Disclaimer: I don't own anything beside Alice, Rachel, Evan, and Brooke. Oh yea, and the plot. That's mine too.
Chase
It is foretold that the second child descendant of Danvers line,
The only daughter to ever be produced by a family of the covenant,
Though a girl AND not the oldest,
Shall develop certain powers between her 16th and 17th year,
Causing her to become the second power-bearer of the Danvers line.
Only, she will bear a different power,
One that does not age her over time.
She shall be drawn to the only son descendant of the Garwin line.
They will be drawn to each other,
And are undeniably and irrevocably
Connected by a link of true love.
If they are wed,
they will create the most powerful source of good
that the world has ever seen.
But, if she is somehow tempted and swayed
By the sole Son descendant of the Pope line
Before her powers fully mature on the date of her 17th year
She is connected to him with a link as well
And will become pure evil
Conceiving his child,
Bearing the greatest evil the world has ever know
The decision is hers to make.
For she is the key.
The difference between good and evil,
Light and dark.
Between what is right,
And what is easy
I smirked as I read my family's copy of the book of Damnation. "Well, well, well. Now, this changes EVERYTHING." I said, standing up, glimmering to Rachel's dorm room.
Alice
I got off the airplane, running my hands through my long, straight dark brown hair that came down to my waist, with purple tips on the end, which I had done while I was away in London.
I had changed a lot since I had last been in Ipswich 9 weeks ago, I thought to myself, rubbing the crescent moon tattoo on the back of my neck. I was no longer the same good girl since I had taken part in the foreign exchange student program. I had only left because Caleb insisted, because he felt something was about to go horribly wrong. He didn't want me around in case something was going to happen, considering I knew about the Covenant, and he was afraid I would be in jeopardy if I stayed. So I left.
Apparently it was a good thing, too, because Chase Collins, some lunatic descendent of the fifth family, came back and tried to destroy them. He threatened to kill Caleb's new love, and almost succeeded in killing Caleb, Pogue, and my best friend, Kate. Caleb killed him, letting me know it was safe for me to come back at the end of the semester. I just felt bad I couldn't be there for my brother when he Ascended. Yes, Caleb is my big brother. And who am I? Alice Danvers, 16 years old, junior.
Good old Ipswich, I thought to myself, looking around for a familiar face in the airport. Any familiar face. Caleb, Pogue, Kate, Tyler… anyone. Okay, so that wasn't true. There was one face I wasn't planning on seeing, and hoping that I wouldn't have to deal with. A certain smarmy blonde git who just so happens to piss me off beyond all reason.
I stood on the toes of my chucks, craning my neck, considering I was very short, standing at about 5"1. And of course, I couldn't find anyone, my brown eyes flashed in annoyance. "Damn it. Caleb better not have forgotten that today was the day." I muttered darkly to myself, pulling on the sleeve of my black dress that went halfway down my thigh, had a low back and plunging neckline with long sleeves. I had two cartilage and two ear piercings in one ear, and three ear piercings and one cartilage in the other ear.
I twisted the tiny, star stud nose ring that I had gotten while I was away, and bit my lip, angry that I had been forgotten. I hadn't been long that long, had I? No, only a semester. Surely I wasn't forgotten that easily.
Suddenly, I heard someone calling my name, and turned around, smiling like a lunatic as I saw who it was. "Baby boy!!! What are you doing here?" I shouted, jumping into a hug with Tyler Simms, 17, and a senior(like my brother and the others) and the youngest of the Covenant. He had curly brown hair, honey colored eyes, and was taller then the other Covenant members.
"We've been sent to retrieve you." He said, laughing, spinning me and putting me down, taking me in with an 'up-down' stare. "Jesus, you changed!"
I sat there and pondered the thought. "Gee, I have, haven't I?" I said thoughtfully, then ditched the act, smirking. "Check it." I said, turning around, pulling my hair away from my neck so he could see the tattoo.
"Damn." I heard another voice, and, suddenly his last comment about the 'we' clicked as I closed my eyes, exhaling in a loud whoosh, grinding my teeth together. I turned around to see a blond with baggy jeans, a black t-shirt, fingerless gloves, and a black cap. He had a black earring, which was new, but the smirk on his face was not. His medium-length straight, blond hair was partially hidden under his snow hat, as he looked at me with disbelief through his icy blue eyes. He was muscular, and the shortest of the Covenant members, but even I couldn't lie and say that he didn't look good. "Alice? You're the same old sex fairy that I remember." He said playfully.
I smirked, saying, "And you're the same old pervert as I remember." We hugged, akwardly.
"Now, now Reid, keep it friendly. Friendly. No groping her, or I'll tell Caleb on your ass." Tyler said, smirking at Reid.
"Baby boy, you are one sick bastard, you know that, right?" He said, annoyed. "I may have… missed you… kind of. Listen, just… don't leave again, okay?"
"I won't." I was blushing at his words; he may piss me off sometimes, but I had missed him a lot. He could be a bit pervy, or a player, but, at the end of the day, I cared for him. I actually have been crushing on him forever, but it's just that; a crush. Plus Caleb wouldn't like it, considering Reid has slept with so many girls, and I was a virgin. He was a player, and I did not want to get myself hurt.
"Baby boy, give me the keys. I'm driving."
"But it's my car, you lousy son of a bitch!" Tyler said, annoyed. I laughed. This very argument had been going on for over a year now, and oh, how I had missed it. And them.
"Just give them to me now, or I will shank you six ways to Sunday, you whiny twit."
"Fine." Tyler said angrily, fishing out his keys and chucking them at Reid's face, but Reid caught them right before they collided with Tyler's intended target; which just so happened to be Reid's nose. Tyler groaned and Reid smirked victoriously.
Reid then took my luggage and threw it to Tyler, saying, "Here, baby boy. Make yourself useful." Tyler scowled at him, and flipped him the bird behind his back, causing me to snort a laugh. He took me to the car, unlocking it, and opening the passenger door for me. After I had gotten in and closed it, he jogged around the front of the car as Tyler finished putting my luggage in the trunk. Tyler slid in the back seat as Reid started up the black hummer's engine.
"So, what's the deal? Where's my lazy-ass brother? Why did he send you to pick me up instead of coming down to get me himself?"
They exchanged a smirk, and Reid said, "Oh he wanted to get us a table at Nicky's, which is where we're headed right now. Baby boy, call Caleb and tell him on our way."
Tyler nodded, calling Caleb, leaving me and Reid in silence as he sped down the road.
"How've all of you been?" I asked. "Using responsibly, I hope."
"Ugh, don't do that. You sound like Caleb when you do that."
"Reid!" I shouted, smacking his arm. "You've been using irresponsibly? You prick!"
"Hey!" He said, shooting me a glance that was somewhere between amused and pretending to be shocked. The amusement won out, a smirk overtaking his face as he dodged my question. "No assault. I'm driving here. Geez, Alice, no need for violence."
"Ugh, you fucking suck." I said, pissed off now.
He did a double take, and then looked back at the road, but not before another side glance betrayed his emotions. He looked worried. The car was silent, Tyler having gotten off the phone, me fuming, and Reid worried. I punched on the radio, humming along to some random song that I was too mad to attempt to identify at that moment, as I glared out the window. "Come on. You're not really mad at me, are you?"
"Reid, don't even try to deny the fact that you use like normal people breathe. Okay? Because we all know you do it. You use way too much, and yeah, Caleb may have a stick shoved up his ass, but he know the outcome and so do you. He's trying to keep you alive, and I am to! Now stop trying to kill yourself and let me help! If you get addicted-" I shouted.
I suddenly felt him grab hold my hand, the one that was resting in my lap, intertwining his hand with my own, cutting me off, causing my face to grow hot. "I won't get addicted, Alice! Just… just tell me what you want me to do, damn it!"
"You don't know that, Reid!" I shouted. "You have no way of knowing that for sure! And what do I want? I want you to live past 45!"
"And what-"
"Just promise me!!!"
"Promise you what?" He said, casting me a sideways glance.
"Stop using so damn much! For your sake, for the rest the sons, and my own sake as well, at least try to use more responsibly!" Reid parked, pausing for a second after pulling back the gear shift and pulling up the parking brake. He turned off the car, looking meaningfully back at Tyler.
"What?" Tyler said, confused. Suddenly, he got it, his face going from confused to pissed off. "Oh, come ON Reid! What the fuck!"
"Out, baby boy. It will only take a second. Just wait for us outside the car a minute." He said.
"BUT IT'S MY GODDAMNED CAR!" Tyler shouted.
"And when, my friend, has that ever once stopped me before?" Reid said with a smirk.
"Caleb would have a fucking coronary if I were to leave you two alone, you know that. And before you say it, YES, he will know if I do. You know how he is, Reid. Sorry, but rules are rules." He said with a shrug. I suddenly got the feeling that Tyler was here as a chaperone more so than anything else. Especially because Caleb knew that Tyler would never even try to lie to him, let alone be able to get away with it.
"Ah, fuck me sideways!" Reid said in frustration, using his all-time favorite phrase. He the turned his gaze back to me, still holding my hand, saying, "Fine, whatever. I guess. I promise. Now let's go, already." He said, his hand slipping out of my grasp, and we all got out of the hummer. Reid locked the hummer, tossing the keys back to Tyler.
"The place looks emptier than I remember it." I said, frowning.
"Really, now? I think that you're just being paranoid."
"Umm… okay, well you suck." I said, pushing open the front door.
I was greeted by a loud scattered shouting of "SURPRISE!!!"
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-SDSL