*Ring ring*
"Hello?"
"Hey Eliza! It's Tara! Are you up to anything?"
"Nope, just laying around the house."
"Do you want to go to that old New Age shop? I'm thinking about picking up some pretty stones to make healing jewelry. I found it online."
"Sounds fun! When are you going?"
"Now! I'll come pick you up."
"Okay, sounds great."
"So, are you excited about going to this place?"
"Yeah, I've never been. What do they have there?"
"Well besides the stones I want, tarot cards, books, incenses, candles, jewelry, herbs, singing bowls, cloaks.. random stuff."
"Sounds interesting."
The girls come upon an old building right next to a residential area. It looked like an old Victorian, much older than the buildings around it. As they opened the door, the heavy scent of incenses lofted out. It was sweet smelling almost. They opened the heavy wooden door.
"Hello and welcome to Mystical Days. Are you looking for anything?" The voice came from a heavy set older woman. Though she was dressed strangely, her face was kind and her voice cheery.
"No, we're all set. Thanks though!" Tara chirped.
Tara went right to stones and Eliza wandered around.
"Wow, there is so much stuff in here!" Eliza said under her breath.
She touched everything she found. Many things had strange symbols she had never seen before. She settled at looking at the books, since she loved to sit in her room with her cat and read. She saw titles like "Magik for a New Age", "Wicca: Way of the God and Goddess" and "Words of the Gods". The Authors had even stranger names like Night Feather, Skye Lovitt and Andrew Dragonheart. She found them terribly intriguing. She settled upon a book called "Spells for Creatures of the Night". She read the synopsis; it was a book of spells to create or summon various natural and supernatural creatures normally associated with night. She thought it was a little hokey, but none the less interesting. Though she would never use them, she had always been interested in the mystery of night.
"Hey Eliza! Are you ready to go? I found all of my stones."
"Yeah sure! Let me just pay for this book and we can head out."
"Oh, interesting read. I have a copy myself." Said the woman in the front.
"Yeah, I've never read anything like this before."
"Well be careful if you use them. They really do work."
"Ohhhh no, I'm just curious to read them, not to use them."
Eliza grabbed a mug of tea and her cat, then settled into her favorite reading chair. For each creature, it gave a description of it, how to conjure it then how to control it. Her favorite was the supernatural creatures. Many had accounts from different people about the creatures. She couldn't wait to get to her creature of choice- vampires. As a kid her dad loved Bram Stoker's Dracula. When she was ten, she told her parents that she wanted to study abroad in Transylvania. When she was older, she read the Anne Rice series and saw the movie adaptations. She thought the more human vampires were interesting, but always liked the more dangerous ones. This book seemed to have more of a social version of the Bram Stoker type. She liked that. The spell to conjure the vampire was:
To the Souls of the Undead
Take the Blood that flows through my Veins
As an Offering to You
To join Me here Today
Drink, Drink deeply
Let your Cup run over
Take my Life for your own
As a Gift
She read it aloud to see how it sounded. Silly, she thought. Suddenly she became very tired.
"Come on, kitty. Time for bed I think."
Eliza stripped down to just her panties. They were a light blue thong with white ribbon tied into a small bow in the front. She decided to throw on the matching night gown as well. It was also light blue, but silky, perfect for summer. The tiny straps barely held the outfit up because of her large breasts. She crawled into bed and her cat jumped up to the foot and settled down.
"Night kitty!"
And with that Eliza turned off the light. Suddenly the room got very cold. Her cat jumped promptly off the bed. Eliza didn't notice her cat gone, but how dark her room was. She couldn't even see her hand in front of her face. Strange, she thought. Normally she had very good night vision. As she started falling asleep, she felt a gust against her cheek.