Black Rituals

Chapter 1

That's strange.. I haven't heard from grandma since 2012.. When was this letter mailed?

*October 14th 2015*

"Mom?"

My mom is the typical science teacher, she wears glasses, her hair is always up in a ponytail, she wears mostly the same colors everyday (black and grey, in case you were wondering), she's just plain. I think that's really cool though, she's been teaching for almost 2 years. It's been a rough few years for us anyways, I'm glad she's doing something with her life that has to do with actual people in the actual world.

"Yes, honey? I need to go to work and you have to go to school. What do you need?" she says while shoving her plastic water bottle in her purse.

"When was the last time you've talked to grandma?"

Suddenly, she stops hurrying and walks towards me, "Few years ago.. why? Do you know something?"

I shake my head, "No, it's just that she sent me a letter saying that she's coming to Athens soon and-"

"Wait- ATHENS?! When did she say this? When was this mailed? Where's the letter?" she almost looks afraid.

"Well I just got it but, it says that she mailed it on the 14th."

"October?"

"Yep."

Her eyes widen, "That means she should be coming somewhere this week.. did she tell you anything else in the letter?"

"No.. is there something I should know?" I give her a confused look.

"No, no, it's nothing sweetie. Don't worry about it. See you in a few hours, okay? Have a good day at school, try not to get into lots of trouble." she says while opening the front door, "Sayonara, Estelle!"

No, we don't speak Japanese. For some reason, my mom really likes saying that. Like, she's been saying that for almost a year everyday before she leaves to go to work.

Hello, my name is Estelle Doukas. I'm 15 years old and I go to school at Evergreen Valley High School. I'm your normal teenage girl, I like to listen to music, hang out with my only 3 friends, and spend my time on the computer on the weekends instead of going out to like a party or something.

Oh right, and I'm also a witch. Now don't worry, I don't usually tell everyone I meet that I'm a witch. Mostly because, I'm not even supposed to know.

It sounds stupid but you see, I'm not the only person in my family that is a witch. My mother is a witch, my grandmother is a witch, my great grandmother was a witch, and I think my great great grandmother was one too?

I'm not officially a witch, I don't know very many spells, I don't even know how to light candles, I don't know how to move things without getting up, I don't know how to do anything that a normal witch should know.

I found out that I was a witch by my grandmother, of course. She's basically obsessed with power, but you didn't hear that from me. I do my research.

On my 13th birthday party, my mom invited my grandmother because she thought that she finally changed throughout these years and she thought that grandma Florence could finally be the normal grandma that I deserve. Instead, my grandma decided that it was a good idea to give me a spell book. I've seen a lot of graphic pictures, believe me. I've seen lots of drawings of horns and of blood and- it's just disgusting.

I wasn't able to read the spells or practice at all, it was all in Latin and when I was 13, I was barely even learning Spanish.

When my mom found the spell book, she automatically kicked my grandmother out of the house and yelled, "I don't ever want to see your demon face ever again." Harsh, I know.

So when my grandma sent that letter, now you can kind of understand why my mom panicked a little. I'm afraid too, I don't know if she really did change or not either.

Now that that's cleared up, you can finally catch up to where I am at this exact moment.

School.

Ah, yes. Witches still do get to go to school. No, it is not a supernatural beings school, humans go here too. I've only seen 2 other supernatural beings.

They're actually both my best friends. Vivian Booras and Serenity Petrakis.

Vivian is a fairy and Serenity is human. If you expected to hear the words, 'vampire' or 'werewolf' then my guess is that you're really disappointed right now.

When Vivian told me that she has fairy genes, I actually laughed. It's hilarious because, aren't fairies supposed to have wings or something? And aren't they small? Vivian clearly does not have wings and.. I guess she's small for a junior. She's like.. 5'2? Now that fairy thing is starting to make more sense.

Serenity is human and I wasn't as shocked as Vivian was when she told us. Serenity is literally a compulsive liar. I know for a fact that she took Alvin's English homework last Friday. Humans lie all of the time, I think. Oh, did I forget to mention that Serenity can actually predict the future? She's either pyschic or just plain scary.

I don't know if anyone else is like us, I honestly hope that we aren't alone. But we don't know for sure yet.

"Good morning class, I hope everyone did their homework last night."

Yeah well, hopes and dreams usually never come true anyways.