It takes a certain amount of swallowing your pride, but you simply have to know more. This goth at school is far too powerful, far too intriguing to ignore!
"OK...OK..." You step backwards and hold up your hands placatingly, watching her carefully as she rises to her feet. "Tell me what you know."
"No more of your crap like trying to take me on?" Destiny glowers at you, though you can see in her dark eyes that she is pleased you've decided to quit attacking her again.
"No..." you say, feeling a bit emasculated, though you know it's for the best.
"Good. So here's how it is. Goddess Sasha is a seriously powerful sorceress. She has been around for hundreds of years...if not more! Of course she doesn't age; she's immortal of course..." Destiny tells you, as though this must seem obvious. "Anyway, I've read about her - studied her, you could say. Goddess Sasha moves from town to town, country to country...all over the world; her mission is to put egotistical men in their place! Sometimes it will be in the guise of a fortune teller, like you would have seen this evening. Sometimes it could be in a derelict village, the other side of the world...or at a Las Vegas casino game....she is seriously powerful!"
"OK...but what...what's this got to do with me? And this carnival?" You ask her, feeling skeptical that the raven-haired girl is winding you up still.
"You came out of her tent. I saw you! Knowing you, Ethan..." She rolls her eyes at you, a look of distaste forming on her. "...You probably insulted her...came across as a jerk. Am I right?"
Shuffling your feet awkwardly but feeling automatically defensive, you glare at her. "No! She...she tried to charge me a hundred dollars! For a crappy fortune teller bullshit reading!"
"Ethan," Destiny tells you sternly. "Watch your mouth! Whatever you may think of Goddess Sasha, she is NOT a fraud! I have been monitoring her movements and energy for months...when I found out that she was coming here, to our town, at the annual carnival..." She rolls her eyes again, but has an excited look about her. "Well, I had to see for myself. In Wicca circles, she is like a major celebrity. All you need to worry about is appeasing her - not succumbing to her powers and allowing her to reduce you to a willing slave, but to show that you have learned something and that her magic has changed you for the better!"
"Her....willing slave?!" You practically spit.
"Ethan...everything around you is a mirage. The Carnival has been recreated by Goddess Sasha; everything has changed. Everyone here is just a pawn in her game - they may not be aware, but when she's done with you, they will forget everything but you won't! Well, she has some other associates...or 'lieutenants' as she calls them..."
"But you...what about you? And how do you know all this?" You blurt out at her, starting to feel like what she's saying could be genuine.
She smirks, an air of pomposity about her. "I've been studying the forces of nature for years, Ethan. I am at an advanced enough level to resist Goddess Sasha's magic; it has no effect on me. She has chosen YOU as her vessel, to toy with and to torture. She doesn't even need to do it herself - she will use people you know...not just your friends like that Casey girl, but other people. Celebrities, fictional characters...anyone at all that she can read and pluck from her mind!"
Feeling overwhelmed, you take a few deep breaths. If this weren't all true, then she has an incredibly creative imagination! Nodding at her, she looks pleased that you've accepted she is being honest with you.
"So...what do we do?" You ask her. The more time you spend with the goth, the more you grudgingly accept that she knows what she's talking about. "And...why are you helping me?!" It's a fair question - Destiny is not a friend; you actually actively disliked one another at school!
Rolling her eyes again, she gives you a knowing look. "Can you imagine it? Me being the one to thwart a sorceress like Goddess Sasha...do you have any idea how much this will improve my powers and reputation?!" Well, you buy it - she does seem so knowledgeable and is clearly motivated for her own gains, and is honest about it!
What is Destiny's plan of action?
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