I'm here to tell you all about a bit at the beginning of I.B.F.F Diaries '17, when we discover Scream Street resident Luella's new favourite CBBC show of all time thanks to a slight encounter with "witch" appeared on CBBC at the time. Geddit?! GEDDIT?!
You see, Luella visited CBBC on the date of the premiere of a show about witches, named 'The Worst Witch'. When she looked on CBBC's giant schedule clipboard, she is shocked to see that there is a new show about witches, and what's more, someone new is coming to CBBC - another witch! Not only did she discover a new room with lots of spells and potions and spellbooks in it, but she also discovered a new purple card with the logo for 'The Worst Witch' on it. She then saw someone walk past, and she carried a broomstick, just like Luella's aunt Eefa!
At 5:30, Luella goes into the screening room and sees the figure watching the full length premiere of 'The Worst Witch'. Her name is Mildred Hubble, and she too is trying to become a witch at Cackles' Academy - at least she is trying hard, like Luella does! At once, the two become friends due to their ability to relate, and share a laugh over the scene where Mildred and Maud fly on a broomstick all the way to Cackles' Academy. They then find another scene, where Mildred tries a levitation spell, absolutely hilarious.
""Maud is tall!" I sniggered, "And you're floating!" "I know," said Mildred, "It was one of the first spells I learnt here at Cackles'." "What would happen if I studied magic there?" I asked, curiously. Mildred leaned forward and whispered into my ear: "You will one day. You don't look like a witch to me, you look like some random emo with purple hair, but don't worry, you'll make it...if Mrs. Hardbroom allows it.""
They then question what's on Mrs Cackles' desk. Mildred tells Luella: "Witch perfume, a bottle of strawberry growth glitter, some random rose which she grew when she was maybe 13 and a scroll which tells us some random magic stuff." "How is this possible she gets to keep all this cool stuff?" asks Luella, "In Eefa's emporium we only have things like whiskers from cats, jelly snails and pigeon wings. You have quite a lot! I wish Eefa would've kept all these things." "Cackles' keeps all sorts of cool stuff," replies Mildred, "We're going to inform viewers to watch the series and keep looking out for more cool stuff."
Luella even wishes Mrs Cackle was her grandmother! But her mind soon changes when they begin to doubt the appearance of a shapeshifter in the castle kitchen, to which Luella calls "This shapeshifter's going to play a trick on the students!" and races to the control room as urgently as possible. Mildred tries to stop her, but too late - Luella is calling into the microphone through the CBBC cameras secretly hidden in every house that has CBBC playing and warning viewers about the shapeshifter's clever plan to suck the innocence out of her new friend and all the other students at Cackles'. Viewers who heard Luella's voice begin to worry through the next few minutes of the feature length premiere, and back in CBBC Mildred and Luella begin arguing when one catches the other panicking through alerting CBBC viewers about what is happening on screen. Luella finds Mildred jumping high in the air and spiralling like crazy around Cackles' hilarious, but Mildred angrily yells; "IT'S NOT FUNNY!" The argument starts up again, but suddenly it stops.
The two friends turn away from each other in disagreement, disheartened by what they just said to each other, until Luella has an idea. She turns back to Mildred and claims; "You may be the worst witch, and I may be the worst witch, too, but somehow inside we're 'the best witches'. I'm sorry I argued with you, but trust me, I'll come round every Wednesday to see how you're getting on. I promise! And by the way, CBBC isn't CBBC without you." The two shake hands in agreement, and Luella talks into the microphone again, alerting CBBC viewers not to panic, as it is all over for now.
Luella then helps Mildred settle in and sort out her room. Later, the two share a heartfelt goodbye as the sun sets, and as Luella returns to Scream Street, Mildred calls and waves goodbye happily, before returning to her new room in CBBC for a well earned rest.
