Chapter 23 Heed The Viper
(Cordelle comes home from her day shift as she cannot keep her eyes open any longer, she goes ahead and goes straight to bed and crashes out. A couple hours go by and she wakes up, she stares at the wall clock in her bedroom. It's 8 PM she decides to get back up and go out at this hour. When she's on her way to the grave digging site, she sees the grave diggers whispering among themselves and some are chuckling, then when she's about to leave, she falls into a dirt hole that's more than 5 feet high. She tries to yell out for help for someone to get her out.
Cordelle: Hey! Hey! Help! I fell in!
Then before she knows it, thick dirt is thrown on her and she sees on top the grave diggers burying her in deep dirt and she tries to call out to them
Cordelle: Hey! It's me! Stop! Don't throw the dirt on me!
She realizes they can't hear her
Cordelle: Hey!
She calls one last time until she stumbles across someone on top from the hole, with brown hair that looks exactly like hers. The girl with brown hair then turns herself around and looks at Cordelle glaring at her as it's revealed the girl looks EXACTLY like Cordelle. Then before The real Cordelle knows it, they finish putting the dirt on top of her before Cordelle screams
Cordelle: NOOO!
as she's buried completely, She startles herself up and breathes controlling her heart beat as it was just a dream she had. She checks her arms for any amount of dirt she has, and she's completely fine. The wall clock in front of her says it's 10 after, then she gets up and goes on over to Tilly's)
SCENE TRANSITION: TILLY'S HOUSE
Tilly: That's scary you had that dream.
Cordelle: What do you think it could mean?
Tilly: Well you say you're an only child. Does that mean you had a long lost sibling your parents never told you about or one of them?
Cordelle: The girl looked EXACTLY like me. Had my features, had everything.
Tilly: It's possible that it was only a dream and there is no meaning behind it.
Cordelle: But wait. Is it possible for witches to make themselves look exactly like that other person?
Tilly: You're thinking about shape shifting. As far as I know, it's possible but I haven't seen any witch do that specific.
Cordelle: Do you think a witch is trying to kill me and pass themselves off as me?
Tilly: It is highly possible.
Cordelle: What about my father's being a warlock? Did he ever grasp that abstract?
Tilly: Your father didn't know how to shape shift. He just knew the basics. Shape shifting is more of an expert level than any other, or lack there of.
(Cordelle takes the tea and sips it calming herself from the nightmare)
Cordelle: What is it with these dreams I'm having? It's like they really are trying to kill me or something.
Tilly: What do you mean?
Cordelle: First nightmare I had, It was someone who stabbed me with a knife. It felt real. Then the dream where I killed those men who wanted to drown me, they actually did kill me. Then this dream, when I was buried alive and someone on top was impersonating me. It was almost as if she ordered the grave diggers to bury me. Like they were under enchantment or something.
Tilly: Like puppets on strings...
Cordelle: Exactly. Like the strings were being tugged. Then i had another dream. There's this box I'm supposed to retrieve. Like my father was trying to tell me something.
Tilly: a box, huh? Sounds cryptic.
Cordelle: What was in this box, I can't gather.
(Then Tilly gets an idea)
Tilly: Come with me.
Cordelle: Where are we going?
Tilly: You'll see.
(Next scene: Bedroom)
Alright, lay down.
Cordelle: Why?
Tilly: I think I know how to help you. I assume you've been talking to supernatural snakes?
Cordelle: How did you--
Tilly: I practice witchcraft, love. I know these things.
Cordelle: Okay...
Tilly: Now sit back close your eyes, and relax. Try to sit still as much as possible or the spell won't work.
(Cordelle closes her eyes. When she isn't looking, and she preps herself to relax and allow Tilly to concentrate, Tilly puts something on Cordelle's face to help her connect into the outside)
Tilly: Aarde nuu Vocans ab extra, veni corde tuo, ut a te in deserto, mox, ut onto mortuis onto sacrarii fuderunt.
(When Cordelle opens her eyes, She's seen on the outside at night in the opening of the gates of her work place. The grave yard cemetery she walks into the place and stops onto where she's supposed to go)
Cordelle: Level 5...
(The sign reads "Restricted Area, Extreme Danger, do not bypass, failure to comply will result in serious injury or death")
(she decides to walk and go on ahead when she knows what she's getting herself into)
Cordelle: I know you're here. Come on out...
(Then a snake slithers and looks up at her)
Viper: Glad you could come...
Cordelle: You led me here.
Viper: Ssso it would ssseem. Tell me, witch. Who helped you find me? Why don't you tell me, hmm?
Cordelle: I got here anyways. It doesn't matter.
Viper: Ah, you bypassed when it was specific that you should not...
Cordelle: Ambrosia.
Viper: Hmm. Haven't heard that name in forever...
Cordelle: She wants something of me. What is it?
Viper: I can't SSsay.
Cordelle: And why not?
Viper: If I did, my head would be cut off anyway.
Cordelle: You're a snake. What life do you live anyway?
Viper: I was a human...before Ambrosia trapped me here for good.
Cordelle: You know what Ambrosia wants from me! Tell me what she has done to me!
Viper: The gray box...one that contains our secrets,in order to find your answer, use your shovel and dig.
Cordelle: what does this have to do with Ambrosia? What's in the box?
Viper: Sssecretsss containing witchesSS possSSibly. Open it up, and when we meet again, I can tell you about Ambrosia...
Cordelle: How do I know you'll give me what I want?
Viper: Hmm, guessSS you'll have to ssSee for yourself...
Cordelle: But what does that mean? Is it a prophecy?
Viper: I cannot confirm, nor deny for SSsure.
Cordelle: Where can I find it? Is it here in the grave site?
Viper: No...I'll give you a riddle. The dirt path leads back to the brick.
Cordelle: Brick... That doesn't make any sense.
Viper: Then I suggest you quit wasSSting your time. And figure it out, but quickly. It sSSeemSsS the ssSpell is running off on me. Don't forget to bring your shovel. You're gonna need it. Think of it as finding a needle in a hayssstack. Except thisSs, isssn't magic. Think about that...
Cordelle: What do I do, once I find it?
Viper: You'll know once you break the riddle...And when you're done...come back to me... And I will tell you about Ambrosia. What you're looking for...
(The snake goes back to its regular slithering back into it's hole, Cordelle runs from the snake pit of the lone snake, She moves farther away back to the safe grave site away from level 5, closes her eyes and again wakes up in the bedroom of Tilly's house)
Tilly: What did you see?
Cordelle: It talked to me.
Tilly: the snake?
Cordelle: Yes!
Tilly: Well, what does it say? What did it want?
(Cordelle looks at Tilly then averts her eyes elsewhere then looks back at Tilly)
Cordelle: An exchange...
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