The Happening

The party.

Francine walked in Levi's front door to see Evie, Levi and Arwyn sitting on the couch. Evie was holding the book in her hands. Francine felt a big shiver go all over her whole body.

"Hey girl!", yelled Arwyn with a happy expression on her face.

"Dude come sit down.", said Evie. Francine took a seat next to her. She couldn't stop staring at that book. It felt like she was a magnet just being drawn to it.

"Are you worried or something?", asked Evie.

"No it's fine i know ghosts and all that stuff aren't real."

Evie put a hand on her shivering shoulder.

"This isn't the evil dead Francine. It's just a little bit of fun."

Francine gave Evie a stern look.

Evie smiled.

Marli walked in the room with a giant bowl of popcorn in his hands.

"Oh hey Francine. Where's Francesca?"

"Oh she'll be here in a couple minutes. She's bringing the candles."

"Hahaha, ok.", Marli sat next to Evie.

"Ok, so guys where are we doing this?", asked Arwyn.

"Why not right here?", asked Marli.

"Sounds like a plan.", answered Levi.

Marli placed the popcorn on the table and grabbed a handful of the kernels.

"Ok, in order for this to work we need salt."

Arwyn pulled a shaker of chicken salt from her bag. She ALWAYS brought that bag. To the movies, to the shops. Wherever she went.

"Chicken salt?", said Francesca as she walked in through the front door with 5 candles in both hands.

"Hey, it's the only thing i had in my pantry. At least it's salt."

"It'll do.", reassured Evie.

"Okay, let's get this started.", said Levi.

Evie and Arwyn made a salt circle on the floor and copied it out of the book. They pushed away all of the cushions and chairs and removed the floor mat. Evie had brought her speaker and was playing "Bigmouth Strikes Again by The Smiths on full volume. Like Arwyn, Evie always brought her music wherever she went. Her headphones were always in her pockets. Francesca lit the strawberry candles on the floor and each member sat in the middle. With Evie holding the book in her hands. 

"You all have your ghosts?"

"Yeah, I have Jane Barber, Marli has Thomas Thead, Levi has Richard Gordon, Arwyn has Mary Florence, Francesca has Elizabeth Barber and you have Alice Aldith... Right?"

Evie looked at Francine with a suprised look.

"You memorised them all?"

"Well yeah, SOMEONE had to keep track."

"Everyone, ARE YOU READY FOR GHOSTS?!"

Everyone cheered...except Francine.

"Join hands. The ritual will begin soon."

Evie began to chant. It was like she was speaking in some foreign language not discovered by humans yet. 

The floor began to shake. Things fell off shelves. Voices spread out all over the room. The candles began to rise. Evie kept chanting.

"Evie, stop this is too much. This is fucking insane."

No reply, she kept chanting. Her voice became split, more demonic. She looked up. The group began to levitate in the air. Evie's speaker was playing the voices, getting louder, and LOUDER. Everyone was screaming and yelling. Marli shook Evie. She just kept chanting. 

Then the floorboards started to break and creak and Twist and form a giant sink hole. A red portal began to appear and pull them in. They were all screaming loudly and Arwyn was crying. Then Evie stopped chanting, she looked down at the portal and began to scream.

Then it stopped, they opened their eyes. They were lying in a field. Evie called out for Marli.

"I'm here!, WHERE THE FUCK ARE WE?"

"You are all in the Kingdom of England. You should dress your women more appropraitely."

A man was riding on his horse above them all. He was wearing extravagant robes, which were a dark green.

"What did you just say?", yelled Evie.

"Hold your tongue! You were not told to speak! Where is your husband?"

"What?", asked Levi. "She's 13."

"You all do not abide by the law. Guards, seize them!"

Men in armour and carrying swords. They grabbed the group. On the horizon they all saw a large castle on the horizon.

"Holy shit", said Arwyn