Chapter two: Fall from innocence
The next day, Dante went to village slums to lure in sacrifices.
When she reached it,she saw ten beggars,Perfect,she thought,plenty of sacrifices.
She then said in a sympathetic tone ," You poor people, I don't have any money to
give you, but I would like to invite you to dinner tommorow night.What do you
say?" Then a man who was blinded in his left eye stood up and said " Yes ma'am,
we'll come, we appreciate your kindness." " Okay tommorow at seven,or at least
at some time before it will be fine.I'm in the house next to the castle." On the way
home she felt a little guilty at what he beggar had said. "Thank you for your
kindness." Then she said to herself, "No,he's helping me get Father's attention. He
should be glad to help someone of my family status." When Dante arrived at her house
she began preperations for the next day.She drew her circle on the floor, constantly
consulting her father's drawings.Drawing it big enough to accomidate ten people.
She asked the soldiers' to come and help her move a table on to the seal. " Isn't that
a transmutation circle?" one asked.Dante replied by saying ."Yes, I'm going to
scare some guests tommorow for a joke." When they left, Dante continued to
prepare for the next day.That night she another nightmare. The same one as
before. Except when she was being dragged into the gate,a man with shoulder
length blond hair and a stern face reached out for her and grasped her hand.
Dante awoke with start, but this time she didn't cry.Thinking about that man
eased her fear and made her feel at peace. She tried to remeber what he looked
like.She remebered the stern face, the snow-white hair,and the robe with left
side of his chest exposed.But the thing she remebered best was his Golden eyes
and a glowing red mark on his left chest.
When the beggars came the next night, the could smell
something wonderful. Dante appeared in the den where the table was, carrying
a vat of delicious smelling soup. She said," Please be seated."They sat and she sat too.
Dante was serving plates, when one the beggars said, " Is someting burning?" She
to could smell it.Everything was going perfectly" Excuse me! " she said. When she
stepped outside of the circle she smilled devilishly, turn around ,and touched the
circle. The beggars felt a tingle, then they felt like lightning was hitting them.
They screamed in torment.A light flashed, and the transmutation was complete.
A small object floated over the center of the table. The places where the beggars
were was replaced by piles of dust. She grabbed the stone greedily and swept the
dust of the beggars into pile. Now she would do what her Father could only read
about; create a homunculus!