7 Sarah (2/2)

”Everyone take your place. Sarah are you ready?” Mr Qilni asked.

I looked at Robert mainly for comfort, I could read his lips assuring me he was there if I needed him. I knew if I had him by my side nothing could have gone wrong.

”I'm ready,” I said.

”Brothers and sisters, we can start the tersen trial, hama azit horen,” as he said those words I felt as if I was in a trance, I still could not understand what they were saying, and I was not able to move an inch of my body. One by one they made a slight cut with their daggers on the palm of their hands and dropped several drops of blood inside the circle.

”With air, we free the missing souls,” Viktor said.

”Through fire, we burn the evil ones,” Mr Qilni said.

”Through earth, we save the pure ones,” Rayleigh said.

”And water to heal them all,” Aaron said.

Nothing happened, other than my body was paralyzed, unable to move a muscle. Mr Qilni stood in front of me with his eyes still bright as gold, quite hypnotic. The air was getting colder, I could feel it in my lungs as every breath I took was painful. The room seemed to become darker, I could sense the light drawn away from where I was standing. In an instant, I felt as if I could not be happy or feel any joy.

”Sarah,” a voice whispered.

I slowly turned my head to see where the noise came from, but strangely what I saw was me? Or rather a doppelganger of myself. The only difference was her eyes, black as pitch, they appeared with no life and a golden ring bordering what seemed to be the pupil. Suddenly her eyes were filled with tears of blood as she stared at me.

”We may never open the doors until a sacrificing soul worth of your loyalty will find you, and re-open it once more. Until this day comes, I pray for us all that the blood of innocents may not be spilt once again. Like the past, the future is filled with blood and death,” she shouted.

”Get away from me!” I screamed. My mind was in disbelief, I did not want to proceed with this nonsense of a test any longer. Everyone was stiff, like time was frozen, every time I tried to get out of this circle there seemed to be an invisible barrier preventing me from getting out. It was as if it was made to imprison me in this nightmare.

She remained still with her hands full of blood. However, as she raised her right hand I felt as if she was strangling me. The cold air was already making it hard for me to breath, but now I sensed my impending death, while every bitter and sad moment came into my head like clips of a movie.

”Blood will be on your hands, death will be your destiny,” she said constantly, as I felt my mind fade away and my vision blurring bit by bit.