Story Synopsis

The Devil’s Trial

The Devil’s Trial will open in a fight between Amelia and John Hathorne, fighting about her previously planned engagement. She wishes not to marry the wealthy Jason Wayne, the owner of the town bank who she has been betrothed to for all her life. Against her will, she is married to Jason, planning a horrible life for her in her mind.

They are married on July 19^th, 1692, coincidentally being the same day that the first witch, Sarah Good, is hung in response to an accusation of witchcraft. She, with her dying breath, places a “curse” on the town, condemning them to a lifetime of misfortune. This scares the town to no end and thus begins the mad hunt for witches, fearful of further droughts and deaths to their village.

Amelia, after this first hanging, being a witch herself, hid in her room for three days, cutting herself off from all around her, including her husband. She is scared of being found out, for her mother taught her witchcraft most of her life, and fears for her own life.

Not long after the second hanging, the mayor of the town appoints the searching of all homes in Salem. Pierre Cotton is the main investigator of the town, and searches most of the houses himself.

When he comes to Amelia's house, she does everything she can to keep him from finding a room of hers. Her "secret room" in which she keeps her tools for her witchcraft. Pierre comes very close to finding it, but not before Amelia put a "spell" on Pierre to keep him from finding it. He leaves, tipping his hat to her graciously, therefore ending their first meeting… therefore beginning their affection for each other.

Jason, because Salem has no governor, is appointed to go with some of the magistrates to England to find one, putting him away from home for a long time, the perfect opportunity for Pierre and Amelia to see each other more often.

At the hanging of Rebecca Nurse Amelia see Pierre there and they start to talk about how he discovered the Rebecca and how he knew that she was a witch. Amelia took this information and used it to her advantage because of Amelia's wittyness she had to make comments on how ridiculous this whole witch thing was, she questioned him on how she knew Rebecca was a witch and not just a out spoken woman.

Pierre and Amelia go back to Amelia's house to continue there conversation on witchcraft. Soon an hour passed and they fall in love they don't tell each other at that moment and they still are to shy to talk much about Amelia marriage to Jason.

Jason comes back and finds out about Pierre and Amelia
Finally one day Amelia and Pierre are talking over tea and they get to overwhelmed with lust that they kiss at right at that moment Jason, Amelia's husband walks in on them…

Jason later talks to Pierre about Amelia being a witch. He Pierre that Amleia has been casting spells on him to keep him from finding out about her being a witch and that's the reason that he didn't know she was a witch. Amelia denies the accusations of her being a witch but that is a normal thing for people who are witches to do.

This story ends in a surprising twist involving betrayal, death, and revenge.