The Pipell: A Narrative Fiction

She didn't even get to finish her sentence as her arms pushed her body forward, slamming them into Josh. Her friend let out a surprised sound as he stumbled backward. “Lila!” Josh screamed as he slipped. He was at the edge of the cliff now, barely centimeters away from plummeting to the bottom. Water and mud gathered around his boots as they sunk into the wet ground. Crack! Another loud sound echoed through the night air as Josh looked at Lila with pleading eyes. He knew what was happening. The corner of the cliff was breaking off because the rain was eroding the soil. Yet, she didn't step forward to help him. Lila’s entire body was frozen. Not even her mouth could move. This couldn't be happening. He couldn't fall, he just couldn't!
But to Lila’s dismay, he did. The whole front half of the cliff broke off with another distinctive loud sound. It fell through the air, and Lila could hear the thunk of the chunk landing at the bottom, laying on those spiky rocks. Lila could move now, so she ran to what was left of the cliff, bending over to see the bottom. There was a lot of dirt and mud, but amidst all of that, she could see a wrangler body, lying right in the middle of a circle of jagged rocks. Tears streamed down her face as she let out a choked sob. “Josh,” she cried out. “No! Josh!” It was all gone. The cliff, the rain, Josh’s mangled body. Cece stood in front of Lila, a smirk making its way upon her lips. “Well that was certainly fun,” said Cece as she examined Lila’s face. They were in the same spot as they were before, sitting on the rocks next to the ocean. The sun was still shining, and there was no smoke cloud in the sky. Lila turned towards Cece, still crying for her friend. “Wha-what just happened?” she asked, stumbling on her words. “I-I was just on th-the cliff, and Josh, h-he fell, and—” Cece laughed at her. “Oh honey, that was all me! Esoteric magic really is a brilliant thing, isn't it?” Was it all a spell?
Lila fell backward onto the ground and closed her eyes. It was just a spell. Thank God, it was just a spell. Her eyes opened again as she pondered about it. “I know what you're thinking,” said Cece. “It isn't a spell you would know.” Sitting up, Lila said, “But there are currently only four spells using Esoteric magic.” She stopped to think for a moment. “I think they are Manakinesis, Summoning, Animating, and Binding, so you couldn't have been using any of them!” Cece laughed at her. “Darling, what do you know about Binding?” she asked Lila. Wiping her tears off of her face, Lila thought about her answer. Binding was one of the four Esoteric spells known to witch and wizard kind, that was for sure. It was often used in the Middle Ages to acquire newly found Dark magic. It bound something found in the Esoteric realm to the human host, granting them new magic abilities. But the ability was always a different form of Summoning, binding the host to an Esoteric creature, granting them the manifestation of it. This would mean that if a witch or wizard performed a Binding spell, they would end up casting a powerful Summoning spell, which was usually only used on Earth animals and forming a bond with an Esoteric creature, having full control over its
actions. “Well,” Lila started to state her answer.
“It's sort of like an extra Dark magic version of a Summoning spell.” Cece smiled widely at the young girl. “Ya got it! That's correct!” Her eyes twinkled with enthusiasm. “But, is that all there is to it?” Lila nodded. She was sure this was all the Binding spell was. “Wrong!” Cece yelled out. “It's so much more!” She then stood up, walking around in circles and waving her hands around as she explained. “First of all, it gives the user new magic, correct?” Lila nodded. “But that doesn't have to be a Binding spell to an Esoteric creature!” Thinking about what she had said, Lila concluded she was right. Few people today practiced Esoteric magic, mainly because of the laws. There wasn't enough proof that the spell was just Summoning. Most of the Dark magic users were probably rogue or criminals. Lila didn't even know what Cece was. She merely looked like a normal witch, but her power was far too great for her to not have been noticed by
Richard.