Halloween short story. Crone and friends save Election Day.

 

One day just before Halloween Crone was getting ready to listen to her favorite crystal ball show, "The Rick Smith Show".  Rick announced "Tonight’s guests are David Yankovich, Scott Dworkin, and Sarah Burris.  When we come back from a short break first up will be Sarah Burris".  Just then Crone's crystal ball made a weird siren type noise and the words “Message from Ghom" began to flash. 

Then the Earth Elemental ruler appeared in the crystal ball.  "Crone, be on the lookout for the Ronald Trumpkin Gang.  They have escaped.  We've received word that they plan on utilizing the Zombies to disrupt Election Day. “And with that message Ghom faded out.

Crone hurried up and sent a Witch Tweet message to Carol who was Rick's wife and informed her so that Rick could let everyone know what was planned.  Then Crone called up her friends to let them know what was going on.  Soon all the friends were making plans to help track down Ronald Trumpkin and his gang. 

Elouise said "'Well it's a good thing we are having the Samhain celebration at my house.  We can finalize our battle plans after we finish the celebration."

"Very true, and when Elaine is on her way on Shield and Jurni with Kam, they can keep an eye out and see if they spot anything suspicious".  Replied Crone.

All the friends, Ron and Tena, Sarah and Jan, Elizabeth P and Elizabeth L, Kendrix, Susan, Janice and Lyn, Elaine, Jurni, Elouise and Geri, Jennifer, Debra, Deb and Luisa, Cindy, Tracy and Darlene all agreed that, that was an excellent idea.

Meanwhile back on the Rick Smith Show, Rick had spread the word about the escape of the Ronald Trumpkin Gang and that Crone and her friends were going to try and stop them.  Sarah Burris, who was a reporter, said she would write an article to let everyone know, Scott said he would spread the word to the Democratic Party, and David said he would spread it to other digital strategists.  All 3 of them were friends with Crone on Witch Tweet and said they would keep her updated and hoped that she would do the same.

Crone and her friends had all arrived at Elouise's home for their Samhain celebration.  Jurni and Elaine had flown in on their dragons, Elizabeth P had come with Pegysue, and George the Broom bus brought everyone else.  So the friends chatted and got ready to do their ceremony.

"Is everyone ready?' asked Lyn.  "Crone, we'll let you lead the ceremony.  Ron you can represent North, Elaine will do South, Cindy can be West, and Elizabeth P will do East.  We will all take turns remembering our loved ones who have gone on to the Summerland.  Jan do you and Kendrix and Geri have the Jack O'lanterns done and the candles and stuff ready?"

"We sure do." replied Geri.  "Wait till you see it, we did a great job."

"Wonderful.  Tracy you will lead the thanks to the Lord and Lady.  Elizabeth L, you and Darlene, Luisa and Deb will do the offerings.  Jennifer,  you, Debra and Janice will do the reading of the poems.  Susan, you, Tena, Elouise, and Sarah will sing. "

Everyone moved towards the Bonfire, and made a circle around it, except for Ron who stood outside the circle at North, Elizabeth P at East, Elaine at South and Cindy at the West.  Crone stood inside the circle. 

Ron said “I call upon you guardians of the North, and the elementals of earth to join us upon this night as we remember our loved ones who have gone on."

Then Elizabeth P went next.  "I call upon you guardians of the East, and the elementals of air to join us upon this night as we remember our loved ones who have gone on."

Elaine began "I call upon you guardians of the South, and the elementals of fire to join us upon this night as we remember our loved ones who have gone on.

It was Cindy's turn.  “I call upon you guardians of the West, and the elementals of water to join us upon this night as we remember our loved ones who have gone on."

And Crone began.  “Tonight is Samhain, a time to remember our loved ones who have gone on, to pay homage to the Lord and Lady and the spirits of the land, and to receive messages from beyond the veil.  We welcome all to join with us and to benefit us with your wisdom."   With that, the flames of the bonfire shot up in the air and the figure of Ghom appeared in the flames.

"Greetings.  I will be sending you help with Gargoyles and Goblins in your fight against the Trumpkin gang and the zombies."   And with a poof, he was gone.

"Oh wow!  Cried Tena.  Ghom is helping us!"

"Oh Ronald Trumpkin is in for it now." commented Sue.

Then another swish of the flames occurred.  The smoke began to form into a figure.

" I Paralda will send you Pegasi to transport your allies ."  and with a poof he was gone.

Jennifer's eyes went wide with amazement.  "Paralda is getting involved!"

"He sure is.  And you can be sure the Queen of the Fae gave her approval." remarked Debra.

The flames shot up in the air again, this time the figure was of a woman dancing with the flames.

"I, Dijinna ruler of the fire elementals will send you 12 dragons to help you with your fight.  I am also sending you red pistachios for your war against the zombies."  And with a swish, she was gone.

"Oh my goddess!  Dijinna is sending dragons!"  Exclaimed Sarah.

Once more the flames shot up, and the outline of a man appeared.

"I am Niksa, ruler of water. Crone, the Lady of the West, has sent you a messenger.  Please stand by."  And then a familiar figure began to coalesce in the flames.

"Jean, is that you?" asked Crone.

"It is Crone.  I have a message for you from the Goddess.  She said when you need it most, you will get your wish as will your friends, but only long enough for the battle.  Use it wisely.  Thank you for all you did for me.  Your Uncle Joe sends his love also."  And then the figure faded away.

"Which wish?  Goodbye Jean.  Thank you Niksa and Lady of the West."

The friends were all in shock.  They finished up their ritual and celebration.  And began to make plans.  In 3 days voting would began and they had lots to do.

The night before the election, they had their plans ready.  Scott had been investigating; Sarah Burris had decided she wanted to be there so she could get a firsthand view of things, plus help with the fight.  Crone sent her a message that a Pegasus would bring her a magical outfit to keep her safe and pick her up.  The outfit was from the Queen of the Fae and was enchanted to not only protect, but to make the wearer look fantastic.    David had informed Crone that he had developed some software they could install on their portable crystal balls to help keep in touch with everyone and to help locate the Trumpkin gang and their zombie army.

Crone shared the software with all her friends, and they shared it with everyone on Witchbook and Witch tweet so that they could help find the malcontents and take them out before they could cause damage and harm.

The friends had their plans made.  They would have the goblins and gargoyle brigade tossing pumpkin bombs at the zombies, Elaine and Jurni on Shield and Kam with the other dragons flying in formation raking the zombies with fire.

Some of the friends would ride on the Pegasi with Elizabeth P and Pegysue.  They would drop the red pistachios at the zombies to stun them so they would be ready to be fried by the dragons.

The rest of the friends would fight on the ground and also try to take out Ronald Tumpkin, Vanny and Melly the Vamps.  Billy Goat Barr, Eir Duh and Ron Ron the Grimlins, Rudy the Ghoul, Jared Kushkin, Stephen Millerkin, Mike Pencekin and Mike PomPom the Ghouls.    David and Scott along with Rick and Carol would help with the information flow.

Crone finished listening to the Rick Smith Show and was just getting ready to shut down her crystal ball when it began to glow red and make siren noises.  Trumpkins spotted with zombies began to flash on the screen.  Followed by a message from Scott and David: sending location.  Info sent to all.   Crone hurried and sent out a message to all her friends and to Sarah Burris.   Meet up 1 block over from location.  See you in 20 minutes.  Transportation on the way.

Within minutes Crone was zipping through the air on George, wand aloft and eyes peered for trouble.  Storm was navigating, and Mem the cat and his children MJ, Surprise, and Minkie Ann were along as the assassin brigade.  Several other friends were bringing their pets also. 

Soon George was landing and Storm and the Cats jumped off.  Right behind them Pegasi were flying in, Dragons were coming in for a landing, and brooms were arriving. Off in the distance it looked like the Gargoyle brigade would be arriving soon.  Ron and Tena arrived.  Ron was in his kilt and carrying his War hammer.  “Ready to give it a workout".  Tena had a large marble rolling pin and grinned as she hefted it about.   Just then Sarah Burris arrived.  "Yee haw!  Now that was fun.  And I love this catsuit!  It really makes you look good!  The face mask even matches."  She was wearing a black catsuit, a belt that had stakes, and a cross body sword carrier for her Samurai sword. 

The assassin brigade of dogs and cats were forming, the dragons were forming fighting formation, the Pegasi brigade were ready with their bags of red pistachios, and the ground crew were forming around Crone. 

"We're ready Crone" yelled Elaine as she and Jurni hovered above on their dragons, surrounded by the larger ones. 

"Pegasi troops ready Crone" yelled Deb and Elizabeth P at the same time.

Tracy leaned down from her Pegasus, "Did you figure out what the wish was Crone"?

Crone shrugged, "Not yet".

Elouise who was carrying the largest iron skillet Crone had ever seen said "You will."

Janice said, "My hand is cramping up from holding my broom so tight."  And she switched the broom over and shook her hand.  ZING!  Sparks and fire flew from her fingers and one almost hit Jan and one just missed Darlene.

"Hey, watch it", yelled Jan and Darlene at the same time.

"What!  You got zappy fingers! “Exclaimed Crone.  And then she began to grin.  "That's it!  We got zappy fingers!!  Whoo hoo!!"  And Crone pointed her finger at a rock, and flames shot out!

Everyone began to cheer!  "Lock and Load folks!  Cried Crone.  Everyone begin to point at the ground, and flames shot out of their fingers!!

"Awesome" cried Kendrix!

"Let's do this" yelled Luisa.

Crone spoke into her portable crystal ball.  "D and S, we are going in!  Prepare to attack troops” and the flying brigades took off and the ground crew went at a run.  As they came around the corner, they saw the Trumpkin gang and the enormous crowd of zombies.

"Lock and load and fire at will." screamed Crone.  And all spell broke loose!  The dragons were spewing flames at the zombies, and  their riders were shooting flames at them.  The Pegasi brigade were throwing pistachios and shooting flames at the zombies, the Goblin Gargoyle force were throwing pumpkin bombs, the cats and dogs were biting the Trumpkin Gang.  Sarah Burris was throwing stakes at Melly and Vanny, and swinging her sword.  Ron and Elouise and Tena were smashing and zapping at the Trumpkin bunch.  Crone was now standing in front of Ronald Trumpkin and she yelled to the troops, "Take NO prisoners!"  The zombies were burning into goo.  Sarah Burris's stake found Melly and poof she was a pile of dust.  The air forces were raking the Trumpkin gang with fire and pumpkin bombs.  "Damn it" cried Sarah Burris, "I missed her again” As Vanny just missed being staked.  "Zag to the left next time", yelled Luisa.  Sarah took aim, and her stake zagged to the left, and hit Vanny.  Down she went and was a pile of dust that was dispersed by the wings of the pegasi above. 

With a swoosh, Ronald Trumpkin went up in flames as Crone figured out how to shoot a guided fireball. As he burned, Ron was pounding him with his hammer.  Tena did a double fire ball and took out Eir Duh and Ron Ron.  "Take that you deplorable things."

Elouise drew back her skillet and WHOMP!  Down went Stephen Millerkin, and then Debra hit him with a fireball and Shield raked him with a swoosh of flames.

Jan, Janice, Kendrix, Sarah, and Sarah Burris were stalking Jared, Rudy and the two Mikes.  They were dodging fire balls and Sarah Burris's sword.  Just as they had them backed up against a building, young Kam the dragon and Jurni dove in spewing dragon fire and fireballs.  Up in flames they went.

The friends all looked around.  Crone didn't see any members of the Trumpkin gang or the Zombies left.  She spoke into her crystal ball.  "Aerial support, do you see any enemies left standing or fleeing?"  She immediately received multiple replies.  "Not a one", "We got them all.", and from the Goblin Gargoyle brigade, "The battle is over.  The enemy has been eliminated.  We will return to Ghom and inform him"

The friend all begin to cheer!  Sarah Burris grabbed Crone's crystal ball and spoke into it.  “D and S, the battle is over.  The entire Trumpkin gang and the zombies have been terminated."  They all heard cheers erupt from the other end as David, Scott, Rick and Carol began to celebrate. 

As the cheering began to die down, Elouise said, "Well this is a good cause to celebrate, let's all go back to my place and have some soup.  I knew we would win, so I put a cauldron of soup on, Vegetable, so let's go party like it's not 2020!!

Tuesday night the election results began to come in.  "It's a landslide for Joe Biden!  Joe Biden will be the 46th president."  Rick announced with glee. 

Crone was listening and talking to all her friends on the crystal ball.  “And thank the goddess for that!  When we all work together, we make magic happen and good things occur."

 

The End (until next time!)

Beelzebub, The Lord of the flies shows support for Pence.

 So during last night's debate between current VP Michael Pence, and Candidate Kamala Harris, the VP running mate for Joe Biden, a very curious thing happened.  A fly appeared and for minutes was an ornament in the hair of Pence.  To me, it was a telling sign.  I have long said that the Trump regime is evil incarnate.  And as for Pence with his alternate version of Christianity where up is down, and wrong is right, it seemed that Beelzebub who is also known as "The Lord of the flies", showed up to mark Pence as his own.

Pence who is a much more polished liar and purveyor of propaganda and Alt Facts, smirked, talked over Harris, ignored the moderator, acted as if rules did not apply to him, spewed lies and propaganda, and all in all, acted like a self entitled jerk.  When the fly showed up, I had to grin.  Then it hit me, fly- omen and it started me to think. So let's discuss who Beelzebub is.

Beelzebub was a Philistine God whose name was originally Baal-zebub.  He was also called "Lord of the flies", "Lord of the dung", "Lord of the mansion", and so on.  And he is associated with flies.  In fact archeological finds associated with Beelzebub have included flies made out of gold.  

After the decline of the Philistines, the Jewish folk changed the named Baal-zebub to Beelzebub a name change that declared he was "The Lord of dung", or "The Lord of Filth".  The Jewish folk also began to use the name as another name for Satan.

By the era of Jesus, Beelzebub was known as the "Prince of Demons" and it was assumed that he and Satan were the same entity.  He was associated with evil, terror, plague and demons.

In the Testament of Solomon, a pseudepigraphical text, Solomon informs us that Beelzebub is the Prince of Demons, and tells us that by use of a certain magical ring, he is able to control him and have him help build the Temple of Solomon.  Solomon also interrogates him and obtains much information concerning the occult world.  Beelzebub informs Solomon that he causes the worship of demons, likes to destroy tyrants, causes war, jealousy, and sexual desire in those who claim to be holy.  

Beelzebub was and is often worshipped and called upon by those who claim to be Black Magic practitioners.  He is also often cited in cases of supposed demonic possession.  And he often shows up as a fly.

So to me, it was fitting that the fly showed up.  The Trump regime totally fits the bill for courting Beelzebub's help.  Pence certainly received the seal of approval from Beelzebub last night.  That was clear enough for anyone to see.