Author's note: Tis I! No, I shouldn't be working on another story that is incomplete that has been up on this site for a while. . . Ha. . . I totally should be writing new stories. . .Yeah. . . Anyway, I thought this was a fun idea and it's kind of random but hey, I kind of like so enjoy! And Review. . . Please, please, oh please review!
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"I kind of always just thought it was a rumor. . . I never knew you actually practiced magic."
"Just because I know a lot about it, doesn't mean I practice it. . . I don't like to invite such energy in my home thank you very much." He says while looking for a particular book on one of his numerous shelves. . . This place could be a library. "Ah! I knew I still had it!" He pulls out a small, brown book and starts flipping through its pages. I thought he would have had to dust it first, like in the movies when they find some old, secret book and have to blow the dust off it. But honestly England's house is very clean. . . He stops on a page near the end of the book and sighs.
"Is that it?" I ask.
"Yes. . . But are you sure you want to do this, dear? It can be mighty dangerous and a bit haunting. It's been a very long time, your memories are sure to be different from what was actually real. . ."
". . . I don't know but I want the option. . . Even just a couple of hours would be magical." He sighs and closes the book, handing it to me.
"Page 68, be very careful please. . . Follow everything to a T, I'm not very good at cleaning up magical mistakes."
"Thank you so much Arthur. . . It means the world."
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The book felt like it was burning me, all the way home. I wanted to open it up so bad, create a plan, a grocery list, something! I needed something from it. . . But now that I'm home. . . Let's just say it's been sitting on the desk for about an hour and I haven't opened it. I'm scared. I have no one to talk to about this besides England. . . Me and him aren't even super close anyway; I'm sure if we were he wouldn't be giving me the option to do this.
I am just tingling at the thought of seeing him again. . . Touching him again, hearing his voice, seeing his smile. . . But what will seeing him again do to my relationship with Ludwig. . . That's what I'm most scared about. They may look the same but they are two very different people, two very, very different personalities. I want to talk to Gilbert about this but he'll tell me no. . . And that's not what I want to hear.
With a large sigh and the crack of only four of my knuckles I get the courage to just open the book. It looks really strange. . . All in Latin. . . Of course it is. . . I slowly flip to page 68 and just start reading.
This is a magical procedure that took me centuries to perfect. It's something that many people want, many people hope and wish for and many people would murder for, ironically. Sadly, this procedure is much different than the others, meaning, it is unpredictable. The results, if done correctly of course, are the same every time, yet it is the duration that changes from one attempt to another. I have seen many different periods of time, however none below one hour and none above 29 and a half days. I tried to find some sort of correlation of why and what causes different lengths of time but I found nothing.
Please beware, our brains over time will edit memories. If you remember the deceased extremely fondly, over and over again, you will have edited your memory to make them seem much better than what they truly were, the same is true with un-fondness. And another warning, once the time is up. . . They will die in the exact same fashion they did before. So if it was traumatic. Beware.
Ingredients.
A flower with meaning -
A feather from an Eagle -
3oz of blood from the enemy -
A lock of hair from the ally -
A sapling of wormwood, roots included
Elder ashwood tree, 100+ years -
Saliva from a past lover -
An object dear
An object feared
The last drink
A knife -
Procedure:
You must be standing in front of the ashwood tree, this is where the procedure will take place. You will make a horizontal incision upon the tree at about the height of the deceased.
On the ground, right in front of the trunk, dig a hole about 6 inches deep and 4 inches wide. (the size doesn't necessarily matter but I find this size to be the easiest to work with)
Place the sapling within the hole, then the flower, feather and lock of hair. Now, bury the sapling as if you are planting it, but not before also entering the saliva.
Pour the blood near the base of the sapling as if watering it. Place the object loved on the left side. Break the object feared and place it on the right.
Recite these words while pouring the last drink onto the plant. . . Maybe stand back as well. : . . . .
General Information:
Congrats! You have successfully reanimated a deceased person. Some warning on that. The know alive again person will probably be very, very confused and may lash out in anger for disrupting his or her eternal sleep. If anger persists irrationally for more than an hour, kill it. If horrid pain and suffering persists for more than an hour, kill it. If it wants to kill you kill it. And last but not least, if you accidentally summoned a demon instead of the wanted soul. . . Well, good luck.
If the procedure did not work, you did it wrong. . . I have no advice on that except for try again.
Another note of warning before I begin discussing another procedure - This can summon unwanted energy, feelings, memories, etc. This is one of my most dangerous magical procedures and can lead to loss of life, emotional damage, anxiety and numerous other mental and physical pains.
Are you selfish enough to disturb the eternal sleep of another?
I swallow heavily and close the book. . .
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Author's note: Alright. . . Be honest with me. . . Did you like it? Is it worth continuing? Review! I will keep begging! I know that you think oh, someone else will do it, but everyone thinks that way! Which means no one reviews! Be that good Samaritan, be that amazing reviewer here today! Make my day! I need the attention!. . .