Her Protection
| Published on Creepypasta.com | February 2010 |
|---|---|
| Length | 501 words · about 2 minutes to read |
| Story level | Short |
| Reader rating | 8.7/10 from 738 votes |
| Category | Beings and Entities |
In every major town and city, there is a house of which no official record exists, and whose windows have been boarded up for longer than anyone around can remember. The previous occupants, if there ever were any, are untraceable, and no organisation or individual will ever lay claim to the plot on which it stands.
Nevertheless, when you break in–always through a back, ground-floor window; you must never touch the outer doors–you will see amongst the dust the signs of inhabitants long gone. A flattened cardboard box, an overturned child’s cot, balding patches on the carpet where the pile has been worn away. Invariably there will be an orphaned double mattress in the master bedroom. What you will not see, however, are rats and cockroaches, or animal waste. Vermin know better than to come here.
These are Her sacred spaces.
The first time you visit, bring only what you need to help you enter the house. Then locate the master bedroom, stand in the centre, and draw an unbroken circle in the dust around your feet. Make it about a metre in diameter to be safe.
Face the doorway and say aloud; “I wish to make a sacrifice. Will you welcome the offering?”
Also read: In The Land of Black and White
Then leave as quickly as possible. You must not return until night has next fallen.
This time, bring nails, a hammer, an empty litre bottle, a sharp, sturdy knife, and a torch. Enter the same way you did last time. Remember the mattress in the master bedroom? Someone will be sleeping there. Don’t worry about waking them up; She has taken care of that for you. Turn the sleeper over onto their back and cut their jugular vein, making sure to collect as much blood as you can.
You will need to pour a little of the blood onto the floor of every room, including this one, but make sure you have some left at the end. When you’ve finished, leave by the same way you entered, and close up the boards again. (This is what the hammer and nails are for.) Walk home. Speak to nobody on your way. When you get there, tip some of the remaining blood into your right hand and smear it over your door handle before you enter. Then go to bed.
If there is any blood left, you must pour the rest of it onto any pavement in the city, but do not allow it to be poured down a drain. The knife you must never use again, and should bury. Do not trouble yourself with covering your tracks. When you next leave your house, the blood on your door will be gone, and the murder you have committed will have no repurcussions. From the moment you leave Her temple, DNA evidence will never again implicate you; law enforcement will creep around your footsteps without touching them. On cameras, your face will show up a blur.
You are under Her protection now.
Just make sure you get the right house.
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I would never do this, having too many standards and believing in Karma and Judgement and whatnot (not a fundamentalist, but faithful), but I agree with some of the other readers that this is one of the best ritual stories, if not the best ritual story, that I have read so far on this website.
Woah. This was short but amazing! <3
But why can we still see OJ’s face on film?…
hopefully whoever does this doesnt plan on going into the acting industy
Ok
this is really good no joke
Dude I think im going to do this.
Very cool :)
I liked this. Most pastas are worded to make you terrified of upsetting your new ‘friend’, but here, it’s like you do one thing, and you never have to worry about getting in trouble for the rest of your life. Though, I would like a sequel, to tell us more about Her. I just hope I pick the right house.
…………
And I am now going to jail… xDD
Last line really pulled it all together.
What game
lol i’m making sure I clean my house often and well from now on
Was it just me or did Her remind you of Lady Nocturnal?
I like the simplicity of it…. though it does take a few days to complete. Though, what if you want to UNdo the effects? do you make your wish known, and She just uses you as Her next hobo-on-a-mattress in retaliation of your refusal of her ‘gift’? That would make a better addition to the story.
Yeah?