The Witch and The Hybrid

Chapter 8-Blessing Ceremony

The Witch's Temple is where so many ceremonies take place, whether it's a blessing ceremony (a blessing ceremony is where a young witch had come of age and gets blessed by the Earth Goddess through the Witch Elder) or weddings which are performed by the Elder as well. The temple is five stories high and takes up an entire block on all four sides, it's got four steeples one on each corner of the roof. The roof makes a triangle shape between the steeples. The building is made of stone, the windows are all stained glass with pictures of the Earth Goddess and gardens. When you walk inside you're welcomed with wall to wall pictures of witches that have past on and came before us, there's a set of doors along one wall that leads to the chapel. Inside the chapel are rows upon rows of pews, looking up you can see sections of balconies where there are more pews, you can seat up to 300 people inside the chapel.

Today the temple and chapel are decorated for the blessing of the Tyler twins and the Tadros boy. It's a very special day the Elders rarely do multiple blessings at once, it's going to be a packed house every witch from the territory will be in attendance along with the friends of the three being blessed.

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Michael's P.O.V

I pull up to the temple with my parents, there's already people entering the building. We enter through the first set of doors into the massive hallway with all sorts of pictures on the walls, I notice an old picture of a beautiful witch with long dark hair. The picture is in black and white so I can't tell the color of her eyes, I read the name on the label "Rosemary Connelly", why does that name sound familiar.

"Checking out our history, huh?" I turn to see Elder Mason behind me.

"Who is she?" I ask curiously still looking at the picture.

"That's Rosemary Connelly, she was one of the original witches to migrate here Ireland" he tells me. "She died in the war 240 years ago" he says with his hand over his heart.

"Did you know her?" I ask him knowing he's a lot older than he appears.

"I wish I had but unfortunately I was just a toddler when it all went down" he explains, he puts his hand on my shoulder "The ceremony is about to start, come with me" he leads me to a room at the end of the hall. I walk in to see my beautiful Emma and Emmett. "Alright, I'll enter the chapel first with Elder Grey who is assisting with the blessing for Michael. Then the three of you will follow together to the alter" Elder Mason explained, we all nod in agreement. "Someone will come get you when it's time, by the way, congratulations Emilia and Michael" he looks at Emma and me. "I look forward to performing your wedding ceremony" he says before walking out the door. I look at Emma and smile the grab her hand lifting it to my lips and kissing it.

"You guys are disgustingly cute" Emmett chuckles at us.

"Just wait man cause you're next" I tease him, I give him a knowing look then he glares at me. I nod letting him know that I know, he clears his throat.

"We'll see" he replies wiping sweat off his forehead.

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Emmett, Emilia and Michael were waiting for the ceremony to begin, they were in a room waiting for someone to get them. Michael looks handsome in a pair of jet black dress pants, a white long sleeved dress shirt with a navy blue tie, a black vest and black dress shoes. He was having a hard timekeeping his eyes off Emilia who is wearing a beautiful purple strapless dress that flows nicely down to her knees and hugs the curves of her body perfectly. You could see the love that illuminates off of Michael and Emilia, the love they have for each other makes you believe in fairy tales.

Emmett was sitting in a corner looking like he just stepped out of a Modern Man magazine, he's wearing a black three piece suit with a white shirt. He was sitting there staring into space when the door opened.

"It's time" Rebecca Mason said walking into the room, Rebecca is Elder Mason's wife and Emmett and Emilia's aunt. She's a thin elegant witch standing at 5'6 with long blonde hair, sky blue eyes and fair skin, she's wearing a beautiful long peach colored dress with fluffy shoulders. She leads them to the double doors where Elder Mason and Elder Grey are waiting to enter the chapel.

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Emilia's P.O.V

My aunt Rebecca came and got us from the room and led us to the chapel doors, I felt so nervous, Michael must have sensed it cause he placed his hand into mine and gave it a small squeeze. As the doors opened my eyes went wide with the amount of people that were here, my breath caught in my throat. Emmett placed my arm through his and Michael kept a hold of my hand as we proceeded down the aisle following Elder Mason and Elder Grey. We finally reached the alter where there's three kneeling benches, we each kneel at the kneelers. I'm in the middle, Michael is to my left and Emmett is to my right.

"Good afternoon" Elder Mason began."We are here today to bestow the Earth Goddess Eliza's blessings upon these three young witches. I'm sure that everyone has noticed Elder Grey has joined us for this ceremony today" he states acknowledging Elder Grey. "One of our young witches id half Genie and will be receiving the blessing from the God Heruka" he stated. "I ask that everyone please remain silent during the blessings as to not disrupt the chants" he said before turning to his assistant who was holding a scroll. "At this time I ask that Elizabeth Tyler please step forward and stand between Emilia and Emmett" he said nodding to my mom, she got up and walked to Emmett and me. "Amanda Quinn Tadros will you come and stand next to Michael" he says nodding to Michael's mom, she stood up and walked up next to Michael. "Michael, Emilia and Emmett please lower your heads" he instructed and we obliged. "Elizabeth, Amanda please place a hand on the heads of your children" he instructs, they oblige. My mom puts her left hand on my head and her right on Emmett.

"If everyone would please lower your heads and share your energy while I read the Goddess's blessing" everyone lowered their heads as Elder mason began reading in Latin. I start to feel a strong energy coursing through my body, I feel tingles and goosebumps through out my body as my uncle continues to read.

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Michael's P.O.V

As Elder Mason finished the Earth Goddess's blessing I can feel a great power run through me, I wonder how I'll feel after receiving the blessing from Elder Grey.

"Let the blessings of our Goddess be with you always" Elder Mason finishes the blessing then turns to Elder Grey. My mom and Mrs.Tyler return to their seats.

"May the blessings of the world be with you" Elder Grey starts holding a scroll in her hand.

"And also with you" the whole chapel responds in unison.

"Brother Omar would you please step forward" Elder Grey motions to my dad as she steps in front of me, my dad steps up next to me. My dad places a hand on my head then Elder Grey starts reciting the blessing in Egyptian. As the blessing continues I start to feel a force awaken inside me, my eyes feel like they're burning and I feel static all around me. "Go forward and let the blessings of Heruka guide your path" she concludes the blessing.

Elder Mason steps forward as my dad returns to his seat, "You may rise" he signaled for us to rise up. "Let the Gods and Goddesses guide you on your paths and continue to bless you" he concludes the ceremony. We follow the Elders back up the aisle and out the chapel doors.