ELOISE POV—
I was wrong— very wrong. Everything went wrong, it's like the whole world wants to fuck with me and I can't even do anything about it. So, in case you are all wondering what happened. Let's have a flashback.
FLASHBACK—
Ok, now that I have decided that I want to do this. Let's read the chapter and see what it says. It said: —
[ As you have read in the earlier chapters, summoning magic is used to summon familiars. Familiars are your companions who could help you in various ways. They act as your partners in crime, help you in navigating, help you in battles and many other unimaginable ways, you can't even think of.
There are mostly 3 types of familiars. These are: —
Type- 1: Nature Powered Familiars: — These are the familiars who derive their powers from the nature itself. They derive their powers from plants and fellow familiars.
Type- 2: Elemental Familiars: — These are the familiars who could use elemental magic and derive powers from the elements of nature itself. Type- 1 and Type- 2 are similar but not same.
Type- 3: Supportive Familiars: — These familiars are mostly used for healing and defence.
Now, these are the 3 types of familiars which summoners mostly deal with. But there is also a fourth type. Not much is known about this type. We call them Cryptic Familiars as they are mysterious and have peculiar powers. Don't worry, there is not a single known record of any Cryptic Familiars signing contract with a summoner.
To the part, how to summon?
Draw the array given below. Use chalk or powder to make it. Make sure you completely join the end points together. Put candles on top of each hollow circles and lit them up. Channel your Mana or any other form of Cynosure energy into it.
This is how a mage can summon his/her familiar. If you are not a mage but still want to summon your familiar, you have to repeat first four steps and then slash your hand with a knife. Put your bleeding hand in the end of the array and try to focus your concentration on the array. Note one thing, it doesn't work in most of the cases but if it works, the familiar you will be summoning would be bound to our soul. Most of familiars don't like this and hence, they try to free themselves by killing their masters. So, proceed at your own risk.]
Wow, this chapter turned really intense at the end. But what can I do? I don't know magic, so the first way is cancelled. *Sigh* I guess I have no choice but to use the second way.
The book said that most of times it just fails. Now that I think about it, can I modify it? I mean let's try it and see what happens. I analysed the array carefully just to find a loophole. This array is like a geometrical figure that means I can alter it. I changed the alignment of the structures present in the array. I extended the points and joint at end the array by rotating the whole figure by pi radians.
After completing it, I brought the knife and the candles as the book said. I took a deep breath and try to tone down my anxiety. Fuck it! After seeing my bleeding hand, Dad and Mom are gonna be so mad at me. They may even keep me under their supervision after this stunt of mine. Please God, let the spell work, I am taking too much risk to do this.
I slashed my hand and put my bleeding hand in the array. Argh!! It hurts. Even after steeling my resolve, some tears leaked from my eyes due to the pain I am currently experiencing.
After wiping my tears and once again finding my resolve, I started to concentrate on it but nothing happened. I strained my body and focused all of my concentration on it. Again, the results were same. Just as I was about to give up, suddenly the array starts glowing. I was shocked and amazed at the same time. Yes, it worked. Fuck Reed Richards, fuck Dr Strange, Fuck Wanda and fuck everyone; I did it. Nothing can stop me now. It really fuelled my ego. But then suddenly, I along with my room items started to levitate in the air.
END OF FLASHBACK
Ok, this isn't good. Both figuratively and literally that is. Not only my ego is bruised but also, I can see mom and dad putting a ban on me permanently. Then suddenly, the array flashed brightly. I closed my eyes and covered my head with my hands. I have no choice but to wait and see what happens.