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“Just go for it! I tried it and well…where do you think my husband came from?” Jana, a good friend of yours boasted about her new man while preparing drinks for you two.
You on the other hand sat by on the L shaped couch (or sectional) debating if you should even entertain her nonsense or keep on searching for your dream guy out in the clubs.
No luck came your way, just drunken losers looking for a good time but you refused to believe that you would obtain the guy of your dreams by doing something as silly as wishing upon a star while holding an amulet.
“I’m telling you! This thing is legit! All you do is wait until the moon is high in the sky, put the amulet, light a candle and tell the pendant what you want.”
“And supposedly after I’m thrilled and thriving with my happily ever after, right?” Your eyes tumbled in disbelief but you accepted your drink from Jana, almost chugging it all down in one pass.
She sighed but handed you the old piece of jewelry anyways. “If I’m right then you owe me.”
“If you’re right then we need to make money off this thing!” You exclaimed, the still somewhat shiny gold chain cool in your hand. The gem on the necklace needed a good cleansing—years of wear causing the deep ruby cluster to appear onyx.
Jana chuckled and shook her head, “No can do. I have to return it. It’s very old and powerful and it can’t get in the wrong hands.”
“Fine, well I’ll let you know how this goes in the morning.” Your uncertainty shown through your eyes but you clutched the amulet tightly in your pocket, waiting for your drink date to end before you went home and tried things out.
*****
A wisp of smoke rose gradually from a match’s head as you lit a candle before taking a seat in the middle of your room. In the center of your rug sat the old pendant Jana loaned you, gazed up at the ceiling and casting an eerie shadow around the walls.
“I swear this crap better work or she is so going to hear about this for sure.” You mumbled to yourself, getting comfortable and ignoring the ominous hum that echoed from the item.
After all, getting your dream man meant the most to you. It became all you thought about ever since Jana revealed that she woke up next to her new man after a night of preforming the same spell you were about to. She carefully went over the rules for summoning before handing the pendant over to you, and after a beer or two more for confidence, you were finally ready.
With a deep breath, you draped the jewelry over your neck and began reciting the chant that would get the ‘Love God’s’ attention. The words flew right out your mouth and after, you rattled off every little detail you wanted you future husband to have.
“I want a brave man who will keep me safe no matter what! He’ll be my knight in shining armor…no, no! my dark knight in shining armor, because he’ll be all mysterious and have a brooding side.” You nodded before speaking the last of the chant.
Nothing happened at first and inside your mouth, your teeth gritted in a winding circle of annoyance because you thought it didn’t work. But then the candle blew out and your room grew darker, the shadows engulfing every inch of light that remained. The interior border of your rug began filling with smoke, an invisible circular wall containing it in a columnar shape.
“Oh shit, what the hell did I just do?!” Quickly you tossed the pendant from your body before grabbing the candle, spilling wax in the process and scrambling out of the way before the smoke engulfed you.
The flames that fell on the ground suddenly roared into a blazing explosion that left you ducking and dodging for cover. “OH MY GOD.”
From your closet you witnessed as a mini tornado of blazes roiled and spun into a growing cloud, the shutters on the doors clattering in front of you showing no signs of keeping you safe from whatever the fuck was happening outside of them.
*****
Moments passed before things settled enough to where you could poke your head out without feeling like you would lose it. You room fell silent and the flames that scorched your rug were now burned out, once orange sputtery fibers now black, hollow irregular beads that crushed into gritty onyx powder under the weight of something.
“H... hello?” You called from the safety confinements of your closet. Despite the rising guttural purrs that filled your room, the only thing you could hear was blood rushing to your head and the pound of your heart.
Something didn’t seem right but you were way to terrified to exit your hiding spot to see what it could have been. Growling started quietly but you could very well feel movement from outside the shutter doors as a form became visible the closer it advanced to where you were.
“Are you my prince charming?” You inquired, peeking through the slivers in the closet doors. The darkness of your room obscured your view which left you with no choice but to push them completely open.
A pair of vermilion eyes glowed in the gloom, glaring at you imperiously. You opened your mouth to speak again but your voice caught in your throat as you finally stepped out of your hiding spot and caught sight of what you’d summoned.
“Whew, that thing either was running out a room or I’ve been growing!”
“Wha…What the—” You gasped, breathless, eyes bright even through the darkness of your room. This couldn’t have been your prince charming…could it?
You weren’t sure if you were imagining the mystical red glow surrounding the figure in front of you, effectively trapping you between the closet and itself or if you’d actually screwed the spell up. Either way, this couldn’t have been the process Jana took.
“Hey! You know, it was rude of you to throw my house aside like that!” The creature exclaimed, its appendages jerking in the process. “My mother gave that to me and you just tossed it like it was trash!”
Your head whipped up at the sight of the fully extended fangs baring from the creature’s mouth. A vision of potential chaos flashed through your mind as you took a brisk step back. “You’re…. You’re not my prince charming…”