The Ritual

Two

The woman's head snapped towards me and her eyes went wide. She started to back up towards the door but someone closed it from behind. Internally thanking them, I get up from my chair and walk over to the woman who was now leaning against a wall. Her breathing got heavier on every step I took. When I was close enough, she let out her hand to stop me from taking another step, which I wasn't anyways.

"I-I've h-heard about y-you." She says. She stutters a lot but this normal, at least she hasn't passed out yet. I try to smile the warmest smile I can ace. "I'm Polaris." I introduce myself and the Woman starts to let her hand fall the her side. "W-Why am I here?" She questions. I shrug. "You died, well more specifica-" She interrupts me by saying: "I'd rather not know how I died. I can still feel the water, and myself being out of oxygen, I think I have enough knowledge to know what happened." I nod, making my job easier.

"Well you're hell because," I turn around to go grab some paperwork. I read the one that informs me why the person's here. "You came here... because... seems like you stole something from two stores." I say, putting back the papers and picking out a form for the woman to fill out. "I didn't catch your name by the way." I signal the woman to sit down on one of the chairs. She hesitates first but then gives in. She sits down on the chair in front of my desk and I sit down on mine that's behind my desk.

I slide the paper over to her and she takes a minute to scan everything and take it in. She looks up at me and I nod, handing over a pen for her to use. She starts with her name and makes her way over to the place where it needs he signature. She hesitates first and I know how it feels. I've been threw all this, only that my dad was there to calm me down. I remember where I had to sign. It said

'Sign here to give in to The Underworld'