The Summons CH 1. The Arrival
"Are you sure this is such a good idea?" worried Claire "I don't think we should be doing this..."
"Oh come on Claire!" scoffed Rosette Christopher "Where's your sense of adventure?"
Mary chuckled nervously. "I think I left mine at home...I should go and get it!" The girl turned to leave but not before their other friend Anna grabbed her by the shoulder.
"Oh no you don't! If I have to be here so do you!"
"All right guys...quiet...I need to go over this again..." Rosette plopped down on the damp grass and ran a flashlight over the large leatherbound volume she'd been carrying. "Okay...Claire...light the candles okay?...and Mary...finish drawing the circle...and Anna...you can light the incense."
"I can't believe we're doing this..." muttered Anna as she finished drawing the faint chalk outline onto the hardened ground. "Trying to summon a demon! This is the most bizarre slumber party I've ever been to..."
Rosette snorted. "Oh come on, it's not like it's REAL or anything..it's just for fun! Joshua's tried this before with his friends and nothing bad happened."
Anna lit the last of the incense and shook the lit matchstick until it went out. "Well, if it's not going to work we should just go back in! We could watch a movie or something..."
Claire nodded. "I agree..let's stop okay? I have a bad feeling..."
"Oh come on! Let's just do it once and then we can go in...I promise!" Rosette placed her right hand over her heart and tried to look as sincere as possible. "Besides..it says here..if you do manage to summon one..that the demon is bound to you and has to grant you your heart's desire...it grants wishes!"
Mary rolled her eyes "Then if we succeed I'm gonna wish we were inside where it's warm" She stood up and brushed the chalk off her hands on the sides of her pants. "All right...this is done. Let's get this over with okay? It looks like it's gonna rain soon..."
Rosette proceeded to arrange all in a small circle beside the outside of the "magic circle" as she called it. Surrounded by candles and the incence it actually did radiate a sort of mysticism about it. As much as she laughed it off, a part of Rosette actually hoped it would work. "I wish I could find my soul mate" she thought to herself. Ever since their parents passed away it was just Rosette and Joshua. Oh sure, they stayed with their aunt and uncle but they were away so often on business that it might as well just be them on their own. Joshua was good company but Rosette wanted something more in her life. Here she was, a senior in high school and had never even had a boyfriend or even a first kiss.
"All right...everyone close their eyes and concentrate okay?" Rosette ordered. "Let's see...how did it go...?"
I summon thee o' devil of hell I summon thee to grant my hearts desire...
The wind suddenly began to pick up, the candles flickered. Rosette continued:
I summon thee o' devil of hell I bind you to mineself
Thunder rumbled. Someone let out a whimper of fright
I summon thee o' devil of hell I evoke thine presence!
Suddenly without warning, lightning crashed right into the circle behind the four girls. Rosette's eyes flew open right as a shrieking Claire took off running. "I'm going home!!"
"Claire! Wait!" Mary took off after her with Anna in hot pursuit.
Rosette's eyes were momentarily dazzled by the brightness of the lightning flash. "Guys! Wait for me!" Stupid lightning! Seeing colored spots float across her vision,she blinked hard, shook her head and looked over towards the circle.
There was something sprawled there.
Rosette gasped and bit her bottom lip.
"Oh god...did it work? please please let this just be a joke..."
She approached very slowly. The figure didn't look menacing at all. In fact, it looked rather...small. Noticing the dropped flashlight she stopped and picked it up and flicked it on. The dim beam fell on a figure with a long purple cloak draped over top of it.
She swallowed hard. "Um...excuse me?"
Nothing.
Rosette crept closer until she could get a better view of the figure. She was surprised to discover what she'd taken to be a cloak was actually the figures hair spread out behind it. It was clothed in a rough looking brown poncho. Her? Him? She circled around cautiously to get a better look.
He.
The figure was a boy.
A very cute boy.
Who was starting to wake up.
Ohhhh crap.
The figure groaned softly and a look of pain flashed across the young face.
Rosette felt a momentary pang of guilt. Had she hurt him somehow? She'd never wanted to hurt anything. Much as she was loathe to admit it, she had a tender heart and hated seeing anything in pain. As afraid as she was she decided she had to do something. She crouched down near the figure hesitantly.
"Um...are you okay?"
The boy slowly and painfully sat up, long violet bangs falling forward in front of his face. His voice was very soft and he whispered "I-I think so..."
Rosette breathed a sigh of relief. "Well, that's good at least."
The boy shook his head to clear it and pushed the bangs away from his face, tucked them behind a pointed ear (?) and looked up at her and Rosette was startled to discover his eyes were a dark crimson color with slit pupils. "Like a cat" she thought.
He tilted his head in puzzlement. "Who are you?"
Rosette sat back on her heels. "I'm Rosette...who are you?"
The boy spoke and his voice seemed to gain in strength. "My name...is Chrno." He looked right into her eyes. "Now...Rosette...let me ask you something..." He leaned towards her slightly.
"How did I get here?"
Like? Hate? Too simplistic in writing style? I can be much more descriptive and elaborate more if need be.
