Happy birthday

The month was finally here ,the month of the ritual to the demon king .

I knew that it was going to happen and no matter how hard I tried to run away from it ,it kept coming back . .

I knew that I had no right to question this ritual ,but then our elders said that we needed to do it just to get ourselves prepared for what's going to happen .

This ritual I am talking about had been going on in the town for centuries and for ages and our forefathers had Been the one responsible for it and now that it had been passed down to us ,we still had no choice .

It was said in the history book that we were losing our village to a certain curse or should I use the world diseases and so because of that the people had no choice but to turn to some creatures that had no name ,I couldn't even mentioned them but as was written in the book of the olds ,.

The creatures were made of supernatural elements with powers and they had used their powers to save our pack but that was not before entering into a treaty and that was ,in every silver moon a sacrifice had to be carried out and we had no choice but to do this continuously for the rest of my life .

I hated this ritual to the core .

I saw no reason why we should get ourselves into something that we didn't want to do willingly .

Our elders had said that we had to get into it or a big calamity was going to befall our clan .

My heart ached from all the girls that had Been lost in the ritual all these years , though they were celebrated as heroines ,but that couldn't heal the pains in the heart of their parents .

I knew that I would do whatever it takes me to end this Ritual because all that I can see right now is madness .

I knew I wasn't a part of it ,but this was happening any moment from now and no matter what we were still going to lose another life .

Avery Avery "I heard someone say behind me .

My head snapped backwards and looking at the two beautiful beings standing behind me ,my heart fluttered in joy .

My two beautiful twin sisters .

"Happy birthday Avery ``Kyla and Kylie said together .

I immediately jumped from the bed and rushed to the calendar in my room .

I looked at the placed that I had marked with a red biro and it was my birthday how could I have forgotten about that .

"Happy birthday hun "I heard mom say behind me and I smiled .

"Thank you my loves "I told my sister's turning off the candle and also kissing them both and before hugging my mom .

I loved her .

Am sorry darling that you dad couldn't come but he had something to attend to ,but don't worry he will be here with us soon ",

I wasn't sad about my dad not being here ,this wasn't the first time .

My dad is the chief of the community and so he was always busy ,I had grown to understand that .

After mom and my siblings left ,I jumped on my bed.I couldn't believe that this was my 20th birthday.I was 20 today .

The thought of finally becoming a real adult hit me ,I just couldn't wait .

"You are 20,that means you are participating in that ritual "an inner voice told me .

The moment I heard that voice in my head ,all the excitement I had in me died almost immediately .

What was going on?

I didn't want to believe that this was happening ,I thought I wasn't going to participate since all of them had Been selected .

The fears were eating into me ,but after the thought of my dad being a chief hit me ,I just couldn't help but smile .

I knew that no matter what there was no way that my dad was going to let his precious daughter go into that barbaric ritual ,that was never happening ..

I couldn't let the thought of that ruin my day ,I needed to be happy since today was my day and that's exactly how I was going to feel .

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I sat at the dining table with my parents and also my uncleBlake and two of the elders in the town .

I knew that today was my birthday but then my uncle Blake hardly attended any of my birthdays and hardly came to our family and that includes his kids , so seeing him here brought different thoughts to my head .

The moment my dad saw me he wished me a happy birthday and even my uncle but something tells me everything wasn’t fine .

Everyone who sat at the table Including my mom, all chewed in silence without saying a word .

I watched each of their them with curiosity burning deep inside of me .

"What was going on? "

"Papa,can you just cut it and tell me what's eating you "I told my father who had been throwing stares at me .

Papa let out a heavy breath the moment I said that and that alone told me everything wasn't fine .

"Avery you are 20 "

The word 20 hit me and different thoughts ran through my head ,I didn't want to believe where this is headed.

"Papa what do you mean am twenty ?”

"You know what Avery , there's no long words here ,you are getting into that ritual since you just turned 20 ,you weren't lucky enough to escape it and even if your father is the chief ,it doesn't matter at this moment "my uncle blake told me plabinyku .

I kept quiet trying to accumulate all that had just been said to me ,but the more I tried , the more I couldn't accept the fact that this was Happening .

I stood up and banged my hand on the table angrily .

"Papa aren't you going to say a thing ,why keep quiet , don't tell me you are going to let your daughter into that barbaric ritual" I screamed at the top of my voice .

"Tell her the words titus ,don't tell me you are going to favor your child while others dies "my uncle threw at my dad .

Dad still kept quiet,I knew I had so many thoughts going through his Head ,I knew my dad always made the right decision but I had never seen him this confused my entire life .

I didn't want to make any conclusion ,I wanted to hear it from him ,he should say the words ,he should tell me he wants to send me to my grave .

"Am sorry Avery "

"Sorry for what papa? "I asked, the tears Rolling out and my voice shaking .

"Am sorry but you are getting into that ritual and it doesn't matter if you are my child or not "my dad dropped the bombshell ,my greatest nightmare came to life .

I looked around trying to process all that was happening ,my mom just sat there , with her head bowed unable to say a word .

"Mama ,papa ,don't tell me you want to send me to my grave " I said, my voice breaking .

"You father is right, Avery ,we love you but our hands are tied 'mama finally sad.

I took steps away from the table with different thoughts going through my head .

"No no ,you can't do this to me ,what if I never return ,what happens to my sister's ,my career if being an engineer ,what happens to all of that "I cried while dad rushed towards me .

"Don't come any closer dad because I hate you for this and I would never forgive you "I screamed at them and took to the stairs and straight to my room.

The moment I got in ,I grabbed my car keys.I didn't care if it was late ,I wanted to be away .

Away from these people .

I came down and without listening to them I walked out of the door and slammed it against them .