This is it, this is the moment Henry has been working towards all year. The moment he finally summons the devil, the one and only ruler of hell. He won’t admit it but Henry has wanted to meet this fabled creature since he was in middle school. The day he learned that people go to hell to be punished by him. Young Henry had thought to himself, why not bring the devil here so he could watch his foes be punished.

He was so excited to finally be able to do it, he was humming joyfully to himself as he put the last candle in place. Henry did one final look over everything, and then positioned himself just outside the circle drawn on the floor. He began to speak the incantation he’s been memorizing for the past month.

The room started to drop in temperature, and Henry could feel a small breeze blow past his ankles. As he came to the end of the spell, smoke began to form and rise in the center of the room. With a big smile on his face Henry said the final words and there was a bright flash of light. He had covered his eyes as to not go blind, but after a few seconds he looked up ready to finally come face to face with the devil himself.

“Grandma?!” Henry yelled in confusion

Smiling, Henry’s grandmother replied “Oh, Henry sweetie. Hello, how are you?”

There was a short silence, before Henry spoke again. He was trying to understand what just happened.

Finally he spoke up, asking the one question he was hoping would clear up his confusion “How did you get here?”

“You summoned me dear, don’t you remember?” his grandmother said giggling, “Did the bright light erase your memory?” She asked, fully laughing now.

Henry spoke “How am I supposed to get revenge on my enemy’s, if the devil is my grandma?”

His grandmother started laughing heartily before asking “That’s not why you summoned me right?” She looked him in the eyes, “You know better than that, right?”

“What do you mean?” Henry asked, slightly confused by the questions.

His grandmother’s face became serious as she looked at Henry. She didn’t think he could be this stupid, she thought he would do his research before going through with something this big.

After a few moments of silence she finally responded to him “My sweet Henry, when someone summons the devil it’s because they are ready to give up their souls and not be reincarnated any longer.”

Henry just stared at his grandmother, the words she had just spoken not yet clicking in his mind.