hey guys! sorry for the late update. I went ice skating with some friends for a few hours earlier today and I actually ended up hurting my knee... I knew it would happen considering how accident prone I can be... yeah, my knee is throbbing.
BUT it's my turn to update and since redphan did yesterday, it's my day.
hope you guys enjoy the chapter :)
A/N the girl that is explained in this chapter is actually based on a true story that redphan emailed me only a few weeks ago... yeah, I had the chills for the longest time...
A/A/N also i'm sorry if I happened to get anything wrong or use the wrong type of words for some of what I type. Again, i'm going off of what redphan told me in the email.
If you want to look up all this on your own, go to en. wiki/Anneliese_Michel
Dan and Phil looked at each other, the look of fear wept across their features. They both swallowed hard.
"What should we do then Father?" Dan asked, fear evident in his brown eyes.
He sighed and looked at the two young men in front of him, desperate for answers. "I'm going to tell you about a girl who experienced a Catholic exorcism." He stated. "Please, come and take a seat, boys."
Dan and Phil sat down on one of the many benches in the church. The priest sat down with them and began the story as Dan and Phil listneed intenetly.
"Her name was Anneliese Michel. She was a German woman who underwent as I said before, a Catholic exorcism in 1975. However, she died only that next year, due to lack of medical caring. It attracted my attention because of the Catholic Church's strange decision to perform the 400-year-old ritual of exorcisms. It was unusual because the ritual hasn't been seen since the 18th Century." He started.
Dan and Phil kept listening, the fear just creeping closer and closer in their minds as they think of the poor girl that suffered.
"When she was only sixteen years old, she experienced an epileptic seizure and was diagnosed with termperal lobe epiliepsy. They were certain she fell into depression and was treated at a psychiatric hospital. By the time she was twenty though, she began to hear voices in her head. Her condition worsened and she became suicidal. Her and her family were certain she was possessed. " He finished.
Dan and Phil were flabbergasted. "Oh my goodness." Phil whispered.
"How did they solve the possession?" Dan asked.
"As I said, they performed an exorcism for many months in secret, but she died soon after."
Dan and Phil's faces fell.
"But, but we don't want to die." Dan whimpered slightly.
The priest looked at the two men. "It may not come to that." He said.
"But she died... If the only way to get rid of a demonic spirit is exorcism..." Dan trailed off.
"It doesn't necessarily mean you would die though. Not all exorcisms end in death if you're careful about it." He said.
"So I'm not going to die?" Dan asked hopefully.
"I honestly don't know. There's a chance you won't but there's an even bigger chance you will... but it will gt rid of whatever's happening." He said.
Dan frowned and hung his head. He sighed before lifting it up and again and looking at Phil.
Phil had this huge look of fear in his blue eyes.
"Dan..." He whispered.
"We have to Phil. It's my fault that it's here. If... if the only real way is an exorcism, then we have to."
"Not if it costs you your life Dan." Phil said.
"We don't know that it will."
"But there's a chance Dan." He said a bit more forcefully.
"And that's a chance I'm willing to take Phil." Dan said finally.
He turned back to the priest.
"What do we need to do first?"