The Spirit of Fire

Prologue

Author's Note:

Hey everyone! I did have the unedited copy of this story up for awhile, but I decided to take it down and provide everyone with the edited copy. So comment what you think and let me know if you want more :)

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Voices echoed through the basement of the mansion. Chants were being said in Gaelic, as well as Romanian. I walked down the corridor, fiddling with the black rose talisman that hung around my neck. Sounds of metal clanging mixed with the voices that were talking and chanting.

"Storm," a deep, raspy male voice called to me, "welcome to the Cave of Elements."

I reached the end of the corridor and walked into a circular room. Four translucent cloaked figures surrounded a flickering fire. One of the figures, a female with golden eyes, dark brown hair, and blood red lips, handed me a velvet red cloak. I put it on over my shoulder and walked closer to the fire. It flickered and danced, illuminating the figures.

A very tall, dark male figure stepped forward. "I call upon our ancestors, Mystic and Adika of the O'Kale clan, Jaxon and myself; Cedric of the Wever clan, and our newcomer, Storm of the O'Kale clan. Today is her induction into the Wiccan lineage." His voice lowered as the other three figures started humming.

The original female figure, Adika, stepped forward and started singing. "Spirits of Fire, come to us, We will kindle the Fire." The other female, who had long red hair and emerald green eyes, Mystic, pitched in. "Spirits of Fire, come to us, We will kindle the Fire." The male figure who had not spoken, Jaxon, then started singing. "We will kindle the Fire, dance the magic circle around." Then the male who started the ceremony, Cedric, joined in. "We will kindle the Fire, dance the magic circle around." The four figures looked at me, as if asking to help finish the song. I took a deep breath. "We will kindle the Fire, we will kindle the Fire. Spirits of Fire, come to us. We will kindle the Fire."

The flames soared from the fire, scorching the roof. Five goblets appeared on the stones surrounding the fire. Each one was a different color from the pentacle symbol. Red was fire, blue was water,green was earth, yellow was air, purple was spirit.

I took the red goblet in my left hand and looked at the figures. They raised their goblets to me, and I did the same in return. We placed our lips on the rims of our goblets and started drinking the substance. It burned my throat, but it didn't taste to awful. Once I finished the drink, I placed the goblet down on the stones. Cedric and Jaxon came up to me. Cedric placed a Triquetra ring on my right hand while Jaxon placed a Goddess Moon bracelet upon my left wrist. Adika came and put a pentacle ring on my left hand. Mystic handed me a garter and a small potion bottle filled with a sparkling black liquid.

Cedric smiled at me. "Welcome to the clan, Storm." I smiled and curtsied. When I stood up again, Cedric, Jaxon, Mystic, and Adika were gone.