Disclaimer: If I did own the Darkest Powers books, I would have put myself in there. Obviously I'm not in there, so I don't own the books. I'm obviously not KA. But she has done an amazing job with these books. Just so were clear, I don't own DP.

A/N: This takes after The Reckoning. There is major OC. Kinda needs it. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. ^_^

Chloe's POV:

We all sat in the van. Kit drove and Aunt Lauren in the passenger seat. Us kids sat in the back. Tori was catching up on some missed sleep, while Simon tried to work on one of his drawings. I leaned against Derek, while he looked out the window. Our fingers intertwined together.

As I look at our hands, I can't help but feel anxious. Being with Derek felt like a dream. A dream I hope will never end. But pretty soon, reality will blast through this van and blow the dream away. I don't want that wind to ever come.

A sudden bump shook the whole van. It woke up Tori, and caused Simon to mess up on his drawing. Simon sighed as he erased the bump.

"Sorry guys." Kit called back. "We're almost there." he added.

"And where exactly are we going?" Tori asked.

"A safe house." Kit said. I think we all stiffened. The sound of those words brought horrible memories to all of us. The supposed safe house with Andrew. Turned out we couldn' even trust him. Now he's dead. I shook myself from that memory.

"A safe house?" Derek asked.

"Well, no. It's more of a safe school." Kit explained.

"What? Your sending us to school?" Tori asked. Kit chuckled.

"Not really. We need a place to stay. They can offer that to us." he said.

"Who's they?" I asked.

"People that I have come to trust. While I was on the run, looking for you boys, I came across a girl that needed my help. I found out she was a supernatural, and she lead me to the place she was living at. A school where supernaturals learn to control their powers." He explained.

"Oh, great. Xavier's school for the gifted." Tori sighed. Kit laughed.

"Almost. It was a place I had been been looking for to live for me and the boys. They actually helped me find you guys." he said.

"So we'll be staying there?" Simon asked.

"For now." Kit answered.

"No more dirt floors? Provided heat? Food? Bathrooms? Already sounds like heaven." Tori said. I smiled at her. At least we'll be safe. For now.

I felt the van come to a stop. I looked out the window to see nothing but trees. Again were surrounded in forests. Where we at the safe house? I look up to see Derek grabbing our bags. The door opens and Aunt Lauren is standing next to Kit.

"You guys ready?" he asks.

We all step out into the rising sun. Early morning. I stifled a yawn, as Derek took my hand again. Kit lead us up to the front steps. I look around taking in our surroundings. It was a very huge Victorian house. It was dark gray in color. Still it was nice and pretty.

Kit rang the doorbell. Soft footsteps followed the echo of chimes. As it opened I braced myself, taking in a small intake of breath.

"Kit?" a womanly voice came. Standing in front of us was a tall red headed woman. She almost looked like Nichole Kidman in Moulan Rouge. She was tall, and slender, with bright green-blue eyes.

"Hey, Nora." Kit smiled at her. Nora smiled back and stepped aside to let us in.

"Your back, and you have your sons." she beamed at Simon and Derek. She seemed a little taken aback by Derek. Seeing as he was as tall as her.

"Plus three more. This is Lauren, Chloe, and Tori." Kit introduced us. She nodded a hello at us.

"Welcome. You all must be tired, and starving. I can't imagine what you all have been through." she said.

"Thank you for having us." Aunt Lauren said. Nora shook her head.

"No problem. I'm just glad that Kit found all of you." she said. Aunt Lauren smiled at her. Then a loud rush of talking came from down the hall. "The kids are just headed to breakfast. Would you like something to eat?" she asked.

"Could we use the bathrooms first?" Tori asked.

"Of course. I'll lead you up to your rooms." Nora said. She turned to go, but then we heard someone running. I looked over to see a girl and a guy running down the hall, towards us. "Well look who it is." Nora said amused.

"KIT!" the girl shouted. Kit smiled at the girl and dropped his bags. He took the girl in his arms, and hugged her tightly. She had a huge grin on her face. We all stared at them, wondering who she was.

"Hey, Jet Li." the guy called. The girl let go of Kit so he could hug him. "It's good to see you back." the guy said. Kit smiled and pulled back.

"Thanks. How are you guys holding up?" he asked. The guy shrugged.

"Still living." he said. Tori cleared her throat, as if to say Hello, were still standing right here. Kit turned back to us.

"I would like to introduce you two, to my two sons. This is Simon," he said and wrapped an arm around Simon. Simon smiled and waved. "and Derek." his other arm going to his back. The two kids looked at Kit then back to the Derek and Simon.

Slowly the girl held out her hand, and gave a shy smile. "H-Hi. I'm Rocky." she said quietly. The hand was extended to Derek. Derek looked down at her curiously. Slowly he took her hand and shook it. Giving a gruff, "Hi."

She then shook Simon's hand. The boys looked up at Kit, who had an amazed look on his face. The guy next to Rocky started to laugh.

"Surprised are you Jet Li?" he asked. Kit looked at the boy.

"When did she start talking to others?" he asked.

"About a couple days after you left." he said. Then with a short chuckle. "Oh, by the way, I'm Carter." he said, extending his hand to Aunt Lauren. She smiled at him and shook his hand.

"Lauren." she said. "This is my niece Chloe," she said, motioning to me. Carter turned that smile to me, and I shook his hand. "and this is Tori." Aunt Laren put her hand around Tori. Carter shook Tori's hand too.

"Rocky. Would you care to take the girls up to their room, so they can get settled?" Nora asked. Rocky nodded. She started for the stairs.

"I'll take the guys up too." Carter said. Nora nodded. Carter followed Rocky.

"You guy go ahead." Kit said.

Derek and I took the lead. With Tori and Simon behind us. We went up the stairs and Rocky and Carter went opposite directions.

"Guy on this side, girls over there." Carter said, continuing to walk down the hall. Rocky waited for us girls. I looked up at Derek.

"If anything happens just whistle." he told me. I nodded. He squeezed my hand before letting it go. He handed me my bag, and he and Simon followed after Carter. While Tori and I followed Rocky.

We walked down a nice hallway. Lit up by small lights on the sides of the walls. Tori stuck close to me. I took in my surroundings. Like the outside of the house, the walls were a dark gray. Pictures of wildlife hung on the wall. I also looked at Rocky. She wore all black. Baggy black hoodie, black pants, her hair was black too. Pulled up in a ponytail.

She stopped and turned towards a door. She opened it, and motioned us to us inside. Tori and I followed her inside and she walked over to another door. When she opened it, I saw it as the bathroom. The room was big enough for two people. It had two beds, and two sets of dressures, and two closets. It was nice.

"If you need anything, my room is right across from here." she said, pointing across the hall. Her voice was soft, but not like it would with a shy timid girl. It sounded like she should have a loud voice, but was afraid to use it.

"Now this is luxury." Tori said, as she lay down on her bed. I set my bag on mine, and went to the bathroom. It was a small bathroom, but usable.

"I hope you like it here." Rocky said. I turned to look at her. She was as tall as me, which was refreshing. I was usually the short one in the group, to meet someone who shared my height was rare.

"Do you like it here?" Tori asked her. Rocky nodded. "How long have you been here?" she asked. I shot Tori a look. She shrugged it off.

"I've been here all my life." Rocky said. Tori and I looked at each other.

"Your whole life?" Tori asked. Rocky nodded. "Where are your parents?" she asked. I would have stopped her from asking such personal questions, but I was curious myself.

"I don't know. I never knew them." Rocky answered.

"Then who brought you here?" I asked. Rocky shrugged.

"Don't know." she said.

We sat in silence. I didn't know what to say. To not know who your parents where? It's kind of sad. I wonder what happened to them. Who really was Rocky? Where did she come from?

"Hey Rocky!" Carter came in the room. Rocky stood up, on hyper alert. Derek and Simon right behind Carter. "You have got to see this." Carter said, a grin on his face. Rocky looked at him confused, but she followed him anyways. Actually we all did.

Carter lead us down the stairs and into what seemed like the common room, where everyone was seated. Carter motioned us to keep following him. He walked around the corner into a hall. We walked down it a little ways. Then he told us to be quiet. He poked his head around the corner. We all did.

It was Kit, and someone else. It was a tall girl, with blond hair. She wore a white sweatshirt, and white sweats, that had CUTE written across the butt. She was smiling up at Kit. Kit seemed a bit uncomfortable.

"Stephanie is at it again." Carter whispered. Rocky shook her head.

"Who's Stephanie?" Simon asked.

"That girl over there." Carter said. "She's one of the shaman students here." he added.

"She's a student?" Derek asked. Carter nodded.

"She's also the type of girl who are into older men." he said. We all looked at him. "She's putting the moves on your old man." he explained. We all looked back at Stephanie and Kit. She laughed and playfully hit him on the chest. It looked like she was flirting.

"What is she saying?" Simon asked. Derek shook his head.

"She's glad dad's back." Derek said. "She also wants to know when she'll meet us." he said.

"She's definitely flirting with him. Check out her body language." Tori said. She was right, Stephanie tried to lean into Kit, but he kept moving away. Not having any of it.

"I don't think your dad likes her." Carter joked.

"Dad just asked her about going to class." Derek said. Then his face went still.

"What?" I asked. He shook his head. I looked back at Kit and Stephanie. Well, what ever she said, Kit refused it. Because she was storming down the hallway, looking pissed. We all ran down the opposite hall. Stephanie past us, not even glancing our way.

Then Carter burst out laughing. "Looks like our Queen B just got rejected by Jet Li again." he said. Rocky started to walk down the hall. "Hey Rocky, where you going?" Carter asked. Rocky pointed to a nearby clock. Carter swore under his breath. "The breakfast line is about to close. You guys want to eat?" he asked. Going after Rocky.

They didn't have to ask us twice. We all followed them to breakfast. But I couldn't help but wonder, what did Stephanie say to Kit, that got Derek to go rigid like that?

I know, not very eventful. I just need them to get there. I hope you enjoyed it. I promise you a lot more stuff goes on in later chapters. So please review. ^_^ Thanks for reading.

BoOkWoRm OUT!