Luna Nova students, being against students from all witch schools, to show the world what witches are capable of, an epic opening and also with the right to some good disputes between schools, with each student representing well, training them for the events in particular, since witches do not represent countries, they started to represent the schools of witchcraft.
The Olympiad was a success, it further leveraged the reputation of witches and people were impressed with their ability, children were enchanted wanting to become future witches and this only improved things, in a revolution of witches that just happened, new times are coming day after day, in this first edition that happened the winner was Luna Nova, and Hellene McLaren was the athlete with more medals, since she could participate in several events, winning in the broom relay, solo broom race, magic combat, weightlifting, weight throw, jump with magic impulse, swimming without metamorphosis, foot race in 100, 200, 400 and 1000 metres and with obstacles, and marathon, since with magic it served to see how far the power of witches reaches, she accumulated medals in all available categories that involved some physical strength and was making history.
In September 2022 Luna Nova was reopened with its renovations, this time for students, open to come and study, this time the rules were less strict and what had previously been very abusive conditions around detentions was eased to have only regular punishments, in addition to also the presence for the first time in 1600 years of electricity, students were no longer restricted from not carrying technology, even a tencological magic class was included with Professor Constanze who already had extensive knowledge in the area, students were no longer stuck without technology, they could even take televisions and video games to the dormitories, which were also a little bigger, in addition to not having so much class separation anymore, the rooms were fair for all students, with the same conditions, without having to change, in addition to also better conditions for everyone, the workers of Luna Nova on the other hand received better working conditions, many left when Holbrok took over, a few returned since it was much less work, the implementation of electricity really made things much easier.
The years went by and the reality was that magic was part of the life of most people on the planet, witches had taken over, it was even starting in Appleton with a drastic change, it was not just witches, witches were also beginning to emerge from there, witches' appearances were more common at the time that soon magic in a few schools already became a basic subject, it was evident that the witch revolution was happening, governments had to adapt, they had no control over what witches did, the population accepted them more than they themselves, just like corporations that had to adapt to witches, who had demands that did not let them exploit the population to make profits, if they wanted to use magic, the few that used magic were more successful because it was what the people wanted, even more so that conditions were becoming even better.
It was a matter of time, in less than 3 years magic ended up replacing a good part of the sources of electricity, even serving as fuel in some cases, since it burned and did not pollute as it happened with fossil fuels and campaigns to encourage magic were beginning to see the benefit of it, as well as in helping food production, magic in this world was what little by little was alleviating the situation of climate change and reducing pollution, as well as other social problems due to its presence all the time in all areas, and it was only growing more and more, the world was witnessing something great.
See you, Believing Heart...
