C4 The beginning of the end

Smoke rose from a couldron, chanting rent the air.

Ɓb "Ozeh,helatrriko"

A beign dressed in black had a knife pointing to a body."The ritual must begin",it said.

"But the moon is not yet at the centre",a voice said.

"We don't speak with the moon. It is an entity not of ours."

The smoke circled seven beigns in front of an altar that had a half-dead human tied to it in their centre, trying to free herself.

"Dol what say you?",asked the voice.

Dol had an incense in his hand."We must first welcome the seven..For your powers are theirs and we are one..No life,no death."He adjusted his robe and circled the body in slow steps waving the incense over it,"Everything is Pure

No death."He chanted. Blood began to flow down the altar."They are here--Welcome great ones."

The smoke became denser,moving away from the altar and filling the entire room. There were seven statues standing at different angles round the room.Dust filled the air,followed by the sound of stones crumbling.

"Welcome great ones....!"Dol exclaimed.

A sharp wailing cut Dol's speech.It was coming from the dying woman on the altar. Blood oozing out like water from a spring through the wound on her shoulder.She could feel her world fading away.Dol with the incense in her hand walked round the altar-an ancient cubic stone structure that had an engraving of an eagle stabbed with a dagger on the front face, decorated with emerald and a black linen laid on its top.

He gazed at the sacrifice."No death, no life",placed his right palm over her nostrils-warm air exhaled out.

"The ritual is not yet complete",said a voice from among the living statues.

"Yes.....",concord the others.

Suddenly,a voice began to chant in an ancient forgotten language.The walls of the tower reverberated as it did so.It seemed as though nature became frightened and troubled by it.A loud thundering ran back and forth,vibrating the ground as it barked.

"You spirit Yhaiji,by,El'Yvaiji,by El'ohii Ileh,by Eloh *Kijiliji by Zebaoth,Taijn Iseiji,by Tetragrammaton,Jeha,by Zadaiji*Ahel,by Agla that you obey my orders,as truly in and through the name Schemesumatie..."

"Ha lo Ra Kisoromo

Selerah Mirohim!!!"

The clouds quakes,thunders barked loudly shaking nature itself.Dol knelt in front of the altar like a deer at a river.

"No life

No death,only immortality".Screams filled the air,the dead awoke.Everyone in the tower chanted praises to the Seven.

Dol rose to his feet."The earth was made. Darkness was present at it's feast.

Water overflowed with no limit

Hass'in to Kelarim ha."

One of the statues walked to the altar. Everyone fell silent.It waved its' hand over it."It is time to welcome the new spirit.The pure ones in our midst,let the earth bow before them."It's voice was sharp and firm. The ground began to quake,it seemed as though an earthquake would occur at any moment.Dark clouds began to form over the altar, lightening flashing out of them.Another of the statue walked to the altar,the others followed behind.They formed a circle around it.Dol smiled,he circled the altar round till a blizzard object appeared out of nowhere from it followed by a ring of fire that encircled the Seven.

"Life is not Death

Death isnot life

The two are not of the Sparrows",said a creature from among those gathered.

A loud wailing came from the skies.The seven were surprised as much as Dol.It was a bad omen.

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Moonlight sat under an oak tree exhausted,he could hear the loud thundering and knew that the fight was almost over,but he could not just give up at the last moment.He must get to Willow towers and stop that ritual.He must put an end to the Sparrows and capture the spirit of his beloved wife .He mist invoke all the powers within the skies.As he thought on all he had planned to do when he gets there,he felt strengthened.The full moon was almost at the centre of the sky.He could see the tower clearly at the foot of the hill he was on.Tiredly he got on his feets and walked without stopping till he got to the valley where the Tower stood.

The air was filled with magic, Moonlight could feel it,it was so strong that he could daze out the weak.It seemed as though the tower controlled the surrounding environment,the atmosphere changes,the weather obeys even death hears.An old Pine tree stood close to the entrance of the tower, Moonlight recalled the first time he had seen that pine tree but he could not recall whether it was in a dream or in reality-everything had happened in a dream like sequence.The air felt warm when he got there but now it felt cold and freezing.He wore his dark velvet coat,breathed and walked in.

Candles lit the hallway,the ritual was taking place at the underground section of the tower.It was to him the only place that death fled from.No life,no death, only immortality. The tower was an ancient architecture reaching to the skies-also known as the tower of life.The walls were covered by creeping grasses-there were no stairs connecting each floor.Ony the strong hearted could walk into the tower and come out with their heart still in their chest.Screams rang back and forth, nightmare was reality tools.Every inch of fear came to life the moment one walked inside-This was the perfect place for the Sparrows.

Moonlight flung the doors open, screams welcomed him in.He held a dagger close to his chest ready to strike at anything that comes against him.Although he had been here many times,the fear of this place still holds him causing goosebumps.His skin hairs stood erect.

His name breezed to his ears."Moonnligght.."

He stopped'the house is full',he thought,'as always.'His presence had been sensed.Itvwas darker inside than outside.The moon was almost at the centre of the sky.

The atmosphere was thick and heavy,he felt it like a weight on his shoulders.He looked forward,an old clock stood at one end.zit read the time of different locations depending on what location the observer was thinking of but it never read the time of where the tower is.Suddenly,he felt a hand on his shoulder."Moooonnligght....",a voice whispered.He felt a pull forward.Walking like a zombie,his eyes caught a peculiar sight.At one corner was a fresh dead body surrounded by cannibals-creatures supped on it.He was used to seeing such though even the hanging skulls and blood filled bath tub at the left end.Chanting rent the air,ghostly howling played a rythmic tune.Moonlight was lost in his own thoughts for a while.How did he think he could end such a bizzare and dreaded secret society?what was he thinking?,it was impossible........

Immediately,he began to chant in an obscure tongue.Everywhere became silent. Faces, spirits,beings turned to look at who had caused such silence.

Again he heard his name."Moooonnligght..", It came repeatedly.As if woken up from a deep sleep,he looked around-He was standing in front of the altar. "Moooonnligght.."

"The moon is full and bright, what brings you all here",said Moonlight courageously.

Whispers filled the air.He placed his left hand on the altar,staring at the blood on it.Everywhere was still,more quiet than a graveyard.The howling of wind as if in agreement peered into the tower.Cold fear ran through Moonlight.The full moon was at the centre of the sky.

"Time for the final ritual",a voice echoed from nowhere breaking the silence.

Acting on impulse, Moonlight leaped onto the altar-It was lit by the full moon more than other parts of the tower-lifted up the dagger he had held dearly to his chest.Dol ran to stop him.The earth stopped rotating,time seized.

"What are you doing--No!!"A loud cry rent the air as Moonlight chanted the forbidden chants.

"By blood

Being connected by water

To nature like an umblical cord

Shick nhe re lo zinhe."He stabbed his chest,cutting deep into his heart and before he died,he stained the holux's chain with his blood.Everywhere went blank,the tower began to vanish as creatures fled out of it. Finally a soft breeze blew and what remained of the magnificent tower was only a spec of dust.