T.7.D.S

Ch. 6

Sunroza smiled and waved at Charleston from the field. He waved back from the window. She stood up and curtsied. He bowed in return. She then began to dance a beautiful ballet. Dandelion blossoms blew around as she twirled. It was beautiful. He watched her until she was done, and she curtsied again. Charleston clapped silently for her. He then felt a tap on his shoulder. Lorena was standing there.

"Why do you waste time watching her, when you could spend that time with me?" She asked as she gave a smirk.

Charleston looks into her seductive eyes, but is broke away from them when he hears the sound of nails scratching on wood. A voice comes from the door. It is Sunroza's.

"Don't let her take you from me! She is evil! Don't listen to her!"

Lorena caresses Charleston's face as she focuses it back on her.

"Oh, don't listen to her. We both know it is me you want." Lorena says as she inches closer.

Sunroza lets out a horrible screech from outside the door. This causes Charleston to be shaken from his dream. He wakes to find himself in the bed drenched in sweat.

"Oh, it was a dream." He says to himself.

He sat on his bed still shaken up when he hears a scratching sound on his door. It sounded a lot like... nails on a wo- his thought is cut off as he remembers his dream. He quietly gets out of bed and walks over to the door feeling uneasy. He puts his ear near the door. The scratching stops. The scratching starts again and then he hears a soft giggle.

Charleston grabs his key from the dresser and holds it tight. He uses it to unlock the door. He waits and then swings it open. No one is there. He squints to catch a glimpse of a light blue dress flowing into the main hallway.

"Sunroza?" He whispers to himself.

On instinct he creeps out of his room closing the door behind him. He walks quickly to the main hall and looks around. Sumroza was no where in sight. He turned to go back to his room. He then hears a soft giggle and sees a pair of green eyes looking at him from the stairs. He runs to the stairs and goes down to the second floor.

Something isn't right. He should be in his room sleeping. Not chasing after a girl. He could get into trouble and he didn't want to upset the master. He heard a very small voice. In a whisper it said,

"Are you coming?"

He snapped his head around. He was unable to control his curiosity and went down the right hallway. He came to the end of the hallway, and the small girl stood in a doorway. It was too dark to see her face, but he could see her bright green eyes, and the bottom of a blue dress peaking out from the shadow.

The dress was Sunroza's, but this girl was not Sunroza. She smiled then slammed the door shut. Charleston swallowed hard, trying to keep his fear at bay. He slowly walked up to the door. It was black and without a door label. Someone had painted a red pentagram on it. Light is leaking out from the bottom of the door. He touches the red paint. It is still wet. The light touch causes the door to open slightly allowing more light to spill into the hallway. Before Charleston could leave, a voice calls out to him. 

"Glad to see you made it, Mr. Smith."

The door opens to reveal Master Lafarcé in a red suit. Charleston begins to stutter and shake.

"Oh! Ma- master! I- I didn't me- mean to intrude or anything! I was sl- sleep walking and there was a girl a- and..."

"Calm down!" Lafarcé commanded. "I sent her to get you! You must become a proper butler! This is a welcome party."

Lafarcé shoved Charleston into the room. It was dark and hard to see anything. Charleston was frozen in shock. He couldn't move or see. Lafarcé spoke again.

"You are a butler of the house hold, but you need a contract to make you official."

A red pentagram was also painted on the floor.

"Please stand here!" Lafarcé said as he pushed Charleston to the middle of the pentagram.

Lafarcé grabbed a needle which contained an unknown liquid. Charleston tried to run, but Lafarcé grabbed his arm and began to laugh.

"Where are you going we haven't started yet! Now, you might feel a little pinch."

He laughed again as he held Charleston down and stuck the needle into Charleston's neck. All of Charleston's muscles went limp. He tried to scream, but it was no good. The substance has paralyzed him. He couldn't move or speak. His body fell limp into the middle of the pentagram. Figures in red cloaks began to form a circle around him. There were 7 of them. We're these the daughters? He couldn't tell, the cloaks covered their faces.

Lafarcé stood next to Charleston as the figures stood around them. They all held hands and did a bow. They each took out a black candle. They were lit and produced a dark purple- blue flame. Charleston watched in horror not knowing what to do. Lafarcé took a goblet and filled it with a deep rich wine. The goblet was passed around and wax from each candle was dripped into the cup. Lafarcé placed the cup down near Charleston, and took out a knife. He held the knife above his head and spoke words that Charleston couldn't understand.

"'ksh- templa e' amin soul tura nowe ar' bela karna nu amin control!"

The other figures nodded their heads and answered by saying, "tena lye!"

He then grabbed Charleston's hand. Charleston still helpless to the effects of the medicine closed his eyes. Lafarcé cut into Charleston's arm with the knife. He squeezed the blood into the cup with the wine and wax. Lafarcé said the chat once more before drinking from the cup and then saying "tena lye" before passing the cup around. Each person repeated "tena lye" before drinking. Charleston watched as he laid on the floor in agony. Then Lafarcé joined hands with the others, and together they said,

"lye naa sii' bound ed' sangre!"

All clapped. One hooded person then came over to Charleston. She whispered to him, "good night". She then kicked him hard in the head, knocking him out.