Chapter 4 THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS PART ONE

THIRD Person's POV

"What do you think you are doing?" said the pretty lady in a stern and cold voice.

"W-we w-were j-just t-try-ying to give her food and clothing that-that's all," the dark head said

in a petrified and nervous voice.

He looked like he was going to have a heart attack

because of the death stare the pretty lady had given him.

"OHH" she dragged the word and said sarcastically

"oh, so you feed kids by slapping them huh"

"N-no that's not it, I was playing with her that's all". The dark head said nervously.

"Hmm YOU IDIOT, YOU COULD HAVE

RUINED EVERYTHING WITH YOUR ACTIONS IF THE GRANDMASTER WERE TO FIND

OUT, HE WILL HAVE YOUR HEAD!!" She said in a high-pitched voice that was full of rage.

"You know how important this day is, we are supposed to be extra careful, one wrong move

this kid would have killed us all". She said in an annoyed voice.

"S-sorry mistress, it won't happen again," he said in the voice of a terrified child after he had

been caught with their hands inside the cookie jar.

"Get. Out. Of. My. Sight." She said the words harshly and separately.

The dark-haired guy ran out

of the room as fast as he could. The blonde guy, however, stood there for a moment and went

out of the room calmly. Daria was now left alone with this beautiful yet terrifying lady. She

looked at Daria with an ugly look and wondered how such a small person could hold

unfathomable power that could both destroy and create. She couldn't believe it and was

sceptical about all of this. She thought all the fuss around this child was for nothing and this

was just some wild goose chase. "Eat your food, and I'll come back later to dress you when

you are done," she said coldly while walking out. Daria stood there looking at the closed door

to make sure no one else would return.

Daria's POV

I looked at the bedside table where the plate of food was, I stared at it for a few seconds

before my tummy started making growl noises. I hadn't realized how hungry I was until the

food's alluring aroma hit my nostrils. Due to the events that happened today, I missed

my second breakfast, lunchtime, and snack time. Now was the time to make up for that. I

grabbed the plate off the bedside table greedily and ate as if my life depended on it, which

sort of did seeing as I was kidnapped, my family included.

I almost choked on the food when I realized I had seen neither aunt Marlene nor Mona. Furthermore, I

changed my clothes and put on the clothes they had left for me, which were only a robe with

a golden serpent embroidered in the middle of the robe and white Adidas sneakers. After I

wore the clothing, I sat on the bed and waited for the calamity that was to come. I knew my

nightmare come true was just about to begin. An hour later I heard footsteps, I instinctively

knew they were coming to get me, so I had already gotten off the bed

subconsciously and in front of the door ready to be taken to my certain doom. Moments later

I saw a figure behind the door stop and my eyes looked at the doorknob, I watched it as it

was turning, and the door opened, then the pretty lady came to view alongside two males;

they were all wearing robes similar to mine but theirs were black with two gold and silver

serpents in the middle. The other two were wearing masks, though these only had green

snakes around the mask without the crescent moon.

"Oh so you're ready good, let's go," she said emotionless and then added

"let's get this over with" she lazily said in a whisper.

She took me manually and guided me through the many hallways, then we reach an enormous door that was beautifully made. It had two snakes, one gold and one emerald

green. The two snakes intertwined into an infinity sign and their heads reunited in the middle of the doors. There weren't any door handles, just ancient symbols and writing also called

ruins if you want to be technical about it. The door's design was very intricate and well-preserved. The pretty lady then let go of my hand and stepped in front of the door and took

out a golden dagger with a black snake for a handle. She slit her hand, making a small little

cut, and closed her hand into a tight fist. I watched as blood trickled down her hand. The

pretty lady then handed the dagger to her two followers, and they imitated all her actions in

detail.

*yeah I know the pretty lady think is somewhat annoying, but what can I say, that's all I could come

up with seeing as I don't know her name. It's the only thing I could think of calling her, so give

me a break, why don't you*

They all stepped closer and started chanting a spell, what shocked me was when the door lit

up and glowed for a few seconds after that the glow was replaced by voices.

"Ssss why have you s-summoned usss"?hissed a female-like voice.

"Yesss s-sister ask them," hissed a male voice.

My eyes got wide when I saw who or, in this case, what the voices belonged to. The snakes

that were once carved into the doors were now alive and could talk *holy macaroni*

"Oh it's just you Lady Michelle," the emerald snake said when it recognized the pretty lady or

Lady Michelle as I've just discovered.

"We require entrance to the sacred lair," said Lady Michelle

Then the two snakes opened their mouths hearing this and then the lady and the two guys

poured their blood into each snake. The snakes started glowing bright red the moment they

drank the blood, the glow was then replaced by a blinding light that lasted for a second.

When I opened my eyes, I was completely certain that my eyes were going to be blurry

due to the brightness of the light. My eyes became huge, my mouth wide open in shock

because what I saw was terrifying. Where the door used to be there was now a large arched hole, that

looked like an entrance to hell. My mind told me to run, but I was afraid that my legs wouldn't

be able to carry me far, plus this place was well guarded so even if I tried it would all be in

vain. As I was forcefully pulled towards the mouth of the hallway, lamps automatically lit up, and I could see the architecture of this hallway or cave entrance. It had skulls and

hieroglyphics of ancient snakes, people, and markings and language that warned that

darkness dwelled here. The closer we got, the more my stomach turned, this was truly an

omen. As we got near the end of this hallway, my nose was hit by a strong stench of decay,

blood and what I would assume as human flesh and my impending doom. We reached an

area that led to a gigantic opening, what I saw would haunt me until the end of my days. I

saw corpses everywhere or in this case, every kind of carcass of different species you could

ever find in one place. The smell of rotting flesh filled the air, and a sense of death tainted

the atmosphere. We finally reached the end of the graveyard, and it seemed we had been

walking on it for aeons because the foul stench of decay seemed to have become part of us.

"Note to self, if we survive this, I'm never getting out of the bath," I thought.

We reached a garden that radiated darkness. There were different types of flowers, black

daffodils, black tulips, and roses. *Oh wow* They even had black sunflowers which were

also known as mugetsu 'moonless sky' because they only grow and bloom in utter darkness

especially when there is a black moon like today.

There was a path made of oval-shaped stones, they seemed to emit pixie sparkles each

time we stepped on them. The closer we got to what I assumed to be our destination, the more we got closer, I heard what sounded like chanting. We reached an opening, people

were bowing and praising, and some of them looked like they were praying. There was a

medium-sized chair that looked like one of those execution chairs that maximum prisons

had. There was a large throne floating mid-air and a grey-haired man sat on it, looking

down at his followers, seeming like a King sitting on his pedestal. He was wearing a golden

mask with a silver crescent moon and black cobra carved on it. He also wore a gold robe

with cobras embroidered on it.

He must be the grandmaster, I wondered.

Furthermore, he raised his hand to silence the crowd the moment he saw us and looked at an elderly man

who looked like he had outlived his original lifespan. The old man motioned at two guys

to follow him. They went into something that seemed like a mineshaft and came back with

three people with their heads covered in sacks, two adults a male and female and a child

who I recognized as my cousin Mona. They were all pushed into a kneeling position before

the sacks on their heads were removed. There were all wearing white robes and all looked

like they had been tortured.

The elderly man then came to the middle and cast a spell and a barrier as if to keep

something or someone in, I knew that the spell was meant for me. After two minutes of spell

casting, three large ceremonial stones appeared. A unit Marlene was then taken and

forcefully made to lie down, her screams and pleas were all in vain because they weren't

going to have any mercy by the looks of it. They then took Mona whose cries turned into

screeches and hearing this uncle Nicholas tried to stop them from taking his baby girl but

due to his wounds, his efforts were disavailed and earned him a punch. Mona was tied up

too, then came uncle Nicholas and then came me instead of being tied on the stones as my

family had been, I was tied into the electric chair aka the execution chair. They put some

kind of metal helmet on me that didn't allow or have any room for movement, I could only

breathe and blink, it seems they didn't want me to look away from what was to come.

"Begin the ceremony" Grandmaster commanded