[✔] Unknown (boyxboy werewolf)

Chapter 12. DOMINIC LIAM: 'Witchcraft for Dummies'

_present time_

At first, I thought that it was a bone. But a bone couldn't be that big. Wait... Changed my mind, I've seen a bone that big. The creature's bone... At this very thought, the image of the creature during that bloody night conjures up in my mind. The stench smell of rotten flesh... the glint of its evil eyes... the huge gigantic bones that make up the whole structure of the creature...

I shake my head in protest to the memory. No. I must not think about that. What am I doing here anyway? It's getting dark... better hurry up... before the memory lives up as another reality. I walk up straight to the 'thing' that's poking from underneath the ground and slowly, hesitantly, licking my lips in nervousness in the process, pulls it out from the ground. I took too much force that is not needed though.

I look down on the 'thing' in my hands. It's not hard to figure out what it is. But I just need to take some time to process the information at hand. A scroll? Really? It does look old... what it is made from? Animal skin? Or could it be... human's skin? I drop the scroll down to the ground as soon as I thought of that possibility. I saw it rolls a few times before I finally come to my senses. I walk back to it and pick it back up from the ground. I roll it open a little and find nothing written on it. That's odd... I roll it back up. And I quickly walk away. Maybe I can find something written in it at home... Maybe there's a secret message or something in it. I need better lighting to see them.

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I knock on the door for a few times before the dark-skin man opens the door. "Dome? What chu doin' here, man?" Alec asked as he moves to the side to give me space to enter his house.

I enter quickly. "Can I stay for the night at your house?" I asked. I dare not go back to my own house. I'm afraid to face Micah... no... I mean, I'm afraid to face that 'monster'.

Alec looks at me weirdly. "You have a fight with Micah or somethin', man?" He asked.

I look back at him warily, thinking of what to answer to him. 'No. I just happened to be raped by a monster who happened to be possessing my best friend's body?' That answer? No way... "Yes. Sort of," I lied and fake a smile.

Alec chuckles for a bit. "Yeah, make yourself comfortable on ma' couch, man. Dude... You guys fight like lovers. Are you guys sure you guys are not lovers? You dudes never grow up..." Alec nagged and then he picks up his coat and puts it on. Is he going somewhere? "I'm actually gonna go out chillin' with those homos tonight. Wanna come?"

"You mean Kyo and Tony?" I asked. What a stupid question. Of course Kyo and Tony. Who the fuck else?!

"Yeah. Those homos," Alec said. I shake my head at him indicating that I do not wish to go with him. "You sure, man?" he asked again.

I shake my head again, confirming that I will not be coming with them. I'm not in the mood to get drunk or get laid. God, I can't believe Alec is still up with the insult game until now, calling them homos and all. 'They' are the ones who never grow up... Alec just shrugs and about to get out of the door when I realize that I just have to tell him something. "Alec, be careful okay?" I advised.

He stops and looks at me weirdly. "Ooookay?" He said. And then he chuckles and shrugs again as he gets out of the door. He must be thinking I'm weird. But whatever... It's not safe out there and only I know of it. I mean, if he even watched the news, he would know, right? Ugh! Whatever. Let's just get right down to business.

I sit down on the couch and take the scroll out from the pocket of the inside of my jacket. I take a deep breath before I roll it open again. My heart is beating fast, like watching a suspense scene from a movie. It makes me feel uneasy... The page is still a blank. I roll it all the way down when I feel something stings my finger. Ouch! The end of the scroll has some sharp edges to it.

My blood drops onto the page. I need to go get a tissue or something. Where did Alec put his tissue box anyway? I look around and could not see any sign of a tissue box. I should put the scroll down on the sofa and go look for one.

Wait! My eyes widen in surprise. My blood on the page... It forms words...! ~Run in the blood, are the owner's knowledge, past, and desire~. What does that mean? My blood contains my knowledge, my memories and what I want? Is that it? ~Hereby, you will find what you seek. But be warned, they will be watching~. So, the scroll will respond to what I need? I don't even know what I fucking need! But... wait... the blood... then my blood knows right?

I smudge the page with the blood on my fingers. It stings. But I must know what to do. ~Fear that the creature's wrath will eat away the moon and the sun and drench the world in blood red~. The creature? Micah? ~Before the next full moon, there are items the owner of this blood must seek~. The next full moon... that's three days away! ~To keep the dead dead~. I shudder. ~To keep the dead from feeding~. Those people missing in the news... So, it's the creature's doing, is it?

~The first item is a baby's skull. Dead for more than a year~. That's morbid. How in fuck? ~The second item is a charmed necklace. Cursed by a full-blooded witch~. Morbid. Morbid. ~The third item is the zombification powder. Those made from dried poisonous beings~. Good lord! So morbid! ~Once three items are collected, the owner of this blood will perform a ritual~. So, I must practice witchcraft now?

~Placing all three items at the place where the dead died~. That's back in the woods! ~Drawing a pentagram on the very ground~. The scroll shows how the pentagram is drawn with the moving blood on the page. It looks simple enough. Wow! this scroll is like 'Witchcraft for Dummies' now... But... God! So morbid! ~To free itself from the creature's grasp~. My freedom? What does that mean? ~For the creature had marked it his~. Huh? I don't get it. ~Through the exchange of bodily fluids~. Fuck! Is that why Micah fucked me?! ~If the ritual is not performed before the next full moon, the owner of this blood will be a slave to the creature Varcolaci for eternity~. So that's why Micah raped me? To turn me into his slave?!

~'Pace voua, morti nostri' ~. The fuck is that?! ~This is to be chanted repeatedly until the moon rises~. The hell? I don't even know how to pronounce that! ~Pace voua, morti nostri. Pace voua...~ And it ended. The scroll went back to being blank. And amazingly, my blood is also gone from the page. That's it? Seriously? Why does it feel like I'm in some Harry Potter movie now? For God sakes!

But I know that this is real... This is really happening... Before the next three days, I must do this. Or else... Micah will keep on killing people and I will be his slave forever. No... I have to do this... I have no other choice.

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NEXT UPDATE: 2022/11/17