EARLY in the morning, Harold woke up early because he wants something to do today. He is sitting on a wooden made chair at the kitchen with his father. They are having their breakfast together. Then, he asked his father for permission to go out.
"Dad?"
"Yes son?" His dad answered while eating his food.
"May I visit mommy's grave today after our breakfast?"
"Sure, why not! Let's go visit her after this," his father happily answered. But he senses something is wrong about the way his son reacted to what he said. Harold is not happy. "Why you're sad? You don't want daddy to come with you?"
"Yes, dad. I mean, it's not that I don't want you to come with me. But I am planning to visit her... alone today."
"Okay but be careful. Bring Jack with you. He will protect you."
Finch family are foreigners, Americans, who chose to live in the Philippines for they found the country a better place to live, the weather, low cost of living, and friendly people. For how many years, Harold still prefers to use English rather than using the Tagalog language.
After their breakfast, he grabbed his backpack and leave the house immediately. He went to the woods together with his beloved golden retriever dog. He named it Jack. His mother gave it to him the last time they've celebrate his birthday together. Today is Saturday, means he have no class and decided to visit his mother's grave. His family, his father and him, specifically, buried his mother there because they have their beliefs about burying a dead body in the middle of the woods will make the spirit won't come back to the living – if the dead person was died in a brutal way. So that the vengeful spirit won't find the living to avenge her/him. Some vengeful spirit can't directly harm the one who killed them, so they used another living or host to avenge for them.
When they arrived at the graveyard. Harold put down his backpack on the ground beside the fallen died tree. His dog lies down on the ground also, beside him facing the gravestone. He misses his mother so much. He wanted to bring his mother back, literally, that's why he came to visit his mother's grave today.
He was too desperate to carry out his plan. He grabbed his bag and pulled out the materials to be used in the ritual. He had been studying for two months how to perform the ritual to bring his mother back. Through videos and blogs on the internet, he learned this. There was no doubt in his mind whether it would work or not. All he had was to bring back his dear mother.
Then, he picked up a dried stick from the ground and drew a big circle on the ground with a star that each point touches the round. After that, he placed five black candles on its star's point. He lights it up and took out a white piece of paper from his pocket. Now he's ready. He is starting to read the prayer.
"Lord Satan, by your grace, grant me, I pray thee the power to conceive in my mind and to execute that which I desire to do, the end which I would attain by the help, O mighty Satan, the one True God who lives and reigns forever and ever.
"I entreat thee to inspire King Paimon to manifest before me that they may give me true and faithful answer, so that I may accomplish my desire end, provided that it is proper to bring back her life. This I respectfully and humbly ask in Your Name, Lord Satan, may you deem me worthy, Father."
Nothing happened, as far he can remember, there must be signs that his ritual is working. Like sudden occurrence of cold wind, animals are starting to growl, and any dead flying animal or insect fall to the circle. But all these signs showed nothing. So, he started to get angry and tried it for once. Currently, he tries to cite the prayer eagerly without reading it from the paper he was holding.
"Lord Satan, by your grace, grant me, I pray thee the power to conceive in my mind and to execute that which I desire to do, the end which I would attain by the help, O mighty Satan, the one True God who lives and reigns forever and ever.
"I entreat thee to inspire King Paimon to manifest before me that they may give me true and faithful answer, so that I may accomplish my desire end, provided that it is proper to bring back her life. This I respectfully and humbly ask in Your Name, Lord Satan, may you deem me worthy, Father."
This time, signs are starting to show up. Sudden occurrence of cold wind, his dog starting to growl facing the circle, and lastly a dead mountain sunbird falls in the circle. He felt so much happiness knowing that his ritual is working. He continues citing the prayer, repeatedly. Until he spoke weird language.
"Tasa... fubin... andromalius... oncar...," he doesn't know that he's now speaking different language. It is an enchantment of summoning the evil from the underworld.
"Tasa... fubin... andromalius... oncar...," repeating it out of count.