The Curse

Chapter 25: Gathering Materials

"There," Juliet said throwing the last book on the dining room table.

"That's a lot of books."

"It sure is. I had to wait in line forever to check these books out," Juliet told me, "the library was packed."

"That's strange," I thought aloud. "Why would that many people be at the library at this time of day?"

"Well, how did your task go?" she asked me.

"Great! I found a calendar that was actually in date." I stated. "Why don't you ever hang up your calendars?"

"I used to...until I got with Damian. He would freak if he saw a calendar out in the open! He said that he didn't like them," she explained.

"Oh..."

"Well, I'm going to get some shut eye,"

Juliet spoke before yawning. "We can tackle those books tomorrow."

We said our 'goodnights' to one another before heading to our bedrooms to get some much needed rest.

After we ate breakfast the next morning, we put all of the books on the living room floor. Juliet separated the stack of books into two piles. One for me, and the other for her.

I sat with my legs crossed, while Juliet sat with her legs to the side, a genteel gesture.

I opened up each book to the Revoking Spell, and read each version of it. After we were done reading, Juliet and I compared the books.

"All of the books had the same instructions for the spell, they were just worded differently," I concluded. Juliet agreed, and I took out a piece if paper from my stationary set to write down what items we would need for the spell.

Revoking Spell

* Rose Petals (multi-colored)

* 2 tall candles

* a twig or stick

* magic (orbs)

The ingredients were very simple, so it wouldn't be hard to get them. It was just the exact time and date that would be the difficult part. We had to find a place where we could see the eclipse clearly. The thirteenth of the month would be tomorrow, so we would have to get everything done today.

We already had magic, which were the orbs, so that was one less thing that we had to get. Juliet was going to a flower shop down the road to buy a dozen of Roses. The house still wasn't cleaned since Damian and Agatha were here, so there were Rose petals and candles all over the floor. The Rose petals were wilted, so they wouldn't be of any use, but the candles were still in good shape, so I set them aside for later. After I was done cleaning up the rest of the mess, I went outside to look for a good sized stick.

Once I was content with a tree branch, I broke it off of the tree, and walked back to the house.

I looked at the clock. Juliet had been gone for a long time. It shouldn't take that long to get some flowers.

I heard the opening of the back door, and rushed to see who it was. It was Juliet. Her hair was out of place, she was breathing heavily, and she had her back against the door, as if someone was chasing her.

She wedged a wooden chair against the door so that it couldn't be opened from outside.

"We have to leave now. We have to."

"What happened?" I asked, "You look like you have just ran a marathon."

"It's them. The townspeople."

"What about them?" I questioned.

"They're after us."