Rosalia - the Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part Four

Rosalia - The Evil Witch of the Harz, Part Four Rosalia’s Date with Destiny and the Power of Light and Goodness It is said that the Almighty Lord God works in very mysterious ways . . . meaning that even an all-powerful witch like Rosalia had her Achilles’ heel, and could lose her sheen of invincibility in certain instances which date back to the earliest clashes between Good and Evil at the outset of mankind. With her perfect cover working in a local village Inn near the Brocken, Rosalia could plan, plot and scheme her witchcraft activities at will when meeting unsuspecting villagers and outside visitors alike— giving her near-unlimited control in shaping the very course of events. Fate would have it, however, that one event would challenge and alter Rosalia’s perfect cover forever . . . One day a young girl—named Aurelia, who was barely 15 years old, visited local village relatives while traveling near the Brocken. Aurelia, who was quite intelligent and mature for her age was also a close relative of the regional church Monseigneur, Wolfgang Augustus Hardenberg, and she was part of a traditional German catholic family. Aurelia was a rare child indeed, endowed with “Heavenly Eyes” from her eternal soul at birth which gave her a unique, unusual gift of sensing and seeing the true nature of the men, women, and children as they came into contact with her . . . without them realizing it. Aurelia, with this fantastic gift, was truly one of God’s children, and the antithesis of Rosalia and the incarnate evil she represented. Aurelia’s family was fully aware of God’s favor on their daughter and all of the goodness and light she shared with them in the family. Aurelia was also quick study; she was endowed with an unusual ability to absorb, understand and remember vast amounts of information and detail. And while attending religious schools, she demonstrated an exceptional proclivity early on for learning and mastering classical foreign languages. Aurelia too was a centuries’ old soul like Rosalia, but whereas Rosalia embraced the Dark Side, and was the very manifestation of evil and debauchery; Aurelia embraced the Light and Goodness of the Almighty, and was one of God’s angelic souls destined to do his bidding in the continuous titanic struggle against Lucifer and his Dark World minions; she was truly a “Princess of the Light” and a “Precious Child of God.” With this in mind . . . On visiting the local village Inn with relatives one afternoon for lunch, Aurelia immediately felt the presence of a specter of evil and foreboding. And this specter was, of course, none other than . . . Rosalia. Beyond her perceptible sensing and feeling of pure evil, Aurelia was able to make momentary visual contact with Rosalia, and with her God-given heavenly vision glanced the true image of Rosalia, which filled her at once with undeniable dread, fright and revulsion at the terrible visage cast by Rosalia among her unsuspecting relatives. Aurelia was in luck since Rosalia felt no reason to suspect her, thus paying no attention to the young girl with her relatives. Aurelia’s God-given power shielded her from Rosalia’s attention, at least for now . . . From the encounter at the village Inn, Aurelia knew that some of her relatives were already marked by the witch. After the visit to the Inn, Aurelia immediately informed her unsuspecting parents of the evil incarnate she sensed and discovered at the Inn. Time was fleeting and quick action would be required to corroborate this event. It was already Monday, and on the upcoming Saturday, which was All Hallows’ Eve on October 31st, Rosalia’s Coven was set to conduct The Black Witches’ Sabbath in celebration of the Devil himself. This evil Sabbath event was done twice a year with the one preceding All Hallows’ Eve occurring on April 30th on the Great Sabbath of Walpurgis Nacht. The preparation of the Black Witches’ Sabbath would include black rituals and both human and animal sacrifices with the invocation of the Vespers’ Prayer Preparation for Black Mass, followed by a 24-hour period of preparation by the Coven for its next attack on the local villagers. Riding horseback to the Cloister Marten in the Harz some 20 kilometers away, Aurelia’s father traveled there with two close trusted friends to inform Monseigneur Hardenberg of Aurelia’s unexpected discovery of the infamous and evil Black Witch of the Harz known as Rosalia. On hearing of the discovery of Rosalia and her masquerade in human form, the Monseigneur instinctively knew that immediate action was required, and that the very lives of the villagers and their eternal souls were in the greatest of peril. An immediate meeting with his council of priests at Cloister Marten was in order; there was now a chance that Rosalia and her Coven could be finally destroyed forever. This chance event had been a long time coming and the Monseigneur knew that they must not fail. The Monseigneur also knew that God’s avengers must act smartly . . . Rosalia was a virulent evil force not to be taken lightly nor underestimated. Many priests and their parishioners had already succumbed to the Devil and his Dark World of eternal damnation, courtesy of Rosalia. The Monseigneur would need Aurelia’s help in finding Rosalia’s Coven, and he realized that he and his priests must prepare for the greatest test of their faith, as they contemplated their plan to destroy Rosalia and her spawn of evil. The Monseigneur understood all too well that to face down Rosalia was almost the same as facing the very Devil himself. The Monseigneur and his priests must be swift in their vengeance against Rosalia in the name of the Lord, and that a second chance may not be in the offing. End of Part Four Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved, Schoeningen, Germany (September 20, 2014)