Chapter 5

"1... 2... 3..." Rosella whispered silently as she ascended the stairs with her eyes blindfolded. This was already her second time ascending this stairs and her legs were beginning to hurt from the exercise she honestly did not need but was required to do to complete the game.

Rosella spent her Friday night trying to understand the rules of the game, she turned off her phone to hinder any form of distraction knowing fully well Christy was going to be the main form of that distraction. "Friday nights are for partying Rose and that is what I plan to do" Christy told her earlier on Friday afternoon when they were both invited to Shawn party.

Well it wasn't both of them but only Rosella, Christy invited herself as always. "That is the only reason we are friends anyway" Christy would often gossip behind Rosella's back.

Rosella couldn't care less who was and wasn't invited, all she cared about was completing the game that was increasing her excitement the more she read about it. Something inside of her was different, she felt joy and for the first time in a long time, it wasn't forced.

The rules of the stairs game were quite simple. It can be played at anytime of the day but night was most advisable and that is what Rosella chose, no form of instruments are to be held during the progress of the game and a blindfold must be tied around her eyes, the blindfold was said to keep her safe and then lastly a flight of stairs which her house had a decent about of.

She read documentaries and watched videos, she didn't want to do a single thing wrong. Her mother had to work late on Saturday and won't be returning till Sunday, she decided that was the best day to try it.

She wore a kaki shorts and crop top with her snickers, she felt comfortable in those clothes and decided to tie her hair up in a ponytail. she turned on camera and placed it on a table at the top of the stairs and ran down the stairs.

Rosella took a deep breathe as she stood in front of the lowest step, in a gentle and polite tone she said "I come before you Lucifer, open the gate of your kingdom for me" she repeated this six times. At first it sounded weird but as long as it got her where she wanted to be, she was fine.

She took another deep breathe before putting on the blindfolds. Initially the steps in Rosella's house was twenty – five in total and according to the rules of the game, as you descend the stairs the number of steps are meant to increase. In Rosella's place, the numbers remained the same.

It was Rosella's seventh time trying the game, she was slowly descending the stairs using her hands to touch the walls as support in order not to fall down the stairs, "16... 17... 18... 19... 20!" She exhaled and removed her blindfolds, turned on the lights in the living room and walked back up the stairs. "Another failed game, thank you all for watching, until next time Rosella signing out. She turned of the camera and sat on the stairs.

Tears rolled freely from her face, she didn't know why but she felt sad, she thought this was finally the game, she thought she was finally going to get her wish!