Welcome to my first story. This story is somewhat nonconsent, though that will change in other chapters. Though the chapters are somewhat short, I have the first three ready for publishing. There are elements of bondage and control which made selecting a category hard, so for now it's in nonhuman. I appreciate any comments! I edited this myself, so any and all grammatical errors are mine.
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I didn't want to play this stupid game. I wasn't a teenager anymore, I didn't find any of this forbidden or scary. In high school, we tried all those different games. Ouija boards, light as a feather, summonings and making up our own seance rituals. None of it ever worked. Cora wanted to do it again for old times sake. Can't we just go get pedicures like normal girlfriends who haven't seen each other in years?
My friends came to the city for our 15 year class reunion. Gag. I didn't want to go, but they all talked me into it. I wanted to see them, but I didn't care about anyone else I graduated with. If I wanted to be friends with them and know how their lives turned out, I would have kept in touch. I didn't care how well Trevor's life was after being a star football player in high school and all around douche bag. Maybe karma kicked him in the teeth and he's fat, ugly and bald. I wasn't holding my breath.
"I found some chants online we can try. This should totally work," Cora said with enthusiasm, lighting one candle after another. My whole apartment was aglow with candles. I really hope nothing caught fire. My landlord would have a fit.
"It didn't worked before, it won't work now," Bree said, refilling our wine glasses. Yes, this time around we had alcohol. Maybe that was the solution. "It's just fun to do. So let's drink up and enjoy it!"
"Well you better not start without Jilly," I commented from the couch. I was sipping my wine, letting Cora do all the work. "She might skin us alive if we attempt this again without her."
"Yeah, yeah, we'll wait," Cora chimed as she finished the last of the candles. She was now setting up herb bundles she made at home. How she got them through airport security is a mystery.
We gossiped, waiting for Jilly. We discussed Orange is the New Black, Bree's upcoming promotion and my love life. Or the lack thereof. I was the only one without a serious boyfriend or husband. I was routinely on the docket for discussion. With my slim build, decent rack and green eyes, Cora didn't know how I was boyfriendless. She always said she'd kill to have my blond hair. The hair I don't get out of a bottle. I'd dye my hair if I didn't have to maintain that crap. I rarely went into a salon, which is why my hair was brushing past my shoulder blades. I'd make an appointment when I got desperate.
"We should go clubbing, find you a man," Cora proposed. I nixed that. Again, not a teenager anymore. Finding a man in a bar or club didn't work out the best for me. I wanted to meet a guy who wasn't some asshole who feels I'm obligated to sleep with him if he buys me a drink. And let's face it, those are the kind of men that approached me in a bar or club. The nice guys seem to wait too long.
Jilly burst through the door, holding two pizza boxes and another paper bag. Probably full of wine since we'd gone through three bottles already tonight.
"Sorry!I had to drop Gavin off to meet the rest of the guys. Traffic is murder out there right now," Jilly explained. The men folk were doing a boys night out while we did a girls night in.
"Finally! I'm hungry and these bitches are ready to sell me off to an Arabian prince!" I meet Jilly and toke the bag from her and headed to the kitchen to set them out. Jilly deposits the pizza onto the stove top and then proceeded to hand out squares of paper towels for plates.
Since I had drained my glass of wine while talking about my fabulous love life, I can't even think it without rolling my eyes, I opened a new bottle and brought it out with me to the coffee table. Since the coffee table could only hold a bottle of wine with all the crap all over it, our wine glasses sat on the hardwood floors.
"Okay, let's get started," Cora demanded after we all finished our first slice of pizza. She scooted up to the coffee table and pointed for us to take our places at each side of the table. I sat across from her, with Jilly and Bree on the sides.
"Join hands," Cora said before ordering us to close our eyes. I bit back a sigh and complied. Cora chanted in unintelligible words. I peeked a glance at Jilly, who was peeking at me. She shrugged and closed her eyes once more. So I did too.
"Gods, goddesses, powerful beings of the universe! Hear our plea! Tell us your secrets and deeds. At the very least, our good friend Ember could use a good fucking- Ow!" Cora yelled when I let go of Jilly and Bree's hands to punch her in the shoulder.
"Well, you showed us, Cora," Bree said, taking advantage of a free hand to drink more wine. "It totally worked this time."
No sooner than she said that the lights went out. We screamed. My heart raced and when nothing happened I laughed.
"What timing for a power outage," I said through nervous laughter. I stopped laughing. "Guys?"
They didn't answer.
"A good fucking, you say?" A deep voice said through the darkness ahead of me.
"Knock it off, Cora, that's not funny," I said nervously as I backed away from the voice. I was startled when my back never met my couch. Come to think of it, the coffee table my legs had been under was missing, too.
"Let's get started," the voice said. From right behind my back, his breath hot on my neck. His hand clamped down on my mouth when I went to scream again.
I heard him snap his fingers and the lights came back on. And this was not my apartment. This wasn't even a place in the city. That I knew of.