The Eclipse 🐺

Chapter Twenty-Two: Sacrifices

I turned around now to look at Deaton, as I leaned against the table, I was just using. "You, Allison and Stiles, become surrogate sacrifices for your parents," Deaton had said, though my concern should have gone off the rails, it didn't.

"We die for them?" Scott had announced as he didn't look overly fond in doing that.

"If it goes right the three of you will be dead for a few seconds. But there's something else you need to think about. This is a dangerous thing for more reasons than one. You'll be giving power back to the Nemeton, a place that hasn't had power for a long time," Deaton states as he was laying out the effects that will happen. "This kind of power is like a magnet. It attracts the supernatural, the kind of things that a family like the Argents can fill the pages of a bestiary with. It will draw them here, like a  beacon," Deaton used the analogy of Allison's family for this, his eyes wondering over the three of them. They took it all into consideration, but at this moment in time they didn't care, they just want their parents back.

"Is that it?" Scott had asked, as it didn't seem back. Deaton turned his gaze back to him, his expression clearly worried.

"No. It'll also have an effect on the three of you. You won't be able to see it, but you'll feel it every day for the rest of your lives. It'll be a kind of... a darkness around your heart. And permanent, like a scar," Deaton had replied to Scott's question, it was a price that they had to pay.

"Like a tattoo," Scott states as Deaton nodded, but how the hell was he going to achieve this. He would need to perform a ritual, have a spell and most importantly a Wi-. I had cut myself off mentally, as I made a realisation.

"You need me," I spoke softly, as Deaton eyes cast to mine, as he nodded. "You know what you're asking me to do?" I blurted out, but it sounded harsh but I didn't mean it to be.

"I know, that's why it's dangerous," Deaton replied, as the others didn't have a clue what we were on about.

"What do you mean, Alice?" Allison had asked softly, as her eyes turned to me.

"To achieve what Deaton is saying, I would have to tap into dark places, places of temptation. It's called Dark Magic and highly frowned upon by Witches," I spoke to the group, as my eyes cast over them all, but mainly Scott, Stiles and Allison. I sigh deeply, as I move a strand of blonde hair out of my face. "But in this moment of time, it's all we have... I'll do it," I smiled at them as they nodded. "But we need a few things..."

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I told them what to get, something that has meaning to them and their parents. I also told them a bit of how this would work, that they would be submerged under water and that's when I begin the spell.

In the centre of the room now where three tubs filled with water and ice cubes and some mistletoe, as it will slow their heart rates down. Two candles were at the base of each individual tubs. They were all lit and ready for usage, as this was going to take a massive amount of magical energy from me, so channelling these candles will hold me together and if I need extra energy I have my necklace...

I had found a spell that would let me link the three to one another, allowing them to be surrogates for their parents scarifies, allowing the Nemeton to have power too it once again. I see Deaton staring at me, as Isaac and Lydia was filling up the tub. But he comes over, and I feel his eyes on me.

"You didn't tell them," Deaton states in a quite tone, as I slowly rose my head to meet his gaze. As I knew what he was on about.

"I'm aware. I don't need them worrying about me on top of their parents... I can handle this," I replied in a hush voice, just loud enough for Deaton to hear me. "Dark magic has always had a price. But if this is the only way to save my friends parent's then...Let it consume me for all I care. At least their parents will be safe," Deaton looked slightly taken back by my comment but he knew I was doing the right thing, and I've performed Black magic before, so I know what I'm doing...