Hey guys, remember when I said I was working on another story. Well…..here it is! Warning you now, this story is going to get pretty dark so if that's not your taste then hit the road. First chapter is pretty long but bare with me it gets better. I promise. Enough of me talking, enjoy!
Disclaimer:I do not own any of Glee's characters. The only characters I own are the ones I made up.
It's another ordinary spring day. The Sun stationed in the middle of the sky, giving it an orange glow that reflected on the empty sidewalk the three girls are walking down. Passing the rows of similar looking homes surrounded by trees with newly bloomed flowers brightened with colors of pink, white, blue and yellow.
"What do you guys plan on doing after graduation?"
Dani's ears perked up at the sound of Mia's, who's multitasking at the moment twirling a small yellow daisy in between her index finger and thumb while not paying attention to where she was walking but somehow managed to avoid slamming into any trees, flat yet silvery voice.
Mia has been Dani's best friend for so long that she could no longer count the years on her fingers. Many people lacked an understanding as to why the two were consistently joined at the hip, being that they came off as complete opposites. Mia had a unique look, personality and sense of style. At least that's how Dani would describe it (that being her job as a best friend) others would describe Mia as a goth or weird because majority of the people in their school minds were sealed closed tighter than a cookie jar that belonged to a mother of five toddlers.
The vintage long sleeved velvet poka dot dress, black fish net stockings, and black doc martens Mia had on contrasted with her clear pale skin, bright penetrating blue eyes with pupils that always seem constricted and red shoulder length curly hair that Dani likes to compare to radish (because she's still immature and it pisses Mia off). Dani prefers longer hair, that being enough information to explain why her pink dipped dyed blonde hair nearly reaches her waist in silky waves.
The only real similarity they have in appearance is their short height, though Dani likes to brag that she's 3 inches taller because Mia only stands at 5'1 and she's absolutely done growing whereas Dani has one more year. So ha! But their appearance isn't what sparks the confusion of others. It's the simple fact that Dani is an Atheist while Mia believes in every supernatural being that has ever made it to history, good or evil.
"College of course. My parents already planned that out for me." Quinn's sultry syrupy voice replied. Dani always had a thing for Quinn's voice, it's pleasant to listen too which is the only reason she tolerates the short haired blonde girl. Quinn is a jesus-freak and it showed not only in her personality but clothing. She only wore these church like floral dresses that she topped off with a cardigan and a cross around her neck.
"Dani?" Mia finally took her concentration off of the flower to look over at her friend.
Dani merely shrugged. "I don't like thinking about it. I'm trying to stay in teenage mode for as long as I can." Growing up isn't something that's on the top of her bucket list, peter pan syndrome maybe?
Mia opened her mouth to speak but quickly shut it when she spotted a figure up ahead. A wild grin formed on her face, she glanced over at Dani who had her head down slightly as she picked at her fingernails. "Lover boy up ahead, Dani."
Dani's head immediately snapped up and she shot a glare in Mia's direction. "Stop it." Up ahead walking toward them is Riley Gray, a senior in their school that has fallen head over heels for Dani since the beginning of high school. He wasn't popular. His ruffled chestnut hair, lanky body type, and his love for books and bow ties made him a prime target for people who had nothing better to do with their time.
Unlike his cousin Dave who's your typical jock and also Quinn's horrible influence of a boyfriend. His smoothed back brown hair, baby face, muscular body and shitty personality somehow attracted females and that made both Dani and Mia scoff in disgust sometimes. And walking right in the middle of them is Violet, Riley 16 year old troublesome sister who's basically a female copy of him. Instead she beats the shit out of anyone who tries to poke fun at her.
"Hey, Riley!" Mia greeted in such forced enthusiasm that Dani couldn't stop her eyes from rolling.
"Evening, Mia." He greeted back with a small smile once they all came to a halt. He then looked over at Dani and she swears she saw blush creeping in his cheeks. "Dani, hi."
"Hey, Riley. Violet."
Violet murmured a greeting that was barely audible as she kept her eyes glued to the screen of her Iphone, both of her thumbs moving vigorously across the screen. Quinn and Dave already went straight to making out because that's the farthest he's ever going to get in their relationship and he's trying to make the best out of it.
"You guys heading somewhere in particular?" Riley asked once they all resumed walking down the empty pathway.
"No. We're enjoying spring before it starts to rain every day." Dani replied, taking notice that they're now entering the area where there's only a few homes and the rest is woods.
All 6 friends were now cluttered on the small block. Dani walking behind Mia who is besides Violet, who is still texting, and is in front of Dave and Quinn who are linked hand and hand while Riley is desperately trying to stay near Dani who is desperately trying to put distance between them. Riley's a sweet guy, really, he is but Dani doesn't feel the same way he does and she rather not have him breathing down her neck every second.
"Oh my god!" Mia abruptly stopped and Dani nearly smashed into her but manages to catch herself. Riley on the other hand ends up slamming into Dani's backside.
"Sorry! So sorry! Did I injure you?" He starts checking Dani for any cuts or bruises and she can't help but laugh because he only bumped into her.
"I'm fine. Mia what's your deal?" Dani questioned, taking in their surroundings.
"Do you guys know whose house that is?" Mia asked in an amazed tone like she's just discovered the edge of the universe.
Everyone looks to the left of them where they take in a large 4 story old abandoned mansion that seems to have been rotting for decades and is closed off by a large black gate.
"Yeah, your mom's." Dave starts to laugh at his own joke, which no one else finds funny, Mia makes him aware of this by elbowing him in his ribcage without taking her attention off the mansion and he doubles over, coughing and holding his ribs. Quinn merely shakes her head at her boyfriend's stupidity but still offers him comfort by rubbing his back in small circles.
"No you jerk face, this is the house of Snix." Mia says. The short redhead crossed the street to where the large gate stood mounted into the floor. The rest decided to follow her out of pure curiosity along with hints of confusion.
"Who's Snix?" Dani asked from behind her, brows furrowing downward.
Mia gasped dramatically, spinning around to face Dani with her mouth agape. "You never heard of Snix? The story of Santana Lopez?"
"Wait, are you talking about that chick who turned out to be a demon?" Violet asked. The word "demon" made Dani groan because she knew where this was going.
"Something like that. In this house used to live a women by the name of Isobel, she was insanely wealthy. But word started to go around that she was a witch-"
"Aren't all women?" Dave joked earning an ear yank from Quinn.
"Thanks, Quinn. Now, Isobel fell in love with this guy who went by the name of Alan and it turns out that he was a demon. Fucked up right? Anyways, he ended up getting Isobel pregnant which resulted in her having a baby girl that she named Santana. But Santana didn't turn out the way her mother expected her too, mixing a witch and a demon was bound to have deadly consequences. And when Santana turned 5 she began to "act out". And we're not talking about your typical 5 year old "I want more attention" tantrums. No, she started to tear the skin off of animals with these horrid claws that she managed to grow. And at 8 she begin to move onto people, draining them, picking apart their organs, and getting into their minds to screw with them. She basically made them into human puppets. But the worse part? Whenever she got angry, her eyes would turn pitch black with red veins around it that protruded from her cheeks, all of her teeth would become razor sharp and she sprouted these dark wings from her back-"
Dave snorted, rudely interrupting Mia. "Wings? She grew wings?"
"Yes Dave she grew fucking wings, can I finish?" Mia glared at him and he put his hands up in defense. "Anyways, her mother locked her in the basement and kept her there for years until the town found out. They came to the house, prepared to burn Isobel at the stake and kill Santana. But before they could do that, Isobel casted a spell that put Santana into an eternal sleep and she buried her daughter underneath the house. Legend has it that Santana is still buried beneath that house."
Silence.
"That's..." Riley began but trailed off, not knowing exactly how to comment on the tale.
"A load of horse shit." Violet finished with a small laugh, putting her phone in her back pocket. "You can't possibly believe in that."
"You don't know Mia." Dani said, shaking her head, watching as Mia stepped toward the large gate.
"Holy shit." Mia gasped, turning around to face her friends with a smile on her face. Her fingers were wrapped around the iron bars of the gate that now creaked open. "I'm totally going inside." Mia stated excitedly before rushing toward the mansion.
"Mia, no." Dani started after her friend. This place put a bad feeling in her gut and that's a rare feeling.
Violet looked over at the rest of the group, shrugged, and then followed the two other girls.
Mia started up at the large abandoned house with a large smile on her face. The mansion roof was layered in heavy green moss and caved in at one spot. The windows were boarded up while ivy clung to the outer wall. Sliding her foot across the matt covered in thick dust, it read the word in all white: WELCOME.
"Mia Hayley Smith, don't you dare go in that house." Dani put on her parent voice, crossed her arms tightly over her chest and glared at the redhead. She didn't step onto the porch because it looked like it would give out if anyone else were to stand on it.
"Guys, I don't think we should be in here." Riley said, his eyes examining a sign in front of him. "It says do not enter in big angry letters."
"See Mia? This could be private property, we could get arrested!" Dani exclaimed causing Mia to roll her eyes.
Quinn did a look over at the house, biting her lip and twirling the cross around her neck between her fingers. On top of the roof sat a bunch of crows, cawing loudly and flapping their wings.
Dave walked over to stand besides his girlfriend, slinging his arm over her shoulder. "What's wrong, babe?"
Quinn shook her head, still staring at the abandoned house. "I just...I have a really bad feeling about this place."
Mia gripped the dirty doorknob in her hand, slowly twisting it. A small squeal nearly escaped her lips when she was able to fully turn the knob. She looked back at her best friend with a large smile.
"Mia please. Can we go to the mall or something?" Dani pleaded. Something in her gut kept twisting, a natural instinct that signaled for her to remove herself from the situation. It wasn't because she believed Mia's story, the fear of getting caught trespassing and being grounded actually scared her more than the small tale of "Snix".
"Dani, we'll only be here for a couple of minutes. Relax." Mia tried to reassure her best friend who still looked hesitant, she still kept her hand on the knob.
Violet stepped onto the creaky porch, peeking through the boarded windows along with Dave and Riley. Quinn walked over to stand near Dani who had yet to walk up the small three steps.
Mia turned back around and pushed on the door, frowning when it didn't open right away. Pushing against the door once again, she frowned even deeper when it still didn't budge. "Hey guys, come help me open the door."
Dave and Riley walked over to assist Mia with the door, both pushing at it while Mia decided to step back.
"Please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks this isn't a good idea." Quinn said to Dani as they both watched the boys push at the door.
"You're not." Dani answered once the two on the porch managed to shove the door open with a loud smash. Mia and Violet didn't waste anytime entering the house to take a look around.
Watching everyone enter, Dani turned to Quinn. "Come on. If someone walks by and we're out here, we'll get caught. We'll get in and get out. Deal?" She extended her pinky to the girl next to her, a small habitat she has done since she was five. To Dani, it's a way of sealing a deal or a promise.
Quinn put a small smile on her face, hooking her pinky around Dani's. The two walked inside of the house.
Upon the first time entering, the thick muggy air is the first thing you'll feel. Inside the mansion was large, the ceiling far above their heads. A large broken chandelier hanging from the middle of the ceiling. There were small hints of light shining through the boards that covered the shattered windows that was layered and cornered with spider webs. The mansion had an eerie silence to it, only the sounds of the girls's breathing along with their footsteps on the old wooden floorboards could be heard. A large staircase lay to the side of the house that connected to the second floor. The railings had broken pieces that still lay shattered on the ground below. Old large picture frames covered in such thick dust that you were no longer able to identify the pictures covered the walls of peeling paint.
"Mia?" Dani called out, her voice echoing through the large house. She huffed in frustration, threading her fingers through her hair. Dani started for the staircase.
"Wait, where are you going?" Quinn whispered, quickly walking toward the other blonde.
"Upstairs." Dani mimicked Quinn's hushed tone with a small laugh. "You don't have to whisper Quinn, no one else is here but u-"
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY HOME!" A loud deep voice boomed from behind them.
Quinn and Dani's high pitched screams filled the nearly vacant house.
Mia, Dave and Violet all laughed with the exception of Riley who looked guilty at the fact that they scared Dani.
"You guys are too easy." Dave chuckled.
"Assholes." Dani scoffed, placing her hand over her fast beating heart.
Dave hugged his girlfriend who had her arms folded with a scowl on her face.
"You're not gonna believe what we found." Mia said with a large grin, holding up a small brown book with old pages sticking out of them. "Her Mom's diary and possibly the spell book. Told you she was real."
Dani's eyebrows lifted in shock and surprise. Honestly she believed that Mia, due to her overactive imagination, made up the whole story.
Violet took the book. "Too bad we can't read it. It's in some stupid foreign language." She grumbled, flipping through the old dusty pages with a slight frown.
Dani stood next to the young girl, leaning over to take a look at the pages. "That's Catalan."
All heads snapped toward Dani who still had her eyes on the words in the book.
"Cat what?" Dave asked with furrowed brows, a confused look on his face.
"It's an old Latin language-I mean people still speak it in parts of Spain and France. It's basically close to Spanish." Taking the book in her own hands, Dani flipped to a page. "January 18, 1764..." Dani paused momentarily, staring at the date. "My daughter is getting worse and worse everyday, I can see it. She's no longer able to control her anger...I'm forced to lock her up so she won't hurt anyone else. I'm scared, not only for her safety but for mine also. What happens when I'm no longer able to control her? Will she come after me? This has to be fake." The long haired blonde shook her head, handing the book back to Mia who only re opened it.
"This is the real deal, Dani. It has to be." Mia quickly flipped through all of the pages. When doing so, a small folded page fell out of it grasping everyone's attention. Leaning down, Violet was the one who picked up the paper that happened to be much more thicker than the pages of the diary and unfolded it.
"It's in the weird language again." Violet stated as she handed the paper to the only person who could understand it.
Bright brown eyes scanned over the old page. Dani's brows slowly knitted together before furrowing downward as she took in the words. The main sentences that held her attention were the ones on the top right of the page, written in capital letters, lined underneath one another.
"What is it?" Riley asked, walking over to take a peek at the paper even though he wouldn't be able to read it.
When Dani only looked up at Mia without answering, her best friend immediately knew what the paper was for.
"It's the spell isn't it? To summon Snix?" It was easy to hear the excitement in Mia's voice because the girl barely tried to hide it.
"Bullshit." Dave scoffed in disbelief.
Dani sighed. "Look, I'm not saying I believe in this shit or anything but...the top of the pages has these big letters that says: DON'T READ IT. DON'T HEAR IT. DON'T WRITE IT. Take that as a sign and lets leave." Sure Dani thought this was fake, this had to be a hoax that someone placed inside the mansion to screw with people who broke inside. So the blonde thought that maybe if she told everyone the words on the top, they would get scared and want to leave. But that plan failed.
Those three sentences only fueled Mia's curiosity. "We should go to the basement and do the spell."
Quinn's dry laugh echoed through the abandoned mansion. "Count me out."
"I'm in." Violet stated. "I doubt this is real anyway." The teenager shrugged.
Mia grinned and turned to Dave. "You in? Or are you too much of a pussy?"
Dave glared at her. Calling him soft when it came to anything only made Dave eager to prove that he wasn't. "I'm not a pussy. I'll do it. Riley's in too because I said so."
Riley opened his mouth to object but shut it. Even he hade to admit he was the slightest bit curious to see if this tale is real or just another myth. Another part of him also didn't want to seem like a wuss in front of Dani.
All heads turned to Dani who stood with the paper in her hands and a thoughtful look on her face. Mia stuck out her bottom lip, flashing her best friend her best puppy dog face.
"If I do this can you buy me pizza after?"
"Of course."
"Fine. Whatever I'm in."
The basement had to be the worst part of the mansion. There was little to no air in the dust filled, inclosed space. The light from outside had begun to fade away, leaving the group with almost no lighting. Mia walked ahead of the group, watching the ground closely for any signs of where the Snix may be buried. Turns out, neither of them had to look to closely because the large, dark, dirt covered circle in the middle of the basement floor was a dead give away.
"This is it." Mia spoke with a large smile on her face. Her heart was hammering loudly in her chest proving how anxious she was.
Quinn stayed far away from the circle. She had her whole hand clutching the cross that lay on the exposed skin of her chest. Something was wrong. Really wrong. The hairs on her arms and on the back of her neck were standing up, her breathing nearly came out in uneven puffs. "Guys, we really shouldn't do this. Something isn't right here."
"Quinn chill out okay? Nothing's going to happen." Violet said in a confident tone.
Mia stayed silent, her eyes fixed on the circle below her. "Everyone sit and make a circle along the lines of this one. Except you Dani. We need you in the middle."
The four complied. Neither one thinking very much of the situation, this all seemed like one big activity without any consequences.
"Give me your hand." Mia instructed to her friend who was confused but didn't ask any questions. She just wanted to get out of this hot basement so she placed her hand in Mia's. What she didn't expect was the redhead to pull out her hair pin and slice the palm of Dani's hand.
Hissing in pain, Dani yanked her hand away and cradled it. "Mia what the hell?!" She yelled in shock.
"Blood sacrifice. Don't be a baby, let it drip onto the center of the circle." Mia replied as if she didn't nearly cut open Dani's hand. Mia filled in the empty spot in the circle, holding onto Violet and Dave's hand.
"You. Owe. Me." Dani glared at her friend who only smiled innocently back at her as a reply. Sighing while shaking her head, not believing that she's actually going through with this, Dani let the blood that pooled in the palm of her hand drip onto the dirt covered ground.
"Now chant the spell in its language. Loudly." Mia instructed. "Everyone else close your eyes."
Eight eyelids closed shut tightly, waiting for the girl in the middle to begin.
Taking a deep breath, Dani looked at the paper in her hand and begin to read:
Oh gran i fort Snix
Jo et convoquen en nom de la curiositat
Eliminar els seus límits de terrenals
That's when something weird happened. The atmosphere of the basement changed, Dani was sure everyone could feel it too. It became too cold for a basement with only one small window that wasn't opened.
"You have to finish it, Dani." Mia spoke quietly yet in a firm tone.
The gut wrenching feeling in Dani's stomach came back but she ignored it this time. Because it isn't possible for anything to be wrong.
I mostrar-me el seu veritable forma
Perquè jo sóc el teu servent humil fer amb mi el que vol
Once she finished the spell, the air went back to how it was before. It was weird but Dani and the rest tried their best to think nothing of it. Everyone opened their eyes and inspected the room to try and find a sign of anything different. Nothing had changed. The air stayed thick and muggy, there was still silence. The ground didn't shake, nothing broke, no weird marks appeared. There was just nothing.
"I knew it was horse shit." Violet laughed from her spot on the ground.
Dani shrugged. "Sorry, Mia. I guess it was fake." The moment said that she felt something push under her feet. Confused for a moment, the blonde looked toward her friends who didn't seem to notice anything as they stood on their feet. "You guys didn't feel that?"
"Feel what?" Mia asked.
Dani stared at the ground momentarily. Perhaps she had only imagined it. "I could've sworn I fel-" Abruptly, the words died on Dani's lips when something popped out of the ground and roughly grabbed at her ankle, yanking her causing her to fall face forward. That's when she felt it. The excruciating heat that burned through her skinny jeans until it reached her bare ankle.
And then she screamed. Loudly. It felt as if someone is digging an iron that has been on for 20 minutes into her ankle. Dani kicked frantically and blindly at whatever had a hold of her, large hot tears rolled out of her tightly closed eyes until it reached her cheeks.
"Holy shit." Dave swore.
Violet stood there in shock.
Riley and Mia didn't hesitate to grab Dani's forearms and pull her from whatever had such a tight grip on her ankle. When they did, everyone saw that it was a hand. A hand with sharp claws that jutted out of the ground like a plant. And then another hand forced itself out of the ground that was breaking as the thing pulled itself upward until you could see its head and soon enough its body as it crawled out of the ground with long dark hair covering its face.
Everyone stood there frozen in complete utter shock and fear. No one could believe what they were actually witnessing at the moment.
"Guys we gotta go." Mia whispered shakily, tapping at Dani's shoulder to distinctly tell her to stand up. No one moved. No one could move. The hunched over figure stood up straight, growling lowly. "We gotta go now!" Once she shouted that, large dark wings sprouted out of the creature's back.
That got everyone up and running, screaming in fear as they all clambered up the stairs leading from the basement. The burning feeling from Dani's ankle only intensified when she ran but the fast beating of her heart and the will to survive kept her running through that damn foyer. Before they could reach the door, the creature smashed upward through the floorboards of the first floor. Successfully knocking everyone backward onto the ground. It didn't stop there, its interest clearly not in the foolish teenagers cowering in fear on the ground. Using its large wings, it crashed through the rest of the upstairs floors until it reached the roof where it disappeared into the dark night sky.
All five teenagers stared upward at the large whole in disbelief.
"She's real."