Author's Note:

I had just bought The Covenant from my local Wal Mart and I could not wait to get home and watch it! I put it in the DVD player, hit play, and was captivated by the movie from scene one. The bowl of popcorn was quickly forgotten.

I thought the shots were great and I loved how they weren't straight on, boring shots, and I thought the movie was very well put together. There were not a lot of big stars in the movie, in fact I hardly recognized any of them, but one really stood out to me and that was Reid Garwin who is perceived by Toby Hemingway. I thought Reid was a great character and I loved watching him in every scene because he was simply fun to watch. He was a personalized character with a specific way of talking, walking, and a custom all-over attitude. Everything about him is attractive to me as an author and I thought writing about him would be fun.

The more I watched the movie the more I came to like him and know him. I decided he had a painful past he didn't much like to talk about, had a group of friends he clung to led by a sometimes domineering Caleb who he envied, was a bit immature and playful, and had a big ego. Obviously, one can tell just by how he dresses and talks that he is a womanizer, and another fact that stands out is that he is misunderstood or wants people to take him more seriously. He wants to be the leader they all look up to as the so-called "Golden Boy" but he doesn't have all the qualities that Caleb does that makes him the suitable boss of all the other Sons of Ipswich. Why would he not put on a show then? If he can't be the perfect leader he could be the perfect bad boy.

Having all these qualities, I found Reid enjoyable and entertaining to write about though it could sometimes be difficult with the variable individual I decided to add to my story, Jamie Rivers.

Why did I add Jamie? Well think about it. What do all stories have? Action, drama, and romance. Try to name one book or movie where there is not a female and male character act even slightly flirtatious at times or have the potential to. If you can name one, think of how well it did on the shelves or in the box office.

Jamie is basically everything I think would be attractive to Reid or suitable for him. When considering a match some might choose a physical or emotional opposite, a perfect match, or someone that complements their character. I thought Jamie complemented Reid and Reid in turn complemented her. They are dramatic and loud, wild and mysterious, and as seductive as witches are professed to be.

This story does not revolve around just relationships between characters, or drama between the characters, but also introduces all the options and doors opened to the Sons by Jamie after they find out she is endowed with the power they too have. After all, I think it would be sexist to say there was not such thing as women having The Power and I think the makers of the Covenant planned to tell of women witches in their second film that still has everyone wondering if and when.

This story also shows how a teen would react when exposed to things that could change or affect their lifestyles. Drugs, sex, and alcohol is what teen years are all about, though some might arguable add rock and roll to that list.

Chapter one of the story takes place about two or three weeks after the movie with Jamie transferring in, being confronted by the demon of her past, and deciding how she should handle that demon.

There are sex scenes because I think it shines a little light on what the characters are, teenagers, and what teenagers do, so there is also drinking, drugs, smoking, and fighting.

I began writing the story a few months ago and kept re-writing it and changing it around until I just submitted my first choice. I think I could make all the others into one-shots just to show how many times I toyed with my options, of which the movie has given me many.

I think another interesting character is Tyler though little of him is revealed, therefore some may find him difficult to write about but I think this supplies even more options. You can make him into whatever you want! Sure you can decipher a few things about him and put the pieces of a many optioned puzzle together and there you have your Tyler Simms.

Disclaimer:

I do not own anything associated with the Covenant other than anything you don't recognize. Jamie Rivers is mine, thoroughly made up. So please do not take legal action on me because I DO NOT OWN THE COVENANT!

Rated Mature: For semi-graphic sex, drugs, smoking, alcohol, and language

Reviews and comments welcome!

So, giving you all of this to dwell upon, I will let you begin LIFE AS SHE KNEW IT and see what you think. I think it is a nice story and if you stay tuned you will see where it goes. I have most of it planned and just have to fill in those annoying gaps! I am revamping daily!

Enjoy!

~Goddess of Wraiths