Du Nord: The Believing heart lost years (EN)

The mysterious sister

Monday 9th July 2018

The summer holidays had started a long time ago in Luna Nova, many girls were leaving to see their families, others were going out with their friends, including Akko who took all her friends to Japan with the exception of Diana who refused to go because she didn't feel like going out, also because she was using the excuse that she was going to study, even though classes wouldn't be back until September.
Not only were the students leaving Luna Nova, but there was also a period when the teachers could take time off since they didn't have to correct any of the students' work, so they went on holiday and many of them left, with the exception of some who were forced to work a lot, or who didn't have much reason to leave, one of them was the new teacher Chariot Du Nord, who had changed her name after the missile incident that happened at the beginning of the spring term. She was already well used to the idea of being the person she had always been, but she still felt stuck, even more so after receiving a parcel.

It arrived today, I can't stop looking at it, she hasn't forgotten me after all these years... Do I open it? I've had to isolate myself all these years and after everything I've done... Come on, Chariot, if she hasn't forgotten you, it's because she's still very fond of you.
I open the parcel with that person's name on it, I take a deep breath after seeing it, it's been years since I've heard that name, since that person has communicated with me When I open it, I see that there's a bottle with something in it, it must be something about my sister, I'm sure of it.

"Chariot, I learnt all about it already, not that I didn't already know eleven years ago, Croix had confessed to us, then left, we couldn't do anything, after you disappeared and your career went down the drain I was very worried, you disappeared, you just disappeared, you know how hard I tried to look for you, I knew deep down that you were in Luna Nova, but you know that the curse would never allow me to see you because your sister is here too and she also contains the curse, take this to her, tell her the truth before we can meet, make her take it, I know she won't react well, I'm sorry for throwing the weight of my actions on you, I love you Chariot, I never wanted to change you".

A few tears fall down my cheeks, wetting the paper of the letter, the handwriting is really hers, the way she writes, the way she is, even she feels guilty, I think... I'm going to have to talk to her about everything that's happened, so that she understands the situation, after all, we're sisters, even if we're not by blood.
I take a deep breath and huff, leaving the box with the parcel in my room and opening the door, I leave it and walk through the empty corridors, which during lessons are always full of life with lots of girls chatting, today they're even dead, it seems that everyone has decided to go out for the summer
Walking through the corridors of Luna Nova, I go to the dormitories for the students, climbing stairs, by stairs, she has to be on the highest floor, it seems that with every step I take, I have more memories of the past, even more traumatic ones, some even resulting from her presence.
Here it is, the corridor of the luxurious rooms, come on Chariot, we're getting there, I knock on the door of the blue team's room, I hope she hasn't left, well no answer, I think I'll knock again, it must be a sign.

"I don't think I should have come here..." I whisper fearfully, and turn round to give the door one last knock.

I shouldn't have come, it's better this way, I've already been through a bomb not even a few months ago, imagine now the bomb I'm going to go through with her, I think I'll turn round and go to my room, it's better this way, sorry... Mum... I can say I tried, I think I'll try another way.
I hear the door opening, with a clatter of keys unlocking it, I don't think there's any getting away from it, is there? The footsteps, the door opening and creaking with the sound of metal, bringing back childhood memories, they're coming back with everything, to think that this past haunts me more than anything.