I woke up at 4:00 am, dragged myself out of bed, took a shower put on a dark navy- almost black- medieval-style robe, and put the hood on. I went into the basement and pulled out a water fountain (yes I have a water fountain in my basement. It's a little bit like a bird bath but whatever.)
After the candle rituals and the aqua pura ceremony, I decided to go upstairs and check up on how bad the sky was. Usually on tenebris altare diem, the sky tends to be either a shade of gray or red depending on the strength of the rituals. That just means that if I ever do it with too much power, it can affect the world around me. The day was created just to ensure that the world's powers were in check - it won't make sense the first time you hear it but when you do the rituals you will get what I mean.
I walked up the stairs to the door when I saw a dark figure rush away from it. Immediately, I made sure to have my guard up and I swung the door open. No one. I walked into the living room and the person was just sitting right there.
"STOP RIGHT THERE" I yell
"DON'T KILL ME!" They yell
"You again?" I sigh in relief "Don't do that! Also, how'd you get in here? I thought I locked the door!"
"So you see I rang the bell and no one decided to show so I was like maybe I should go back? And that's when Horus decided to open the door for me! He slid the key under the doorway and gave it to me, right Horus?"
Horus just gave me a sheepish smile.
"Alright fine you can stay, just don't be scared if the sky turns red and ghosts or something come through the basement," I say jokingly to Leo with a smirk.
Then I turn to horus "And you are gonna stay here too mister. Don't make a mess you two!" I yelled out before dashing back into the basement and locking the door.
Ugh, why would Horus do that???? I don't need this right now! I internally yell.
I hurried up and finished the last few spells which did make the basement annoyingly fogged up so I went to the door and opened it up to see a wide-eyed boy.
"What the heck Leo?!?" I yelled in his face, "Wait.........were you spying on me?"
"Erm no, maybe, yes," he said scratching his head.
"How much did you see....?" I asked with slight panic
"Enough.......Enough to know you're magical!!!" he squealed
"Lemme explai-... what?" I have never been more confused in my life "You're not scared?"
"Of course not! Why would I be scared? That's amazing!!!!!!"
" I mean back in, I think, in first grade, someone found out that I had powers, they called me a witch, stopped being friends with me, turned all my friends against me, bullied me, and made my life miserable. Apparently, one of the most powerful and evil witches to ever live graduated from my old school. Because of that, they thought I was her descendant, so I stopped using my powers anywhere that's outside of home."
"Hey, on the bright side, that was so cool!! How'd you do that? Can you teach me? Can I be an apprentice or something?" Leo said
"Woah woah hold on—too many questions. I'm born with these powers so I can't teach you. Plus, I'd think of it as a blessing to not have them - they are a curse sometimes." I internally slap myself, "Wait I forgot, Could you show me around a bit? I kinda don't know where places are yet...."
"YES... I mean yeah sure." Leo yelled out weirdly fast.
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Fantasi2 Best friends, a seemingly haunted house, a blood thirsty vampire, some crazy lore, and a gang ready to kill the girl...What could possibly go wrong?
