The Dormant: The 5 Goddesses

Episode 4: Sleepover

~Charly~

¨Get off of him!!!¨ ¨Basteet¨ Blood was dripping everywhere, a feathered serpent, a newborn baby, five women standing together, more blood and pain.

I let out a scream, and I was suddenly propping up on my bed, panting with one of my hands clutching my chest hard, willing my pounding heart to slow down, but I didn't know if it was the realistic dream or if it was Poppy jumping on top of me that did wake me up. ¨Chill it, my butt is not that heavy, Charlotte.¨ Poppy said, offended by the fear in my eyes and I had to admit my heart was beating a mile per minute, I would have also felt insulted if our roles were reversed.

¨Yes, it is. It's all in the muscles, you know. Get off me, you munchkin.¨ I replied, the fear draining my body and now my voice sounding hoarse, as my mind finally began to zone in, what about that nightmare? It was really f*****g vivid. What was that s**t all about?

I blinked realizing I was zoning out as Poppy snapped her fingers in front of my face.¨Dude, why are you sleeping? I know it's a sleepover, but if the host is the first one sleeping it is just weird.¨ She asked while I relaxed and lay down in my bed again, closing my eyes feeling sluggish all of a sudden.

¨Who let you in?¨ I whined, grabbing a pillow and putting it on my head.

¨Patrick, he says Sara is out, here.¨ Rolling her eyes at me, she handed me a note from my mom.

Poppy began poking at my ribs and I let out an exasperated breath.¨Okay, I am up.¨ Immediately I stopped my acting, placing the pillow to the side and propping myself up on my elbow. I put on my glasses and then read my mom's note. ¨It says she would be out on a date night with my dad.¨

¨Ooohh, that's so sweet. All this time and your parents are still dating.¨ Poppy spoke as I looked at her with a bewildered face.

She shrugged her arms, giving me an "I got a point here kind of face, ¨ ¨Hey, I am not judging; you know how long those two have been married and still, keep the flame going. My parents hardly speak to one another.¨

¨I guess that's true.¨ I replied while leaving the note on the nightstand. ¨Have you heard from the world havoc?¨

¨Danielle said she had already cleaned up her room so she would be here about seven.¨

My door suddenly opened with a loud bang. ¨I heard my middle name who called havoc!¨ Danielle appeared with a scream. Her face darted back and forth over to Poppy and me.

¨Patrick please stop opening the door to crazy women!¨ I yelled while looking at the slightly crazed teenager standing by the door. My brother shuffled in the background, shrugged his arms, and entered his room.

Danny brushed my comment off and continued speaking. ¨I need to hear gossip. They must be juicy, and I need them now. Go on plebeians, talk now.¨ She demanded like a queen while staring straight at Poppy and me, then walked inside my room, sat on the bed, and quickly added, ¨Did you see how good Carl looked today?¨

¨Oh my god, I know, but do you know he is single now? He broke up with Jen last summer.¨ Poppy added while bouncing on her spot in excitement.

¨That boy is going to get hounded this year. Hasn't he been dating her since kindergarten?¨ They both started to laugh.

¨Have any of you seen Sean?¨ I asked with a bit of hesitation. Danielle's grin evaporated with my comment and soon changed into a concerned face.

¨Oh, Honey, don't do this to yourself.¨ She sighed and then darted her face to look down at her hands, hiding her expression from me.

¨Danny tell me.¨ I demanded, getting on my knees and shuffling to where she was. She looked up at Poppy, and then Poppy looked at me, giving me an uncomfortable face.

¨We saw him in the last period. He seemed really close to Tina.¨ Poppy quickly said, closed her mouth, and looked at me. ¨Oh well, good for him and good riddance.¨ I snapped. Turning my head away from them.

¨Maybe now he is getting what he needs.¨ I replied, rolling my eyes.

Sean had been my first boyfriend, and we dated for almost three years before he decided I wasn't giving the goods aka my first time fast enough. We had a huge blowout, which if it weren't for a well-placed kick on his balls, he wouldn't have backed down. He even managed to punch me in the face before I could get away.

¨Well, he deserves a hex. We should look for hexes and let him have it.¨ Danielle soon said while forcing a grin on her face, trying to change the room's sudden, sour mood.

¨Danny tell me please, how can we hex someone, what are we twelve? Do you know any witches? Do you have any on your speed dial?¨ Poppy questioned her while letting out a laugh.

¨ There is never an age restriction for hexes on evil exes.¨ She pointed her finger at Poppy. ¨And jokes on you, my tiny little friend because…¨ Danielle took her phone out and started to type. ¨… Hexes on demand, thanks to Google¨ She mumbled then put her phone up triumphantly while biting her lower lip with a smirk.

She took the phone back down and started scrolling, soon finding a hex she liked. ¨See, this one is easy enough. What do you say, Charly?¨ She shoved her phone into my face, and on the screen, I could read.

*Make him ache! Easy spell to get back at a lover.*

Looking at her a little apprehensive, I glanced up and side-looked at Poppy while a grin spread to my lips. Yeah, it was childish, but who cared? It was fun and these were my sisters from another mister. ¨To hell with it, witches' night tonight.¨. I said out loud, getting the Danielle excitement bug.

Poppy took Danny's cell phone from her hand and started reading out loud. ¨Okay, we need a candle, some pins, a red marker. Do you still have his hoodie?¨ She started enumerating the different objects we required, the last one asking straight at me.

¨Hold up.¨ I stood up and started searching for the darkest corners of my closet. After a few minutes, I found what I was looking for in a remote part at the back where I had thrown it. I picked it up with two fingers and triumphantly said. ¨Yes maam, can it be dirty? It has almost become cheese at how much time it has been sitting in that corner.¨

¨Oh yes, whatever.¨ She answered and wrinkled her nose at me. ¨Danielle you have the candle and the paper.¨ Danielle, who came running from the kitchen with the rest of the stuff, let out a sigh and started to fight with Poppy for her phone.

¨Give me my phone back. I want to be prima witch tonight.¨ She pouted, trying to wrestle the device from Poppy.

¨Ohh you already are, Danny.¨ Poppy replied and handed the phone back to Danielle.

¨Let's get this party started.¨ Danielle said, rolling her eyes at Poppy, now having control of the phone.

Her eyes looked down on us with a mischievous grin. At the door, Patrick stood, shaking his head with his mouth slightly open. ¨Girls are f*****g crazy.¨ He mumbled, and I screamed back at his reaction. ¨Don't hate us 'cause you ain't us, dude.¨

Danielle snapped her fingers at me, bringing me back to the topic at hand. ¨Focus Charlotte. Okay, let's start.¨she looked at us now while deeply breathing. Then she closed her eyes. Neither Poppy nor I took her even remotely seriously but decided to play along.

"Wind, fire, earth, and water.¨

¨Make Sean lovesick and battered.¨

She started chanting, and then we repeated it after her.

"Wait!¨ Danny said while opening one eye and scrolling through her phone. ¨Now Charly grab a piece of his hoodie and burn it.¨

I looked at the fabric in my hand and asked," Really? Is a cute hoodie. I would hate to tear a piece of it just for Sean. It doesn't deserve to be sacrificed for that little bitch¨ Poppy and Danielle stared at me in exasperation. ¨Okay!¨ I said. While taking a bit of it with some scissors and burning it with the candle.

Danielle continued her chant while I burned the hoodie, and put the smoking remains in a garbage can.

¨Make his heartache for the one who holds this token.¨

¨Make him sad for all that he has lost.¨

Danny read, and Poppy and I repeated it hesitantly. ¨Now we must repeat three times more.¨ She said while giving us a big smile.

We did the second repetition of the hex this time; we did it simultaneously and seriously. A small gush of wind started to swirl outside, making the backyard trees sway back and forth. Porkchop, who was staring at us, started barking at the third repetition, then the lights began to flicker, making all three of us jump in our spots.

¨Guys I don't like this.¨ Poppy said while looking straight outside my window.

¨Yeah, not my best idea.¨ Danielle added, her eyes fixed on the flickering lights above our heads.

¨Magic isn't real, this is just fun and games come on.¨ I said nervously, laughing. The lights went completely off at the exact second, making the three of us screech into the darkness.

I called for Patrick, and after a full-blown minute, I heard him… cackling outside my door. ¨You guys are so lame.¨ He stated while chuckling. ¨I just switched off the motherboard.¨ He pointed at the three of us holding each other while doubling up. ¨You little son of a b….¨ I screamed and launched towards him. He ran down the stairs while Danny and Poppy followed us, closed up by Pork Chop barking.

After our little seance session, making my brother pay, restoring the light, eating dinner, and watching a movie. We decided to call in the night and go to bed. I started dreaming again, always the same dream, always the same images. A feathered serpent, sorrow, sadness, get off him!!!¨ ¨Basteet!¨ Blood everywhere, a wolf, a child, five women standing together.

I woke up in a stupor at two am. f**k, I needed to stop eating heavily at night, I thought. While standing up to use the bathroom. I walked past my window and glanced towards the area where the cult was supposed to be. At a distance, you could see the village was lit with a huge bonfire. All around, you could hear wolves howling.

¨That's creepy.¨ I mumbled while trying to get a better look, glancing straight into the forest area near my house. That's when I saw it. It was like one of my nightmares, it was a huge pack of wolves, descending the area, only about a mile away from my house. ¨WTF!¨ I screamed, making Poppy yelp out of her dream. ¨What?¨ She asked, clearly scared.

I faced her and pointed towards my bedroom window. ¨There are so many wolves, wolves everywhere.¨ I mumbled in shock, not even believing it myself.

¨What?¨ She repeated while she scrambled out of bed, standing up and looking out the window. ¨Charly have you been drinking your meds? There's nothing there.¨ She questioned, giving me a blank expression. I faced the window again, and there was not a single wolf in sight.

¨Yes, but they were there, and they were huge, I am telling you, Poppy, there were more than a hundred.¨ Poppy looked at me now with concern. ¨Charly are you hearing things again?¨ She cupped my head in her hands.

¨Yes, No, I don't know, but I know there were wolves out there; you got to, believe me, please, it's not in my head.¨ I tried making her understand what I saw, maybe saying it slightly manic.

¨Hey, Hey. I believe you, but we can't do anything about it right now. Why won't we get you back to bed, and tomorrow we will get our planner over there…¨ She motioned to a contorted and snoring Danielle in my bed. ¨…and we can concoct something. We will get to the bottom of this. I promise you.¨ I nodded my head at her, still worried, asking myself if I was really crazy and what is this thing about wolves. First, in the afternoon, now this.

¨Please don't tell my mom until we know really what is happening.¨ I pleaded, and she nodded, still looking worried and getting me back to my bed.

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[ [ Ancient Memories]]

I was flying, I was free, I was on top of my jungle. I heard my children's pleas in my head, asking me to go to the tribe for some tokens they collected for me. Groaning and immediately linking my prophet Xmulcane. ¨ I'll be there tomorrow, my warrior, please wait for me.¨ It was my job, and my life always replying to their demands.

My people loved me, and I felt it every time they prayed and needed me, but before making my way back to my tribe, I needed some godly time alone.

Flying through the jungle, an idea popped into my head. I decided to visit my favorite spot. It was the entrance to Xibalba, one of the many cenotes that are connected to an underground water system. (water pools that take you to the underworld.)

Feeling happy and contempt with my surroundings flying to that magical spot, I started thinking of this enchanting place. I've been all around the world and met every type of magical. Growing weary, I decided to settle with this tribe. There was something about these people's customs and the way they accepted my teachings.

I plummeted with a sharp turn to my destination, feeling the humid tropic jungle on my skin. The air became denser as I flew to the ground. Shifting and walking for a bit, admiring my surroundings. I moved some brush. There, in my favorite spot in the jungle, a woman…

.

The travesty, the insult. My people knew this place was mine and mine alone, and they could not trespass unless I permitted it. Chewing on my lip and almost combusting while seeing her bathing, but something was wrong with her. She is not like all the women-kind I've noticed. She's different, unique.

Her long hair was black as coal, and her olive-tan skin was from another tribe. A tribe I met a long time ago from far away lands. She was tall and slim, and I could smell her; her scent was like the most perfect cocoa bean.

My arm started to raise my hand involuntarily, trying to ease the distance between us. The woman dove into the water with a splash. The clear water surrounding her, making ripples, disappearing entirely. She soon remerged completely wet.

My eyes kept watching her, and I nervously shifted my feet. The bush in front of me loudly crunched when I stepped on it, she jumped facing me. I backed up a little, using the shadows to cover me, trying not to scare her.

I lifted my gaze and saw her; I could tell she was not human with one look at her eyes. Immediately realizing she was like me, a god, I gasped. Those eyes were the only thing my head could get around. Their size, their almond form, their color, a mixture between the morning sky and the starriest night. I could lose myself in those eyes forever.

Looking down from the hypnotizing sight of her eyes. My gaze started to travel down her body, her perfectly round breasts, and her hips' curve. I drooled at the perfect black mound formed between her legs, a small roar came out of my throat.

Not knowing if to run and cover her up or keep watching. That mound was only for my eyes to see the thought formed naturally in my head. It's only for my lips to taste, my hand to explore.

I felt a mixture of pleasure and panic while watching her. My loincloth was pulsing with anticipation to hear her speak.

She is mine, and I am hers. I'll follow her wherever she goes. I told myself.

¨I know you are there.¨ She spoke, the sound coming from those lips was the sultriest, most sacred sound I've ever heard. It froze me on my spot as she started to walk out of the cenote.

¨Don't be shy; come out, we can share.¨ Her body was dripping, every droplet caressing her skin.

With her calling me and my hidden spot uncovered, I stepped out of the shadows, with long steps making my way to her. I was soon holding her in my arms, and my body started tingling and shivering with the sudden contact. Every place we touched, I felt explosions. Trying to clear my foggy mind. The only word that could come out of my mouth was. ¨Mate.¨