Hey!!! I'm sorry it's taken so long to get it all sorted! I didn't realise until I re-read it how many mistakes I'd actually made!! Terrible :/
So anyway, here it is.... and again, Sorry :/
Disclaimer: I sooo don't own any of the original Covenant characters or storylines, just Ellie and this story.
Prologue
" Stacey! Stacey, where are you?" The young girl turned to glance behind her as her mother's voice sounded from the door, ducking down low as she spotted her moving from the house. The older woman placed her hands on her hips, scowling. " Stacey Danvers, if you don't get out here this minute, you're in big trouble, young lady!" Stacey moved further back into the bushes, her long, copper coloured curls falling down from her pigtails as they got caught on branches. Her mother waited for a few minutes, then sighed, throwing her hands in the air as she went back inside. Quietly, Stacey ran into the woods surrounding her house, trying to follow after her father and brother. When they had returned home from school, her father, James, had taken Caleb out into the garden for a 'birthday surprise'. Stacey scowled at the thought, stumbling towards the fields at the back of the house.
" It's my birthday, too." She muttered. She slowed down as the tree's began to disperse, ducking behind one of the bushes. She glanced around it, biting her lip as her father and Caleb came into view. They were standing thirty feet away, Caleb closer to her as he stared at his trainers. He fumbled around with his hands nervously, his dark hair falling around his face. Stacey glanced at her father, a moment of sadness passing through her. Even at thirteen, she knew there was something wrong with him. At thirty-nine years old, he already looked haggard and worn. His skin was wrinkling, his hair thinning and slowly turning white. He hunched over slightly, slower in his movements than he used to be. He was like a shell of his old self. A clap of thunder drew Stacey out of her thoughts, making her jump. She heard Caleb gasp as he looked up at the sky, his dark eyes filled with fear.
" It's okay, Caleb." James said. " It doesn't hurt for long. Just until you absorb your power." Caleb nodded, still looking afraid. Stacey went to call out to them, when a sudden bolt of lightening shot down in front of her, right where Caleb was standing. Her hazel eyes widened as it cleared, seeing Caleb lying motionless on the floor. It happened again, this time causing Caleb to scream out in agony.
" CALEB!" Stacey screamed in horror, dashing put of the bushes towards him as another lightening bolt struck him.
" Stacey, no! Get back!" James roared, starting forward as quickly as he could. She ignored him, throwing herself to Caleb's side. She grabbed his hand as he cried out in agony, his eyes clenched shut.
" Caleb! Open your eyes!" She pleaded, tears filling up in her own. " Please! It's okay!" Caleb's eyes snapped open as he looked at her, making her gasp. They were pitch black. Before she could react, a burst of light flashed behind her, a sharp pain hit her back, then everything went dark...