The young woman walked out of the school late at night, waving goodbye to a few of her friends as she left. A cold breeze was in the air, blowing dead leaves around and swirling about ominously as she took a left turn halfway through the schoolyard and headed towards the forest between her high school and the elementary school a block away. The moon was hidden behind dark storm clouds, and as the wind blew harder the girl picked up her pace. Her mother had warned her about walking through the forest late at night, you couldn't know who - or what - was lurking about in the trees. But it was late, there was a storm brewing, and if she didn't get home soon she would be soaked.

She came upon a clearing in the forest and couldn't help but stop. She looked around her, at the dark trees, at the cave that was a few paces away. She'd heard stories about what had happened at this place a few months earlier, that a battle between a powerful sorceress and some kind of demon began at this very spot with the prize being the fate of the sorceress' many friends. The sorceress had won, and contained the demon in a tarot card. The girl kneeled down on the ground and brushed the dew-spotted grass, hoping that some of that power may rub off on her.

A silvery flash caught the girl's eye, and she turned around to see what had caused it. She found a card face-up on the ground, something like a tarot card, with a woman on it. She read the inscription at the bottom, then turned the card around. The back was covered with evil images but it seemed so irresistibly beautiful. There was a silvery upside-down crescent moon on it, and a silver pentagram in the center, all on a black background. The girl ran her hand down the back of the card, her fingers stopping in the very center of the upside-down star.

The wind picked up harshly, and the girl's eyes went wide in shock as the card glowed red and became searing-hot to the touch. She wanted to let go of the card but something forced her to keep her hands glued to it. Suddenly a pillar of fire shot up from the clearing, a giant column of flame right in the middle of the forest. Almost as suddenly as it appeared, it vanished after seconds. It left no trace of its existence behind, not even a trail of smoke.

Then it began to rain.