XXXVII : Archaic
"Con este lume e xofre ofrecer, ter no noso sacrificio e imos prosperar, causar-lle dor e sufrimento, no seu caso, só permitir que os nosos membros para pasar libremente. A través dos reinos ea través dos tempos, de volta ao lugar que desexamos, pasamos agora e imos cambiar, imos triunfar e imos gañar!"
Draco felt his head harshly jerked up, and he faced the line of chanting wizards.
Or witches. With the hooded robes it was rather difficult to tell gender.
Their rasping chanting grew louder and louder, filling the evening's air with their words and powerful dark magic. The hollow they were in was in the middle of a shallow ditch, trees grew around, protecting the proceedings within. With the help flickering and crackling firelight, Draco was able to make out the trees high and spindly branches which intertwined and braided together, capturing darkness with their weaving and leaving light outside. Draco spun his eyes around, but all he could see were the towering trees, the fierce fire and the moaning magicians who had began pacing around the fire.
All in all, Draco decided it was a very cheese scene of Dark magic, usually put on show for children during Halloween. The only terrifying aspect of it was that it was real – and Draco was aware that he was going to soon be in pain.
A lot of it in fact.
The archaic language swirled around him, catching him with it's claws and pincers, and pulling him along into its mysterious magic making.
Draco was well versed in languages, and unfortunately he knew exactly what was being said. Unfortunate as he suspected not knowing you were about to be sacrificed was probably better than knowing you were. At least with ignorance you have moments of hope.
'With this fire and brimstone offer, take our sacrifice and let us prosper,' a ritualised burning then, Draco concluded. Draco frowned at his thoughts, but realised that this was not the time for irrational and panicky thoughts.
At the moment he was so calm it was scary.
Not as scary as the ritualised burning though.
This is the beginning of an arc which may be long or short, I just need to decide which one I'd rather. So far, it's looking like it'll be the long one.