Chapter 2

𝕻𝖗𝖎𝖉𝖊-  (𝕷𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖓: 𝖘𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖇𝖎𝖆) 𝖎𝖘 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖉, 𝖔𝖓 𝖆𝖑𝖒𝖔𝖘𝖙 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖙, 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖆𝖑 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖒𝖔𝖘𝖙 𝖘𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖚𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖑𝖞 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖘.

Deep in the forest away from town Alexa and Cole laid in a field talking about the recent activities between them and their friends. As usual Cole laid down with his arms behind his head acting as a pillow. The ends of his grey flannel blew slightly in the wind along with his hair which was always in his eyes. He kept his eyes closed as he and Alexa spoke. Alexa sat up in the field picking and admiring a blood red rose she had picked.

"What do you think of all this satanic shit?" She asked. Cole opened one eye and glanced at Alexa, it wasn't a usual question to be asked. He and his friends didn't really question their intentions or thoughts on the process. But Cole simply closed his eye and sighed.

"I don't know really. It's not like it isn't a bit scary cause it is. But as long as we do everything correctly our lives shouldn't be in danger. I'm more worried about getting caught by our parents or authorities," Cole replied honestly. Alexa simply chuckled and places a few rose petals in Coles hair. "Whats so funny Alexandra?" He asked.

"Nothing, I've just never heard you admit that something was scary. You're usually the brave one of the group," She explained. Cole simply shook his head and huffed acknowledging his annoyance. "But I agree with you. I'm much more worried about being caught. Especially since my family is very religious," Alexa added.

She continued to put rose petals in Coles hair causing him to get annoyed every now and then. He'd slap her hand away and try to swipe the petals put of his hair. But it only created a new Canvas for Alexa to mess with.

"I wonder if we got two more people into the group we'd become the new 7 deadly sins?" Alexa questioned aloud. Cole scoffed and swiped away more rose petals. "Think about it Cole! It fits. You're Wrath, K.C is Pride, Kade is Gluttony, Zeva is Lust, and I'm Envy. The other two sins is Sloth and Greed," Alexa explained. At this point Cole was sitting up and facing Alexa.

"Yeah it fits but I doubt we'd fit the real deal, Alexandra. Plus do you know how many other Satanists there are that would fit the seven deadly sins?" Cole stated. Alexa thought for a few moments before she nodded. Cole once again sighed and threw himself back onto the ground with his arms behind his head.

He observed the forest around him, trees formed a circle around the field which had green grass and colorful flowers all around. The forest was dark with patches of sunlight glistening through the tree branches while the field was bright with sunlight. Cole sighed in content and closed his eyes once again enjoying the slight cool breeze.

Cole heard a vibration in his pocket where he kept his phone. With a quiet grumble he took the object out of his pocket and checked his notifications. K.C had texted him.

K.C: "Hey, where are you? I have sum to tell u guys."

Cole: "Alexandra and I are in that field hella far into the forest."

K.C: "The one with all the roses?"

Cole: "Yeah."

K.C had left him on read only to assume she and the rest of the group were on their way to the field. Cole tucked the phone back into his pocket and closed his eyes once again. Soon enough Alexa laid her head on his stomach still messing with flower petals.

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K.C, Kade, and Zeva entered the field about an hour later to see Cole and Alexa laying in the grass. Zeva proceeded to tease the two. But K.C stopped that real quick. She sat on the ground and too her bag off her shoulder. She pulled out the book catching everyone's attention imitately.

"Pretty sure Satan requested a sacrifice," K.C said. She opened the book to a bookmarked page. There laid a page that wasn't in the book before. "Look at this page. Last night I went through the whole book and it was never there. Around 6am I was woken up and the book was glowing or something. I didn't think much of it and went back to bed. When I checked the book again this page was there," She explained.

Kade snatched the page and read it over.  He raised his eyebrows in shock and passed the page to Zeva who read it aloud. 

"Bloods the Sacrifice, turn to page 6. Bloods the Sacrifice? What is that pur satanic name now?" Zeva said. Cole took the page and the book and turned to page six.

"Sacrifice a goat, to resemble the first soul to cross a bridge built in three days," Cole read. He continued to read the ingredients and instructions before Alexa stopped him.

"I know that story. Back in the 1800s, I don't remember but in a town a bridge needed to be built within three days to a week or the builder would be killed. Apparently an old man showed up at the builders house that night and made a deal to build the bridge in three days in exchange to keep the first soul to cross the bridge. Apparently the builder knew the man was the devil, so he agreed. And after the bridge was built the builder shoved a goat onto the bridge and mocked the devil saying 'Here's your soul,'" Alexa explained.

They all looked at Alexa in shock, they had never expected her to know simple stories like that.

"Hey I know I've only been into this shit for about a year but I've done research. Plus it's just a story it's not confirmed," Alexa said. Cole simply gave her a look and read over page six once again. If you thought about it the story would fit with the sacrifice.

𝕸𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝕳𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖘:

𝕬 𝖌𝖔𝖆𝖙

𝕬 𝖐𝖓𝖎𝖋𝖊

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗 𝖔𝖋 𝕯𝖆𝖛𝖎𝖉 𝖕𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖉

The group discussed their plans and who would take charge of the ritual. Cole would get the goat and luckily had a collection of knives to choose from. Kade would choose the knife at that and making sure they had the right clean up supplies. Zeva would paint the star with Alexa's help and K.C would take charge in the ritual.

"So is there a due date on this shit?" Zeva asked observing the old writing.

"I did some research on the dark web, multiple Satanists had said from past experiences its usually about a month until strange things start happening. Like hallucinations, nightmares, sleep paralysis. Even sightings of abnormal figures. Some people eventually dying soon after," K.C explained.

"So when are we going to do the ritual? Tomorrow? Or be badasses and do it on Sunday?" Cole snickered.

The group of teens all laughed and agreed Sumday would be the day they'd do the ritual. After that they sat in the field for a couple more hours just talking and laughing. And in the evening they made their way back into town and back to their respected homes.

𝖉𝖛𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖌𝖊𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖇𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆 𝕾𝖆𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖘𝖙:

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𝕭𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖋-𝖊𝖒𝖕𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍 𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖔𝖓𝖆𝖑 𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖕𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖎𝖇𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖞