Du Nord: The Believing heart lost years (EN)

The last broom relay

Friday 21 September 2007, Luna Nova

"I continued to help the girls, they were making a lot of progress in a few days, I already felt that their magic was coming back and that gave me some relief, which was also getting closer to the day of the broom relay and that for me was the important event of the school year, where I was going to give my all to get my second title, I was focused on helping the girls to see if they were recovering the stolen magic, but I was also hearing some threats from the girls saying that they would break the faces of anyone who did this, and I was always nervous, because I was involved in this."

Classes finished early today, since it's a special day, I'm finally going to do the broomstick race, I know I can win this one, the girls are also much more trained, even Daniella came in much faster, this will be good to see how my second title turns out, I'm sure that if I do well I'll win.
As I left the classroom I could already see the girls stretching in preparation for the race, I was also warming up with my trio and even the girls I help with magic came to take part, they're really confident.

"Are you really going to go all out in this race?" Brooke asks.

"I really want to win this second title, at least finish Luna Nova with a second title, after performing my other talent is flying on a broomstick, so I definitely want to take part, I want to make my mum proud" I say excitedly and hope I don't end up revealing too much.

"Oh I want to win too, to show the McLarens that I'm the most agile, I want to beat Laura McLaren's record of three consecutive titles, she's going to lose a lot to me" said the confident Patricia talking about my mum, she has no idea.

"And you, recovering like this, will be able to beat the fastest witch in history? You Patricia?" Tsugumi said, teasing.

"I have to win, I won't beat the record time, but I can win anyway, next year I'll beat her record, I'm sure the thief must have been a McLaren who came to steal my magic for fear that I'd beat the previous records" She has no idea how much further these records go than she thinks.

"Good luck with that Patricia and all of you too, I'll be wishing you all the best" I say to them and they smile.

I'm warming up again for the race, so that I'm ready, I'm going to take the last sector as usual, since I'm the fastest I can catch up if I fall too far behind, or open up a huge lead, if possible I think I'll try to beat Mum's record, it's going to be a bit difficult to beat, but it's what she said was the easiest to beat because it was the last sector when she was slowest, or at least I can get close to the record of my ancestor Louise who is a bit slower than Mum, let's see how far I get.

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We've already gone to our sectors, I'm in the last one watching the whole race, the girls have split up into theirs, with Daniella in the middle sector and me strategically leaving Becca to start because she's the second fastest of our trio, while the girls are each in a different position, Williams has decided to stay in the second sector because it's the one she's studied the most.

"Welcome witches and magical creatures to another Luna Nova broomstick relay, and it's going to be a fierce one! Issue 1322 will feature new students trying to win for the first time, as well as the veterans, and the favourites for the title are the beige team made up of leader Chariot Du Nord, the 2006 champion who had everything it took to match Laura McLaren's dominance in the 80s! Will she be a dominant force in this race? Let's see how these witches fare in this race" said the commentator who was showing images of the race, including me, I'm the favourite for the title, the pressure is really going to be intense.

"Look, everyone's on to you today, Chariot, it's a big egg on your face, just because you're famous" said one of the girls.

"You're a rookie, aren't you? I raced against her all three years and we were completely swept, she even almost won in the first edition she competed in, I wouldn't underestimate Chariot if I were you" Said another who has been with me since the first year.