House of Night

Chapter Four

Evan

I walked past a beautiful statue of Nyx, naked, and holding a crescent moon and her hands above her. I slowed my walk to take a better look at her. It was very, very beautiful. I kept walking down the sidewalk from the school. The sidewalk was illuminated by gas lanterns so they weren't too bright and would hurt our vampyre eyes. As I walked down the sidewalk I was getting closer and closer to a small shed like looking building. As I reached the door to knock, it opened. 

Agnetha opened the door with a huge smile on her face. She was wearing a black dress with a necklace with a silver crescent hanging from the chain. "Evan! Welcome. We're just about to start. I should've told you to dress a bit nicer but I guess that's alright." She said as she pointed at my black jeans, red converse, and black Metallica "Ride the Lightning" shirt. She pushed me in the very dark building. Fledglings were everywhere eating and dancing. Agnetha was wearing a black dress, but I hadn't notice how short it was. She was laughing as she past some of the guys and grinded up against them. She stepped into the middle of the room. Everyone looked her direction as she started the ritual. 

"Welcome Dark Daughters and Sons! Today is our first ritual of this new and beautiful school year! Let's make it a good one!" She shouted in pure joy. She was surrounded by five candles. A green candle towards the north, a yellow candle in the east, a blue candle in the west, a red candle in the south, and a purple candle in the middle. She took out a lighter and started walking around to the blue candle. "Air! It fills us and breathes life into us! I call air to this circle!" As she said that I felt a huge breeze it felt so good I almost started giggling. Agnetha then moved clockwise to the red candle. "Fire! It warms us and succors us! Fire I call you to this circle!" As Agnetha said that I felt a very tingly feeling inside. I felt very warm and cozy. Agnetha moved clockwise again to a blue candle. "Water! It soothes us and washes us! I call water to this circle!" I heard the ocean and smelt the smell of washed laundry. Agnetha moved clockwise again, towards the south. "Earth! It sustains us! From it we are born, and to it we shall return. I call Earth to this circle." I felt like I was outside in a beautiful prairie land. Running through the grass in my bare feet. The smells of grasses and the wonderful nature. Then I did let a small giggle escape. 

The last candle in the middle was the purple one. "Spirit! It is our essence! I call spirit to this circle!" A huge rush of joy went through me. I gasped and then started laughing. I felt so good. I wanted to spin around and jump up and down. Everyone else was just staring at Agnetha while I was in the back with all the elements and enjoying the feeling. But then one by one Agnetha called each element from the circle. At the end she had a small speech. "Hopefully, this ritual also cleared our sadness from the loss of our dearly beloved Luke." Agnetha bowed her head and then shouted. "Merry meet! Merry part! And Merry meet again!" Everyone, including me, repeated her. 

Agnetha then grabbed a huge glass of what I think was wine. She brought it around to everyone to take a sip. Then they whispered "Blessed be." Agnetha then came around to me. I smelt the wine. It smelled different but I took a sip anyway. The wine hit my taste buds and it felt so electrifying. It was like someone added cinnamon to it. I wanted to chug it down, but Agnetha snatched it out of my hands. "Evan, calm down. First time with wine?" She giggled. "Actually yeah. Where'd you get that?" She looked at me and smirked. "Oh, just a normal wine store and then our little refrigerator for tonight." She winked. "Wait! What do you mean?" "Just look over there bud." She pointed towards a small table. It was a fledgling with their head down and little wires connected to their wrists. 

I almost threw up all over Agnetha's slutty outfit. I covered my mouth and ran out of the building. I ran and ran until I hit a wall. The east wall. I slid down and just sat on the cold ground. Before I could actually sit down I puked right beside myself. It was all red from blood, but not mine, some random fledgling's. I slid down for real this time and put my head in my hands. "God dammit... I just... drank someone's blood." A cold breeze went by and fallen leaves from trees moved around. "But the worst part is... I liked it." I sat there for at least fifteen minutes regretting going to that ritual. I actually wanted to fucking cry, but before I could there was a small "meow".