Chapter 1

"Senior year baby!" Reid yelled as he threw the school doors open upon his entering. Tyler and Pogue laughed as they followed Reid into the school and headed for their lockers while Caleb, following slowly behind, just rolled his eyes. "Idiots." Caleb muttered with a smile in the corner of his lips. "Hey baby." he heard Pogue say, and he immediately responded with a smile, "Hey Kate. Good to see you." "You too!" Kate smiled back at him then kissed Pogue gently on the lips.

"Oh, um, Caleb, I almost forgot, Sarah's in the library looking up books on you know what and she wants to talk to you." "Oooooooooohhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Tyler and Reid laughed with idiotic smiles on their faces. "Looks like it's 'The Talk'!" Reid said, still laughing with Tyler. "Shut up!" Caleb shouted at them, smacking them both on the back of their heads and ran off towards the library to find Sarah.

As Caleb opened the door to the library and peeked his head inside, he called, "Sarah?" "SHHH!!!!!!" The Librarian hissed at him as his voice echoed throughout the library. "Sorry." He whispered, hoping the Librarian would just let it go. But she glared at him instead, and finally gave in and slowly looked down and stuck her nose into her book again. Caleb looked around the tables until he finally spotted Sarah at one of the tables in the far back of the library, sitting with her head in her hands.

As he walked up to her he swooped down to kiss her on the cheek, she moved away. "Sarah, what's wrong?" Caleb asked sympathetically. "You." she mumbled into her hands, obviously trying to hold back tears. Caleb just stood there in shock for a moment, then grabbed a chair and started to sit down next to her. "Not there. Across from me." she mumbled into her hands again, her voice starting to break. "Sarah," Caleb started, "Kate told me you've been reading about, um, well you know what. Is that true?" he asked.

"Yeah, it's true." she said, lifting her swollen red eyes to Caleb's, with a hint of a glare in her eyes. "So what." "Well, I already told you everything you wanted to know about it, so why would you still research it?" Caleb said, his voice starting to raise a little. "What, do you just, not trust me anymore?" "I don't know if I can." Sarah said quietly. "What do you mean 'I don't know if I can'?!?" Caleb asked, shouting now.

"Shhh! Just sit down and shut up will you?!?" Sarah said, her voice kind of raising, yet still quiet. He didn't look like he was going to sit down on his own, so she grabbed his arm as roughly as she could from across the table and brought him down into his chair again. "I just found out a lot of crap about my family, and I don't need to be dealing with your magical shit right now so just shut up and listen, ok?!?" Sarah said, in a low but angry voice, crying now.

Caleb began to feel bad for her so he just sat back in his chair and listened to her. "For one, my parents supposedly got a divorce right after I left and never told me about it, and im just now hearing about it from my sister! Then I find out my little sister is exactly like you and your "Covenant" with all the powers and everything, and she's had nobody to help her learn how to control them or anything, and she's extremely scared and im worried about her getting exposed or something!"

It was here that she broke down crying and started sobbing into her hands again. I can't stand to see her like this. Caleb thought to himself. He came over and sat down in a chair next to Sarah and pulled her close to him and tried to calm her down. Suddenly, she sat up and looked him straight in the eye and said, "Caleb, look me in the eye and tell me the truth," she paused. "Did you kill Chase?" Caleb looked down and played with his hands. "Caleb," she asked again, this time a little louder, "did you kill Chase or not?"

Caleb looked up and stared into her eyes. "I don't know. I told you that already Sarah!" Sarah began to get up and pack her things back into her book-bag. "What, do you not believe me? Because I honestly don't know!" But she started walking out of the library anyway, no matter what he said. "Sarah! Please!" he called after her. "What do you want me to do?!? Go find him so you can marry him or something?!?"

At that, she spun around angrily and yelled just so the two of them could hear, "For your information asshole, I don't care about Chase! Im worried that he might have gotten to my sister and trained her the wrong way!" Then, she ran out of the library crying and almost ran into Pogue and Kate on her way out. "What did you do now Caleb?!?" Kate yelled at him then ran after Sarah. "Um, care to explain?" Pogue asked with a raised eyebrow as he was walking towards him.

"I don't wanna talk about it, ok?" Caleb said as he sat down in a chair and hit his head on the desk. Later, Kate and Sarah are just hanging out in their dorm on their own beds, listening to music, when Sarah's phone rang. "Hello?" she answered. "S-Sarah?" a weak voice croaked into the phone. Sarah recognized the voice immediately and sat up on her bed. "ALEX?!?" "Who's Alex?" Kate asked. "SHHH! It's my little sister! Alex, where are you?!? Are you ok?!?"

"I-Im fine Sarah, j-just send an a-ambulance to the w-woods near the b-beach near your s-school. Fast!" "Why? What happened?!?" Sarah asked worriedly and frantically. "J-Just do it! And hurry!" Alex said, crying, obviously in pain. "O-Ok, just, just wait a second, ok?" now talking to Kate, "Kate, call 911 and send them to the woods near the party beach, ok? And tell them to hurry!" "S-S-S-S-Sarah......." Alex said, losing her life quicker from the pain.

"Hold on 'Lexi!" Sarah said as she tried to drone out Alex's cries of pain with Kate talking to the police so she wouldn't cry but it didn't work. Just then, Kate hung up the phone and ran over to Sarah's bed and sat down. "They're on their way there, ok? And they're going as fast as they can to get to her." Kate said, with tears in her eyes, then continued, "How old did you say she was?" "She's 16 going on 17, she'll be 17 on Halloween."

Sarah said, calming down a little. "I wonder what happened to her." Kate said. "Yeah. Hey, are you just trying to keep my mind off the subject Kate?!?" Kate only grinned and said, "Maybe I am maybe im not! That's what friends do!" They both laughed and hugged each other. I wonder if Chase really did get to her....Sarah thought. "Well, thanks Kate, but I really wanna get down there and see how she's doing." She started getting ready to go. "Hey, can you do me a favor?" She asked. "Yeah, sure!" Kate answered.

"Run down to the office and sign her up for school here? And just ask them to bring another bed up to this dorm, I don't trust her alone with someone else, she'll just be sneaking out too much." "Ok, but how am I gonna-" "Her paperwork is in my file bin in the back closet, just hand them everything that has to do with her and they'll take care of the rest, ok?" Sarah answered, going out the door. "Ok, but-" Kate started.

"What now?" Sarah said as she popped her head back in. "What's her name?!?" "Alex Wenham!" Sarah said as she darted out of the dorm and shut the door as fast as she could so Kate couldn't ask her anything else. She got into her car and drove to where Alex had told her to go, and got out of her car. Then, she saw it. The most horrible thing that could've ever been seen: Alex was laying under several logs, and a knife in her gut, limp, and lifeless.

She fell against a tree sobbing, with a hand over her mouth. She crawled to where she was laying and nudged Alex's arm. "Alex?" She said. "Alex, wake up!" Suddenly, Alex coughed, and started breathing really hard. "S-S-S-Sarah?!?" She struggled to say. "Im right here hun!" Sarah said, wiping away her tears so Alex wouldn't see her crying. "Im in a lot of pain right now!" Alex said, crying. "Here, let's at least get this blade out of you, ok? Maybe that'll help." Sarah said. "Ok." Alex answered weakly.

"Do you think you can handle the pain for a little bit, just at least until I get it out?" Sarah asked. "JUST GET IT OUT ALREADY!!!!!!!!" Alex cried in pain. "Ok!" Sarah said, and they both winced as she pulled out the knife and threw it to the side. She started crying even harder when Alex started screaming from the pain of the blade leaving the place where it had been lodged for all that time. "Im sorry!" Sarah cried. It was now starting to rain. "W-Where's the ambulance?!?" Alex gasped.

Blood was now flowing from her gut a lot more now than before. Just then, the ambulance and a few police cars pulled up and they were rushing to get the logs off and get Alex on a stretcher, and to Sarah, it all was going so fast that it seemed as though everything was moving in slow motion, and she couldn't believe everything that had happened that day, and it was only the first day of school too! Then, she got an idea. She knew it needed to be done. Both of them needed each other.

It was time to move on anyways, besides, she liked someone else now, whether he liked it or not. So Sarah got into her black bug and drove back to school, knowing what she had to do. She pulled into a parking space, headed into the school, and went into the cafeteria. After all, it was lunch. She looked all over for Caleb, and finally found them and walked over to the lunch table and sat down next to Kate. "So how is she?!?" Tyler asked. Kate had probably already told everyone about Alex coming to school and everything.

"She should be fine. I left right after the paramedics arrived." She answered, feeling a little guilty for leaving her sister like that. "Im really sorry about your sister Sarah." Caleb said affectionately. All Sarah had to do was smile, and he would know something was up. She had to do it now. So she smiled. That did it! She thought. "Is something wrong Sarah?" Caleb asked, reaching out to take her hand. "Yeah." Sarah said, moving her hand and crossing her arms.

She stood up. "Caleb, we need to talk. Can we go somewhere private?" Sarah said, starting to walk out of the cafeteria. "I guess I'll see you guys later." Caleb said with a shrug, getting up to follow her. The very back of the library, it's perfect. Then, I'll set it up here as well when she comes. Sarah thought. She led the way to the library, all the time Caleb following close behind her, until they reached the very, very back of the library, where no one could hear them no matter how loud they got.

She stopped, and turned to face him. "Caleb, I don't think it's working anymore." Sarah said, looking straight into his eyes. "Come on Sarah what are you talking about? We're doing fine!" Caleb said with a small smile of hope spread across his face. Sarah just looked him dead straight into his eyes and thought I hope this doesn't hurt him too much. Then, she pulled him into a not-so-passionate kiss and kept it going for about 5 seconds. When she pulled away, she just looked to Caleb for an answer.

Caleb sighed. "So what's your point Sarah? You don't wanna go out anymore?" he asked. She just took a deep breath, then let it out slowly. "No." She answered quietly. "It's just that, I don't feel any sparks between us anymore. There's no more feeling in the relationship anymore Caleb, and I think we both know that." She finished. "So, where do we go from here?" Caleb asked after a long moment of silence. "Well," Sarah started, "I guess no where. I mean, there's other people out there, and we should, test them out."

She said, trying to find the right words to say. "So, you're saying we need to see other people and forget about each other? I can't do that." He said. "Well, then maybe not forget each other, but, we could start over, just as friends." She said. He gave in, knowing there was no fight her on this. And, truth be told, he was contemplating earlier on how he was going to tell her that he thought there weren't any sparks in their relationship and that they should see other people.

Even though he didn't like anyone else at school enough to date them. And, with a sigh, he finally said, "Ok. We'll see other people." "And we're just friends, right?" She asked for reassurance. "Yeah," He said with a smile, "just friends." At that, both of them knew that they were over, for good. They hugged, said a friendly goodbye, and parted their separate ways to their next classes. Later that night, while Kate and her were just laying on their beds, suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"I'll get it. It's probably the janitor with Alex's bed." Sarah said, getting up and opening the door. There were a about six men wearing janitor's suits, carrying a mattress and a bed, three men carrying the bed, and three carrying the mattress. "Where do you want this?" One of the more plump men asked Sarah. "Um, just, over there in the clearing, about a dresser's length away from the other bed." Sarah said, pointing to a clearing next to her own bed that she and Kate had worked awhile to clear for her bed.

Kate came over and stood next to Sarah. "Im so excited for Alex to come, I hope she's ok." She said. Just then, while the men were busy setting up the bed, the guys came in. "Hey baby! Your new roomie here yet?" Pogue asked Kate, kissing her cheek. "No, she'll be here by the end of the week though. They have to let her heal from the damage." Sarah said. "Oh." Pogue said. "Well, we're going to Nikki's, and we were wondering if you guys wanted to come with us." Reid said, smiling flirtatiously at Sarah.

That's when she knew: Reid was back on the "flirt with Sarah" track, and all because Caleb just HAD to go and tell them about the break up! Oh, god, this was going to be a living hell for Caleb! All throughout that night Reid was flirting with Sarah, and truth be told, she liked it. But, she didn't show it, or at least, didn't try to show it. She picked up a pool stick and took a shot, and missed. "Damn!" She said, after all, this was her first time actually playing pool.

"Need some help?" Reid asked with a flirtatious grin on his face. "A bit." She said, flirtatiously smiling back. Reid seized the opportunity and came up from behind her. He took the stick, and put it in her hands so she could shoot straight. He put his hands on top of hers so he could help her, and pretty soon, they looked like they were hugging from the back, and both of them were holding the pool stick, aiming for the last ball. "Ready?" He asked with a mischievously. "Yep!" Sarah replied, smiling flirtatiously.

They took the shot together, and hit the ball into the hole. "Whoo! Yeah!" Sarah yelled, then laughed. "Hey, um, if you're not doing anything tomorrow night, you wanna catch a movie?" Reid asked, hopefully. "Um," Sarah started, looking over to Caleb. Caleb nodded as if to say "we're not going out anymore, go ahead!" with a smile. "Ok, um, what movie were you thinking?" Sarah finished. "Um, how about The Day The Earth Stood Still?" Reid asked. "Yeah, sure, that sounds fun!" Sarah said happily. Reid smiled too.

Caleb saw that they liked each other, and decided to just be happy for them. He knew they probably liked each other a lot, and as long as Sarah was happy, he was happy. Later, back in the dorms, Kate's reading a book and Sarah's walking back from the library and it's around 10 o' clock. Suddenly, Sarah heard footsteps behind her. She turned around, but didn't see anyone. "Hello? Is anybody there?" Sarah said. But no one answered. "Hello?" She repeated. "Ok, this is getting freaky." She said out loud to herself.

She started walking faster, and when she was almost to her dorm room, she heard the footsteps getting louder and louder, so she turned around and started walking backwards. But no one was there. Suddenly, she heard a crunching sound underneath her feet. She looked down, and lifted up her foot, and saw a crushed spider. She looked around again on the ground, and spiders started crawling out from the shadows. Sarah screamed, and felt rough hands grab her shoulders and turn her around to face him.

It was Chase. Sarah tried to scream, but when she opened her mouth to scream, nothing came out. Chase began to laugh evilly, then, everything went black. Sarah woke up with a jolt, and looked around for Chase frantically, but she noticed that she was still in the library, and it was only 9:34. "Oh my god." Sarah breathed as she started packing her book-bag, and left the library. When she finally came to her dorm room and opened the door, Kate noticed she was sweating and ran over to her.

"Oh my god Sarah, are you ok?!?" she asked, grabbing a rag and wiping her forehead off. "Im fine, I just fell asleep in the library is all." Sarah replied. Should I tell her about the dream? No, she'll just run and tell Pogue, and then Caleb will find out, then he'll come crawling back to me and ruin everything! "Im going to bed." Sarah said, dragging herself over to her bed, taking off her jeans and getting into bed. "Night." She said. "Night!" Kate said, then got into her own pajamas and got into bed and turned out the light.

Then, the dream started again.