Summoning

As Ash put her hands together she exhaled loudly. Blood and sweat were trickling down her forehead. She spit lightly, trying to get the blood off of her lips.   “I want answers,” Ash mumbled under her breath. Her body felt weak. The strength of the Arcane Energy was weighing heavily on her. But the ritual had to be finished, she had to get answers.
As Ash moved her hands back and forth and began chanting under her breath her hair began to rise. The salt under her body began to glow a deep red and while she was feeling like she might explode, Ash could not stop the ritual now.
As the Arcane Energy got stronger Ash could feel her hands clench. She watched as a woman shrouded in a red mist appeared before her.
“You have summoned me. What answers do you seek?” The ghostly figure howled at Ash.
“How many universes are there?” Ash said through her teeth.