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"MAX NO!"

but it was too late. max had already lit the candle. i found myself praying to whichever gods would listen that max was not a virgin. but i mean, look at him! who in their right minds would knock up that guy?

"uh-oh!" max said when the lightbulbs started to flicker and shatter onto the ground.

dani gasped and covered her eyes. i would have found myself doing the same thing if it wasn't for my curiosity getting the better of me.

"max, what have you done!" i shouted as gusts of wind began to pick up.

i didn't know how it was possible for the wind to blow at us from inside of the house, but i hoped it was just faulty architecture from the mid-1600's.

the ground started to shake, and between the floorboards you could see thick green smoke rising from the ground. it was an unreasonable amount of things for a tourist attraction. this had to be real.

i managed to grab the closest things near me and shut my eyes just in case i was sucked into the depths of hell or whatever eternal purgatory really existed.

just as sudden as it started, the rumbling and smoke stopped and all we were left with was the regular old hut that we had entered. only this time, there was a black flamed candle lit next to where max stood.

i was about to go smack max in the face and throw him to the ground, raving about how stupid he was, until i looked down at my hand.

it just so happened that while i was fearing for my life, i had managed to grab theo's hand in hopes of not dying. a pathetic choice, really, but in a way, it helped me feel a bit better. i let go of his hand and waited for someone to say something.

"what happened?" max asked as if nothing had just happened and he had been in a daze the whole time.

dani sighed. "a virgin lit the candle."

allison's jaw dropped wide open. "you're a virgin?"

i was freaking out, throwing my hands on top of my head and pacing around the cottage. "oh my god, he's a virgin!"

theo shook his head and groaned. "come on man, not even my mom's a virgin!"

"we get it!" max shouted louder than we had been. "i'm a virgin!"

candles all around us started flickering on and off, and i hoped death would come sooner rather than later because i did not want to deal with a bunch of children-hungry witches right now.

but my wishes were not answered when the from door bursted open and we all had to duck for cover. dani and allison hid beside the door, and theo and i hid behind a stack of crates on the corner of the room. thank god there were some renovations a while back otherwise we all would have been dead.

the sisters looked different than i had imagined. i had read about them so much that i thought they were just young girls, maybe barely even 20. but they didn't look like that at all, at least, not by todays standards.

i would admit, their clothes were awfully stylish, even for the 17th century. winnifred (or what i assumed was her) even had purple in her dress, which was very rare back then, as only noble families were allowed to wear a color.

"oh sweet revenge!" winnifred rubbed her hands together as he looked around the house. "you see, sisters? my curse worked perfectly!"