Friday 14 September 2007, Luna Nova
"I was getting excited, I was getting happy, my training with the girls to recover magic was going slowly, but Icould see that the group was already managing little by little to get their magic back, which I was still quitehung up on, thinking that what had happened didn't affect them as much as I thought, I hadn't realised thatwhen it's with witches who have used magic before, the effect is much weaker, it would take me another tenyears to realise that the effect of Dream Fuel Spirit is much worse when it affects children, worse than whenyou appeared here in Luna Nova, I thought it didn't affect them either, until Akko's appearance that changedthings completely, today I know that things are much worse with children, but anyway, my friendship wasblossoming with these younger people, and so was Daniella Parker's birthday, she was about to turn 18, thiswas the first birthday of her in which I know and i take a lot of part"
Ahhhhh, another day at school, I hope the girls make a lot of progress in the training I'm going to do today, I'm glad I'm able to recover their magic, I thought it would be much worse, but Croix didn't do such a bad damage to those who were at the show, but it's still a damage that could make someone give up magic.
I get out of bed and change in the bathroom of the room, as well as doing my basic hygiene, I look in the mirror and damn my hair is really growing, soon it's going to reach and break at the shoulder, I only remember having hair like this in the last few years that I lived in the Cavendish mansion and in all of France, I leave the bathroom and there I see that Daniella has also woken up, she's so cute when she's waking up, with that hair all messy.
"Good morning Daniella - I say to her, who waves back at me also yawning a bit making her cute noises.
"Good morning Chariot, I didn't want to say that, but as we're getting closer I'm going to tell you... Today is my birthday, I'm turning 18" I get a happy look on my face when I hear that and rush over to hug her, I finally know when it's her birthday, she only said to me it was on September.
"Congratulations Daniella, I can only imagine how excited you must have been to finally turn 18, I'm happy for you, very happy to finally know too and I'm always gonna be with you" I say to her who smiles when she sees me that's so cute.
We stare at each other, I see her face still a little withdrawn, I grab her chin, she looks very afraid, then we get a little closer, until it fits into a kiss, I feel those lips of hers, I couldn't resist, after so long without kissing a mouth, we pull away, looking breathlessly at each other, with a trail of saliva between our mouths and I'm even embarrassed.
"Chariot... I didn't want to be given a present like this, don't you think it's too early to arrive like this?" she said as she stayed down and I ran my hand over her pretty little face.
"I don't know, I think it would be the best present for the person who has supported me so much all this time, I hope you enjoyed that kiss, now go and get ready for your lessons, your birthday won't go unnoticed" I say as I run my thumb over her cheeks, which have become warm.
Then I make way for Parker to get ready for class, she goes to the door and then closes it to change in the bathroom, and I can see that Rebecca is looking at everything from the bed, I think she'll find this interesting, I'm going to try to give Daniella a bit more attention, she really deserves it.
[...]
A whole day of lessons went by, I could look at Daniella a lot and she at me, the look on both of our faces even seemed to be a connection, so we left the classroom and went to our rooms, only first I was approached by the girls, I even forgot that I have to train them today, well I hope it doesn't take that long.
"Chariot! We're almost keeping up with everyone in class, we're not as embarrassed as we used to be" said Brooke.
"I didn't say that training would help you make it, by the way, this one is 18 years old today" I say to the girls who are looking at Parker who also gives me a little slap.
"Chariot! Don't tell everyone, I don't like spreading the word that it's my birthday" said the sullen brunette as the others went round wishing her happy birthday.
"Look, we've already got someone who can buy us a drink and all you have to do is show ID" said Montgomery.
"I can now, it's a big deal, now I'm 18, the only good thing is that I can just leave my parents aside at last and start a new life of my own" said Daniella.
"Now I'm going to train everyone, I'll be a little while Daniella, wait for me in the bedroom, I'll be sure to do something for you" I say smiling at Parker who nods at me.
"Have a good workout Chariot, you girls too, it's my birthday today, that's all" said the brunette as she left.
She's really more of a frowny face when it comes to birthday things, but today I'm going to give her a well-deserved celebration, after all she's turning such an important age, it's the symbol of freedom to turn 18, but keeping her face shut isn't going to solve things much, I want to give a little smile to that beautiful face and those beautiful green eyes, her brown hair, she's so cute, she's as pretty as... Forget that bitch, it's better to leave her in the back of your mind.
I'm leaving Luna Nova, heading for the courtyard outside the school where I'm going to start training them, today I'm going to have them practise a slightly more complex spell, which will involve levitating objects.
"Well today I want to see if you can levitate this dummy here for a few seconds, it's going to be a much more complicated test for you" I say to them and already Tsugumi shows up.
"Tricky levitation? We're managing to use basic magic with enormous ease, this is going to be a piece of cake for dummies" said Tsugumi, as always the one who thinks she's the best, and I signalled for her to do it.
"She'll fail again, sometimes I even think Tsugumi likes to fail on purpose" said Ryouko.
As expected, she's even pushing with her wand, but at most it's around the doll, which I can already see her expression of frustration. I then demonstrate how to do it and levitation just goes smoothly for me, it's kind of one of the spells I've been improving with my lessons, paying attention to Finnelan's boring lessons has helped me get better at it, it's good to see that I'm making progress.
"I just want to get this stolen magic back so I can beat the little magic thief to a pulp" I mean beat him to a pulp, you have no idea that I'm the person who did this.
"That's it, we're really taking the first steps towards everything, it's like they took our memory card and now we have to reset everything from the beginning" Brooke said.
"Well anyway, I'm happy that with each training session with Chariot I'm getting closer, she really is the best" said Patricia.
They're starting to line up, doing their best, I can see that they're even managing to wrap the puppet in magic, but it's not going anywhere, each one is trying to make an effort, but I can see that I'm managing to get their magic back and that's marvellous to see, the movements coming out, the evolution, even if with each new thing they have to start again, you can see that it's not the same for any of them.
[...]
The training paid off handsomely, I could see that Williams is the best at magic, she managed to levitate the doll for 11 seconds before the magic failed and that's almost the level of a novice witch, I think that by the end of the year these girls won't need to train anymore, they'll be even better than the students here, the others are also doing very well, but Patricia is absurd to be able to do so well.
"The training is over for today, they've all managed to levitate, even if only for a short time and that's good, it puts them very close to where the new students from Luna Nova arrive, so they won't have so many difficulties and the stolen magic will return" I say to them and they start to cheer up.
"Oh I'm happy, I already feel that my old potential is getting closer, thank you for all the help you do for us Chariot" said a smiling Patricia.
"Four-eyes really is more dedicated than us, she's always the one who does best in every training session and she's always the only one who doesn't try to appear like Tsugumi" said Brooke.
"Hey, I'm just incredulous that some things are difficult for me, I try my best to do well, it's not my fault if sometimes it's extremely difficult" said the girl, who was even a little embarrassed.
"Classical Tsugumi, full of her pride" said Eun laughing a little.
"Look, I'll do better, I'll try anything, in the broom relay you'll see that my team will win" said the confident Fujiwara.
"I don't know yet, but I'm just going to go out for today because I have to do something special for someone even more special" I say to the girls who already know which person I'm talking about.
"It's going to be for Daniella Parker, isn't it? That girl really moves you in a way, even though she looks like a starched rich girl, she seems to be very different from the ones I know - Brooke said and I blushed and just denied it I don't want them to know so early I'm gay.
"Is Chariot an female homossexual?" I can even see Williams' expression changing.
"Female Homosexual? You sound like an old man talking like that Patricia hahahaha" said Tsugumi mocking her friend and I kept scratching the back of my head, I don't know if she'll like hearing that.
"What if she is? What's the problem, I'm bisexual" said Brooke.
"I don't see a problem, but it's still a bit wrong, isn't it? The Williams at least repudiate homosexuality in the family, I'm like a good old Williams and I'm straight" a good traditional Williams like Esther and Anne who were the most important in their history, two great lesbians, she must be a gay in denial, I can see how much of this she can be I have the radar working.
"This girl really is stuck in church, isn't she? Oh and you Chariot, I always felt you had a lesbian vibe, I can feel it from afar, you have a thing for Daniella Parker, I can see it too" I scratch the back of my head.
"I think fans theorise about this a lot, don't they?" I try to get away from it a bit.
"Look, in the fan club we thought you were at least bisexual, I thought that, but now I don't know..." I even swallow saliva.
"I'm a lesbian! Is that what you wanted to know? I'm going, bye!" I get all embarrassed and pick up my broom, blushing with shame, and head towards the ley line portal.
As I know from my mum, the Williams are extremely conservative, as well as being quite homophobic, even the younger ones are like that, well now let me go and buy a cake for my friend.
I land in Glastonbury Square, and I look around, walking towards the bakery, I can see where there is one of them, as I enter the bell rings and I see several cakes, as I know Daniella likes cake with lots of strawberries, so I go to the till.
"Hello, what can I get you, witch?" asks the cashier.
"I want a chocolate cake with strawberries, it's for a friend of mine" I say, smiling at her as I point to the glass.
"Sure, wait a minute, I know that face... Is that Shiny Chariot?" I hate being recognised like that.
"Yes, it's me, could you make a cake and I'd also like an 18th birthday candle, if you could write a Happy Birthday Daniella" I say to the cashier.
"Oh yes, I didn't expect you here, I'm going to make Chariot, if you like, we have more things, apparently your friend Daniella has a birthday, we can add more" I shrug and well, I think we can add more things.
"That's fine, I think my friend would like to have a cake with more things on it, but I have to take a few more things in my hand" I say, scratching the back of my head.
"How much space can you take?" I can pretty much only take the cake.
"I'll be flying on a broom in an interdimensional portal, so you can imagine that at most I'll be carrying a box" I say to the girl who notices.
"Well, I don't think I'll have much to bring, just the strawberry cake, the letters on the cake, the candles and finally some sweets if I can fit them in the bag, is that all right?" I nod my head
I watch as she picks up a cake and starts to make it, looking across the counter, she puts the strawberries in and some biscuits around them, as Daniella must also like, there will be like a wall around the strawberries surrounding the cake, and wow, it must be delicious, then comes the sprinkles, the letters being placed, I hope the cake is all right because I'm going to take as much care as I can to make sure it's all right.
The cake is ready, she shows it to me, I nod, then she puts it in a box and I hold it carefully, paying the £45 for the cake and then heading for the exit, which I take and head for Luna Nova. Walking carefully through the town, I realise that Rebecca was just there too.
"Do you think I'd let you go alone carrying the cake, come on, we can get more things, I know you want to give Daniella a present too" I even feel happy.
"Thank you Becca, you came at the right time" I say relieved.
"She's also my friend, although you keep kissing and giving her presents in other ways, so I'm still going to be a good friend to her. Come on, we'll go to a shop and you can decide what to get Parker" said Leyland.
We made our way to a clothes shop and, as I know, Daniella likes dresses. The problem is that the dresses she wears are always expensive, but I managed to find a very pretty plaid dress, so I point to it and see Rebecca's expression of someone who wants to laugh.
"Really, a plaid dress? Don't you think it's a bit tacky for her? Parker's a chic girl, there's something better" said the blonde.
"Trust me, my intuition tells me she'll love this dress" I say to Becca.
"Well, I just want to see her reaction to this dress, is it just going to be this dress? because I already think it's pretty tacky" I nod my head.
"There's also that long-sleeved blouse that's very wide at the bottom and a bow, I'm sure it'll look just like Daniella, she'll be beautiful like that" I see Leyland just laughing.
"She'll look like a gardening nerd, but I'll pay to see it" said the blonde who couldn't believe it.
I'm sure it's going to be beautiful, so after we pick up the clothes I pay the cashier and then with the extra things Becca is carrying, we walk through the city back to the square, it's good that she's already bought the things and my present has been packed, I really hope Daniella likes it, I know she wants to let go of the aristocracy and there's nothing better than a dress that has no connection with her.
We're off to Luna Nova, I'm taking care of the cake, until we reach the bedroom door, whereupon I'm helped by Rebecca to open the door and I see that she's sitting there reading books as usual and is surprised by our presence.
"Happy birthday!" I say excitedly to Parker, who smiles at me.
"Oh thank you girls, I told you I didn't need all that" said the beautiful Daniella.
"I couldn't forget to do at least one thing for your day today" I say happily to my friend.
"Thank you very much Chariot, I don't really care about this day, but you always want to come round and show me otherwise and I really appreciate that, your willingness to show me that I can stop being so boring" said Parker.
"I bought this for you too" I say happily, handing the present to my friend.
She opened it, I hope she really liked it, I can already see that Rebecca is holding back her laughter, but I know it's going to go down very well, when she saw the dress she reacted with happiness, I could see her smiling and then hugging me tightly, which made my heart feel full, I hadn't felt this good in months, it had been a long time since I'd been hugged, I even noticed that Leyland's expression changed because I'd got the present right.
"I didn't say she'd like it" I say to the blonde, who gets a little sulky.
"You have bad taste, I'll tell you that" said Becca.
"I loved it, I really loved it, not only is it a beautiful dress, but the gift itself shows how much of her heart is in it, I'm going to get dressed now to see it" said a very excited Daniella, going to the bathroom to change.
"Oh my, such bad taste, a girl as chic as you likes these tacky things, even poor people like us don't wear them" said Leyland, picking on her friend.
"It's beautiful, she'll look marvellous and you'll break your face" I say to the blonde.
"I'm really going to laugh, this dress looks like those flannel shirts that only lumberjacks and lesbians wear, ah... I forget that Parker is bisexual, the dress makes sense now, it's not that bad if you think about it, it looks good on Parker" When she came out she looked beautiful, I've never seen Daniella smile so genuinely.
"Chariot, how do I look? I saw myself in the mirror and I thought I was beautiful, the dress looked great on me, I really wanted to wear one of these, but my family won't let me, I love you so much" she said happily and with a shine one her eyes, I can see her fellings though her eyes.
"Not only did you look marvellous, but you were happy too, that's what matters most, seeing someone comfortable and happy with what they're wearing, I even took a photo here to save the moment" I say happily.
We even put on a song to play, Never Tears Appart by INXS, which I danced to right next to my friend, we sang it together, it's great that both she and I know the words, I used to hear it so much from my mothers when we travelled and I don't know how she heard it so much, but it was really good.
"You two are really weird, I've never seen you like this" said Becca.
"We just accepted the weirdness" I say to Leyland.
"You've let yourselves go a lot today, but it's nice to see the smiles on both your faces, you two rarely look like that, especially Parker" said the blonde.
We're getting really into it while we're also eating a bit together, what was left of my cookies, also already holding hands, I'm really into the brunette, as I've never done before, which only came to my mind thoughts, imagined as if I were living a few moments next to Daniella.
Who's Croix? I have someone much better here, I think I'm beginning to understand better what Parker wanted so much with me, I'm appreciating our closeness more.
"Guys, how close is this? Parker's going to end up taking off the dress she's just won, I'm still here, you know" She's picking on us.
"We're not even having sex, we're just enjoying the moment" said the beautiful brunette which almost got her hand on my panties.
"Taking advantage of the moment, I realise that Chariot is practically humping you and putting her hand around your waist" so it's only a matter of time before I feel Parker's hand on mine and she takes it higher.
"Like this Rebecca Leyland?" I've got my hand on her chest and I'm frying my brain here, I can't take my hand off, I'm stuck, until my hand is taken off by another.
"Behave yourselves, I'm still in this room, I'll be grateful if you don't grab each other now" I'm shocked, I know I've grabbed Parker's breast a few times and even more than that, but it was so out of the blue.
"I think someone's feeling bad about being left out" She's really going to tease.
"Seriously, when you're like this, it's annoying Parker, I liked the one before who was so methodical rather than this joker, you just keep me watching, Chariot, who doesn't even understand anything, keeps getting on your bandwagon, let's eat the cake" said Leyland and I laughed.
"Look, I understand a lot, it's fun, look at our friend smiling for real, she's having a lot of fun today" I say as the cake box is opened and the candles placed.
We sing happy birthday to Daniella with the lights out and the candles throwing sparks everywhere, seeing how she's even a little emotional, this is her day, she deserves all this affection, today she turns eighteen, she's finally being able to be more free to be whatever she wants and that's beautiful, seeing her smile like that is something I never thought would make me feel good, I didn't feel anything like that with Croix.
Am I finally falling in love with Daniella? Now I don't have any limitations on our feelings, that's true, I can just enjoy it as much as I want, that's what's really good.
[...]
The night was coming and the day was ending, I was having fun playing with Daniella, with Rebecca, like old times, we were having a lot of fun, but sleep struck, which I already saw the bunk bed turning into a common
bed while Parker's bed was becoming one with the lower part of the bunk which is precisely mine, I think someone wants to see me around.
"Please, girls, I'm going to sleep here tonight, there's nowhere for me to go" said Leyland as we laughed.
"I'm not going to do anything, I just want to sleep with Chariot tonight, at least once on my birthday I want this to be my first night" said the brunette, and I stroked her head.
"I'll take that present, you can sleep with me" I say smiling.
We get into bed and I'm right next to Daniella, looking at her beautiful face, so cute, she's smiling, wearing these beautiful pyjamas that Rebecca gave her as a present and Leyland goes to her bed where she lies down and we switch off the lights and stay in the dark, I put my hand on her face and she on mine.
"Thank you for today Chariot, you have no idea how important it was to spend my birthday with you, I always kept it a secret from you, but now that I've told you, I don't regret it, it was one of the best days of my life, I love you" she said affectionately, running her hand over my face and I did the same.
"I will always value the feelings of someone who also values mine, you are very important to me too" I bring my face closer.
I can feel her breathing and we're getting much closer, so I take the opportunity to seal my lips with hers and let my tongue slip inside that mouth, which I can feel in hers, so we stick our bodies closer together, lying on the bed and wow, I needed that contact, her hands on me, going through my clothes, very soft, squeezing me, and then we touch our faces and laugh a little.
"Let's not traumatise Rebecca tonight" she whispers and I giggle.
[...]
I wake up the next morning and look around, I also see Parker's face and she says good morning with a kiss on the lips, well it seems Becca has left the room for a while, I see there's a note on the bed and I go to see what it says "I went out for a walk, I'm here in the afternoon, take your time" Ah why does she think that? We're not going to do that.
"What did Becca write?" I even blush a little.
"Oh, it's her usual bollocks" I say a little embarrassed.
"She gave the go-ahead for both of us, why not? Only if you're comfortable too, we've only just woken up too" I'm getting quite embarrassed.
"That way I feel like it, it doesn't provoke me like that Daniella, I haven't felt contact like that for a month and a half, I... I..." I feel her hand wrap around me and then a kiss on my neck that moves upwards.
"Shhhhh, you can decide, I'll take this present too, even though it's already a day after my birthday" She takes me by the shoulder and makes me lie down on the bed, which makes me gasp, seeing her so confident on top of me.
"Daniella..." I say embarrassed.
"I'm too sleepy, I think I ended up dreaming about you too much and it filled me with desire" I see.
"So you're in the mood? Then I'll be your present too" I pull her by the collar of her T-shirt and pull her close.
We start kissing, I run my hand round her waist, and I move my hand down to her bum, which is much bigger than Croix's and plumper too, which I squeeze really hard, she starts running her hand over me and I feel a huge shiver in my stomach, as she gets closer, I start to feel more and more at ease, I look at her beautiful face, she looks back at me and we're already smiling, I think things are really going to happen.
[...]
Woah, that was different, I didn't expect it to be so much, but it was marvellous, it was like a trip, I had thousands of thoughts in my head and I only imagined the best, in such a short time I'm already like that with Daniella, who keeps looking me in the eye and smiling at me, running her hand over my face.
"I've never felt so wonderful with you, this was the best of all the times I've done something with you Chariot" I agree, I'm even breathless.
"Me too, I really wanted to put more feeling into it, it wasn't more dissatisfaction with Croix, I'm feeling like it's something between the two of us... I'm sorry I mentioned that person, I didn't mean to compare... Damn it" I say to her, who keeps running her hand over my face.
"I understand you, I know what it's like, those times I really felt angry, but this here, this here I liked a lot, you're still marvellous, but here you've outdone yourself Chariot, I didn't imagine we'd get to this point so quickly" I didn't either.
"Does that mean your plan is still on?" I ask her and she nods.
"More than ever, now I know that I can make you happy too, the only person I trusted to do that betrayed your trust and I won't let them do that to you again, I won't give up on winning your heart, I know this time didn't do it, but there may be other times that will, I love you Chariot Du Nord" Daniella is too marvellous for this world.
She's much better than Croix at everything, I know I can't compare, but she's always been attentive and since she confessed her feelings she's always been the best, she's never been jealous or been pushy when I've been with Croix, on the other hand she herself was insecure about the friendship I had with Parker, it's like she knew she'd let me down at some point.
"This is still the beginning of a very close friendship with Daniella, as I said, this was my longest relationshipand you'll realise how well everything was going, but it wasn't her who ruined it, it was me... I was a very badand immature girlfriend, I didn't value Parker enough, she deserved to fall in love with something better, butanyway, the interesting part of this story is what you must be enjoying, you didn't realise I had another love inmy life apart from Croix."
Happy birthday, bisexual witches...