Du Nord: The Believing heart lost years (EN)

Revisting Woodward

Friday 8 September 2006, Luna Nova

"School started back in Luna Nova and wow, that first week was unbearable, I had to become a cleaner, every day people were vandalising the corridor because of me and here I was trying to clean it up, I honestly couldn't stand it, which led me to believe that they were just waiting for the moment I was going to commit something crazy, but there I was cleaning everything up anyway, getting detentions, for things I didn't do, without having much choice, this with the first week of school, which I knew could pass soon, arriving exactly at the end of it, Croix and I already knew what we were going to do, something we hadn't done in months, because we were busy with my career, it was time to revisit Woodward.

Nothing has changed along the way, Arcas has grown up a bit and is becoming a cute bear, always protecting us and helping us with whatever comes our way, we've finally arrived at the tree, at least a distraction, after all that the Luna Nova girls have been doing to me, my hands are tired, I'm rubbing them all the time, it's no use, I can't take it.
We've arrived at the top of the tower, waiting for the teacher who's been teaching us more about magic, and I'm admiring it, feeling nostalgic for the beginning of this year and the end of last year.

"To think that we've been through so much already, this place, these moments, everything that reminds me of here" I say as I admire the landscape.

"It's just a bunch of branches and leaves, they're very pretty, but there's no point in getting attached, this place is just something for our most important mission" my girlfriend replies.

"Will she turn up? After all the time we've been away... I think we ended up making her want to stay away from us" I say, rubbing the back of my neck.

"Shall I answer your question?" I looked back a little startled, but it was her.

Woodward appears to us, I take a few steps back, and she smiles at our presence, I even hold my girlfriend's hand as a way of showing her affection for us, she notices that we're together as a couple, I think she must have thought it was cute, maybe because of that she can even help us more with the staff.

"Well, it looks like you're really together, as a couple, I didn't think you'd really take the whole staying together thing literally, anyway I'm glad I could see you again here, it's been many months since we last spoke, it must have been a good time for you to reflect on yourselves during this whole journey I presume, I hope you've learnt some very valuable lessons from it all" I nod my head in agreement.

"It's not because of this that we stopped thinking about Claiomh Solais, I just went and invested myself in what was the best thing to do, in this case helping Chariot, I still really want to be the one chosen by Claiomh Solais and help change the world alongside Shiny Chariot and I honestly think I deserve that a little, I don't have any different talent from my girlfriend who can captivate crowds, I'm just a nerd, I'm just an outsider who helps her captivate" I even put my hand on Croix's shoulder so she wouldn't feel so depreciated.

"Well this self-deprecation doesn't help much, you also have to admire yourself a little, look at all the things you can do to help your friends, thanks to your beautiful help she can be better off and you can be better off too, it's not enough just to help others Croix, you also have to help yourself, self-love is important, I think you're one of the most complicated witches I've ever met" said Woodward and Croix took a deep breath.

"It's a bit difficult when you say that I have to help others, but I also have to help myself, when I focus on myself in the mission to get the Claiomh Solais I don't get it either, when I think more about others I don't get it either, so tell me Woodward, what do you really want with me?" She came back with more questions.