The Pentagram
The Pentagram is actually a symbol of spiritual shielding and ethereal world intelligences. It is also a symbol of the mind dominating over the elements. The bad spirits and other negative elements are powerless when faced with this symbol and the good spirits are drawn to it. Those who have this symbol have infinite possibilities at their disposal.
The upside down pentagram is not exclusively Satanic. In fact, there are some Wiccan covens that use the inverted pentagram as a way to denote ranking. It's just the Satanists have adopted it and it is rarely used by Wiccan covens at present.
Due to this link between the inverted pentagram and Satanists, Wiccans are more keen on using the Pentacle. It is more approachable and less prone to misunderstandings.
The Pentacle
The Pentacle represents good and pure and white magick, a symbol of light and love. Firstly, it symbolizes the North, South, East, West and the Spirit. Second, it symbolizes the Earth, Water, Air, the Spirit and the divine. Third, it symbolizes the God and the Goddess. If encased within a circle, it means wholeness and unity of all quadrants and the elements and our ultimate love for Nature.
It is used as a talisman in the form of a pendant or engraved and used as a disc placed on the altar to protect the person while banishing negative energies and auras.
Beca was beyond tired. Between her classes, Bella practice and her shifts at the radio station, she also had to maintain her magical lessons.
Tonight she had a night off and all she wanted to do was take a nap and doing nothing. Maybe she would make a new mix for her favourite redhead. Since she had made the potion for Chloe, the two of them had grown extremely close. She had to admit to herself that she enjoyed the redheads company more than she probably should.
And now that same redhead had showed up unannounced in her dorm.
"Hey beautiful, what brings you here?" Beca asked surprised.
"I'm here to pick you up for the riff off" Chloe said.
"What the hell is a riff off?" Beca asked confused.
"You'll see. Just come with me" Chloe said to her.
Although she didn't feel like it, she got out of bed and followed the redhead to the empty pool. Well the pool wasn't exactly empty anymore. Outside the Bellas there were the Treblemakers, the High Notes and the BU Harmonics.
Apparently the riff off was some sort of contest between the college four a capella groups. Aubrey hadn't prepared them for the riff off which was odd. The blond captain usually prepared them for everything they could expect in the a capella world. Or more that she drilled them until they could do the routine in their sleep.
Justin the host of the riff off had told them the rules but it wasn't exactly clear for Beca. She asked Chloe what was expected from them and the redhead explained it patiently.
The riff off turned out to be a total disaster. The real competition was between the Treblemakers and the Bellas. The High Notes were disqualified because they sang a song that didn't fit the category. The BU Harmonics only knew Madonna songs. And with only Madonna songs in your repertoire you couldn't make it.
When Beca started to rap 'No Diggity' everybody looked at her in shock. Nobody had expected it. Jesse a Treblemaker and Beca's coworker at the radio station encouraged her to go on as no one seemed to recognise the song she started.
Fat Amy was the first one to recognise the song. She joined Beca and soon the other Bellas with the exception of Aubrey provided the backup harmony.
Even the BU Harmonics helped them finish the song. Unfortunately they lost because Beca sang 'it's' instead of 'it'.
The blonde Bellas leader was furious and ordered them to write down everything that went wrong. Beca protested that they had sound amazing for the first time. Aubrey didn't want to hear that.
Beca couldn't help but think that Aubrey acted very strange tonight. Her thoughts were confirmed when her captain asked the Bella witches to follow her back to their rehearsal room. The humans were sent back to their dorms.
When they all sat down, Aubrey seemed more nervous than normal.
"Thank you all for coming" she said.
"It wasn't like we had a choice. You practically forced us to come" Stacie stated.
"Yeah well it was necessary. Earlier this day I was visited by the magical board" Aubrey said.
Hearing about the magical board instantly silenced them all. The magical board consisted of five witches that represented each clan. And an elderly witch who made sure that every decision they made was the right one. A visit from the magical board meant bad news. They only interfered when a witch abused their powers.
"They informed me that a new Magical One was found. And it's one of us butthey don't know yet who it is exactly" Aubrey continued.
This news was overwhelming. Being the Magical one was hard work. The Magical One had a lot of responsibilities. None of them were thrilled by this news.
"What do they want from us?" Cynthia Rose asked.
"I'm glad you asked. They will visit us at random times. They will give us all a variety of exercises to determine which one of us it is" Aubrey answered.
Lilly mumbled something no one understood. Suddenly Beca felt a knot forming in her stomach. What if the quiet and slightly creepy Asian girl was the Magical One? That would be a disaster. But what if she herself was it? She didn't have time for extra responsibilities. To be honest she wasn't the most responsible one of them. She hoped it was Aubrey, Jessica or Chloe. Out of the seven of them those three were the most responsible.
"I know it's a bit overwhelming but you all needed to know this. I suggest that you all go back to your dorms and think about it" Aubrey said.
That night Beca didn't sleep. All she could think about was the news that Aubrey told them. And for some strange reason she didn't like it at all.