The Sacred Six

The Understanding

"Rowena?!" Phoenix asked shocked, she wasn't scared of the witch's presence but she knew she would have to banish her too, and if anything, Lysander was up to all of this. "Yes my dear I am Rowena-" before she could continue, phoenix started with her chant again directing her energy towards Rowena. "I call upon powers far and near to banish what's not welcome here-" Rowena's hand went up. In a stopping motion, she was calm but she managed to holt phoenix in her tracks. "My Darling, you are extremely smart, for a witch that has only been practicing for less than a month, but I would rather you save your breath and energy. That spell works only on demons, and although you think I am here to cause you harm, I am not. I am here to help you. Like I've just said, I have been sent here, not by Lysander but by your father." "My father? My father did not go to hell when he passed over." "Neither did I, sweet child," Rowena responded,  Phoenix looked at her with confusion but stood her ground, this demon or whatever it was, that she banished was not her mother, it was a trick, someone summoned this demon to her, knowing she was alone and vulnerable. Maybe Rowena is not telling the truth, maybe she too has been sent to her to do her harm. "I can banish you, I know a ton of different spells, this spell isn't the only one that I know." Phoenix spat, "oh I know my dear, it's your energy and your power that I'm worried about, not your spells. Would you like me to prove I mean you no harm?" Rowena asked, and Phoenix nodded. In the time that Rowena was there, Phoenix had not felt threatened or afraid, but she had the urge to hug Rowena, she was giving off a very loving, motherly feeling and Phoenix wanted to be comforted by her. Rowena gave her hand out and motioned phoenix to come closer. "I'm ready when you are..." she said, phoenix looked at her and then back up to her face, "If this is a trap, I will kill you." She responded before placing her and on Rowena's.

It suddenly went black. Phoenix was swallowed in the void of nothingness, it changed in seconds, where a big beautiful manor stood before Phoenix. She knew she had to enter. When she did, he was drawn to the living area where there was a woman crying, she clutched onto her baby, and four other children stood before her. You could see She was late into a pregnancy. A man suddenly appeared behind phoenix, collecting luggage and suitcases which laid at the entrance, she turned to look at him and when she did it felt as if her blood had run cold. 'Lysander.' She thought, she looked back towards the crying woman and realized it was a younger version of Rowena.  "You can not take them away Lysander!" Rowena cried, "Oh but I can! you need to focus on Magic! Not children!" "Lysander this is uncalled for! You can not take my children away! They need their mother!" "They will return when you are the grand priestess!  Now shut it, woman! Or else I will kill you on the spot!"  The heavily pregnant woman looked down at the baby she was clutching and hugged it one last time before handing it over to the cold and venomous man. "Come to Mama boys." she whimpered hugging the other four boys one by one. "I will get you back, one way or another." she cried again letting her children go with Lysander. When they left she collapsed on a nearby chair, letting her emotions out. Phoenix could feel the sorrow that resonated off of Rowena and was also on the verge of tears. Suddenly Rowena cried out in pain. It was a huge shift in emotions. The blood ran down her legs and Rowena got up, making her way to a nearby room. Phoenix followed close behind. She laid on the bed after removing her clothes and she controlled her breathing, the woman was giving birth to her baby just after she let her others go. Rowena pushed and she pushed and it was moments later that she sat with her little baby in her arms. "Crowley..." she smiled.  Then Phoenix was pulled into the void again. She stood in front of the house for the second time. This time the screams were uncontrollable and you could hear that someone was in a lot of pain. She ran into the house the screams leading her to a room with a symbol that was painted on the door. She opened the door and was confronted with the truth. "I summon thee, Lilith, into this empty vessel, sacrificing Rowena for you. I summon Thee to manifest, to serve alongside me in the destruction of this world! To make it a better place." Phoenix frowned looking at Rowena. Two small children, a baby and a two-year-old, lay crying in a cot nearby. Rowena wasn't an empty vessel like Lysander was saying, she was alive feeling every ounce of pain. Rowena looked over to her two children and screamed for what may have been her last breaths, "I love you, my children, I shall return!" Tears streamed her face and then she was gone. The screaming stopped and when Lysander realized that she was no longer there he stopped chanting and left the room. He returned later with his grimoire and started chanting again. Somethings in Latin and moments later Rowena's eyes opened and she smiled a sinister smile. "Why do you wake me?" Rowena asked, her voice coming out wicked and husky. "I need your assistance, I want to start a war! But Lilith will not possess this beautiful body that you are in!" Rowena laughed, "Do you think a high priestess of hell will allow you to decide who she possesses and who she doesn't?" Rowena laughs again, "State your name Demon!" Lysander shouted,  "you are dissatisfied with the demon you called upon?" Rowena asked with an evil laugh, "Yes! Yes, I am!" Lysander shouted pacing the room back and forth thinking of a way to alter the situation. "Your poor Rowena... you know in the past two years she had multiple ways out, but she stayed because you promised her children..." "she promised me that she would work harder, that she would be a grand priestess. She lied!" Lysander responded, "let's be honest here, you also lied. And I have a good feeling that you Lysander, will have a special place in hell... amongst us, maybe even in a lesser and more torturing special place. But going to hell is a sure thing. So let's make a deal while I'm up here in the mortal realm." Rowena said, "what kind of a deal?" "The deal where we get all of the witch's souls and you, my friend, can reside as the high priest." "That sounds like a good deal..." Lysander said, "right how do we start?" He added after a short pause. "We have to trick the priestess of your current coven to think they killed Your precious Rowena..." The demon responded.

It was then that Phoenix had opened her eyes and was back in reality, she looked at the Rowena that sat before her and saw the tears flow down her face. "I'm sorry... I didn't know." "Why didn't you come back earlier, to see you,r children?" "I have been here dear, but the more I return to this earth the more I believe Lysander has gotten a hold on my children." Rowena wiped her tears and asked again, "is that any proof that I am not evil?" Phoenix nodded, "how are you here?" "Your father and your siblings are using their energy to get me here." "But how?" "well you've already been here for three days so they had searched for you and when they found you, they used a summoning spell to get me here, and it's a good thing that I am, cause you're going to need some help getting rid of Batsheeba outside." "So the demon wasn't banished?" "No, unfortunately,  you need to say her name."