Pandora(complete)

Her Power Is To Be Mine

Nicholas and Gloria looked at each other, surprised by Bongeka's reaction. They had expected her to react a certain way.

"Don't just look at me. I asked you a question, how can I help?" Bongeka asked again, smiling.

"Shut up!" Gloria snapped. Glancing at the untouched tea.

Bongeka followed Gloria's gaze and chuckled.
"Hmm, I see" Bongeka took a mug and sipped the tea.

"My friends and I need a place to stay," Nicholas enquired, breaking the loud silence.

"How is that any of my business?" - Gloria

"I thought we were helping each other" Nicholas hoped she would let him and his friends squat for a little while until they could stand for themselves.

"That was not part of the deal"

" Gloria, don't be selfish!"

" I can't live with rogues in my coven, never!" no one wanted to associate themselves with rogue creatures.

Their argument was cut short by the sound of a chair against the floor, Bongeka was laying there unconsciously. Gloria smiled.  " Pick her up and follow me" she instructed.

Gloria led them to the covenstead, Nicholas' heartbeat accelerated by just looking at the deary skeletal objects that were the only clear thing after probably hundreds of skull-shaped candles. He toured the place with his eyes with the aid of candle lights inspecting the taxidermies and goths that surrounded the whole room.

She took a piece of coal and used it to draw a circle on a basalt stone floor.  She also drew a smaller circle just inside the big one. She then drew a vertical arrow that had two tails and triangles with other lines on the side and two big dots.

"This is a sigil for my power, bring her here" Gloria instructed again. Nicholas was reluctant, surmising he wouldn't be able to come.

"It's okay Nicholas, come"  she assured.

Nicholas obeyed, he swiftly put Bongeka inside a  sigil and then stepped aside.

"I will need your help, we don't know what we are dealing with so I need as much power as I can possibly get. I will channel you so that I can be able to grasp a bit of her power. It will be easy that you are almost the same kind"

"No" A big no, he was dead scared of Pandora, conscious or not.

"I will give you the share of her Power"

"No, take it all. I won't be part of this"

"I can't take her power, it is dangerous. I will just keep her unconscious and channel her whenever I need her. I have some spell that will put her to sleep for more than a year" she reached for a piece of paper that was on the stand and showed it to Nicholas as if he understood the thing.

"Do what you have to do Gloria and leave me out of it".

"I'm the one who chose what is happening in my coven"

Nicholas turned to exit the covenstead but the door slammed shut before he could reach it, it had no handle or anything that could help him open it. It was obvious that only magic could open or close it.

"Open the door witch!"  he groaned in anger.

Gloria laughed for a good minute before talking...
"It's either you go through that door and be free from me or you do what I say"

Nicholas telepathed his rogues asking them to help him, but they kept on circling outside the forest finding no entrance.

***We can't enter the forest master*** one of the rogues said through telepathy

***Don't be a fool. Go through the trees and make sure you find the witches' cottages!*** Nicholas demanded.

***master, they are too close to each other, only a needle can pass through. We can't even find the entrance we used when we entered for the first time*** a rogue explained.

***bloody fool***

" I take it as you were trying to communicate with your leeches, shame poor thing" Gloria teased with her evil laughter.

Nicholas attempted to attack her but Gloria saw it, she fisted her hand, Nicholas was flown across the wall breaking the dark art pieces that were hung all over the walls. He tried to regain his strength. Gloria bent her hand and Nicholas involuntary came closer to her. His eyes had changed color to violet.

"You will do as I say, Nicholas,"  Gloria said.
Nicholas bowed his head "Yes milady" 
The other part of his mind tried to escape the spell and disobey but Gloria's magic was beyond Nicholas' self-control.

Gloria took Nicholas' hand and started chanting.

"EMAGO EST EIUST ERUNT"

Nicholas also chanted the same thing although he didn't know the meaning. He was under the control of the spell.

"EMAGO EST EIUST ERUNT"

"EMAGO EST EIUST ERUNT"

"EMAGO EST EIUST ERUNT"

"EMAGO EST EIUST ERUNT"

The sigil started changing color, from charcoal black to red. The candles blew out, the room became surrounded by darkness. Things started falling, the wind blew hard, the candles lit again before blowing out.

"EMAGO EST EIUST ERUNT"

"EMAGO EST EIUST ERUNT"

Gloria's eyes had turned white. The darkness in the room was replaced by lightning as hailstones clattered outside to the ground like the marbles spilled from the box. The thunder muttered louder as the wind continued to rock everything.

After a few minutes, the wind, hail, and thunderstorms stopped. The candles lit up again and everything was back to normal, Nicholas was free from the spell.

"What did you do to me?"

"You said you wanted to go. Go!" Gloria dismissed, Nicholas didn't even wait for her to say it twice, he was out of sight immediately. Surprisingly he knew the way out. As soon as he stepped outside the gate. The coven houses disappeared. Rogues made their way towards Nicholas.

" It took us almost forever to find the entrance master," Mchunu said, feeling like a hero not knowing they were late. Nicholas just rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Let's go, we need to build our own home"