House Of The Witches

Chapter 47: Venture

Samson, with Carl's spirit inside of him, ran back into the wine cellar after he picked himself up from the floor outside the cellar.

Kristokulos had thrown him very hard into a wall on the outside and he was still reeling from the hit but was okay thanks to Carl's spirit and Moriah's protection spell.

He ran back into the cellar, only to find Peace in a catatonic state, as she was being attacked by Kristokulos' mental power.

"Peace, no!" Samson said and ran over to her, picking her up.

"Peace, wake up, Peace. It's not real, remember? It's all in your head." Samson said to her although he knew she couldn't hear him.

He could tell that she was going through horrible things in her mind by the way her body was shivering, so he created Wizard's Fire with his hands and used it to warm her up.

Kristokulos was watching him in the darkness and because Carl was inside him, Samson was able to see in the dark but he knew the beast would come for him soon.

He needed to send a message to Moriah and the rest of the gang to get them to come where he and Peace was so they could bring the Dagger and finish the ritual to break the spell.

He picked up a pebble on the floor and said a spell. The pebble became a bee and it flew around Sam's fingers.

"Find Moriah!" Samson said to the bee with his white glowing eyes.

The bee flew out of the cellar and went to find Moriah so it could bring her here.

Just then, Kristokulos landed right in front of Samson and roared loudly at him.

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Moriah and Darryl were over on the south side of the house and were slowly moving around, trying to find Kristokulos.

"Hey, Moriah?" Darryl said to her.

"Yes, Darryl?" She answered.

"What are you planning to do when you finally get out of here?" Darryl asked.

Moriah thought about it for a while before she gave her answer.

"I guess I'll use this second chance to try and make a positive change in the world. When a witch dies, her soul travels into the  underworld but she can be revived by other witches into a new body, permanently. When we leave this house, I'll need to vacate Jennifer's body and enter someone else's but, I won't be able to possess them for long because my spirit never went to the underworld when I was first killed. Staying in a body for too long would eventually kill the host body which is why I never stay in Jennifer's body for too long before I come out." Moriah said.

"So, that means you'll need a witch to bring you back permanently?" Darryl asked.

"Yes, that's right. And so I don't take over someone else's life, the body has to be that of a recently deceased person." Moriah said.

"And what happens if after you get a new permanent body, it's killed again?" 

"A witch can only be resurrected once. If my new body is killed by my Dagger, then my soul would return to the underworld and will never be able to return to the land of the living. Witches can only live twice, no more no less." Moriah said.

Just then, a bee flew towards Moriah's direction and perched on her shoulder.

"Moriah, stay still." Darryl said to her.