So…are you ready? Are you getting psyched for Halloween? Hmmmm??????????
To get you into spooky-mode al la
Enchanticals, here’s a little tale I wrote*…
Imagine this…
It is one of those damp and dreary, foggy drizzly
nights in late October. You are alone and this is confirmed when you look
around you see no one else outside on the street. A shutter shakes your entire
body.
You are chilled to the bone due to the
weather, but also by the fact that it seems this month, unlike the other prior
nine months of the year, have speeded up.
All Hallow’s Eve is almost here. In the
deepest part of your soul, your essence, you can feel that portal, which will
have fully opened on All Hallow’s Eve, turning ever so slowly; but turning
nonetheless. Your soul remembers from ancient times when demons and devils
walked openly among the humans. Terror
fills your mind and you shake your head, trying to erase that ancient memory.
An icy chill climbs up your spine from its
base to your neck, goose bumps cover your arms, and perspiration forms on your
forehead. You know, that portal will be fully opened on All Hallow’s Eve and
good spirits, evil spirits, devils, and demons will pass through it from The
Other Side and enter this world… the world of the living.
And, when that night is spent and the portal
slowly begins to close, the good spirits will return Home, the evil ones will
be pulled roughly back to Hell, as will some of the demons. But… some of the
demons with great powers and a mission will remain here among the living.
You feel the uncontrollable urge to start
running, but your legs fail you. They will not move. Panic is flooding your
mind. Memories from millions of years long past flood your brain. You want to
hide, but you know that is pointless. If one for those remaining demons has
your name and is looking for you, there is no where you can hide… No one to ask
for help…
All the prayers you learned as a child and
have not said in decades rush to the front of your mind. Out loud you chant
over and over, “Please, Lord, not me” “Please, Lord, not me.”
If not you, then who?
-Marsha J. West, Author
*(These creations/works and “A Little Tale” may not be
copied, reproduced, republished, edited, downloaded, displayed, modified,
transmitted, licensed, transferred, sold, distributed or uploaded in any way
without my written permission. My work does not belong to the public domain. It
is my personal creative property. Marsha J. West © All Rights Reserved.)
Keep a light on tonight...
Be Enchanted Always, Marsha