Whenever Fabienne would be latched to the bed, there would be weird noises, and multiple shadows. Sounds like laughing, giggling and also.... screaming could be heard and this only made the situation worse.The one horrific thing happened was Fabienne not behaving like herself anymore. She used to look for a ring in the attic. One night she told her mother she wanted to paint something but up in the morning they found their fat bible shredded into pieces, the Rosary beads scattered but unlike before.... Fabienne would not behave in a regretting manner rather she would be less bothered and would reply with a look of absolute disgust. Her utterly horrific behaviour never stopped...now her target for a meal was the fish tank.. first she would drink all of the stinky water in it, then she would see the fishes die and then...she would chew on the dead fishes.This scared everyone of them and it was high time to call the bishop over for a discussion. If anyone would try to stop her she would just mumble one thing with a sinister creepy smile, "Don't...."On an anxiety filled morning, the priest visited them to try to put an end to the storm, but how could they? When the sirens before the hurricane were loud and powerful enough to be put to silence. Taking the last bite of the brötchen they served he finally broke his silence, "And you're informing me now...the answer should be already floating in your clouded minds..""When will it be done..?", asked Charles, trying to keep his tears back."Next Tuesday...4 days from today"Meiranda's face had already gone pale...flushed with the colour grey....what was about to happen with her delicate daughter? She was numb, numb enough to put an objection."I'll ask the local bishop for a priest who might help me....she's a little girl...I want her to be back safely..which...is something beyond impossible...but holding onto hopes is not harmful..we all know that settling her is not going to be any easy work....my nephews always help me...if you don't mind they will hold her back for the process with your help ofcourse...""Yes...we'll do anything bring her back..""I'll take my leave now then."The priest left the home in utter silence....everyone had this one thought in their minds, "What happened to their little flower like girl? and why?" But there was no solution except of this... THE EXORCISM.That night the priest's nephews, Adam and Julios paid a knock on their door...the browns, actually only Charles told them everything. Meiranda was upstairs in her house and didn't bother herself for some "guests"......"Listen Mr. Brown..we'll try our best..but your daughter is at her worst stage now, so we really don't know whether we'll return to our doorstep safely intact or not...you have to help us with all might.." said Julios and Adam nodded in harmony."I'll help, said Adrianna, "she will listen to me..I know..'The nephews didn't pay much attention to her but suddenly got off their chairs and, 'Can I go upstairs? seeing their nod, 'Julios come.." Reaching the middle most stair they noticed something very unusual...there was only one room..they finished climbing the stairs and blinked their eyes a couple of times...no change...as per Charles there were supposed to be five rooms, he also mentioned and it was visible that the house was a two storey one with a slanted roof....so there was no space for the four rooms--- the master bedroom, Fabienne's room, Adrianna's bedroom and the guest room. But there was only one in the second and last floor of the house....proceedingly they entered the dark room and were greeted with a very rotten smell, a dampened smell.There was only one figure visible in the room...a girl of 15-16 age one the floor wearing a black lace gown without any sleeves, slightly exposing while her hair was in it's worst condition...dirty too, as if they were caught up in a struggle between two bodies.A mysterious black fluid like eye charcoal gel smudged all over her face, scratches visible on her arms, legs and the bare uppermost chest lying under her collarbones..bites on her neck, left earlobe and right collarbone thinner-most part.She looked up at them with black hollow eyes."J-julios..look at her ve-veins..."Julios looked down at her veins after hearing Adam stuttering...the sight made him weak causing him to fall to the ground...how horrific was all this for such a young girl?Her veins were popped up..throbbing,but the veins were...black... completely black.Fabienne raised her hands in a form of a fist, "Please...", she mumbled very quietly but it echoed around the room.. Strange! Such a feeble voice can't generate an echo.. though the room was unusually vacant..no beds, no cupboards.. nothing but the whole case was unusual right? They understood her request and slowly, carefully roped her hands and feets as soon as they did that three shadows appeared behind her the middle most one was the biggest among them...two horns emerged from that shadows head, soon after black thick wings emerged out too...all happened within the shadows..as the shadow with horns and wings started moving violently, Fabienne suddenly started giggling..as she giggled the black fluid streamed down her face and whole body, she giggled with heavy breathes and bit her lower lip as if trying to control something.The shadows came a bit close to eachother and vanished.The nephews understood what was happening..it was too tragic...like a glass piece..it wounded their heart...seeing such a young girl in that state.They took her downstairs, Adam looked back to just see a well lit floor with picture frames, a flower vase on a small one serve table near the door frame, surprisingly two more door frames were there leading into the respective rooms. How was this possible they had seen so many possessed people seeking help....but they had never seen such a submissive and weak also calm person...who herself wanted the torture, described by their seen events.. she was supposed to be very violent and unsettling but this was completely not the nature.Julios was quiet the whole time as she knew what was going on...She was taken to the attic, tied tightly to a chair.Adrianna and Charles kept their distance they were in their kitchen to avoid even one eye contact.After settling her, they came back to the living room, Charles gave them water."Doesn't she needs a sip too?", asked Adrianna."No...she doesn't..only one day is left... nothing will happen..", answered Adam."One question...Mr.Brown...we are here after two days of Uncle's visit....in those two days did you see any change in behaviour?", asked Julios."No...she was surprisingly very calm..we never heard anything from her...she didn't even come downstairs even when we pleaded her to..", answered Charles."Well then I've got something to tell yo-""Julios..let uncle know first then we ca-""No I think they should know about it first...the Devil himself is residing in your home...in your daughter...and I think-"He stopped midway as Charles and Adrianna were already in their worst state."I think we should leave now...Julios?""Huh? Uh yes...we certainly should..and please hold strong...it'll not take long"Adam placed a pat on Adrianna's head and the duo left the house.Adrianna walked upstairs to check on her mom to only see her sitting on the bed numbly eyes blank as if she had nothing left in her...she quietly left the room to give her a little space.The next day was completely quiet again....no obstructions nothing...The priest was there accompanied by his nephews and another priest suggested by the local bishop.They had put Rosary beads in almost every corner of the house. Amulets were also hung around the house.Julios went down the attic to tie an amulet around Fabienne's neck while she just let low groans out, she was breathing heavily and threw her head to the side."Ardeat malus, liberet te angelus.Ardeat malus, liberet te angelus.Ardeat malus, liberet te angelus."Her groans became stronger and hot tears started streaming down her face.The large shadow with horns and wings had appeared again...but this time it chased Julios..his anxiety..he quickly made his way to the small ladder but as he started climbing he felt flaming ropes wrap around his ankles burning.. dragging him to darkness, he let out a terrified scream but the burning sensation only got stronger.Hearing his screams priest and Adam ran towards the place at that right moment the amulets hung in the house started shaking, rosary beads got scattered, the Bible started burning by itself...A terrifying large growl was heard from the attic....THE DEVIL HAD AWAKENED.Adam saw two glowing eyes lying under Julios' struggling figure burning with evilness, black smoke surrounded the house and in the smoke's darkness the next thing found was...Julios growling, priest, his uncle started screaming, "Vade retro satana, Vade retro satana, Vade retro satana!!!"But nothing changed Julios completely consumed by the evil streched out his hand, it reached his throat and...pitch black darkness had fallen infront of other's eyes making it hard to see anything.. everything got back together and...They found a dead Julios...he..no..the evil strangled him to death....A young man of 23 years was consumed by the evil, the darkness....Adam fell to the floor crying, reaching out to his dear elder brother...he engulfed him in his arms and screamed on the top of his lungs.The others including Meiranda were there by now and were already in tears...the siblings had no parents their uncle was the only support..He was also partially finished inside...his heart scattered into a million pieces...like a dead rose it's petals fell to ground mixing up with the soil.A fuming Adam got up and took the bottle of asafoetida and their christian cross rushing towards Fabienne tied to her chair...growling and laughing, the shadows back again behind her..latched to her moving violently, Fabienne's chest rose up and fell down..Adam was so raged that he didn't notice the pair of glowing eyes behind her popping out of the shadows.Adam sprinkled a lot of asafoetida on her....she let out a traumatizing scream.Meiranda fainted and a string of vomit rolled down her chin and collarbones from her lips.Adrianna screamed losing sanity, "No! No! Stop it!!! STOP IT PLEASE DAD!!", but her father had already hit the ground crying on the top of his lungs.His uncle priest took him back to control his anger."Don't show your anger! The evil will take over you then...Mr.Brown please hold him! Me and Priest Gunther will handle her."Charles was too numb to do anything but Adrianna looked at Adam with pleading eyes and he calmed down while hot tears still did their work.Expellimus te a nobis, quicumque sitis, spiritus immundos, omnes satanicas potestates, omnes infernales invasores, omnes malas legiones, ecclesias et sectas.In nomine domini nostri Ihesu Christi, etc.deus et dominus noster,intercessione Immaculatae Virginis roboratusMaria, Mater Dei;beati Michaelis Archangeli;beatorum Apostolorum Petri et Pauli ac omnium sanctorum.potens in sancta auctoritate ministerii nostri;confidenter suscipere impetus repellerediaboli fraudes.Deus oritur;Inimici eius dispersi suntet, qui oderunt eum, fugerunt a facie eius.Sicut dissipatur fumus;ita coguntur;sicut cera liquescit ante ignem.sic impii a facie Dei pereunt.ego te absolvoVade retro satanaPriest Gunther joined himExpellimus te a nobis, quicumque sitis, spiritus immundos, omnes satanicas potestates, omnes infernales invasores, omnes malas legiones, ecclesias et sectas.In nomine domini nostri Ihesu Christi, etc.deus et dominus noster,intercessione Immaculatae Virginis roboratusMaria, Mater Dei;beati Michaelis Archangeli;beatorum Apostolorum Petri et Pauli ac omnium sanctorum.potens in sancta auctoritate ministerii nostri;confidenter suscipere impetus repellerediaboli fraudes.Deus oritur;Inimici eius dispersi suntet, qui oderunt eum, fugerunt a facie eius.Sicut dissipatur fumus;ita coguntur;sicut cera liquescit ante ignem.sic impii a facie Dei pereunt.ego te absolvoVade retro satanaThe shadows started blurring into the ground as if mixing up with the land diving back to hell...their place.With a last growl, Fabienne hit the ground unconscious, her black gown's sewing burst open exposing her. Charles quickly covered her with a large piece of cloth.Blood shot out of her mouth and the dark fluid suddenly vanished.A Day LaterMeiranda was combing Fabienne's blonde hair gently."I'll get you some yogurt darling you look paler than ever.""Thanks mom""Miss.Brown?", asked Adam"Hm? Yes..Adam..""That day my reaction was-""Oh no it's okay...I know the reason... I'm very very sorry for what happened to your brother..Julios..such a fine man he was..guilt is eating me..""How do you know all these?""What?""You were not in your perfect mental state..like now..you never met Julios in your own form..how can you-""Darling! Let's go on a walk....", her mother called out."Yes mom...and Adam..", she finished her sentence with an unsettling sinister smile.Adam fell to the ground and quickly ran towards his uncle."Uncle..Fa-Fa--"As Fabienne kept her fingers on the fish bowl..Priest noticed something...the fish were dead...The shadow with horns and wings were still latched to her."Adam! My child go check the attic! Fast!"Adam rushed down the attic.By that time Fabienne and her mother were already set out for a walk."What's the problem priest?", asked Adrianna.He didn't reply...Adam returned back.. sweating terrified.."There was a writing on the attic floor..Iterum a malo elusus es. Hoc tempore sponsa satanae Daemones invisi sunt, inauditi, quia pars tui suntTranslation:Fooled by the evil again.This time by the bride of the satan.Demons are unseen, unheard as they are a part of you.This means..?""She was never possessed...Mr.Brown..you always told me how different she looks and behaves from you all?...You have been petting the demon yourself.. remember when you said she used to look for a ring? That was the ring..of the bride...she wore a black gown...bride's gown...she was behaving in a way...as if an Incubus was ruling her..all those bites and scratch marks...""Sissy showed me a painting of Lucifer and told me he is graceful..."Charles eyes rolled back and he collapsed to the ground.Adam rushed out of the house he ran in the backward direction...and found....a lifeless Meiranda...dead to the ground...and the clothes Fabienne was wearing..also the shoes.."He got back inside to tell the priest all these but a large growl and black smoke blurred their vision and hearing.Adrianna screamed and shooted herself up off the bed....She rubbed her eyes in a violent manner and found her sister standing there with a smirk.."A nightmare?! How long can a nightmare be?!"But something was off... Fabienne was with a painting again smirking in the same nightgown she wore presenting herself in the dream.."Adrianna sleepily greeted her elder sister who was standing infront of her with a smirk."25 minutes late...wake up...and tell me how's this painting?, stated Fabienne.And yes Anna.. nightmares can come true too.."The shadow with horns and wings appeared back again.THE END!Word Count: 2647 WORDSTHE BIGGEST PLOT TWIST!

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