Echoes of The Cove

The Journey beings

A boy was abandoned at a church when he was a baby and thus making him an orphan with the priest as the father figure.

He doesn't have any friends and the priest is always busy helping people in other villages which makes him gone for days.

He feels as if he isn't wanted by the world. The people in the village nearby don't like him, they see him as an outcast because of the rumors that; they say he might be a witch's son. But he always hopes that it will be better.

One day a group of witches burns down the church and kidnap the priest for their "holy ritual". At that time the boy was walking in the forest which near the village since the village is set at the foot of a mountain.

He came back to find the church burned down, the priest gone, and noticed that the witches left a symbol of some sort.

The boy searched for days and looked everywhere for the priest. He knew that the priest came back because while he was looking in the neighboring villages a young 10-year girl told him that the priest left the day before.

While he continued his search for a few more days he overheard the whispers of the walking villagers of how the witches were taking and burning down churches all over towns.

On the fourth day, the boy went to the old burned church and found a note written with a blackish and smelly ink that said: "Bring me the boy and the holy ones." The boy understood that the 'holy ones' as the priests but didn't understand what they meant by the 'boy'. But now he knows that the witches really did kidnap the priest.

So he went on another search mission. He wore a black robe to cover his identity so no one knows who he is and asked if anyone knows where the witches hideout was. In the being people were weary of him and why would he ask so some just avoided him. Not wanting to stir trouble with the witches.

Others were more helpful and answered his questions. After a few days of walking the trail that people had told him about. Which lead him into a cold and dark forest filled with heavy mists and the sun doesn't shine there even if it's the morning. The howls and hoots of the night while the moon shone under him terrified him even more but he knows that he must keep moving to rescue the only person that accepts him.

After a few hours, the boy reached the dark and weary mountains. It had spikes all over it with black stones that reeked of blood. He wanted to vomit at the smell but he held it in and began to climb the mountain. In the beginning, he had trouble climbing it but as he got higher it got easier which he found was odd. He finally reached the top and there was a cave. A dark cave with human bones on the ground they were covered with weird symbols all over them. The worse part was the screams that could be heard from deep within it the cave and the strong smell of blood.

Every step he took the crushing and cracking of bones could be heard underneath his feet, with every step he took his courage depleted and the screams grew louder. By every step, he wanted to turn back and escape. To run and wish this was a dream. No a nightmare! He wanted everything to be over and back to the way it was.

He finally reached the end of the cave. What he saw was something he didn't prepare himself for and the iron, rotting smell of burning flesh and blood hit him hard in the stomach but the scene was worse. So much worse.

There were priests covered in their own blood all chained to the walls of the cave while under them were small black cauldrons that seemed to be collecting their blood. The priests were all bruised and beaten up and they had deep cuts all over their bodies while the witches were laughing in hysteria from some.

"Now this is complete we just need to find that boy where is he?!" the witch that was mixing something that looks like blood and flesh in a giant black cauldron said.