Chapter 4: Carrie meets The Wizard Shazam

(Later at the White's Residence…)

MMargaret turned and faced Carrie, surprised over the sudden outburst. Yet there her daughter stood, trying to sound braver than she ever felt in her entire life.

"I want to talk about it right here." Margaret continued. "I don't… I don't want to go inside with you."

Margaret merely turned and walked into the house. Realizing her own mother would not give her the satisfaction, Carrie sat back in the passenger seat of the car. She tried to think, to make sense out of 'everything' that happened in one day, but no answer she could think of would satisfy the strange happenings in this town.

All of a sudden, a bratty neighbor boy on a bike slapped the driver's side window, startling poor Carrie.

"Crazy Carrie, Crazy Carrie!" The boy replied.

The boy pressed his face to the glass with a snort. Carrie merely sighed in annoyance, for this wasn't the only time a neighbor referred to her as 'crazy'... especially to her face. But kids such as this one... they were far worse. The boy rode his bike around the front of the car shouting.

"Crazy Carrie, Crazy Carrie." The boy replied.

One glare from Carrie and all of a sudden the boy's bike flew over, sending the boy rolling on the grass. Carrie's eyes went wide, as she wondered, 'Did I do that?'. The boy, slightly scared by her expression and the 'coincidental' fall, picked himself up, grabbed his bike, and rode away. Carrie looked up toward the sun peeking through trees, then back toward the house. Eventually, Carrie decided to go into the house knowing her mother would be waiting for her.

(Inside the house…)

Carrie looked around all of downstairs, but her mother wasn't downstairs. Carrie then heard a slight banging noise from upstairs.

Suddenly, as she set the book bag on a chair, a heavy thud drew her attention upstairs. She climbed up the steps, growing more upset. She went into her mother's bedroom only to find Margaret sitting in a corner, muttering to herself, and striking her head against the wall.

Carrie then went upstairs, and saw through the crack of her mother's bedroom door, her mother was gently banging her head against the wall, while whispering religious words and sentences…

"Oh, Lord, help my child." Margaret prayed. "She's lost."

"Mama, Stop it… MAMA!" Carrie called, as Margaret stopped, looking at Carrie… "I don't want to upset you!

"So, you're a woman now…" Margaret said quietly…

"Mama, stop it." Carrie said, as her mother stopped.

"And God made Eve from the rib of Adam, and say it Carrie…" Margaret said, trying to get Carrie to go along with her words…

"No, Mama." Carrie said, trying to respond kindly.

"Say it. Talk to me! Please just talk to me! And Eve was weak…" Margaret said, trying to respond kindly. "I just want you to talk to me!"

"And the first sin was the sin of intercouse." Carrie replied nervously and sternly. "Mama…"

"Say it!" Margaret insisted.

"Why didn't you tell me, Mama?" Carrie asked in concern.

"And God visited Eve with a curse. And the curse was a curse of blood." Margaret asked in concern.

"I'm not going to say that!" Carrie replied, trying to reason with her mother. "That's not even in the Bible! It doesn't say that anywhere."

"Oh, lord! Help this little girl see the sin of her days and ways. Show her if she had remained innocent, the curse of blood would not have come upon her as it did on Eve." Margaret asked sternly.

"I'm not Eve, Mama!" Carrie shouted. "I didn't sin."

"You showered with those other girls!" Margaret shouted. "You had lust-filled thoughts."

"Everyone has to shower, Mama. Everyone. That's just the rules." Carrie replied.

"No, no, you must be different, because He can see you." Margaret replied.

"I don't want to be different, Mama. I want to be like them." Carrie shouted.

"He can smell the sin on you!" Margaret shouted.

"I want to be like them…" Carrie replied.

"And He will punish you!" Margaret shouted.

On the word 'Punish', Margaret hit Carrie in the face with a large bible book, causing Carrie to fall toward the ground in a daze. Margaret knelt down beside her, trying to hold onto her as she prayed.

"I will not let that come down upon you." Margaret declared. "I will not. Lord have mercy…"

"NO!" Carrie shouted, picking up the book. "'The Lord is good. His unfailing love endures forever, and his faithfulness continues through all generations.' Psalms 100, verse 5!"

But Margaret just drowned out Carrie's words with her own prayers as she stroked her daughter's face.

"I'm going to keep you away from that school." Margaret spoke determinedly. "We'll pray."

"You can't." Carrie replied.

Carrie jumped up, running out of the room and down the stairs. But Margaret was hot on her tail.

"We'll pray. We'll pray together." Margaret rambled. "To save our women-weak, wicked, sinning souls."

"You didn't tell me, and they laughed. I did not. I didn't sin, you sinned!" Carrie replied.

Margaret stopped on the staircase, and her expression coldly furious.

"I did not..." Margaret spoke slowly. "I did not sin."

Margaret calmly walked down the stairs. Poor Carrie looked very scared, realizing she just made a big mistake. Margaret opened the door under the stairs revealing a small cupboard with a crucifix hanging inside...

Carrie jumped up, before she quickly ran out of her mother's room, and down the stairs, only for Margaret to follow and grab her by her hair… Carrie & Margaret kept fighting, causing Carrie to scream, as Margaret opened the Prayer closet door, and pulled and pushed Carrie into the closet, before locking the door on her...

"No, Mama." Carrie replied.

"You pray, you pray for Forgiveness." Margaret called, as lay against the closet door, so Carrie couldn't get out, as Carrie continued to scream, with then quickly turned into more aggressive…

"NO! YOU PRAY! MAMA! HELP!" Carrie cried.

Carrie's perception of the closet may as well have been the open mouth of a giant beast about to eat her, the stuff of nightmares.

"NO, MOMMY!" Carrie still cried.

"Come one." Margaret grunted.

"PLEASE HELP!" Carrie cried out.

Margaret finally got to the closet and threw Carrie inside. There's a loud thump of Carrie striking the wall inside. Margaret proceeded to shut the door, but Carrie tried to push her way out. With a hard shove, Margaret shut the door on Carrie and locked it with a single deadbolt. Carrie banged upon the door and cried out, begging to be let out.

"You pray, little girl." Margaret demanded. "Pray for forgiveness."

"Mommy, let me go!" Carrie cried. "Let me out!"

The door and the lock rattled, as Carrie banged on it demanding to be released. Margaret held her hand to the door, struggling to keep it short. While doing so, she scratched her own arm, drawing blood and leaving scars. By now, Carrie was practically in tears trying to get out.

"MOM!" Carrie cried out. "GOD, YOU SUCK!"

"Help me..." Margaret begged, facing the sky. "Help me..."

Suddenly, Carrie turned to the large bible book that was open, she walked & looked down the large bible book was language by the symbols, as Carrie read not english was language to the symbols.

"What the- What was that?" Carrie asked in concern.

*RUMBLING*

Carrie gasped & turned around and there was an earthquake.

"MAMA!" Carrie yelled.

Carrie continued to scream that the Prayer closet door was an earthquake.

"What's going on?" Carrie asked in concern.

Carrie turned to the Prayer closet and it was cold.

*CONTINUES RUMBLING*

"What?" Carrie asked in concern.

*THUD*

Carrie stayed to Prayer closet.

"HELP, MAMA!" Carrie yelled.

The large bible book still had the symbols.

Carrie screamed & cried, her eyes closed. The door was lighting bolts to the symbols. Stop rumbling & earthquake. Carrie's eyes opened, she was breathing heavily & turned around.

"Okay. Mama, I'm okay. Mama?" Carrie asked in concern.

Carrie looks up at the symbols to the door, and she opens the door and pulls.

"Mama?" Carrie asked in concern.

Carrie looked at the cave.

"Oh, my god." Carrie was shocked.

(Later at Rocky of Eternity…)

Carrie was transported to a Rocky of Eternity. When she is suddenly transported to the realm. As Carrie turned to a large bible book. She turned to the realm and got & stood up.

"Hello?" Carrie asked in concern.

Carrie walked through the door entering the realm, upon arrival, she looked around the trophy room, she saw the worm broken and he escaped.

*RUMBLING*

Carrie gasped & turned around and the door's gone.

"What the hell? Who's doing this?" Carrie asked in concern, as she echoing.

Carrie turned her head, she was walking and went into Rock of Eternity, she saw all 7 chairs, as Carrie saw the Wizard was sitting. Carrie turns & clears throat. The Wizard stood up.

"Hi. Um… I... Are you the god?" Carrie asked in concern.

"Carrie White." The Wizard replied.

"How'd you know my name?" Carrie asked in concern.

"I am the last of the Council of Wizards." The Wizard replied, pointing around to the chairs & downstairs. "Keeper of the Rock of Eternity."

"Oh… You're… that guy god." Carrie was shocked.

The Wizard walked & downstairs.

"Hey, listen, God made Eve from the rib of Adam." Carrie replied.

"Do not patronize me, girl." The Wizard replied.

The Wizard used his magic staff to explain the history of Black Alice. She saw the hologram was gold. Carrie gasped, looked up & down at the gold.

"You are standing in the source of all magic. The Rock of Eternity. Seven thrones of seven wizards. But long ago, we chose a champion and we chose recklessly." The Wizard replied.

Carrie looked the cape, Black Alice is gold, gold lighting bolts, Carrie turned & looked bomb.

"She used her power for revenge, releasing the Seven Deadly Sins into your world." The Wizard replied.

Carrie looked at Seven Deadly Sins, the Sins took the people who were screaming & ran. As Carrie looked at them as holograms.

"Millions of lives were lost. Entire civilizations erased from existence." The Wizard replied.

The woman is screaming for hologram & gold. Carrie was shocked & turned to the Wizard.

"That is why I vowed never to pass on my magic until I find one truly good person. Strong in spirit, pure in heart." The Wizard replied.

"Look, mister, maybe this is magic and, I don't know, but the people you're looking for, good, pure people, I'm not one of them. I don't know if anyone is, really." Carrie replied.

"You, Carrie White, are all I have. All the world has." The Wizard replied.

*BANGS STAFF*

The Wizard's magic staff down to the floor.

"Lay your hands on my staff." The Wizard replied.

"Gross." Carrie replied.

"And say my name so my powers may flow through you. I open my heart to you, Carrie White. And in doing, choose you as champion." The Wizard replied.

"Thanks." Carrie replied.

*BANGS STAFF*

"Real sweet of you, mister, but I really gotta get going." Carrie replied.

"My brothers and sisters were slain by the Sins. Their thrones lie empty." The Wizard replied, as he turned & pointed at all 7 chairs & turned to Carrie.

As Carrie looked at all the chairs to 7.

"My magic must be passed on. Now, speak my name!" The Wizard replied, as his magic staff was down to the floor.

*BANGS STAFF*

"I don't know your name, sir. We just met." Carrie replied.

"My name is… Shazam." The Wizard replied.

Carrie has a small smile & laughs.

"Wait, for real?" Carrie asked in concern.

"Say it!" The Wizard growled.

"Okay! Jeez." Carrie replied.

The Wizard insisted that Carrie was all she had left and instructed to take the staff and say his name. Wizard Shazam choosing Carrie as his champion.

"So just say it? Like… Shazam?" Carrie asked in concern.

The lighting bolt into Carrie.

"YES! Carry my name, and with it, you carry all my powers. The wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles, and the speed of Mercury." The Wizard explained.

The Wizard receives powers from her. After transforming Carrie to her fullest potential, the Wizard's magic staff was up to lighting bolt & smoke. After transforming Carrie to her fullest potential, her right hand down the floor for smoke, her knees & stood up. Carrie is transformed into an adult and receives the Wizard's powers. Carrie was an adult. She looked at her left hand. As Carrie gasped and looked down at her new red & yellow dress suit, yellow symbol & white cape.

"What happened to me? Why am…" Adult Carrie asked in concern, as she stammered & pointed at him. "What did you do to me? What did you do to my voice?"

"You have been transformed to your full potential, Carrie White. You became Lady Shazam." The Wizard replied.

The Wizard's magic staff to Lady Shazam.

"With your heart, unlock your greatest power." The Wizard replied.

After the Wizard gave Lady Shazam's powers & her right hand to his magic staff.

"The thrones of our brothers and sisters await." The Wizard replied.

Then crumbled to dust in front of him, he disintegrated in front of her. Lady Shazam after becoming the new champion, she looked down at the Wizard's body to the floor. Wizard Shazam is dead. As Lady Shazam gasped & turned her head to his magic staff. She dropped his magic staff. Lady Shazam turned around, she was then transported back to where she was.

"GET ME OUTTA HERE!" Lady Shazam yelled.

Lady Shazam looked around to the white light & bright.

(Later at the White's Residence…)

Lady Shazam gasped & looked around in the Prayer Closet…

*KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!*

"Mama?" Lady Shazam gasped & turned her head.

"Carrie, are you okay?" Margaret asked in concern.

"I- I'm- I'm fine, Mama." Lady Shazam to Carrie's voice replied.

"What happened? I hear you scream?" Margaret asked in concern.

"Y- Yeah, I'm okay, Mama. Locking the door is off, please." Lady Shazam replied.

"Okay. You go upstairs to your room. I go upstairs to my room. You can understand." Margaret replied.

"Yes, Mama." Lady Shazam replied.

"Good. Go now!" Margaret replied.

Margaret locked the door to open & then went upstairs to her room, Lady Shazam pulled open the door, she walk out of the Prayer Closet, as Lady Shazam was gasping in shock herself, seeing what she'd just done with her new red & yellow dress suit, yellow symbol & white cape.…

"I can't just leave the Wizard like me… Why not? Mama hurt me, it's either we leave… Or we find out which between Adam or Eve's ribs taste better, take your pick… Wait, I was an adult. I have been transformed to my full potential. He was right. My champion. All right, I'm going." Lady Shazam replied, as she gave a look of disgust…

Without thinking, Lady Shazam ran for the front door, and opened it with a single, before looking around, to see if anyone saw her… Lady Shazam then ran for the car, before ripping the back door off, and grabbing her schoolbag, and putting it on her back, before quickly running off down the street… while from a car further down the street… As Lady Shazam ran off.

(Inside…)

Margaret down the stairs, she looked at the Prayer Closet, the door was opened, before she walked over & looked around Carrie was empty, Carrie had escaped to the White's Bungalow…

"Carrie, where are you going?" Margaret asked in concern, as she looked around.

To Be Continued…