The Beautiful and the Damned
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I for one have always loved silence. I felt like it was just another word for peace or quiet. But the silence that was presently engulfing us whole wasn't a one I could boldly say I liked.

Finally getting feed up with no one saying anything I spoke.

"What exactly are you guys talking about?" I was desperate for the answer and also afraid of it at the same time.

"Not it" Cyrus blurted out indicating he didn't want to be the one to explain. You see what I said, he was a freaking child.

Rolling his eyes at Cyrus, Seker was the one that decided to speak.

"A ritual" I squinted my eyes in confusion.

"A what?" I asked.

"We were talking about a ritual, an ancient ritual at that" Seker explained further, well that's if you could call it that.

"Why?" Still not understanding I asked.

"Because we are out of time Amica mea, and this is the only present option at our disposal" he groaned out.

"Oh ok, so what exactly is this ritual about?"

"It's a ritual for the transfer of magic, but in one of our many ancient tongue we call it In mågicáe ritüalia decòram translátiönem éxanimi, it's a very sacred ritual lost to time" Transfer of magic? Sacred ritual? Damn my life really feels like I'm in a fantasy book.

(A/N: cough cough the irony!)

"But like Arazela said the success rate is extremely low, no human could probably even come out alive if they undergo it" Ok now I understood what they were talking but the main question now was..

"If it's that dangerous why are you guys bringing up something like that, wait scratch that, who would even be dumb enough to allow you guys to perform the ritual on them?" I chuckled out stupidly. I shouldn't have asked, I really shouldn't have asked.

My answer was given to me in a form of absolute silence. I'm really starting not to like silence.

"Oh no no no no no, you don't mean..."

"Yes Amica mea you. we are going to perform the ritual on you" Seker gritted his teeth, almost like it pained him to say those words.

"The hell you are" I sparked up.

"Amica me.." he started.

"No, no fuckin way, you don't get to decide that for me. You didn't even bother to fuckin get my consent before you went ahead to decide that crappy idea"

"There was no other way princess" Cyrus sighed out. He too looked sad. I knew they felt apologetic and they weren't comfortable with the idea themselves but I was still beyond pissed.

"We are doing this for your own sake Amica mea. Lucifer is coming and he will do everything in his power to hurt and end your life, even though I and every single person here will do their very best to protect you to the very end, what if something happens to us huh?, you'll have to be the one to protect yourself from him when..no if that time comes"

"You guys heard it yourselves, and you probably already know it. Like Arazela said the success rate is below 1%, so why on Earth would you think I would even consider it to begin with" I spoke hating the idea already.

"I thought you said you'd never hurt me" I unconsciously muttered to Seker. Once again everywhere went dead silent.

"And I plan to keep to my words Amica mea, please just trust me on this. It was our very last option. Lucifer Isn't one we can underestimate" Seker said giving me a pleading look.

My conscience wasn't helping either, it was all but chanting, Don't be a pussy Bethel, don't be a pussy.

First of all I wasn't a pussy, I mean who in their right mind would actually involve themselves in an ancient ritual that was pretty much not in anyway guaranteed to be safe. I was merely being 'not stupid enough' to put my life on the line. But I really didn't have any other choice now did I.

"Fine" I sighed. Ok let's look at the situation clearly, in one half we have the king of hell out to kill me, and on the other there is a sacred ritual I can go through that I can probably not survive and I can narrowly 1%ly survive. If you look at the two well they could both potentially end my very existence, so it's quite a win win situation, but in my case it's more like a lose lose situation.

"You can't go back on your words Regiña meüx I hope you know that?" Skeptically Seker asked.

Sighing I responded "Yes of course I know"

"Good. Now that that's settled we need to get the hell out of here. Now!" Randuff said immediately after I gave my answer. He looked nervous for some reason. "Get out of here? To where?" Rina asked with a perfectly raised eyebrow voicing out my thoughts.

"To a more secured place" Cyrus answered.

It seemed like it was only Rina and I that didn't know about this 'secured place' they were talking about, because the rest of them seemed on the same page. Snapping his fingers Seker teleported us all to what looked like an underground car parking lot.