Satanic Verses

One night, a young girl named Angel picked up the phone and called her best friend, Lily.

“My parents are going out now and will return home late at night” said Angel. “Can you come around ten o’clock?” “That’s great!” replied Lily. “I’ll bring the book with me. Bye!”

Angel put down the phone and went to her bedroom to prepare for the evening. The two girls were planning something very dangerous.

Both of them had always been interested in black magic and the occult. Only a few days back, Lily had found something very interesting at the local rubbish dump. It was a large, heavy book, bound in leather and filled with countless pages of archaic writing. It was not just any book. This book contained instructions on Satanism, devil worship, arcane occult ritual and how to cast black magic spells. For Angel and Lily, the idea of being able to cast spells was very attractive. They had been dying to try it for some time. When Lily found the satanic book, the two girls decided to follow the instructions and attempt to summon the devil to do their bidding.

Shortly after Angel’s parents went out that night, Lily arrived. It was a few minutes after ten when the girls decided that it was time to perform the rituals. They were shaking with anticipation.

Following the instructions in the book, they closed the windows and pulled the shades so that the room was in complete darkness. In the middle of her bedroom, Angel had set up a small wooden table. Around it placed black candles. While she was lightning them, Lily lay the book open on the table. The girls sat across each other and joined hands. Then they began to read in unison.

“In Nomine dei nostri Satanas Lucifer Excelsa! In the same of Satan, ruler of the in earth, the King of the world, who commands the forces of darkness, we beg you to put your infernal power in our hands! Spread wide gates of Hell and come forth the abyss to greet us as a brother and a friend!”

A light breeze blew through the room and the girls exchanged worried looks as they continued.

“Grant us the power that we seek! Grant us the pleasure that we seek! Indulge our every whim and make our dreams come true! We invoke your name and demand that you show yourself! We renounce God and worship only you, O prince of darkness! You who reward evil and punish goodness! Hear our plea!”

The gust of wind grew stronger and shook the room, even though the windows were closed. She tried to let go of her friend’s hand but Angel held her tight and continued chanting.

“By all the demons of Hell, we demand that all the things we mentioned shall come to pass! We speak your name!’’

A cold wind began turning the pages of the book. Lily broke away from Angel’s grasp. Then, as if on the cue, the wind ceased and the book abruptly snapped shut. Both the girls screamed in fright,

“This is too much, Angel!” cried Lily. “I’m going home. I’m afraid. I don’t like this!”

“I’m scared too!” Angel replied. “But isn't this what we wanted..what we planned? After all it was working.  If you didn't pull your hand away, we might have made contact.”

“I don’t want to do this anymore!” Lily whined. “It was fun in theory, but I never believed any of it to be real. I’m going home. It’s over. Bye Angel. See you tomorrow.”

“And what about the book?” Angel demanded.

“You can keep it,” replied Lily. “I don’t want it anymore.”

Lily grabbed her coat and walked out of the house. She did not have a long way to go, just down the street, past the pond and she would be home.

Angel said goodbye and shut the front door. She went slowly back to her bedroom, turned on the light and blew out all the candles. She opened the curtains and placed the satanic book beside her bed. She lay down and looked at the clock. It was 11 pm. She closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Lily was hurrying towards her home. As she passed the pond, she felt something behind her and spun around. There was nobody there, but she felt as if she was being watched from afar. Scared, she screamed with horror.

 That night, Angel had a very disturbing dream. She saw Lily lying in a ditch near the pond. Her head was resting at an odd angle and there were bruises around her neck.

Horrified, Angel woke up around 2 am and rushed to the washroom to splash water on her face, which always calmed her down. But what she saw there scared her out of her wits. On the mirror, was something written in the same archaic writing she had seen in that satanic book. It was written with some red liquid... most probably blood.

Suddenly the washroom door closed with a bang. Angel could her someone reciting a poem. As the voice became louder she realised that ‘someone’ was reciting what was written on the mirror.

“I am an Angel that’s lost its crown.

And in a sea of blood, I do drown..

And my hands are stained in red.

From all the blood that’s been shed..

My wings, once purest gold,

Now worn down from ages old.

Oh how I miss the sovereign skies,

In which I’d always spend my time.

But I've cast by halo into the abyss,

And I am the one that no one will miss.

For I have left heaven far behind.

They were all fools. All blind.

I was once the star that lit up their morning.

But now I’m the one that they are scorning.

For I am the evil of the tales humanity tell.

I am the angel that rules all of Hell’’

‘You invoked me Angel. Here I am. I am here not to grant your wishes, but to devour your soul. I too was Angel; they had invoked me too, to kill me ruthlessly. Now anyone who invokes will have the same fate....”

And suddenly everything went quiet. The temperature suddenly dropped down really low. That’s when Angel heard a voice. A voice that undoubtedly belonged to Lily. “Beware Angel. Be very careful or what happened to me will happen to you as well..."

Angel started to panic.  She kept on screaming till no voice left her throat. Somewhere in between her parents had come back. On hearing their daughter’s screams they rushed to her.  Taking her out of the washroom the placed her on her bed and sung every lullaby and said every comforting words they knew the calm her down. At last, she fell into a peaceful sleep.

In the morning, Angel’s father was awoken by the terrified screams of his wife. Rushing to Angel’s room, he was aghast to see his daughter lying dead on her bed. Angel’s body was stiff, her head was resting at an odd angle and her throat was black and blue. She had been strangled. He began to scream and cry.

Hours later, Lily’s lifeless body was discovered in a ditch near the pond. She too had been strangled. Police estimated her time of death as being around 11:15 pm the night before.

- Rtr Rishika Banerjee

Rotaract Club of NM College

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