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Chapter 4

As I watch them leave I saw that the hall was empty and there was no one outside too, so I went outside and look for the vehicles behind the motel but there was none.  So I assume that everyone is out. I thought to myself that I will explore the place and look for the signs as the voice in my head had told me. It suddenly occurred to me that I never went upstairs where I saw that figure staring at me and I decided to go up and check there first. I should look around because I am going to be staying here I have to be safe, this place is bad news.

It was the best time to investigate the place as it was raining and everyone was inside, I don't know for sure but there were no vehicles outside, so maybe they were gone?. I took the chance as it was given to me and I went upstairs to my floor. I checked every room; only two rooms looked like were in use and every other room was locked I never knew who live there.  I was trying to search for pieces of evidence. I was even trying to look for that place that I saw earlier in my vision which was more like a Dungeon. I took my phone and turned the flashlight on since the staircase was very dark and there was no window there. I was a little scared but strong-minded to carry on.

I went upstairs slowly and observed the place. I couldn't find anything; every room was just like an ordinary room.

Frustrated I skimmed the place one more time and then it occurred to me that there is another staircase on the opposite side of the corridor, it was strange and frightening, and made me feel anxious. I went upstairs and flashed my torch to look for the switch but there was none. I found strange symbols over the walls. I have seen the symbols before because I have studied witchcraft when I was young, it was a subject of my curiosity, but I don't quite recognize exactly what these signs mean; they were related to magic I know that for sure.

 This place smells so foul that it almost made me nauseous. I decided to leave and went back into my room.

There's something sketchy about this place I need to be careful I came back into my home and sat in front of the dressing table and listened to the thunderstorm; now I understand why people say that this place is haunted.

I checked my phone; there was a text from my aunt.

"Thank God you're ok. I was worried about you, don't leave home. The weather is pretty bad and if you need anything just let me know and text me your address, I will send you the stuff, stay safe. Love you-aunt Mary".

I begin to feel nostalgic, I was thinking about the time when everything was ok before the pandemic. I had a good life before my parents went away. I keep thinking about my room that my parents made for me when I was a kid; wind chimes on the windows, colorful toys, storybooks, and so many games, they made me my little happy place to comfort me because  I had these blackout episodes since I was a kid. I remembered when my mom used to wake me up for school and made me breakfast and kiss me goodbye before I leave, I miss hugging my dad when I wanted comfort and wanted to feel safe. We had our world full of happiness.  I hate everything here and this place is putting me into more misery. I have to fight it. I got up from the chair and lay on my bed, broke down into tears while thinking about the good times, and eventually went to sleep.

I woke up from the knock on my door rubbing my eyes I walked towards the door and opened it. It was Courtney.

"Hi, what are you doing you went back to sleep? She walked into my room and continue to talk" we just came back from the store everything is now under control and we have stocked up everything." I looked at her arm as she was talking there was that same symbol that I saw upstairs I was shocked." What's wrong, rose, are you ok? You are acting off since this morning "Courtney said.

"I'm fine just having a severe headache. Maybe I'm under the weather. I am going to eat my dinner in my room" I knew she was here to take me down in the hall for dinner so I said that I couldn't go.

I am scared of them, what are they? What do they do? Why do they have symbols all over the body? Now that I recall, David had the same tattoo as Courtney and, I am freaking out.

"That's ok; I will send you your dinner into your room you should rest."

She left the room. After on the other while the food came and I sat down to have it. Thinking about the symbol that I Saw on the wall I searched for them on Google but I couldn't find anything specific that will give me an absolute answer.

I am not scared of these people if they do believe in magic or if they practice. I don't care, not afraid of them but the way they offer a friendship that concerns me they are trying to make me one of them, or maybe I'm just a sacrifice they are planning? There are so many possibilities and each one is driving me crazy.

After eating my dinner I was just sitting there helpless since I couldn't find an answer. I stretched my arms and I thought that I should start exercising again since I am stuck in this place.

My senses amplified, my vision transformed and I was taken to another place.it was a library with a tall gloomy ceiling, with wooden antique bookshelves that covered the walls up to the ceiling. Lavish furniture was concealed with dust. I keep hearing footsteps, but couldn't see anyone. A sudden whoosh of wind directed me towards a dusty old bookshelf. I walked towards it and touched the smooth bindings of ancient books. There I saw the same sign which I saw on Courtney's arm and the walls upstairs as well. A pentagram and many other words and symbols that were in an ancient language, I was unable to understand. Curiously I opened the book; the first page I saw, it had handwritten writing which looked very old and the pages were almost yellowish, it said

 “The sun will turn into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and dreadful day of the Lord’s arrival. He will come and claim what is his and the children of the night will bow down to it".

I turned the page to read more but the book started to disappear from my hand. My vision went black and I posted back into my room with a pang of pain in my head I placed my hand on my head and my eyes opened wide. What does that mean? I thought. I opened the notes from my phone and type exactly what I read in the book. Children of night what does that mean. I tried to make sense of it but I couldn't. It was late already and my head was hurting with stress and overthinking. I decided to take a shower and made sure all the windows and doors are properly locked because now I don't trust this place one bit. I went straight to bed with one light on for safety.

I woke up in the morning and check my phone. It was 7:00 a.m. and I had a good sleep with no dreams just pitch-black comfortable darkness. My mind felt clear and fresh. I left the bed and changed my clothes. I had decided to start my day with exercise because I never skip it since I was in 7th grade I hate my delicate look so I always tend to exercise with heavyweights, train my body with long-run lapse, tough exercises, and boxing, but all that still didn't change my delicate look but I made my muscles stronger which I like. I don't want that to change to I kept my exercises consistent.

I got downstairs and there were two or three people there who I have seen before but don't know. They were drinking and talking to each other. I got outside and started to do some stretches on the side of a motel. The bushes were more like patches there on the side of the motel, so it felt safe because they were see-through. The weather was still cold and damp. The sun was unable to shine since the dark clouds were still there. I live for this weather; it makes me feel more alive. I took a deep breath to inhale the beautiful smell of the rain and started my warm-up exercises after some time I plugged my earphones in and played Forbidden fruit by hallway swimmers. I started running along the road I know there won't be any cause because of the lockdown. The scene was breathtaking gloomy thunder clouds on the sky everything was washed by the rain and the air was clean and damp. The wild bushes on the opposite side of the road were slowly moving with the cold wind. The song matched perfectly with the scene. I took some lapse of the road as the songs were changing I kept hearing the rumbles of thunder between them. After a while, I stopped a little farther from the motel to catch my breath. As I was panting, a small squirrel scurried across the road and went into the bushes.

I observe the bushes started to move a little faster and wildly a little squeak from the Squirrel came and everything went silent. A wild animal hunted the squirrel I thought. I heard a little whimper and decided to move away from there. As I went a little farther, the sky turns black. Dark clouds formed up in the sky I was in awe at how the clouds formed up and then I heard a howl in the distance that could be a wolf or maybe a dog. The howling sound came from the backside of the Mansion where the long trees were standing. I turned around to look at was shocked to see Britney standing behind me. She was scared and checking herself consciously and repeatedly. She didn't notice that I saw her. I went up to her

"Britney, what're you doing here?" I asked. She was nervous as if I got her doing something

"I... Uh," she stuttered.

There was Blood on her Chin

 "Are you hurt," I asked. Just then I saw David's car pull up to us.

He said, "What are you girls doing here outside in this weather. It's going to rain soon, come on inside".

"I think Britney is hurt"

"What?" he said and looked towards her.

"Oh my god, Britney are you drunk again?" Courtney said leaning towards David's window.

"Don't worry rose, this is usual for her" she said.

"Can you walk back inside?" David asks her, she nodded quickly and speed-walked towards the motel and went inside.

I stood there confused; thinking why was there blood on her chin.

"Oh god!" Courtney scuffed.

"I'll see you inside," Courtney said and the car drove away at the back to park it. A gust of strong wind whooshed and grew stronger. The Fury of the storm was incredible. As I walked quickly towards the front door I looked at the mansion, the trees behind it were swaying and the rain started to pour.

I went inside and look for Britney but she was nowhere to be seen. I walked up to the same table on which I said on my first night here and looked outside the window full stop the stunning scene attracted me towards it I kept watching the top of the Mansion. As someone was trying to Grab my attention towards it curious I looked at the window I was playing with my necklace with one hand and the other what's on the table with my face resting on it. A certain feeling of warmth wrapped around my body and my heart fluttered. A feeling of desiderium clouded my mind. But that was not what I was feeling it feels like it was someone else's emotions. It was barely an emotion. Rather, it was more like half of my heart was in another place dreaming to be united with me once again.

Courtney and David came and sat with me.

"How are you feeling," she said as she handed me a plate and a coffee.

"I am good now, thanks. I am not hungry." I said

"You have to eat to avoid those headaches," she said and pushed the plate towards me. They started to eat their food so I did too.

"Ugh, did you pay for the food again?" I asked.

"Don't worry about that, no one's paying. It's all on the house since we're stuck here." David said. I thought it's a good time to ask about the owner.

"I never saw the owner here although he lives right there, what's with that?" I said.

"How do you know that he is a 'he'?" he said in a teasing tone and Courtney rolled her eyes.

"Courtney told me that 'he' is your friend that's how," I said.

"Yeah, More like a boss I worked for him. He is a Grumpy Old man, you couldn't like him" he said.

"And if he finds out that you are talking shit about him behind his back, he will break your back in half so, shut up". Courtney said in a low voice gritting her teeth.

"What? I was kidding," he said as he stuffed his mouth.

"I noticed you guys have matching tattoos, that's cute," I said.

I assumed that this is the best time to bring that up maybe they will spill some secret out of their mouth without even thinking. There was an awkward silence for a while then I said "I've read about witchcraft and the prehistoric practices but I don't quite recognize the symbols. Don't mind me just asking out of curiosity"

"I made him get it. It means that we are bound together for eternity; in old times people used to have these symbols that signified which king they are obliged to. The tattoos represented their King to which they were bound for eternity but we got it to express your love for each other." she said I felt suspicious about it, she might be lying I thought.

"Things I do for love," David said sarcastically and left with his empty plate and went towards the counter she smiled as she shakes her head. She got up and said

“I’m going to go now, you have a good day”.

"Sure, you too," I said. I looked outside the window; the thunderstorm was still raging on. As I was getting up to return to my room, a pale flash of lightning came through the multicolored-glass window and spread little gems on the floor; I didn’t want to stay there alone since it was giving me odd feelings. As I was going upstairs, I bumped into Britney. First off I looked at her Chin there was no cut she was looking fine which means that wasn't her blood on her chin when I saw her outside in the morning. She passed me and started to walk quickly up the stairs that's when I caught the glimpse of her neck, it was the same tattoo that was on Courtney's and David's neck, it was on her neck too. I got upstairs she wasn't there, maybe she went inside her room and I didn't know which one was that. I got inside my room and sat at the edge of my bed. I started to think about what had happened today. I searched for the note that I made on my phone prior about what I have read from the book.

“The sun will turn into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and dreadful day of the Lord’s arrival. He will come and claim what is his and the children of the night will bow down to it".

I started to decode the quote from the information that I have gathered. Courtney told me that the signs on her body and David's body were for their love but it was proven false when I saw Britney had the same sign. She told me that in ancient times this sign represented their leader or king. Who is the leader? There is got to be a leader. They already looked like a group someone might be leading them and keeping them together. Then it occurred to me what David has said at the table; he works for the owner of the place that lives in the Mansion. When he joked about him Courtney got angry and made him shut up which means she knows him too or rather, works for him.

I am supposing that if they both work for him then Britney might also work for him because she has the same tattoo too. If they are his servants then it makes him the leader or king and them 'the children of the night'. My pieces of evidence are not strong enough but at least I am getting somewhere.

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