The losers' crew

The spell

Alizon Pov

"Are you suggesting that we go dig out the grave of a witch that's been dead for ages?" iris utters in disbelief.

"Have you gone mad?"

"I've always been dear Iris.'' I rise from my chair and take my bag.

"where are you going?"

"Going to meet our favorite witch, since you guys are a bunch of kitty cats I'll handle it myself." I smile at my friends who are looking at me in horror.

"I'm going with you." she rises and stands next to me.

"you are?" Luna and Eve ask surprised.

"I'm always up for an adventure, and this is a once in a lifetime experience," she answers them.

"without further ado, bye." I bid them farewell.

"you guys are ditching school? Luna shouts behind us.

"school can suck my nonexistent D," Iris yells back at her.

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We took a bus to the other side of town. The bus dropped us at the bus station and we had to take the rest on foot.

We walked a lot but the lively colored houses made it worth it. It was like going back in time, there are a lot of children playing outside, different genres of music blasting from the houses. People were talking to each other instead of being on their phones.

We asked around for the location of Alda's mansion, they point us where to go and when to turn. One thing I noticed was each time we mentioned Aldha's mansion they looked at us as if we're not good in the head.

We're at the last turn which means we're almost there.

According to my researches shes buried in the backyard of her mansion where she lived alone far away from the other townspeople.

I found a lot of interesting stories about her.

Some said that her mansion is haunted by her spirit hence why it's abandoned.

Now I have the "Haunted" mansion right in front of me.

It's like finding a treasure. Despite the worn off paint and badly maintained exterior the beauty of the house is still visible.

"we're here," I gesture to the house.

"Are you sure Ali?"

"yes, It's the same house from the grimoire," I answer.

We enter the old mansion and head to the backyard Where her tomb is.

'Here lies the remains of Adha Alizon Shcrehvic. '

Iris steals a glance at me I know exactly what she's thinking 'Alizon' Just like me.

Now I'm scared, The book found me, is it possible that I'm related to this woman. My mother came from a line of witches she would always tell me stories about them but she never mentions Adha so this is just a coincidence.

It got to be.

We ignore the tomb and open the plastic bag with the shovels we bought at a small store on our way there.

"let's do it." Iris breaks the reigning silence between us.

without another word, we started digging.

After what has felt like Forever Iris's shovel hit the surface of the casket.

We look at each other and smile triumphantly, stopped shoveling to put the gloves on our hands, put the face masks on, and open the casket.

She was buried in a black gown and a veil covering her face.

I move my hand in her gown and take her two tibias and we close the casket back.

I put the bones in the back and bury the casket back in.

"Mission accomplish." I hug Iris.

"What's the time?" I ask Iris who's sanitizing her hands so thoroughly.

she turns on her phone's screen. "15:45 we should get going."

She throws me her hand sanitizer, I put some in my hand and throw the bottle back to her.

I put the plastic back with the bones in my backpack. 

"I think I'm traumatized for the rest of my life," Iris whispers as if we weren't alone. 

"Add it to the long list," I smile at her. 

"We're crazy Al," she smiles and heads out.

We exit the mansion without looking back. the way back was much easier now that we knew where to go.

Once home I took a long shower and bathe myself in perfume.

I hid the bones in the garage.

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The next day the whole group skips school to gather the rest of the ingredients.

Pigeon blood 

Our blood 

Four white candles.

Four red candles.

Salt to draw the circle.

Witch bones

Black clothesn(to wear)

And it has to take place in the woods.

Last night I couldn't sleep I was so nervous and excited at the same time. I spent the whole night researching on witches and their history.

The day went by very slow, but now it's finally 10 pm we have to be there by 11 to get everything ready by midnight so we can start the spell.

I wore a black dress with a black veil on my head matching makeup and ready to go to the hoods to gain control over our lives at last.

The location we chose is an ominous, quiet woodland not too far away from our homes. I specifically chose this location based on the rumors that this wood is bewitched. Strange things happen here every full moon.

If you're gonna cast a spell might as well do it in an enchanted place, right?

It's pitch black. The full moon is our only source of light. Bats are all over the place Flying from tree to tree. The birds are chirping an offbeat melody. I've Never heard of birds chirping so offkey. It's almost unbearable. Small patches of the dark sky are peering through the tall creepy trees.

Everyone is here but there's no sign of Iris.

We decided to start drawing the circle as it is in The Grimoire. I mark the four cardinal directions with the white candles and the red candles between the quarters. We put the bones in the middle in an X sign. And mix the pigeon blood with our blood.

We went through the spell one more time. 

"If you're gonna decide to show up late to the most important night of our lives the least you could do was to tell us you'll be late." Eve scolds Iris who just arrives in a big black robe.

"Pff, I'm only...52 minutes lates." She rolls her eyes. 

"54." I correct her. 

"Big difference Alizon." 

I glare at her she composes herself immediately. 

"It's not good for us to start with this bad energy so let's all calm down and get this over with." Luna breaks the tension between us.

"Okay everyone should clear their mind, focus, and feel the energy around us and let's begin," I command. 

"Now I want you all to take your place in the circle and please clear your mind focus on the energy around us."

We each do the cross sign with our left hand before we enter the circle.

We hold hands and start chanting. "open sesame, open sesame, open sesame, open sesame." Each time higher and higher. According to the book, we have to chant this to open the portal of magick to draw the power from it.

We take the bowl which contains our blood mixed with the pigeon blood and we each drink a good portion.

"spirits from the North I'm calling unto you." (Iris)

"spirits from the West I'm calling unto you." (Luna)

"Spirits from the South I'm calling unto you." (EVe)

"Spirit from the East I'm calling unto you." (Alizon)

"Spirits we're calling unto you." (everybody)

"We ask you our wish to grant 

as we say this Chant."

We repeat the chant five times with our eyes closed, each time higher and more intense than the previous. I don't know about the rest but it's like I'm floating on air, the wind around us became stronger and colder. I was in trance.

My ears became sharper, My blood felt as if it was boiling. The woods fell into a deep quietness. The only sound I could hear was the sound of my breathing.

Suddenly a drop of liquid falls on my face, It sends a shiver down my spine. Then it starts raining, I can hear the rain pouring down around me but besides the first drop, I remained dry. I can hear the powerful supernatural thunders. It's both calming and scary at the same time. Eve Tightens her hold on my hand.

I open my eyes slowly to catch a glance at the scene around me.

It's still dark but, suddenly I see a lightning bolt strike right in the middle of the circle, which disperse us.

The last thing I remember was that Eve and Luna let go of my hand and I fell on the ground. I tried to open my eyes but I was surrounded with darkness, the full moon was nowhere to be seen. I felt so weak and tired. I just closed my eyes and let myself go with it.