Chapter 20: Witches and Rituals
A/N: Hello there, you lovely, lovely people. This is a little later than I planned on posting but it's still up today, so I'm still proud of myself. Side note: I got so much feedback from the last update! Thank you all so much! As always, a very special thanks goes out to: mslollyleah, wait-till-you-read-book-seven, Supernaturalships, Winchesterliveon, ladybugsmomma, and deathraptor22 for leaving me reviews. **Read the authors note at the bottom, it's important** Anyway, shutting up now. Enjoy!
The first thing that registers on Andrew's face is terror. It makes sense, I mean, who wouldn't freak out if they woke up in an unfamiliar room with four other men all of which (with the exception of one) are considerably larger than they are. Andrew was no exception. One of those men happen to be sitting on another bed to the right, less than three feet away from him, one of them has frozen mid-bite of eating what appeared to be a hamburger, and the tallest one and the smallest one were stand beside each other, both comically seeming to make the other appear smaller/larger than they acutally are. The small one speaks first.
"Well, look at that. Sleeping Beauty has finally woken up. You must have been a little overzealous, Cassie." He said. All it takes is this sentence before he remembers everything. The break-in, the fight. But not how he got here. In fact, the last thing he remembers is the guy on the right touching his forehead and then it goes blank.
"H-how d-did I-I get here?" he asked the room. The three men in front of him exchanged looks but it was the one on the right that spoke.
"Gabriel carried you here." Andrew blinked.
"But…how? I mean, I don't know where I am but I'm pretty sure…" he started, and was cut off by Dean.
"You are in a hotel room in Wisconsin. Now, what you are going to do is sit there quietly like a good little boy and answer my questions, otherwise, we are gonna tie you up and deliver you to Casmiria like a Christmas present!" Dean says, getting up into the guy's face. Andrew balked and scrambled backwards on the bed away from Dean, holding his hands up.
"Okay, okay! I'll answer your questions, just please, don't hurt me!" Dean moved away from the guy. Sam cleared his throat.
"Is there a way you can get Casmiria off of our backs? Can you kill her?" He asks. Andrew shakes his head. Dean nodded.
"Alright then, pack this son of a bitch up and lets go." He said. Andrew scooted further away from Dean and held his hands up defensively.
"Wait, wait!" He half-yelled. "I can't kill her, but I can put a binding spell on her! It'll keep her powers sealed away." Dean looked down at the man.
"Permantantly?" he asked, and Andrew nodded, swallowing hard. His breath was very fast and shallow.
"Th-there's th-this spell. I-It's c-called the Black Cord Binding Spell." His eyes flickered to Sam, then back to Dean. "It's only supposed to be used if you have no other choice; it's incredibly powerful and disastrous to get wrong. It requires a very powerful witch. But I can do it." Sam and Dean exchanged looks. Binding Casmiria's powers…that was almost as good as killing her. "As long as the knots stayed tied, the binding spell holds." Sam spoke.
"What do you mean, as long as the knots stay tied?" he asked.
"Well, it's actually a fairly simple ritual for such a powerful spell. The only thing you need is a length of black cord and generally a picture of the person you are trying to bind. Considering we are binding a powerful witch like Casmiria, I would suggest we do it in person, too. It'll be much more effective that way." He was calming down gradually. "Anyway, first, you have to cast a circle, then focus on the anger and hurt Casmiria is causing to the world. Then you say, in this case 'Casmiria, I bind you from hurting others!' and tie a knot in the cord. It's standard to do it three times, but if you feel more is necessary, you can do more. Anyway, once you've done that you say 'three times three, I bind you Casmiria' and then you hide the cord so the knots can't come undone. Actually, it's best we burn it, that way they can't come undone. It's rather simple, but it's old magic. That's why it isn't recommended for use unless you are desperate. I'd say you guys are desperate." He grinned.
"If we get you to Casmiria, can you cast a circle and do the spell?" Andrew nodded. "I should be able to. I can use her altar and things." He snorted. "A little ironic, using Casmiria's altar to bind her. But as long as you can keep her distracted, once I start, she'll gradually lose power."
"How long will this take?" Gabriel asked, speaking for the first time. Andrew redirected his attention to the archangel.
"Probably 10-15 minutes, depending on how long it takes to cast the circle." Dean was pacing back and forth, thinking hard about it. He turned towards Andrew.
"One more thing. How in the hell do we know we can trust you? You could just be saving your own ass!" Andrew shrank back.
"I am saving my own ass, dimwit! What exactly do you think Casmiria will do to me if she gets me?" he yelled. "If we can do this, then she'll be forced to leave me alone. I'll be more powerful than her." Sam spoke up.
"Why haven't you done it before now?" he questioned Andrew. "You say you can do it, but you haven't yet. So why not?" he raised an eyebrow. Everyone in the room turned to look at Andrew, waiting. He swallowed nervously.
"I haven't bound her because I can hide from her. But you took that option away from me. So I'm going with the next best option." He rolled his eyes and looked out the window. Dean walked towards the door and gestured for the other three to follow him. Castiel got up from the bed and followed them all to the door, still looking a little crestfallen.
"So…should we do it?" Dean spoke first. Sam shrugged.
"There are a lot of variables. I mean, what if she takes us down before Andrew can complete his ritual?"
"That's my problem, too." Sam agreed.
"He seems fairly confident in his abilities." Castiel pointed out.
"Isn't everyone?" Dean replied sarcastically. "I still think it would be easier to just hand him over and be done with the whole thing."
"Of course it'd be easier," Gabriel rolled his eyes. "But it wouldn't be right. We have a chance to rid the world of something evil. Isn't that your whole spiel? " He asked, glancing between Sam and Dean. Dean had to do a double take.
"Woah, Gabriel, since when have you been all 'let's do the right thing'? Aren't you usually just out to save your own ass?" Gabriel shrugged.
"People change, Dean-o. Priorities change." He glanced at Sam. Dean sighed, recognizing defeat.
"Fine. But if we get killed, I'm haunting your asses."
A/N: You can skip this one, but read the one below it.
Thank you all for reading my story. I'm going to try to get the final chapter up tomorrow and I'm sure there will also be an epilogue.
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**Read this note**
Since I try to make my stories as believable as possible, The Black Cord Binding Spell is a legit binding spell. However, I took it and twisted it a little for my own personal usage so that it will fit better in my story. If you don't know, binding spells are generally used to prevent people from harming others. DO NOT follow my instructions on how to execute this spell. I wouldn't recommend trying it unless you are familiar with magic already, it literally says this is a last resort spell. If you are a Pagan or a Wiccan and you want to use this spell, here is the link: /category/book-of-spells/banishingbinding-spells/. I repeat DO NOT follow my instructions, please, if you are going to do it, then follow the official instructions. Thank you :)